Washington Girl Engaged To Wed Roy H Johnson Jr
The engagement of Janis Marilyn Johnson to Ray Hamlin Johnson Jr is announced by Mr and Mrs Homer Johnson of Pullman Washington The couple plans an early autumn wedding Miss Johnson a Duke in Rochester New York is a soprano soloist at Dewey Avenue Presbyterian Church and a former student at Washington State College Johnson a pianist holds a bachelor of music and is pursuing a master of music at Eastman School of Music Both belong to university music fraternities and sororities with notable awards and scholarships.
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Register
Oak Hill
Homer Johnson
Pullman
Wash
Janis Marilyn
Ray Hamlin Johnson
Fayetteville
Johnson
Roy H. Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Miss Johnson
Rochester
N. Y
Vaice
Eastman School of Music
Kappa Alpha Theta
Social Sorority
Sigma
Phi Mu Alpin
40th Wedding Anniversary Observed at Club Meeting
Glen Jean Garden Club members gathered at Mrs. A. H. MeIntire's home in Mt. Hope to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. McIntire's 40th wedding anniversary with red rose decorations. Guests from Mt. Hope and Glen Jean attended the meeting and shared talks on Bible gardens and fall gardening.
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Register
MT. Hope
Glen Jean
Sarver Quits County Clerk Post. McDonald Appointed
Herbert Sarver Jr. resigned as Monroe County clerk at the county court meeting. Deputy clerk KR. oC. McDonald was named to fill the vacancy. Sarver will become a cashier at the Bank of Monroe in Union. Copeland and H McDonald applications for political posts were sent to the governor.
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Sarver
McDonald
Cnion
Herbert ¥. Sarver, Jr
Monroe County Court
KR. Oc. McDonald
Bank of Monroe
Union
Paul L. Copeland
H. ©. McDonald
Polary Publc
Wreck Victim Georges McKinley Carroll Services Held
Funeral services were held in Bluefield for George McKinley Carroll of the Bluefield Princeton road killed in a highway crash between Rich Creek and Glen Lyn. Carroll owned a timber business in Peterstown and drove a lumber truck that went over a 150 foot embankment after sideswiping a trailer truck bound for Narrows. He was thrown from the vehicle and the lumber scattered on the Virginian Railway tracks. Carroll, born 1900, died from chest and head injuries.
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Register
Peterstown
Bluefield
George McKinley Carroll
Princeton
Rich Creek
Glen Lyn
Carroll
Green Valley
Narrows
A. B. Neck, Jr
M W Roles 65 Died After Brief Illness
Union resident Miles W Roles age 65 died Saturday morning at his Laurel Branch home near Paint Bank Virginia after a brief illness. He is survived by wife Mattie Roles three daughters Nettie Leffel Coyington Va George Dillon Oakland S C and Alice Via Baltimore Md three sons Richard Baltimore Lincoln Wilmington Del William Newport News Va two step children Walter Porterfield Salem Va and Gladys Biggs Covington Va eight grandchildren. Body at Broyles Funeral Home Union with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Register
UNION
Miles W. Roles
Laurel Branch
Paint Bank
Mattie Roles
Nettie Leffel
Coyington
George Dillon
Oakland
S.C
Alice Via
Baltimore
Richard
Lincoln
Wilmington
Del
William
Newport News
Walter Porterfield
Salem
Gladys Biggs
Covington
Broyles
Schedule Announced For Fayette Clinics
Fayette County Tuberculosis Association and the health department announce a mobile X-ray unit from the State Health Department visiting Fayette County from Oct 23 through Nov 28. The program is sponsored by the Farm Bureau and Farm Women's Council with attendees including suspects and contacts of active cases and all others over 15.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Miss Nell Lee Vass Weds Charlottesville Resident
Miss Nell Lee Vass daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Vass of Temple Street marries Robert Willmore Hartis son of Mr and Mrs Clinton Hartis of Charlottesville Virginia The ceremony takes place at 8 pm at the home of Rev LB Hall with Mrs E F Avior Jr as matron of honor and Avior as best man Both families are tied to local schools and institutions with the bride a nurse at University Hospital and the groom a store manager at University Commons They will reside on 14th Street in Charlottesville.
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Hy Register
Hinton
Nell Lee Vass
Robert ‘Lee Vass
Temple Street
Robert Willmore Hare ‘Ris
Clinton ‘A. Hartis
Charlottesville
LB. Hall
E. FE. Avior, Jr
Avior
Harris
Hinton High School
University of Virginia School of Nursing
The
University Hospital
Lane High School
Jefferson School of Commerce
University Commons
14Th Street
McLaughlin Named Head of Lewisburg Chamber
Andrew McLaughlin was elected president of the Lewisburg Chamber of Commerce at the annual dinner at the Masonic Temple. Mayor Arthur Gladwell named vice president Bright town the secretary and Paul Wartsouk treasurer. Board directors for a three year term include William Johnson Horace Goodman and Andrew McLaughlin.
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Register State
Weiler
Lewisburg
Andrew McLaughlin
Cochran Infant Dies in Jumping Branch
The six month old Nedra Flaine Cochran daughter of Mr and Mrs Ned Cochran of Jumping Branch died at a Beckley hospital at 9 am Saturday. She is survived by her parents grandparents L M Meadow Mt View and Mike Cochran. The body will be moved to the Jumping Branch home from Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors at 4 pm. Funeral services will be held at the Log Church Monday at 2 pm conducted by Elders W E Harvey and Arvel Neely. Burial follows in Cochran Cemetery near the home.
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Jumping Branch
Nedra Flaine Cochran
Ned Cochran
Beckley Hospital
L. M. Meadow
Mt. View
Mike Cochran
Ronald Meadows
Rainelle Brownie Troop Reactivated in Town Meeting
Rainelle Troop 3 resumed activities after summer break with an Entre Nous Bridge night at the troop leader Mrs. Robert Gray home. Prizes went to Mrs. Roy Coffman and Mrs. J. W. Gilmer as members enjoyed a wiener and marshmallow roast with committee helper Mrs. John Brafford assisting.
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Roester
Rainelle
L. C. Hund- Rainelle
Robert Gray
John Brafford
Roy Coffman
J. W. Gilmer
Janis
Sara Clifford
Doris Lyance
Judy Smith
Frances Glad
Morgan
Darceil Fisher
Alrswell
Emily Moody
Mary Vass
F. D. Gladwell
Helen Green
Joan
June Hanson
Carolynn
Robert L. Wallace
Jean Halliday
Judy Johnson
Garnet Steele
Martha Jo Gray
Sandra Bennett
Jackie John
Mercer County Reports Third Highway Fatality in Week
Princeton and Mercer County records show a third road death in the week as reported by The Associated Press. Authorities investigate the latest crash details as the community mourns the loss of another life on local highways.
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Beckley
W.va
Mercer
Associated Press
Princeton
Mercer County
Princeton Designs Sewage Plant and Water Rate Proposal
The City of Princeton asked the Public Service Commission to approve a sewage disposal plant and a tiered water rate plan starting at 1.85 for 3 000 gallons and dropping to 0.15 per 1 000 gallons beyond 250 000. No opposition was raised as Mayor J W Lawson and Manager S J Evans testified for the city.
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Y Register
Princeton
Public Service Commission
J. W. Lawson
S. J. Evans, Jr
The
City Sanitary Board
J. E. Settle
Charleston
Four Greenbrier Area Soldiers Reported Killed in Korea War
East Rainelle and White Sulphur Springs areas mourn the loss of four soldiers in the Korean War. Cpl. John W. Fain Jr. is listed as son of John W. Fain and wife in East Rainelle. Emmet Fp. Masters is named as son of Marker S. Masters of White Sulphur Springs. Homer W. Underwood is identified as brother of Angline Drennen of Zela. Col. Charles L. Dillon is listed as son of Mrs. Mande Dillon of Pt. Peters town.
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Greenbrier Area
Register
East Rainelle
Department of Defense
John W. Fain, Jr
John W. Fain
Emmet FP. Masters
Marker S. Masters
White Sulphur Springs
Homer WH. Underwood
Angline Drennen
Zela
Charles L. Dillion
Mande D. Dillon
Peterstown
Local Residents Move and Enter Colleges in Kentucky and Ohio
Pat Conyers entered the University of Kentucky for sophomore year after a Davis and Elkins College attendance. Dale C. Harvey Jr and family relocate from Lewisburg to Akron where he will take a new position. Marjorie Hodges enters Berea College and visits the college office during enrollment with her parents nearby.
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Ty Register
Lewisburg
Pat Conyers
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Pat
Davis and Elkins College
Etkins
Dale C. Harvey
Lewiburg
Akron
Marjorie Bo Hodges
Atnese Hodges
Hodge
Alderson Area Students Enter West Virginia and Marshall
Alderson personal notices list students heading to college in the coming week. Glenna Grose Jim McVey Charlotte Ann Fulks Jimmie Horris Bill Bryant Bunky Rowe Clark Nath Emmet Pinnell Jack Skaggs James Johnson Dewey Mays Alice Mays Ruth Burdette to West Virginia University Betty Pitzer James Thompson Bud Thompson Te w Routh Nancy Mays also among those entering Marshall College Concord College Morris iMarvey Bill Michatinie and J negin M Rigg in various plans. Virginia Polytechnic visits at Kessler Hie Baeustree Var and Charles Lobban University of Virginia Char Bville Va. Albert McClung of Oyece t visited Lineats Mith with sisters Sco ML At Roads Mrs. C D Mc Schmutz Vallejo enrolled for College of the Pacific at Stock. McClung is son of Madison Mestz and Mrs. Wilbert Whitehair. Clarksburg owners visited with her sister Met Oral Butcher Deere Panpier. Mrs Virginia Huston a patient at Greenbrier Valley Hospital in Ron tly. Clung's mother-in-law Mrs Margaret Cavendish McClung. RECEIVE DEGREES HINTON Mae Dodd and Cynthia Ann Fredeking, Hinton school teachers, received their master of arts degrees from West Virginia University on Aug. 29.
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Alderson
Colilege
Glenna Grose
Jim McVey
Charlotte Ann Fulks
Jimmie Horsris
Bill Bryant
Bunky Rowe
Clark Nath
West Virginia University
Emmet Pinnell
Jack Skaggs
James Johnson
Dewey Mays
Alice Mays
Ruth Burdette
Marshall’s College
Betty Pitzer
James Thompson
Bud Thompson
Tew Routh
Concord College
Nancy Mays
Morris iMarvey
Bill Michatinie
Negin M. Rigg
Virginia Polytechnic
Kessler
Roads
C. D. Mc
Schmutz
Vallejo
Catif
Clung
Margaret
College of the Pacific
McClung
Madison
Martha Mestz
Wilbert Whitehair
Ching
Clarksburg
Acting Postmaster Named for Fort Spring
Mrs Anna Blake Hicks of Ft Spring appointed acting postmaster at the Fort Spring Post Office. Inspector R M Bork of Lewisburg installed her as acting postmaster.
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FT. Spring
Anna Blake Hicks
Fort Spring
Handleys Visit Buckhannon and Valley Riding Club
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Handley and son Nicky spent several days visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pounds in Buckhannon. They attended the Valley Riding Club of Buckhannon horse show during the trip.
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Buckhannon
Register
Rainelle
L. c. Handley
Nicky
Paul Pound
Valley Riding Club
Overstreet Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services for William H. Overstreet 67 who died in Red Jacket of coronary thrombosis will be held today at 5 a.m. from the Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. D F Defibaugh officiating. Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield. Born Narrows Virginia May 25 1883 he was a retired miner who lived in Princeton before moving to Red Jacket to reside with his daughter. His wife Ava Bell Overstreet preceded him in June. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Frank Hall Splashdam Virginia and Mrs Earl Thompson Red Jacket and nine grandchildren.
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Princeton
William H. Over Street
Red Jacket
Pentecostal Holiness Church
D. F. Defibaugh
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Narrows
John Qverstreet
Ava Bell [Overstreet
Frank Hall
Splashdam
Earl Thompson
New Hours Set For Club Meets
Twenty four members and one visiting Rotarian attended the Friday dinner of the Fast Rainelle Club at the First Baptist Church. The group changed meeting time to 6 30 to fit local sports events and new hour to start next week. President Robert L Wallace charged F E Brown with Youth Program notes but no action was taken.
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Fast Rainelle
Fast Rainelle Club
First Baptist Sharch
Robert L. Wallace
F. E. Brown
Brown
Doctor and Wife Move to Rainelle
Dr. F. M. Viscuse and wife relocate to the Middle Town Addition in Rainelle. He will join Dr. W. B. Davis’s practice, replacing Dr. Wivan Lilly who moved to Beckley. Viscuse, a Long Island native and Marquette graduate of 1938, is a World War II veteran who served in the Philippines and Japan. He recently worked at Newton D. Baker Hospital in Martinsburg and with Davis Coal Co. at Thomas, West Virginia. The family includes 18-year-old Richard in the U.S. Navy and 13-year-old Susan in a Pennsylvania boarding school.
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Rainelle
F. M. Viscuse
Middletown
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Davis Coal Company
Thomas
W. Va
Viscuse
Richard
United States Navy
Susan
Pennsslvania
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Roy H. Johnson, Jr
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Laura Graves
A. B. Davis
N. J. Jobe
G. M. Lafferty
O. F. McCoy
McCoy
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Bible Times
C. E. Clapper
Garden Magazine
Register Statt
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Will Tians
City Courri
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J. Ea. Wolfe
Huntington
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Howard Blackwell
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Bedford Foster
Leslie Andrew Dunn
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Wreck Victm’s Services Today
M.W. Roles
Fayette Clinics
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Lewisburg High School Band Boosters Club
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Ambrose Hodges
Meadow Bridge
Gene E. Hamrick
van Nuys
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Indianapolis
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Quinwood
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King Coal Hotel
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J. George Reynolds
Ethel Reynolds
C. M. Reynolds
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Lookout
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Kingston
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McLaughlin
Sinks Grove
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John Anderson
Greenbrier
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Paislea
Hendy Powgh
Paistea
Hunter
Throust
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
J. W. Hutcheson
Rainelle Brownie
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Anthony, Fla
Woodie Wickline
R. Ls. Tabscott
Mullens
Wickline
Greenbrier County
PSC
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Joe Romano
Herbert Humphreys
Charles McGuire
Charles Hurt
Kimball
Curtis
Fort Davis
Brush ‘Fork
Hart
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Cythia Ann Fredeking
ELGIN
Blailty
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Neville St. Beckley
Quidl Fashion Investment
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America
Avettune Bio
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Beckley, W.va
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