Former Black Eagle Miner Dies
Norman Shepherd 57, longtime Black Eagle miner, died Friday at Denmar Sanitarium after five years of illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Arlington Baptist Church with burial at Rose. Survived by wife Virginia of Mullens and half-brother Rawleigh Reynolds of Arlington. Baptist Church member of Arlington, McDowell County. Body remains at Wyoming Funeral Chapel.
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Bluestone Lake visits near ninety thousand in January
A total of 92 840 people visited Bluestone Lake from January through Sunday, per Roy Moore of the United States Engineers. Of these, 6785 came Sunday and 5310 sought sightseeing. Camping reached 175, picnicking 575, boating 200, with expectations the year could near a million as warm weather and vacation season begin.
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Bluestone Lake
Roy Moore
The
United States Engineers
Bridal Shower for Patricia Shumate Held in Mullens
About 65 guests attended a Saturday bridal shower for Miss Patricia Lucille Shumate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Shumate. The event, held in Friendship Hall at First Methodist Church, featured 12 hostesses, pink green and white decor, mock orange and white iris, and Maypole centerpiece. The June 2 wedding to Jack Harold Barger was announced for 2 p.m. at the same church.
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Harry Mounts
Harry Woods
Perry Evans
Buren Toler
E. P. Hughes
Harry McNutt
Frank Penn
Wirt C. Belcher
Pineville
O'Brien and McGann Win AAR Essay Contest
CHICAGO The Assn of American Railroads named George M. O'Brien Scranton Pennsylvania and John D. McGann Hinton West Virginia as co winners of its annual essay contest. O'Brien runs a stationery store for the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad and McGann operates a local store for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. They presented their essays in person before about 800 officials at the AAR Purchases and Stores Division annual meeting.
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Assn. of
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Scranton
John D. McGann
Hinton
W. Va
O'Brien
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
McGann
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
AAR
Treatment Administered After Various Accidents
Oak Hill Hospital treated six over the weekend. Rob ert D. Dotson, six, lacerations around the right eye from a fall. Katherine Cox, 28, Sum merlee, back injury from a car crash. Welzie Royal, 46, Fayetteville, injured right shoulder and wrist. David W. Bott, two, Oak Hill, lip lac eration. Howard W. Cunningham, 55, Oak Hill, finger laceration from a car door. Oliver Adkins, 32, Mount Hope, lac eration below right eye.
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ANS
Oak Hill Hospital
Robert D. Dotson
Nadine Dotson
Katherine Cox
Summerlee
Welzie Royal
Fayetteville
David W. Bott
John R. Bott
Howard W. Cunningham
Oliver Adkins
Mount Hope
Wyoming Dogs Face Vaccination Campaign Starts
In Pineville Wyoming County launches mass rabies vaccination for dogs. Two technicians under Dr. R. C. Hatfield will run clinics county wide through May 24. Dogs over three months must be vaccinated by June 1. A $1.50 fee per dog applies.
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Oceana
R. C. Hatfield
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Alpeca
Hawkins Funeral Set Saturday
Funeral services for Robert Hawkins 39 Cyclone will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Christian Tabernacle with Rev Lloyd Ferguson and Rev Stellie Parsons officiating Burial will be in Cook Cemetery Cyclone He died Monday at 9 30 a m in Dr R C Hatfield Oceana He was born at Davy son of E L and Flora Perkins Hawkins Survivors include his wife Virginia Haynes Hawkins his father four sons Bobby Walter Johnny and Franklin all at home two daughters Connie and Linda at home six brothers Willie Welch Chess Oceana Merrill Norfolk Va Joe Bordertown N J Howard Baltimore Md and Jimmy Kimball The body will be removed from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to the residence at 5 p m today
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Lloyd Ferguson
Stellie Parsons
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Virginia Haynes Hawkins
E. L. Hawkins
Bobby
Walter
Johnny
Franklin
Connie
Linda
Willie
Welch
Chess
Merrill
Norfolk
Barbara Lilly Honored at Party
Barbara Lilly was the 16th birthday honoree at a dinner party hosted by Mr and Mrs De Forrest Lilly at their Moran Ave home in Mullens. Thirty one guests from Pineville attended a turkey and meat loaf meal with pink and green decorations, followed by dancing at the Youth Center, ice cream and gifts. Overnight guests included Janet Clifford Peggy Murphree Sharon Phillips Vicki Rae Toler Connie Foster Linda Newsome and Christeen Lambert.
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Barbara Akers
Barbara Allen
Nancy Smith
Nancy Neal
Janet Clifford
Peggy Murphree
Linda Newsome
Connie Foster
Peggy Lusk
Sharon Woods
Sharon Phillips
Jean Phillips
Peggy Cecil
Doris Gore
Mickey Christian
Tinker Robinette
Loretta Raines
Vicki Rae Toler
Ronnie Cook
Arnold Neal
Jan Wilcox
Fred Aldridge
Jimmy Rasnake
Sonny Adams
Jeff Houck
Rickey Tolley
David Robertson
Buddy Skidmore
Bill
Bob Johnson
Butch Goode
Pineville
Barbara
Christeen Lambert
Pineville Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Mrs. E. G. Dropleman of Pineville hosts her nephew Charles Adams from Beckley. Mrs. Jamie Brooks and two sons visit Man with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Curtis. W F Rose and family plus Myrtle Layman travel to Welch to visit Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Rose and sister Rosa Barnes of Ridgeway Virginia.
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RNS
E. G. Dropleman
Charles Adams
Boyd Rose
Rosa Barnes
Ridgeway
Children to Get Merry-Go-Round at Oak Hill
Oak Hill Elementary students will ride a donated merry go round, installed this summer, announced at the Oak Hill Civic League meeting. Art contest winners were Collins High School students Jerry Bob Smith and Janet Martin. Guest speaker W. W. Milam urged civil defense efforts and a ground observer corps.
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Oak Hill
RNL
B. F. Puckett
M. G. Hresan
Veteran's Affairs
Linda Hager
Collins High School
League
Jackson's Mill
Beckwith
World tobacco output rises 4 percent 1953 54 FAO says
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reports global tobacco production increased about four percent from 1953 to 1954.
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Hair Growth Expert Demonstration in Beckley
Trichologist C. O. Brown of Bishop Hair Experts will demo new home hair growth methods in Beckley West Virginia on Wednesday May 18. Free 2 to 9 pm examinations at Hotel Beckley plus a 30 day guarantee touted by founder G. S. Bishop and a nationwide network of offices.
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Louisville
Beckley
W. Va
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Ohio
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New York
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