McColgan Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Lyda Frances McColgan 22 were set for 2 30 p m at Carr Memorial Methodist Church Glenwood Park with Rev N W Looney officiating Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Park She was wife of Harry G McColgan Jr and died Sunday afternoon in Princeton Her death cause was not released Oak Hill Christmas party plan noted Deputy district attorney fine reported for Kenneth Conner of Scarbro Driving while intoxicated Sergeant L L Moye family survivors listed including mother Clara Lilly Moye two sisters and two brothers with military connections
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Princeton
Lyda Frances McColgan
Carr Memorial Methodist Church
Glenwood Park
N. W. Looney
Resthaven Memorial Park
Harry G McColgan Jr
Oak Hill
Dial
Magistrate Taylor Assumes Barker's Ridge Justice Post
Pineville Grant Taylor, winner in the general election for Barker's Ridge justice of the peace, was sworn in after posting bond. He fills the vacancy left by a magistrate's death and serves by appointment until January when his elected term begins. His office will be near his Allen Junction home in a building under construction. he previously held the office in the 1940s.
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Pineville
Grant Taylor
Wyoming
Taylor
Allen Junction
Funeral rites set for James Earls in Salem
James Earls 64 a Virginian Railway locomotive engineer and former Mullens resident died Monday at a Princeton hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Salem at the Chapel of Sheerwood Cemetery with burial at the same site. Earls worked for the Virginian since 1924 and died of multiple cerebral hemorrhages after falling ill on duty near Glen Lyn Virginia. He was born November 24 1886 in Tazewell and married Paula L Winfield of Bluefield. Survivors include his widow a daughter Ruby Bean of Salem and several brothers and sisters.
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Mullens
Salem
James 5
Earls
Virginian Railway
Princeton
Sheerwood Cemetery
Virginian
Glen Lyn
Roanoke
Tazewell
D. P. Earls
Paula L. Winfield
Bluefield
Ruby Bean
Clarence E
Dewey
Washington, D. C
Joe
Tom
Charles Young
iVa
Bill Saunders
First Methodist Church
Mul- Bray
Allen Funeral Rites Wednesday in Hinton for Fred M. Allen
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the family home for Fred M. Allen 3 who died Monday at his Temple Street residence after a cerebral hemorrhage. Officiating will be Rev Ezra Dunnavant. Burial follows at Greenbrier Burial Park. He was born August 4 1889 Sewell and moved to Hinton in 1912. A former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway fireman, he became an engineer in 1918 and retired in 1935 due to ill health. Survived by wife Lula, son Harold in the U.S. Army, daughters Louise Farrow Shady Spring and Francis Sampson Holly Ridge N C, sister Mamie Ashley Charleston, three half brothers and three half sisters, and stepmother Hester Allen California. CBS Meeting Held Whitesville Eastern Star bi monthly meeting at the Masonic Hall with Mildrea Noel worthy matron and W BR Martin worthy patron presiding. Nineteen members attended. Next meeting scheduled for Nov 20.
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Hinton
Funera
Fred M. Allen
Temple St
Ezra Dunnavant
Greenbrier
First Christian Church
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Sewell
Chesapeake and Ohio Railwey
Allen
Lula Allen
Harold Allen
United States Army
Louise Farrow
Shady Spring
Francis Sampson
Holly Ridge
N.C
Mamie Ashley
Charleston
Hester Allen
California
CBS
Whitesville
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Mildrea Noel
Worthy Imatron
W. BR. Martin
Worthy
Oak Hill Weekend Visits and Council Meeting
Oak Hill residents hosted relatives from Christiansburg Scarbro and Charleston over the weekend. West Virginia University freshmen and Cordova College student Steve Miller joined families for gatherings. The Oak Hill City Council plans a rescheduled meeting for November 18 at 7 30 pm due to election days and Armistice Day observance. Belle Bennett Circle discusses bake sale plans with co-hostesses Mrs Willie Kirby and Mrs Howard Adkins. Next gathering set at Mrs Tracy Moses home on Kelly Avenue.
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OR Hill
Wade Stover
Danny and
Dean
Christiansburg
T. W. Sowers
Virginia St
Leslie Withrow
Fred Withrow
Scarbro
Joey Kopinci
Roman Kopinski
Whipple
Tommy James
Add
Thomas James
Oak Hill
West Virginia University
Steve Miller
Concord College
Paul Miller
Leroy Balding
Larry
Montgomery
Bernard Moore
Stevie
Michael
Charleston
Georgia Marie Balding
Kelly * Avenue
Qak Hill
City Hell
Belle Bennett Circle
Willie Kirby
Howard Adkins
L. C. Allman
E. C. Bailey
Tracy Moses
Kelly Avenue
Benefit Bridge Held Whittesville Event At Sylvester Home
Whitesville Whites ville Order of the Eastern Star sponsored a benefit bridge party at the Sylvester home of Mrs. Ruby Martin on Wednesday night. Co hosts Mrs. Audrey Cooper and Mrs. Sidney Fleck assisted. Five tables were played. Ernest Zegeer led men with high score. Sidney Fleck had the low. Irene Salamy led ladies with high score. Addie Hall had the low. Twenty four people attended.
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Whitesville
Order of the Easter Star
Sylvester
Ruby Martin
Audrey Cooper
Foster_ville
Sidney Fleck
Ernest Zegeer
Irene Salamy
Addie Hall
Jumping Branch Personal News Highlights Local Families
Jumping Branch news notes Mr and Mrs J G Tolliver host relatives from Las Grand Oregon while Mrs Lilly visits Summers and Raleigh counties after a 25 year absence. Local hospital updates report Mrs John L Bower as a patient under observation in Hinton and Lon Meadows moved there for treatment. Bill and Thelma Lilly Tusky relocate to Beckley. Thelma is daughter of J A Cox of White Oak. Caldonia Farley resumes home after visiting Joe Bennette family at Abraham. Jennie Richmond and Inez Arthur return from Charleston. Lorraine Bennette sells property and moves to Oak Hill. Annie Wills recovers from arthritis and can go out. James Lowe family and Webster Lower visit Mary Bennette ill in Jumping Branch. Pvt Leslie Phillips sustains a fractured arm in Korea. An acre of sugar cane is expected to yield about 2% tons of refined sugar arriving from Ft Belvoir Va.
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J. G. Tolliver
Peter Lilly
Bessie
Las Grand
Ore
Lilly
Raleigh
John L. Bower
Hinton Hospital
Lon Meadows
Bill Tu
Charleston
Lorraine Bennette
Oak Hill
Annie Wills
James Lowe
Donna Elene
Hinton
Webster Lower
Jumping Branch
Oakfill
Mary Bennette
Leslie Phillips
Korea
Ft. Belvoir
Sight Project to Benefit From Program on Nov. 17
KOPPERSTON The eye conservation program of the Koppers Lions Club will benefit from a Grand Ole Opry style show at Oceana High School on Monday November 17. Carl Lilly, president of the sponsoring group, says the program will feature recording artists Tommy Warren Lonzo and Oscar and The Pea Pickens with Cousin Jody and The Biscuit Man. A furlough will be spent with his wife Ethel Mills daughter of Arvin Mills of White Oak. Archie Thompson, 54, was severely injured when a tree fell at work and he was hospitalized in critical condition. Mrs Christa Martin of Cincinnati arrived to be with her father Saturday. Mr and Mrs James Amick and children Tommy and Nancy of Beckley were weekend visitors. They were joined by Other Anderson and children Peggy and Douglas of Dixie with Korean veteran Junior Smart. Ray Meadows of Russell Kentucky returned home after visiting for his father Lon Meadows in the Hinton hospital.
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Kopperston
Koppers Con Lions Club
Grand Ole Opry
Oceana High School
Carl Lilly
Tommy
Warren
Lonzo
Oscar
The
Pea Pickens
Jody and
the Biscuit Man
Army Hospital
Ethel Mills
Arvin Mills
White Oak
Archie Thompson
Hinton Hospital
lChista Martin
Cincinnati
James Amick
Nancy
Beckley
Hinton
Anderson
Peggy
Douglas
Dixie
W. C. Anderson
Junior Smart
Ray Meadows
Russell
Lon Meadows
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Idriver
Kenneth Conner
R. C. Gadsey
Mateaka
Londa
Clara Lilly Moye
Matoaka
Princeton High School
Maiden Farm Co
Princes
Helen “Thompson Pinoak
Eileen Haywood
New
Port News
Sgt
L. L. Moye
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Neville St
Qoe
Supreme Gas
MAO
SCT Uta
Florence
John W. Eye
W. Neville St
Csea
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Magic Chef
Beckley Hardware & Supply Company
Heber St
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