Trial Of Edgar Spratt Continued In Wyoming
PINEVILLE RNS Continued until the September term of Wyoming County Circuit Court and the case of the State against Spratt 53 was indicted in April for murder as the result of the killing of a neighbor Woodrow Tate 2 Jan. W A Wyoming County Grand Jury in February failed to indict Spratt. Before his indictment in April Tate's widow had employed special counsel in the case. Tate and Spratt had disagreed for some time over property. Also continued until September term were the State against Charles Buddy Rhodes for allegedly stealing 500 dollars worth of peg wire from the Pocahontas Co. at Deerfield on July 30 1957. Rhodes was indicted by a Wyoming County Grand Jury in February 1958. Omes Russell for felonious wounding of Howard Phillips. Phillips was stabbed on June 13 1958. Russell was indicted in August 1958: Raymond Ira Gilmore for the felonious wounding of Gid Silk. Gilmore was indicted Aug. 16 1958: Henry Basil Meadows for embezzlement between January 1 1958 and August 27 1958 of 314 27 in cash and merchandise valued at 496 80 from the People’s Credit Store, for which he was a collector. Meadows was indicted in November 1958, Larry Robinson for breaking and entering the home of Gerald Snyder and taking 11. Robinson was indicted in October 1958. Two cases have been dismissed. They are the State against Myles Crowder for a drug law violation and against Holt Cozort and John Taylor for a game law violation.
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Ans
Spratt
Woodrow Tate
Wyoming County
Tate
Charles
Buddy) Rhodes
Pocahontas Co
Deerfield
Rhodes
Omes Russell
Howard Phillips
Phillips
Russell
Raymond Ira Gilmore
Gilmore
Henry Basil Meadows
People’s Credit Store
Meadows
Larry Robinson
Gerald Snyder
Robinson
Myles Crowder
Holt Cozort
John Taylor
Aliff Services Set On Saturday
Funeral services for Brad Aliff will be at Lick Fork Church of God Moxsey at 2 p.m. Saturday. He died at his Mossy residence after a long illness. Born August 14 1885 in Rock Creek he was a retired miner and last worked at Kingston for Somet-Solvay Allied Chemical and Dye. He belonged to Local 6112 UMWA. Survivors include wife Charlotta a brother Bud and two sisters Mrs Ruthie Winston and Mrs Arlene Clifton two daughters Mrs Mary Conley and Mrs Clara Winston and six sons Henry Milton Hayden Berdie Arthur Marshall all of Scarbro Route 1 and 16 grandchildren. The body was taken to the residence at 4 p.m. today from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill and to the church one hour before the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotta
Bud
Carlisle
Ruthie Winston
Arlene Clifton
Mary Conley
Clara Winston
Henry
Milton
Hayden
Berdie
Arthur
Marshall
Scarbro
Route 1
Tyree
Oak Hill
Bud Woman Jailed In Wye For Drunkenness And Desertion
Velma Jean Shrewsbury about 27 known as Bud Woman was fined $20 and given six months in jail on charges of drunkenness and deserting her two young children a three year old boy and an 18 month old girl. The sister Mrs Kenna Lester intervened to care for the youngsters and the magistrate noted reports of indecent conduct. The children placed in Mrs Lester's custody. Mack Howerton fined $15 and given a suspended 60 day jail term for assaulting a woman acquaintance Ilene Lester and was ordered to keep the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud
BNS
Velma Jean Shrewsbury
Kenna Lester
Terry Lester
Lester
Shrewsbury
Mack Howerton
Ilene Lester
Howerton
Area Gardeners Name Delegates To Camp Caesar
Fayet teville area gardeners name two delegates to Camp Caesar for the summer. Miss Hash daughter of Mrs J A Hash will attend as a Vandalia Garden Club delegate. A sophomore member of the Presbyterian Church youth fellowship she is active in church activities.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Garden Study Club
Pen Pali Club
Presbyterian Church
Hash
J. A. Hash
Vandalia Garden Club
Youth Fellowship
Brooks Funeral Set On Saturday
Jesse Clark Brooks 76 died of a heart attack at his home in Glen Rogers. Funeral services 1 p.m. Saturday at Toneda Baptist Church Oceana with Rev. Orville Lamb and Rev. Claude Bailey. Burial Cook Cemetery Kopperston. Survivors include wife Ida Miller Brooks two sons John J and James P five daughters Marie Bailey Ada Snuffer Edith Daniels Ora Massie Nellie Tilley a brother Ed 24 grandchildren three great grandchildren. Body to be taken to residence at 4 p.m. today from Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Jesse Clark Brooks
Orville Lamb
Ravencliff
Claude Bailey
Glen Fork
Toneda Baptist Church
Oceana
Cook Cemetery
Kopperston
Brooks
Andrew and
Juliet Cook Brooks
Ida Miller Brooks
John J
James P
Marie Bailey
Ada Snuffer
Edith Daniels
Ora Massie
Nellie Tilley
Glen Daniels
Evans Funeral Home
Mental Health Drive Underway in Mullens and Oceana Tonight
RNS reports the bell ringers will start with the fire siren in Mullens for a mental health fundraising drive. Volunteers will canvass homes from 7 to 9 p.m. Donations up to $3 earn membership in the Wyoming County Mental Health Association. Similar efforts occur in Oceana, while Pineville delayed its march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County Mental Health Association
Oceana
Pineville
No More Homework comedy slated for Nuttall High seniors
Nuttall High School senior class presents a three act comedy No More Homework at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Gatha Williams Darrell Lester Sharon Reid George Tolley Betty Gillespie Arthur Shelton Janice Willis Clarence Dempsey Zulema Kenny Gary Turner Faye Howell Johnny Jones Mary Willis and Judy Woods. Director is Miss Florence Croft.
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Layland
Nuttall High School
Gatha Williams
Darrell Lester
Sharon Reid
George Tolley
Betty Gillespie
Arthur Shelton
Janice Willis
Clarence Dempsey
Zulema Kenny
Gary Turner
Faye Howell
Johnny Jones
Mary Willis
Judy Woods
Florence Croft
Student Craftsman Fair Under Way At Tech
The Southern West Virginia Student Craftsman Fair is on the West Virginia Institute of Technology campus with over 300 industrial arts projects on display today through Saturday. Exhibits open at noon, with viewing until 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Awards in four age groups and M4 material divisions will be announced at 1 p.m. Saturday in Conley Hall Little Theatre. Dr. Howard Decker will give the principal talk. Contestants include junior high, senior high, and vocational students from southern West Virginia. The event is sponsored with Ford Motor Co and Appalachian Power Co, chaired by Charles R. Blosser. Winners may enter Ford arts award contest in Dearborn, Mich, for 1,500 awards totaling $50,000 and 64 expense-paid Detroit trips for winners and teachers. Judges include James Maddox, Alton Pritt, J. R. Mulholland, and J. P. Ferrell. Local prizes include electric drills, soldering guns, steel rules, merit certificates, and pins.
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Montgomery
Howard Decker
Industrial Arts
Tech
West Virginia
Ford Motor Co
Appalachian Power Co
Charles R. Blosser
Tech Indus
Dearborn
Mich
Detroit
James Maddox
Woodrums
Charleston
Alton Pritt
J. R. Mulholland
Kanawha County
J. P. Ferrell
Baldwin Supply Company
Area Club Wins Confab Awards
Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club secured three first places two seconds and an honorable mention at the state convention. They earned top honors for overall district report 100 percent participation and 100 percent plus honor club rating. Firsts covered community affairs health welfare and natural resources conservation. seconds covered junior projects at St. Mary's Pruntytown and education. honorable mention for international clubs. Members attending included Lia Vaglio president Dori Vaglio Cecil Spradlin Ruth Ford Settle John Hilton and Houston Wendell.
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Yetteville
ANS
Fayetteville
John ‘Settle
Fayetteville Club
Lia Vaglio
Dori Vaglio
Cecil Spradlin
Ruth Ford
Settle
John Hilton
Houston Wendell
Fayette TB Assn. Secretary Resigns
The executive secretary of the Fayette County Tuberculosis Association for 14 years, Mrs. Myrtle Clinebell, has resigned. She will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Morris Harvey College in August and says she may teach, though plans are indefinite.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County Tuberculosis Association
Myrtle Clinebell
Clinebell
Morris Harvey College
George N. Kirk Rites Saturday
George Newton Kirk 68 dies after yearlong illness in Rainelle West Virginia funeral services held at Nickell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial at Big Sewell Baptist Church Cemetery. He was a retired lumber inspector and farmer, a Big Sewell Baptist Church member. Survived by Rita Gladwell Kirk daughter Velma Crookshanks son Gary Knicely brother J B Mabscott and three grandchildren.
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Rita Gladwell Kirk
Velma Crookshanks
Rainelle
Stenson
Gary Knicely
Williamsburg
J. B
Mabscott
Fayetteville Band Receives Superior Rating at State Festival
Fayetteville High School Band directed by Jimmie N Queen earned a superior rating at the state band festival in Blue Field last weekend for the third straight year. Six members were chosen for All-State Band and received medals at the All-State Concert. Named are Rick Hesse Felice Beni Paul Stanley Eddie Jones Bobby Moreau and Wayne Ellison. The band totals 60 members.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Bluefield
Jimmie N. Queen
Rick Hesse
Felice Beni
Paul Stanley
Eddie Jones
Bobby Moreau
Wayne Ellison
Pat Fourney Transferred to New York Plant
Pat C. Fourney plant manager of Union Carbide Metals Co Alloy is to be assistant works manager at the New York plant effective May 15. Jack Winterhaler of New York will replace him. Fourney, from Beckley and residing at Glen Ferris with wife and two daughters Patty Glee and Beverly, is a Woodrow Wilson High School and Concord College alum and a member of the Catholic church Lions club and Hawks Nest Golf club.
May Day Event at Pax High School Crowns Queens
Pax High School hosted a May Day festival at 7:30 p.m. in the gym crowning the high school queen Linda Ayers and elementary queen Sandra Holstein. Crown bearers were Denise Henderson and Bruce Dangerfield. The program featured student dances and songs from first through eighth grades and performances by seventh and eighth graders, freshmen, and other groups.
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PAX
Pax High School
Queens
Linda Ayers
Gary Craddock
Sandra Holstein
Tommy Spears
Denise Henderson
Bruce Dangerfield
Phillis Humphrey
Diana Aliff
Mary Markham
Pattry Holdren
Lena
R Ervin Overcome While Fichtina Fire
Robert Ervin a 33 year old Charleston truck driver was overcome while fighting a fire in a trailer loaded with chemicals at the southern exit of the West Virginia Turnpike He was dragged from beneath the truck by an unidentified passing motorist who saved him from possible injury He told police a bearing burned out on the rear wheel of his tank truck starting the blaze as he neared the Princeton toll gate area en route to Kingsport Tennessee.
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Princeton
RNS
Robert Ervin
Charleston
West Virginia
Ervin
Kingsport
Tenn
Princeton Toll Gate
Medical Auxiliary Installs Officers
Fayette County Medical Auxiliary installed new officers at a luncheon held at Mrs. B. F. Puckett's residence in Oak Hill. Officers include President Mrs. R. S. Birckhead, President-Elect Mrs. R. M. German, Secretary Mrs. R. A. Updike, and Treasurer Mrs. M. G. Hiesan. State President Mrs. Thomas Evans spoke on public relations. outgoing President Mrs. George Fordham appointed delegates to the State Medical Convention at The Greenbrier in August.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Fayette County Medical Auxiliary
B. F. Puckett
J. B. Thompson
E. E. Jones
R. S. Birckhead
Charlton Heights
R. M. German
R. A. Updike
Montgomery
M. G. Hiesan
Fayetteville
Thomas Evans
Fairmont
State Medical Auxiliary
George Fordham
Powellton
Greenbrier
J. N. Jarrett
W. P. Bittinger
William S. Herold
Fayette County Medical Society
Settlement Approved In Wolfe Estate VWR Case
In Wyoming County Circuit Court a settlement with Virginian Railway Company for Clyde L. Wolfe's death was approved. The company paid 22500 to C. L. Wolfe administrator and was discharged from further liability. Distribution: Geraldine Sweet Wolfe 20500, Gerald Lee Wolfe 1000, Clyde Barba Wolfe 1000.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
C. L. Wolfe
Clyde L. Wolfe
Virginian Railway Company
Geraldine Sweet Wolfe
Gerald Lee Wolfe
Clyde Barba Wolfe
Virginia Railway Company
Wolfe
Lewis D Ward Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Lewis David Ward will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Orient Hill Baptist Church with Rev. P. E. Orndoff and Rev. N. H. Shaver officiating. Burial will follow in Orient Hill Cemetery. Ward, 62, of Orient Hill, died Wednesday in a Richwood hospital after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran, retired miner, and member of the American Legion and Masonic Lodge No. 161 of Quinwood. He leaves Virgie M. Ward, four daughters Lorecia Boggs and Bessie Duff of Baltimore Maryland, Louvertia Warner of Washington DC, Bonnie Crockett of San Diego California, three sons Ross of East Rainelle, Roger in Tennessee, Dickie in Washington DC, one stepson James Walton, one sister Minnie Fox, one brother Tolley Ward, and eight grandchildren. The body was moved to his residence from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home and will lie in state one hour before the funeral. Graveside rites will be conducted by the Masonic Lodge.
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Orient Hill
RNS
Lewis David Ward
Orient Hill Baptist Church
P. E. Orndoff
N. H. Shaver
Ward
Richwood
American Legion
Masonic Lodge No. 161
Quinwood
James Walton
Minnie Fox
Meadow Bridge
Tolley Ward
Wallace
West Virginia social notes highlight church tours and visits
Oceana area social column lists weekend guests at several homes including Charles Thompson family with son Charles Jr a West Virginia Tech student and Marian Bate of Ashland Kentucky. Other visitors include Jack Francis and son Butch from Princeton and missionary discussions with Rev Wayne Robins, Roland Metzger from Chicago, and Rev Waldo Jackson of Lewisburg visiting southern West Virginia churches.
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Oceana
Rns
Charles Thompson
Charles Jr
West Virginia Tech
Marian Bate
Ashland
Thompsons
Jack Francis
Butch
Princeton
Wayne Robins
Roland Metzger
Chicago
Waldo Jackson
Lewisburg
Metzger
States
Belgian Congo
Jackson
West Virginia
First Baptist Church
Lynn Cook
Douglas, Tony
Tommy de Vore
Mary Alice Cook
Fisher Bottom
Blanche Garrett
Winfield
Presbyterian Church
Camporee Underway for J L Brawley District Scouts
Camporee registration for the J L Brawley District Boy Scout Camoree opened at 4 p m today per District Commissioner D K Shields. The event runs at Camp Collins today Saturday and Sunday with Scouts and Explorers allowed to camp. Cub Scouts will stay Saturday until after the Camp Fire Ceremony.
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Kopperston
J. L. Brawley
D. K. Shields
Camp Collins
Shields
Mullens Band Rated Superior at Bluefield Festival
Mullens High School Band directed by Ray Richards earned a superior rating at Bluefield area Band Festival. Adjudicator Herbert A. Tiemeyer praised performances of Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring and Wagner Showcase, calling the band superb in technique and one of the most outstanding groups heard.
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Mullens
RNS
Bluefield
Mullens High
Ray Richards
Herbert A. Tiemeyer
Cincinnati ‘Conservatory of Music
Jesus Joy
Bach
Wagner
Richards
Lewis D’antoni
Ansted High honors 44 students at PTA banquet
Forty four Ansted High School students with top scholastic averages were feted at a banquet in the elementary school cafeteria hosted by the Ansted Parent-Teacher Association. Twelve seniors received awards. E R Vawter presided. a senior parody of The Raven was read. retiring teachers Ida Kincaid Julia Vawter Blaine Carden and W C Neal were honored.
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Ansted
ANS
Ansted High
Schoo
Parent - Teacher Association
E. R. Vawter
Fayette County
Charles Reynolds
Air Force
Air Force Gave An Original Reading. This Was A Parody of “the Raven
Poe
Florence Croft
Amm Wiseman
Mary Mensavage
Ruth Ellen Mink
Mary Pauley Note Harrah
Gaylord Harrah
Holly Kessler
Ansted High School
Dorothy McCallister
Nora Smith
Wanda Layton
Cynthia Keenan
Bobby Kessler
Ida Kincaid
Julia Vawter
Blaine Carden
W. C. Neal
Wives To Be Honored At Tech Alumni Banquet
Montgomery West Virginia Institute of Technology will honor the wives of graduating seniors at the annual Tech Alumni banquet on May 30. Registrar Annie L. Castle announces the event as the presentation of the “better halves” of the male seniors who are receiving Ph D degrees. About half of Tech’s senior class, totaling 182 students, are married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Annie L. Castle
Altar Society Benefits Bride and Canasta Party May 18
The Altar Society hosts the second benefit event in a series a bride and canasta party on May 18 at the Smithers Fire Department. Co chairmen are Mrs Joe Cavaleri and Mrs Eugene Imbrogno with a committee including Mrs Homer Houchins Mrs Andrew Dalporto Mrs E Dalporto Mrs Walter Nunley Mrs Joseph Maiuri Mrs George Fordham Mrs Diore Dalporto and Mrs Bill Ricardi.
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Montgomery
BNS
The
Altar Society
Smithers
Joe Cavaleri
Eugene Imbrogno
Homer Houchins
Andrew Dalporto
E. Dalporto
Walter Nunley
Joseph Maiuri
George Fordham
Diore Dalporto
Bill Ricardi
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Tom Hall in Brenton
A daughter was born Sunday at Welch Emergency Hospital to Mr and Mrs Tom Hall of Brenton. The baby weighed nine pounds eight ounces.
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Brenton
RNS
Welch Emergency Hospital
Tom Hall
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