Cleveland Firm Buys Truax-Tracr Mines in West Virginia
The Ogel bay Norton Co of Cleveland Ohio purchases all operations of the Truax Traer Coal Co at Raleigh and Kanawha counties. About 500 workers remain on cut off panels with 110 men at each Raleigh County mine Eunice and Marfork. The sale closes all Truax Traer operations in the state after 20 years.
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Marfork
RNS
Ogelbay-Norton Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Truax-Traer Coal Co
Raleigh
Kanawha
Coal Company
Raleigh County
Eunice
Birchton
Dorothy-Sarata
Clear Fork
Rock Creek
Marsh Fork
Workman’s Creek
Lis
Truax-Traer Co
Old Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Co
Rayford
M. A. Sharpe
M. H. Shumate
Chicago, Ill
Harry E. Tibbs
Joe Burda
Sharpe
United Mine Workers
Shower Honors Mrs. B. Adams
Mount Hope residents hosted a stork shower for Mrs. Bill Adams at Mrs. Eddie Souk’s home with co host Mrs. Charles Hardy. Prizes went to Mrs. M. A. Marchetti Miss Janie White Mrs. E. W. Dunkley Mrs. L. H. Maynor Jr. and Mrs. Corbit Bailey. A large turnout presented gifts from many friends and relatives.
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Mount Hope
Bill Adams
Eddie Souk
Charles Hardy
M. A. Marchetti
Janie White
E. W. Dunkley
L. H. Maynor Jr
Corbit Bailey
Elsie Jackson
Anna Lee Arthur
A. L. Elkins
James Reynolds Rites Thursday
The Rev. Ray Luphold will conduct funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Cunard Community Church for James Reynolds, 56, who died Monday from a heart attack. Burial will be in Coal Run Cemetery, Cunard. Survivors include sister Margie Martin and brothers Robert and Charles. The body is at Dodd-Payne Mortuary and will be taken to the church one hour before the service.
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Cunard
RNS
Ray Luphold
Cunard Community
James Reynolds
Coal Run
Reynolds
Margie Martin
Seth
Robert
Gatewood
Charles
Dodd-Payne Mortuary
Fayetteville
Lillydale Personal News Highlights
Lillydale Personal items note Miss Maxine Barber and Janie Barber visiting in Lynch on Sunday. Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Hugh Barber included sons Bob Barber Huntington and Frankie Barber plus daughter Rebecca Pineville. Other visits include Mrs Randy Varney to her parents, and Mr and Mrs Evern Clay with Mr and Mrs Jim Frazier hosting. The Cox family visited Luther Elkins's household. A Franklin quote about money closes the snippet.
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Lillydale
RNL
Maxine Barber
Janie Barber
Lynch
Hugh Barber
Bob Barber
Huntington
Frankie Barber
Rebecca
Pineville
Randy Varney
Wayne Graham
Evern Clay
Jim Frazier
Earl Cox
Luther Elkins
Kennison Rites Slated Thursday in Hillsboro
Last rites for Colbert Winters Kennison, 87, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at his Hillsboro home conducted by Rev. Irvine Prather of Oak Grove Presbyterian Church. Burial follows in Oak Grove Cemetery. A retired farmer, he died at 6 p.m. Monday from a blood clot. He was born August 27, 1872, in Hillsboro and survived by wife Bessie C and three daughters Olive Grimes, Clarice Kellison, and Virginia Kennison. The body is at Smith Funeral Home.
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Hillsboro
RNS
Colbert Winters
Kennison
Irvine Prather
Oak Grove Presbyterian Church
Oak Grove
Thomas F
Julia N. Kennison
Bessie C
Olive K. Grimes
St. Petersburg
Fla
Clarice K. Kellison
Virginia M. Kennison
Morgantown
Smith Funeral Home
Lafferty Twins Funeral Today
Graveside services for infant twins Mickey Ray and Ricky Wayne Lafferty were set for 3 p.m. at Humphrey Cemetery in Willis Branch. They died in a Beckley hospital Tuesday. Survivors include sisters Gage and Drema. Tyree Funeral Home of Mount Hope arranged the rites.
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Willis Branch
RNS
Mickey Ray
Ricky Wayne Lafferty
Denny Lafferty
Humphrey Cemetery
Beckley
Gage
Burman belief links diamonds and arsenic by name
In Burma a single term chein is used for both diamonds and arsenic, reflecting a superstition that both substances are poisons. The linguistic overlap signals local fear rather than chemical similarity.
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Burma
James E Veryard Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for James Edward Veryard 65 a retired Virginian Railway boilermaker will be held at 2 p m Thursday in Mullens at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home with Rev Virgil Conant officiating Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley He died in a Mullens hospital Friday four days after being struck by a car while seated near Sands and Co Hotel Elmore where he resided Death appears caused by a blood clot The Wyom ing County Court named Frank Gary temporary caretaker for his affairs Ralph Wilson 18 of Black Eagle the car driver faces negligent homicide charges awaiting grand jury action Pallbearers are W R Bailey W Z Clark D H Arnold W R Hendricks Fred Christian W C Mutter N W McGhee and Zach Lawson
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Mullens
RNS
James Edward Veryard
Robertson and Foglesong
Virgil Conant
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Veryard
Mullens Hospital
Sands and Co
Elmore
Wyoming County Court
Frank Gary
Ralph Wilson
Black Eagle
W. R. Bailey
W. Z. Clark
D. H. Arnold
W.R. Hendricks
Freese Eyes Tie With Ruth In RBI Pace
Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Gene Freese joked he would settle for tying Babe Ruth's RBI record if possible, predicting about 164 RBIs as a bench player after a bases loaded pinch hit double in Milwaukee. He told roommate Wally Post he felt embarrassed merely for the double.
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Diamond
Philadelphia
Gene Freese
Philadelphia Phillies
Babe Ruth
Milwaukee
Freese
Wally Post
Chappell Rites Set On Friday
George William Chappell died at 73 from a heart attack while visiting son Gene in LaFayette Indiana. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro with Rev. Irvine Prather officiating. Burial will be at Ruckman Cemetery. He was born April 25 1886 in Winfield, a retired farmer and Hillsboro Masonic Lodge member.
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Hillsboro
RNS
George William Chappell
Oak Grove Presbyterian Church
Irvine Prather
Ruckman
Chappell
Gene
LaFayette
Ind
Winfield
Nicholas
Fanny Chappell
Methodist Men's Club Holds First Meeting
The newly organized Methodist Men's Club for Milam Methodist Church McGraws held its first regular meeting Sunday afternoon at the church. The president John Meredutty led the session after a devotional by Rev. Glenn Robinson. Plans were discussed to draft by laws and seek a charter while arranging future activities including a get acquainted pot luck meal to be announced later. Members attending were Holroyd Brooks Shelburn Brooks J H McGraw Perry Spence John Meredith and Mr Robinson.
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McGraws
RNS
Milam Methodist Church
John Meredutty
Glenn Robinson
Holroyd Brooks
Shelburn Brooks
J. H. McGraw
Perry Spence
John Meredith
Mr. Robinson
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