60 Year Old Blind Man Is Youth Work Leader
Artie Ripley, 60, of Artie in the Coal River area, blind since birth, is a familiar figure who leads local youth work. He lives alone above the old Post Office, helps students with homework, participates in church activities, composes a Christmas play, and travels to Marietta, Ohio, and Coal River Valley neighbors, while maintaining a cheerful, active presence despite his blindness.
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Artie
RNL
Emmett Ripley
Coal River
Ripley
Claude Stover
School For Deaf and Blind
Romney
Artic
Charles Pindar
Marietta
Coal River Valley
Nine Couples Seek Permits To Wed In Madison
Boone County Clerk issued marriage licenses last week to nine couples. Names include Thomas E. Slocum and Madeline King. Winifred W. Workman and Pauline Moore. Joseph E. Salmons and Sue Ellen Barker. Marvin D. Mackham and Alice F. Marcum. Omer E Miller Sr. and Roma A. Cabell. Jerry Wendel Cook and Brenda Joyce Barker. John W. Myers and Patsy Ann Miller. James M. Elkins and Wanda Lea Loftus. Bobby L. Evans and Janice J. Mooney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Slocum
Huston
Tex
Madeline King
Madison
Winifred W. Workman
Pauline Moore
Bald Knob
Joseph E. Salmons
Sue Ellen Barker
Columbus
Marvin D. Mackham
Burnwell
Alice F Marcum
Ridgeview
Omer E Miller Sr
Roma A. Cabell
Jerry Wendel Cook
Hewett
Brenda Joyce Barker
Jeffery
John W. Myers
Patsy Ann Miller
James M. Elkins
Ashford
Wanda Lea Loftus
Costa
Bobby L. Evans
Wharton
Janice J. Mooney
Bim
Mrs. E. Foster Rites Wednesday
Ellen Foster 60 of Oak Hill died after a long illness in an Oak Hill hospital. Born Moorhead Kentucky October 24 1897. Survivors include father Bert Suddan Saltlick Kentucky brother Hamm Farmers Kentucky son Venture Foster Beckley daughters Planid Redden Sabine Avanell Hanshaw Oak Hill. Funeral services and burial at Vass Cemetery Wednesday at 12 30 pm. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Ellen Foster
Moorhead
Bert Suddan
Saltlick
Hamm
Farmers
Venture Foster
Beckley
Planid Redden
Sabine
Avanell Hanshaw
Vass Cemetery
Tyree
Wright Infant to Be Buried Wednesday
Graveside services for Michael Anthony Wright infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Merman Wright will be conducted by his grandfather Elder Robert Newson Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Greenwood Memorial Park The infant died Sunday night at his East Park home Survivors include three sisters Esther Louise and Mary three brothers Merman Jr Cline and Danny both parents and four grandparents The body will remain at Durgan Funeral Home until the funeral hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Anthony Wright
Merman Wright
Robert Newson
Greenwood Memorial Park
East Park
Esther
Louise
Mary
Merman Jr
Cline
Danny
Glen Jean
Fayette Scouts Hike To Slipper Rock For Merit Badge Prep
Fayetteville Boy Scouts hiked to Slippery Rock Saturday for open field practice Scout craft compass reading and outdoor cooking as prerequisites for first and second class ranks. Jim Mulligan Scoutmaster and Charles Payne troop committee chairman accompanied the group, with scouts Robert Sorrell Jackson Carte Frankie Larese Lee Dempsey Ronald Ray Woody Bradley Clifford Whiting John Zorio and Jack Thompson taking part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Slippery Rock
Jim Mulligan
Charles Payne
Robert Sorrell
Jackson Carte
Frankie Larese
Lee Dempsey
Ronald Ray
Woody Bradley
Clifford Whiting
John Zorio
Jack Thompson
Snake diversity spans the world from tiny burrowers to giant pythons
About 1,700 snake species inhabit temperate and tropical regions worldwide. Sizes vary from brief burrowers just inches long to large pythons nearly 30 feet long and weighing around 300 pounds.
Wyoming County Court Accepts Curbing Bid
The Wyoming County Court at Pineville accepted Bruno Pais bid of 2375 dollars for concrete curb and gutter on two sides of the new courthouse addition. Pineville Construction Co. bid 12.50 per hour for bulldozer work excavating roads to county garbage sites and was accepted. The court approved consolidation of Paul Blackshears Pineville property and discussed sheriff radios and county equipment needs. Lease for the Herndon dump was approved from Pocahontas Land Corp.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming County Court
Bruno Pais
Pais
Pineville Construction Co
Paul Blackshear
Wyoming
Bert Short
Bernie Lawrence
Simon
Lawrence
Charles Bower
Itmann
Robert Bailey
Bower
Wyoming County Health Office
Herndon
Pocahontas Land Corp
James Reid 8 Dies in Virginia Hospital
James Francis Reid 9 formerly of Newport News died at 9 p.m. Monday at the University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville after an illness of two months. He lived in Oak Hill about a year with his mother Violet Hutchinson Reid and the late J Francis Reid. Surviving are brother Robert Wayne and sister Brenda Gail both of Oak Hill and maternal grandmother Mary E Hutchinson of Oak Hill. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in Newport News with burial at Peninsula Memorial Park. Body at Peninsula Funeral Home Newport News.
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Oak Hill
James Francis Reid
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Newport News
Violet Hutchinson Reid
Francis Reid
Robert Wayne
Brenda Gail
Mary E. Hutchinson
Peninsula Memorial Park
Peninsula Funeral Home
Young Warrior Receives Army Tank Design Reply
Eight year old Richard Herling from Waukesha Wisconsin sent a new Army tank design to military officials and received a warm letter from Maj. Gen. Herbert B Powell of Fort Benning Georgia expressing gratification at the Army’s interest in his work.
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Waukesha
Wis
Richard Herling
Herbert B. Powell
Ft. Benning
Richard
Programs Should Interest All State Garden Club Head Says
Fayetteville ANS reports Mrs J Campbell Palmer III state president told Appalachian Region members that garden club programs must reach all, promote West Virginia as a live and tourism friendly state, and involve PTA groups Junior Garden Clubs and scouts in conservation efforts. She will award a plaque for top conservation contributor and honors for beautifying sponsors. Members from five counties were urged to contact legislators on billboard and soil erosion issues.
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State Garden Club
Fayetteville
ANS
Mer III
Appalachian
West Virginia
Palmer
Campbell Palmer III
St. Albans
Real estate deeds filed in county clerk records
Multiple transfers listed with properties in Town District Slab Fork Mabscott Trap Hill and Beckley. Purchases include Pettry to Cook for about 500 and Lilly to Lester for about 6,000. others show no or about sums for parcels in Prosperity, Oak Grove Truck Farms, and more.
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George
Priscilla Pettry
Effie Cook
Pettry
H. B
J. W. Walters
Benny W. Mize
Lucille Whitley
Oscar T. Miller
Slab Fork
Homeseekers Land and Building Co
Lucy J. Lester
Trap Hill
E. R
Violet J. Lilly
Clarence W
Anna M. Hatcher
Emil Dinkler
John R
Rosa Wall
Mabscott
Charlie W
Rachel O. Fizer
Jack L
Evelyn Moye
David D. Ashworth
Ruby Crutchfield
Dennis B. Stanley
Billie J. S. Farley
Kelmar
Verrice Green
Willis O
Rosemary Daniel
Prosperity Homes
City of Beckley
John Wirtz Jr
Evelyn M. Parsons
Beckley
C. H. Bivens
Harry J
Mary Humphrey
Oak Grove
Beckley National Building Company
Beckley National Bank
Beckley West Virginia
Federal Reserve District 5
Land Transfers in Boone County Clerk's Office
The Boone County Clerk lists land transfers recorded last week. Transactions include Smeed to Mace parcels near Big Coal River and Orgas, Sims family lands totaling about 40,500 dollars, and multiple parcels in Madison, Crook, Scott, and Washington Districts with values ranging from 1,000 to 257,000 dollars. Major entries include Boone National Bank acquiring several Madison area tracts and The Holmes Tract totaling about 9,500 acres across Scott and Washington Districts and Jefferson County.
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Athlone
C. O. Long
Boone National Bank
Madison
S. H. Sims
Scott District
Lee R. Sims
B. D
Ester Atkins
Roblert
Gertrude Atkins
Camp Creek
W. L
Arlene F. Barbour
Thomas and
Mary Ellis
Walter Lee Barbour Jr
Clarence
Opal Gobble
J. R
Lanna Chaney
Price Hill
Crook District
A. B. Myers
Roy Johnson
Spears Creek
Washington
Laura
Cecil Thompson
Charles
Georgia Workman
Branham Heights
Sherman
Otto
Oma Walker
Richard
Claris Casto
Pond Fork
Crook
B. H
Marcia Elkins
Wanda Baine
Jarrel’s Branch
Hazel
Jesse Gore
Herbert
Rosetta Adkins
Ira
Virginia Meadows
Emory and
Mary Tamplin
Peytona
Big Coal River
Tweed
Shields
Denver
Garnet Harper
Arnold G
Helen Miller
Harper and Green's
Mabel
E. L
Myrtle Hicks
Jefferson
Easter
Virgie Carpenter
B. W. Adkins
Six Mile Creek
Den
Marigold Atkins
Montie
Roma Thompson
Mud River
Wash
Eva
Jesse Hill
Elsie Kay
Crawford and
Ashby
Lester
Mildred Carruthers
James and
Quinnie Garretson
Lick Creek
Russell
Helen Ramsey
Carl
Barbara Kinder
Lewis
Eva Hill
Ashley
Frederick L. Thomas
National Development Company
Courtney Company Incorporated
Holmes
Scott
Jefferson Disc
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Boone County
Mrs. E. Foster
Wright
Durgan Funeral Home
Fayette Scouts
Richmonds II
Susie Mooney
Whitby, W. VA
Otis Lyons
Whitby
Richmond Cleaners and Laundry
Universal Home Equipment Co
Richmond
South Kanawha Street
Ichmont
Fayette Street
Church Street
Prince Street
Kanawha Street
Cottage Inn
Mount Hope
Crab Orchard
Bluefield
James Reid
Virginia
Hostess Clubs
H. F. Frazier
Garden Study Club
Ralph Fazio
Vandalia Garden Club
E. 0. Wiseman
Fayetteville Garden Club
Reserve District No
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
Uni
Aa Sen Pene
Uwuape
S. C. Turner
Douglas Bowers
Joe L. Smith, Jr
R. G. Broaddus
Raleigh
Genevieve Shanklin
Notary Publicly Commission
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