Final Phases of Labor Day Program Slated for Mullens
Mullens police brace for Labor Day traffic with 14 officers and three state, four county, and seven city personnel guiding drivers to Mullens Athletic Field. Free 33 passenger bus shuttle runs from downtown to the stadium from 8 am to noon, with parking on parade routes restricted. Volunteers and Boy Scouts assist as work parties finish speakers’ stand decor and coordinate with police. Parade features Woodrow Wilson High School Band Beckley plus other schools. safety and entertainment contests planned. notable speakers include Allen Condra and George J. Tiller.
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Miss June McKinney Weds J L Fender in Pineville
Miss June McKinney and James Lloyd Fender wed in a 9 am candlelit ceremony at First Methodist Church Pineville with Rev. Samuel A. Hartford officiating. Attendants, music by Frances Bailey, flowers by yellow mums, and a reception at the Shipman home followed. The couple plans to reside in Pineville after a Myrtle Beach honeymoon. Notable attendees include Mrs. P A McDaniel and the Goode family from Beckley Mullens Huntington and Mullens.
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Miss Bishop Returns From National Chimes Convention
Oak Hill Miss Jean Bishop daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Bishop of Jones Avenue returns today from Ohio State University where she attended the National Chimes Convention Chimes the National Junior Women's Honorary Society and she serves as president of the group at West Virginia University
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Carlisle Man Wounded in Korea
Pvt. Tracy E. Gwinn of Carlisle is wounded in action in Korea per Casualty List 83 from the Department of Defense. He is the son of Josephine Legg of Carlisle.
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Youth Day Program At Cook Memorial Pineville
Youth Day at Cook Memorial Baptist Church Pineville features D D Elwell Fayetteville a Bob Jones sophomore as special singer Miss Ann Howard soprano leads the morning song service Wesley Brown directs junior and senior youth choirs Earl Miter to deliver the morning sermon on Calvary Miss Betty Byrd Pineville to play organ selections Mil tier to speak on Hell Question time ministry prep at Bob Jones University Monday morning
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Peggy Joyce Cook Weds W B York in Mullens Rites
Miss Peggy Joyce Cook marries William Byron York at First Methodist Church Mullens in a six o clock ceremony. The couple plans to live at 30114 Highland Avenue after a brief wedding trip. The bride is the daughter of Clifford and Mrs. Cook. the groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Perry York. Assistants include Miss Marian Adams and Mrs. Terrence McAlister. The bride previously worked for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone. the groom served in World War II with the 88th Infantry Division and later worked as a machinist.
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Boys Not Charged Following Theft
Jay Warden of Doss Apartments Moran Avenue reported the theft of his wife's pillfold containing about 5 dollars from their apartment around 10 am Saturday. Acting on neighbor tips, two boys about 10 years old from Sabine led officers to a City Hall public toilet where the investigation traced the item.
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Beckley guests listed for school event lineup
John and Sammy Pearis, Benny Grimm, O. H. Martin, Mr. Bill Newsome, Miss Jacqueline Lowe as guest, Mrs. O. H. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Pearis, and Ray Toler, department teacher, are named in the roster for a local school function.
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Williams Rites Set for Monday
Funeral services for Gafford Williams 77 are set for Monday at 1 30 p m from St Pauls Methodist Church Ansted with Rev Charles Stevenson and Rev Karl M Scott officiating Burial will be in Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Williams a retired mine foreman for Gatley Mountain Coal Co 55 years member of St Pauls and Hayds Lodge 113 Masons is survived by his wife four sons two daughters and one sister
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Missing in Action Lovern Soldier Named in DoD List
Pvt. Morris A. Bowling, son of Mrs. Stella F. Bowling of Lovern, is listed as missing in action in a Department of Defense casualty report.
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