Former Naoma Boys Trek 45 Miles in 34 Hours in Ohio
Two former Colcord Elementary pupils Marvin Todd Age 12 and Ollie Todd Jr Age 8 left Columbus Ohio for a camping trip with five cents. They traveled west of the city for 34 hours and were found resting about five miles west of Columbus. Police say they hitched freight to West London then rode to West Jefferson sleeping under a signboard and eating tomatoes and apples. They were returned home to 484 Wilson Road in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Todd
Philip Lilly Register
Whitesville
Colcord
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio City
Paul F. Stormont
Ohio State Patrol
West Virginia
Ollie Todd
Wilson Road
Franklin Street
Sgt. Stormont
Ept
Franklin County
West London
Alton
West Jefferson
Stormont
Naoma
Marvin
Chattie Cook
Todd
Seth
Mt. View Junior High
Colcord Etementary
Douglas Hamilton
Ollie, Jr
Raleigh
Okey Mills
Coal River
Cook
Estil Todd
Orgas
Boone County
Rome
Rebekahs Plan 99th Anniversary Program in Whitesville
Whitesville Laboka Rebekah Lodge 252 plans a 99th anniversary program this month. A Monday dinner by Evangeline Chapter of Theta Rho Girls honored sponsors. Committees named includes Mrs W W Armstrong Mrs E E Spangler and Mrs Robert Walton Jr for the event. Initiation by Theta Rho Girls is planned for later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Laboka Rebekah Lodge
Evangeline Chapter
Theia Rho
Rebekahs
W. W. Armstrong
E. E. Spangler
Robert Walton, Jr
Theta Rha
Theta Rho
Wyrick Rites Slated Tuesday
Funeral services for Leander Dolford Wyrick 70 of Panther will be held at 3 40 p m tomorrow at his home with Rev F Mayberry officiating Burial will follow in Bailey Cemetery near Princeton He died Saturday night at Stevens Clinic Welch He was a sawmill operator and survived by his wife two sons three daughters two brothers and other relatives The body will be at Memorial Funeral Home chapel until 5 p m today then to Ingleside Road Princeton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Leander Dolford Wyrick
Panther
F. Mayberry
Bailey
Wyrick
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Sanders Wyrick
Lizzie Wyrick
H. H. Wyrick
Hinton
C. W. Wyrick
Parrott, Va
Fred Jackson
Sophia
Charlie Hodges
Coal City
Freddie Wyrick
Walter
Arthur
Bluefield
Memorial Funeral Home Chapel
W. S. Wyrick
Ingleside Road
Two Win Prizes In Bible Quiz
Mrs Raymond Stanley and Mrs Lavenia Stamper won prizes after answering questions in a Bible quiz at the Esther Mission Bible Class meeting of the First Baptist Church Whitesville Mrs Gladys Baxter served as quiz master and hostess The devotional was by Mrs H Clay Porterfield Next meeting set for Oct 9 at Mrs Raymond Stanley's West Whitesville home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Whitesville
Raymond Stanley
Lavenia Stamper
First Baptist Church
Gladys Baxter
H. Clay Porterfield
West Whitesville
Orgas Schoolboy Injured by Bus Near Whiteville
Frank Clemons 14 of Orgas sustained severe injuries to his left ankle after his leg was caught under a school bus wheel near Orgas. He was taken to Seth doctor's office for first aid and then to Charleston General Hospital for treatment. The driver was Clyde Adkins, transporting Whitesville Junior High students on the route home. The incident occurred as he alighted at Keith near Orgas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Register
Whiteville
Frank Clemons
Orgas
Charleston General Hospital
Seth
Keith
Clyde Adkins
Whitesville
Alex Clemons
Rice Cooper 62 Dies in Vernal Utah
Rice Clinton Cooper 62 dies Sunday in Vernal Utah after paralytic strokes and other causes. He thrice served as Vernal mayor, owned a theatre and the Vernal Drug Store, and was a registered pharmacist. Survived by his wife Edith, daughter Virginia Kay, four sons, three sisters, and three brothers. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovais Weiter
Whitesville
Rice Clinton Cooper
Vernal
Utah
Stokes
Cooper
Latter Day Saints Church
Colorado
W. T. Cooper
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Edith Cooper
Virginia Kay
Clinton W
Salt Lake City
I Grant
Glen
Verna
Police Probe Death of Neely Near Hale's Gap Mercer County
Police investigate the death of 27 year old David Neely whose body was found on Virginian Railway tracks near Hale's Gap in Mercer County. Witnesses quote that Neely left a drive-in around 10 30 pm Saturday and his truck was located near the drive-in Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Princeton
David Neely
Hale’s Gap
Mercer County
Neely
Dismissal Ends 3 Family Feud In Summers Street Clash
City Police Judge Anthony Sparacino dismissed all warrants in a Summers Street neighborhood feud that started as a kids quarrel and escalated to alleged blows. Two warrants charged Dora Wongert and Ella Fox with assault and battery on Fox and her five year old son Michael. decision followed late evidence presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Sparacino
Summers Street
Dora Wongert
Ella Fox
Michael
Hailie Jackson
Sparacino
State Police Hold Man on Grand Larceny Warrant
State police are holding James Eldridge, 30, of near Bluewell, on a Hamilton County Ohio grand larceny warrant. He has agreed to waive extradition. Ohio authorities will return Eldridge to Ohio on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
James Eldridge
Near
Bluewell
Hamilton County
Ohio
Eldridge
Women Voters League To Organize In Two Weeks
Mrs. Fred Hurt chairs the planning as leaders from the Washington and Beckley groups meet in Charleston to set a date for an organizational meeting of the League of Women Voters. The group aims to promote informed citizenship and democracy through local state and national cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hurt
League of Women Voters
United States
Washington
League of Women
D.C
Louis J. Cashdan
Voters
Beckley
Thelqt
Charleston
West Virginia
Anend
Errol Horn
Horner
Fred Wurt
Errol Horner
League of Women Voters of the
West Virginia League
Newlyweds' Honeymoon Trip Ends in Collision Near Lewisburg
Mr and Mrs Harry McConnell Patterson Jr were traveling from Beckley to Morgantown after a brief honeymoon when their 1950 Buick collided head on with a car driven by Glenn Levisay of Williamsburg two miles north of Lewisburg on Route 219. Mrs Patterson sustained arm and face bruises, was returned to Beckley for X rays, while Mr Patterson was uninjured. Three Levisay occupants were treated at Greenbrier Valley Hospital in Ronceverte for minor injuries, Frances Levisay released. others reported minor face cuts. Heavy fog suspected as cause. The Pattersons had spent their honeymoon at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McConnell Patterson, Jr
Beckley
Morgantown
At & P.m
Lewisburg
Pattersons
Glenn Levisay
Williamsburg
Patterson
Virginia Canterbury
Glenn
Ruth
Frances Levisay
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Morgantowia
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Levisay
League
United States
1. Bepter
Wayne Reynolds
Police Arrest 15 Men in Two Poolroom Raids
Police raided Cox's Poolroom at 8 Oakwood Ave and Frank's Billiards at 105 Main St late Saturday night. Fifteen men were arrested on gambling charges and other offenses with numerous suspects ordered to appear in Beckley City Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orly
Cox’s Poolroom
Oakwood Avenue
Frank's Billiards
Main Street
Cox's
Jack Vines
Odd
H. C
James Ayers
Calloway
Woodward
Beckley
Heights
Charles Delmore
Dewey C. Me
Winona
Frank
John Grover Ward
Street
Sullivan
Arnold Adkins
Sophia
Joe
James Brash
Doe
Fred Gillispie
Eunice Soldier Killed in Action in Korea
Cpl. Charles Cook of Eunice was killed in action in Korea on August 8 as reported by a Department of Defense telegram to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cook. He was a member of the Ninth Infantry Regiment, Second Infantry Division, born August 29, 1931, and survived by his parents and three siblings Treca Tracey and Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Charles Cook
Eunice
Korea
Department of Defense
Ira Cook
Cook
Ninth Infantry Regiment
Treca
Tracey
Stanley
Canterbury Named Freedom Crusade Head in Raleigh County
A. K. Canterbury of Woodlawn Avenue is named chairman of the Crusade for Freedom in Raleigh County. State chairman Arthur B. Koontz announced the move Sunday. The crusade aims to collect signatures for Freedom Scrolls to promote belief in human freedom and combat Communist propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Canterbury
Freedom Crusade
Woodlawn Avenue
Crusade For Freedom
Raleigh County
Arthur B. Koontz
Crusade
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John Harris
Paul Browning
Funice
C.N. Otto
Browning
Donald
Charles
Robinson
Jack Reed
Reed
Ray Lee
Otto
Fulton’s Son Station
Boone Street
Harris
Nes
Ae Ollie Todd, Jr
Dale
Tar Walt
Cohen Drug CO
Neville St
Toor
Ontrun 9
Hewtral Sportts Then Disting Corporation, Fal Abil
McLouel
Kyle Mackonnell
Kyle
Dorothy
Harry Cooper
Rice Cooper
Women Voters League
W. H. Snead
Acion
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinxham
Lydia
Pinkham
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