University President Presses New Tax to Back Medical School
Mt Hope WV. University president Dr Irvin Stewart warned Mt Hope Lions Club that repealing the soft drink tax would threaten funding for the new medical school at West Virginia University. He urged legislators to provide replacement funds and noted space limits dormitories and faculty salaries lagging prewar levels.
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MT. Hope
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
Mt. Hope Lions Club
University
Stewart
Mt. Hope Club
R. Stewart
Douglas Bowers
Beckley
University Board of Governors
Bowers
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief for Common Aches
Nagging backache fatigue headaches and dizziness may signal slow kidney function. Doan's Pills, a mild diuretic used by millions for over 60 years, claim to ease these discomforts by helping kidneys eliminate water and waste.
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Conan
Doan
Minstrel Tonight by Mullens Troop 47 at High School
Senior Girl Scout Troop 47 presents Bandanna Minstrel at Mullens High auditorium at 8 o'clock after a 3 pm matinee. Proceeds aid March of Dimes and uniforms for troop members. Rehearsals led by Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Heasnake with Mrs. Bailey assisting.
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Mullens
Mullens ‘High School
Gerald Snyder
Bernard Heasnake
Onnie
Oak Hill Zoning Commission to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Zoning and Planning Commission for Oak Hill will meet Tuesday evening at 7:39 PM at City Hall to discuss planning items.
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Oak Hill
Zoning and Planning Commission For
City of
City Hall
Commission Due Sheriff Outlined in Opinion
Fayetteville readers learn of an Attorney General aide's opinion on sheriff commissions. The guidance covers adding commissions to debts collected, limiting commissions to actual collections, and adding the sheriff's fee to court costs after collection.
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Fayetteville
George W. Stokes
Fayette County
Howard W. Carson
Legal Service
Sheriff's Commission
Attempted Escape Ends For Prisoner in Hospital
Frank Lester 20 of Bud is under surveillance at Wyoming General Hospital after his attempted escape from Mullens police Saturday night. He rolled from a city cruiser window during transport to jail and was recaptured after a three point landing. Lester’s past includes an escape from Mullens jail and time in the state reformatory. Authorities said he and a woman were arrested at the White Kitchen Cafe on drunken charges.
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Mullens
Frank Lester
Bud
Wyoming General Hospital
Wendell W. Cook
Lester
Cook
Mullens City
State Reformatory
White Kitchen
Toney Funeral Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Winnie Florence Thompson Toney 61 of Carlisle will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Dothan Community Church with Rev. Ralph Parsons and Rev. Mark Shaney of Fayetteville presiding. Burial will follow in the family cemetery. She is survived by her husband C. A. Toney a brother two sisters and 12 children. Active pallbearers include Orville Toney Carrol Toney Haden Toney Redon Payne Woodrow Payne William Payne Luther Toney and John Toney.
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Oak Hill
Winnie Florence Thompson Toney
Carlisle
Whipple
Dothan
Ralph Parsons
Mark Shaney
Fayetteville
C. A. Toney
Tyree
Orville Toney
Carrol Toney
Haden Toney
Redon Payne
Woodrow Payne
William Payne
Luther Toney
John Toney
Fayetteville Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk
Mrs. Lacy Neely, County Clerk, issued licenses to couples including Lennell Alexander Brown 27 with Frances Leona Jones 17 of Summerlee, Harold C. Davis Jr 24 of Chicago and Pauline Davis 17 of Fayetteville, George E. Johnson 32 and Zella M. Smith 25 of Oak Hill, and others from Oak Hill Ansted Dothan Scarbro Scarbro Powellton Artie Victor and surrounding areas.
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Fayetteville
Lacy Neely
Lennell Alexander Brown
Frances Leona Jones
Summerlee
Harold C. Davis, Jr
Chicago
Ill
Pauline Davis
George E. Johnson
Zella M. Smith
Oak Hill
Anthony Kaross
Canada
Magdaline Chesnofsky
Harold K. Nichols
Mona Lee Pike
Ansted
John Frederick O'Dell, Jr
Betty Jane Payne
Dothan
William E. Skaggs
Ila Belle Dix
Victor
Robert Workman
Artie
Pauline Jarrett
Scarbro
William Yates
Elizabeth Gill
Powellton
Retired Scarbro Merchant Dies
John Wojtowicz 79 a Scarbro merchant died after an eight month illness. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p m today at the home of his daughter Mrs Joe Bokovitch with Rev Albert Noe officiating. Burial followed at Helltop Cemetery. He was born in Poland May 23 1873 and survived by wife Mary three daughters three sons a sister and two brothers.
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Scarbro
John Wojtowicz
Joe Bokovitch
Albert Noe
Helltop
Poland
Mary
Mary Krawczyscyn
Sanger
Anna Bokovitch
Josephine Gillespie
Huntington
Joseph
Edward
Theodore
Whipple
Mary Mazurek
Stanley
George
Warren
Emmett Postmaster Dies Rites Wednesday
John C. Vance 67 died Monday in Logan hospital. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Emmet Community Church with Rev. Lloyd Ferguson and Rev. Forrest Curry officiating. Vance served as postmaster and acting postmaster at Emmet for 15 years. Survived by wife Rose Ellis Vance and many children, two brothers, a step-brother, and other relatives.
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Emmet
John C. Vance
Logan
Lloyd Ferguson
Forrest Curry
Vance
Rose Ellis Vance
Arnold
Dayton, O
George
Garland
Simon
Clyde
Guvan
Albert Lester
Baileysville
Mary ‘Gore
Mount Gay
Hudson Ashby
Davin
Martha Vance
Fairborn, C
Garnet
Joyce Vance
George C
W. T
Switzer
J. S. Toler
Rife
Washington
Funeral arrangements for Amanda Catherine Seay
Amanda Catherine Seay 73 of Mt. Nebo sister of Georgia Huddleston Fayetteville died Monday in Richwood Hospital after brief illness. A Nicholas County lifelong resident and Fowler's Knob Baptist Church member she is also survived by half sister Erma Eye Summersville.
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Fayetteville
Amanda Catherine Seay
Mt. Nebo
Georgia Huddleston
Richwood
Nicholas County
Fowler's Knob
Erma Eye
Summersville
BPW Board Meeting Set for Wednesday Evening
The executive board of the Business and Professional Women's Club will meet at 7 30 pm at the home of Mrs. Ann Oyler in Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
Business and Professional Women's Club
Ann Oyler
Infant Erskine Marland Johnson Dies in Ames
Funeral services for 20-day-old Erskine Marland Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Johnson of Ames, who died of a hemorrhage at home, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at New Salem Baptist Church. Rev. T H Thomas will officiate. burial in Abraham Cemetery. He is survived by parents, a sister Yvonne, and brothers Marshall Jr and Darrell. Body moved from Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean to the family residence at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Ames
Erskine Marland Johnson
Marshall Johnson
New Salem Baptist Church
T. H. Thomas
Abraham Cemetery
Yvonne
Marshall, Jr
Darrell
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
Infant funeral today for John Emanuel Katies
Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. for infant John Emanuel Katies of Otsego died at 10 a.m. Monday at Wyoming General Hospital. The Dunman Funeral Home chapel will host Rev. John L. Payne Jr. The body will be moved to Clarksburg Wednesday for burial. The child was born on November 10.
Wyoming Actors Appear in Cast Of College Play
Two Wyoming County students from Concord College take parts in Our Town. Richard Kirk of Pineville plays George and Mrs Nell Teaford Wood of Mullens is the Artistic Lady in the Box. Mary Elmore of Athens portrays Emily as the play runs its final 8 pm performance.
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Athens
Wyoming County
Concord College
Our Town
Richard Kirk
Pineville
Nell Teaford Wood
Mullens
Grover Corners
Kirk
George
Emily
Mary Elmore
Singing Convention at Miller Baptist Church in Nallen
A singing convention will be held Sunday at the Miller Baptist Church in Nallen. The public is invited to attend.
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Nallen
Miller Baptist Church
Pax Mission Society Hosts Christmas Plans in Oak Hill Home
Pax Advent Christian Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society met at the Oak Hill home of Mrs. T. F. Lively. Miss Naomi Shamblin presided, plans for a Christmas party and gift exchange were made, and Miss Nina Lively led the devotional Thoughts of Thanksgiving with all members participating.
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PAX
Women’s Home and
Foreign Mission Society
Pax Advent Christian Church
Oak Hill
T. F. Lively
Nina Lively
Naomi Shamblin
Miss Lively
Dickens Have Son at Stickney Birth
Mr and Mrs Jim Dickens of Stickney announce the birth of a son Saturday at Kanawha Valleys Hospital.
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Dickens
Stickney
Jimmie Dickens
Kanawha Valleys Hospital
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Dr. Stewart
William Haslem
James Wade
Art Lewis
Frank Halstead
Hilda Cork
Clarksburg
Gladys Hardesty
E. McK. Hardesty
Paul Beresford
Clifford Fisher
Brunswick
Josephine Carr
Lynn D. Clark Jr
Bryan Air Force Base
Tex
Mr. Hope Lions Club
Bill Hickman
Troop
Circle
John Mott
Circle Five
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Canada
Circle Three
E. A. Shaffer
Toney
Scarbro Merchant
Emmett
BPW Board Meeting
Turkeys
Vienna
Twic
Pork &O
Asc
Bologna
Johnson
Infant
Philadelphia
Continental Distining Corporation
Philadelphia, PA
Harold Walker
Wyoming
The
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
West Virginia
Pax Mission Society
Sirsa Py
Stoyland
Hollywood
Taffetta Comforters
Heckley
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