Anniversary Observed for Mount Hope Hurd Couple
Mr and Mrs Amos Hurd observed their 49th wedding anniversary with a dinner at their Park Heights addition home in Mount Hope They were married in November 1911 in Harlan County Kentucky He was born in 1890 in Scott County Virginia and she in 1892 in Hancock County Tennessee They have ten children eight living twenty three grandchildren and six great grandchildren The Hurds moved to West Virginia in 1934 He spent over twenty years in coal mining and is now retired Dinner guests included several of their children grandchildren and in laws from Washington DC Pax and Maple Fork with Mount Hope ties
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Mount Hope
ANS
Amos Hurd
Park Heights
Harlan County
Hurd
Scott County
Hancock County
Tenn
James E. Hurd
Washington, DC
Agnes Akers
Spring Valley
Calif
Lois Treadway
Maple Fork
Kenova Dancy
Tracy
Versa Painter
Pax
Newton T. Hurd
Arlington, Va
Nevada Angle
Tams
Joyce Johnson
Hurds
West Virginia
New River Company
Cranberry
Eastern Gas and Fuel Co
Eccles
Jack Hurd
Ronnie Hurd
Mark
Washington, D. C
J. C. Painter
Judith Kay
Becky
T. S. Treadway
Johnson
Raymond Lusk
Clendenin
Virgil Lusk
Frank Whitten
Wirt Cook
Tom Bailey
Baileysville
Cheryl Workman
Kopperston
Peggy Lou Cook
Roy Lamb
Concord College
Woodrow Lamb
Marion Cook
Herndon Cook
Yin
Daryl Trent
Violet Garrett
Mallory
Edith Trent
Betty Garrett
Oley Cook Returns Home After Wyoming County Visit
Oley Cook aged 85, known as Uncle Oley from a pioneer Wyoming County family, returns to Matoaka after a visit with son and daughter-in-law Thomas and Mrs. Cook at Coal Mountain. His great-grandfather John Cook was the county’s first settler and his half brother Rev. W H H Cook was an early Baptist minister and school teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oley Cook
Matoaka
Thomas Cook
Coal Mountain
Oley
Wyoming County
John Cook
W. H. H. Cook
Kee’s Son Charged With Driving While Intoxicated
James Kee, 43, son of Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee, faces DUI charges after a Nov. 6 head on collision at Coaldale Mountain near Bramwell Mercer County. One car carried Kee alone. the other carried seven passengers who were injured. Kee was released on recognizance prior to a tentative hearing set for Nov. 26.
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Bluefield (Ap
James Kee
Bluefield
Elizabeth Kee
L. J. Trupp
Justice of the Peace
Charles Caffee
Trapp
Calfee
Kee
Coaldale Mountain
Bramwell
Mercer County
Pax Sunday Guests Highlight Local House Gatherings
Mrs. Anna Lively hosted Pax visitors including son Donald of Oak Hill and son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs French Davis of Beckley. Additional guests at B A Wright and O Shumate home were Mr and Mrs Car rie Thompson of Beckley Ray Thompson Long Branch Mr and Mrs Wilfred Wright and son Danny Mr and Mrs Bert McNeely of Pax L E Wright Crab Orchard and daughter Linda of Staunton Virginia.
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Anna Lively
Donald
Oak Hill
French Davis
Beckley
B. A. Wright
Oleta Shumate
Carrie Thompson
Ray Thompson
Long Branch
Wilfred Wright
Danny
Bert McNeely
Pax
L. E
Lots in miniature Des Moines offering one inch plots
An Iowa nostalgia ad in the Los Angeles Times offered Iowa land at one dollar per square inch. A promoter bought a 50 by 200 foot plot to back the scheme, promising 1,440,000 inch square lots. First returns showed 31 buyers. the ad cost was 183.50 dollars.
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DES Moines
California
Iowa
Los Angeles Times
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Across Mount Hope
The Mount Hope column lists numerous weekend guests and local visits. Names include Mr and Mrs Jack Frost Mr and Mrs Andrew Oschlager plus Anna Mae Adkins, Mr and Mrs Roger Keeney in Fairmont, and families of Hurd Hicks and Schnell in Toledo. Also noted are Layland Ayers dining with John Kizer Scarbro and other regional visits to Beckley Oak Hill Maple Fork and Williamson. Hospital updates mention Hubert Grimmett returning to Beckley Veterans Hospital and Mrs W B Ramey undergoing surgery at Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Hurd
William Hickman
Wendell Schnell Jr
William
Toledo
Ohio
Lawrence Kelley
Toldeo
Layland Ayers
John Kizer
Scarbro
Aretus Mullins
Oak Hill
Alex Mackey
Forest Wickline
Beckey
Ed Pasley
Eddie Lee
Bramwell
H. W. Miller
Henry L. Miller
Richard
Shirley Humphrey
Maple Fork
Nashville
Tenn
Pat Stella
Kilsyth
Brown Street
Bill Ramey
Buddy Ramey
Washington, D. C
Hubert Grimmett
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Larry Halstead
Fort Wayne
Ind
Earl Halstead
W. B. Ramey
Beckley Hospital
Ernest G. Napier
Ernest Glen
Williamson
Local family visits and hospital stay reported in Sabine
Mr and Mrs Orville Burleson and sons Danny and Gary visited the home of Mr and Mrs Warren Webb in Fayetteville. Mrs Junita Phillips is a patient at Stevens Clinic Welch for a few days of treatment. Mr and Mrs Harry Reed visited his mother Mrs Eric Maxey in Spanishburg on Sunday.
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Sabine
Orville Burleson
Danny
Gary
Warren Webb
Fayetteville
Junita Phillips
Stevens
Welch
Harry Reed
Eric Maxey
Spanishburg
Weekend Visitors and Medical Updates From Oceana Area
Oceana and Welch area residents spent the weekend with relatives and some entries note medical developments. Names include Reed Slone Cassell Cooper Salome Mullens and Cook families along with Marshall College students visiting from Oceana and nearby towns. Medical notes mention surgeries at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch and observation at Bluefield hospital.
County Agent Speaks At McGraws PTA Meet
Roscoe Plumley Pineville Wyoming County Agricultural Agent addressed the McGraws Elementary PTA meeting on community betterment through clubs and organizations. He invited parents and children to the 4-H guest achievement night and advocated a Country Life Program to grow local foods. A December dinner fundraiser was planned for the grade school.
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PTA
Bertha Brooks
Verna McGraw
Ruth ‘Clay
Rhea McGraw
Joyce Perry
Janice Meredith
Elbert Clay
Kilsyth Visitors and Moves Across Towns
Kilsyth notes show Mrs Pat Bookman and son Paul Kent visiting Cumberland relatives while Mr and Mrs Charles Puckett host in Kilsyth. Beckley natives Mr and Mrs Pete Bierne moved to Chesnake from Mullens. Greene Coleman and Clyde Coleman family visit Ward. Catherine Beckingham visits her son-in-law Ed Boyd in Bradley. Charles Puckett's wife and Charlene return to Ft. Lee Virginia after Germany Belgium trip. Sgt Puckett is their son.
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Kilsyth
Rns
Pat Bookman
Paul Kent
Cumberland
Charles Puckett
Pete Bierne
Beckley
Mullens
Chesnake
Greene Coleman
Clyde Coleman
Ward
Catherine Beckingham
Bradley
Williams family pets diagnosed with mumps in odd sequence
In Charlotte two Williams children fell ill with mumps and their bulldog Victoria caught it on the left side. Two months later the dog developed mumps on the right side. Mrs Williams monitors the family pet turtle at the latest report.
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Charlotte, N. C
Davis E. Williams Jr
Victoria
Skiatook to skip tax money allocation for 1960 61
Skiatook Oklahoma with a population around 1700 will reject its 3 mill allocation from the county excise board. The 41 865 dollar operating budget for 1960 61 will be funded from cash surplus and miscellaneous revenue mainly from town operated electrical utilities.
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Skiatook
Okla
County Excise Board
Funeral Announcements From Pax to Norfolk
Multiple obituaries list Florence Penn 71 of Pax died after long illness with services at Lilly of the Valley Long Branch. Loie Walker 54 of Sophia died. service at Coal City Community Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Amber O’Neal 80 of Beaver died after two weeks. funeral at Caffee Chapel with burial at Calfee Cemetery Mt. Tabor. Fred James McDowell 45 of Norfolk formerly Raleigh County died in Norfolk hospital. arrangements by Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel.
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Penn
Florence
Pax
Lilly of the Valley Church
Long Branch
J. W. Goins
H. E. Davis
Ritchie and Johnson
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor
Walker Walker
Loie L
Sophia
Coal City
B. T. Jenkins
B. C. Farley
Dale Mills
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Johnstown Road
O'Neal O'Neal
Amber City
Beaver
Caffee Funeral Home
Allen Herr
E. W. Powers
Calfee
Mt. Tabor
Calfee Funeral Home
John Lamb
John Lester
Howard Hunt
Nelson Stanley
James Stanley
Lewis Cannady
McDowell McDowell
Fred James
Norfolk
Virginia
Raleigh County
Rose and Quesenberry
South
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry
Southern Printing Institute offer for training and placement
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South
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weyanoke Coal Company
William R. Laird
United States
Gardner Cook
North Fork
Jim Cook
Harless Cook
Coopers
Mt. Hope
Oceana
Owen Reed
Princeton
Sam Slone
Glenn
Johnny Reed
Wallace Lester
Stevens Clinic
Stal
Roy Cassell
Pamela
Dante
Tom Fleener
Quentin Cooper
Casey Salome
Salome
Rockview
Jimmy Cook
R. P. Mullens
Pilgrim's Knob
Larry
Brenda
Betsy
Diane
Arthur Cooper
Arlie Adams
Waverly
Harrison Adams
Paul Fleenor
Bowen Cook
Washington, D
Daahiek
Jack Young
Huntington
Denny Brown
Ellery Toler
Barrett
Marshall College
Bob Smith
Fred Smith
Emerson Stewart
Ralph Stewart
Matheny
Tommy Stewart
Agee Stewart
Lynco
Donnie Cook
Otis Cook
McGraws Pta
Dias Floral Co
City Ave
Douglas T. Bryant
Paul E. Craven
Johnstown R. PA
Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
DIAL
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia, W
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Vance Drive
R. H. Neal
Mer
Powers
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Logan Dial Beckley
Strayen
Benn Fendley
Princewick
Maple Meadow
J. W. Cantley
Rock Creek
Robert Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Earl's Studio
AP Main St. Ph
Buckley
Church Street
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South Street
Tennessee
Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Harper Road
Lilly’s Sanitation
John W. Eye
West
Neville St
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc. Radio & Service
Prince St
MacArthur
W. Va
Wards
Montgomery Ward
Lovitz
Allwork
Magnara
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial CL
Rev. A. L. Morgan
Glen Morgan
Tommy Reed
L. Gene Riffe
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Jim Green
Billy Clarke
Poe
Tree Surgeons
Avon Cosmetics
U. S
Midwest
Harris
New York
Rev. Moore
ALD, Inc
Nelson Bldg
Charleston
New West Virginia Corporation
Apply
Alvon Hotel
White Sulphur Springs
Curtis Industries, Inc
Roy A. Jones
F. W. B. Jones
J. H. Stinson
East Beck
Dial el
L. D. Sharp, Slatyfork
CALL
Earl Mann
Pitan Nancy Pioneer Chain
Pass Ph
Ashworth Firestone
Prince Street
Baycrus Erie
Davenport
Wilson
South Kanawha
K. M. Walker
Jack’s
Raleigh Rd
Best Furniture CO
S. Fayette St
Reoe
S. Wha
East Beckley
Remington
Riter Typewriters
McCreery St
Oak Hill HO
Honeywell
Lowe Brothers Electric
Magic Chef
Dag Appliances & TV
Valley Drive
National Cash Register
CLARK
Neville Street
McCulloch Chain
Basham
White Oak
Homelite
Ashworth Seemwall
Prince St. Ph
Marvel
Zenith
Philco
Aisie
Jan Campbell’ Music Co
Main St
Dearing Bros
Beckley Newspapers Corp
O. Aonally
Furn Hall
J. W.huddle
Clyde Street
Cere
Admiral
Clark Store
Beckley, W. Va
IDEAL
Parisienne
Orp
Means Lumber Co
Sisson St
Beckley Glass CO
City Avenue
Beckley Maytag Maytag
Southern Cross
Matt Apt
Baker Lumber Sales
N. Kanawha St
LESCO
French & Combs MacArthur
Formica
Harvey Cabinet Co
BNC Printing
W. Prince Street
F.D.I.C
Beelick Knob
Meadow Bridge
AMIGO
Lilly Land Company Realtors
Home Office
Princeton, W. Va
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