Pythian Sisters to Host 7th District Convention in Oak Hill
Oak Hill hosts the 7th District Pythian Sisters convention at Pythian Hall with state grand chief Mrs. Mary Muuldrew expected as a guest. Delegates from Montgomery Kali ele Ansted Gauley Bridge Tams Beckley Oak Hill join a day of business sessions a 6:30 p.m. dinner and a concluding night meeting.
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Beckley, W. Y
Oak Hill Hall
Register
OAK Hill
Oak Hall
Pythian
Mary Muuldrew
Pythian Hall
Montgomery
Kali~ele
Ansted
Gauley Hridge
Tams
Beckley
Oak JI
Oak Nil
H. A. Duncan
Junior Woman's Club
Hotel Hill
Rotary Club
Cath
Appalachian Mowery
Cavin Creek
Cabin Creek
Knights of the Pythias
Loss of Legs Fails to Handicap Fayetteville Man in Employment
Kay Swanigan of Fayetteville, who lost both legs in a 1946 Loch Geuy mis accident, is employed by New River Company as sub station attendant. He has worked as doorkeeper, steward, dispatcher, and bus driver, and travels eight miles daily to keep machinery clean, change brushes, and call crews for major repairs while on 24 hour duty with 18 hours wearing the prostheses. He also notes the Army offers civil service posts with a $0,235 starting salary and 40 hour weeks with overtime pay across Second Army Area.
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Oak Hill
Second Army
James C. Mathis
Beckley
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Oak Jhle
Kay Swanigan
Fayetteville
Lochgeuy
New River Company
Swanigan
Oak Ell Moose Lodge
Oak Hi) Transit Company
Dairymen to Hear State Officer at Fayette Meet
G Heebink Morgantown will speak on the West Virginia Dairymen's Association at Fayetteville November 4. County Agent J Haynes Miller says the meeting starts 7 p m in the courthouse, one of 26 sessions for 29 county units, with C H Hartley discussing A Man His Cow and Their Community. Members will elect a director for the State Board of Directors, meeting January 9 13 at Jackson's Mill. The association, nearly 1 000 dairy farmers, promotes welfare cooperation efficiency in milk production and marketing. W C Warner of Beekwith is Fayetteville chair.
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Fayetteville
West
West Virginia University
C. H. Hartley
Jackson
Aait
MIM
Miller
West Virginia
Dairymen's Associilion
W. C. Warner
Beekwith
Two Cars Involved In Sunday Edmond Mountain Crash
Slight damage resulted when two automobiles collided yesterday near Edmond Mountain in Hill. State Trooper H D Gibbs said lacerations were received by Mrs Arthur Shaffer of Mount Lookout and Mrs G C Hatcher of Lookout. Milburn Pack of Lookout drove the second car. no charges were filed.
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Register Statt
Ome Hill
Ure
Edmond Mountain
H. D. Gibbs
Arthur Shaffer
Mount Lookout
Nicholas County
G. C. Hatcher
Lookout
Rites for Wiley Child Slated for Today
Funeral services were set for 2 p m at the family cemetery in Sophia for Kathleen Wiley five day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Wiley of Bigstick who died Saturday night in a local hospital. Wil Hams Funeral Home of Sophia is in charge. Survivors include her parents two brothers George and Donald and one sister Faye Sue Wiley all at home. IS HOSPITAL PATIENT By Register Stall Writer VERNER Victor Runyon of Vorner Wyoming County is a patient in Stevens Clinic hospital Welch.
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Kathleen Wiley
Albert Wiley
Bigstick
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IS Hospital
Verner
Victor Runyon
Vorner
Wyoming County
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Highlawn Memorial
Oak Hill
Ib. R.T
H. B. Brown
South Mullens
Page
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Joan A. Bradbury
Roy
Lillard Eldreth
Dora Mae Bradbury
Brotherhood of Railway
Lou Christian
F. C. Bowers
C. H. Wennington
G. D. Black
H. 8S. Burcham
RP. Christian
Kopperston Personalities and Community Notes
Miss Rebecca Noothe has returned to Richmond to train as a practical nurse after visiting Kopperston and relatives. The Welch Junior High Congress drew Kopperston church members and other youths from Rockcastle, Mingo Logan and Coal River associations. Families from Montgomery, Oceana, and nearby towns were noted visiting, traveling to Columbus for a college sports event, and visiting relatives in Kopperston.
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Ty Register
Kopperston
Rebecca Noothe
Richmond
W. Booth
la Rae
Danna Cobb
Wharton
Welch
Kopperston Community
Joyce Bailey
Doris
Minnesota
Ohio
Rplay
Phyliss Lemine
Montgomery
John Pomeroy
Fayetteville Rotary hears member recount Italian French tour
Fayetteville Rotary Club heard member Piorenzo Jas nutolo describe a lengthy tour through Italy and France during a Thursday night dinner. He outlined lake and mountain trips in his homeland while Sack Castor chaired the business session and ladies from the Methodist Church served in Friendship Hall.
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Anegister Ste Wi Fler
Fayetteville
Piorenzo Jas Nutolo
Italy
France
Rotary Club
Sack Castor
Community Drives Rat Control Campaign Countywide
Danese Farms Club chairman Juan Finley urges Fayette County residents to join a rat control program statewide and city and rural areas. A plan by Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College estimates farm rat numbers by signs seen. The campaign begins November 11 and emphasizes continuous effort across communities.
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Register
Fayetteville
Juan Finley
Danese Farms Club
Finley
Fayette County
Matsis
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Two Fayette Residents Become Citizens of U S
Fayetteville report notes Helen Krus and Stanley Costy gained U S citizenship after naturalization in Fayette County. Local events cover Community Agriculture Conservation Program elections set for October 27 with polling sites listed across Fayette County. Also details Daniles PTA meeting and initiation of 4-H Hustlers Club, plus petitions filed for additional citizenship cases.
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Fayette
U.S
y_negister Stal Welter
Fayetteville
Helen Krus
Layland
Stanley [Costy
Lacagelly
United States
R. J. Thrift
Training School Opens For County Recreation Leaders
Princeton registration at 1 30 p m today begins a three day county recreation leadership training school at Glenwood Park. Irene Spitz will open with a covered dish dinner and classes run each evening. A Wednesday community party demonstration is planned and a conference with Miss Spite is offered for those unable to attend. Exhibits will be arranged by Kathryn Whittaker Me Kinney and recreation readers are asked to contribute exhibits.
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Princeton
Glenwood Park
Irene Spitz
The
State University
Miss Spite
Kathryn Whittaker Me Kinney
Counly
Girl Scouts Elect Leaders at First City Hall Meeting
Girl Scout Troop 10 held its first meeting at City Hall and elected officers for the coming year. Patrol leaders include Elizabeth Ann Lively and Beverly Jean Blake, with Judy Ann Dawson and Patty Bowyer as assistant patrol leaders, Belly Baker as service, Phyllis Stevens as treasurer, and Elizabeth Ann Cross as publicity chair. Leaders named are Mrs. Kyle Slann and Mrs. Gene Dawson.
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Cartile
Girl Scout Troop 10
Elizabeth Ann Lively
Beverly Jean Blake
Judy Ann Dawson
Patty Bowyer
Belly Baker
Phyllis Stevens
Elizabeth Ann Cross
Kyle Slann
Gene Dawson
Fayette X Ray Clinic Tuesday in Fayetteville
Fayetteville’s monthly x-ray clinic will run tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the basement of Montgomery Methodist Church. The service serves patients referred by local physicians suspects from prior clinics ex-sanitarium patients and their families people who have lived with tuberculosis and those with symptoms. This is not the mobile unit for November mass survey.
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Fayetteville
Montgomery Methodist Church
Mobile Sunit
State Supreme Court Denies 2nd Appeal Petition of Mullens Couple
Mullens news reports the West Virginia Supreme Court denying Tracy and Arlena Brown's second appeal of a Wyoming County court ruling ordering $6,000 to Frank and Ruth Royster for rent on a Mullens house. The case centers on rent agreements amid a dispute over payment terms and occupancy.
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Vy Register
Tracy
Arlena Brown
Wyoming County
Wyoming
Frank
Ruth Royster
Royster
Brosens
Muffens
Browss
16 States Represented In Concord Student Body
ATHENS Some 16 states and 2 counties in West Virginia are represented in the student body at Concord College. Out-of-state enrollment totals 123 with Virginia leading at 67. Other states include New York 4, Massachusetts 14, Pennsylvania 13, Connecticut 11, Ohio 2, North Carolina 2, California 1, Texas 1, Vermont 1, and District of Columbia 1. County tallies show Mercer 316, Raleigh 121, McDowell 110, plus Wyoming 72, Fayette 91, Summers 38, Greenbrier 32, Monroe 29, Logan 16, Mingo 16, Kanawha 9, Nicholas 3, Pochahontas 4, Boone 3, Tucker 2, Wood 2, Cabell 1, Harrison 1, Mineral 1, Pendleton 1, and Taylor 1.
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Sal Weiler
Athens
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Concord College
Virginia
New York
Massachusetts
Ohio
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
California
Tennessee
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Texas
Vermont
Columbia
Mercer
Raleigh
McDowell
Wyoming
Fayette
Summers
Greenbrier
Monroe
Logan
Mingo
Kanawha
Nicholas
Pogahontas
Boone
Tucker
Wood
Cabetl
Ly Harrison
Mineral
Pendleton
Taylor
Mercer Teachers Back Federal School Aid Rally
Mercer County educators at Princeton High School Auditorium backed a resolution for federal education aid without federal control. The meeting, led by Ralph S. Bird, urged Congress to act while highlighting community and educational opportunities. Delegates to the NEA convention spoke on community centered schools.
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Princeton
Princeton High School
Congress
Ralph, S. Bird
Maloaka High School
Virginia ‘Bernard
Margaret Ensley
Norene ‘Holston
Elizabeth Shelton
National ‘Education Association
Boston
Maude Broyles
State Department of Education
Andrew Kozak
Concord College
Clayton Sweet
National DAR Officer Feted at Princeton Tea
Mrs Edward S Lammers national officer of the Daughters of the American Revolution was guest of honor at a Princeton tea held by the John Chapman Chapter in the Appalachian Building after luncheon by the Matthew French unit. Several state and local DAR officers spoke as about 80 members and guests attended from Beckley Pearisburg Hinton Welch and Tazewell with many Beckley delegates listed.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
Beckley
DAR
John Chapman
Appalachian
Edward 5. Lammers
Dallas
Texas
Matthew French
George 8. Brown
J. FE. French
Bluefield
Mia Mes
W. W. McClaugherty
Pearisburg
Beckley, Hinton, Welch and
Tazewell
Mes
Frank Hackleroad
A. G. Mead
J. W. Givens
A. U. Edwards
Tacky Party Sets Tonight By Tegiste Staff Writer
A tacky party features the meeting of the Baptist TL FB Sunday School Class at 7:30 PM in the church. Members are urged to wear tacky costumes or face a fine and prospective members are invited to attend. In Minden, Butcher Strackey, 36, is improving at Greenbrier Valley Hospital in Ronceverte after shotgun chest wounds suffered in an accidental hunting incident near Lewisburg.
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Minden
Strackey
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
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Maxwelllon
iLewisburg
Lions View Army Films At Meeting Oak Hill
Oak Hill Lions heard a combat film on D-Day shown by Sergeant W E Phipps of the U S Army Recruiting Station at a dinner meeting. The film depicted American troops advancing toward Germany. Captain L E K Barlow spoke, and Jack M Rapp was introduced as a new member.
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Oak Hill
Pineville Personal News From Weekend Visits
Pineville residents and relatives are listed visiting and staying with family members across towns. Mrs Vaughan Stewart and daughter Pat attended Athens homecoming. Pat stayed with cousin Nancy Stewart at Virgil H. Stewarts and returned with Mae Belcher. Guests included Mrs Anne Wahl and Miss Hetty Hinkle of Oceana, Dr and Mrs George F Evans of Clarksburg, and other locals visiting Athens Logan Montgomery and Columbus Ohio areas for family events and short trips over the weekend.
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Pineville
Vaughan Stewart
Pat
Athens
Stewart
Nancy Stewart
Virgi
H. Stewart
Mae Belcher
Pinerville
Anne Wahl
HettyHinkle
Oceana
Fred H. Shannon
M. Curry
Z. ‘.E. Johnson
Logan
Frank Casey
G. A. Miller
Mullens
Mack Dawson
Boomer
Dale Cook
J. W. Roberts
East Pineville
Harry W. Cooke
Charleston
Dell Cooke
Betty Toler
Huey i'Toler
Mr. Toler
Clear Fork
Clarisburg
Evans
Grace Goss
Princeton Lawyer Teaching English
Princeton attorney Robert Stewart, a Concord College English instructor, replaces the late Mrs. E B McNeer. A Princeton native, Stewart earned a Concord BA, Columbia degrees, edited the Concordian, led Gamma Phi Omicron, and taught English at Wagner College plus military service in chemical warfare training at Yale.
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Robert Stewart
Princeton
Concord College
E. B. McNeer
Stewart
McNeer
Concord
Columbia
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Pine Tree
Gamma Phi Omicron
Blue Key
Concord Players
F.T.A
Yale University
Wagner College
Long Island
Social Editors Named By Register Star Writer
Joy Farmer of Coal Mountain and Nan Curry of Hinton named society editors for Concord College 1949 50 Cordian.
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Athens
Joy Farmer
Coal Mountain
Nan Curry
Hinton
Concordian
Concord College
Mullens Man Faces Hearing
Crotty Jr a South Mullens resident, was to appear in police court today in Lam to answer a charge of reckless driving. He was arrested after an accident Saturday night when his late model sedan skidded and struck an older model car driven by Pierce Wyatt of Amere Gas Utilities. No injuries were reported. Damage was several hundred dollars.
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Mullens
Crotty, Jr
South Mullens
Ilam
Fie
Joe Hayden
Crotty
Pierce Wyatt
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Noone
Halloween Party Planned by Society
Plans for a Halloween party to be held October 31 at the Homestead Cafe were made at the Ladies Aid Society meeting in Mrs. Sid Chiliess home. Mrs. W. L. Hartenstein was program chairman with the theme The Women of the Bible. The November meeting will be with Mrs. B. J. Clark and program leader Mrs. Earl Bannister.
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Homestead
Ladies Aid Society
Sid Chiliess
W. L. Hartenstein
B. J. Clark
Earl Bannister
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