Carbon Dioxide Blast Injures Maben Miner
A series of accidents at Gulf Mining Co.s Maben mine left William Brown 34 Ravencliff the fourth casualty in 36 hours after a liquefied carbon dioxide tube exploded and struck his leg. Two other miners Howard Donald and Henry Smith suffered serious back head and car injuries while Ernie Tilley was hurt by slate.
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Roland Sharp
Howard Donald
Amigo
Beckley Hospital
Henry Smith
Glen Daniel
Ernie Tilley
Ravencliff
Smith Funeral Set for Thursday
Carolyn Johnson Smith 37 of Quinwood will be buried at High Lawn Memorial Park after funeral services Thursday at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill. She died in Montgomery hospital at 4 40 am Tuesday after two years of illness. Survivors include husband William H. Smith, parents Hubert Wirt Johnson and Jennie Bonome Johnson Page, five brothers, two sisters, and grandfather William Bonome. Funeral arranged by Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Quinwood
Carolyn Johnson Smith
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Ill
L. B. Moss
Kincaid
Peter Vroom
High Lawn Memorial Park
Smith
Montgomery
Kincaid Methodist Church
Quinwood Rebecca Lodge No
Page
William H. Smith
Hubert Wirt Johnson
Jennie Bonome Johnson
Myles W. Johnson
Starbro
Braden E. Johnson
Robert L. Johnson
Hubert S
Douglas R. Johnson
Detroit
Betty Lawhorn
E. R. Elkins
Kingsport
Tenn
William Bonome
Danville
Ill
Scouts Return From Beckwith
Boy Scouts and 192 scouts with 22 leaders from 14 units returned home after a Camp-O-Bee at Camp Beckwith over the weekend. More than 200 attended. Rev. D. D. Elwell led song service at the campfire. Saturday featured competitive events and nine honor streamers were awarded. Each unit performed a skit at the Saturday night campfire and every scout was initiated into the Order of Siam.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Boy Scouts
Beckwith
D. D. Elwell
Order of Siam
Food Purchase Survey To Gather Household Data
Mrs Mildred P Holliday will collect information locally for the Current Population Survey on household purchases of selected foods. The U S Census Bureau is conducting a national survey in May for the Department of Agriculture to analyze consumer markets. Data will link purchases to family size and other population characteristics.
Pineville Circles Plan Thursday Meetings at Homes
Shannon-Cooper Mission Circle of Cook Memorial Baptist Church Pineville meets Thursday evening at chairman Mrs Vivian Rose home. Jewell Asbury Circle gathers Thursday at Mrs J B Pais East Pineville home. Third Circle to meet at Mrs C P Mullens Pineville residence.
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Pineville
RNS
Vivian Rose
Shannon-Cooper
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Jewell Asbury
J. B. Pais
East Pineville
C. P. Mullens
Kiting trial wrangles over July 1953 letter date in $570000 case
At Fayetteville Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. hears Beckley Industrial Savings and Loan Bank of Mount Hope-Lawton-Jasper Motors case seeking $153,855 from 34 checks. Accountant Lacaria testified about a July 20, 1953 letter. telegrams and records are contradicted. Trial may finish this week as evidence proceeds through groups. Meanwhile in Mullens a five year old boy suffers injuries when a car rolls into him near City Hall after a drunken driving arrest.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Beckley Industrial Savings and Loan Bank of Mount Hope-Lawton-Jasper Motors
Beckley Industrial Savings and Loan Company
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Fayette
John Lacaria
Charleston Certified Public Accountant
Bank of Mount Hope
Beckley Industrial
S. C. Higgins
Lacaria
Higgins
L. L. Scherer
W. G. Potter
Mount Hope
Lawton
Beckley Finance
Floyd M. Sayre
Beckley
Federal Reserve
Charleston National Bank
Mullens
RNS
Jimmy Smith
Mullens City Hall
Elizabeth Smiley
Orrin Smith
Cassinelli
Jimmy
Roland Sharp
Billy Cook
City Hall
State Has Far Less Than Its Share Of Doctors
Concord College dean David Kir spoke to Oak Hill Business and Professional Women's Club on education and vocation. He noted West Virginia has one doctor per 1,200 people while the United States averages one per 700. The group planned Camp Horseshoe participation for a Collins High School student and Rhododendron Girls State attendee Connie Carroll, with Girls State beginning June 12.
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Oak Hill
BNS
David Kirby
Concord College
Wanda Farrish
Collins High School
Camp Horseshoe
Connie Carroll
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Charleston
Joline Yablonski
D. E. Thorne
Mike Mangia
Junaita Upchurch
Dallas
Tex
Vacation Bible School to Start May 20 at Oak Hill
Oak Hill Calvary Baptist Church will run Vacation Bible School from May 20 to June 10 for children aged three to fourteen. Sessions occur weekdays 1 to 4 p.m. with a closing program on Sunday June 12, labeled Children’s Day. Instructors include Mrs. Sutphin Nicholls Bowen Shaffer Fitzgerald and others.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Clyde Bowen
W. E. Shaffer
A. Fitzgerald
Collins Citizens Are Announced For Rhododendron Girls State
Oak Hill clubs will sponsor seven Collins High School juniors at the Rhododendron Girls State at Jackson’s Mill on June 12. Citizens named include Connie Carroll Linda Hager Sylvia Lawson Joy Jarrell Janet Sefers Libby Lively and Betty Baker with Barbara Donachy and Dreama Wyant as junior counsellors. The Girls State aims to teach practical government and party processes while forming city county and state units.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Oak Hill Clubs
Collins High School
Jackson's Mill
Collins
Connie Carroll
Senior Woman's Club
Linda Hager
Civic League
Sylvia Lawson
American Legion Auxiliary
Joy Jarrell
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Janet Sefers
Junior Woman's Club
Libby Lively
Order of Eastern Star
Betty Baker
Civitan Club
Barbara Donachy
Dreama Wyant
Girls State
Local Legion Auxiliary
Collins High
Oak Hill Business Bureau Elects Officers
Oak Hill Business Bureau members elected for the coming year at a Tuesday session. Thomas Johns of the Quality Store is president, Roy Lee of Lee Home Accessories is vice president, and Mrs. Jane Bowles of Janes Studio remains secretary-treasurer. Ex officio directors include Lewis George and Pete Kessler. A new advertising committee is headed by B. E. Byron with assistants. Attendees ranged across local business and chamber figures, with guests from church, Dallas, and media.
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OAK Hill
BNS
Oak Hill Business Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Johns
Quality
Roy Lee
Lee Home Accessories
Jane Bowles
Jane's Studio
Lewis George
Pete Kessler
B. E. Byron
Lee Frazier
Alex Ammar
Bud Hill
Morris Wonder
Pat Hamilton
Chamber
R. W. Slack
Wallace Bennett
Howard Janney
Hugo Bornheim
Lillian Rich
Max Baer
Edward Laymen
George Colandros
C. E. Byron
John Hill
Jim Wood
John Canachy
Margaret Nicholson
George Rahall
T. D. Ford
Robert Matherly
Oak Hill Calvary Baptist Church
Juanita Upchurch
Dallas
Texas
P. D Ford
Chuck Balding
Layland Postmaster Post to Be Filled
A postmaster examination for Layland offering 3400 dollars yearly will run through May 31. Applicants face a written test and final ratings based on test results plus experience ability and character. One-year residence required. applicants must be 21 or older and under 63. Obtain details at the local post office or from the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington DC and file by the deadline.
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Layland
Washington
U. S. Civil Service Commission
D. C
Annual Spring Style Show To Be Held Thursday Night
The Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club will host the second Spring Style show in Memorial Auditorium on Thursday night. Models from Cook's Department Store Oak Hill Dress Shop Lilly Ann Shop Wanda's Variety Shoppe People's Store and Aileen's Beauty Shop will showcase outfits and hair styles. Local stores P sees participating include Cook's Oak Hill Lilly Ann Wanda's Peoples Chic and Fayetteville Beauty Shop with several named models.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Junior Woman's Club
Memorial Auditorium
Bill Wood
Bonnie Shockey
Houston Wendell
Robert Lilly
Kathy Lilly
Louise Toler
Joseph Hodgson
Oak Hill
Lilly Ann
Cecil Spradlin
Mary Margaret Phillips
Doris Francesca
Frederick Merriam
Catherine Paris
Nancy Warren
Lia Vaglio
Wanda's
Polly Wright
Clement Yon
Kathie Richie
Diane Smith
Bill Joe Neal
Earl Seay
Loren Wiseman
Aileen
Juanita Holstein
Helen Rhodes
Pineville Church Group Names Officers
Recently elected officers of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will be installed at a meeting in the Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The event will install new officers for the local church group and honor outgoing leaders.
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Pineville
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Future First Graders Enroll at Oceana Elementary
Oceana Elementary School No 2 will hold registration for next year's first graders from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. A first grade teacher will enroll children who are six or will be six before February 1, 1956. Bring birth certificates and inoculation records for smallpox and diphtheria if possible.
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Oceana
RNS
Noyes Men’s and Boy’s Shop Names Staff Members
David Neal Greg Witt Charles Wendell Jimmy Toler Mike Gavin Corky Gray Joe Phillips and Herbert C Sampson named as models for Noyes Men s and Boy s Shop staff. The announcement lists personnel joining or representing the store in upcoming promotions.
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Man
Noyes Men’s and Boy's Shop
David Neal
Greg Witt
Charles Wendell
Jimmy Toler
Mike Gavin
Corky Gray
Joe Phillips
Herbert C. Sampson
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Carlins Mallens
State
Vacation Bible School
Collins ‘Citizens
Colga
Oes
Foc
Seid
Business Bureau
John Elwell
Bibbie Elwell
Sharon Cruikshanks
Kay Frances Pridemore
Frances Lee
Tana Toler
Cook's Department Store
Pineville Church Group
MR. Tomchin
Kroehler
Sue
Arbuckle
Moran Avenue
Princeton
Northfork
Tomchins
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