Joint Burial Rites Set Today for 2 Accident Victims
Two Princeton area youths George Asbury Jr and Frank A Wood died from injuries after a Saturday night car crash near Pipestem. Funeral services at 2 30 pm today will follow morning services at their homes. Wood 19 of Pipestem a Bailey Construction track driver died at Memorial Hospital after being crushed. Asbury 14 at Castlewood Va survived by his parents and several siblings.
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Princeton
George Asbury, Jr
Frank A. Wood
Pipestem
Wood
Charles Kenneth Houchins
Serena
James Keaton
Pipe' Stem
Pipestein
Athens
Memorial Hospital
Asbury
Houchins
Keaton
Emma Caldwell Woo
A. W. Wood
Hinton
Bailey Construction Company
Laredo
Logan County
Oscar Neely
Mylace Wood
Narrows
John Martin
Silas Wood
Dewey Wood
Maxine Wood
Castlewood
George Asbury
Bluefield
The
Baptist Church
Lewis
Jimmy
Billy
Earnest
Harris Funeral Rites Wednesday
Charles Harris wartime athlete and World War II veteran dies in a Pittsburgh hospital. Funeral set for 2 p m at Greenbrier Burial Park with Rev. Hackney and Rev. Billings officiating. He earned Silver Star and Bronze Star honors for actions in North Africa and Sicily. Born July 16 1918 in Hinton, he played football at WVU and starred in basketball before completing a BA last June.
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Hinton
Charles Harris
Pittsburgh
H. P. Hackney
E. W. Billings
Greenbrier
Harris
Morgantown
State Bureau of Mines
Aspinall Veterans Hospital
A. G. Morris
Seventh Street
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Troina
Sicily
Conner Testifies In Mercer Altercation Core Details
Albert Conner 30 testified he exchanged final words with Canada Houston Shrewsbury after a clash at the Conner home. He described following Shrewsbury to Rogers Street where Shrewsbury struck with a flashlight and Conner struck back with an iron bolt, leaving Shrewsbury fatally injured in a ditch.
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Albert Raymond Conner
Canada
Houston Shrewsbury
Conner
Mercer Criminal Court
Shrewsbury
Celanese Corporation
Rogers Street
Virginian
Lillian Marshall
Albert Conner
Clarence Elemore
Converthe
Inspector Proposes More Safety Moves at Lynco
Federal coal mine inspection report lauds Crozer Coal and Land Company at Lynco for safety advances. Inspector Ulshafer notes 30 plus measures including ventilation, rock dusting, safe handling of detonators, permissible blasting units, and automatic stop signals. He urges more air for a section, better line brattice, continuous rock dusting, and immediate firing of blasts after charging.
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Register
LYNCO
Crozer Coal and Land Company
Bureau of Mines
A. J. Ulsafer
Ulshafer
Alshafer
Princeton Woman Named Librarian in West Virginia University Library
Claire B. Newcome of Princeton was named reference assistant at WVU Library, a university graduate and former assistant in the library’s audio visual aids department. Also named was Mary Hadgis of Wheeling, a West Virginia Wesleyan College graduate, as a 4 H Club agent in training with the agricultural extension service.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Claire B. Newcome
Princeton
West Virginia University Library
Mary Hadgis
Wheeling
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Agricultural Extension Service
Whitesville Jr High to Crown Miss Flying Eagle at Final Home Game
Whitesville Junior High presents its final home game at Lion Field with Miss Flying Eagle Peggy Henderson. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Henderson of Hive Pennant and will be escorted by Jewell Hendricks Jewell Cooper Katherine Mynes Evelyn Phelps and Betty Cooper.
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Wester Whitesville
Peggy Henderson
Flying Eagle
Whitesville Junior High School
Lion Field
Atrs
Carl Henderson
Hive Pennant
Jewell Hendricks
Jewell Cooper
Katherine Mynes
Evelyn Phelps
Betty Cooper
Promiser Ontakee
Whetesville
Joe Dominion
Camp Ledune
N.C
Marine Corps
Carl Daninion
METS
Fred Della
MacAuthur
Carl Donfition, Jr
Whitesville
Herbert Kiser
Joseph Apartments
Wharton Baptists Hear Missionary Mrs Caravan
Mrs John Caravan will address Wharton Baptists Church Thursday at 7 pm recounting missionary work in India begun in 1918 after appointment by the Northern Baptist Foreign Mission Society. The Caravan couple served overseas sharing experiences and religious outreach in the field.
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Wharton
India
John Caranan
Wharton Baptists Church
Caravan
Northern Bapist Foreign Mission Society
Condemnation Sought to Secure High School Site
Madison Boone County officials plan condemnation proceedings to obtain land from the White and Hopkins heirs for a new Boone County High School. A site at the foot of the hill near Vang may house the school, offering central location and proximity to Hew Hood development area. If a court approves a reasonable price, the land from Easton Gas and Fuel could be used, improving access for Pond Fork residents and addressing inadequate current facilities.
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White
Hopkins
Boone County Bowl of Education
J. Woods
Vang
Cncuit
Woods
Crook District
Var
Hew Huning
West Fork
Vin
Easten Gasland Fuel Associues
Pond Fork
Coal River
Walhans Mountain
Io Dhe
Whandle
Retta Saunders
Effie Todd
Camelia Watkins
Prin ‘Cipal
Douglas
Thomas Goodwin
Peytona
Margaret, Grimes
Egeria Church Board Buys Mercer Property
The Egeria Primitive Hapist Church trustees purchased a Mercer County lot from C L Malvey via deed filed in the county clerk’s office. The long list of transfers includes property sales to the State Road Commission and multiple Bluefield and Princeton parcels. A separate damage suit by K C Costa seeks 1100 dollars from M M Caroncelli, and a chancery suit by Audry Buckland vs Dalton Buckland is on file.
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Princeton
Egeria
Rock District
Glenna Eldine
R. Files
Brockman, Jr
James C
Mary Lee Taylor
Glenmore
Bluefield
R. Estes
Brockman
Merle Rose
Roy Pearman
Joseph C
Rebecca B. Shaffer
R. O
Mable E. Sankins
George W
Joy H. Atkinson
Kirby
Beaver Pond District
Peter and
Sicilia Siver
State Road Commission
Matoaka- Springton Highway
O. M
Bessie Bailey
Matoaki Springton Highway
Monte Vista Park
Lashmeet
Kock Dae
Thomas and
Mary Lee Ratliff
J.B. Parker
Ed Lively
Lucy Kendrick
Gospel Lighthouse Holiness Church
Matoaka
Springton
Regrster
K. C. Costa
Bluefield Trading Center
M. M. Caroncelli
Circuit
Audry Buckland
Dalton Buckland
Father of Beckley Woman Succumbs in West Virginia
RONCEVERTE Charles W. McDaniel 67 of Ronceverte died Sunday night. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Kramer Funeral Home with burial in Riverview Cemetery. The Rev. David Harper to officiate. He was the father of Christian McDaniel of Beckley and Pauline McDaniel and Leo McDaniel, both at home. Graveside rites by the Masonic Lodge and Royal Arch chapter. Also mentions the family and a stray note about a seven inch minnow.
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Ronceverte
Charles W. McDanel
Christian McDaniel
Beckley
Riles
Kramer
Riverview
David Harper
Ite
Rebecca McDaniel
Christan McDaniel
Pauline McDaniel
Leo McDaniel
al Thane
Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch
Edwight Woman's Father Succumbs
Funeral services held for Andrew Jackson Stanley 89 at Rayford after death at home Sunday. He was father of Mrs Edward Arms of Edwight. Burial in family cemetery on Kayford Mountain. Survived by nine daughters and several sons and two brothers.
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Edwight
Andrew Jackson Stanley
Rayford
Edward Arms
Paul Freaker
Stanley
Kayford Mountain
Swain Stanley
Press Gibson
Truman Fraker
Dayton Jiolstein
Kayford
Bert Brown
Leewood
Clarence Totten
Janes
Lonnie Townsend
Eskdale
Percy Howell
Notomine
Ivo
Alex Stanley
J. Stanley
Kyle Stanley
Laing
Motley
Homer
Brown City
Ghlo
Joe Stanley
Decota
James
Tavern Keeper Free Under Bond On Halloween Shooting
Mercer Criminal Court grind jury hears the case of Weller Pennington operator of the Log Cabin Inn near Kelley’sville free on 5000 bond awaiting action. Pennington is charged with shooting William Brown during a tavern fight that involved Brown and others. Brown died days later at Memorial Hospital. Also in court Monday, Charles Guess and James Carpening faced house breaking, continued to January 12, 1950. Roland Bailey’s indictment was dismissed. Oscar Hampton Turner’s involuntary manslaughter in an auto wreck near Kelley’sville received an order. Rose Daughter Born: Clara Delores rose to Osley and Mrs. Osley Denver Rose of East Rainelle at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley on November 2 at 8:27 p.m. weighing 8 lb 4 oz.
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Weller Princeton
Ellis Pennington
Mercer Criminal Court
William Brown
Glen Lyn
Pennington
Log Cabin
Kelleysville
Brown
Newton
Bily Brown
Memorial Hospital
Charles L. Guess
James Carpening
Roland Bailey
Oscar Hampton Turner
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Juanita Mabry
Lily Grove Addition
Monte Vista Park Cemetery Association
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Springton-Matoaka
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Studebaker
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Beckley Motor CO
First Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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Norris Candice
Chocolates
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Nortie
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Norris Chocolate Penguins
Rose
East Rainelle
Osley Denver Rose
Clara Delores
Raleigh General Hospital
Joseph
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