Kaymoor Man Held On Car Theft Count
Fayetteville. John ny Davis alias Johnny Bunn 27 Kaymoor is held in Fayette County Jail on bad checks and car theft charges. He faces a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Virgil Lyons. An indictment by the September Grand Jury for bigamy left him on $1,500 bond. Davis was found in a 1951 model car alleged stolen from John Roland of Columbus Ohio on November 18 and is charged with stealing another Fayette County car three months earlier.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Johnny Davis
Johnny Bunn
Kaymoor
Fayette County
Virgil Lyons
Tunney Hunsaker
Davis
John Roland
Columbus
Ohio
Citizen of Week Honors Pax Ninth Grader Nancy Canterbury
Pax High School debuts Citizen of the Week with Nancy Canterbury, ninth grade, daughter of Mrs. James Dickinson Jr. She earns the title for honor roll status, club activity, helpfulness, neatness, courtesy, attentiveness, pleasing personality, and teamwork. The program, run by Student Council, will select one candidate per class from seventh through twelfth grade weekly and grant privileges during the week. Principal W T Blankenship notes strong student interest in the new initiative.
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PAX
ANS
Pax High School
Nancy Canterbury
Nancy
James Dickinson Jr
W. T. Blankenship
Yule Program Set in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Moose Lodge Woman of the Moose and the Volunteer Fire Department organize a community drive to collect toys clothing and canned food for needy families. Donors may leave items at Tyree Funeral Home Summers Avenue or the Moose Lodge or arrange pickups by calling the three groups.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Moose Lodge No
Women of the Moose
Chapter 33
Fire Department
Tyree
Arthur Akers
Summerlee Ave
Moose Lodge
Shut-In Children Adopted by 4-H'ers
Fayetteville report of Lucky Clovers 4-H Club adopting shut-in children for year long remembrance. Members created turkey apples for send offs, drew names to honor individuals, and began a square dance course led by Mrs John Holliday. Thirteen members met in Memorial Auditorium library. monthly business meetings and third Thursday dance lessons planned.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Chile
John Holliday
Memorial Auditorium
Pax Personal Notes Reflect Weekend Visits Across Towns
Pax Personal items list weekend visits by Roberta Thomas Patricia Lively and Dorothy Davis in Willis Pax Oak Hill Long Branch Mount Hope and Millville NJ visitors Frank Williams Brenda Humphrey and family travel for a funeral in East Bank plus relatives staying with or visiting in Calloway Heights Pax Pax area community notices.
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Pax
Roberta Thomas
Henry Thomas
Calloway Heights
Patricia Lively
Dorothy Davis
James Davis
Willis
Branch
Artie Humphrey
Brenda
Craigsville
Alfred Humphrey
Long Branch
Larry Tyree
Morris Harvey College
Frank Tyree
Tracy Aliff
Millville
New Jersey
Frank Williams
Nelson Williams
Oak Hill
Dorthy Davis
Biddie Lively
Mount Hope
Frank Akers
A. W. Pettry
Pattie
East Bank
Renix Morris Williams
Realty Company To Operate Hotel Hill Realty Co Takes Charge
OAK HILL RNS Hotel Hill is now managed by the Hill Realty Co owners of the building. They bid the hotel equipment in at a public auction held Thursday, bidding $6,100 for the equipment owned by former manager W P Newland. J P Bavely of Maple Ave was appointed temporary manager for the Hill Realty Co.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Hotel Hill
the Hill Realty Co
Realty Company
W. P. Newland
J. P. Bavely
Maple Ave
The
Hill Realty Co
Three Treated At Oak Hill Hospital After Weekend Accidents
Minor incidents sent three patients to Oak Hill hospital over the weekend. Arthur Gray, 17, of Oak Hill, sustained a finger injury. Sarah Pyratt, 72, of Fayetteville, injured her right ankle. Frank Shumate, 22, of Rosemont, injured his right knee.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Arthur Gray
Sarah Pyratt
Fayetteville
Frank Shumate
Rosemont
Five Counties Represented at Recreation Fete
Fayette County Recreation Association staged a pot luck dinner and square dance in the Memorial Building drawing attendees from Mercer Kanawha Greenbrier Raleigh and Fayette counties. J W Ayers and others led the event with Mrs C E Chapman decorating tables. Next quarterly meeting is planned for March.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
J. Haynes Miller
Joe McClung
Rainelle
Fayette
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Boomer
Gauley Bridge
Odd
Beckley
Montgomery
Kimberley
Pratt
Corliss
Flat Top
Kingston
Maplewood
Danese
Glen Ferris
Charlton Heights
Beaver
Alley East Gulf
Josephine
Crawley
Truck Demolished In Fayette Accident
A Friday morning crash in Fayetteville involved a Bell Lines tractor-trailer whose brakes failed and jackknifed. It crashed into a parked truck owned by George McVey of Chimney Corner Lunch Room Route 60. No injuries were reported and the tractor sustained minor damage. Deputy sheriffs Dempsey and Epperly directed traffic for two hours until the road reopened.
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Fayetteville
RNS
George McVey
Chimney Corner
Bell Lines
W. L. Staats
Covington
McVey
Earl Dempsey
Douglas Epperly
Saturday Dinner Set By Laurel Rebekahs
Laurel Rebekah Lodge 207 plans a chicken dinner at 6 30 p m in Knights of Pythias Hall Saturday. Attendees at the Thursday meeting include Mrs Edna Ball Mrs G J McCoy Mrs J D Hubbard Mrs Jane Randall Mrs N R Arthur Mrs Maura Hutchinson Mrs J W Silver Mrs Dotsie Tennant Mrs Carie Quesenberry Mrs Alice Coulter Mrs R L Milton Mrs Nina Yates and Mrs Anna Cope.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Knights of Pythias Hall
Edna Ball
G. J. McCoy
J. D. Hubbard
Jane Randall
N. R. Arthur
Maura Hutchinson
J. W. Silver
Dotsie Tennant
Carie Quesenberry
Alice Coulter
R. L. Milton
Nina Yates
Anna Cope
Jennings Carter
Mount Hope Garden Club Meets At Mrs J E Howard Home
The Mount Hope Garden Club met Friday at the home of Mrs J E Howard with co host Mrs H A Haslam. Eighteen members attended and guests included Mrs W W Pharr Mrs W E Lawton Mrs C A Hogg and Mrs E S Hamilton. New members Mrs Louise Kirby and Mrs W M Pennington were welcomed. The group will meet again December 8 due to the holiday.
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Mount Hope
RNS
J. E. Howard
Murder Count Faces Cousin of Victim in Slaying Case
Mason Plumley, 50, of Meadow Creek, is set for a preliminary hearing on a charge of murdering his cousin Richard Plumley, 29. Richard was found shot near Glade after a hunting party went missing. Mason and Richard’s brother Eugene are held for questioning. Police say Mason confessed.
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Fayette County
Richard
Glade
Mason
Eugene
Merida Plumley
Lilly
Mason Plumley
Wyoming Land Deeds Recorded in Pineville and Mullens Areas
Newly recorded deeds filed with the Wyoming County Clerk cover transfers in Pineville Center, Oceana, Slab Fork, and McDowell Wyoming counties. Transactions include R D Bailey to L A Anderson for lot 91 on Third Avenue Pineville, and several transfers involving parcels on Rock Castle Creek, Florence Street, and additions to Mullens. Notable parties include Estel and Louise Mullins, Henry Mash, Bertha Farmer, Bert Greene, and Orville Workman among others.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
R. D. Bailey
L. A. Anderson
Third Avenue
Pineville Center
Gilbert Goode
Gay Goode
Estel Mullins
Louise Mullins
Rock Castle Creek
Paul E. Chambers
Bertha Chambers
Guy L. Chambers
Josephine Chambers
Henry Mathis
Oceana
Oceana District
Wesker Lane
Ina Lane
Frank Lambert
Sylvania Lambert
Lilly
Toney Cline
Helena Cline
G. C. Cline
Rosa Maryland Cline
Center District
Sampy Lester
Gertrude Lester
Omar Lilly
Ethel Lilly
McDowell-Wyoming Development
Johnnyecake Gap
McDowell
Wyoming
Huff Creek
Henry Clay
Verne Clay
T. F. Brammer
Bertha N. Farmer
Florence Street
Hill Top
Mullens
Slab Fork
Harry Layton
Stella Layton
Frantz
Deegans
Brookie Maynor
Woodrow Maynor
Bert C. Greene
Edith Greene
Lillydale
Wyoming Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company, Et al
Orville H. Workman
Mary E. Workman
Sabine
Wyoming Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
Huey H. Scrabro
Lansing Man Listed As Draft Delinquent
William Alfred Dampsy of Lansing has been designated delinquent by Local Board No. 3 Fayette County for failure to report for physical examination on November 8 and for failing to keep the local board notified of his changed address. Notify the draft board at Fayetteville Post Office basement with any current address.
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Lansing
RNL
William Alfred Dampsy
Fayette County
Draft Board
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Personal News Highlights and Local Visits
Fayetteville residents share updates from hospital patients and students. Mrs. A. B. Wilson remains in Laird Memorial Hospital after admission Tuesday morning. Miss Ann Haynes teaches in Mansquan New Jersey and spent last weekend with W. H. Haynes. Four Fayette County officials attend the State Assessors and County Commissioners convention in Charleston, with others visiting in Roanoke and Huntington. Mrs. J. A. Wendell of Huntington recovers from a fall, staying with her daughter Mrs. H. E. Dillon. Mrs. Carl B. Vickers attends a West Virginia Education Association meeting in Charleston. Nancy Cavendish, Madison College student, vacations with her mother Irene Cavendish. Custer Holliday and son of Huntington visit Warner family in Beckwith. Dr. Phillip Mazzocchi, stationed in Washington DC, spends the weekend with his parents. Carolyn Dillon, Hollins College student, plans Thanksgiving with her mother.
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J. A. Wendell
Huntington
H. E. Dillon
Carl B. Vickers
State Board of West Virginia Education Association
Charleston
Nancy Cavendish
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Carolyn Dillon
Hollins College
Roanoke
Eight Man to Be Inducted by Fayette Selective Service
Fayetteville ArkansasRpc News Service reports eight men from the Fayette County Selective Service Board are to report for induction into the armed forces on December 7. Inductees include Ralph Edward Brown Kincaid Thomas Sexton Fayetteville Samuel Otis Okulovich Springdale Kyle Wesley Treadway Danese Milford Harrison Manley Robson John Butterley Price Jo die Ronald Delano Lavinder Danese and Conrad Wheeler Dallas Fayetteville Route 1.
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Fayetteville
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Fayette County
Renick Man Dies In Truck Wreck
Arnold Ray Alderman 20 died after a truck driven by Burle J. Moore failed to stay in gear and brakes failed on Droop Mountain near Hillsboro Marlinton. Alderman was crushed and died at Pocahontas Hospital after a morning crash. Moore escaped with minor injuries.
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Marlinton
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Renick
Arnold Ray Alderman
John Alderman
Burle J. Moore
Belpre
Ohio
Mack Matheny Motor Truck Company
Parkersburg
Moore
Alderman
Droop Mountain
Hillsboro
Pocahontas Hospital
J. D. Hensley Taken by Death
John Dexter Hensley 55 of Gauley Bridge died after a long illness in a Danville Virginia hospital. He was a cabinet maker and member of First Church of God of Fayetteville. Survivors include wife Mrs Mammie Halstead daughter Mrs Lewis Tolliver two sisters three brothers and two grandchildren. Body at Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville.
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Gauley Bridge
Rns
John Dexter Hensley
Danville
First Church of God of
Miami
Fla
James
Stanleytown
Thomas J
New York
Lonnie
Leaksville
N. C
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Fayetteville
Wednesday Ceremony Planned at DuBois High School
A flag raising and shrub planting ceremony is planned at DuBois High School at 12 40 p m on Wednesday. Mayor Bernard Rocke will deliver the main address, with T W Childs introducing other speakers including A W Walker Fayette County Superintendent J Alfred Taylor president of the Fayette County Board of Education and E S Smith principal. Visitors will include representatives of local feed and seed dealers along with E O Snider of Beckley and George Armstrong of Oak Hill.
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E. O. Snider
Beckley
George Armstrong
Oak Hill
Juniors of Pineville High Fund Banquet Drive
Pineville High School juniors are soliciting magazine subscriptions nationwide to fund the Junior-Senior banquet. A door to door drive targets renewals and new orders, with a $500 initial goal and a $1000 eventual goal based on early results. Ray Goode leads the drive as business manager, with homeroom captains Pat Carey and Warren McGraw, under junior sponsors Mrs. Merl Collins and Fredrick H. Santon.
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Pineville
RNS
Pineville High School
Ray Goode
Pat Carey
Warren McGraw
Mer! Collins
Fredrick H. Santon
Rhonda Stanley Rites Today in North Spring
Last rites for 74 year old Rhonda Stanley of North Spring were set for 2 p m today at the Baptist Church with Rev B R Morgan officiating. She died Sunday morning in a Welch hospital. Surviving are her husband Jack and five children Wilbur Jake Willie James Lena Sampson. burial in Cline Cemetery.
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North Spring
Rns
Rhonda Stanley
Welch Hospital
Reuben Dotson
Stanley
Kentucky
Jack Stanley
Wilbur
Jake
Willie
James
Oceana
Lena Sampson
Tennessee
Baptist Church
B. R. Morgan
Cline
Pythian Sisters Plan Dinner for Dec 13
In Oak Hill the Pythian Sisters schedule a combined Christmas and birthday dinner for December 13 at 6 30 p m in the Knights of Pythias Hall. Mrs B H Cummings is dinner chair and members will exchange gifts. Shut-in fruit baskets will be prepared and delivered at Christmas.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias Hall
B. H. Cummings
Holy Eucharist Rites Set of Ansted Church
Thanksgiving Day at 8 a.m. at the Church of the Redeemer in Ansted will hold a Holy Eucharist. The celebrant is Rev. Donald B. Duncan, assisted by Rev. James H. Davis. Father Davis notes Eucharist means Thanksgiving and links the service to giving thanks for past blessings.
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Ansted
RNS
Church of the Redeemer
Episcopal
Donald B. Duncan
James H. Davis
Davis
Hamed Funeral Rites Wednesday
Faris Hamed 64 of East Rainelle died Monday after a stroke at home. Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Wallace and Wallace chapel with Rev. Virgil R. Gillum officiating. Burial at End of the Trail cemetery. Survived by wife Kay Woolwine Hamed daughter Ursula Campbell two brothers Sine and Jim Hamed two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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East Rainelle
RNS
Faris Hamed
Wallace and Wallace
Virgil R. Gillum
Trail
Montgomery
American Legion
Salina
Lebanon
United States
Kay Woolwine Hamed
Ursula Campbell
Sine
Jim Hamed
North Carolina
Fire Damages Home Of Bernard Ellis At Wolf Creek
Firefighters from Fayetteville extinguished a Monday morning blaze at Bernard Ellis’s home in Wolf Creek. The fire started from a floor furnace and caused more than $1,000 in damage to the floor, a washing machine and a refrigerator.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Bernard Ellis
Wolf Creek
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N. Konavha
Pax Personals
Recreation
Laurel Rebekahs
Stwrvesy
Strucht
the Hill and Hill Company
Louisville, KY
WiLi
Sunbeam
Sunbeam Coffeemaster
GS Sunbeam
Neville Maytag
Neville ST
Renick Man
J. D. Hensley
DuBois
Stanley Funeral Services
Ai Beckley Hardware
Cadamt
Costec Toaster
Heber St
Sunbeam Steam
DRY Irons
Beckley Hardware
Main
Sunbeam Radiant Covitrol Waffle Baker & Grill
Hamed
Cohen
Neville ST. Beckley
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