Children Honor Parents On Golden Wedding Date
In Oak Hill over 200 guests gathered Sunday for Mr. and Mrs. James Everett DeViese's golden wedding anniversary at the Hotel Hill clubroom. Their 49-member immediate family hosted a reception with gold and white decor, a three tiered cake, and music by local performers. The couple, married Oct 10 1900, have 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, and long church members.
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Oak Hill
James Everett DeViese
Hotel Hill
Maude Wortman
Huntington
Cline Fitzgerald
Oakmie
Patty Bavely
H.R. Cole
John Estes
DeViese Home
James Edward
Boomer
Howard Hill
Marmet
David, Lloyd
Madison
Helen Buckland
Daniels
Pearl, Miller
Marianna
Ruth Huffman
Beckley
DeViese
Hilltop
Cordelia Painter
Fayette County
Red Star
H. H
Ellen’ Prudy Painter
Morris Harvey
Baptist Church
Brown Funeral Services Today for Guy D. Brown
Funeral services were set for 2 p m today for Guy D. Brown 53 Gauley Bridge automobile dealer who died Sunday at his home in Gauley Bridge The Brown Chevrolet Company in Gauley Bridge and the King Coal Company in Oak Hill were among his enterprises Surviving are his wife Minnie Mae two sons Gordon Blaine and Ike Brown his mother Mrs Mary Brown Gauley Bridge and two grandchildren
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GA Ridge
Guy D. Brown
Gauley Bridge
Pat Withrow
G. C. Musick
Brown Chevrolet Company
King Coal Ae Company
Oak Hill
War injuries listed for local Sgt Puffenbarger
SGT Thomas C Puffenbarger, son of Marshall B Puffenbarger of Mahan, is listed as injured in action in Korea by a Department of Defense casualty list released to the press.
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Mahan
Thomas C. Puffenbarger
Marshall B. Puffenbarger
Korea
Department of Defense
Stout Funeral Services Today
Fayetteville funeral for William Stout age 82 held at Dodd Funeral Home with Rev. B B Breitenhirt officiating. Burial in Lansing Cemetery. Survivors include wife Florence two sons Harry and Earl four daughters Grace Tompkins Mae Reed Nellie Stout Garnet Stout two brothers Matthew Lawrence one sister Mary Ellen Cechman fourteen grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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Fayetteville
William Stout
Dodd
B. B. Breitenhirt
Lansing
Florence
Harry
Fayette and
Earl
Grace Tompkins
Mae Reed
Scarbro
Nellie Stout
Garnet Stout
Fayette
Matthew
Lawrence
Marfrance
Mary Ellen Cechman
Matewan
Steele Funeral Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth C. Steele 83 of Romont Route near Ansted are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at Evergreen Baptist Church Romont with Rev Theodore Carte officiating. Burial in Steele Cemetery. Born Greenbrier County December 17 1886 she belonged to Mt Pleasant Baptist Church and is survived by four children Marion Watson Emory and Annie Steele all of Romont Route. The body will be moved from Thomas Funeral Home Ansted to her residence Tuesday at 5 p m.
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Ansted
Elizabeth C. Steele
Romont
Evergreen Baptist Church
Theodore Carte
Winona
Steele
Greenbrier County
Pastor's Wife Found Safe at Bud Residence
Mrs. Phillip Graham, a pastor's wife, was discovered Thursday at the home of Okey McKinney in Bud after a two day search across Barkers Ridge District. She reported spending Tuesday night in the woods to escape rain, and said she had been missing since Tuesday morning.
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Basin
Phillip Graham
Mountainwe
Barkers Ridge
Okey McKinney
Bud
Graham
Huntington
Miner dies in Alpoca blasting accident
Hayward Ervin Williams, 37, an Alpoca miner, was killed just after 9 p.m. when he resumed work at a coal face during a delayed second explosive blast. Investigators found a broken cable caused the delay. Williams reportedly answered a signal before the second shot. He was born May 1, 1913 in Linn, Gilmer County, and is survived by his wife Sophia Lilly Williams, a son Bobby Joe, a sister Zelma Bates, and several half siblings. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Bud-Alpoca Baptist Church with burial in Nimitz Cemetery.
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Mullens
Alpoca
Hayward Ervin Williams
George Dove
Williams
Linn
Gilmer County
Scott Williams
Lorabell Williams
Sophia Lilly Williams
Bobby Joe
Zelma Bates
Olean
N. Y
Bud-Alpoca Baptist
George Mitchell
Nimitz
Jumping Branch
Robertson and Foglesong
Alpeca
Scouts Erect Flag Pole at Pinnacle Creek Camporee
About 118 scouts and 23 adult leaders attended a weekend Boy Scout camporee at Pinnacle Creek camping site near Pineville. A pump house was started and a permanent flag pole erected as Lambert Bottom hosted 12 troops led by commissioners Gordon D. Skidmore and J. L. Brawley with scoutmasters T. P. Mooney and W. H. Gibson guiding activities.
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Pineville
Pinnacle Creek
Boy Scouts
Guyandotte and
Sandiego
Lambert Bottom
Gordon D. Skidmore
J. L. Brawley
T. P. Mooney
W. H. Gibson
Mullens Troop
Jim Pendleton
Ernest Hodson
Mullens
Bernard Shannon
George M. Nolley
Covel
Cleve McMillan
Otsego
S. M. West
Wyco
Alpeca
Arthur Hall
Marianna
Toney Lamp
Kopperston
Dick Roberts
Glen Rogers
Rupbert Durham
Jess Mangus
Coal
Gillespie Rites Held at Brenton
Funeral services were held at Brenton Church of God for Mrs. Harry Ann Gillespie 75 who died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a week there. She had been in failing health two months. Burial followed in Saeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield. Born Sept 2 1875 in Swords Creek Virginia she lived mostly in Virginia until six years ago when she stayed with her son Russell Gillespie in Brenton. Surviving are three daughters Erent Ward Bertha Spence and Fred Williamson two sons Paul Andrew Russell and Palmer three sisters and two brothers. Her husband died 13 years ago.
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Brenton
Brenton Church of God
Harry Ann Gillespie
Welch Hospital
Saeger
Virginia
Russell Gillespie
Ernest Ward
Paterson
N. J
Bertha Spence
Fred Williamson
Oregon
Paul
Andrew
Arce
Russell and Palmer
Charles Herndon
Gallion, O
Mont Cox
Cedar Bluff
Norris Steel
Bluefield
Walter Herndon
Grundy
Bernie Herndon
Elkins Funeral Set Wednesday in Hatcher
Dennie Elkins 71 died Monday at Stevens Clinic Welch from a stroke. Funeral service 2 p.m. Wednesday at Delilah Methodist Church Hatcher with Rev. Hansel Cook and Rev. Jesse Milam of Oceana officiating. Burial in Chambers Cemetery Hatcher. Survivors include wife Corba Stewart Elkins, three sons Ott Albert and Raymond Elkins all of Hatcher, five daughters Olen Lambert Truman Bailey Lloyd Bragg all of Hatcher, Bill Johnston of Pineville and Paul Smith of Russell y.
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Oceana
Dennie Elkins
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Delilah Methodist Church
Hatcher
Hansel Cook
Jesse Milam
Chambers Cemetery
Corba Stewart Elkins
Ott
Albert
Raymond Elkins
Olen Lambert
Truman Bailey
Lloyd Bragg
Bill. Johnston
Pineville
Paul Smith
Russell, Y
50 New Uniforms Ordered for Band
Oceana High School Band Boosters Club approved an order for 50 uniforms at the second meeting held Monday in Union Hall. President Earl Wilson led reports from membership and ways and means committees. More than $1,000 has yet been raised through membership cards and donations.
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Oceana
Oceana High School
Boad
Band Boosters Club
Union Hall
Earl Wilson
Community Recreation Group To Buy Mullens Clubhouse
Community Recreation Inc plans to purchase the Woman's Civic Clubhouse in West Mullens by Nov 1. Terms set at a board meeting include a $4,000 sale price with $400 down and $400 annually, and club rights for meetings and conventions. Ownership reverts to the Civic Club if payments fail or dissolution occurs. George M. Nolley commends youths for gym upkeep since June.
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Mullens
Register
Mullen
Woman's Civic Clubhouse
West Mullens
Community Recreation, Inc
Recreation Group
E. D. Humphrey
Woman’s Civic Club
D. Grove Moler
Community Recreation
George M. Nolley
Ben Dunman
Fifteen Wyoming Couples Granted Divorces in Opening Day
The October term of Wyoming Circuit Court opened with fifteen divorces granted and one annulment. Naomi Cook vs Luther Cook remains undecided due to the defendant in military service. Special Commissioner Moler presided on contested actions while 18 of 42 docketed actions faced nonappearance or reconciliation.
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Pineville
Wyoming Circuit Court
Naomi Cook
Luther Cook
D. Grove Moler
Supreme Court declines to name Bower Democratic nominee
The Supreme Court refused to name Paul Bower as the Democratic nominee for Wyoming County commissioner in place of C. L. White. Bower had urged voiding votes from Precinct 24 Hanover over alleged irregularities, arguing that voiding them would give him the nomination.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Paul Bower
Wyoming County
C. L. White
Bower
Hanover
White
Collinsworth Rites Wednesday for Mrs Louisa Collinsworth
Funeral services will be held at 1 p m Wednesday for Mrs Louisa McDaniel Collinsworth 92 who died Monday at her Mullens home Her son Ruben S Collinsworth survives along with three daughters two brothers two sisters two half sisters 32 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren Burial will be in Farley Cemetery at Church of God with Rev O Hampton Rev G D Black and Rev George Mitchell officiating Body to be moved to Collinsworth residence at 5 p m today from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
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Mullens
Louisa McDaniel Collinsworth
South Mullens
Ruben S. Collinsworth
Church of God
O. Hampton
G. D. Black
George Mitchell
Farley
Collinsworth
Robertson and Foglesong
Lavoptik Eye Bath Promises Fast Relief
A long standing remedy for eye discomfort offers cooling soothing relief for burning inflammation soreness and itching from local irritants. The product claims 35 years of success and a money back guarantee with an eye cup included sold at all druggists.
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