Alford Funeral Rites Wednesday for Viola Alford
Whitesville obituary notes Viola Alford 81 died Monday after a long illness. Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church Whitesville with Rev C E Stamp officiating. Burial at Adkins Cemetery Naoma. Survivors: two daughters Mary Dempsey Audrey Allen. one son William. sister Edna Miller Charleston. brothers William Thompson Colcord Van Thompson Hilda Thompson Dry Branch. 12 grandchildren.
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Whitesville
RNS
Viola Alford
First Baptist Church
C. E Stamp
Adkins
Naoma
Mary Dempsey
Audrey Allen
William
Edna Miller
Charleston
William Thompson
Colcord
Van
Hilda Thompson
Dry Branch
New Members Honored by Pineville Woman's Club
Pineville Woman's Club held a dinner meeting at Cook Memorial Baptist Church to honor eight new members: Mrs. William Green, Mrs. O. E. Wilks, Mrs. Lewis Campbell, Mrs. Henry Frye, Mrs. Bruce Howard, Mrs. Paul England, Mrs. Dell Cook, and Mrs. Rita Thompson. President D. W. Hollinger opened the session. past president Mrs. Claude Pancake introduced new members and presented corsages. Gifts acknowledged a note from Thomas A. Deveny praising the club's X-ray mobile unit work. Program led by Mrs. Don Williams featured "City Beautiful Pineville Beautiful" with films on soil conservation and chrysanthemum growing by C. L. Cook.
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Pineville
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Fined for Speeding in Oak Hill
Two drivers were fined 15.50 each after arraignment before Magistrate R. C. Godsey. Hubert Carl Russe of Charleston and James Quinn of Charlotte, N. C. were arrested by State Police for speeding.
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Oak Hill
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R. C. Godsey
Hubert Carl Russe
Charleston
James Quinn
Charlotte
N. C
Polio Drive Totals $1412.94 in Fayette County
Fayette County polio emergency fund drive last month raised 1412.94 dollars. County chapter treasurer Fred Jasper reports no initial goal was set. Donations came from post office box holders, businesses, and collection cans in public places. New polio cases this year reach 23 to date.
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Oak Hill
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Fayette County
Fred
Jasper
Frank Mauritz
Oak Hill Homecoming Queen Crowned For Saturday
Oak Hill High School will crown Miss Joyce Ann Sluzas homecoming queen for the Collins High School football game Saturday between Oak Hill and Hinton. Attendant Alfreta Finley, with Barbara Holt and Paquita Ripoll as junior and sophomore attendants, lead a parade.
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Oak Hill
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Joyce Ann Sluzas
Samuel Sluzas
Collins High
Hinton
Alfreta Finley
Barbara Holt
Paquita Ripoll
Spyhomore
Lluzas
Trini-Y
Acorn Staff
Imp
Rhododendron Girls
Annual Fall Festival Planned at Kingston
Kingston ANS reports the annual fall festival at Kingston Elementary and High School will be held Monday in the high school gymnasium. Activities include the fish pond cake walks baking boat stunt house and country store. Co sponsors are Kenneth Legg and R W Williams with teachers and students aiding the booths.
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Kingston
ANS
Kenneth Legg
R. W. Williams
Halloween Carnival Draws Community To Oak Hill Church
A Hallo ween festival and carnival is set for tonight at Friendship Hall Oak Hill Methodist Church. Sponsored by the Methodist Youth Fellowship the event features games concession stands and entertainment booths including Men Only Women Only and The Kissing Booth with prizes for original costumes.
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Oak Hill
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Friendship Hall
Oak Hill Methodist Church
The
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pastor and Family Feted by Kopperston Church
The Rev James Shott and wife and family, formerly of Valencia Pa, were honored at a Wednesday night reception at Kopperston Community Church as he accepted the pastorate there Refreshments were served and the Shott family were introduced by Mrs W L Greene Attendees included numerous local families and church members.
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Kopperston
Rns
James Shott
Valenica
Kopperston Community Church
Shott
Lall
W. L. Greene
Reece Pennington
William Laird
G. E. Atkins
Betty Kay
John Pike
Johnny
John Paynter
Edwin Hager
James Gilly
L. M. Hopkins
C. R. Rankin
Reece Daniels
Jane Lowe
Ray Burgess
Ed Estep
Carl Smith
Woodrow Dillo
Jane Johnson
John Pomeroy
Lester Buckley
Sandra
D. P. Moore
Patty
Glenn Keyes
C. T. Upchurch
R. E. Wilson
J. H. Justice
Evelyn Witt
Wedding Party Feted In Fayetteville Rehearsal Dinner
Mr and Mrs J Duval Smith and Mr and Mrs Earl P Warden hosted a rehearsal dinner for Miss Joan Seal and William Blume. Attendants included Mrs Richard Phillips matron of honor Miss Charlotte Henry bridesmaid and several Seal and Blume family members. Also noted Mercury’s diameter of 3010 miles and an orbital distance about 36 million miles from the sun.
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Mercury
Family Crisis Drives Senator's Flight Home
Penn, Claudia, and Senator Elihu Storey navigate a tense scramble as Elihu plans a hurried trip to the home state amid secrecy and fear of a national backlash. Penn fights to shield loved ones while coordinating with allies and a wary press contact.
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Quincy
Yates
Rafe Storey
Grandpa Yates
Rafe
Penn
Gil
Larry Kissel
Claudia
Barney Patton
Josh Henning
Elihu Storey
Kissel
Elihu
Herve
Washington
Maude
Marsh Nichols
Josh
Gregg
Aunt Maude
St. Louis
Kelly
Pythian Sisters To Honor Chiefs November Night
Pythian Sisters of Oak Hill plan past chiefs night for November 8 at Knights of Pythias Hall. Mrs Mabel Kincaid named refreshment committee chairperson. Malcom Mullins rein stated. attendees listed incl Mrs Sally James Mrs E R Thompson and others.
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OAK Hill
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Knights of Pythias Hall
Pythian Sisters
Mabel Kincaid
Malcom Mullins
Sally James
E. R. Thompson
Paul Boland
Arnold Barton
Elizabeth Crone
Bill Price
Joe Baldry
Richard Frye
Fred Chapman
Thelma Burgess
Beverly Strong
Lacy Kincaid
Malcolm Mullins
Juanes Legg
Madge Stivenack
Brother of Beckley Residents Succumbs
GREENVILLE RNS Funeral services set for W. R. Copeland 75 of Greenville who died Sunday in a Hinton hospital after months of illness. Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church near Greenville hosts rites with Elder Lowell Lilly and Elder Orville Neely officiating. Burial in Greenville Cemetery. Copeland, a retired veterinarian, is survived by wife Effie, two sons Guy and William R. Jr., six daughters Gladys Mann Mabel Desantil Bertha Taylor Mary Corbin Lucille Foster Bernice Ratliff, one brother Dell Copeland, Welch, ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Greenville
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W. R. Copeland
Hinton
Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Lowell Lilly
Orville Neely
Greenvile
Indian Creek
OES Pineville Chapter Meets with 24 Members
Pineville Chapter 110, Order of the Eastern Star, met at the Pineville Masonic Hall with 24 members and two guests. Mrs Freida Plann presided while C C Tucker stood in for Oscar Goode who is home recovering from a mine accident. Visitors included Mrs Mary McClellan and Willis Adams.
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Pineville
RNS
Order of the Eastern Star
Pineville Masonic Hall
Freida Plann
C. C. Tucker
Oscar Goode
Mary McClellan
Freeburn
Willis Adams
Foley
Ala
Funeral services for Anna Bell Gall Gall
Mrs Anna Bell Gall Gall of Calloway Heights, 50, died in a local hospital. The body rests at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home. Requiem high mass at 9 a.m. Tuesday October 26 at St Francis de Sales Church. Rosary at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Burial at Mt Calvary Addition to Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named. Arrangements by Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home.
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Gall Gall
Anna Bell
Calloway Heights
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Father Paul V. Helsley
Quesenberry and Webb
Mt. Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Andy Hatcher
Frank Nagy
Mike Biznak
John Pachuta
Bob Falkenstein
Bill Johnson
John Bugda
Joe Pachuta
Jeorge Buffa
John Woloski
John Huttman
Andy Maygar
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Lost items and help wanted ads in Beckley area classifieds
Lost items include ladies glasses in red Wolfe Optical Co case and a Sea King boat on Greenbrier River in high water with rewards offered. Money lost in bills. two year old brindle heifer found. Numerous ads for painting, wallpapering, hardware, beauty specials, optical services, and professional listings. Job and help wanted notices cover sales, housekeepers, cooks, clerks, and general labor with locations Beckley and surrounding towns. Listings also advertise moving services, carpentry, and moving houses with free estimates.
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Wolfe Optical Co
Reward
Dial
Greenbrier River
Sea King
H. C. McKinney
Princewick
Resoco
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Don Williams
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Fayette
Murphy
House
Quin
Sulgrave
Beckley
OES
Ooooh
Keyser
Douglas T. Bryant
Oakwood Ave
Whoeuldae
Barre
Mroook
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Logas
Toro
Edgar T. Hicks
Tremont Ave
Massillon
Ohio
Lake
Shirley Moye
Louis P. Lilly
Montgomery Ward
Don W. Ford
W. E. Harvey
Sanders and Edgers
Fabulon
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Del-Mar
Neville St
Marguerite’s
Permanent Permanents
Embees
B. FE. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
Edward Parrish
H. Cc. Kinzer
Main Street
OAK Hill Electric CO
Central Ave
Time & Gift Shop
Firestone TV Repair Dept
Dial Geo. Sparks
Lovitz
Wright
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
Halstead
GE Appliances
Frank
GMC
Sprague
Cam Thompson
Mt. Hope
Mountain State
ALL Work Guaranteed Co
W. James
Cooper
Lewis Transfer CO
Valley Drive
Peerless Pack Company
Gray Lumber Company
C. M Nickell
Lookout
W. Va
Warfarin
Vin
New
Raleigh Road
Anna Hatcher
Clyde Dumire
New York
Pointer
Avon
Phas
Ethel Flesher
Home Court
KUT & Kurl Beauty Shop
Murphy’s
Dia
Beckley Area
C. L. Biggio
West Virginia
Mr. Brown
Beckley Hotel
Standard Coffee Company
T. R. Lilly
Rose Hotel
Wetzel Cline
Gibson
Oceana
Anvil Cole
Riverside Drive
Richwood
Air Mail
Fred Seely
Osborne Co
Norwood
O'Dell
van Sernenen
Fred Davis
Union
Cee
Dial 2
Elmer Christian
Level Flats
Piney View
Phone Hinton
Novelty House
Shady Spring
John L. Wilcox
Nimitz
Guernsey
E. E. Moorefield
Dolph Williamson
Henry Conway
KODAK
Virgil
Ww & M
Clyde Martin
Roper
Avery Farley
Abney
Westinghouse
Wilson’s
Kanawha Street
East Beckley
Grandview Sand CO
Grandview
Beaver
National
Howard Cook
DOY TV & Appliance
Prince & N. Kanawha Ph
Kesler
Cochran
Daniels
Klin
Dial Beckley
Virgil's
Main ST. Armstrong
Al’s
Ashworth Firestone
J. L. Mills
Wilson's
Klaus & Page
McCreery
Lilly's Used Furn
Midway
Chamberlin Co
F.H.A
Hoover Sales and Service
House OF Color
J. W. Huddle
Clyde
Table Rock
E. L. Fitzgerald
Galperin Music CO
Kanawha St
Buescher and Elkhart
Cook’ S Music Shop
Oakwood
Glen Rogers
Raleigh - Wyoming Mining Co
Mullens
Beckley Glass
Oakwood Dial
Limi
Tim
Door & Gun
Storm Wi
Storm Door
LLOW
Beckley Insulation Co
Beckley - Dial
Vance Drive
Amos
Youngstown
Maytag
Lucas General Tire, Inc
General Tire
Houchins Block CO
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