Crews widen Route 21 in Oak Hill East End area
State Road Commission crews began widening U S Route 21 from Oak Hill Motors to the city limits in the East End. Grading paused for shovel repairs but should resume to lay forms for concrete lanes and gutters. Five streets in Oak Hill are being paved: Martin Avenue Rogers Street Drummond Avenue Highland Park Avenue and First Street with sidewalks under construction.
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State Road Commissions
Oak Hill Motors, Inc
F. H. Shumate
Acme Construction Company
Beckley
Steel Strike Delays Two New Construction Projects
The lack of steel halts work on the G. C. Murphy building in Oak Hill and Mount Hope Elementary School, with Collins High School also slowed. Coal is scarce at the Fayetteville courthouse. a gas heater upgrade is authorized in the circuit clerk’s office, while Fayette County schools receive coal via two small mines through District 29 UMW. Trucks delivering coal and supplies report slow distribution.
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G. C. Murphy
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Glen Kincaid
Mankin Lumber Company
Collins High School
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Earl C. Lyons
Board of Education
George J. Titler
Beckley
United Mine Workers
Invitations Read At Lions Meeting
Oak Hill Lions Club members and their wives were invited to a charter night meeting of the North Charleston Lions Club at the North Charleston Recreation Center. An invitation was extended for the Halloween Dance at Mount Hope Lions Clubhouse. The prior dinner at Hotel Hill featured a film titled Crystal Clear by Charles P. Miller RK Hanna. Dr. C. K. Gardner of Oak Hill Hospital attended.
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Oak Hill
Marks First Birthday Wyoming
Douglas Edward Sizemore son of Mr and Mrs T E Sizemore of Wyoming observed his first birthday on Wednesday.
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Douglas Edward Sizemore
T. E. Sizemore
Wyoming jurors drawn for November court term
Pineville Wyoming November term jurors have been drawn by commissioners Zed C Ball and Edgar Rose. Grand jurors must appear November 21 and include J D Bailey Everett Miller Alda Adams W B Belcher Bud Clarence Cottrill Glen Rogers Wiley Lusk Herndon Gene Adkins Paul Bowers Mullens Wade Cozort Wayne Hatfield Oceana Curtis Blankenship A G Cline Matt Tolliver Pineville Lacy Dillon Ravencliff Onnie Toler Jaeger Cline Steeles. Petit jurors summoned November 29 include O W Bailey Bill Altizer Denny Bailey Len Fortner Baileysville Elmer Lambert Covel Clifford Browning Cyclone Charlie Morgan Fannock Albert Herron Jackson Lafferty Glen Rogers Clifford Moore Guyan John D West Josh Cline Hanover Cal Cook Hatcher Stewart Lusk Homer Ford Clyde Ellis R M Hickok J R Bjork Ordie Lusk Boyd Green Herndon C C Bailey Lawrence Browning Jesse Thomas F Cook Keyrock Frank Bostic Vannie Cook Randall Adams Kopperston Paul Brammer Fred McKinney John Roland Negro Pat Russell Mullens Charlie Cozort Full Brown McGraws Hugh Brooks Oceana Walter Church Basil Caldwell Ken F Buchannon Theodore Bailey R Sam Bowers Pineville Jasper R Adkins Kelly Brooks Rockview Callie Henshaw Rufus Irick Chess Walls Dickie Harvey Simon John Brizendine Sabine Kula Lester Clarence Enkland Marsh Morgan Steeles Fred Richardson A A Hypes Wyco
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Wiley Lusk
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Gene Adkins
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Fannock
Albert Herron
Jackson Lafferty
Clifford Moore
Guyan
John D. West
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Hanover
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Clyde Ellis
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Randall Adams
Kopperston
Paul Brammer
Fred McKinney
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Basil Caldwell
Ken F. Buchannon
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A. A. Hypes
Wyco
Mattox Funeral Rites Scheduled for Mullens Woman
Funeral services for Mrs. Phyllis Mattox will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in Bethel Methodist Church Mullens with Rev S A Sims of Bluefield officiating. Burial will be Harmeco Cemetery. A Rocky Mount Virginia native, she had lived in Mullens about 35 years. Survived by husband Sherman a Mullens drayman and two daughters. The body will be taken to the Mattox residence at 5 p m today.
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Goose Hollow
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Mattox
Wilkins Funeral Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Mrs Mary Wilkins 55 who died at her home in Hilltop at 5 45 am Wednesday She was born May 17 1894 in Allimine Virginia Survivors include her husband Thomas Wilkins one brother President Hart of Bedford City VA and a sister Mrs Alberta Martin of Chesapeake The body is at Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean.
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Allimine
Thomas Wilkins
President Hart
Bedford City
Alberta Martin
Chesapeake
Collins
Glen Jean
Glenn Funeral Rites Incomplete For Mrs Katherine Foy Glenn
Mrs Katherine Foy Glenn 37, proprietress of a Goose Hollow restaurant, died after a heart attack at home yesterday evening and following a second attack en route to death. Native of Winston-Salem, she leaves husband James Eugene Glenn, her mother Mrs Katie Foy, and siblings. Funeral arrangements pending as the Robertson and Fogesong Funeral Home holds the body.
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Mullens
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Goose Hollow
Jame Eugene Glenn
Winston-Salem
Katie Foy
Beechwood
William Foy
Bethel Methodist Church
Mullens Lodge
Heroines
Jericho
Broadway Court
W. D. Foy, Jr
Annie Mae Wallace
Hattie F Long
Elijah Craig
Lester
A. Webb
Vicker, Va
Robertson and Fogesong
Minister Joins Oak Hill WCTU
The Rev Robert Ray of First Presbyterian Church was accepted as a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at a meeting held yesterday afternoon in Oak Hill Mrs Gilmer Cross led the devotional with the theme Who Are You Mrs Estil Fisher reported on the 75th national convention at Philadelphia and a talk on heavy social drinking was presented by Mrs Kelly Williams
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Laurel Garden Club Guests Join Mullens Group for Tea
Laurel Garden Club members and their husbands attended a joint meeting with the Mullens Garden Club at the West Mullens Clubhouse. The program featured two films Three Little Bruins in the Woods and New England Yesterday and Today.
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Register
Mullens
Empty Bin Hampers Activity in Courthouse
Fayetteville reports a coal shortage cooling the Fayette County courthouse. Offices especially the circuit clerk and assessor in the new addition lack heat as the building’s coal bin is empty. Plans target installing a gas heater in the circuit clerk vault to keep the court open during business hours despite the cold.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Circuit Court
Halloween Music Club Meeting in Mullens
The 88 Keys Music Club met at Carolyn Thrasher's home with Carrie Thrasher as hostess. Four new members Elizabeth Ann Wilkerson June Cook Costella Blasser and Barbara Lilly joined. The group studies music and composer histories while hosting biweekly meetings and sharing performances by Joyce Roach Connie Foster and others.
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Mullens
88 Keys Music Club
Carolyn Thrasher
Carrie Thrasher
Elizabeth Ann Wilkerson
June Cook
Costella Blasser
Barbara Lilly
Conrad Cook
Ann Camper
Joyce Roach
Jean
Connie Foster
Spookey Hollow
Carolyn Worrell
Lynette White
Pat Whitt
Sue Whitt
Jarrett T. Chandler
Moran Avenue
Former Mullens Resident Dies
Dewey A. Farley, 43, of Keen Mountain Virginia, former Stephenson mine office bookkeeper and Mullens resident, died of cancer after several months illness. He is survived by his in law Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Hall. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Farley home in Keen Mountain, burial in a Bluefield cemetery.
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L. B. Hines
West Mullens
Dewey A. Farley
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Stephenson Mine
B. M. Hall
Bud
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Bluefield
Five Scout Troops Gather for Lauciego Rally in Pineville
In Wyoming County five Boy Scout and Cub units attended the Lauciego District rally at Pineville. Troops 119 Kopperston 154 Pineville 158 Marian na 125 Glen Rogers and the Glen Rogers Cub Pack earned streamers for participation and strong showings in evening competitions. District leaders J L Brawley and B G Bowling presided with Appalachian Council staff Bus Walker and Don Garrett also in attendance.
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Pineville
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Musical Pageant Set Tonight in Fayetteville
The Fayetteville elementary students present The Worlds Children in a 7 30 p m performance at Fayetteville High School auditorium under director Mrs Stanley Eskew music instructor The event features about 80 students from the school district
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Fayetteville
Fayetteville Elementary School
Fayetteville High School
Stanley Eskew
Visits at Rock Creek Colcord
Mrs. Zella Jarrell was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cris Cantley of Rock Creek on Sunday and Monday.
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Register
Colcord
Zella Jarrell
Cris Cantley
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