Mount Hope beer dealers challenge license revocation ruling
Charley Falletty and Fred Huber contest before the State Supreme Court the 1945 beer law section allowing both the beer commissioner and circuit courts to revoke licenses. They argue the provision violates the separation of powers by placing nonjudicial duties on courts.
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Van Pelt Featured In Veterans And College Piece
Former Oak Hill resident and ex Army Major James Van Pelt Jr. who piloted the B 29 that dropped the first atomic bomb is highlighted in Pie magazine. He plans to attend Tulane Medical School and follows his father Dr. James Van Pelt now a Gulfport doctor. He previously studied at Virginia Tech. The article includes his two children Jim and Carol and his wife Susan Hindson.
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Fayette County
Gulfport
Mississippi
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Virginia
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J. F. Hindson
Virginia Street
Fink Family Reunion Held Near Victor
Family gathering of the late Rev. H N Fink was hosted at H H Fink’s home two miles east of Victor. Relatives from New York Virginia Indiana and Connecticut attended alongside Meadow Bridge Charleston East Rainelle and Victor residents. Plans were made to repeat the reunion next year at the same time and place. Also Oak Hill Chamber receives 50 West Virginia State Parks pamphlets describing parks, facilities, fees, and recreation options to distribute to guests.
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James Shaver
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Edward Hicks
Edward Eugene
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J. W. Busby
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Charline Kitchen
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Howard Fink
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Cecil Bays
Rownie ‘Delores
Montgomery
Estrue Harrah
Karen Elaine
Meadow Bridge
Dorothy. Hendrick
Patricia
East Rainielle
Walter Walker
East Rainelie
Kitty Polter
David and
Chamber
Reatster
Oak Hill
Oak Hi
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Owen Rickard
Division of State Parks
State of West Virginia Conservaion Commission
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Main Street
GOP Drafts Plans For Fall Election
Fayet te County Republican Executive Committee outlined a four point campaign program for the general election. Chairman C R Hill presided at a meeting with about 50 attendees. The plan includes an educational drive to mobilize party members, a voter canvass with a persuade to vote, a major registration push for unused Republican registrants, and a full legislative platform on issues like compensation and income taxes.
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Fayette County
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C. R. Hill
Ay Redicesia Rauke
Rae
Former WAC Officer Addresses Rotarians
Mrs. G. B. Bobbitt wife of Oak Hill High School principal and former WAC captain spoke at the Rotary Club meeting in Hotel Hill Tuesday night describing WAC work and her experiences. Guests included J Haynes Miller Grant Thomas Rev W H Foglesong from Fayetteville and Paul Widem of Oak Hill.
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Paul Widem
Oak Hill
Fayette Men Visit Clay Lions Club
Mount Hope Lions District Governor Ralph W. Bailey made his first visit to the Clay Lions Club last night accompanied by Mount Hope members L. G. Fitzgerald and W. B. Cabell from Gauley Bridge and Oak Hill’s Charles P. White.
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Ralph W. Bailey
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L. G. Fitzgerald
Mount Hope Club
W. B. Cabell
Gauley Bridge
Charles P. White
Oak Hill
Three Murder Cases To Be Tried In Fayette County
Fayetteville report lists three murder trials at the Fayette County Circuit Court session starting September 23. Defendants Fred Lowen Norve Shelton and Simon Thomas alias Pete Steed face murder charges with a criminal docket spanning September 23 to 27, including various felonies and misdemeanors for other defendants on assigned days.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Fred Lowen
Norve Shel ‘Ton
Simon Thomas
Pete Steed
Lonnie Johnson
James Lee Butcher
Robert Simms
Lewis Watson
Willard McNeill Casey
Willie Moore
Norve Shelton
Norman FE
Kidder
Linzley McDaniel
Eugene V. Whitman
Simon ‘Thomas
Hobart Calvert
Arthur Shull
James Evan
Leslie Arthur Dempsey
Garland Lyle Dempsey
Troy Carlise Bishir
Clarence Carte
Sherman Eary
William Miles
Jack Ovington
Edward Cox
Frank Hopkins
Willie Wilkins
George Wolfe
Calvin White
Oak Hill High Reports Record School Enrollment
Oak Hill High School principal G. B. Bobbitt announced a fall term enrollment of 962 students, topping last year by 125 with more registrations expected to increase the total. Marianna Choir To Present Concert in Marianna Community Church With C. M. Johnston directing, the Sacred Music program features Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart.
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Oak Hill
G. B. Bobbitt
Oak Hill High School
Bobbitt
Marianna Choir
Marianna
Community Church
Methodist Church
Wheeling
First Baptist Church Circles Hold Meetings In Homes
Circles One and Two of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday evening at members’ homes. Circle One at Mrs. J. C. Russell’s home featured a talk on Mather College, a Black girls’ school in Bellfort South Carolina, with funds aiding the school. Refreshments were served to nine members and four guests. Circle Two, hosted by Mrs. Grover C. Worrell, included a devotional by Mrs. O. H. Martin and a book review by Mrs. French Damewood. Guests and attendees were served refreshments.
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First Baptist Church
J. R. Gillespie
J. C. Russell
Mather College
Bellfort
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B. AL. Long
W. D. Davis
Hazelwood
Minnie Broyles
W. AL. Carr
Myrtle Hogg
J. RB. Gillespie
French Damewood
Burma
Bernice McCreary
Worrell
J. A. Toler
J. G. Meador
Otis Sneed
J. J. Camnton
O. H. Martin
Jennet W. Clarke
Puerto Ricans Granted American Citizenship in 1917
The 1917 act granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans, marking a pivotal change in their legal status and political rights. It defined who could claim citizenship and set the framework for civic participation and national belonging.
Fayette Circuit Court September term lists 82 divorces
Fayetteville report notes 82 divorce cases on the September circuit court calendar with hearings set for September 17 to 22. The list includes couples such as Dixon, Britt, Bertrand, Bulmer, Collett and many others, reflecting grounds of cruelty desertion and adultery. In Mullens Wyoming County the Oct term is highlighted by a record 15 of 40 new cases tied to alcohol as a factor, per Divorce Commissioner Moler.
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Harry E
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Eulah H. Dixon
Cortez Britt
Joseph Britt
Margaret K. ‘Bertrand
Sidney C. Bertrand
Helen Bulmer
Ernest Bulmer
Willa N. Collett
Elmer
Puryear
Sadie Wimmer
Luke Wimmer
Nonie Alton Pate
Loraine Pate
Ethel Duncan
Marvin Duncan
Mildred Brown
Woodrow WW. Brown
Paul R. Rider
Anna K. Rider
Earl Perry
Zetla J. Perry
Frances Shaw
Edward F. Shaw
Carrie M. Flint
Harry J. Flint
Corrine Johnson
John J. Johnson
Colleen McClure
Sidney McC
Anna Kate -Saunders
Robert Saunders
Willa Juanita Huddleston
Lawrence Alonzo Huddleston
Virginia Katherine Hume
Avery Woodrow Hume
James Wilbur Boardman
Prudence Maria Boardman
William Clifton Russell
Emma Arbutus Russell
Frank Bostie
Betty Bosstie
Everett James White
Mary Florteen White
Zell
Opal Mullett
Léon Melton Mullett
Ollie Bradshaw
Willam
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Wyoming County
D. Grove Moler
Wyoming County Circuit Court
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Circuit Clerk
Pinesville
Rosebelle Filson
Charles William Filson
Led Tiley
Leoman Tilley
Opal L. Grose
Jasper Grose
Slab Fork and Laucrego Scouts End Camp at Clear Fork
Slab Fork and Laucrego Districts wrap a three day camporee at Clear Fork. Scout leaders present include Bob Keywood Jene Spence Buster Wyatt Benny Wyatt James Wallace Earl Miller Junior England and scoutmaster Tony Lamp. Rev J B Dryfield pastors Marianna churches and directed the event as district’s first camporee.
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Bob Keywood
Jene Spence
Buster Wyatt
Benny Wyatt
James Wallace
Earl Miller
Junior England
Tony Lamp
J. B. Dryfield
Wyoming Song Group Meeting Set at Baileysville Tabernacle
Wyoming County Singing Convention officials announced a Sunday gathering at Baileysville Tabernacle starting at 1 34 p m. The September session is described as one of the year’s best with anticipated quar ters and visits expected to return next Sunday.
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Carl Bailey Joins Concord College Faculty
Mullens native Carl Bailey, a former Mullens High School teacher and Concord graduate with a WVU master’s degree, was named to the last vacancy on the Concord College staff. He will assist the English department to keep freshmen sections small and may handle mathematics work as needed.
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Pineville Dogs To Get Rabies Inoculations
Dr. C F Hale Beckley veterinarian will inoculate dogs for rabies at Pineville board of education offices all day tomorrow under the town stock law. Mayor Vaughan Stewart said the fee is 1 50 per dog and owners must confine animals for two weeks after vaccination.
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C. F. Hale
Beckley
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Vaughan Stewart
Stewart
Mullens Girl Enrolls at Alderson-Broaddus College
Vergie Gillespie leaves Mullens for Alderson-Broaddus College to begin her first year with Miss Nora Mae Sumner also enrolling from Prince ton and Ruth Stevens and Claude Morgan from Pineville joining the same school. Nancy Thompson of Corinne recovers from an appendectomy at Beckley Hospital. Officials predict college enrollments may reach 2,000,000 by 1950.
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W.R. Sumner
Alderson-Broaddus College
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Harry L. Stevens
Claude Morgan
Este Morgan
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Isaac Thompson
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