Sorority Chapter Officers Named at Presbyterian Church
Newly installed officers of the sorority chapter were announced during a pre reception and program at First Presbyterian Church. In the group photo left to right: Mrs. Jack Finney president Miss Iva Joyce Ellison corresponding secretary Mrs. Glen Cozort director Mrs. Ernestine Farmer treasurer Mrs. Joe Hill vice president Miss Peggy Brooks recording secretary Miss Pat Neal extension officer Mrs. Gerald Snyder chapter sponsor not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Jack Finney
Iva Joyce Ellison
Tary
Glen Cozort
Ernestine Farmer
Joe Hill
Peggy Brooks
Pat Neal
Gerald Snyder
Murder Charge Placed Against Matoaka Officer
Everett Whitt a Matoaka policeman has been charged with murder in the deaths of Jerry Mills 38 and Billy Ray Cordell 21 after a street fight in Matoaka Mercer County State Police confirm a warrant was issued against Whitt Chief Larl Rose avoided charges Whitt suffered injuries in the fracas Cordell and Mills died from gunshot and chest wounds near the Matoaka post office during the incident
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Eprinceton
Everett Whitt
Matoaka
Mercer County
Clyde White
Whitt
Larl Rose
Jerry Mills
Billy Ray Cordell
Lashmeet
Cpl
E. D. Bazzie
Rose
Sheriff White
Bazzie
Cordell
Mills
Dewey Miller to Speak at Whitesville Rotary Dinner Meeting
Whitesville West Virginia Dewey Miller Boone County assessor will address the Whitesville Rotary Club dinner at Whitesville Junior High School at 7 p m He will discuss the recent West Virginia Legislature tax laws especially the new personal property assessment rule in relation to buying 1958 license tags A color film on Nascar races at Daytona Beach Florida was shown by H R Priestley at the May 7 meeting with thirty members present President Roberta Hale presiding.
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Whitesville
RNS
Dewey Miller
Boone County
Daytona Beach
Florida
Roberta Hale
Sherman High Sets Orientation Day for Next Year Freshmen
Principal C. P. Smith announced that Friday will be orientation day at Sherman High School for the incoming freshmen. All eighth graders from surrounding schools planning to attend were asked to register, and will be transported by bus to receive instruction for the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
C. P. Smith
Sherman High School
Sherman
Sherman High
Mary Virginia O'Dell Taken By Death Ansted WV
Mrs Mary Virginia O Dell 78 died Monday evening at her son Roberts home Ansted due to a heart attack A lifelong Ansted resident she attended the Baptist Church She was preceded in death by husband Thomas Osborne O Dell She is survived by two sons Robert and Harry both of Ansted four grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Ansted Burial will be in Westlake Cemetery Ansted Body remains at the funeral home.
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Ansted
Mary Virginia O'Dell
Robert O' ‘Dell
O'Dell
The
Baptist Church
Thomas Osborne O'Dell
Robert
Harry
Thomas Funeral Home
Westlake
Funeral Home
Woman's Society of Christian Service Meets in Pineville Church
The Pineville group gathered Thursday in Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church. Mrs. John B. Thomas led in absence of the president due to illness as officers’ installation plans were postponed. Members listed include Mrs. Mary K. Bowman and Mrs. Mildred Hayes among others. refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Goodwin Jarvis, Mrs. Jack Marvin and Mrs. Jack Mullens.
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Pineville
Goodwin’ Jarvis
Jack Marlin
Jack Mullens
John
Darrell V W. McGraw
Fred H.shannon
Mildred Hayes
H. E. Crews
Death Claims Mrs Eva McVey
Mrs Eva Rebecca McVey aged 7 of Lansing died Monday evening at Christian Nursing Home Fayetteville after a long illness. Survived by husband Henry and sister Miss Eliza Coleman Graydon. Funeral at Graydon Methodist Church conducted by Rev Harold Jones with burial in Lansing Cemetery. Body at Dodd Payne Funeral Home prior to services.
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Payetteville
Rns
Eva Rebecca McVey
Lansing
Christian Nursing Home
Fayetteville
Graydon
Westmoreland Coal Plans New Mine In Boone County
Whitesville reports J Westmoreland Coal Co will Open a new mine in Boone County about 11 miles up Spruce Laurel with 230 feet underground work. The Hampton Mine Nos 1 2 and 3 remain active as Smith Construction Co won a contract to lay three miles of railroad to be finished by August.
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Whitesville
RNL
Boone County
J . Westmoreland Coal Co
Spruce Laurel
Westmoreland
Stockton
Hampton
Smith Construction Co
Shuttle Car Haulage Topic Of Meeting Set
A Fayette Council Holmes Safety Association session on Shuttle Car Haulage is set for 7 30 p m at Oak Hill City Hall with Arthur Charlesworth from the U S Bureau of Mines as moderator. Panelists include management and labor reps from Lochgelly and Oakwood mines of New River Co Clyde W Runions secretary Saxl announced the program schedule and urged area mining men to attend monthly meeting of the council.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette Council
Holmes Safety’ Association
Arthur Charlesworth
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Lochgelly
Oakwood
New Rivyer Co
Clyde W. Runions
Saxl
Pineville High School May 22 Commencement Exercise
Sixty two seniors will graduate at Pineville High School on May 22 in the 42nd commencement. Rev. Shirley Donnelly will deliver the principal address The Ingredients of Success with Kenley Hamlin as valedictorian and Marie Burns as salutatorian. Baccalaureate is set for May 19 with Rev. J Paul Gruver delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Pineville High School
Jesse W. Houck
Shirley Donnelly
Oak Hill
Kenley Hamfin
Marie Burns
Donnelly
Crab Orchard
Alderson Broaddus College
Beckley Post-Herald
Norman K. Morgan
The
Presbyterian Church
L. B. James
Rockcastle Baptist Church
C. A. Blankenship
House of Delegates
Claude Phillips
Wyoming County
Glee Club
Phyllis Williams
Joseph Bragg
J. Paul Gruver
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Roanoke
Nancy Walker Acord
Danny Ball
Barney Basham
Bob Beavers
Frank Beavers
Shirley Belcher
Wayne Bishop
Daisy Borders
Gwen Box
Pearl Brown
Jack Casteel
Dorothy Carothers
Clyde Church
Shirley Church
Richard Collins
Lucille Gunter
Cook
Sandra Cook
Eddie DeBerry
Ann Desking
Naomi Goodman
David Greer
Faye Breen
Pat Green
Kenley Hamlin
James Hickman
Anna Lou Jackson
James Kiser
Christine Lambert
Boyd Lane Jr
Lackey Large
Janet Lester
James Mathena
Joe Maynor
Arthur McNulty Jr
Arthur Cress McNulty
Bill Miller
Tom Morgan
Vanda Morgan
Byron Mullens
Lafferty Rites Set Wednesday in Matheny
Henderson Lafferty 74 of Matheny will be buried at Oak Grove Cemetery Ravencliff after services at Church of God Matheny conducted by Rev Leonard Churet. He died Monday at his son Benny Lafferty’s home. He was born October 19 1843 in Oceana and survived by two daughters a son six step sons a brother a sister and nine grandchildren. The body remains at Evans Funeral Home.
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Matheny
RNS
Henderson Lafferty
Church of God
Leonard Churet
Oak Grove
Ravencliff
Lafferty
Benny Lafferty
Oceana
Alec and
Launa Acord Lafferty
Hwo
Linda Privitt
Addie Lafferty
Benny
Leslie
Charlie
Tom
John
Olin
Dave
Lewis Lafferty
Kop‘perston
Sarah [Sheets
Logan
Evans Funeral Home
Building Supply Firm Burns on Mullens Hill
Mullens firefighters were called at 11 30 am Sunday to a blaze at a building supply firm on Mullens Hill owned by D B Nichols and George Thomas. Several hundred feet of lumber and the storage building were destroyed in a fire attributed to defective wiring or a cigaret carried by birds. Loss was estimated at more than 1209 dollars.
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Mullens
Mullens Hill
D. RB. Nichols
George Thomas
al Building Supply
Florence Street
Nichols
Marshall West Elected VEW Post Commander
Marshall G. West was elected post commander of the Daniel Lewis Post 8364 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at a Morgan Building meeting on Wednesday evening. Other officers elected include Johnnie A. Ati adjutant Harry C. Lofler quartermaster Thomas E. Lambert senior vice commander Fred W. Lokant junior vice commander Alvert A. Elkins chaplain John Lambert judge advocate Otto Elkins post surgeon Fred W. Lokant service officer and Marshall G. West publicity for the 1957 38 term.
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Oceana
BNS
Marshall G. West
Daniel Lewis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Morgan Building
Johnnie A. Ati
Harry ¢. Lofler
Thomas E. Lambert
Fred W. Lokant
Alvert A. Elkins
John Lambert
Otto Elkins
Last Rites Set For Rev Akers At Gauley Bridge
Funeral services for Reverend Joseph E. Akers 82 will be held at the Independent Church of God Gauley Bridge with burial in Turley Cemetery near Oak Hill in Montgomery County. The retired Free Will Baptist minister died Monday in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. Survives include one stepson John Peagall of Parkersburg two stepdaughters Gertrude Pritt Fayetteville and Serena McGuire Akron Ohio. The body will lie in state at Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville and burial will follow at the bier one hour before the service.
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Gauley Bridge
Rns
Joseph E. Akers
Independent Church of God
Elza Cooper
Turley Cemetery
Oak Hill
Akers
Montgomery
North Carolina
John Peagall
Parkersburg
Gertrude Pritt
Route 1
Fayetteville
Serena McGuire
Akron
Ohio
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Burgess Funeral Slated Thursday
The funeral for Nancy J. Burgess, 90, of Lynco, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Campus Church of God in Cyclone. Burial follows in the family cemetery at Rila. Survivors include four sons George Marion Herbert Leon ard and five daughters Maude White Bertha Paynter Ethel Ratliff Hannah Brown Pinty O Neil. The body goes from Evans Funeral Home in Oceana to the home of grandson J R Ratliff Wednesday afternoon.
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LYNCO
BNS
Nancy J. Burgess
Church of God
Cyclone
Rila
Burgess
Bertha Paynter
George
Marion
Herbert
Leonard
Maude White
Ex Mount Hope Man J E Bing Dies In Virginia
J E Bing former Mount Hope merchant and longtime civic leader died in a Martinsville Virginia hospital after a stroke. WWI veteran charter member of Mount Hope Lions Club and Masonic Fraternity he directed band in Mount Hope and ran a grocery business for 30 years. Survivors include Adele Barbour Bing wife three sons and funeral arrangements listed. Body at Vaughn Gwinn Funeral Home Galax with services in Elk Creek planned.
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Mount Hope
J. E. Bing
Martinsville
Masonic Fraternity
Elk Creek
Thurmond OES to Honor Worthy Matron at May Dinner
Thurmond Counter No. 94 Order of Eastern Star will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Masonic Building to plan a May 17 dinner honoring the worthy grand matron Mrs. WA Bragg. Officers and members are urged to attend and serve on the refreshments committee are Mrs. James Lee Graham and Mrs. Nell Bannister.
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Thurmond
RNS
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic
WA. Bragg
James Lee Graham
Nell Bannister
Familiar Faces at Top Hat Deli and Personal Notes
Mrs Callie McCoy, long-time Top Hat cook, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. shift near Oak Hill, widow of Charles S. McCoy. She lives on Buller Street with son Franklin and his wife, and another son Lawrence. a daughter Clara Nicksell lives in Cleveland. Also notes Natchez visit by the Mississippi in 1912 and an unrelated drug ad mention.
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Callie McCoy
Top Hat
Oak Hill
East Oak Hill
Charles S. McCoy
Lawrence
Clara Nicksell
Ives
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Mauricz
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Natchez
Miss
Cohem Drug Co
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Gamma Alpha
Beta Sigma: Phi Sorority
Mullensy
Currie Halt
Rotary
Sherman School
Mary O'Dell
Ws(s
Atedes
Richmond
Eva McVey
Westmoreland Coal (v
Sadie Mullens
Wilma Mullens
Harold Palmer
Pat Parks
Danny Pendry
Pat Phillips
Stanley Rose
Gerald Scott
Delores Shields
Douglas Shields
Peggy Shufflebarger
Jean Smith
Denver Snuffer
Betty Stitler
Alice Taylor
John Teel
Kay Vaughan
Carolyn Waggoner
Betty Waters
Ronnie Williams
Ruth Workman
Frank Zsoldos
J. Paul’ Gruver
Burns
Marshall West
VEW
W. Neville
Rev
Thurmond Oes
Rambler. Co
Disneyland
ABC Netscork
Ramey Nash
Oakwood Ave
Beckley CL
CLARK
Neville St
Beckley
W- Va
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