Fayette County School Bus Inspections Planned
State Police set scheduled three day inspection of Fayette County school buses from September 12 to 14. On Sept. 12 inspectors will cover Ansted Danese Meadow Bridge. Sept. 13 Fayetteville Oak Hill Mount Hope Pax Kingston area. Sept. 14 remaining towns including Montgomery Gauley Bridge Glen Ferris and Smithers.
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OAK Hill
BNS
Fayette County
W. R. Seal
Seal
Ansted-Danese-Meadow Bridge
Fayetteville - Oak Hill
Mount Hope - Pax - Kingston
Montgomery, Gauley Bridge
Glen Ferris
Smithers
Margaret Jarrell to Wed Cadet Robert Turnbull
Miss Margaret Gene Jarrell of Baltimore engaged to Cadet Robert Bruce Turnbull of Baltimore. The bride, granddaughter of C. M. Jarrell, Oak Hill, and niece of Millard G. Jarrell and Mrs. Wade H. Trump, is a Towson State Teachers College graduate teaching at Campfield School. Turnbull, Gilman School graduate, attended Johns Hopkins, member of Delta Upsilon and the H Club, and is a current West Point cadet in the class of 1957.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Margaret Gene Jarrell
Milton Jarrell
Ridgewood Ave
Baltimore
Robert Bruce Turnbull
Douglas C. Turnbull Jr
C. M. Jarrell
Beckley
Millard G. Jarrell
Wade H. Trump
State Teachers College
Towson
Campfield School
Turnbull
Gilman Country School
Johns Hopkins University
Delta Upsilon
United States Military Academy
West Point
Pre-Induction Exams Set for 6 in Fayette
Six men have been ordered to appear for pre-induction physical examinations Sept. 14 by the Fayette County Selective Service Board. Instructed to report are Eddie Morris Akers of Fayetteville James Alfred Persinger of Longacre David Lee Williams of Glen Jean Larry Gordon Dolin of Beards Fork John Lee Thompson of Minden and Charlie Groom of Boomer.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Garden Club to Meet at Oak Hill Home
The Oak Hill Garden Club will meet September 12 at the home of Mrs. Shirley Donnelly with Mrs. T. L. Johns as co host.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Garden Club
Shirley Donnelly
T. L. Johns
Arthur Brooks Dies in Beckley Sanitarium
Arthur Brooks aged 52 died Monday morning in Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley. The body is at Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Oceana
ANS
Arthur Brooks
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Evans Funeral Home
Mrs Mullens Dies at Brooks After Long Illness
HINTON BNS Mrs Lulanda Mullens eighty percent yellow? died Sunday evening at Brooks after a five year illness with heart condition. She was a North Carolina native, daughter of Dr A J and Martha Hackler Smith. Survived by two brothers Rev W W Smith of Prince and S L Smith of Welch and eight children Ella Houchins James Mullens Amanda Altare Martha Dick Rose Ward William Preston and Mary Mullens all at home. Body moved from E M Meadows Funeral Home to the Brooks home Monday afternoon. Florida has 130000 more people moving into it than move out in an average year.
Quality School Supplies For Every Student Level
A local supplier offers memo books ring binders loose leaf fillers drawing tablets composition books and writing tablets. Emphasizes sturdy affordable tools to aid learning and ease teachers workloads.
Judge Attorneys to Decide Next Step in Constable Case
Princeton report states Judge Walter V. Ross will oversee a conference with Mercer County Criminal Court and the defense and prosecution to determine the next action in the alleged attempt to steal an $80 000 payroll involving constable Bluefield. Defendant Tom Bivens 41 recently returned to Mercer County Jail from Weston State Hospital after examination following July arrest at Huntington airport. He may face the next grand jury on the charge. Weston findings note no evident mental disorder affecting responsibility though diabetes and alcohol may have impaired judgment due to missed treatment and temporary amnesia. Bivens was sent back Thursday for observation after prior jail examinations by local doctors. He is housed in a private first floor cell alongside juveniles and receives diabetic meals from Memorial Hospital daily.
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Princeton
ANS
Walter V. Ross
Mercer County Criminal Court
Bluefield
Tom Bivens
Mercer County
Weston State Hospital
Huntington
Weston
Bivens
Memorial Hospital
Eight Accident Victims Treated At Mullens Hospital
A list of eight patients treated at Wyoming General Hospital includes T H Lilly Mullens manager struck his leg by a hammer, Jimmie Hall 9 bicycle injury, Beatrice Cousins 42 scalp wound from a beer bottle, Richard Brown 40 skull fracture risk from a 10 foot fall, R E Rinehart 40 Virginian Railway fireman scalp laceration, Bael Stoneman 41 finger amputation, Audrey Street 36 possible fracture from a dresser accident, and O E F Lane 41 eye sand removal. Hospital records show 47 admissions last week with daily names listed for each day.
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Mullens
ANS
T. H. Lilly
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Wyoming General Hospital
Jimmie Hall
Wyoming
Beatrice Cousins
Richard Brown
Black Eagle
R. E. Rinehart
Roanoke
Bael Stoneman
Helen
Audrey Street
Bud
O. E F. Lane
Corinne
Virginian Railway
Five Women Return To Prison After Escape Attempt
Five young women, including 17 year old Lora Toni Ritenour who began a 10 year term for a Cleveland bank robbery, are back at the Federal Reformatory for Women in Alderson West Virginia following a brief escape. Sheriff E L Hellems said the group, ages 18 to 22, was captured near WV 3 about 10 miles from the reformatory after attempting to hitchhike. The others named are Sue Tinsley 20 Patricia Ann Nicastro 18 Roberta Marie Baker 21 and Tenny Anderson 22.
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Alderson
W.va
Cleveland
Federal Reformatory
E. L. Hellems
Summers County
Lora
Toni) Ritenour
Reformatory
Hellems
Sue Tinsley
Patricia Ann Nicastro
Roberta Marie Baker
Tenny Anderson
Graveside Rites Slated at Clifty for Bertha Ramsey
Ramsey Indiana death mourns Bertha Deborah Ramsey 77 died Monday at her Ramsey home. Graveside services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Clifty Presbyterian Cemetery with Rev. Wesley Pennington officiating. Survivors include husband Rev. A. E. Ramsey daughter Florence Campbell Ramsey son J. P. Ramsey sister Barbara Reynolds brother James T. Gosnay five grandchildren. Ramsey resident 59 years.
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Presbyterian Cemetery
Clifty
Wesley Pennington
A. E. Ramsey
Florence Campbell
Ramsey
J. P. Ramsey
Rassey
Barbara Reynolds
James T. Gosnay
Flying Patrol Rider Soars After Narrow Escape
Norfolk motor cycle Officer Jimmy Squires leaped from his bike twice to avoid two oncoming trucks after a collision. He escaped serious injury with only cuts and bruises, describing a tense near miss as the front wheel scraped his arm before the vehicle stopped.
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Norfolk
Jimmy Squires
Squires
Pineville Personal Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visits
Pineville is featured with a stream of short notices. Airman Third Class Richard Morgan is on a 30 day leave with his parents in Pineville. Several residents travel to Charleston Beckley and Indianapolis to visit relatives over the weekend and weeklong visits are noted for Belcher Wyatt and Brooks families.
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Pineville
RNS
Richard Morgan
Murry Morgan
Alburquerque
N. M
J. L. Peck
Crowley-Worrell
Charleston
S. C. Turner
Peck
Lillian Bailey
Violet Lusk
Beckley
J. E. Wyatt
Wyatt
Darrell V. McGraw
Mark
Tim
Logan
James G. Brooks
Carroll Brooks
Jesse
Wounded Hunter Seeks 75 000 From Firm
A former Herndon man, Oldie A. Lusk, sues Remington Arms Co for 75000 in Wyoming County Circuit Court claiming his 12 gauge semi automatic shotgun fired prematurely during loading. He was injured on Micajah Ridge while on furlough from Norfolk Virginia and says the gun discharged automatically after four shells were loaded. Lusk, hospitalized eleven days, contends the weapon’s mechanism was defective and the gun has since fired about 30 times since purchase in August 1952 from a General Store in Helen. Attorneys are Blackshear Kingdon Kingdon Mullens Bailey Richardson Hudgins Hancock.
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Fendant
Oldie A. Lusk
Wyoming County
Lusk
Ford Motor Co
Norfolk
Micajah Ridge
Virginia
Lussk
Mullens
Helen
Paul D. Blackshear
Pineville
Kingdon
Robert Bailey
Richardson
Hudgins
Hancock
Bluefield
Farewell Party Honors Former Mullens Teacher
Miss Mary Lewis, who will teach at Fairborn High School in Ohio, was saluted at a surprise farewell party in Mullens. She earned a Master’s from Marshall College in August and a BA from Concord College in 1950, after teaching at Pineville and Mullens High Schools. The gathering, hosted by Mrs. W C Neal and Mrs. Paul Greer, was at the honoree’s parents’ home on McGraw Street, with guests served punch, cake, nuts, and mints.
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Mullens
RNS
Mary Lewis
Fairborn
Ohio
Lewis
Marshall College
Fairborn High School
Concord College
Wyoming County Board of Education
Pineville High School
Mullens High School
W. C. Neal
Paul Greer
McGraw St
C. E. Lewis
D. Grove Moler
John Shirley
Harry McNutt
Woodrow W. Cook
C. V. Feller
Robert Hart, Jr
Millard Houck
Sidney McGraw
Kelly Clay
Grace Brugh
Howard Taylor
Fred Kingdon
Firemen's Float Wins Oceana Parade Prize
The Oceana Volunteer Fire Department float won first prize a $100 savings bond in the Labor Day Parade at Oceana High School field. State Farm Insurance took second with a red white and blue float. The day drew hundreds and traffic congestion. Main speakers included Charles Kiser UMW, Dr William Riheldasser and James Hart Jr. Miss Labor Day was crowned, other contests awarded, and local events filled the program.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Volunteer Fire Department
State Farm Insurance
Wyoming County
Oceana High Schools
Charles Kiser
Williamson
United Mine Workers
Logan-Williamson
William H. Riheldasser
Charleston
Umws
James T. Hart Jr
Kiser
Riheldasser
Hart
UMW
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Shirley Donnelly
Oak Hill
Martha Manning
French Manning
Thurma Alfrey
Earl Alfrey
L. W. Beane
E. G. Shannon
O. H. Hoover
Lilly M. Godbey
Council Plans Birthday Fete
Radiant Council No. 28 Daughters of America worked on a birthday dinner for members celebrating birthdays in July August and September. The event is set for September 19 at the Knights of Pythias Hall with instructions to bring handkerchiefs for celebrants. Treasurer Mrs Ann Barton was reported ill at home. The Navy issued oxygen gear enabling divers to breathe underwater for about thirty minutes.
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Ann Barton
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Itmann
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Sabine
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Conn
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Marian Cox
Mary Katherine Clay
Brenda Elliott
Bobbie Lou Thompson
Betsy Greer
Mildred Lewis
Oceana Parade Prize
Navy
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Fairmont Consumer Service
Hawaii
Central Ave
W. Va
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