Princeton Dairyman-Shepherd Wins Top Honors in Farm Contest
E. F. Bratton of Princeton was named Mercer County's outstanding farmer for 1950 at the Farmers Banquet, winning $75 in the Farm Management Contest. W. H. Ball of Speedway and J. W. Brown of Princeton took the second and third prizes. Bratton also earned a $15 sheep prize as part of 13 special awards. Dr. A. H. Van Landingham spoke on University research aiding farmers.
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Princeton Dairyman
Shepherd
Princeton
E. F. Bratton
Mercer County
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
Glenwood Park
Bratton
Board of Supervisors
Southern Soil Conservation District
W. H. Ball
Speedway
J. W. Brown
A. H. van Landingham
West Virginia University
Friends of the Land
New River
R. E. Harbert
Mercer County Rural Planning Council
Jesse Ball
Brush Fork
Nathan Akers
Elgood
R. J. Roberts
Green Valley
W. K. Ball
Cecil White
Clyde Maxey
Spanishburg
J. P. Sammons
Peter Pennington
Greasy Ridge
Ralph Pennington
Fred Ball
George Wyatt
Joe Lawson
Skating Event Slated Nov 24 at Ben Dunman School
Mullens hosts a public skating exhibition and contest on November 24 in the Ben Dunman Elementary School gymnasium. Frank Damewood chairs arrangements for Community Recreation Inc. Exhibitions start at 7:30 p.m., then the contest. Entries must be Wyoming County residents. out-of-county skaters may exhibit only. Winners receive ribbons.
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Register
Mullens
Community Recreation, Inc
Ben Dunman
Frank Damewood
Damewood
Wyoming County
Tri-Hi-Y Girls To Attend Meet
Collins High School Tri-Hi-Y Club members plan to attend the King Coal District meeting at Mullens on Monday revealed at a Monday night gathering hosted by Eva Katsuris. Co-hosts were Betty Blake Phyllis Albaugh and Barbara Cobb. The group voted to help organize the Hi-Y boys at Collins and with leader Mrs John Scott will attend Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Scarbro Sunday.
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Register
Oak Hill
Collins High School
King
Mullens
Eva Katsuris
Betty Blake
Phyllis Albaugh
Barbara Cobb
Collins
John Scott
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro
Coal Mountain Man Injured at Red Jacket Mine
Gussie Morgan, 20, of Coal Mountain, discharged from Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch after treatment for a sprain sustained while working at the Red Jacket Coal Company mine.
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Coal Mountain
Register
Gussie Morgan
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Red Jacket Coal Company
Pax Personals finds visitors from Balti more and Florida
Pax Personals notes Mrs. H. L. Canterbury returned from a trip to Baltimore Maryland guest of her son Seibert Lively. Lewis Price of West Palm Beach Florida is visiting at the J. E. Lively home in Lively.
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Pax
H. L. Canterbury
Baltimore
Seibert Lively
Lewis Price
West Palm Beach, Fla
J. E. Lively
Lively
Wreck Victim's Funeral Saturday
Funeral services for Leonard Steed Nicholson, 42, will be held at 12 30 p m Saturday at Oak Hill Baptist Church for the crash victim. Wife Marguerite Nicholson injured in the same accident remains in Oak Hill Hospital in good condition with head wounds requiring over 100 stitches. Nicholson was born November 18 1908 in Chester Georgia and is survived by wife mother two brothers a daughter and a son. Burial in Eastman Georgia.
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Register
Oak Hill
Leonard Steed Nicholson
Price Hill
Oak Hill Baptist Church
C. F. Donnelly
Eastman, Ga
Marguerite Nicholson
Chester
Clark Steed Nicholson
Guy
Charleston
S. C
S. M
Margie
Lenard
Tyree
Early color photography experiments dating to 1848
The article notes early color photography work from 1848, describing initial experiments and methods used to produce color images in the 19th century. It highlights the era’s pioneering researchers and the experimental nature of early color processes.
Pineville auto dealer succumbs with rites set Sunday
Pineville automobile dealer William Meade Lewis died at home at 5 a m after weeks of illness from cancer. Born April 12 1884 in Scottsville Va he left a wife Louella Johnson Lewis a son William Jr and five brothers and three sisters. He had been a Mullens merchant in the 1920s before moving to Waynesboro Va then returning to Pineville in 1938 to take control of Pine Chevrolet Co. Services will be at 11 a m Sunday at Pineville Methodist Church with Rev Sam Harford and Rev Edward T Haslam. Burial at Monte Vista Cemetery in Bluefield. Body to be moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home to the Lewis residence Saturday afternoon. Active pallbearers listed.
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Mullen
Lens
William Meade Lewis
Pineville
Scotsville
Louella Johnson Lewis
William, Jr
C. S. Lewis
Beckley
H. H. Lewis
Durham
N. C
D. S. Lewis
Shelvy
John B. Lewis
Richmond
Z. R. Lewis
Baltimore
John Doswell
Walter Leake
Elizabeth Lewis
Lewis
Mullens
Waynesboro
Wyoming County
Pine Chevrolet Company
Clarence Shufflebarger
Fred Snyder
Oscar Butcher
Robert Bailey
Clarence Worrell
W. C. Bailey, Jr
Charles Holloway
Joseph Lonker
Mrs Saplak Fested At Stork Shower
Mrs Dorothy Saplak was honored at a stork shower hosted by her mother Mrs D R McDaniel. Attendees included Mrs M B Smisko Mrs Eugene Cook of Beckley and many Scarbro Oak Hill and nearby residents.
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Register
Scarbro
Dorothy Saplack
D. R. McDaniel
M. B. Smisko
Eugene Cook
Beckley
W. L. Hartenstein
Thurmond
G. D. McDaniel
Pete Seelinger
Wanda Lickliter
J. E. Lowry
Mary Janice Wilson
Violet Cooke
A. J. Taylor
Myrtle Smith
Maude Mangin
Walter Gunsky
David Higginbotham
Jesse Higginbotham
Lillian Hilton
Fred Mauritz
Frank Mauritz
Ellis Barker
Sam Saplak
Stella Carden
Emily Saplak
Helen Wyant
Oak Hill
Francis Hartenstein
Minden
Anna Errington
Summerlee
Moullens Teacher Ruth O'Dell Dies At 38
Ruth Toler O'Dell former Mullens High School teacher died in Beckley hospital on her 38th birthday after a blood condition. Funeral at First Baptist Mullens Sunday at 1:30 pm with ministers Chandler Currie and Dorsey. burial in Trent Cemetery. Survived by mother Victoria Toler husband Chando O'Dell two sons Norris and Al Green and others. Body to be moved to her Mullens home Saturday afternoon.
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Mullens
Concord College
Athens
Mullens High School
Sun Hill
Wyoming County
Victoria Trent Toler
J. Albert Toler
Chando O’dell
al Green
Norris O'Dell
Ray Toler
Roger Pritchett
Kopperston Society Meets After Revival
Kopperston Woman's Society of Christian Service met Tuesday night in the church basement after the revival service. Mrs. Raymond Jarrett, president, led the business session. Mrs. Arthur Bostic gave the devotional program. Hosts were Mrs. George Atkins and Mrs. W. L. Green. refreshments were served to 15 members.
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Register
Kopperston
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Kopperston Community Church
Raymond Jarrett
Arthur Bostic
George Atkins
W. L. Green
Jacksons Announce Daughter Pamela Karen Birth
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil C. Jackson of Fanrock announce the birth of their first child, a daughter named Pamela Karen, weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces, born November 1 at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch.
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Hegister Star
Fanrock
Virgil C. Jackson
Pamela Karen
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Welch
Wyoming Land Transfers Filed in County Clerk Office
Two Wyoming land transfers were filed in the county clerk. Harry Reid and wife transfer Lots 101 and 102 in Glen Fork Junction Slab Fork district to Orville Burleson. J A Bailey transfers Lot 12 in Baileysville to J D Bailey et al in Baileysville district.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming
Harry Reid
Orville Burleson
Glen Fork Junction
Slab Fork
J. A. Bailey
J. D. Bailey
Baileysville
Morgan Funeral Rites Saturday for Nellie Mae Morgan
Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Caffee Funeral Home chapel for Nellie Mae Morgan 38 of Springdale Avenue who died Wednesday from a self inflicted gunshot. Rev James W Witherspoon will officiate burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park pallbearers include Robert Lee Hoffman James Laing Howard Wallace James Henderson J E Malley and Morgan Hughes Ill health listed as probable cause
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Caffee Funeral Home
Nellie Mae Morgan
Springdale Avenue
James W. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Robert Lee Hoffman
James Laing
Howard Wallace
James Henderson
J. E. Malley
Morgan Hughes
Hossfield Rites Incomplete In Marianna Death of Wil lard F Hossfield
Wil lard F Hossfield 61 master mechanic at Marianna Smokeless Coal Company died at home after a two week illness. He had been in declining health for a year. He moved to Marianna 10 years ago from Bartley Mc Dowell County where he worked for Pond Creek Pocahontas Company. Survived by wife and two children John and Shirley. Body at Robertson Foglesong Mortuary Mullens.
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Register
Mullens
Willard F. Hossfield
Marianna Smokeless Coal Company
Marianna
Hossfield
Bartley
McDowell County
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
First Motion Picture Demonstration Sneezing Man 1889
The first successful motion picture demonstration occurred in 1889 at West Orange New Jersey, showing a man sneezing.
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West Orange, N. J
Oceana Personal News and Phrasing Cork Insulation Note
Mamie Brooks is confined to her Oceana home by illness. Sunday guests included A D Cook and Ida Stafford of Crites, Ellea Hatfield and daughters of Lundale, Aileen and Roy Preston Kennedy, Mullens, Freeman Spears, Roy Ramey of Coeburn, Va. Janice Toler remains hospitalized at Beckley. Weekend guests for Tom Evans included D H Evans, Virginia Brabhan, and Johnny. Cork, due to being mostly air, is highlighted as an excellent insulator.
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Register
Oceana
Mamie Brooks
Preston Brown
A. D. Cook
Ida Stafford
Crites
Ellea Hatfield
Lundale
Harold Kennedy
Aileen
Roy Preston
Mullens
Freeman Spears
Roy Ramey
Coeburn
Tom Fleenor
Janice Toler
Alvert Toler
Beckley Hospital
Tom Evans
Mr. Evans
D. H. Evans
Virginia Brabhan
Johnny
Lindside
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College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics
Charlie Spivak
Leno
City Park
West Virginia
Pax Personals
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Stork
King’s
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Tussy DuBerry
Barbara Gould
Faberge
Martiza
Take
Seaforth and Kings Men
Coro and Royal of
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Whitman
Old Dominion
Apex
J. C. Walker
Lan
Moullens
Ruth Toler O'Dell
Kopperston Society
Morgan
Chiropodist
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh Co. Bank
Oceana Personals
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ICCAD
Union Store
South Heber St. — Beckley
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Dudley J. LeBlanc
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