Mental Health Group Chooses Fayetteville Memorial for Meetings
The Fayette County Mental Health Chapter selects the Fayetteville Memorial Building as its regular meeting place. Reports include securing a nurse for lunacy board cases and weekly psychiatry consults, plus improving court annex rooms. Next meeting Oct 27 at 7:30 p.m. with Dr. Richard J. Lilly as guest speaker.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Clyde Runion
Lochgelly
Charleston
C.R. Hill
Bunion
E.B. Wood
W. P. Bittinger
Summerlee
Nell Walker
Winona
Robert Harris
Grant Thomas
County Board of Education
Memorial Building
Richard J. Lilly
State Department of Mental Health
Truman Invited To Pineville For Judge Bailey Ceremony
Former President Harry S. Truman was invited to Pineville to attend ceremonies honoring Judge Robert Bailey. Two friends, Judge Robert Worrell and attorney Samuel Solins, flew to Independence, Missouri to extend the invitation. No date has been set as plans depend on Truman's schedule.
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Pineville
Robert Bailey
Harry S. Truman
Robert Worrell
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Samuel Solins
Welch
Independence
Solins
Truman
Bailey
State Senate
State Board of Education
Wyoming-Mingo
Wyoming Men Held To Grand Jury In Moonshine Case
Leo Yates Itmann and Jack McKinney Stephenson Wyoming County arraigned before U S Commissioner Howard M Jarrett Thursday on charges of unlawfully owning and operating unregistered distilleries. They were held for federal grand jury action and remanded to Mercer County Jail in 500 bond each. Warren Tolliver Slab Fork District constable discovered the stills and notified federal agents. Officers Reef Burch I A Jim Hilton and William F Wiant arrested the two men. Hilton said 500 gallons of mash and 30 gallons of non tax paid moonshine whisky were confiscated and destroyed.
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Bluefield
U. S
Howard M. Jarrett Thureday
Leo Yates
Itmann
Jack McKinney
Stephenson
Wyoming
Mercer County
Warren Tolliver
Slab Fork
Reef Burch
I. A
Jim) Hilton
William F. Wiant
Hilton
Artie School Carnival Tonight Crowns King and Queen
The Artie Elementary Carnival starts at 7 p.m. with a king and queen to be crowned. One boy and girl from each grade are candidates including Shirley Williams and Gentry Randall Williams in grade one and Cassie Williams in grade six among the named nominees.
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ARTIE
ANS
Shirley Williams
Gentry Randall Williams
Charles Treadway
Moreda Williams
Leah Jo Stover
David Darrell Stover
Marla Dickerson
Don Stover
Rita Shea
Onie Workman
Cassie Williams
Delmar Williams
Oak Hill Personal Notices Mention Visits and Air Force Transfer
Mrs Edith Syner and children Lindsay and Martha of Edmond visit her mother Mrs Belle Campbell. Mr and Mrs Nelson Williams host their son and daughter in law S Sgt and Mrs Charles N Williams and sons Charles Jr and David. Sgt Williams completed three months of schooling at Chanute AFB and moves with family to Spurlock Johnson AFB North Carolina for reassignment.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Edith Syner
Lindsay
Martha
Edmond
Belle Campbell
Nelson Williams
Inlaw
Charles N. Williams
Charles Jr
David
Williams
Chanute
Spurlock Johnson Air Force Base
North Carolina
Walter Miller's 1906 riding record tops era with 388 wins
Jockey Walter Miller became the first rider to surpass 300 wins in a year by securing 388 victories in 1906. The mark stood for 46 years, cementing Miller as a dominant figure in early 20th century horse racing.
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Walter Miller
Pax Personal Notices Summarize Local Visits and Returns
Pax PAX region brief lists visits and returns. Lonnie Kincaid and family spent Tuesday with D E Blake in South Charleston. Bertie Oneal visited in Hinton. Claudia Canterbury returned home after visiting George Massing in Beckley. Carl Murdock home from Detroit after time with Dillard Maynor family. Bonnie Gay Shamblin returned from Florence South Carolina. Nora Foster returned from a Ohio trip with Paul Sutphin in Xenia. Biddle Williams returned from Elkton Maryland. Junior Holley confined with tonsillitis.
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Pax
Lonnie Kincaid
D. E. Blake
South Charleston
Bertie Oneal
Johnnie Oneal
Hinton
Claudia Canterbury
George Massing
Beckley
Carl Murdock
Dillard Maynor
Detroit
Mich
Bonnie Gay Shamblin
Florence
S. C
Theodor Shamblin
Nora Foster
Paul Sutphin
Xenia
Ohio
Biddle Williams
Bob Williams
Elkton
Junior Holley
Coy Holley
Farmers Use Twenty Percent of Nation’s Rubber Goods
Farmers consume about 20 percent of the country’s rubber products, a figure noted in agricultural and industrial reports. The statistic highlights how farming activity relies on rubber items for equipment and operations.
Ansted Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary at Open House
Ansted Mr. and Mrs. J Walter Legg marked their golden wedding with an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at their home. Mrs. Legg is Vivy Odell of Nicholas County. Legg is a farmer and longtime community worker. House guests included daughters Elizabeth Legg, Sarah Belle Legg, and Layton Pegram. son Lee Allen Legg lives in Atlanta. Ninety three guests were served. out of town attendees came from Summersville Oak Hill Victor Fayetteville Malden Rand and others.
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Ansted
ANS
J. Walter Legg
Knights of Pythias Lodge
DOKK
Shilay Temple No
Elizabeth Gaye Legg
Sarah Belle Legg
Layton Pegram
Oak Hill
Lee Allen Legg
Atlanta
Bluefield College Explosion Hoax Triggered Campus Traffic Jam
False telephone reports of an explosion at Bluefield State College prompted a large emergency response from ambulances police and fire units plus utilities vehicles. Authorities say a man and a woman orchestrated the hoax causing a traffic jam at the west gate before the campus was found peaceful with students and faculty in classes.
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Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Funer
U. S. 52
Baptist Convention to Convene at Garten Church
The Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten hosts the West Virginia Baptist Convention Saturday and Sunday with the theme Building A Standard of Christian Living Through Music. A. J. Jones opens at 10 a.m. Rev. J. H. Saunders presents the theme. youth lead at 2 p.m. A candle light service follows. Sunday School is 9 a.m. and the final 2 p.m. session features a musical program and committee reports.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Garten
West Virginia Baptist Convention
A. J. Jones
J. H. Saunders
H. E. Davis
W. D. Mosley
A. W. Wood
J. T. Tyler
Snow Capped Mountains program shared by Mount Hope circle
The Philathea Circle of Mount Hope Baptist Temple met Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. J. L. Wilkins home. The program, "Snow Capped Mountains," focused on Alaska and Canada as home mission fields presented by Mrs. Garvin Humphrey Buckley and Miss Wilkins. Esther readings and a Esther study framed the devotional, with business led by Mrs. Humphrey and a nominating panel named for circle officers beginning January. Attendees included Mrs. Garvin Walker Jordan Shumate, Humphrey, Wilkins, Buckley Gwinn, and hostess Wilkins.
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Mount Hope
Philathea Circle
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
J. L. Wilkins
Alaska
Canada
H. W. Garvin
Don Humphrey
C. L. Buckley
Mary Sue Wilkins
Assad Wins Court Dismissal in Liquor Case
Loyal Assad, Allen Junction roadside business owner, had charges of illegally reselling tax paid liquor dismissed in magistrate court after evidence failed to show sufficient hostility between parties. Three men swore they bought whisky by the drink, with affidavits and a small glass of whisky as proof.
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Mullens
Ans
Loyal Assad
Allen Junction
Bill Houck
Stanley Epling
Verne Morgan
Assad’s Place
Assad
Morgan
Houck
King Okey W. King Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for Okey W. King will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Bays Chapel Methodist Church with Rev. Wesley Pennington officiating. Burial follows at End of the Trail Cemetery near Clintonville. King 74 died Thursday at his Nallen home from a heart attack. He was a retired millwright born April 5 1855 in Lindon. Survivors include wife Sarah a son Eugene of Russellville four sisters two brothers two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle pending church transfer an hour before services.
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Nallen
RNS
Okey W. King
Bays Chapel
Wesley Pennington
Clintonville
King
Lindon
John M
Harriet Spencer King
Sarah
Eugene
Russellsville
Ella Cook
Ruby Stearts
Charleston
Mae Ross
Ivydale
Hallie Wallace
Miami, Fla
Harley
Louis
Battery Park
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Montreal Streets Named for Saints
Many Montreal streets bear names honoring saints reflecting the city’s historic Catholic heritage and urban layout. The pattern shows clusters around religious sites and neighborhoods shaped by early French settlement.
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Montreal
Ansted Rainbow Girls Install New Officers
Assembly No. 9, Order of Rainbow for Girls in Ansted installed officers at a Monday meeting in St. Pauls Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Sharon McVey was installed as worthy advisor with Nora Smith as worthy associate advisor. Gifts were given to mothers and installing officers. refreshments were served for guests including Mrs. McVey and Mrs. Smith.
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Ansted Rainbow Girls
Ansted
ANS
Assembly No
Order of Rainbow
Fellowship Hall
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Sharon McVey
Augustus McVey
Sharon
Ansted High School
Nora Smith
Elsie Smith
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Bobby Dixon
Charity
Patty Massey
Hope
Patty Paul
Faith
Dottie Wall
Patty Southern
Lylia Massey
Kay Hundley
Cara Lee McGraw
Ellen Hundley
Nature
Alicia Carte
Fidelity
Mary McGraw
Carolyn Johnson
Mary Beth Creger
Brenda Brackens
Dorothy McCallister
Sharon Johnson
Debra Deitz
Jackie Crist
Dorothy Payne
Sharon John
Beryl Kessler
McVey
George Creger
Karen Haga
Larry Miller
Kopperston Notes Move and Visits Report
Local news item lists residents traveling to Asheville for the Dell School of Technology and service members on leave from Camp Lejeune and Parris Island. Visitors include relatives from Tazewell Beckley Blacksburg and Greenville with social calls and attendance at a funeral in Big Stone Gap.
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Robert Dillon
Blanche Dillon
Beckley
Gene Dillon
Blacksburg
James Gallaher
West Virginia Tech
S. H. Gallaher
R. E. Wilson
Andrea Kay
Jim Gilley
Big Stone Gang
Gilley
Kopperston
David Wilson
Dell Bohannon
Greenville
Shower Honors Mrs. M. Page at Kopperston Church
A surprise stork shower was held Tuesday for Mrs. Murray Page wife of the Kopperston Presbyterian pastor. Blue and pink decorations featured an umbrella centerpiece. Guests included Mrs. R. V. Thomas Mrs. Burleigh Walker Mrs. William Harper and many others from the community.
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Kopperston
RNS
Kopperston Presbyterian
Murray Page
R. V. Thomas
Burleigh Walker
William Harper
Clyde Baldwin
Aville Grosse
Carrie Watts
Rachel Caudell
Henry Otter
Woodrow Dillo
Brooks and relatives visit in Glen Fork and Jesse
The Rev and Mrs Bert Brooks of Adrian Michigan visit relatives in Glen Fork and Jesse and attend the Brooks family reunion at the Glen Fork school. Alma Esprosita of Orange New Jersey visits Denver Canterbury and Alba Hendricks families in To neda and Jesse. Betty Hendricks of Baltimore Maryland visits her parents Allea and Hendricks and Denver Canterbury. Riley Merrill Thompson and children Patricia Elaine and Riley of Williamson weekend in Mullensville with Lee Thompson family.
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Jesse
Bert Brooks
Adrian
Mich
Glen Fork
Brooks
Wesley Elkins
Kelly Elkins
Man Memorial Hospital
Alma Esprosita
Orange
N. J
Denver Canterbury
Toneda
Alba Hendricks
van Elkins
Princeton
Betty Hendricks
Baltimore
Allea Hendricks
Riley Merill Thompson
Patricia
Elaine
Riley
Williamson
Mrs
Lee Thompson
Mullensville
School Children Ride Fire Trucks in Fire Prevention Event
Fayetteville Volunteer Fire Department will give grade school children rides on a fire truck this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The event marks Fire Prevention Week and will meet at the Memorial Building where youngsters will receive free plastic helmets, suckers, and bubble gum.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Ansted PTA Holds First Meeting of School Year
The Ansted Elementary School PTA met Monday with Principal Ivan Steele delivering devotionals. Committees were named for program budget finance membership publicity and refreshments and plans for a school carnival were discussed. The next meeting is set for November 2.
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Ansted
ANS
Ansted Elementary School Parent Teacher Association
Ivan Steele
Ernestine Bragg
Mildred Deligne
Marjorie Steele
Ruth Deligne
James G. Skaggs
Elizabeth Kessler
Mabel Fulks
Jean Vandall
Charles Neal
Margaret Price
Opal Miller
Velma Thomas
Eastern Star Session Opens in Wheeling
Mrs. Virginia Price worth matron of Pineville Chapter 110 attended the 57th annual Grand Chapter session in Wheeling. She came with her mother Cordelia Price, her son-in-law and daughter Willis Adams and spouse, and their son Willis II. Adams is Pineville Chapter 110’s worthy patron.
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Oceana
ANS
Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Virginia Price
Pineville
Wheeling
Tech Leaders Attend American Council Meeting in Washington
West Virginia Institute of Technology President William B. Axtell and Dean Frederick E. Thornton attended the American Council of Education annual meeting in Washington D C. They left Tech for the capital on Wednesday. Tech has been an accredited council member since 1956.
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Montgomery
American Council of Education
West Virginia Institute of Technology
William B. Axtell
Frederick E. Thornton
Tech
Washington, D. C
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