Mullens Youth Sentenced for Auto Larceny in Special Court
Clarence J. Gook of Mullens was sentenced to 2 to 10 years in the state penitentiary after conflicting testimony in a special Wanting Criminal Court session. The grand jury returned 11 indictments including murder and breaking and entering cases, with four more misdemeanor charges among the total. The session, chaired by Special Judge R. J. Bailey, followed a jury absence due to illness of Grover Worrell.
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Ister
Pineville
Clarence J. Gook
Mallens
Roy Ingledew
al Mallens
R. J. Bailey
Bailey
Wyoming County Har Association
Moran
David Dante Tickle
Enoch Cook
Tom Dezarn
Mullens
Wendell W. Cook
John Simpson
Little Cub Creek
Alex Beavers
Cecil Stanley
Mae Daniels
Youth Goes Free Despite Sentence And Presentment
Sammy Cooper Mullens, a youth linked to a Barkers Ridge auto theft, was freed today despite a prior reform school sentence until age 21. A grand jury failed to indict after yesterday’s special term, and Special Judge Bailey set aside the reform school ruling. Prosecutor Worrell noted a possible probation violation case may follow. Joe Bryant pleaded guilty to larceny and received 12 months, later placed on probation.
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fRegister
Pineville
Sammy Cooper Mullens
Reform School
Cooper
Barkers Ridge
H. A. Walk
R. D. Bailey
Clarence Worrell
Joe
Bryant
Sadie Hawkins Day Planned in Pineville Dance
Final arrangements for a Sadie Hawkins Day dance in Pineville are discussed at a 7 pm committee meeting led by Nolan E. Isom. Contests reward original Capp comic strip character portrayals, with a square dance finale featuring Jess Johnson of Oceana and other entertainers. Eva Hicks chairs the arrangements.
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Pineville
Sadie Hawkins
Nolan
Rites Held for Mills Infant in Barkers Ridge Cemetery
Graveside services were held at Spruce Grove Cemetery Barkers Ridge for six month old James Oscar Mills son of Mr and Mrs Eldridge Mills Basin He died at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley It was born May 1949 Surviving are the parents
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Y Register
Mullens
Spruce Grove
Barkers Ridge
James Oscar Mills
Eldridge Mills
Basin
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Mullens Churches to Host Union Thanksgiving Service
Protestant churches in Mullens will hold a union Thanksgiving at 7:30 tonight in First Baptist Church. Rev. B E Underwood of Pentecostal Holiness Church will deliver the message and the Baptist choir will sing.
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Mullens
Oak Hill Jaycees Eye Municipal Christmas Tree Plan
Oak Hill Jaycees form a committee to explore a municipal Christmas tree in Oak Hill. The group works with the Chamber of Commerce, local Scouts, and an orchestra to raise funds and repair toys for distribution to needy families. The initiative also supports Christmas baskets and a series of dances at the American Legion Hall.
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Oak Hill
C. E. Titlow
Dr. O.oo
Mittee
Chamber of Commerce
invest‘Jaycees
Civic League
Hill
John Wonachy
Hoy
Dave Carter
Mount Hope
Tay
American Legion Hall
Shoes and apparel sought by Oak Hill PTA welfare group
Four definite shoe sizes are needed for Oak Hill School children per Mrs. L H O'Dell chair of the PTA welfare committee. Donations of jackets and coats are also requested by the community committee including Mrs. L S Nicholson, Mrs. Hobart Watson, Mrs. Lawrence Dickerson, Mrs. Paul Meador and Mrs. Magel Ramey.
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Register
Qak. Hill
Oak Hit
L. H. O'Dell
Oak Hi Parents Teacher's Association
L. S. Nicholson
Hobart Watson
Lawrence Dickerson
Paul Meador
Magel ‘Ramey
Infant Drema Heath Dies. Rites Held in Marianna
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for two month old Drema Maxine Heath, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Frank Heath of Marianna, who died Friday after five days in hospital. Burial was in Cook Cemetery on Turkey Creek, Wyoming County. Survivors include a brother Roger Dell and a sister Isuelby Gene.
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Heath
Heeister
Marcanna
Maxine Heath
Benjamin Franku Heath
Marianna
Cook
Turkey Creek
Wyoming
Canty
Wig Sandy
Misera
Roger Dell
iSuelby Gene
Federated League sponsors Emco Chorus concert in Mount Hope
The Federated League plans a Mount Hope High School Auditorium concert tonight at 8 featuring the Emco Chorus and the West Virginia Institute of Technology Quartet. Proceeds support Mount Hope elementary music records and school patrol programs. guests include Southope High School Band and Glee Club.
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Federated League
Emco Chorus
Mount Hope Auditorium
Teter State Weiler
Mount Hope
Emo
Oars
Alley
Mount Hope High School
Heall
School of Music
University of Michigan
Old Colony
West Virginia Institute of Technology Quartet
Southope High School Band
Glee Club
Criminal Court Term Continued Till February Because of Judge Illness
Mullens Wyoming County Criminal Court term extended to February 1950 because Judge Grover C. Worrell remains ill. Worrell returned from Hot Springs Arkansas and is confined to bed with high blood pressure. ambulance brought him home where doctors ordered rest.
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Hegister
Mullens
Wyoming County Criminal Court
Grover C. Worrell
Worrell
Charleston
Hot ‘Springs
Ark
St. Joseph’s
Judge Worrell
Highland Avenue
Mrs Susie Evans Taken by Death at Mount Hope
Mrs Susie Elizabeth Evans 65 of Mount Hope Route 1 died at home yesterday after a year long illness attributed to cancer. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from her home with Rev Ernte Barley officiating. Burial in the family cemetery at Mount Hope. Survivors include husband Fred L Evans and children Albert Tracy Kemper Troy Evans Mrs Fthel Kincaid Mrs Mary Kincaid L C Lilly of Jumping Branch and Mrs Ruby Buckland of Price Hill. Body to be removed from Tyree Funeral Home to the residence today at 3 p.m.
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Meelsler State
Willer Oak Hilis
Susie Elizabeth Evans
Mount Hope
Route 1
Ernte Barley
Oak Hill
Evans
Fayetteville
Sweeneysburg
Fred L. Evans
Fred Evans
Albert
Tracy, Kemper
Troy Evans
Fthel Kincaid
Restaurant Sold By Najjar Family In Mullens
Jimmy Hamed became owner operator of the American Cafe on First Street after purchasing the Najjar family restaurant Saturday. Hamed previously managed Jimmy's Quick Lunch on Howard Avenue, later Victory Cafe, and has run venues in Princeton and Johnson City, Tenn. He and his wife and two sons reside in the Clay Kerns Apartments. Other county clerk notices list various property transfers in Mullens and nearby townships, including parcels in Slab Fork and Barkers Ridge districts and several named buyers and sellers.
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Reelsier
Mullens
Jimmy Hamed
First Street
Najjan
Hamed
Jimmy
Howard Avenue
Princeton
Johnson City
Tenn
Wyoming Meats
Broadway Street
Hy Reiter
Walter Youngsters
Arif
Foued
Wesse
Evelyn Cook
Ben Dunman
Jesse
J. B
Grove
Wyoming
Ieret
Chando O'Neil
Avery Dixon
O'Dell Dixon
Williamsburg
Corrine
Slab Fork
Grace Early
K. M. Cook
Harold Mauk
Jack White
Lilly
Oceana Disrick
George P. Alderson
Aydie C. Alderson
Lloyd E. Howerton
Barkers Ridge
J. R. McKinney
Betty A. McKinney
Wrauning
Jor. McKinney
Polly
Mc Kinney
Wyoming County
Do OR. McKinney
Polly S. McKinney
R. McKinney
Fight Divorce Suits Filed in Fayette County
Eight new divorce cases filed in Fayetteville include Ruby Fisher vs Charles Fisher Gracie Walker vs Audrey Walker Elizabeth B Blume vs Robert Lee Blume Mae White Taylor vs George Ballard Clara Mae Wilkinson vs Ernest Carl Wilkinson Alice M Martin vs Harald H Martin Willie Evans vs Myrtle Evans Juanita Maynor Ellison vs Norville Hilison Also report J B Grove assistant mine foreman at Wyoming visited Matewan yesterday with relatives Mr and Mrs R L Artis.
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Fayette Co
En Heat
Aut Weiler
Wyoming
J. BB. Grove
Matewan
R. L. Artis
Daughter of Pax Resident Seriously Ill in Bluefield
Mrs. Walter London 35 of Miami Florida is hospitalized at St Luke's Bluefield after collapsing from an ulcerated stomach. Doctors report a safe blood type O negative with several donors needed as two pints arrived by state police and four to five pints more are required.
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Register
PAX
Walter London
Miami
Fla
St. Luke's Host
Bluefield
Florida
Hattie Lafferty
London
Winston-Salem
St. Luke's Hospital
Srunnington
Dempsey Funeral Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs Norma F Dempsey 39 of Gauley Bridge will be held Wednesday at 2 30 pm from Horseshoe Baptist Church with Rev Ray Kessler officiating Burial will be in Horseshoe Cemetery She is survived by six sons three daughters two brothers and four sisters with addresses listed Funeral home will keep the body until the service
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Register
Fayetteville
Norma F.dempsey
Gatley Bridge
Montgomery
Horseshoe Baptist Church
Ray BD. Kessler
Mount Lookout
Horseshoe
Ramsey
Dempsey
Fayette County
Lester Alley
Victor
Abs
Golden Nichols
Gauley Bridge
Bocksie Dempses
Mack
Denver
Cecil
Jack
Henry
Lockwood
Jester
Dunbar
Noel Cragg
Ansted
Norton Bragg
Cedar Grove
Nullié Bowles
Nelcie Farmer
Glasreo
Nacho Dempsey
Nora Fox
Dodd Funeral Home
Juntl
Yule Projects Set by Mullens Women of the Moose
Mullens Women of the Moose plan Christmas charity projects at Moosehaven Florida. Members to bring gifts for a Christmas box, make dolls clothing for Moose Heart, and donate $10 to a local needy family. Mrs Millie Kemp leads. three members attended Charleston Social Welfare Conference and contributed a layette for a state family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uy Register Starr
Mullens
Mullens Women of the Moose
Moosehaven
Florida
Millie Kemp
Moose~ Heart
Mildred Martin
Maude Rice
Blattie Staton
Charleston
Moose Chaplers
Greenes Celebrate First Anniversary in Oak Hill
Mr and Mrs Jerry Greene of Sunmerlee Avenue hosted a dinner party on Saturday for their first wedding anniversary. A three tier cake and white candies centered the table with astor mums throughout the home. Guests included G P Greene Gibson Pennington Collier Cantley Wise Cantley Davis Beckley Stafford Mount Hope Lane Wood and others from Oak Hill Charleston and Beckley.
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Register
Oak Hilt
Jerry Greene
Sunmerlee Avenue
Astor
P. Greene
John J Ih. Gibson
Sirvold Pennington
Charleston
Don Collier
F. Cantley
Betty Wise
Edwad Cantley
George P. Davis, Jr. Beckley
Harald Stafford
Mount Hope
Herbert Lane
R. ©. Wood
Oak Hill
Holiday Visitor Betty Perry to Spend Thanksgiving with Family
Miss Betty Alec Perry daughter of Mr and Mrs John W Perry will arrive tomorrow to join the family for Thanksgiving. A Greenbrier College student she will resume her studies Tuesday.
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Register
Oak Will
Betty Alec Perry
John W. Perry
Greenbrier College
Miss Perry
Scout Roundtable in Pettus at Raleigh Grill
Pettus hosts a Scout roundtable and We Coal River District meeting at 6:30 p m Monday with Gus F Walker announcing. G T Gibson and J S Chapman will preside as district chairman and commissioner.
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Pettus
We Coal River District
Raleigh Grill
Gus F. Walker
C ‘Chisa Councl
G. T. Gibson
J. S. Chapman
PUBL
Robert Lee French
Robert Lee
Gille
Main Street
Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Lfo
Bridi
Rateish County
William TT
Beck
Raleigh
West
Virginnia
Gwen
Leg Aride
Wests Nigra
Fannie Cline
Main
Virginia
Kaymoor Seaman Returns After 72 Hour Pass
Seaman First Class James Roark flies home to Brooklyn New York for a 72 hour visit with his wife Juanita King after an eight month Mediterranean cruise aboard the USS Fargo. He enlisted July 8 1948 and trained at Great Lakes New Jersey.
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Kaymoor
Revrder
James Roark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ass Juanita King
Roark
United States
Mediterranean
Fargo
Navy
Great Lakes
Union Thanksgiving Services Set At Cook Memorial Baptist
Union Thanksgiving church services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Mineville with Rev Harey L. Sirvens leading and the Pineville Presbyterian Church assisting. Rev Samuel A. Harford of First Methodist Church will deliver the annual sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Baptist Church
Wesler
Hidden Langtry Vault Sparks Kidnap Plot
In a tense scene, Arleta and Kelly observe a guard procure a tarpaulin bundle and a roasting pan from a hidden nursery, revealing a private vault used by the Langtrys. A kidnap threat looms as the house survives a blaze they hoped to trigger.
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Langtrys
Arleta
Kelly
Sard Kelly
Baltimore Livestock Market Report with Varied Cattle Prices
The auction notes a slow but steady tone with bulls and lighter cattle weaker by 30 cents, steers and yearlings mixed around 24 to 27 per hundredweight. Calves and hogs show uneven demand with top calf bids near 12, hogs mostly 16 to 17. Sows and mixed feeders show moderate activity and prices, small lots and oddweights cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bansiaore
USDA
Alpoca Soldier Transferred Between Units at Fort Benning
Private Shirley A. Bishop of Alpoca transferred from the 3rd Replacement Company to the 3rd Signal Company at Fort Benning Georgia. He enlisted in the Army at Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpoca
Register
Shirley A. Bishop
Fort Benning
Army
Beckley
Funeral Services Held for Iris Louise Stump of Hotcoal
Iris Louise Stump, of Six, daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Stump, died in a local hospital. The body will be taken to the grandparents home Monday at 3 pm for viewing, with funeral services at Farley Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Reacher Golson and Rev James Dutt. Burial in Farley Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers and florists listed. arrangements by Williams Furners Park's Funeral Home.
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Stump Stump
Iris Louise
Abs
J A. Stump
Hotcoal
West Virginia
Ted
W Oh Parker
Farfey Ha
Farfey Ha Baptst Church With Rev. Reacher Golson
James Dutt
Farley Hill Cemetery
Floergiris
Barbara Baeyse
Reva Porter
Donna Craddock
Delores Boyce
Betty Porter
Marge Campbell
Mary Ann Cline Fonda Pennington
Josie Taylor
An Dollie Whitt
Funeral Flowers Corsages and Plants by Snow Thornton Florists
Snow Thornton Florists offer funeral flowers corsages cut flowers and potted plants including orchids. Open Sundays at 7371 Prince Street. Dial 7371.
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Snow Thornton Florists
Dial
Prince Street
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Mills
Oak Hill Jaycees
Lord
Howi Islami
Fist Wan
Taurd Pach
Scott
RJ. Scot
PTA Welfare Group
Kenneth W. Beall
Pirate Band
Ranstarte Chih
Realstec Statt
Fayetteville High School
Che
Nicosia
Afl Hand
Dance
E. M. Seay
Susie Evans
Najjar
Greenes
Baltimore Livestock
ACE Auto Stores
Prince St
Ginny's Cafe
Oakwold Ave
Howard's
McCreery St
King Role Kafe
Johnstown
NEW Depot
South Oakwood Ave
Mae and
Sam Thios
Tom’s Soda Grill
el Chico Restaurant
Mt Eatwell
Hater Street
Goodie Shop
Prince St. Dial
Leslie's Diner
South Kanawha Street
Marco
Homer
Ramey’s Grill
Neville St
President Hotel
Willams Furners
Directors Park
Funeral Home
Daniels
He _Phoa
Barrack
Kanawha St
Tippie
Grandview Sand. Co
Singer Sewing Machines
Houchins Mfg. Co. Inc. Manufacturers OF
Raleigh Glass & Mirror Company
City Ave
G. B. Fethe
Mor
Beckley Tire & Rubber CO
South Fayette St
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