Hillcrest Memorial to open two new gardens at Matheny site
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Inc plans to add two new gardens at Matheny when weather allows. One garden, Garden of Everlasting Life, will feature Jesus and The Woman At The Well. the second, Freedom of Choice, will have no art piece and allow plots with tombstones selected by buyers. A Babyland for babies under two will also open, with The Guardian Angel as art. Existing gardens Christus and Garden of Devotion are marble backed and lit. The cemetery covers 2 acres with 4 developed, uses an irrevocable trust in a Beckley bank, and has about 1,000 plots sold. Local residents and groups may compete plans for further landscaping.
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Oceana
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Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Inc
Matheny
Jesus
Christ
Italy
Hillcrest
Wyoming
Logan
McDowell
Mingo
Germany
Roy James
Woman's Clubs
Garden Clubs
Rebekaha
Bud Man Hurt In Car Wreck
Bert McKinney, 26, of Mullens, will be charged with driving violation after a truck and car collision on State Route 10 Saturday. Luther Goodwin, 1956 sedan driver, was taken to Stevens Clinic with back pain. his wife says X rays show no broken bones. Police say a blood test is pending to determine intoxication. the accident occurred about 2:45 pm in front of Bilison's Tavern near the Bilason area.
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McKinney
Wyoming General Hospital
Fairchild
Bilison
Goodwin
Ellison 27 Killed In Wreck Near Webster Springs
Harold Howard Ellison, 27, of Camden and Gauley, was killed in a Sunday auto accident off West Virginia 20 near Tioga in Webster County. Witnesses said his car left the road, struck a ditch, rebounded, and crushed him beneath the vehicle. Ellison was a coal miner and unemployed.
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Webster Springs
West Virginia
Webster County
Tioga
Nicholas County
Harold Howard Ellison
Camden
Gauley
Ellison
Elison
Joint Meet Set By Legion PTA
A joint meeting of American Legion Post No. 7 and the Jeffrey Grade School Parent-Teacher Association will be held in the school tonight. A special movie entitled We Who Serve will be presented. Legionnaires from Logan Boone Mingo Lincoln and Cabell Counties attended to celebrate Boone Post's 40th anniversary in Madison. Lincoln Cox, commander of the West Virginia Department of the Legion, spoke and a sound film We Who Serve was shown. Registration began at noon and the afternoon program was formally opened by Commander Nick Ball.
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Madison
ANS
American Legion Post No. #7
Jeffrey Grade School Parent-Teacher Association
Nick Ball
Madison Post
Mrs Aretta Kay Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
In Jackson County circuit court Aretta Kay, 37, mother of six, was sentenced to five to eighteen years in the State Women's Prison Peace Springs after conviction for the second degree murder of her husband. The July 9 shooting near Ripley followed testimony that a voice urged her to kill. Her daughters testified their father had previously shown brutality toward their mother.
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Ripley (Ap
State Women's Prison
Peace Springs
Jackson County
Aretta Kay
Ripley
Kay
Woman's Club Elects Officers in Whitesville
Mrs Edwin R. McCoy named president of the newly formed Whitesville Woman's Club at its first election in the Appalachian recreation room. Officers include Mrs WV Wilkerson as vice president Mrs Emmett Stine secretary and Mrs Don Weaver treasurer. The club plans a Whitesville area library project and will install officers April 9 with a May charter deadline.
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Whitesville
RNS
Edwin R. McCoy
South Charleston
Mrs Taylor Speaks At Mission Meeting
OCEANA RNS Guest speaker at a Tuesday meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Toneda Baptist Church was Mrs Travis Taylor Welch, past president of the Baptist Women of the Rockcastle Association. She discussed balancing time for God amid many duties and urged prayers for national state and local leaders and for Baptist Convention officers.
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Oceana
RNS
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Toneda Baptist Church
Travis Taylor
Welch
Baptist Women of the Rockcastle Association
Taylor
Parent Teacher Association
Baptist Convention
Don D. Cook
Cather Stinett
Virgil Lask
Verne Cook
Band Mothers Meet COLCORD Clear Fork
The Clear Fork Band Mothers Club met at the school on Wednesday with seven members present. Principal H. L. Knapp presided in absence of officers and outlined the upcoming special levy election and band plans for May 1. The group bought two pens and chaws, and six majorette uniforms were purchased. a March 31 meeting was set to plan attendance at the Band Festival and transportation arrangements.
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Colcord
BNS
Clear Fork Band Mothers Club
H. L. Knapp
Mr Knapp
Eddie Flint
Woodrow ‘Toney
Stover
Arnett Dunbar
John Flannin
Helen Hawwood
Evans Infant Funeral Today
Funeral services for Kenneth Joseph Evans five week old son of Mr and Mrs Gene Edward Evans Kingston were at 3 30 p m today in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Roy McClelland officiating Burial was in Turley Cemetery Oak Hill The baby died at 445 a m Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital of pneumonia He was born February 8 195 in Oak Hill Survivors include two brothers Gene Leroy and Dennis Allen both of Kingston and grandparents Virtie McNeely Oak Hill Elmer Evans Sanger B K Evans of Sanger
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Kingston
RNS
Kenneth Joseph Evans
Gene Edward Evans
Tyree
Oak Hill
Roy McClelland
Fayetteville
Turley
Penumonia
Gene Leroy
Dennis Allen
Virtie McNeely
Elmer Evans
Sanger
Mrs Lilly 81 Rites Wednesday at Princeton Church
Mrs Sal lie E Lilly aged 81 of East Main Street Princeton died Monday in Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A Mercer County native she was the daughter of the late Lee H Lilly and Elizabeth Harvey Lilly and a Primitive Baptist Church member. Survived by husband J H Lilly since 1886 a daughter Mrs Pearl Lilly Curby Princeton a son Ernest D Princeton three sisters Mrs Mary Meadows Mrs Metin Gilbert and Mrs Lottie Meadows Dunns three brothers Woodrow Lilly Flat Top Ernest E Lake Shawnee and Dayton Lilly Mount Hope six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the residence with Elder Orville Neely officiating Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery Princeton Body removed from Memorial Funeral Directory at 2 pm Tuesday to the residence Pallbearers listed.
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Mercer County
Flat Top
Lee H
Elizabeth Harvey Lilly
Primitive Baptist Church
J. H. Lilly
Pearl Lilly Curby
Princeton
Ernest D
Mary Meadows
Metin Gilbert
Lottie Meadows
Dunns
Woodrow Lilly
Ernest E
Lake Shawnee
Dayton Lilly
Mount Hope
Orville Neely
Oakwood Cemetery
H. FE. DeJarnette
Essie Bailey
Charles Waddell
Harry Dickson
L. Fred Sneed
W. Broughton Johnston
Dewey J. Bailey
Ira Macon Smith
Fire Destroys Mitchell House in Garrison
A Saturday night blaze razed the residence of Mr and Mrs Hillard Mitchell in Garrison. Seventeen Whitesville Fire Department personnel fought the flames starting at 9 pm, with the home and furnishings valued at about 3500 dollars. The structure burned again around 1 am Sunday as embers rekindled, threatening nearby houses.
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Garrison
RNS
Hillard Mitchell
Whitesville
Mitchell
Circle Holds Meeting in Whitesville Church
The Women's Circle of Whitesville Presbyterian Church met in March at the church with Miss Mentie Taylor presiding. Mrs. Galen Work led the lesson and hosts included Mrs. Frank Mikeal and Mrs. Antonette Easton. The Men's Council of the Mountain Project Presbyterian Churches held a Montcoal Church meeting Saturday with dinner served by Montcoal women.
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Whitesville
RNS
James Terry 15 Dies. Funeral Today in Montcalm Church
MONTCALM RNS Funeral services for James Federick Terry 15 of Sandlick were set for 2 today at the Church of God Montcalm conducted by Rev. Ben Woodring and Rev. R E Pope. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was found dead in a shallow creek near his home about 8:30 p m Friday. appears a fainting spell. Born Sept 11 1943 in Montcalm he was son of Alfred and Zanona Scott Terry a Montcalm High sophomore. He is survived by brothers Monty and Eddie a sister Joyce and grandparents Mr and Mrs James Scott of Tampa Fla and Mrs Arnold Wingo of Princeton. Pallbearers listed.
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Montcalm
Alfred and
Zanona Scott Terry
Montcalm High School
Monty
Eddie
Joyce
James Scott
Tampa
Fla
Arnold Wingo
Princeton
Johnny Surface
Bill Harehbarger
Jerry Kade
Ray Bradley
David Surface
Danny Bradley
Ronnie Dunford
Buddy Gillenwater
South Man PTA Meeting Tonight at School Gym
The South Man Elementary School PTA will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium. A play by first through third graders titled Peter Rabbit Helps The Children will be presented, with Mrs. BR. S. Walker in charge.
Mrs Thompson Speaks on Faith at Fayetteville Methodist
Mrs C Thompson Jr led Circle No 1 of the Fayetteville Methodist Church in a program on faith at their Tuesday meeting. Miss Kathleen Crawford presided in the chairman's absence as the group gathered at Mrs E B Eskew's home with co hostess Mrs John Zorio and several members in attendance.
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Fayetteville
RNS
C. §. Thompson Jr
Circle No. 1
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Joe Pilato
Kathleen Crawford
C. H. Dodd
E. B. Eskew
John Zorio
Charles Alberchinski
Tommie Platt
Robert Akers
W. L. Whittaker
R. O. Farmer
Norman Poff
Alfred Bibb
Thomas Smith
J. H Allen
Joe Stone
Reverend Peyton to Appear with Gospel Caravan in Beckley
The Rev. Harry R. Peyton announces a Gospel Caravan appearance at Beckley Memorial Building today at 7:30 pm. He and his group just finished a six month wagon trip from Hinton to Los Angeles, with a color film on the journey and stops at Knotts Berry Farm and Buena Park. Public invited to attend.
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Harry R. Peyton
Memorial Building
Beckley
Mr. Peyton
Hinton
Los Angeles
Calif
Knotts Berry Farm
Buena Park
Peyton
Mrs V Chambers 86 Feted By Oceana WSCS
Oceana WSCS honors Vida Chambers on her 86th birthday with a shower. Granddaughter gifts a pink corsage and cake mark the celebration. Born 1873 in Sun Hill, she served as Oceana postmistress for 20 years and remains active in church and community groups despite a past stroke.
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Oceana
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Oceana Methodist Church
Vida
Granny) Chambers
Virginia Belle Smith
Arlene Drake
Chambers
Granny’s Chambers
Sun Hill
Ballard
Sara Shannon
Anthony L. Chambers
WSCS
Pineville
Order of Eastern Star
White Shrine
Rebekah Assembly
Ravencliff Lodge
Oceana Woman’s Club
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs
Absent Students Hit Clear Fork High as Flu Spreads
About 450 Clear Fork High School pupils were absent last week due to flu. Nearby Colcord, Dorothy, and Ameagle schools reported 25 absences each while Lower White Oak saw many students out. Adults first suffered the illness, then the youth.
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Colcord
ANS
Clear Fork High School
Colcord School
Dorothy School
Ameagle
White Oak School
Honored With Party for 12th Birthday in Mullens
Diane Wood, daughter of Mr and Mrs Nathan Wood of Cook Apartments South Mullens, was honored with a party on her 12th birthday Thursday. Guests included Patty Clifford Betty Taylor Patricia Lesler Rebecca Green Lucinda Cook Gloria Jean Pritchard Delilah Combs Gina Sweeney Brenda Coffey Kathy Collingsworth and Delena Wood.
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Mullens
RNS
Diane Wood
Nathan Wood
Cook Apartments
South Mullens
Patty Clifford
Betty Taylor
Patricia Lesler
Rebecca Green
Lucinda Cook
Gloria Jean Pritchard
Delilah Combs
Gina Sweeney
Brenda Coffey
Kathy Collingsworth
Delena Wood
Sprained Wrist Treated at Stevens Clinic
Susan Ron caglione Ll Covel was released after treatment for a sprained right wrist from a fall at Stevens Clinic.
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Ocovel
RNS
Susan Roncaglione Ll
Covel
Stevens Clinic
Gaskin Involved In Parked Car Hit Run
Mullens police report a 26 year old man named Bradford Gaskin said he could not find the owner of a car he struck while driving his mother's 1956 sedan. He claimed he was meeting another vehicle during a rainstorm and left the scene without citations. Curtis Miller's car was parked on Guyan Dotte Avenue in Itmann.
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Mullens
ANS
Bradford Gaskin
T Curtis Miller
Itmann
Guyandotte Avenue
Wendell W. Cook
Gaskin
Julie Freeman
Brown Speaks At Club Meeting Madison
In Madison the Madison Woman's Club hosted a Friday gathering with hostesses listed. T. A. Brown of Keiffer and Brown Inc. presented a program on the Geneva Federation of Women's Club, recounting its history and achievements as summarized by Miss Sara Pollock.
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Madison
ANS
T. A. Brown
Keiffer and Brown Inc
Madison Woman's Club
H. H Howell
C. C. Hopkins
Helen Hulbert
Troy Law
L. B. Lyon
Philip Miller
G. W. Miller
Perry Moyer
Clyde Sanders
Edith Isner
Geneva Federation of Women's Club
Sara Pollock
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Garland Counts
Leroy Counts
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Morgan Building
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Bud Man
E. Ellison
Bell-Ans
Orangeburg
Legion
PTA
Mrs. Kay
Vichmond Cleaners
Woman's Club
Mrs. Taylor
Band Mothers
Mrs. Lilly
Sallie E. Lilly
East Main Street
Memorial Hospital
Alma Jean Hoskins
Register
Woodrow Wilson High School
Alma Jean
Frances Hoskins
le Fork
Annie Rooney
WWHS
Roy
Gary Okes
Kermit Okes
Beaver
Gary
Beaver Elementary
Rip Kirby
Comic Council, Inc
James Terry
South Man Pta
Hinton, Wva
V. Chambers
Oceana Wscs
Bluefield
George Wayne
Letah) Cook
Zida
Annie
Earl Cook Jr
Zida Cook
R. C. Hatfield
Nancy Evans
Dale Childers
Okinawha
B. L. Morgan
USA
Richard Atwell
Spiritual Life
Morgan
Piles Wright
Dewey Mitchell
Bill Drake
E. G. Shannon
Harlan Ellenburg
H. K. Meredith
Archie Roberts
Phyllis Slusher
Fudd Cook
George Wayne Cook
Ray Shannon
Hugh Miller
Wanna Cook
T. Brown
Piedmont
Cincinnati
Columbus
Norfolk
Richmond
Cal
Clifford
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