Election Officials Informed of Duties at Oak Hill Club
Oak Hill Republicans Club hosted a school of instruction for election officials led by Fayette County GOP chair Willis Kincaid. Mrs. E. B. Gwinn distributed booklets "Hints on Election Laws" to attendees. Kingston Elementary principal R. W. Williams urged officials to remind voters about the school levy on the November ballot.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Republicans Club
Willis Kincaid
Fayette County
E. B. Gwinn
Republican Woman's Club
R. W. Williams
Kingston
Civic League Plans Annual Dinner At Oak Hill
The Oak Hill Civic League announces its annual dinner will be held on November 15 at 6 30 p m in Hotel Hill. Mrs W L Dunlap of Fayetteville spoke on where are we in Christian relations highlighting women's role in promoting world peace through Christ teachings.
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Oak Hill
ANL
Oak Hill Civic League
Hotel Hill
W. L. Dunlap
Fayetteville
League On
Thompson Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Oscar Thompson 57 retired farmer of Princeton will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Kee Street Methodist Church with Rev. D. T. Dickerson officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. Thompson born April 6 1897 at Odd was the son of Joe and Malinda Cole Thompson and survived by wife Ethel Gooslin of Princeton, one son Joseph Thompson of Baltimore, three daughters Gerlad Rowland John P. Richards and R. J. Belcher, two brothers Wilson of Oceana Irwin of Bluefield, four sisters Dorothy Lilly Westle Buchanan Charlotte Dixon Besoco and Maude Parker. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church.
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Princeton
RNS
Oscar Thompson
Estell St
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Kee Street Methodist Church
D. T. Dickerson
Bethel Cemetery
Odd
Joe and
Malinda Cole Thompson
Ethel Gooslin
Joseph Thompson
Baltimore
Gerald Rowland
John P. Richards
Green Cone Springs
Fla
R. J. Belcher
Wilson
Oceana
Irwin
Bluefield
Dorothy Lilly
Crab Orchard
Westle Buchanan
Stevens
Charlotte Dixon
Besoco
Maude Parker
McAlpin
Collins High Senior Elected FBLA State Secretary
Patricia Davis, senior at Collins High School, is elected state secretary of the Future Business Leaders of America at a Saturday Charleston meeting. FBLA instructor Mrs. N M Steen was named to the advisory board.
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New River Concert Association
C. R. Cole
Collins High School
C. P. Anderson Jr
G. J. Thomas
League
South Charleston
Hortense Callawn
Andrew Easton
Luther Greene
Frank Zemonek
Leona Baird
OAK Hill
RNS
Patricia Davis
Future Business Leaders of America
Charleston
N. M. Steen
FBLA
Fayette School Levy Election Slated Nov 2
Fayette County boards seek a three year special levy to raise teacher salaries by 10 monthly, keeping taxes steady if approved by 60 percent. Funds would also boost non teaching staff pay and free textbooks, with $971317 expected over three years starting July 1 1955. If defeated, salary cuts would occur.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Board of Education
Unique Construction Explained by Speaker Mullens
G W Lowe of Armco Drainage and Metal Products described building a 356 mile railroad to Labrador and Quebec ore fields by airlift. The line connected Seven Isles on the St Lawrence to northeast of Montreal, funded over 200 million by private companies including Armco and M A Hanna. Materials were flown due to permafrost and year round frozen terrain, taking about four years with first ore cargo shipped in July. H C Dykes presided.
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Mullens
RNS
Labrador
Quebec
Canada
G. W. Lowe
Armco Drainage and Metal Products Inc
Wyoming Council
Holmes Safety Association
Mullens High
Montreal
Seven Isles
St. Lawrence River
Armco Steel Corp
M. A. Hanna Co
Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
National Steel Corp
Wheeling Steel Co
Republic Steel Corp
Lowe
H. C. Dykes
Therapist and crafts teacher to address regional meet
Miss Helen Smithson an occupational therapist and crafts teacher at the Federal Reformatory for Women Alderson will speak to the Appalachian Regional Garden Club in Fayetteville at the Memorial Auditorium on Thursday She has served in WAVES as an aerial gunnery instructor and trained at Medical College of Virginia Hospital Her career includes roles at Shepherd Pratt Hospital McGuire Veterans Hospital and Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center where she founded the occupational therapy department Her talk will cover current day trends in occupational therapy with garden therapy as a focal point.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Helen Smithson
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
Fayette County Memorial Auditorium
Smithson
The
WAVES
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Hawaii
Richmond Professional Institute
College of William and Mary
Richmond
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Shepherd- Pratt Sanitarium
Baltimore
McGuire Veterans Hospital
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
Fishersville
United Cerebral Palsy Clinic
Miami
Mullens Moose Women Visit Adopted Patients
Four members of the Mullens Chapter of the Women of the Moose visited Pinecrest Sanitarium patients. They represented three committees that voted to jointly adopt two patients Marmet and Charleston for the year. They also visited and gave gifts to Claytor Young, previously adopted by the hospital committee.
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Mullens Moose
Mullens
ANS
Women of the Moose
Pinecrest Sanitarum
Marmet
Charleston
Hattie Sue Bowling
Moosehart
Grace Hedrick
Estelle Caudle
Jackie Laxton
Claytor Young
Wyoming Nurses Attend West Virginia Convention
Two nurses from Wyoming County joined delegates at the 47th annual convention of the West Virginia Nurses Association in Bluefield. Miss Elva Newman, superintendent of nurses at Wyoming General Hospital, and Miss Mary Gore, nurse for Pocahontas Fuel Co at Itmann, represented the state among about 350 nurses expected for the three day meeting. Newman will be relieved by Mrs. Thelma Stone of Pineville during her absence.
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Mullens
ANS
West Virginia Nurses Association
Bluefield
Wyoming County
Elva Newman
Wyoming General Hospital
Mary Gore
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann
Newman
Thelma Stone
Pineville
Advance Moves To Hinton Plant
The Advance Machine and Manufacturing Co moves first heavy machinery and equipment to its new Beckley to Hinton Front Street plant. Full scale operations will begin to clear a backlog of orders amounting to 150000 dollars. The normal 25 workers will rise to about 40 once moving is finished. Officers and key staff intend to relocate from Beckley to Hinton soon.
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Hinton
ANS
Advance Machine and Manufacturing Co
Beckley
Front St
Mullens Moose Lodge Attends West Virginia Moose Convention
Seven Mullens lodge members attended the West Virginia Moose Association convention in Wheeling. They were Bernard Shannon governor, Fred Deal, Dave Arnold, Okey Glover, A. R. Smith, N. Cheeley, and Tommy Thomas. Arnold served on the executive nominating committee. Shannon Deal Arnold and Glover were joined by their wives.
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Mullens
RNL
Mullens Lodge
West Virginia Moose Association
Wheeling
Bernard Shannon
Fred Deal
Dave Arnold
Okey Glover
A. R. Smith
Cheeley
Tommy Thomas
Arnold
Shannon
Deal
Glover
Pineville Lodge To Hold Special Meeting
Pineville Lodge A F and A M No 143 will hold a special meeting Tuesday October 19 at 7 p m at the Masonic Lodge Hall. Work in the first degree will be conducted and good attendance is desired.
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Pineville
RNL
Pineville Lodge
A.F
A.M. No. 143
Masonic Lodge
Cancer Claims Herndon Man
Okley Lusk 45 of Herndon died Monday night in a Princeton hospital after a two year cancer illness. He was a machinist for the Lamar Colliery Co. at Herndon and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Lusk of Herndon. The body is at Bailey Funeral Home in Matoaka.
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Herndon
RNS
Okley Lusk
Princeton
Lamar Colliery Co
Wylie Lusk
Bailey Funeral Home
Matoaka
Three Suffer Injuries At Wyoming General Hospital
Three patients were treated at Wyoming General Hospital after separate accidents. Charles Barr, 45, Allen Junction, injured his right knee getting on a belt line at the Black Eagle mine. Erma Adams, 27, Itmann, sprained her right ankle while walking. Gracie Bailey, 37, Glen Fork, wrenching her right knee chasing a cow. PTA Meets Friday At Iroquois Stephenson High ...
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Mullens
RNIS
Wyoming General Hospital
Charles Barr
Allen Junction
Black Eagle
Erma Adams
Itmann
Gracie Bailey
Glen
Union Committeemen To Attend Coal Meet
Union safety committee members from Tralee and Longacre mines of Allied Chemical and Dye Corp will attend the 42nd National Safety Congress in Chicago with company safety director Joe Mulligan. They travel by plane to gain updates on coal mine safety and boost cooperative safety efforts. Howard Phillips Ralph Sally Everett Carr represent UMWA Local 9375 from Tralee. Fred Washington John Lewis Jodie Hackworth represent Local 7113 from Longacre in Fayette County.
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Union
Tralee
Longacre
Somet-Solvay Divsion
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Chicago
Iil
Joe Mulligan
UMWA
Howard Phillips
Ralph Sally
Everett Carr
Harewood
Fayette County
Fred Washington
John Lewis
Jodie Hackworth
Hospital Admission Totals At Wyoming General For Week
A week ending Saturday saw 57 patients listed for admission at Wyoming General Hospital. Daily entries include numerous patients from Mullens Itmann Amigo and neighboring towns, with names such as John Moran Oliver Gilmore Ruth Mills Mary Shrewsbury and Maggie Reece among the admitted.
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Amigo
Cleo Reed
Egeria
Oliver Gilmore
Mullens
Michael Shrewsbury
Bud
Tilda Sykes
Itmann
Layna Rucker
Caloric
Betty Cadel
Johnny Mitsoyiantis
Helen Lusk
Beartown
Louie Caraban
Glen Rogers
Robert Roark
Mead
Harmco
Maggie Reece
Velva Cline
Odd
Mary Griffith
Oceana
Anna Rash
Dan Steele
Garwood
Gladys Reed
Basin
James Cumby
Corinne
Monday
Ellie Shrewsbury
Alpeca
Edward Goodman
Sophia
Robey Laxton
Pineville
Margaret Beard
Beckley
Ida McCulley
Revival Services Open Harmco
Revival services at the Free and Independent Holiness Church Harmco will continue nightly for an indefinite period. Local pastor leads nightly prayers as community members attend seeking spiritual renewal. Services began this week and are open to the public with no admission charge.
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Harmco
RNS
Free and Independent Holiness Church
Junior High Queen Named at Oak Hill
Miss Betty Widay of Collins Junior High will reign as Miss Imp of 1954 at half time during the homecoming game. Attendants will be Miss Lana Ammar and Miss Nora Fraga. Evangelists Irene Winston and Estep Scruggs began services Sunday. Lula Ford is the church pastor.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Betty Widay
Collins Junior High School
Lana Ammar
Nora Fraga
Irene Winston
Estep Scruggs
Lula Ford
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Thompson
Bethel Methodist Church
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Neville
Fayette School
G. T. Lowe
C. EF. Easterling
MISS
Wyoming
Hinton Plant
Mullens Moose Lodge
Dmversal
Beckley’s
S&h
PTA
Stephenson
Iroquois-Stephenson Parent-Teacher Association
Clark
Neville St
West Virginia
Magic Chef
Vitra
Pagoda Shopping
Harper
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