Mullens Cab Driver Killed in Basin Road Crash
A Mullens cab driver Ray McKinney 23 died when his 1941 sedan plunged off an embankment near Basin Wyoming County in a noon crash. The victim a Marine veteran left a relative's home at 12 15 and his watch stopped three minutes later. Surviving are his wife Joy two sons Billy Gene and Dennis Ray three months old two brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Services set for Corinnesbust Church at 1 a m Sunday. Burial Beavers Cemetery Bailville with funeral home lines and family home transfer notes.
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Mullens
Basin
Ray McKinney
Wyoming
Willard McKinney
McKinney
Wendell W. Cook
Cook
Amigo
Lessie Mitchem McKin
Hadiney
Herndon
Mallens
Joy
Billy Gene
Dennis
Ray
Randall
Arlie
Barkers Ridge
Mildred McKinney
Pineville
Robertson and Foglesong
Corinnes
Phillip Graham
Beavers
Bailville
Black Eagle
Elmer
Rite Held Today For Harry C Gray
Funeral services for Harry C. Gray age 45 were at Scarbro Baptist Church at 2 30 p m with Rev Allan J McKinney officiating Burial followed at Hilltop cemetery He died at his Beckley home after a heart attack He was born June 16 1907 in Blaketown and survived by wife Avis Carper Gray four brothers and five sisters including Beatrice Ferguson Scarbro Bessie Blagus Philadelphia Margaret Newman Scarbro Martha Ann Ramsey Youngstown and Myrtle Gray Scarbro
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Oak Hill
Harry C. Gray
Scarbro Baptist Church
Allan’ J. McKinney
Scarbro
Hilltop
Gray
Beckley
Lewis Terminal
Baptist Church
Blaketown
Avis Carper Gray
Clarence
Ray
Fayetteville
Henry J
Leonard J
Beatrice Ferguson
Bessie Blagus
Philadelphia
Margaret Newman
Martha Ann Ramsey
Youngstown
Myrtle Gray
EGFA Mine to Shut Down Amid Economic Shifts
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates announced the immediate closure of its Powellton No. 3 mine at Elk Ridge Fayette County effective at midnight. About 300 workers and 2000 tons of coal daily will be affected as wage benefits await final government approval after a recent UMW contract.
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Oak Hill
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Powellton No. 3
United Mine
Powellton
Elk Ridge
Fayette County
Rites Conducted For Grover Lucas
Funeral services were held Monday for Grover Cleveland Lucas 86 who died Saturday in a Richwood hospital. He is survived by his wife four daughters four sons four brothers three sisters and 25 grandchildren. Burial was in Rippetone Mountain Cemetery. Moose Halloween Party at Oak Hill Lodge with best costume prizes and a dance tonight at 8:30.
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Vaughn
Grover Cleveland Lucas
Richwood Hospital
Jane Lucas
Delores Neal
Gilboa
Maxine Miller
Bessie Legg
Irma Brown
Franks
Charleston
Herb
Barrett
Jerry
Swiss
Kenneth
Powellton
Jim
Lockwood
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Moose Lodge
Funeral Rites Set For Mrs. Mahoney
Funeral rites will honor Mrs. Dema J. Rogers Mahoney 86 of Scarbro at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Scarbro Baptist Church with Rev. Allan McKinney and Rev. C. S. Donnelly officiating. Burial follows in Mahoney cemetery at Carlisle. She died Thursday afternoon in an Oak Hill hospital. Survived by son Mike Mahoney of Oak Hill and brothers J L Rogers of Mt Hope Route One and George Rogers of California.
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Oak Hill
Dema J. Rogers Mahoney
Scarbro
Scarbro Baptist Church
Allan McKinney
C. S. Donnelly
Mahoney
Carlisle
Tyree
Civic Groups Aid Fayetteville High Band Uniforms
Fayetteville organizations donated complete band uniforms for Fayetteville High School. Donors include the Masons Legionnaires Bel ness Men's Association and Rotary Club. A uniform is displayed at Conk! Department Store. Plan to supply a few uniforms each year to ease costs.
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Fayetteville
Alfonso Niensia
Conk
The
Masons, Legionnaires
Belness Men's Association
Rotary Club
Nicosia
Mt Hope Lions Plan Halloween Dance and Community Events
Mt Hope Lions Club meets at Beckley zone gathering, honors C R Heermans and welcomes Walter Wilson. Halloween dance at 9 PM with Jan Campbell and his orchestra, costumes prize list, high school minstrel plans, and football program funding concerns discussed.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Mt. Hope
Lions Club
Conrad Neely
Jan Campbell
E. W. Dunkley
Mt. Hope High School
Lions
Local Halloween Treat Program Aids Children
The community reports the club sponsored entertainment for children keeps boys and girls from pranks and door to door trick or treating. Citizens donate to sponsor treats and support the local children’s affair through this program.
Reward for election fraud information in Fayette Mountains
A $1000 reward was issued to encourage information leading to arrest and conviction for election fraud on November 4. The fund, contributed by Democrats and Republicans, is held by an Oak Hill bank. A prior May 13 primary offered the same reward but it was not claimed.
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Fayetteville
Fayette Mountains
Oak Hill
Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop in Mullens
The First Baptist Church Mullens council sponsors Troop Five of the Wyoming District Appalachi an Council. Committee members include H Eugene Best E S Elliot J E Stewart B A Long Cecil H Rob inson Mason Wood and W E Powell with William McGhee as scoutmaster and Lloyd F Bright as assistant. Scouts listed are Dale Black Wayne Bradbury David Elmore Ronnie Franklin Charles Green Melvin McNamara William Mullens Jimmie Long Robert Lipscomb and James Powell.
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Mullens
First Baptist Church
Boy Scouts
Wyoming
H. Eugene ‘Best
E. S. Elliot
J. E. Stewart
B. A. Long
Cecil H. Robinson
Mason Wood
W. E. Powell
William McGhee
Sorority Convention Program Details Global Gaiety Theme
The Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met in Oak Hill with Miss Mary Lou Mitchell presiding. Highlights from Washington events Oct 25-26 included a White House reception, a Shoreham Hotel banquet with Sir Percy Spender guest speaker, and entertainment by the Singing Sergeants and Philippine Dancers. A luncheon featured Mrs. Savilla Simons on the Marshall Plan, tying to the theme Global Gaiety. The next meeting will be at Miss Zela Bishop’s home on Ketly Ave on Nov 11.
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Oak Hill
Beta Theta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mary Lou Mitchell
Earl] Bannister Jr
James
T- Painter
Washington, C
White House
Air Force
Shoreham
William Moore
Earl Banister Jr
Zela Bishop
Poe
Lon Ketly Ave
O. W. Dixon Jr
Lions Sponsor Hallowe'en Party in Kopperston
Kopperston Lions Club will host a Hallowe en parade tonight starting at 6 p m from the Kopperston mine office led by the Oceana High School Band. Treats for 600 children up to 14 years old. Prizes for best costumes and various contests awarded under flood lights near the Kopperston Community Church. If weather fails, events move to the church basement and doctor’s office.
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Kopperston
Lilly
Collins PTA to Buy Playground Equipment
Collins Elementary School parents plan to supply playground equipment through the Collins PTA. The group weighs a fall festival fundraiser while a meeting postponement and visit change are announced by Eastern Star officials for Beckley Oak Hill Mr Hope and Fayetteville.
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Collins Pta
Collins Elementary School
Parent-Teachers Association
DES
Oak. Hill
Jackie Pugh
Thurmond
The
Eastern Star
Pugh
Beckley
Oak Hill
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Harry (. Gray
EGFA
Grover Lucas
the Furniture Center
King Tut’s
Bay's Wool & Rayan
Acen Orton
Little Lonie
Universal Home
South Fayette ST
Mrs. Mahoney
H. A. Lunsford
Virginia
Lunsford
Mat D. Bourdin
Teecord
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Whitesville State Bank
Court House
Raleigh
Clear Fork
Clear Fork Creek
Mat D. Bouldin
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
City Ave
Hallowe'en Party
W. W. Trent
State Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Trent
Pal Adv
Wyoming County
Imder
W. T
Bill” Smith
Republican
Rogers
Penney's
Tec
Hendron
Penney
J. C. Penney
Folco
Denier
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