Testimony Ends in Murder Trial Deliberations Begin
Mercer Circuit Court jurors heard the murder case against Earl Henry Farley of Flat Top. Witnesses described the day of Walter Fink s death on Oct 15 1951 and Farley s hunting alibi while prosecutors pressed Brammer and Fink connections. Defense witnesses challenged timing and signs of blood or pimples on Farley s face which were contradicted by state officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer
Earl Henry Farley
Flat Top
Mercer Court
Walter Fink
F. Morton Waener
Frankie Brammer
Frank Fink
Fink
James Lilly
Frank Brammer
Guy Fink
Brammer
Glen Ray Parley
Paul Fink
Aadoul Bir
Elmore
Carr
Readi
Earl
Alohe
Dewey Farley
Mercer County
E. D. Bazzie
Clarence Elmore
District Odd Fellows Meet Sunday for Initiatory Degrees
Ravencliff Pine Grove lodge hosts District 16 meeting at 1 p m Sunday to confer initiatory first second and third degrees on candidates from six lodges including Jan Gunnee Oceana Pinegrove Ravencliff Trap Hill Glen Daniel Whitestick Mabscott Lester Sophia Kanawhr 2 and Rachel Rebecca Ravencliff supplying a turkey supper for the district event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
Pine Grove
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Jan Gunnee
Oceana
Pinegrove Lodge
Trap Hill
Glen Daniel
Whitestick
Mabscott
Lester Lodge
Lester
Sophia Lodge
Sophia
Kanawhr Lodge 2
Whitestick Lody
Rachel-Rebecca Lodge NT
Christmas Project To Benefit from Card Party Tonight
Mullens held under the sponsorship of the Business and Professional Women's Club plans a public card party at 8 p m tonight at the Moose Home. Participants will play bridge canasta and pinochle to raise funds to help two underprivileged children with gifts and treats. Prizes for winners will be baked goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Moose
Alten Junction
Fred Wheby
DuBois High School 3 Act Comedy Tonight
DuBois High School junior class presents the three act comedy Here Comes Charlie at 8 PM in the Fayette County Memorial Building auditorium. Cast includes Gwen dolyn Harris as Charlie, David Perkins as Uncle Aleck, Owen Jasper as Larry Elliott, Deanna Rose as Mrs Smythe Kersey, Edmonia Martin as Vivian Smythe Kersey, Edmonia Woods as Mrs Farnham, Don Straughter as Mortimer Smythe Kersey, Roberta Pryor as Nora, Theodore West as Tell, Robert Miller as Tim McGinnis.irected by James L Brooks. Police report two men held on robbery charges with $1,000 bond each after arraignment. Ellis Cook, 99, and Ernest Payne, 26, are jailed in Wyoming County awaiting grand jury action for breaking and entering the Coal Mountain store of Rea Jacket Coal Corp on Nov. 8. They are Coal Mountain mine workers arrested by Trooper William Gosnell and Sheriff John H. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hope
DuBois High School
Charlie
Fayette County Memorial Building
Gwendolyn Harris
Uncle Aleck
David Perkins
Larry Elliott
Owen Jasper
Mrs. Smythe Kersey
Deanna Rose
Vivian Smythe Kersey
Edmonia Martin
Mrs. Farnham
Edmonia Woods
Mortimer Smythe Kersey
Don Straught
PTA Festival Set Saturday at Glen Rogers School
The Glen Rogers Elementary School Gym will host a PTA Festival Saturday night to name a king and queen. Waldo Tackett, PTA president, led the meeting where a decision was made to sponsor a Girl Scout troop led by Frances Cook. Preceding the session, second and third graders performed a program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
Parent-Teacher Association
Waldo Tackett
Frances Cook
Mullens Hill Man Faces Action of Grand Jury
Fred Herald, 40, of Mullens Hill, free on bond awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge. He was jailed after the shotgun slaying of Isaac Wing Ter, 36, a miner. Herald was arraigned Wednesday evening before Magistrate W R Haga, with bond provided by his father H L Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Fred Herald
Mullens Hill
Isaac Wing Ter
W. R. Haga
Bond
H. L. Herald
Brothers Hospitalized For Treatment Of Burns
Two Ronce verte brothers are listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Veterans Hospital, undergoing treatment for facial burns caused when lye was thrown on them. Mrs. Ida Boone has been held for grand jury on malicious wounding following a preliminary hearing before Magistrate E. J. Martin. Police quoted Mrs. Boone saying she threw lye at her husband Isham, about 40, and his brother Thomas Boone after they began beating her at the Boone home Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronceverte
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Lye
Ida Boone
E. J. Martin
Boone
Fabulous Fanny and My Man tragedy featured in December Ladies' Journal
Broadway star Fabulous Fanny rises to fame and fortune only to lose it all to a lover who betrayed her. The December Ladies' Home Journal spotlights her dramatic life and the hit song My Man in a compelling pictorial feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Fanny
Man
New December Ladies’ Home Journal
Mt Hope Pastor to Tell Christmas Story for League
Mt Hope pastor Rev A D Belcher will relate "The Christmas Story" on the Dec 16 Mt Hope Federated League program. The league meeting featured Mrs Stella Spinks of Mt Hope as guest speaker who urged teaching heritage for future generations and highlighted the voter turnout campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
A. D. Belcher
League
Frank Graff
C. J. Evans
Boosters Club Plans Turkey Event And Minstrel Show
Pineville boosters arrange a turkey shoot at 3 a m on high school property with Paul Goode chairing and a full day program. The group eyes a forthcoming minstrel show with talent from the high school and adults as interlocutor and endmen including Bill Lewis and Joe Bragg among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Goode
Bill Lewis
Robert Worrell
William McNemar
Jim Billig
Joe Taylor
Andy Pendleton
Lenny Wells
Joe Bragg
Estil Morgan
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Marie Farley
Ter
Bar State Road Commission
Jon Earl
Bazzie
Cooke
Dewey Parley
District Odd Fellows
Pineville
James R. L.ing
Wyoming County
Brooks
PTA Festival
Grand
Raleigh Glass & Mirror, Inc
G. L. Fette
Mgr. Ais City Ave
Fanny Brice
Kroehler
Kroehler Furniture
Neville Maytag
Tol
Montgomery
W. B Poling
Charles Harnsbarer
William Pennington
Henry Hinte
John C. Scott
Scott
JL. Whitehurst
Julian Viar
Federated League
Hallowe'en
E. W. Dunkley
R. E. Tissue
Paul Beresford
Pauline Taggart
Theresa Jobe
Frances Jobe
Calor
Scotland
Officers Club of
Winona
Eastern Star
Boosters Club
Turkey School
Pineville Boosters
Isabel Alford
Milwood
Basel
St.Joseph
Furniture Center
the Furniture Center
King Tuts
Neville St
Montgomery Ward
Neville ST. Beckley, W. VA
Excelon
Ipc
FT. Steel
FHA
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