Seventeen Divorces Granted in Boone County Court
In Boone County Circuit Court during the first two weeks of the fall term, seventeen divorces were granted involving custody and support details. Names include James Homer Peters, Dorothy Marie Peters, Margaret Ann Ballard, William Howard Ballard Jr, Vernie Berry, Curtis S. Berry, Justine Long, Clarence Long, Richard Holly, Jacqueline Holly, Fulton Green, Delphia Green, Jo Ann Workman, Robert Workman, Max Halley Multine, Lola R. Mullins, Judy Phyllis White, Beecher Eugene White, Beulah Faye Ball, Danny Lee Ball, Betty Clay, George Clay, Margaret K. Kinser, Douglas G. Eisner, Burnette Charles Stover, Elsie Stover, Norma Jean Cabell, Charles C. Cabell, Caroly Linnville, Sidney L. Linnville, Helen Marsiglio, Albert Marsiglio, Helen Davis, Barbara Price, Clyde Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justine Long
Clarence Long
Richard Holly
Jacqueline Holly
Fulton Green
Delphia Green
Jo Ann Workman
Robert Workman
Max Halley Multine
Lola R. Mullins
Judy Phyllis White
Beecher Eugene White
Beulah Faye Ball
Danny Lee Ball
Betty Clay
George Clay
Margaret K. Kinser
Douglas G. Eisner
Burnette Charles Stover
Elsie Stover
Norma Jean Cabell
Charles C. Cabell
Rotarians Hear Harry Brawley on TV’s impact
Madison Rotary Club welcomed Harry Brawley of WCHS TV Charleston as speaker. He discussed television’s impact on American life, noting 1927 magazine definition, first picture in 19H, TV’s entertaining role, and how monthly ratings place westerns first, detective stories second, and classic programs last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
RNS
Do FALSE TEETH Rock, Slide or Slip
Pasteeth an improved powder to sprinkle on plates holds false teeth firmly in place. Prevents sliding slipping or rocking with no gummy taste or sensation. Alkaline non acid neutralizes denture odor and breath. Get FastEeth at any drug counter.
Day of Prayer Observed by Princeton Missionary Society
The Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church in Princeton marked a Day of Prayer for state missions with the theme For This Cause We Are Witnesses. Mrs. A H Flanagan chaired the worship and Mrs Calvin Eppes delivered the devotional message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Women’s Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
A. H. Flanagan
Calvin Eppes
Goodwill iCenters
Virginia
J. P. Gulley
James Baker
M. L. Oaks
Howard St. Clair
R. W Wills
R. H. Phiegar
Elmer Dunn
William F. Brown
William S. Winfrey
Birthday Honor for Mrs J Lively at 67
Mrs J F Lively honored with a surprise birthday dinner on her 7th anniversary. Grand daughter Mrs Kenneth Dangerfield hosted. The cake was baked by Thelma Kelley. Attendants include daughters Virginia Snuffer Nedra Lou Keiffer and family, Erma Murdock and family, and relatives from Crab Orchard and Lively, with Air Force serviceman Ronald Ray Snuffer in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Lively
Kenneth Dangerfield
Thelma Kelley
Virginia Snuffer
Nedra Lou Keiffer
Jerry
Garry
Barbara
Judy
Crab Orchard
Erma Murdock
Sandra Jean
Carl D
Lively
Lcverette Lively
Barry, Bruce, Wes and
Dennis Wayne Dangerfield
Ronald Ray Snuffer
Air Force
Maryland
American Samoa Acquisition by United States in 1900
The island of American Samoa came under U S control in 1900 through a treaty with the Samoan government and with the consent of Great Britain and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island
American Samoa
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Mrs. Rachel Bartley Rites Held in Kingston
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Elizab et h Bartley 76 of Kingston were set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev R H Dean officiating. Burial followed at Highlawn Memorial Park. Mrs Bartley died Monday after a short illness. She was born August 13 1883 in Clintwood Virginia and was a Church of Christ member. Her husband William M Bartley died in May. Surviving are a daughter a brother and four sisters among others. The body was moved to her daughter’s home and will return to the chapel before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
RNS
Rachel Elizabeth Bartley
Tyree
Oak Hill
R. H. Dean
Bradley
Highlawn Memorial Park
Bartley
Clintwood
Bart
Alice Ison
Mollie Keel
Ashland
Funeral Home
Births at Oak Hill Hospital Reported
Oak Hill Hospital lists newborns with details including name, birth weight and timing. Notable entries include Lesia Jayne Dempsey, Debra Lynn Brenemen, William Lee Comer, Michael Jay Skaggs, Theresa Laverne Bibb, Phillip Lunsford, Connie Sue Mathis, Rebecca Bennett, Gregory Collins Perry, and Patti Sue Tolli, all born between Sept 22 and Sept 26 to various Fayetteville Scarbro Loch Gelly and area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
Lesia Jayne
John George Dempsey
Route 1
Fayetteville
Debra Lynn
Henry Abraham Brenemen
Sanger
William Lee
Edward Jackson Comer
Scarbro
Michael Jay
Clay Hilbert Skaggs
Windsor Lane
Theresa Laverne
Richard Mason Bibb
Garten
Phillip Lunsford
Elija Largie James
Lochgelly
Connie Sue
Calvin Ray Mathis
Rebecca
Donald Ray Bennett
Mount Hope
Gregory Collins
Gary Collins Perry
Patti Sue
Frank Tolli
Rock Creek Patients Mentioned After Hospital Stay
RNS reports Mrs J L Bradford of Rock Creek underwent surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital on Tuesday. Another entry notes Mrs Harley Walker of Naoma was a patient there last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
J. L. Bradford
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Harley Walker
Naoma
Glen Rogers Freshmen Initiated by Seniors in School Dares
Freshmen at Glen Rogers High School were initiated over two days by seniors. Rules included dress and behavior with earrings, makeup, and hair styling bans. A Kangaroo Court court session and a senior-led party followed the initiation with Eddie Durham and Jerry Wolf noted among participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers High School
Eddie Durham
Jerry Wolf
Buddy Cook
Larry Lilly
Two Mullens Students Treated After School Injuries
Two Mullens high school students were treated at Wyoming General Hospital after injuries at school. Charles Radford Jr. 16 was cut above the scalp in a fight at Mullens High School while John Johnson Jr. 14 suffered a thumb injury from a planetary gear incident in Conley High School's industrial arts shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Charles Radford Jr
Itmann
Mullens High School
John Johnson Jr
Glen Rogers
Conley High School
Falls
Mullens Hospital
Lillian Bell Jones
McGraws
Jimmy Wayne Reed
Amigo
Dan Price
Allen Junction
Jimmy Blevins
Odd
Emil Cozort
Maben
Charlotte Lane
David Sizemore
Mount Zion Baptist Church Convention Underway in Fayette
The Mount Zion Baptist Church Convention runs through Saturday in Fayette. Led by Rev. A Wilson Wood daily 6 to 7 pm leadership training. Musical program today features choirs from participating churches. Youth Night Wednesday with Rev G J Wilson of Mount Hope guiding Thursday services. Friday sees Rev O T Moore with Price Hill chairs assisting. Sunday morning service followed by 1 pm dinner and 2:30 pm concluding session led by Rev S W Williams Jr of Lochgelly with choirs from Mount Hope First Union and First Baptist assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Moore
Price Hill
Price Hill Baptist Church
A. Wilson Wood
S. W. Williams Jr
Lochgelly
First Union Baptist
First Baptist Church
Mount Hope
Miss Hickok Enrolls At Kentucky College
Nora Gera Hickok daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert M Hickok of Herndon enrolls for the fall semester at Bowling Green College of Commerce in Kentucky. She attended Herndon High School and pursues a college secretarial course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
KNS
Bowling Green College of Commerce
Bowling Green, Ky
Nora Gera Hickok
Robert M. Hickok
Herndon High School
Benefit Sale Held at Lilly Haven by Ladies Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Free Will Baptist Church held a bake sale on Saturday to raise funds for the needy at Christmas. Baked goods were sold across the Oceana area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Haven
BNS
Free Will Banmtist Church
Oceana
Moore Speaks at Princeton Rotary Meet and Chest Drive Slated
Rep Arch A Moore addressed the Princeton Rotary Club urging spending control and debt reduction while noting labor bill limits without state right to work laws. The Princeton Community Chest Drive will run in the third week of October with Essie E Bailey as campaign chair and Odis Hinnant assisting as professional fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Moore
Princeton
RNS
Arch A. Moore
Moundsville
Princeton Rotary Club
Odell Huffman
U. S
Congress
West Virginia
Harold Tomchin
Essie E. Bailey
Don Erwin
Odis Hinnant
Salvation Army
Hinnant
Boy
Girl Scouts
Princeton Youth Inc
Jack Lewis
The
Chest
Tomchin
Irom
Police Probe Monroe Shooting
State Police investigated a Monday shooting at Glen Ray near the Summers County line in Monroe County. Leslie Phillips, 27, of Glen Ray, was shot in the abdomen and transported to Veterans Hospital. he was listed in pretty good condition. Alderson Police Chief O H Zimmerman said multiple versions existed and no arrests were reported.
Mission Slated At Area Church
Oak Hill area church presents a preaching mission led by Rev. Harold M. Wilson canon missioner of the Diocese of West Virginia at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church on Kelly Avenue. Titled Christian Way the mission runs Sunday through October 9 with 7:30 p.m. services, a talk, coffee, and a Q and A period each evening. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
St. Andrew's Episopal Church
Kelly Avenue
Harold M. Wilson
Diocese of West Virginia
Christian Way
Mine Operators Fined 600 For Labor Standards Violations
In U S District Court, two strip mine operators William Monroe Legg and Fred Lucian Legg of Mahan Fayette County pled guilty to four counts of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. Each count carried a 150 dollar fine, totaling 600 dollars. Violations included unpaid overtime, false wage records, improper wage and hour records, and shipping coal interstate without compliance. About 10 employees were affected, with violations spanning up to a year prior to August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
U. S
William Monroe Legg
Fred Lucian Legg
Mahan
Fayette County
John A. Field Jr
Labor Department
Rev Roloff Leads Evangelistic Efforts Across Texas
Corpus Christi pastor Rev Lester L Roloff is described as tall and lean with a big smile. He runs four rehabilitation missions for men women and youth and delivers 59 hours of radio sermons weekly. His evangelistic circuit has taken him 10,000 miles in 10 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi, Tex
Lester L. Roloff
Corpus Christi
Here
Boone Society Officers Told
Maxey Mullins elected president of the Boone County Society for Crippled Children succeeding Harold Madison. Mullins serves as county circuit clerk and has been secretary for years. Lula Bias named vice president with Harold Madison as secretary and Helen Hylbert as treasurer. Meeting held at L. B. Lyons home Thursday night with several officers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Madison
Maxey Mullins
Helen Hylbert
Pax Personals Weekend Visitation Notes Across Communities
Visiting lists show extended family time across Kanawha City St Albans and nearby towns with relatives from Crestline Newark Dover Norton and Cleveland enjoying Sundays and weekends. Names include Lonnie Williams Helen Cabell Jess Humphrey Virgil Dangerfield Edward Helm Shawn Renae Lively Lively family McCoy Craft Rhodes Pyle Lunsford Miller and others across Maben Rupert Gauley Bridge and Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestline
Ohio
Wayne Janney
St. Albans
Seibert Janney
Charleston
Delia Lively
Hazel
Harl Lively
Nancy
Stewart Wayne
Virgil Lively
Lee Ellen
Norton
Sherman Foster
Newark
Del
Nora
C. H. McCoy
W. S. McCoy
Maben
Donald McCoy
Cathy
Curtis
Rickie
Rupert
Gordon Craft
Pratt
Noel Rhodes
Cleveland
Lazella Powers
Juddie Muncie
W. K. and
Randy
Tena Wingrove
Florence Casto
Dunbar
Nina Lively
Oak Hill
Howard ‘Smith
John
Ralph Smith
Magdeline
Stoneville
N. C
John Pyle
Patty
Ernie
Ray Lunsford
Rita
Carl Miller
Gauley Bridge
Lilly Haven Personal Notes From Local Social Register
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Opie Bolen last week included Levi Simpson and family, Jim Woods and family from Coal City, and Lewis Prosser with his wife from Uticia New York. Emma Moran traveled to Uticia to stay with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Prosser. Friday visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd League included Roy Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Haven
RNS
Opie Bolen
Levi Simpson
Bud
Jim Woods
Coal City
Lewis Prosser
Uticia
N.Y
Emma Moran
Lloyd League
Roy Elkins
Wanted Takeover of Payments on Used Furniture in Mullens
A notice from Tomchin Furniture Company Mullens West Virginia seeks reliable persons to assume weekly payments of 3.00 for a used bedroom suite and 3.00 for a used living room set plus 1.00 weekly for a breakfast set. Contact Mr West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. West
TOMCHIN FURNITURE COMPANY \Mullens
W. Va
Mt Hope People News and Moves in Mount Hope
Mrs Gladys Potter returned from a visit with her son George in Washington DC. Fred Kemrite improving after emergency appendectomy at Oak Hill Hospital. Bill and wife from Silver Grove visit Mount Hope relatives and Mrs Sale in Beckley. Tommy Hock from WV Tech spent weekend with parents Harold and Mrs Hock. J E Evans and family moving from Durham NC to Sumter SC via Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Mrs Evans is Ray Gillispie’s daughter. Robert Jeter family moving into Porter house at Mountain Ave and Monroe St. Lowell Perkins weekend visit with Rev and Mrs J E Perkins, WV Tech student. Buddy Ramey visiting from Washington DC. Drema Szuch from St Marys Hospital Huntington visited parents Luis and Mrs Szuch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Rns
Gladys Potter
George
Washington, D. C
Fred Kemrite
Oak Hill Hospital
Bill Thompson
Silver Grove
Thheir
Bob Humphrey
M. R. Sale
Beckley
Tommy Hock
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Harold Hock
J. E. Evans
Durham
N. C
Sum‘ter
S. C
Chesapeake Land Potomac Telephone Co
Evans
Ray Gillispie
Robert Jeter
Potter
Mountain Ave
Monroe Street
G. W. Croyle
Lowell Perkins
J. E. Perkins
West Virginia Tech
Buddy Ramey
W. B. Ramey
Drema Szuch
St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington
Luis Szuch
Fayette Choir Rehearsal Set
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church Choir begins its first rehearsal at 7 p.m. Thursday inside the church. New director T. D. Sutler, from Beckley, brings extensive training and prior leading roles in school bands and choral groups, including the Valley Forge Glee Club and Morris Harvey Philharmonic Choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
T. D. Sutler
Beckley
Valley Forge Military Academy
Sutler
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Clinch Valley College
University of Virginia
Valley Forge Military Glee Club
Morris Harvey Philharmonic
425Th Army Band
Rainelle High School
High School of
Wise
United States Navy
Greenbrier
High Court Reverses Fayette Judgment
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Fayette County circuit court ruling dis missing a wrongful death suit against Appalachian Power Co. Brash, administrator of Thomas B. Brash, urged review after his electrocution death in February 1957 when a galvan ized pipe contacting a worn insulation wire caused a shock. The court sent the case back for reinstatement and allowed an amended declaration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Stes Supreme Court
Fayette County
Appalachian Power Co
Thornton G. Berry
Circuit Court
Thomas E. Brash
Brash
Thomas B. Brash
Supreme Court
Fayette
Hilltop
Circuit
Appalachian
Fayette Court
Weekend Visitors And Social Roundup In Kopperston And Beckley
Mr. and Mrs. A J Ruth returned home after visiting Beckley the past week. Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs Harold Sline of Baileysville and their son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs Roger Toler of Charleston, Mr. and Mrs A A Ford of Kopperston visited Mr. and Mrs Ross Jones, and Bucky Lambert of Turkey Dip was a weekend guest of David Price and Sandy Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Francis Simmions
Jewell Mee Peak
Roy Elkins
Asa Ford
Kopperston
Bucky Lambert
David Price
Sandy Elkins
A. J. Ruth
Beckley
Harold Sline
Baileysville
Roger Toler
Charleston
A. A. Ford
Ross Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boone
Caroly Linnville
Sidney L. Linnville
Helen Marsiglio
Albert Marsiglio
Helen Davis
Barbara Price
Clyde Price
Harry Brawley
Missionary Society
Jan Simpkins
Jesus
J. Lively
Memphis, Tenn
Greyhound
Knoxville, Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
New York, NY
Richmond, VA
ST. Louis
Buffalo
Prince Street
R. Bartley Services
GRHS
Carl Thorn
Tralee
Larry Dixon
Samtone
Cash & Carry
Richmond Cleaners
Miss Hickok
Kentucky College
Monroe
Area Church
Boone Society
Pax Personals
Lilly Haven Personals
Mt. Hope
High Court
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