Democrats Plan Sept 11 Meeting in Boone County
Whitesville RNS reports the Democratic Executive Committee of Boone County schedules a September 11 dinner at the courthouse in Madison with Earl Miller and other officials listed. Kefauver is invited as guest. the gathering aims to line up candidates for the November General Election and introduce speakers including governors and congressmen.
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Whitesville
RNS
Pera
Earl Miller
Kefauver
Democrat
West Boone County
Virginia
Hunt. m
Madison
Ington
Parkersburg
Wheel
Tion
Clements
Tennessee
Marland
Robert
Mollohan
Byrd
W. W. Barron
Ling
Ralph Hottle
Hass
Hottle
Madiean
Horse Show Entry Blanks Mailed Out
Official entry blanks for a Whitesville horse show scheduled for Sept. 30 are being mailed across Southern West Virginia. The Lions Club event at Lions Ball Park expects 50 entries across 13 classes with no entry fee and trophies for each class.
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Whitesville
RNS
West Virginia
Lions Club
Lions Ball Park
Hallie Priestley
Jack Burnett
Lions Horse Show
Charles Holland
Richard Brown
Jack Burdette
Paul Maxey
Bill Cook
Jim Kostas
Priestley
Oak Hill Fair
Charleston
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Beckley
Princeton
Bluefield
Oak Hill
Nile Riley Earns Drum Major Camp Awards Near Wheel ing
Nile Riley, drum major of the Fayetteville high school band, earned four certificates at the Oglebay Institute Drum major majorette camp near Wheeling. Band director Jimmie Queen was notified. Riley was praised for analysis of techniques, adaptability to twirling styles, classroom discipline, and adherence to camp rules. He received citations for solo, drum major performance, and camp show contest.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Nile Riley
Oglebay Institute
Wheeling
Jimmie Queen
Riley
B. C. Riley
Queen
Landslide wrecks Mount Hope home. Fizer family moves on
Mrs. Robert M. Fizer and son have returned to Smithfield, Ohio after their Mount Hope brick house near Wessl burg was toppled by a landslide six weeks ago. They vacated the home after noticing gas and water leaks and cracking beams. A moving company removed belongings. Fizer works for Rish Equipment Co. The report also notes Colcord residents Elza Legg and family visiting in Colcord, and other local updates on hospitalizations and social visits.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Robert M. Fizer
Dower
Smithfield
Ohio
Fizer
Rish Equipment Co
Boone Schedules Days For Polio Injections
WHITESVILLE Sept 19 and 20 polio shot days in Boone County with clinics at Boone County Health Dept Madison Sept 19 from 1 to 4 pm and E of P Hall Seth Sept 20 same hours Dr Hiram Sizemore Jr health officer announces injections for first time recipients birth to 19 years and expectant mothers second injections for those who had first shot booster third dose for those who had two shots in 1955 or completed second injections in February 1956.
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Whitesville
RNS
Boone County
Boone County Health Dept
Madison
Hall
Seth
Hiram Sizemore Jr
Varney Cline Auxiliary Meets in Bower Home
The Varney Cline Auxiliary met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. June Bower in East Pineville. President Mrs. Billy Jo Boggs led the session. Discussions covered the District Fall Conference with plans for members to attend. The Lewisburg convention is set for October 14. Members agreed to sell Christmas cards and wrappings and orders were issued. The next meeting will be at Miss Vera Wenzel’s home in East Pineville with date to be announced. Refreshments were served.
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Pineville
BNS
Varney Cline
June Bower
East Pineville
Billy Jo Boggs
Lewisburg
Vera Wenzel
Revival at First Assembly Church of God Oak Hill
A special tent revival continues at First Assembly Church of God in Fast Oak Hill through Sept 23 with Pastor Helen Crum and Rev Isom Blake of South Carolina conducting 7:30 nightly services and music. The public is invited regardless of denomination. Cor. Wes Brown and Katherine Trent announce birth of son Wes ley J Brown I at Fort Bragg Army Hospital Sept 3 at 7:30 pm.
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Oak Hill
RNS
First Assembly Church of God
Fast Oak Hill
Helen Crum
Isom Blake
South Carolina
Pineville
ANS
Wesley J. Brown
Army Hospital
Fort Bragg
N.C
Brown
Katherine Trent
Kimball
Army Post
Cr. Brown
Azel Brown
Sylvester Methodist News Sees Seminar Return Visit
Rev William Cox Mrs Farris Angel Mrs Curtis Smith and Mrs Richard Barton of Sylvester attended a Methodist Church seminar in Beckley this week. WSCS members hosted refreshments at Beckley Temple while in town they visited patients Burk Kuhn and Johnny Jenkins at Beckley Memorial Hospital. The WSCS program committee met Sept 14 to plan future events. John Morton of Cleveland returned home after visiting his sister Sue Givens. Jo Ann Moore returned to Washington DC after weekend with her parents. Lefty Allen and family returned to Newark Delaware after visiting C A Steele family.
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Methodist Church
Society of Christian Service
Beckley Temple
Beckley
Burk Kuhn
Johnny Jenkins
Beckley Memorial Hospital
WSCS
Sylvester First Methodist
Curtis Smith
John Morton
Cleveland
Ohio
Sue Givens
Jo Ann Moore
Washington, D. C
Bill Moore
Lefty Allen
Jackie
Joyce
Newark
Delaware
Aged Mother Hurt in Car Accident After Dying Son Visit
Mrs. Sara Jane Richardson aged 84 of Taylor Valley Va was injured in a wreck at Beaver around 830 pm while returning home from Beckley Hospital where she had visited her dying son Robert Lee Richardson who died at 1130 pm from spinal meningitis The passenger Willa J Lee 29 Bristol Va was reported in good condition Thelma Shelton Allen Raymond Luther Lee and Brad Wortex were involved in the crash with Allen cited for driving on the wrong side of the road. Damage estimated at 1000 dollars Mrs Richardson was to be moved to Virginia today and her son’s death preceded her return to home
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Sara Jane Richardson
Taylor Valley
Beckley Hospital
Beaver
Robert Lee Richardson
Richardson
Virginia
Willa J. Lee
Bristol
Thelma Shelton Allen
Mount Hope
Raymond Luther
Lee
Bradl Wortex
Thelma Allen
Jane Damron
Wilkinson
Lo‘radegan Co
Billy Stanley
J. P. Mays
Cleveland
Ohio
Arej
Bill
Luam Stanley
Colcord
Sirrani
Jarrolds Valley
Albert Sirrani
Bil Stanley
Coal River
Clevelland
Mary Stover
Charleston
Oceana Students Enroll at Greenbrier Military School
Freddie Lugar and Allen Goins joined Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg as seniors this week. Oceana women, including Mrs. Shannon Beane Yost Chambers Cooper and Hag er, attended the Southwestern District Convention of the West Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs in War.
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Oceana
RNS
Freddie Lugar
Allen Goins
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
E. G. Shannon
L. W. Beane
Art Yost
Charles Chambers
Okey Cooper Jr
Jessie Hager
West Virginia
Mrs Ruth Collins Has Indiana Guests
Mrs Ruth Collins hosts visitors from Indiana Mr and Mrs Robert Vance Pratt of Evansville Indiana. They spent a week with family in Scarbro then traveled to Charlottesville Virginia and Wilmington before returning home on September 23 Mrs Pratt formerly Faith Collins works as a physical therapist at St Marys Hospital in Evansville. her husband is city editor for the Evansville Courier newspaper.
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Colcord
ANS
Elza Legg
Sherman Legg
Rome
Ohio
W. H. Petry
Leggs
Elijah Fratey
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Ed Riley
Toledo
Rex. Stover
Charlotte Douglas
James Honaker
Damon Honaker
Beckley
Forest Chambers
Clear Fork
Madison
Oak Hill
Rns
Robert Vance Pratt
Evansville
Ind
Ruth Collins
Scarbro
Ac Counle
Charlottesville
Wilmington
Rhodell Seeks New Span Over Stonecoal Creek
Rhodell residents and town officials urge the State Road Commission to replace the worn out one lane bridge over Stonecoal Creek. The old structure carries school buses and residents with four ton weight limits. promises from SRC have not yielded action amid years of patchwork.
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Tower of Rhodell
State Road Commission
Rhodell
RNS
SRC
Stonecoal Creek
Tion
Raleigh County
Leons
Methodist Church
Sanders
Sam
Stoco
Lilly
Lacy A. Meadows
Beckley Couple Faces Hearings On False Pretense Charges
A Beckley couple faces hearings Tuesday before Magistrate J P Mayson on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Wife Sherry Workman Hubbard, 18, released on $500 bond, is represented by attorney R Fadeley. husband Richard C Hubbard, 20, remains in jail. Contents of a tobacco box sold for $10 will be analyzed by authorities, with police and Alcohol Tobacco Tax Division agents involved.
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Beckley
J. P. Mayson
Sherry J Workman Hubbard
Wickham Ave
Raleigh
Richard C
Hubbard
Millard Thewo
Tyree
Tobacco Tax Division
U. S
Cou- Treasury Department
Charleston
fAniain
Beckley Group Attends Charleston Safety Meet
Representatives from Co. D West Virginia Safety Council and state officials attend a Charleston safety meeting in the House of Delegates Chamber. Lt. Welty and Capt. Walker lead Beckley attendees as Grotz outlines statewide traffic safety progress and improvements. Gov Marland and other officials are slated to speak at the event.
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Co. D
Westginia Safety Council
Virginia Department of Publicly
Welty
Shanp
West Virginia
Rafort
Leigh County
House of Delegates
Grol
R. W. Boyles
Grotz
William Marland
Joseph P. Condry
Burl A. Sawyers
Charles Hopkins
Aunt Jemima To Visit Area At Beckley Lions Club
Aunt Jemima will headline the Beckley Lions Club meeting, now moved to Wednesday. She arrives at Raleigh County Memorial Airport at 9 03 am and will be escorted to the County Courthouse to receive the key to the city. She then appears at Woodrow Wilson High School and VA Hospital, and leads a pancake sale Friday at First Methodist Church.
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Jemina
Beckley Lions Club
el Chico
Raleigh, County Memorial
Woodrow Wilson High School
Veterans Administration Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
First Methodist Church
Lions Club
Illness Claims East Gulf Man
Robert Lee Richardson 60 of East Gulf died at 8:30 p.m. Sunday in a local hospital after spinal meningitis diagnosed on admission last Tuesday. A former Winding Gulf Collieries employee, he retired August 31. He lived with R. E. Nunn’s family in East Gulf. born in Taylors Valley, Virginia. A Mullens Moose Lodge member. Body at the Robertsong and Foglesong Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Robert Lee Richardson
East Gulf
Richardson
Winding Gulf
R. E. Nunn
Taylor’s Valley
Mullens Moose Lodge
Robertsong and Foglesong
Crash at Surveyor Station Injures, Trucks Damaged
On VA Route 3 near Surveyor Police report a woman collided with the Surveyor Service Station operated by Cris Basham. She knocked over two gas pumps causing about 900 dollars in damage.
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Surveyor
Cris Basham
Blue Pennant Personal Addresses Returns and Visits
Blue Pennant reports several local families returning home after visits with relatives in Columbus and Detroit. Wives and children travel to Charleston and Lookout while service members pace brief leaves at Lackland Air Force Base and the Denver Air Station before reassignment to Alaska.
Mrs Clark Dies at 52 in Welch Hospital
Mrs Alice Clark of 107 Earl Street died in a Welch hospital early today after an extended illness. The body remains at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
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Alice Clark
Earl St
Welch
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Air Force Nurse Corps openings announced at Beckley
Sgt Pauline V Wong Beckley Recruiting Station announces vacancies in the Air Force Nurse Corps. Applications open to nursing students in final three months before board exams and to those commissioned. Qualifications include citizenship age 21 to 40, professional nursing license, and U.S. residency. Inquiries to Sgt Wong or Capt Margaret Duplease at the Air Force Nurse Procurement Office.
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Pauline V. Wong
Air Force
Beckley
Air Force Nurse Corps
Air Force Nurse
I Corps
Pice
Wena. Thom
Ale K TY . Ae
United States
Whebey
West
Inirginia University
College of Engineering
Sgt. Wong
Margaret Duplease
Old Post Office
Fattsburgh 19
Harper Driver Fined for Lack of Operator's Card
Paul Price of Harper was fined 25 dollars and costs by Magistrate T N Thurman after being arrested by Joy City Police on Thursday night for driving without an operator's card before a Friday court appearance.
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T. N. Thurman
Paul Price
Harper
Joy City Police
Knowland to be Televised Rally Speech in Huntington
California minority leader William F Knowland will address a Republican rally in Huntington. The event broadcasts on WOAY TV from 8 30 to 10 am Tuesday with origin at WHTN TV and direct relay to WOAY TV.
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United States
Senate
William F. Knowland
California
Woay-Tv
Huntington
Whtn-Tv
Selecting sickness insurance for family needs and service
Two key points in choosing sickness insurance are matching benefits to family needs within budget and selecting a company with strong claims service. With over a thousand local offices in the United States and Canada, Metropolitan Insurance offers prompt, considerate attention and nearby service in emergencies.
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United States
Canada
Services Tuesday For C S Cole
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott for C S Cole 83 of Wickham who died Sunday after a long illness. He was born February 26 1873 in Carter County Tennessee the son of Andy and Harriet Cole. Survivors include a daughter Eila Furbes of Wilmington Delaware a son Joe of Kingsport Tennessee a brother S A Cole of Elizabethton Tennessee 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Mabscott
C. S. Cole
Wickham
Cole
Carter County
Tenn
Andy and
Harriet Garland Cole
Dellia Stout Cote
Freewill Baptist Church
Eila Furbes
Wilmington
Del
Joe
Kingsport
S. A. Cole
Elizabethton
Dana
Melton Mortuary
J. I. Bowling
Norman Harless
Sunset Memorial Park
Richard Fleming
William Hurt
Luther Taylor
Jim Nary
Frank Willies
Bob Brewer
Moye Services Slated Tuesday
Last rites for Hershel H. Moye, 62, Coal City, will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at Coal City Community Church. Burial is planned at Sunset Memorial Park with pallbearers named. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until 1 hour before services.
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Hershel H. Moye
Coal City
Sunset Memorial Park
Cal
Harold Lilly
Paris
Taft
Homer
Herbert Moye
iPfor
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Lester
RNS
Baptist Church
Thursby
Fisher Body Crafts
Man's Guild
General Motors
Baptist Youth Fellowship
the Corp
Detroit
Just-A Mere Club Plans Saturday Socials for Water Cooler
A $50 down payment on a $209 water cooler was given to Howard Monroe, Youth Center director, by Mrs. Helen Tuck, president of the Just-A Mere Club, with remaining funds to come from Saturday night socials at the center. Eugene Lafferty of Bostic Ave was jailed by city police at 8 p.m. Sunday on a drunk driving charge.
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Howard Monroe
Helen Tuck
Just-Amere Club
Raleigh County
Eugene Lafferty
Bostic
Honorable discharges recorded by Raleigh County Clerk
Honorable discharges of service men recorded at the Raleigh County Clerk’s office include Jack Richard Crafton Rt. 1 Mr. Hope Everette Ray Myers Kil eh James Lowell Mills Jr Beck ey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Jack Richard Crafton
Rt. 1
Mr. Hope
Everette Ray Myers
Kileh
James Lowell Mills Jr
Beckey
Central PTA to Meet Today at 7 30 PM
The Central Elementary School Parent Teachers Association will meet at the school at 7 30 p m. Officers for the 1956 57 term include John J Pope president Bernard Martin vice president Mrs Amt Jenkins secretary and Dr James Farris treasurer. Attendance at a freshman camp is noted for L Gregg Halloran.
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Central Elementary School
Parent-Teachers Association
John J. Pope
Bernard Martin
Amt Jenkins
James Farris
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