Franck Bros. Successful In Spite Of Troubles
A Detroit dairy farmer Charlie Franck and his brother Joe visit Mount Hope recalling a lifetime of work. Charlie, crippled but thriving on a 120 acre Avoca farm, milks 24 Holsteins with two sons and a student helper. his story follows the Franck family’s move from Scranton to West Virginia and finally Michigan amid mines and factories.
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Margaret D. Marchid
Mount Hope
RNS
Charlie
Joe Franck
Detroit
Mich
Avoca
Hamtramck
Wayne University
General Motors Tech
Joseph Franck
Poland
Scranton
Bill
Lewis
Frank
Joe
West Virginia
Oswald
Raleigh County
Turkey Knob
Joseph
Adolph
Johnny
Walter
General Motors
Macacmary Plant Protection Agency
Budd Wheel Co
Ford Motors
Thunderbird
Four-State 4-H Conference Set At Jackson's Mill
Fayetteville RNS The annual Four-State Young Men and Women's Conference will convene at Jackson's Mill October 14 to 16. Open to ages 17 to 30, the event features speakers from Washington Maryland and New York University, group activities and discussions on leadership and citizenship with a $7.91 cost covering six meals lodging and events.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Jackson's Mill
John D. Cutlip
Fayette County
Delaware
Maryland
Ohio
West Virginia
Cutlip
Washington
New York University
Oceana Nurse Headed to Baylor Medical School
Dr Sherman Eugene Hatfield son of Dr and Mrs R C Hatfield of Oceana leaves to pursue further medical study at Baylor Medical School Houston Texas. He will stay in Houston for three years. Hatfield known in Oceana as Gene graduated from Oceana High School in 1950 salutatorian co captain of the football team member of National Honor Society Varsity O and Pep Club attended University of Michigan Ann Arbor then University of West Virginia five years pre med and med completed medical degree work at Richmond Medical College internship at Charleston Memorial Hospital and a year residency in surgery.
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Oceana
RNS
Baylor Medical School
Houston
Tex
Sherman Eugene Hatfield
R. C. Hatfield
Hatfield
Gene
Oceana High School
OHS
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
University of West Virginia
Medical College
Richmond
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Weekend Visitors Mention Many Local Families
Pax PAX Mrs Annie Stover and Duff Spangler of Dittsville visited her brother L D Maynor Beckley Saturday. Weekend visitors at Alfred Humphrey's home included Dewey Stover Lenora and their son in law Edward Helm and daughter Shawn Renne St Albans. Sherman Williams Horse Creek visited Ross Davis Beckley Sunday. Nancy J Lively Lively Jr Eaith Davis Oak Hill visited Conley Lively Mullens Sunday. Mertie Keffer hosted Cecil Stephens Eddie and Mabel Evans. Lonnie Williams home Sunday hosted Elbert Williams and children Debbie Michael Cindy Charleston. Emerson home Friday hosts David Williams Union Ohio Effie Clyburn Beckley Lena Canterbury Liveley. B A Wright Oleta Shumate L E Wright Connie Crab Orchard Wilfred Wright Helen Wright Harry Wright Susan Bernice Elliott Mount Hope Mary Spears Dianne Denise Lessie Jess Davis Sophia Janet Thompson Debra Leanne Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Annie Stover
Duff Spangler
Dittsville
L. D. Maynor
Beckley
Alfred Humphrey
Dewey Stover
Lenora
Edward Helm
Shawn Renne
St. Albans
Sherman Williams
Horse Creek
Ross Davis
Nancy J. Lively
L. C. Lively Jr
Eaith Davis
Oak Hill
Conley Lively
Mullens
Mertie Keffer
Cecil Stephens
Eddie
Diamond
Diamond. They Were Accompanied Home By Mrs. Stephens’ Mother, Mrs. Mabel Evans
Lonnie Williams
Elbert Williams
Debbie
Michael
Cindy
Charleston
R. A. Emerson
T. R. Fitzpatrick
H. C. Windsor
Scarbro
Emerson
David Williams
Union
Ohio
Effie Clyburn
Lena Canterbury
Lively
B. A. Wright
Oleta Shumate
L. E. Wright
Connie
Crab Orchard
Wilfred Wright
Brenda
Danny
Harry Wright
Johnny
Cathy
Bernice Elliott
Susan
Mount Hope
Mary Spears
Dianne
Denise
Lessie
Jess Davis
Sophia
Janet Thompson
Debra Leanne
Woman Charged With Maiming 13 Year Old in Princeton
In Princeton a 59 year old woman, Mabel Christian, was charged with maiming after firing a .22 rifle at four boys siphoning gas from a truck. A 13 year old boy, James Finley Church, was wounded in the chest and hospitalized in critical condition. Christian posted $2,500 bond and the boys were detained for questioning.
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McComas
RNS
Princeton
Mabel Christian
James Finley Church
Bluefield
Luther
Bluefield Sanitarium
First Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls 1848
The first women's rights convention in world history met in Seneca Falls New York in 1848 marking a pivotal early push for gender equality and suffrage.
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Seneca Falls, N. Y
Local residents and guests visit families in Mossy area
Mossy area residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Charles Hall and Cathy from Columbus stayed with his parents. Seybert Winston and family moved to Bishop Fork. Lacy Payne and daughter Sandra visited Crab Orchard relatives. Oliver Settle and in-laws visited Eva Shawkey in Rock Lick, a patient at Oak Hill Hospital. Hughey Winston family moved to Paint Creek. Eula Harper hosted by sons-in-law and daughters-in-law including Payne Coleman Rinehart and others visiting Ravensewood kin. Ella Stover, formerly of Mossy, hospitalized at Oak Hill after illness while visiting Dewey Stover's family in Cabin Creek.
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Lacy Payne
Sandra
Clarence Scarbro
Crab Orchard
Oliver Settle
Orbria Rinehart
Eva Shawkey
Rock Lick Sunday
Oak Hill Hospital
Hughey Winston
Frank
Eula Harper
Walton
Charlie Payne
Azel Coleman
Caroleigh
Dwight
Nathan Poston
Ravenswood
Ella Stover
New Castle
Del
Mossy
Matoaka Visitors and Fayetteville Soil Conservation Review
Mr and Mrs Roy Trent of Lilly dale and Viola Trent of Pax visited Matoaka on Sunday. Floyd Rothlesberger, a conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service based in Beckley, conducted a program review in Fayetteville after the death of his friend J E Green, who died Friday in Beckley Veterans Hospital.
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Lillydale
RNS
Roy Trent
Viola, Trent
Pax
Matoaka
J. E. Green
Beckley Veterans Hospital
The
Soil Conservation Service
Beckley
Fayetteville
SCS
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Franck Bros
Charlie and
Jackson’s Mill
Texas
Kodak
Royal Oak Press
Main
Oak Hill, W. Va
Floyd Rothlesberger
Bourbon
OLD Crow Dist. CO
Frankfort
Kentucky
H. P. Cotton
Norfolk and Western
Industrial Development Corporation
Norfolk & Western
Roanoke, Virginia
Railroad
Industrial Development and Agricultural Dept
N&w
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