Five Wyoming Schools Join All-County Band Clinic
A two day All County Band Clinic opens in Pineville High School with 82 musicians from Pineville Glen Rogers Baileysville and Oceana. James W Dunlop Penn State University conducts the clinic and All County concert at 7:30 p m Tuesday. He leads a large list of named players and bandmasters from the five schools.
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Pineville
Wyoming County Act of Education
Glen Rogers
Baileysville
Oceana
James W. Dunlop
Pennsylvania State University
Dunlop
American Bandmasters Asso
John Phillips Sousa
Lake
Joder
Rose
Jack Woods
Ray Richards
Mullens
Louis Kaman
Joe Bragg
Earlene Elmore
Christine Lambert
Elizabeth Trent
Barbara Graham
Kuhlke Funeral Conducted Today
John William Kuhlke 70 of Herndon Heights buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens after funeral at Hern don Heights Methodist Church. German-born lumber grader and measurer once worked for Guyan Mountain Fork Lumber and Pineville firms and ran a local restaurant. He belonged to Mullen s Lodge Knights of Pythias. pallbearers named.
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Pineville
Herndon
Mullens Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ozzie Byars
Lacy Lusk
Amos Green
Ray Jose Bennett
Arie
Tea Scheduled By GOP Women Tea Scheduled By GOP Women
Oak Hill Republican Woman's Club plans a membership tea at 231 Highland Ave from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday to welcome new members and guests. Mrs. H. P. Thomas and others will preside. aides and hosts assist with guest books and arrangements.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Republican Woman's Club
C. R. Hill
Highland Ave
H. P. Thomas
R. P. Nicholls
Hill
Republican Rally at Oak Hill in City Park
Fay ette County Republican candidates gather at the Scout Cabin for an April 16 rally at 8 p.m. The public can observe and question candidates ahead of the May 8 primary. All candidates will speak five minutes each. Willis Kincaid leads introductions. Mrs. H C Brown, Mrs. E B Gwinn, and Mrs. H P Thomas head arrangements.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Republican Woman's Club
Fayette County
City Park
Willis Kincaid
Montgomery
H. C. Brown
E. B. Gwinn
H. P. Thomas
Margaret Carroll Heads Layland WSCS
Margaret Carroll elected president of Layland Woman's Society of Christian Service with Zella Peters as vice president Mildred Cox recording secretary and treasurer Helen Cox publicity reporter Mildred Norton flower committee and C P Armstrong W F Wells and L A Berry sick committee Meeting at Rita Kinder's home with devotions by John Jacobs and Zella Peters Refreshments served to named members.
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Layland
Margaret Carroll
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
Zella Peters
Mildred Cox
Helen Cox
Mildred Norton
C. P. Armstrong
W. F. Wells
L. A. Berry
Rita Kinder
John Jacobs
O.D. Keaton
Billie Walls
Oceana High Launches Teen Safe Driving Campaign
Oceana High School journalism classes today launched a school wide auto safety campaign running through April 13. The effort involves driver education, student council, honor society, and class officers with a student committee led by Bob Payne and others.
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Oceana
Oceana High School Today
Thurma Alfrey
Janet Bailey
Betty Morgan
Mike Goode
Bob Payne
Earl Delphrey
Danny Stewart
Alza Mathey
Catherine Crews
R. L. Cook
Mullens Girl Wins Third in Regional Science Fair
Mullens High School freshman Carol Lynn White earned third place at the three day regional Science Fair in Bluefield. She received a $15 check and a medal for her petroleum exhibit showing strata and a self constructed derrick. Seventh graders Patricia Hall and Shirley Compton earned honorable mentions for soils and minerals exhibits. Admiral science teacher Lee Hodson guided the entrants in Mullens first year participating with three projects.
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Mullens
ANS
Carol Lynn White
Bluefield
Patricia Hall
Shirley Compton
MHS
Lee Hodson
Jurors Not Called in Fayette Circuit Court
Fayetteville Circuit Court jurors were not ordered to report today as all cases set for today had been continued or disposed of. They will report Tuesday morning. A capias was issued for Willis Rider charged with forgery after he failed to appear in court.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette Circuit
Willis Rider
Oceana Visitors Attend From Texas
Mr and Mrs Earl Alfrey and daughter Thurma host their eldest daughter Patricia Alfrey employed by Eastern Airlines in Houston Texas and Mrs Alfrey s sister Mrs Irene Perry and daughter Debby from Houston They traveled by air from Texas to Charleston to visit together accompanying them in Oceana
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Oceana Visitors
Oceana
RNS
Earl Alfrey
Thurma
Patricia Alfrey
Eastern Airlines
Houston
Texas
Alfrey
Irene Perry
Debby
Charleston
Air
Em ployer Banquet Planned by Business and Professional Women
The Em ployer Banquet of the Business and Professional Women's Club will be held at 6 30 p m today at the Hotel Hill. Members are reminded to bring their employer to this annual event.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Hotel Hill
Baltimore Markets Report On Apples And Potatoes
Baltimore reports largely steady apples with light demand, listing prices for Romes, Winesaps, Golden Delicious, and Romes in various box sizes and wraps across states. Potatoes show a weak undertone with Maine Katahdins and Sebagoes selling in 50 lb sacks and 100 lb sacks, with prices range across unwashed and washed lots.
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Baltimore
Usis
Maine
Garden Study Club Names Gladys Eary as President
Fayetteville RNS report shows Garden Study Club elects Miss Gladys Eary as president with Mrs. H. F. Frazier as vice president and Miss Mary Ellen Allen as secretary. The group approved a delegate’s Camp Caesar reservation and planted a dogwood in Huse Memorial Park. Members shared spring flower arrangements and hospital garden therapy updates.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Garden Study Club
C. E. Mahan
Gladys Eary
H. F. Frazier
Mary Ellen Allen
Amos Burnette
Vivian Bock
A. M. Gray
Camp Caesar
Mae Puckett
Oak Hill
Marmet Hospital
J. H. Allen
Clifford Allen
J. A. Connolly
Clifford
Charles Payne
Frank K. Mahan
Houston Wendell
J. G. Page
Fletcher Arritt
J. K. Whitlock
Dan H. Purdue
Joe Stone
J. C. Hamilton
Five Couples Given Marriage Licenses in Pineville
Wyo ming County Clerk issued licenses to five couples in Pineville. John A Collins 20 and Mary Alice Perkins 17 both of Marianna. Edward Miller 30 and Nora Meadows 18 both of Maben. Clayton Walls 21 Verner and Sarah Toler 18 Guyan. Carl Ellis 21 Glen Rogers and Isabelle Cook 20 Jesse. Lawrence Good 24 Mullens and Betty Lawson 22 Itmann.
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Pineville
RNL
Wyoming County
Edward Miller
Nora Meadows
Maben
Clayton Walls
Verner
Sarah Toler
Guyan
Carl Ellis
Glen Rogers
Isabelle Cook
Jesse
Lawrence Good
Mullens
Betty Lawson
Itmann
Plans for Sidewalks Approved at Oceana
Oceana Town Council approved final sidewalk plans during a Friday night session led by Town Engineer Sam A. Miniachi. Partial fills were noted in the Hatcher section while new sidewalks for Vida Chambers and Eliza Bailey in West Oceana were added beyond the original plan. Police Chief Walter Hinkle sought traffic lights at several intersections, an issue delayed to the May meeting. The council also required building permit applicants to include sewerage disposal plans.
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Oceana
ANS
Sam A. Miniachi
Hatcher
Vida Chambers
Eliza Bailey
West Oceana
Walter Hinkle
Livestock market reports in Baltimore cattle prices and hogs
USDA Baltimore cattle sale shows 2000 head with mixed lots and weight ranges. Slaughter steers at 21.00 to 24.00 for 800-1178 lb. 1100-1342 lb steers 17.00 to 20.50. heifers 18.00 to 50. cows 12.50 to 14.50. canners 9.50 to 12.50. Holstein cutters high. stocker steers around 600 lb at 20.65. Calves 200 head, good and prime 25.00-26.00. most 21.00-25.00. Hogs broad 180-230 lb 15.75-16.00. 230-240 lb 15.50-75. 240-270 lb 15.00-50. 120-140 lb 12.25-13.25. sheep at 50 head, lambs up to 22.50 to 25.00 for light weights.
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Baltimore
USDA
Rites Set Today for Rev. Wendell H. Walker
Funeral services for 61 year old Rev. Wendell H. Walker were to be held at 2 p.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church Lashmeet with Dr. C H Patterson of Bluefield officiating. Burial would follow in Bluefield. He died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital after a week long illness. He pastored Grace Lashmeet Matoaka and Lakeview Shawnee Lake churches. Born April 7 1895 in Philadelphia he was the son of George and Margaret Mitchell Walker. He married Margaret Livingstone on August 30 1924. Surviving are his wife a son Frederick stationed at Fort Knox Ky and a daughter Mrs James R Blandau of Bluefield. He had lived in Matoaka for a year after coming from Williamson and was a World War I veteran and a member of the Matoaka Kiwanis Club. Officers of the three churches will be pallbearers and flowerbearers.
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Philadelphia
George
Margaret Mitchell Walker
Margaret Livingstone
Frederick Walker
Fort Knox
James R. Blandau
Bluefield
Walker
Matoaka
Williamson
John H. Farmer Succumbs at 69
John Harvey Farmer 69, Cincinnati, formerly of Oak Hill, died after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at East End Tabernacle, with Rev. Thomas Alcester officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. He was born June 13, 1887, in Ironton and was a retired miner. Survived by three brothers, four sisters, one son, two daughters, and five grandchildren.
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Oak Hill
RNS
John Harvey Farmer
Cincinnati
East End Tabernacle
Thomas Alcester
High Lawn Memorial Park
Farmer
Ironton
Bill
Baltimore
May
R. V
Mansville
Chester
Los Angles
Calif
Arah Tedrick
Alma Amos
Lida Cooper
Maysville
Maggie Bowman
Lacy
Georgia Tussey
Twin Lake
Mich
Lillie Jenkins
Tyree Funeral Home
Conservation Chief Details State Parks Growth in West Virginia
West Virginia has 21 state parks and 10 state forests with three additional memorial parks to be added in July at Point Pleasant Shepherdstown and Mineral County. Pinnacle Rock may join the monuments. State park use rose from 84,826 in 1937 to 1,545,000 in 1953. Revenue bonds of three million have been issued with two million more possible. Bluestone reservoir development includes Sawyer’s Branch plans for cabins, lodging, a swimming site, and a boat dock. By mid summer an organized Bluestone park is expected.
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Princeton
RNS
Carl J. Johnson
Princeton Rotary Club
Civilian Conservation Corps
West Virginia
Johnson
Point Pleasant
Shepherdstown
Mineral County
Pinnacle Rock
Bluestone Reservoir
The
Conservation Commission
Boy Scout
Sawyer’s
Bluestone River
Bluestone
Forest Hills
Band Mothers Plan Clear Fork Banquet
Whitesville and Cordell area notes cover band activities. Clear Fork Band Mothers Club plans a 6 pm banquet at Clear Fork High School to honor football and basketball squads, cheerleaders, and majorettes as part of a joint fundraiser with the athletic department. The club, formed in 1955, has 65 members and has raised 970 since February for band support.
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Whitesville
RNS
Clear Fork High School
Clear Fork Band Mothers Club
Band Mothers
Woodrow Toney
Colcord
Ina Byers
Ameagle
Harry Kinder
Bluefield
Huntington
Clear Fork
Mack Mullins
John Lipari
Azel Stover
Local families host guests across multiple towns
A series of social visits are listed with residents from Anderson Indiana Bluefield Pikeville Ky Oceana Anmonate Virginia and Clearfork hosting and being hosted by relatives and friends including the Conley Collins Bailey Walker Altizer Swope Fortner and Watts families along with Wayne Bailey and Julie Lester in various homes and gatherings.
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Rubel Conley
J.B. Swope
O. R. Harvey
Thelbert Swope
Grat Adams
Ronnie Williams
Charlie Hill
Frank Fortner
Norma Shannon
Hubert Shields
Onnie Fortner
G. L. Watts
Sterling Conley
Paul Collins
Tralee
Edna Collins
Leroy Walker
Clearfork
Rosco Altizer
Pineville
William Barnett
Vida Walker
Tommy Bailey
Amonate
T. L. Bailey
Charles Bellow
Bessie Short
Davy
William Wayne Bailey
Julie Lester
Wayne Bailey
Joyce Lee
Funeral Tuesday For Walter Lusk
Funeral services for Walter L. Lusk 62 of Barkers Ridge district truck farmer will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Spruce Grove Church with Rev. Graham officiating. Burial in Lusk Cemetery on Barkers Ridge. He died Saturday night after a heart attack at his home on Bob Branch near Herndon. Born October 28 1893 near Herndon he was a son of Tollison and Martha Walls Lusk. Surviving are six sons Corbett Troy Edgar Montterville Frank Jackie. four daughters Mrs Elvin Lusk Mrs Arlie McKinney Elsie and Patty. seven brothers Ben Preston John Wylie Leonard Charley and Herndon all of Herndon vicinity. two sisters Mrs Emanuel Church Bud and Mrs Joe Cooper Cyclone. 24 grandchildren. Body returns to Lusk residence at 4 p.m. today from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
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Martha Walls Lusk
Spruce Grove
Corbett
Troy
Edgar
Montterville
Frank
Jackie
Elvin Lusk
Arlie McKinney
Elsie
Patty
Ben
Preston
John
Wylie
Leonard
Charley
Herndon
Emanuel Church
Bud
Joe Cooper
Cyclone
Lusk
Barkers Ridge
Robertson and Foglesong
Lone Meeting of Pineville Area Lions Clubs
Pineville Mullens Kopperston Sophia and Mabscott Lions met at the Cowshed Restaurant with host James D. Cook. Zone chairman Lewis Campbell led the meeting as Deputy District Governor Ollie Brown and Dr. J. A. Robinson attended. Speaker Jack Hill of Vienna Virginia Lions discussed the growth of the organization from 1917 and noted 147 clubs.
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Pineville
RNL
Mullens
Kopperston
Sophia
Mabscott
Pineville Lions
James D. Cook
Lewis Campbell
Ollie Brown
Beckley
J. A. Robinson
Cook
Jack Hill
Vienna, Va
Lions Club
Hill
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