Grand Jury Returns Five Indictments In Fayette County
Fayetteville readers learn six Fayette County men excused from petit jury duty as 57 individuals face felony indictments. Bryan Patterson shot during arrest at Meadow Bridge is charged with five counts including breaking and entering and theft. Names of accused span Norman Adkins to Jack Withrow with charges ranging from burglary to forgery and homicide. The Fayette County Grand Jury met continuously, with arraignment set for tomorrow before Judge Thrift.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
R J. Thrift
Carl H. Duncan
Ernie Jone
Joe James
J. W. Legg
Robert Manley
Clarence Sxages
David Alipurt
Lookout
Arthur Allen
Glen Jean
Diaine
Register Stats
Miniter
Bryan Patterson
Meadows Bridge
Iar
Grand Jury
Patterson
Oak Hill
Lawrence Lewis
Paul Hunter
Warren Thomas
U. S
Meadow Bridge
Fayette
W. B. White
Montgomery
R. J. Theift
Norman Adkins
Clifford Smith
James Adkins
Henry Ennis
Babcock Coal & Coke Company
Samuel Daniels
Philip Thomas
Harold Earle
Clinton Crosier
John Crosier
Charles Comer
Justin Elkins
Oscar Neal
Ersel Fleming
Elbert Egnor
Clayton Harrah
Mary Jane Treaton
Carrie Scott
Marie Hedrick
Jim Giovanazzg
J. E. Elkins
John & Hess
William Hughes
Semel-Solvay Company
James D. Jones
Robert Trapasso
Roy Lee i Lively
Lacy Kinvard
Page Lodge
the Independent Order of Od Fellows
Crom
Jasper McCrinmnon
W. C. Ward
Sidney Mosley
William Marshall Carter
Nathaniel Penn Tor
Marion Toney
William Franklin Pennington
Perry Julius
Sargik Perkins
William Bruce Richmond
James
New River Coal Company
Donald Ray Shaver
Kenneth Frederick Larek
Maxell Shaver
Kennet Frederick Larek
Phillip * Cauley Shaver
Kenneth Frederick Larck
Papollip McCauley Shaver
Calyin C Fisher Ard
Dewey Grover McMillon
General Stores
Ester O'Handle Smith
William Judd
Ruth Judd
Roger Terry
Ever Leanor Thomas
Hasi Thomas
Alien Withrow
Thomas Younger
Percy E. Norman
Robert Kevin Belcher
Joseph Lewis Christian
Frank Fain
Gilbert Garten
Clair Frantz Caldwell
Legion Executive Board To Appoint New Chaplain
Fayetteville Legion Post 349 will appoint a new chaplain as part of a plan to absorb increased costs. The post announced committee appointments for athletics entertainment and Americanism. Membership stands at 131 with a goal of 370 by November. The board approves adding a snack bar at the home and hiring one more employee. A polio drive collection totaled 23.58.
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Fayetteville
LaFayette American Legion Post
Baship
Olin Millar
Scarbro
Josephié. Hodgson
Chita Wailare
Joseph E. Holliggon
Roy Cruickshanks
Russell Gallagher
William &. Hesse
Captielly
Willi Barksdale
Walter Caldwell
Eliison
Delancey Caldwell
Charles L. Garvin
Harry W. Miller
G. E. Bullion
WV. G. Duncl
Philadelphia
Post
Ernest Darnaj
Verla
ML St. Reniek
Donald A. Wilson
Renick
State Garden Club Project Launched at Oak Hill Meet
West Virginia Garden Clubs will plant dog wood seedlings as a state wide project announced by regional director Mrs M M Kalsten at the Oak Hill Garden Club gathering. Members displayed fall flowers and crafts from three interest groups and invited attendance at the regional meeting October 8 at Beckley.
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State Garden Club
Oak Hill
Replater State Wrive
West Virginia
M. M. Kalsten
EM. Payne, Jr
Brckley
Airs
A. W. Burdette
Garden Club
Somme
Jumer Garden Club
Payne
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley
W. P Bittinger
Hoo Yan Cain
Ansted Lawyer Admitted to Bar
John George Fox of Ansted was admitted to practice law in Fayette County Circuit Court by Judge W J Thrift. Fox, a World War II veteran and Washington and Lee Law School graduate, is now with Mahan White and Higgins of Fayetteville. Also Hershel Hark of Charleston was admitted on motion by White.
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Ry Register
Fayetteville
Johin George Fox
Lo. Fox
Ansted
Fayette County
W. J. Thrift
Joh. White
Charleston
Mahan, White and Higeins
Hershel KR. Hark
White
Gordon Funeral Services Sunday for John R. Gordon
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday for John R. Gordon 37 who died after a yearlong illness following a drowning Tuesday night in Princeton. Rites at Mt Calvary Baptist Church with Rev S W Cobb officiating burial in Lincoln Park Cemetery. He was born September 15 1912 in Princeton and married Bernice Hines June 1 1945. Survived by widow two children two stepchildren and three siblings.
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Keesler State Willer Princeton
John R. Gordon
Pine Street
Mt. Calvary Baptist
Mercer County Land Deeds Filed in Mercer
Mercer County records show 38 land transfers on file with clerk Lowery G. Bowling. The notices include several transfers among individuals and firms in Rock, East River, Plymouth, Beaver Pond, Montcalm, and Bluefield districts, with parcels ranging from fractions of an acre to 2166 acres. The list mentions buyers and sellers such as J. C. Kurst, Arlie Hurst, Paul Morris, George W. Leach, Orville Sutphin, Robert L. Shumate, A. A. Hadden, and others.
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Regier
Princeton
Lowery G. Bowling
Mercer County
J.C. Kurst
Arlie Hurst
Wiliam R. Wood
Anamone Wood
Chester-Hurst
Lashmee-Pincak Road
Rock District
C. Cc. Kirby
L. M. Kirby
Paul Morris
Oakvale Road
East River District
George W. Leach
Widemouth Creek
J Rock
Thomas Penn
Eva Penn
Montcalmont Crance Creek
Rock
C. E. Whitt
Helen Whitt
Pierce Anderson
Lake Anderson
Plymouth
Lincoln Park
Cemetery Association
Minnie Wooten
Helen Thompson Schultz
Lee F. Schultz
Walter Perkins
Ethel C. Perkins
Washington Heights
Montcalm
Y ' Vernon M
Lawson
Mary
Ruby A. Faulkner
Waddell
W. N. Shoritz
Helen Louise W Shoritz
Della
M. Jackson
South Bluefield Land
South Bluefield Land Company Addition, City of Bluefield; R. C. Neece
Linnia Neece
Eastview Land Co
City of
Bluefield
Lilly Land Co
Ida Lee
Jenonds B. Lee
Lily Grove
Ben H. Reed
Earl B. Gott
City of Princeton
Joe Garfield
J. D. Anderson
Circuit
M. Easley
Juanita Elizabeth Sylvester l
Joseph Harry Sylvester
D. B. Echols
Rock Lodge
International Order of Odd Fellows
Joe Sigman
Ira L. Owenby
Zoning Board of
Tthe Board
Tthe
Eula Shumate
Jason Shumate
Robert Richardson
J. N. Utley
Stella Warsham
Arthur Vincent Thorpe
Richardson
Harry A. Seyler
Irvin Downey
Herman ‘Woods
Louise Davis
Woods
Easley
Herm
Beckley Student Passenger In Car Hits Mother And Daughter
A Beckley student riding with Stewart Ryder in a Concord College car struck a Hinton mother, Mrs. Asel Pettry, and her three year old daughter Patty near Princeton. Both victims were taken to Princeton Memorial Hospital with injuries including a compound leg fracture for the mother. Ryder and Meador claimed the mother and child stepped into the road as the vehicle approached.
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Register Stafi
Princeton
Beckley
Hinton
Asel Pettry
Patty
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Stewart Ryder
Concord Coltege
Atmens
Walpu Meader
Edwin K. Newman
Concore College Stedrals
Ryser
Ryder
Rrincelwa
Olivers
Princelwa
Rryder
Meador
Officials Investigate Mine Blast at Rupert
Rupert Greenbrier County officials probe a small Big Mountain mine blast near Rupert at 1 a.m. The drift mouth was partially closed but no heavy damage occurred. Owner John W Meadows and his 300 labor force operate the mine. reports say armed men approached the Meadows home but did not load coal. Sheriff H E Locke notes unverified details regarding the incident.
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I Register
Rupert
Greenbrier County
Big Mountain
H. E. Locke
John W. Meadows
Meadows
Locke
Tipale
Thompson Heads Quinnimont PTA
Thompson is the new PTA president at Quinnimont after a Tuesday night meeting at the school. Officers named include Helen Anderson as vice president Rosalie Kingery as secretary and Paul Wauhop as treasurer. A covered dish supper is planned for Oct 4 at 6 p.m. at the school with a freewill offering for the PTA.
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Register
Quinnimont
Lewis Thomp
Quinnimont Parent-Teacher’s Association
Helen Anderson
Rosalie Kingery
Paul Wauhop
Wilkersons Welcome Daughter Sarah Lynn
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Wilkerson announce the birth of a daughter, Sarah Lynn, at their Oak Hill home on Wednesday. The infant weighed 9 pounds at birth and is the couple’s second child. Mrs. Wilkerson is the former Miss Batty Treedway.
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Rexister
Oak .Hill
Thomas J. Wilkerson
Sarah Lynn
Oak Hill
Wilkersons
Wilkerson
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Oak Hill High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
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R. B. Benson
Mount Hope
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Aelia Ritganny
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