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		<title>The Company Store at Ward, WV &#124; Kelly&#8217;s Creek Colliery Co. &amp; Valley Camp Coal</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2011/01/the-company-store-at-ward-wv-kellys-creek-colliery-co/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2011/01/the-company-store-at-ward-wv-kellys-creek-colliery-co/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paisley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pribble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Putney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commissary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Company Store]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly's Creek Colliery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ward, West Virginia was a coal mining town in existence soley because of the Kelly's Creek mining operation.  At it's heart, just like many other similar communities in coal mining areas, was a company store. Read about it here.]]></description>
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		<title>Five Mile Sunday School Class Near Ward, WV &#124; 1927-1929</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2011/01/five-mile-sunday-school-class-near-ward-wv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elswick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanawha County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Man's Hollow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Five Mile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genealogy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Five Mile Sunday School Class was a little project sponsored by the Ward Communty Church.  It was located at the head of Five Mile, in the section then known as Number 6.  The weekly gatherings took place from 1927 to 1929 and were attended by nearly 100 people each week. ]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in Ward, WV</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/12/christmas-in-ward-wv/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/12/christmas-in-ward-wv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kanawha County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost towns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can only imagine what Christmas must have been like at Ward, WV.  I was not there and have only the stories of grandparents, aunts, uncles and people who comment here on this blog  to kindle my imagination. I believe it was special time.  It was such a close-knit community, I know this because of how many still seek out the reunions and come here to my blog to remember it.]]></description>
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		<title>Stephens, Kelley &amp; Hart Surnames of Ward, WV</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/09/stephens-kelley-hart-surnames-of-ward-wv/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/09/stephens-kelley-hart-surnames-of-ward-wv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kanawha County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kelley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kelleys creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surnames]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I have added photos and records shared by Scott Stephens to the FREE file download box on this site. You will find photos of various Stephens family members with ties to Ward, West Virginia as well as commencement announcements of Ward Jr. High from 1940.  There are documents - for Hart and Stephens surnames.  Plus a headstone image of William Stephens taken at Ward Cemetery.]]></description>
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		<title>Ward Community Reunion 2010</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/08/ward-community-reunion-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information about the Ward Community Reunion for 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Basic Facts About Ward West Virginia</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/basic-facts-about-ward-west-virginia/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/basic-facts-about-ward-west-virginia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boarding House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Booklets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charleston Wv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Miners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Mining Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal mining town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colliery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Ties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gas Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Laborers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lumber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mechanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mining Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reunion Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reunions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward West Virginia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can you imagine a place where the sense of community is so strong it draws back former members for years after the physical presence has vanished?]]></description>
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		<title>The Ward Hungarian Church</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-ward-hungarian-church/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-ward-hungarian-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kozak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matayas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orosz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steinmetz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Szasz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baptisms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boarders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Steinmetz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Five Houses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Louise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Schneider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hungarian Baptist Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hungarian Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hungarian Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hungarian Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal Grandmother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paternal Grandmother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reunion Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thousand Palms California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Boka taught local immigrants the English language as an outreach of the Ward West Virginia Hungarian Baptist church.]]></description>
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		<title>The Origin of the Name: Ward, WV</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-origin-of-the-name-ward-wv/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-origin-of-the-name-ward-wv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dawson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hudnall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paisley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Mining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coke Co]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colliery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commercial Opportunities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creek Coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawson Springs Kentucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kellys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake Erie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest Side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwestern Railroads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Origin Of The Name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing Land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southwestern Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Substantial Purchases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Timber Land]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two Creeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Dr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Morris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are two versions of how Ward came to be called Ward.  The first suggests the community was named in honor of Dr. David Ward, a man who owned most of the land that would later become Ward on Kellys and Hughes Creeks.]]></description>
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		<title>The Pastors of the Ward Community Church</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-pastors-of-the-ward-community-church/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-pastors-of-the-ward-community-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culpepper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dunford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hensley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keenan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kessecker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mullens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheldon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strohmeyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Withrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pastors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1984 Ward Community Reunion Committee shared the following list of pastors of Ward Community Church in their booklet printed to share at the reunion and help fund the event.]]></description>
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		<title>The History of the Ward Community Church</title>
		<link>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-history-of-the-ward-community-church/</link>
		<comments>http://whiteoakattic.com/2010/01/the-history-of-the-ward-community-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Armstrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crookshanks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dangersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hartinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keesey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schweinsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheldon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wakeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward WV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Wakeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charleston Baptist Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Co]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coal Mining Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colliery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Reunion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmett Keesey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F.A. Dangersfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Four Mile Hollow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry L. Schweinsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly's Creek Colliery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leap Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Armstrong]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Methodist Episcopal Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pendelton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pendelton Spruce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proper Sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reunion Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverend Sheldon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverend T.B. Sheldon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverend T.C. Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverend W.C. Hartinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S Creek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday School Superintendent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superintendant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W.B. Crookshanks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ward Community Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Reunion Books have this church being built by Kelly's Creek Colliery Company in 1919 (actually the Colliery was owned by Valley Camp Coal after it was purchased in 1917 but retaining the name Kellys Creek Colliery Company until the mid 1930's).

The church was dedicated on May 25th, 1919]]></description>
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