Mullens Seeks $60 770 Disaster Aid
Mayor W F Staats filed an application for disaster aid totaling 60 770 at City Hall. The funds cover temporary repairs and debris clearance with 41 100 for protective health and sanitation after floods. City plans to add 15 000. remaining for sewage system, dikes, drainage, streets and bridges. council meeting recessed with no business.
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Civil Defense Department
Charleston
Secretary of State
Staats
Cubs Honored At Scout-O-Rama
Pineville ANS Cub Scout Pack No 154 received a participation ribbon and certificate Saturday at the Appalachian Council Scout-O-Rama in Herndon Grade School gymnasium. Dens 1 2 and 3 displayed crafts. Members attending included Mark Hendrick Matthew Murray Leslie Mullens Gilmer Hines Danny McKinney Stevie Bailey and Jimmy Jackson. Scout Master James Murray and several den mothers attended.
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Pineville
ANS
Appalachian Council
Herndon
Dens
Mark Hendrick
Matthew Murray
Leslie Mullens
Gilmer Hines
Danny McKinney
Stevie Bailey
Jimmy Jackson
James Murray
Pete Hendrick
Robert Browning
Bill Browning Jr
Oran McKinney
Tom Jackson
National
Wallace Noble
Welch
Sportsmen To Stock Rockcastle Creek
Pineville Rockcastle Sportsman's Club undertakes a trout stocking project for children under 15. They seek community contributions to raise 450 dollars to buy hundreds of fish from the hatchery. Club members leading the effort include Shorty Cook Stacie Mullens Jack Martin Jack Goode Kim Parker and Curtis Blankenship.
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Pineville
RNS
Rockcastle
Whitesville Native Soldier Hurt In Viet Nam Helicopter Incident
Area resident’s son Capt. James M. McCartt suffered a skull fracture after a helicopter motor failed to take off on South Viet Nam Saturday. The Army identified three soldiers injured. McCartt listed as seriously hurt while two others from Columbia S C and Alexandria Va were not seriously hurt.
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Whitesville
South Viet Nam
James M. McCartt
Aaron S. McCartt
Helen J. McCartt
Chattanooga
Tenn
McCartt
Columbia
S. C
Alexandria
Second Child Is Born In Kopperston
Mr and Mrs Randall Walker announce the birth of their second child a daughter Friday in Man Memorial Hospital The baby weighed six pounds one ounce Mrs Walker lives in Kopperston while her husband completes an overseas assignment with the United States Army in Germany The maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Alba Hendricks and the paternal grandfather is Alfred Walker of the Toneda Community
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Kopperston
Rns
Randall Walker
Man Memorial Hospital
Centennial Costumes Displayed In Show
About 75 people attended the Centennial Costume Style Show at 8 p.m. in the Gold Room of the Mountainair Hotel Mount Hope. Rita Bowling chaired with Eagar Akers. assistants included Kathryn Neely M. A Marchetti and William Lessick. Models wore gowns by Mrs Lessick Oak Hill. Martha Amorine sang folk songs. A one act play The New Maid was presented by Bessie Carrol and L D Clark. Monologue Ladies Aid Night by Mrs Clark and Auntie Doleful Visits The Sick by Mrs Carrol. Centerpiece gowns featured include outfits worn 100 years ago by Little Mickie Lessick and others from Oak Hill Pax Mount Hope. Centen nial costume committee members include Mrs Souk and Bill Anderson.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mountainair Hotel
Rita Bowling
Mount Hope Centennial
Eagar Akers
Centennial
Oak Hill
Ivan Bush
Celeste McGraw
Eddie Souk
Diane Aliff
Regina Arbogast
Pax
Helen Adams
Dolly Patteson
Souk
Bill Anderson
Mt Hope Stadium Wins Federal Grant For Upgrade
Washington authorities report Mount Hope, Fayette County, West Virginia receives 32,250 for stadium improvements from the Community Facilities Administration. The city must provide 10,750 in matching funds under the Accelerated Public Works plan, with construction starting within 45 days and creating 39.4 man months of labor.
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Washington
UPI
Community Facilities Administration
Mount Hope
Fayette County
W. Va
CFA
Marilyn Waggoner Marries Carlos Spencer in Pineville
Miss Marilyn Waggoner daughter of Mr and Mrs John Waggoner Pineville and Carlos Spencer son of Ray Spencer Max Meadows Va and Mrs Carl Bogden Akron Ohio were married in a 3 pm Presbyterian Church double ring ceremony The bride wore white lace over taffeta with a fingertip veil and carried a white Bible adorned with carnations The couple are Pineville High School students and she has been prom queen attendant and head flag girl in the Minutemen Band.
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Pineville
Rns
Marilyn Waggoner
John Waggoner
Carlos Spencer
Ray Spencer
Max Meadows
Carl Bogden
Akron
Ohio
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth King
Adrian Waggoner
Jeanie Houck
Pete Pizzino
Glen Fork
Vincent Tyree
Charleston
Pineville High School
Minutemen
New West Virginia Prison Guard Rules Announced
State Institutions Commissioner Chauncey Browning Jr outlines new guard qualifications. Applicants must be WV residents, have a high school education or equivalent experience, be 21 to 50 years old, and at least 5 feet 10 inches tall. Average current guard stats and prison pay ranges are noted, with inside staff receiving free room and board.
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Charleston
UPI
Chauncey Browning Jr
West Virginia
Browning
Moundsville
Huttonsville
Civic Club Attends Spring Dinner Meeting
Mullens Woman's Civic Club held its annual spring dinner in the Moose Club Dining Room. President Mrs. Martin Backus led business. reports covered mental health, Rebel Rec treasury, a bake sale for scholarship funds, and drama acts for the Centennial events. New members welcomed. club noted as a 100 percent honor club after federation report.
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Mullens
ANS
Mullens Woman’s Civic Club
Moose Club
Martin Backus
Businss
Wyoming County Mental Health
Rebel Rec
Dora Lewis
Gerald Snyder
Mary Lewis
W. F. MecConihay
Elbert Cook
Frank Roncella
Charles Coffey
Dave Lucas
W. W. Withrow
Education Staff To Be Increased PINEVILLE
Wyoming Board of Education authorized Superintendent Robert E. Kuhn to hire three additional staff for guidance, attendance, and school auditing duties. Transportation will gain assistance. County staffing remains lower than many counties. Existing office staff will be retained for 1963 64. Nolley and Hatfield reappointed as assistant superintendents through 1966. Legislative scholarships of 500 each awarded to Joann McKinney and Dorothy T. McKinney with Barbara Ellen Ray and Sharon Lee Toler as alternates. Consolidation of schools authorized to save costs.
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Pineville
BNS
Robert E. Kuhn
Wyoming Board of Education
Kuhn
Kennie E. Hatfield
Joann McKinney
Baileysville High School
Dorothy T. McKinney
Herndon High School
Barbara Ellen Ray
Herndon High
Sharon Lee Toler
Oceana High
Union Sunrise Service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
An Easter sunrise service will be held Sunday at 6:30 a.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Matheny. The Rev. Kimbel Blankenship of the Oceana Free Will Baptist Church will deliver the sermon. Combined area church choirs will sing, with quartets and visiting groups performing. Pastors from area churches will participate. Public invited.
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Oceana
RNS
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Kimbel Blankenship
Oceana Freewill Baptist Church
Episcopal Church Sets Holy Week Calendar
Mullens based St. Andrew's Episcopal Church announces Holy Week schedule. Wednesday 7:30 p.m. features the final talk on The Apostles' Creed titled The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion with an illustrated lecture by Rev. Griff Callahan. Friday 7:30 p.m. Way of the Cross meditations. Saturday 4 p.m. ante-Communion Litany and Paschal Candle blessing. Easter Sunday Holy Communion 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Church School 11 a.m. Rev. Lawrence Reppard leads.
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Griff Callahan
Calvary Church
Pittsburgh
Lawrence Reppard
Forceful Falls of Yosemite Drop 2424 Feet in Spring Floods
The three sections of Yosemite Falls rattle the ground as they plunge 2424 feet, marking the highest waterfall in North America. The scene showcases the spring flood surge and the majesty of the national landmark.
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Yosemite Falls
North America
Morris Harvey Alumni Elects New Wyoming County Officers
Mrs. Lacy A. Dillon is elected president of Morris Harvey Alumni Association of Wyoming County at a dinner meeting at the Cowshed Restaurant Pineville Road Pineville. Lee Hodson Mullens is first vice president and Rev R J Chenoweth Pineville is second vice president with Mrs Merle Robinette Mullens as secretary treasurer. Dillon, a Glen Rogers High School teacher, will serve as advisor. Dr Marshall Buckalew vice president represented the college and highlighted campus expansion, library growth, new central building plans, and athletic facility upgrades. Winton R. Houck thanked supporters, Hodson presided, and Patton couple performed. Dillon, a 1960 Morris Harvey graduate, teaches seventh grade at John McGraw Grade School.
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Lee Hodson
Mullens
R. J
West Virginia
Morris Harvey
Wyoming County
Marshall Buckalew
Buckalew
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Barboursville
Charleston
Heard
Winton R. Houck
Jess Houck
Pineville High School
Houck
Hodson
Dillon
Earl Patton
John McGraw
Glen Rogers
Matheny
Bidding Opened On 19 Highway Projects
The State Road Commission opened bids on 19 highway projects across 18 counties with an estimated cost of 1.4 million dollars. Projects include resurfacing in Monongahela National Forest on West Virginia 39 and U.S. 219 near Preston County, plus multiple segments on U.S. routes and state routes in Boone Brooke Cabell Clay Hancock Harrison Kanawha Putnam Logan McDowell Mingo Raleigh Wayne Wirt Wood Wyoming.
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Madison
Logan
Brooke
U.S
Ohio Interstate Bridge
W. Va
Cabell
Huntington
Lesage
Clay
Clendenin
Hancock
Main Street
Weirton
U. S. 22
Harrison
Keystone
Mingo
U. S
Maher
Nolan
Raleigh
W.va
Sophia
Ury
Wayne
Ft. Gay
Echo
Wirt
Elizabeth
Grantsville
Wood
U.S. 50
Parkersburg
Deerwalk
Wyoming
Pineville
Shamblen Child Born In Augusta Family Has First Daughter
Mr and Mrs Cooper Shamblen of Augusta Georgia announce the birth of their daughter Constance Ann at 1 p m on March 31 in Augusta She weighed seven pounds seven ounces The mother Elaine McNeely is daughter of Mr and Mrs Orlan McNeely of Itmann and the father is son of Dr and Mrs E L Shamblen of Charleston.
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Mullens
RNS
Cooper Shamblen
Augusta
Constance Ann
Elaine McNeely
Orlan McNeely
Itmann
E. L. Shamblen
Charleston
Sunday Visitors From Oceana and Nearby Towns
Oceana notes list Sunday visitors including Mr and Mrs Albert Canterbury and son Tom from Pine Knob. Grandson Billy Worrell of West Virginia University visited Mrs Dora Hurst. Bob Smith of Marshall University stayed with Mr and Mrs Fred Smith. Clear Fork guests included Mr and Mrs Barbe Cook and daughters Becky and Susan Welch visiting Mr and Mrs Blake Cook and Patty. Additional visits featured Anita Cook at Beckley College and Mr and Mrs Clifford Kennedy visiting relatives in Lou isanna. The Banes, former Oceana residents, visited Mount Hope.
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Oceana
RNS
Dora Hurst
Albert Canterbury
Tom
Pine Knob
Gene Lamb
Stevens Clinic
Billy Worrell
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Bob Smith
Marshall University
Huntington
Fred Smith
Hatcher
John Sturgill
Clear Fork
Barbe Cook
Becky
Susan Welch
Blake Cook
Patty
Anita Cook
Beckley College
Play Day Scheduled At Concord College
ATHENS High School girls from counties across southern West Virginia will join the annual high school Play Day on May 4 at Concord College. Six junior or senior girls from each school form color teams to compete in basketball softball and volleyball with free time for swimming dance tennis and badminton. Lunch in the College Center dining room precedes a tour of the new College Center building. Miss Georgia Swan and Mrs W W Price sponsor the day with Miss Tyann Maxey managing the 1963 Play Day and Mrs Joe Renzi serving as Concord Women's Recreation Association president.
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Athens
West Virginia
Concord College
Women’s Recreation Association of
College Center
Georgia Swan
W. W. Price
Tyann Maxey
Princeton
Joe Renzi
Concord Women’s Recreation Association
Richwood Airman Dies From Blast Injuries
S. Sgt. Frederick F. Dodrill 31, a Richwood native stationed at Duluth Air Force Base, died in a Duluth hospital from burns after a gas explosion in his apartment above a store. He was conscious when firefighters arrived and said the blast occurred while he lit a cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richwood
Air Force
Duluth, Minn
Frederick FE. Dodrill
Duluth Air Force Base
Dodrill
Whitesville Club To Meet Wednesday
The Whitesville Woman's Club will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Appalachian Auditorium. The regular meeting date moved from Thursday due to Easter Services at Whitesville Presbyterian Church. President Mrs. W. W. Wilkerson will report on the recent state convention at The Greenbrier Hotel and display the club s 100 percent rating and participation awards for selling savings stamps and U S Savings Bonds in Whitesville. Robert Stine will speak on the Centennial program, hosted by Mrs. Mike Rich and Mrs. Selma Stover.
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Whitesville
RNS
Store Hours Announced in Mullens
All liquor stores and agencies will close Friday from noon until 3 PM per H Coleman Nichols field supervisor of the State Liquor Control Commission.
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Mullens
ANS
H. Coleman Nichols
State Liquor Control Commission
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Greenbrier
Mullens Club
Merlin Greene
Barbara Anderson
Barbara Caldwell
Lela Bailey
Norma Bailey
Amos Lusk
Velma McKinney
Deloris McDougal
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Cindy Simmons
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Julie Welch
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Dinah Warden
Sandy Wade
West Virginia Institute of
Shamblen
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