Heart Fund drive totals in Fayette County and Oak Hill area
Fayette County Heart Fund total collected 1903.08 with Oak Hill drive run Feb 1 29. The goal was 1800 in Oak Hill and 4000 countywide. Contributions came from clubs lodges individuals and businesses totaling 22 from clubs and lodges 10 individuals 42 businesses. The Busy Bee 4 H Groups collected 99.72 and 290.75 came from Main Street consolidations. The largest single phase was 1123.88 from house to house canvass on Heart Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Busy Bee 4-H
Lundy O’dell
Main Street
Fay Martin
Pack Speaks At Glen Rogers PTA Meeting
R Pack, a Wyoming County sanitarian, spoke to Glen Rogers Elementary School PTA on Tuesday and showed a film titled The Work of the Health Department. Principal Kelly Sizemore introduced him at the school session conducted by President Dr C C Cottrill. The Rev Glenn Robinson gave the invocation. A lunch was served by Mrs Margaret Tarazkozy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Robert Pack
Wyoming County
Glen Rogers Elementary School
Health Department
Pack
Kelly Sizemore
C. C. Cottrill
Glenn Robinson
Glen Rogers Community Church
Youth Struck By Car Near Mullens Injures Boy
Kermit Lee Kiser, aged six, was hospitalized at Wyoming General Hospital after running into the side of a car. Driver Ted Nunn said the child dashed from an embankment into the highway while his mother Mrs Kenneth Kiser accompanied him to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kiser
Pineville Freshman Lynda Beavers Earns Dean’s List
Miss Lynda Sharon Beavers daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Beavers of Pineville earned Dean’s List honors for the last semester at Marshall College. A 1959 Pineville High School graduate she was active in clubs and edited the yearbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNL
Lynda Sharon Beavers
Robert Beavers
Marshall College
Pineville High School
The Unknown Side of J. Edgar Hoover
Curtis Mitchell examines a lesser known portrait of J Edgar Hoover, detailing personal beliefs, leadership style, and influence within the FBI. The piece weighs public image against private conduct, exploring controversies surrounding his long tenure and power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
Two Miners Die in Rock Fall at Fayette County Mine
In Landisburg Fayette County a rock fall killed two miners at the Royalty Smokeless Coal Co mine. Foreman Earl W. Smith 46 Calloway Heights and carpenter Ewell Dixon 40 Clifftop died with bodies recovered after 2:50 p.m. and 8 p.m. respectively. A third miner W A McConnell 61 Salem was killed in a slate fall at Owings Mine No 32. Investigations by state and federal mine agencies proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landisburg
State Department of Mines
Federal Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers of America
Landisburg, Fayette County
Logan
Holden 22
Royalty Smokeless Coal Co
Earl W. Smith
Calloway Heights
Ewell Dixon
Clifftop
E. W. Potter
Smith
Dixon
Caffee
Beckley
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
W. A. McConnell
Route 2
Salem
Owings
Mountaineers Coal Co
Shinnston
Loyal Assad Released On Doctor Advice
Loyal Assad was released from Wyoming County Jail on the advice of a Pineville doctor to enter a veterans hospital for treatment of a liver ailment. He will be recommitted to jail to finish a 12 month sentence when he returns. Prosecution cited lack of facilities and jail-cost concerns, and noted his 30 day hospital diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bailey
Assad
Wyoming County
Pineville
Bailey
Allen Junction
Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley
Magistrate Court
Raleigh
Area DAR Sets March 30 Meet
Bord erland Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its March 30 meeting in Fayetteville. Mrs. Wade Mahood announced the delay from March 23 due to a Mountaineer Chapter tea at the Governor's Mansion in Charleston. Regent Mrs. J M Francesa will present An American in Germany with slides of her visit and photos of her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ted Anderson in Beckley after posts in Frankfurt Germany.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Borderland
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wade Mahood
Mountaineer
DAR
South Charleston
Governor’s Mansion
Charleston
J. M. Francesa
Germany
Ted Anderson
Frankfurt
Beckley
Residents and visitors noted in Mt Hope column
Mt Hope column lists residents traveling to Fort Lauderdale and Washington. Arnold leaves to join wife in Florida while Frank Graff and E M Bartrug visit Charleston. Multiple family and hospital updates across Beckley Charleston Ashland and Columbus with injuries surgeries and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Denver
Arnold
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Man Charged After Fatal Wounding At Home
Rufus Mack 4 year old coal miner from Keystone jailed in McDowell County on unlawful wounding charges. His wife and two children were wounded in a late night shooting at the Dennis home. one child Gerald 18 months and Gwendolyn 8 shot as she slept. The child with a severed spine died or remains critically injured. Mrs Mack suffered a superficial wound and was not hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ents
Mack
Teen Age Rock shown at First Brethren Church
The film Teen Age Rock depicting life in a problem high school will be shown at the First Brethren Church in Oak Hill at 7 p.m. Saturday. Sponsored by Fayette County Brethren youth, it highlights youth issues and calls for Christian faith as the answer. The production, created with youth input, features a high school basketball star and a Japanese exchange student voicing concerns about American youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
First Brethren Church
Fayette County
Bob Madowski
United States
Madowski
Youth Films Organization
Muskegon, Mich
Nursing School Graduate Capped at St. Marys Hospital
Rosa Lee Ann Belley daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike Belley of Bradley received her nursing cap Sunday at St Marys Hospital Huntington. Rev Father William Cornelius gave the talk before the capping and Sister M Celeste presented the cap. Belley, a 1959 Woodrow Wilson High School Beckley graduate, was active in multiple clubs and is a former organist at St Anthony s Kilsyth now in the St Marys Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Rosalee Ann Belley
Mike Belley
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
William Cornelius
M. Celeste
Belley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Kilsyth
St. Mary’s, Huntington
Miss Marie Carper Reviews Africa Disturbed at Mount Hope
Miss Marie Carper presented a review of the Book Africa Disturbed at a Mount Hope Presbyterian Church Circle No. 3 meeting in Mount Hope. Mrs Walter Bookman and Mrs L H Ballard co hosted, Bible Study continued on Christ the Unifying Center under E Scott Carter, and Genesis studies planned for March 20 to 25. Pre Easter luncheons were planned for the first three Fridays in April. Mrs C R Harnsbarger welcomed as a visitor. attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Marie Carper
Africa
Circle No. 3
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Walter Bookman
L. H. Ballard
E. Scott Carter
W. W. Hatcher
C. R. Harnsbarger
The
Women of the Church
W B. Poling
Rachel Mills
Conrad Neely
Fred Frisk
Barbara Lawton
Allen Garrett Jr
Local Residents Visit Relatives Over Weekend
Pax PAX in Lorain Ohio visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lilly and were joined by friend Jean Shirley of Elyria. Jimmy Jarrett and son Eddie from Richwood spent time with Lazella Powers. Ordie Winston of Detroit stayed with Ney Winston and relatives. Miss Diane Aliff remains home ill. Trenton Tyree of Detroit visited Mrs. Betty Tyree’s home last weekend.
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Pax
Helen Lilly
Arliss Lilly
Lorain
Ohio
Kenneth Lilly
Jean Shirley
Elyria
Jimmy Jarrett
Eddie
Richwood
Lazella Powers
Ordie Winston
Detroit
Mich
Ney Winston
Diane Aliff
Betty Tyree
Trenton Tyree
Norris announce birth of son Preston David
Mr and Mrs Verdel Norris of Long Branch report the birth of their son Preston David born March 10 at the Norris home weighing seven pounds eight ounces. He is the couple's fifth child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Preston David
Verdel Norris
Long Branch
Norris
Mitchell Returns to Broadway in Out of the Axe
Thomas Mitchell returns to the legitimate stage after six years in the Broadway opening week of February. He stars in Out of the Axe, the first play by Shepard Korman, adapted from Delmar Jackson s novel, portraying a powerful man in a small Midwestern town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Mitchell
Sheppard Korman
Delmar Jackson
Mitchell
Last Two Bodies Of 18 Trapped Miners Located
Funeral services were held across small area churches for 18 men who died in a Holden coal mine fire. Last two bodies, Louis Workman 22 and Charles Adams 4, were recovered nine days after trapping. Federal and state investigators plan a probe next Tuesday amid a fund drive for bereaved families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden
Louis Workman
Charles Adams
Circuit
C. C. Chambers
Judge Chambers
Seven more Holden mine victims funeral plans announced
Funeral arrangements are completed for seven of the 18 trapped miners. Joint services were held for Flint L. Jerrell and James Carter at Mud Fork Church of Christ, with burial in Conley Cemetery. Additional rites set for James V. Lundell in Buchannon, William Kyle Donaldson in Logan, Orville Sargent in Harts, Isom Ooten in Lenore, and Frank Ardis in Holden. Survivors listed include spouses and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden No. 22
Flint L. Jerrell
James Carter
Mud Fork Church of Christ
Amos Mullins
Stonewall Hensley
Conley
Harts
Jerrell
Minnie Williams
Mill Creek
Winfred Jerrell
Garnet Tomblin Jerrell
Carter
Whirlwind
James
Ellen Workman Carter
Mavis Conley Carter
James V. Lundell
Logan
Poling St. Clair Funeral Home
Buchannon
Masonic
West Union
Joan
William Kyle Donaldson
Holden
Harrison Funeral Home
Arnold Poole
J. W. Call and Sons Funeral Home
Pikeville
Watt Shepherd
Ooten
Duncan Fork
Ellen
Frank Ardis
Pine Creek
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Joseph Norton
Paul Hickey
Forrest Lawn
Pecks Mill
Teresa
Beer License Revoked for Mount Gay Inn Owner
Arnold Hager, operator of the West Virginia Drive Inn at Mount Gay in Logan County, had his beer license revoked by State Beer Commissioner R D Platt. The action included forfeiture of a $200 bond after charges of illegal possession and sale of liquor and disorderly conduct on the premises.
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Charleston
Arnold Hager
Mount Gay
Logan County
R. D. Platt
Hager
Weekend Visitors and Moves in Ravencliff Area
Ravencliff notes weekend guests including Mavis Stewart nurse at McMillion Hospital Charleston and Jim Givens Marshall College Huntington. Local moves include AlC Green to Affutt Air Force Base Omaha Nebraska and family visits by Mrs. Ford and Dennis McGraw among others. New Ravencliff residents are Stewart Shuman and his wife Sonny formerly of Koppers ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
Ward Stewart
Mavis Stewart
McMillion Hospital
Charleston
Jim Givens
Marshall College
Huntington
Amos Green
Affutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Neb
Harry McGraw
Orlando
Fla
Donald A. Ford
Fort Lee
Jesse Snead
Ford
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Dennis McGraw
Mullens and
Beckley
Glenn Acord
Jimmie Cole
Fairdale
Gratt Daniels
Eugene Brooks
Baltimore
Pate Brooks
Bud Allen
Mullens Hospital
June Reeves
Greely McGraw
Stewart
Sonny) Shuman
Kopperston
Evelyn Shuman
Eugene Shuman
Gene, Eccles
John Long Feted At Rotary Dinner
Oak Hill Rotary honored John B. Long president of the Long Airdex Company at a Tuesday dinner. The program chair was Frank Mauritz with Pat Hamilton as master of ceremonies. Long noted the merger with Marom Harrington to expand sales offices across West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and several other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
John B
Jack” Long
Long-Airdex Company
Marom-Harrington Company Inc
Long
Airdox
West Virginia
Benton, Ill
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Pikeville
Louisville
Colorado
Finleyville
J. B. Long
John Karnap
Rosser Long
J. S. Keatley
William Laird
Otis D. Morton
John Vargo
Morris Wonder
John Mann
Richard Sydnor
Beckley
H. F. Frazier
Fayetteville
Kingston WSCS Meets Kingston
The Women's Society of Christian Service met at Fairview Methodist Church with the theme How Total Is My Stewardship. Members listed were Mrs. Richard Winston Mrs. Gail Rinehart Mrs. Joetta Harris Mrs. Eddie Aliff and Patsy Winston Plans were made for the vacation workshop at Oak Hill and a general area church societies meeting at Mullens on April 6 The officer's training school will be at Fairview May 20 with Mrs J R Perry Beckley as presiding officer The next meeting is set for April 19
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
RNS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Fairview Methodist Church
Richard Winston
Gail Rinehart
Joetta Harris
Eddie Aliff
Patsy Winston
Oak Hill
Mullens Methodist Church
Mullens
J. R. Perry
Beckley
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R. Pack
PTA
Margaret Tarazkozy
New River
Channel
T.V
San Francisco
Joel McCrea
Yvonne DeCarlo
Warner Bros
Goliath
Txork Sworo Vance
Tknus
Z. Arkoff
Steve Reeves
Barbarians
Chelo Alonso As
Bruce Cabot
Mihopes
Mickey Rooney
Steve Cochran
Mamie van Doren
Te Sea Pinto Mgm
By Curtis Mitchell
Farms#ly Weekly
Hollywood
Penney
Family Weekly
Fayette
Loyal Assad
Muluens
Wyoming
Bert Short
Short
Elmore
Herndon
Abe Smiley
Mt. Hope
Frank Graff
E. M. Bartrug
Julia Steplowski
Raleigh General Hospital
Ronald Snyder
Vero Beach
P. M. Ill
Charles Puckett
Donald
Sonja Jane
Jim Puckett
Kim
Amy Louise
Pete Bierne
Paul Bookman
Paul Kent
Bierne
Mar- Puckett
Norman Arthur
Washington, D. C
Jack Skaggs
Jackie
Elaine
Hopewell
Ed Blanchard
Skaggs
Maxine Blanchard
Ashland
William D. Lawton
S. C. Higgins
Charleston Memorial Hospital
E. E. Jones Jr
Oak Hill Hospital
E. C. Burgess
Shepherd's Hospital, Charleston
Laura Belle McCauley
Columbus
R. Mack
Techmicolqe
Vtomen
Solomon and
Sheba
PINE
Bill Mauldin
Ae Morris RA Vague
Hugo Haas
John Long
Rotary
WSCS
Glen Jean
Caret's Rangers
James Garner
Esuer Williams
Jerr Chandler
Qawniind
Rossanat Podesta
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