Mullens Couple Breathes Easy After Extortion Threat
West Mullens couple secured their grandchildren under police guard after a caller demanded 1500 to spare their lives. The incident prompted protective measures across two states as the family notified Virginia authorities and the Griggs arranged school patrols. Hughes was charged with murder in Princeton after a Sunday night stabbing of Roscoe Swim.
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Princeton
W.va
Tessie E. Hughes
Roscoe Swim
Harry Mounts
Virginia
Mounts
Orchard Avenue
West Mullens
Grigg
Clyde White
Hughes
Swim
Island Creek
Here
Virginian
Tal
Mags Lane
Wyoming Dog Vaccination Clinics Extended To June 7
In Center District Wyoming County the dog vaccination clinics are extended to June 7 from May 31. Through June 7, 139 dogs have been vaccinated. schedule lists multiple towns and times including Pineville Turkey Creek Indian Creek Rockview Keyrock and New Richmond with various sites.
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Wyoming
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
George F. Brown
Health Center
Turkey Creek
Aldrich Fork
Indian Creek
Fort Branch
Walkers Market
Esso
Rockview
Clays Market
Keyrock
Hammond Infant Taken By Death
An eight month old Mullensville child Brenda Kay Hammond died after heart condition since birth. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hammond two sisters Kathy and Della Jean and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hammond Delbarion and Mrs. Mabel Beavers. Funeral at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Hammond home burial in Halsey Cemetery near Maben. Body to be returned Friday afternoon from Robertson and Foresong Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Frank Hammond
Delbarion
Mabel Beavers
Mallensville
Hammond
Halsey Cemetery
Maben
Funeral Set For N W Shorter At Hill Top Church
N W Shorter 77 a retired postmaster of Hill Top dies after a long illness in Oak Hill Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled at 3 p m Friday at Hill Top Methodist Church with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors include his wife Luella two daughters and three sons plus eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body at Thomas Funeral Home before church service.
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Hill Top
N. W. Shorter
Hill Top Methodist Church
O. H. Huffman
High Lawn Memorial Park
Shorter
Oak Hill Hospital
Copper Hill
Hill Top Methodist
Luella
John E
Wade O
Westerville
Ohio
Ira
Winstow-Salem
N. C
Carl Lyle
Longview
Wash
J. T. Heese
Annie Shorter
Duvail Baldwin
Roanoke
Wes Carter
Salem
Robert. Ashe
Fayetteville
S. €. Edds
Charleston
Irvin
William L
Huntington
Clifton M
Nyack
N.Y
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Vaccination Clinic Moves to Elementary School
The Junior Women's Club sponsored clinic will relocate from the Baptist Church parlor to the local elementary school starting June 4. Held each first Tuesday from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., the free clinic urges parents to bring children for vaccinations, especially polio, noting about 130 people were vaccinated last month.
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Junior Women's Club
Baptist Church
Woodzell Rites Set In Virginia
George Newton Woodzell 88 of Oak Hill who died at Huntington hospital after a long illness will be buried in Woodzell Cemetery Rocky Ridge. Funeral services set for 2 pm Friday at Starch Apple Church Rocky Ridge with burial in the Woodzell Cemetery. He was a retired carpenter born Oct 2 1868 in Warm Springs and member of Rocky Ridge Methodist Church. Survivors include a large extended family with two sons Dallas Dayton Ohio and Forest Phoneton Ohio and 12 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to the home of his daughter Mrs W W Marshall today.
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Oak Hill
RNS
George Newton Woodzell
Rocky Ridge
Woodzell
Warm Springs
Huntington
Rocky Ridge Methodist Church
J. B. Woodzell
Hot Springs
John
Staunton
Sandy Woodzell
Pete Kay
W. W. Marshall
Cordie Lawrence
Ward Snyder
Dayton
Ohio
Houston
Forest Woodzest
Phoneton
Tyree
Virginia
James C Johns Waives To Grand Jury Action
James C Johns about 33 of Summerlee waived grand jury action on three charges arising from a reported incident involving two of his daughters and a niece. He appeared before Magistrate R C Godsey, was remanded to Fayette County Jail with no bond set, and was arrested Monday by State Police Sgt W R Seal and Trooper Dean Lake on a warrant from Johns’s wife.
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Oak Hill
Rns
W. R. Seal
James C. Johns
Summerlee
R. C. Godsey
Fayette County
Johns
Sgt
Seal
Dean Lake
John
Godsey
Wyoming land deeds recorded in Pineville
Deeds filed in Wyoming County include transfers to Cecil and Mavis Morgan on Long Branch Clear Fork District and to June and Robert Cooper on Huff Creek. Other transfers cover Big Huffs Creek Oceana. Lot 15 on Guyandotte River. Kopperston parcels. Pine Street Mullens. and Valley Springs Addition in Bud Barkers Ridge District.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
George Harper
Parlie Harrier
Cecil
Mavis Morgan
Long Branch
Clear Fork
Oliver Perry
Nora Perry
June Perry Cooper
Robert Cooper
Huff Creek
Leon Bailey
Elizabeth Bailey
Betty
James Wright
Big Huffs Creek
Oceana
Lewis Cline
Dora Cline
Epperson Cline
Gerlie Cline
Nettie Blankenship
Cub City
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
Ray
Delta Sparks
Guyandotte River
Center District
Kelly Development Company
Robert
Lucille Thacker
Kopperston
Emery B
Kathleen P. Jones
Keily Development Company
Ollie
Martha Burkett
Miss Yvonne Tatum Wins $200 Scholarship
Oak Hill news reports Miss Yvonne Tatum daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Tatum Minden received the Oak Hill Lions Club annual 209 cash scholarship Monday night at Collins High School commencement. Clarence M Bruffey school principal presented the award.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Yvonne Tatum
Clifford Tatum
Minden
Oak Hill Lions Club
Collins High School
Clarence M. Bruffey
West Virginia University
Joseph Edward Ayers
Dexter James Fowler
James Robert Gentry
Clarence Sidney Taylor
Joseph Baumgartner
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Joe McClung
Pic
Collins High names two juniors to Boys State and seven to Girls State
Oak Hill American Legion Post No 59 sponsors Rex Adams and Dene Carroll to Boys State and seven Collins juniors to Girls State at Jacksons Mill June 28 and June 9 15. Sponsors include Miss Sue Carolyn Slaven Barbara Gillespie Miss Mary Alice Epling Miss Linda Wooten Miss Marie Matulis Miss Katherine Rickard and Miss Ann Scott. Adams and Carroll hold National Honor Society Varsity Club and Hi Teen roles with extensive student council activity and multiple club memberships. Also noted are other local civic and youth group affiliations for the accompanying sponsors and candidates.
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OAK Hel
ANS
Oak Hill
American Legion Post No. 59
Collins High School
Oak Hill Att No. 59
American Legion Auxillary
The
Post
Jackson's Mill
Rex Adams
Dene Carroll
Sue Carolyn Slaven
American Legion Auxiliary
Barbara Gillespie
Beta Theta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mary Alice Epling
Junior Woman's Club
Linda Wooten
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Marie Matulis
Civitan Club
Katherine Rickard
Order of Eastern Star
Ann Scott
Civic League
Adams
Carroll
National Honor Society
Vera F. Adams
Oyler Avenue
Rex
Kenneth E. Carroll
Burkholder Ave
Fayette
Future Business Leaders of America
Acorn
Tri-Hi-Y
Collins
Gillespie
Press Club
Log
Rose Gillespie
Scarbro
Charles Walker Gillespie
Catholic Church
Miss Epling
Ray Epling
Rt. 1
Fayetteville
Area Legion Posts Elect Delegates To Convention
Delegates from Fayette Greenbrier Summers and Monroe Counties Seventh District elected a district commander and delegates to the state convention at Fayeteville. John L. Witt Jr. won district commander's post. his term as Fayetteville post commander ends soon.
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Fayetteville
ANG
American Legion
Fayette
Greenbrier
Summers
Monroe
Fayeteville
John L. Witt Jr
Witt
Connie Akers
Myron R. Renick
Memorial Auditorium
E. BD. Hardman
Oak Hill
Sewell Valley
East Bainelle
Midland Seneca
Lewisburg
Stonewall Jackson
Ansted
Rowe-Jones
Peterstown
GaFayette
James T. Allen
Union
Legion
Harry W. Miller
LaFayette Post
G. Steele Callison
Ross Dever
C. H. Tomlinson
David Wetzel
White Sulphur Springs
W. W. Givens
United States
Sainus, Wessenls
Lancy Qisnes
Robert
Shill
Baptist Church
Cal
Navy
Oceana
HyfEegiain
Charleston
Gonia
Founda
Cont
Couple Establish Medical Center In Oceana West Virginia
Dr. Robert N. DeVore and Dr. Margaret B. DeVore relocate from Charleston to Oceana to found the Clearfork Medical Center. They plan to expand with a second doctor, add obstetrics, X ray, and full lab facilities as community needs grow. The center offic es on the first floor of the Union Hall Building includes four exam rooms, two consultation rooms, and a large waiting area, with a local citizens committee supporting operations.
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Charleston
Twe DeVores
Medical
Douglas
Tommy
Tony
Broker
DeVores
Robert
Margaret
Gower
Sherwood Park
Oceana
Jack Ritchie
Ter
Kopperston Union Hall
Clearfork —Medical Group
J. B. Stanley
Paul Cox
Carson
Fu ‘Ture
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Wit
Waller Grigg
Vir Ginia
Griggs
Vir
Ginia
Mutlens
Vias
Alpeca
Pol
Marlon Dudley
Alten
Vacation Bible School
Daugher
Acatson
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Jesus
Virgil Burgess
al Mullens
City
FBI
James Fairchild
AGM
Sara
PUM Leatinonnm
Amd
Charles P. Miller Jr
Lawrence Nettles
Kenneth Burgess
Fred Jasper
Harry Birl
Company
Skin Fork
Marianna
Wolf Pen
New Richmond
Brown
Robertson and Forfesong
Club
Beaver
W. Va
Main
4Th St
Raleigh County
Mitchell Bros
Woodzell Rites
Are
Commercial Credit Plan Incorporated
Beckley
S. Oarwood Avenue
Com
Andrew i
H. Wooten
Miss. Matulis
John Matulis
Summerlee Road
Oak Hill Methodist Church
World Friendship Circle
Girls Athletic Association
Miss Rickard
BE. A. Rickard
Kelly Ave
A Capella
Thespian Troupe
Scott
Latin Club
Dramatics Club
Roy H. Scott
Mankin Ave
Buckland- Kincaid
Beckwith
J. C. Hill
Mary Alice Eplin
Katherine Rickard Earf
Marie Maptulis
Area Legion
Dorchester
Dewey W. Mentz
Post 69
Edna Roach
Robert N. DeVore
Margaret B. DeVore
South
South Carolina
U.s.navy
Avondale
Middleton Magnolia
Feeley Beach
Mimosa Heights
Troy
S. C
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
S.C
Medical College of South Carolina
Broker Hospital
Alpha Omega Alpha
Ninety Six
D. C
Uiversity
Duke University
Durland
Lis Ohana
Helence
Ie Wee
EE Margaret
Medical College of Plan
Shirley Hatfield
Gunter
Mie
Nai Naval Hospital
Thomas
Regi
Mse Kk
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Praternity
Joy Edwards
Nurses Aid
Kathleen
West Virginia
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