Princeton Chamber Talks Merger of Railroads
Princeton Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday to discuss a proposed merger of the Norfolk and Western and Virginia railways. President B C Gibbs cited uneasiness over potential shop closures in Princeton and planned a conference with Virginian and N and W officials. Officials offered no statements as about 20 to 300 workers are employed in Roanoke area shops.
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Princeton Chamber of Commercce
Norfolk and Western and
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Virginian
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Roanoke
Doing Good For Others Emphasized At Cub Meet
Oak Hill Cub Scout Pack No. 30 met at the scout cabin to collect clothing and food for the needy and to ship story books to the children's ward of Oak Hill Hospital Marmet Hospital Huntington Orthopedic Hospital. The meeting highlighted sharing as Thanksgiving's spirit with awards for many scouts and den leaders and noted Pack W sponsored by Oak Hill Baptist Church with six dens and 42 registered cub Scouts.
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Oak Hill Hospital
Marmet Hospital
Huntington Orthopedic Hospital
Randolph Johnson
Den
J. P. Painter
Jack Flint
Herbie Wilkenson
Denner
James Gwinn
Jim Bob Burdette
John Nettles
Michael O'Brien
Denners
Tommy Burgess
Richard Bragg
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Covel-Garwood PTA Sets Christmas Fete
Covel-Garwood PTA plans a pot luck dinner and gift exchange for the Christmas meeting on December 17 at the school. Dinner starts at 6 30 p.m. Members bring a gift for either gender. A heating system upgrade was announced for next term. Principal Tom Caves and teachers were named to a project committee. Attendance banner honored Mrs Caves homeroom. Refreshments by several mothers followed group singing.
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Covel-Garwood Parent- Teachers Assn
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Douglas Bailey
Curtis Helmandollar
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Board of Education
Tom Caves
Caves
Elizabeth Matney
Carl Marsh
Holland McBride
Savatore Aurrichio
Dancing Program Given At Sorority Meeting
A program on dancing was presented by Mrs Hilley Kurtz Beckley at the Thursday meeting of Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Marcia Newton and Ronnie Aide of Oak Hill and Jean Richmond of Glen Jean demonstrated ballet positions. The chapter will present a basket of food to a needy family for Thanksgiving. The next meeting will be at Barbara Tyree's home on Thompson Avenue December 4. Phyllis Evans will lead the program with Drama as the theme. Refreshments were served by Florence Srednicki to a list of members.
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Hilley Kurtz
Beckley
Gamma Epsilon Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Marcia Newton
Ronnie Aide
Jean Richmond
Glen Jean
Barbara Tyree
Thompson Avenue
Phyllis Evans
Florence Srednicki
Carol Sue Bragg
Jane Foster
Sue Fox
Faye Greene
Betty Harmon
Margaret Harmon
Kathleen Mullins
Norma Perdue
Kitty Roach
Vicki Bogusky
Nancy Tennent
Thanksgiving Services Set in Pineville
Local churches plan a joint Thanksgiving Service at Nazarene Church in Pineville on Thursday at 10 a.m. Participants include Cook Memorial Baptist Rockcastle Baptist First Methodist Presbyterian and Nazarene Churches. The Rev. Kenneth Maze hosts the service and Rev. W H Street delivers the sermon Plymouth Adventure.
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Cook Memorial Baptist
Rockcastle Baptist
First Methodist
Presbyterian, and Nazarene
Kenneth Maze
W. H. Street
Plymouth
Norman K. Morgan
Presbyterian Church
Robert McCoy
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
L. B. James
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Fred Shannon Jr
Methodist Church
Teamsters Honor Picket Lines In Airline Strikes
Washington AP Teamsters Union President James R Hoffa said truck drivers will not cross picket lines set by striking unions. They will not deliver freight or gasoline to a struck airline honoring long standing policy. They back the engineers in jurisdictional disputes with pilots. The union has a three year mutual aid pact and plans financial as well as picket line support.
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Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Air Line Pilots Assn
Flight Engineers International Union
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck Sr
Woman's Club Sets Yule Meeting in Fayet teville
Fay etteville Woman's Club plans a Christmas gathering at the home of Mrs. Charles L. Garvin Jr. at 7 30 p m Monday with devotional by Mrs. H F Frazier a review of the General Federation of Womens Club Magazine by Mrs E O Wiseman a federation departments synopsis by Mrs Flet cher Arritt and caroling led by Miss Gladys Bary Gifts will be exchanged and donated for baskets for shut ins and an adopted Pinecrest patient stamps for wounded veterans are requested Hostesses are the elected officers led by president Mrs George Hatfield and other officers include Miss Eary Mrs J W Ayers Mrs Carl B Vickers Mrs Charles Shackelford Mrs C A Kidd and Mrs Louise Hoover.
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Charles L. Garvin Jr
Fayetteville Woman's Club
H. F. Frazier
E. 0. Wiseman
General Federation of Womens’ Club
General Federation
Fletcher Arritt
Gladys Bary
Pinecrest
H. E. Shawver
George Hatfield
Eary
J. W. Ayers
Carl B. Vickers
Charles Shackelford
C. A. Kidd
Louise Hoover
Oceana Area Personal News Highlights Local Visits
William J Acord left for Fort Lewis Washington after a 30 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs William Acord He will soon begin a year long tour in the Far East Others visiting or visiting cities include Mrs Wayne Mason of Beckley Mrs Annie Morgan Bernard Morgan Arbutus Morgan Otis Cook Oceana Mr and Mrs Otis Cook Pineville Mrs Bill Dodd Oceana Mullens Norman Cook Raymond Cook Delores Cook Henry Pruett Beckley Levi Harvey visiting in Oceana Pat Wallace Sally Miller Concord College students visiting their parents Miss Mary Alice Justice Bluefield spent weekend with her parents Glenn Shields Logan Beckley visits noted.
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William J. Acord
Fort Lewis
Wash
William Acord
Acord
Army Signal Corps
Far East
Wayne Mason
Beckley
Liss Bellamy
Logan
Annie Morgan
Bernard Morgan
Arbutus Morgan
Otis Cook
Alvin Goddard
Pineville
Bluefield
Bill Dodd
Mullens
Norman Cook
Raymond Cook
Delores Cook
Henry Pruett
Levi Harvey
Bowen Cook
Pat Wallace
Sally Miller
Concord College
O. R. Wallace
Hugh Miller
Mary Alice Justice
McLains Business School
J. B. Justice
Riley Blankenship
Patricia Blankenship
Norman Blankenship
Glenn Shields
Farewell Party for Miss Sharon Jones Held at Turkey Dip
Miss Sharon Jones was honored with a farewell party hosted by Mrs. Bill Lambert in Turkey Dip. Guests included Gloria Jean Brunty David Price Butch Price Sandy Elkins Ronald Lambert Billy Lambert Julius Lambert Margaret Hicks and Donald Hicks. Delores League and Lote Gail Lambert won prizes during games.
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Lilly Haven
RNL
Sharon Jones
Bill Lambert
Delores League
Lote Gail Lambert
Gloria Jean Brunty
David Price
Butch Price
Sandy Elkins
Ronald Lambert
Billy Lambert
Julius Lambert
Margaret Hicks
Donald Hicks
Donna Lambert
Sherry Jones
Fire Extinguished By Ameagle Residents
A brush fire in Ameagle Saturday night was brought under control by local residents. The Whitesville Fire Department arrived at 11 a.m. Sunday to find the blaze already extinguished. Foreman Bob Rutledge called for help fearing the fire would reach the tipple.
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Departure Planned for Navy Couple to Japan
Plan to depart for Tokyo Japan was announced for Yeoman 1st Class Charles J Taylor and his wife Lois Taylor who are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Kenner Brown in Glen Rogers They will travel to Washington DC Friday where Taylor is stationed to finalize trip details They expect to reside in Japan for three years Lois Brown a Glen Rogers High School graduate was in the schools glee club and Brown Quartette and later worked in Washington where she met Taylor They have lived there since their marriage
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Glen Rogers High School
Glee Club
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Washington
Mortgage burn marks milestone for Fayetteville church
The Rev. B. B. Breitenhirt led a mortgage burning at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church as a debt free $145,000 building, occupied for three years, was celebrated. Elders C. E. Mahan George Moreau and T. A. Myles joined the ceremony. Breitenhirt, pastor for ten years, will leave for Asheville on August 1.
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Breitenhirt
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C. E. Mahan
George Moreau
T. A. Myles
L. Ebersole Gaines
Moose Officers to Attend Sixth District Moose Meeting
Whitesville Moose Lodge sends a delegation to the Sixth District gathering in Beckley with a banquet Friday night. Lodges from Beckley Oak Hill Hinton Rainelle White Sulphur Springs Richwood Layland Montgomery and Whitesville will be represented led by Carl W. Pioch. District reports include membership gains surpassing 300 as over 200 new members were signed in the first two months of the Moose year.
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West Virginia
H. Garten
Hinton
Whitesville Lodge
Carl W. Pioch
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Daughters Honor Mother At Party In Glen Jean
Mrs. Ervin Knapp of Glen Jean was honored at a Sunday dinner hosted by her daughters Mrs. Donald Thompson and Mrs. Hillis Hitchens. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Girard Rickman of Artie, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Knapp and children from Alderson, Hill Top residents, Hinton families, Kingston and Glen Jean guests.
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Joyce
Hinton
Jewel Winston
Kingston
Ervin Knapp
Lloyd Knapp
Glen Jean
Pax PAX and relatives travel and visit relatives
Pax Walkup and son Mike travel to New Jersey to stay with son-in-law and daughter Bernard and Mrs Shumate in Millville. Mr and Mrs Frenchie Stover of Cincinnati visit in the home of Mr and Mrs Bob Rutledge. Mrs Barbara Krueger and Christine Krueger return home after a week with Uncle and Aunt George Stover in East Kingston. Clint Lively and wife spend Thanksgiving with son-in-law Richard Keough in Camden New Jersey. They plan to return this weekend.
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N. F. Walkup
Mike
New Jersey
Bernard Shumate
Millville
Frenchie Stover
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bob Rutledge
Barbara Krueger
Christine
Mrs Droppleman Dies In Welch
Mrs. Carrie Droppleman aged 42 of Pineville died at 8 a.m. in Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch after months of illness. She owned a Pineville beauty shop until four years ago. Born Pax, she was daughter of the late Alonzo and Lula Bailey. Survived by husband Ed Pineville two sisters Mrs J F Biggard Vicksburg Miss and Mrs Sedilia Adama Beckley two brothers Edwin Bailey Philadelphia and Drewey Bailey Norfolk one uncle J D Bailey Baileysville. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens awaiting arrangements.
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Carrie Droppleman
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Sedilia Adama
Beckley
Edwin Bailey
Philadelphia
Drewey Bailey
Norfolk
J. D. Bailey
Baileysville
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Mullens
Lyneco Personal Notice Social Roundup
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Floyd Rose Pineville included many relatives and friends from Lyneo Pineville and Welch. Over the weekend Harold McPeak James Cline and Fred Green fished at Sandstone. Sonny Schuman and daughter Robin spent the weekend in Roanoke Virginia. Mrs Jewell McPeak visited her daughter and son in law Lloyd Gouge. Chuck Gouge confinement at home due to illness.
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Floyd Rose
Pineville
Agee Stewart
Tommy
Rosilee
Lyneo
Coy Rose
Bill Rose Jr
Carmel Hill
Pat
Myrtle Rose
Elma Hayhurst
Bob Bunion
Bud
Boyd Rose
Welch
Rosie Barns
Nancy Gap
Harold McPeak
James Cline
Fred Green
Sandstone
Sonny Schuman
Dughter Robin
Roanoke
Jewell McPeak
Lloyd Gouge
Chuck Gouge
Father opposes home drinks tax in West Virginia
A reader from Sun Set Addition Williamson WV urges repeal of a home drinks tax. He argues rising costs affect his family of wife and three children and urges the West Virginia Grocery Traders Association to help repeal the tax, asking readers to write.
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P. V. Price
Sunset Addition
Williamson
W. Va
West Virginia Grocery Trades Users Association
P. Q
Huntingtes
W. Ve
Minden Mine Receives National Safety Award
The Minden mine of New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. in Oak Hill earned a National Safety Council award for a July 1957 to June 1958 safety campaign. Officials were praised for a spotless roof fall safety record and worker protection. Frank Lokant, C. H. Leach, and Thomas Pryor received achievement certificates as part of the national recognition.
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Oak Hill
Minden
New River
Pocahontas
Thanksgiving Services Set at Colcord Presbyterian Church
The Colcord Presbyterian Church hosts Thanksgiving services at 7 30 p m today with all area parish churches participating led by Rev John Aalfs.
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Colcord Presbyterian Church
John Aalfs
Hatcher Wrestler James Bragg Injured At Stevens Clinic
James Bragg 25 Hatcher treated Wednesday at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for injuries to his right shoulder sustained during a wrestling incident.
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Stevens Clinic
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James Bragg
Jesse Johnson Held To Grand Jury Action
Baileysville report says Jesse Johnson about 40, of Wyoming, was held to the grand jury on a grand larceny charge after a hearing before Magistrate Ira Jackson. He allegedly stole a television booster from James Starrett, valued at 89 dollars, and sold it back to the same Baileysville shop. bond set at 2000 dollars. remanded to jail.
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Jesse Johnson
Wyoming
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Ira Jackson
James Starrett
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E. L. Cook
Island Creek Coal Company
Missing Girls Return Home in Pineville
Bren ton high school girls Shirley Steele aged 14 and Betty Holloway aged 19 returned home after disappearing Sunday afternoon. Sheriff Bert Short said Steele was delivered to his parents by a Man family led by Rev Hager, while Holloway is at the Lilly Haven home of Mr and Mrs Ross Jones. The sheriff added the girls had been “chasing around with boys” in Logan County and Steele planned to take her daughter for a hospital examination.
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Bert Short
Shirley Steele
Cecil Steele
Hager
Betty Holloway
Lilly Haven
Ross Jones
Short
Logan County
Steele
Lilly Haven Miss Dana Lambert Overnight Guest
RNS Lilly Haven notes list Dana Lambert Turkey Dip as overnight guest of Sherry Jones. Various local visits include Jim Jones and family moving to Beckley for a newspaper job, Parsons family in Newton, and several Sunday visits across Lester, Glen Fork, Kopperston, New Richmond, and Coal Mountain with multiple local residents.
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Lilly Haven
Dana Lambert
Sherry Jones
Jim Jones
Beckley
Beckley News Paper Corp
Ed Thornsbury
Pete Parsons
Newton
Charles Parsons
Canton
Lloyd League
Lester
Wandall Morgan
Linda
James Acord
Edward
B. W. Acord
Clear Fork
Himm
Acord
Glen Fork
Dewey Lafferty
Glen Blackburn
Kopperston
Roy Elkins
Mike Lew Allen
New Richmond
Robert Miller
Coal Mountain
David
Bill Lambert
Bucky
Less Lambert
Pineville
Whitesville Men to Attend Huntington Meet
Bernard Green and Earl Howell will represent the Big Coal River Babe Ruth Baseball League at the state directors meeting at Marshall College Huntington Sunday at 2 p.m. They were selected by the by law committee in Whitesville to attend and set up the league charter.
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Bernard Green
Earl Howell
Big Coal River
Babe Ruth
Marshall College
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Whitesville BPW Club Sets Anniversary Dinner
Whitesville BPW Club announces an Anniversary Dinner to be held December 12 at 7 p.m. in Whitesville Junior High School. The club, organized in December 1957 with 34 charter members, lists Rebecca Pittsenberger as president and Beatrice Byrd as vice president among officers. New initiates include Ava Mae Salter Velma Humphrey and Elaiue Humphrey. Madge Richardson Beckley state BPW president will serve as mistress of ceremonies. Reservations to Orpha Plantz by December 5.
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Whitesville Business and Professional Women’s Club
Rebecca Pittsenberger
Beatrice Byrd
Polly Ann Moore
Pearl Miller
Orpha Plantz
Ava Mae Salter
Velma Humphrey
Elaiue Humphrey
Madge Richardson
Beckley
BPW
Beckley Bpw Club
Whitesville Group
Fayette County Singing Convention Set for Dec 7 at Cotton Hill
Fayetteville reports the Fayette County Singing Convention will convene at Cotton Hill Baptist Church on December 7 from 2 p.m. Karl Taylor Robson serves as secretary treasurer overseeing the event.
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Fayette County
Cotton Hill Baptist Church
Karl Taylor
Robson
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