Fayetteville Voters to Decide Town Fire Protection
Fayetteville residents face a December deadline to fund and secure a fire protection truck for winter. Ben Keller said loans and cash contributions aim to cover about one third of the cost, with nearly 19 percent paid to date. If insufficient funds are raised, the town will lack protection this season.
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Weiler
Ben Keller
Fire Protection
Keller
FE. QR. Crouse
Crouse
Beautification project in Oak Hill Cemetery progresses
Oak Hill Garden Club chairwoman Mrs. H F Zeek reports progress on a cemetery beautification project at Odd Fellows Cemetery with help from Boy Scouts and Spade and Trowel Chapter. Sixty forsythia shrubs were planted. plans include a stone base macadam drive funded by plot owners via annual assessments. City cooperation ensures use of machinery and staff. owners are urged to respond about perpetual care terms.
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Oak Hill
Odd Fellows Cemetery
H. F. Zeek
Oak Hil Garden
Garden Club
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C. I. Waugh
Officers Probe Robbery Attempt at Local Store
County officers investigate an attempted robbery at the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company store in Layland. Thieves reportedly entered around 7:30 p.m. Friday through a rear window, escaped before police arrival, and damaged a safe. no arrests have been made.
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Willer Layland
New River
Pocahontas
Consolidated Coal Company
Garten
Enemes
Former Funeral Set for Wednesday
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Carl Thomas Fortner 29 of Ronceverte who died in an automobile crash early Sunday near White Sulphur Springs. Burial will be in the Elizabeth Chapel cemetery Organ Cave with the Borceverte American Legion post in charge of graveside rites. Fortner was killed when his car struck a telephone pole. a companion was critically injured. Surviving: mother Essie Fortner of Ronceverte three sisters Mildred Murphy Little Rock Anna Ruth Mann Ronceverte Pearl Faulkner Organ Cave one brother Lester Fortner Ronceverte and half-brother C L Folden Fairlea.
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Ronceverte
Carl Thomas Fortner
Roncveverte
White Sulphur ‘Springs
Elizabeth Chapel
Organ Cave
Church
Borceverte American Legion Post
Fortner
Essie Fortner
Mildred Murphy
Little Rock
Ark
Anna Ruth Mann
Pearl Faulkner
Lester Fortner
C. L. Folden
Fairlea
Five Fayette Couples Get Marriage Permits
Five Fayette County couples received marriage licenses from the county clerk. The pairs are Earl Chase Bannister, 22, of Thurmond with Frances Ann Ford, 26, of Oakill. James L. Brooks, 46, with Ivory Barnett, 32, both of Ansted. Donald Canterbury, 19, of Coalbury with Naomi Edelman, 18, of Smithers. Lorenza Stewart, 27, with Christine Rogers, 20, both of Fayetteville. and Reuben Robert Wilson, 60, of ME. Hope with Lorine Ruth Handerson, 36, of Beckwith.
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Fayettevile
Reuben Robert Wilson
Hope
Lorine Ruth Handerson
Fayetteville 4-H clubs reorganize with mixed memberships
Fayetteville area 4-H clubs report reorganizations and new leadership. The Willing Workers 4-H in Fayetteville lists 1 boy and 14 girls with Betty Lou Sleyers as president and an adult council. The Winona Highlanders 4-H in Winona has 13 members with Lois Hawkins president and junior leaders. Meadow Bridge Livewires 4-H in Meadow Bridge shows six boys and 26 girls led by Dreama McKinney. Edmond Busy Bees 4-H in Edmond has 2 boys and 14 girls under DeBelje Ingles. Mulberry Mountaineers 4-H in Robson reports nine boys and eight girls with Gene Miller president. Kingston Livewire 4-H in Kingston lists nine boys and 17 girls led by Doris Sprouse. Danese Hustlers 4-H Club, with 30 members, elected Thelma Lee Lively president and Detoris Helmick vice-president.
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Fayettevile
Fayetteville
Cotton Hill Schinel
Betty Lou Sleyers
Route 2
Louella Myers
Gloria Myers
Donna Woolwine
Circe Thomas
Diema Harrah
Hico
Annd Watkins
Winona
Shirley Hypes
Joan Campbel
Junior Cawleice
Shelby Ewing
J. R. Deitz
Grace Thomasson
L. E. Sgeote
G. G. Mores
Edmond Busy Bees
Min[de Belje Ingles
Shirley Wood
Weasurer
Minnie Morrison
Mary Alice Byrd
Song
Shirley Stanley
Jessie Rupert
Mulberry Mountaineers
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Gene Miller
Carl Blake
Morris Miller
Jeanelia Jones
Shirley Collins
Rosetta Jones
Robson
Margaret Burch Infield
Kimberly
iBeatrice Miller
Firs
Cynthia Jones
Willie Blake
Elvin Taylor
The
Kingston
Doris Sprouse
Bobby Joe Williams
Phyllis Wriston
Anna Patterson
Nerman Crosan
Patsy Coos
Kenneth Jacks
Orphie Wriston
Gam
Alara
Kizigstor
Lawrence Winston
Ureira
Aha
Dorothy Patterson
Hazel Potter
G. C. Snyder
Mahan
Danese Hustlers
Thelma Lee Lively
Detoris Helmick
Mary Allen Cavendish
Louise Miller
Willian Finley
John Hughart Lively
Phyllis Rice
Norman Shuck
Shirley Wolford
Mount Hope Personal News Briefs From Beckley To Mount Hope
Mount Hope personals note social visits and travel: Mr. and Mrs. James Reynolds of Beckley attend a wedding supper with Mount Hope residents Mr. and Mrs. George Shumaker. Mrs. Reynolds was Irene Harrah of Beckley. W. C. Shakelford hosts Commandery dinner attendees who spend the night with his sister Electa Cottle of Mount Hope. Mrs. B. R. Humphries and Byron of Huntington and Mrs. J. Rush Cook of Oceana visit relatives of the Ward, Billings, and Karnes families, returning from three weeks in Miami and Key West. Electa Cottle plans a trip with her brother C. W. Shakelford to Boomerville, Miss., to visit an aunt for two weeks, then to Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.
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Mount Hope
James Reynolds
Beckley
New York
George Shumaker
Reynolds
Irene Harrah
W. C. Shakelford
Shakelford
C. W. Shekleford
Charleston
Charles Forst, Jr
Cecil "Nettles
Boomerville
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Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Clifftop 4-H'rs reorganize as Mountain eers group
On the second Wednesday of each month Clifftop's 4-H'rs reorganize for the year under the old name Clifftop Mountain eers with one boy and 20 girls. Vida Jane Brndon is president, Doris Jane Armstrong is vice president, Belly Jean Threatt Route 60 Rainelle is secretary, Wanda Gray Christenson is treasurer, and Betty Ann Tincher is reporter. club leader is Cordin Haynes of Ausschuile. Mrs. George Woodyard and Mrs. Irene Knight are council members.
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Clifftop Mountaineers
Vida Jane Erndon
Doris Jane Armstrong
Cliifftop
Belly Jean Threatt
Rainette
Wanda Gray Christenson
Betty Ann Tincher
Cordin Haynes
Ausschuile
George Woodyard
Clfftop
Irene Knight
Route 60
Rainelle
Man Dies In Mercer Wreck Near Princeton
Funeral services incomplete for William Williams Grover Jr 22 of Welch who was killed when his 1949 Ford collided with a Consolidated bus on Princeton Avenue Bluefield at about 1 30 p m. Travis Compton 23 also of Welch was injured and in Bluefield Sanatorium with undetermined injuries. The car was demolished and the bus damaged rear end.
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Princeton
William Williams Grover, Jr
Welch
Consolidated
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Travis Compton
Grover
Annual College Banquet Tonight at Tech College
More than 300 Tech students and faculty are expected to attend the annual Tech family Thanksgiving dinner at the college cafeteria tonight. The Tech men's quartet, James Douglass Fred Hopkins Ed Manigault and Richard Meredith, will sing. Dr Lavada Ratliff, chairman of the social committee, said the dinner would start at 6 p.m. Girls from Montgomery High School Home Economics Department will serve. President Harry S Truman's middle initial is an alphabetical ornament.
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Montgomery
Tech
James Douglass
Fred Hopkins
Ed Manigault
Richard Meredith
Lavada Ratliff
Montgomery High School
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