Naomi Stewart Weds Eddie J Short in Oceana Ceremony
MATHENY RNS The Rev Wayne Rollins officiated at 5 pm Friday uniting Naomi Catherine Stewart and Eddie Joe Short at the bride’s residence. The couple, with out of town guests from Baileysville, planned a future as Naomi prepares for Concord College and Eddie continues studies at Marshall College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matheny
RNS
Wayne Rollins
Oceana
Naomi Catherine Stewart
Eddie Joe Short
Ella Shumate Circle Leads First Baptist Program
Mrs Maude Cozort led the Ella Shumate Circle program titled The King and His Kingdom at the First Baptist Church Ella Shumate Circle members Mrs Murvan Walker Mrs John Claypool and Mrs Bert C Green participated Special prayers were offered for several members The circles plan April meetings Eliza Bailey Mae Cook and Ella Shumate Circle chairmen led nursery refreshment duties and the Bible book for April is Daniel A social hour followed with a Mae Cook Circle dessert service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Maude Cozort
Ella Shumate
Woman's Society of the First Baptist Church
King
Murvan Walker
John Claypool
Bert C. Green
Wade Cozort
Homer Cook
Jay Whitt Cook
Fila Shumate
Eliza Bailey
Mae Cook
Jack Davis
Wayne Rollins
Perry Scott
Carnie Terry
Church
Danie
Mrs. Mary Ford Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lee Ford will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Glorious Church of God Mount Hope conducted by Elder T T Curtis. Burial follows in Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Ford, 75, died Friday afternoon at her daughter's Mount Hope home. Survivors include another daughter Daisy Wilson of Hamilton Ohio a son Joseph Henry Morst of Summerlee a brother James O Jones of Philadelphia a sister Jillie J Mattison of Detroit 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The body remains at the C D Trent Funeral Home in Mount Hope.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mary Lee Ford
Glorious Church of God
T T. Curtis
Ford
Mary Smith
Daisy Wilson
Hamilton
Ohio
Joseph Henry ,Morst
Summerlee
James O. Jones
Philadelphia
Jillie J. Mattison
Detroit
Mich
D. Trent Funeral Home
Pax Personals weekend visitors in multiple households
Pax Personals notes weekend visitors in Pax Weirwood and surrounding areas. Sheldon Tucker visits his mother and grandmother while employed in East Chicago. Ronnie Tucker, Baltimore, injured in a car wreck with a broken back. Trent family from Oceana and Weeks family from Pineville visit relatives in Pax Long Branch and Clinton County Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
Sheldon Tucker
Frances Berry
Minnie Tucker
Weirwood
Tucker
Chicago
Ill
Sam Howard
Ronnie
Baltimore
Roy Trent
Shelia
Gary Gregory
Harold
Darrel
Debbie
Oceana
Viola Trent
Hugh
Weeks
Clinton County Air Force Base
Ohio
Hitta Weeks
Dan Weeks
Tom Weeks
Pineville
Clare Williams
Long Branch
Mrs Flora Cook Taken By Death
RNS report from Mullens notes Mrs Flora Cook aged about 73 of Wyco died at 4 55 pm Monday in a Beckley hospital due to a throat ailment She thrice married and was a native of Giles County Virginia Surviving are her husband William four sons Lloyd Young Kimball Joe Young Powhatan Jack Lavender Helen Theodore Lavender a daughter Mrs Willa Mae Good all Glen White The body rests at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home arrangements incomplete
Price Forfeits Bond In Hinton
HINTON RNS Forfeiting bond of 5850 when he failed to appear before Magistrate Jack FB Holt Monday was Willam C Price. Princeton Price was arrested Saturday by local state police and charged with driving while intoxicated.
Jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer to perform in Bluefield Saturday
French jazz pianist Bernard Peiffer and his trio are slated for Bluefield State College Artist-Lecture Series at the Technical Science Auditorium Saturday at 8 15 p m. Peiffer, born October 23 1922 in Epinal France, studied at the Marseille Conservatory and Paris Conservatoire. He rose from classical roots to become a leading Continental jazz figure with awards and performances across Europe and the United States. Tickets are available in advance at Kingstow Drug Store and Bluefield Music Company or at the door.
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Bluefield
Bernard Peiffer
le Greatest
Bluefield State College
Technical Science
Peiffer
Epinal
France
Marseille Conservatory
Cortot
Pierre Maire
Conservatione National de Musique
Paris
Bernard
Paris Conservatory
Fats Waller
Gestapo
Nice
Brussels
Monte Carlo
Hubert Rostaing
Andre Hodei
Rex Stewart
Django Reinhardt
Django
Leonard Feather
Barry Ulanov
St. German Des Pres
Left Bank
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Composer Room
West 58Th Street
Philadelphia Academy of Music
Ravel
Debussy
Prokofiev
Leonard Bernstein
Decca Records
Newport
Bernies
EmArcy
Decca
Kingstow Drug Store
Bland Street
Bluefield Music Company
Pvt Gail Janney Weds Sgt Freddie Wilson
Mr and Mrs Amos Janney announce the marriage of their daughter Pvt Gail Janney to Sgt Freddie Wilson son of Mr and Mrs Berm an Wilson of Long Branch The ceremony was conducted Friday by the bride s uncle Rev Babern Saunders at his residence in Twin Oaks NC The bride a 1957 Pax High School graduate is stationed with the US Marines at Cherry Point NC Her husband enlisted three years ago and is stationed at Camp Lejeune NC He also attended Pax schools.
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Pax
RNS
Amos Janney
Pvt
Gail Janney
Freddie Wilson
Berman Wilson
Long Branch
Babern Saunders
Twin Oaks
N. C
Pax High School
U.S. Marines
Cherry Point
N.C
Camp LeJeune, N. C
Easter weekend in Coal River area brings visits and services
Abe Harris remains in an oxygen tent with improved condition after two heart attacks at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ronnie Cooper visit, plus other Coal River residents visiting kin in Beckley and Colcord. Easter sunrise and church services drew large crowds, good weather giving way to cooler evening. Colcord Elementary held an Easter egg hunt. regional families from Charleston, Detroit, Columbus, and Florida attended burials and holiday gatherings.
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Colcord
RNS
Abe Harris
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Carl Harris
John Harris
Charlie Harris
Ronnie Cooper
Oscar Scarbro
Luther Cooper
Mildred Harris
John
Charlie
Nichol Petry
Hazard
Matthew Perry
Coal River
Mrs. Forest Chambers
Betty Jo Thompson
Charleston
Luther Dillon
Herbie Dillon
Gordon Dillon
Dayton
Ohio
Herman Coots
Earl Tucker
Madison
James Vanney
Freeman Stever
Cephas Jarrel
Florida
Janet Blair
Modest Estep
Ralph Stanley
Lillie Stanley
Beckley
Juanita Bilat
Flordia
Whitesville Fire Department fills vacancies at meeting
Elections conducted during the Whitesville Fire Department meeting resulted in Clifford Hudson being elected assistant chief to fill the vacancy caused by Bill Cook's departure. The vote took place at the firehouse on Monday, confirming leadership changes within the department.
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Whitesville
RNS
Whitesville Fire Department
Clifford Hudson
Bill
Cook
Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Logan Dispute
In Charleston the State Supreme Court refused an appeal by Logan partners Ray mond Koehn and Harold Kehn over property tax assessment of inventories for four Logan County stores. The court voted 4 to 1 to deny review, upholding lower court rulings. Judge Frank C. Haymond would have granted the appeal.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Logan Partners
Raymond Koehn
Harold Kehn
Aortners
Logan County
Country Court
Board of Equalization and Review
Kohns
Logan
Supreme Court
Frank C. Haymond
Mrs. Essie Nelson Rites Held in Sylvester
Funeral services for Essie Beulah Nelson were set for 2 a.m. Wednesday at Freewill Baptist Church Sylvester with Rev. Willie August officiating. Burial followed at Mordue Cemetery. Mrs Nelson, 54, died of a heart attack Sunday afternoon at her Sylvester home. Survivors include husband Sidney and 12 children plus multiple siblings and 45 grandchildren. The body was moved from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to the Nelson home at 2 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
RNS
Essie Beulah Nelson
Freewill Baptist Church
Willie August
Mordue
Nelson
Sidney
Arnold Allen
Beckley
Sidney Cooper
Smithers
Darious Burns
Bandytown
Theodore
Woodrow
Alfred
Clyde
P. T
Blue Pennant
Bob
Harold Lloyd
Cleveland
Ohio
Kenneth
Stewart
Elvie Atkins
Orgas
Elley Epperly
Lorraine
Edith Chiles
Lang
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whitesville
49 Admitted To Mullens Hospital This Week
Wyoming General Hospital admitted 49 patients in the week ending Saturday. Names span Mullens, Rhodell, Bud, Itmann, Clear Fork and surrounding areas, including Carroll Worrell, Jack McNicol, Mrs. Mary Kiser, Dr. Frank Penn, and many others across days from Sunday to Saturday.
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Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Carroll Worrell
Jack McNicol
Lester
Mary Kiser
New Richmond
Fosteen Lewallen
Helen Penn
Frank Penn
Viola Maxwell
Rhodell
Freda Milam
Matheny
Clayton Burleson
Sabine
Louis Wood
Faye Goode
Dora Potter
Bud
Sandra Hartley
Wyoming
Fred Griffith
Blen Rogers
Eddie Pryor
Zane Scott
George Maxwell
Roy Tackett
Helen
Brenda Rinehart
Luana Gray
Clear Fork
Thelma Sizemore
Itmann
Lee Sullivan
Amigo
Orlando Lewis
William Reedy
Corinne
Erma Adams
I’'mann
Bessie Brown
Ada Adkins
Fast Gulf
Betty Blankenshin
Detroit
Mich
Gerald Cline
Patricia Rash
Dixie Nutter
Cyclone
Juanita Green
Rockview
Lola Walker
Elizabeth Dushkoff
George Edwards
Carl Montrose
Opal Shrewsbury
Boone County Band Festival Set for April 10 in Scott HS
Madison BNS reports the annual Boone County Band Festival will be held in the Scott High School auditorium on April 10 with bands from Scott Van and Sherman High Schools performing.
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Madison
BNS
Boone County
Scott High School
Scott, van and Sherman High
Two Receive Treatment After Mine Accident in Mullens
Two persons were treated Monday at Wyoming General Hospital after injuries from a rock fall at the Otsego mine. Walter Sizemore, 56, Otsego, suffered fractures and cuts to the middle finger and thumb when rock struck his left hand. Darla Wilcox, 1, Mullens, fell and cut her mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Walter Sizemore
Otsego
Darla Wilcox
Mrs Burgess Leads WCTU Meeting at Calvary Baptist
Mrs Kenneth Burgess presented a devotional on Literature Lane at the WCTU meeting in Oak Hill. Rev Harold Huffman spoke on There Is a Lad Here. Council plans for a Tri-County Workshop April 12 to 17 were announced with Youth Temperance Council emphasis. Governor Underwood proclaimed Youth Temperance Council week.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Kenneth Burgess
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Calvary Baptist Church
C. W. Elgin
Lillian Childers
Harold A. Huffman
Gues
Tri-County
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
WOCTU
Wesley Hedrick
Beckley
Louis Watkins
Clyde Dancy
Kelly Williams
J. P. Stato
Ruby Ross
T. F. Lively
Mary Walton
Huffman
Gospe Tabernacle
Thomas James
Pettry Funeral Set On Friday
Nathan R. Pettry aged 48 of Pipestem died Monday night in a Hinton hospital after a week’s illness. Born October 10 1910 at Beaver he was the son of the late Laurie Bee and Cora Alice Miller Pettry. Survived by two brothers Carlos Jackson Mich and Warren Kelso Princeton two sisters Christine Pack Coal City and Marie Freeman Pipestem. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Cook's Chapel Church Pipestem with Rev Leslie Rogers Mount Hope. Burial in Cook Cemetery near Pipestem. Body to lie in state at the residence on Pipestem Creek from 3 p m Wednesday following removal from Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pipestem
Nathan R. Pettry
Hinton
Beaver
Laurie Bee
Cora Alice Miller Pettry
Carlos
Jackson
Mich
Warren Kelso
Princeton
Christine Pack
Coal
H King Speaks At Lions Meet in Madison
Hiram King district governor was the principal speaker at Madison Lions Ladies Night in the Madison Memorial Building. Seventy eight members and guests attended the 16th annual affair. King spoke on expanding Lions service spreading the gospel of service and peace worldwide. He was introduced by Deputy District Governor Glen Hyer. A 1959 International Lions Convention movie in Chicago was shown. Paul Christie, president, was in charge.
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Madison
ANL
Hiram King
Madison Lions
Madison Memorial
King
Free World
Glen Hyer
Chicago
Paul Christie
Scott High Class Play Set for Wednesday and Thursday
The Junior Class presents its annual Class Play Barin to Go at 8 p.m. in the Scott High School auditorium. Cast includes Aileen Justice Cookie Ball George Burnside Nancy Jernigan Jenny Tamplin Joyce Ann Waltz Linda Kay Hill Roger Sharps Charles Ritter Eddie Hall Richard Stevens Allen Woodrum and Jerry Shaw.
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Madison
RNS
Scott High School
Easter party and church events announced by Whitesville Presbyterians
Sunday School teachers will receive a review of next year’s literature Thursday at 7 p.m. The church women’s circle sponsors a rummage sale April 3 4 6 at the Haddad building beside Cooks Floral. A Junior High Rally is set for April 4 at Kanawha Presbyterian. Whitesville attendees depart 10 15 a.m. from the church. Call Mrs. Howard Clay for transport Whitesville 4641.
Mrs Frances Laird Funeral Today
Private memorial services for Mrs Frances Laird were held at noon in the Laird Memorial Hospital lounge. Ministers officiated. Graveside burial followed at Montgomery Memorial Park in London. Mrs Laird died Sunday night at Laird Hospital, headed by her husband Dr William R Laird. B C Hooper Mortuary Montgomery arranged details.
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Montgomery
Frances Laird
Laird Memorial Hospital
Arthur G. Backus
Leslie L. Prutton
Roger Melton
H. W. Ware
Montgomery Memoria Park
London
James Edwards Fined On Moonshine Charge
In Mullens Barkers Ridge district man James Edwards paid 105 in fines and costs after authorities found a partially empty pint bottle of whisky in a Hern don residence. Edwards claimed the liquor was a home remedy for his wife's toothache. Magistrate Bill Houck imposed the fine amid claims the whisky was intended for sale by state trooper Stanley Epling and deputies Verne Morgan and Wendell W. Cook who conducted the raid.
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Stanley Epling
Verne Morgan
Wendell W. Cook
Easter Party Held For Junior Girls Sunday School
The recreation building of the Baptist Church hosted an Easter party for the Junior Girls Sunday School Class on Friday. Devotions were read by Mrs. R Blume and Mrs. Myrtle Jones. An egg hunt was led by Sandy Brown and Carol Behan. Attendees included Linda Behan, Sue Breauer, Peggy Adkins, Franca Moses, Sue Howell, Josephine Dempsey, Donnette Parker, and Barbara Green.
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the Baptist Church
R. Blume
Myrtle Jones
Sandy Brown
Carol Behan
Linda Behan
Sue Breauer
Peggy Adkins
Franca Moses
Sue Howell
Josephine Dempsey
Donnette Parker
Barbara Green
Cod catch on Cheboggin Breakwater sparks fishing tale
Yarmouth Nova Scotia reported a 25 pound cod landed by Tommy Doucette and his son George a former RC officer while fishing from the Cheboggin breakwater. An American tourist also landed a 3 pounder there last summer.
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Yarmouth
N. S
Tommy Doucette
George
Chebogging
Touris
Coal River RNS Correspondents Highlight Local Teachers
Mrs. Bashia Hamilton of Coal River Area serves as RNS correspondent. She is a 41 year Raleigh County teacher, pianist at Presbyterian Church, and a state plate collector who has traveled through 38 states. Robert Plantz was elected captain to fill a vacancy with an April 9 election to replace the lieutenant. Donnie Nuckols, Glen Rogers RNS correspondent, has lived in the community 1.5 years and previously worked for Mullens papers. she is mother to four and active in church, PTA, and community drives.
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Raleigh
Bashia Hamilton
RNS
Coal River
Douglas Hamilton
Jean
Robert P. Martin
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Robert Plantz
Hudson
Leutenant
Plantz
Jeannie
Elizabeth
Robert Paul
Westover Air Force Base
Women of the Moose
Presbyterian Church
Donnie Nuckols
Glen Rogers
Beckley Newspaper Corp
Mullens
Donnie Clemens
Jackie Canterbury
Aubrey Jr
Tampa
Fla
Bobby
Huntington
Don
Glenville State
Glenville State Teacher's College
Glenville
Nuckols
Randy Canterbury
Sher
Rie Nackols
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Eddie J. Short
Frances Hurley
Anthony Hurley
Hurley
Betty Ward
James Milam
Rosalee Short
Oceana High School
OHS
Kool Kats
Future Teachers of America
Service Club
Concord College
Athens
Baitleyeville High School
Air Force
Korea
Marshall College
Buster Blankenship
Sandra
Linda
Harry Short
Curtis Short
Larry
Cathy
Hershel Stewart
Joseph Lee
Bernice Cline
Connie
Baileysville
Oceana Church Circle
Coats
The
Baby Shop
Main St
Beckley Hotel
Mrs. Mary Ford
Pax Personals
Flora Cook
Beck
Ry Post-Herald
Raleigh S Register
Wilson
Coal River Personals
Artie
Walley Williams
Boston
Everett Lilly
Donlin Williams
Bobby Walker
Regina
Stevie
Wendell Williams
Donald
Columbus
Area Fire Department
Mrs. E. Nelson
Mullens Hospital
Boone
Mrs. Burgess
WCTU
H. King
Lions Meet
Scott Juniors
F. Laird
James Edwards
Sunday School States Review of Literature
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