Pauline Ellison Weds Thomas E. Love at First Presbyterian
Pauline Ellison becomes Mrs Thomas Edward Love in a Aug 23 ceremony at Hin ton First Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev James Salango. The Oak Hill High School graduate wore pale blue crepe with white rose corsage. Robert A Brashears served as best man. The couple plans a Southern states wedding trip and will reside in Oak Hill.
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Oak. Hill
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Thomas Edward Love
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Hinton
James Salango
John Augustus Ellison Lansing
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Mrs. Love
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Marshall College
Huntington
Edward E. Love
U. S. Army
Robert A.brashears
Oak Hill
Mine Owner Proposes Right of Way for Thurmond Layland Road
H Pugh of Thurmond offers a State Road Commission right of way from Thurmond to Layland with a pledge to donate land if the commission funds half the construction cost. R C Hurt reports Cavendish asked chief engineer M L O Nei al to review and report. The road would spur trade to Oak Hill by connecting Stonecliff Claremont and Thayer and improve Midland Trail access. Pugh owns Pugh Coal Company with strip mining along the route.
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R.C. Hurt
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Oak Hill
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Claremont
Thayer
Pugh
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Fayette Grand Jury Hearing Presentments At Fayetteville
Fayetteville grand jury presentments heard today with Dr O Wiseman and Charles Were appointed special grand jury commissioners by Judge R J Thritt to select two substitute jurors J C Hurt and R L Hadther after two of the 16 summoned failed to report Other panel members include Byron Amick Cliftop who served as foreman Meredith Arbaugh Gauley Bridge John S Forage Winona Samuel F Blair Ansted Clarence Bishop Scarbro Geri Beck Fayetteville Lee Carson Boomer H C Carson Montgomery E W Dunkley Mount Hope Homer Hudson Montgomery J W Horrocks Winona Lewis Miller Victor Homer Nicely Thurmond and R G Patterson Mount Hope
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Mount Hope
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Relatives Visit East Rainelle Family Members
Barbara Layland and Kathryn Ilkes visit in Rainelle to see the former uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Norris Sims. They travel from Heights with staff writer Lucas Layland.
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Fayetteville Boy Scout leaders discuss camp site plans
In Fayetteville a county Boy Scout Executive Committee meeting heard talks on a fall sound film, scout master instruction, and selecting a camp site. Guy Petit was appointed to study the project with plans to report October 21, while Joe Bishop will assist in camp construction plans.
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Mount Hope
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Charleston
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Shires
Dr W R Bittinger Attends Charleston Tuberculosis Meeting
Dr W R Bittinger of Summerlee attends a WV Tuberculosis Health Association meeting at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston today and tomorrow. He is a director of the National Tuberculosis Association and president of the West Virginia group.
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Charleston
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Oak Hill Man Named As Family Officer
Miss Cora Miller of Princeton heads the Miller Halstead family as president following the seventh annual Lilly reunion held at Flat Top Lilly reunion grounds. Elected to serve with Miss Miller were N. C. Miller Oak Hill vice president Mrs Joe Miller Princeton secretary treasurer and C L Halstead Princeton corresponding secretary.
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Virginia guest AK Hill-Mrs. Pearl Dame Wood hosted by Ray family
Mrs. Pearl Dame Wood of Clifton Forge Virginia stayed with the Rev. and Mrs. Robert Ray on Highland Avenue as a guest during her visit to the area.
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Pearl Damewood
Clifton Forge
Robert Ray
Highland Avenue
Herndon Enters College at Virginia Tech
Oak Hill graduate Herndon departed for Blacksburg Virginia to enroll at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He is the former Oak Hill High School standout and will begin studies there this semester.
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Milton Herndon
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Blacksburg
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Legion Buys Stegall Home for Permanent Fayetteville HQ
LaFayette Club 49 announces option to purchase the Stegall residence on Maple Avenue Fayetteville to serve as the post’s permanent home. The two story colonial will be converted with a club room and recreational facilities planned. opening date not set. Post has 250 members, organized June 1946.
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Retired minister Charles Pickett rites set in Oak Hill
Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Oak Hill Baptist Church for the Rev. Charles Alfred Pickett 79 of Oak Hill who died Monday night after a two year illness. Burial will be in Highlawn Memorial Park with church members serving as pallbearers. He formerly worked as a statehouse reporter and Oak Hill editor.
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Charleston
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New Haven
East End Streets Near Completion in Oak Hill
City manager C. S. Waugh reports paving in the East End near completion. Woodcrest Sales Company of Fayetteville handles construction and has laid the stone for Rhodes and Lee streets, with surface work ready to finish.
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Fayetteville
Three Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in Raleigh County
Three couples applied for marriage licenses in Raleigh County per county clerk records. Ivan Acord age 21 of Hotchkiss and Mary Luevina Acord age 16 of Slab Fork. Landon Polk 21 of Sophia and Faye Bowles 16 of Sophia. Adolphus Scruggs 21 of Fireco and Mary Frances Spencer 18 of Fireco.
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Hotchkiss
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Faye Bowles
Sophia
Adolphus Scruggs
Mary Frances Spencer
Fireco
Defense cites lack of Thornhill Lilly testimony in Simon case
Dillon argues Thornhill Lilly would refuse to testify due to indictments and notes Thornhill and Lilly were acquitted. He cites Simon deposition and says a new trial for James Edward Simon would likely lead to acquittal. He also claims prosecutorial prejudice and numerous trial errors.
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Bowman admits plan to control New York Central via board
Kingdon questioned if control could be achieved by legal steps other than board seats. Bowman admitted there would be no difference. When Kingdon asked if C and C officials intended to control the New York Central, Mullens’ lawyer cited Bowman’s answer: certainly so.
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Four Non Fatal Incidents Reported in Hungary
Armour noted four non fatal incidents occurred in Hungary while stating there is no record of physical violence to American citizens within the borders of the Soviet Union itself.
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Hungary
Armour
Soviet Union
Marshall warns on security committee power and UN restraint
He proposes the Assembly security committee stay in constant session with 55 members. He pleads that great powers use their influence with restraint. Marshall warns the United Nations cannot endure if privilege frustrates the collective will.
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Marshall
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Bake Sale Planned by Pineville Women’s Society
The Women's Society of Christian Service in Pineville schedules a bake sale for September 20 at Wyoming Supply Company store. President Mrs. T. G. Morgan leads a court house auditorium meeting with prayers by Mrs. A. B. Robertson and notes by Mrs. W. M. Lewis about the District meeting at Ansted. Attendees include Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Kenna Blackburn, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Hollinger, Mrs. Schaeppl, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. Worrell. Next meeting is set for September 25.
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W. M. Lewis
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Ansted
D. W. Hollinger
Kenna Blackburn
A.B. Robertson
Grace Schaeppl
Beckley Jaycees Plan Yuletide Parade and Safety Drives
Beckley Jaycees outline Yuletide parade plans with Santa on a float, high school bands, and a fire prevention float during National Fire Prevention Week. Rudy Robbins leads the activities committee hoping to decorate streets with evergreens and lights, plus sound boxes for Christmas music and an invitation to Governor Meadows. Warren Williams says the group will help the police place reflector tapes on bicycles and promotes the Better Breakfast Program with a meeting at El Chico to discuss a mayoral talk and morning nutrition for children and workers.
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Warren Williams
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W. A. Burke
Mullens Bicycle Found Identified By Mother
Police Chief Haynes Davidson stated a Mullens youth is being punished for negligence after a bicycle found near the police headquarters was identified by a local mother. The bike is being impounded but not yet returned to the boy.
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Concord College enrolls local graduate for engineering study
Jack Paynter a Oceana High School graduate returns from a California trip to enroll at Concord College Athens to study engineering. His parents Mr and Mrs J S Paynter live at Cyclone.
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Oceana
Jack Paynter
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California
Concord College
Athens
J. S. Paynter
Cyclone
Accidental Shooting Wounds Man in Welch Hospital
Isaac Hoosier 21 of Pineville is treated for gunshot wounds to the upper right arm at Welch hospital. Hoosier says he was accidentally shot by his cousin.
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Pineville
Isaac Hoosier
Guyvan
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Morgans Return to Schools
Mr and Mrs Alvin J Morgan move from Mount Hope to Lewiston where he serves as coach at Greenbrier Military School. Mrs Morgan, Mary Burgess, takes a teaching post at Ronceverte School.
Council Orders Man to Clean Up Mullens Property
Mullens resident who faced charges for allowing trash to accumulate was ordered by the City Council to remove the debris. Mayor Orr urged civic duty, while Lampton and Cook of the Chamber of Commerce urged study on a city planning board, citing examples from larger cities and California where it is compulsory.
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Lampton
California
Wyoming Man's Body Recovered
County Sheriff Paul Goode said Howard Lester 63 of Big Branch and his wife Mary 60 were found dead after a horse returned without its rider. The couple were thrown into the Guyandotte River near Justice and could not swim. Funeral services for Mrs. Lester were held today in Jesse Fort Virginia. Lester to be buried in the Lester family cemetery in McDowell County.
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Guyandotte River
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Mary
Jesse Fort
McDowell
Randolph closes schools and public venues amid epidemic fears
Since last Wednesday Randolph reports a total of 10 for the year. An order closing all schools and public gathering places went into effect last Thursday to curb a feared epidemic. A similar Barbour County order remains in effect. Elkins officials say the Elkins High Victory High football game at Clarksburg Friday is postponed, Davis and Elkins College gridiron teams continue practice, and the college will open for fall term on Monday.
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Chattanooga Armored Car Encounters Yugoslav Advance Detachment
Chattanooga soldiers fired a warning burst from a machinegun during a show of force. Tactical headquarters reported an armored car crew sighted a machinegun over the heads of the Yugoslav advance detachment but did not fire.
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Houcks Have Guests From Several Areas
Mr and Mrs Strat Houck of West Mullens hosted guests over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Troy Kincaid and children Larry and Sherry Belle Mrs R F Stone of Charleston William Stone of Belle Mr and Mrs Clifton Meadows and son Michael Corinne Mr and Mrs Forest Houck and daughter of Morenci Michigan and the Rev Winton Huck of Bluefield.
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Troy Kincaid
Larry
Sherry
Belle
R. F. Stone
Charleston
William Stone
Clifton Meadows
Michael
Corinne
Forest Houck
Morenci
Mich
Winton Huck
Bluefield
Spahis Riding Term Origins From Central Asia
Spahis, a term now used for certain Algerian and Tunisian cavalry troops, originally meant fief-holders in central Asia.
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Deeds Filed in Oceana County Clerk Office
Pineville records list three property transfers admitted to the deed register. H E Meadows and wife convey lots 2 and 26 in Oceana Junction. Hershel Hall and wife transfer real estate in Oceana district Tracy Adams and wife convey Lot 24 in Hedrick Addition to the Town of Oceana.
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H. E. Meadows
Bert Short
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Palm Beach braces as hurricane threatens citrus areas
Sheriff John F. Kirk said the Okeechobee dikes may hold as 82 mph winds gust to 110 mph lash the coast. evacuations surged with 10,000 leaving Lake Okeechobee area while Palm Beach shutters moved up and a 160 mph wind estimate loomed near the coast.
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