Semi-Centennial Celebration At Hill Top Church
Hill Top First Baptist marked its 50th anniversary with Sunday dedication services led by Rev J L Gray and sermons by Rev J C Head. Mayor H C Brown and City Manager Wallace Bennet attended with families, as weeklong events featured visiting ministers and choir performances and a midday dinner.
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Hill Top Church
Hull Top
J. L. Gray
Omar
First Baptist Church
Hill Top
C. J. Wilson
H. C. Brown
Wallace R. Bennet
Oak Hill
Brown
W. W. Wood
J. C. Head
Charleston
F. D. Ferry
Harvey
Maurice Briggs Dies at 69 in Hill Top Community
Maurice Briggs, 69, a Floyd County, Virginia farmer and native, died at his Hill Top home Sunday. He is survived by his wife Naoma Briggs of Hill Top and a brother Lawrence Briggs of Charlottesville. The body is at Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean.
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Hill Top
RNS
Maurice Briggs
Floyd County
Naoma Briggs
Lawrence Briggs
Charlottesville
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
Charges Dismissed In Football Cases
In Fayetteville Oak Hill rivalry incidents, seven Oak Hill students had rock-throwing charges dropped by Mayor M. G. Hresan after a Monday lecture and good behavior pledge. Oak Hill Mayor H. C. Brown also dropped a reckless driving charge against a Fayetteville High School senior.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Oak Hill
M. G. Hresan
Seven Oak
Tommy Harris
Harris
Collins
Glen Rogers Girl Is Polio Victim
Mary Frances Deshazo six year old daughter of Charles S. Deshazo of Glen Rogers was found to have non paralytic polio and was taken to Marmet Hospital Friday in a Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home ambulance. She has not received the Salk vaccine.
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Glen Rogers
Mary Frances Deshazo
Marmet Hospital
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Charles S. Deshazo
Clermont Steamboat Travels At Five Miles Per Hour
The Clermont became the first successful commercial steamboat sailing at about five miles an hour, marking a milestone in early American transportation.
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Clermont
FASTEETH promise for secure false teeth use
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Grand Jury May Get Bivens Case At January Term
Princeton attorney Owen R. Griffith announced he will present the Tom Bivens case to the January grand jury term. Griffith and Walter Burton were named special prosecutors to handle the case of the 41 year old constable charged with absconding with a mine payroll last July 28. Judge Walter V. Ross cited Burton’s absence and the need for more investigation, plus Bivens’ hospitalization and inability to stand trial in the current term.
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Princeton
Owen R. Griffith
Tom Bivens
Criminal Court
Walter V. Ross
Griffith
Burton
Bivens
Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Pugh
Funeral services for Myrtle Mae Pugh sixty will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Missionary Baptist Church Backus with Rev. B B Breitenhirt officiating Burial will follow in Harrah Cemetery Backus Nephews will be pallbearers The body will stay at Collings Funeral Home Glen Jean until one hour before services She died at 8:55 a.m. Monday at the Beckley home of her daughter Mrs J H Holt after an extended illness She was wife of Samuel H Pugh Thurmond and a Missionary Baptist Church member She was daughter of the late Samuel L Sawyers and Mary Susan Sawyers Survivors include three daughters Mrs Holt Mrs A Kyle Anderson and Mrs James W Backus five sons Samuel Elmer Red Star William Erskine Wilbert Garland and John B all of Thurmond and several brothers and sisters and seven grandchildren
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J. H. Holt
Combs St
Beckley
Samuel H. Pugh
Thurmond
Missionary Baptist Church
Backus
Samuel L
Mary Susan Sawyers
Holt
A. Kyle Anderson
James W Backus
Samuel Elmer
Red Star
William Erskine
Wilbert
Garland
John B
O. R
Nine Drivers Fined in Mullens Street Violations
Mullens authorities arrested nine drivers last week, collecting 250 in fines. Names include Ralph Mullins Otsego who posted a 15 bond after a wrong side charge, William Belcher Mullens who paid 52, Robert Agee Mullens fined 54, James Sparks Welch 52, Payton Ewart Bailey Amigo 10, Robert McGuire Tralee 50 and 2, plus three drivers Elden Smith Mullens 5, Howard L McKinney Herndon 5, Curtis Lee Amigo 5 for running stop lights.
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Ralph Mullins
Otsego
William Belcher
Mullens
Robert Agee
James Sparks
Welch
Agee
Payton Ewart Bailey
Amigo
Robert McGuire
Tralee
Elden Smith
Howard L. McKinney
Herndon
Curtis Lee
Wyoming Team to Enter National First Aid Contest
Wyoming County first aid team sponsored by Red Jacket Coal Corp and District 29 UMWA will compete in the 1955 National First Aid and Mine Rescue Contest in Knoxville Tennessee. Team members Captain Fred Thomas James Hilton William Dalton William O Neal H H Tessner Herbert Clay and W L Ogle earned third place in the Labor Day safety contest at Pineville. Also advancing are Imperial Smokeless Coal No 2 mine Carl Nicholas County team J A Newhouse captain C O Jones Cecil Beale Everett Boone John Reed Olaf Boone Opie Carroll and Keystone mine Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Keystone McDowell County team E L Moore captain Robert Phillips Everett Cisco Charles Williams James Angove Lacy Mullins and Hubert Lewellyn.
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Pineville
Red Jacket Coal Corp
United Mine Workers of America
Wyoming County
Knoxville
Tenn
Fred Thomas
James Hilton
William Dalton
William O'Neal
H. H. Tessner
Herbert Clay
W. L. Ogle
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Carl
Nicholas County
UMWA
Union 6200
J. A. Newhouse
C. O. Jones
Cecil Beale
Everett Boone
John Reed
Olaf Boone
Opie Carroll
Keystone Mine of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Keystone
McDowell County
E. L. Moore
Robert Phillips
Everett Cisco
Charles Williams
James Angove
Lacy Mullins
Hubert Lewellyn
Knoxville, Tenn
J. J. Plasky
D. W. Halstead
Boone Boy Fatally Wounded in Accidental Shooting
In Madison West Virginia a 12 year old Boone County boy Ronald Giles died about ten minutes after being shot by a 15 year old playmate Charles McCormick while being shown how to handle a revolver. The incident occurred in the McCormick home in Peytona with both families listed as nearby residents. deputy sheriff Cecil Marcum identified the victim and said the shooter claimed he was demonstrating firearm use at the time of the accident.
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Madison
W.va
Boone County
Cecil Marcum
Ronald Giles
Bert Giles
Peytona
Marcum
Charles McCormick
H. G. McCormick
McCormick
Doan’s Pills Offer Quick Relief For Nagging Aches
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Dean
Doan
Meeting Set Farm Club at Maplewood Home
The regular Farm Club meeting is scheduled for 10 30 a m Thursday at the home of Mrs James Neff Maplewood A .32 caliber revolver was fired hitting the victim in the left hand and chest details noted by Marcum.
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Layland
RNS
Farm Club
James Neff
Maplewood
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Kayser
Stckxiev
Richmond
Grand Jury
Mrs. Pugh
Esther
Circle No. 3
Woman's Society of Christian Service
T. G. Morgan
Crowley-Worrell
E. E. Williams
George H. Bragg
Goodwin Jarvis
W. C. Bailey Jr
W. C. Holloway
A. C. Swimm
Wyoming
Boone Boy
Neville St
Tan Aballoney Ulad
Giles
BELLE
Belle Furniture Co
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Beckley Hotel
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