Men Being Questioned in Plumley Death in Fayette County
Two Meadow Creek men remain in Fayette County Jail for further questioning in the death of Richard Plumley a 29 year old hunter. Richard's father Merida Plumley was released after a hearing. Investigators suspect foul play after Richards body was found Friday night with a gunshot wound and head injury.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Meadow Creek
Fayette County
Richard Plumley
Richard
Merida Plumley
Virgil Lyons
Mason Plumley
Glade
Plumley
Eugene
Carlisle Church To Fete Pastor
Carlisle (RNS) Four programs will be held at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Carlisle this week in honor of Rev W C Clement Beckwith who will begin his third term as pastor. Plans include Wednesday 7 30 p m Rev C M Ellis and choirs from Whipple and Ingram Branch Missionary Society in charge Thursday 7 p m music by Minden Choir and Wingrove Choir Friday 7 p m Rev G C Gilbert Harper Heights will speak with Glen Jean Harlem Heights choirs Music Sunday at 11 a m Mr Clement will speak A dinner in the church dining room at 6 30 p m A welcome address by Mrs Elnore McBride at 2 30 p m A speech by Rev H DuBois Beckley and music by Beckley New Hope Choir summerlee Choir and Minden Choir will conclude the program.
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Carlisle
RNS
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
W. C. Clement
Beckwith
C. M. Ellis
Whipple and Ingram
the Missionary Society
Minden
Wingrove
G. C. Gilbert
Harper Heights
Glen Jean
Harlem Heights
Mr. Clement
Elnore McBride
DeWeese Rites Scheduled Today For 44 Year Old Woman
Funeral services for Alta Pauline DeWeese 44 of Wyco are set for 3 p.m. today at the Pentecostal Holiness Church Narrows Va with Rev Dallas Bennett presiding. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery Narrows. Surviving are her husband Newton DeWeese three daughters Mrs Dean Burnstein Emily and Ellen all of Philadelphia her father Watson Wilkinson Narrows a brother Archie Princeton and four sisters Mrs Eula Cooper Ohio Mrs Lacy Shaver Lindside Mrs Gladys Riddle Matoaka and Mrs Mildred Atwell Narrows Va.
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WYCO
RNS
Alta Pauline DeWeese
Beckley
Dallas Bennett
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Narrows
Fairview
Newton DeWeese
Dean Burnstein
Emily
Ellen
Philadelphia
Watson Wilkinson
Archie
Princeton
Eula Cooper
Ohio
Lacy Shaver
Lindside
Gladys Riddle
Matoaka
Mildred Atwell
Scouters Dinner Honors Fayetteville Scouts Officers Installed
A Burn ing Springs District Boy Scouts appreciation banquet in Fayetteville featured Indian dances by Scouts, a western themed program, and installation of new district officers by M. L. Johnson. A. R. McVittie and A. E. Whanger led ceremonies as Col. Walter C. Phillips urged rededication to the Scout oath.
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Jesse Richard
Burning Springs
G. G. Sullivan
Scouters
Fayetteville
ANS
Memorial Auditorium
C. G. Sullivan
Rand
Sullivan
Whanger
A. B. Bower
M. L. Johnson
Buckskin Council
Charles Harnsbarger
Mount Hope
A. R. McVittie
Falls View
A. E. Whanger
Longacre
Virgil Burgess
Oak Hill
A. R. Bailey
Roy Cruikshanks
Cub Scout Pack 30
Walter C. Phillips
Yugoslavia
Oak Hill TV Station to air test pattern soon
WOAY TV in Oak Hill plans a test pattern within about nine days after a conference with RCA Victor engineers. Live programs could start roughly a week after the network schedule debuts, featuring a daily farm show ministerial programs educational segments and various entertainment shows including Khula Fran and Ollie and Captain Video. Most programs will come from ABC with some DuMont entries. Higgins, the station’s production manager, previously worked at WSTV TV Steubenville.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Woay-Tv
Clyde Higgins
Higgins
RCA Victor Engineers
Fayette County Ministerial Assn
Jimmy Nelson
Voice of Firestone
College Press Conference
Better Living Theatre
Enterprise U. S. A
Mail Story
Treasury Men In Action
Compass
Dotty Mack Show
the Stork Club
Flight No. 7
Pineville Senior Class Play Slated Dec. 16
Pineville High School presents Sno Haven a mystery romance by Lee and Lynde Miller with 19 roles set for December 16 two performances. Cast includes Sherry Bazzie Rodney Scott Waymen Lilly Bill Johnson Peggy Jo Hansbarger John Hossfield Sue Blankinship Jackie McCourt Kay Adams Fred Goode Shelby Collins Freda Cook Veronica Pais Shirley Gunter Harry Goode and others with seniors handling prompts publicity stage crew and technical roles.
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Pineville
Sno Haven
Lee
Lynde Miller
Pineville High School
Sun Valley
Sherry Bazzie
Rodney Scott
Waymen Lilly
Bill Johnson
Peggy Jo Hansbarger
John Hossfield
Sue Blanknship
Jackie McCourt
Kay Adams
Fred Goode
Shelby Collins
Freda Cook
Veronica Pais
Shirley Gunter
Harry Goode
Prompt
Herndon Club to Hear Wyoming Educator
Herndon Community Club meets at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Herndon Elementary building. Mae Belcher assistant superintendent of Wyoming County schools will speak. A business session will be followed by a social hour.
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Herndon
RNS
Herndon Community Club
Frank W. Glover
Mae Belcher
Wyoming County Schools
Fayette Residents Naturalized in Citizenship Ceremony
In Fayetteville, 14 residents received naturalization papers in a ceremony led by Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. at the circuit courtroom. American Legion LaFayette Post 149 organized the event with talks on citizenship duties and a booklet gift. Names span Italy Spain Scotland Canada and Hungary, with entry years ranging 1907 to 1950. An unrelated station wagon fire nearby caused minimal damage.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Charles L. Garvin Jr
LaFayette Post 149
American Legion
J. Zane Summerfield
Myron Renick
Joseph Hodgson
Walter Caldwell
USA
E. J. Scandland
Columbus, O
Sauda
Norway
Annie Mary Delridge, Scarbro
Karodfold
Hungary
Mullens Firemen Battle Two Blazes Including Pierpoint Home Fire
Mullens Volunteer Fire Department answered two alarms Monday night. The last call at 7:15 p.m. was to Pierpoint where an overheated furnace started a fire that damaged the living dining partition and porch ceiling. Mrs. Garnet Rinehart and her two sons awoke to flames. Sammy 18 was cut while breaking a door to reach water. Jimmie eight was unharmed. Earlier, firefighters rushed to a garage fire then a bed of a garbage truck blaze but found no active flames. Fire Chief Clyde Newsome cited a relayed miscue and noted crews extinguished the Pierpoint fire with holes cut in partitions and porch ceiling to contain damage.
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Mullens
ANS
Pierpoint
Garnet Rinehart
Sammy
Rinehart
Jimmie
Clyde Newsome
West Mullens
Stab Victim's Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Professor M. Wagner age 26 of Wyoming are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Marianna Community Church with burial in Roderfield Cemetery. Police hold Houston Walker, 30, a Marianna miner and Wagner's friend, as a murder suspect. arraignment expected Tuesday before Magistrate Preston Wilson at Pineville. Wagner born April 11, 1928 in Covel, son of Professor and Darchie Wagner. survived by his wife Ollie Mae and six children Judith, Professor Jr., George, and others.
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Pineville
M. Wagner
Wyoming
Marianna
Roderfield
Houston Walker
Marianna Miner
Wagner
Walker
Preston Wilson
Covel
Darchie Wagner
Ollie Mae
Judith
Professor, Jr
George
Detroit Man Jailed For Fayette Robbery
A Detroit man, 19, Wylie Lee Banks, is jailed in Fayette County on a $30,000 bond after pleading guilty at arraignment to armed robbery of 513 dollars from Sterling Lunsford, 67, a retired miner in Minden. Banks, who moved from Detroit with his wife Pauline, was arrested after officers recovered 491 dollars from his clothing. the crime occurred Friday afternoon.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Detroit, Mich
Fayette County
Wylie Lee Banks
Banks
Virgil Lyons
Sterling Lunsford
Minden
Pauline
Lunsford
Detroit
Beelick Knob
Douglas Epperly
Buddie Crouch
Earl Dempsey
Peachie Thornton Funeral Services Set in West Virginia
Mrs Peachie Thornton of Allen Junction will be buried in Motley Virginia after funeral services at 1 p m Wednesday at Amigo First Baptist Church officiated by Rev A B Ford She died Saturday Funeral services are to be conducted by Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home with the residence at 4 p m today.
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Dreama
Carol
Curtis
William
Wyco
Wagner
Robertson and Foglesong
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