Former Maben Woman Mae Daniels Dies at 49
Mae Daniels 49, of Blackey Virginia formerly of Maben, died Tuesday at 6 am in a Grundy hospital. Funeral services Thursday at 11 am at Pierpoint Community Church with Rev. Ernest Birchfield. Burial in Pier Point Cemetery. She is survived by husband Samuel, son James, four daughters Irma Blankenship Ruby and Flassie, a brother Lon and two grandchildren. Body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong to the Maben residence of her son at 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Eula Adkins
Samuel
James
Maben
Irma Blankenship
Blackey
Ruby
Page
Flassie
Lon
Bickmore
Robertson and Foglesong Feneral
Coal Tipple Destroyed In Ameagle Fire
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Raleigh Eagle Coal Tipple in Ameagle on Tuesday about 4 p.m. The blaze began in the pilot house atop the mountain. Whitesville firefighters could not reach the structure. Loss is estimated at 75,000 dollars with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameagle
Ralegh Eagle
Whitesville
L. A. Friend
Cyclone Resident Dies at Home
Cyclone resident Blaine Paynter about 65 died at 2 a.m. today at his home. The body is at Evans Funes & Home pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyclone
Oceana
Blaine Paynter
Evans Funes & Home
Wilt-Duncan Wedding Set For Saturday At Kopperston
Miss Dina Wilt will wed Leslie B. Duncan at Kopperston Presbyterian Church with ritualistic work by the Oak Hill degree staff. The ceremony follows a series of parties and showers, a rehearsal dinner planned, and a bridal party including matron of honor Mrs June McComas and bridesmaids Mary Long and Pat Reamey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
RNS
Dina Wilt
Leslie B. Duncan
Kepperston
Byterian Church
Pri
Kopperston Presbyterisian
June McComas
Mary ‘Long
Dunbar
Pat Reamey
Huntington
Edward Duncan
Washington
J. C. Glenn Wood
Robert Wells
Montgomery
Jimmy Witt
Keeperston
Susan Dillon
David Bowling
Logan
James Sholt
Bandroom Project Drives Oceana PTA Effort
The Oceana High School Parent-Teachers Association approves a major bandroom construction as its largest project. A six-person planning and building committee will work with the finance committee, chaired by Bill Workman, to plan erection and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
BNS
Oceana High School
Parent-Teachers Association
Bill Workman
Charles Morgan
Frank Workman
Workman
Lions Sponsor Auction in Madison Benefits Light Conservation
The Madison Lions Club plans an old fashioned auction sale of used household items to fund their Light Conservation program. No date set yet. donations are requested from residents. Pickups can be arranged via Maxey Mullins or Lester Ellis. items may be left at Eis Department Store back of the building. Proceeds support glasses for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
ANS
Madison Lions Club
Maxey Mullins
Lester Ellis
Eis Department
Madison Lions
Light Conservation Fund
Doans Pills Promise Quick Relief for Backache and Bladder Irritation
An old advertisement touts Doan's Pills as fast relief for nagging backache headaches and muscular pains. It claims soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic action to improve kidney output and promote a restful night after exertion or stress. Millions have trusted the product for over 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Funeral services incomplete for Mrs Pauline Day
Mrs Pauline Day 76 of Cunard died Tuesday at 1 30 pm at home from a heart condition. She belonged to the First Baptist Church of Cunard and was born in Virginia in 1881. Survived by husband William Day of Cunard. Body at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cunard
Hnor
Pauline Day
Ohio Woman Dies in Mullens Funeral Today for Mrs Jack White
Mrs Jack White sister of J Paul Bower Mullens dies in Ohio Funeral and burial rites set for 2 p.m. at Coolville Ohio Bower a member of the House of Delegates and his family were summoned to Ohio after the death of his sister Readable fragments indicate mourning and family confirmation of the tragedy at Mullens and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Coolville
Jack White
J. Paul Bower
Bower
House of Delegates
Ohio
Woman's Club Helps Beckwith Students With Milk
Fayetteville elementary pupils from Beckwith School receive milk at lunch thanks to the Fayetteville Woman's Club. First to third graders who bring packed lunches also get milk, though distribution is anonymous and funded by the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Miss Alice Scott to Marry in Danville Baptist Church
Miss Alice Loretta Scott of West Madison will wed John Ellis of Marton North Carolina this Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Danville. Miss Scott is a Scott High School graduate employed in Baltimore by the Social Security Administration. Ellis works for Bethlehem Steel in Baltimore and they plan to reside there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Alice Loretta Scott
West Madison
John Ellis
Marton
N. C
First Baptist Church
Danville
Ira Scott
Caroline Ellis
Scott
Baltimore
Social Security Administration
Ellis
Bethlehem Steel
Williams Dies at 83 in Mount Hope Funeral Friday
Edwards Williams, 83, died Tuesday in a Beckley hospital after extended illness. A retired farmer born in Mount Hope in October 1874, he is survived by his brother David Williams. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Pax Branch Baptist Church, with burial in Williams Bailey Cemetery. The body will be moved to his nephew the Rev. John Williams’s home Thursday evening and to the church an hour before services. Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, is handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brewster
Leon Chambers
Katherine Crews
Robert Knight
Jennings Barrell
Ruth Conley
Woodrow Dillo
Dorothy Webb
Don D. Cook
George Darnell
Richard “Myers
James Shott
Paslor
Kopperston Presbyterian Church
Gene Akers
Hatchier
Belle Tones
Jackie
Anna Webb
Mary Catherine
Lilian Stewart
Jack Christian
Ronald Lee Cook
Mount Hope
RNS
Edward Lewis Williams
Beckley
John Williams
Rt. 1
Tyree
Mountt Hope
Ballard Services Slated Thursday
Lake Harlan Ballard 62 dies at Oak Hill Hospital from a heart condition. Funeral set Thursday at 2 p.m. in Tyree Funeral Chapel Mount Hope with Rev. William Hatcher officiating. Ballard a World War I veteran merchant, husband of Marie, and father of two daughters. Graveside rites by McDonald Masonic Lodge at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Lake Harlan Ballard
Tyree
William Hatcher
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Land
Wayside
John
Anna Ballard
Mount Mope
Marie
Dorothy Keatley
Kitty Sue Holt
Beckley
K. L. Ballard
Crab Orchard
J. E.richeson
Ll. B., Parker
Athens
John Parker
M.M. Walters
Charles
J. N. Patton
Links Grove
Theuneral Home
McDonald Masonic Lodge
Commandery Escor
Bernard Rocke
E. B. Roberts
Ottie Blake
Frank Garrett
Joe Trail
H. C. Skaggs
McDonald Lodge
Lodge
High Lawn Memorial Park
Eighteen Honorable Discharges Recorded in Boone County
Eighteen honorable discharges were recorded in Boone County Clerk's office during October. Names include James Mltizer 18 Turtle Creek Dennis Bailey 24 Wharton George G Carrier 27 Madison Leroy Cooper 21 Orgas B F Epling 20 Ridgeview Arnold Estept 24 Ridgeview Frederick Estept 20 Chesapeake Demus Ferrel 23 Madison Clement Frye 25 Jeffrey Billy S Green 25 Bim Elbert Griffith 20 Van Elwood Jarrell 2 Van C E Jeffrey 19 Madison Henry M King 22 Peotona Jimmy G Stewart 23 Keith Robert Lee Vance 37 Barrell I W Washburn 21 Racine Willie E White 17 Madison Arthur E B Yeager 19 Madison
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Boone County
James Mltizer
Turtle Creek
Dennis Bailey
Wharton
George G. Carrier
Madison
Leroy Cooper
Orgas
B. F. Epling
Ridgeview
Arnold Estep
Frederick Estep
Chesapeake
Demus Ferrel
Clement Frye
Jeffrey
Billy S. Green
Bim
Elbert, Griffith
Van
Elwood Jarrell
C. E. Jeffrey
Henry M. King
Peotona
Jimmy G. Stewart
Keith
Robert Lee Vance
Barrell
I W. Washburn
Racine
Willie E. White
Arthur EB. Yeager
Hill Top On Southern Bowle Taken By Geese
Hill Top residents report a large flock of wild geese passed over the area at night. Mrs. Alice Clemmons said the flock flew south above her residence and caused a loud racket. She estimated 50 or more birds were involved despite darkness and falling snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Clemmons
Glen Rogers Personal News Tidbits
Glen Rogers area personals list local residents and visitors. Aubrey Nuckols Jr returns from Japan to spend leave with his mother and sister before reporting to Chanute Air Base. Montgomery guests visit relatives as friends fall ill. Several students at Concord College Marshall College and West Virginia Tech are home for weekends. Other locals visit Pocahontas and Mullens while hospital stays are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
ANS
Hat North
Bobby Sturgill
Montgomery
West Virginia Tech
Frederick Dowdy
Concord College
Athens
Fred Dowdy
Alice Cozart
Hinton Hospital
Carolyn Robertson
Marshall College
Huntington
Claude Robertson
Bu Ilness
Buzzy Robertson
West Virginia ‘Tech
Waldo Tackett
St. Albans
C. E. Rudder
Dungannon
John Greer
Carol Greer
Edgar Greer
Sue Broyles
Pocahontas
Daisy Foster
Enos Evans
Memorial’ Hospital
Beckley
John Thomas
Fineville
Francis Harrington
Mro
Bobby Nuckols
Princeton
Donnie Nuckols
Jackie Canterbury
Sally Harrington
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Dorothy Personals Reported Weekend Visits in Colcord Area
Miss Fran ces Smith a Dorothy Elementary teacher returned home after a friend’s wedding in Ohio. Franzes Hall Ashland Ohio spent the weekend visiting his wife Evelyn Hall a Dorothy School teacher. Mrs Chriss Wiley Dorothy visited Mrs Snowden Thompson Colcord Sunday. Gene Milligan and daughter Joyce Dunbar visited her parents Dewey and Mrs Ransom Colcord. B C Fraley Colcord hosted cousins Everett Dresden Harrison Ohio for the weekend and visited Clifford Fraley Colcord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Ransom
Colcord
B. C. Fraley
Col‘cord
Everett
Dresden
Harrison
Clifford Fraley
Coleard
Infant's Rites Planned at Beards Fork Cemetery
Graveside services were scheduled for Donna Jean Elswick infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edward Elswick in Beards Fork Cemetery. She died Tuesday at 7 16 a m at a Oak Hill hospital. Survived by four brothers James Powellton Albert Arnold and Joseph and five sisters Edna Joyce Linda Mary Lou and Brenda. Rev Orval MacMillion of Page to officiate. Tyree Funeral Name handled arrangements.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Beards Fork
Donna Jean Elswick
Thomas Edward Elswick
Page
Oak Hill Hospital
James
Powellton
Albert
Arnold
Joseph
Edna
Joyce
Linda
Mary Lou
Brenda
Orval MacMillion
Tyree
Wilson Addresses Oak Hill Rotary on West Virginia Coal
Crawford Wilson, chief of the West Virginia Department of Mines, spoke at the Oak Hill Rotary Club dinner. He noted West Virginia as the leading coal state with more mines in the north, but southern yards producing the most tonnage. He cited coal’s global value and 2,000 products, and gave production figures for Fayette County from 1952 to 1954 and through August of the current year, affirming ample coal and work opportunities in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Crawford
Wilson
West Virginia
Tobes
Faylelle County
Miller to Attend National Veterans Day Ceremony at Arlington
Fayetteville native Harry W. Miller national vice commander of the American Legion will represent the Legion at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11. A 120 member Air Force Academy Choral Group will perform away from Denver for the first time at the event. Since the end of World War I November 11 has been observed as Armistice Day and later renamed Veterans Day by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Harry W. Miller
American Legion
Legion
Arlington National
Air Force Academy
Denver
Arlington
Congress
Pax Personal Notes From Pax Area Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Jim Hunter returned from Zanesville Ohio where they visited in the home of their son and daughter in law Dan Hunter. Mrs C S Humphrey is confined at home with pneumonia. Visitors in Huntington were Mrs Phillip Humphrey, Phyllis, and Mrs Reva Aide. Mrs Clara Blake returned from Beckley where she visited relatives. Mr and Mrs G C Jenson and Mrs Margaret Humphrey came from Bridgeport Conn after two weeks with Edward Helm. Mrs Humphrey visited her sister Mrs Tracy AU in Millville New Jersey. They were accompanied home by Mrs Helm, daughter of Mrs Humphrey. Visiting Mrs C S Humphrey Sunday were Mr and Mrs Ray Morris Glen White, Mrs Nellie Hartzog and Pam Hartzog of North Carolina. Mr and Mrs Seth Blake Charville are ill. Mrs Hallie Lafferty Long Branch and Edwin Powers Mossy were married Monday at 11 am in Pax with ceremony by Rev T J Shumater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
Jim Hunter
Zanesville, .C
Indaw
Dan Hunter
C. S. Humphrey
Huntington
Phillip Humphrey
Phyllis
Reva Aide
Oak Hill
Clara Blake
Beckley
Fanny Dun
Bridgeport
Conn
Edward Helm
G. C. Jenson
Margaret Humphrey
Humphrey
Tracy AU
Millville
N. J
Helm
C. S
Ray Morris
Glen White
Nellie Hartzog
Pam
Surveyor
Guy Hartzog
North Carolina
Seth Blake
Chrisville
Hallie Lafferty
Long Branch
Edwin Powers
Mossy
T. J. Shumater
Whitesville Man Keeps a High Postal Mileage Routine
Larkin Workman of Clear Creek travels about 2,000 miles a month delivering mail between Whitesville and Clear Fork. He meets the Highway Post Office bus at Whitesville and makes two daily trips, with 45 additional box stops, supporting a large family including daughter Ronda Stover and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
Whitesville
RNS
Larkin
Selma Stover
Clear Creek
Fluenza
Schoal
Workman
Highway Post Office
Clear Fork
Dororthy
Ameagle
Artie J
Charleston
James H
Louise Hodge Workman
Ronda Stover
Saxton Services Set For Friday
The Rev Willie Sam Saxton aged 73 will be eulogized Friday at 11 am at Virginia Street Church of God which he helped erect and where he served as pastor for years Burial will follow in Green Wood Cemetery Beckley He died Saturday in Mullens hospital from influenza complications A retired miner he lived in Mullens since 1926 The body will be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the church Friday at 10 am
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Willie Sam Saxton
Virginia St. Church
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Fayette Women Report to Attend Girl Scouts Convention
Five Fayette County women travel to Philadelphia for the 34th National Council convention of Girl Scouts of the US at Convention Hall November 14 15. Attendees include Mrs Mc Clay Mrs Reeser Longboth Mrs Charles Harns barger and others from Fayetteville Oak Hill and Montgomery. A fund drive report shows about 3000 raised and Ollie Blake takes a year’s leave of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
National Council of “Girl Scouts of the United States
Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Mc. Clay
Reeser Longboth
Fayetteville
Charles Harnsbarger
Mt. Hope
Raymond Updike
Montgomery
J.N. Jarrett
Ollie Blake
Sally Shaw
Max E. Neubert
Otis Morton
Adelaide Davis
Herbert Lene
Yvonne» Duncan
Elmer Hickman
James King
Walker Funeral Slated Friday
Bruce Walker 65 of Clear Fork dies at home Monday. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at the residence with Rev. Stellie Parsons officiating. Survived by wife two sons Henry and Douglas three daughters Gret chle Morgan Janice Claudene a brother Verlin Walker and a sister Emma Morgan plus six grandchildren. Body moved from Evans Funeral Home to residence Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Cléar -Fork
Bruce Walker
Stellie Parsons
Walker
Craney
Lee
Leftie Belcher Walker
Henry
Douglas
Clear Fork
Gretchle Morgan
Janice
Claudene Walker
Verlin Walker
Justice
Emma Morgan
Silimon
Evans Funeral Home
Colcord Personal News Highlights Local Week
Colcord residents share travel notices and family updates from funeral details in Bandy Virginia to visiting Detroit. Church events include Westminster Fellowship at 5 pm and choir rehearsal Thursday. Local groups plan meetings and thank-you notes for a food bank benefiting ball players and coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
Homer Hatfield
Paul Christian
Detroit
Mich
Dennis Christian
Bandy
W. G. Crawford
Colcord Presbyterian Church
Sycamore Chapel
S. L. Pettry
Project Men's Council
Edwight
Christ
Otey Dillon
Doyle
Green Orier County
George H. Bailey
Robert Cromes
Dayton
Jesse Wright
Forest Chambers
Clear Forks
Mother's Club
Vera Jean Thompson
Marshall College
Huntington
Modest Thompson
Normal Perry
Matthew Perry
Perry
Hazard, Ky
Illness Strikes Mrs Pettry as Barboursville Visit Recounts
Mrs J W Pettry of Whitesville is ill at home after an attack of flu. Before illness she traveled with Mrs Claude Peters Sylvester and the Stovers to Barboursville Hurricane and Alton. They visited Wood Jarrell Hurricane and his brother Arthur Jarrell Barboursville, then Miss Hester Jarrell of Barboursville. Nearby, Coal River visitors visited Maude Barrett, former Coal River resident. On return they visited Grover Blackwood in Milton, who is suffering from cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Pettry
Ben Franklin
Whitesville
Pettry
Claude Peters
Sylvester
C. A. Stover
Barboursville
Hurricane
Alton
Wood Jarrell
Arthur Jarrell
Hester Jarrell
Jarrell Brothers
Coal River
Maude Barrett
Brou
Grover Blackwood
Milton
Boone County Bar Association Names New Officers
MADISON Indiana officers for the Boone County Bar Association are C. E. Hall of Madison as president Mat D Bouldin of Madison as vice president and Maxey Mullins as executive secretary and treasurer Hall is with Hall and Keenan in Madison Bouldin and Lilly of Madison and Mullins serves as clerk of the Boone County Circuit Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
BNS
Boone County Bar Association
C. E. Hall
Mat D. Bouldin
Maxey Mullins
Hall
Hall and Keenan
Bouldin
Bouldin and Lilly
Mullins
Boone County
Navy man arrested for AWOL in Pineville
Joseph Edwin Gunter, 21, of Matheny, was arrested by a FBI agent at his home for being absent without leave from the U S Navy. He is held at Wyoming County Jail, Pineville, for Naval authorities. Fire hazards spot inspections planned in Oceana over the next two weeks, led by Fire Chief Bernard Bailey and Assistant Chief Oscar Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Joseph Edwin Gunter
Matheny
Frederal Bureau of Investigation
Tres- Fay
Gunter
U.S. Navy
Wyoming County
Oceana
ANS
Bernard Bailey
Oscar Morgan
Lillian Elkins Home After Surgery At Wyoming General
Lillian Elkins returned home Saturday after confinement in Wyoming General Hospital Mullens where she underwent surgery. Ada Elswick admitted for treatment at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. Weekend visitors include Philip Roach Jr and son Marc from Charleston and their relatives. Betty and Glenna Brooks ill at home. Local residents Dr E G Shannon spent Sunday at Claytor Lake cabin. Lillydale Ada Elswick admitted for treatment. Trent family and Goodsons visit Lillydale area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Lillian Elkins
Philip Roach Jr
Marc
Charleston
Ronald Lee Roath
Keith
James Hatfield
Blackberry City
Glenna
Betty Brooks
Hollis Brooks
E. G. Shannon
Claytor Lake
Lillydale
Ada Elswick
Earl Trent
Milburn
Roy Trent
Billie Goodson
Cleveland
Ohio
Willie White
Lillydate
Wille Goodson
Crouchland
Garden Club To Hold December Flower Display
Oak Hill Garden Club members met at Mrs. G. A. Owens home to hear reports on national gardeners and shrubs, view a bird feeder display, and arrange holiday display pieces led by club officers. Attendees listed include Mrs. Owens and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Garden Club
G. A. Owens
H. L. VanCamp
National Gardeners
FA. Guffey
E. N. Goode
J.B. Long
C. P. Anderson
A. L. Sydnor
C. L. Garvin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moose Club
R. Mills
Loyal Order of the Moose
Oceana Pta
Lions
Rip van Winkle
Woman's Cub Project
Alice Scott
Williams
Ballard
Dorothy Personals
Rotary Club
Miller
Pax Personals
Midway Theater
Guyan Theater
Midway
Roberts
Rcy Aliff
Saxton
Fayette
Boone
Bar Association
Navy
Home Delivery
Colur
Oceana Personals
Llee
Guys and Dolls
Ciremarepe and
Celer Marlen
Breede - Frank Sastre
Richard Conte
H. A.berry
George Evans
E. S. Hamilton
J. W. Jones
Dewey Kincaid
J. Edward Lewis
D.C. Newell
R. P. Nicholls
HO H. O'Neal
J. W. Perry
R. R. Thomas
Forrest P. Smith
Hobert Watson
Glen Jean
Mara
Dewals Pree
Renee Abkeremn
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