Meadow Bridge Boy Dies After Road Incident
Meadow Bridge records a fatal accident on State Route 20 near Rainelle. Eight year old surface of Meadow Bridge collided with a car after playing marbles. no charges were filed against the driver, and the victim is identified as William Rob I Thomas Edward McClung, 18, of Rainelle. Funeral arrangements are pending at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
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Meadow Bridge
Robert C. Sur
Mary
Meadow
B. H. Cassell
Rainelle
William
Eula Kane
Glen Jean
Nickell Fu
William Rob I Thomas Edward McClung
Neral
East Rainelle
Longacre mine wins safety award for 1955
Semet Solvay Division honors Harewood mine Longacre for a 1955 safety drive across Allied Chemical plants. Percy Gillie presents plaque. officials credit workers, union, and state and federal mine agencies for improved roof testing and safety practices after prior roof-fall fatalities.
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Hareweed
Semet-Selway
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Longacre
Fayette County
Lawrence Moore
John L. Lewis Jr
Union Safety Committee
Lawrence Rose
Percy Gille
Semet-Solvay Mines
C. V. Hunt
Joe Mulligan
Floyd Booker
Union Mine Committee
Bracie Clark
UMWA
Semet-Solvay
Harewood
Semet- Solvay
Percy Gillie
Gillie
Allied Chemical & Dye
Tralee
Wyoming County
Two Navy Men Held In Theft of Automobile
Two Navy men on leave from the U S charge of auto theft were held in Fay County jail. Jack Wendell Stout 19 of Indiana and Donald Haven Dee 20 Nitro admitted stealing a 198 Chevrolet near Lawton Route 19 five miles from Lawton. Deputy Fox and Constable Pugh arrested them at 3 30 a m and magistrate Virgie Lyons ordered held for grand jury with $1000 bond each.
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Fayditeville
ANS
Ette County
U. S
Navy
Fay
Jack Wendell Stout
Indiana
Donald Haven Dee
Lawton
Russell Brown
Roy Stevens
Quinnimont
L. W. Fox
James Pugh
Virgie Lyons
Stout
Deel
Mrs. Abbott, 58, Taken by Death in Prudence
Mrs. Bessie Abbott died at her home at dawn Monday from a heart condition. She was born August 14, 1898 in Appomattox Virginia. Survived by husband William Abbott two sons John H. Turner of Baltimore and Robert Turner of Prudence a daughter Mary Coles of Baltimore three sisters Lula Stover Ella Page and Viola Winbush four grandchildren. Body at Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean awaiting arrangements.
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Prudence
Bessie Abbott
Appomattox
William Abbott
John H. Turner
Baltimore
Robert Turner
Mary Coles
Lula Stover
Ohio
Ella Page
Viola Winbush
Williamson
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
Hospital Reports Seven New Admissions in Week
Wyoming General Hospital listed seven new admissions for the week ending Saturday alongside a roster of patients across Mullens and surrounding towns. Names span Mrs Nora Grigg to Mrs Molly Dameron with multiple listings in Mullens and neighboring communities.
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Mullens
Lillie Sisk
Bud
Gertrude Hawley
New Richmond
Lola Gillespie
Essie Kliber
Anna Rash
Rhodell
Elizabeth Hall
Stephenson
Dora Wolfe
Shirley Simmons
Pineville
Goldie Brown
Frank Bradshaw
Bland
Liddie Pruett
D. H. Palmer
Barbara Thomas
Glenn McKinney
Ernest McCoy
Edna Halsey
Shirley Duncan
Glen Rogers
Pamela Beavers
Lillian Cook
Keyrock
Betty Lou Borders
Timann
Chess Shrewsbury
Berry Catron
Pierpoint
Gladys Lambert
Ravencliff
Molly Dameron
Rockview
Pineville Personal Notes Reflect Weekend Visits
Mrs. Charles W. Cook travels to Newark Delaware for a two week visit with Rev. Paul E. Cook and family. Pineville residents Violet Lusk Lillian Bailey Jo Ann Stevens Donna Jo Shields and others enjoy weekend visits in Bluefield Ravencliff Matoaka and Beckley with relatives and friends.
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Pineville
RNS
Charles W. Cook
Paul E. Cook
Cook
Newark
Del
Lillian Bailey
Violet Lusk
Bluefield
Jo Ann Stevens
Matoaka
Azel Brown
Roy E. Thomas
Terry Lee
Dorothy Pais
Beckley
Ravencliff
J. G. McGraw
Donna Jo Shields
Charleston
C. A. Shields
East Pineville
B. C. Nichols
Brooks Nichols
Ted M. Cooke
1Dell Cooke
H. E. Crews
Catherine Crews
S. D. Stovall
Sophia
Fayette Woman's Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Espie LE Jones Simmons 64 Oak Hill will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Jones Ave Church of God with burial in Oak Hill Odd Fellows Cemetery. The body goes from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to the residence at 6 p.m. today then to the church one hour before services. She died at Oak Hill Hospital at 9:30 a.m. Monday from complications of an extended illness.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Espie LE. Jones Simmons
Jones Ave
Church of God
Odd Fellows
Tyree
Talk on Germany's Coal Towns To Be Heard by Oak Hill Club
Oak Hill Rotary Club tonight hosts Richwood resident Joe L. McQuade who will discuss Germany's Ruhr coal towns after a European tour. McQuade, a Maust Coal and Coke director and Tioga Coal executive, coins his 1955 achievements and TV quiz winnings aiding Richwood youth. Circuit Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. of Fayetteville will also attend.
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Germany
Oak Hill Club
OAK Hill
RNS
Joe L. McQuade
Richwood
Rhur
Maust Coal and Coke Corp
New York
Tioga Coal Corp
Donegan Coal and Coke
Nicholas County
McQuade
Richwood Lions Club
Riverside Addition
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Fayetteville
Exchange Scouter Speaks At Fayette County Rally
Fayette County Girl Scout rally drew about 500 scouts as Barbara Quisenberry of Charleston spoke on her 1955 Norway visit with slides. Oak Hill and Fayette senior scouts led songs. flag retreat and taps marked the program.
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Fayette County
Fayettevgile
RNS
Barbara Quisenberry
Charleston
Juliette Low
Norway
Savannah
Ette
Memorial Audi
Oak Hill
Pettry Funeral Held Wednesday Whitesville
Funeral services for Anderson Buck Pettry 84 of Whitesville were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Packsville Church with Rev. Glen Pugh officiating. Burial follows at the Dry Creek family cemetery. Pettry died Monday after a long illness leaving four daughters two sisters two brothers and other relatives. The body will be at the residence from 5 p.m. today. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville in charge.
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Whitesville
RNS
Anderson Buck Pettry
Packsville
Glen Pugh
Dry Creek
Pettry
Daugh‘ters
Fred Pettry
Streeter
Clarence Maynor
Marmet
Gay Peters
Draudy
Della ‘Bateman
Rises Set Today For Cathy West
Graveside services were held for Cathy Arlene West three months old at Sun Set Memorial Park Beckley. The infant died at 6 10 p m Sunday in a Beckley hospital from pneumonia born December 14 at East Gulf. Survived by parents four sisters two brothers five half sisters and four half brothers. Body moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the West residence.
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Robertson and Foglesong
Rites Wednesday For Ellen Burns
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Burns 71 Oak Hill will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Meade Chapel Church near Dawson with ministers Eastwood Plybon and McGraw officiating. Burial will follow in Meade Chapel Cemetery. Survived by husband H Burns three sons six daughters and numerous grandchildren. Also survives three brothers two sisters and many more relatives. The body lies at Thomas Funeral Home with viewing today and one hour before the service. A concert by the Clear Fork Band is scheduled for 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at Clear Fork High School.
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Oak Hell
RNS
Elfen Burns
Oak Hill
Meade Chapel
Dawson
de. C. G. Eastwood
G. F. Plybon
Gassaway
Emory McGraw
Grassy Meadows
Burns
Oak Hills
Nicholas County
Meude Chapel
Greenbrier County
AH. Burns
Lady H. Burns
Bluefield
Leslie G. Burns
Columbus
Ohio
John Robert Burns
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ina Warren Blake
Beckley
Ida Ailstock
Marfrance
Fay Adams
Corliss
Mary Flack
Bonnie Walkup
Asbury
Addie Hundley
T. B. Shawver
John A. Shawver
Alderson
W. H. Shaver
Charmee
Ruhamah Witt
Rupert
Anna McCallister
Danville
Thomas Funeral Home
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Meadow Bridge Bay
United Mine Workers Local Union
State Department of Mines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Petitor
Wyoming
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Ity
Lee
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Ulamd Cement Associa
West Broad Street
Portland Cen
Paes
Fayette
Memorial Auditorium
Susie ‘Roberts
Carel Sue Vickers
Martha Ayers
Miss Quisenberry
Fayette Ale
J. M. Arbaugh
R. M. German
D. B. Thorne
Oak Hill Elementary Parent-Teacher Association
Mabel Willson
Colcord
Rosa Perry
Walter Elkins
Karantonis
Cathy West
Ellen Burns
Clear Fork
Clear Fork High School
Joseph X. Fazio
Raleigh CounTy Bank
Dial
W. Va
Prince
Dedchird
Chessie
S. Kanawha St
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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