Woman Charged in Death of 13 Month Old Child
Mrs. Marihs Woodson, 25, accused of drowning her son Thomas Joel in a household bucket. Deputy Elmore and Trooper Gibbs found the body as Woodson aided by a 1500 foot hoist down Kaymoor to her home in Greenlawn. She was jailed in Fayette County without bond after waiving grand jury action. Witnesses say she verbally threatened to kill the infant amid crying and tensions with her husband Earl.
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Register
Weiler Oak Hill
Marihs Woodson
P. L. Elmore
H. D. Gibbs
Kaymnor Boltom
Ducket
Earl
Gibbs
Fayetteville Legion Women Host District Conference
The District I conference of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held Sunday October 30 in Fayetteville with LaFayette Legion Auxiliary members as hostesses. The event opens at 10 am with registration, welcomes, a turkey dinner, and musical entertainment. Officials and representatives from numerous auxiliary units are expected to attend.
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Fayetteville Legion
Register
Fayetteville
American Legion Auxiliary
LaFayette Legion Auxiliary
LaFay
Masonic Dining Hall
Silver Cord
Arnold Dempsey
Myron Kenick
Alex Feher
James Morris
Will Lee Mazzocchi
Hurling Taylor
Jean Ann Platt
Ann Tully
Charles L. Garvin, Jr
Leigion
Francis A. Metallce
Clarksburg
Vic Feller
Mallius
W. FE
Eskew
Floyd Blake
Wheeling
McIntire
Myron Renick
Weston
Buckhannon
Tarmberport
West Union
Shinnston
Salem
Montgomery
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Grantsville
Gauley Bridge
Suimmersville
Page
Jane Lew
Fayetteville Voters Approve Special Levy for Streets
Fayetteville voters authorize continuation of a special levy for streets and sidewalks. The election saw 68 valid ballots with 49 in favor and 25 against, following a town council meeting on September 19.
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Register
Fayetteville
David David Rites Thursday At Glen Jean
Funeral services for James David 57 of Scarbro will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Collins Funeral Chapel in Glen Jean. The Rev R D Perry of Hilltop will officiate. Burial is in Hilltop Cemetery. A retired coal miner and UMW member he was born in Alabama in 1892 and has no survivors.
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Glen Jean
James David
Scarbro
Welch Emergency Tospital
Collins
Stomne
R. D. Perry
Hilltop
Foltow
The
Baptist Church
United Mine Workers
Alabama
Gilla
Tlteh
Coal River
Wie Board Ac
Delilahy Frazier
Sue Clay
Elsie Kautz
Institute
Mary Kay Kicks
Glen White
Delilah Frazier
Lewis Williams
Richardson Woman Dies By Own Action In Peterstown
Mes Daisy Alma Richardson 55 died yesterday as coroner's jury ruled death by own action. Found in her bedroom by son Jimmy a Peterstown High School student. She shot herself with a .38 pistol. Survived by three children two brothers and a sister. Husband A N Richardson preceded in death by years. Also notes Society meeting in Pineville First Methodist Church at 730 p m with Halloween party plans.
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Peterstown
Mes
Daisy Alma Richardson
Jimmy
Peterstown High School
Cashmere
Jamies A. Law
Lfe
Peston L
Jimmy A
Pearl Richardson
Amos Law
Pearlsburg
Mack Law
H. T. McCallahan
A. N. Richardson
Pineville
Woman's Society of Christian Services
First Methodist Church
W. M. Lewis
Goldin Cook
Ruby Layman
Eccles School Must Wait Turn Told by Raleigh County Board
Parents warned the Raleigh County Board of Education they would not permit their children to attend Eccles Grade School next year unless construction began. A 550-signature petition was presented urging timely building, with road improvements promised. Delegations urged improvements at Clear Fork High School and Mount View, while discussions covered lunch facilities, space for a home economics lab, showers, and industrial arts.
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Floyd Minor
Eccles Schol
C. C. Ballard
S. Austin Caperston
C. W. Pindar
Colcord
Clear Fork High School
D. W. Bryson
James E. Hornbeck
Raleigh County Teacher's Association
W. J. Daniels
Ey Mount View Parent Teacher's Association
Nikani
Mount View
James K. Edmundson
G. Co
Hewis
Herbert Stansfouty
New
Raleigh
Ballard
Swim
Bryson
Elliott Pta
Edwight
Summers Man Freed of Charge
Ay Register reports Joe Holt of Green Sulphur Springs was found not guilty by Magistrate John W. Cook after firing accusations against Holt for shooting at a carload of hunters. Five witnesses said Molt was digging potatoes and could not have fired. The Dodge sedan carried Borys, DeWitt Stith, and O. N. Fagte. none were injured. Meadow Bridge visitors include Corporal William S. Muir and Lt Mrs S B Muir and son returning home from Quantico after visiting Mrs Osie G. Muir.
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Hinton
Joe Holt
Green Sulphur Springs
John W. Cook
Kermit Boggs
Layland
Holt
Borys
DeWitt Stith
O. N. Fagte
Meadow Bridge
Wegister
William 8. Mur
Brooklyn, N. Y
Ss. B. Muir and Son
Quantico, Va
Osie G. Muir
Oak Hill Lodge Hosts Pythian Sisters Convention
About 104 delegates attended the District 7 convention of the Pythian Sisters held yesterday. Mae Coates of Herkley was re elected district deity with Ora Turner of $6 elected treasurer. Ada Burgess Hull, Anne Hagers Hockley, and Helen Morrison Montrose were elected officers. Oak Mill Temple chief Leota Martin gave the welcome. Alice Rogers spoke for the district. State officials included Mary Muldrew Lucy Edwards Alice Rogers Helen Morrison Genevieve Sampson and others. Out of district guests included Nancy Hicks C Bolling Mildred Shockley Elizabeth Herring and more from Princeton Cedar Grove Gauley Bridge Mayflower.
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Oak Hilt
Mae Coates
Herkley
Ora Turner
Ada Burgess
Gis Hull
Anne Hagers
Hockley
Helen Morrison
Leota Martin
Oak Mill Temple
Alice Rogers
Mary Muldrew
Sus
Lucy Edwards
Montgomery
Beckley
Genevieve Sampson
Cedar Grove
Mar) Waldo
Gauley Bridge
Brand
Laura Furley
Mayflower
Princes
Nancy Hicks
C. Bolling
Mildred Shockley
Elizabeth Herring
Princeton
Mattox Funeral Rites Incomplete
MULLENS An elderly Multens Negro woman Mrs Phyllis Noel Mattox died at 2 p m yesterday at her Goose Hollow home. She was 93 and succumbed after a four year confinement with asthma and complications. The body was not moved to Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home until about 7 a m today at the request of her daughter Mrs Polly Jeffers who wished to delay removal. She leaves husband Sherlinan Mattox and two daughters Mrs Jeffers and Mrs Janie Farley, all of Mullens. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Multens
Phyllis Noel i
Mattox
Goose Hollow
Sherlinan
Drayman
Robertson and Foglesong
Polly Jeffers
Wyoming County
Jack Mullins
Jeffers
Janie Farly
Mullens Church Group Attends Episcopal Meeting
Representing St Andrew's Episcopal Church at the fall meeting of the Wo man's Auxiliary of the Southern Convocation in Welch are Mrs Randolph Hearn, Absr Eva Wheeler, Mrs Charles Thrasher, Mrs John D B Farmer, Mrs ME Griffin, Mrs Edward T Haslam. Officers include Mrs Griffin a treasurer and Mrs Thrasher supply secretary. The Welch gathering will be at St Luke's Episcopal Church.
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Mullens
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
Welch
Randolph Hearn
Eva Wheeler
Charles Thrasher
John DB
Farmer
ME. Griffin
the Hey
Edward T. Haslam
Griffin
Thrasher
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Mercer County Damages Settlement and School Concerns
A Mercer Circuit Court settlement awards $7,000 to Dilemma Lee McPherson for damages against the Virginian Railroad. The case references a guardianship and estate actions, with ancillary court orders for alimony and attorney fees, property sales to settle claims, and guardian fund expenditures.
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Virginian Railroad
D. M. Easley
Mercer
Dilema Lee McPherson
Thomas H. McPherson
Atttorney
Janice Georgi Foley
Ray Wil- Fuuka Foley
Youthful Uncle Jailed in Raleigh Co Shooting of Nephew
A 12 year old Howard Clay of Naoma stood accused in a Raleigh County shooting that killed 6 year old Jackie Clay. Police and a coroner’s inquest said the fatal shot from a 20 gauge shotgun appears not accidental. The incident occurred near Naoma on Peach Tree Road and authorities continued investigation as relatives prepared funeral plans.
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Riter
Whitesville
Raleigh County
C. N. Otto
Yuly
Bo Lefeve
Jackie
Howard Clay
Algistrate B A. Large
Edward
Basil Clay
Otto
Jesse Clay
Jesse
Stdward
Basil
Howard
Yqacm
Ollo
Mmountainside
Unsil Clay
Naema
Peach Tree Road
Dackie
Valley Funeral Home
Hunte
Montgomery
Carl Jeffrey
East Rainelle
Register
Thurmond
George Overholt
Charleston
Thomas G. Arnold
St. Francis Hospital
Costumed Couple Tops Mizpah Class Party Honors
Mizpah Sunday School members of First Methodist in Mullens turned out for a Halloween themed come as you are party in Friendship Hall. Guests arrived in nightgowns and curlers as candlelit decor and jack o lanterns set the scene. Approximately 65 women attended with seasonal games and buffet refreshments.
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Associated Press
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First Methodist Church
Friendship Hall
J. A. Gott
BE. &. Lampton
E. P. Hughes
John H. Miller
Pipesmokin’ Toney
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HD. Fuqua
Ralph Hash
Japan
Phalo
Princeton Firm Awarded Maben Road Contract
Mullens Brown and Wright Construction Company of Princeton will grade drain and lay traffic bound base on 5587 miles of Secondary Routes 17 2 34 1 and 5 4 from Jennys Gap to Maben at a total cost of 192 432 as awarded by the State Road Commission. The new highway will connect Lester to Malten via Malten and has long been pursued by the Mullens Chamber of Commerce and local business leaders. Construction start date not announced.
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Mullens
Brown and Wright Construction Company
Princeton
Jenny's Gap
Maben
State Road Commission
Lester
Malten
Council to Study Prince Street Humps and Vibration
By request of Mayor Grover C Hedrick the City Council and acting city engineer Phil Wilson will meet on Prince Street tomorrow afternoon to discuss sidewalk vibrations. The mayor seeks uniform sidewalk level while Wilson notes a State Road Commission survey found no plan to change the street. The commission, however, reported tentative plans were being considered.
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Grover C. Hedrick
Phil Wilson
Prince Street
Wilson
State Road Commission
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