Thrift Imposes Two Prison Terms in Fayetteville Court
In Fayetteville circuit court Judge R J Thrift sentenced Robert Simms to two to 10 years in state prison after a guilty plea to breaking and entering the Leo Rule state building. Willard McNeil Casey drew the same two to 10 year term for breaking into a New River company store and stealing jewelry valued at 328 dollars. Other defendants pleaded guilty with probation requests or had trial dates set after claiming innocence.
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Register
Fayetteville
R. J
Robert Simms
Near Lookout
State Penitentiary
Leo Rule
Willard McNeil Casey
New River Company
Rain Helps Fayetteville Water Shortage Brief
Fayetteville residents in a city facing a critical water shortage saw light rain begin around 4:30 a.m. on Friday. By noon the supply remained tight, but locals hoped more rain would follow, as officials urged conservation and the suspension of nonessential water use.
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Register
Fayetteville
Former Morris Harvey Residence Sold to Shawkeys
Fayetteville reports the former Morris Harvey residence, a local landmark and Methodist parsonage, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shawkey of Fayetteville for about $10,000. Possession timing was uncertain, with plans to remodel for the Shawkeys and their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Bock and granddaughter Betty.
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Register
Fayetteville
Morris Harvey
Charles Shawkey
Mapleave
Hue and
High Street
Shawkeys
Afr
Bock
Betty
Seven Fayette couples obtain marriage licenses
Fayette County Clerk Lacy Neely reports seven licenses issued to wed. Couples include Edward Amick 21 and Phyllis Jean Lanham 21 of Powellton. Thomas J. Allen 24 and Katherine Wallace 21 of Sanger. Pansy Swanigan 18 of Oak Hill. Ester Monda Sexton 25 and Edna Josephine Romage 18 of Layland. Walter H. Thomas 24 and Ann Sexton 21 of Oak Hill. Albert Williams Jr. 21 and Barbara Lois Belcher 18 of Powellton. Richard White Jr. 21 and Betty Joe Jones 19 of Edmond.
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Fayette
Register
Fayetteville
Lacy Neely
Edward Amick
Phyllis Jean Lanham
Powellton
Thomas J. Allen
Katherine ‘Wallace
Sanger
Pansy ‘Swanigan
Oak Hill
Ester Monda Sexton
Edna Josephine Rom‘age
Layland
Walter H. Thomas
Ann Sexton
Albert Williams Jr
Barbara Lois Belcher
Powellion
Richard White, Jr
Betty Joe Jones
Edmond
Draft Boards Send 19 to Fort Hayes Ohio
Fayette county selective service boards dispatched 19 draftees to Fort Hayes Ohio this week. Induction list includes Carl Poff Clyde Davis Roy McGraw Howard Tyree Lacy Aliff. Pre induction candidates include Wolfe Shepard Lopez Thorpburg Griff Lawson Thrasher Dover Vandal Vance and others.
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Fort Hayes
Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Selective Service Boards
Ohio
Carl Thomas Poff
Rainelle
Clyde Edward Davis
Garten
Roy Ralph McGraw
Mt.Hope
Howard M. Tyree
Lacy Buren Aliff
Pax
White
William Cornelius Wolfe
Wilson
N. Y
John Lee Shepard
Ansted
Joe Cebas Lopez
Whipple
Thomas Nathan Thorpburg
Oak Hill
Corbett
Bailey
Mt. Hope
Johnny Griff
George A. Lawson
Glen Jean
James Edgar Thrasher
Minden
Garlyn O. Dover
Chester F. Vandal
Terry
Maurice Larese
Netro
Claudia Lee Smith
Silas Garrell
Carlisle
Frederick F. Straughter
Nuttaliburg
Price Hill Man Enlists After Army Aptitude Test
Dewey Blount Sr 18 of Price Hill is at Fort Hayes Columbus undergoing examination prior to enlistment in the U S Army He enlisted for 48 months unassigned duty in the regular army Army recruiter Sgt Ramsey announced today. Chancery suits filed in Fayetteville circuit court include Corrine M Stover vs Charles H Stover for divorce and Mabel Jackson Holland vs Nellie Hicks and Carter Brediey as executor of the will of Clem H Holland deceased.
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Price Hill
Rooister
Oak Hill
Dewey Blount
Fort Hayes
Columbus
U.S. Army
H. J. Ramsey
Blount
Sgt
Ramzey Aid
Corrine M. Stover
Charles H. Stover
W. H. Haynes
Mabel Jackson Holland
Nellie Hicksis
Carter Brediey
Clem H. Holland
C. Pan Heavener
Charleston
Taints Ahad Etacol Sochanhe
Fayetteville Soldier Ken Gray Honored For War Feats
Fayetteville extends congratulations to Lt. Kenneth W. Gray a highly decorated army officer cited by a Saturday Evening Post feature The Blue Devils Stumped the Experts for leading a final assault on Hill 429 earning the Silver Star the Distinguished Service Cross the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart Gray later served as war maneuvers instructor at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore and previously starred in Fayetteville high school football His unit the 88th Division the Blue Devils was noted as the first all draft overseas division and Rome’s liberation followed North Africa and Iceland service with the 109 air line miles covered in 31 days
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Fayetteville
Kenneth W. Gray
Saturday Evening Post
Blue Devils
Belvedere
Ken “Pounds” Gray
West Virginia
Hill 429
Mount le Fine
Mary
Gray
Paul Kendall
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army
Humbert of
Savoy
Piedmont
Oftaly
Waller
Johns Hawkins ‘University
Baltimore
Infantry
Iceland
88Th Division
B8th
North Africa
Haly
Rome
Fire Creek Girl Weds Rupert Man
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Malena Dixon of Fire Creek to James Bresenham of Rupert. The ceremony took place in Ashland, Kentucky, performed by E. E. Peters on September 8.
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Fire Creek
Rupert Man
Blake family reunion draws longtime members to Beckwith camp
Thirty five persons attended the Blake family reunion at Beckwith 4-H camp on Sunday. It was the first gathering in 14 years for some attendees, with members from Oak Hill Mutunt Hope San Diego Scarbro Charleston and others listed by name.
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VCS
Siol Sialil Waar
Oak Hill
Blake
Beckwith
E. R. Amole
Howard Amole
John Scott
John Howard Scott
Loren Fox
Anna Blake
Sammy Blake
Betty Poteet
Pegey Poteet
Walter Amole
Charleston
Fayette gun permits issued to Alloy employees
Fayetteville reports four Electro Metallurgical Co workers at Alloy have received carry pistol permits. Named are William Badgley and Henan Duncan of Boomer, R L Ovelsby of Waley Bridge, and Midfred Frart of Alloy.
Purdy Receives Training to Become 4-H Club Agent
Miss Dorothy Mae Purdy of McComas Mercer county begins full‑time 4‑H club agent training under Fayette county 4‑H agent Miss Clifton Dotson.
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Register
Payetteville
Dorothy Mae Purdy
McComas
Mercer County
Clifton Dotson
Fayette County
Truck and Car Collision Near Hopewell Section
Three people escaped with minor injuries when a truck driven by Harold Kinder Layland collided with a car driven by John J. Bales Victor at the entrance to the dirt road to Hopewell section. Vehicles were damaged and towed to a garage. Kinder was en route to Chimurey Corner to pick up papers around 1 PM and witnesses said he was speeding. Bales and his brother H J Bales said they saw no car approaching as they began to cross the road and the impact sent their car over a hill but it landed on its wheels.
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Hopewell
Register Star
Victor
Harold Kinder
Layland
John J. Bales
Kinder
Charleston Daily Mail
Chimurey Corner
Bales
H. J. Bales
Oak Hill Club Women Attend Montgomery Junior Event
Oak Hill Junior Woman's club members join guests from West Side Charleston and Charleston Heights at an invitational exchange meeting held Thursday evening at the Montgomery Junior Woman's club.
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Oak Hill Club
Montgomery
Register
Oak Hill
West Side Junior Woman's Club
Charleston
Charlton Heights
Life-Long Raleigh County Resident Mrs Shumate Dies
Elizabeth Jane Shumate 85 died at 236 North Fayette Street Beckley after ten days of illness. A Beckley resident 35 years, she moved from Prosperity. She married Albert J. Shumate in 1880. he died 1930. Survived by two daughters, three sons, one sister, two brothers, 15 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at First Christian Church Prosperity cemetery burial.
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Elizabeth Jane Shumate
North Fayette Street
Beckley
Raleigh County
Albert J. Shumate
Christian Church
Ella S. Phipps
Ann M. Shumate
C. E. Shumate
Harper Road
Grady Shumate
Annie Wright
Prosperity
Lee J. Williams
Hinton
George W. Williams
Keyser Funeral Home
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Ritchie Ware
Mt Hope Lions Club Shifts Meeting Time
Mt Hope Lions Club votes to start meetings at 6 30 p m instead of 6 p m to allow members with other duties time to arrive. President Russell Patterson praises a new large kitchen stove enabling bigger crowds. Secretary Wood Poling notes Marlinton Lions Club charter night on Thursday September 26 with a delegation from Mt Hope to attend and receive the charter from District Governor Ralph W Bailey.
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Mt. Hope Lions Club
Register
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Lions Club
Lion
Russell Patterson
Club
Wood Poling
Lions Club
Marlinton
Mt. Hope
Lion District
Ralph W. Bailey
Four Networks to Carry i Grid Games Tomorrow
Four networks will broadcast three college football games as the season opens tomorrow. NBC carries Minor vs. Pittsburgh at 12:45 p.m. from Pittsburgh with Bill Stern on the mic. ABC and CBS show Army vs. Villanova at West Point and Texas vs. Missouri at Austin respectively, with announced crews noted.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Ius
NBC
Pittsburgh
Bill Stern
ABC
CBS
Army
Villanova
West Point
Karry
Wismer
Red Barber
Ted Husing
Texas
Missouri
Austin
Charles
Jordan
Drug Store Delivers Bicarbonate Amid New Service
Mullens Drug Store owner Ray F. Stackpole announced a daily home delivery service for bicarbonate of soda and other needs. A three wheel cotorete with cabinet space was tested and delivered, passing rugged Mullens hill tests.
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Mullens
Mullens Drug Store
Ray F. Stackpole
Mullens Hills
Stackpole
Miss Guyanth Phillips Enrolls at Marshall College
Miss Guyanth Phillips, staying with her parents Mr and Mrs John C Phillips of West Mullens, has enrolled as a sophomore at Marshall College in Huntington.
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Marshall
Register
Mullens
Guyanth ‘Phillips
John C. Phillips
West Mulllens
Marshal College
Huntington
Hegister
Pineville
A. G. Cline
Audria Cline
Winged Cargo, Inc
Philadelphia
Methodist Young People Elect New Officers
St. Andrew's Episcopal church youth group in South Mullens held a dinner party in honor of Rector Rev. Edward B. Pollanick. After supper, they elected Betty Sue Short president, Curtis Clay vice president, Alice June Chambers secretary, with Everett Rice and Betty Canterbury as chaplains, and others in supporting roles.
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Register
Mullens
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
South Mullens
Edward B. Pollanick
Betty Sue Short
Betty Canterbury
Curtis Clay
Alice June Chambers
Everett Rice
Nellie Wade
Patty Mutter
Mary Jane Goode
Alice Chambers
Jackie Garford
Mr. Pollanick
Buffalo executive offers to demonstrate cheap atomic power
F Alden Miller vice president of a Buffalo machinery firm demonstrates a device he claims will produce inexpensive atomic power. He prepares to boil coffee with it as his company seeks a patent on a rectifier that makes combustible gas from a commercial type of uranium, asserting it will not explode.
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Buffalo
N. Y
F. Alden Miller
Four Property Transfers Filed in Pineville Clerk Office
Louetta Stewart and husband transfer thirty six acres in Oceana District to Bilton Stewart and Vera Stewart. John B. Blankenship to A P Buchanan and wife transfers lot 2 in Johnston subdivision and lots 277 278 in Frantz and Deegans Addition Maullens. Coy Rose and wife to Robert Beavers and Russell Beavers transfer lot 4 in Phillips Addition East Pineville. Addie Cook Neece to John W Neece Jr transfers one half acre in Oceana District.
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Wyoming
Register
Pineville
Louetta Stewart
Bilton Stewart
Vera Stewart
Oceana
John B. Blankenship
A. P. Buchanan
Johnston
Frantz and
Deegans
Maullens
Coy Rose
Mason Homecoming Draws 175 in Pineville Lodge Event
About 175 Masons attended Pineville lodge No. 138 A F and AM homecoming with a school of instruction led by William T. Wilson of Fayetteville WV. Assisted by L M Carper and Lacy J Shields, with district deputy grand master Benjamin F Gravely also present. Banquet by Pineville Chapter No 110 Elks was a highlight. Visiting and local social notes follow for Mullens Atlanta Pineville and Glen Rogers communities.
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Register
Pineville
Pineville Lodge No
William T. Wilson
Fayetteville
West Virginia
L. M. Carper
Bluefield
Lacy J. Shields
Williamson
Benjamin F. Gravely
Order of the Elster
Ewr
Mullens High School Open House Showcases Upgrades
Mullens High welcomed about 100 patrons and officials for an open house led by Principal Charles W. Stewart. Attendees toured classrooms linked to a central public speaking system, viewed a late last year cinema projector, and learned about summer repairs including hallway resurfacing and painting. County officials C. A. Blankenship and Lloyd Fender attended.
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Register
Mullens
Mullens High School
Charles W. Stewart
B. L. Depew
Douglas Hamlin
Lee Hodson
Mullens Rotarians
W. M. McPherson
C, and O
Boy Scout Council of Health and Safety Committee
Religious’ Advancement Committee
Squirrels Delivered to Mullens Huntsmen Homes
Mullens residents received fresh shipments of squirrels for three local huntsmen R W Doss Jack Preston and Carl E Moran. Estel Cooper of Itmann delivered the meat as the group planned further hunting in Bland County Virginia this week.
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Virginia
Dy Register
I Mullens
Mullens
R. W.doss
Jack Preston
Carl E.moran
Bland County
Estel Cooper
Itmann
Cooper
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