Fall From Truck Kills Student Rite Set Today
Donald Ray Short, 13, Greenville High pupil, died after falling from a truck near Sarton while returning from a prayer meeting. Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p m at Mt Alexander Methodist Church, with Rev John Hinkle officiating and burial in the church cemetery. Survived by father Carl H Short, mother Georgie Wickline, maternal grandparents C H and Mrs Payne, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs M T Short, and half sister Gloria June Payne.
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UNION
Donald Ray Short
Greenville High School
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Sarton
Glenn Parker
Short
Mt. Alexander Methodist Church
John Hinkle
Carl H. Short
Oak Hill
Georgie Wickline
C. H. Payne
Three Men Draw Fines in Court
A $30 fine plus court costs was charged Tuesday in Seth magistrate court on three speeding charges filed by a Boone County constable. Three men, all out of state drivers, were fined $10 each plus costs by Magistrate Ernest W. Richards. The men were Robert Morten of Greensboro North Carolina Jimmy Ted Watkins of High Point North Carolina and Carl Edward Morris of Athens Ohio.
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Seth
Boone County
Allo
Ernest W. Richards
Earl Sapp
Richards
Robert Morten
Greensboro
N. C
Jimmy Ted Watkins
Highpoint
Carl Edward Morris
Athens
Ohio
Montcoal school notes lunch program participation
Mrs Charles DuLowe of Montcoal Stickney Elementary reports 146 students participated second day of the hot lunch program revived Monday at the school. Chief cook is Mrs Dexter Halstead with alternates Mrs Dayton Peters and Mrs Roy Kincaid. Two cooks work daily. the trio and Principal Quentin Barrett attended a cooks and supervisors school in Beckley Tuesday.
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Montcoal
Charles DuLowe
Montcoal- Stickney
Dexter Halstead
Dayton Peters
Roy Kincaid
DuLowe
Quentin Barrett
Beckley
Wood Funeral Services Today
Final rites for Nettie B. Wood mother of Mrs. Thelma McCormick were at 2 p.m. at Olcott Community Church with ministers Luther Mays Earl Hissom and Arch Williams officiating. Burial at Olcott. She died Tuesday at her son J H Wood's home in Olcott aged 80. Survived by son Dennis Wood and daughter Thelma plus three other daughters Ola Burris Bremin Griffith Effie Kirk and 35 grandchildren.
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Montcoal
Nettie B. Wood
Thelma McCormick
Olcott Community Church
Luther Mays
Earl Hissom
Arch Williams
Olcott
J. H. Wood
Dennis Wood
Ola Burris
Charleston
Bremin Griffith
Effie Kirk
Alum Creek
Moose Women Set Monday Meeting in Whitesville
Whitesville Chapter 552 Women of the Moose schedules a 7 p.m. Monday meeting on Oct 14 at the Third Avenue Raleigh Street lodge hall. A spaghetti dinner runs 5 to 9 p.m. that night in tandem with a dance by Loyal Order of the Moose chapter 1453. Mrs. Emmitt Peters Jr and Mrs. Lydia King will be honored at the meeting.
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Whitesville
Women of the Moose
Third Avenue-Raleigh Street
Order of the Moose
Emmitt Peters, Jr
Lydia King
Harvey Man Wounded in Korea in Casualty List 113
Pvt Jimmie J Garret of Harvey is wounded in action in Korea per Casualty List 113 from the Department of Defense. Pfc Elliott E Martin of Talcott and Pvt Thomas G Johnson of Edwight are also listed as wounded in action in Korea per Casualty List 115. Homecoming at Toneda Baptist Church in Oceana set for Sunday with services starting at 9 30 a m and sermon at 1 30 p m by Rev RB Martin of War.
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Harvey
Register
Jimmie J. Garret
Jesse Frank Garrett
Korea
Department of Defense
Talcott
Elliott E. Martin
Wateman E. Martin
Edwight
Thomas G. Johnson
Artelie T. Johnson
Oceana
Toneda Baptist Church
RB. H. Martin
Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Regional report lists soldiers and sailors from West Virginia communities serving in Korea, Japan, and Germany. Highlights include Cpl. Louis Lee praised for soldierly bearing, Pfc James Butterworth awaiting shipment to Japan, Pfc Billy Hamilton stationed in Korea, and Navy airman William Coppney graduating in Tennessee. Also noted are Pvt Ulysses Maples earning expert rifleman, other recruits and officers awaiting assignments, and various home communities such as Beckley, Sophia, Abrahams and Fayetteville among those mentioned.
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Korea
24Th Infantry Division
Cpl
Louis Lee
Lee
June
Judy
East Beckley
Pfc
Billy Lewis Hamilton
C. S. Hamilton
Price Hill
Fort Knox
L. Hamilton
Japan
Okey R. Bennett
Abraham
Ft. Dix
N. J
Col
A. R. Reeves
West Virginia Military District
Bennett
Ft. Lee
McGraws
Glen Rogers High School
Janey
Johnny
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Billie R. Nunn
Raymond E. Nunn
East Gulf
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Robert W. Clay
Wayne Clay
Soulsville
Spring Dale
Melvin Hanshew
Adam Hanshew
Ft Knox
Sgt
Roy Okulovich
Pat McGuire
Norman Bowling
Gordon
Donna M. Bowling
Ft. Knox
Leo G Barnum
John Barnum
Meadow Bridge
Berlin
Germany
Military Police Service Battalion
Marsh Fork High elects twenty student council reps
Marsh Fork High School named twenty new student representatives. Seniors Dale Dickens and Sonny French. juniors Don Manning and Ella Humphrey. Doris Dick ens Francis Mooney Jerry Cook and William Sharpe. sophomores Nina Stamper and Mike Mooney. freshmen John Barker Patty Hizer Madeline Gray Douglas Bennett. eighth graders Kath erine Helvey Deloris Stover Wanda Thompson Harry Aliff Yvonne Sauls Katherine Kersey. Officers chosen last spring were Dean Peters president Nelson Cantley vice president Eileen Burnside secretary Bee Cant ley treasurer.
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Montcoal
Marsh Fork High School
Dale Dickens
Sonny French
Don Manning
Ella Humphrey
Doris Dickens
Frances Mooney
Jerry Cook
William Sharpe
Nina Stamper
Mike Mooney
John Barker
Patty Hizer
Madeline Gray
Douglas Bennett
Katherine Helvey
Deloris Stover
Wanda Thompson
Harry Aliff
Yvonne Sauls
Katherine Kersey
Dean Peters
Nelson Cantley
Eileen Burnside
Bee Cantley
Hackett Funeral Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Louise Tolbert Hackett 52 of Glen Rogers will be held at Mt. Tabor Baptist Church at 2 p m Saturday. Rev Stellie Parsons to officiate with burial in Mt Tabor Catholic Cemetery. She died in a Wilmington Delaware hospital after a lengthy illness. She is survived by husband Michael Tackett four daughters two brothers four sisters and four grandchildren. The body remains at Caffee Funeral Home until the service time.
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Glen Rogers
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Louise Tolbert Hackett
Wilmington
Del
Stellie Parsons
Mt. Tabor
Kentucky
Letcher Tolbert
Belvia Carroll Tolbert
Willis Beach
H. B. Boggs
Prosperity
Caffee Funeral Home
Home for Ta bor nurse trainee from Naoma weekend guest
Aomma-Ann Tabor, daughter of Mr and Mrs Garnett Tabor of Naoma, was a weekend guest in her parents home. A Marsh Fork High School graduate she is training as a nurse at Kanawha Valley Hospital.
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Aomma
Ann Tabor
Garnett Tabor
Naoma
Marsh Fork
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Bureau Seeks Miss Whitesville Contest at BBB Meeting
Whitesville Better Business Bureau weighs a plan to send a school queen to New York City as Miss Whitesville. The proposal would fund travel, prizes, ballots, and advertising via merchant sales, aiming to boost local business. Details call for ballots sold to customers, with volunteers to staff extended store hours Friday and Saturday to support the promotion.
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Whitesville
New York City
Eddie Harvit
Marsh Fork
Clear Fork
Sherman
American Airlines
M. E. Harvit
Harvit
Montgomery Choirs Invited to Yale Program at Tech
Montgomery church choirs received an invitation to join West Virginia Institute of Technology choral groups in Handel's Messiah during Christmas. The Electro Metallurgical Company Chorus will also be featured. Kenneth Beall, Tech voice director and E M Chorus director, announced the plans. Date for the performance is not set.
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Yale
Register
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Chorus
Kenneth Beall
Voice At Tech
E-M Chorus
Drake couple announce Oceana birth of William Roy
Mr and Mrs Bill Drake of Oceana announce the birth of an eight pound eight ounce son named William Roy born Monday evening. Mrs Drake is the former Arlene Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs George Wayne Cook.
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Oceana
Bill Drake
William Roy
Whitesville welcomes new residents on Raleigh Street
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Pauley have moved to Raleigh Street in Whitesville, settling into their new home and joining the local community.
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Whitesville
Jess Pauley
Raleigh Street
Society Holds Surprise Shower for Mrs Maynor at Church
OCEANA Mrs Harold Maynor was honored at a surprise house hold shower at the First Baptist Church Monday night. Members of the Missionary Society hosted gracious attendees including Mrs Ernest Conley Mrs Ray Conley Mrs Wayne Rollins and many others.
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Oceana
Harold Maynor
First Baptist Church
The
Missionary Society
Ernest Conley
Ray Conley
Wayne Rollins
Sadie Cook
Ronald Lee Cook
Blanch Cook
Nina Walker
Mona Chambers
Wanna Cook
Sam Sloan
Owen Reed
Freda Jo Cook
Jess Cook
Jess Conley
Stella Cook
J. R. Gibson
Ralph Marks
Grant Daughter Born in Black Eagle
Mr and Mrs Allen Grant of Black Eagle announce the birth of a daughter Bernath Gale at their home on September 29 weighing seven pounds eight ounces.
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Black Eagle
Allen Grant
Bernath Gale
Visit at Harper Oak Hill Sunday guests
Mr and Mrs Earl Crouse of East Oak Hill were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Samuel Harper of Harper.
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Oak Hill
Earl Crouse
East Oak Hill
Samuel Harper
Harper
Allen Junction Girl Is Pep Squad Officer
Gloria Wheby of Allen Junction is co captain of the Concord College Pep Squad with Howard Creed of Yukon Miss Wheby a freshman was active in Mullens high school groups They will attend games at Bluefield Municipal Stadium and the Homecoming game with Potomac State on Concord field Oct 21 Bob Swartzel head cheerleader and advisor.
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Allen Junction
Gloria Wheby
Fred J. Wheby
Concord College
Howard Creed
Yukon
Miss. Wheby
Mullens High School
Bluefield Municipal Stadium
Potomac State
Concord Field
Bob Swartzel
Arlington
Layland Patients at Raleigh General Hospital
Layland grows sons and infants admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Beckley. George H. Jones son of John C. Jones of Layland is to have a tonsillectomy today. Edwin Lee Ruff one year old, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Ruff of Layland, also admitted.
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Layland
Register
George H. Jones
John C. Jones
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Edwin Lee Ruff
Fred Ruff
Surprise Shower Held by Toneda Baptist Society
A surprise stork shower honored Mrs. Roy Lester at the Lester home after a church meeting of the Toneda Baptist Church Society. Attendees included Mrs. Barbara Cook, Mrs. Alpha Lusk, Mrs. Don D. Cook, Mrs. Margie Brooks, Mrs. Audie May Cook, Mrs. Otis Cook and children, Mrs. Emory Justice, Mrs. Tom Long and children, Mrs. Susie Brown, Mrs. Robie Lamb, Miss Susie Jarrell, and Mrs. Tom Fleenor.
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Oceana
Roy Lester
Missionary Society of the
Toneda Baptist Church
Lester
Barbara Cook
Alpha Lusk
Don D. Cook
Margie Brooks
Audie May Cook
Otis Cook
Emory Justice
Tom Long
Susie Brown
Robie Lamb
Susie Jarrell
Tom Fleenor
Mullens announces birth of daughter Sheldon Grace Early
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Cabell Early of Winston-Salem N C announce the birth of their first child a 6 pound daughter Sheldon Grace at Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte N C The father is the son of Mrs Grace Early Pollock Highland Avenue and the late A C Early
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Mullens
Anderson Cabell Early
Winston-Salem
N. C
Sheldon Grace
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte
Grace Early Pollock
Highland Avenue
A. Cc. Early
Students Enroll In Marsh Fork Driver Training
Sixteen students signed up for the Marsh Fork High School driver training course in its third year. Teacher James Webb announced the names of participants and noted the class uses a dual controlled car from Midway Chevrolet for on road practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays with classroom instruction on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Montcoal
Marsh Fork High School
James Webb
Pebble Brown
Ionah Clay
Patty Darby
Eugene Davis
Patsy Richmond
Mary Richmond
Mary Jarrell
Ann Jarrell
Bonnie Hall
Edker Kincaid
Dessie Kincaid
Geneva Finley
Sylvia Jean Milelens
Billie Jean Holland
Joan Wills
Sybil Halstead
Midway Chevrolet, Inc
Whitesville
Webb
Stephenson man under treatment at Raleigh General Hospital
Stephen C Hall of Stephenson is hospitalized at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley for medical treatment.
Oak Hill Patient Undergoing Treatment in Beckley
Mrs. Comer Gray of Oak Hill is receiving medical treatment at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley Raleigh General Hospital is treating Mrs. Comer Gray of Oak Hill for an undisclosed condition and her status is not released.
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Register
Comer Gray
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
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First Marine Division
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