Sexton Funeral Rites Wednesday
Eli Sexton 78 of Anawalt died Sunday night in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Long Point Baptist Church Spencer's Curve with Revs. Shumate and Davis officiating. Burial in Wood lawn Cemetery Bluefield. Survivors include wife Mettie Perry Sexton two sons Gwyn Glen two daughters Myrtle Barker Hazel Davis Ollie Taylor. three brothers George Jefferson Berry. 24 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren.
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Pineville
Rns
Eli Sexton
Anawalt
Bluefield
Long Point Baptist Church
Spencer’s Curve
Jeff Shumate
Wiley Davis
Woodlawn
Washington County
Sexton
Long Point
Berry
Marion, Va
Fayetteville Personal News Weekend Visits Across Town
Fayetteville society notes list weekend visits and travel among residents and visitors. Miss Peggy Shawver of Marshall College stayed with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Shawver in Fayetteville, with Miss Margaret Tanley of Charleston also joining. Other students and locals visited relatives in Abbot Addition, Ronceverte, Morgantown, Roanoke, and West Virginia University, including wedding attendance and leave adjournments. Various servicemen, relatives, and friends are named with their travel plans and destinations, reflecting a busy social calendar.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Peggy Shawver
Marshall College
Hayden Shawver
Shawvers
Abbot Addition
Margaret Tanley
Charleston
Mary Virginia Wiseman
West Virginia Univerity
E. O. Wiseman
Carolyn Dillon
Hol'ne College
Roanoke
H. E. Dillon
Martha Gaines
Russell Wehrle
Ronceverte
Ethel Fleshman
Ronceverte Hospital
Carey E. Ashwell
Virginia
A. E. Whanger
B. A. Foster
Tom, Dick
Yolanda Zorio
Sally Whanger
West Virginia University
Charles F. McQueen
Jimmie
Dade McQueen
Robert Abbot
Robert Haberstraugh
Johnstown
Jackie R. Eskridge
Bainbridge
Joe R. Eskridge
Jerry N. King
Edna King
Thomas L. Eubank
J. W. Eubank
Keesler Air Force Base
Mississippi
Cape
Civil Air Patrol Signs 18 New Fayetteville Members
Fayetteville CAP squadron appears set with 18 new members joining at an 8 p.m. meeting in the Fayette County Memorial Auditorium. The group aims to train volunteers for aviation service, with jobs ranging from typist to aircraft mechanic and a cadet program for students 15 to 18 offering aviation education and related subjects.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Fayette County Memorial Auditorium
John Matsko
Charles Farrell
Paul Tinkle
J.N. Jarrett
Hobart Booth
Lee A. Frazier
R. N. Noyes
H. B. Dews
Layton K. Pegram
Oak
Air Force
CAP
Jarrett
Oak Hill Boy Treated After Football Hand Injury
Edward Ayers aged 15 of Oak Hill was treated at Oak Hill hospital Saturday for a right hand injury sustained while playing football.
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Oak Hill
Edward Ayers
Oak Hill Hospital
Classes Open Thursday Pineville
Registration for Morris Harvey extension classes is moved from tonight to Thursday at Pineville High School. Registration begins at 6 p.m. Spend this week at the Extension Workers Conference at Jackson's Mill.
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Pineville
RNS
Morris Harvey
Pineville High School
Jackson’s Mill
Baptist Women State Fall Rally in Mullens Thursday
The Baptist Woman's Mission Society Rockcastle Association will hold its annual Fall rally in Mullens on Thursday. The all day meeting begins at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church with Mrs. Travis Taylor of Welch presiding. The conference theme is In His Paths.
Pineville Personal Notes From Weekend Guests
Pineville residents hosted or visited relatives and friends during a weekend with guests from Beckley Mullens Oceana Logan Covington and Keystone. Names include Basil Elliott Azel Brown J W Roberts Roy F Thomas Doyle Rine Michael Dennis Gerald Acord and others. Several residents traveled to Charleston or Beckley for visits and church.
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Azel Brown
J. W. Roberts
Roy F. Thomas
Terry Lee
Arthur Gover
Beckley
W. C. Bailey Jr
Ida Woodard
Keyser
Perry C. Cook
Mullens
Pineville
C. W. Shufflebarger
Mary B. Hicks
J. T. Vaughn
Doyle Rine
Oceana
G. C. Worrell
Carroll J. Worrell
E. W. Worrell
G. A. Brooks
J. Frank Stiltner
Wyoming County
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dave Bryant
Estes A. Nichols
Diane
Crowley-Worrell
J. Lawrence Blankenship
Colorado
James H. Blankenship
Brenton
Lillian Bailey
Covington
Violet Lusk
Tott McGraw
G. L. Cook
Hanover
F. P. Cook
Advent Christian Church
Clear Fork
Nina Cook
J. W. Martin
C. A. George
Matoaka
W. R. Davidson
C. A. Pancake
Mary Beth
Helen Sue
Helen Fleshman
Keystone
D. T. Daniels
Barbara Phillips
Marshall College
Huntington
Claude Phillips
Ex-Con Hanshaw Charged With Post Office Burglary
William Ewell Hanshaw, a 30 year old released inmate, is jailed in Wyoming County charged with burgling the Simon Post Office on Sept 26 and Oct 6. Police say 18 rolls of pennies stamps money order blanks rubber stamp and ink pad were taken. Deputy Jim Stepp led the probe with help from a post office inspector.
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Pineville
BNS
State Penitentiary
Wyoming County
Simon Post Office
William Ewell Hanshaw
Jim Stepp
Simon
Stepp
Hanshaw
Kanawha County
Prunytown
Cub Creek
Post Office
Mercer Soldier Killed in Battle
Cpl. Bob E. Akers of Princeton was killed in action November 1, 1950 at Unsan Korea after being listed as missing and later as a prisoner of war. Born March 11, 1931 in Norfolk, he is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Claude Akers and one sister Mrs Ruth Braywick of Detroit. Local relatives visited and spent weekends with the Akers in Princeton.
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Princeton
BNS
Bobby E. Akers
Unsan
Korea
Claude Akers
Athens Star Route
Akers
Defense Department
Norfolk
Ruth Braywick
Detroit
Mich
Scarbro Native Named to Post In State Mines Dept
Julius C. Olzer, Scarbro native and former miner, is named administrative assistant in the West Virginia State Department of Mines, effective Oct. 15, second in command. He previously served as district mine inspector and acting inspector-at-large in the Kanawha Division, with a strong safety record and community involvement including Boy Scouts and football.
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Scarbro
State Department of Mines
Julius C. Olzer
Frank B. King
State Mines Department
Olzer
King
H. L. Schweinsberg
Schweinsberg
Belle
Fayette County
New River Co
Mount Hope High School
West
Virginia University Mining Extension Department
Department of Mines
Kanawha
Olizer
Ruth Godsy
Minden
Masonic Lodge No
Oak Hill
Death by own action ruled in Saunders death
Princeton report states Mark Saunders 55 died by his own hand when he placed the shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Saunders disappeared last Monday from his home on the Princeton-Bluefield road and was found Sunday afternoon after a large search involving about 50 people including Boy Scouts neighbors and county officials. The body showed death occurred Monday and his wife said he had been in ill health and despondent since unemployment.
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Princeton
RNS
Mark Saunders
Princeton-Bluefield Road
Saunders
National Guard
Perry L. Dye
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Charles L. Garvin Jr
Civil Air Patrol
Lee Frazier
Frank Mauritz
J. N. Jarrett
Hobart Booth Jr
House of Delegates
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Cael I
RCA
John W. Eye
Sales & Service
W. Neville ST
Baptist Women State
Basil Elliott
Blacksburg, A
Seer
Shitland
N. K
N. Kanawha
Mercer
John Pridemore
Opie Pridemore
Curry
Blanche Clay
Saulsville
Ball
Boy Scouts
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Magic Chef
Halstead
Eration CO
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