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I-I IN TON NEWS
Continuing the Hinton Daily News
'Home of Lake Bluestone'
Hinton. West Virlinia,
Tuesday November 27, 1979
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15 cents
Court Ordered Entered
A Court Order has finally
been entered in the case of Bob
J. Maddy, Sheriff versus The
Summers County Commission.
The order, signed by Judge
Frank E. Jolliffe, brings the
Sheriff's total budget to [ 169,848
with f55,51E86 set for the
Tax Department, $61,175.14 for
Law Enforcement, and $53,157
for operation of the County Jail.
The order cites an "increase
of $21,700.00" over the original
budget.
Minton
fu
Re ses Comment
wo Arrested
recovered by Hinton City Police
the photo above. Hinton PoliCe
M. Jones and charged him with
I breaking and entering in connec-
burglary of the Hub Clothing Co.
Insurance Agency. Mark Ward of
Hinton was charged with grand larceny and two
counts of transferring stolen property after a
theft from TV & Electronics Mart. Cpl. G.B.
Browning assisted In the arrest of Jones, an
escapee from the Virginia State Penitentiary.
t
A Hinton woman refused corn- art works from the Falls Church
ment to the Hinton News con-
cerning her connection with a
1974 auto theft and burglary
case in Virginia. Robbie Minton
of Hinton reportedly signed
voluntary extradition papers an
and was returned to Fairfax
County, Virginia, in October
after being arrested here by
Troopers A.W. Maddy and H.W.
Lambert of the West Virginia
State Poice.
Although details of the war-
rants were not available, they
apparently stem from the theft
of jewelry, paintings, silver and
Area Obituaries
85,
formerly of
at 4:30
hospital af-
May 26,
a daughter of the
Eliza Smith
in Shady Sp-
Baptist
Henry A., died
in 1957, and son, Marcus, died
in 195E back of St. Albans and Mrs. Mac
Survivors include three sons, Goff of Hinton; 24 grandchild-
Robert of Staunton, Ky., How-, ren and 30 great- grandchild-
ard of Alderson, and Elbert of
Jolliett, Ill.; three daughters,
Mrs. Pauline Bell of Ghent,
Mrs. Katherine Rickman of
'Roanoke, Vs., and Mrs. Myrtle
Smith of Shady Spring; two
half sisters, Mrs. Pearl Utter- died Saturday at 1:45 p.m. at
ren.
Services were held Saturday
at 2 v.m. in the Lobban Fun-
eral Home chapel in Alderson.
Burial followed in the Alderson
Cemetery.
brothers, Perry Arbeugh, add- Grandsonsserved as pall-
ress unknown and Frank Tur- bearers.
net of Michigan; one half bro- TAYLOR
ther, James of Alderson; two Jeunings Poweil Taylor, 80,
home after a long illness. ,
Born July .3, 1299, in Summ-
ers County, he was a son of the
late Brown L. Taylor and Mar-
thn Hicks Taylor,
A member of the Green Sul.
phur Baptist Church, Mr. Tay-
lor was a retired coal miner and
carpenter.
Survivors include, his wife,
Mrs. Myrtle Ayres Taylor; two
sons, James and Howard both of
Sandstone; five grandchildren
and nine great- grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 2
p.m. in the E.M. Meadows
Funeral Home in Hinton with
the Rev. Eddie Johnson offic-
iating. Burial will be in the
Hicks Cemetery near Sand-
stone.
Pallbearers will be James
Adkins, Bob and Jerry Gwlnn
and Danny, Lloyd and Kenneth
Vandall.
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TURNER
Mrs. Jimmie Turner 94, died
Sunday morning at home after a
long illness.
Born in Greenbrier County,
Nov. 14, 1885, she was a dau-
ghter of the late John and Ly-
dia McClun&
Mrs. Turner had lived in Hin-
ton 74 years and was a member
of the First Chrlsiutn Church in
Hinton.
Surviving is one daughter,
Miss Faye Turner, at home,
The body is at Ronald Mead-
ows Funeral Parlors lft Hinton.
apartment of Leon E. Jurras.
Jurras told the Hinton News Phillip R. Richmond of Austinville, Ohio, was
that Minton had a key to a 1972 charged with failure to stop at a stop sign
Thunderbird registered to him following an accident Thursday afternoon at the
and also had the key to his Willowwood Bridge. Richmond's 1978 Chrysler
apartment. Jurras said Minton
was employed as his secretarY
and had free use of the car
because he was often out of the
country for extended periods of
time.
Jurras also told the News that
he had told Minton to take some
of his furniture to furnish her
own apartment. Jurras claims
Minton fell in with Leon
Sylvester in the Falls Church
area and be persuaded her to
leave the area with the car and
several items of personal pro-
perty. Jurras said he was reluc-
tant to bring charges against
Minton but apparently did so
after Sylvester was acquitted in
Summers County on auto theft
charges. Trooper A.W. Maddy
was quoted as saying that
Sylvester was acquitted by the
jury because Minton was not
also charged with the theft of
the car.
Minton apparently had co-
operated extensively with the
state polic e and with Fairfax
County Police in their investiga-
tion.
Blrchfleld.
Mrs. Keaton was a lifelong
resident of Wyoming County
and a member of the Hotohk-
iss Baptist Church.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Virgil Keaton; six sons,
Clinton of Buhl, Idaho, Walter
and Frank, both of Hotchklss,
Jerry of Hillsboro, Carl of
Meadow Bridge and Thomas of
Becldey; two sisters, Mrs. Viol-
et Blevins of Mullens and Mrs.
!cle Canada, and three brother&
Ernest and Earl, all of Hot-
chklss, and Victor of Lester, 29
grandchidiren and 24 great-
grandchildren.
Services will be Tuesday at 2
p.m. in the Hotchklss Baptist
Church with the Revs. Ancel
Ten On
National List
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KEATON.
Mrs. Hetfle K. Kegton, 74, oi 4
Hotchklss died Saturday in a
Beckley hospital aftor.a long
illness.
Born in Hetehklss, Jan. 11,
1905, she was a daughter of the Virginia M. Lowry, Michelle R.
late Wilburn and Nancy Good • Matovich, Terry L. Miller,
A total of 10 students from this
area have been included in the
second annual edition of THE
NATIONAL DEAN'S LIST, the
largest recognition publication
honoring college students, pub-
lished by Educational Commun-
ications, Inc., Northbrook, Ill-
inois.
Students are selected for rec-
ognition by their deans or reg-
istrars if they are in the upper
10 per cent of their class or on
their school's Dean's List. The
37,000 students included in
current edition are from 1, 200
colleges and universities nat-
ion-wide and represent less than
one half of one per cent d the
"8000,000 college students in the
country.
Local students selected in-
clude: Forest Hill- Jayme B.
Hutchison and Medeta F. Mill-
er both of Concord College.
Hinton. Deborah S. Coins,
both of Marshall Univ., and
Mary F. Shrader, of Concord
College.
Green Sulphur- Laura K. Per-
due'of Concord College.
Jumping Branch- Jimmy D.
Fitzpatrick, Cynthia L. Lester,
both of Concord College.
an In Basement r Powers and Jlm Burns offlcla.
• ting. Burial will be in the Birch-
field Cemetery in Maben.
to Bobby .Gunter was coming out of the basement windows. The fire . The body will be takon to the
by fire Wednesday evening. was quickly extinguished although firemen church one hour prior to set-
responded to the remained on the scene for about IVz hours. 'The vices.
Street and found flames cause is still undetermined. Grandsons will serve as pall.
....... 'bearers.
Youth believes
Despite rumors to the contrary,
America's youth does not seem to
be abandoning religion, reports the
American Council of Life In-
suremce.
Three in I0 young people be-
tween the ages of 14 and 24 say they
attend religious services .nearly
every week, if not more often, ac-
cording to a nationwide survey of
youth conducted by the Council•
One in 5, according to the sur-
vey, attends at least once a month,
and 1 in 4 goes about once a year.
Only l in 5 said he or she never
goes to religious services, the
Council said.
struck a 1968 Bronco driven by R. J. Rushford of
Hinton. Damage was estimated at $1000 to the
Bronco and $2000 to Richmond's car.
Photo by Sally Hayslette
Bennett,
Bivens Hurt
Robert H. Bivens, 20, of Hinton was hospitalized Diana Gwinn and Sarah Crawford, all of tiinton.
for observation Saturday night after the 1975 None of the girls were seriously injured in the
Vega he was driving plunged about forty feet
over an embankment on Route 20 about 1% miles
South of Bluestone Dam. Mike Bennett, 16, of
llinton was transferred to a Princeton Hospital
where he was reported in critical'condition with
head injuries. Bennett was a passenger in the car
along with Rhonda Hatcher, Rebecca Hatcher,
Single car accident. Sgt. J.W. Jeffries and Cpl. R.
S. Ballard of the Summers County Sheriff's
Department investigated. They report that no
charges have yet been filed pending further
investigation.
Cpl. G.B. Browning investigated.
Children's World
Pictured above is the new addition to the chairs for the children to use while at the
children's library. This selection will be the libarary.
children almost any kind'of reading they des-
ire. There are also new tables and bean bag Photo by Sally llaysleite
Services
ADKINS SERVICES
Mrs. Willie Snow Adkins, 79,
died Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in a,
Fairlea hospital after a long
illness.
Services were held Friday at
2 p.m. in the Lobban Funeral
Home chapel in Alderson with
the Rev. Robert Koontz offic-
iating. Burial followed in the
Fletcher Cemetery in Alderson,
EASTERN STAR DIABETES uNIT T0 MEET
Silver Leaf Chapter No. 5 The SwnmersDiabetes Unit
Order of Eastern Star will meet will meet in the Summers Co-'
Tuesday November 27 at 7:30. unty Hospital cafeteria Thurs.
There will be initation. All ' day November 29 at 7:00 P.M.'
officers wear. floor length .dr.'_eTi Miss Elsie Burrow "R. N. will
sses and corsage, present a.lesson On "Care of !
I)abetes.A larBe attondanea ts
'dQsirod.