Oak Hill Names Election Chiefs At City Council Meeting
Oak Hill city officials appointed election clerks and counting staff at a Tuesday council session. Receiving board members include Mrs. Stuart McLain L. C. All men and Fred Dickinson with clerks M. Goode and C. C. Neal. Mounting board includes H. L. Van Camp R. W. Burgess Mrs. Eva Estes with counting clerks Fred Jasper and R. P. Hannity. Manager Wallace Bennett announced street repairs will begin once Acme Construction opens and a grader will smooth unimproved streets. Bennett to buy caution signs for school safety. Sanitary Board met to process sewer liens. Charter amendment would cut required registered voters to three percent to trigger a convention. Police reported 26 arrests in April, $306.20 in fines, 678 parking tickets written and $33.23 collected in parking fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart McLain
L. C. Allmen
Fred Dickinson
M. Goode
C. C. Neal
H. L. van Camp
R. W. Burgess
Eva Estes
Fred Jasper
R. P. Han
Nity
Wallace Bennett
Oak Hill
Acme
Bennett
Sanitary Board
Blood is Sought In Mount Hope
Mount Hope donors are urged for the Red Cross Bloodmobile to run at Mount Hope Baptist Temple until 5 p.m. Mrs. P. C. Graney and Mrs. Frank Graff say walk in donors are welcome. A six month donor card is required for transfusions, and the Mount Hope quota has not been met for some time.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Red Cross
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
P. C. Graney
Frank Graff
Ladies of the Church
Fayette County
Fire damages trailer in Oak Hill on East Main Street
Oak Hill fire at Donnelly's Trailer Park damaged a trailer owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Montgomery. Fire Chief Arthur Akers estimated the loss at $1,000, caused by a lighted cigarette that ignited paper in a waste basket while the couple were away at work.
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Oak Hill
RNS
E. H. Montgomery
Donnelly
East Main St
Arthur Akers
Akers
Mount Hope Man Is Put in Jail
Adison Byrd of Mount Hope was jailed in Fayette County after Mount Hope Police arrested him on a breaking and entering charge tied to Ethel Jackson’s home. He waived to the grand jury at a hearing with Mayor Bernard Roche and was held in default of bond set at two thousand dollars.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Addison Byrd
Mount Hope
Fayette County
Mount Hope City
Tom Twaddle
Ethel Jackson
Bernard Roche
Girl Student Mayor Finemaned 110 in Fines Mullens
Mullens High School students ran the city for a day in a Rotary sponsored Know Your Government experiment. Mayor David Miller presided and tackled sewer and traffic issues while Police Judge Sheila Snyder fined Bud Ray Lester 100 for moonshine and 10 for defective brakes.
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Mullens
ANS
Mullens High School
David Miller
Woodrow W. Cook
Miller
City Hall
Pineville
Sheila Snyder
Bud
Ray B. Lester
Lester
Wiley Heisman
Wendell W. Cook
Pete Haluski
New Damage Suit Filed Over 1954 Boomer Car Crash
Fayetteville report notes Donald Donna Massey of Montgomery seeks $8,000 from Foster R. Shultz of Boomer for injuries in a Car accident near Boomer on October 28, 1954. She alleges permanent injuries. In a separate matter, the jury in the Shumaker vs Trump case has been deliberating since noon Tuesday.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Donald Donna Massey
Montgomery
Foster R. Shultz
Boomer
Charles Edward Shumaker
J. S. Trump
Fire Captain to Talk To Woman's Civic Club
Mullens WV News dispatch says Captain Bill Goad of Mullens Volunteer Fire Department will speak at the Woman's Civic Club meeting at 8 p m in West Mullens home of Mrs Dan Shewman with Mrs Walter Crickmer co hosting. Executive board meets at 7:30 p m.
Fayetteville Schools elect Student Council for next year
Fayetteville High and Junior High choose council members for the coming year. Sandra Waybright, a senior, will be president. Mike King, a junior, serves on the council. Juniors Pat Waugh and Gene Houchins. Sophomores Ivan McClelland and Ruth Ann Feazell. Freshman Fletcher Arritt Jr. and Boydie Casto. Eighth grade Juanda Clay and Dick Whanger.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville High School
Sandra Waybright
Mike King
Pat Waugh
Gene Houchins
Ivan McClelland
Ruth Ann Feazell
Fletcher Arritt Jr
Boydie Casto
Juanda Clay
Dick Whanger
Pax Girl Weds in Akron Ohio Ceremony
Pax Miss Nellie Ann Lively daughter of Mr and Mrs Delbert Lively Pax wed Jack McNeal son of Mr and Mrs W F McNeal Akron Ohio in a April 16 ceremony at Lockwood Presbyterian Church Reverend Ralph Steese officiating The bride a 1953 Mount Hope High School graduate active in clubs band Alpha Beta FBLA Tennage Club and local churches The groom attended Garfield High School Akron served in the Marine Corps three years and works for Ford Motors in Akron Mrs McNeal previously worked at the U S Navy Department in Washington D C and plans to continue Civil Service work in Akron They will reside in Akron Ohio
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Pax
Nellie Ann Lively
Delbert Lively
Jack McNeal
W. F. McNeal
Akron
Ohio
Ralph Steese
Lockwood Presbyterian Church
Mount Hope High School
Blue and Gold
Future Business Leaders of America
Tennage Club
Garfield High School
United States Marine Corps
Ford Motors
Oak Hill Woman Is Beta Theta Girl of the Year
Mrs Earl Bannister highlighted as the Beta Theta Chapter Girl of the Year at the Beta Sigma Phi Mother Daughter banquet at the Presbyterian Church. The 24th founder's day anniversary featured the theme Time to Remember Time to Live and Dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Beta Theta
BNS
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Presbyterian Church
Earl Bannister
Bannister
Beta Sigma Phi
James Painter
Earl Bannister Jr
D. C. Rapp Jr
Walter Ross
John Duda
Wyoming Hospital Week Of Admissions Listed
The list records residents entering the Wyoming General Hospital during the week ending Saturday, naming patients by name and hometown such as Doris Smith Mullens Laura Marshall Otsego Eloise Roles Ravel cliff Ravencliff and others across Mullens Otsego Ravencliff Stephenson Alpoca Bud Maben Winding Gulf Hinton Rhodell Keyrock and Herndon.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Doris Smith
Laura Marshall
Otsego
Eloise Roles
Ravencliff
Joe Green
Itmann
Nancy Foley
Stephenson
Ivory Cozort
Slab Fork
Rose Mary Moran
Bud
Irene Canada
Eunice Osborne
Oceana
Chester Warren
Jesse Poe Jr
Basin
Patricia Petties
Killarney
Ruby Halsey
Maben
Dimple Maynor
James Ervin Cook
Betty McPeake
Eliza Grose
Helen
Lennie Sizemore
McGraws
Hulda Sizemore
Mattie L. Berry
Amigo
Posey Tolliver
Jerry Shuck
Ettie Quesenbury
Alpoca
Nancy Lester
Ollie Jackson
Elsie Mae Hughes
Winding Gulf
Rosa Mills
John Thornton
Teddy Canada
Larry Tanks
Ruby Stewart
Besoco
Frances Carden
Hinton
Mary Bailes
Sylvia Mathews
Rhodell
Vince Viers
Walter Shell
Herndon
Inez Dixon
Myrtle Thompson
Keyrock
Pearl Copen
Elena Crigger
Virgil Dillon Named President at Mount Hope High
Virgil Dillon has been named president of the Mount Hope High School Student Council. Boyd Kincaid was elected vice president, Myra Ball secretary, Mary Bianco treasurer, and Emery Jones sergeant-at-arms. Fred Dixon, a high school instructor, will sponsor the student council for the coming term.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Virgil Dillon
Mount Hope High School
Boyd Kincaid
Myra Ball
Mary Bianco
Emery Jones
Fred Dixon
Fayette Couples Planning to Marry
Four couples filed applications for marriage licenses with the Fayette County Clerk. Richard Blair 20 of Ansted weds Betty Louella Adkins 20 of Ansted. Fred Campbell 27 of Garten weds Linda Foster 16 of Winston. William Koone Jr. 27 of Hilltop weds Earnestine Kamits 22 of Oak Hill. Lewis Prather Jr. 39 of Gauley Bridge weds Geraldine Williams 26 of Gauley Bridge.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Fayette County
Richard Blair
Earl and Okey Blair
Ansted
Betty Louella Adkins
Harmon and
Goldie Adkins
Fred T. Campbell
George and
Ethel Campbell
Garten
Linda Foster
Orval and
Demple Foster
Winston
William Franklin Koone Jr
William and
Athalene Koone
Hilltop
Earnestine Kamits
Thomas and
Brentha Kiamits
Oak Hill
Lewis Prather Jr
Lewis and
Nettie Prather
Gauley Bridge
Geraldine Williams
Nettie Taylor
Three Are Treated For Minor Injuries At Oak Hill Hospital
Three patients received treatment for minor injuries at Oak Hill Hospital Monday. Martha Ann Smith, 42, of Mount Hope, injured left elbow and shoulder from a fall down steps. Ernest Canada, 36, of Glen Jean, injured left elbow when struck by a safety lamp. Anna Mae Maddy, four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Boyd Maddy of Beaver, injured left index finger when a car door was shut on it.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Martha Ann Smith
Mount Hope
Ernest Canada
Glen Jean
Anna Mae Maddy
Boyd Maddy
Beaver
Talk on Hospitals To Be Made Tonight
Women of the Moose in Mullens will hear Dike R. Pisegna chief of special service at the Veterans Administration Hospital Beckley speak at 8 o clock tonight. Meeting is open to the public and urged for clubs and organizations providing volunteer services through their group or the Red Cross.
Wyoming Grand Jury Sets May Convene and Petit Jurors
Wyoming Circuit Court’s grand jury for the May term will convene May 23, drawn by Jury Commissioners Estel Morgan and Russell Beavers. The list includes Grat Adams, Ed Morgan, W. A. Greer, Frank Grogan, and many others from Pineville, Mullens, Oceana, Coal Mountain, and surrounding communities. The petit jury is scheduled to meet June 14 with jurors headed by Velmer McKinney and many named citizens from multiple towns across the county.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Estel Morgan
Russell Beavers
Grat Adams
Baileysville
Ed Morgan
Franrock
W. A. Greer
Herndon
Frank Grogan
Allen Junction
Archie Lusk
Alchie Ellison
Rockview
A. E. Baldwin
R. J. Caudeill
Chester Hatfield
Coal Mountain
Donald Ellis
Hanover
Jim Amburgery
Oceana
Lonnie Philyou
Hatcher
Tom Eavans
K. W. Kirk
Mullens
Anthony Lafferty
McGraws
Sherman Snuffer
Petit Jury
Velmer McKinney
George W. Farmer
Stephenson
Millard Hatfield
Robert M. Hickok
Raymond Bailey
Cyclone
Luther Elkins
Allen Grant
Black Eagle
Perry D. Bailey
Clyde Walters
Glen Rogers
Blaine Adkins
Frank Cullop
Jaeger
Jack B. Rider
Delbert Morgan
Glenn Miller
Roy Lester
Clyde E. Kirk
Mount Hope High School Mayor Observes City Vote Fun
Mount Hope High School student Rodney Davis served as mayor for a day while city officials preside. rival candidate Bill Darnall became school janitor and James Murdock janitor of Mount Hope High. The April 29 election featured a tight campaign and Davis, son of Nelson Davis, is an Eagle Scout and active in Boy Scouts.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Rodney Davis
Mount Hope High School
Bill Darnall
James Murdock
Nelson Davis
Davis
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Tomchin Furniture CO
Moran Ave
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Albert Meadows
West Mullens
A. Ritz Kingdon
Council
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D. A. Radwan
Guyandotte Ave
Bob Tabscott
Jerry
Woman's Civic Club
Mrs
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Oakwood Ave
Dept. 2
Baltimore
Atau Druggists
Fayette
Center
Sherlock Holmes
Roger Houck
al Cline
Ralph Jackson
Dewey Privett
E. Pierce Rose
John Arrington
Toby Bower
Weslan Muzzleman
Arthur Steele
Steeles
Tom Asbury
Thomas Carver
Wyco
Robert E. Dalton
Aubrey Cook
Kopperston
John Hagerman
Glen Fork
George King
Jimmy Short
Clearfork
John D. Sibo
Harley G. Bouldin
Sampy Lester
Ikes Fork
Eugene Pennington
Jack Fortner
Simon
Alda Osborne
Matheny
B. W. Hollins
Alfred Milam
Croba
Marvin Lamb
R. L. Sells
Clyde Morgan
Guyan
Walter Birchfield
Brenton
Charles D. Brown
James Roberts
Bryan Blevins
Blake Cooper
Amos McKinney
Dufford Earley
James Evans
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