Itmann Driver Faces Hit Run Drunk Charges in Mercer County
Charley Allen a 53 year old Negro of Garwood is held in Mercer County Jail on charges of fatally stabbing his son in law Nathanael Cheatham 43 an employee of the Lamar Collieries near Maloaka. The stabbing followed a drinking party at Cheatham home in Lamar. Allen's hearing set before Magistrate Frank Gibson in Matoaka. The report notes a separate driving while drunk and hit and run case against Harley Christian 45 of Sfmaon a Wyoming County truancy officer and former education board worker. He was arrested in Mullens near Batley Lumber Company after a collision in Malenka injuring a child. He will face arraignment for driving while drunk in Wyoming and Mercer counties. Christian has held various education board roles and is district field manager for Esquire Company.
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Princeton
Charley Allen
Garwood
Mercer County
M.C. Yoaks
Wyoming County
Nathanael Cheatham
Lamar
Cheatham
Allen
Frank Gibson
Matoaka
Register
Mullens
Harley Christian
Sfmaon
Wyoming County Board of Education
Christian
Batley Lumber Company
R. D. Tabsecott
M. C. York
Wyoming
Matenka
Malenka
Tabscott
Ray Bowling
Ray Toler
Mercer
Corinne
Board of Education
Esquire Company
Neighbors Fight Over Their Dogs Leads to Court Hearings
Two neighbors on Tunnel Hill facing police court hearings December 7. Ralph S. Hall charged with felonious assault for a knife wound to John E. Lilly. Lilly charged with malicious wounding. Bonds set at $500 for Hall and $1,000 for Lilly. Incident happened near the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway roundhouse after a dispute over dogs. Lilly treated for a groin wound and released. Police Captain Shirey and Trooper Turner investigated.
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Register
Hinton
Tunnel Hill
Ralph S. Hall
John E. Lilly
Lilly
Hall
J. C. Alderson
John W. Cook
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C.&o
C. H. Shirey
E. R. Turner
Driver Fined 25 After Wreck In City Court
Paul Belcher pleaded guilty to careless driving after a Friday wreck near Walker Service Station. Judge G B McGraw fined him $25 plus costs. Belcher and his wife escaped unharmed from their 1941 sedan that struck a parked 1948 truck owned by Harry Houck. Witnesses said missed blinding lights and windshield wipers failed contributed to the crash.
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Register
Mullens
Paul Belcher
G. B. McGraw
Belcher
Walker
Guyandotte Avenue
Harry Houck
Rites Not Set For Otsego Man
Funeral arrangements are pending at the Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home for a middle aged man tentatively identified as Walter Byrd who died at his Otsego home Sunday evening from natural causes. An attendant could not confirm the full name. Ed Church said he had employed a Walter Byrd as a lumber hand about a year ago. Lodge plans dinner by Heisier staff writer notes a covered dish dinner served to Odd Fellows Lodge and Laurel Rebekah Lodge members on December 4 at the Oak Hue meeting.
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Ay. Register
Mullens
Robertson-Foglesong
Walter Byrd
Upper Otsego
Ed Church
Heeisier
Odd Fellows ‘Lodge
Laurel Rebekah
Oak Hue
D. Grove Malter
L. Afi Davis
T. H. Lilly
Atoler
Mullens ‘High School
Phichett
J. B. Baker
Church Street
C. ¥. Feller
C. E. Stearts
Carl Moran
Roger Pritchett
R. G. Bennett
Effie Delp
Elbert Humphrey
Ben Murphree
Rachel Patton
M. M. Shumate
Ray Davis
Bernard Stone
D. Grove Moler
Bill Burdiss
B. & Depew
Princeton Teen Cyclists Injured In Road Crash
A 15 year old Princeton boy Jack Mills remained in hospital with a slight concussion and skin injuries after a bicycle crash with a car on the Bluefield Princeton road. Joe Wiley 13 of Bluefield was treated for skin abrasions and released. E C Ketron of Princeton drove the vehicle carrying Mrs Ketron. no charges were filed.
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Register
Princeton
Bluefield
Jack Mills
W. D. Mills
Joe Wiley
Pulaski Avenue
M. C. Yoak
E. C. Ketron
Ketron
Ketrons
Wiley
Mills
Glen Daniel Baby Expires at Birth
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow for Danie Ray Cochran, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Cochran of Glen Daniel, who died at birth Sunday at 9 a.m. at the residence. The body will remain at Rose Funeral Home pending complete arrangements.
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Danie Ray Cochran
Gordon Cochran
Glen Daniel
Rose Funeral Home
Patteson and Renick Named to Legion Posts in 1949
Governor-elect Okey L. Patteson of Mount Hope is named on the national staff of the American Legion as a distinguished guests committee member. Myron R. Renick of Fayetteville appears on Patteson’s committee, among 26 West Virginians appointed to national commissions and boards in 1949, announced by National Commander Perry Brown.
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Register
Mount Hope
Okey L. Patteson
National Staff of American Legion
Indianapolis
Ind
West
National Commission
The
Legion
National Executive Committee
Robert Lester
Charleston
W. C. Beckett
Parkersburg
Ra J. Barber
Huntington
Charles K. Carson
Shinnston
C. P. Taylor
South Charleston
Thomas Stark
Kingwood
Roy G. Coen
Chelyan
Speaker Advises Adults to Let Children Buy Library Books
Mrs Roger Pritchett urged adults to let children choose some library books arguing youngsters consider purchases more carefully than adults. Her address titled Literature and Music for Children was given at a meeting of the Woman's Civic Club Literary and Music Department.
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Stall
Mullens
Roger Pritchett
Woman's Civile Club
Mullens Junior Woman's Club
Portland
Ore
Richard Williams Feted on Birthday in Kopperston
Richard Allen Williams of Kopperston was honored on his sixth birthday with a dinner party hosted by his grandparents Mr and Mrs Hurley Pennington. Guests included Frank Williams Miss Pat Williams Bentley Humphary and other local relatives. A Kingston birth earlier announced William Jr arrived eight pounds at home to Mr and Mrs William Ticker.
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Kopperston
Richard Allen
Williams
Hurley Pennington
Tuckers
Register
Kingston
William’ Ticker
William
Funeral rites for infant Robert Shelby Settle
Funeral services were held at Winston Baptist Church for Robert Shelby Settle six week old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ja Settle who died Thursday evening at home. Officiating was Rev Cash Brooks with burial in Light Cemetery Winston. Survived by parents grandparents James Dodd Minden H L Settle Oak Hill and one sister Martha Jane Settle.
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Robert S. Settlesy
James Dodd
Oak Hill
H. L. Settle
Minden
Martha Jane Settle
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