Snowbound hunting party rescued in Monongahela National Forest
Eight members of a family from Ansted were rescued near Richwood after being snowbound since last Friday. Foresters Ralph Smoot and Jack Moore used a bulldozer to reach the lean-to shelter near Red Oak Fire Tower then towed the party out over seven and a half hours through four to six foot snow drifts. A ninth hunter, Jake Chapman, had already left to seek aid.
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Richwood
Monongahela National Forest
Ralph Smoot
Jack Moore
Cranberry Camp
Ansted
Betty Smith
Jim Smith
Bobby Hoffman
Zella Hoffman
Lindy Bartrum
Bill Bartrum
Sylvia Kincaid
Roger Wood
Jake Chapman
Red Oak Fire Tower
Boy Injured In Sled Wreck Near Anjean
Anjean Ray, 8, son of Mr and Mrs Car Ray, was reported in serious condition at Greenbrier Valley Hospital Ronceverte after his sled crashed into a truck on a strip mine road Wednesday afternoon. A Burnbright Coal Co employee said he warned the children not to use the road. The injuries are believed to include a fractured skull.
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Register
Anjean
Lewis Ray
Car! Ray
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Burnbright Coal Company
Employment Service Postpones Visit in Whitesville Today
The itinerant service of the Department of Employment Security to Whitesville scheduled today has been postponed to Friday December 8 due to inclement weather and hazardous driving conditions. Beckley office representative M L MecSpadden said representatives will be at Moose Hall at the regular time next Friday.
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Whitesville
Register
Department of Employment Security
M. L. MecSpadden
Beckley
Moose Hall
Hopkins Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for William R. Hopkins age 100 will be held at 2 p.m. at his Pipestem home with Rev. Z F Mayberry officiating. Burial in Farley Cemetery follows. Hopkins born Lerena Virginia, son of Ruben Hopkins and Nancy Farley Hopkins. married to Marinda Cawley in 1882. she died nine years ago. Survived by two sons C E Hopkins and R R Hopkins, a daughter Mrs Marinda Hopkins, a brother Robert Hopkins, and two grandchildren plus three great grandchildren.
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Register
Princeton
William R. Hopkins
Pipestem
Z. F. Mayberry
Farley Cemetery
Lerena
Giles County
Virginia
Ruben Hopkins
Franklin County
Nancy Farley Hopkins
Mercer County
Marinda Cawley
C. E. Hopkins
R. R. Hopkins
War
Marinda Hopkins
Robert Hopkins
Virginian Sued For $75,000
Clarence E. Viars of Lamar Mercer County filed suit in U S District Court seeking 75000 against the Virginian Railway Company over an March 21 1949 accident He alleges severe shock and burns from crossed electric wires used in a dynamiting operation and accuses the company of failure to provide safe tools to work with Continuous.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Clarence E. Viars
Lamar
Mercer County
U. S. District Court
Virginian Railway Company
Viars
Two Area Men Reported Killed in Defense Casualty List
The Department of Defense casualty list lists Pvt. James W. Stables of Matoaka and Cpl. James E. Kincaid of Kesslers Cross Lanes as killed in action. Also listed as injured are Pfc. William G. Baughan of Besoco and Pfc. Paul Meadows of Richwood, with Pfc. Joe H. Ascue reported missing in action of Bluefield.
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Register
Matoaka
James W. Stables
Georgia K. Stables
Department of Defense
James E. Kincaid
Frank H. Kincaid
Kesslers Crosslanes
William G. Baughan
Samantha C. Baughan
Orgas Personalities and Naval Personnel Notes
Charles W. Moore of Norfolk Virginia visits his parents in Orgas as he serves as a second class gineman. K V Adkins, a communications technician third class, will report to San Francisco after a visit with his parents in Orgas. The article notes coal is called a chemical treasure due to its hydrocarbon content and potential modern science applications.
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Register
ORGAS
Charles W. Moore
Norfolk
William E. Moore
K. V. Adkins
San Francisco
Calif
Kenna Adkins
Murder Verdict To Be Argued In Court Friday
A motion to set aside the first degree murder conviction of Charles Wright 20 of South Charleston will be argued Friday in Criminal Court before Judge F Morton Wagner. Wright faces life for the fatal shooting of Deputy Sheriff W Calvin Dotson during a jewelry store break in last August 17. In a separate ruling, Judge Wagner sentenced Irvin Isaac Carper to five to 18 years for the second degree murder of Frazier Harless outside Princeton City Hall, with a 60 day stay to allow an appeal.
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Associated Press
Princeton
Charles Wright
South Charleston
Criminal Court
F. Morton Wagner
Wright
W. Calvin Dotson
Wagner
Irvin Isaac Carper
Carper
Frazier Harless
Princeton City Hall
Moose Women Postpone Meeting to December Fourth
Whitesville Chapter 552 Women of the Moose postpones its regular meeting to December 4. Mrs. Douglas Hamilton will lead the library night and present a minstrel from the Colcord PTA carnival last week. The minstrel is directed by Mrs. G L Kincaid with Mrs. Harry Kerns at the piano.
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Moose
Register
Whitesville
Women of the Moose
Douglas Hamilton
Colcord
G. L. Kincaid
Harry Kerns
Martin Funeral Services Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lessie Martin 72 of Camp Creek will be held Friday at 1 p m in Dunns Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Johnson Meador presiding assisted by Rev. Clyde Martin and Rev. Edgar Sigman Burial follows in Dunns Cemetery at Princeton Memorial Hospital death announced Tuesday in Camp Creek community involving Dunns Cemetery Dunns Church and local clergy conduct rites
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Register
Matoaka
Lessie Martin
Camp Creek
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Dunns Missionary Baptist Church
Johnson Meador
Clyde Martin
Edgar Sigman
Dunns Cemetery
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