Fayetteville Personal Notes Mention Local Visits and Travels
Fayetteville notes list residents returning home after visits with family. Mrs Dan Baugh returns from Kembridge Virginia. Miss Eleanor Godsey visits Marshall College. Charles Ray McCoy heads to Miami. Johnny Absalom returns from Washington DC. Mrs B K Hesse leaving Oak Hill Hospital. Farley home hosts Otis Morey Jr family and Winnie Hall visitors. Airman JC Henry Stotts returns from leave. J H Allen family back from Salt Lake City with Utah coal mine tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Rns
Dan Baugh
Kembridge
H. R. Beckelheimer
Eleanor Godsey
Marshall College
Huntington
R. C. Godsey
Marshall
Charles Ray McCoy
Miami
Fla
R. J. Tait
Johnny Absalom
Washington, D. C
L. S. Tully
B. K. Hesse
Oak Hill Hospital
T. P. Farley
Otis Morey Jr
Pat
Roger Dean
Severn
Winnie F. Hall
Churchland
Flat Top Lake
Raleigh County
JC Henry Stotts
Air Force Base
Minis
Dallas Stotts
J. H. Allen
Mary Ellen
Salt, Lake City
Utah
Allen
Earl
Trin
Matheny Personals in Mar nton and nearby towns
Weekend guests included Roscoe Ray Stewart and sons Sefton and Chuck in Mar nton with friends. Ralph Edward Stewart visited grandparents Rev Charie Cooper in Glover for Sunday dinner with C. H. Stewart and family. Numerous Stewart relatives and in laws gathered with Baileysville and Mullens area families, with plans for Wayne Grade School enrollment and Huntington High School enrollment for local youth. Virginia Ann and Lillian Rose Stewart stayed with Judy Dixon in Turkey Dig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gay
O. H. Stewart
Mary Kathryn Stewart
Virginia Ann
Lillian Rose Stewart
Connie Graham
Coorie Hager Jr
Hershel Stewart
Baileysville
Mirs
Berry Frye
Larry and
Hobert
Hobert Stewart
Mullens
Irs
Charles Spence
de- Jora Ann
Wayne
Tommay Lee Frye
Wayne Grade School
Mrs. Spence
Clyde Ray Frye
Betty Frye
Huntington
Moy
Woodrow Asbury
Huntington High School
Judy Dixon
Turkey Dig
Construction Advances in Fayetteville Buildings
In Fayetteville one business building nears completion with the first floor and exterior finished on the Hamilton building at Court Streets and Maple Avenue. Construction on another project has just begun, signaling growing development in the area. The New River Supply Company is involved in the efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Hamilton
Court Streets
Maple Avenue
River Supply Com
Whitesville Merchants oppose gross sales tax plan
Whitesville merchants called a two hour meeting to discuss a proposed gross sales tax and urged council action. Mayor Horace Morgan defended the plan, while merchants pressed for notice and chamber involvement. representatives from utilities attended and improvements for riverfront streets were proposed with an estimated cost around 5472 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Harvit
Merchants Vile Hotel
Rufus Kanders
Horace Morgan
Morgan
Kannon
Chamber of Commerce
Eddie Harvit
L. E. Salamy
Salamy
Junior Stump
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Hope Gas Co
Wyoming Schools Enroll 7 Negroes in 1936 57 term
MULLENS RNS Lawer Negro students enrolled for the 1936 57 term in Wyoming County schools previously white only. At Mullens Grade School seven new entrants include two girls and five boys in first grade. Welton School reports one Negro boy in first grade. Integration begins with first grade and will advance to higher grades each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Lawer
Wyoming County
George Nolley
Welton School
Allen Junction
C. C. Reed
School Board, Coal Company To Aid in Rebuilding Bridge
Dorothy resident Dewey Garten Jr suffered a broken neck when the foot bridge collapsed spilling him and his brother Billy into Big Coal River. The bridge connected to Dorothy School and 150 people cross daily. Harvey reports State Road Commission and Franx Tract Coal Co deny ownership while school board backing and coal supply pledges move to rebuild with labor from the community. Local officials and residents urge action to restore the shortcut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Board, Coal Company
Dorothy
RNS
Jamies R. Harvey
John McGinnis
State Road Commission
Harvey
McGinnis
Kim
Dorothy School
Dewey Garten Jr
Billy
Clear Fork
Big Coal
Dewey
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Franx Tract Coal Co
Upper
Scama
School Board
Marland
B. B. Chambers
Rawigh County
Dewey Garlen
Oak Hill Council Accepts Paving Estimates and Resolution
Oak Hill City Council accepted six street paving estimates from Bostic Construction and adopted a resolution to issue paying certificates and levy assessments on affected properties. The orders followed discussion on Lewis and School Streets and included safety measures such as traffic signals and street lighting fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
IRNS
H. P. Thomas
Bostic Construction Company
Blake Street
Lewis and Sthoos Streets
Thomas
Lewis Street
F. Neal
School Street
Thames
Layne and
Blackwell Motors
East Main Street
H. E. Janney
Beattie
Fayetteville
Salem Road
Bennett
C. R. Hill Jr
F. W. Dickinson
Stuart McLain
Long Company
Robert Gordon
Maple Avenue
Kelly Avenue
Scout Cabin
Janney
Chestnut Avenue
Central, Avenue
Country Club Road
Virginia Street
Allen Funeral Scheduled Today
Mrs Frankie Kidd Allen 37 a Montgomery teacher killed in a car crash on U S Route 60 near Chelyan. Funeral today at B C Hoover Chapel Mont gomery with burial in York Alabama. Survived by parents three sisters and husband predeceased. Ohio couple Willie Childress Alma Dayton injured. son James minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Frankie Kidd Allen
B. C. Hoover Funeral Home
Montgomery
Roger P. Melton
York
Ala
Allen
Beards Fork
Chelyan
Charleston
L. D. Lemmon
Ohio
Willie Childress
Alma
Dayton
Childress
James
B. F. Kidd
Retha Hocking
Bennie McElroy
Margie Scoil
Whitesville Personal Notes Chronicle Local Guests and Visits
Mrs. i. W. Pettry hosted guests from Newark Delaware including Mrs. Boyd C. Jarrell and children Edward and Janet and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Blake. Ruth Ann Powell celebrated a birthday with Eddie Powell Virgil Weikle and others. Mrs. J. W. Pettry and Mrs. Sybil Smith visited Selma K. Stover in Charleston General Hospital. Chester Stover visited his wife Selma. Burk L. Kuhn Sylvester visited Lessie Kuhn in Beckley Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Rns
I. W. Pettry
Boyd C. Jarrell
Edward
Janet
Jay Blake
Newark
Del
Ken Powell
Ruth Ann
Eddie Powell
Virgil Weikle
Jerry Powers
Jane Kenney
Mike Conner
Debbie
Junior Dilton
Canissa Gegus
Adele Canterbury
Juanita Lewis
Rosa
Sylvester
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Lessie
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Arnold Barton at Wade Street Home
In Oak Hill Mrs Arnold Barton was honored Friday evening with a stork shower at her Wade Street home. Hostesses were Mrs Benson Armstrong and Mrs Macie Bowen. The gathering featured several games and a display of bills. Attending were Mrs Earl Estsiminger, Mrs Sallie James, Mrs W T Price, Mrs Lucille MeClung, Mrs Owie Blake, Mrs Raymond Treadway, Mrs Gayle Koone, Mrs Bill Kincaid, Mrs Ba Sil Cummings, Mrs Frank Mauritz, Mrs R W Flack and Mrs Aileen Amick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Whitesville
Dorothy
James
Ballard
Biddle Massey Jr
Ification
Louise Kirk
Norma Goodson
Charles Henry
Velma Robinson
Besa Perry
Alice Peters
Freida White
Bill Carr
Thelma Dominion
Bonnie Tackett
Carte Cook
Woodrow Toney
Ethel Rickman
Eugene Massey
Tom Fisher
James Kostas
van Mann
Harry Kirk
Ben Henry
Robert Hawkins
Mane Dickens
Elbert Smith
Harold Rose
Oak Hill
RNS
Mere
Arnold Barton
Wade St
Benson Armstrong
Macie Bowen
Earl Estsiminger
Sallie James
W. T. Price
Lucille Me” Clung
Owie Blake
Raymond Treadway
Gayle Koone
Bill Kincaid
Ba Sil Cummings
Frank Mauritz
R. W. Flack
Aileen Amick
Trusty Walks Away From Fayette Jail
A jail inmate named William Edward Warren from Mount Hope vanished from Fayette County Jail Tuesday morning. Warren, sentenced to 60 days and a $100 fine plus costs for reckless driving and possession of cash in a hearing before Mayor Bernard Rocke on August 14, remains missing as jailer Delbert Elam reported to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Edward Warren
Mount Hope
Bernard Rocke
Mount Hoge
Delbert Elam
Warren
Wyoming Schools List 12 Teacher Vacancies Today
RNS reports on Wyoming County schools entering a second day of sessions with Superintendent Jesse W. Morgan Kseidge seeking to fill 12 teaching vacancies. Except for five music positions in Mullens, all openings are in grade schools, listed at Maben Coal Mountain Kopperston Pads Fork Buck Branch Bell Pinnacle and Clark's Gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County
Jesse W. Morgan Kseidge
Morgan
Maben
Coal Mountain
Kopperston Pads Fork
Buck Branch
Bell Pinnacle
Clark's Gap
Ameagle Personalities and Community Notes
Ameagle residents share weekend visits with Navy serviceman Joe Eddie Thompson of Little Creek Virginia, and Charles and Helen Faber visiting from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Helen Haywood moves into the former Belcher home. church mission meeting set. Meredith Hall leaves for Maryville Tennessee. Pete Soto and family relocate to Chicago. Lawson receives movers. Dorothy teacher Julie Hall assists. Carol Lee Williams returns to Mars Hill College in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameagle
ANS
Joe Eddie Thompson
Little Creek
Howard Thompson
Navy
Charles Faber
Pennsylvania
Faber
Clear Fork High School
Helen Haywood
Clear Fork
Everett Belcher
Lookout
Meredith Hall
Maryville
Tenn
Meredith
Franzel Hall
Pete Soto
Chicago
Colcord
Lawrence Poteet
Mal Poteet
Sandy Soto
Ohio
Wveek
Lawson
Hall
Dorothy School
Leroy Jeffrey
Jean
Richland
Carol Lee Williams
Lay-land
Marsville
Fayetteville Scouts Set Court of Honor Rehearsal
Fayetteville announces a rehearsal for Boy Scout Troop 179 Court of Honor at 7 PM today in the Scout Cabin. A later ceremony Thursday at 7 39 PM will advance four boys and award 39 merit badges. refreshments follow. Parents and scouts are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
A. E. Whanger
Aswell
Whanger
Tommy Gibson for Sheriff Club Meeting in Boone County
A local party club meeting of the Tommy Gibson for Sheriff group will be held tonight at 7:30 at the Prenier schoolhouse. Gibson, the Democratic candidate for sheriff, is now on the Republican ticket and ran second to Dell White in Madison. The club supports his campaign efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Tommy Gibson
Sheriff” Club
Boone County
Prenier
Gibson
Sherfist
Lo Dell White
Madison
Birthday Party Fetes Johnny Shoemaker J
Johnny Shoemaker Jr was honored on his eleventh birthday with a party at his parents Pineville home August 8 from 2 to 4 pm. Games and prizes went to Jeannie Houck Sherman Taylor Vern Walker Gene Taylor and Ernest Hays. Refreshments were served by Mrs Shoemaker with help from Mrs Pat Lambert and Miss Ruby Lambert to a lengthy guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Johnny Shoemaker Jr
John Shoemaker
Jeannie Houck
Sherman Taylor
Vern Walker
Gene Taylor
Ernest Hays
Jane Rogers
Vicki Lambert
Kay Buchannon
Kathy Sue Shoemaker
Tommy Ledford
Robert Ledford
Sammy Foster
Buddy Foster
Wayne Walker
Ernie Hays, Jr
Macky Casey
Stephen Joseph Lambert
David Shoemaker
Advent Christian Church to Present Missionary Slides
On Sept. 16 the Advent Christian Church will present a missionary couple, the Rev. f and Mrs. C. R. Kirby, from Japan and Korea. Slides of these five countries will depict the church's work there. The Rev. Nelson Treadway of Artie invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie
ANS
Advent Christian Church
C. R. Kirby
Japan
Korea
Nelson Treadway
Sonny Osborne
Joe Tissil
Floyd
Fred Burgess
Detroit
Mich
Quincy Burgess
Jerry Stover
Clowney Stover
Edsi Hodge
Nona Bacon
Artie Hage
Don Williams
Romeo Williams
Concord College
Kyle Williams
Cecil Walker, Jr
Donovan A. F. B. Greenville
S.c
Walter Reed Hospital
Lovell Griffith J
Ina Griffith
Elbert Stover
Mrs Ray Price Wins Baking Contest
In Madison last Friday the cake contest at the Home Furniture Store awarded Mrs Ray Price for a Party White cake, judged best of nine. Second place went to Mrs Harry Woodzell with a pound cake and third to Mrs Roy Williams with a chiffon cake. Nine participants from Six Mile Madison Ridgeview and Foster had cakes auctioned to 32 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Furnture
Ray Price
Price
White
Appalachian Power Company
Eulan Cozart
Virginia Bons
Luther R. Jones
Appalachian Power Home
Wilma Lyon
Curly Ross
Harry Woodzell
Roy Williams
Don Chambers
Oceana Hager
Six Mile
Edith Woodrell
Norma Jones
Arden Wheatles
Linda Price
Cynthia Epting
Ridgeview
Lola Williams
Foster
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Matheny
Pany
Post Office
Cook Department Store
Lee, Amp
Lee
Mr Rae
Bond
Waiskey
the Old Crow Distillery CO
National Distillers Products Corp
Frankfort, RY
A. DE Tt
Boa Bo Ec, VE
Wyoming
James E. Murphy
Hubert Booth Jr
PTA Presi
Revess and
Dent
Council
East End
Wallace Bennett
Murphy
Booth
James Ballard
Fayette
Fayette County
Johnny Shoemaker J
Artie Personals
Relig
Beckley
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