Girl Scout Council Plans County Fund Drive
Fayette County aims to raise 4000 dollars for 6413 Girl Scouts with a house to house canvass through Oct 15. Mrs George Armstrong chairs the Oak Hill campaign with volunteers led by Mrs R Thomas Jr and many others. The budget allocates 26 percent camping 27 percent education 16 percent fixed charges 7 percent service and supplies 2.5 percent salaries and clerical.
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Oak Hill
Fayette County
RNS
George Armstrong
Girl Scout Council
Pinned Under Rock Traps Youth with Broken Leg
A Polk County boy aged around 10 years was pinned under a rock after sliding into a water filled ditch Sunday. Relatives found him after about two hours with a broken right leg and he was rescued by familiares.
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Mullens
RNL
Polk
Gep
Robert Tiley
Pacifico Rites Held in Chapel
Funeral services for Joseph Pacifico were conducted at 2 pm Monday in Hooper Funeral Home Chapel Montgomery by Father M. E. McDonald. Burial was in Memorial Park. Pacifico, a retired coal miner of Smithers, died Friday in a Montgomery Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Italy and lived 45 years in Smithers. Surviving brother James of Philadelphia, Pa.
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Joseph Pacifica
Hooper
Chapel
Montgomery
M. E. McDonald
Sholom
Bean Ra Eliaste
Eemorial’ Park
London
Pacifico
Smithers
Montgomery Hospital
Italy
James
Philadelphia
Gauley Bridge Band Elects New Officers
Gauley Bridge High School announces leadership with El mer Byrne as president. Agatha Shearer is vice president, Sally Taylor secretary, and Linda Shumate assistant secretary.
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Elmer Byrne
Gauley Bridge High School
Agatha Shearer
Sally Taylor
Linda Shumate
Mary Adcock Engaged to Wed James Mays
Mr and Mrs Jean Adcock announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Susan to James J L Mays son of Mr and Mrs O L Mays of Falls View Both are Gauley Bridge High School graduates Miss Adcock attends the Charleston School of Commerce Mays studied at West Virginia Tech and is serving with the Marines at Parris Island S C Plans for the wedding are not yet completed
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Jean Adcock
Mary Susan
James J .L.mays
0.L. Mays
Falls View
Gauley [Bridge
Miss Adcock
Charleston School of Commerce
Mays
J West Virginia Tech
Marines
Parris Island
S.C
Fayette Circuit Court Opens Trials Monday
Fayette Circuit Court began hearings on civil suits Monday morning. Leonard Goins Jr and Eugene Taylor sue the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company over injuries from a collision between a train and an automobile at an intersection in Montgomery in March 1956.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Seivil
Leonard Goins Jr
Eugene Taylor
Chesapeake and Ohio Railways Company
Montgomery
Madison Junior Woman's Club sponsors bloodmobile visit
The Madison Junior Woman's Club will sponsor an American Red Cross Bloodmobile visit in Madison at the Memorial Building on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The goal is 100 pints of blood. Chairman is Mrs. Gus Shaffer Jr. and co-chairman is Mrs. Charles Ellis, both of Madison. Appointments available at the Red Cross Office or through the chair.
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Madison
RNS
Madison Junior Woman's Club
American Red Cross
Memorial Building
Gus Shaffer Jr
Charles Ellis
Red Cross
Rogers Faces Grand Jury On Larceny Charge
In Fayette County, Robert Ray Rogers was held to answer before the Grand Jury on grand larceny after his arrest for allegedly stealing a car belonging to Cornelius J. Bryant of Fayetteville. Bond set at 500 was posted in default for his Fayette County Jail commitment. Police attributed the theft to a window between Friday midnight and Saturday 3 a.m. Trooper J. R. Lilly and Dean Lake coordinated the arrest.
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Oak Hill
Rnl
R. C. Godsey
Robert Ray Rogers
Fayette County
Rogers
Godsey
J. R.lilly
Dean Lake
Fire Season Rules Limiting Burns In October Through December
Whitesville reports a Forest Fire Season from October to December with a ban on burning from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Boone County Forest Protectors urge public cooperation and provide contact names for volunteer workers in case of fire.
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Whitesville
RNS
Boone County
Mont Brown
Blue Pennant
Earl Greyheal
Orgas
Ed Porter
Seth
Ireland Perdue
Bloomingrose
Local Editor Joins Byrd Panel on Charleston TV
Luther Jones editor of the Coal Valley News Madison weekly paper will serve on a panel to question Congressman Robert C. Byrd during a press conference at 10 30 p m on WCHS Charleston television station.
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Whitesville
RNS
Luther Jones
Coal Valley News
Madison
Robert C. Byrd
WCHS
Charleston
Virginia Frances Whitt Dies in Mount Hope
Funeral services for Virginia Frances Whitt 52 were held today at 1 p.m. in Tyree Chapel Mount Hope conducted by Rev Earnest Barley. Burial followed in Ward Cemetery. She died in Painesville Ohio Friday night after a stroke born February 3 1904 in Kanawha County. Survived by husband Martin sister Mrs Gertrude Estep brother Herbert Ikler five children Archie Marvin in U S Army Pluma Thomas Connecticut Elsorde Wright Brooklyn Md Latabell Sanger Painesville Ohio nine grandchildren.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Virginia Frances Whitt
Tyree
Earnest Barley
Ward
Whitt
Painsville
Ohio
Kanawha County
Marlin
Gertrude Estep
St. Albans
Herbert Ikler
Mammoth
Archie
Marvin
U. S. Army
Pluma Thomas
Connecticut
Elsdore Wright
Brooklyn
Latabell Sanger
Painesville
Brown Chevrolet to Receive National Employer Award
Brown Chevrolet Co of Montgomery will receive the American Legion national employer award for West Virginia. Company President A W Orndorf will receive the citation at a ceremony Friday night at West Virginia Tech. The award honors the firm’s employment program for disabled veterans and handicapped workers, with 61.1 percent of male employees listed as handicapped and 45.4 percent of those as disabled veterans. State Legion Commander Everett D. Hardman will present the award.
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Montgomery
W.va
U. Brown Chevrolet Co
American Legion
West Virginia
John R. Ware
A. W. Orndorf
West Virginia Tech
Ware
Legion
Huntington
Everett D. Hardman
Charleston
Fayetteville to participate in October Population Survey
The Census Bureau will ask about school enrollment in the October Current Population Survey in Fayetteville and 329 other areas. Local coordinator Mrs Mildred P Holliday will oversee data collection the week of October 15, supplementing standard employment questions.
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Ayetteville
RNS
Ralph E. Pearcy
Census Bureau
Richmond
Mildred P. Holliday
Fayetteville
Madison Man Attends Insurance Conference in Decatur
A. B. Cottrill of Madison, regional supervisor for American Farmers Mutual Insurance, returned from a three day conference in Decatur tied to the company's 10th anniversary. He attended the banquet where President H. G. Kember spoke. Cottrill serves four counties Boone, Cabell, Wayne, and Lincoln and keeps his office in Madison.
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Whitesville
ANS
Cottrill
Madison
American Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Decatur
H. G. Kember
Boone
Cabell
Wayne
Lincoln
Mines, safety council report August accidents and awards
Officials disclosed August saw accidents across 11 Fayette Council mines totaling 38 lost-time incidents over 460 313 man hours with a frequency rate of 82 55 per million. Oakwood mine won Group I honors. Mind en mine had no accidents but Oakwood saw high rates elsewhere. Mind en Mine achieved an accident-free record in Group II. several other mines posted varied counts and hours with respective rates.
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Fayette
Lastme
Fayette Council
Holmes Safety Association
Oakwood
New River
Minden
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Brooklyn
Southern Coals Corp
New River Co
Kaymoor
Garden Ground
Beards
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Lochgelly
Summerlee
Whipple Mine
White Bourland
Mount Hope
Ames
The
West Mining Co
Virginia” University Air Force BR
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J. N. Jarrett
Mankin Circle
R. Thomas, Jr
Grace Murdock
Walter Brown
Fred Russell
J. E. Fowler
Marvin Hall
Roy Wittkerson
J. E. Tyree
Morris Keaton
J. H. Shelton
J. R. Ellison
Gordon Spessard
K. E. Carroll
Orval Watkins
W. P. Maddy
Robert Nelson
Harold Foster
Robert Deeds
Thomas N. Martin
J. A. Martin Jr
Violet N. Cooke
Nick Garcia
Fred Jasper
Wanda Hottle
Samuel Price
C. M. Cale
R. N. Noyes
James Dickerson
W. C. Flint Jr
JL Pr. Cline
Howard Prater
Harold Hall
Russell Young
Estil Hughes
Herbert Jones
Aubrey Bailey
William Klapp
Billy Burgess
Virginia Thompson
M. L. Wickline
Claudia Quesenberry
J. DB. Burgess
Paul Perry
A. K. Sydnor
Alonzo Blevins Jr
John Long
J.R. Robertson
Bernard Flint
J. 3. Rogers
Frank Akers
Eugene Burgess
Lacy Spade
P. Pammler
Charles Roberts
Ray Singer
Lyle Piper
Frank Zemonek
Luther Green
John Ingram
George Bowyer
Leonard 3Olt
Edward Duncan
Ward Duncan
Joe Duncan
George Harris
John Chesunas
Danny Neely
E. D. Evin
Billy Sumner
Roy Snead
Forrest Worstell
Thelma Shiftrett
Rock
Youth
Sanitone
Beckley
Kanawha St
Church
South Fayette Streets
Prince Street
Crab Orchard
Richmon
Bluefield
Mary Adcock
James Mays
Fayette Circuit
Madison Jr
Bloodmobile
Grand Jury
Citizens Fire Ins, Agcy, Inc. McCreery Hotel Bldy
Hinton, W. Va
Hutchinson
Mgr
Madison Man
Ilinois
Dave Carroway
NBC
North America
Safety Council
Beckley Area
Insurance Agency
Bank of Raleigh Bldg
Ed Ratcliffe
Bill Sigmund
Bob McLean
Mr. and Mrs. Jones
Home Insurance Agency
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