Former Fayette Sheriff Dies in Kentucky
MT. HOPE Mrs. Mary S iMaster of South Charleston chaired a district ritualistic meeting at Mt. Hope Masonic Hall. A funeral and burial for former Fayette Sheriff Reed will be held in Peele. Reed, 34, died in Louisville Ky after involvement with Masonic groups and local civic work.
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Mary S. iMaster
South Charleston
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Order of the Eastern Star
Winonia
Mt. Hope Masonic Hall
Kelen Darnall
Mountainair
Frances Ferguson
Kanawha Chapter 38
Montgomery
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Bernadine Evans
Agnes Ward
Maybelle Weaver
Fannie Richeson
Isabelle Pettit
Bertha Martin
Eva Cope
Margit Benson
Ethel Shepherd
Grace la Master
Sophia Steplowski
Jennie Carter
Mabel Cooper
Isabel Alford
Mary Buckley
Maude Marshall
Gertrude Williams
Myrtle Teel
Dorothy Abel
Lena Lindamond
Marie Link
Carrie Carman
Edna Calvert
Hazel Lewallen
Margaret Beverley
Marie Bolton
Marie Carper
Ann Cope
Betty Johnson
A. C. Carman
Henry Tyree
Booster President Seeks Band Booster Cooperation
Mt Hope Booster president appeals for member participation to boost projects this year. With only about half of parents joining, plans note insurance coverage limits, personal gear issues, and the need for a called meeting on October 4 at 7 30 p m. Bandmaster David Carter explains instruments and forms and stresses booster backing is essential for trips and damages.
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Mt Hope Band Sets Saturday as Tag Day in Mt Hope
Mt Hope High School Band members will roam the streets Saturday selling tags to boost the musicians fund. Band Boosters president E M Caperton says concessions will be offered at home games this season and asks the public to cooperate, noting past discourtesy and urging polite refusals.
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Rites Incomplete For Train Victim Adolph Tesen
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Adolph Tesen 76 who was killed instantly about 12:45 p m Thursday when he stopped or fell into the path of a Virginian Railway engine at Glen Rogers Witnesses on the tipple said the engine was backing down the tracks after supplying empty coal cars Tesen's wife and family lived in Detroit Michigan He had worked for Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company for about 28 years as an outside carpenter foreman
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Henley Funeral Rites Set Sunday
Fayetteville resident Lewis P. Henley 87 died today at Oak Hill Hospital after an 18 month illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Sunday at Fayetteville Baptist Church with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery. He leaves a wife, two sisters, several children, 53 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to his residence at 5 p m Saturday, grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
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Frank McClung
Paul Craft
Charleston
S. C
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Baltimore
Reading Conferences Set for Fayette Elementary Teachers
Reading conferences for Fayette County teachers covering grades one through three will be held September 25 to 27 at six county schools. Sessions include Montgomery Junior High for Kanawhan District Monday at 9:30, Gauley Bridge Elementary for Falls District Monday at 1:30, Divide Elementary Tuesday at 9:30, Meadow Bridge Elementary Tuesday at 1:30, Fayetteville Elementary Wednesday at 3:30, and Glen Jean Elementary Wednesday at 1:30 with Fayetteville District attending the most convenient. Transportation guidance instructs teachers to arrange noon dismissal for morning sessions and to ensure transported students are cared for.
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Mrs. Fox Dies at 83 in Ansted Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. G W Fox 83 of Ansted will be held at 2 p m Saturday from her home with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill The Ansted Baptist Church and Eastern Star Montgomere shrine member leaves a sister Mrs Nettie Evans Charleston two grandchildren and four greats The body remains at Thomas Funeral Home Ansted until 12 30 p m Saturday then will be moved to the residence for services Also Huntington meet Whitesville Harry Conke water and street commissioner attends a three day session of West Virginia city water and street commissioners training in Huntington
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Charleston
Clarence Stephenson
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George Fox
Sarah O. Fox
Nettie Evans
Thomas Funeral Home
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Register
Whitesville
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Huntington
West Virginia
Educational Seminar by WSCS at Mt Hope Church
The Key District Woman's Society of Christian Service schedules a seminar at Mt Hope Methodist Church on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mrs Austin Bagshaw, West Virginia conference secretary of Spiritual life, will be among the speakers.
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MT. Hope
Woman's Society of Christian Service
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Austin Bagshaw
West Virginia
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Gunter Funeral Services Sunday in Matheny
Wilbur Z Gunter 72 of Matheny dies at Bluefield Sanitarium after a kidney operation. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday from Matheny Chapel with Rev Karl Lilly and others officiating. Burial in Stewart Cemetery. Survived by wife Nancy Tilly Gunter, nine sons, four daughters, a brother and a sister, 48 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. Body to be moved to Robertson and Fogleman Funeral Home in Mullens at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Kopperston
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Francis Kimball
Princeton
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs. Bailey Dies In Welch Hospital
Mrs. Fred Bailey of Baileyswire died at Stevens Clinic Welch from a heart condition after a brief hospitalization. The body is at Robertson and Fortesong Funeral Home in Mullens.
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Washington Firm Given Nod for Master Contract
The Mercer County Court approved a county airport master plan and hired Airways Engineering Corporation of Washington DC to handle all engineering details. A $600,000 airport bond was approved by voters on Aug 1 and sanctioned by the Attorney General. The plan, endorsed by H H Stark, advances to Richmond VA for Civil Aeronautics Administration review before final approval in Washington. The Airways firm’s fee will be determined when county funds are matched by the Federal Government.
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Richmond
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Holliday Rites Incomplete For Earl A. Holliday
Funeral services are incomplete for Earl A. Holliday 57 of Edmond who died Thursday in a Charleston hospital after a long illness He was foreman at Medo Fuel Co of Brackens Creek member of Jeanette Baptist Church Survived by wife Lovelet Rogers Holliday six sons Garland Estie Harold Darrell Bobbie and Sammy at home two daughters Lara Agnes Anderson Mildred at home mother Laura McCelland Holiday one brother Guy Holiday Layland four sisters Lorena McDaniel Layland Juanita Wade Beckley Catherine Ramsey Maplewood and Hoda Linkous White Sulphur and five grandchildren
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Edmond
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Estie
Harold
Lookout
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Mildred
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Beckley
Catherine Ramsey
Maplewood
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Boley Funeral Services Today for Mrs Boley 67
Funeral services were set for 2 p m today for Mrs Elizabeth Catherine Boley 67 of Nallen who died Wednesday at home from coronary thrombosis. Rev E K Sawyers of Durbin would conduct rites with burial at End of the Trail Cemetery. She was wife of Marvin Boley mother of Evelyn and Erna Sawyers both of Smoot sister of Annie Ramsey of Wiona and grandmother of two. Born May 26 1882 in Fay county she lived all her life near Nallen.
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Nallen
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E. K. Sawyers
Durbin
Trail
Marvin Boley
Chestnut Grove
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Evelyn Sawyers
Erna Sawyers
Smoot
Annie Ramsey
Wisiona
Fayiene County
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Kingston PTA Sets Monday Meeting for School Year
Kingston Patent Teacher's Association schedules an executive committee meeting Monday at 7:30 p m. Officers for 1950 31 include George Edwards as president Harless Cooke as vice president Mary Armstrong as secretary and B J Wriston as treasurer.
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Harless Cooke
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Seeley Funeral Rites Saturday for Glenn A. Seeley
Funeral services will be held at 1 p m Saturday for Glenn A Seeley 60 of the Armature Apartments Moran Avenue who died Wednesday in a South Charleston hospital Death for the Virginia Railway veteran of nearly 26 years service was due to a heart ailment He retired as shift foreman of the Mullens Shops on Sept A chapel service will be conducted by Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home with Rev C H Jersey officiating Burial will follow in Greenbrier Cemetery at Hinton He is survived by his wife a son two daughters a brother two sisters and three grandchildren
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Glenn A. Seeley
Armature
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South Charleston
Virginijan Railway
Robertson and Foglesong
C. H. Jersey
Greenbrier
Hinton
Woods Appointed Second Foreman
Mullens local rail report states Charlie W. Woods becomes acting second shift foreman at the Mullens motor barn of the Virginian Railway succeeding retiree G A Seeley who died Wednesday night in South Charleston Hospital. F R Smith promoted from assistant foreman to fill Woods position, C E Bailey transfers to Elmore as new assistant. changes take effect Tuesday per R G Bennett division master mechan ing.
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Mullens
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South Charleston
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Rail
F. R. Smith
C. E. Bailey
Princeton
R. G. Bennett
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