Numerous Fayette Office Hopefuls File Candidacies
A Fayette County list of candidates filed for August primary offices includes Board of Education nominees L T Scotty Barton Gauley Bridge Carl Crawford Gauley Bridge W Paul Cole Danese Walter E Harless Gauley Bridge J T Cashion Ansted Charles E Bogt Boomer Gomer Carson Gauley Bridge J Wheeler Dixon Graydon H B Carden Ansted Otway Gunnoe Gauley Bridge Eugene F Imbrogno Chariton Heights for County Commissioner: Guy Douglas Lookout Martin Manion Ansted Orval Kessler Victor W C Cole Ansted J Alex Tinsley Ansted for House of Delegates: Owen Patty Burton Glen Ferris Gordon Billheimer Montgomery P H Doe Kelly Montgomery W W Jennings Jr Glen Ferris Mrs Nell Walker Winona G Steele Callison Oak Hill J Bruce Legg Oak Hill Joe Lilly Oak Hill Clyde W Reinhart Gauley Bridge Earl Danberry Canneton Rev J C Young Montgomery O C Tinsley Gauley Bridge Miss Donna St Clair Meadow Bridge Hobart Booth Jr Oak Hill E F Folden Montgomery H E Shawver Fayetteville Charles L Ingles Oak Hill John F Ross Oak Hill Bernard Reed Charlton Heights.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Board of Education
L. T
Scotty) Barton
Gauley Bridge
Carl Crawford
W. Paul Cole
Danese
Walter E. Harless
J. T. Cashion
Ansted
Charles E. Bogt
Boomer
Gomer Carson
J. Wheeler Dixon
Graydon
H. B. Carden
Otway Gunnoe
Eugene F. Imbrogno
Chariton Heights
Guy Douglas
Lookout
Martin Manion
Orval Kessler
Victor
W. C. Cole
J. Alex Tinsley
Owen
Patty) Burton
Glen Ferris
Gordon Billheimer
Montgomery
P. H
Doe) Kelly
W. W. Jennings, Jr
Nell Walker
Winona
G. Steele Callison
Oak Hill
J. Bruce Legg
Joe Lilly
Clyde W. Reinhart
Earl Danberry
Cannelton
J. C. Young
O. C. Tinsley
Donna St. Clair
Meadow Bridge
Hobart Booth Jr
Stump Nominated for Mullens Mayor by Party Ticket
C S Stump a druggist named by Mullens People's Party as mayoral candidate for the June 8 election. He is a Clendenin native, 52, pharmacist manager at Steele's Drug Co. His running mates are William F Staats a long time Wyoming County teacher and William C Mutter a Virginian Railway foreman. Staats and Mutter contend for Mullens two commissioner posts. All nominees were chosen by acclamation by 29 convention attendees. Ray Toler re elected party chairman R E Dishner named secretary. The Citizens Party will nominate at 8 p m Thursday at City Hall.
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Mullens
RNS
Charles Samuel Stump
People’s Party
Stump
City Hall
Clendenin
Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
William F. Staats
William Clarence Mutter
Ray Toler
R. E. Dishner
Steele’s Drug Company
Staats
Wyoming County
Malens
Mutter
Virginian Railway
Elmore Roundhouse
Citizen’s Party
Rites Wednesday For T. J. Johnson
Thomas Jacob Johnson 68 a retired Virginian Railway carpenter died at his Rockview home from an apparent heart attack. Born November 25 1885 in Smyth County North Carolina he was a Rockview resident. Survived by wife Etta Fine Johnson seven sons and three daughters. Funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. at Rockview Baptist Church with burial in family cemetery. Body to be moved to residence at 5 p.m. today.
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Frank Estep
Rockview
Etta Fine Johnson
Paul
Clay
Posey
Luther
Willie
Chester
Elmer
Corinne
Woodrow Edwards
Tony May
Larry Morgan
Fredericksburg
Isaac Johnson
Crab Orchard
Garry Johnson
Switchback
Tom Osborne
Marion
Liberan Osborne
Abney
John Taylor
Beckley
Robertson and Foglesong
Johnson
Funeral Wednesday For Orland Edgar McKenney
Funeral services for Orland Edgar McKenney age 59 Pax will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of God in Pax. Burial follows at Knights of Pythias Cemetery in Pax. The body will be removed from Tyree Funeral Home to the residence at 3 p.m. today.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Orland Edgar McKenney
Pax
Welch Hospital
Church of God
Knights of Pythias
Tyree
Monroe Tavern Operator Waives Hearing in Killing
Larry Lynn Meador, 21, operator of a Monroe County tavern, waived preliminary hearing on murder charges in the fatal shooting of Lonnie Dunn, 20, at the tavern Saturday night. Meador said he fired in self defense after Dunn entered the tavern and started trouble.
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UNION
Larry Lynn Meador
Monroe County
Peterstown
Meador
Lonnie Dunn
Dunn
Mrs Eleanor Tuke Dies Rites Set for Thursday
Mrs Eleanor Tuke 85 widow of Latimer Tuke died Monday at her Westward Ho home near White Sulphur Springs. Funeral services are 2 30 p m Thursday at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church. Burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. Born Barnwood Gloucester England she helped found the White Sulphur Library House Association.
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White Sulphur’ Springs
RNS
Eleanor Tuke
Westward Ho
Saint Thomas Episcopal Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Tuke
Latimer Tuke
White Sulphur Library House Association
Barnwood
Gloucester
England
James Hawkins Dies at Age 70
Pinnacle Creek Grocer James B Hawkins, about 70, died of a heart attack at his home before a doctor arrived. He ran Hawkins Grocery near White Oak Lumber Co by Pineville. Survived by wife Emma and several children. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home. arrangements incomplete.
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James Hawkins
Mullens
Ans
Pinnacle Creek
James B. Hawkins
Hawkins Grocery
White Oak Lumber Co
Pineville
Emma
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mattie E. Thomas Dies Of Cerebral Hemorrhage
DOTHAN Alabama Mrs Mattie Ellen Thomas 81 of Dothan died at 345 p m Monday in Oak Hill hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage She was a Church of God member born in Monroe County Sept 19 1873 Surviving are son Everett Bragg of Minden two daughters Mrs Ethel Richmond of Dothan and Mrs Hazel Matty of Red Star The body is at Tyree Funeral Home pending arrangements
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Dothan
Rns
Mattie Ellen Thomas
Oak Hill
Church of God
Monroe County
Everett Bragg
Minden
Ethel Richmond
Hazel Matty
Red Star
Tyree Funeral Home
Slayer Is Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
James Parker Day of Skygusty pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison for the shotgun slaying of Talbert Edwards in McDowell County. The killing occurred with two officers present as witnesses and Day was wounded by a police bullet. Judge Richard Parsons imposed the life term.
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Welch
James Parker Day
Skygusty
McDowell County
Day
Edward
Richard Parsons
McDowell County Criminal Court
Mt Hope official touts dense media coal cleaning at convention
De Witt C. Snyder of Mount Hope Coal Company told the 1954 American Mining Congress Coal Convention that a dense media washer with a 1.32 specific gravity reduces ash in run of mine coal from 3 to 50 percent to an average below 2.5 percent. Iron ore is continuously purified by exposure to an electromagnetic field, improving coal quality.
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Cincinnati
Mount Hope Coal Company
Mt. Hope
W. Va
DeWitt C. Snyder
American Mining Congress
Snyder
Golden Horseshoe Winners Chosen
Fayette County announces five pupils to represent at the West Virginia Golden Horseshoe ceremony in Charleston on May 14. Top scorers include John H. Moody Falls View first, Jane Christian Scarbro second, Nancy Crockett Falls View third, Roger Clench Oak Hill fourth, and Charles A. Brown Ingram Branch winner in the negro division.
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William C. Marland
Billy Burdette
Falls View
James Pennington
Cannelton
Paul Thomas
Gauley Bridge
Darrell Lively
Scarbro
Judy Adams
Sharon Martin
Montgomery
Emma Farris
Brenda J. Bailey
Oakland
Jack Eads
Franklin Ramey
Oak Hill
Frances Wagner
Jo Ann Keffer
Sandra McCommack
John Elswick
Lynn Nichols
Deanie Smith
Jerry Ann Vaughan
Charles Wilborne
Hilltop
Hansford
Traynham
William Turner
Boomer
Melvin Ruth
Simmons
Barbara Hale
Jacqueline Staunton
Ingram Branch
William Green
Charles Washington
Juanita Reed
Kimberly
Curtis Minnifield
Alma Grant
Miners Scheduled Certification Tests Across Seven WV Counties
Clarence A. Traynham, member of the Miners Examining Board, will oversee May certificate exams across seven Southern West Virginia counties including Raleigh, Wyoming, Mercer, Fayette, McDowell, Greenbrier and Kanawha. The schedule lists tests at multiple towns and offices from May 4 to May 31 with times from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on varying days in Beckley, Welch, Mullens, Oak Hill, Mount Hope, Pineville, East Rainelle, and Charleston.
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West Virginia
Clarence A. Traynham
Miners’ Examining Board
The
State Mines Department
Traynham
Raleigh
Wyoming
Mercer
Fayette
McDowell
Greenbrier
Kanawha
Matoaka
Ted Godfrey
Justice of the Peace
Mount Hope
Frey
Price Chevrolet Co
Welch
State Employment Office
Oak Hill
Beckley
Court House
Mullens
City Hall
Pineville
Justice of Peace
East Rainelle
UMWA
Ansted
Charleston
Outres Tonic Tablets Claim Youthful Pep for 40 Plus
A vintage advertisement touts Outres Tonic Tablets as a high-potency stimulant to revive energy for men and women over 40. It cites iron and vitamins B1 B2, features a doctor's 78-year-old endorsement, and offers 7-day trial and economy sizes. Druggists promote the product with a Beckley regional note.
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Beckley
Dohaw
Oak Hill Stores Set Closing Time
Oak Hill merchants vote to close at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays for summer. some prefer noon. Public asked to shop early to allow employees Wednesday afternoons off. Next Oak Hill BBB meeting set for May 11 at 2 p.m. at City Hall.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Better Business Bureau
Oak Hill Better Business Bureau
Scarbro Woman Injured In Automobile Accident
Mrs. Helen Miller aged 33 of Scarbro was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital at 4 30 p m Monday with a fractured left leg and left arm and facial lacerations from an automobile wreck near Glen Jean. No details of the accident were provided.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Helen Miller
Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Glen Jean
Smoot High Student Killed In Truck Crash
Curtis Edward Berry 14 or 15, Smoot High School, died when a truck carrying him and two classmates overturned near Lewisburg after skidding 180 feet. Cedrick Zicafoose 19 and Lowell Fleshman 14 rode in back. Zicafoose hospitalized, Fleshman treated and released. Funeral set for Smoot Baptist Church with burial at Somerset Cemetery. Funeral home in East Rainelle handles body.
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Lewisburg
Lowell Fleshman
Cedrick Zicafoose
Renick
M. C. Yoak
Berry
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Fleshman
Elmer Holliday
Smoot
Ed Berry
Smoot Baptist Church
Somerset Cemetery
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Otis Lusk Dies At Mullens Home
Otis Lusk 56 and a former carpenter died at about 7 a.m. today at his Mullens home on Dunman Avenue after heart and kidney ailments. He resided alone and is survived by brothers Alva H and Floyd of Mullens and John of Nitro.
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Mullens
ANS
Otis Lusk
Dunman Ave
Alva H
Floyd
John
Nitro
Robertson and Foglesong
William J. Scott 80 Dies After Long Illness
William J. Scott, 80, died at Oak Hill Hospital at 6 p.m. Monday after a long illness. A Red Star resident, he will be at Thomas Funeral Home in Oak Hill pending arrangements.
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RED Star
RNS
William J. Scott
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
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C.S. Stump
T. J. Johnson
Monroe Tavern
Tappan
Universa Home
Aipmen
Fayette ST
Mattie E. Thomas
W. Neville St
Slayer
NORGE
Lowe Bros
Oak Hill Stores
Curtis Edward Berry
Ameregas Utilities CO
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