Oldest and youngest mothers honored at church banquet
Oak Hill Mrs. M. A. Brooks and Mrs. Harold Hall were feted as oldest and youngest mothers at a mother-daughter banquet of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Oak Hill Brethren Church. The event featured a devotional, topic on The Bible and Builders, a grateful appreciation poem, a vocal duet, and a business session with many attendees listed.
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Oak Hill
M. A. Brooks
Harold Hall
Woman’s Missionary Society
For
June Estep
Charles Estep
Agnes Hodges
Thelma Burgess
Herman Ford
Walter Pawlus
Myrtla Nueckels
Nancy Stevens
Elsie Brooks
Lorena Nicholas
Carmen Hall
Margaret Smith
Smith Rose
Sally Duncan
Pearl Stevens
Minnie Backus
E. S. Fitzwater
Mary Hooten
Pauline Crouch
Vermeda Patrick
Maudie Kincaid
Pauline Duncan
Anna Mae Stevens
Amanda Kincaid
Ora Bush
Cynthia Pegram
Martha Brooks
VFW Auxiliary Plans Hospital Visit and Camp Delegates
Members of Clarence W. Dickerson Post VFW Auxiliary will visit Huntington Veterans Hospital Sunday to give cookies and candy. At a Wednesday Canteen meeting delegates were chosen for the state encampment in Huntington June 14 to 16, with Mrs. D C Rapp Jr and Mrs. John V Oyler named, and two new members, Mrs. Kenneth Ayres and Mrs. Edgar Davis, were initiated.
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Oak Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Clarence W. Dickerson Post
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
D C. Rapp, Jr
John V. Oyler
Kenneth Ayres
Edgar Davis
Major League Boxscores Totals 37112718 Totals 3172712
Box scores from multiple National and American League games show Brooklyn and Chicago tied, with Robinson and Snider leading the Dodgers in runs, and Hiller and Bankhead key pitchers in the Chicago win. Other matches include Philadelphia beating St Louis, Cleveland edging Boston, Detroit defeating Philadelphia, and New York defeating Pittsburgh. Multiple players post RBI, 2B, HR tallies, while pitchers earn wins and losses across games.
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Brooklyn
Chicago
Reese
Shuba
Snider
Robinson
Furillo
Hodges
Morgan
Sauer
Pafko
E— Smalley
RBI
B. Edwards
Smalley
Cavaretta
H. Edwards
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Boston
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Snider Cf
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Williams If
Stephens Ss
Kenndy
Doerr
Oston Encetene
Pineville Personal News Highlights Local Social Roundup
Pineville residents share visits and travels across North Carolina, West Virginia, and Maryland. Families and friends gather at homes and churches, with many extended stays and weekend trips noted. shipments of relatives from Beckley, Bluefield, and Charleston appear among the wellwishes and moves.
Baltimore Livestock Market Report May 4
Baltimore cattle sale totals 1 400 head with steadier slaughter values and mixed demand. Slaughter steers 28.10 29.00, heifers 26.50, cows 17.00 25.00, calves 20.00 33.00, breeders 2600 75, hogs 1800 head with higher barrows gilts and varied weights. sows mostly steady.
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Baltimore
Tennis Club Benefit Dance Funds Mullens Courts Lights
Mullens High School auditorium hosts a benefit dance tonight from 8 to 11 p.m. to raise funds for lighting Mullens Athletic Fields tennis courts. Tommy Thomas and his Orchestra provide music. tickets are sold by Mrs. Lewis D'Antoni, Mrs. D. K. Daniels, Miss Anna D'Antoni, and Dr. John Robinson.
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Reamter
Mullens
Mullens Athletic Fields
Mullens High School
Tommy Thomas
Mullens Tennis Club
Lewis D'Antoni
D. K. Daniels
Anna D'Antoni
John Robinson
Orphanage Benefit Dance Planned by Oak Hill Groups
Oak Hill residents will host a benefit dance to aid the Oak Hill Orphanage. American Legion Post 59 and the Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsor the event. Legion meeting named committee members L. J. Epstein Charles Balding R. P. Hannah and Howard Lucas to promote the dance. Officers hos election set for June 20 with nominations on June 6. Miss Clara Payne reports 189 members. Next meeting May 16 at the Legion Clubroom on Central Avenue.
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Oak Hill
American Legion Post 59
Junior Chamber of Commerce
the Legion
L. J. Epstein
Charles
Four Dates Open For Camps at Beckwith
Fayette County 4 H Camp Beckwith lists four open dates May 29 to Aug 12 for various groups. Superintendent Paul Hicks notes pool opening June 1 and potential earlier camper use with advance notice. Improvements include bath houses, ovens, picnic area, gates, new ice box and stove, and fresh paint and creosote on all buildings.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Paul Hicks
Conservation
Presbyterian Camp
Bluestone Presbyterian Pioneer
Pntecnic
Raleigh County
Goldfrey L. Cabot Company
Youth For Christ
Charleston
New River Company
Methodists
Beckwith
Mercer County Health Unit planned with May 15 funding target
Bluefield council mulls joining a proposed Mercer County health unit with Bluefield’s $15,640 share and Princeton pledging $4,000. Dr. Holroyd urges funds by May 15 while county court weighs $10,000 to $11,000, education adds $6,564, leaving deficits to be covered to establish the unit.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Bluefield
E. P. Mitchell
Frank Holroyd
Princeton Council
Fred Thompson
Board of Education
Mitchell
W. L. Thornton
County Court
Mercer
Matoaka
Bramwell
Athens
Mullens Family Visites Oak Hill Area for Weekend
Peggy and Benjy Collins of Mullens and Mrs. H W Conley of Pineville visited Oak Hill to spend the weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Lewis and their daughter Carole.
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Peggy
Benjy
Mullens
H. W. Conley
Pineville
Everette H. Collins
Carole
Oak Hill
Robert Lewis
Funeral notices from Beckley area in Florida and West Virginia
Obituaries and notices list Mrs. J L Pittman of Deland Florida age 44 former Beckley resident dies at home. Funeral at Crab Orchard Baptist Church May 5 with Rev Shirley Donnelly. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Also Joseph Kellis Pritchett 30 of Helen killed in mine May 2. Services May 5 at Church of God Princeton with Rev R C Callahan. burial Rest Haven. David C Meador 84 of Surveyor dies May 3. services May 5 at Surveyor Church. burial McKinney cemetery Ellison. Addie Maples 81 of 904 South Kanawha Street dies May 3. services May 5 at home. burial Sunset Memorial Park mausoleum. Includes memorial verse for James W Cobbs. Lost items alert for wallet, pin, bass drum, collie. several local ads for painting, floor work, and handyman services.
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Leon Pope
Macon Ga
Fred Box
Crowley-Worrell
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Bluestone Presbytery
Westminister Church
Bluefield
Wylene Karnes
Doris Hamilton
Sue Blankenship
Lorraine Allen
Barbara Justice
C. W. McNutt
Wyoming Community Church
Mary Eva Browning
Patty Haga
Patsy Ogle
Wanda Neal
Marie Lambert
Roger Downard
Bobby Miller
David Neal
David Haga
Lloyd Cooper
Morrison Lambert
Jimmy Ogle
J. B. Grove
F. P. Cook
Pineville
Union Memorial Hospital
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Grady Morgan
W. S. Howard
Opal Howard
Blacksville
West Virginia
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Mr. Wells
E. G. Hoke
Beckley and
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Bo Hatcher
Logan
James L. Smith
Charleston
W. T. Murphy
Larry Murphy
Helen
A. G. Cline
C. M. Shipman
Anna Kline
St. Albans
Blanche Edmunds
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Jack Shipman
Eddie ‘Crews
Panther
Huff Creek
Virgil McNeal
David and
Bruce
Beckley
J. B. Salsberg
Salsberg
Eddie Crews
Ned
Frank Starkey
Dell Cooke
Starkey
James W. Starkey
George A. Brooks
Hobart Thomas
Blanche Thomas
Norfolk
Virginia
United States Navy
K. G. Khorazian
New York City
Georgena
Algie D. Cooke
Don Kidd
Grundy
Bailey-Murphy
J. C. DeWitt
Elmo
Indianhead
Joe Casey
East Pineville
Frank Casey
Welch
Vaughan Stewart
Ben Murphree
Wallie Crysztofick
Herman Bostick
Rose Funeral Home
Pritchett Pritchett
Joseph Kellis
Williams Funeral
James M. Pritchett
Princeton
Church of God
R. C. Callahan
Rest Haven
Maples Maples
Addie
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Caffee Funeral Home
J. W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
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New Bern
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Baltimore Livestock
Oak Hill Dance
Pittman
Memoriam
James W. Cobbs
Effie Cobbs
Bernice Tyree
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
Robert M Lewis
Summersville
W. Va
Page Mountain
Mount Ope
Nick Karel
Laidley St
Tams Mountain
Raleigh County Humane Society
Call Don V Ford
E. Beckley
Dial 4693
Carl Clark
DIAL
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Montgomery Ward
WE. Harvey
Tom Webb
Arnet Lilly
W. A. Callahan
J. J. Warden
Calloway Heights
Wm. Bumgarner
Call Harold Martin
Johnstown Road
Foster Hardware
H. C. Kinzer
Beckleys
Optometrist
Main St
Howard L. Miller
Heber St
House Plan Service
John C. Huffman
Repair Service
Beckey Ave
Cremens
Crab Orchard
Neville ST
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Glazzard
White Sulphur Springs
DOY Radio CO
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John W. Eye
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R. W. French
Tel
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Ford Tractor
Dia
Allen Chesney
Laurel Creek
Prp
D. W. _ McMillan
MacArthur
Good Housekeeping
Parents’ Magazine
Mystic Foam
Eric
Cohen
River Avenue
South Charleston
Swan
Dial 3016
Avon
North
Montgomery Ward and Company
Martin Smith
Fuller Brush
Beckley Newspapers
Singer
Singer Sewing Machine CO
S. Kanawha St
Will
Sears Monument Co
Yharper Rd
Fred Davis
Rep
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Merideth
Barre Guild
Robert C. Egnor Monument CO
Pine Monuments & Family Memorial
Gere
Bluefield Monument CO
Kyle Davis
Mabscott
H. B. Snead
Limit Street
Veterans OF Foreign Wars Club
Main Street
Woolworths
The
Men of Melody Entertainment
Fun For
Cook Book
Post-Herald
Kroger — Beckley
Michael's
Mack Market
Clover Blossom
By-Pass
Davis
Willard’s
Maxwell Hill
Shady Spring
Wood’s
Beaver
Beckley Post-Herald
Post Herald Cook Book Department
Prince St
Locksmith Service
Quality Lumber & Supply CO
City Ave
Beckley Dial
Nile
Beckley Hotel
Reinhardt
W. V
Realsilk
Realsilk Mills
Foley Bros
North Oakwood Ave
Crosley
Youngstown
Maytag
Maytag CO
Sam G. Foley
6Th St.—Beckley
Maxwell & Keyser
Plumbing
Raleigh Glass
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Mirror, Inc
City Avenue
Beckley Ice Cream
G. L. Fette
Mgr
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Sunday Register
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