Moonshine Stills Destroyed by Wyoming Officers
In Pineville, Wyoming County, officers seized and destroyed two moonshine operations. Lawrence Lambert was arrested after being found with three gallons of moonshine near Wolf Pen Indian Creek. Collit Cook was caught in the act, with four and a half gallons of mash and a 60 gallon barrel ready for operation. bond set at 1000. Both waived to the grand jury. The next day deputies destroyed large quantities of mash and a 120 gallon copper still, but no arrests were made as the operation had been tipped off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Lawrence Lambert
Wolf Pen
Indian Creek
Ward Sheppard
Collit Cook
Cook
Sheppard
New LANACANE creme promises relief for severe skin itch
Mrs. D Ward of Los Angeles praises a new medicated cream LANACANE that claims to end seven year itching and scratching from vaginal, rectal, chafing and eczema. The ad asserts bacteria killing action and soothing, healing effects and urges purchase at local drug stores.
Local News Brief From Maben and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Shadrack Stewart and sons visited the Givens family in Oceana while Mrs Wyman McKinney prepares for major surgery at Bluefield Sanitarium. Corinne resident R E Johnson stayed with the McKinneys. The Brown family moved from Maben to Summerlee with daughters Shelby and Janet. Roby Billings returned home to Maben after a three week hospital stay at Beckley Hospital. Jack Severt left Sunday for unspecified destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maben
Shadrack Stewart
Sammy
Russ
Lonnie Givens
Oceana
Wyman McKinney
Bluefield Sanitarium
McKinney Home
R. E. Johnson
Corinne
Summerlee
Paris Brown
Shelby and
Janet
Roby Billings
Beckley Hospital
Jack Severt
Lee Severt
WCTU Entertains Vets At Singing Meet
Mount Hope RNS report says the Mount Hope Women's Christian Temperance Union hosted a singing program at Beckley Veterans Hospital. Kilsyth Quartet members Betty Carol Norma Jean Mary Ruth Judy Combs sang. Mary Curry performed Hem of His Garment. Patients enjoyed refreshments and a second segment on the mental ward with other group members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope Women’s ‘Christian Temperance Union
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Harry Dias Jr
Kilsyth
Betty Carol
Norma Jean
Mary Ruth
Judy Combs
Mary Curry
Ethel Blanchard
Betty
Robert Penman
Lena Rierson
Mintora Johnson
Ruth Allen
Gussie Perry
Florence Duncan
Helen Greer
Hazel Puckett
Norman Arthur
Jack James
Henry Tyree
George Porter
New Residents Arrive in Maben
Washington based employment promised to a newcomer. New residents Mr and Mrs Davie Church relocated from Glen White last Friday to Maben joining a relocating community and local workforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Maben
Plans For 2nd Fayette Jaycee Unit Under Way
Oak Hill Jaycees will hold an 8 p m meeting in Fayetteville to plan a Fayetteville Jaycee chapter. Carl Lorant says Fayetteville area men 21 to 36 are interested and will attend. Oak Hill will outline benefits and membership rules of Jaycees and a Q and A will follow. New Oak Hill officers will be briefed on June 1 duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Oak Hill
Jaycees
Circuit Court Room
Carl Lorant
Oak Hill Group
Fayetteville Area
Jaycee
Oak Hill Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Oak Hill Standings Show Red Legs Lead Undefeated
Oak Hill standings list the Red Legs undefeated after two weeks with a 4-0 record. The Red Sox and Pirates sit tied atop the Minor League at 3-1, while the Cubs are 3-1 in the upper tier. The report notes a close race for third with two wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sox
Pirates
Oak Hill
RNS
Cubs
Petit Jurors Report Tuesday in Fayetteville Trials
Fayetteville reporters note petit jurors, ordered to report Tuesday, will hear evidence in criminal cases that docketed today. Prosecution says many cases will settle or be continued. multiple defendants face breaking and entering, burglary, or larceny charges, with several pleas and dispositions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
J. Zane Summerfield
James C
Donald Rambo
Randolph Skaggs
Hubert Bickford
Robert Lee Hurley
Foster Ray Shultz
Bobby Lee Snyder
Oscar Ray Rogers
James R. Means
Charles E. Jeffries
Jerry Holstein
James Rambo
Fayette County
New River Co
Oak Hill
Mingo
Greenbrier
Myles
Mingo County
Donald
McDowell County
Skaggs
Bickford
Hurley
Shultz
Cleveland
Ohio
Doug Epperly
Dempsey
H. R. Beckelheimer
Kanawha
Holstein
Lowell David Carte
James Eugene Pike
Pike
Robert Lee White
Carl Harrison Brown
Leroy Allen
White
Allen
Brown
Gatewood Road
Mount Hope area notes and social announcements
Mount Hope Elementary School saw substitute teachers fill in last week due to absences. Miss Violet Grace McCutcheon was ill, and Mrs. Helen Darnall attended a family death near Cairo. Weekend guests included Miss Betty Goff of Dunbar and a host of relatives visiting in Charleston and Hope. Names, places, and movements across Mount Hope, Charleston, and nearby towns reflect community life.
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Mount Hope
Robert Lilly
Helen Darnall
Darnall
Cairo
Gladys Carroll
Betty Goff
Dunbar
Sarah Bergendahl
Charles
Saint Francis Hospital
Charleston
Frances Walker
Violet Grace McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Blanche Davis
Myrtle Flaherty
F. E. Foster
Richmond
Hope
Mary Buckley
Dorado
National Bank
Main Street
Bob Twaddle
T. T. Twaddle
Ora Duke
Winfield
Miller Gwinn
Paul Miller
Oak Hill
Montana Street
Charles Cavendish
K. L. Ballard
Crab
Hobart Hurd
Jimmy
Columbus
Harry McLain
Mr. i
Charles Billings
Fayetteville
Galen Billings
Chicago
III
Birth Announced By Mount Hope Couple
Mount Hope announces the birth of a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lessick on May 10 at Oak Hill Hospital. Jeannette Louise weighs eight pounds four ounces. Grandparents include Mrs. Joseph Lessick of Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wright of Rockaway Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Rns
Bill Lessick
Oak Hill Hospital
Jeannette Louise
Joseph Lessick
Cleveland
Ohio
C. E. Wright
Rockaway
Oregon
Larry Gryzb Hits Grand Slam in Make-Up Game
Larry Gryzb belted a grand slam in the first inning of a make-up Saturday game as the Tigers routed the Indians 19-1. He earlier hit his second homer of the season in Friday’s regular game, part of a Tigers assault that produced ten first-inning runs and nine in the second.
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Brewer
Gwinn
Braves
Yeesigers Sheavers
Flint
Yankees
Campbell
Dodgers
Shuff
Athletics
Blake
Thomas Cees
McClaskey II
Carter
Pirates
Tigers
Red Sox
Indians
R. Grzyb
Little League Giants
Harrah
Simpkins
Epperly
Matheney
Renkovish
Waynes
Woodrum
Weary
Waugh
Thornburg Rf
Goins
White
O'Dell If
Bender
iCraft
Senators
Ip Igers
Oak Hill
RNS
Larry Gryzb
Larry
Adkins
Gryab
Sheaves
Gryzb
Steve Waynes
Giants
Five Oak Hill Expressway cases dismissed in Fayette County
Five condemnation suits on the Oak Hill Expressway were dismissed in Fayette County Circuit Court after both parties accepted purchase compensations set by a court appointed appraisal commission. The panel named includes H. H. O’Neil, H. B. Clower, Walter Cheek, R. E. Kelly Jr., and E. C. Amick, with awards to Georgia Lee Coleman and others, Erskine and Ruby McGhee and others, Adelaide Robinson Davis and others, Kathleen and Edward R. Douglas and others, and Roy and Cora Adkins for parcels ranging from 1,550 to 12,949 square feet and sums from 75 to 16,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Oak Hill Expressway
Fayette County
H. H. O'Neil
H. B. Clower
Walter Cheek
R. E. Kelly Jr
E. C.amick
Georgia Lee Coleman
Sanger Road
Erskine
Ruby McGhee
Lethers
Adelaide Robinson Davis
Kathleen
Edward R. Douglas
Roy
Cora Adkins
Lancianese Baby Born in Charleston Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs George Lancianese of Charleston announce the birth of their fourth child a son named George Jr born Friday at 8 am in Charleston Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds eight ounces The couple also have children Kitty Jo Debby and Pamela Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Frank Lancianese of Mount Hope Maternal grandparents reside in Italy.
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Mount Hope
Rns
George Lancianese
Charleston
Charleston Memorial Hospital
George Jr
Kitty Jo
Debby
Pamela
Frank Lancianese
Italy
Herndon Honor Graduates Named
Herndon High School principal Ace B. Stewart named Miss Mil dred Margie Byars valedictorian and Douglas Wayne Webb salutatorian for the 1961 class. Byars, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ozie O. Byars, and Webb, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Webb, are both NH S members with extensive school and community involvement. Nine other honor students are listed.
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Herndon
Ace B. Stewart
Herndon High School
Mildred Margie Byars
Douglas Wayne Webb
Miss Byars
Ozie O. Byars
Herndon Heights
Boosters
Girls State
Douglas Webb
Lawrence
Jobless To Be Hired For Fruit Picking
Up to 500 jobless men will be recruited from across the state, focusing on southern West Virginia coal fields, for fruit picking in the Eastern Panhandle orchard belt. Bassett says recruitment points will be set at local offices and special stations planned. Work may last six weeks to two months, starting in July as harvests begin, with September bringing more apples. Orchardists near Martinsburg have long hired migrant workers from the Bahamas for such labor.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Panhandle
Clement R. Bassett
Bassett
Martinsburg
Bahamas
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Wyoming
Bowers Ridge
Charles Bowers
Wade Houck
WCTU
Fayette Jaycee
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
United States
U. S
Montgomery Ward
WARDS
Betty Newton
Amere Gas Utilities Company
H. L. Watkins
Woodrow Wilson High School
Katherine Abbott
Beckley Junior High School
Moss Ross
Petit Jurors
Robert Underwood
Earl Underwood
Underwoods
George John Smith
James Chesterfield Woods
Clarence Gill Jr
Ray Withrow
Smith
Professor Valentine
Glen Jean
Elvis Presley
Cinemascorpe
Rachel Cade
Warner BR
Adult Entertainment
Mt. Hope
Mildred Whelan
Oceana High School
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Pineville Drive-In
Jerry Lewis
Smah Phang
Beckley
Orluxe
Mildred M. Byars
Douglas W. Webb
Crab Orchard Dr. In
Brigitte Bardot
Goliath and
the Barbarians
Steve Reeves
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