Better Times Ahead Says Chamber Leader at Mullens Dinner
Clem D. Johnston outgoing president of the United States Chamber of Commerce spoke to the Mullens Chamber of Commerce and visitors from Beckley Bluefield Welch Oceana and other communities. He warned government overreach threatens free enterprise and called for a balanced federal budget and tax restraint. Johnston expressed hope for living standards rising if the free enterprise system is preserved as Europe experiments with socialism. Mullens High School basketball team and staff were honored guests at the event arranged by Mullens Grade School principal George Nolley.
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Mullens
Clem D. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Beckley
Bluefield
Welch
Oceana
United States
America
Harry
Johnston
Europe
Free World
George Nolley
Happy Is The Day When Backache Goes Away
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Dean
Doan
Corliss Man Passes Insurance Examination
A Fayette County man, Lloyd Blake Sampson Corliss, is among nine applicants who successfully completed the licenses qualifications exam. He was issued a license on May 2.
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Fayette County
Lloyd Blake Sampson
Corliss
Three Mullens Area Miners Injured
Three Mullens area miners were hospitalized after work time accidents. Howard C. Donald of Amigo, a Maben mine brakeman, was admitted with possible broken back skull fracture and punctured lung after a mishap when a cut bolted from a sidetrack. Henry Smith was injured but not seriously. Earnie Tilly of Ravencliff suffered head and chest injuries from falling slate while working as a conveyor man. Everett Brewer of Winding Gulf, a rock custer at the Tra Lee mine, was thrown from a shuttle car and admitted with injuries. All were taken to area hospitals in Wyoming.
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Mullens
ANS
Wyoming Funeral Home
Howard C. Donald
Amigo
Maben
Gulf Mining Co
Beckley Hospital
Coal Company
Donald
Smith
Earnie Tilly
Ravencliff
Wyoming General Hospital
Everett Brewer
Winding Gulf
Tralee
Semet-Solvay Corp
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Smoot Child's Funeral Held Today
Funeral services for Charles Lee Smoot infant son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Smoot of Zanesville Ohio formerly of Mount Hope will be at 4 p m today at Hart Cemetery Prosperity graveside The Rev R H Dean of Bradley will preside The child died at Oak Hill hospital Monday Survivors include paternal grandparents Ernest Clay of Price Hill and maternal grandmother Pearl Tate of Mount Hope
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Mount Hope
RNS
Charles Lee Smoot
Fred L. Smoot
Zanesville
Hart Cemetery
Prosperity
R. H. Dean
Bradley
Oak Hill
Ernest Clay
Price Hill
Pearl Tate
Doss Funeral Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtie Gooch Doss 76 Mullens and Princeton will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mullens Presbyterian Church with Rev. John J. Payne officiating. Burial will follow in Monte Vista Cemetery near Bluefield. She died at 6 55 a.m. today in a Wytheville hospital after a long illness. She was born in Princeton to Thomas C. and Nancy Jane Gooch. Her husband Robert W. Doss and a son Raymond and a daughter Frances Branham preceded her in death. Survivors include a son James Doss of Richmond a daughter Mary G. Preston of Bluefield and a brother Hugh Gooch of Princeton. She was a member of Mullens Presbyterian Church and Mullens Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. Body at Robertson and Figlesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Mullens
RNS
Myrtie Gooch Doss
Princeton
Mullens’ Presbyterian Church
John J. Payne
Monte Vista
Bluefield
Wytheville Hospital
Thomas C
Nancy Jane Gooch
Robert W. Doss
Raymond
Frances Branham
James Doss
Richmond
Mary G. Preston
Hugh Gooch
Future Nurses Club Entertained
Mul lens High School Future Nurses Club members attended a Friday afternoon tea hosted by the Auxiliary to the Wyoming County Medical Society at Mrs. Ward Wylie’s Moran Ave home. Miss June Mullins presided at the receiving line. 36 girls attended and 16 received Florence Nightingale lamp pins from Mrs. Fordham and Mrs. Evans.
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Marian Nolley
Mullens High School
Nurses Club
Ward Wylie
George
Mullens
ANS
Moran Ave
Future
Wyoming County Medical Society
June Mullins
George F. Fordham
L. H. Trippett
David Williams
Eugene Evans
Florence Nightingale
Fordham
Evans
Marian Ball
Phyllis Browning
Gail Cook
Faye Cox
Betty Deatherage
Georgia Easterling
Phoebe Floyd
Edna Halsey
Rachel Lane
Imogene Logsdon
Mary Reece
Joyce Roach
Pat Shrader
Shirley Taylor
Phoebe Tennant
Rosemary Tolliver
Evelyn Wingo
Thief Leaves Key In Stolen Car
In Mullens on State Route 10 near Oceana a Welch car dealer’s new Pontiac stolen Wednesday was found abandoned with 68 miles. The thief left the keys in the ignition, rock under a wheel. Cpl. Mullens arrested Gordon Mounts for operating a car with no brakes. Mounts fined 10 dollars. Vannie Van Cook, 37, Oceana, jailed at least two days for driving while license suspended.
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Cpl. Mullins
Gordon Mounts
Matheny
Mounts
John Lambert
Vannie van Cook
Oceana
Cook
Births Reported From Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital reports 13 births since April 21 listing newborns including William Ernest Criss Victoria Lynn Massie Terri Elaine Harris Vanessa Carol Williams Charles Everett Hardy Jr Pamela Jo Stover Treasa Dale Barber Delano Rudy Rose Michael Samuel Sanchez Viva Charlene Griffith Loretta Parsons Deborah Kaye Harper Charles Ernest Avis across multiple towns with parent names and dates through May 6.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
William Ernest Criss
James Valentine Criss
Summerlee
Victoria Lynn Massie
Carl Everett Massie
Bradley
Terri Elaine Harris
David Dee Harris
Brooklyn
Vanessa Carol Williams
Samuel Wilbert Williams
Charles Everett Hardy Jr
Paul Sanchez
Wingrove
Viva Charlene Griffith
Jesse Mart Griffith
Garten
Loretta Parsons
Hollig Clarence Parsons
Mount Hope
Deborah Kaye Harper
Will Harper Jr
Minden
Charles Ernest Avis
Ernest Avis
Oak Hil
Oak Hill Garden Club Tour Trails Beckley Gardens
Oak Hill Garden Club members toured Beckley area gardens for its annual meeting. Following the garden visit, members attended the Monday Music Club of Beckley meeting at the Methodist Temple.
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Beckley Gardens
OAK Hill
BNS
Beckley
Monday Music Club of
Methodist Temple
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Russell Hurt
Mt. Hope
Snow Thornton Florist
Mullens Area
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Henry Smith
Glen Daniel
Angels of Mercy
Ichmon
Smoot Child
Doss
The
East Beckley
Future Nurses Club
Lace
Adv
Kayser Seamprofe
Yolande
Gilead
Gustave
Bertlyn
Floor
NASH
Walt Disney Productions
Nash Nto
Nash Statesman
Cross Country
American Motors
Ramey Nash
S. Oakwood Ave
Disneyland
Abc-Tv
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