Harvest Jamboree to Benefit Polio Drive at Mount Hope
Mount Hope hosts an old-fashioned Harvest Jamboree for the polio fund Thursday night from 8:30 to 9:40. American Legion Auxiliary Post 103 sponsors at the Main Street building donated by Sam Diorado. Fiddlin Dick Murphy and his string band perform square dancing with a record turnout expected, a special caller, concession by Mrs Hassel Blake, and apples given away.
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Register
Mount Hope
American Legion Auxiliary
Post 103
Main Street
Edgar Akers
Sam Diorado
Dick Aturphy
Hassel Blake
Ingham
Polio Drive Nets $4 000 In Fayette County
Hester reports Fayette County Emergency Polio Drive reached 4000 with totals from several communities still unreported. Oak Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce led the Oak Hill drive with an estimated 2100 in contributions, treasurer Fred Jasper notes.
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Hester
Oak Hill
Ben Lewis
Mount Hope
Fayette County
Criminal Cases Open In Fayette
Fayetteville jury trials opened today in Fayette Circuit Court after civil trials wrapped. The Haynes assignee versus Early case ended with a verdict for the defendant over a shipment of furniture at Ansted. storage and damaged condition were cited. Several cases, including Dodd Funeral Home vs Darnall, were disposed of by default judgments when defendants failed to appear.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
W. H. Haynes
Sherman H. Early
Ansted Furniture Company
Fanny
Ansted
Dodd
Funeral Home
C. H. Darnall
Dead Meeting Set Tomorrow for Presbyterians
Mount Hope group conferences for The Women of the Presbyterian Church will be held at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church tomorrow. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. Mrs. D. C. Snyder, president, presides. Mrs. W. C. Bishop of Scarbro is district meeting chairman. Luncheon at noon. afternoon talks cover women and men’s work and Presbyterian Youth Fellowship. Reports from state church meetings and national assemblies. Buchannon son born Mullens Otsego home to Mr. and Mrs. George Buchannon.
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Mount Hope
Presbyterian Church
Mount Ope Presbyterian Church
D.C. Snyider
Mount Hope Church
W. C. Bishop
Scarbro
George Buchannon
Otsego
Anna Mae Boothe
Court actions settle or end in verdicts and continuances
A non suit was taken in Lewis Hatfield et al v Grogan Smokeless Coal. White et al v Calvert Fire. Rosa Casey v Blake's Taxi settled out of court. Wallace v Hairston decided for Hairston after a directed verdict for the defendant. Shuck v Blankenship continued to next term. Greer, Zuminack, and Richmond v City of Mt Hope were all compromised and settled without trial.
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Landon L. Shuck
G. B. Blankenship
Leene Greer
Mike Zuminack
Walter Richmond
Mt. Hope
Miss Gaines Crowned Queen at West Virginia Festival
Kathleen Wood reports Miss Gaines, daughter of Ebersole I Gaines, of Mount Hope, chosen Miss Gaines for the Age Mountain State Forest Festival at Davis and Elkins College. She will coronate Thursday with Governor Patteson presiding, and attend a Queen’s Ball with ROTC escort Bill Campbell. The pageant includes 32 princesses, with Miss Gaines wearing a velvet gown and sequence trim.
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Davis and Elkins College
Silvia XII
Kathleen Wood
Megister
Weiler
Oak Hill
Silvia Xi
Martha Crames
Fayetteville
Davis and Elxies College
West Virginia
Gaines
Elkins
Madeira School
Greenway
R. Schvibes
Sarah Gulden
Huttonsville
Flkins
Gavernor Okey L. Patteson
Mins Gaines
Ruth
Ebersole I Gaines
New River Coal Company
Mount Hope
Arcadian Club
Charleston
Cotillion Club
White Oak
Edgewood
F. W. Grover
Detroit
Fanny Patteson
Okey L. Patteson
Miss Gaines
Oak Hill City Council to Meet Tuesday at 7 30 P M
Oak Hill city council will convene at City Hall Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Various civic groups plan meetings this week including garden club hosts, missionary society programs, Knights of Pythias and Rosary Club events, and a Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering.
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Oak Hile
City Council ofOak
City Hall
E. C. Mamilton
Oak Hill Garden Club
Level
Howard Bahlin
Roger Howell
Oak Hill
Veterans of Foreign Wars Austrary
Princes of Syracuse
Pythian Mall
James Parrish
Troop 117
Lions Club
Laurel Rebekah
Pythian Wall
Po Mn
Grose Funeral Services Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Chloe Daniels Grose will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Fayetteville Baptist Church with Dr J P Frame and Rev G C Musick officiating. Burial follows at Huse Memorial Park. She died Saturday at Oak Hill Hospital after a heart condition. She is survived by two sisters Martha Borrer and Clara Lafferly, husband Wattman T Grose, and son William Daniels.
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Fayetteville
Chloe Daniels Grose
Oak Hill Hospital
T Wo
Martha Borrer
Beckley
Clara Lafferly
Pax
Wattman T. Grose
Willian, Daniels
Cunard
Death Probe Continues In Allen Junction Shooting
Charles Worthington Jr was found shot on a mountainside above his Barkers Ridge home after leaving with his wife to go into the woods. Police describe the single barrel 12 gauge shotgun as the weapon used. burial set for Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Charles Worthington, Jr
Barkers Ridge
Allen Junction
Houston Hall
Smithers
Thomas Payne
Fagan County
Sunset Memorial Park
Worthington
Laxton
Bill Bowen
Police to Use Bloodhounds Today In Effort to Locate Small Girl
Fayetteville reports bloodhounds will assist in locating Carol Donnelly a nearly two year old missing girl from Sawil Hollow. Deputies state search efforts since yesterday afternoon have followed three leads including a dust pile tunnel collapse a potential sighting by neighbors and a four year old’s claim a horse stepped on the child. Bloodhounds from Nicholas County expected noon today to join the hunt.
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Fayetteville
Bloorhounds
Carol Donnelly
Arthur Donnelly
Sawiitl Hollow
Spolce
Minden
Roy Madison
Frank Wheelser
H. D. Gibbs
Woodrow Bennett
Arion
Nicholas County
Herir
Wests Purchase Huff Creek Land in Huff Creek District
John D. and Gracie West bought nine acres in Huff Creek District as shown in a deed filed with the Wyoming County Clerk. They acquired the property from Mr. and Mrs. Morris West and others. Other records include transfers by Earl C. Morrison and wife, W. W. Kennedy and wife, Dennis Kennedy and wife, and Newman Lyttle among others in Mullens and Slab Fork areas.
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Faystteville
Naomi Godby
Oakdale View
Hayes Addition
Oak Hill
Ja Dilly
Fayette County
J. J. Bowling
William R. Nunley
Bowyer's Ferry Road
Fayetteville
Elzie Adkins
Jennie F. Adkins
Quinnimont
Joe Tabit
Tad Botey
Chariton Heights
W. F. O'Neal
Oris R. Bennett
Union Carbide & Carbon Company
Crosby Stores, Inc
Alloy
Glen Ferris
Robert P. Heath
Monta S
Herman Hanson
White Oak Branch
Loop Creek
BE. M. Neff
Ethel
Flanagan
Mountain Cove
Lula Perdue
T. A. Myles
Gatewood
Anne Dent
C. C. Casto
Third Ave
Montgomery
Archie Hall
J. A. Baumgarter
Oak Hil
Mary Buffa
William A. Pateson
Glen Jean
William A. Patteson
Mountainair Drive-In Theatre Company
Glendean
Richard I. Kincaid
W. Howard
Smith
Johnson Branch
Soup Creek
Lester Kincaid
H. L. Lawrence
Hilton Vilage Baptist Church
Sewell Mountain
Dilly
Nagini Godby
Hares Addition
Oak Mi
Fayette Land Company
Frank
Stafé Weiler
Pineville
John D. and
Gracie West
Huff Creek
Wyoming County
Morris West
Earl C. Morrison
John C. Fisher
Fisher Bottom
Oceana District
W. W. Kennedy
Dennis Kennedy
Clear Fork
Guyandotte River
Newman Lyttle
T. S. Brammet
Bertha XN
Bishop
Mullens
Slab Fork
Marie Cook Named Senior Regent of Mullens Moose Unit
Mrs. Marie Cook wife of Police Chief Wendell W Cook was elected and installed as senior regent of the Mullens Chapter Women of the Moose to fill the vacancy from Mrs Ruby Burroughs resignation. Laura Tabor joined as new member and meetings move to 7 30 p m for the fall and winter months.
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Mullens
Marie Cook
Wendell W. Cook
Women of the Moose
Ruby Burroughs
Hattie Sue Bowling
Laura Tabor
Figures mix as families visit across Virginia and West Virginia
Glen Rogers and Charles Sheppard visit relatives in Galax and Woodlawn Virginia while J K Brawley spends a weekend with his wife in Charleston. Several residents travel and host guests including the Cane and Canterbury families. others undergo hospital care or return from vacations.
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Glen Rogers
Charles
Clyde Sheppard
Galax
Woodlawn
J. K. Brawley
Charleston
Leonard Wilson
Ed Johnson
Earl ‘Saxon
Hubert Durham
Aubrey Nuckols
Beckley and
Sophia
Riley Davidson
Tom Cane
Glen Hudson
Mary Fulman
Osgego
Cane
Leo Cane
Duquoin
Pat Cane
Jack Canterbury
Morgantown
Aubrey ‘Nuckols
Bert Canterbury
Bolt
Francis Harrington
Emmett Harrington
Harringtons
L’ouse
Mich
Chicago
James Martin
Cora Cox
Retired Army Officer Joins Mullens Police Force
Jale W. Waldron, 44, a former Maven resident retired from the U. S. Army after 21 years service, joined the Mullens City Police force. His appointment as city patrolman was confirmed with bond posting by Police Chief Wendell W. Cook. Waldron fills the vacancy created by Luther McKinney’s resignation. He served in China, the Philippines, Hawaii, Panama, Iceland, and England, earned the Arrowhead Citation for North Africa Sicily and Normandy invasions, and held a battlefield commission. He was wounded three times and awarded multiple medals including the Soldier’s Medal, Silver Star, Bronze Star with six campaign ribbons, Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters, and other honors. He is the brother of Mrs. Rodney Davis and Mrs. W. M. Mullins.
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Mullens
Jale W. Waldron
U. S. Army
Ian
Wendell W. Cook
Luther McKinney
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Philippines
Hawaii
Panawi
Iceland
England
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Rodney Davis
Church Street
W. M. Mullins
Ravencliff
Caillier Funeral Services Held For Victor Caillier
Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for Victor Caillier 63 who died at his Ansted home Saturday night from a heart attack. Rites at St Peter and Paul Methodist Church Ansted with Rev Charles Stephenson. Burial at Montgomery Memorial Park London with Ansted Odd Fellows grave side honor guard. Survivors include wife Mrs Joe Rule Canker two daughters Mrs Josephine Markovich and Mrs Ollie Lee Burkse both of Yorksville Ohio two brothers John Oklahoma and Antoine Sharleston and a sister Mrs Cecile Dennison Arkansas. Body to be removed to Caillier home Ansted later today.
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Ansted
Victor Caillier
St. Peter and Paul Methodist Church
Charles Stephenson
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Ansted Odd Fellows Lodge
France
Methodist Church
Odd Fellows
Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Joe Rule Canker
Josephine Markovich
Ollie Lee Burkse
Yorksville
John
Oklahoma
Antoine
Sharleston
Cecile Dennison
Arkansas
Caillier
Loday
Revival Opens Tuesday at Wyoming Community Church
The Rev. Roger P. Melton of Marlinton will preach at revival services starting at 7 30 p.m. tomorrow night at the Wyoming Community Church and continuing through October 14.
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Wyoming
Roger P. Melton
Marlinton
Wyoming Community Church
Jaycees Meet Tonight at El Chico Cafe
The Serkley Junior Chamber of Commerce holds a dinner meeting at 6 30 p.m. at El Chico Cafe. A Conservation Committee meeting led by Thomas F Stafford will follow the regular session, per President David Abrams.
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