Bride Elect Elizabeth White Honored at Bridal Shower
Miss Elizabeth White, soon to wed Carl Owen Jr, was feted at a bridal shower hosted by her granddaughter Miss Mary Elizabeth Thomas at the Lundale Drive home of Mrs. R. R. Thomas. Guests from Fayetteville Holden Battlecreek Mt. Hope and Mich attended. the First Baptist Church ceremony is planned for Sunday.
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Register
Oak Ht
Lundale Drive
R. R. Thomas
Mary Elizabeth Thomas
Elizabeth White
White
Carl S. Owen, Jr
First Baptist Church
H. A. Berry
J. M. White
RK. Davis
Buckley
John Hylton
Bill Hambrick
Fayetteville
Wayne Henry
Holden
Jack Vargo
Eleven New Divorce Suits Filed in Fayette Circuit Court
Fayetteville reports eleven new divorce suits on record in the Fayette Circuit Clerk’s office. The filings include multiple pairs of spouses such as T. W. Clark and Lillian R. Clark, Marilyn Treadway and Herbert M. Treadway, and Robert Mars Clark and Elizabeth Lee Clark, among others, plus several chancery actions and estate involvement cases with numerous listed parties and unknown heirs of John Sims.
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By_ Register
Fayetteville
Fayette Circuit
T. W. Clark
Lillian R. Clark
Marilyn Treadway
Herbert M. Treadway
Robert Mars Clark
Elizabeth Lee Clark
Irvin ¢. Thornton
Edith Thornton
Phala M. Hammond
Don S
Hammond
Frank Paugh, Jr
Betty Roberts Paugh
Billie Meadows
Paul Meadows
Goldie Kathern Patterson
Norene Steele
Geneva Thoma
Mabel Hamlin
C. H. Lewis
H. Emmett Lewis
Cannie Betteridge
J. W. Cook
Clarence Benson Sublett
Marc Martin
Leah Sublett
Etta Florence Sublett
Amanda Janet Smock
Ollie May Glover
Fannie Windsor Matthews
James Burda Windsor
Columbia Ann Whitelaw
Lara May Baker
Myrtle L Pease
James Elmer Mann
Hattie Umberger
Roy Mann
Richard EL
John Sims
Annual Swing Concert Slated at Fayetteville High
Fayetteville High School Dance Band will present its annual Swing Concert at 8 pm Thursday in the high school gymnasium. Alfonso Nicosia will direct the senior and junior groups featuring saxophones trombones drums piano guitar trumpets and vocalists with free admission.
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Fayetteviles
Fayetteville High School
Alfonso Nicosia
Boyd Selvey
Glen Comer
Carolyn Dillon
Shirley Zorio
Nanz Cavendish
Cortez Davis
Charles Bary
Jesse Zorio
Jean Ann Pratt
David Wise
Billy Joe Jones
Carl McClung
Patricia Bullion
Pauline Stevens
Pat Wallace
Anna Lee Davis
Vicki Vickers
Juanita Stevens
Jimmy Davidson
Hunter Long
Corky Gray
Sally Whanger
Freddie Bates
Jimmy Akers
Nancy McClung
Concord Advisory Meeting Tackles Business and Employment
Concord College Friday advisory committee met in Athens to discuss the problem of business and employment. Twelve area businessmen attended and proposed curriculum changes to align with modern industry, plus practical experience before graduation. Participants included executives from Maiden Farm, Celanese, Appalachian Electric Power, Bluefield banks, and Beckley firms, with President Virgil Stewart welcoming guests.
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Athens T He Concord College Business Department
Concord
Cloyd P. Armblister
Business and
Concord College
Daniel Laufer
Maiden Farm Company
Henry Sexton
Celanese Corporation
Harry Ru May
May Office Service
Beckley
Martin L. Tabor
West Virginia Department of Employment Security
Bluefield
Drague Tie
Citizens Party Nominates Men For June Election
PAYETTEVILLE. Charles L Garvin Jr and Walter Caldwell are the candidates for mayor and recorder for the June 5 Fayetteville election. They were nominated at a courthouse convention Friday night. Incumbents Myles and Keller did not seek re nomination. Myles called the meeting and Dillon was named temporary chairman and Keller temporary secretary. The Citizens party was named with a house symbol. Other council nominees include Platt Honaker Waugh Ayers and Rotan. About 30 people attended.
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Segister
Payetteville
Charles L Garvin, Jr
Walter Caldwell
Fayetteville
F. A. Myles
Ben D. Keller
Myles
H. E. Dillon
Keller
Dillon
Myron R. Renick
Citizens Party
Mrs Painter 65 Dies at Kingston After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mrs Lienvada Painter aged 65 dies at her Kingston home at 4 a.m. from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born July 22 1886 in Dothan she was a Baptist Church member. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Dothan Community Church with Rev John Williams and Rev O H Huffman officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Ell. Surviving husband G L Painter two brothers Lawrence Pegram and Howard Pe Bram a son Troy two grandchildren and one great grandchild. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to residence at p.m. Wednesday.
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Kingston
Lienvada Painter
Dothan
The
Baptist Church
John Williams
Pax
O. H. Huffman
Page
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Ell
G. L. Painter
Lawrence Pegram
Los Angeles
Calif
Howard Pe- Bram
Big Laurel
Troy
Tyree
Baptist Church School Officers Named at Meet
Sunday School officers and teachers of First Baptist Church Mullens held their annual reorganizational meeting with a covered dish supper. Roger Pritchett was elected general superintendent, W Mays secretary, and his wife publicity chairman. Departmental superintendents and teachers were named across Adult Young People Junior High Junior Primary and Beginners departments. Retiring superintendent led the meeting with a devotional on the Good Shepherd. Thirty six attended the reorganizing gathering.
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Mullens
First Baptist Church
Roger Pritchett
W. §. Staats
W. Mays
G. Y. Duncan
Ray Toler
M. H. Lusk
B. Fearis
W. P. Staats
George Black
W. W. Dailey
Raymond Wells
D. Davis
B.A. Long
Edna Lane
Bernice McCreary
Eugene Wests
L. T. Laijl
Bessie Caldwell
Dorothy Farley
Charley McKinney
Bobby Staton
W. R. Mays
Cal Webb
Eugene Blevins
Johnny White
W. E. Finney
T. C. Russell
Thompson Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services were to be held at 2 p m for Lon Thompson 49 of Seth who died Sunday in a Charleston hospital Rites were at Seth Church of God with burial in Thompson Cemetery at Seth Survivors include five daughters five sons three sisters and three brothers and a teen dance was set for 7 30 to 10 30 p m at the Moose Lodge ballroom on McCreery Street with all teens invited noting Robert Lowrey as chairman
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Whitesville
Lon Thompson
Seth
Charleston
Seth Church of God
Thompson
Ann Deraine
Sharon
Betty Pittman
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Eleanor
Corol Sue
Thelma Thompson
James
Robert
Lee Thompson
Ralph
Ervin Thompson
Douglas Thompson
Seervilla
Tenn
Cecil. Crum
Huntington
Curtis Summers
Al-Par Son
Ralph Thompson
Prenter
John. R. Thompson
Clarence Thompson
Moose Lodge
McCreery Street
Robert Lowrey
Wyoming County Board Delays Teacher Placements to May 21
The Wyoming County Board of Education will defer teacher placements to May 21, the last day of the current term, to reduce confusion. Superintendent Jesse Morgan notes other boards report smoother results when assignments are made at term end, with reassignment outcomes varying for teachers. During the interim, the board will review a new list of placements ahead of a special meeting.
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Wyoming School Board
Mee
Pineville
Wyoming County Board of Education
Jesse W. Morgan
Fayette Men Draft Calls for May Inductions at Beckley
Fayetteville area Selective Service Board 3 lists twenty one men to report for induction in the armed services at Beckley on Wednesday May 16. Names include Robert Hamby Oak Hill Leonard Jones Edmond Lloyd Vance Kessler Martin Cannelton Harmon Layland Bree Smithers Lively Ballard Jr Ballard Theodore Sorrells Layland Rodney Lee Mount Hope Albert Mitchell Eagle Carper Page Cowles Lansing Foster Jodie Carabolo Longzero William Vance Neal Ansted Shirley Humphrey Pax Pugh Laurel Creek Donald Perkins London Robin Montgomery John Carabolo London?
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette Area
Armed Services
Beckley
Selective Service Board 3
Robert John Hamby
Oak Hill
Leonard Emanuel Jones
Edmond
Lloyd Philip Vance
Charley Kessler Martin
Cannelton
Robert Lewis Harmon
Layland
Herbert Laprade
Thur ‘Mend
Domarck Bree
Smithers
Melvin Clinton Lively
Dothan
Ywin Ballard, Jr
Theodore Ira Sorrells
Rodney Chester Lee
Mount Hope
Albert Louis Mitchell
Eagle
Vance Columbus Carper
Page
Randall Dana Cowles
Lansing
Calvin Ray Foster
Jodie
Robin Lamar
Montgomery
John Anthony Carabolo
Long Zero
William Kenneth Vance
Harry Lewis Neal
Ansted
Shirley Glen Humphrey
Pax
George David Pugh
Laurel ‘Creek
Donald Henry Perkins
London
Herbert Elvie’ Bennett
Meadow Bridge
Pettrey Funeral Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie Pattrey 64 will be held at 2 p m Wednesday in Athens Methodist Church with Rev Z F Mayberry officiating. Burial follows in Bowling Cemetery. A resident of Athens she was daughter of Lizzie Bell Martin Pettrey and Richard Pettrey. Survived by sisters Susan Nelson Chicago AL Ella Pettrey and Lare Jane Pettrey Athens. brother London Pettrey preceded in death thirty years ago.
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Princeton
Lizzie Pattray
Memorial Hospital
Susan Nelson
Chicago
Ella Pettrey
Lare Jane Pettrey
Athens
London Pettrey
Seven Oak Hill Men Nominated At Second Convention
Oak Hill citizens gather as 19 nominations are tallied for council seats at a recent convention held in Oak Hill Elementary auditorium. C. R. G. N. Goode and others receive votes. several candidates miss the threshold. The second convention is set for the coming Saturday as local civic groups press a city cleanup campaign.
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Oak Hill
Register
Oak Hill Elementary
Oak Hill Council
Ogee
Cornight
City Hall
C. F P. White
C. R. G. N. Goode
Ned
J. S. Keatley
Miller
Lawrence Thompson
D. H. Highlander
C. C. Rushing
R. W. Flack
G. Slaven
R. EB. Kelly
J.P. Baveley
C. H. Wilmoth
Jess Trump
Carl LeeSee Ee
The
Allen
James R Wood
Rufus Hurt
Moran Avenue
West Mullens
John Gwinn
Mullens
sciChamber
Pineville
Chesley C. Canning
John Simservicemans
Otsego
Clyde Newsome
Cook
Charles Oley
A. Oley Cook
Fred
Richmond
Robert Zation
Marianna
John Simmons
Billy
Presbyterian Youths iPlan Lesson Topics at Mullens Church
Presbyterian Young People held their meeting at the church to plan May activities. Next Sunday will feature Mothers Day history reading and a poem, plus a group sing. On May 20 a skit How About a Date will be presented by named youths. The following Sunday they visit Pineville Church.
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Jim Andersen
Jancy Calhoun
Etna Allen
Harry] McNutt
Jfphony Cooper
Presbyterian Church
Pineville
Grover C. Currie
Rites Incomplete For Death By Own Action Victim
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Beulah Kincaid 32 whose death at Meadow Creek Saturday night was ruled death by own action Magistrate C L Wiseman conducted the inquest after her body was found by three children of John Lee Osborne at their house where she had lived as housekeeper The verdict said she died by taking an unknown drug administered by herself because she was pregnant Dr H C Martin assisted with the 4 30 am inquest Sunday Residents Bert Osborne left some time ago continuous community details
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Meadow Creek
Beulah Kincaid
C. L. Wiseman
Layland
John’ Lee Osborne
H. C. Martin
Rainelle
Bert Osborne
Property transfers and district notes in Oceana and Pineville areas
The record lists multiple land transactions in Oceana and Pineville districts including transfers by Maynard Chilton Barber and wife to Cook-Weaver and others, with lots and additions to towns Matheny and Elk Lick. It also notes a Wyoming County land sale under Burton England to Elbert Cline, and a Fayette County sheriff report of a wife’s January 1949 death by self-inflicted action in Minnesota.
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Ahi
Lusk
Roscoe
Maynard Chilton
Cook-Weaver
Addifio
Oceana
Pineville
Land _ Company, inc
Acey Pendry
Lote
Land Company
Matheny
Land’ Company
Warren-Booth
Matheiy
Glen Orris
Buren Hill
Rockview
Center
Een
J. R. Lambert
Bu A
Herndon
Raymond “Belcher
Vhrgil Belcher
Elk Lick
Clear
Fork
Careaius Eva Workman
Frank Workman
Altuate
Elkins Branch
Oceania
Baie A
Alvin “Goddard
Tto Jones
Cook
Rock Castle Creek
Center District
Banka -Virgil
Belcher
Raymond Belcher
Clear Fork
Guyan‘dotte River
Clear’ Fork
Burton England
Elbert Cline
Wyoming County
G. P.7goode
Arnold
Gacda
Bearhole
Fayette County
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Eliabeth White
Concord Advisory Meeting
Cohen Drug Co
Neville St. Beckley, W. Va
Meet
Fayette
Gok
Presbyterian
St.josep
Martha Manning
the Sample Shop
Neville St. ‘Beckley
al Electric
American Hardware Store
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Eddie Canter
NBC TV
Eddie
Mrs. Centor
Idz
Hee Husband
South America
Charlotte
N.C
Ramey
Britain
Nash
Nash Man
Oakwood Ave
W. VA
DIAL
Mt. Madera
Chaose
Appalachian Electric Power CO
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