Fayette Youths To Get Degrees At Wesleyan College
Three Fayette Countians Frances Orlean Jobe Oak Hill Theresa Marie Jobe Glen Jean and Fred L. Dixon Mount Hope are among 95 seniors to graduate from West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhahon at the 52nd Commencement Monday May 18. Dean Lynn Harold Hough Drew Theological Seminary will deliver the address at 11 am in Atkinson Chapel. Wartime accelerated program prompts early commencement and two six week summer terms are offered starting June 1 and July 13.
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Fayette
Wesleyan
Final Hearing Set For Thursday In Citizenship Examinations
Cincinnati naturalization officials expect nearly 100 applicants to receive final hearings next month in circuit court after 48 petitions filed this week. Beziat and McHugh say hearings will take about an hour and a half per person. Sixteen nationalities represented among interviewees include Italy Spain Hungary Scotland Yugoslavia and more.
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Circuit Court
Cincinnati Naturalization Office
Circuit
P. B. McHugh
Beckley
Henry Beziat
Beziat
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Scotland
Yugoslavia
Germany
Poland
Syria
Greece
Lithuania
Russia
Turkey
England
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Nova Scotia
Annie Sorrell
MacArthur
Raymond Madrazo
Helen Miner
Stanislaw Darzinki
Eccles
Joseph Tolnay
Affinity Miner
Gust Vivilakis
Dorothy Miner
Jannetta Bronson
Glen Danie
Said Bez
Sophia
Robert Robertson
Eccles Safety
Kenneth Elton Fox
Rade Copic
Montcoal
Methodist Church Group Meeting Held Wednesday Night
Mrs Charles Jones led the executive department meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the new Methodist Church on Wednesday night. Attendees included Mesdames Jones Lusk Conner Holland Bowling Saunders Arthur Lilly Martin Parrish and Camper.
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Register
Muins
Charles Jones
Woman's Society of Christian Service
New Methodist Church
Mesdames
M. H. Lusk
G. D Conner
Frank Holland
L. G. Bowling
E. A. Saunders
J. W Arthur
Forrest Lilly
Harold Martin
B. F. Parrish
S. R. Camper
Summerfield Lawyer Suffering Pneumonia At Home
Deville C. R. Sumney a longtime local lawyer is very ill at his home with pneumonia. His daughter Miss Kent Summerfield, a recent graduate of a nurse training program at a Richmond hospital, is nursing him.
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Deville
C. R. Sumney
Kent Summerfield
Richmond
Charleston Visitors and Officials Arrive for Meeting
Local notes indicate visitors including Staftarte N Cole mand and Mrs Roach are in Charleston for business discussions with area leaders. The group’s itinerary centers on civic and commercial engagement during their stay.
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Pope
Fuatt Staftarte
N. Colemand
5 Roach
Charleston
Escapes Jail With Only Ten More Days to Serve
Fayetteville news reports Jeff Lark a county jail trust y, escaped about 2 AM and was recaptured six hours later by deputy R M Rhodes. Lark was serving an 80 day sentence and needed only a few days more. he was found about 2 1/2 miles from town on the Fayetteville Beckwith highway.
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Register
Fayetteville
Jeff Lark
R. M. Rhodes
Lark
Rhodes
Fayetteville-Beckwith Highway
Lafferty Funeral Set For Saturday
Funeral services for Basil Reed Lafferty 40 Morgantown killed in a mine disaster of Christopher Coal Co at Osage near Morgantown will be held at his parents home here on Saturday at 2 p m by Rev I D Janney of St Albans Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley He was shift leader at the mines born Mount Hope February 28 1802 a Morgantown resident four years survived by wife Victoria and son Eugene along with brothers and sisters E C Lafferty Cleveland Wilson Lafferty Willis Branch Mrs Ralph Williams Willis and Mrs Shan Lively of ax
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Register
Willis Branch
Basil Reed Lafferty
Morgantown
Christopher Coal Company
Osage
Ote Lafferty
I. D. Janney
St. Albans
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Mount Hope
Victoria Lafferty
Eugene Lafferty
E. C. Lafferty
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilson Lafferty
Ralph Williams
Willis
Shan Lively
Return to California by OAR staff writer
Mrs Jeter Duncan and her son Dick returned on Thursday to their Los Angeles home after a month visiting relatives here. Former residents, this was their first visit in seven and a half years.
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OAR Int
Jeter Duncan
Los Angeles
Cal
Fleshman and Kincaid Return From Tampa Visit
Mrs G J Fleshman and Miss Lafaulda Kincaid returned yesterday from Tampa Florida where they spent the past week visiting Fleshman’s son C E Fleshman at Mac Dill Field.
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Register
OAK Hill
G. J. Fleshman
Lafaulda Kincaid
Tampa
Fla
Meals That Appeal Discussed by Ramsey Farm Club
The Ramsey Farm Women's club met on Thursday with president Mrs. A. W. Walkup presiding. The program Meals that Appeal led by Mrs. Orville Harrah featured a demonstration on serving the right foods for the family. A handkerchief shower honored Mrs. Walkup on her birthday anniversary.
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Register
Ramsey
Ramsey Farm Women’s Club
A. W. Walkup
Orville Harrah
Negro youth returned to county jail in Fayetteville
A 14 year old Negro youth, long troublesome, was sent back to the county jail from Detroit Michigan and will face a juvenile hearing. Prosecutor R J Thirst Jr said the boy would not stay put. He was captured after escaping from his Deepwater home.
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Register
Fayetteville
Detroit
Mich
R. J. Thirst, Jr
Deepwater
Arrested on Drunkenness Count in Fayetteville
William Mc Dowell Reynolds of Fayetteville was arrested Wednesday evening by Deputy Sheriff Bullion and W R Callaghan of the state police detachment on a charge of drunkenness and fighting in the street. He is jailed awaiting a hearing before Magistrate R C Godesey.
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Ry Register
Fayetteville
William McDowell Reynolds
Bullion
W. R. Callaghan
State Police
R. C. Godesey
Dempsey Farm Women Plan Plant Exchange May 19
The Dempsey Farm Women's club met at H R Beckelheimer's summer camp with hosts Mrs R A Beckelheimer and Mrs Nugen. They discussed perennials and annuals led by Mrs Brooks and planned a plant exchange at their next meeting on May 19. A public meeting at Doggett Chapel will feature Rachel Ferguson on nutrition at 1 PM.
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Register
Dempsey
Dempsey Farm Women’s Club
H. R. Beckelheimer
R.A. Beckelheimer
Nugen
Brooks
Doggett Chapel
Rachel Ferguson
Masonic Official Honored With Birthday Banquet
Pineville West Virginia district deputy grand master Everett E Tomlinson of the Sixteenth Masonic district was honored at a birthday banquet at the Byrd Hotel after inspecting Pineville Lodge No 138. The lodge regular meeting opened at eight p m in the circuit court clerk's office vault with Howard G Elam presiding in the absence of worshipful master William C Worrell.
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Register
Pineville
Everett E. Tomlinson
West Virginia
Byrd Hotel
Pineville Lodge No
Court House
Howard G. Elam
Kopperston
William C. Worrell
Treadway Funeral Is Set For Today
Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Treadway 64 will be held at her daughter’s Artie home at 2 p.m. Rev. Wilbur Sperfcer of Charleston will conduct burial in the family cemetery. Survived by seven sons, one daughter, twenty seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, sister and brother. Member of Advent Christian Church.
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Register
Artie
Mary Treadway
Carlton Stover
Wilbur Sperfcer
Charleston
Nelson
Frank
Homer
Howard
Herbert
Frazier
Carmel Treadway
Stover
Soldier stationed with Army Air Corps in Missouri
A service member is now stationed at Jefferson Barracks in Missouri as part of the United States Army Air Corps. The assignment places the service member at a historic post near St Louis, reflecting ongoing military readiness and base duties.
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United States Army Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Emergency Relief Week Planned by Mullens Theaters
Mullens Wyoming and Rialto Theaters join a national drive by the War Activities Committee to observe Army and Navy Emergency Relief Week starting May 14. The effort seeks funds from movie audiences to aid the families of service members with medical and other relief needs.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming
Rialto
War Activities Committee
Motion Picture Industry
Missionary Group To Name Committees At First Baptist
The Woman s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will name its committees for the year at its first annual meeting on Thursday May 21 at 7 30 p m at the church. An installation of officers will also be held with Mesdames W A Finney W L Carr and J H Griffin in charge. Visitors are welcome.
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Register
Woman’s Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
W. A. Finney
W. L. Carr
J. H. Griffin
Family Aid Fund Supports Service Families Health Education
The fund assists families of service members with health and education expenses and funeral costs. The article notes ongoing support for veterans’ families through the charitable fund.
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Dempsey Farm
Pineville Lodge
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