Delegates Tell Of Experiences At Girls State
Eight girls who attended Rhododendron Girls State at Jackson's Mill this summer reported at a Unit 59 American Legion auxiliary meeting in Oak Hill. The girls spoke on Girls State activities and personal significance with five of 13 mayors elected being Oak Hill girls. Oak Hill girls also served as sheriffs. Names of representatives included Joy Jarrell Beverly Blake Linda Hager Connie Carroll Sylvia Lawson Betty Baker Elizabeth Lively Janet Sifers. Mrs P D Ford spoke on her Europe tour and hostesses assisted. Next meeting is Oct 10 at Mrs H P Thomas's home.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Rhododendron Girls State
Jackson's Mill
Unit 59
American Legion Auxiliary
C. R. Hill
Joy Jarrell
Beverly Blake
Linda Hager
Connie Carroll
Sylvia Lawson
Betty Baker
Elizabeth Lively
Janet Sifers
P. D. Ford
Europe
L. C. Allman
John Scott
Wylie Bays
H. E. Crouse
T. B. Martin
D. D. Whitney
H. D. van Camp
H. P. Thomas
Oak Hill Weekend Visitors Reported
Oak Hill residents hosted week end guests at the Fitzpatrick home in Scarbro. Jean Fitzpatrick and Miss Sylvia Gutierez of British Honduras visited, with Gutierez a St Marys Nursing School graduate and Fitzpatrick a senior. Also returning from Darlington stock car races were Mr and Mrs H D Harvey of Oak Hill. J H Hilton and daughter Mrs Lois Winther renewed residence in Gatewood after a weekend in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
E A. Fitzpatrick
Scarbro
Jean
Sylvia Gutierez
British Honduras
Gutierez
St. Mary's School of Nursing
Huntington
Fitzpatrick
H. D. Harvey
Darlington
D. C
J. H. Hilton
Lois Winther
Gatewood
Ohio
Annual Youth Roundtable Set At Church Near Fayetteville
The West Virginia Sub-District Youth Roundtable gathers Sunday and Monday at Pleasant View Church of the Brethren four miles southeast of Fayetteville on Gatewood Road. Attending churches include Bethany Charmco Crab Orchard Oak Vale Smith Chapel Spruce Run. Events include recreation, a CBYF cabinet skit, services, class by H. C. Eller, Ralph Bowman as morning speaker, and an officers election after a noon fellowship meal.
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Fayetteville
ANS
West Virginia
Pleasant View
H. C. Eller
Ralph Bowman
Daleville, Va
Church of the Brethren
Miss Agnes K John and James Shank Wed in Naoma Ceremony
Miss Agnes Kostos John and James Larry Shank wed at 4 p m Saturday at the bride s Naoma home. Rev H E Smith of Rock Creek performed the double ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Piney View after a Southern wedding trip. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Kostos John. the groom is son of Mr and Mrs R P Shank. The bride wore a white suit and orchids. Reception followed with aides Mrs Roy Nichols Mrs Donald Aliff Mrs Robert Ash and Carl Jane Ash assisting. both attended Marsh Fork and Cheek High Schools respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes K. John
James Shank
Bride's Home
Naoma
BNS
Agnes Kostos John
James Larry Shank
H. E. Smith
Rock Creek
Roy Nichols
Donald Aliff
Robert Ash
Carl Jane Ash
Marsh Fork High School
Cheek High School
Floyd
Piney View
Bureau Changes Meeting Time in Oak Hill
The Oak Hill Business Bureau voted at a dinner meeting Tuesday to shift its monthly time from 1 to 2 p.m. to 12 noon to 1 p.m. Meetings will still be held on the second Tuesday each month. Attendees included Thomas John as president and City Manager Wallace Bennett among others.
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OAK Hill
BNS
Oak Hill Business Bureau
Hotel Hill
Bureau
Thomas John
Roy Lee
Jane Bowles
Louis George
C. E. Byron
Morris Wonder
P. D. Ford
Max Baer
C. R. Hill Jr
Lee Frazier
J. H. Russ
George Rahall
Alex Ammar
O. C. Hall
Pete Kesler
John Donachy
Wallace Bennett
Margaret Childers
Harry Donachy
Doug Walker
Driver Released After Posting Bond in Reckless Charge
Robert Adkins, 20, of Sophia, posted a $52 cash bond and was released from Mullens City Jail Sunday after being arrested about 9:30 p.m. Saturday by Mullens Police Chief Wendell W. Cook for speeding and weaving on Guyandotte Ave.
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Mullens
RNS
Robert Adkins
Sophia
Wendell W. Cook
Adkins
Guyandotte Ave
Funeral set for G W Harrah in Oak Hill
George W. Harrah 75 of Oak Hill will have funeral services at 1 a.m. Friday at the Goodwill Tabernacle East Oak Hill with Rev. Freddie Steele officiating. Burial follows in Hunt Cemetery Raleigh County. He died Tuesday at his home after a yearlong illness from a heart condition. Survived by wife Esta, four sons Leonard Beckley Russell Oak Hill Eugene and Richard in home, three daughters Emma Asbury Meadow Creek Leona Danbury Cannelton Vinea Skaggs Fayetteville, and 14 grandchildren.
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Oak Hill
RNS
George W. Harrah
Goodwill Tabernacle
East Oak Hill
Freddie Steele
Mount Hope
Hunt Cemetery
Raleigh County
Beckley
Esta Harrah
Leonard
Russell
Eugene
Richard
Emma _ Asbury
Meadow Creek
Leona Danbury
Cannelton
Vinea Skaggs
Fayetteville
Hospital Admits 50 New Patients
Mullens area weekly census shows fifty patients admitted across several towns in the region. Names listed include Henry Blankenship New Richmond Bobby Tilley Sabine Susan Green Tralee Mrs Margaret Burgess Mullens and others with dates from Sunday through Saturday.
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Mullens
ANS
Wycoming General Hospital
Henry Blankenship
New Richmond
Bobby Tilley
Sabine
Susan Green
Tralee
Margaret Burgess
Janice Harmon
Margie Rhodes
Ghent
James Lawson
Alpoca
Starvin Sells
Ogeana
William Henson
Edna Stewart
Stephenson
Mack Wall
William Neece
Eugene Evans
Deerfield
Teresa Mae Cook
Clearfork
Ada Cole
Pierpoint
Levina Daniels
Fairdale
Mildred McKinney
Bessie Billings
Otsego
Clarence Williams
Corinne
Lacy Quesenbury
Herndon
Keith Lambert
Francis
Herbert Morgan
Keyrock
Mamie Cole
Esta Treadway
Peggy Reeves
Sophia
William Gore
Princeton
Shirley Neece
Alpeca
Elsie Haynes
Bud
Coralie Wallace
Odd
Menette Clark
Everett Price
Roy Mullins
Virginia Hess
Lillian Scott
Covel
Juanita Lester
Bad
Oak Hill Club to Be Represented At Republican Women's Meeting
Oak Hill Republican Woman's Club members C W Elgin and E B Gwinn will serve as delegates to the West Virginia Federation of Republican Women's Clubs convention in Charleston with alternates R L Hughes and C H Nelson. Local attendees include Mayor H C Brown and C R Hill, plus A D Tyler and club president W H Hill. Howard Pyle leads the convention with a Friday banquet, while James O Lakin outlines election plans. Saturday covers business and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
C. W. Elgin
Republican Woman's Club
E. B. Gwinn
West Virginia
Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
R. L. Hughes
C. H. Nelson
Oak
State Republican Executive Committee
Stanley D. Pace
Foreign Claims Committee
Kentucky
State Federation
Federation
Kilsyth couple announce engagement of Elizabeth Elliott
Mr and Mrs Joe Elliott announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Darlene Elliott to Thomas Louie Nassif son of Mr and Mrs L G Nassif Rochester Minnesota The couple plan to marry next June at the Freewill Baptist Church Kilsyth They will reside in Minnesota Elizabeth Elliott attends West Virginia School for the Deaf Romney and Nassif is a Minnesota graduate with printing training
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilsyth
RNS
Elizabeth Darlene
Thomas Louie Nassif
L. G. Nassif
Rochester
Minn
Joe Elliott
Killsyth
Minneapolis
Minnesota School For the Deaf
Miss Elliott
Romney
Nina Oldfield
Freewill Baptist Church
Minnesota
Paving Bid Notice for Oceana West Virginia Sidewalk Project
The Town of Oceana in Wyoming County WV invites sealed bids to pave about 7200 lineal feet of concrete sidewalk with curb and gutter. Bids due by 7:00 PM EST September 28 1955 and opened at 7:30 PM in the City Council Chamber. Plans available at City Hall or City Engineer Sam Miniaci. Deposit $10 for plans. bids require 5 percent bid bond. payment via paying assessments. performance bond required. Town may reject any or all bids. Vaughn Cozort Recorder.
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Oceana
Wyoming County
West Virginia
City Recorder
City Hall
Aughn Cozort
Sam Miniaci
Pineville
Paul J. Fourney
Main Street
Beckley
Town of
Vaughn Cozort
P.H.R.R
Mrs Wade Mahood Leaves For Richmond With Daughter
Mrs Wade Mahood and her daughter Miss Kerr Withrow travel to Richmond Virginia for a week visit with Mrs Nelson Dickerson in Norfolk before returning home Miss Withrow will enroll in St Katherine s School Richmond
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Fayetteville
Rns
Wade Mahood
Kerr Withrow
Richmond
Nelson Dickerson
Norfolk
Miss Withrow
St. Katherine’s School
Bragg William Harris Bragg 63 Glen White dies
William Harris Bragg age 63 of Glen White died in a local hospital at 1 45 p m Monday September 12 body at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home until 1 p m Wednesday September 14 then removed to sister Miss Julia Bragg Dothan residence for funeral services at 2 p m Wednesday September 14 officiated by Rev C H Painter burial in Bragg Cemetery at Dothan Active pallbearers named Joseph Bragg Jr Gale Webster Edwin Duncan Archie Webster Okey Lester J C Luther Arrangements by Quesenberry Webb Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bragg, Jr
Gale Webster
Edwin Duncan
Archie Webster
Okey Lester
J. C. Luther
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Neely
L. Clarence
Crow
Charles Jordan Farm
Caffee Funeral Home
Crow Freewill Baptist Church
Robert Doan
Crow Cemeery
Turner
Clara
Coal City
Leo Edwards
Quesenberry and
West Virginia
E. G Larrick
Bill Barbour
Waldo Lafon
Jay Carr
E. E. Bibb Sr
Earl Yates
Spencer Creel
B. W.W. Creel
George H. Creel
Clinton J. Creel
Fred King
Earl Foggin
Parkersburg
Roy Heron
Fred Lilly
Sam Raborn
George Watkins
Fred Watkins
Huston Lemmons
W. H. Meriwether
Tony McKulic
Bill Smith
Bob McKinney
Douglas Schwank
J. W. Hall
Wilford Smith
Gene Morehouse
Rose and Quesenberry
Multiple Deaths and Funerals Listed in Virginia West Virginia Notices
Obituaries and funeral notices list Robert Ned Ferguson of Resaco age 20 died after a car crash in Clifton Forge Virginia at C&O Hospital. Services set for Besoco Methodist Church with graveside rites by American Legion Post 32 and a large listed pallbearer and flower bearer roster. Nearby notices include L Clarence Neely 68 of Crow, Maude Reynolds 17 of Eccles, Clara Turner 73 of Coal City, Harley Warner 64 of Parkersburg area, with service details, churches, and burial sites in Crow Sun Set Memorial Park Mt Olivet Cemetery and related funeral homes in Beckley and Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett R. Shafer
John McKinney
American Legion Post No. 32
Beckley
American Legion
Wildwood Cemetery
Ralph Shrewsbury
Frank Cole
Herman Riffe
Lonza Cole
Charles Bucehn
Virgil Pompie
Doris Crisp
Peggy Smith
Alice Smith
Lula Salvage
Betty Markland
Frances Grose
Lola Holshouser
Harvalea Holshouser
Rainelle Bolen
Patty Wickline
Carol Wickline
Amanda Simpson
Marie Pompie
Lucille Meadows
Betty Shrewsbury
Janice Shrewsbury
Margaret Garretson
Williams Funeral Home
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Jeff Morrow
Faith Domergue
the Egg and I
Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
the Sea Chase
Okefenokee Wilds
Crn
Eee
Mathias
Ward Bond
Elba Mathias
Kirk Douglas
Jeanne Crain Claire Trevor
District of Virginia
CBYF
James L. Shank
Vmullens
Mullens and Herndon
Family Night
William Holden
June Allyson
Glen Jean
Susan Hayward
Chariton Heston
Bride
Paul Douglas
Driver
G.W. Harrah
Collins Funeral
Harrah
Caperton
Fayette County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
The
Brotherhood of Railway Maintainers
Oak Hill Club
Mrs. Elliott
Dean Jagger
Alexis Smith
the Beach
Comber
Robert Newton - Glennis
John
Major Benson
Julia Adams
Hurricane Smith
John Ireland
Yvonne de Carlo
Man Without A
Jeanne Crain
Myron Healey
Karon Booth
Elizabeth Elliott
Creay Te
Dianine Foster
Diana Lynn
John McIntire
Una Werner
John Carradine
John Tel
Technicolor
Betty Grable
Marge and
Gower
Kirby Grant
Chinook
WSM
Grand Ole Opry
Om Anthony Dexter
Auass Tharad
A.yri Theatre
the House OF Hits
Ricardo Montalban
Anne Bancroft
Fea
Robert Ryan
Robert Stack
Tan E. See
Golor
Maxwell & Keyser Plumbing & Heating
Prince St. Diol
Isula
Ferguson
Kenny Burleson
Booker Goode
Steve Palfy
Alfred Pruitt
George Niddlecoff
Carol Sue McClure
Gloria McClure
Barbara Klucarich
Margaret Nideffer
Billie Jo McConnell
Dorcas Garrison
Melton Mortuary
Warner
DIAL
Keyser Funeral Home
Douglas T Bryant
Mer
South Oakwood Ave
Barre
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Logan
Werb’s Florists & Greenhouses
FTD
W_ Va
C Street
Beaver Avenue
Binky Smith
My Place
Eugene Cook
Slab Fork
W. Va
Glen White
Beckley Newspapers
Montgomery Ward
R. B. Gravely
W._E
Harvey
Harold Williams
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
Beckley Beauty Salon
Oakwood Ave
Del-Mar
Neville St. Marguerite’s Children’s Permanents
Lucy
Helene Curtis
Lucy’s
Lucy Wheeler
Thompson
Gene H. Church Bookkeeping Service
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
H C Kinzer
Halstead
Beaver
Morris
Beckley Glass Co
Oakwood
GEO. Sparks
Ashworth Firestone
Haddad’s TV and Furniture CO
Main St
Wright
Lovitz
Beckley Television
RCA Victor
Zenith TV
John W. Eye
Neville ST
Frank
GMC
Sprague
Bob Daniels
R. F. Baker
Raeleigh Penny Bank
Mutual of Omaha
Combs St
Mountain State
C. W. James
AAVON
Venetian Blind Cleaners
Beckley Auctioneering Company
Joe Jordan
Cyril “Cy” Lilly
Lilly
Midway
Peerless Packing Company
Lincoln Logs
Shady Spring
Means Lumber Coo
Sisson St
Whitener Roofing & Heating Co
City Ave
Coleman
James C. Griffith
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home, Inc
Vance Drive
Landers Upholstery, Inc
Geen
Byus Mankin Lumber CO
North
Kanawha
Amos E. Quesenberry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Bodool
O'Brien
Beaver Lumber Company
Bradley
J. J. Lamb
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