Ten Area Men Earn Mine Safety Citations in West Virginia
Ten area men and fourteen coal mining companies in Southern West Virginia were honored by the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association in Washington for outstanding safety records. The awards include six Beckley area recipients and four from other Southern West Virginia locations, with recipients noted for decades of work without a lost time accident. The Coal Mountain No. 9 mine received a Certificate of Honor for operating without a fatality over seven years and logging 1,689,204 man-hours with 1,071,206 tons produced by 145 employees.
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West Virginia
Joseph A. Holmes
Lillard Miles Hopkins
Kopperston
Joe W. Parson
Rhodell
John Landcraft
Caretta
Bernard Mills
Twin Branch
Lee Wilson
Pageton
Coal Mountain No. 9
Red Jacket Coal Corp
Wyoming
Iona Cora Hayworth Funeral Services Today
Hayworth funeral services set for 1 p m at Madeline Church for Iona Cora Hayworth 37 wife of a miner and mother of eight who died after a long battle with leukemia at Wyoming General Hospital She required over 300 blood transfusions in three years and will be buried at Bud Cemetery Surviving are husband Offie four sons and four daughters and a sister Neighbors aided during illness Body moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the Hayworth residence
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Madeline Church
Valentine Prince
Hillard Edwards
Bud
Wyoming General Hospital
Alfred
Ida Green
Offie
Offie, Jr
Mountain City
Tenn
James Burl
Oscar Carroll
Carl Dean
Thomas Levert
Sparta
N. C
Anna Lou
Dreama Sue
Rita Darlene
Ike Church
Eolia
Hayworth
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
MacAlpin Chief Electrician Receives Long Career Award
Robert Allen Cunningham, a 52-year coal mine veteran and MacAlpin Coal Co. chief electrician, received a Certificate of Honor from the Holmes Safety Association in Washington for 47 years without a lost-time accident. Born in 188? and starting work in 1902, he rose from back hand to chief electrician at Oakley Sharon and McAlpin mines, with just one earlier accident. He and his family reside with two children, one in Boston.
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Robert Allen Cunningham
McAlpin
West Virginia
Cunningham
MacAlpin Coal Co
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Washington D. C
Stamford
Piney Collieries Co
Charles Fultz
Stanaford
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
Wyatt Coal Co
Will Laing
Raleigh County
Allen Cunningham
Helen Lucy Michel
Boston
Mass
Five couples seek Fayetteville marriage licenses
Five couples filed for marriage licenses at the Fayette County Clerk’s office. The entrants include Tingler and Lilly from Sullivan and Fayetteville, Dangerfield and Wingrove from Long Branch, Hamilton and Brown from Oak Hill, Phillips and Vegh from Cleveland and Meadow Fork, and Kenny and Hawver from Clifty and Hico.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County
Robert L. Tingler
G. L
Dorothy Tingler
Sullivan
Bonnie A. Lilly
Aubrey
Lenora Lilly
Fred Neely Dangerfield
Henry
Lucy Dangerfield
Long Branch
Sarah Prscilla Wingrove
Dewey
Tena Wingrove
Charles A. Hamilton
Thomas and
Clarissa Hamilton
Oak Hill
Beulah McDaniel Brown
Willard
Jessie McDaniel
Carl Edward Phillips
Clyde and
Bertha Phillips
Cleveland
Ohio
Lillian Mae Vegh
Andy and
Frances Vegh
Meadow Fork
Calvin Weir Kenny
Calvin
Nora Kenny
Clifty
Doris Ann Hawver
George and
Rhoda Hawver
Hico
Rites Wednesday For Rupert Ross
Funeral services for Rupert Lancelot Ross 41 who died at home in Oak Hill after a long illness will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Willard J Mullins of Page officiating Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park He was born in Oak Hill Sept 26 1912 and survived by his parents four brothers and six sisters with residences listed in Newport News Richmond Denton Md Larkport and elsewhere
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Oak Hill
RNS
Rupert Lancelot Ross
Tyree Funeral Home
Willard J. Mullins
Page
High Lawn Memorial Park
Matheny Spelling Team Wins Trip to Charleston
The Matheny School sixth grade spelling team earned a trip to the state capital with instructor Mrs. Corda Thompson guiding them to Charleston. Team members include Billy Bevins Emerson Stewart Peggy Morgan and Jack Stewart.
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Matheny
RNS
Corda Thompson
Charleston
Billy Bevins
Emerson Stewart
Peggy Morgan
Jack Stewart
Baileysville Personal Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Ken Short of Tampa visited Mr. and Mrs. Freil Lester. The Toler family and Warren Steele guests gathered in Steeles. Wayne Bailey and Ellen Jack Lester toured Huntington for Marshall College Open House and a concert. David Straley attended a Pittsburgh fraternity convention and was elected Sigma Phi Epsilon president. Bill Bailey visited his grandfather at Bluefield Sanitarium. A Mother’s Day dinner at the Fortner home included Winsel Travis family, Toler family, Steele family, Fortner family, and Riffe family from Steeles and Baileysville.
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Baileysville
BNS
Ken Short
Tampa
M.a
Freil Lester
Elbert Toler
Ann
Bradley
Sue
Warren Steele
Steeles
Wayne Bailey
Ellen Jack Lester
Huntington
Marshall College
David Straley
Madison Straley
Pittsburgh
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Straley
Bill Bailey
John Bailey
Bluefield Sanitarium
W. L Fortner
Winsel Travis
Timmy
Terry
Tonnie
Jimmy
Coal Mountain
Stanley
Jay Steele
Jackie
Lindal
Tommy
Frank Fortner
Peggy
Linda
Nicky
Theodore Riffe
Stevie
Myra
Ronda
Oceana Personal Notices Bring Family Journeys Home
Mr and Mrs Roy Harrison and daughter Sue left for Gassner South Carolina after visiting at Jesse with her parents Cleve Toler. Gene Toler of Chicago Illinois was weekend guest of the Tolers. Olen Jewell and family visited Bluefield from Jesse with V J Jewell. Roy Bailey family return from Olfield Kentucky after grandmother Linda Boggs death. Bill Nichols and Henry Milam visited Princewick over the weekend.
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Oceana
RNS
Roy Harrison
Sue
Gassner
S. C
Jesse
Cleve Toler
Gene Toler
Chicago
Ill
Cleve Tolers
Olen Jewell
Bluefield
V. J. Jewell
Roy Bailey
Olafield
Linda Boggs
Bailey's
Bill Nichols
Henry L. Milam
Princewick
Land Transfers Filed in Fayette
Fayetteville notices record numerous real estate transfers in Fayette County Clerk office. Names include Street, Jones, Dabney, Tolbert, Lutz, Presson, Rider, McLamore, Armstrong, Sprouse, Ceccio, Carr, Light, Crookshanks, Union Carbide, Kowalsky, Tabit, Myers, Wilmoth, Shockey, Turner and others. Tracts and lots span Falls, Forest Hills, Mt Hope, Coal Run, Warner, Mt Cove, Sewell Mt, SunTop, Gatewood, Kanawha Falls, Boomer, Scarbro, Montgomery and Levisay Creek areas with prices ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Lawrence
Eva M. Street
Mildred J. Jones
Falls District
Mary Kent
P. M. Snyder Jr
Emory E
Iola M. Jones
Forest Hills
Mt. Hope
Charles Dabney
Mary Landis Tolbert
Southern Coal Corp
Coal Run
Ethel
Arry Hilton
Lyvde
Virginia Kincaid
Bertha Kochalek
John Jr
Thelma Alma Sprouse
White Oak Creek
Mildred Smith Brown
Domenico
Mario Ceccio
R. F
Helen Armstrong
Elva Carr
Sewell Mt
Jackburn Patteson Realty Co
Gracie E. Light
Gatewood
Nannie Lambert
Jose Fernandez Sr
Wolf Creek
Bert and
Blanche Crookshanks
Lloyd A. Clark
Kanawha Falls
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp
Felix and
Anna Marie Lorea
Boomer
Rebekah Lodge Plans Initiation for Oak Hill
The Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge of Mabscott will lead the initiation of three new Oak Hill Laurel Rebekah Lodge No. 207 members. The 7:30 p.m. ceremony at Knights of Pythias Hall on Main St. will have Mrs. Jerry Brewer presiding in absence of noble grand Mrs. Dotsie Tennant who is hospitalized in Charleston. Miss Elizabeth Williams of Glen Rogers, district deputy president, will attend.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge
Mabscott
Oak Hill Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Knights of Pythias Hall
Main St
Jerry Brewer
Dotsie Tennant
St. Francis Hospital
Charleston
Elizabeth Williams
Glen Rogers
First Baptist WMS Installs New Oceana Officers
Mrs Martha Belle Hurley was installed as president of the First Baptist Church of Oceana Women’s Missionary Society. Officers include Eld a Manning vice president Blanche G. Cook treasurer Edith Green secretary Maude Cozort missions vice president Mora Chambers Christian Service vice president Nina Walker love gift chairman Ella Cook white cross work chairman Pearl Casto Christian social relations chairman French Lilly Christian training vice president Ronald Lee Cook spiritual life chairman Nana Fisher family life education chairman Virginia Claypool leadership training for women Robert Cuddy missionary stewardship and education for women Edith Casto missionary and stewardship education for girls Irene Pack missionary and stewardship education for children. The ceremony featured a backdrop placard and a duet by Mrs French Lilly and Mrs Ronald Lee Cook. The group planned a dinner for church financial committee on May 25 at 7 o clock. Reverend James Casto gave the benediction.
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Oceana
RNS
Women’s Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church of
Edith Green
Maude Cozort
Missions
Mora Chambers
Christian Service
Nina Walker
Love Gift
Ella Cook
White Cross Work
Pearl Casto
Christian Social Relations
French Lilly
Christian Training
Ronald Lee Cook
Spiritual Life
Nana Fisher
Family Life Education
Virgina Claypool
Robert Cuddy
Missionary Stewardship
Edith Casto
Irene Pack
Missionary
Hopkins
Financial Committee of Church
James Casto
Fayette Countian Heads Mountain at University
Fayette County graduate student James Reginald Dietz of Winona has been elected summit of Mountain at West Virginia University for 1954-55, to take office after the May 29 spring banquet. Other new officers include Robert E. Douglas Malden guide and Walter G. Bullington St. Albans cache, with Thomas E. Millsop as banquet speaker.
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Morgantown
James Reginald Dietz
Winona
Fayette County
West Virginia University
Richard E. Ford
Lewisburg
Dietz
Robert E. Douglas
Malden
Robert B. Armstrong
Parkersburg
Walter G. Bullington
Thomas E. Millsop
National Steel Corp
Weirton Steel Co
University Board of Governors
Ford
Mountain
Collins Band To Play At Memorial Service
The Collins High School Band directed by Paul G. Mackey will perform at Oak Hill Memorial Day Service at High Lawn Memorial Park on Monday May 31 at 10 a.m. Sponsored by the Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce, speaker Col. Shirley Donnelly of Oak Hill will deliver the address.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Collins High School
Paul G. Mackey
Oak Hill Memorial
High Lawn Memorial Park
Ed invitations list notable invitees from multiple cities
The invitation list names D. E. McQuilkin of Roanoke Virginia Earl W. Reiley of Charleston South Carolina S W Burnside of Freehold Star Route New Jersey and M Earle Morgan of Fairmont.
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D. E. McQuilkin
Roanoke
Earl W. Reiley
Charleston
S. E. W. Burnside
Freehold
Mount Hope and Oak Hill Lions Plan Joint Meeting
Mount Hope Lions and Oak Hill Lions announce a joint meeting soon. Guest speaker Fred Frisk, a senior from Oak Hill, spoke on Road Manners at the Mount Hope Club. He will compete in a public speaking contest in Buchanan on June 12.
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Mt. Hope
Oak Hill
Lions Plan
Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope Lions
Oak Hill Lions
Fred Frisk
Lions
Frisk
Buchannon
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Hayworth Funeral Services
MacAlpin
Rupert Ross
Matheny Spelling
Oceana Personals
Fayette
Rebekah
First Baptist Wms of
Collins
Gilbert Gerhold
W. A. Haslam
Lions Club
E. G. Amick
Jack Calloway
James Wade
Westinghouse
See TV
Abbotts Grocery & Appliance
Beckley
All General Dept. Stores
H. L. Bailey
Clear Fork
J. D. Bailey
C. J. Barrett
Whitesville
Besoco Mercantile Co
Besoco
Blevins & Lusk Allen Junction
Bradley’s Hardware & Bldg. Co. Bradley
Astinghouse Studio
U.S
Superior Sterling CO
Corinne
Clarks General
Dorothy A. W. Cox
Hinton
Clear Creek Coal Co
Clearco
Clear Fork Hone. & Bldg
Supply Oceana
Fairlea Electric & Refrig. Co
Fairlea
Hines Cash Store
Hines
Pat King’s Appliance Shop
White Suplhur Springs
F. G. Lobban Co. Alderson
MacAlpin Neville Maytag & Furniture Co
Pagoda Super Market
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann Rakes Hardware Co
Beaver
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
Senaca Hardware & Sheet Metal
Shumate Furniture Store
Coal City
Shady Spring
General Store
Stone’s Electric Service
Mullens
the Valley Co
Wyoming Refrigeration Co
Pineville
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