Whitesville Road Project Favored by Chamber Leader
Elwood Priestley, Boone County businessman and State Republican official, endorses Whitesville Chamber of Commerce plans to improve local roads. He cites six miles of new pavement linking West Virginia Route 3 at Whitesville to State Route 78 near Van, shortening distances to Van and Madison by about 10 and 15 miles respectively. A delegation will seek action from State Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney.
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Whitesville
RNS
Elwood Priestley
Boone County
Madison
Republican Executive Committee
West Virginia
Van
Madison T Te
Hooten Rites Held for May Jane Hooten in Minden
Funeral services for May Jane Hooten, 79, of Minden, were set for 2 p.m. today at Oak Hill Brethren Church with Rev. Mellon Robinson officiating. Burial followed at Huse Memorial Park in Fayetteville. Body to remain at Tyree Funeral Home and be moved to the church an hour before services.
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OAK Hell
RNS
Jane Hooten
Minden
Oak Hill Brethren
Mellon Robinson
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Tyree ‘Funeral Home
Elkins Funeral Set Tuesday in Cyclone Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Elkins, 37, will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Campus Church of God in Cyclone. Burial will follow in Cook Cemetery. She died Sunday at a local hospital. Surviving are her husband Pierce Elkins, two daughters Loris and Dora, a son Charles, her parents Anthony and Susie Conway Cook, four sisters and three brothers. The body will be moved to the family home Monday afternoon.
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Cyclone
RNS
Helen Elkins
Cook
Elkins
Man
Anthony
Susie
Conway Cook
Pierce Elkins
Loris
Dora
Charles
Gene Harvey
Sun Hill
Myrtle Jeffrey
June Cook
Bethel S Hatfield
Stowe
Raymond
Billy
Russell
Evans
Oceana
Paul Eggleston
Montgomery
Julius Burton
Mount Hope
Homer M. Cogen
William R. Copen
Powellton
Joseph Jackson
Sewell
Nathaniel Anderson
James C. Johns
Osho C. Davis
Herndon
Hazel
Hambrick
Johnnie Greenburg
Premier Pocahontas Coal Co
Lary
James Woods
Ed Bays
Eddie Booker
E. L. Murphy
Crawford L. Wilson
SUN
Clarence Ray Hinkle
Tyree Mortuary
Ernest Barrey
Bradley
Lawrence Gibson
Blue Ridge Memorial Park
Beckley
Hinkle
Oak Hill
New River Co
Garden Grounds
Virginia Ellen Hinkle
Hersi¢ C. Hinkle
Charles Ray
Nancy Ellen
Charles Hinkle
Fort Sill
Okla
Margaret Smith
Sophia
Anna Lee. Hunt
Jean Lee Hinkle
Patricia Angius
Kilsyth
Tyree
Pax PAX Weekend Guests and Local Visits Report
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. EB. O'Neal included Mrs. Roberta Lewis of Lakeland Florida and Mrs. John McDowell of Baltimore Maryland. Hospital patient Mrs. Jessie Tyree in McMilton Hospital Charleston undergoes surgery today. Recent visitors to the McCoy home included Donald McCoy family Curtis Kathy Ricky Rupert and Abs Willis McCoy and Carol of Maben. Clive Maynor of Citsvie and Goldie Toney of Long Branch. Lane Edward Trent and son Michael from Elyria Ohio visited his mother Viola Trent. Larry Tyree and Huntington were weekend guests of his parents Frank Tyree. Jack Barley of Elyria Ohio spent weekend with his family. Mrs Bertie ONeal and Mrs Minnie Humphrey Williams returned from Richmond Virginia where they were guests of J T Humphrey. Mrs J L Cochran visited her sister Mrs Joe Burdete Hill Top. Mrs Mindy Chapman of East Kingston is a patient in Oak Hill Hospital following surgery.
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Pax
W. EB. O'Neal
Roberta Lewis
Lakeland
Fla
John McDowell
Baltimore
Jessie Tyree
McMilton’ Hospital
Charleston
Amhbu Jlance
C. H. McCoy
Donald McCoy
Curtis
Kathy
Ricky
Rupert
Abs
Willis McCoy
Carol
Maben
Clive Maynor
Citsvie
Goldie Toney
Dee
Penny
Long Branch
John Rafferty
Rainelle
John Williams
Lane Edward Trent
Michael
Elyria
Viola Trent
Larry Tyree
Huntington
Frank Tyree
Jack Barley
Bertie O'Neal
Minnie Humphrey Williams
Richmond
J. T. Humphrey
J. L. Cochran
Joe Burdette
Hill ‘Top
Mindy Chapman
East Kingston
Oak Hill Hospital
WCTU States Meet In Brethren Church
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets at 2 p.m. Thursday in Oak Hill's Brethren Church. Mrs. Aubrey Halstead leads the program titled Highways to Education.
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WCTU
Brethren Church
Oak Hill
BNS
Women's ChristianTempcrafice Union
Aubrey Halstead
Modernized Wyco Tipple Fire Roars Through Mine
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co suffered a $500000 loss as fire destroyed the modernized Wyco tipple. Four communities sent crews to fight the blaze, delaying restart plans for the mine that previously underwent upgrades and partial shutdowns. About 1,500 tons daily were produced at Wyco with 250 workers at the plant and 50 at adjacent operations affected by the fire.
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WYCO
RNS
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
R. B. Williamson
Williamson
Amigo
Willie Wagner
Carl Cecil
Mullens
Rhodell
Sophia
Pineville
Dana Bishop
L. H. Wilson
Frank Dowell
Tipple
Mullens Volunteer Fire Dept
Billy Cook
Wy,co
Stevel Waybright
Lillybrook Coat Co
Pitson Co
Black Eagle
Killarney
Lillybrook
Affinity
Gal
Benes
Primatene Offers Fast Relief For Asthma And Hay Fever
Medical science introduces Primatene, a tiny tablet that opens bronchial tubes and eases hay fever symptoms within minutes. The 1957 product promises hours of relief, requires no injections or nebulizers, and is sold prescription or over the counter at drugstores for 98 cents with a money back guarantee.
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New York
N.Y
Whitehall Phos
Ministers Attend Baptist Rally in Huntington West Virginia
The second annual West Virginia Conservative Baptist Rally gathers at Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church Huntington with speaker Dr. Lee Roberson of Highland Park Chattanooga and Tennessee Temple Schools. Other speakers include Dr. B Myron Cedarholm Rev C E Stump and Rev Denzel B Miller. Music directed by Rev Tom Wright.
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Gauley Bridge
West Virginia
Jefferson Avenue
Huntington
Lee Roberson
Highland Park
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee Temple Schools
America
Roberson
B. Myron Cedarholnt
Chicago
Conservative Baptist Association of America
C. E. Stump
Whitesville
Baptist Fellowship
Fayetteville jury pool swells as ten more called
Fayette Circuit Court drew ten additional jurors this morning after only 31 of 60 petit jurors reported. Names include Alex Burton Kana wha Falls J L Mullens Rainelle Nola Dotson Kingston M Nickell Fayetteville and others. No trials were held. jurors excused until 9 30 Tuesday.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette Circuit
Alex Burton
Kanawha Falls
J. L. Mullens
Rainelle
Nola Dotson
Kingston
M. Nickell
Harry Ayers
Chadton Heights
E.R. Thomas
Morris S. Wonder
Bruce Blake
Elmer Jarrell
Oak Hill
W. E. Bass
Kimberly
Ladies lunch prepared with ham and crisp salad
SHeed serves baked ham with a salad of apple and celery, dressed with mayonnaise and finished with watercress and salted pecans.
Six Fayette Women To Attend Synod Meet
Six Fayette County women will attend the Women of the Presbyterian Church Synod of West Virginia meeting on Sept. 25 at Graham Presbyterian Church in Bluefield, Virginia. The Oak Hill group includes Mrs. C. R. Hill and Mrs. J. N. Darrell. Scarbro’s Mrs. W. C. Bishop. Mount Hope delegates Mrs. Woods Poling, Mrs. John Scott, and Mrs. Joe McCautey.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Women of the
Presbyterian Church, Synod of West Virginia
Graham Presbyterian Church
Bluefeld
C. R. Hill
J. N. Darrell
W. C. Bishop
Joe McCautey
W. Va. Synodical
All of
Mount Hope
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Priestley
Limerock, RJ
Eugene Noble
Cincinnati
Ohio
Margaret Rose Browning
Early Browning
Kopperston
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Walter C. Byrd
A. E. McClain
Everette H. Collins
Carole
Crowley- Worrell
Robert Lewis
Claude Phillips
Crowley-Worrell
Pat
Fredericksburg
Mary’ ‘Washington College
Joe Phillips
Mes
Stacie Mullins
C. W. Shuffebarger
G W. Cook
Trip
John Lee Shannon
Pegey Shuff
Barger
Mary Washing
Peggy
Pineville High
Bobby Perry
Robert Perry
Fett
Mack Morgan
Fork Union
Larry
Annwall Sun Academy
Hassell Harless
C. B. Taylor
Skipper
Eugene
Chilhowte
L. W. Beane
Baptist Association
Phillip M
Rush Creek
Elwood Priestly
di, G. M. Powers Dentist
Main Street
Oceana Personals
Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard ‘Road
Pax Personals
Richmond Cleaners & Laundry
Amige Smokeless Coal Company
Tom Shumate
RNSI
Gatewood
Pearlie Elmore
Virgil Lyons
Shumate
Inj
Ed Tipple
Ast
Fayette Court
Earl Fox
Cecil Hairston
Wilbert Whiteside
George Payne
Vernon Cole
Carl Gwinn
Everett Hill
John Sidney Turner
John Nelson Kirk
Kingland
Robert King
John R. McClung
John Robert Errington
Billy Moses
Billy Adkins
Stanley Martin
Roy Miller
Norvel Perry
Arthur Bragg
Thayer
Jack S Blackwell
Summerlee
S. W. Gale
Glen Ferris
D. Cahernour
Robert O'Dell
Carl R. Stone
Ansted
A. J. Cooper
Charles ‘Vogt
Boomer
Eugene Carelli
Gilbert’ F. Garrison
Henry Hinte
W. B. White
Charles’ Cannady
Lochgelly
William J. Dickson
Garten
Dana Drennén
Victor
F. &. Dickerson
Clifty
Harrison
Lloyd Jones
Glen Jean
J. R. iHisey
W. G. Thompson
Winona
O. W. Jondan
Russell T. James J
Fred €. Miller Jr
Archie Johnson
Bedlick Knob
John Jarrell
Fenton Wiseman
Hamner Kincaid
Alma Martin
Danese
Charles Martin
Lookout
Edith Pugh
J. Sutton
A, Company
Fayette Man
Fayette
Synod
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