Mt Hope Rainbow Girls Elect Officers at Meeting
Mt Hope Assembly of Rainbow for Girls elected Bile Lou Hume as worthy adviser assisted by Eleanor Pennington Jane Burrus Rose Lutz Wanda Williams. The Monday night election at the American Legion Hall followed by guest speakers from Gauley Bridge Assembly. Membership reaches 50 with two new initiates Nancy Pennington and Jean Fox.
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MT. Hope
Bile Lou Hume
Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Eleanor Pennington
Jane Burrus
Charity
Rose Lutz
Hope
Wanda Williams
Faith
American Legion Hall
Gauley Bridge Assembly
Nancy Pennington
William Pennington
Jean Fox
Sanford Fox
Mt. Hope Assembly
Tommy Lou Rodgers
Betty Reed
Lara Ann Miller
Sue Topham
Mary
Rainbow
Grand Assembly
Charles
Hazel - Luellen
Mabel Cooper
Jenny Cope Carter
Marjorie Benson
W. L. Burruss
Masonic
Jean Benson
Mt. Hope Group
Bill Hickman
Wyoming County Demos To Hold Convention
Pineville organizers Jack Shipman and Mrs Maxine Cot trell named to run a Wyoming County convention by W Bailey Jr They plan an early date to select delegates for the Fifth Congressional district convention where a candidate will be chosen for the July 17 special election to succeed Representative John Kee after his death in Washington.
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Pineville
Jack Shipman
Maxine Cottrell
Glen Rogers
Wyoming
W. ©. Bailey, Jr
John Kee
Washington
Vacation Bible School Planned at Pineville Church
Pineville Presbyterian Church announces Daily Vacation Bible School directed by Mrs. C. S. Smith. Classes begin at 9 am on Tuesday May 22 with the theme Ceiling Unlimited. Children aged 2 and up may enroll. instructors include Mrs. D F Hamlin Mrs. D L Haga Mrs. Donald Kidd Mrs. James Simmons Edna Quesenberry and Lila Smith.
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Pinevills
Pineville Presbyterian Church
C. S. Smith
Smith
D.F. Hamlin
D. L. Haga
Donald Kidd
James Simmons
Edna Quesenberry
Lila, Smith
Flower Show Attendance At Kanawha County Event
Residents attended the Kanawha County Garden Club Council Flower Show at Casa-Loma Charleton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were among the guests in Oak Hill.
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Steff
Oak Hill
Kanawha ‘County Garden Club Council
Montgomery Man Fined For Baseball Lottery
Michael Farrah, owner of the Smoke House in Montgomery, was fined 100 dollars and costs after appearing before Magistrate Hancock on charges of operating a baseball lottery. Deputy sheriffs L K Toney and Gene Rader arrested him.
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Montgomery
Steff
Oak Hill
Michael Farrah
T Hancock
L. K. Toney
Gene
Rader
Kosco Rites Set Saturday Morning
Funeral services for Joe Kosco five will be held at 9 37 a m Saturday at St Anthony s Catholic Church in Oswald following a nine month illness He was born February 1886 in Czechoslovakia and came to the United States at 18 He lived in Raleigh County since then and was a retired miner He belonged to St Anthony s Greek Catholic Society and United Mine Workers of America Survivors include his wife one brother one sister and six grandchildren The body will be moved to the Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean Friday afternoon
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Oswald
Joe Kosco
Eugene L.' ‘Klug
Scarbro
St Anthony's Catholic Church
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Cejzov
Czechoslovakia
United States
Raleigh Séunty
Kilcsyth
Greek Catholic Society
United Mine Workers of America
Ann Mihatko Kosco
John Kosco
Anina Salaga
Dectosiovan
Jeannie
Trenton
N. J
Mary Bellay
Bradley
Helen Detty
Margaret Harcher
Anna Kosco
Collins
Glen Jean
Rites Incomplete For Drowned Girl Ann Rider
Funeral plans are incomplete for Ann Grace Rider 13 who drowned in the New River yesterday while swimming with three other children. The body was recovered about 45 minutes after search began. she lived in Claremont and was shorn at Hot Springs Virginia. Survived by father C H Rider mechanic at King Coal Chelrolet Oak Hill stepmother Lorraine Rider two brothers Corbett Jr and Harrison Wayne and six sisters Shirley Margaret Nancy Linda Edith and Joyce.
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Thurmond
Ann Grace Rider
New River
Claremont
Hot Springs
C. H. Rider
King Coal Chevrolet Company
Oak Hill
Lorraine Rider
Corbett, Jr
Harrison Wayne
Shirley
Margaret
Nancy
Linda
Edith
Joyce
Moose Women Hear Service Member Speak
Oak Hill lodge members hear Pvt Pauline Rawlings address the group from Camp Cook California on her work and quarters. Two new candidates for membership are welcomed. A bake sale is planned for Saturday May 26 with a box supper at the Moose Home for members and guests.
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Oak Hill
Oak Rift
Women of the
Moose
Pauline Rawlings
Camp Cook
Calif
the Moose Home
New Suits Filed In Fayette Office
Fayetteville officials report two divorce actions and three tax lien suits filed in the Fayette Circuit Clerk’s office. Plaintiffs include Magnie sue Robinson vs Flenn E Robinson and Mary Lou Kiser vs Eugene Olivier Kiser. Tax lien cases name Samuel E Duncan Jr as personal representative of John Pasco estate, Frank Svetich and Edward Svetich heirs, Claude D Harris Route 1 Mt Hope and Hill Anderson Coal Co Willis Braoch.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
Magnie Sue Robinson
Flenn E. Robinson
Mary Lou Kiser
Euigene
Olivier Kiser
State Tax Commissioner
State Attorney General
Samuel E. Duncan, Jr
John Pasco
Frank and
Edward Lee Svetiich
Claude D. Harris
Route 1
Mt. Hope
Hill Anderson Coal Company
Willis Braoch
Annual Picnic at Saulsville School Draws 200 Plus
Saulsville Elementary held its annual picnic with over 200 attendees including children, patrons, teachers, and guests. Principal Levi Clays leads the school with two teachers and 48 pupils as officials from the county and former superintendents attended.
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Saulsville
Levi Clays
Pauline Shumate
Jesse W. Morgan
W. C. Bailey
Mac 5. Belcher
C. A. Blankenship
Mildred Martin
Poppy Day Set With Oak Hill HQs May 21
Oak Hill hosts Poppy Day Saturday May 21 with American Legion Auxiliary Post 49 in charge at Hotel Hill headquarters East End HQ run by Mrs. Van Camp and Mrs. Longhenry. Tri-Hi-Y will handle street sales as delegates for Jacksons Mill and Girls State are named. Local essay winner Frankie Mae Scott read her piece The Rights We Defend.
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Oak Hill
American Legion Auxiliary
Post 49
P. Thomas
G. §. Callison
John Scott
Hotel Hill
East End
H. L. van Camp
George Longhenry
Feledoes
Collings High School
Tri-Hi-Y
Mary Sue Shipe
Oak Hill Civic League
Jo Ann Brown
Women of the Moose
Shirley Toney
Order of the Eastern Star
Mydra McGriff
Collins High School
Joyce Balding
Ann Thomas
Mary Elizabeth Longhenry
American Legion /Auxiliary
Harvey
Walter V. Ross Seeks Democratic Nomination for Congress
Walter Vergil Ross a Bluefield attorney and veteran state lawmaker announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress in West Virginia's Fifth District. A former House member and ex assistant state tax commissioner he seeks the seat left by the death of Rep John Kee. Ross is a longtime Democratic figure in Mercer and surrounding counties. Governor Patteson has called a special election for July 17 to determine Kee's successor.
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Bluefield
Walter Vergil Ross
Fifth
House of Delegates
Ross
John Kee
West Virginia
Patteson
Kee
Gadd
Ballard
Associated Press
Princeton
Mercer County
Cyrus Gadd
Sherman Ballard
Feterstown
Monroe County
Committee On Veterans’ Affairs
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Criminal Court
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Norfolk and Western Railway
Binefield
Wilcoe
McDowell County
Painter Funeral Rites Saturday for Cecil A Painter
Funeral services for Cecil A Painter 42 of Oswald will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Freewill Baptist Church Kilsyth with Dr W W Pharr and Rev Ernest Barley officiating. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Painter born November 4 1908 in Long Branch leaves a wife Daphja mother Mrs Maggie Painter five brothers a son J C Painter and two daughters Jean.
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Oswald
Cecil A. Painter
Oswald Mines
New River Company
Freewill Baptist Church
Kilsyth
W. W. Pharr
Ernest Barley
Mt. Hope
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Long Branch
Daph J Pa
Maggie Painter
Pax
Tracy
New Jersey
Troy
Baltimore
Theodore
Wirwood
Carlos
J.C. Dr
Bradley
J. C. Painter
Daugiters
Jean
Housewife Burned in Kerosen Explosion Near Rupert
Irene McClung about 25 mother of four and wife of a Rupert miner is in critical condition in a Ronceverte hospital after a kerosene fire exploded while lighting a light. Her father Dexter Trout is in serious condition after an April 28 accident when struck by three cars on a neighbor’s porch near Route 60 Oswald. Tyree Funeral Home moved the body to the residence and later to the church for services.
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Rupert
Rupert Miner
Ronceverte
Irene McClung
Dexter Trout
Route 60
Rites Scheduled for Evangelist Nannie Belt Osborne
Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday for Evangelist Rev Nannie Belt Osborne 78 who died at Memorial Hospital after brief illness She was an evangelist in the Methodist church 63 years Survived by two sons J H Osborne Ironton Ohio Henry Osborne Princeton three daughters Mrs Bessie Hoke Wyandotte Mich Mrs Venus Hoffman Princeton and Mrs Pansy Sage Bluefield Va and a brother J N Graham Coburn Va
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Princeton
Nannie Belt Osborne
Memorial Hospital
2. F. Mayberry
Key Street
J. H. Osborne
Ironton
Ohio
Henry Osborne
Bessie Hoke
Wyandotte
Mich
Venus Hoffman
Pansy Sage
Bluefied
J. N. Graham
Coburn
Dowler Family Announces Birth of Daughter Jacquiine Diane
Lt Omén and Mrs Jack T Dowler announce the birth of a 5 pound daughter Jacquiine Diane on May 5 at the United States Naval Hospital St Albans. The father serves at Floyd Bennett Field and is the son of Mr and Mrs George E Dowler.
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Register
NASA
Omén
Jack T. Dowler
Jacquiine Diane
United States Naval Hospital, St. Albans
Floy. Bennett Field
George E. Dowler
Jawa
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SCALA
Qibson's Golden Preasant
Fruit Wines
Gabion Wine Company
Ek Grove
Califa, Cinsinnati
Itmann
Civic Club
Richard Baugh
Lawrence Beavers
John Sproles
W. U W. Bowen
G. L. Ashbury
John Ratliff
Lary Hight
Ray Trantham
Boyd McLean
Elgin Pruett
Paul Gillespie
Nola
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Tyree
Bere Eee
Beckley
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