Two Accused Rustlers Deny Stealing Cattle
State trooper Wiley Hersman and farmer Boyd Shrewsbury prepare to go to Wytheville Virginia to recover cattle alleged stolen from Shrewsbury. Accused rustlers Roy McKinney and Joe Mills face grand larceny charges over two heifers valued at 160 dollars. McKinney and Mills admit a whisky cash swap for the cattle and say they loaded the animals for transport to Wytheville after a drinking spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wiley Hersman
Boyd Shrewsbury
Barkers Ridge
Wytheville
Shrewsbury
Roy McKinney
Stephenson
Joe Mills
Bill Houck
McKinney
Mills
Mel .Kinney
Allen Junction
Ball Park
Mercer Court Orders Directed in Separate Civil Actions
Judge F Morton Wagner entered orders in Mercer County cases. Elizabeth Lovern is to receive 100 dollars monthly, plus 100 dollars toward attorney fees and costs, while the defendant must vacate the Mercer Street apartment and stay away. In another action the General Telephone Co. may be required to produce records of calls. A Davis custody decree was revised granting the husband custody of two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
ANS
Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
Elizabeth M. Lovern
Patrick C. Lovern
Mercer Street
William H
Virginia P. Harris
Virginia R. McClure
General Telephone Co
Southeast
Otio L. Davis
Mary Louise Davis
Six hurt in Wyoming weekend accidents
Wyoming General Hospital treated six people for injuries from separate incidents. Gladys Lambert fractured her left arm after slipping on ice. Eugene Sanderson received burns to his left hand. C. E. Coffman fractured a toe when a rock dropped on his foot. Two Alpoca miners Leonard Mullins and George Scott suffered injuries from falling slate with Scott later hospitalized. James Bailey was struck by a splinter of steel near the eye while removing a metal grab from a log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullensians
Wyoming General Hospital
Gladys Lambert
Ravencoff
Eugene Sanderson
South Mullens
C. E. Coffman
Corinne
Black Eagle
Alpoca
Leonard Mullins
New Richmond
George Scott
Scott
Mullins
James Bailey
Jesse
Church Bros. Lumber Co
WSCS Fellowship Dinner At Oceana Methodist Church
The Women’s Society of Christian Service at Oceana Methodist Church hosted a fellowship dinner on Thursday evening with all church departments and the Sunday School taking part. Afterward, fall event games were held for attendees of all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Oceana Methodist Church
District Lions convention to draw 400 plus in Fayetteville
Fayetteville Memorial Auditorium hosts District 29 percent Lions convention on April 14 with more than 400 attendees expected. Carl B. Vickers, president of the Fayetteville club, notes committees finished plans for the banquet at 7 pm on the main floor. Robert H. Trent reports the banquet will precede the business session and special entertainment is planned before meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNL
Memorial Auditorium
Carl B. Vickers
Hrst
Baileysville High Band To Give Concert Tuesday
Baileysville High School band will present its annual spring concert in the school auditorium at 7:31 p m Tuesday under director Joseph Bragg. The program includes Pacific Grandeur The Homesteader Waves of the Danube Magnolia Overture Air and March and Champions on Parade with a later dance at Memorial Auditorium. District and National music officials plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
BNS
Baileysville High School
Joseph Bragg
J. Olivadota
Marine A*nyquist
J. Ivanovici
Frederick R. Prucell
Merriam
Herman A. Hummel
Guard of Honor
Lions
Memorial Auditorium
Jan Campbell
Buckley
Hospital Lists 40 New Patients
Mullens area hospitals report forty new patients for the week ending Saturday. Names appear across multiple towns including Mullens, Wyco, Corinne, Itmann, Glen Rogers, Princewicks, Stephenson, Amigo, Otsego, Beckley and Glen Fork. Patients include Gene Rhodes, Robert O’Neal, Bud, James Shelby, Mildred Henry, Diana White, Barbara Christian, and Trene Shrewsbury among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming
Gene Rhodes
Wyco
Herbert Morgan
Keyrock
Charles Coffman
Corinne
Joan [O'Neal
Bud
Mildred Gary
Robert O'Neal
James Shelby
Vernal Keen
Itmann
Rosetta Curry
Maben
George Scott
Alpeca
Betty Lester
Ben Lafferty
Marie Hypes
Pineville
Sarah Cadle
Princewicks
Patricia Blankenship
Eula McKinney
Herndon
Ruby Perdue
Otsego
Corbit Perdue
James Yates
Rhaodell
James Robertson
Mildred Henry
Allen Junction
Audrey Massie
Glen Rogers
Sadie Belcher
Stephenson
Elmer Cadle
Amigo
John Trick
Glen Fork
Leonard Green
Pamela Hall
Jennie Rutherford
Beckley
Josephine Neece
Alpoca
Diana White
Buds
Joyce Thornton
Thomas Miller
Tams
Jean Sauffer
Ruby Graham
Edgar Elmandolar
Barbara Christian
Ruby Porter
Rhodell
Trene Shrewsbury
Beechwood
Louise Reynolds
Opal Maynard
Kooperston
Elmer Keffer of Scarbro Dies After Illness
Elmer Keffer of Route 1 Scarbro died at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery about 4 a m after an extended illness. The body was taken to Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarbro
Elmer Keffer
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Tyree
Oak Hill
Fayetteville Legion Plans Anniversary Meeting and Awards
Fayetteville Post 149 American Legion marks its 37th anniversary with a dinner and buffet at the Legion Home. Awards for top membership getters will be presented by commander Forrest Morris and Myron Renick. The event aims to recruit 25 more members before a brief business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
JL. Clinebell
Roy P
William H. Shriver
Joint Legion
LaFayette
American Legion
Legion
Miller
Forrest J. Morriswilll
Myron Renick
John L. Witt Jr
Harry W.l
Aepasase
METRO
Tommy
Addi
G. Steete Callison
Oak Hill
Forrest J. Morris
Harry W. Muller
Ernest M. Darnall
Tomight
Corsage Making Taught to Scarbro Garden Club
Scarbro Garden Club members learned corsage making from Oak Hill florist Herbert Shumate at White Oak Presbyterian Church. Shumate supplied materials and supervised a finished corsage for each member. A musical program directed by Mrs. Landrum and Mrs. Weatherford accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarbro
RNS
Oak Hill
Scarbro Garden Club
Herbert Shumate
Shumate
White Oak Presbyterian Church
C. C. Landrum
C. R. Weatherford
Friendship Night For Princeton Junior Woman's Club
The Princeton Hostesses Club plans Friendship Night at the home of Mrs. Thomas Hall. Naomi French and Jean Roland organize the program featuring local music by Mrs. G B White, a humorous reading by Jan Simpkins, a dramatic reading by Bonnie Williams, and a skit Family Portrait by members. Duffy Holmbeck will narrate and a leave of absence was granted to Mrs. Baker. Nominating report presented by Freda Dobbins. Refreshments served to listed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Prank
Egular Woman's Club
Claytor
P. J.carrick
Friendship Night
Thomas Hall
Naomi French
Jean
Roland
G. B. White
Jan Simpkins
Bonnie Wiliams
Duffy Holmbeck
Thomas Baker
Freda Dobbins
Shirley Donaghue
Betty Bailey
Thelma Oxley
Helen Blankenship
Libby Collier
Frank Claytor
James Kelly
George Lusk
Fred Whittaker
DAR Congress Delegate Named
Borderland Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution named Mrs. W. C. Bishop as delegate and Mrs. Kenneth Humphries as alternate to the National Congress in Washington DC this April during a meeting at Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
National Congress
Borderland
Daughben Af
Washington, D. C
W. C. Bishop
Kenneth Humphries
Airs
W. E. Lawton
Mount Hope
Thomas Jefferson
P. C. Graney
National Defense
J. M. Francesa
J. E. Howard
C. F. McCoy
F. A. Guffey
C. R. Hill
R. L. Hughes
J. B. Thompson
Nine Wyom ing County couples obtain marriage licenses
Wyoming County Clerk's office issues licenses to nine couples including Curtis McKinney and Carol Ann Coffey. Norman Lawrence and Linn ie Kenneda. Bradford Burns and Peggy Ann Steele. William Sizemore and Corinne Johnson. Andrew Hobert and Paylis Johnston. Marshall Bailey Jr and Z l Phia Workman. Denver Lowe and Gloria Wheley. Kenneth Felts and Flora England. Leslie Peterson and Betty Powers. Also note a San Antonio man claims parsley prevents colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
ANL
Wyoming County
Oceana
Marshall Bailey Jr
Zilphia Helen Workman
Cyclone
Denver Lowe
Wyco
Gloria Ann Wheley
Allen Junction
Kenneth Felts
Capies
Flora England
Hanover
Leslie E. Peterson
Peoria
Betty Jean Powers
Glen Fork
Rabbi Volkman to Speak at Concord College
Rabbi Samuel Volkman of the Virginia Street Temple Charleston travels to Concord College Athens by Jewish Chautauqua Society. He will address Social Institution classes on Religion in the Modern World and Judaism with sessions at 8 9 10 11 am and 1 pm in the Little Theatre open to interested listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Samuel Volkman
Virginia Street
Charleston
Volkman
Concord
Jewish Chautaqua Society
Rabbi Volkman
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Chicago
Charleedion
Pineville People Involving Eastern Star Members And Local Visits
Mrs. Gertrude Sampson Bluefield visits Mrs. W V McNemar Pineville for Friendship Night of the Pineville chapter Order of Eastern Star where Sampson is a charter member and former matron. Mr Eugene Noble returns to Pineville after a three week Key West Florida vacation. Colin E Manning Pineville recovering after appendectomy at Stevens Clinic Welch. Mr and Mrs W M Lewis return to Pineville after several days in Cincinnati Ohio. children visit Crockett Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
Gertrude Sampson
Bluefield
W. V. McNemar
River Drive
Order of Eastern Star
Sampson
Athens
McNemar
Logan
Eugene Noble
Key West
Fla
Colin E. Manning
Stevens Clinic
Welch
W. M. Lewis
Cincinnati
Joseph Crockett
Princeton Legion Post 54 Celebrates Anniversary Dinner
Princeton Post 54 and Auxiliary marked the 37th anniversary of the American Legion and the 15th anniversary of the Princeton Post at a Memorial Building dinner. Tommy Jones reviewed Legion history, with youth participants and Girls' State/S Boys State attendees sharing experiences. a local quartet performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Legion
Princeton Post
Princeton
RNL
American Legion
The
Memorial
Dean Coffee
Tommy Jones
Harry Goes
Gary
Bluefield
A. Angrist
Harry West
Martha Evans
Freedom Foundation
Katherine Bailey
Shirley Dobbins
Joann Miller
Judy Simpkins
West Virginia
West Virginia Girls’ State
W. P. Kraushaar
Girls’ State
Charles Bird
Jackson's Mill
Virginia
Blacksburg
Princeton Mate
W. Joris Barton
W. R. Simpkins
S.J. Evans
Ed Rule
George Smith
Dinner Meeting by Alpha Sigma Tau Chapter
Princeton Athens Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau held a covered-dish dinner at Mrs. B. G. White Jr. home. Miss Jane Wells, president, led a business session planning April and May meetings and named a nominating committee including Hila Arrington Beryle Crockett and Ann Eaton. April meeting set for the Appalachian Room Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Financelon
Princeton - Athens
Alpha Sigma Ten
B. G. White Jr
Jane Wells
Veterans of Foreign Wars Scholarship Awarded to Concord College
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2703 Princeton provides a $200 annual scholarship to Concord College. Essays titled America Beacon of Hope determine the recipient through high schools in Princeton Athens Matoaka Oakvale and Spanishburg. The current year designation is Arlie S. Dewees Memorial Award with judges Senator W Broughton Johnston and Dr W B Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Princeton
Concord College
Post
Matoaka
Oakvale
Spanishburg
America
Beacon of Hope
W. Broughton Johnston
W. B. Robertson
Division of Languages and Literature
Arlie 5. Dewees
Claude Wells
George Williams
O. J. Bailes
Rites Planned Today For Garretson Child
Graveside rites for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Garretson Mead were to be held at the cemetery in Odd Mullens hospital reported the death occurred at 400 am Sunday after a stillbirth in Mullens hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Walter Garretson
Mead
Odd
Mullens Hospital
Officers Named By Elks Lodge In Princeton
Princeton Lodge No. 1459 Elks elected new officers for the year. Installed March 29, the lineup includes W. C Houchins exalted ruler and grand lodge delegate, Russell Matney leading knight, Richard Daisy loyal knight, W G Sheppard lecturing knight, Roger Benseymer treasurer, Walter Fielder Jr secretary, M G Belchen alternate grand lodge delegate, and W A Dempsey Jr trustee for five years. A dinner precedes the initiation March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNL
Princeton Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
W. C Houchins
Grand Lodge
Russell, Matney
Richard Daisy
W. G Sheppard
Roger Benseym
Walter Fielder Jr
H. M. Strong Jr
M. G. Belchen
W. A. Dempsey Jr
Hinton Resident Seriously Hurt in Car Accident
Hinton resident James Kerr was seriously injured as a passenger in a wreck south of the Shepstone Bridge at about 1 a.m. He was the only one of five occupants to be seriously hurt. The crash followed an incident at The Barn tavern involving officer Bob Wheeler and driver James Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
RNS
James Kerr
Shepstone Bridge
Suny
James Morris
Shirley
Lilly
Virginia Snyder
Janie Meadows
Morris
Bob Wheeler
Wheeler
Bluestone Bridge
Alice Scott
Kerr
Fayette Woman Becomes Funeral Tuesday at Bethel Church
Funeral services for Becky Sylvania Humphreys 78 of Lochgelly will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at Bethel Baptist Church Lochgelly by Rev T D Cochran Beckley. Burial at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. She died Sunday morning after an extended illness born Fort Gay Kentucky Sept 13 1877. Survived by husband Ernest Humphreys three sons James Stamper Cleveland Ohio Harry Stamper Minden three daughters W C Wood Fayetteville Leslie Ingram Oak Hill and W T Prevette Lochgelly two sisters Mary Terry Ashtabula Ohio Minnie Hatfield Prestonsburg Ky 16 grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill then to church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lochgelly
Becky Sylvania Humphreys
Bethel Baptist Church
T. D. Cochran
Beckley
High Lawn
Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Humphreys
Fort Gay
William and Lydia Morris
Ernest Humphreys
James Stamper
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry Stamper
Minden
W. C. Wood
Fayetteville
Leslie Ingram
Oak Hi
W. T. Prevette
Mary Terry
Ashtabula
Minttie Hatfield
Prestonsburg
Ty ‘Ree
Lions Banquet Tonight Swiftly Replaces Regular Meeting
Princeton Lions Club to host Ladies Night banquet at Moose Hall starting 6 43 p m replacing the Thursday meeting. Mrs L G Bowling Jr provided piano selections and attendance contest boosts turnout. William Smith named as club representative in Mental Health Society. Welch Lions members spoke for R H Huff candidate for Governor of District 23W. Lions team played Princeton Jaycees after the meeting at Knob Schost. Safety committee meets Tuesday at 730 p m at Virginia Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
BNL
Princeton Lions Club
Moose Hall
L. G. Bowling Jr
Frank G. Claytor Jr
William Smith
Mental Health Society
Welch Lions Club
R. H. Huff
Lions
Princeton Jaycees
Knob Schost
Virginia Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mercer
WSCS
Try Sanitone Dry Cleaning Service
Ce Thrifty
Ichmon Cleaners
Baileysville High Band
Sue and
Elizabeth Trent
Betty Sue Wheeler
Carolyn Shields
Madgaline Bishop
Shelby Webb
Shirley Green
Peggy Bailey
Sue Lusk
Gwenda Shields
Lilian Meadows
Emily Ann Bailey
Charles Lockhart
Hazel Lambert
Nola Lockhart
Patsy Shields
Shirley Wilson
Janey Roberts
Alice West
Heidi Harvey
Lois
Keneda
Douglas Altizer
Ida Mae Sargent
Karen Roberts
Fayetteville Legion
Holliday
Atvilinrul Gavaral
Affinske Hana In
Fayetteville Post
Vinechanata
W. B. Errington
C. R.weatherford
W. T. Craft
Alexander Doris
B. A. Gooch
Emma Hopier
E. Henderson
Charles Smith
J. L. Pettit
Kenton Thompson
Mike, Vargo Jr
William Spradlin
Melanie Doris
Don Landrum
Princeton Junior Woman's Club
DAR Congress
San Antonio
Tex
E. R. Bushick
Bushick
VEW Post
Auxiliary
Janis Dobbins
June Coffey
June Bailes
June Woolwine
Garretson
Elks Lodge
Keppersten Elementary School
Hazel Morrison
Matherr
Keppersten
Cleve Lester
Rayweed Jarrett
Reese Daniel
Kepperston
Fayette
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