Recreation and achievement day theme noted in Fayette County
Former Athens resident Ca Frank E Linnell, a WWI veteran and former Concord College faculty member, is to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Survived by Grace Holroyd Linnell and two children, he was active in Athens Masonic Lodge and Episco pal church, with a son at Ft Leavenworth and a daughter teaching music in Liberty Jad. In Fayetteville, the Farm Women's Club 4 H event highlighted home demonstration work in West Virginia with detailed reports on office activity, conferences, and 4 H projects led by Miss Lucille Hudkins, plus Morgantown extension staff contributions and various training and outreach efforts.
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Fleckley
L. Bibb
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Democratic Party
Bibb
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Davis
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Grekley
Cline Howard
Agint
Howard
Z. W. Bailes
Mercer Grand Jury Opens Term Today
Mercer County grand jury convened for the October term at 9:30 am in Princeton with members including G H Bailey H H Ball W G Allen Frank Anderson W P Iyan Alex Walk J Rex Sheppard Clyde A Thornton John D Hewett C W Murphy Maloaka Fred Epling Camp Creek Kenneth Lilly Flat Top and others from Bluefield Bramwell Dott Widemouth Lerena and Athens. A separate item notes a drunkenness case in Princeton where a charge of attempted murder was dropped and a fine of 320 plus costs was imposed after police intervened at Eady Hill's mother’s East Princeton home.
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Princeton
Mercer County Grand Jury
G. H. Bailey
H. H. Ball
W. G. Allen
Frank Anderson
W. P. Iyan
Alex Walk
J. Rex Sheppard
Clyde A. Thornton
Bluefiled
John D. Hewett
Bramwell
C. W. Murphy
Maloaka
Fred Epling
Camp Creek
Register Slade
Eady Hill
Hill
Theradi
East
Remarkable Capedine Seingt Headache Relief
The advertisement touts a caper product named Capedine Seingt aimed at relieving headaches. It claims two dozen ingredients work together as directed on the label with sizes priced 15e 30¢ and 60c.
Pineville Personal Notices Mixed with Local Visits
Pineville notices recount a fatal hit and run in Hinton involving Marie Lilly and other regional updates. The community shares travel from New York to Pineville, garden club meetings in Mullens, hospital recuperations, family visits, and weekend guests spanning Charleston Welch Cincinnati Vaughan Glen Rogers and Beckley with several households hosting relatives and friends.
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Pineville
Paul Weaver
Hinton
Sien
Marie Lilly
Gobhel Lilly
Hinton Hospital
Frances Bailey
New York City
Bart Starkey
C. R.thrasher
R. F. Wildey
Mallens
W. M. Lewis
Jackson's Mill
Theasher
Laurel Garden Club
Alullens
Wittley
Lewis
W. H. Belsches
James Frail
Charleston
FE. Kuhn
Kuhn
Belsches
Vaughan Stewart
Pat, Kuba
Jane Collier
D. Bailey
Welch
William McNear
Stevens Clinic
FM. Curry
Morehead
Z. E. Johnson
T. P. Anderson
Robert Bailey
Cincinnati
Ohio
J. B. Thomas
Sitney Fox
Glen Rogers
John Walker
Holcomb
Billy
Kenneth
Vaughan
Nicholas County
Roy Vineyard
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
W. B. Nichols
James Nichols
Dixie
Basil E. Nichols
Eugene
Bolt
B. C
Nichols
Fates Nichols
B. C. Nichols
Beckley
Sarah Green
Jaeger
L. M. Riffe
Riffe
Hits. Green
Miss Bettye Ragsdale Engaged to Irvin Hoyt
Oceana announces the engagement of Bettye Ragsdale to Irvin L Hoyt. Bettye, a 1948 Oceana High graduate pursuing West Virginia Business College Bluefield. Hoyt, Logan High School 1943 graduate, Navy veteran, works as a bookkeeper for Crozier Motor Sales Oceana.
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Oceana
Bettye Lou Ragsdale
Irvin L. Hoyt
R. W. Ragsdale
Airs. J. Md. Hoyt
Logan
Oceana High School
Crozier Motor Sales
Two Women Hurt In Funeral Wreck
Summersville report says two Raven residents suffered injuries when a funeral procession entered Anthony's Chapel for Mrs. Carrie McCue's services. George Schaller was treated at Beckley Hospital after minor injuries from the auto crash near Hookersville. Mrs. T. E. Mall also of Raven sustained back and ankle injuries and received local treatment.
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Summersville
Abs
George Schaller
Raven
Beckley Hospital
Hookersville
Mercer Couples Attend Chicago Ophthalmology Meeting
Princeton and Bluefield doctors travel to Chicago for ten days to attend a meeting of the Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. Dr. Ben Bird and wife from Princeton join Dr. Cecil Johnston and wife from Bluefield as Mercer County representatives.
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Mercer
Chicago
Register
Princeton
Mercer County
Ben Bird
Cecil Johnston
Blue Ifield
Academy ‘of Ophtalomology
Minstrel Show Planned by VFW in Princeton
Mercer Post 2763 Veterans of Foreign Wars schedules a minstrel show for October 17 and 18 in Princeton with three rehearsal nights under Mrs Ira Mason Smith Jr. Sgt E D Greene resigns as adjutant after serving since last April and Sim Angel is inducted as a new member. delegates and alternates chosen for the district convention in Pinefield yesterday with N B Greer E W Ancover and W Thorpsor among organizers.
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Princeton
Mercer Post 2763
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Inie
Ira Mason Smith, Jr
E. D Greene
Sim Angel
Murcer
Piuefield
N. B. Greer
E. W. Ancover
Wiliam Thorpsor
Y. Rutan
C.F. Linkous
Ww. DD. Wooten
Five Beckleyans Hurt in Princeton Accident
Beckley youths returning from a high school football game in Princeton were injured when their car skidded and struck a utility pole on Thorn Street. Roy B. Harris drove the vehicle and five passengers George M. Mickel Wade Duchannon Eddie Mickel and Carlyle Bolan were treated for sprains bruises and lacerations and released from Princeton General Hospital the next morning. Police said a charge of reckless driving may be filed in connection with the crash.
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Princeton
Beckley
Virinia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia
Beckley-Princeton
Thorns Street
Roy B. Harris
Abandoned Car Reported Stolen Near Roanoke
Police learned of a Nash auto found abandoned on Honaker Avenue near North Walker Street after a driver fled when stopped by patrolmen. Stolen earlier from F. Aumheim of Roanoke, the car contained Navy discharge papers belonging to Armbheim and a caliber revolver used in a Roanoke hold-up. The driver disappeared and remains at large.
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Creton
Nash Auto
Honaker Avenue
Walker Street
F. Aumheim
Roanoke
Navy
Armbheim
Siad Weller Examinations Report 64 Passes in State Test
Siad Weller On Forty nine per sons were successful in operator's tests given Friday by state police men, while 16 failed. Passing were: Willie Ellis Jones Athens Kenneth Eugene Ellison Canp Creek James Franklin Failey Pete Bales Glenna Mae Clark Bramwell Carl Elsworth Hurst Kenneth Eugene Strader William Arcony Moore Duhring Donald Eugene Thornton Giotto Shrerman McReynolds Goodwill Charles Claude Payne Milton Frank Joes Goodwill Robert Lee Edwards Jr Mavasco Curtis Yeover Bailey Lashmeet Aught Landen Barie McComas two Everett Shultz Montcalm Mary Elizabeth Crozier Oceana Lake Erie Bailey Rock Robert Burnet Silings Springton Surratt McNeal Worth Dewey Elwood Christian Wikel Clarence Everett Welch Bliefieht Lafayette Jenkins Garnet Wright Rinich Rue? Helen Albert Alan Parker Luka Per due Mason Charles Everett Thomason the Rev Robert Earl Mortensen Jimmy Edward Farmner dr duck Wilkie Dillard Jesse Robert Pateson Donald Lee Bryant Neta Barnette Tomblin Grave Idella Mack James Oxey Arnold Princeton Archie Arlith Hogan Jr Moses Howard Malone Betty Joyce Richards James Edward Bishop John Duke Bowman Hetty Louise Lee Anna Geraldine Cline John Kenna Lusk Dora Lee Stafford Crock Beth Ballard Stevens Richard Carson Brown. SON IS BORN Hy Hegister Statl Weiler Princeton Memorial Hospital birth announced for a son September 25.
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Siad Weller
Willie Ellis Jones
Athens
Kenneth Eugene Ellison
Canp Creek
James Franklin “Failey
Pete Bales
Glenna Mae Clark
Bramwell
Carl Elsworth Hurst
Kenneth Eugene Strader
William Arcony Moore
Duhring
Donald Eugene Thornton
Giotto
Shrerman McReynolds
Goodwill
Charles Claude Payne
Miwton Frank
Lafayette Jenkins
Garnet Wright Rinchieh
Helen Albert
Alen Parker
Luka Per‘due Mason
Charles Everett Thomason
Rovert
Earl Mortensen
Jimmy Edward Farmn
Duck Wilkie Dillard
Jesse Robert Pateson
Donald Lee Bryant
Neta Barnette Tomblin
Grave Idella Mack
James Oxey Arnold
Princeton
Archie Arlith Hogan
Moses Howard Malone
Betty Joyce Richards
James Edward Bishop
John Duke Bowwnan
Hetty Louise Lee
Anna Geraldine Cline
John Kenna Lusk
Dora Lee Stafford
Crock
Beth Ballard Stevens
Richard Carson Brown
Mercer County Tax Collection Schedule Sets Payment Hours
Sheriff Clarence Elmore lists Mercer County tax payment hours and locations. October 19 events include East River District Cerona Post Office 10 am to noon, Elgood Cheatwood's 1 pm to 4 pm, and various districts with 10 am to 5 pm windows. offices in Princeton and Bluefield accept payments any time.
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Dunns
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Tabor
Tabor's
Nork
Bramwell
Cumby's
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Sheriff
Bluefield
Bargains at Beckley Music and Elec
Local retailer Beclky Music and Electronics lists new appliances including Thor Automagle Watts Demonstrator for 9199.95 and Westinghouse Laundromat model at 189.95 each. Also mentions gasping washer with prices 229.95 and 189.95. Store located at 1108 Fayette Street, Beckley.
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Westinghouse Laundromat
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