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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1962
Page
6
R H Keneda Mullens convention president invites all to attend the June 30 meeting to discuss final plans for the singing convention set for July 27 to 29. Major points include concession variant tool options and traffic flow to accommodate attendees.
About twenty five members accompanied by adult advisors including Mrs attend the 11 a.m. worship at a Pineville church as part of a community religious observance.
Pineville residents Mr and Mrs C T Mullens and son Larry hosted relatives including Bil and Carol Mullens, visiting from an unspecified location, as Bailey Murphy addition. weekend guests were their son and daughter in law. Mr and Mrs 3 W Martin Camp Creek hosted relatives spending the weekend with them. Mr and Mrs Cecil Walls Pineville visited relatives in Charleston on Sunday.
Ravencliff Alabama regional dispatch reports Frank Farley traveled to Pineville Kentucky to be with his mother Laura Farley who fell and broke her hip. She underwent surgery at Pineville Hospital. Mrs Farley, former Pineville West Virginia resident and charter member of Pineville Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, is the widow of the late George M. Farley, once county clerk of Wyoming County. Farley returned home Sunday with his wife, who has been an invalid for several years.
A Pineville area resident found a radiosonde, a weather instrument tied to a balloon, in a tree six miles south of town. It is the first such device found in Wyoming County and is government property used for measuring altitude. The finder was instructed to mail it or hand it to a rural carrier with the serial number for tracking. Stewart, a local schoolteacher, plans to report the serial number to the Weather Bureau to identify its origin.
Six men enlisted at the U S Army Recruiting Station Pineville in March. Names and hometowns include Jerry G Toppins Oceana Wayne A Shrewsbury Garwood Ronald K McLaughlin maintenance Kenneth R Hinkle Marianna James E Miller Herndon and Michael D Spigner Pineville. They were sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina for basic training.
The Willing Workers 4H Club held a semi monthly meeting in the John McGraw School auditorium gymnasium. Demonstrations included How to Correctly Mount a Leaf by Damon Clay and Pp Millan in the Pledge of Allegiance led by R D Vaught. Cheryl McGraw led the 4H pledge and Jerald McGraw recorded the roll call and minutes. Karen Kelly and Rose Marie Shumate gave readings. Group singing and recreation closed the evening.
Patrick C Graney Jr and Norville L Ellison discuss practice progress as the Light Conservation Program fundraiser show moves to Mount Hope High School Auditorium Friday at 7 30 p m with an afternoon school children performance. Ellison, postmaster of Oak Hill Lodge AF and AM, serves in multiple local groups and businesses.
Rev John Richardson announces continuation of a two week revival at Pine Grove Baptist Church. Services start at 7 30 each night beginning Sunday. A former minister now at Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church will conduct. Guest quartets will assist with music led by Floyd Canterbury choir director. Mrs Perry, wife of the visiting pastor, will play piano. Public invited.
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