Police Tighten Not Around 2 Escapees
Police tightened their dragnet in southern West Virginia around Mercer County where two NC prison camp escapees were thought to be hidden. Three other escapees were captured near Jackson Ohio after a car theft, with a fourth fugitive from Miami Florida remaining at large.
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Princeton
West Virginia
North Carolina
Jackson
Ohio
Laurel Springs
N. C
Mercer County
James Thomas Waller
Johnny W. Burgess Jr
William Howard Dalton
Kegley
Dalton
Spanishburg
Lane Fined for Illegal Dumping Near Laurel Creek
R. Lane was fined $20 and costs by Magistrate Virgil Lyons for dumping trash along Laurel Creek between Beckwith and Cotton Hill. Conservation Officer Albert Payne said the act violates the state's litterbug law prohibiting trash dumping within 100 yards of a stream.
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With
Virgil Lyons
Albert Payne
Lane
Laurel Creek
Beckwith
Cotton Hill
McClung Charged with Illegal Brush Burning
Fayetteville report cites James McClung fined twenty dollars and costs for burning brush during the fall fire season without a permit. Conservation Officer Albert Payne notes the land-clearing burn covered about a half acre and that burning is restricted from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the season ending December 31.
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Fayetteville
RNS
James McClung
Rainelle
Joe McClung
Sewell Mountain District
Fayette County
Albert Payne
McClung
Payne
Petit Jurors Excused From Raleigh County Court
Petit jurors for the November term of Raleigh County Circuit Court were excused until 9 a.m. Monday after Judge Norman Knapp discharged them when the suit slated for trial was settled.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Kenneth Saxton Held on Bad Check Warrant
Kenneth Saxton of Kanawha County was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 5 30 p m Tuesday by Constable Joe Rodriguez. He was arrested on a bad check warrant.
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Kenneth Saxton
Kanawha
Raleigh
Joe Rodriguez
Saxton
Floyd Drennan Rites Thursday
Floyd A. Drennan, 68, Chelyan, died Tuesday at home after a long illness. Retired Appalachian Power Co. employee. Survived by wife Mabel, three sons Alva Chelyan Gene Scarbro, Billy Milton Fla. and three stepsons. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Chel yan First Baptist Church. Burial Montgomery Memorial Park London. Pryor Mortuary, East Bank, handling arrangements. Brother in law Cecil Pauley of Chelyan also died recently.
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Floyd A. Drennan
Chelyan
Appalachian Power Co
Mabel
Alva
Gene
Scarbro
Billy
Milton
Fla
Herbert Harwood
Chelyan First Baptist Church
E. W. Turns
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Pryor Mortuary
East Bank
Drennan
Cecil Pauley
Union Service Slated Tonight
Mullens churches unite for a Thanksgiving service tonight at 7 30 in the First Christian Church Maple Avenue. The Rev Arlie Cook of the Pilgrim Holiness Church will deliver the sermon and the Mullens Community Chorus will provide special music.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Ministerial Association
Churches of Mullens
Arlie Cook
Pilgrim Holiness Church
First Christian Church
Maple Avenue
Mullens Community Chorus
Officer Doubts Robbery Story in Harper Heights
State Police doubt Carson Light was knocked in the head and robbed after midnight. Light, intoxicated, gave varying accounts of theft from $300 to possibly his wife taking money. Trooper found a facial scratch but no head injury and sent Light to sleep it off after the tavern he named was closed.
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Carson Light
Harper Heights
Ian Alderson
Light
Alderson
Beckley Driver Cited for Hazardous Driving
Beckley youth Don C. Scott, 17, was arrested on a hazardous driving charge at 10 10 Tuesday night. City Police took him into custody and ordered him to Police Court for a hearing November 30.
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Don C. Scott
Beckley
Mount Hope Band To Lead Motorcade To Beckley Football Title
Mount Hope citizens and Mount Hope High School students will join the band at Mount Hope Junior High Thursday at noon to form a motorcade to Beckley for the State Class AA Championship game against Mullens. The motorcade departs at 12 30 p.m. sharp.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope High School
Beckley
Mullens
Camper Funeral Services for Norman Camper Held Friday
Funeral services for Norman Dale Camper 32 co owner of Central Printing will be at Beckley Presbyterian Church at 10 a m Friday with Dr J W Witherspoon in charge Burial in Marlinton Cemetery Camper editor of Bath County Enterprise Warm Springs Va for 15 years Marlinton Journal for one year and with BNC Printing Corp nine years before starting his own business Survivors include wife Hester two sons Sandy H and Thomas Dale of Beckley one daughter Peggy Harper of Greensboro NC one brother Charles Marlinton three sisters Mabel Hogsett Pauline Hani fin Lavine Elmore and five grandchildren Pallbearers H C Sheets Andrew Ellison Al Ellison M T Rimmer Ed Huffman Robert McClure The body remains at Webb and Neal Funeral Home and will be taken to the church one hour before services
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Norman Dale Camper
Ann St
The
Central Printing Company
Beckley Presbyterian Church
J. W. Witherspoon
Marlinton Cemetery
Bath County Enterprise
Warm Springs
Marlinton Journal
BNC Printing Corp
Camper
Beckley
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Thanksgiving Eve Services Scheduled at First Methodist
Thanksgiving Eve service at First Methodist Church on South Heber Street tonight at 7 30 p m with Rev J B Dryfield preaching Bless The Lord Special music by Madrigal Choir and a benevolence offering The church also joins the Community Thanksgiving Service at the Methodist Temple Thursday at 10 a m
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First Methodist
South Heber St
J. B. Dryfield
Methodist Temple
Neely Asks For More Pinecrest Employes
Charleston AP The Board of Public Works wrapped three days of hearings on next year’s budget with final sessions featuring officials from Public Assistance Mines Archives and History Labor Probation and Parole Library Commission and the West Virginia Hospital Assn The board prepares a budget for the Legislature in January State Police Supt Hazen Fair and Institutions Commissioner Harold Neely sought major increases Fair urged 100 more officers at a cost of 2 874 449 versus current 2 054 835 and the 2 060 715 recommended by Finance Commissioner Henry L Ash Neely also requested 239 800 more for the State Penitentiary to finish a cell block under construction since 1929 He asked Pinecrest Sanitarium at Beckley for more personnel as the 486 tubercular patients population is at its highest since 1954 Admissions outpaced discharges four to one last month The State Aeronautics Commission sought 12 000 to buy an airplane to maintain agency function.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Departments of Public Assistance, Mines, Archives and History
Labor Department
Board of Probation and Parole, Library Commission
West Virginia Hospital Assn
Hazen Fair
Henry L. Ash
Ash
Fair
West
Neely
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
State Aeronautics Commission
Aeronautics
State Hanifin
Over 80 Guests Expected At Raleigh County Jail Thanksgiving
More than 80 prisoners at Raleigh County Jail will receive a Thanksgiving dinner with roast turkey. Jail cook Mike Johnson prepared meals for Thursday as 87 men and two women await their meals, with totals expected to exceed 980 after some releases. Cranberries are omitted due to contamination scare from weed killer.
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Raleigh County
Mike Johnson
Glen Fork PTA Hears J. Morgan
About 30 people attended the Glen Fork Parent-Teachers Association meeting at the school. Jesse W. Morgan Wyoming County schools superintendent was guest speaker discussing the welfare and improvements of public education and the ongoing building program. The project adds a built in kitchen storage lunch room band room and classrooms while the old kitchen becomes an office and teachers lounge. The group voted to buy an electric clock and bell system with PTA funds. Edna Jo Bailey’s second and third grades won the banner contest for most parents present.
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Glen Fork
Parent-Teachers Association
Jesse W. Morgan
Wyoming County
PTA
Edna Jo Bailey
Mother Takes Child Pleads Ignorance Of Court Order
Mrs. Nancy Lee Akers was released with a warning after taking her child from grandparents with the case still pending. Attorney T. E. Myles said she could not be held in contempt due to lack of notice while she resided in South Carolina. The child remains in Fayetteville custody with the paternal grandparents until a final hearing.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Nancy Lee Akers
Fayette County
T. E. Myles
James F. Akers
Myles
Akers
Air Force
Delaware
C. L. Garvin Jr
Ver Akers
Fayette Court
Beckley Man Jailed On Shoplifting Charge
Beckley resident Bill Turner, 34, waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate Cotton White and was remanded to Raleigh County Jail on a shoplifting charge after arrest by city police.
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Cotton White
Bill Turner
Beckley
Raleigh County
Filing Papers Ready For '60 Candidates
Certificates of Announcement for the May 10 Primary Election are available in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. The last day to file for announcement of candidacy is midnight February 6. filing fees vary by office from 5 to 225 dollars plus service charges for several positions.
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Raleigh
C. Harold Hanks
United States
U. S. House of Representatives
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Trap Hill
Clear Fork
Slab Fork
Marsh Fork
Shady Spring
Richmond
Union Services Set In Fayette
Union Thanksgiving worship services are listed for Fayette county communities Oak Hill Mount Hope Fayetteville Scarbro and Minden. Oak Hill 10 am at Jones Avenue Church of God with Rev. Robert Revered leaders from several denominations assisting. Mount Hope 9 30 am at Christian Church with Rev. Dale Holmes delivering sermon and choir music. Fayetteville 7 30 pm Wednesday at Baptist church with Rev. William Dreger and area pastors presenting. Scarbro 10 3 am Thursday at Carlisle Church of God with Rev. O M McNeill preaching. Minden 7 pm Thursday at Methodist church with Rev. James Mundy delivering message.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Union
Fayette County
Jones Avenue
William Dreger
First Church of God
Fayetteville High School
J. Edwin Stanfield
Presbyterian
J. A. Crozier
Charles 8. Thompson
Methodist
Basil Entzminger
Pilgrim Holiness
G. J. Wilson
Second Baptist
Scarbro
Carlisle
Missionary Baptist Church
W. F. Hodges
Suspect To Take Lie Test In Mullens Window Breakage
An Oak Hill suspect in the Mullens Construction Co building window breaking is to be taken to Charleston today for a lie detector test by city police.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Mullens Construction Co
Charleston
Roberts Rites Incomplete for Cecil Edward Roberts
Funeral arrangements for Cecil Edward Roberts 60 are incomplete. He died Tuesday at his Beckwith home. Survivors include Georgia Anne Davis Roberts five sons Edward Carbondale Robert Smithers Thomas Spring Hill Joseph stationed in France Douglas Beckwith two daughters Pauline Webb Corrine Imogene Farmer Beckwith five brothers Walter Delbert Tad John Cinco Donald Dunbar Denzil Skelton a sister Hazel Knight Portland Ore and 15 grandchildren. The body is at Dodd-Payne Mortuary Fayetteville.
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Beckwith
RIS
Cecil Edward Roberts
Roberts
Georgia Anne Davis Roberts
Edward
Carbondale
Robert
Smithers
Thomas
Spring Hill
Joseph
Air Force
France
Douglas
Pauline Webb
Corrine
Imogene Farmer
Walter
Delbert
Tad
John
Cinco
Donald
Dunbar
Denzil
Skelton
Hazel Knight
Portland
Ore
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Fayetteville
Settlement Halts Trial Work Today
Jurors in Raleigh County Circuit Court were excused as a settlement halted a suit by John Estep against Raleigh Eagle Coal Co for coal dust damage to his Ameagle home. Other actions included a non-suit by Dixie Coal Co. in a note case and a continued case involving Charles Sell Broce’s administrator against George Vannoy tied to a July tavern incident.
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John Estep
Raleigh Eagle Coal Co
Raleigh
Estep
Ameagle
Harry E. Moran
Lester Hash
The
Dixie Coal Co
Richardson Tractor Co
Moran and Hash
J. E. West
Charles J. Aeons
Charles Sell Broce
George _ man Vannoy
Vannoy
Sidney M. Anderson
Broce
Cool Ridge
Death Claims Estel Spence in Fairdale
Estel Spence 48 of Fairdale died at 2 15 p m Tuesday in a Mullens hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage after a hospital admission Monday He was a Glen Rogers mine foreman until retirement in January Born February 24 19M in Wyoming County he was the son of Mrs Ida Moran Clay Spence and the late Fred Clay Survived by his wife Delilah Brooks Spence a stepson Army Sgt James Claypool stationed on Governor's Island New York Denver Prison Fairdale a sister Mrs Gladys Walker of Belle four half brothers and five half sisters He body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home arrangements incomplete.
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Fairdale
RNS
Estel Spence
Glen Rogers
Alness
Mullens
Wyoming County
Ida Moran Clay Spence
Fred Clay
Harry Spence
McGraws
Delilah Brooks Spence
Army
James Claypool
Governor's Island
New York
Denver
Joseph Carroll
Altoona
Stanley Cook
Chicago
Gladys Walker
Belle
Cecil
Battle Creek
Mich
Glenn
Eau Galla
Fla
Dennis
Elyria
Ohio
Buddy
US Air Force
Greenland
Walter McGraw
Gaye Bailey
Robert McKeene
Arizona
Freda Cozort
Dale Bailey
Virginia
Robertson and Foglesong
Congressman Blasts Philippine Government in Manila Speech
Congressman accuses Manila authorities of mass looting of American property and graft. He says American personnel abroad must hire guards to protect families and property as base commanders receive only part of supplies. Philippine Minister Calingo rejects the charges and cites recent elections as verdict. Weaver also notes generally favorable conditions in the Pacific for the United States.
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Weaver
Mauro Calingo
Philippines
Manila
Calingo
Philippine
U. S. State Department
Pacific
United States
Madison Baptist Church Dedicates Final Building Phase
Madison Baptist Church completes a seven year expansion featuring a two story educational building added in 1953 at 75000 dollars a new sanctuary fellowship hall and kitchen with completion this year costing 150000 dollars Open house follows the dedicatory services led by Rev Dr William G Farmer and Rev Dr Harold J Purdy The church organized in 1910 seats 375 in the sanctuary 300 in education facilities and has a total membership of 604 with about 400 residents and an average Sunday School of 325
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Madison
Ébns
Madison Baptist Church
William G. Farmer
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Harold J. Purdy
Friends
Runaway Girls Freed In Parents' Custody
Three juvenile girls from Skelton held in the County Jail since Monday as runaways were given a hearing before Judge Harry L. McCreery this morning. The girls were reprimanded and released into the custody of their parents and are to return on the next juvenile day.
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Skelton
Harry L. McCreery
Driver Fined For Loss of Control After Pole Crash
Norman Athey aged 25 of Flat Top was arraigned before Magistrate J E Mays in Beaver after his car struck a power pole near Flat Top Lake causing a power outage at 2 am Monday. He was found guilty of failing to have his motor vehicle under control and fined $10.
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Norman Athey
Flat Top
Flat Top Lake
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Athey
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Petit
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Dean Martin
Shirley Maclaine
Gregory Peck
Deborah Kerr
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Sheilah Graham
Eddie Albert
Henry King
SY Bartlett
Camper Funeral Services
Pinecrest
Glen Fork Pta
J. Morgan
Fayette
Vincent Price
Acnes
Moorehead
Gavin Gordon
John Sutton
Elaine Edwards
Daria Hood
Lenita Lane
Beckleyan
Ernest Borgnine
Janet Leigh
Impalas
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