Fourteen Scarlet Fever Cases Reported in Fayette County
Fayetteville report shows fourteen new scarlet fever cases last week, all among school children, with disease activity higher than normal. Health officer Dr. C. E. Watkins and nurses focus on schoolchild disease investigation as other illnesses rise slightly, while diphtheria wanes and one typhoid case is noted amid reporting delays. Graphs track expected versus actual cases, and the department surveys communities to curb spread.
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Br Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Health Department
C. E. Watkins
Pioneers in New Conservation Work Beckley Scouts Lead Reforestation
Beckley Scout Troop 65 becomes the first in West Virginia to manage an acre of land taken from the Civilian Conservation Corps for experimental reforestation. The 27 acre Pine Crest tract near Beckley will host forestry education for Raleigh County youths, featuring white pine seedlings and planned plots for game and timber production. Scouts, led by H A Murphy and joined by Eagle Scouts Julian Williams and others, will monitor planting, future seedling moves, and potential expansion to other troops.
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Beckley Boy Scout Troop 65
Civilian Conservation Corps
Pinecrest
Beckley
CCC
H. A. Murphy
Camp Raleigh
Boy Scout
Raleigh County
Wentworth Williams
Julian Williams
Murphy
Exper
Lewis Laren
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Robert Noel
James Herring
Beckley Post-Herald
Ludwig Richards
Edwyn Higgins
Robert Scott
Thomas Smith
Robert McKinney
Ray Barker
Boy Scouts
Troop 65
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Robert Neal
Fayette Woman Charges Bigamy
Fayetteville through the Fayette county jail charges W E Jones with bigamy after allegedly marrying Alma Faggett last week. A second claimed wife intervened with a constable. Magistrate C A Harris set bond at 500 dollars for Jones to await grand jury action.
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Register
Fayetteville
W. E. Jones
Fayette County
Jones
Alma Faggett
Fayette Group To Attend Meet In Beckley
Fayette county soil conservation committee will attend the district meeting in Beckley on December 8 with Fayette farm agent J Haynes Miller. They will discuss soil conservation with representatives from Raleigh McDowell Mercer Summers and Wyoming counties. Two clerks have been added to handle blanks for remuneration on projects. Basil Stinnett said checks will probably be mailed this month after approval of several projects.
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Register
Fayetteville
County Soil Conservation Committee
Beckley
J. Haynes Miller
Fayette
Raleigh
McDowell
Mercer
Summers
Wyoming
Basil Stinnett
Tarpaper Given To Cave Family
Harmon Adkins and his ill daughter, living in a Beckwith cave, were brought to Fayetteville where tarpaper was provided to seal the cave entrance for winter. Physicians reported the daughter has scarlet fever and ordered quarantine of the cave.
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Fayetteville
Harmon Adkins
Beckwith
Adkins
New Oak Hill Fire Truck Delayed But Soon Ready
Oak Hill officials expect a new Seagrave fire truck funded by last June’s public vote to arrive around year end. City Recorder W. R. Hayes said production delays were noted but the fire chief’s visit to the factory confirms delivery as soon as possible.
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Oak Hill
City Recorder
W. R. Hayes
Hayes
Seagrave
Personal notices from WYCO and area movements
Personal mentions include Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Worley Lawrence Worley and Mrs. Denver Mullens returning from Lafayette Va for the funeral of Louisa Thomas. Other notes cover visitors to Narrows and Roanoke and newborns Robert Wilson Rushbrook and Marion Jeanette Winkler. The Philippines will spend 2 500 000 dollars on refunded coconut oil axes to build schools.
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Register
Wyco
T. J. Worley
Lawrence Worley
Denver Mullens
Lafayette, Va
Bill East
Frieda June
Narrows
William Riddle
Elaine Riddle
Coal Valley Hospital
Montgomery
J. M. Blankenship
Allen Robertson
Roy Cook
Roanoke
Ada Hobaugh
Alice Pasley
Otha Rushbrook
Robert Wilson Rushbrook
J. C. Winkler
Marion Jeanette
John A. Ball
Philippine Islands
Firemen Plan Two Night Benefit Show At Mount Hope
Mount Hope fire department announces a two day benefit at the YMCA auditorium December 7 and 8. Local movies including Oak Hill Mount Hope football game from Thanksgiving will be shown with Bay Patrols traffic work and a fire department rescue technique demonstration. Amateur acts compete for cash prizes with proceeds funding new equipment and gas masks.
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Register
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Fire Department
Cat” Martin
Four Divorce Suits Filed in Fayette County
Four divorce petitions have been filed with the Fayette County circuit clerk. Plaintiffs are Ruth Stewart versus John William Stewart, Benny Vento versus Esther Vento, Charles F. Ongaro versus Rose Ongaro, and Goldie May Petry versus Richard Harold Petry.
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Rewrater
Fayetteville
Circuit Clerk
Fayette County
Ruth Stewart
John William Stewart
Benny Vento
Esther Vento
Charles F. Ongaro
Rose Ongaro
Goldie May Petry
Richard Harold Petry
Two Couples Seek Father to Charge Youths
Oak Hill resident Mills asked legal aid to pursue charges against two Fayette County youths who took his 14 year old daughter and another girl in an auto saying they were bound for Patrick Springs Virginia. Mills named Glen Ellisson and Mouse Poole and was referred to a U S commissioner in Fayetteville. Local sheriff’s office worked to locate the parties via telephones to Virginia authorities.
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Register
Oak Hill
Ernest Mills
Minden Road
Justice of the Peace
Fayette County
Patrick Springs
Virginia
Mills
Glen Ellisson
Mouse” Poole
U. S
J. L. Ryan
Fayetteville
Ryan
Hilltop
Sheriff's Office
Shrimp’s 300 Mile South Atlantic Journey Recorded
The greatest distance traveled by a shrimp on the south Atlantic coast was 300 miles, a three month voyage tracked by tagging conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries enabling the calculation of the distance.
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South Atlantic
Bureau of Fisheries
Women Return Fayetteville Delegates From Mercer Farm Program
Eleven Fayette county women who represented Fayette in the Mercer county farm women's achievement program at Princeton have returned home. Names include Mrs T F Carter, Mrs H A Callawn, Mrs H L Moore, Mrs A Buncan, Mrs G Skaggs, Mrs George Martin, Mrs L L Pegram, Mrs O L Stickler, Mrs Nelson Smith, and Mrs Fred Mann. The meeting was held Friday in Princeton. A note on scalp sun exposure states anatomy experts say constant sunlight can cause hair to fall out.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Mercer County
Princeton
T. F. Carter
H. A. Callawn
H. L. Moore
k- A _Buncan
G_€. Skaggs
George Martin
L. L. Pegram
O. L. Stickler
Nelson Smith
Fred Mann
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