Flower Show Judges Speak to Oak Hill Club
Flower show judges from the Spade and Trowel Garden Club spoke at Oak Hill to demonstrate arranging basics. Speakers May Puckett and F W Dickinson offered tips on containers, techniques, conditioning, and design, noting rules, and urged participation in the year round Dont Be a Litter Bug campaign.
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Oak Hill Club
Oak Hill
Spade and Trowel Garden Club
May Puckett
F. W. Dickinson
Spade and Trowel Club
Colcord Personal Notes Mark Deaths and Visits
Word arrived Friday of the death of R N Petit at his home in Temple City California. Funeral plans are not set as relatives cannot attend due to distance. Local residents share weekend visits and travel to see kin in Ohio and Charleston amid community notices and minor auto mishaps.
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Colcord
RNS
R. N. Petit
Temple City
Calif
Petit
Millie Thompson Petit
Ida Meadows
Maude
Irene Meadows
Gordon Coots
John Coots
Dayton
Ohio
Luther Dillon
Roger Dillon
Harvey Dillon
Columbus
Normal Perry
Nick Perry
Dove Dillon
Brestore Dam
Doyle Dillon
Vernie Toney
Patty
Zela Stover
Mary Stover
Miss Stover
Charleston
Jesse Wright
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Henry Thompson
Shepherds Hospital
Lois Wright
Freida Herron
Glen Herron
Donald Carter
Wilmington
Del
A.F.B
Homer
Robert Carter
Larry Kovor
Guild Girls Meet Pineville
The Guild Girls in Colcord held an Aug. 23 meeting at Pam Goode’s home planning a September Baptist Church play titled To Thine Own Self. Members Doris Schoolcraft Pat Phillips Garnett Jo Morgan Carole Collins and Shirley Belcher were assigned parts. Refreshments served to a large list of attendees after the meeting. Also noted were visits, church events, births, and family gatherings including the Stover and Halstead households and relatives from Ohio. The Mountain State project Men’s Retreat was set for Edwight Presbyterian Church with a 7:30 am gathering.
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Pineville
RNS
Guild
Pam Goode
The
Baptist Church
Doris Schoolcraft
Pat Phillips
Garnett Jo Morgan
Carole Collins
Shirley Belcher
Linda Arnold
Linda Beavers
Lois
Connie Brooks
Linda Mathena
Annabell Altizer
Suzanne Gibson
Mary Pais
Becky Thomas
Sharyn Worrell
Rue Schoolcraft
Paul Goode
Wurtz
Mich
Freeman Stover
Colcord Presbyterian Men's Council
Wilson Walker
Sycamore Creek
Sycamore Chapel
Darrell Fratey
Kathy Farieina
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mountain State Project
Edwight Presbyterian Church
John Fannin
D Deen
Rodney
Ohio
Avanelle Halstead
Charles
Normal Perry
Daugtter
Mary
Virginia Wright
Aldean Wright
Bill Thompson
Blandine Dillon
Mary Ann Landy
Lula Belle
Patsy Stover
Mike Rich Jr
Halstead
Edward Rogers
Esther Pearl
Cleveland
Colcord
Garland Loveless
Lilydale WW Has Meet At Free Church Family Home
The Willing Workers Band of the Free Church of God met Monday evening at Mrs. Henry Allen s home. Devotional on Christianity was led by Mrs. Hazel Blevins, with the program theme It Takes Two To Make A Revival. Attendees included Mrs. K C Griffith Mrs Roy Trent Mrs Hazel Blevins Mrs Allen Miss Jane Blevins Miss Mary Griffith Miss Mary Vint Miss Margaret Coullins Miss Janice White and Miss Alberta White. The next meeting is set for Sept 24 at Mrs Hazel Blevins home.
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Alberta White
Hazel Blevins
Community Notices From Oceana and Nearby
Oceana area personals note visits and returns as families travel to Columbus Chicago Beckley Welch and Morgantown. Relatives from Princeton Charleston and Del are mentioned with hospital updates school plans and upcoming travel for Mrs. Grose and others.
Grand Jurors Named for Boone County Court Term
Judge K K Hall opened the Boone County Circuit Court as grand jurors drawn by W H Workman and W F Drinkard began service. The panel includes R L Cozart Norwood Bentley P H Dickins Reginald Robinet te Carl Kinder Liss Karless Tilden Branham Charles Sutphin Arnold Tamplin Raymond Pauley Elmo Cook Frenchie Workman Asa Justice Paul Gosney Alney Hall Roy Hager. Five felonies and 19 misdemeanors indicted. One marriage to witness the court Ernest Manifred Haley and Anna Mae Grant. Four divorces granted Delores Vineyard from Riley Vineyard Kenneth Walker from Mary Walker Ekbert Frame from Mary Frame Arthur Justice from Mary Justice. Other: State vs Novella Parsons felony Matilda Gregg misdemeanor. Confessing to petty larceny Howard Thompson and Fred Thompson fined 100 dollars each. Howard Wilmer Childers drunk driving fined 100 dollars and costs operat or revoked six months and six months jail, later probation. Driving without license fined 25 dollars and costs. Continuations: Freddy Thompson misdemeanor Albert Paden misdemeanor. Delmas Ferrell jailed four days, released under probation conditions after hearing.
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Vladison
RNS
K. K. Hall
Boone County
W. H. Workman
W.F. Drinkard
R. L. Cozart
Norwood Bentley
P. H. Dickins
Reginald Robinette
Carl Kinder
Liss Karless
Tilden Branham
Charles Sutphin
Arnold Tamplin
Raymond Pauley
Elmo Cook
Frenchie Workman
Asa Justice
Kenneth H.walker
Mary F. Walker
Ekbert Kent Frame
Mary Jane Frame
Arthur Justice
Mary Justice
Novella Parsons
Matilda Gregg
Rymer
Wingate
Howard Thompson
Fred i Thompson
Howard Wilmer Childers
Freddy Thompson
Albert Paden
Delmas Ferrell
Mrs Murphy Dies in Hospital at Mount Hope
Mrs Annie Bryant Murphy 63 of Mount Hope died at Oak Hill hospital from complications after a short illness. A Freewill Baptist Church member born Sept 17 1885 in Sulphur Springs. Survivors: son Hobart Hedrick of Mount Hope, sisters Ada Bryant Blanch Helms Ella Black, one grandchild and three great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope pending arrangements.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Annie Bryant
Murphy
Oak Hill
Freewill Baptist Church
Blue In Sulphur Springs
Hobart Hedrick
Ada Bryant
Blanch Helms
Oakland
Calif
Ella Black
Sprague
Ty' Ree
Fayetteville Personal Visitors in Toledo Relatives
Fayetteville item notes Gayle and Michael Bundrant visiting their aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Robert Alten in Toledo, Ohio, during a family trip. The brief mentions travel from Fayetteville to Toledo to spend time with relatives.
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Fayetteville
Gayle
Michael Bundrant
Toledo
Robert
Alten
Glen Rogers Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Glen Rogers social column records brief visits and homecomings. Bob Wilson and family hosted trips to Myrtle Beach while Winston family relatives traveled from Ohio to Charleston. Beckley visitors, Dungannon guests, and Glen Rogers residents are listed along with hospital and injury updates, including recovery from a mine accident and a patient returning from Beckley Hospital.
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Glen Rogers
Bobby Wilson
Leonard Wilson
Hamilton
Ohio
Frank Wilson
Lucille Browley
Charleston
Wilson
Myrtle Beach
Ruby Shumate
Beckley
Arnold Broyles
Carry Blackwell
Dungannon
Waldo Tackett
Tackett
W. R. Tackett
St. Albans
Sandifour Rites Scheduled Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Margaret Sandifour, 92, will be held Friday at 2 pm at the Penticostal Holiness Church in Garten with Quinton Hughest of Princeton and Rev. David Bane officiating. Burial will follow at Huse Memorial Park in Fayetteville. She died Tuesday at home of her grandson Alfred Pittman in Oak Hill. She was born May 26, 1864 in Kanawha County and was a Church member. Surviving: son Burley Sharp of Hampton, Virginia. brother Will Flowers of Middleboro, Kentucky. 14 grandchildren, 44 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home and will be taken to the church one hour before services.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Sarah Margaret Sandifour
Penticostal Holiness Church
Garten
Hey. Quinton Hughest
Princeton
David Bane
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Landifour
Alfred Pittman
Oak Idh
Penticostal Church
Kanawha County
Burley’ Sharp
Hampton
Will Flowers
Middleboro
Tyree
Thompson Family Returns Home From New York Visit
Mr and Mrs E R Slim Thompson return to their home at 109 Clay Ave after spending the weekend with their daughter Janet in New York City where she is an Affiliation student at Presbyterian Hospital.
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Oak Hill
E. R
Slim’ Thompson
Clay Ave
Janet
New York City
Prebyterian Hospital
Sylvester
RNS
Bill Steele
Elkton
Augustus Steele
Carol Steele
Syl Vester
Boyd Carrell
Eddie
Jay Blake
Costa
Boone County
Eugene Steele
Rosa Rose
Ethel
Bradington
Fla
Coal River
Wyoming Fire Dept Observes Third Birthday
The Wyoming County Fire Department marks its third anniversary highlighting county planning, reduced insurance rates, five calls last year, and a $17,000 fire wagon with 4250 feet of 2.5 inch hose and 1100 gpm pump capacity. Pineville houses the department’s new fire truck in the city hall, with two volunteer firefighters trained weekly and a sheriff's two way radio link.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Fire Department
Wyoming
Joe Hansbarger
Seagraves
Wyoming County
Hansbarger
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39Th Infantry Regiment
Mullens
Camp Breckinridge
Elwin R. Staton
Estie Adkins
Jerry
Pack
Willis B. Vines
Lewis FE. Staton
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Robert L. Green
Don Barber
Adkins
Naional
City Hall
C. P. White
Morris “Ender
Oak Hill Hospital
D. H. Jones
Hugo Bornheim
Wender
Jones
Everett Bragg
J. S. Keatley
Juan Rich
L. C.” Allman
J. T. Brooks
Colcord Personals
Lilydale
Oceana Personals
Oceana
George W. Conley
Conrad
George Jr
Don Grose
Groses
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Chicago
Ill
Coyne Electrical School
Grose
Sally Conley
Randy Cordle
Harry Cordle
James Pennington
Freda Pausel
Earl Slusher
Bluefield
Esau Toler
Steven
Welch
George Darnell
N. D
Karen Dale
N. D. West
Wharton
Hugh Miller
Elzabeth Miller
Miss Sherry Goins
Miss Miller
Talcott
New Castle
Newcastle
John Hobert
Uniontown
John Sohyda
L. W. Beane
Johnny
Bud Hall
Hassell Harless
L. W. Lively
Bob
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Jackson's Mills
University
R. N. Wheeler
Chelyan
Bir
Leo Chambers
Lyna
Boone County Court
Robert Sturgis
Edgewater
Aubrey Fanning
Jnow
Balt
George Welshons
Hame
Beckley Hospital
Wits
Lizzie Ford
Dent
Catherine Moody
Shirley Gentry
Detroit
Eccles
Canada
Pat Barker
Wyoming Fire Dept
Logan
Littleton Hopkins
Lundale
Logan General Hospital
Tomchins
Moran Ave
Dinette Sa
Woeta
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