Pineville Easter Service To Feature Five Ministers
A Pineville community Good Friday and Easter program will include five ministers from local churches. Rev John H Lajoie of Christ will lead the service at Wyoming Presbyterian Church with guest choir music and a thirteenth minute recitation. The program also features a film of Barabbas the Robber and music from Pineville High School Glee Club and Band with direction by Don E Williams. A 12:30 p.m. Good Friday service is scheduled at First Methodist Church.
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Pineville
RNS
John H. Lajof
Pinewill
Motte
Oceana Pressville
Wyomingbyterian
Kenneth Picture
Barabbas
Robber
Pineville High School
di Maze
Joseph Bragg
Don E. Williams
Pany
Nazarene
Robert Me
Cook WV Memorial Baptist Chur Church
Coy
Cook Memorial Baptist
Albert R. Young
First Methodist Church
Norman K. Morgan
Pineville Residents Share Weekend Visits and Travels
Pineville residents and relatives are noted visiting family across towns. Inns and guests include families from Mullens Beckley Huntington Princeton and Cleveland with trips planned for Easter. Local names include Basham Worrell Cook Belcher Young Davidson Kelly Croppleman Shoemaker McDermitt Lambert Shipman and Welch with a variety of family and friend gatherings.
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Pineville
Rns
Oliver Basham
Crowley
Worrell
Mullens
Barbe Cook
Tralee
Lettie Cook
DeWayne Belcher
John Hunter
Peterstown
Jimmy Cooper
Nicky
Columbus
Ohio
O. W. McKinney
Paul Hart
C. A. George
J. W. Martin
K. T. Kelly
Gaile
Princeton
C. A. Welch
E. G. Croppleman
Sedalia Adams
C. R. Klaus
Charles Robert Klaus Jr
Beckley
John Shoemaker
James G. McDermitt
Ruby Lambert
Paul Goode
Pam
Bernice Westfall
Cleveland
Funeral set for Cassell at Pineville Presbyterian Church
Robert William Cassell, 24, Pineville, a Korean War veteran, died in a mine collapse at Itmann Pocahontas Fuel Co. He will be buried in Morgan Cemetery at Centerville after services Friday at Pineville Presbyterian Church. Surviving wife Myrtle and infant son James William. Wyatt Blankenship, 44, Itmann, injured in the same accident, in satisfactory condition.
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Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel. Co
Mec
W. L. Cassell
Pineville
Myrtle
James William
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Wyatt
Wyatt> Blankenship
Bluefield Sanitarium
Coal River Roundup in Colcord Area Reports Local Happenings
Mrs. J. W. Pettry departs Friday for an extended visit with daughter in Grand Rapids Michigan after her husband’s recent death. Miss Deanna Lipari competes in Miss Whitesville pageant set for March 31. Frank Dickerson family relocates from Kanawha County to Coal River area. children enroll at Colcord Elementary.
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Colcord
J. W. Pettry
Don Sloan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pettry
Deanna Lipari
John Lipari
Ameagle
C. and O. Hospital
Huntington
Doyle Dillon
Shepherd Hospital
Charleston
Allan Rowe
Alexandria
St. Petersburg
Fla
Sirs
Opha Hamilton
D. C. Fraley Jr
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Airs
Ray Holstein
Arnett
Zella Jarrell
Mrs. Lloyd M. Gwinn Celebrates 73rd Birthday
Relatives and friends gathered at Meadow Bridge home to celebrate Mrs. Lloyd M. Gwinn’s 73rd birthday anniversary. Courthouse records revealed she is three years older than previously believed, with extensive family attendance including daughters Seward Collins and Blackey Carroll, sons Ralph and Miller, and numerous grandchildren.
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Meadow Bridge
RNS
Lloyd M. Gwinn
Miller
Roy Rice
Danese
Blackey Carroll
Huntington
Ralph
Mt. Hope
Burke
L. M. Gwinn
Jim Mies
Fire at Wigwam Restaurant Causes Damaging Blaze
Fire at the Wigwam restaurant in Oceana caused estimated damage of 500 to a cooler and other kitchen equipment. Firemen responded between 3 and 3:00 a m after a blaze started in the kitchen, likely from faulty wiring at the establishment run by Mr and Mrs Gerry Blankenship.
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Oceana
RNS
Wigwam
Gerry Blankenship
Sorority Names New Committees
OAK HILL The Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met on Wednesday at Miss Jean Harsany’s home to appoint committees for the coming year and set meeting locations. Mrs. Dorothy Duda led discussions with officers. monthly meetings will be the first Monday at 8 p.m. Committee lists include Program, Social, Ways and Means, Membership, Telephone, Parliamentarian, Historian, and Publicity, with members named such as Isabelle Tyree, Phyllis Evans, Barbara Allen, Rita Jo Woodrum, Stella Fraga, Fay Green, Peggy Thomas, Margaret Harmon, Barbara Matthews, Kitty Roach, Vicki Kopinski, Nancy Tennant, Margaret Wooten, and Betty Scruggs. Refreshments followed.
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Oak Hill
Jean Harsany
Kelly Ave
Gamma Epsilon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Dorothy Duda
Beta Theta Chapter
Duda
Isabelle
Tyree
Phyllis
Evans
Barbara
Allen
Rita Jo Woodrum
Stella Fraga
Fay Green
Betty
Flarman
Peggy Thomas
Ways and Means
Margaret Harmon
Barbara Matthews
Kitty Roachand
Vicki Kopinski
Nancy Tennant
Margaret Wooten
Barbara Tyree
Betty Scruggs
Isabelle Tyree
Easter Program Set At Harlem Heights
Easter Witness cantata drama and The Challenge of the Cross will be presented at 6 45 p m Sunday at the First Baptist Church of Harlem Heights Mrs J Ruth Calloway directs with performers including Mrs Estel Lane Evangel Mrs Audrey Merchant First Disciple and Mrs Gladys Mack Second Disciple among others in this Easter observance at Oak Hill area venue.
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Oak Hill
RNS
First Baptist Church of
Harlem Heights
J. Ruth Calloway
Estel Lane
Audrey Merchant
Gladys Mack
Gladys Robd
Wyoming Jury Favors Defendant in Suit
A Wyoming Circuit Court jury ruled for defendant Kyle M. Cook in a $5,000 personal injury suit brought by Milburn Warren over a June 27 1954 accident on Highland Ave Mullens. The verdict found negligence on both sides and Warren claimed permanent injury.
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Pineville
Rns
Wyoming
Milburn Warren
Herndon
Kyle M. Cook
Warren
Cook
Highland Ave
Mullens
Miss Shir ley McGuffin Weds Kenneth Surbaugh at Thurmond Home
Miss Shir ley Mae McGuffin and Kenneth O. Surbaugh exchanged vows at 3 p m Sunday in a ceremony at the bride's sister's Hill home Beckley area Elder Hubert Hin kle officiated The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs C T McGuffin of Thurmond, wore avocado coat over silk dress with yellow carnations The groom is son of Mrs Mary E Hume of Meadow Creek and the late J E Surbaugh Attendants wore navy outfits and white or yellow corsages A reception followed At Thurmond the couple will reside in the Kellyl Apartment The bride is a 1954 Mount Hope graduate and worked at Deans Grocery The groom is a Chesapeake and Ohio telegraph operator after Air Force service
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OAK Hell
RNS
Shirley Mae McGuffin
Kenneth O. Surbaugh
Huston Evans
Hill
C. T. McGuffin
Thurmond
Mary E. Hume
Meadow Creek
J. E. Surbaugh
Hubert Allen Hinkle
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Beckley
Margie Evans
Gloria Williams
Hinton
Harry McGuffin
Evans
Hill Top
Kelly l
Mount Hope High School
Mountaineer
Glee Club
Jackson’s Mill
Dean’s Grocery
Surbaugh
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Sandstone High School
U.S. Air Force
Pythian Sisters Schedule Dinner in Oak Hill in April
The Oak Hill Pythian Sisters announce a covered-dish dinner set for April 9 to honor members with January February and March birthdays. The meeting at Knights lok Pythias Hall welcomed two new members Mrs Dora Ann Evans and Mrs Norma Jean Price and collected funds for a needy Easter family.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Pythian Sisters
Hovor
Knights Lok Pythias Hall
Dora Ann Evans
Norma Jean Price
Bessie Kincaid
Frances Thompson
Juanita Legg
Sadie Poston
Rught Vegh
Margie Zastoynix
Goldie Price
Madelyn Evans
Ann Strong
Thelma Frye
Elizabeth Baldry
Sally James
Alice Titlow
Maude James
Ada Burgess
Elizabeth Crone
Thelma Burgess
Alma Blake
Margaret Cummings
Funeral Sunday for Mrs Blaney at Rising Sun Baptist
Betty L. Blaney 73 died Tuesday of a stroke at home. Services set for 2 p m Sunday at Rising Sun Baptist Church with Rev Russell Smith. Burial in Sun Cemetery. She leaves four sons Bernard Arnold Lacy Desoto. daughters Helen Penn Cecelia Brown. brother Rev Ezra Henderson. 29 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Collin Funeral Home Glen Jean handling arrangements.
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Bernard
Eccles
Arnold
Sun
Lacy
Catawba
Desoto
Beckley
Helen Penn
Cecilia Brown
Pottsville
Ezra Henderson
Lynchburg
Collins Funeral
Glen Jean
Optometrist Speaks To Oak Hill PTA On Eye Care
Oak Hill PTA hears Dr. D B Irhorne emphasize eye care as child care linking physical nutrition and psychology of vision. He fields questions, distributes American Optometric Association literature, and is hosted by Mrs J D Burgess. Attendance banner goes to Mrs Clara Allen’s first grade room. Third grade homeroom mothers oversee refinishments.
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Oak Hill
RNS
D. B. Irhorne
Parent - Teacher Association
American Optometric Association
J. D. Burgess
Clara Allen
Mrs L L Perkins Honored at Shower
Mrs L L Perkins was honored with a stork shower Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Babe Wallen in Deaumer Park Addition. Hostesses included Mrs L A Anderson and Miss Margie lox with prizes awarded to Mrs W W Rose and Miss Carroll Poland.
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Pineville
Johnny Ellison
W. W. Rose
C. A. George
Fred Shannon
Raymond Morgan
Robert Dodd
Mary K. Bowman
Russell Beavers
H. E. Crews
Eddie Crews
Edgar B. Rose
Estel Morgan
Pete Morgan
E. W. Worrell
Grace Schaeppi
Vena Goode
Carroll Poland
Anderson
Wallen
Cox
Ansted Liquor Store Burglary Reported
The Ansted Liquor Store was broken into early Monday morning and more than three cases of whisky were taken. State Trooper F W Line of Ansted is handling the investigation.
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Ansted
ANS
F. W. Line
Fayette March of Dimes Campaign Raises $20298.92
Fayette County and surrounding communities totaled 20298.92 for the 1956 March of Dimes drive. Contributions from Ansted Fayetteville Gauley Bridge Kingston Lookout Montgomery Mount Hope Pax Scarbro Smithers Thurmond and Oak Hill plus coin cards school activities and a TV telethon comprised the campaign.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Pat R. Hamilton
Fayette County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hamilton
Ansted
Fayetteville
Gauley Bridge
Kingston
Lookout
Montgomery
Mount Hope and Prince
Pax
Scar‘sro
Smithers
Thurmond
FOA TV
Frank Mauritz
Fred Jasper
Neil Walker
Winona
Earl Vickers
Robert Kent
Mount Hope
Mara Whitlock
T. §. Waldo
Marie Coffman
Scarbro
Mothers March
Fred Craig
Chuck Balding
Clyde Runions
Lochgelly
T. W. Chiles
Nancy Baker
Gordon Bilheimer
Montgrenes
American Legion Auxiliary
John Cavalier
Sentthers
Lewis Trompeon
Prince
W. T. Blankenship
Net Bellew
Wiliam Tomey
Frank Arrit
Meadow Bridge
Wyoming Man Hurt in Ohio Two-Car Collision
W Claude Allen of Clear Fork West Virginia was among three seriously injured in a two car crash south of Dover Ohio. Attendants at Union Hospital listed the condition of Allen and Mason Morrison as poor. Robert L Brown of Cleveland was in critical condition. Dead are Homer R Sexton of Cleveland and Mason J Morrison of Akron. The Morristons were northbound on U S 21 about seven miles south of Dover. the Sexton car was southbound.
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Dover
Ohio
Claude Allen
Clear Fork
W. Va
Union Hospital
Allen
Mason Morriston
Rt. 3
Walker
Robert L. Brown
Cleveland
State Highway Patrol
Homer R. Sexton
Mason J. Morriston
Akron
Morristons
U. S. 21
Sexton
Crash Near Wyoming-Logan Line Sends Three to Hospital
In Oceana two men Jess Cook and Everett Disson Jr sustained serious injuries and Charles A. Minor had minor injuries after a collision near the Wyoming Logan county line between 1 12 and 1 p m. Disson’s car caught fire and burned. Minor’s car had heavy damage. Deputies reported no charges yet as investigation continues.
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Oceana
RNS
Jess Cook
Hatcher
Everett Disson Jr
Man Memorial Hospital
Wyoming
Logan County
Disson
Charles A. Minor
Mallory
Minor
the Man
Cook
Lundale
Roy Aliff
Aliff
Four Fayette Countians Charged With Auto Theft and Burglary
Four Fayette County residents face charges of auto theft and burglary after a break in at the Sportsman Pool Room in Oak Hill. Identified suspects include Kenneth Taylor Claude England William L. Nutter Jr. and one juvenile. two from Oak Hill and two from Minden. They were captured by Ohio State Patrol while using a 1953 ranch wagon stolen Thursday night or Friday morning. Items stolen from Oak Hill included about 96 dollars in change roughly 10 cartons of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages. They were returned to Fayetteville with King accompanying the convoy.
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Fred King
River Ave
Oak Hill
King
Sportsman Pool
Ohio
Fayetteville
Jack Howell
Oris H. Stamey
Oak Hill City
Twins Born Prematurely in Welch
Mr and Mrs James Falamy of Wyoming welcomed twin sons born March 9 at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch. The premature babies are reported to be doing nicely.
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Coal Mountain
RNS
Colon Holbrook
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Wyoming
James Falamy
Stevens Clinic Hospital
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Fayetteville High
Norma Bowers
Kay Pridemere
Mary Marga- Scheel
Animal Red Phillips
Mary Elles Duramitt
Tommy Koontz
Mike King
Corky Gray
Nancy Styers
Jensie Merrew
James Bragg
Ltmann
Pineville Church
Coal River
Miss McGuffin
Pythian Sisters
Mrs Blaney
PTA
L. L. Perkins
Fayette
Tomchins
Moran Ave
Alle
Atest
Temchins Ehveys
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