Polio Fund Drive Raises Over $1200 in Fayette County
The Fayette County Auxiliary Police collected 1213.36 at three roadblocks over Saturday and Sunday to aid the Fayette Chapter, which faces debt. Marie Coffman co chaired the drive as Oak Hill Police Chief Howard Janney heads the emergency effort and Civil Defense. Eleven polio cases, including three paralytic, were reported in 17 days. donations urged to March of Dimes Box 125 Oak Hill.
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Fayette County
Auxiliary Police
Fayette
Marie Coffman
Cochairman
Gene Davis
Oak Hill
Howard Janney
Janney
Bob Prowse
Box 125
Registration Set At Tech Monday
Registration at West Virginia Tech begins Monday morning for freshmen orientation. Luther Haseley, Tech guidance director, leads a week of placement tests, introductions to administrators, and social events including a theatre party, faculty reception, dances, street dance, and a Meet the Team night. Upperclassmen register next Tue-Wed as classes start Thursday.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Luther Haseley
Tech
Rites Thursday For Mrs Tilly Tilly of Ravencliff dies at 73
Last rites for Mrs Tilda Kate Tilly will be conducted at Sweet Home Church Maben at 1 9 p m Thursday Burial in family cemetery Maben She was 73 born January 9 1886 in Faulsville daughter of the late David and Victoria Dixon Tolliver Survived by husband Brady five sons Adin and Avery Ravencliff Clinton Pineville Daniel Sabine Arnold McGraw five daughters Nora Bennett Matoaka Ora Farmer McGraw Bertha Tabor Parkersburg Allie Bennett Davey Macy Woody Barrett three sisters Maggie Milane Little Hawkins Ohio Becky Zane Wall Park Della Sizemore Herndon three half brothers John McComas Gilbert Elmer Milane Otsego Floyd Rockview 52 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren Body to home of son Adin at 4 9 p m today from Evans Funeral Home of Oceana
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Ravencliff
Tilda Kate Tilly
Sweet Home Church
Maben
Mullens Hospital
Mon- Gay
Faulsville
David
Victoria Dixon Tolliver
Brady
Adin
Avery
Clinton
Pineville
Daniel
Sabine
Arnold
McGraw
Nora Bennett
Matoaka
Ora Farmer
Bertha Tabor
Parkersburg
Allie Bennett
Davey
Macy Woody
Barrett
Maggie Milane
Little Hawkings
Ohio
Becky Zane
Wall Par
Della Sizemore
Herndon
John McComas
Gilbert
Elmer Milane
Otsego
Floyd
Rockview
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Jesse Johnson Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Jesse Sylvester Johnson 54 will be at Laurel Creek Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Thursday led by Rev. Earl Ward and Rev. E. C. Wheeler. Johnson of Sandstone died at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in a Hinton hospital after a five year illness from a heart attack. He was born January 9, 1905 in Summers County, son of the late James E. and Eliza Bragg Johnson. Survived by wife Merle Fox Johnson, a son James Edward of Point Pleasant, a daughter Maydel Bragg of South Lebanon Ohio, four brothers Frank Sandstone, George Alaska, Edgar Peru Indiana, Toney Radford Va, and four sisters Clara Humphries Richmond Virginia, Lou Johnson Radford Virginia, Effie Lively Green Sulphur Springs, Arminta Kessler Ramp. The body remains at E. M. Meadows Funeral Home and will be placed in the church one hour before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Laurel Creek
Merle Fox Johnson
James Edward
Point Pleas
Ant
Maydel Bragg
South Lebanon
Ohio
Frank
Sandstone
George
Alaska
Edgar
Peru
Ind
Toney Johnson
Radford
Clara Humphries
Richmond
Lou Johnson
Effie Lively
Green Sulphur Springs
Arminta Kessler
Ramp
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Parents of son Steeles born at Welch Emergency
Mr and Mrs George Lester Steeles welcomed a son at 8 28 p m Thursday at Welch Emergency Hospital weighing eight pounds seven ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steeles Ians
Welch Emergency Hospital
George Lester
Steeles
Wyoming Board Officials Sell School Bonds To New York Firm
Wyoming County officials including Superintendent Jesse W. Morgan and Board President Gilbert Goode returned from New York City after selling school bonds totaling 1 922 000 to a New York investment firm. Of the proceeds 1 300 000 goes to the State Sinking Fund Commission and 622 000 to the Wyoming County Sheriff for deposit with Castle Rock Bank Pineville and the People’s Bank Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Board
New York
Pineville
RNS
Jesse W. Morgan
Gilbert Goode
Robert Kuhn
New York City
Charleston
Logan
French Workman
Logan County
Wyoming County
State Sinking Fund Commission
Bert Short
Castle Rock Bank
People’s Bank
Mullens
Chairmen Chosen For Fayette Flower Show
Fayette Garden Council Flower Show will be at Collins High School gym Oak Hill Sept 12 and 13 with the theme Fall Forecast. Mrs H L Van Camp is general chairwoman listing committees for schedule staging properties entries classifications junior exhibits consultants judges clerks hospitality treasurer awards dismantling title posters and points and ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Fayette Garden Council
Collins High School
H. L. van Camp
R. E Kelly
J. E. Lewis
W. P. Bittinger
Luther Greene
Lottie Johnson
A. W. Burdette
Alexander Gray
D. C. Newell
C. P. Anderson
Forrest Smith
C. R.harrisburger
J. B. Long
J. W. Jones
Homecoming Planned at Bolt Fundamental Church
Bolt Fundamental Church announces its annual homecoming with morning sermon by Rev Garland Phillips and evening address by Rev Harry Pilkington originally from Canada. Local quartets will perform throughout the day and lunch will be served at noon on church grounds. Pastor Ronnie Halsey invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOLT
RNS
Bolt Fundamental Church
Garland Phillips
Harry Pilkington
Canada
Ronnie Halsey
Bonnie Harris Weds J Everett Jones
The marriage of Bonnie Joyce Harris to James Everett Jones was announced by her parents in Colcord. The ceremony took place at the Presbyterian Manse in Winfield at 11:30 am Friday officiated by Rev. Paul G. Settle. The bride attended Clear Fork High School and played in the school band. the groom is the son of Mr and Mrs Harold Jones and they will live with them for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
RNS
Bonnie Joyce Harris
James Everett Jones
Charles Harris
Presbyterian Manse
Winfield
Paul G. Settle
Clear Fork High School
Harold Jones
Oak Hill
Norma Jean Perdue
Alan Everett Jordan
Summerlee Presbyterian Church
Faye Greene
Lillian Jane Foster
Glen Jean
Band Boosters Plan Get Together With New Director
Fayetteville High School Band boosters organize a get together to meet new director Allen Steele. The meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 p.m., announced by J W Deacon Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
BNS
Band Boosters Club
Fayetteville High School
Allen Steele
J. W. Deacon Jones
Guild Girls Plan Clothing Drive in Pineville Church
The Pineville Chapter of Guild Girls announced a clothing drive for needy children. The meeting at Cook Memorial Baptist Church was hosted by Linda Mathena and Karen Hughes with attendees including Earline Altizer Randy Neal Judy Ross Donna Page Rose Sue Rose Linda Sherman Jane Kuhn Janet Pack Brenda Sherman Karen Smith Kitty Good Linda Jo Mathena Annabelle Altizer Ellen Porter and guest Sue Canterbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Linda Mathena
Karen Hughes
Earline Altizer
Randy Neal
Judy Ross
Donna Page Rose
Sue Rose
Linda Sherman
Jane Kuhn
Janet Pack
Brenda Sherman
Karen Smith
Kitty Good
Linda Jo Mathena
Annabelle Altizer
Ellen Porter
Jamie Brooks
Sue Canterbury
Accident Victim Undergoes Surgery Near Kentucky Hospital
Mrs. George Short of Nobleville Indiana, former Marian resident, underwent surgery at Knox County Hospital Barboursville Kentucky after a Thursday accident. Her daughters Carol Sue 14 with pelvic injuries and Karen 11 with a brain concussion are hospitalized with varying conditions. A new baby, Bobby Litz 10, is listed in fair condition. his mother Mable Litz also of Nobleville was killed. Wilbur Rutherford St. Charles Virginia, father of Mrs Short and Mrs Litz, also died in the wreck.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming County
George Short
Nobleville
Ind
Marianna
Knox County Hospital
Barboursville
Short
Carol Sue
Karen
Bobby Litz
Mable Litz
Wilbur Rutherford
St. Charles
Litz
Pineville Man Committed to Huntington Hospital
A 35 year old Pineville man was taken by Deputy Roy Aliff and Ward Shepherd to Huntington for confinement and treatment at Huntington State Hospital after a mental warrant was obtained by his brother.
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Pineville
RNS
Roy Aliff
Ward Shepherd
Huntington
Fayette Circuit Court September Docket Set
Fayetteville reports the Fayette County Circuit Court September term docket running Sept 15 to Oct 14 with many civil actions set on Sept 15 Sept 17 Sept 18 Sept 19 Sept 21 22 23 and 25 through Oct 15 including numerous pairings of plaintiffs against defendants and multiple state indictments and docket entries across a wide list of cases and defendants. The schedule includes arraignments and trials with a broad roster of civil matrimonial and criminal actions planned across the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Circuit Clerk
Ray C. Call, Inc
Patrick L. Smith
Renford Hall
Ethel Hall
Geraldine Willis
Walker Willis
Vivian L. Wykle
Lonnie M. Wykle
Bula Kincaid
Alvin Kincaid
George W. Sebers
Ezelle E. Sebers
Charles Eaward Taylor
Norma Faye Taylor
Betty Lee Summers
Wesley S. Summers
Susan Hawver
Raymond Hawver
Clara E. Kelly
Richard A. Kelly
Mary Louise Morton
John J. Morton
Donald Ray Tufts
Alice L Tufts
Wiliam H. White
Doris L. White
Mildred Hypes
Clyde Hypes
James Craft
Mildred Craft
Glenna Jean Smith
Ronald S. Smith
Gladys June McQuerry
Franklin F. McQuerry Jr
Anna Mac Neal
James W. Neal
Merle Wolford
Eugene Wolford
Lillian Ward
Andrew R. Ward
Nancy L. Spardilin
William J. Spardlin
Jane C. Bowman
Ernest A. Bowman
Ronald R. Miller
Sue Ann Miller
Patty Dean Gunter
Joseph Edward Gunter Jr
Joetta J. Harris
Robbie L. Harris
Effie F. Jarrell
Willard J. Jarrell
Minnie Garcia
Nenesso A. Garcia
Anna M. Hess
Barl Hess
Antha N. Jones
Andrew D. Jones
Katherina Mason
Bob C. Mason
Joann Ingram
Eldridge R. Ingram
Morris S. Wender
Dora Lee Bess
Joy Ann Mills
Arthur Mills
Clifton Mundy
Juanita Mundy
Virginia A. Arthur
Howard P. Arthur
Genevieve L. Jones
David Jones
Raymond Fannin
Shirley Fannin
Charles F. Snodgrass
Betty J. Snodgrass
Barbara E. Pritt
Clarence N Pritt
Effie F. King
Donald King
Deloris F. Howard
Conley B. Howard
Ilene F. Wood
Joseph Wood
Lynn A. Arrington
Shelva J. Arrington
Emmett Cashwell
William E. Bradford
Oak Hill Social News Highlights
Oak Hill hosts multiple visiting relatives from New York City Washington DC Adrian Michigan and Baltimore Maryland Mrs Kellis Miller and grandson Stephen join Mr and Mrs N C Miller New visitors include Mr and Mrs George Thomas Mr and Mrs Carl Jordan Mr and Mrs Roy Miller Mr and Mrs Johnny Lusk and Ralph Miller The Lusks visit L M Miller and wife in East End Livelys return home after attending the Annual State Advent Christian Conference at Camp Whitney Clendenin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
N. C. Miller
Kellis Miller
Stephen
New York City
Millers
George Thomas
Washington, D.C
Carl Jordan
Adrian, Mich
Roy Miller
Union
Johnny Lusk
Ralph Miller
Baltimore
Lusks
L. M. Miller
East End
T. F. Lively
School Street
Camp Whitney
Clendenin
Mossy Personals Visit Notes and Family Guests
Miss Betty Oakley visits her parents in Marietta Ohio. Sunday dinner guests included James Buttrick of Garten. Mrs. Thomas Golis and Bernadette return to Pittsburgh after two weeks with Orden Cheek. Weekend guests were Butch Kay, Mrs. George Golis of Pittsburgh and Jackie Lee Buchanan of Sandusky.
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Butch, Kay
George Golis
Pittsburgh
Jackie Lee Buchanan
Cheek
Sandusky
Ohio
Charleston Engineer Named SRC District 9 Chief
CHARLESTON AP Rus sell C Quinn formerly city engineer in Fairmont was named engineer for State Road Commission District 9 with offices in Lewisburg. He succeeds P V Bennett who died. The district covers Fayette Greenbrier Monroe Nicholas and Summers counties. Quinn is a past president of the West Virginia section ASCE and has worked for SRC 1921 1934 restoring later with the U S Forest Service and WPA before returning to SRC as district engineer at Weston and Keyser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Russell C. Quinn
Fairmont
State Road Commission District 9
Lewisburg
Quinn
P. V. Bennett
Fayette
Greenbrier
Monroe
Nicholas
Summers
West Virginia
American Society of Civil Engineers
SRC
U. S. Forest Service
Works Progress Administration
Post-Wedding Shower Honors Mrs. D. McGraw
Mrs Darrell V McGraw Jr formerly Miss Marie Tyler of Bridgeport was honored with a postwedding shower at Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church Pineville Saturday. Guests and helpers included Mrs Robert M Worrell and Mrs William V McNemar Jr arranging flowers and refreshments while Miss Kitty Goode provided music.
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Pineville
RNS
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Darrell V. McGraw Jr
Marie Tyler
Bridgeport
Robert M. Worrell
William V. McNemar Jr
John S. Lambert
Jack Lambert
Kitty Goode
Kathryn Gwinn
McGraw
Fulton Brown
McGraws
P. E. McGraw
Mullens
Harold Harris
Dry Creek
A. C. Swimm
William Street
Ernest Hays
W. C. Holloway
C. C. Holloway
R. H. Breeden
Sarah Morgan
Everette Collins
Margaret Lewis
A. B
Norma Perdue and Alan Jordan Bride in Oak Hill
Norma Jean Perdue married Alan Everett Jordan at Summerlee Presbyterian Church in Oak Hill. The couple, joined by family and friends, plans to reside in Charleston after a Canada wedding trip, with both carrying strong WV ties and academic backgrounds.
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Norma Perdue
Alan Jordan
Balding promoted to Ardmore TV station assistant manager
Charles Balding of Ardmore Oklahoma promoted to assistant manager in charge of programing and production at KWTX Broadcasting Ardmore. He will aid in planning facilities for KXII TV moving to Sherman Denison and handle all transmissions. Balding once directed Ardmore live remote for the 78th Ardmore birthday party interviewing Rep Carl Albert and Gov J Howard Edmondson. He is married to Forrest Ann Fox with daughter Lisa Zoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Kwtx Broadcasting Inc
Ardmore
Okla
Charles
Chuck) Balding
Georgia Marie Balding
Kelly Ave
Balding
Waco
Texas
New River Supply Co
M. N. Bostick
Kxii-Tv
Sherman- Denison
Oklahoma
Carl Albert
House of Representatives
J. Howard Edmondson
Forrest Ann Fox
Lisa Zoe
Hearing Postponed On Litterbug Law Violation
In Pineville a hearing on a charge under the new litterbug law was postponed to Sept 10 at 7 30 p m. The case against Island Creek Coal Co for dumping refuse along a highway near its Wyoming tipple was moved on defendant request. Earl Curry Jr and Paul England, private citizens and club members, stated they acted without the Pineville Business and Professional Men’s Assn in obtaining the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNL
W. P. Wilson
Island Creek Coal Co
Earl Curry Jr
Pineville Business and Professional Men's Assn
Paul England
House of Delegates
Curry
England
Wiener Roast At McGraws Hosted By Local Teens
A back to school wiener roast was held Thursday evening in the Kelly home yard. Hostesses were Karen Kelly and Franjoine Brooks. Attendees included Carolyn Phillips, Betty Blankenship, Ollie Holhouser, Rachel and Damon Clay, Sharon Cook, and the McGraws family plus several Sizemores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGraws
RNS
Karen Kelly
Tom Kelly
Franjoine Brooks
Shelburn Brooks
Kelly
Hershel Cook II
Carolyn Phillips
Betty Blankenship
Ollie Holhouser
Rachel
Damon Clay
Sharon Cook
Sharon
Patty
Cheyrl
Mike
Jerald
Dennis
David
Rodney McGraw
Billy Denver
Dwight
John
Rowland Sizemore
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Jesse Johnson
Rusco
Lewis
Johnstown
Beckley, W. Va
Fayette Flower Show
Co. L. Garvin
A. H. Newbury
Arline Morris
F. W. Dickenson
Bolt Church
Bonnie Harris
J. Jones
Little League
Beckley Elks Lodge
William Crister
ELK Lodge Room
Barwood and
St. Heber Street
Guild Girls
Fayette Circuit Court
Joe H. Crawford
Roy Penn
Conrad Moore
Lewis Ayers
Woodrow Moran
Robert Lee Duncan
Jjames Lester Boyd
Emmitt Ferrell
Herman Stone
Arthur Scarbro
David Scarbro
Robert Winston
Herbert Bloxson
Colonel G Willis
Robert Lee Ryan
James ‘Lester Boyd
George ‘Trolly Sanford
Tommy Eagle
Thomas Saunders
James Bennett
Clifford Adkins
Wilson White
Lena Gwinn
William Lee Holly
Raymond Ritchie
Rex Johnson
Frank Blankenship
George Sergent
Horace Shelton
Howard Austin Clendennin
Tracy Lee Gray
Marvin Moore
Billy Joe Reese
George H. Massey Jr
Gene Edward Nichols
Jarrett Robertson
Clifford Hugh Hackney
William Herbert Haynes
Earl Tinsley
Piney Woods
Pearl Cutlip
Frank Watts
Naamen A. Coy
Willie Jeffries
Virginia R. Williamson
Elvin Stewart
Eula Matlock
David Mac-Kinley Newbell
Herman Myers
Nathan Hess
Herman Sampson Stanley
Calvin Linkenhaker Sr
Winifred Smith
Kermit Mullins
John E. Crowder
George Redman Alston
Luther Dues
William Thompson
Ia i Thompson
Associated Discount Corp
Calvin C. Lawson
Lilly Lee
Benji J. Long
Mozette
Warren Simpson
David Lee Barton
Alice Elizabeth Adkins
Jess Martin
Joe Tabit
George Elias
Austin Ervin
Troy H. Lipscomb
John W. Smith
Glen R. Otey
Egbert Henley
Alfred E. Campbell
Wilbur L. Lilly
Mark Morris
John Q
Grocens Wholesale Co
G. F. Allen
Charles F. Huggins
W. A. Summers Coal Co
Morris Memorial Hospital
W. E. Williams
Sears Roebuck Co
Edith Platt
Kanawha Falls Public Service District
Chariton Development Co
Woodrow Asbury
Pat J. Bounds
T. H. MecGowran
Marie Scott
S. W
Barbara N Warrick
Minnie Wiliams
Robert Williams
Guy Waugh
Ruby Waugh
Hattie Mae Critchley
Leonard C. Critchley
Mossy Personals
Warie van Doren
Aleta
D. McGraw
Robert Taylor
Cyd Crarese
Sue Stanley
London
Shirley Blackburn
Bradley
Betty Perdue
Theatron of Honor
William G. Jordan
Bob Gunnoe
Robert L. Sanger
Jon L. Jordan
Edward Stanley
Summerslee
Cordelia Toles
Greentown
Sue Fox
Kathleen Mullins
Summerlee Road
Jennie Berry
Jordan
Gamma Epsilon
Beta Sigma Phi International Sorority
West Virginia Department of Public Assistance
Division of Child Welfare
Beckley
Oak Hill High School
West Virginia University
U. S. Army
State Road Commission
Nancy St
Joseph Lawrence Jr
Garland Jackson
Cordelia V. Toles
Alan E. Jordan
Wyoming
Desire
Under the Elms
VistaVision
Sophia Loren
Anthony Perkins
Brooklyn
Darrell McGraw
Maggie Hayes
Imthope
COE
Open Air Theatre
Stonaford Rd
Eros Films Ltd
Arthur Franz
Joanna Moore
Crab Orchard
Cecil B. DeMille
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