Area FHAers To Model At Concord Conference
Mullens High School Future Homemakers of America members Patty Jones and Carol Hubbard will model dresses at a Concord College regional FHA meeting from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. They were chosen by classmates and will be joined by about 70 Mullens FHA members and advisers. The program includes elections, discussions, a luncheon, style show, and a tea.
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Mullens High School
Future Homemakers of America
Concord College
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Patty Jones
Carol Hubbard
Patty
Carol
Mullens Fha
FHA
Woodrow Cook
Bernice Lilly
Bradley Man Posts Bond On Theft Charge
FAYETTEVILLE BNS Harry Carlos Lafferty of Bradley is free under 3000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing before Magistrate Frank Simms on a grand larceny charge. State Police say he stole percussion caps valued at 1760.75 from Austin Powder Co in Mount Hope, taken from the company's magazine near Pax.
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Fayetteville
BNS
Harry Carlos Lafferty
Bradley
Frank Simms
Lafferty
Austin Powder Co
Mount Hope
Pax
Youth Fined For Auto Tampering In Pax
An 18 year old Beckley youth John Stephen Sto ver was fined 10 dollars and costs for tampering with an automobile at Pax. State Police say he was brought to Oak Hill detachment HQ by Emerson Stover and had been caught driving off with 100 powder caps. A second boy fled and was not captured. The Pax man did not prosecute on a petit theft charge and the youth agreed to pay a fine before Magistrate Frank Simms on a lesser misdemeanor charge.
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PAX
ANS
Beckley
John Stephen Stover
Oak Hill
Emerson Stover
Stover
Frank Simms
Cemetery Clearing Contract Awarded by U S Army Engineers
Huntington CPI reports Marple brothers of Sutton win a 1 781 contract for removing bodies from three cemeteries to be inundated by the Summersville Reservoir on the Gauley River near Summersville. M L Seward Construction Co of Hurricane gets 2 386 for boat opening in a trash boom at Sutton Reservoir on the Elk River.
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CPI
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Sutton
U. S. Army Engineers
Summersville
Gauley River
Engineers
M. L. Seward Construction Co
Hurricane
Putnam County
Sutton Reservoir
Elk River
Commodities to be distributed in Mullens Legion Building
Commodities will be distributed April 6 7 8 and 10 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. downstairs in the Legion Building Mulens officials said the drive serves local residents.
Oak Hill Jaycees plan 1961 62 activities in Charleston
Oak Hill Junior Chamber members Robert Sanger Floyd Warrick and Bill Walsh attend a planning meeting Saturday in Charleston. The West Virginia Jaycees session in the House of Delegates chamber aims to shape state activities for 1961 62 with proposals to be submitted to the Martinsburg board of directors at the May state convention. Sanger will serve on a nominating committee certifying candidates for state officers to be elected at the state convention.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
Robert Sanger
Floyd Warrick
Bill Walsh
West Virginia
Jaycees
House of Delegates
State Capitol
Martinsburg
Sanger
West Virginia student returns after holiday break
Mt Hope notes show Mike Frisk of West Virginia University returning to campus after spending holidays with his parents, while Frank Brown resumes work at Bill Jones Ford in Oak Hill after illness. Several local residents host or visit family in towns including Charleston Pineville East Bank Huntington Bluefield and Washington DC.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mike Frisk
West Virginia University
Fred Frisk
Miller Gwinn
Charleston
Frank Brown
Bill Jones Ford
Oak Hill
J. W. Lambert
Pineville
Walter Darnall
Beckley Veterans Hospital
V. A. Ball
E. S. Carter
Allen Garrett Jr
Stadium Drive
Alleneth
Huntington
Miss Garrett
J. W. Halstead
Bernie Jameson
Saint Mary's School of Nursing
Eva Fletcher
Washington, D. C
Charlie Falletty
Woman Pays Fine On Whiskey Charge
Adiline Gunter paid a total fine of 55 dollars and court costs for illegally selling tax paid whiskey. Magistrate Frank Simms said she must appear in his court after a Saturday raid by the State Police Oak Hill detachment. The raid targeted a home on the old county road near Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Adiline Gunter
Frank Simms
Simms
Oak Hill
Family Reunion Held in Kilsyth Easter Holidays
A large Easter family reunion was held at the home of Mrs. Anna Walton. Attendees included Perry and Judy Lay of Mount Hope. Thomas Warren and daughter. Allen Chandler Jr. and children Karen and Timmy of Toledo Ohio. Gertrude Woolridge and Shirley. John Woolridge and children Kylene and J H, all of Webster Springs. Russell Orren of Bishop Virginia. Dennis Tucker and son Perry Lively. Max Lively and son Ricky of Kansas City Missouri. Don Mitchell and Nancy. Gene Underwood and Ernie. Arlie Lively of Mount Hope. J S Walton and son David of Kilsyth.
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Kilsyth
RNS
Anna Walton
Perry Lay
Thomas Warren
Judy
Mount Hope
Allen Chandler Jr
Karen
Timmy
Toledo
Ohio
Gertrude Woolridge
Shirley
John Wool
Ex Oak Hill Mayor Hospitalized In Va
Former Oak Hill mayor R. R. Thomas, seriously ill for a month, was taken to the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville for medical treatment and observation. He was accompanied by his son Frank Thomas, operator of the Thomas Funeral Home, after a period at Oak Hill Hospital and a recent return home.
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Oak Hill
RNS
R. R. Thomas
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Frank Thomas
Thomas
Oak Hill Hospital
Council Member Dies in Princeton At 77
Oscar FE. Susong, 77, council member since 1955, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Princeton home Tuesday. A Tennessee native, he arrived in 1906 and ran a hardware store then a grocery. He was active in civic and political affairs. Survivors include his widow and two daughters. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Princeton
UPI
Oscar FE
Susong
Cigarette Spending in 1960 Local Stores and Ads Rise
Americans spent about 6.6 billion on cigarettes in 1960 with over 30 percent in local food stores. Tobacco sales were roughly 4 percent of total food store sales. Cigarette manufacturers boosted newspaper ad outlays from 24 million in 1957 to nearly 35 million in 1959.
New Oak Hill Methodist Men elect officers
The Methodist Men at Oak Hill Methodist Church chose six officers on a unanimous vote. George Armstrong is president, Edward Kurzyna first vice president, Wayne Wriston second vice president, W C Sundstrom secretary, and Robert Saxton treasurer. Kurzyna will handle attendance and Wriston membership. The Rev R J Chenoweth urged members to see themselves as integral to church work and stressed conversion education and giving time service and money to extend Gods kingdom. He noted ministers now have broader duties and require broad support from men and women alike.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Kurzyna
Wriston
R. J. Chenoweth
Oak Hill Jaycees form parade committee for clean up
President Floyd Warrick appointed a three man Oak Hill Jaycees committee to plan a community clean-up parade. Joe Doyle chairs the panel with Bill Walsh and Ben Norwood. The parade will launch the campaign on either April 29 or May 1 under Mayor Joe Keatley’s special committee.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Floyd Warrick
Oak Hill Jaycees
Joe Doyle
Bill Walsh
Ben Norwood
Joe Keatley
Warrick
Concord President To Speak At Lions Meet
Mount Hope Lions Club named Concord College President Jo seph Franklin Marsh Jr. as guest speaker for April 20. Marsh, 36, is the youngest West Virginia college president, with a record of naval service, Dartmouth and Harvard degrees, and extensive public administration work.
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Mount Hope
ANL
Mount Hope Lions Club
Joseph Franklin Marsh Jr
Concord College
Athens
Marsh
West Virginia
Concord
Mercer County
Oak Hill Troopers Arrest 51 In March
Oak Hill state police detachment reported 51 arrests in March, with 1,122 hours on duty by Sgt. C. C. McGraw and three troopers. They conducted five highway accident and 10 criminal investigations, issued 97 warning tickets, and served four license revocation orders. The arrests included six felonies, 17 road law violations, and 28 other misdemeanors, with detailed hour breakdowns for patrol, investigations, school bus inspections, and court tasks.
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Oak Hill
ANS
C. C. McGraw
Oak Hill Chamber Names Officers Candidates for Presidency
James Stanley and Don Goodson have been nominated for president of the Oak Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce. Officers election is set for April 19 with installation planned during a community appreciation dinner on April 27.
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Oak Hill
RNS
James Stanley
Don Goodson
Mullens Student Repeats In Science Fair Rise
Paul Ritchie Jr., Mullens High School junior, prepares for the Regional Science Fair in Athens April 6 8. He won first place in the biological division of the Wyoming County Science Fair for the second year in a row with Protozoa and Habitat, improving from last year’s regional second at Bluefield. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul Ritchie of Church Street Mullens.
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Paul Ritchie Jr
Mullens High School
Athens
Ritchie
Ors
Wyoming County
Bluefield
Paul
Paul Ritchie
Church Street
Mullens
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