Civic League Opens Fall Meeting Season
Oak Hill civic group kicks off fall programs with Mrs. C P Anderson Jr speaking on Americans task of becoming better informed. Barbara Donachy reports on Rhododendron Girls State week and club sponsorship.
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OAK Hill
RNS
C. P. Anderson Jr
Oak Hill Civic League
Hotel Hill
Barbara Donachy
Rhododendron Girls State
Margaret Bundy
Leona Baird
Ivan Bush
Clarence Bruffe
Callaghan Rites Slated Thursday
Orval Rogers Callaghan 53 of Wingrove dies after a cerebral hemorrhage at Oak Hill Hospital. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home with Rev N T Lewis officiating. Surviving wife two sisters three brothers a daughter and a granddaughter. Body remains at the funeral home until the service.
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Oak Hill
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Orval Rogers Callaghan
Wingrove
N. T. Lewis
Scarbro
Tyree
Callaghan
Lowmore
Louie Callaghan
Betty Callaghan
Richmond
Belle Craft
Finwick
Frank
Charles Barboursville
Robert
Piney View
Nannie Tammer
Virginia
Minn
Albert King 64 Taken by Death
Albert King 64 of Fayetteville died Monday morning in Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley The funeral arrangements are incomplete He is survived by Eva Burton King a daughter Della Mae Hudson of Jackson Michigan six sons Arthur N E and George of Fayetteville Orville of Ames Heights Sam H of Columbus Ohio and Albert Jr in Germany three brothers George S Granger R Willard and 16 grandchildren The body is at Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville pending arrangements
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Fayetteville
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Albert King
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Eva Burton King
Della Mae Hudson
Jackson
Mich
Arthur
N. E
George
Orville
Ames Heights
Sam H
Columbus
Ohio
Albert Jr
U. S. Army
Germany
George S
Charleston
Granger R
Willard
Bedford
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Oak Hill GOP Women Elect Officers At City Hall
Oak Hill Republican Woman's Club elected two officers at a Monday night meeting in City Hall. C. E. Elgin was chosen vice president and R. L. Hughes as secretary. The constitution was revised and the next meeting was set for 7:30 p.m. October 4 to study precinct boundaries and election laws.
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Oak Hill
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Republican Woman's Club
City Hall
C. E. Elgin
R. L. Hughes
Pax Personals Weekend Guests In Long Branch Area
Pax Personals lists visitors and weekend guests across Long Branch and nearby towns. Herman and Margar et Newsome of Long Branch hosted relatives. J. C. Shorter and James Mann welcomed Nell Lively and S. G. Lively. Frank Williams hosted multiple families including Pennington and Williams clans. Nearby Kopperston residents R R Pennington and Cyrus Williams visited Hawk's Nest State Park.
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Pax
Herman Davis
Margaret Newsome
Long Branch
Charleston
J. C. Shorter
James Mann
Beckley
Nell Lively
S. G. Lively
Frank Williams
R. H. Pennington
Bobby Gayle Henegar
Bill Conley
Sherry and
Terry
Loraine ‘Trull
Douglas
Kathy
R. R. Pennington
Cyrus Williams
Richard
Kopperston
Williams
Hawk's Nest State Park
One Hospitalized Second Charged After Shooting
Oak Hill. Artie Warwick 27 was treated for gunshot wounds after a fight at the Em Club near Glen ean Monday night. Walter Bailes owner of the club was charged with felonious assault and arraigned before Magistrate Virgil Lyons in Fayetteville. Bailes says he asked guests not to make noise. Warwick grabbed him, scuffled, then Bailes fired. Warwick’s condition is satisfactory. Investigating officers were Constable Roger Howell and Troopers Ted Anderson and J E Asbury.
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Oak Hill
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Artie Warwick
Oak Hill Hospital
Eeene ‘Em
Glen Ean
Walter Bailes
Virgil Lyons
Fayetteville
Bailes
J. E. Asbury
Warwick
Bailey
Roger Howell
Ted Anderson
Asbury
New River Advances Two Men in Positions
The New River Co. announces top management changes at Lochgelly and Cranberry mines. Ralph Allenbaugh, a 30 year veteran, becomes superintendent of Lochgelly, replacing John Harsany who resigned. David C. Sizemore is named superintendent of Cranberry, moving from Lilly Brook Coal Co.
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Mount Hope
New River Co
Ralph Allenbaugh
New River
Lochgelly
John Harsany
Allenbaugh
Cranberry
David C. Sizemore
Lillybrook Coal Co
Kingston High Enrolls 182 Students This Year
Kingston High School reports enrollment at 182 for the current year, down from 259 last year. Kenneth Legg, formerly Pax High School coach, is the new Kingston principal replacing Fred Souk. New faculty include Cynthia Norton, Joseph Baumgartner, and Henrietta Martin. returning staff are Betty Yeck, Nancy Jo Canterbury, Larry Freeman, and John Marra. Desks repaired, some rooms painted, with S. J. S. Club G. A. A. and boys intramurals starting.
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Kingston
KNS
Kingston High School
Pax High School
Kenneth Legg
Fred Souk
Cynthia Norton
Mount Hope
Joseph A. Baumgartner
Oak Hill
Henrietta Martin
Boomer
Betty Yeck
Nancy Jo Canterbury
Larry Freeman
John Marra
Five Fayette Couples Seek Marriage Licenses
Fayetteville report a Fayette County Clerk list shows five couples filing for marriage licenses. The pairs include William Bowman 21 and Margaret Ingram 18 of St Albans and Smithers, Robert Bailey 24 and Betty Lawhorn 19 of Oak Hill and Minden, Raymond L Fannin 21 and Shirley Ann Roop 16 of Powellton and Elk Ridge, Charles Tiffany Mitchell Jr. 21 and Joan Johnson 23 of Williamson and Oak Hill, Leon Kennard Spencer 25 and Effie Louise Cottle 18 of Charleston and Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayette County
William Bowman
S. M
Beulah Bowman
St. Albans
Margaret Ingram
Thomas
Eunice Ingram
Smithers
Robert Bailey
Ted
Lois Bailey
Oak Hill
Betty Lawhorn
Lewis
Bessie Lawhorn
Minden
Raymond L. Fannin
Melvin
Mary Elizabeth Fannin
Powellton
Shirley Ann Roop
James Earl
Hattie Catherine Roop
Elkridge
Charles Tiffany Mitchell Jr
Charles T
Edith Mitchell
Williamson
Joan Johnson
Charles
Bessie Johnson
Leon Kennard Spencer
Henry and
Elizabeth Spencer
Charleston
Effie Louise Cottle
Clarence
Louise Cottle
Fayetteville High selects Student Council officers
Fayetteville High School student council elected Clyde Wilson president Pat Waugh secretary Ruth Ann Feazell treasurer and Judy Wallace sergeant at arms at the first meeting of the year The vice president position will be filled later The assembly program is planned for Friday featuring the Pep Band Garten Teenagers Billy Blake and Lia Vaghlio Oct 8 is homecoming night with the Fayetteville Pirates vs Ansted Miss Pirate and Miss Junior Pirate will be chosen by class nominations and student vote
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Fayetteville
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Fayetteville High School
American Legion
Clyde Wilson
Pat Waugh
Ruth Ann Feazell
Judy Wallace
Fletcher Arritt
Garten
Billy Blake
Lia Vaghlio
Fayetteville Pirates
Ansted
Scarbro youths to enroll in eight colleges this month
Eleventh Scarbro group leaves this month to begin study at eight colleges. The students include Sam Nicholls Hampden Sydney College Pat Bishop University of Alabama Peggy Errrington University of Virginia Nursing School Julia Bunar St Francis Hospital School of Nursing Charles Bennett Nancy Gooch Leslie Withrow Ruth Ann Dixon Kay Kraft Concord College Robert Stoner Buffalo Academy Genevieve Landrum Montreat College.
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Sam Nicholls
Hampden Sydney College
Pat Bishop
University of Alabama
Peggy Errington
University of Virginia Nursing School
Julia Bunar
St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing
Charles Bennett
Nancy Gooch
Leslie Withrow
Ruth Ann Dixon
West Virginia University
Kay Kraft
Concord College
Robert Stoner
Buffalo Academy
New York
Genevieve Landrum
Montreat College
Court Denies Review of Two Area Cases
Charleston reports two area defendants had their requests for Supreme Court review denied. E L Maxey, 28, of Smithers, saw a five to 18 year prison term after a conviction for statutory rape involving his 12 year old stepdaughter. The Wyoming County education board dispute was dismissed as filed too late. Lessie Shumate sued for breach of contract alleging wrongful dismissal by the board in September 1950 after a term began. the lower court had ruled the board owed no duty to pay after contract ended. The Supreme Court certified the teacher case then dismissed it.
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Charleston
Beckley Area
State Supreme Court
E. L. Maxey
Smithers
Fayette County
Maxey
Wyoming County
County Board of Education
Lessie Shumate
Supreme Court
Board of Education
Watts election recount bid denied by court
Charleston The Supreme Court refused unanimously to order Fayette County Court to reconvene as a board of canvassers in a dispute from the 11th District Democratic state senate contest. Lester W. Watts of East Rainelle sought the order after losing the nomination to W. N. Jasper Jr. of Lewisburg.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Fayette County
Lester W. Watts
East Rainelle
W. N. Jasper Jr
Lewisburg
Students Return To College Work
Fayetteville dispatch lists numerous students returning to colleges and universities after summer break. Names include Sally Whanger Elizabeth Darnall Sally Shaw Mary Virginia Wisema Mrs Ted Anderson Bob Hatcher and many others heading to West Virginia University Hollins College University of Virginia University of Kentucky and more. Three Fayetteville High School graduates Lee Roberts Donald Bates Willie DiLeonardo enter the armed forces.
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Fayetteville
RNS
West Virginia University
Sally Whanger
Elizabeth Darnall
Sally Shaw
Mary Virginia Wisema
Ted Anderson
Bob Hatcher
Frank Mahan
Leo Mazzocchi
Frank Miller
Jack Tully
Dale Stump
John Hager
Pat Warden
Carolyn Dillon
Hollins College
Roanoke
Eugene White
Kentucky Military Institute
Stanley Gaines
Eleanor Phillips
Shenandoah Conservatory
Shenandoah
Christie Vandergriff
University of Kentucky
Kathryn Hawze Dunlap
Greenbrier Junior Woman's College
Jay Clay
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Martha Thrift
William and Mary College
Nancy Cavendish
Jean Ann Platt
Virginia Ayers
Madison College
Harrisonburg
John Myles
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Herbert Proctor
Marshall College
Huntington
Concord College At
Athens
Nancy Spicer
Billy Joe Jones
Jimmy Zorio
James Nagy
Bill Henderson
Barbara Seay
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Fla
Mary Lee Eskew
Charlottesville
Mary Eskridge
Marshall
Mary Lou Gladwell
Carol Walters
Charleston Business College
Yolanda Zorio
Beckley College
Tommy Bell
Verla Early Jr
Davis and Elkins
Elkins
Shirl Shuck
Dean Phillips
West Virginia Tech
Fayetteville High School
Lee Roberts
Donald Bates
Willie Dileonardo
Armed Forces
Pineville Woman's Club Opens Fall Meeting at Church
Members of the Pineville Women's Club will attend their first fall meeting at 8 o clock tonight in Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church. Hostesses include Mrs Edward Hawley Mrs D F Hamlin Mrs Sandy Basham Mrs Mar Collins Miss Margaret Lewis Mrs Robert F Beavers and Mrs John F Scoleri.
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Pineville
RNS
Pineville Woman's Club
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Edward Hawley
D. F. Hamlin
Sandy Basham
Mar! Collins
Margaret Lewis
Robert F. Beavers
John F. Scoleri
Women of Presbyterian Church meet at Oak Hill
A general meeting of the Women of the Presbyterian Church will be held at 7 30 tonight at the church. Mrs I J Baker will be in charge of the program.
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Oak Hill
RNS
the Presbyterian Church
I. J. Baker
Piney View PTA Plans October Carnival
A four member committee appointed Tuesday night is drafting plans for a Piney View school carnival in October. A special PTA meeting September 28 will finalize the date and details. The event will be at Piney View school. The committee includes Mrs. Lillian Martin, Mrs. Garnet Scarbrough, Mrs. Josephine O NeaL and Mrs. Gloria Bragg. PTA president Mrs. Gayle Kelley led the session and announced a prize for the room with the most parents at meetings this year.
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Piney View
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Piney View School
Lillian Martin
Garnet Scarbrough
Josephine O’neal
Gloria Bragg
Young Adults Organize Class at Calvary Baptist Church
The Rob ert Matherly Young Adult Class formed at a meeting in the home of Miss Virginia Fox and Miss Jeannette Fox. Officers elected include Patty Haga president and Virginia Fox treasurer. A Church Board of Education approved project was discussed and October meeting planned. Dinner served to members Nancy Elgin Jean Nicholls Beulah Johnson Mrs. Robert Matherly Mrs. P. M. Martin Patty Haga Virginia Fox Jeannette Fox.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Robert Matherly
Calvary Baptist Church
Virginia Fox
Jeannette Fox
Patty Haga
Marjorie Stokes
P. M. Martin
Church Board of Education
Nancy Elgin
Jean Nicholls
Beulah Johnson
Honored on Birthday CORINNE CORBIN
Amos Manning Jr was honored on his third birthday with a Saturday party at the Mullens home of his parents Mrs John Widener and Mrs James Carter. Entertainment included games and prizes awarded to Sandra Meadows Sharon Kade and Linda Ellis with attendees Jimmy Carter Charlyn Marlyn Carter Rosemary Lambert and many others.
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Corinne
BNS
Amos Manning Jr
John Widener
James Carter
Mullens
Manning
Sandra Meadows
Sharon Kade
Linda Ellis
Jimmy Carter
Charlyn
Marlyn Carter
Rosemary Lambert
Dotty Redden
Jimmy Ratliff
David Whitt
Larry and
Pug Cook
Ronnie Johnson
Thelma
Thelma Sizemore
Darlene
Linette Hinchee
Douglas Grindstaff
Bobbie Rae Humphrey
Loretta Cumby
Dana Sue Monroe
Charles Phillips
Pennington gets city permit to build basement in Mullens Hill
C H Pennington obtains city permit to construct a half basement measuring 12 by 28 feet on Lot 12 Parsons Drive Mullens Hill with estimated costs of 500 dollars.
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Mullens
BNS
C. H. Pennington
Parsons Drive
Mullens Hill
Mrs Jones Elected President of Lester PTA
Mrs Otie Jones is elected president of Lester PTA with officers named at the Monday school meeting. The group will send students to camp at Clifftop and launch a spring finance drive. A goodwill program for the community is planned, with various church and club announcements following.
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Otie Jones
Lester Parent-Teacher Association
Annie Lee Callahan
Edith Allen
L. A. Carter
Amelia Minor
Jess Carter
B. L. Cozart
Jones Funeral Services Today
Mrs. Stella Boggess Jones 74 Fayetteville died Monday in Oak Hill Hospital. Services at 3 p.m. in Fayetteville Presbyterian Church with Rev. B. B. Breitenhirt officiating. Burial in Huse Memorial Park. Survived by four daughters, seven grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren. Active pallbearers named.
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Fayetteville
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Stella Boggess Jones
Oak Hill Hospital
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
B. B. Breitenhirt
Huse Memorial Park
Elsie Hudgins
Beckley
Owen Kessler
Glen Ferris
Dinner Planned By Laurel Rebekah Lodge 207
Laurel Rebekah Lodge 207 members met at Knights of Pythias Hall to plan a ham dinner on Sept 25 open to the public and IOOF members and families. Tickets will be sold at the door. Secretary change noted with Mrs Edna Ball acting secretary while awaiting a full-time officer.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Knights of Pythias Hall
Odd Fellows Lodge
C. R. Weatherford
Orlando
Fla
Edna Ball
A. D. Argenbright
Jane Randall
Weatherford
M. Hutchinson
L. G. Brewer
J. M. Silver
Fred Burdette
Alice Coulter
Jennie Cope Carter
Patricia W. Brock
Ann N. Cope
Ball
Former Hospital Orderly Held on Theft Charge
Charleston police report Ernest Randall 30 a former hospital orderly is charged with grand larceny and practicing medicine without a license. Deputies say he stole drugs surgical instruments operating gowns rubber gloves and other equipment from Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery and treated neighbors on Upper Creek near Handley.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Garrett Brown
Henry Beasley
Ernest Randall
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Randall
Upper Creek
Handley
Infant Shirley Paugh Dies in Cyclone Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. today for Shirley Diane Paugh four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Paugh of Cyclone who died Sunday at Lacoma Baptist Church with Rev Norman Harless officiating Burial followed in Toler Cemetery Cyclone Survived by parents and sister Patricia at home
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Cyclone
RNS
Shirley Diane Paugh
Eugene Paugh
Lacoma Baptist Church
Norman Harless
Toler
Patricia
Three Area Mines Report Accident Free Month
August saw three area mines win accident free banners in Beckley Council contests Saintesbury No. 8 and Eccles No. 6 of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates and Slab Fork No. 8 of Slab Fork Coal Co led Group I and II with no incidents. In total 22 lost time accidents and one fatality occurred across 15 mines, over 343 474 man hours. Group I lists Cranberry Glen Rogers Layland Stanaford and others with varying accidents and exposure. Group II mentions Slab Fork No 1 Crab Orchard Stanford No 1 Edwight No 6. Eccles No 6 prevailed in Group III with the highest man hours among accident free mines.
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Beckley Council
Holmes Safety
Stotesbury No
Eccles
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Slab Fork
A Council
Stotesbury No. 8
Cranberry
New River Co
Glen Rogers
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co
Layland
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Stanaford
Slab Fork Coal Co
Stotesbury No. 11
McAlpin
MacAlpin Coal Co
Crab Orchard
Gulf Mining Co
Stanford
Edwight
Eccles No
Edwight No
Sterling
Sterling Smokeless Coal Co
Pineville High School Election Winners Named
Pineville High School held a two day student election naming class officers and student council representatives for the current term. Seniors elected Leo Tilley as president with Gaynelle Pendry as vice president and Sherry Bassie as secretary among others. Junior and sophomore officers, plus freshmen and eighth, seventh grade posts, were announced with multiple names listed for each role. Last spring’s Student Council officers Rodney Scott Ray Goode Kay Adams Shirley Gunter also assumed office for the current term.
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Pineville
RNS
Pineville High School
Leo Tilley
Gaynelle Pendry
Sherry Bassie
Brenda Pais
Connie Martin
Veronica Pais
Sue Blankenship
Louise Gunter
Onnie Morgan
Butch Goode
Max Cook
Pat Dixon
Barbara Justice
Kay Curry
Warren McGraw
Danny Bragg
Gaye Collins
Barney Basham
Marie Burns
Pat Phillips
Harold Palmer
Kenley Hamlin
Ted Bailey
Bernard Eller
Roger Beverly
Pat Franklin
Jerry Thomas
Cecil Eller
Walter Goode
New Richmond
Kay Adams
Ray Adams
Shirley Gunter
Hobart Gunter
Marriage of Dulin and Crawford in Fairmont
Mrs. E. M. Curry of Pineville attended the wedding of Patricia Ann Dulin to Edward E. Crawford at First Methodist Church in Fairmont on September 4. The bridegroom is her nephew. Best man was Earl M. Curry of Morgantown, WVU student. The Crawfords will live in Morgantown where he is a senior. Also note: a duck hawk can fly 65 mph and dive up to 180 mph.
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Pineville
Rns
E. M. Curry
Patricia Ann Dulin
Dale J. Dulin
Grant Town
Edward E. Crawford
T. R. Crawford
Gauley Bridge
Curry
First Methodist Church
Fairmont
Morgantown
Crawford
Ellisons Move OAK HILL Home on Sunny Side Drive
The family of Louis Ellison Jr. Superintendent of the West Virginia Turnpike office in Oak Hill has moved to the home of Mrs Grace Ellison on Sunny Side Drive.
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Oak Hill
Louis Ellison Jr
Lookout
West Virginia
Grace Ellison
Sunny Side Drive
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C. §. Donnelly
West Virginia Historical Society
Paul Mackey
Herbert Cole
Consumer Relations Department
The
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Anderson
Baird
Clayton Barnheart
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Bundy
Cashion
Hortense Calawn
John Donachy
Andrew Easton
Luther Green
M. ‘J. Hiesan
Carolyn Jasper
Fred Jasper
Frances ‘Jobe
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Margaret Jones
J. E
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J. B. Thompson
Raymond Tissue
C. E. Watkins
J. R. Woods
Frank Zemonek
GOP
Pax Personals
Sanitone
Cash & Carry
Kingston High
Fayette
Council
Watts
Woman's Club
Piney View Pta
Mothers’ Study Club
Central Street Baptist Church
Margaret Hill
First Baptist Church of
North Beckley
Dorcas Missionary Society
Henrietta Lawson
John Scott Lodge No. 1070
Carnation Christmas Saving Club
H. J. Hunt
Paterson Temple Baptist Church
Bigstick
Wyco
Tams
Besaco
Buster Pool
J. W. Gowen
Second Baptist Church Choir
Thaddeus Lewis
Lillian Manns
Archie Johnson
East Park
Mary Waddy
MecAlpin
Harper Park
Nellie Scott
University Hospital
Wright's Funeral Home
Mason Powell
East Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
a _Wright
Funeral Home
Rebekah
Paugh
Pineville HS
Ellisons
Washington
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U. S
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Sutton
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Hollywood
Calif
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Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
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