Mount Hope Elects Eleanor Pennington Rainbow Leader
Miss Eleanor Pennington is elected head of Rainbow Assembly No. 14 in Mt. Hope. The new officers include Miss Danie Burruss as associate adviser and Miss Rose Lutz as charity, with appointments across several posts. Public installation at American Legion Hall scheduled for Sept. 24 with special music and refreshments.
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Rainbow Assembly
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MT. Hope
Eleanor Pennington
Nhew
Rainbow Organization
Assembly No. 14
The
Mildred Ward
Daisy Pugh
King Sue Ballard
Fidelity
Nancy Pennington
Jean Fox
Billy Lou Hume
Sandra Cody
Nency Gooch
Jane Coleman
Terry Burruss
Bessie Tyree
Choi Elizabeth Smith
Mary Nancy Stover
Jean Gene Givens
Jane Penw Lawton
Edna Calvert
American Legion Hall
113-Year Safety Record Held by Two Fayette Men
Two Fayette County coal miners, George McPhee of Lochgelly and Joseph Berry of Summerlee, total 113 years of work in West Virginia and Pennsylvania mines without a lost time accident. They received honors from the United Mine Workers and the U S Bureau of Mines, with BerryCert of safety awarded by Lloyd Fitzgerald. McPhee, a long-time fire boss, began in 1891 and retired in 1951, and Berry, born in England, retired in 1950 after 26 years with New River Company. Both men and families remain connected to the Lochgelly community and pension programs.
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United Mine Worker of America
United States Bureau of Mines
George McPhee
Joseph Berry
Summertee
New River Safety Council No. 1
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Joseph A. Holmes
Banfurlong
Wigam
England
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Glen White Coal Company
Glen White
Summerlee
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Oceana Personal News Roundup Moves and Visits
Mrs Anna Lusk travels to Wichita Falls to visit granddaughter Mrs Marion Bledsoe. Mr and Mrs Aubrey Chaney relocate from Charleston to Hatcher. Edith Wahl resigns to train as nurse at Kanawha Valley Hospital. Mrs Clarence Barrett visits Oak Hill relatives. Mrs A G Lugar takes son Billie to Lewisburg for Greenbrier Military School enrollment. Bernard Morgan and David Wilson enroll at Greenbrier Military School. Edith Trent and daughter Caryl and Miss Betty Garrett visit Dabney. Mrs F B Blevins and son Her...
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Wichita Falls
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Aubrey Chaney
Charleston
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Edith Wahl
Kanawha Valley Hospital
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Sungas
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Lewisburg
Greenbrier Military School
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David Wil
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Dabney
F. B. Blevins
Sunday visitors and family visits across Virginia and Florida
Shall and Junior Hatfield visited Paw, Virginia with Mrs. Osie Hurley. Mrs. J. D. Carr returned home after a visit with sister Mrs. Cecil Ball in Greenville. Cpl. Johny Stepp spends 10 days with parents Charley and wife in Cyclone while stationed at McDill Air Force Base Tampa Florida.
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Paw
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J. D. Carr
Cecil Ball
Greenville
Cpl
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Charley Stepp
Cyclone
McDill Air Forces Base
Tampa
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Extension Classes Set At Three Fayette Towns
Representative of Morris Harvey College will organize extension classes in Fayette County. Meetings in Ansted on Sept 17 at 7 p.m., Oak Hill Sept 8 at 7 p.m., and Montgomery Sept 19 at 7 p.m. Open to teachers and others seeking to further education. Circle No 1 of Fayetteville Methodist Church met Miss Beth Coleman. devotional by Mrs. C. E. Chapman. Mission study on Acts led by Mrs. Fletcher Arritt. refreshments by Mrs. NG. Page. Circle No 2 met at Miss Thelma Light's with co-hostesses Miss Lucille Hodkins and Mrs. Nell Gladewell. program leader Mrs. Dan H. Perdue. devotionals by Mrs. Holliday. business session by Mrs. Alfred Bibb.
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Peters Funeral Rites Held Today at Athens
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Sue Peters 94 of Athens were set for 1 30 p m at the Athens Baptist Church with Rev George Cutlip officiating and burial in Monte Vista Cemetery The Dayton area item notes her five day illness ending Wednesday and the Athens show marks the end of her life.
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Princeton
Virginia Sue. Peters
Athens
George Cutlip
Athens Baptist Church
Monte Vista
Wyoming man suffers toe fracture at coal mine
Robert Hosch 27 of Wyoming fractured a toe when a 400 pound weight fell on his right foot at the Marianna Smokeless Coal Company mine. In Oceana an Alvin Morgan and wife announce the birth of daughter Macie Naoma on Sept 4 weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces.
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Marianna
Oceana
Alvin Morgan
Clear Fork
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Four Area Teams To Compete In National First Aid Contest
Four area first aid teams will enter the National First Aid and Rescue Contest in Columbus Ohio October 2 to 4. Teams qualified by winning area meets, with participation from metal coal and petroleum industries. Captain William Loudermilk will lead Powellton No 6 of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates after Mt Hope meet triumph.
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Powellion No. 6
Sherman Mullins
Keith Kirby
Hazel Acree
Jesse Kinzer
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J. A. Newhouse
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West Virginia
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Saturday Services Set For Lawrence Sanford
Funeral services are planned for Lawrence Audrey J. Sanford a 29 year old Anjean resident who died Wednesday afternoon in a Ronceverte hospital The Rev Joe E Brown and the Rev Melvin Sanford of East Rainelle will conduct rites with burial at End of the Trail Cemetery A World War II veteran he held a purple heart He worked for Leckie Smoxe less Coal Company Surviving are his father W P Sanford Anjean his wife one daughter Juanita a sister Mrs Annie Landcaster of Zenia Ohio and five brothers Grover of Crawley Cecil of Charmea Marvin of Anjean Eugene of Snow Hill and Darrell in the US Army in Japan
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U. S. Army
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Prenter Soldier Memorial Services for Pvt David Morgan
Services for Pvt. David Lee Morgan 18 who died Feb 6 1951 in Korea will be held Saturday at 11 am at Prenter Presbyterian Church with Rev A D J Ellison officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley with Whitesville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post conducting graveside rites at 2 30 pm. Surviving are parents Mr and Mrs Carl Morgan Prenter a brother Cpl Sidney Morgan Air Force Rantoul Illinois three sisters Joan Donna Shirley all at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs Theodore Morgan Rogers Virginia and Mr and Mrs C L McGrady Pineville.
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Visit in Virginia by Register Stati Writer
Pierpoint residents Mr. and Mrs. Ury E. Cook and daughter Mrs. Ray Jones visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Taylor in Norfolk Virginia over the weekend. The group enjoyed an outing at Chesapeake Bay with swimming and an outdoor meal served. Before moving to Norfolk the Taylors resided at Maben.
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Maben
W. E. Taylor
Norfolk
Mawson Funeral Services Today
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. for Joseph Mawson 53 who died at his Whitesville home after a heart attack. Rev. Ray Rodeheaver and Rev. John Kile officiated at the residence with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery beside a Masonic graveside rite. Mawson, born December 20 1896 in St. Bees England, was a Webb Can Co mine foreman for 30 years and is survived by his wife Lorgen Day Mawson one daughter five sisters two brothers and one grandchild.
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Oak Hill
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Norris Earless
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Ameagle
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Elk Run
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Kansas City
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Alex
William
St. Ann
Calif
Julian Man Killed at Robin Hood Mine Incident
A man about 30 identified as Julian from Boone County died in a state fall at the Robin Hood mine operated by Princess Dorothy Coal Company last night, according to local reports.
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Wile of Division Official Succumbs
Mrs. C. C. Madison wife of the assistant superintendent of the Hinton Division Chesapeake and Ohio Railway died at 8 20 a m Thursday in a Clifton Forge Virginia hospital She had entered the hospital last Saturday for a check up and rest as she had not been feeling well in recent weeks Her condition became critical yesterday and she was placed in an oxygen tent Madison was called to her bedside this morning She had resided here since September 1948 from St Albans
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