Dr Wilkerson to Speak at Whitesville Club Meeting
Dr W W Wilkerson director of the Raleigh Boone Medical Center will address the Whitesville Woman's Club at 8 pm Thursday in the Appalachian Recreation room speaking for the Boone County Cancer Society on A Growing America and A Growing Problem Mrs Edwin C McCoy president will lead the business meeting and has named Mrs G P Burgess refreshment chairman Mrs W V Wilkerson is the program chair. The Boston Red Sox signed 27 scouts in the first two months of 1959, twelve of whom are former major league players.
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Whitesville
Rns
W. W. Wilkerson
Raleigh-Boone Medical Center
Whitesville Woman's Club
Appalachian Recreation Room
Boone County Cancer Society
America
Edwin C. McCoy
G. P. Burgess
W. V. Wilkerson
Boston Red Sox
Pax nominating meeting selects Aliff for mayor
Lacy Ailiff was renominated by the Citizen’s Party to run for Pax mayor at a City Hall convention. Incumbents Dorothy Aliff Marie Davis Robert Humphrey and Homer Aliff were named for council seats with Enoch Moore and A W Perry listed as other candidates. The June 2 primary was seen as likely unopposed if no other residents join under the Peoples’ Party.
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PAX
RNS
Citizen's Party
Lacy Ailiff
City Hall
Dorothy Aliff
Marie Davis
Robert Humphrey
Homer Aliff
Enoch Moore
A. W. Perry
Aliff
Peoples’ Party
Oceana Names J C Hurst City Clerk At Meeting
J C Hurst was named Oceana city clerk at a special council meeting. He will begin training May 15 and assume full duties June 1, replacing Faye Mettille who resigns to return to Beckley College. Council bought a three quarter ton water truck from Cook Ford Sales.
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Oceana
RNS
J. C. Hurst
Oceana City Council
Hall
Hurst
Faye Mettille
Beckley College
Council
Water Department
Cook Ford Sales
Robert Bradford Honored On 78th Birthday at Dry Creek
Family and friends gathered in Dry Creek for Robert P. Bradford’s 78th birthday dinner. A miner and farmer, he retired from Armco Steel in 1946, later gardening until health declined. He is blind and lives with his wife Dora Jarrell and son Don, with nine children and 27 grandchildren noted among many siblings and relatives.
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Dry Creek
RNS
Robert P
Bob
Dora Jarrell
Don
William T
Bill Or Pap
Margie
Mary) Burnside Bradford
J. L. Bradford
Mount View Hill
Over Cantley
Rick Creek
Carl Cooke
Stover
Charles Bradford
Edwight
Thomas Bradford
Posey
Casper
Don Bradford
Buster Burnside
Cleveland
Ohio
Harve Jarrell
Wood Jarrell
Clara Green
Winifred
Lily Jarrell
Beck
Meredith Bradford
Joyce Gail
Maxine Bradford
Robin Alan
Harold Glen
Johnny Lee
Carlton Dean
Coretta Sue
Charles Dale
Sandra Kay
Rita Fern Bradford
Opal Bradford
Fayetteville to hold second convention for town officers
A second Fayetteville convention is set tonight to nominate a slate for the June 2 town elections. At the May 1 meeting Dr. M G Hresan was named for a fourth mayoral term by 142 votes to 43 for rival Robert L. Kincaid. The opposition pressed for the May 12 session with nominees including Recorder Charles F. Rosenecker and six councilmen.
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Fayetteville
RNS
M. G. Hresan
Robert L. Kincaid
Hresan
Kincaid
Charles F. Rosenecker
Joel Conner
George Vickers
Haven Shuck
Harold Turner
Louis Rahall
Lynco Personal Visits Share Sunday Guests
Sunday guests at Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd League included his brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brewer and family of Lester. Also visiting were Luther Elkins and family accompanied by J. W. Miles Macie Montgomery and Mable Dempsey from Williamson. Additional visits included Evan Wheeler of Beckley and Gertrude Ruth of Mabscott with A. J. Ruth family.
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LYNCO
RNL
Lloyd League
Charles Brewer
Lester
Luther Elkins
J. W. Miles
Macie Montgomery
Mable Dempsey
Williamson
A. J. Ruth
Evan Wheeler
Beckley
Gertrude Ruth
Mabscott
Coal River Personal News From Colcord and Nearby
Monty Carlisle of Louisville is guest of his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs S L Pettry of Colcord. Miss Betty Jo Thompson of Charleston weekend guest of her parents Forest Chambers and spouse. Avanelle Halstead at Memorial Hospital Sunday guest of A J Halstead. They visited Reginald Halstead in Charleston. Delphia Kinder visited sister Mrs John Conkle undergoing treatment at Charleston General Hospital. Zella Jarrell of Colcord visited sister Mrs J W Pettry of Whitesville. Ila Maynor has returned.
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Colcord
Monty Carlisle
Louisville
S. L. Pettry
Betty Jo Thompson
Charleston
Forest Chambers
Avanelle Halstead
the Man Memorial Hospital
A. J. Halstead
Reginald Halstead
Delphia Kinder
John Conkle
Charleston General Hospital
Zella Jarrell
J. W. Pettry
Whitesville
Ila Maynor
Miss Ruby Miller Missing. All-Night Search Fails
Fayette County officers conducted an all-night search for 32 year old Ruby Miller of Mahan Avenue who disappeared Sunday after leaving home in her car. Her car was found on Virginia Street near the city park and authorities, aided by police and auxiliary forces, searched the area. Miller's father said she has brown eyes and ash brown hair and wore a white sweater and light green dress when she left for Colcord. Spending the weekend with relatives in Colcord was Paul Edwin Harris of Glass, Virginia.
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Oak Hill
Ruby Miller
Mahan Avenue
Fayette County
Miss Miller
Charles T. Miller
J. R. Ellison
West Virginia
Colcord
Ohio
Paul Edwin Harris
Glass, Va
Carl Harris
Mine Safety Records Nose Dive Accidents Send Two To Hospital
Mullens reports safety records at the Tralee mine of the Semet Solvay Corp declining as accidents send two workers to Wyoming General Hospital. Eugene King 26 of McComas suffers possible dislocation and arm bruises after its between a timber and shuttle car while Wayville Johnson 29 of Mellens is admitted with possible neck fracture after shuttle buggy impact. Additional fractures from roof falls and injuries at Amigo mine. youngsters also treated.
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Mullens
Rns
Tralee
Semet-Solvay Corp
Wyoming General Hospital
Eugene King
McComas
Wayville Johnson
Mellens
Dell
Mullens Hospital
Kenneth Dixon
Soulsville
Herbert Allen McKinney
Rhodell
Bernard Dale Red
Bud
David Williams
Beckley
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Dr. Wilkerson
Martin
Luther
Davidson
First Assembly
Valley Drive
Hell
T. M. Waldron
J.C. Hurst
Oceana City
Oceana Little League
Tom Smith
Little League
Jack Ritchie
Oceana Zoning and Planning Commission
Bert Green
Leland Tilley
Robert Bradford
Cuehe Ff Veare
Melrose
Ses
Lynco Personals
Grady Whitlock
Ford, Inc
FORD
Coal River Personals
Usfice
Virginia Street
Span
Greenwood Cemetery
J. W. Goins
Kroger
Neville Street
Beckley, W. Va
Hussmann
the Kroger Co
P. G. Peter Wallnut
Charleston, W. Va
Plymouth
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