Escaped Prisoner Jailed Again in Fayette County
Fayette officers captured 18 year old Ray Brown of Ramsey who escaped from Huttonsville last July. Brown had been at a saw mill near Ramsey and was moved to Fayette County jail after officers approached under cover of mill noise. He had earlier pleaded guilty to car theft and was sentenced to the Moundsville penitentiary.
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Register
Fayetteville
Ray Brown
Ramsey
Huttonsville
Fayette County
A. H. Buchanan
William Crump
Ansted
Brown
Moundsville
Memorial Site Deeded to Fayette County
A county drive will begin this fall to raise funds for a Memorial Building on the Wiseman property in Fayetteville. The site, about one and a half acres, lies on Maple Avenue beside the post office and extends to Wiseman Avenue near the elementary school.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Wiseman
Maple Avenue
Richardson Rites Slated Wednesday
OAK HILL The Rev O C Rushing will conduct funeral services Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel for Kinlaw Richardson 43 of Brooklyn who died suddenly from a heart attack Sunday at 5 45 p m. Richardson was a motorman at the Brooklyn mine and a member of the United Mine Workers of America. He is survived by his wife Eva Hitt Richardson and his parents Mr and Mrs G F Richardson Fayetteville route 1 two brothers Olin Richardson Charleston Dennis Richardson Charleston and one sister Mrs Ruby Meeks Oak Hill and the following children all at home Kinlaw Jr Ray Ella May Norman Ronald Mary Sue Rosa Bell and Brenda Lee.
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Register
Oak Hill
Tyree
Funeral Home
Kinlaw Richardson
Brooklyn
Richardson
United Mine Workers
Eva Hitt Richardson
G. F. Richardson
Fayetteville
Olin. Richardson
Charleston
Dennis .Richardson
Ruby Meeks
Oak’ Hill
Kinlaw, Jr
Ray
Ella May
Norman
Ronald
Mary Sue
Rosa Bell
Brenda Lee
Man Surrenders in Shooting Case in Cecil Virginia
Sidney Junior Cecil, a Black man from Cecil Virginia, surrendered at the Bluefield magistrate after authorities sought him for shooting a taxi driver. He posted 500 bond to appear at arraignment September 22 on shooting with intent charges. The second item notes Ravencliff Pine Grove Church hosting an all day homecoming service and dinner on September 14.
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Associated Pres
Bluefield
Sidney Junior
Cecil
Virginia
J. Douglas Bailey
Bailey
Resister
Ravencliff
Pine Grove Church
Otie Sneed Fractures Rib After Jack Trip
Otie Sneed, a truck driver for American Armature and Engineering, is in Taylor Hospital with a fractured rib after he fell over a lifting jack while leaving work yesterday.
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Otie Sneed
Register
Mullens
American Armature and Engineering Company
Taylor Hospital
Fire Prevention Program Adopted by Reoistes
Fayetteville report on the 14 point forest fire prevention plan adopted by the West Virginia Farm Bureau at Fayette County’s urging. The program urges educational outreach, burn permits, leases, fire protection participation, reforestation, forest management on woodlots, and wildlife sanctuary sites.
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Fayetteville
B. A. Wright
Fayette County
Leadership School To Begin Sept 10 At Kopperston Church
A three day Leadership Training School starts September 10 at Kopperston Community Church. Rev. Harry L. Poe will be dean. Rev. O. H. Huffman will teach Life of Christ and Esmah Orcutt will lead Using the Bible With Children. Tom Smith will direct Young People's Society Meeting. A 20 minute worship each night led by Rev. Wayne Rollins.
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Register
Kopperston
Kopperston Community
Harry L. Poe
O. H. Huffman
Oceana
Tom Smith
Oceana Methodist Church
Young People’s Society
Wayne Rollins
Toneda
Oceana Baptist
High Bid Secures Fayetteville Sewer Bond
Widman and Company of Cincinnati won the Fayetteville sewer bond bid at 33 191 40 dollars in a joint town council and sanitary board meeting. Competing Cincinnati bidders included Westheimer and Magnus and Company and Nelson Browning and Company with bids from 31 234 50 to 33 139 90. The Fayette County National Bank and others offered 33 000 plus accrued interest.
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Register
Fayetteville
Widman and Company
Cincinnati
Sanitary Board
Widman
Westheimer and Company
Magnus and Company
Nelson Browning and Company
Fayette County National Bank
Nelson Browning Company
Fire Extinguished in Oak Hill Residence
A small fire caused by defective wiring broke out yesterday in a 10 room frame apartment on Main Street Oak Hill owned by Mrs. J S Mankin. The blaze was put out about 11 a m before the Oak Hill fire department arrived.
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Oak Hill
Register
Main Street
J.S. Mankin
Woman's Club Meeting Postponed to Tuesday
The Junior Woman's Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m instead of Monday as scheduled due to Moose Home use. Mrs Ralph Hash, president, announced. Great Britain and the United States are noted as automotive producers with 365 282 and 3 089 000 motor vehicles produced in 1946 respectively.
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Register
Mullens
Moose
Ralph Hash
Great Britain
United States
Marines Eligible for WWII Victory and American Defense Medals
Marines eligible for World War II Victory medals and American Defense medals may apply via William C. McGhee of South Mullens, reserve marine corps officer.
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Mullens
William C. McGhee
South Mullens
Marine Corps
Ramsey Will Be Interred Today in Richmond Chapel
W V Ramsey aged 75 died in Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery Sunday afternoon. Funeral rites will be at Richmond Church at 2 p m Tuesday conducted by Rev Harry Simms of Lookout. He served 50 years as a school teacher and is survived by a son in Akron Ohio, five daughters in Victor Ansted Lansing Gauley Bridge, a brother in Ramsey and two sisters in Ramsey and Charleston.
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Register
Ramsey
W. V. Ramsey
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Richmond Chapel
Richmond Church
Harry Simms
Lookout
Methodist Church
van Ramsey
Akron
Ohio
Nora R. Levy
Elma Kincaid
Victor
Grace Steele
Ansted
Anna Harrocks
Lansing
Irene Crist
Gauley Bridge
A. A. Ramsey
M. G. Ramsey
Ettie Crist
Charleston
Henderson to Enroll as WVU Junior
Maxwell Henderson son of Dr and Mrs E Henderson of Searb returns to Morgantown to begin his junior year at West Virginia University.
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Register
OAK Hill
C. Maxwell Henderson
E. Henderson
Searb
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Oak Hill Woman 78 Reconnects With Long-Lost Brother
A 78 year old Oak Hill woman met her 53 year old half brother for the first time, after living nearby for years. D C Campbell of Clifton Forge Virginia visited Mrs L V Clendenin in West Virginia, where she had earlier married Mr Clendenin. The brothers had lost track of each other after their father died and their mother remarried. Recent family reunions followed discovery of the siblings by Mrs Clendenin and her relatives.
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Oak Hill
Brother
Virginia
Register
Qak Hill
D.C. Campbell
Clifton Forge
Clendenin
Riley Campbell
West Virginia
George Wood
Montabella
Tom Campbell
Kepperston Girl Scout Troop Names New Leader
Mrs. Frank Dalton leads Kepperston Girl Scout Troop No. 1 with help from Mrs. Earl Slusher and Miss Thelma Mendez. The group plans a bake sale on September 13 to raise funds for uniforms.
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Frank Dalton
Kepperston
Register Stoff
Kopperston
Earl Slusher
Thelma Mendez
Legion Post Plans Men's Auxiliary in Queens
New York Queens Post 1515 of the American Legion will install an auxiliary on September 30 forming the Men’s Auxiliary of Post 1515. The post’s members are all women veterans of World War II.
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Legion Post
Associated Press
New York
Queens Post 1515
American Legion
Post
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W. A. Ramsey
Beckley
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E. M. Payne CO
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Mixon Furniture Co
Neville St
Prince St
Sale Seve
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Beckley Music & Electric Co
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