Proctor Funeral Set Thursday
Essie Birt Proctor 65 of Norfolk Va dies after three year illness. Funeral at 2 30 pm Thursday Oak Hill Baptist Church with Dr Shirley Donnelly and Dr Maurice Trimmer. burial Memorial Park Oak Hill. She survived by Syd Proctor husband two sons four daughters ten grandchildren one great grandchild. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill before services.
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Oak Hill
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Essie Birt Proctor
Norfolk
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Shirley Donnelly
Maurice Trimmer
Aldergon
Any Memorial Park
Oaks
Proctor
Calletsburg
Sydnéy J. Proctor
Hubert Birt
James E. Birt
Marriea
Harriette Mae Lindsey
Miami
Fla
Francis Elizabeth Grannon
Cleveland
Ohio
Grace Katherine Robinson
Mary Margaret Wright
Thomas Funeral Home
Leonard Mays Shoots Up His Trailer Home
Leonard Mays Jr. 2b, a laid off Itmann Mine worker, shot up his trailer in Mullens and was jailed on intoxication and pistol charges after police intercepted him near Joe's Drive-In. Officers Billy Cook and R L Tabscott assisted in the arrest.
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Mullens
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South Mullens
Leonard Mays Jr
Itmann
Wendell W. Cook
Mays
Joe
Vida Hendricks Weds Maxwell Carson
Miss Vida Hendricks and Maxwell Carson are wed in Whitesville as announced by Mrs. Walter Hendricks of Julian. Carson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J A Carson of Peytona, works as a mail carrier on Route 119 between Marmet and Danville. The couple resides in Madison.
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Whitesville
Rns
Walter Hendricks
Julian
Vida
Maxwell Carson
Carson
J. A. Carson
Peytona
Marmet
Danville
Madison
Fayette Girl Scout Leaders Complete Basic Training in Fayette
Fayetteville reports 33 leaders completed a six hour course including songs games folk dances and outdoor training. Instructors from Ohio and local towns led night classes with certificates awarded to 28 named leaders from Oak Hill Mount Hope Fayetteville and Montgomery area.
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Shawn
Pearl Chaney
Addie Cana
Fayette
Fayetteville
BNS
Memorial Auditorium
Montgomery
Matals
Updike
Ludine Clay
Eleanor Herndon
Springfield
Ohio
Fayette County to Build Juvenile Detention Quarters
Fayette County plans extensive improvements at the courthouse and jail to house youths under 16 separately from adults. An architect drafted preliminary plans for a new child detention wing connected to the sheriff’s office, with mental patients to be housed in a separate area.
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Vickers
Fay
Jette County Court
Fayette
Mental Hygiene Board
West Virginia
Wee Ola
E. W. Kelly
Orville Kessler
Weekend Visits and an Automobile Accident Report
Ameagle listings show Charles Jones and Dunbar staying with the Lunsford family. Norfolk resident Harold Johnson arrives for a weekend with Betty Johnson and the Lunsfords. U S Army trooper Tommy Carter visits from Fort Bragg. Jo Ann Estep returns to Mansfield after a weekend with her parents. Genevieve Conkle also returns to Mansfield after visiting. Danese and Martin Conkle are identified as local operators in tin trades. George Alex Estep and Gene Conkle are Mansfield residents involved in a weekend accident near Danese on Routes 19 21. George was northbound. Joe Eddie Thompson stationed at Newport News arrives for a week with his wife Lillian. Damages to vehicles near $900. James Thompson at Veterans Hospital shows little improvement. John Martin was set to appear before Justice Don Cole on a reckless driving charge following the incident.
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Charles
Jones
Dunbar
Tobe Lunsford
Golden Harold Johnson
Norfolk
Betty Johnson
Tommy Carter
U. S
Fort Bragg
N. Y
Jo Ann Estep
Mansfield
Ohio
Johnny Estep
Genevieve Conkle
Gomer Conkle
Danese
George Alex Estep
Miss Conkle
Martin
John A. Marghone
Brothers
George Estep
Kanawha Valley
George
Ais Little Improvement
John
Joe Eddie Thompson
Navy
Newport News
Georges
Lillian
Andleuts
Howard Thompson
James Thompson
Burke Cassell
Veterans Hospital
John Martin
Beckley
Thompson
Don Cole
Hallie O Legg Dies in Kentucky
Hallie O Legg 63 owner of Ansted Insurance Agency died at 1 15 am Sunday from a heart condition while visiting relatives in Covington Kentucky Funeral rites set for 2 pm Wednesday at St Paul Methodist Ansted with burial at Richmond Chapel Cemetery He was a member of the Methodist Church Knights of Pythias Signal Knob Lodge No 99 and the Knights of Khorasan Born March 10 1883 in Leander he survived by his wife two daughters a sister and three grandchildren.
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Ansted
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Hallie O. Legg
St. Paul Methodist Church
Albert van Renner
Guy Vaughn
Richmond Chapel
Leander
Legg
Ansted Insurance Agency
James Milar
Covington
Methaist Church
Knights of Pythias Signal Knob Lodge
Knights of Khoras
Anstead
Ojaf Massey
Olive McVey
Columbia S. C
KP Lodge No. 99
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Last Rites Set For John Toney
John Pad Toney 88 of Dothan dies after extended illness in Oak Hill hospital. Rites at Dothan Baptist Church led by Rev Bays and others. burial in Toney Cemetery. Survived by sons Tom Ronald, daughters Orville Clara Ocie Ed Craft, 18 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren. Body to home of O G Toney at 5 pm today, then to church an hour before service.
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Oak Hill
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John Pad Toney
Dothan
Dothan Baptist Church
E. Bays
C.H. Painter
Cecil Terry
Sun
Toney
New River Co. Operation
Oakwood
Jessie
Adeline Toney
Alice S. Toney
Tom
Ronald
Dotaln
Orville Toney
Archer Funeral Set at Lashmeet
Woodrow Archer 40 of Princeton was found dead on a rural road three miles from Lashmeet. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Mt Oliver Church Lashmeet with burial in the churchyard. survivors include wife Jeanette Delp, four sons, one daughter, three brothers, and six sisters. Bailey Funeral Home Princeton handling arrangements.
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Princeton
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Woodrow Archer
Athens Road
W. H. Gilpen
Mt. Oliver Methodist Church
Lashmeet
Amigo
Tra‘lee
Dave
Emma Lovell Acher
Jeanette Delp
Air Force
Japan
Billy
David
Harry
Ruth Billings
John
Josephine
Paul
Tralee
Thomas
Kopperston
Virgie Linkous
Pulaski
W. C. Keys
Rock
Bud Huffman
Lake Shawnee
Kenneth Delp
Kyle Delp
Eric Basham
Bailey Funeral Home
Sevices
Mrs Mullins Conducts Eastern Star School in Pineville
Mrs Gladys Mullins of Beckley led a School of Instruction at Pineville Charter No 110 Order of the Eastern Star held at the Masonic Temple. Twenty two officers and members attended with Miss Elizabeth Williams as worthy matron and C Chilton Tucker as worthy patron. Her husband W C Mullins accompanied her. A dessert plate with coffee followed.
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Pineville
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Gladys Mullins
Beckley
Southern West Virginia Civic Leaders Visit Fort Knox
Mayor W F Manning and eleven civic leaders from Southern West Virginia toured the United States Army Training Center at Fort Knox Kentucky observing Reserve Forces Act training. The visit highlighted the 1955 act aimed at training reserves ages seven to eighteen who serve six months before returning to local units. The group traveled from Beckley to Godfeet Field Fort Knox.
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RFA
Godfeet Field
Fort Knox
Beckey
Cars Collide at Colcord Intersection Involving Lunsford and Stover
Two cars owned by Tobe Lunsford of Ameagle and Azel Stover of Route 3 Beckley collided at the Rayford Mountain road near Colcord. The eastbound Lunsford vehicle driven by Charles Jones of Dunbar sheared off damage to both cars. A three-vehicle chain reaction was narrowly avoided. State Police Cpl Fulmer and Trooper Roberts investigated. Stover sustained a slight bruise to his left arm. Jones was uninjured.
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Colcord
RNS
Tobe Lunsford
Ameagle
Azel Stover
Route 3
Beckley
Rayford Mountain
Lunsford
Charles Jones
Dunbar
Lunsford [Rem Alt Ameagle
Cpl
Fulmer
Roberts
Whitesville
Stover
Jones
Stickney Personal Notes Highlight School Return and Service
Charles Dickens has returned home to attend Marsh Fork High School as a senior. Tommy Kalinoski begins discharge from military service in North Carolina. Mr and Mrs Johnny Tackett visited Kentucky with his parents. Mr and Mrs Clayton Houns visited Arnett with Mrs Joe Broome's family. Mrs Pete Landy and Mrs Jack Eagan visited Beckley and Clendenin relatives.
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Stickney
Rns
Charles Dickens
Cleveland
Ohio
Marsh Fork High School
Tommy Kalinoski
Fred Kalinosky
North Carolina
Johnny Tackett
Vsit
Kentucky
Beckley
Jack Eagan
William Clendenin
Soldier Laxton Returns From Leave To Army Base Fort Greeley
Upl, yack ye Laxton returns to his Army base at Fort Greeley Alaska after a two day leave spent with his wife and baby. Mrs Mabel Laxton Mal ens Cpl and Mrs Laxton and his mother joined by George Roach drove to Chicago ML during the leave. He has served since 1931 and has two brothers in service Pvt Fred Laxton in France and Master Sgt Richard Laxton at Fort Benning Georgia.
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Richard Laxton
Ft Benning
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