Burial Today for George Barkheart and Greenbrier School Levy Vote
George F Barkheart of Layland dies at 79 and will be buried in Shipman Virginia. Surviving children include Robert William Walter Emory and several others across Layland Roanoke Tidewater and New Jersey. Greenbrier voters receive two ballots in November with an official ticket and a smaller levy question to raise about 275000 for school improvements over three years beginning July 1 1945.
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George Barkheart
Greenbrier
Register
Lewisburg
George F.arkheart
Layland
Nancy Walker
Shipman
Suneday
Robert of
William
Roanoke
Walter
Tidewater
Thomas
Emory
Washington, D. C
Maude Harrison
Sadie Russell
New Brunswick
N. J
Anna Mayo
Elmington
Bessie Brown
Charlottesville
Armed Services
I¢Henit
Congress
Brackenridge and Hizer Granted Marriage License
Harry Franklin Brackenridge of Clifton Forge Virginia and Ethel Mae Hizer of Blue Sulphur Springs were issued a marriage license at the county clerk’s office.
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Register
Lewisburg
Harry Franklin Brackenridge
Clifton Forge
Ethel Mae Hizer
Blue Sulphur Springs
Call Seeks Divorce in Greenbrier County Circuit Court
Bertha P Call of Lewisburg files suit in Greenbrier County Circuit Court for divorce from Clifford N Call. The action names the spouses and cites Greenbrier County as the filing location.
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Oy Register
Lewisburg
Bertha P. Call
Greenbriers County
Clifford N. Call
Vacancies filled on party tickets in Blue Sulphur and Frankford
Lewisburg reports Democratic county executive committee filled vacancies on the Blue Sulphur and Frankford district tickets while Republican committees filled vacancies on the Republican county and White Sulphur district tickets. Circuit Clerk Jr. W. Henry will mail ballots to armed forces applicants printed in August to ensure timely receipt and return for the November 7 general election. Officials say the Oct. 18 voting of official ballots by armed forces without vacancies will not affect the election outcome.
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Register
Lewisburg
Frankford
Democratic County Executive Committee
Republican County Executive Committee
W. Henry
Frankford Seabee Home From Pacific
William Wallace Hinkle of Frankford voted at the circuit clerk’s office on Thursday morning. A Seabee veteran, he served twenty five months in the Southwest Pacific, returning recently via a transport that carried wounded from Saipan and took twenty five days to reach the Pacific coast. He was the thirtieth local armed forces voter and was accompanied by his wife before they head back to Greenbrier to visit friends, then to Washington and on to Davisville, R I, and ultimately California en route to the Far East.
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Register
Lewisburg
William Wallace Hinkle
Frankford
Seabees
Southwest Pacific
San Francise
Saipan
Pacific Coast
Hinkle
Greenbrier
Washington
Davisville
R. 1
California
Far East
Hinton to Hear Mrs R Hoover at Memorial Building
Mrs Reeve Hoover of Washington DC and staff member of the National American Red Cross will speak on the prisoner of war service at the Hinton Memorial Building at 2 30 pm today. The public is invited, especially those with relatives in overseas prison camps.
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Register
Hinton
Reeve Hoover
Washington, D. C
Ie National American Red Cross
Hinton Memorial
Portolese Twins Buried Yesterday in Cass
Father Clement E. Kane of Ashford General Hospital conducted services for newborn twins Paul and Tressia Portolese of Cass at Wallace and Wallace parlors. Born at Ronceverte hospital the babies died within a day of birth and were buried in Cass on Saturday.
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Register Stat
Lewisburg
Clement E. Kane
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur [ Springs
Wallace & Wallace
Paul T and
Tressia
Andy l
Pahina Portolese
Cass
Ronceverte Hospital
Cass Lon
Renick Woman Attacked by Bull Injures Back
Mrs. Deasic Pi-Snedager of Renick was working with stock on her farm when a bull attacked her. She was knocked down and suffered fractures to one or more vertebrae, likely requiring a cast for several months.
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Lacy
Lewisburg
Deasic Pi
Renick
Stabbed Boy's Funeral Today In Avis Home
Funeral rites for Edkie Spade ten are held at 2 p.m. at Ronald Mead lows funeral home Temple street. Aubrey L. Spade forty is jailed charged with the killing after admitting Friday morning. The Rev. H. P. Hackney leads services and burial is at Greenbrier burial park. Pallbearers include Wilbur Bishop Hugh Burdette Jr W C Parker Jr Dickie Fridley Herbert Ellison and Billy Lilly. The youth died from a chest wound inflicted with a pocket knife when he tried to intervene in a dispute between his father and mother in the kitchen.
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Register
Hinton
Edkie Spade
Avis
Ronald Meadlows
Temple Street
Aubrey L. Spade
Strmmers County
I. FR. Briers
H. P. Hackney
Central Baptist Church
Greenbrier
Wilbur Bishop
Hugh Burdette
W. C. Parker
Dickie Fridley
Herbert Ellison
Billy Lilly
Mrs Shumate Dies Saturday in Ohio Hospital
Lizzie Shumate 62, native of Summers county and former Hinton resident, died at 4 43 a m in Logan Ohio after a major operation last spring. Survived by husband B P Shumate of Logan two sons Bal Shumate of Logan and W C Shumate of Hinton four daughters Hazel Upton and Herbert Foreman of Charleston Donald Meadows of Newport News Virginia and James Rice of Portsmouth Virginia a brother Lark Meadow of Hinton. Body arriving this morning in Hinton will be taken to E M Meadows funeral home on Park Avenue Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Register
Hinton
Lizzie Shumate
Summers County
Logan
Ohio
True
Lark M. Meador
Meador
E. M. Meadows
Park Avenue
Tax Collections in Greenbrier County Report Healthy
Greenbrier County deputies report property owners are paying taxes well with no up year comparison made yet. The text notes Szeged in Hungary as of prehistoric origin, providing an odd aside to the local update.
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Greenbrier County
Register
Lewisburg
Sheriff's Deputies
Festival at Roland Hayes Elementary Slab Fork planned
The Roland Hayes Elementary in Slab Fork plans a Friday festival for November 27 featuring fishing ponds fortune telling active and quiet games and refreshments. The public is invited to attend.
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Roland Hayes
Slab Fork
Rising Sun Baptist Church
Eddie Lowe
Stoney Point Baptist Church
Laurel Creek
Pete Carter
L.L. Marshall
Wicert Monroe
Thearthur Jackson
A. Abram
Lee Davidson
Lester
First Baptist Church
Clara Tutson
West Wickham
L. B. Smith
Waitham Wright
Georgia Wright
Bluefield
Algoma
West Virginia
Kaymoor
Mt. Moriah
New River District
Nullasburg
Hillsboro man Charles Kelly dead at 77
Charles Kelly of Hillsboro died Friday morning at 77. He is survived by his wife Rena. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. at Hillsboro Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. R. D. Marshall.
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Toegister Stall Wtites
Lewisburg
Charles Kelly
Hillsboro
Rena
R. D. Marshall
Hillsboro Methodist Church
Goins Funeral In Laurel Creek This Afternoon
Edward Frank Goins 57 of Laurel Creek dies Thursday night. Funeral at 2:30 Sunday at his late home, Rev. Bill Houchins officiating. burial in Backus cemetery. Survived by wife Marel and four children, Audrey, Albert, Edna, and Victoria. Albert serves in Newton Baker hospital at Martinsburg. Audrey and Edna at home. Victoria at home. Also, a note of a marriage in Lewisburg: Lawrence Mack Fornia of Seattle and Lala Shannon Wolfe of Washington, D. C., wed October 17 by Rev. J. F. Cook.
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Lewisburg
Edward Frank Goins
Laurel Creek
Bill Houchins
Backus
Marel
Audrey Goins
Albert Goins
Newton Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Edna
Victoria
Scouple
Lawrence Mack Fornia
Seattle
Washington
Lala Shannon Wolfe
Washington, D. C
J. F. Cook
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