Funeral planned for Mullens man electrocuted at work
Earl Gragg 32, a Mullens groundman for Appalachian Power Co., was electrocuted when a wire touched a high tension line at the Basin Stephenson hollow. He died after arrival at Wyoming General Hospital about 10 30 a m. Five doctors fought to revive him but failed. Gragg lived at 905 Farley Avenue with wife Ruby and daughter Vickie Rae. Surviving also are sister Mrs Elmer Hash and his parents Mr and Mrs Eddie Gragg. The body is at Robertson and Fogelsong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Mullens
AIS
Earl Gragg
Appalachian Power Co
Gragg
Wyoming General Hospital
Okey Glover
Stephenson
Farley Avenue
Mullens Hill
Ruby
Vickie Rae
Elmer Hash
Eddie and
Anna Mae Gragg
Robertson and Fogelsong Funeral Home
Layman Sunday Observed by Kopperston Church
Kopperston Presbyterian Church joins thousands of churches in the United States and Canada to observe Layman Sunday this third Sunday in October. The aim is to urge all laymen to witness for the church as United Church Men set a common theme for the service, "You Have Been Called."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
RNS
Couples Issued Marriage Licenses in Wyoming County
The Wyoming County Clerk's office lists 20 couples issued licenses. Names include Harry Woodward and Thulsa Ann Wilson. Randall Walker and Betty Hendricks. Charles Evan Canterbury and Floria Dawn Walker. Leal Gene Cole and Creema June Clark. Calvert Stewart and Gail Dunford. Verlan Blaine Murphy and Syreda Lou Ward. Clifford Hamm and Alberta Mills. Myron Erroll Legg and Dixie Lee Walker. Jimmy Franklin Thompson and Drema Carol McKee. Orvill Huff and Delores Bryant. Peten Lester and Jacquelyn Hellerich. Robert M. Webb and Delores Ruth Robinson, among others.
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Pineville
Rns
Wyoming County
Harry Woodward
Columbus
Ohio
Raymond
Hazell Woodward
Thulsa Ann Wilson
Justice
John
Octavia Wilson
Randall Walker
Oceana
Alfred Ad Macie Walker
Betty Hendricks
Jesse
A. M
Nell Hendricks
Charles Evan Canterbury
Ravencliff
O. E
Helen Canterbury
Floria Dawn Walker
Hatcher
Evna
Pearl Walker
Leal
Gene Cole
Odd
Lacy Cole
Daphne Cole
Creema June Clark
Amigo
Carlos
Onal Clark
Calvert Stewart
Matheny
Herndon
Virginia Stewart
Gail Dunford
Corinne
Albert
Marie Dunford
Verlan Blaine Murphy
Ikes Fork
Blaine
Florence Murphy
Syreda Lou Ward
Steeles
C. V
Gertrude Ward
Charlie Sizemore
George
Alfey Sizemore
Fay Magdalen O’neal
Bud
Lloyd
Marie O'Neal
Clifford Hamm
Covel
William and
Elizabeth Hamm
Alberta Mills
Stephenson
Henry
Laura Mills
Myron Erroll Legg
Helen
Mark Legg
Sarah Aileen Clark
Dixie Lee Walker
Thomas
Bertha Walker
Jimmy Franklin Thompson
New Richmond
James
Mary Thompson
Drema Carol McKee
Ruby McKee
Orvill Huff
Gilbert
Ben
Emalene Huff
Delores
Bryant
Simon
Omer Toler
Minnie Sowards
Peten Lester
Hanover
Roderfield
Lena Lester
Jacquelyn Hellerich
Amelia
Jack
Louise Matthews
White Oak PTA Names Officers
New officers were elected Tuesday by members of the Lower White Oak Parent-Teacher Association. They are Charles McKinney president Mrs Everett Lasley vice president and Mrs Tena White secretary treasurer. Meetings will be held the first Thursday each month. The group approved playground equipment including a merry go round and a slide to be installed as soon as factory supply allows.
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ARTIE
RNS
White Oak
Parent-Teacher Association
Charles McKinney
Everett Lasley
Tena White
PTA
Kopperston Scout Executive Receives Silver Beaver Award
D. K. Shields of Kopperston, commissioner for the Brawley District in the Appalachian Council Boy Scouts of America, was honored at the area Scout appreciation banquet in Bluefield. He received the Silver Beaver Award for outstanding service after 16 years in scouting, presented by E. E. Bibb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
RNS
D. K. Shields
Brawley
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Bluefield
Shields
E. E. Bibb
Beckley
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Jack Davis
Richard Cassell
John Paynter
Carl Mack
Fire Destroys Mullens House on Green Street
A three room house on Green Street South Mullens was destroyed by fire Thursday with furnishings. Occupants Inez Gibson and her young daughter were home. Owner Joe Wood. Firefighters arrived at 9 05 am. Origin appeared to be in the kitchen per Fire Captain Billy Cook. Inez could not explain the start of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Green Street
South
Inez Gibson
Joe Wood
Billy Cook
Wyo. Officers Destroy Moonshine Stills Near Pineville
Wyoming County officers found and destroyed four moonshine stills in three weeks within a mile of each other on Bowers Ridge between Pineville and Mullens. The latest still, a 110 gallon setup, was dismantled Thursday at about 3 p.m. by Deputy Sheriff Ward Shepherd and state troopers with ATU agents. About 500 gallons of mash were poured out, enough to yield roughly 60 gallons of moonshine.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Bowers Ridge
Mullens
Ward Shepherd
C. W. Andrick
J. D. Fairchild
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Bluefield
PSC Hearing Logan Petition
A petition by Lyburn Water Co. Logan to discontinue service at Taplin area in Logan County is before the Public Service Commission citing annual net losses of about 1,293 dollars over four years and lack of economical water sources. The company offers to transfer the system to residents. Also set for PSC hearing November 6 is a complaint against Winding Gulf Water Works Inc from Theodore Young and others of Helen Raleigh County alleging insufficient and unsafe water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Lyburn Water Co
Logan
Taplin and
Logan County
Public Service Commission
Theaplin
PSC
Theodore Young
Helen
Raleigh County
Winding Gulf Water Works, Inc
Kopperston Personal News Letter Recurring Weekend Guests
Week end visitors to Kopperston include Rex Tate and his wife hosting Howard Cannon and family from Rockwood Tennessee. Lisa Diane, of Chicago, Illinois, staying with C. V. Tyree's family, and James Galler visiting his parents S. H. Gallaher and wife. Various other locals host relatives and friends from Lynchburg, Washington DC, Louisville, Orlando, Beckley, Columbus, and Princeton over the weekend. Kenny Diller was treated after football injury at Stevens Clinic. John Hood treated at Stevens Clinic Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Pankiewicz
Lisa Diane
Chicago
Ill
C. V. Tyree
James Galler
West Virginia Tech
S. H. Gallaher
Lisle Price
Lynchburg
Hurley Pennington
Kenny Diller
Woodrow Dille
Steven
David Rankin
Washington, DC
C. R Rankin
Virgil Burkett
J. A. Walker
Harlan, Ky
Lillard Walker
Louisville
Asa Ford
Bill Ford
South Charleston
Sorman Nottingham
Edna Lynn
Orlando
Fla
Homer Stabke
John Hood
Steven's Cynic
Welch
Ralph Hickman
C. H. Snider
Princeton
Jesse Cline
Goble Cline
Columbus
Ohio
Tom Gillian
Beckley
Riley Campbell
James Parsons
Brother of H. H. Pulliam Dies in Detroit
Lewis H. Pulliam, 56, of Detroit, Michigan, died Thursday after a heart attack. He was a brother of H. H. Pulliam of Beckley. Mr. and Mrs. Pulliam left Beckley for Detroit to attend funeral services and burial Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis H. Pulliam
Detroit
Mich
H. H Pulliam
Beckley
School to Direct Singing Class at Resaco Methodist Church
Rhode ll O Kidd will direct a singing school at the Resaco Methodist Church starting Monday. The Rev Sam Meadows said the class would be open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
O. Kidd
Resaco Methodist Church
Sam Meadows
Local resident ties to Ravencliff family history
A woman described as living near Ravencliff and Milam is noted for church and fraternal memberships including Mission Baptist Church Order of Eastern Star White Shrine and Rebekah Lodge. She and her husband have three children two daughters in Charleston and Flint and Raven cliff and seven grandchildren plus three great grandchildren.
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Ravencliff
Milam
McGraw
Mission Baptist Church
Order of Eastern Star
The
White Shrine
Rebekah Lodge
June Reeves
Charleston
Virginia Totten
Flint
Mich
Chris Acord
Mercer Man To Appeal Case To Supreme Court
Mercer County jury verdict awards 500000 to Car Still of Bluefield against Norfolk and Western Railway for injuries alleged from a January 23 accident. Judge Wagner ruled Still misrepresented medical history, ordering verdict for railroad. Attorneys plan appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Supreme Court
Princeton
State Supreme Court
Car Still
Bluefield
Norfolk & Western Railway
Mercer County
Still
The
F. Morton Wagner
Mrs. Fridell Honored At Baptist Church Tea
Mrs. Elmer A. Fridell was honored at a Tuesday tea by Sunday Road Baptist Church women in Hico. She spoke on American Baptist work in Mexico and Japan where her son Wilbur and his family serve as missionaries. Fridell, a former 12 year secretary for East Asia mission work, travels as a speaker in West Virginia Baptist missionary mobilization.
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Fridell
East Asia
Bertha Kessler
Ora Kessler
Olive Zimmerman
Minnie Norman
Zela Grimmett
Sharon
Velma Kesler
Nora Small
Edith McGraw
Mary An and
David
Maggie Potter
Hazel Brown
Ruth Cregar
Area Students Receive Grants
Charleston AP W. T. Coleman of Machinery Inc announced four college scholarships for engineering and business administration. Three $400 awards go to Larry Dean Strickland Elkview WVU Harold B. Swann Huntington Marshall College and Julius Q. Lilly Alcoca Wyoming County WV Tech. A $300 grant for business administration goes to Charles Franklin Combs Lost River Hardy County Morris Harvey College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. T
Ted) Coleman
Machinery, Inc
Larry Dean Strickland
Elkview
West Virginia University
Harold B. Swann
Huntington
Marshall College
Julius Q. Lilly
Alcoca
Wyoming County
West Virginia Tech
Charles Franklin Combs
Lost River
Hardy County
Morris Harvey College
Camper Hospitalized
Norman D. Camper of 127 Anne Street is undergoing treatment at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman D. Camper
Anne St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Robert Smith Hurt In Wreck In Wyoming General Hospital
A 27 year old Barkers Ridge District man is listed at Wyoming General Hospital with a probable broken neck after a Tuesday evening coal truck wreck. Robert Smith of Sand Gap was driving the pickup when a tie rod failed, sending the vehicle out of control and overturning three times in a hillside field.
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Mullens
Rns
Wyoming General Hospital
Barkers Ridge
Robert Smith
Sand Gap
Smith
Gardeners to Hear Special Yule Program in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Garden Club hosts a November 2 meeting with White Oak Garden Club. Speaker Mrs. Frederick Wassman of Belpre Ohio presents Christmas decorations inside and outside the home and a surprise hospitality table. She is an accredited show judge and former president of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Garden Club
White Oak Garden Club
Frederick Wassman
Belpre
Ohio
Wassman
Mount Hope High School
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Concord
West Liberty
West Virginia
University of Ohio
University of Virginia
John B. Long
W. P. Bittinger
H. A
Ten couples seek wedding licenses in county clerk docket
Fayetteville area couples lead a list of ten marriage license applications filed in the county clerk’s office over the past week. The names include Roger Bryant and Peggy Rice, Raymond Baughan and Kitty Stephens, James Barney and Sally Christian, and others from Fayetteville Ansted Jodie Smith Smithers Smithers Gauley Bridge Bentree Deep Water.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Roger Anthony Bryant
Phillip Ray
Mary Bryant
Peggy Lou Rice
Roy
Ivy Rice
Raymond Roger Baughan
Boomer
J. L
Lorene Baughan
Kitty Lynn Stephens
Charlton Heights
Orlin
Vita Stephens
James Robert Barney
Ansted
Robert H
Charlotte Barney
Sally Joan Christian
Lansing
Clifford Earl
Phyllis Christian
Charles E. Cheslock
Charles and
Modena Cheslock
Jeannette M. Gagnon
Albert and
Odell Gagnon
Eugene Easterling
Smithers
Ernest
Dollie Easterling
Paulette Dennis
Jodie
June Dennis
Herbert Knerr Gavin
B. K. Hesse Jr
Ruth Ann Armstrong
Rodney
Ruth Armstrong
Tennis Legg
Bentree
William
Ethel Legg
Thelma Gray
Deepwater
Raymond
Annabell Gray
Samuel Rivera
Hartford
Population shift to underdeveloped regions grows worldwide
Roughly two thirds of people live in underdeveloped areas and their populations have risen rapidly over the past century, highlighting widening global inequality.
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White Oak Pta
H. H. Pulliam
Bessie McGraw
Greely
Bessie Shumate
Saulsville
Walter W. Burton
E. Fridell
Genmitad So TV
Spotlite
Sunshine
Cinelens
W. Neville
Camper
Fayette
County Garden Council
Mr. Hutchison
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
Turkey
OLTS
Keatleys
Prince St. Beckley
Prince St
Murphy's
W. Main Street
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