Land Transfers Reported in Mercer County Deeds
Walter C. Blevins buys about 13.4 acres on Cabin Branch Road Rock District from James L. Blevins. The list records numerous transfers across Bluefield Princeton and Matoaka areas including flats on Stadium Drive Bland Street Union Street and State Route 20 with many buyers and sellers such as C M Brooks Ruth May Brooks Maggie Fowler and the Flat Top National Bank.
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Princeton
Walter C. Blevins
Cabin Branch Road
Rock District
James L. Blevins
Mercer County
C. M. Brooks
Ruth May Brooks
Russel Fritz
Stadium Drive
Bluefield
Maggie Fowler
Flat Top National Bank of
Bland Street
Carel Thompson
B. Franklin Jones
Shady Avenue
Lily Tyler Wilson
L. H. Lilly
Violet Lacy
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Matoaka
Louis Spanos
Katina Spanos
Montclair Street
Copley Avenue
George L. Spanos
Blair Avenue
Margarette Farley
George Goodwin
Cumberland Heights
C. W. Murphy
Robert C. Basham
Murphy
Elmer C. Barton
James E. Wagner
John L. Kersey, Jr
Union Street
Margaret M. Millar
Ralph A. Millar, Jr
Martin Millar
Kent Millar
Otis FE. Jennings
Bluewell
Harry A. Wells
Dale
Ferguson
Brush Creek
Resthaven Memorial Park, Inc
Phil H. Fry
Armando Conti
Marjorie Elizabeth Charlton
T. D. Nutter
Roba M. Cooper
Minnie E. Caldwell
Beaver Pond
C.S. Gore
Juanita Wilson
Grover White
Plymouth
Bessie Dunn Morgan
Ira M. Smith
Park Avenue
J. E. Sneed
Z. D. Vaughn
Rich Creek
R. S. Manning
Mary V. Watters
East River District
W. R. Baumgartner
Bailey Lumber Co
E. L. Basham
Maggie H. Trail
Turnpike Road
Clyde V. White
Pattie Leonard
Lorton’s Lick Creek
O. E. Hylton
Nina M. Thompson
Honaker
Glen A. Hall
Herbert H. Hall
Lilly Crest
J. H. Lilly Land Co
Myrtle Vance
Virgil Vance
Sand Lick
J. L. Hart
Meadow Street
Nick Mohelis
Sam Arvis
Coney Island Lunch
Mercer Street
Charles E. Baker
J. . Peery
Augusta Street
J. H. Lillynd Co
Lizzie Ellison
Lily
Charles B. Quillen
Lawrence E. Poe
Mountain View Avenue
Margaret Clementine Shedd
Alex B. Mahood, Jr
Stowers Street
Graydon Bailey
Walter E. Bailey
Hurricane
W. H. Ball
Dewey Cox
Speedway
Charles W. French
Blanche G. Jones
James Avenue
C. B. Burks
Mary Page
Eaklean Page Greer
Flat Top
Glenn Murphy
Williams Funeral Services Today
The Rev. Leslie Rogers was to officiate at the 1 p.m. funeral for Hubert Williams, 50, who died Saturday after an extended illness. Burial followed in the Mark Lively Cemetery in Lincoln County. Survived by wife Corna Williams of Van. two sons James and Larry Williams of Van. one brother John Williams of Delbarton. three sisters Nettie Montgomery of Delbarton, Iva Morris of Ethel, and Elizabeth Peterman of Dunbar.
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Van
Leslie Rogers
Hubert Williams
Mark Lively
Lincoln County
Corna Williams
James
Larry Williams
John Williams
Delbarton
Nettie Montgomery
Iva Morris
Ethel
Elizabeth Peterman
Dunbar
Miner Injured At Kaymoor In New River Pocahontas Mine
Manuel Gibson, 22, of Fayetteville, is hospitalized at Oak Hill Hospital for injuries from a work accident at the New River and Pocahontas mine in Kaymoor. He was admitted at 11:20 p.m. Thursday, records show.
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Oak Hill
Manuel Gibson
Fayetteville
Oak Hill Hospital
New River
Pocahontas
Kaymoor
Sanitarian Warns Owners to Confine Rabies Susceptible Animals
Boone County residents are warned to keep dogs and other animals under leash or confinement. Sanitarian Alvin H. Nelson notes a second 120 day rabies quarantine ends on August 8 and urges strict enforcement by county officers. He reports 13 anti rabies treatments among Julian area residents and one mad dog case near Prenter this week.
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Whitesville
Boone County
Alvin H. Nelson
Sanitarian
Nellis-Ashford
Nelson
Julian
Scott District
Prenter
Tilden Hendricks
Sanitarian Nelson
Adams Funeral Services Today in Yawkey for Simeon Adams
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at Beech Grove Baptist Church in Yawkey for Simeon Moses Adams 64 who died Saturday. Lincoln County resident and father of Edward Moses of Dorothy, he leaves his wife three other sons two daughters a sister and two brothers.
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Dorothy
Beech Grove Baptist Church
Yawkey
Simeon Moses Adams
Lincoln County
Edward Moses
Bake Sale Set By Church Group
A bake sale will be held Saturday May 27 at the Jumping Branch Post Office by the Mission Circle of Bluestone Baptist Church. Officers for the year were installed and a clothing package was sent to Mathers School Beauford NC. New members Mrs Beulah Hannagan and Mrs J L Wilcox joined the group.
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Jumping Branch
Bluestone Baptist Church
Ethleh Crook
Lettie Simmons
Iva Dodd
Mathers School
Beauford
N. C
Thelma Bowling
Mae Hatcher
Beulah Hannagan
J. L. Wilcox
Four Mercer County couples seek marriage licenses in records
Princeton area notice reports that Alexander Richardson and Ella Richardson both of Bluefield share marriage license applications with Mercer County Clerk alongside Charlie Cumby and Gladys Lyons of Montcalm. A separate line notes an applause meter used to gauge audience sound is a simple electrical device.
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Princeton
Alexander Richardson
Ella Virginia Richardson
Bluefield
Charlie W. Cumby
Gladys Lyons
Montcalm
Mercer County
Ansted Girl to Earn College Degree After 63000 Bus Miles
Miss Doro thy Marie Forloine of Ansted will receive a Morris Harvey College bachelor of arts in physical education on May 30 after completing a 63000 mile bus trek between Ansted and Charleston. The 22 year old senior traveled 63 thousand miles by Greyhound, attending winter and summer terms to hasten graduation. She began at Morris Harvey three years ago from Oakland California, commuting to Charleston to save on rent.
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Ansted
Dorothy Marie Forloine
Morris Harvey College
Greyhound
Charleston
Forloine
Morris Harvey
Miss Forloine
Abraham Lincoln
Ansted High School
Blankenship Guilty In 2nd Mercer Trial
Six people were hospitalized after a three car wreck on Route 219 between Renick and Marlinton at 10 15 am Sunday. Gus Walton and Lonadilly and others were injured. Walton fractured leg and family treated for cuts and bruises. In Mercer County Clyde Blankenship found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the Depot Lunch shooting in Princeton in October 1948. A post verdict motion set for May 29. Blankenship had earlier been convicted of second degree murder in 1949, later set aside.
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Lewisburg
Renick
Marlinton
D. A. Honaker
Pocahontas County
William Grace
Kimball
McDowell County
Walton
Marlinton Hospital
Lilly
Princeton
Rinceton
Jin Mercer
Clyde Blankenship
Blankenship
James Dawson
D. M. Easley
Wicker Funeral Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for E C Wicker 78 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway employee will be held at 2 p m Tuesday from the Presbyterian Church with Rev James Salango officiating. Burial will be in Greenbriar Burial Park. Wicker born White Sulphur Springs July 20 1871 resided in Hinton 45 years and was active in railroad circles. survived by three sons and three daughters, a brother, three sisters, eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Hinton
E. C. Wicker
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hinton Hospital
Presbyterian Church
James Salango
Greenbriar
White Sulphur Springs
South Charleston
Harlow Keffer
Columbus
Ohio
E. F. Wicker
Thad Lurber
St. Paul
Minn
Lucy Phillips
Willie Ferguson
Lewisburg
N. C
Trusby Neece Celebrates Tenth Birthday Party
Edwight Elementary third graders enjoyed a party Friday for Trusby Neece daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Neece of Edwight who marked her 10th birthday. Attendees included Robert Belcher Toni Cassell Charles Sheets Edith Burnette Lonnie Moorehead Nina Curry Noah Wayne Lovely Sue Aranjo Opal Davis Lena Stevens Brenda Addis Roger Blair Harry Ray Holley Joyce Ann Alderman Wanda Williams Helen Perry Wayne Stevens Gary Hizer Billy Estep Alice Kelly Buster Miller James Elkins Charles Bonds Sue Cassell Cathy Cassell Mrs Inez Webb Mrs Robert Neece and the honoree.
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Edwight
Edwight Elementary School
Trusby Neece
Robert Neece
Robert Belcher
Toni Cassell
Charles Sheets
Edith Burnette
Lonnie Moorehead
Nina Curry
Noah Wayne Lovely
Sue Aranjo
Opal Davis
Lena Stevens
Brenda Addis
Roger Blair
Harry Ray Holley
Joyce Ann Alderman
Boone Voters Approve Memorial Building Levy
In WHITESVILLE Boone County voters approved a World War II Memorial Building levy and a separate school building levy. Unofficial tallies show 2,520 for and 372 against the Memorial Building, and 2,683 for and 310 against the school levy.
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Register
Whitesville
Boone County
Eccles Edwight men face fines in traffic case
Andrew Tessaro Pettus of Eccles waived to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Woodrow Harris on charges of obstructing traffic. Don Bearfield of Edwight was convicted of driving without an operator license and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Bearfield was arrested by Constable W R Wright.
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Pettus—Andrew Tessaro
of Eccles
Woodrow Harris
Eccles
Don Bearfield
Edwight
Bearfield
W. R. Wright
Montcoal Foremen Win National Safety Certificates
Montcoal A C Cunningham and Ernold R Barker of Armco mine in Montcoal received National Coal Association certificates of safety in Washington DC. They were among 1,000 honored for supervising crews with no lost time accidents for over a year. They toured Capitol Hill and later visited Arlington, Mount Vernon.
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Montcoal
A. C. Cunningham
Ernold R. Barker
Armco
National Coal Association
Washington, D.C
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Arlington
Alexandria
Mount Vernon
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