Mrs. Robinette Claimed by Death
Mrs. Dollie Robinette 67 former Maben resident died Sunday after a heart attack en route to a hospital. Surviving husband William two sons Asher Ralph both of Barrett two step sons Ted of Mullens Walter of Churchill Tenn a daughter Mrs. David Levert of Maben a brother Kelly Elkins Jesse and a sister Mrs. Blanche Cook Oceana. Body to be moved from Hunter and Hunter Mortuary Madison to residence at 5 p.m. today. Funeral at 10 a.m. Tuesday Barrett Methodist Church Rev Forest Campbell officiating. Burial at Bower's Ridge Wyoming County about 3 p.m.
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Mullens
Dollie Robinette
Maben
Barrett
Boone County
Robinettes
Bitter Lumber Co
William
Asher
Ralph
Ted
Walter
Churchill, Tenn
David Levert
Kelly Elkins
Jesse
Blanche Cook
Oceana
Hunter and Hunter Mortuary
Madison
Barrett Methodist Church
Forest Campbell
Bower's Ridge
Wyoming County
Fayette Bank Cashier Dies in Richmond
Charles Duval Hessee 42 cashier of Fayette County National Bank in Fayetteville Va died Sunday in McGuire Veterans Hospital Richmond of a heart ailment He was a World War II veteran and had worked at the bank 20 years including 2 1/2 years as cashier He is survived by his wife a son and a daughter.
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Richmond
Charles Duval Hessee
Fayette County National Bank
Fayetteville
McGuire Veterans’ Hospital
Hessee
St. Anne’s Altar Guild to Meet for Christmas Plans
Oak Hill The St. Anne's Altar Guild of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will meet Tuesday December 15 to make plans for Christmas. All members are requested to keep the date in mind.
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Oak Hill
St. Anne's
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
New Oak Hill Police Chief Receives Plymouth Car
Oak Hill hires H. E. Janney as new police chief after William Bellew resignation. City buys a 1954 Plymouth patrol car replacing a 1952 Chevrolet traded to Layne and Blackwell Motors. The force includes officers Oscar Martin Jack Long and Walter Gravely.
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Oak Hill
H. E. Janney
W. R. Bennett
Paul Sneed
Oak Hill Police
Layne and Blackwell Motors
East Oak Hill
Janney
Oscar Martin
Jack Long
Walter Gravely
William E. Bellew
Gravely
Force
Cris Stamey
Family Follows Fire Truck to Home Destroyed by Blaze
Otis Cook and his family chased the Mullens fire engine after a 9 10 p m alarm. Their four room Mullens home in Tralee burned completely with only clothing on the line and the car surviving. Fire Chief Clyde Newsome noted the house was engulfed when the department arrived.
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Mullens
Otis Cook
Tralee
Cook
Clyde Newsome
Harry V. Gill Dies in Hospital
Harry V. Gill, 33, died at 11 45 p m Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tucson Arizona after a seven year illness He was born May 27 1920 He formerly lived in Fayetteville and worked for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Russell Kentucky Survivors include his mother Hattie Beatrice Decker Hodge of Rupert one half brother Clarence Hodge of Hines two sisters Jessie Stanley of Rupert and Hazel Shearer of Charlton Heights and a daughter Mary Jane Gill of Tucson Funeral services will be at the Harvey Chapel Fayetteville at 2 p m Sunday Nov 22 Rev Esker Groves will officiate Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Body at Tyree Funeral Home until one hour before services.
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Oak Hill
Harry V. Gill
Veterans Administration Hospital
Tucson
Ariz
Gill
Fayetteville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Russell
Hattie Beatrice Decker Hodge
Rupert
Clarence Hodge
Hines
Jessie Stanley
Hazel Shearer
Charlton Heights
Mary Jane Gill
Harvey Chapel
Esker Groves
High Lawn Memorial Park
Tyree
Miller Services Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for Paul Junior Miller 26 a Wyoming miner who died Saturday night in Bluefield Sanatorium from a kidney ailment will be at 11 am Tuesday at Mill Creek Church with Rev Roy Lester and Rev Arnold Spence officiating burial in Miller Cemetery at Brenton Born May 9 1927 at Raleigh Miller an Army veteran who served after World War II is survived by his wife Pauline two daughters Janice and Jacqueline his parents Mr and Mrs Okey Miller of Baileysville a brother Billy Joe Baileysville and a sister Christine Miller Beckley Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home will take the body to the Baileysville home of his parents this afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice
Jacqueline
Okey Miller
Baileysville
Billy Joe
Christine Miller
Beckley
Robertson and Foglesong
Died in gas explosion burns Lorain woman 56
LORAIN Ohio Mrs Martha Magnus 56 of Edmond Fayette County WV died here last night from burns suffered in a gas explosion at her daughter’s home. OAK HILL The Oak Hill Pythian Club meeting set for Saturday Nov 14 is postponed to Saturday Nov 28 with a dinner at the Hotel Hill
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Lorain
Ohio
Martha Magnus
Edmond
Fayette County
W. Va
Juanita Jones
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Pythian Club
Hotel Hill
Services Tuesday For Curtis Perry
Lynco funeral rites completed for Curtis Perry 30 of Lynco killed in a 4 am Saturday auto crash in Bland Virginia. Rites set for Tuesday at 1 pm at brother Porter Perry’s Mohawk home with burial in the family Mohawk cemetery. Born December 11 1922 at Baileysville, son of James and the late India Toler Perry. Surviving include father James Perry of Hanover and three children India Jerry and Jackie of Lillydale, five sisters and one brother Porter Perry. Body moved to sister Judd Johnson’s home in Oceana Sunday afternoon.
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LYNCO
Curtis Perry
Bland
Porter Perry
Mohawk
Perry
Baileysville
James
India Toler Perry
Hanover
India
Jerry
Jackie
Lillydale
Sprinkle Roberts
Twin Branch
Thurmond Lundy
Spencer, Okla
Judd Jackson
Oscar Cline
Isaban
Frank Fortner
Batleysville
Judd Johnson
Evans Funeral
Oceana
Wyoming General Lists Admissions For 7 Day Period
Mullens Wyoming General Hospital reports 48 admissions last week. Daily entries list patients including Eben Lusk Hern don Ray Bodenheimer Dott Orville McKinney and many others across Mullens Basin Itmann Stephenson Otsego Amigo Rhodell Rockview Mullens Itmann Pineville Stephenson and related towns.
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Allen Junction
Elvin McKinney
Bud
Thelma Halsey
Mullens
John Belcher
Basin
Sterlie Cook
Pierpoint
Falke Price
Itmann
Zona Hayworth
Stephenson
Marilyn Mullens
Otsego
Opal Reed
Amigo
Emmett Hughes
Fast Gulf
Billy Blankenship
Herndon
Clarence Berger
Alforza Taylor
Rhodell
Eualia Caudell
Marie Martin
McAlpin
Janis Bailey
Eliza Grose
Helen
Maggie Hill
Marie Lilly
Corinne
David Wayne Lewis
Edward Barnett
Rockview
Cornell Burrell
Julia Lawson
Ruth Rollins
Funeral rites set for Ivan E Walker in Lashmeet
Funeral services for Ivan E Walker 52 will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Presbyterian Church Lashmeet with Rev Fred Fanning officiating Burial will be in Mt Olivet Cemetery He died at his Lashmeet home at 530 a.m Sunday after a yearlong illness A retired mine motor man he worked over 30 years for Turkey Gap Coal Co at Dott He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 6039 and Loyal Order of Moose No 651 Surviving are his wife two daughters Marie and Karen Walker one son Donald with the U S Navy at Patuxent Md two sisters and four brothers The body was to be moved from Bailey Funeral Home Matoka to the Walker home today Also Conley Elementary PTA will meet at the school with a Thanksgiving program and refreshments afterward.
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Lashmeet
Ivan FE. Walker
Grace Presbyterian
Fred Fanning
Mt. Olivet
Walker
Gilbert and
Elsie Walker
Turkey Gap Coal Co
Dott
United Mine Workers
Loyal Order of Moose
Brookie Walker
Marie
Karen Walker
Donald
WY. S. Navy
Patuxent
Knights of Pythias Lodge No 17 Officers to be Elected
Oak Hill notice announces officer elections for Knights of Pythias Lodge No 17 on Tuesday November 24 at 7 30 pm all members urged to attend nominations ongoing through November.
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Oak Hill
Knights of Pythias Lodge No
Virginian to Go Diesel in Area To Buy 25 Heavy-Duty Units
The Virginian Railway will retire steam locomotives on the New River Division from Roanoke to Deepwater and buy about 25 heavy-duty Diesel-electric units. Fred D. Beale, railway president, announced the shift from coal-burning engines to more economical Diesels, with tests in Mullens showing two Fairbanks Morse units at 2,400 horsepower. Delivery date and supplier not disclosed, but officials expect the Diesels to handle line switching and heavy coal-field work. 40 steam engines operate on the division, most ready for junk.
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Mullens
New River Division
Roanoke
Deepwater
Virginia Railway
Fred D. Beale
Virginian
Norfolk
R. W. Hundley
Princeton
Beale
Fairbanks-Morse and Co
Virginian Railway Co
Elmore
West Virginia
Elmore Terminal
Junk Yard
Rites Tuesday For Dr. Proffitt
Funeral services for Dr. J. P. Proffitt 67 pastor of Clifton Presbyterian Church will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Clifton Presbyterian Church. Dr. Lloyd Courtney will officiate. Proffitt died Sunday at home of a heart attack. He served Clifton Church since 1925 after pastoring in Rockfish Virginia. Survived by wife Clara Goodow Proffitt a son Julius Preston Proffitt Jr. sisters and brothers listed. Body at Wallace and Wallace Mortuary in Lewisburg.
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Maxwelton
J. P. Proffitt
Clifton Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Courtney
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
Lewisburg
Surgeonsville
Tenn
Proffitt
Clifton Church
Banner Elk
N. C
Hampden-Sydney College
Union Theological Seminary
Hampden-Sydney
Rockfish
Clara Goodow Proffitt
Julius Preston Proffitt Jr
Tazewell
J. W. Emmert
Bristol
Thurmond OES Members Attend Beckley Event
Thurmond Chapter No. 94 OES attended a Beckley Masonic Hall reception honoring Mrs. Gladys C. Mullins worthy grand matron. The group plans a December 8 Christmas party and drew names for a gift exchange. The meeting, led by Worthy Matron Dorothy Wells, included visit by Thelma Gray of Mistletoe chapter Russell Ky and a donation to Beckley Veterans Hospital.
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Thurmond
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic
Light Family Visits For Funeral In Thurdmond Hin ton
Mr and Mrs Aubrey Light and their son George of Huntington traveled to Thurmond on Saturday to attend a funeral in Hinton where Mrs Light sang. They were joined by Mr and Mrs George Overholt and Mrs W L Hartstein as they joined the Welfreys for a dinner gathering.
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Thurmond
Aubrey Light
George of Huntington
Hinton
Light
George Overholt
W. L. Hartenstein
L. P. Welfrey
Baptist Circle Hosts Oak Hill Church Meeting
Evangelism was the topic presented by Mrs R L Price to the Ethel Hulbert Mission Group of Oak Hill Baptist Church Tuesday. Miss Clara Mae Martin gave the devotional. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs H L Akers on Richards Street.
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Oak Sid
R. L. Price
Ethel Hulbert
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Clara Mae Martin
H. L. Akers
Richards St
Series of Accidents Hit Wyoming Mullens
A spate of Saturday night wrecks in Wyoming County left two people hospitalized and four injured. In Mullens a three vehicle crash occurred near South Mullens at about 10:30 p.m. involving Ray Bodenheimer and Ray Hall, with injuries ranging from facial lacerations to concussion. An earlier crash near Jesse Mountain involved Pvt. Earl Sweeney and Dewey Sweeney. In another Mullens incident a car struck a railing at Moran and Lusk, with no serious injuries. Clarence Harris was charged with reckless driving after a Moran Avenue Second Street collision causing about 400 in damages. Police did not investigate the railing crash.
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Mullens
Wyoming
South Mullens
Ray Bodenheimer
Dott
Mercer County
Ray Hall
Bodenheimer
Hall
Vescar Rinehart
Pierpoint
Tralee
Orville McKinney
Herndon
McKinney
Jimmy Coomer
Covel
4Th Street
Clifton Graham
Allen Junction
Dewey Sweeney
Earl Sweeney
Jesse Mountain
Sweeney
Powell Cook
Jesse
Cook
Wyoming General Hospital
Moran and
Lusk Avenues
Wendell W. Cook
Moran Avenue
Second Street
Clarence Harris
J. W. Wilson
Killarney
Harris
Paul Chambers
Thieves Loot School Safe
A safe was ripped open at Simmons High School during the weekend with a hammer and chisel. Police reported about 75 dollars were inside though the total taken could not be confirmed due to a damaged lock. Entry appeared through a broken glass rear door discovered by a janitor.
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Montgomery
Simmons High School
Tomchin Furniture Co Ad Highlights Furnishings
An advertisement from Tomchin Furniture Co at 304 Moran Ave Mullens promotes complete household furnishings for today purchases. The slogan Tomchin's Has Faith in the Future accompanies the sale copy.
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Tomchin Furniture Co
Mullens
Moran Ave
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Wings
Gueyamieed
Dollar Store
Miller
Lorain, Ohio
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Decker
Ivan E. Walker
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Dr. Proffitt
Thurmond Oes
Baptist Circle Meets
ANGUS
Howard Wikel
Cvtometics
Union Furniture
Tomchin’s
Golden Hour Iterite
Philco
Philco Electronic
Howard Ave
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