Fayetteville Second Baptist Church Anniversary Observed
The Second Baptist Church Fayetteville marks its 67th anniversary with a week of programs led by deacons trustees and guest ministers. Whipple Church pastor and choir join the event with events planned by mission circle garden club and usher board. Cor delia Toles Muse guest speaker with Cherub Choir sings.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Second Baptist Church
Whipple Church
Mission Circle Garden Club
Usher Board
H. R Williams
Mount Hope
Iris Neighbors
Greentown
Cordelia Toles Muse
Ohio visitors share weekend at Lena Wiseman home
Fayettville reports Mr and Mrs Joseph Romanello and Mr and Mrs Robert Romanello with daughter Elaine from Portsmouth Ohio were weekend guests of Mrs Lena Wiseman. Tommy Eubank of Columbus Ohio spent the weekend with his father J M Eubank.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Joseph Romanello
Robert Romanello
Elaine
Portsmouth
Ohio
Lena Wiseman
Tommy Eubank
Columbus
J. M. Eubank
Taxi Driver Clarence Blake Dies at 50 in Oak Hill
Clarence Orden Blake known as Pete, 50, Oak Hill taxi driver for Blake's Taxi Oak Hill, died at 8:50 p m Tuesday after two weeks illness in an Oak Hill hospital. Survived by wife Audrey Mae Snead Blake. two sons Clarence Shirley at Fort Jackson DC and Charles Eugene Oak Hill. one brother John Cleveland. one grandchild. Body at Tyree Funeral Home. arrangements incomplete.
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Oak Hill
Clarence Orden
Pete) Blake
Blake
Fayette School Board Renews Fire Insurance
Fayette County Board of Education approved renewal of fire insurance for buildings and contents totaling 2 051 363 33 with an extra 702 318 03 on new buildings and additions at a 2 p m special meeting. Coverage carries 7 033 950 00 on buildings and contents with policies distributed across 15 local insurers under a blanket average rate set by the West Virginia Rating Bureau Charleston.
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Fayetteville
RNIS
Fayette County
Fayette Insurance Agency
Farmers Insurance
Farm State
George M. Hancock
Hillside Insurance Associates
Julian Hamm
General Insurance
H. O. Legg Agency
Rosser Long Insurance
Donald P. Lively
LaFayette Insurance Agency
Mount Hope Insurance Agency
Wiliam H. Miller
New River Insurance Agency
Oak Hill Insurance Agency
Mountain State Insurance
West Virginia Rating Bureau
Charleston
Hambrick Family Welcomes Son David Mark
A son born at home on Lindbergh Ave in Fayetteville to Mr and Mrs William E Hambrick at 10 am. The boy weighs six pounds six ounces and is named David Mark. He is the couple's third child, joining sister Kitty Beth and brother Eddie.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Wiliam E. Hambrick
Lindbergh Ave
David Mark
Hambricks
Kitty Beth
Eddie
Skid Marks Point to Accident Involving 65-Year-Old Man
On a Monday a speeding car struck and critically injured James Veryard a 65 year old retiree from Virginian Rail road boilermaker. He sat on a Sands and Co cafe stoop in Elmore as skid marks showed the path of the car driven by Richard Delano Wilson an 18 year old from Black Eagle who pleaded guilty to reckless driving and paid a $50 fine and served 30 days in jail. Veryard remained in Mullens hospital with multiple fractures.
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Elmore
Virginian Railroad
James Veryard
Sands and Co
Black Eagle
Richard Delano Wilson
Wilson
Veryard
Mullens Hospital
Two Wyoming Boys Charged
Baileyville police report two 14-year-olds charged in a string of break ins and thefts. They entered Baileysville Grade School by breaking a window, stole candy from a vending machine and notebook paper, and attempted to open the principal's safe. They also robbed the Church of God and at least two other churches, taking plates, silverware, and tomatoes, plus two bicycles from local homes.
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Baileysville
BNS
Wyoming
Bert Short
Short
Church of God
Herman Ward
Tommy Bailey
Holdup Trio Faces Grand Jury Action
In Harts Creek a $450 holdup of a woman store keeper led to three youths held to the Grand Jury without bond. Edward Bumgardner 20, Mauro Perano 22 pleaded guilty. his wife Mary 18 pleaded innocent. All were arrested in Cabell County.
Area Sawmill Operation Stops
COLCORD ANS The Henson Harless Lumber Company has ceased operation of its saw mill at Colcord. The mill is being dismantled and moved to Cabin Creek where operation will get under way at an early date. The mill has been operating in this vicinity for approximately one year.
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Colcord
ANS
Henson Harless Lumber Company
Cabin Creek
Colcord Area Weekend Visits and Birth Announcement
Visiting Mrs Delphia Bowman and relatives in Colcord were Mr and Mrs Arnold Dean and Mr and Mrs Kendall Dean with children Rodney Ohio. Mrs Bowman remains ill at home. Returning home Sunday were Mr and Mrs Luther Dillon and Ethel from Dayton Ohio. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Erickson Norwood Pa are parents of Rhonda Lea born Sept 3 at Lankenau Hospital Philadelphia weighing seven pounds twelve ounces. Mrs Erickson is former Miss Mary Lou Fraley granddaughter of Mrs Robert Fraley Colcord. Attendance certificates and pins awarded at Church of God Sunday School. Rev Leonard Pugh presented certificates, Maben Stover presented pins to Mr and Mrs Julius Kopeec and son Larry Rickie Meadows and Dianne Swannigan. Miss Rita Stover Columbus Ohio visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Anderson Stover Colcord.
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Colcord
RNS
Delphia Bowman
Arnold Dean
Kendall Dean
Rodney
Ohio
Norwood
Rhonda Lea
Lankenau Hospital
Philadelphia
Erickson
Mary Lou Fraley
Robert Fraley
Church of God Service
Leonard Pugh
Maben Stover
Julius Kopeec
Larry
Rickie Meadows
Dianne Swannigan
Rita Stover
Columbus
Anderson Stover
Pope Leo XIII Urges French Catholics Against Monarchy
In 1885 Pope Leo XIII instructed French Catholics to sever ties with the monarchy and support a republican form of government, urging loyalty to the republic over royal authority.
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Leo XIII
Virginian Railway Loadings Rebound After Holiday Dip
PRINCETON AP Virginian Railway coal car loadings rose last week after a holiday drop. Total loadings reached 5 130 versus 3 827 the prior week but remain below the 1958 level. A year ago the company reported 5 752 cars. Five day daily totals ending Sept 19 were 1 009 Monday 1 996 Tuesday 959 Wednesday 1 032 Thursday and 1 134 Friday.
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Princeton
Virginian Railway
The
Virginian
Edwight Presbyterian Church Dissolution Planned
In Colcord Oklahoma the Edwight Presbyterian Church will be dissolved as coal mines close. Houses are torn down or moved and the former church building will disappear. Members will attend services at Montroal and Dry Creek churches after a Presbytery decision made last week at Pattie C Stockdale Home School.
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Colcord
BNS
Edwight Presbyterian Church
Montroal
Dry Creek
Eywight
Presbytery
John Aalfs
Fayette Church Convention Set
The First Baptist Church Mount Hope hosts its fourth annual convention today through Friday with a noon luncheon Thursday in the dining room. The Women’s Christian March is at 2 p.m. Thursday led by Rev O T Moore. Friday is Youth Night with Miss Mildred Allen of Garten as speaker and a climactic address by Rev A W Wood of Beckley. All-night services start at 7:30 p.m.
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Mount Hope
RNS
First Baptist Church
O. T. Moore
Mildred Allen
Garten
Baptist State Youth
A. W. Wood
Beckley
Builder's Club Meets COLCORD in Sycamore
The Sycamore Builder's Club met Friday with six members present as community duties kept others away. Secretary Betty Dillon now resides in Detroit after marrying Lester Griffith about 12 days ago. President Myrtle Steed moved to South Charleston creating two officer vacancies. Mrs. Denver Webb will serve as temporary president until November when new officers are elected.
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Colcord
BNS
Sycamore Builder’s Club
Betty Dillon
Detroit
Lester Griffith
Myrtle Steed
South Charleston
Denver Webb
Mossy Area Personal Notes Round Up
Mrs Rose Burnside returns home after visiting Dollie Stover in Oak ill. O N Tichenor admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital for severe nose bleed and will stay under observation. Billy Aliff family visited Narrows Virginia with in law Johnston. Jennie Buttrick home after Prosperity visit and sister in Sophia. Minnie Payne and son Benny visited Sherman Smith in Dothan. Orbria Rinehart home after Raleigh General Hospital kidney infection. Theron Jarrett Jr enrolled in Kingston High School after 14 years absence with three children in elementary. Jerry Chuck Cabe Beckley visiters at Dallas Rinehart home. Orden Cheek and Tom Golis visit Aga tha Bridges. Nelson Burnside family visits.
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O. N. Tichenor
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Billy Aliff
Lee Johnston
Narrows
Jennie Buttrick
L. O. Ceeleman
Prosperity
Leo Hall
Sophia
Minnie Payne
Benny
Sherman Smith
Dothan
Orbria Rinehart
Raleigh General Hospital
Theron Jarrett Jr
Kingston High School
Brenda
John
Sheila
Dallas Rinehart
James Cabe
Jerry
Chuck
Beckley
Orden Cheek J
Tom Golis
Agatha Bridges
Frank
Ansted
Nelson Burnside
Douglas and
Dale
Kuntz Family Reunion Held at Teubert Home
The Kuntz family reunion gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Teubert in Chimney Corner. Attendees included Mary Kuntz’s siblings and numerous relatives from Swiss, Beckley, Charleston, Rus sellville, Youngstown, Bakersfield, Nitro, Ansted, Gauley Bridge and other towns, with many children listed among the group.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Joseph Teubert
Chimney Corner
Kuntz
Stanley G. Legg
Charleston
Rex Noble
Margaret Noble
William Noble
Beckley
Clyde Haynes
Margaret Haynes
Russellville
Harold Williams
Youngstown
Ohio
Emma Duffield
John Scholl
Bakersfield
Calif
Gilford Sizemore
Linda Sizemore
Nitro
One-Pilot Air Force May Be Recognized
BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA A local magistrate Charles A Caffee called Sky Cat by friends received unofficial commission and WWII wings in a Bluefield ceremony. A tongue in cheek Beaver Pond District Air Force proclamation honored his solo flight and mock authority to enforce law in the air above Beaver Pond District. Mercer County officials consider the idea of incorporating the Beaver Pond warrior into the Strategic Air Command.
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Bluefield
Pentagon
West Virginia
Charles A
Sky Cat
Beaver Pond District
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