Relocation of DuBois School Pending November Board Meet
Fayetteville The Fayette County Board of Education discussed funding for a new gym at Nuttall High School asking Seabolt Construction for 17000 more to complete heating plumbing septic tank flooring but excluding bleachers A committee will study legality of funds. relocation of DuBois High School postponed after a letter questioned board authority and suggested a declaratory judgment test before spending on a new site.
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DuBois
Register
Fayetteville
Chester Hager
Nuttall High School
Fayette County
Navicki Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services will be held at 9 30 a m Thursday for Frank Tony Navicki 59 who died Sunday at Oak Hill Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage after a two day illness Rites will be at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro with Rev Eugene Klug officiating Born in Lithuania January 28 1892 he was a retired mine foreman Survivors include his wife Julia Navicki of Hilltop three sons Frank Jr of East Oak Hill Leonard of Louisville Ky and Larry of Hilltop one daughter Della Navicki of Sitka Alaska
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Oak Hill
Frank Tony Navicki
Oak Hill Hospital
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro
Eugene Klug
Lithuania
Mine For Man
Julia Novicki
Hilltop
Frank, Jr
East Oak Hill
Leonard
Louisville
Larry
Della Novicki
Sitka
Alaska
Fayetteville High School Hosts Saturday Dance by Boosters
Fayetteville High School gym hosts a Saturday night dance sponsored by the Band Boosters Club. The event features round and square dancing to raise funds for band instruments and materials. James Dowdy will call the square dance figures.
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Fayetteville
Fayetteville High School
Band Boosters Club
James Dowdy
National Officer Addresses Group at Kilsyth Meeting
Mrs Damon C Dodd third vice president of the National Convention addressed Ladies Auxiliary of the Freewill Baptist Church of Kilsyth at the Auxiliary Building meeting. Mrs Virginia Huber read scripture and Mrs Dodd discussed women in church services. Hostess Mrs Hattie Bennett served refreshments to 30 members and guests. PLAQUE DESIGNS ACCEPTED Design designs of two plaques for Collins High School Oak Hill accepted by Fayetteville board of education. One plaque relays donor Justice Collins deed details. the second lists board members architect and contractor.
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Kilsyth
Damon C. Dodd
Freewill Baptist Church of
Virginia Huber
Dodd
Hattie Bennett
Fayetteville
Collins High School
Oak Hill
Board of Education
Justice Collins
Mt Hope Man Named to Coal Defense Group
Mt Hope resident L. E. Gaines, president of New River Company, is named to a coal defense committee formed with American Mining Congress representation. The group aims to present the mining industry position to government bodies and coordinate with designated groups on coal allocation if mobilization is needed. Laurence E. Tierney Jr., president of Eastern Coal Corporation in Bluefield, is also named to the committee.
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MT. Hope
L. E. Gaines
New River Company
Coal Defense Committee
American Mining Congress
Government
Congress
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
Eastern Coal Corporation
Bluefield
Fayetteville Man Wounded in War
Fayetteville man Pfe. Kenny Eskew of Fayetteville is hospitalized in Tsuruoka Japan after wounds suffered in Korea between September 21 and 26. A member of the 38th Infantry Regiment Company E he wrote his wife that only three of 46 in his company were left alive after a shell or grenade hit during an attack.
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Fayetteville
Tsuruoka
Japan
Pfe
Kenny Eskew
Chester Eskew
Lita Yon Eskew
Korea
38Th Infantry Regiment
74-Year-Old Man Hurt In Fall From Ladder
Frank Provinzano a 74-year-old Ste phon son man from Mullens was injured by a 10 foot fall from a ladder while working in an open basement. He suffered a slipped vertebrae shoulder and head injuries and was removed to Beckley Hospital after driving his truck to a doctor’s office. The second rung broke as he descended and he was knocked unconscious.
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Mullens
Stephenson
Frank Provinzano
Beckley Hospital
Provinzano
Rhodell Man Wounded, Cpl Eldridge Listed
Cpl Robert H. Eldridge, Rhodell, son of Mrs Emma Eldridge, is reported wounded in action per Casualty List 120 released by the Department of Defense. The notice places him in ongoing war casualty reports and identifies Rhodell as his hometown.
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Rhodell
Register
Two Teachers Get Leaves of Absence
Fayette County Board of Education granted leaves of absence for Patricia Johnson of Collins High School Oak Hill and Eunice Fleming of DuBois High School Mt. Hope. Extra teachers Marjorie Reece and Ann Jennings were added at Oak Hill Elementary. Insurance policies went to several agencies including New River Oak Hill Rosser Long Fayetteville Fayette Insurance and Hancock Montgomery. Janitors’ salaries retroactive to Sept 1: Meadow Bridge High 175 Meadow Bridge Elementary 80 Fayetteville Elementary 200 Boomer 65 Kingston 230.
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Fayetteville
Patricia Johnson
Collins High School
Oak Hill
Eunice Fleming
DuBois High School
Mt. Hope
Fayette County
Meadow Bridge
Mullens society notes from county week of events
Mullens residents attend professional meetings and sports events across the region. Bank officers M O Andrews and W A Davis go to Jackson's Mill for a bankers conference as others travel to Duke University Tennessee game in Durham and Redskins Giants game in Washington. Local visits include family trips to Missouri Kansas Kentucky and Bardstown and a Greenbrier Appalachian Garden Club convention with Laurel Garden Club members.
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Mullens
O. W. Andrews
W. A. Davis
Peoples Bank of
West Virginia Bankers Association
Jackson's Mill
Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
C. E. Stearts
Moran Avenue
Marshall
Kansas
Kentucky
Bardstown
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Hugh Kidd 58 Dies at Oak Hill Home
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Hugh Kidd 58 who died at his home in the Rosedale Addition Oak Hill at 9 a m today. Death was due to a heart condition. A Bethel Baptist Church member and retired coal miner he belonged to the United Mine Workers of America The body is at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean.
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Oak Hill
Hugh Kidd
Rosedale
Bethel Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Collins Funeral
Glen Jean
Auxiliary to Present Flag To School in UN Observance
United Nations Day observance in Oak Hill includes presentation of a flag to Collins High School by the Red Devil American Legion Auxiliary. The group voted at a Monday meeting to have the flag made by members, with the presentation planned for Oct 24. Members discussed attending the Third District meeting on Nov 5 in Grantsville and endorsed Mrs Virginia Lee as vice president of the Third District.
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Oak Hill
United Nations
Collins High School
Red Devil American Legion Auxiliary
G. S. Callison
Highland Avenue
Grantsville
Virginia Lee
Gauley Bridge Post
Charles Balding
Anna Fields
Red Devil
H. L. van Camp
John Scott
Rhododendron Girls State
Nyla June Kincaid
Phyllis Dawson
Ben Jarrell
Patty Bavely
Jackson’s Mill
J. W. Callison
Woodlawn Avenue
Induction Orders Sent To 15 Men
Madison area boards ordered fifteen Boone County men to report for induction into the Armed Services on October 18. The list, released by Mrs. Nadine Hager, includes Nick Harris Whitesville Archie Hughes Jr Julian Wyatt Allen Garrett Prent er William Kell Lewis Jr Whitesville John Willis Woodie Barrett Ammond Hoover Tabor Jeffrey Jack Junior Craddock Ramage Dewey Stewart Jr Costa Raymond Earl Chambers Hewett Billy Pauley Gordon Lloyd Huston Miller Madison Russell Keith Mounts Greenview Herman Arthur Walker Ridgeview Frankie Thompson Wharton James Elsworth Combs Whitesville.
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Madison
Boone County
Armed Services
Selective Service Board No. 1
Nadine Hager
Nick Harris
Whitesville
Archie Hughes, Jr
Julian
Wyatt Allen Garrett
Prenter
William Kell Lewis, Jr
John Willis Woodie
Barrett
Ammond Hoover Tabor
Jeffrey
Jack Junior Craddock
Ramage
Dewey
Five Fay ette couples obtain marriage licenses
Fayetteville records show five couples receiving marriage licenses from the county clerk’s office. Names include Joseph F. Fox and Phyllis G. Holliday. Eldridge Ingram and Joann Palmer. Thomas Henry Neal and Mary Lou Evans. Clarence Alfred Newhouse and Doris Marie Crum. Herbert Simms and Doris Ann Carroll. Ages and hometowns are listed with each pairing.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
Joseph F. Fox
Oak Hill
Phyllis G. Holliday
Garten
Eldridge Ingram
Lick Fork
Joann Palmer
Sanger
Thomas Henry Neal
Swiss
Mary Lou Evans
Wyndall
Clarence Alfred Newhouse
Dempsey
Battle Wounds Fatal To Wyoming Soldier
Pvt. Thomas A. Laxton suffered fatal wounds from Korea battle on September 27. The Bear Hole Fork, Pineville area family confirms he is the fifth Wyoming County soldier to die in the Korean fighting. WSCS to meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church with Mrs. Samuel A. Harford presenting the program. hostesses Mrs. Vaughan Stewart and Mrs. J. W. Martin.
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Wyoming
Register
Pineville
Korea
Thomas A. Laxton
John Laxton
Bearhole Fork
Wyoming County
WSCS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Samuel A. Harford
Missionary Education
Vaughan Stewart
J. W. Martin
Rites Held Thursday for Ameagle Infant Stover
Final rites for month-old Ed dy Dean Stover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Stover of Ameagle, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Artic Church of God. Rev. Albert McGinnis of Clear Creek will officiate. He died Tuesday at Charleston General Hospital. Survived by parents, a brother Teddy and sister Donna Pearl, all at home. Valley Funeral Home of Whitesville in charge.
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Albert McGinnis
Clear Creek
Charleston General Hospital
Teddy
Donna Pearl
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Women Meet Tonight at Pineville Church Group
Women of the Pineville Presbyterian Church will meet at 7 30 tonight in the home of Mrs Sam Bowers in the Bailey Murphy Addition.
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Pineville
The
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Sam Bowers
Bailey-Murphy
Mrs. Burdette Feted at Shower
Iroquois Mrs. James Burdette of Iroquois was honored at a stork shower Tuesday night hosted by Mrs. H C Dykes and Mrs. W K Goodson Jr at the latter's home. Attendees included numerous local women such as Mrs. Jerry Stover, Mrs. James French, Mrs. Neil Goodson, and others.
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Iroquois
James Burdette
H. C. Dykes
W. K. Goodson, Jr
Jerry Stover
James French
Neil Goodson
B. Smith
Ernie Shrewsbury
Virgil Bowman
Marvin Necessary
Junior Lilly
James Bolen
Armon Carmon
C. C. Clemons
Cecil Blalock
W. T. Henson
Martin Fagan
Charles Johnson
Jack Price
Garland Shumate
Ray Ingle
John Reedy
Sam Phelps
Mrs. Brunty Feted At Stork Shower
Mrs. Ross Brunty was honored at a stork shower Thursday evening hosted in the home of Mrs. Lacy Davis. Attendants included Mrs. Bill White, Mrs. Dora Hurst, Mrs. Lora Berry, Mrs. Gerald Norman, Mrs. Wanna C. Cook, Mrs. Lucille Cassidy, and Mrs. Ray Conley.
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Oceana
Ross Brunty
Lacy Davis
Bill White
Dora Hurst
Lora Berry
Gerald Norman
Wanna C. Cook
Lucille Cassidy
Ray Conley
Visits in Pineville by Register Staff Writer
Mrs. Margaret Levisay of Lewisburg visits in the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Coy L Rose in Pineville as she spends time with family during a local visit in the area.
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Pineville
Register
Margaret Levisay
Lewisburg
Coy L. Rose
Recreation board lifts Mullens quota for youth membership
Mullens Community Recreation Inc has lifted its 50 member quota allowing all youths within 15 miles to join. A special meeting led by Frank Damewood at Ben Dunman Elementary School will discuss activities to fund a youth center and a clubhouse purchase from the Woman's Civic Club. D. Grove Moler became the first donor to the clubhouse fund. Also, Mr and Mrs Aaron Cook Jr of Pineville announce the birth of their third son at Mullens General Hospital weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces.
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Mullens
Community Recreation, Inc
Frank Damewood
Ben Dunman
Woman’s Civic Club
West Mullens
D. Grove Moler
Damewood
Aaron Cook, Jr
Pineville
Mullens General Hospital
Baileyville Man Appointed Bailiff for Wyoming Courts
Sheriff John H. Miller named Dewey Short of Baileyville as bailiff for the Wyoming Circuit and Criminal courts. Short fills the post left by Lee Anderson, who was fired for inefficiency. Anderson had resigned to serve as probation officer full time. Miller also named James Fuch McGraw of McGraws as collector of delinquent taxes.
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Baileysville
Baliff
Wyoming
Register
Pineville
John H. Miller
Dewey Short
Wyoming Circuit
Criminal Courts
Short
Lee Anderson
Miller
Anderson
James Fuch McGraw
McGraws
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Lewi D'Antoni
Jesse Morgan
Gilbert Goode
R. E. Kuhn
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Herbert Craft
Hallie
Jimmie
Lynchburg
Moran Ave
Hame
Jarrett T. Chandler
Parkersburg
Shelby Roach
Ray Roach
South Mullens
Otsego
Robert Humphrey
Rosemary Hall
Henry Hall
Circle Drive
Greenbrier Military School
Paul Sharp
Miss Hall
Roland P. Sharp
Mary Culliney
Advocate Apartments
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Charleston
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Salem
Edna M. Wells
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Lusk Avenue
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