Oak Hill Queen crowned at first Jaycee basketball tourney
Miss Sandra Summers of Oak Hill Elementary was named tournament queen during a three night eighth grade basketball tournament run by the Oak Hill Junior Chamber. The colorfully staged half time ceremony featured Mayor Joe Keatley presenting the crown and all contestants receiving corsages photographs and loving cups. Other queen contenders named include Linda Poff Frances Settle Linda Rose Nina Ward Penny Jo Toney Sparkle Blackwell Vera Williams.
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Sandra Summers
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Jaycee
Joe Keatley
Linda Poff
Minden
Frances Settle
Page
Linda Rose
Fayetteville
Nina Ward
Scarbro
Penny Jo Toney
Pax
Sparkle Blackwell
Vera Williams
Clean-Up Fete Set In Fayette
Fayetteville to sponsor city wide cleanup in early May led by Commissioner C R Hill. Rosser Long coordinates with civic and garden clubs to join. Free trash pickup provided by the city with a letter drafted to appeal to owners for civic pride.
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RNS
Commis- Fayetteville
C. R. Hill
Toay
Rosser Long
Hill
Church Circles Meet Across State in Oak Hill
RNS memo lists WSCS and Wesleyan Service Guild circles meeting at 1 7 30 p m in Oak Hill with various hosts on Sanford Street Rhodes J Old Country Club Road and other local streets. District WSCS gathering to begin at Mullens Methodist Church at 9 30 a m.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Wesleyan Service Guild
Anna King
Joe Hayes
Sanford Street
Ella Lewis
W. W. Funk
Rhodes &J
Mary Peters
C. F. Dobbins
Old Country Club Road
Belle Bennett
E. H. Vanhouse
Susannah Wesley
L. C. Portman
Pea Ridge Road
Adah Callison
G. A. Owens
Woods Avenue
Layton Pegram
William Moore
Kelly Avenue
E. G. Larrick
Mullens Methodist Church
Kingston Yearbooks Distributed Friday
Kingston released its annual yearbook covering grades one through twelve. The volume features the faculty, sports section, Miss Mountaineer, cheerleaders, student snapshots, and honor awards with staff members Sue Painter and Vicky Fisher among those pictured.
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Sue Painter
Vicky Fisher
Jane Hall
Gayle Webb
Rhual Dunlap
Larry Hall
Douglas Burnside
Myra Smith
Delegates Meet in Roanoke for Better Service Conference
Norfolk and Western delegates from every branch gather in Roanoke for the 3rd annual Better Service Conference. Morning sessions include committee chairmen reports with leaders from Beckley Princeton Mullens North Fork Page Princeton and Welch set to attend and discuss railway problems and safety.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
United States
San Francisco
United Nations
Lawrence T. Forbes
Beckley
B. C. Cook
Princeton
T. J. Nichols
Mullens
A. L. Akers
J. E. Bailey
A. B. Cahill
F. D. Caldwell
F. S. Caffee Jr
H. A. Canterbury
W. J. Clay
A. A. Cooper
P. J. Cozort
R. G. Bennett
J. E. Bishop
J. F. Brown
J. R. Frederick
J. G. Hatcher
R. W. Handley
J. P
D. E. Rumberg
G. Tag Jr
P. Thomas
W. E. White
F. N. Whittaker
Welch
C. G. Hogan
Pythian Sisters Name 162 Committee Members
Pythian Sisters Temple No. 162 at Oak Hill named its committee for the coming year at a meeting Monday. Elected were Mrs. Ann Barton Sado Pos Crone Mrs. Sallie James Mrs. Burgess and Mrs Titlow. sick committee noted. The charter was draped in memory of deceased member Mrs. Florence Spittler. Next meeting set for 7:30 p.m. April 1 at the Knights of Pythian Hall. Refreshment committee includes Mrs. James Mrs Bungess and Mrs. Sowers.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Pythian Sisters Temple No. 162
Ann Barton
Sado Pos- Crone
Sallie James
Burgess
Titlow
Florence Spittler
Knights of Pythian Hall
James
Bungess
Sowers
Rhododendron Girls State Delegates Chosen Tonight
Selection of Rhododendron Girls State delegates by American Legion Auxiliary Unit No 106 will be made at 7 30 p m instead of the usual time. The meeting program at 8 30 p m features guest speaker Mrs Herman Akers on Community Achievement with Mrs Josephine Williams as program chairman.
SCS Will Aid Fayette Men
Porter Hannah of the Conservation Service Fayetteville says the trewch on the Brooks farm will be located below the spring and the one on the Jones farm below a pond.
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Porter Hannah
The
Conservation Service
Fayetteville
Brooks Farm
Jones Farm
Woman's Club Meeting Includes Sixth Grade Glee Program
The Fayetteville Woman's Club meets today at Fayetteville Elementary School in Fayette County Memorial Building. Sixth Grade Glee Club members perform a musical program. Mrs. Charles A. Kidd serves as president and will report on the convention held at The Greenbrier. Executive board convenes at 7 p.m.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Woman’s Club
Fayette County Memorial Building
Charles A. Kidd
Greenbrier
Rally Honors Barron At Oceana Political Event
About 400 people attended a rally at Oceana High School honoring W. W. Barron for Democratic nominees. Barron urged unity to advance West Virginia, promised to work seven days weekly as governor, improve food aid, and convene labor and management to stabilize taxes. He pledged a statewide cleanup with trash dumps and scout involvement. Many candidates for sheriff, county official, and other posts were introduced by Tom Smith.
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Oceana High School
W. W. Barron
Oceana
RNS
Oceana High
Nominaa
Democrats
Barron
West Virginia
Democrat Party
West
Department of Public Assistance
State House
Boy Scouts
Tom Smith
R. D. Bailey
Pineville
Hugh N. Mills
Darrell McGraw
Senate
Okey Mills
Beckley
Ellen Phillips
Mae S. Belcher
Dwight Meadows
Ley
WSCS District Meeting Announces Spring Session
Announcements reach 77 Woman's Society of Christian Service groups in the Beckley District for theAnnual Spring Meeting at Mullens Methodist Church. The event opens Wednesday at 10 a.m. with guest speaker Mrs. W. F. Byrd of the West Virginia Conference youth secretary. Miss Faye Farley oversees the program.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service Groups
Beckley
Mullens Methodist Church
W. F. Byrd
Madison
West Virginia
Faye Farley
Combs Hurt In Fight In Wyoming County Jail
Bert Combs, 32, Pineville, suffered a broken wrist in a jail fight at Wyoming County Jail. He told attendants at Wyoming General Hospital he fought another inmate and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
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Mulluens
Rns
Wyoming County
Bert ‘Combs
Pineville
Combs
Wyoming General Hospital
Ee Eenter Peuties
West Virginia Youth Leaders Meet Byrd at White House Conference
Delegates from West Virginia join U S Senator Robert Byrd at the White House Conference on Children and Youth in Washington DC. The group includes Paul Vennari Beckley James Miller Gauley Bridge John S Gray Oak Hill Janice Muse Oak Hill Mrs John Scott Oak Hill and Nancy Hedge Salem with attendees from Alderson Broaddus W Va State College and Salem College.
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White House
Conference On Children and Youth
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
West Virginia
James C. Miller
Gauley Bridge
Alderson Broaddus College
John S. Gray
Oak Hil
Janice Muse
Oak Hill
W. Va
Local social notes from East Kingston and surrounding towns
Mrs Annie Martin returns from Oak Hill Hospital and stays with her niece Mrs George Stover in East Kingston. Saturday visitors include Ada Dotson Pax Clifton Dotson Princeton and Stewart Painter Mount Hope. Weekend guests at Tom Fosters are Leonard Sweeney Maxwell Hill and Edwin Elgin Oak Hill. Mrs Walton Shepherd returns from Raleigh General Hospital after surgery. Gene Markham visits from Jenkins Kentucky. J D Janney and family spend weekend with Stover arrivals from Newark Delaware.
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Pax
Annie Martin
Oak Hill Hospital
George Stover
East Kingston
Stover
Ada Dotson
Clifton Dotson
Princeton
Stewart Painter
Mount Hope
Tom Foster
Leonard Sweeney
Maxwell Hill
Edwin Elgin
Oak Hill
Walton She
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Fayette
Kingston Yearbooks
Kingston Mountaineer
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Eva Fietcher
New York, N. Y
Webb
OES
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Marie ‘Young
Jamita Legg
Claud Kerby
Otisge
Carl Berkley
Ruth Smith
J. A. Baumgartner
United Daughters of Confederacy
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E. E. Thompson
Luke Green
John James
P. D. Ford
Worthy
Thelma Gages
Cholyan Chapter 101
Pythian Sisters Committees
SCS
Woman's Club
Grant Taylor
Justice of the Peace
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Frank Dodson
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R. Wallace
Board of Education
Roy Branham
Covel
Jack Acord
Kopperston
Democratic Executive Committee
Herschel Fink
Tice of the Peace
Chester Hawkins
Paul Pritchard
Les Lively
Doc Wallace
Sam Miniaci
Baileysville
Charles Johnson
W. Barron Speaks
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