Mercer County Court Updates and Civil Rulings
Judge D M Easley upheld a jury verdict awarding Beulah H Stoots 5000 damages against Corbel Poole after Herbert Stools fatal fall into an excavation on his way to work. Other items include amended claims by Basil a Terry against Mercer Motor Co autos, custody and alimony orders, and church property sales between Gospel Tabernacle and Church of God in Princeton.
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Hegister
Princeton
D. M. Easley
Circuit Court
Beulah H. Stoots
Herbert Stools
Corbel Poole
Stools
State Supreme Court
Poole
Basil
Terry
Mercer Motor Company
Early Rites Set Friday in Virginia
Funeral services for John H. Early 72 will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from Cross Roads Baptist Church Yellow Branch Va with Rev Eugene Wiley officiating Burial will follow in Cross Roads Cemetery He was born March 24 1877 in Campbell County Virginia and was a retired miner He survived by wife Fern Chambers Early and sister Mrs Charlotte Farmer He will lie in state at Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean until Friday morning then move to Cross Roads Church for services
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Megister
Glen Jean
John H. Early
Cross Roads Baptist Church
Yellow Branch
Eugene Wiley
Beckley
Cross Roads
Campbell County
Virginia
Baptist Church
Fern: Chambers Early
Charlotte Farmer
Rustbury
Collins Funeral Home
Cross ‘Roads Baptist Church
Graham Funeral Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Graham of McComas will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday from her residence with Elder Thomas Jenkins officiating. Burial follows in Connor Cemetery near the home. She died Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. after a six month illness attributed to cancer. She was 18, wife of Luke Graham, and survived by six children, a sister, and six grandchildren in McComas and nearby towns. She had lived in McComas 40 years and was a member of the Miamist Super Church.
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Reeldter
Mccomas
Susie Graham
Luke Graham
Thomas Jenkins
Buria
Connor
Wyoming County
John Kinzer
Miamist Super Church
Levi Reed
Luther Graham
Willie
Graham
Ida
Mine
Dewey Ode
Alices
Ona Lusk
Herndon
Construction Worker Sustains Leg Injury at Itmann Site
NEW RICHMOND Edgar Strunk of New Richmond is receiving treatment at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for a fractured right leg. He was struck when a large rock fell from a power shovel during construction for Pocahontas Fuel Company at Itmann. Nearby, Pineville Presbyterians plan a 7:30 PM church meeting at Mrs. W. B. Wilson’s Crowley Worrell Addition with Mrs. Kenna Blackburn leading business.
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Heester la Wrind
New Richmond
Edgar Strunk
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Strunk
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Itmann
Register
Pineville
Fayetteville Man Heads Reunion in Myles-Kirkpatrick Group
Fayetteville resident George T. Myles was elected president of the Myles-Kirkpatrick region at a Sunday session hosted by Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Burns of Crawley. Mrs. J. C. Blume was chosen secretary as a large gathering of family and friends from Fayetteville and nearby towns attended the meeting.
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Register
Fayetteville
George T. Myles
Myles-Kirkpatrick
L. G. Burns
Crawley
J. C. Blume
W. E., Myles
WW. S. Bickel
Hutton Strader
Florence Tressell
White
John H. Myles
Kitty Jean‘ Myles
Jackie Myles
Bradley
J. W. Cavendish
Raisnelle
RFC
George Anderson Myles
June Myles
Rockbridge Baths
Johnnie, Dick
Sammy Burns
Linda Myles
M. G. Lanham
Moxley ‘Lanham, Jr
LeRoy Lanham
Michael David Lanham
Ronceverte
W. L. Bailey
Hope
Edna L. Blake
Mary Ann Blake
George J. Myles
T. A. Myles
John Myles
Harlin Taylor
Alys Casey
W. £. Wiseman
Charles Legg
Meadow Bluff
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Emma Martin Thursday
Mrs. Sarah Emma Martin, 84, will be laid to rest after funeral services at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Church of God in Bunker Hill. She died Tuesday evening at her home after a long illness. Rev. W. W. Snuffer and Rev. W. E. Harrah will lead ceremonies at Green Sulphur Springs Baptist Church later that day, with burial in Gwion Cemetery. Survived by two brothers Tom Lusher and G. I. Tuusher, plus two children Thomas E. Cox and Lara Alice Pettit, eight grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Register
Oak Hill
Church of God
Bunker Hill
Sarah Emma Martin
W. W. Snuffer
W. E. Harrah
Green Sulphur Springs
Gwion
Church of God At
H. C. Martin
Tom Lusher
G. I. Tuusher
Hannibal, Mo
Thomas E. Cox
Beaver
Lara Alice Pettit
Increase in Public Assistance Cases Foreseen by Court
Princeton Mercer County Court plans a rise in monthly public assistance cases and a higher average grant next year. A $44,453 department budget is approved, with $51,783.61 to be requested from the state. June 30 fund balances stood at $57.39 in general relief and $42,592 in hospitalization and medical funds. Last year average monthly cases were 105.5 with grants about $14.32 each. the coming year expects about 140 cases and grants near $22.
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Register
Princeton
Mercer County
County health plan urged to prevent delays in formation
Dr Dyer warned state funds may go to other counties and federal aid could be available this fiscal year. He noted Mercer has progressed slowly and a bill in Congress could support establishing local health bodies. Dudgers and local funds are fixed, pledging existing staff salaries while state funds would cover up to 40 percent of the rest.
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Dyer
Mercer
Dudgers
Congress
Vilavanly Aosureauf
Ddercer
Paul Shanks
Charleston
Board of Education
Kopperston Store Employees Picnic At Little Beaver Lake
Kopperston General Stores employees attended a weekend picnic roast at Little Beaver Lake near Beckley. Attendees included Stewart Daniels Langworthy Pettit Brizendine Langworthy McCoy Grosse Shumate Prichard Davis Surbaugh Whisenant Sigmond Stepp Truell Edwards and the Meadows couple. Mayor Vaughan Stewart returned from a business trip to Charleston.
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Kopperston
Register Star
Wieter
Little Beaver Lake
Beckley
Behe] Stewart
Marie Daniels
Parthena Langworthy
Willarose Langworthy
Joan Pettit
Nellie
Brizendine
Vonnie Daniels
Erma McCoy
Lorraine Grosse
Hermani Shumate
Earl Prichard
James Davis
Dempsey Surbaugh
Homer Whisenant
Buddy Sigmond
Johnny Stepp
R. L. Truell
James Edwards
F. W. Meadows
Thornsbury Buys Wyoming Tract
Earl Thornsbury purchases 11 acres in Huff Creek District from Mr and Mrs Jack Blankenship per county deed records. Other on file deeds include McKinney to Pauline McKinney Lot 53 Frantz and Deegans Addition. Rose to Shamneen south portion Lot 2 G B Davis Addition. Lambert to Basconi one quarter acre on Clear Fork River. Pineville Land Co to Cook Lots 119 and 120 Rockview Addition East Pineville. Thomas to Bowman et al 4.3 acres on Shannon’s Mill Creek. Ackin and Shannin to Walter Richardson Lots something Town of Glen Fork. Pacahontas Land Corp to Pineville Presbyterian Church trustees. Shannon to Bill Vance west of Baileysville. Shufflebarger to Goode Lot 3 Davis Subdivision Pineville. Bud Osborne to Setliff Lot 79 Hedrick Addition.
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Register
Pineville
Earl Thornsbury
Huff Creek
Jack Blankenship
Ernest McKinney
Pauline McKinney
John Ball
Frantz ‘and
Deegans
Mullens
Slab Fork
W. W. Rose
U. S. J Shamneen
G. BE. Davis
Center District
Sheldon S. Lambert
Johnny Basconi
Clear Fork River
Oceana
Pineville Land Company
Orville L. Cook
Rockview
East Pineville
S. FE. Thomas
E. M.bowman
Shannon's Mill Creek
Baileys- Iville
Ruth Ackin
Gay Shannin
Walter Richardson
Irs
Glen Fork
Pacahontas Land Corporation
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Burch Lee Shannon
Bill Vance
Baileysville
Guvandotte River
C. W. Shufflebarger
James J. Goode
Davis
Werman Bud Osborne
J. A. Setliff
Hedrick
Sale of Green Tree Recorded in Mercer
Princeton Bluefield road restaurant captured in Mercer County deeds for about 22750 dollars. Wording notes 82 acres sold by Cart R. and Viela Brooks to J. W. Hall and C. B. Wells. Other deeds include transfers to Harrison, White, Weimer, Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, and several Princeton Montcalm Oceana parcels.
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Registe Statt
Princeton
J. W. Hall
C. B. Wells
Princeton-Bluefield Road
Mercer County
Cart R
Viela Brooks
Roscoe
Pearl Blankenship
Luther B. Harrison, Jr
Ilene Harrison
Prisoner Bennett Recaptured in Princeton After Escape
William H Bennett, one of six inmates who escaped McDowell County Jail on September 1, was recaptured in Princeton. Police say he cashed a forged 25 30 check at a local jewelry store, tried to cash two more, and previously cashed three in Rich Creek Virginia. Bennett had used alias Jack Martin and stayed in a Bluefield hotel since the breakout.
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Associated Press
Princeton
William H. Bennet
McDowell County
Bennett
Welch
Charles E. Musgrave
Rich
Bluefield
Jack Martin
Vermillion Qualifies For Mercer Health Officer Post
Dr Uriah Vermillion of Athens has qualified as Mercer County health officer and posted a $300 bond with the county court. Margaret Baxter was named as bond surety. Vermillion and county nurse Nancy Miller toured the jail and kitchen commending the custody and food standards noting balanced diet and 40 percent savings over prior purchasing. The court मंज approved Athens petition to designate two streets in the state road system. Notary applications were approved for Luther Bird H F Worterfield Julia Skinner R A Lawrence and W B Robertson.
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Register
Princeton
Uriah Vermillion
Athens
Mercer County
Margaret V. Baxter
Vermillion
Nancy’Miller
Luther Bird
H. F. Worterfield
Julia Skinner
Bluefield
R.A. Lawrence
Prince‘ton
W. B. Robertson
Matoaka
Kopperston Scout Troop Aids Berlin Movement
Kopperston Boy Scout Troop 119 donated 35 to aid the scouting movement in Berlin. The funds bought axes and rope and sparked overseas correspondence praising the gift's timing for a training camp and its role in fostering mutual aid and international brotherhood among scouts.
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Register
Kopperston
Berlin
Wyoming
Boy Scout
New York
Carl Placking
Te Boy Scouts of America
Scouterstan
Miss Merze Simms Honored At Birthday Dinner
Miss Merze Simms of Rainelle was feted at a birthday dinner hosted Sunday by Rev. and Mrs. Bert Brooks in Glen Rogers. A chicken dinner was served and a birthday cake topped the table with guests Miss Martha Simms, Rainelle, Miss Lucia Brooks, and Hilbert Brooks, Glen Rogers.
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Omeperch
Glen
Sister of Whitesville Man Succumbs at Home
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Opal Walkup 42 wife of Phillip Walkup who died at her Crawley home at noon Monday Rites were at Kieffer Church with Rev Homer C Piercy officiating Burial was in End of the Trail Cemetery She was born January 24 1907 daughter of Lewis and Minnie Legg Survived by husband two daughters Marie and Warner Frances and son Claude all at home plus three brothers Ulysses Caldwell of Washington D C Elbert Legg of Rupert and Ladura Legg of Fairlea and one sister Mrs Lena Caldwell and others from Cincinnati Ohio and Judy of Hines
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Register
Crawley
Mary Opal Walkup
Phillip Walkup
Bennie Legg
Whitesville
Kieffer
Homer C. Piercy
Summers‘ville
Trail
Lewis and
Minnie Price Legg
Beaver Creek
Marie
Hegister
Ant Warner Frances
Claude
Fayetteville
Miss Kath
Ulysses Vyn Caldwell
Washington, D
Washington, D. Legg of Rupert, Ladura of Fairlea C., and Barbara May
Arling
Bennie
Ton
Georgia Myres
J. A
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lena Caldwell
Judy
Hines
Ocean a Personals Homecoming and Conference Attendance
Mr and Mrs Morgan Walker and Mrs Worley Walker attended the annual home coming at AirGraws Sunday. Ronald Lee Roach, son of Ade and Mrs Philip Roach, was in Red Jacket Saturday to attend a Presbyterian Church youth conference. Mr and Mrs Fred Doss and Norma Gene of Amherstdale were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Charley Francis. Mrs Fila Shumate had as guests Mrs W B Masincupp of Logan and Mr and Mrs H D Bowger and son Kent of Omar. Mr and Mrs Philip Roach had as guests Sunday Mr and Mrs Bronson Cook of Williamson and Rev Charles McNutt of Pineville.
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Ty Megister Stall
Oceana
Morgan Walker
W. B. Masin
Cupp
Logan
H. D. Bowger and Son
Kent
Omar
Philip Roach
Bronson Cook
Williamson
Charles McNutt
Pineville
Fayette Housewife Finds Alligator on Basement Steps
Fayetteville resident Mrs. Ernest Burgess found a 20 inch alligator on her basement steps after opening the door. County Agent J Haynes Miller notes similar sightings in the area and a prior alligator kept by J C Hamilton before his death. Mrs Burgess stores the reptile in a wire covered box. article also references Mrs Ora Turner visiting Beckley relatives.
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Register
Fayetteville
Ernest Burgess
J. Haynes Miller
Burgess
Frank Wheeler
J. C. Hamilton
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