Whitesville Teens Released After Waiving Hearings
Nathan Joseph Jr. a 17 year old and his parents were released after posting $500 bond each following waivers of preliminary hearings before Magistrate J F Clendenen on charges of conspiracy and felonious assault. They allegedly beat Gus Gogus manager of Anchor Coal Company Store No 2 Whitesville with boards containing nails. Gogus treated at Whitesville Clinic for multiple lacertations.
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Register
Whitesville
Nathan Joseph Jr
Nathan Joseph
J. F. Clendenen
Gus Gogus
Anchor Coal Company
C. N. Otto
Gogus
Parents Held After Store Head Beaten
A hospital attendant reported scalp lacerations and minor abrasions from an assault at Scotty's Place Raleigh Street tavern. Gogus said Matthew Joseph, 14, drove recklessly, then Gogus was struck with boards by Nathan Joseph Sr and Mrs Joseph. Police arrived as Bill Peters restrained Gogus.
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Otto
Gogus
Joseph
Matthew
Anchor Boys and Girls Club
Goggs
Scotty's Place
Raleigh Street
the Josephs
Nathan Joseph, Sr
Bill Peters
Moose Women Nominate Officers for June Election
Whitesville Chapter No. 552 Women of the Moose nominated Colcord resident Mrs. G. A. Kincaid and Orgas resident Mrs. E. C. Hodge for senior regent. Other officers named include Mrs. Emmit Peters, Mrs. Ernes tine Oney, Verna Mae Pettry junior regent, Elsa Sloan, Mae Richards chaplains, and recorder and treasurer nominees. Election set for June 12.
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Register
Whitesville
G. A. Kincaid
Colcord
E. C. Hodge
Orgas
Women of the Moose
Emmit Peters
Ernestine Oney
Verna Mae Pettry
Elsa Sloan
Mae _ Richards
Ralph Cantley
D. F. Hamilton
Loretta Kyle
Leafy Payne
Homer Wayne
Erby Cox Dies Rites Wednesday
Erby Jackson Cox 68 of Clintonville died at home Sunday night after a heart attack. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the residence, burial in End of the Trail Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary Perry Cox, three daughters Stella Scarberry Helen Burns Bettie Eckstory, four sons Arthur Lloyd William Earl, one half-brother Forest Cox, twenty grandchildren. Body to be removed to the home at 5 p.m. today from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home.
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Clintonville
Erby Jackson Cox
Virginia
Mary Perry Cox
Stella May Scarberry
Helen Burns
Sherrard
Bettie Eckstory
Baltimore
Arthur Cox
Beckley
Lloyd
William and
Earl
Forest Cox
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Floyd Farley Honored on 84th Birthday at Rock Creek
Floyd Farley, a retired teacher and former deputy sheriff, was honored Sunday at a family homecoming and dinner at his farm on Rock Creek two miles off State Route 3. Born in 1866, he taught 47 terms in Raleigh County, farmed, and has seven children. Attending relatives and friends from Packsville, Whitesville, Lewisburg, and nearby areas joined the celebration.
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Rock Creek
Floyd Farley
Farley
Raleigh
Marsh Fork
Mercer County
Athens
Iiving
George Jarrell
Packsville
George Thompson
Charleston
G. W. Farley
Naomi
Miss Sarah Lou Sharpe Weds Leonard Earl Peters
Miss Sarah Lou Sharpe became the bride of Leonard Earl Peters in a Saturday ceremony at the Dorothy Church of God in Birchton. Rev. Glen West officiated the single ring wedding. The couple, both from local families, plan to reside in Pettus after a brief wedding trip.
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Birchton
Sarah Lou Sharpe
Leonard Earl Peters
Dorothy Church of God
Glen West
St. Albans High School
Miss Sharpe
Bride-Elect Jean Rush Honored at Shower Friday
Whitesville reports bridal shower held for Jean Rush by Mrs. H. Clay Porterfield on Boone Street to honor her upcoming marriage to John D. Bryant of South Charleston on May 31. Spring flowers decorated. refreshments served by several local women and the honoree.
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Jean Rush
Register
Whitesville
H. Clay Porterfield
Boone Street
Miss Rush
John D. Bryant
South Charleston
Charles Richardson
D. F. Branham
Raymond Stanley
Gladys Baxter
Robert Weller
Huntington
Hayden Ellyson
Wharton
J. G. Bryant
C. H. Woosley
Nelson Beard
Montro
Kisor Funeral Services Today
Last rites held for Ella Florence Kisor 77 at Freewill Baptist Church Laurel City with Rev. Elias Michaels to officiate. Burial in Boone Memorial Park Madison. Survived by husband C. H. Kisor Ottawa. sons A. C. Kisor Ottawa and C. F. Kisor Sharples. daughters Mrs. William Ward Ottawa, Mrs. Rose Wilburn Charleston, Mrs. M. H. Jarrel Milton. sister Mrs. Marriah Tucker Buffalo. two half sisters. 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Ottowa
Freewill Baptist Church
Laurel City
Ella Florence Kisor
Ottawa
Elias Michaels
Boone Memorial Park
Madison
C. H. Kisor
A. C. Kisor
C. F. Kisor
Sharples
William Ward
Rose Wilburn
Charleston
M. H. Jarrel
Milton
Marriah Tucker
Buffalo
Baileysville Girl to Sing in Bob Jones Campus Concert
Miss Kitty Short daughter of Mr and Mrs Ken Short Baileysville participates in the Te Deum Chorus to be heard at Bob Jones University Commencement Concert in Rodeheaver Auditorium May 25 and 29.
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Baileysville
Kitty Short
Ken Short
Bob Jones University
Rodeheaver Auditorium
Ballengee Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Ann Ballengee 78 of Landisburg will be at 2 p m Thursday at Elk Knob Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. She died Monday at a son’s home. Surviving: husband Henry L. Ballengee daughter Mrs E J Martin of Ronceverte one brother James M Kincaid of Big Creek and 15 grandchildren. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Landisburg
Laura Ann Ballengee
John E. Ballengee
Elk Knob Baptist Church
Henry L. Ballengee
E. J. Martin
Ronceverte
James M. Kincaid
Big Creek
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Fitzwater Sentenced After Guilty Plea in Incident Case
Hinton High School honor student Samuel George Fitzwater of Hinton drew a one to five year prison term from Summers Circuit Judge Nickell Kramer after pleading guilty to attempting to report an incident. The court also handed down varied sentences for multiple defendants including Pearl Harrah receiving a life sentence. The judge defended court-appointed lawyers and noted their commitment to constitutional rights.
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Hinton
Hinton High School
Samuel George Fitzwater
Nickell Kramer
Summers Circuit Court
Kramer
Pearl Harrah
Harold B. Eagle
Walter M. Elswick
Harrah
Johnny Brookman
Benjamin Franklin Adams
Billy Joe Collins
Willow Wood
H. W. Wooten
Wooten
Liberty
John Morgan
Clyde Harless
Luther Shumate
Shumate
Jumping Branch People Visiting Relatives
Mrs James Vandal and children Jim and Patty Lou of Beckley are visiting her mother Mrs Ada Crook in Jumping Branch for the week. Mrs George Scott is a patient at Hinton hospital after an appendectomy performed Saturday morning.
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Register
Jumping Branch
James Vandal
Jimmy
Patty Lou
Beckley
Ada Crook
George Scott
Hinton Hospital
Divorce Suit Entered in Mercer Circuit Court
Leona Elsie Howell has entered divorce proceedings against Alfred Howell in Mercer Circuit Court.
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Princeton
Leona Elsie Howell
Alfred Howell
Mercer
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Jimmy Farley
G. M. Jarrell
Moose
Erby Cox
Ethel Bosher
Chesapeake
Ada Williams
Azel Farley
Mary Clay
Lewisburg
Martha Cantley
Hana Canterbury
Maude Parolari
Dry Creek
Orville Carr
Mary Catherine
Marfork
Orville Williams
Connie Stanley
David
Sheila
Stephen
Essie Opal Jarrell
Roscoe Clay
Clonnie Cantley
Dale Cantley
John L. Cantley
Tina Parolari
Anita Set
Brenda Kay Parolari
Arlie Burnside
Lonnie Burnside
Paul Cantley
Danny
Sandra Jean Cantley
Patsy
Peggy
Junior Farley
Adolph
Teddy Farley
Ruth Cantley
Phyllis Cantley
Bonnie Cantley
Warren Cantley
B. Collins
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Malcolm Sharpe
Princess Dorothy Coal Company
Eunice
C. C. Peters
Pettus
Clay Apartments
Mrs. Leonard Earl Peters
Kisor
Aly
Kentuckys
Early Times Distillery Co
Lowisville 1
Roy Sxy
Packard
Fitzwater
Tient
Moundsville
Robert Sadler
W. A. Brown
Robert L. Wright
James Cox
W. A. Rule
State
W. R
Lelia Nickell
W. E. Nickell
National Bank of Summers
Lewis Gas Burner, Inc
Eye Glasses
Oscar
W. Va
Beckley’s
Lewis
Neville
Ward-Evans Motor CO
Oakwood Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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