Maben Mine to Enlarge Cleaning Plant Capacity
West Gulf Coal Company at Maben plans a cleaning plant expansion in the Mary Jane operation. A Kanawha Manufacturing contract covers enlarging the prep plant with a new washing unit and a run-of-mine crusher. Capacity will rise from 900 to about 1,200 tons daily as a second Jeffrey jig is added and bone is removed from lump coal through a recirculating middlings system.
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Maben
Mary- Jane
West Gulf Coal Company
Man
P. M. Snyder, Jr
Kanawha Manufacturing Company
West Gulf
Snyder
Marylane
Ameagle Personality News From Ameagle and Edwight
Ameagle column notes Cpl Kermit Wingo spent two weeks with parents in Ameagle and served at El Paso Texas. Miss Evelyn Jarrell visiting from Ohio spent Thanksgiving with Ameagle family. Local residents Mrs Joe Asbury in Charleston hospital for operation. Others, including Mrs Bob Williams and several Ameagle and Charleston residents, moved about town. Earl Stover home on Marine leave from California base. Edwight reports 137 of 182 pupils attended a Thanksgiving turkey dinner at Edwight Elementary with 100 hot lunches served since October. Pettus hosts Thanksgiving dinner with multiple families. Ameagle PTA hosts a benefi bridge party with many attendees and prize winners.
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By Register
Ameagle
Kermit Wine
Vernon Wingo
Cpl
Wingo
el Paso
Tex
Evelyn Jarrell
Ohio
Carlos Jarrell
Ameagie
Joe Asbury
Charleston
Bob Williams
Bob White
Byford Norris
Carl Edwards
Charles Hobbs
A. L. Battalion
Earl Stover
Marine Corps
California
Roxy Stover
May Compton
Register
Edwight
A. O. Ward
R. L. Deitz
Andrew Sharp
J. C. Wilson
Jane Lively
Bill Smith
J. A. Jarrell
Verna
Lee Hudson
Mary Lau
Pineville Personal Notes Highlight Thanksgiving Visits
Guests of Dr. and Mrs. T G Morgan included his mother Mrs L J Morgan and families from Pineville Oceana South Charleston and Montross Va. Also listed are Weaver and Regina Weaver visitors from Beckley Mullens Charleston and Charleston with Betty Estep winning a canasta prize. Ameagle Willing Workers Club met at Mrs Bessie Legg’s home led by president Mrs Phyllis Honaker.
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Pineville
T. G. Morgan
L. J. Morgan
Pete Morgan
B.L. Morgan
Oceana
Flora Neverly
Lyle
June Start
South Charleston
Banner Ball
Montross
Louis Rencaglione
Amanote
Zed C. Ball
Cleve Weaver
W. F. Weaver
Martha
Beckley
Delbert Weaver
Cynthia
Peggy
Mullens
Regina Weaver
Charleston
Ameagle
Willing Workers Club of
Bessie Legg
Phyllis
jHonaker
Fayette County Tuberculosis Clinic Monthly Report
Eighty six Fayette clinics were attended during October by the Fayette County Tuberculosis Association. Seven new cases were found in 86 examinations. Ten patients admitted to sanatoriums, 10 visited in sanatoriums, and district homes visited. Six tuberculin tests, nine physical exams, 43 sputum containers distributed, 136 admissions to service, and 100 educational literature pieces distributed along with 211 letters written and multiple articles published.
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Fayetteville — Highty
Fayette County
Oak Hill Spade and Trowel Club
Pineract Natiante
Stoneson Paisa
Funeral rites scheduled for Lt Lee A Harper in Arlington
Funeral services with full military honors will be held Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery for Lt Lee A Harper a pilot with the Army Air Force killed on his 81st Korea mission. He is survived by wife Lillian and daughter Jane Sharon of Fort Meade Fla. mother Lydia G Harper of Lynchburg Va. four sisters in Lynchburg Charleston Richmond and San Francisco. two brothers in Richmond and Lynchburg.
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Hinton
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Lee A. Harper
Lidiy G. Harper
Nays Per
Summers County
Jf McClung
J. Alf Lilly
Hin
Harper
Army Air Force
Korea
Lillian Harper
Jane Sharon Harper
Fort Meade
Fla
Lydia G. Harper
Lynchburg
RW. Baldwin
Cline B. Lilly
Charlesto
Ralph H. Lilly
Richmond
W. O. Anderson
San Francisco
Calif
John W. Harper
David L. Harper
Houses Moved to Make Way for New Highway
Hi awatha residents prepare two houses a commissary warehouse and offices for relocation to clear the route of State Route 10 from Giotto. The contract for road work is awarded and start dates await resolved right‑of‑way issues. Homes formerly tied to Wega Snoke Coal Coke Co are being sold and moved.
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Hiawatha
Mercer County
Giotto
Wega- Snoke Coal Coke Company
Arista
Covel
Miners Attend ITMANN-A Roof Fall Prevention Class
Forty one Itmann mine workers of the Pocahontas Fuel Company completed an ITMANN-A course on roof fall prevention. The State Department of Mines presented the class with Bernice Booker as instructor. Attendees include Sparks, McKinney, Morgan, Repass, Vanover, Yates, Bailey, Johnson, Goode, Jenkins, Harmon, Sellers Jr, Borders, Falin, Borders, Falin, Whitson, Ferguson, Johnson, Cox, Miner, Short, Hurley, Dempsey, Lawson, Reduen, Varney, Griffith, McNeely, Johnson, Cook, Taylor and others. Association secretaries attended in Charleston. 93 interviews, seven counties, and 10 doctors were visited or interviewed.
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Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel Company
State Department of Mines
Bernice Booker
Paul E. Sparks
Buster B. McKinney
C. J. Morgan
John Repass
C. G. Vanover
John D. Yates
Sidney Bailey
Ralph J Johnson
Arlie C. Goode
Mert Jenkins
Earnest Harmon
Lawrence Seliers, Jr
Timberman
Andrew Borders
J. W. Falin
John G. Borders
Hobert Spicer
Richard C. Hoffman
James H. Whitson
Robert Lee Ferguson
Charles Cox
Monroe Miner
Tim‘berman
Charles F. Short
Dave Hurley
A. J. Dempsey
Elmer R. Lawson
E. L. Reduen
Billy Varney
G. A. Griffith
Orlan L. McNeely
J. D. Johnson
Roma Cook
Charles Taylor
Joy
Europe tour memories spark Mt Hope league meeting
Miss Caroline Hill of Oak Hill shared highlights from her 10 week European tour visiting nine countries. She contrasted European leisure with American hustle, noted debris cleanup gaps, poverty in places, and urged Americans to tour Europe to understand unity challenges. The Federated League approved a Teen-Age Club, planned a United Fund Drive, and discussed supporting the Lions Club Christmas party.
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Miss Hill
Europe
Luxenbourg
France
Alps
Mt. Hope
United Fund
Robert Hamilton
W. H. Darnall
Fayetteville
Dew
Lions Club
Local Rail Crew Roster Includes Several Named Workers
The list names workers including Billy M. Queen as brakeman Lawrence Sellers timberman Jeremiah Anderson William Anderson trackman Robert Payne brakeman John H Cold iron timberman Robert C Yates jrond man and Ellis Stewart miner among others from the crew roster.
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Erator
Billy M. Queen
Lawrence Sellers
Jeremiah Anderson
William Anderson
Robert Payne
John H. Cold Iron
Robert C. Yates
Ellis Stewart
Jumping Branch Personal News Highlights
Jumping Branch items note Harry Crook returning to Cincinnati after visiting Jumping Branch relatives including Mrs Ada Crook. Mrs Eldridge Ellison remains at Nimitz home after recent Beckley hospital care. Charles Crook Sr hosts guest Ernestine Herbert and her children Betty Tammy Barbara Bulge and Richie from Baltimore. Bessie Lowe comes home after visiting her mother Mary Bennett of Oak Hill.
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Jumping Branch
Harry Crook
Cincinnati
Ada Crook
Eldridge Ellison
Beckley Hospital
Nimitz
Charles Crook
Ernestine Herbert
Betty
Tammy
Barbara
Bulge
Richie
Baltimore
Bessie Lowe
Mary Bennett
Oak Hilt
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Conley Bennett
R. Clay
BM. A. Clay
Joseph Kristaff
Johnny
Clayton Howery
Janie
Patsy
Sue Clay
Lee
Ronald Clay
Stella Webber
Edwightee
Carl Wall
Robert White
Buford Norris
Ruth Barrett
Sarah Walmuth
Johnny Heller
John Thompson
Quentin Scarbra
Sandy Soto
John Lipari
Fritz Salamy
Ernest Zeeger
Friz Salamy
Jenny Sawyer
Nancy Wall
Jennie Lopari
Betty Yaden
Betty Thompson
Lois Thompson
Margie Ramsey
Jean Timms
Myrtle Cooper
Betty Estep
John Yaden
Wertie Gibson
Christine Bowman
James Gross
W A. Bowman
Baileysville
Clear Fork
Paris K. Gross
Elbert
Miss Bowman
Oceana High School
Pfc. Gross
Gary High School
Air Force
Fayette
Fmann
of Association
Federated League
C. Flaherty
Conrad Neely
R. E. ‘Tissue
Paul Beresford
Frances
Theresa Jobe
Mt. Nope Federated League
Frances Jobe
Caroline Hill
Oak Hill
McIntyre Studio OF Dancing
Main
Dean
Philco
U.H.F
Beckley Music & Electric Company
Colin McLuckey
Mgr
Cucae
Hallers
Hallers Srs
WA Haller Corp
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