Fayette Girl Performs Recital at Madison College
Miss Jean Ann Platt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Platt, a Madison College junior in Harrisonburg, Va, gave a Sunday recital with Edward Michael as baritone and Hazel W. Gildersleeve as pianist. Selections included Voce di dona from La Gioconda, Pray What Now from Martha, Dover Beach, Over The Mountains, Among the Living, The Rain Road, and The Voyagers. David Brewster played violin with Nancy Rogers accompanying.
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Dover Beach
Samuel Barber
the Mountains
Roger Quilter
Albert Hay Molette
Rain Road
Dorothy Stewart
Wilfred Sanderson
Miss Platt
Michael
David Brewster
Nancy Rogers
Tommie Platt
Martha Breitenhirt
Fayetteville Man Freed on Bond in Break-In Case
Fayetteville man Edward Lee Shaw was arraigned before Magistrate R C Godsey and waived to the grand jury on a breaking and entering charge at George Miller’s Laurel Creek home. Deputies Dempsey and Epperly arrested him Friday night. he posted a $500 bond after Monday hearing.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Edward Lee Shaw
R. C. Godsey
George Miller
Laurel Creek
Earl Dempsey
Douglas Epperly
Students Rule Mullens Today
Mullens is run by Mullens High School students led by Mayor David Miller. The act includes control of police, city government, fire department, and street maintenance. Buck Kidd, acting fire chief, recalls a drill. A man arrested Monday faces a late morning trial as the "city council" plans a tonight meeting.
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Mullens
RNS
David Miller
Mullens High School
Ncte
Buck Kidd
Ansted Man Charged With Drunken Driving
Ansted resident Harry Lee Miner is held in the county jail on a drunken driving charge after a collision with J P Davidson of Fayetteville on Route 21 north of town. Deputy Sheriff Douglas Epperly arrested him Saturday night. no hearing date set.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Harry Lee Miner
Ansted
Douglas Epperly
J. P. Davidson
Girl Hurts Arm Fell From Tree at Oak Hill
Saturday at Oak Hill Hospital treated nine year old Margaret Ann Winegar daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Winegar Summerlee who injured her left arm in a fall from a tree. Also treated were Alice Beavers Mullens Shirl Shuck Billy O'Dell Betty Eastman Henry Hobert Ware for various injuries.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Margaret Ann Winegar
Sam Winegar
Summerlee
Alice Beavers
Mullens
Shirl Shuck
Fayetteville
Billy O’dell
Sonny O'Dell
Betty Eastman
Gauley Bridge
Henry Hobert Ware
Lochgelly
The
New River Co
Fayette Road To Be Widened In West Virginia
U S Route 60 will be widened from 18 to 22 feet for 5.1 miles from the Route 19 junction. The project includes patching leveling resurfacing with a $142 080 estimated cost and will use State Road Commission labor and equipment.
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Charleston
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
State Road Commission
Daughters of America Admit Two Members at Oak Hill
Mrs. Mary Sowers was accepted as a member at a Radiant Council No. 28 meeting in Oak Hill with initiation planned for May 16. An application for Mildred Bragg was approved, with several members named in attendance.
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Daughters of America
Oak Hill
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Mary Sowers
Radiant Council No. 28
Knights of Pythias Hall
Mildred Bragg
Mullens Airman Ends Leave for McDill Base Assignment
Airman First Class Donald David Martin, son of Mr and Mrs Marvin J Martin, reports to McDill Air Force Base Tampa Florida for a new assignment. He ends a 14 day leave with his parents after completing basic training at Sampson Air Force Base Geneva New York. Martin, a Mullens High School graduate, led a flight of 60 trainees, 48 of them West Virginians, to win 12 awards during training. He enlisted January 31 this year.
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Martin
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Mullens High School
West
Covel Sailor Hurt in Crash
Covel Cavern Sailor Carlos Dale Roberts, 29, a U S Navy man on leave, escaped serious harm when his car overturned on Honaker Ave in Princeton at 7 10 a m Sunday. Thrown from the vehicle, he was pinned beneath it for about 30 minutes before a wrecker freed him. He suffered severe bruises and head cuts but survived. A companion, Ralph Jones, 33, was uninjured. Four deaths have occurred at this curve in three years and patrolmen investigated with no charges filed.
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Princeton
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Carlos Dale Roberts
United States Navy
Covel
Honaker Ave
Memorial Hospital
Ralph Jones
Jones
Joe Thorne
Carlysle Thorn
Damage Trial Under Way in Fayette County Court
In Fayetteville circuit court this morning the defense for Charles Edward Shumaker of Fayetteville against J S Trump of Oak Hill opened in a damages case seeking 2500 for injuries from a June 1954 East Oak Hill car collision. The suit, brought by infant Charles Edward Shumaker, suo motu via his father Carl E Shumaker, names Betty Lee Shumaker as driver of the Shumaker vehicle and alleges neglect by Trump.
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Fayetteville
RUS
Charles Edward Shumaker
J. S. Trump
Oak Hill
East Oak Hill
Fayette County
Charles Edward
Carl E. Shumaker
Shumaker
Betty Lee Shumaker
Trump
Stewart Funeral Set Wednesday
Nila Emily Stewart 38 of Oceana dies Sunday at home of sister Vida Mae Verta. Funeral at Ma theny Chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Stellie Parsons officiates. Burial in Stewart Cemetery. Born May 5 1917 Matheny to Arthur and Ollie Adams Stewart. Survived by mother, two brothers Arthur J Oceana Thomas Astabula Ohio and sister Vida Mae Verta Oceana.
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Oceana
RNS
Nila Emily Stewart
Matheny Chapel
Stellie Parsons
Stewart Cemetery
Vida Mae _ Verta
Matheny
Arthur
Ollie Adams Stewart
Arthur J
Thomas
Astabula
Ohio
Vida Mae Verta
Fayette County 4-H Round Up and Exhibit at Scarbro
Scarbro hosts the Fayette County 4-H Round Up and Exhibit at Consolidated Elementary School on May 13. Clubs from the area attend with devotionals and a flag ceremony in the morning, followed by safety health and conservation demos, a garment judging, and an afternoon of games and stunts guided by the County Leaders Association.
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Scarbro
RNS
Fayette County
Fayette
County Leaders Association
Army to Widen Brush Creek Flood Control Near Princeton
The U S Army Engineer office announced approval of flood control work along Brush Creek near Princeton West Virginia. The plan calls for widening straightening and deepening the channel of Brush Creek improving the channel of Christian Fork and clearing Glady Fork to reduce flood risk.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Princeton
W.va
U. S. Army
Christian Fork
Woman Injured In Auto Crash Near Cotton Hill Bridge
A Gauley Bridge woman Mrs Betty Eastman, 20, was injured in a three car wreck near Cotton Hill Bridge Sunday night. She was treated at Oak Hill Hospital and released. Carl Haynes, a service member in Virginia, failed to negotiate a curve and hit two cars off the highway. Haynes was released on $500 bond to appear before Magistrate Virgil Lyons on reckless driving charges.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Gauley Bridge
Betty Eastman
Cotton Hill Bridge
Oak Hill
Carl Haynes
Virginia
Gerald Eastman
Paul McGraw
Ansted
Haynes
Virgil Lyons
Pineville Church Circle Meeting Sets New Date
In Pineville Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. James C. Lyons home on River Drive Addition. Mrs. John Lambert presided, program by Mrs. Vaughan Stewart on Neighborliness. Meeting date moved from fourth Thursday to fourth Tuesday. Refreshments for members and guests, with next gathering May 24 at Mrs. Vaughan Stewart's home.
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Pineville
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James C. Lyons
River Drive
Circle No. 1
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
John §. Lambert
Vaughan Stewart
John S. Lambert
John B. Thomas
Joe H. Hansbarger
C. A. Pancake
William Lewis
Fred T. Box
D. L. Pope
Jacksonville
Fla
Bowers Ridge Man Dies After Stroke Complications
William Marshall Robinette 76, a long time employee of W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., died at 2 p.m. Monday at his daughter's home in Bowers Ridge from complications of a stroke suffered last August. Born April 19, 1879 in Church Hill Tennessee, he moved to West Virginia in 1909 and worked in Maben, Barrett, and for the same company after 1946. Surviving are four sons Ted Mullens Walter and Asher Ralph, a brother Byrd and a half sister Eva Byington. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, burial in Bowers Cemetery. Body to be returned home from the Wilmington Funeral Home at 6 p.m. today.
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Barrett
Boone County
Dolly
The
Leverts
Ted
Mullens
Walter
Church Hill
Asher
Ralph
Byrd
Bristol Tenn
Eva Byington
Bowers
Wymping Funeral Home
Bailey Couple Welcome Daughter At Stevens Clinic
Matheny reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Cres sell Bailey at Stevens Clinic Welch on Sunday.
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Matheny
Oak Hill social visit by Roanoke women
Mrs Edith Driscoll and Mrs Agnes Lowe of Roanoke Virginia spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs John P Duda at Bibb Street Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
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Edith Driscoll
Agnes Lowe
Roanoke
John P. Duda
Bibb St
Mullens Man Selected for Greater West Virginia Weekend
Paul Farmer of Mullens has been named to the weekend committee for West Virginia University's Greater West Virginia Weekend set for May 5 to 7 in Morgantown.
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Mullens
Paul Farmer
West Virginia University
Greater
West Virginia
Morgantown
Mullens Family Attends Akers Funeral in Virginia
Nine Mullens residents plus relatives gathered at Max Meadows Virginia Sunday for the funeral of Daniel Burton Akers 86 a farm worker who died Thursday apparently of a heart attack. He was grandfather to several attendees including Mrs Fisher Mrs Backus Emory and Harold White. Akers spent winter visiting relatives in Mullens. Packs of wild dogs in Indochina Malaya and India are reputed to be so ferocious that they drive tigers away from their kills.
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Mullens
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George Fisher
Oletia
Emory White
Paul Backus
Earl White
Harold White
Max Meadows
Daniel Burton Akers
Fisher
Indochina
Malaya
India
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