South Charleston Park Programs Begin Tomorrow
South Charleston's 16 playgrounds start summer activities at 10 a.m. tomorrow under W. W. Edge direction. Activities include story telling, crafts, games, sports, and daily hours vary by location. The Recreation Center hours run 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday with library 2 to 5 p.m. weekdays.
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Elda M. Hammond
South Charleston
W. W. Edge
Montrose
Staunton
Vandalia
Jefferson Park
Glendale
Zogg O'Dell
Central
Edison
G. Street
Kenna
Rock Lake
Country Club
Lips
Glendale Ave
Anna Acres
Thomas Memorial
Spring King
Or South Charleston Girls’ Club
Dunbar Welcomes New Council Leader and Meetings
Lawrence Barker becomes Dunbar mayor replacing the long time leader. The new council includes Frank Leone, Golden Gore, Harold Jordan Democrats and C Sanders Jr., Howard Coleman, Jack Williams Republicans. City council meets first and third Mondays monthly.
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Elda M. Hammond
Lawrence Barker
Dunbar
Barker
Frank Leone
Golden Gore
Harold Jordan
C. Sanders Jr
Howard Coleman
Jack Williams
Closing program set for CROSS LANES Bible School tonight
Mrs. Charles Titlow announced the Vacation Bible School at Percow Presbyterian Church ends with a program at 8 PM and classrooms open at 7 30 PM for display of children's work. Staff list includes kindergarten and primary teachers. Sandra White played piano.
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Charles Titlow
Percow Presbyterian Church
Final OK for $14,500 federal loan to Hinton for sewer plan
The city of Hinton received final approval on a $14,500 federal loan for advance funds to plan a proposed sewage disposal plant. The loan came from the Housing and Home Finance Agency, part of public law 560, with origins in Philadelphia. The city has pursued the loan for about a year.
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D. D. Wyatt
Hinton
Winton
Camp Thomas E Lightfoot opens with balanced enrollment
A total of 210 campers arrived for the first season at Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot. For the first time the camp reports an even split of boys and girls with 105 campers of each gender and 13 boys listed among attendees.
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Thomas E. Lightfoot
Greenbrier County Grassland Field Day Held Near Frankford
About 100 farmers attended the second annual Greenbrier County Grassland Field Day on S Stuart Watt's Frankford farm. Demonstrations covered field chopping silo filling mowing raking and conditioning with new hay equipment. 4 H Tractor Driving winner Sydney Rodgers Organ Cave advances to Jackson's Mill August 16 for the State Daily Show.
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Frankford
Greenbrier
S. Stuart Watt
Frankford Methodist Church
Sydney Rodgers
Organ Cave
Gail Montgomery
Renick
Rodgers
Jackson's Mill
Kanawha Presbytery Sets Meeting in Buffalo Church
Buffalo June 29 The Kanawha Presbytery gathering will convene at Buffalo Presbyterian Church July 9 at 10 a.m. CST. The body spans 34 churches with 18 781 members from Glenville to Logan including Huntington and Charleston districts. Around 100 ministers and elders are expected for the centennial of Buffalo Church, founded August 1837, with renovations underway. A Homecoming is planned for the fourth Sunday in August inviting former members and living pastors. The opening sermon will be by William N. James, candidate for ordination and pastor elect of Clothier Church, with a sacrament led by Dr. George H. Vick and Rev. J. W. Orders. A welcome history will be given by Rev. D. T. Lowman Jr. A noon meal will be provided by Buffalo Women, adjournment at 5:30 p.m. CST. The Buffalo Community Cannery Advisory Council named J. E. Cain chair and Mrs. F. R. Skinner secretary. Opening day set for July 16 at 3 a.m. EST. prices and rules remain as last year. Captain and Mrs. J. C. Davis hosted a family dinner for Mrs. Davis’s father John Smith’s 82nd birthday. 35 guests attended.
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Buffalo
D. T. Lowman Jr
Buffalo Church
Buffalo Community Cannery
J. E. Cain
F. R. Skinner
Garden Club Awards Highlight Clendenin Meeting
The Clendenin Garden Club named officers at a regular meeting hosted by Mrs. Z M Lowe. Winners in a hats made from garden materials contest were Mrs J D Kennedy and Mrs J S Carper tied for first, with Mrs Lily Shaffer second and Mrs David Butterworth third.
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Clendenin Garden Club
Z. M. Lowe
J. D. Kennedy
Jack Matheny
Earl Hess
J. R. Gillespie
J.S. Carper
Lily Shaffer
David Butterworth
Daughters of Confederacy Elect Delegates at St Albans Meeting
Daughters of the Confederacy chapter 1679 at St. Albans elected delegates and alternates to the division conference in Martinsburg September 26 28. Officers were installed by Mrs T J Carter with a Beech Park Garden Club picnic and Homemakers Club events noted. Two new officers of Council 6 were omitted in last week’s release.
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J. C. Trowbridge
St. Albans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Highland Terrace
Martinsburg
Helen Blandford
Troy Stutler
L. P. Harvey
J. C. Hardin
George Burton
C. E. Coulter
B. F. Selbe
Rath Hereford
George Pride
Harry White
C. L. Deaner
T. J. Carter
West Virginia
UDC
Council
Daughters of America
Susie Taylor
Amanda Miller
Mental Health Chapter Planned
Dr. Margaret B. Ross of Beckley will speak at Fayette County Mental Health Chapter meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the Memorial Building. She is a graduate of Vassar and Johns Hopkins University with a medical degree.
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Fayetteville
Margaret B. Ross
Beckley
Fayette County
Mental Health Chapter
Vassar College
Johns Hopkins University
Belle News Reports Club Meetings And Civic Notes
Belle Business and Professional Women discuss jury duty for women and Helen Keller life. Firemen’s Auxiliary cancels July August events. DuPont City Woman's Club holds executive board, Belle Lion's Club resumes September meetings. Rural, Garden clubs plan summer activities and readings. Youth camps advertised with deans and dates. Circles postpone meetings due to holiday. Twenty one Garden Club members attend meeting at Mrs Beachout’s home.
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James F. Chaplin
The
Belle Business and Professional Women's Club
Frances 5. Givens
East Fifth St
L. G. Clarke
John .F. Thomas
Helen Keller
H. L.schweinsberg
Nancy B. Martin
DuPont City
Belle Garden Club
Georgia Beachout
Eighth St
Francess. Givens
Church Society Meeting Moves to Tuesday Evening
Mrs. William S. Carroll announces the WSCS monthly gathering at First Methodist Church will be Tuesday at 7 30 p m instead of Thursday. A Trevecca College male quartet will perform at Church of the Nazarenes Sunday June 30. Four BYF members from First Baptist Clendenin attend the Kana wha Valley Assn retreat at Dunbar Fair Grounds starting Friday. Stitch and Chatter Club birthday party all day at the Lowe summer home near Harmony Roane County. John Young returns home from a Virginia trip including Jamestown Celebration.
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Church of the Nazarene
Nazarene
Summersville
Vane Anderson
J. T. Parris
L. H. Rucker
L E. Samples
Harold Smith
Church
Jackson's Mill
Charleston
Westvaco Club
Gandees
Hurricane Lions’ Club
William S. Carroll
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Trevecca College
Church of the Nazarenes
BYF
First Baptist Church of
Clendenin
Kanawha
Stitch and Chatter Club
Z. M. Lowe
Harmony
Roane County
Lions Install At Richwood In June Ceremony
Nicholas News reports Richwood Lions Club installs new officers with Stery L. Brown as president and Dr. John Callahan C H Hollifield and G Forrest Dorsey as vice presidents. Other appointments include secretary treasurer Jack Dotson Edward Judy tail twister Dr James E McClung Lion tamer Howard Gwinn and new board directors Lewis Painter Patrick Cerre. Richwood Women of the Moose install senior regent Mrs Ellay Whitney and officers Threda Ayres Frankie Beck recorder Elsie Chapman treasurer Nedra Roberts junior graduate regent. Camp All America attendees from Nicholas County High School majorettes Penny Nichols Priscilla Tinnell Carol Frame Ramona Frame Nancy Rose Paula Taylor Shirley Wagner.
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Virgie Graham
Susannah Wesley
Hinton Methodist Church
F. L. McNeer
C. H. Seldomridge
H. F. Burrow
C. E. Shires
C. W. Garten
Myrtle Morris
G. R. Sale
Gene Sentz
A. F. Sentz
Hinton
Roland
Bastion
Nellie Cundiff
Hinton High School
Philadelphia
Summersom
Richwood
Richwood Lions Club
Stery L. Brown
Brown
Sycamore Coal Co
John Callahan
C. H. “Hollifield
G. Forrest Dor‘sey
Jack Dotson
Edward Judy
James E. McClung
Lion Tamer
Howard Gwinn
Lewis ‘Painter
Patrick Cerre
Richwood Women of the Moose
Ellay
Whitney
Lors
Threda Ayres
Frankie Beck
Elsie Chapman
Nedra Roberts
Margie Umbarger
Hefner
Alice Mole
Argus
Eilen Dean
Sentinel
Nicholas County High School
Hartland, Mich
Penny Nichols
Priscilla Tinnell
Carol
Ramona Frame
Nancy Rose
Paula Taylor
Shirley Wagner
Ansted Church Names Drive Chairs for 15000 Campaign
W C Neal named general chairman of St Paul Methodist Church campaign to raise 15000 for a new organ and additions. C F Johnson named chairman of the special gifts committee for the campaign aided by Dr R Moorman Pari executive secretary of the state missions. The Payette County church has stood for more than a century.
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Ansted
St. Paul Methodist Church
R. Moorman Pari
Payette County
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