Dogs Destroyed at Fayette Shelter First Month
Fayette County Animal Shelter destroyed 97 dogs during its first month of operation. Several strays were taken from the pound by helpers who will care for them. 34 dogs remain lodged in the pound as a list is posted weekly at the courthouse. Owners may reclaim by paying about 5 dollars and ensuring vaccination and tax. Vaccination and inoculation are available from J A Shuck on the first and 15th of each month. Sheriff’s Deputy Earl Dempsey says the program began Oct 15 and marks a major county achievement.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Eastman
J. A. Shuck
Earl Dempsey
Pound
New York
W. S. Ponton, Inc
Ponton
Zoological Gardens
Grand Jury Slated To Get Murder Case
In Pineville a 17 year old Kimball youth, Orville Smith, is bound over to the Wyoming County grand jury on a murder charge. Smith, held without bond, is accused of shooting Woodrow Craft, 34, of Pineville, in the back of the head on November 8 after an alleged accidental gun discharge in a hunting incident. The sheriff quoted Smith as saying he shot Craft to avoid being identified and getting into trouble.
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Pineville
Kimball
Wyoming County Grand Jury
Orville Smith
Grand Jury
Preston Wilson
Smith
Wyoming
Paul Goode
Woodrow Craft
Goode
Craft
Young Smith
Fayette Group To Meet Friday
Fayette area residents are urged to attend a 7:30 p.m. Friday meeting at Pax High School auditorium where PAX director Charles R. Bowers will speak alongside Virginian Railway Co. agent Lawrence Forbes. The program includes a production school for sheep, tomatoes, and strawberries led by Beckley Rural Development Council members with RDC officials Charles T. Shackleford and J. R. Beaty in attendance.
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PAX
Charles R. Bowers
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Paint Creek Development Association
Pax High School
Lawrence T. Forbes
The
Virginian Railway Co
Walker O'Neal
Beckley Rural Development Council
RDC
Charles T. Shackleford
J. R. Beaty
S Livestock Commission
O'Neal
Paint Creek
Lula Gravely Bible Class Plans Christmas Gift Boxes
The Lula Gravely Bible Class of the Calvary Baptist Church Oak Hill voted to send fruit baskets and other gifts to elderly class members for Christmas. A committee of Mrs. Ernest Parrish Mrs. Harvey Layne Mrs. Robert Pleasant and Mrs. Floyd Hubacher was named to distribute gifts.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Lula Gravely
Calvary Baptist Church, Oak Hill
Ernest Parrish
Harvey Layne
Robert Pleasant
Floyd Hubacher
Irene Fox
Dewey Kidd
Leslie Burgess
Warren McKinney
Joe Martin
Mary Sampson
Chester Sheaves
Ray Bickford
Memorial Service Planned by Pineville Eastern Star
Pineville Chapter No 110 Order of Eastern Star schedules a memorial service and obligation night at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Masonic Temple. Worthy Matron Edith Mae Browning says plans include a bake sale on November 23 at Casteel Flower Shop.
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Pineville
RNS
Pinevile Chapter No. 110
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Edith Mae Browning
Casteel
Danese School Carnival Hosted by PTA
The Par ent-Teacher Association will sponsor a carnival at 7 30 p m Friday at the local school Mrs Pearl Jones treasurer announced Fortune telling a fishing pond spook house a white elephant sale cake walks and other activities will accompany the normal food concessions Music will be provided by Meadow Bridge High School Jazz Band
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Danese
RNS
Parent-Teacher Association
Pearl Jones
Meadow Bridge High School
Old Stuart building collapses in West Union
The four story Old Stuart building erected around 1900 collapsed this week, creating a dust cloud and memory loss for owner Harry Cline who estimates the damage at several thousand dollars. Excavation for the Mont Chateau lodge addition at Cheat Lake nears completion with bids to follow. The Morris Harvey College Forensic Meet will be held December 23 with invitations accepted from 11 colleges. Huntington attorney Robert Levy leads the city sanitary board in condemnation steps for a sewage plant site near Camden Park.
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Stuart
West Union
Harry Cline
State Conservation Department
Mont- Chateau Lodge
Cheat Lake
Morris Harvey College
O. J. Wilson
Wilson
Robert Levy
Huntington
Huntington Sanitary Board
Camden Park
Libel suit filed by Del Bower against Gazette
Del Paul Bower of Wyoming, a general insurance agent from Mullens, filed a $100000 libel suit in Wyoming Circuit Court against the Charleston Gazette. The action follows an Aug 5 Gazette editorial criticizing state insurance distribution methods and mirrors a related suit by Del J Paul England filed Aug 8. Bower seeks redress for damages caused by the editorial comments.
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del. Bower
Gazette
Pineville
ANS
Charleston Gazette
Wyoming
del. Paul Bower
del. J. Paul England
Bower
Senate
Mullens
Talent Show Plans for Sandstone PTA Event
Plans for a Sandstone talent show and bake sale were drafted at a PTA meeting. The event, with cash prizes for first through third place, will start at 7 30 p.m. on December 2 and is open to all entrants. Entries must be filed with Ned Garten or Mrs Nellie Miller at Sandstone School by Friday November 25, stating talent type.
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Sandstone
Sandstone Parent- Teacher Association
J.weed
Ned Garten
Nellie Miller
Blistering Paint on Damp Materials Noted
The article notes that paint often blisters when applied to damp materials, highlighting a common issue in surface preparation and finishing. This cautions to ensure surfaces are dry before painting to prevent defects and maintenance problems.
Minister and Wife Honored at Tea in Mullens
A surprise silver tea honored Rev. and Mrs. Paul Campbell at the First Church of God parsonage on Frantz Ave in Mullens. The event was hosted by 17 church women with gifts tied to two plastic trees. Guests enjoyed sandwiches cookies cake coffee nuts and candy. The couple recently assumed pastorship. attendees included local families from Rich Creek Virginia and Kincaid.
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Paul Campbell
First Church of God
South Mullens
R. E. Dishner
Carl Shrader
Kelly Pauley
Mike Dugan
Kermit Cook
Zara Cook
Levi Simpson
Roy Sisk
Ira Sweeney
J. W. Caldwell
Dave Minnick
Harry Wyatt
Eddie Borrer
Jack T. Frank
Kenneth Snyder
Bill Cretsinger
James Kidd
Mayme Jenks
Shirley Cook
Barbara Shrader
Vicki Hayhurst
LaVerne Dishner
C. F. Mundy
Roy
PTA Will Buy Maps For Catholic School
The Saint Peter and Paul Catholic School PTA voted to purchase new maps for the upper four grades to replace worn items. President Casimir Kiszka welcomed back Rev Father Eugene Klug after a months absence and set a November 27 executive board meeting after Mass. A monthly trophy will go to the room with the highest parent turnout. Meetings occur on the second Sunday each month with December hostesses Mrs. Theodore Wojtovicz and Mrs. John P. Duda.
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Scarbro
Saint Peter and Paul’s Catholic School
Casimir Kiszka
Eugene Klug
Kiszka
Ways and Means and
Theodore Wojtovicz
John P. Duda
Erick Bozo
Rose Gillespie
Steve Jacobowski
Edward Jarosz
Louis Kiszka
Roman Kopinski
Frank Lokant
Joseph Obiedzinski
Robert Oxendale
Nellie Staples
Raymond Bolton
Janet Green
Bernard Kania
Paul Kepto
Anna Lich
Father Klug
Theodore Dixon
Elick Bozo
Rose Blanar
Youre Probably On Many Lists
A housewife learns mail and phone solicitations reveal her future child’s presence on many lists. The piece notes listmaking as a vast American business with 1,300 list compilers and examples from hospital records to consumer catalogs, detailing pricing and specific list catalogs.
Marine Band appears after five year Fayetteville dream
The U S Marine Band performs at Memorial Auditorium in Fayetteville with two shows at 3 p m and 8 p m. Auditorium manager Robert H Kent pursued the booking for five years as the band tours nationally. About 70 musicians travel from Bluefield Va sponsors. Afternoon seats sold to West Virginia high schools and Fayette County students. evening tickets go on sale at 7 p m. Proceeds benefit the Fayetteville Lions Club sight conservation program.
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Fayetteville
ANS
U. S. Marine Band
Memorial Auditorium
Robert H. Kent
Kent
United States
Bluefield
West Virginia
Fayette County
Fayetteville Lions Club
Stevens Circle Holds Meeting at Cook Memorial Church
In Pineville Mrs Joyce Stevens led the devotional and program of the Edna Stevens Circle of Cook Memorial Baptist Church Friday night. The gathering convened at Mrs Frances Fryes home and refreshments afterward were served by hostesses including Mrs C T Mullins and several circle members.
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Pineville
RNS
Joyce Stevens
Edna Stevens
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Frances Frye
C. T. Mullins
Gerald Acord
Floyd Rose
Ted Fender
E. E. Hash
Oralee Hash
Eugene Noble
Injury treated at Oak Hill Hospital clinic
Carl Taylor, 57, Glen Jean, received treatment at Oak Hill Hospital out patient clinic for an injury to his left little finger sustained while working at New River Co in Summerlee.
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Oak Hill
Carl Taylor
Glen Jean
Oak Hill Hospital
New River Co
Summerlee
Oak Hill Club Hears North Korean Guest and WOAY Official
Oak Hill Business and Professional Woman's Club met with James H. Pridemore of WOAY-TV and North Korean student Susie Huh Young Sook as speakers. Susie, staying with the Scarbro Landrum family, will enroll at Davis and Elkins College second semester. The group funded Civic League calendars and donated to the Oak Hill Community Boy Scout drive. Plans for a Christmas dance on Dec 16 were discussed.
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Oak Hill
RNS
James H. Pridemore
Woay-Tv
Huh Young Sook
North Korea
Pridemore
Susie
O. C. Landrum
Scarbro
Davis and Elkins College
Civic League
Louise Thomas
Catherine Paris
Lia Vaglio
Betty Lou Harmon
Glenna Woodrum
Aileen James
Faye L. Martin
Lillian Baumgartner
Betty Alice Pugh
Nancy Ann Tennant
Doris Nell Franklin
Phyllis Evans
Rita Jo Woodrum
Anna Dickinson
Mabel E. Gwinn
Eleanor Decker
Dori Vaglio
Phyllis Fox
Doris Francesa
Doris L. Swann
Sonia Aide
Christina Horton
Delores Pennington
Helen Pettit
Wanda Farrish
Esther Green
Virginia Lane
P. D. Ford
Louise Hess
Pineville Personal Connections Noted in Weekend Visits
Pineville residents hosted relatives and friends from Beckley Oak Hill Princeton Akron and Beckley again over the weekend. Guests included James C Lyons and family River Drive addition Beckley parents J A Lyons, Harold Hook and Kenneth, W G Mullins and sons with Mrs Ellison Pax visit, Robert Lewis and Everette Collins families Oak Hill Pineville and others.
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Pineville
Rns
James C. Lyons
River Drive Addition
J. A. Lyons
Beckley
Harold Hook
Kenneth
Fred T. Box
Crawley-Worrell Addition
W. G. Mullins
J. F. Ellison
Pax
Robert Lewis
Oak Hill
Everette H. Collins
E. H. Collins
Carole
A. D. Cooke
Ted M. Cooke
Princeton
Dell Cooke
Mack White
Bob Atkinson
Cindy
Bobby
Akron
Ohio
Clarence E. Long
Mark
East Pineville
Party Honors Kathy Worrell on Seventh Birthday
A birthday party for Kathy Lou Worrell was held Saturday afternoon at her parents’ home in Pineville. Guests included Mary Ann and Barbara Crews, Julie Worrell, Ann Morgan, Sharyn Worrell, Bobby Bailey, Jimmy Cook, and the honoree. Kathy opened gifts, played games, and the group later went to a movie.
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Pineville
RNS
Kathy Lou Worrell
C. S. Worrell
Kathy
Calvary Baptist class to meet at Mrs Denver Young home
The Math erly Young Adult Class of Calvary Baptist Church will meet at 7 30 p m Friday at the home of Mrs Denver Young on Minden Ave in town.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Calvary Baptist Church
Denver Young
Minden Ave
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Fayette Group
OES
Associated Press
PTA
Marine
Stevens Circle
Oak Hill Club
Kathy Worrell
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Tomchin
Heater
Per Vang
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