Fayetteville Man Added to Staff of Special Inspectors for State Mine Dept
Fayetteville man Frank Simms joins a six member team of special inspectors for West Virginia State Mine Department. The new inspectors train in collecting rock dust samples to speed lab testing for mine safety. Mines Chief Arch J. Alexander says the program aims to reduce slate and roof fall accidents and coal dust explosions.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Fayetteville
State Mine Department
Register
Wester Fayetteville
Frank Simms
Simms
Warren Fish
East Bank
Ener Farmer
Carnette
Edward Stuckey
Ethel
Joan Poteet
Roy Shefxey
Arch J. Alexander
Alexander
West Virginia
Lions Club Commended For Sponsoring Scout Troop 1127
Oak Hill leaders lauded by Regster Stall Witter at Hotel Hill dinner as John Frisk presents the charter for Troop 1127. The group lists a 19 year seat and a decade of sponsorship. A scout master school is planned to train leaders.
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Regster Stall Witter
Oak Hill
William V. Pierce
Roy Scouts
John Frisk
Oak Hill Lions Club
Hotel Hill
Frisk
James H. Shelton
James Price
William Price
O. W. Dixon, Jr
R. T
Ita
Lions Club
Pierce
Lions
Leroy Vastovich
Max Harris
Calvin Wilson
Infant Dies in Jumping Branch Rites Set Today
Diana Christine Meadows four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ruch Meadows Jumping Branch died Wednesday at Be ckle y hospital after a two month illness. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m today at Bluestone Baptist Church with Rev George Curry and Rev Howard Spencer officiating. Burial in Jumping Branch family cemetery. Survived by sister Margaret Helena Meadows maternal grandparents John L Osborne of Minton paternal grandparents Lon Meadows of Jumping Branch. Mullens News.
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Jumping Branch
Margaret Helena Meadows
John L.osborne
Minton
Lon Meadows
Henley Funeral Set for Sunday
Final services for Pvt. Wilfred M. Henley of Fayetteville will be at Pleasant View Cemetery Gatewood at 2 p.m. Sunday with Dr. James F. Frame officiating. Amer. Legion Post 149 will be in charge. Henley was killed in France on August 9 1944. He is survived by his parents two children one brother eight sisters and a number of relatives. The body will be at Dodd Funeral Home until the service. The article notes the first color printing on a rotary press in America by the Chicago Inter Ocean in 1892.
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Register Star
Fayetteville
Wilfred M. Henley
Pleasant View Cemetery
Gatewood
James F. Frame
American Legion
Henley
France
L. FP. Henley
Charles Dale
Caroline Sue
Portsmouth
Egbert
Gertrude O'Neal
Isabell Light
Garren
Catherine Shumaker
Faith McClung
Willa Jane Craft
Mary Ann Shumaker
East Rainelle
Lillian Becker
Baltimore
Cora Henley
Charleston
5. C
Dodd Funeral Home
White Rites Likely Sunday for Fayetteville Merchant W. J. White
Funeral services tentatively planned for Sunday afternoon for W. J. White, Fayetteville merchant and former Fayette County deputy sheriff, who died suddenly from a heart attack. Rites by Rev. C. W. Paskel and Dr. James F. Frame with burial in Huse Memorial Park. Survived by wife Marie and several brothers and sisters across Tennessee and Illinois. Born April 26, 1885, in Coal Creek Tennessee.
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Register
Weoter
Fayetteville
W. J. White
Fayette County
C. W. Paskel
James F. Frame
W. A. Foglesong
Beckley
Huse Mermorial Park
White
C. A. Canley
Coal Creek
Tenn
Marie White
Robert B
Danville
Fred S
Hobart
Lake City
W. L. Sharp
Knoxville
Ada Leinart
Etawah
Lilia Ayres
Miss Mary Nugen Weds Sutton Man
Miss Mary Jo Nugen and Dennis Green of Sutton exchanged nuptial vows at 3 p m September 10 at the home of Rev C S Donnelly in Oak Hill. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs S E Nugen of Oak Hill and wore an aqua suit. The groom works for Electro Metalurgical Co in Altoy and they plan to reside in Oak Hill.
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Register
Oak Hill
Mary Joy Nugen
Dennis Green
Suttton
Upson
Downs
C. S. Donnelly
S. E. Nugen
Oak Mil
Electro-Metalurgical
Altoy
Oak Ifill
Railway Veteran's Rites Set Today
Funeral services for James N. Burdette 70 a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company employee will be held at 2 p m today at his residence in Fairlee with Rev Kirk Allen and Rev A K Whiteside officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery at Cliffon Forge Va. hospital death occurred Wednesday.
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Stace
Miss Christine Black Weds tor of Beckley Resident
Powellton ceremony unites Miss Christine Elizabeth Black and John L. Johnson in a 7 30 p m ceremony at the Powellton Methodist Church. Attendants include Miss Aldine Black and Miss Marguerite Hill. Reception follows. couple plans Ohio trip. Christine wore white satin with pearls and carried an orchid topped prayer book.
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Ann Lou Treadway
Powellton
Fred Johnson
Ernest
Jacks Johnson
Beckley
Jimmy ‘Johnson
South Charleston
Ohio
Montgomery High School
Gene Tol
Kimberly
Charleston
South Pa
Police Report Details Auto Thefts and Thefts in Mullens
Mullens police report a series of car thefts and theft attempts. A 1934 black Plymouth was stolen from near the Elmore roundhouse, and a 1936 Plymouth coupe was recovered abandoned on Bud Mountain. A dump truck was stolen near the city jail but later found. A local youth reported his bicycle stolen on Wednesday night. Authorities urge motorists to lock their doors.
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Register
Wendell W. Cook
Cook
Howard Avenue
J. E. Coogan
Washington, D. C
Coogan
Elmore Roundhouse
D. O. Dunn
Virginian
A. A Hill
Bud Mountain
Herndon Heights
State Road
Neward Avenue
Second Street
South Mullens
Carl Fines
Tolen
Oak Hill Women’s Club to Furnish Lunch for Child
The Oak Hill Woman’s Club plans a free lunch for a child during the school season and appointed Mrs. Sandy Orwell to oversee devotional services at the next Senior Woman’s Club meeting set for October 12 at city hall. A $5 contribution was given to the Oak Hill Fire Department for an iron lung. Mrs. Goldie Price and Mrs. Wasda Farrish were named delegates to attend the district meeting in Charleston on October 8.
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Hattie Biggs
Oak Hill
Saliger
Sandy Orwell
Brrs
Lucille Bennett
Oak Ifill
Fayelte County
Goldie Price
Wasda Farrish
Wesside
Whipple Miner Injured in Mine Accident at Whipple
Joe Lopes of Whipple was injured in a slate fall at the New River Company mine in Whipple. He is hospitalized at Oak Hill Hospital and reported resting comfortably with back injuries after Tuesday’s incident.
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Oak Hill
Joe Lopes
Whipple
Oak Hill Hospital
Ite
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