Colcord Community News and Personal Updates
Colcord reports family illness and hospital updates including Clyde Southard in critical condition and Margaret Bullins in serious condition after kidney surgery. Mrs. Stover visits Cape Charles for son Earl Jackson, a Air Force policeman. Valedictorian Carolyn Fraley and salutatorian Linda Estep share roles at Colcord Elementary commencement. Several locals undergo illnesses, surgeries, or hospital stays while new Ohio families seek homes in Colcord.
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Colcord
R. E. Stover
Gallipolis
Ohio
Clyde Southard
Cape Charles
Earl Jackson
Earl
Air Force
Carolyn Jean Fraley
B.C. Fraley
Linda Estep
Floyd Griffith
Colcord School
Patty Thompson
Mollie Evans
Mary Stover
G. L. Kincaid
Ginger Rae Jelsomine
Claud William Coots
Whitesville
Wooster College
Wooster
James Holstein
Blue Pennant
Doug Hamilton
Ella Jarrell
Jeff Thompson
Charleston
Jake Boggs
Rex Stover
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Horace Thompson
Artie
William Beller
Hattie Beller
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Jesse Wright
Kanawha Valley Hospital
William Thompson
Beckleven Hospital
Thursay
Seniors Present Rest Assured Comedy At Oceana
Sixteen senior class members under Mrs Maxine Barrett present a three act comedy Rest Assured at 8 p m Friday in the Oceana High School auditorium. The Morlock family tyrant is played by Bob Payne with Norma Jean McKinney as Mrs Morlock and Mary Morlock portrayed by Sharon Birley Jessica Marian Upchurch and Mildred the maid by Marlene Toler. Lucifer appears as a businesslike figure with pitchfork played by Jack Burket with Janine Hamilton and Mike Goode as the Lanconi family and Bob Lively as Joe Lanconi. Other seniors include Mable Cook Jerry Lusk Charlotte Walker Jerry Warsing Edsel Aliff James Blankenship and Helen Hill. Backstage assistance comes from Janet Bailey Ted Caudill and James Gallaher. The set was built by Joe Rogers Conrad Conley and Sam Ed Hager under class sponsor Jennings Barrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Maxine Barrett
Oceana High School
Morlock
Bob Payne
Marian Upchurch
Mildred
Marlene Toler
Luigi Lanconi
Joe
Mary Morlock
Janine Hamilton
Mike Goode
Lanconi
Bob Lively
Lucifer
Lost Souls
Jack Burkett
Mable Cook
Jerry Lusk
Charlotte Walker
Jerry Warsing
Edsel Aliff
James Blankenship
Helen Hill
Janet Bailey
Ted Caudill
James Gallaher
Joe Rogers
Conrad Conley
Sam Ed Hager
Jennings Barrett
Colcord Church Undergoing Renovation
Colcord Presbyterian Church launches a major renovation replacing plaster with celotex ceilings and walls and installing new electric lights. The project, costing about $1000, will take weeks. a special offering each fourth Sunday will fund repairs until paid. Builders Albert Paden and Donald Jordan lead the work.
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Colcord
RNS
Colcord Presbyterian Church
Albert Paden
Donald Jordan
Oak Hill Man Fined On Driving Charge
Oak Hill 45 year old John William Farrish pleaded guilty to a drunk driving charge and was fined 50 dollars plus costs by Magistrate R C Godsey. State Police said Farrish struck a parked 1956 four door sedan owned by John Zelek on Summerlee Road at about 845 p.m. Sunday.
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Oak Hill
RNS
John William Farrish
R. C. Godsey
W. R. Seal
Dean Lake
Farrish
John Zelek
Zeilek
Summerlee Road
Lula Thompson Funeral Today in Princeton
Funeral services for Lula R Thompson 78 of Princeton were to be held at 2 p.m. today in the John son Funeral Home chapel Oakvale with Rev H F Smith officiating. Burial followed at Oakvale Cemetery. She died Monday in Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include her husband one daughter Nellie Smith Mullens two sons Alva Princeton and James E address unknown 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five children.
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Princeton
RNS
Lula R. Thompson
Johnson Funeral Home
Oakvale
H. F. Smith
Alva
James E
Hospital Treats for Injuries
Four persons were treated at Oak Hill Hospital for injuries from falls and a mine accident. Hubert Jones, 38, injured his middle finger at the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. mine in Minden and was released after outpatient care. Six-year-old Charlie Akester and seven-year-old Sandra Law also received care for injuries from a fall and a car accident respectively, with Law listed in fair condition after a skull fracture. Joe Vargo, 43, of Bradley, was treated for a foot injury from falling rock at the Summerlee mine and released.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
New River
Pocahontas
Christina Law
Route 1
Fayetteville
Charlie Akester
Thomas Akester
East Oak Hill
Joe Vargo
Bradley
New River Co
Summerlee
Vargo
Rock
Sturgill to Head Band Boosters Club
Glen Rogers officers for the coming year were elected at a meeting of the Band Booster's Club. Robert Sturgill was chosen president with Finley Shumate as vice president and Waldo Tackett as secretary treasurer.
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Sturgill
Glen Rogers
RNS
Glen Rogers Band
Robert Sturgill
Finley Shumate
Waldo Tackett
Accident report notes time and damage details
The mishap occurred at a reported time. Traveling with Farrish in a 1950 sedan were his wife and two children. No injuries were reported. Officers noted about 500 dollars damage to both vehicles.
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Farrish
Miss Ginger Jelsomine Weds Claude Coots at Whitesville
A double celebration marked a Whitesville gathering as Mr. and Mrs. Jelsomine observed their 25th anniversary while daughter Ginger Rae Jelsomine married Seaman Claude William Coots. Officiating was Rev. O E Stump. The couple plans to join Claude in Newport Rhode Island later.
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Whitesville
RNS
Melva Jelsomine
Jelsomine
Ginger Rae Jelsomine
Claude William Coots
Raymond Coots
Ameagle
O. E. Stump
Lois Foster
Maude Foster
Georgia Caldwell
Nolda Clarke
Lawrence Coots
Miss Clarke
Sherman High School
Seth
Clear Fork High School
Colcord
Navy
Newport
R. I
Cancer Drive Workers Selected in Whitesville
Mrs. Pauline Canterberry named solicitors for Sherman District at a Laboka Rebekah Lodge No. 252 meeting. District goal is 500 dollars, canvassing starts Saturday. List of solicitors spans Whitesville, Janney, Blue Pennant, Long Creek, Glen, and other areas. First gift from Whitesville Mayor H. F. Morgan. Box collections placed in business establishments. Last year Whitesville lodge raised 359 dollars. April proclaimed Cancer Month.
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Whitesville
RNS
Pauline Canterberry
Cancer Fund Campaign
Sherman District
Laboka Rebekah Lodge No. 252
H. F. Morgan
Cancer Fund
Oak Hill Business Women Host Annual Employer-Employee Banquet
The Oak Hill Business and Professional Woman's Club held its yearly employer-employee banquet at the Hotel Hill. Representing twenty nine firms in Oak Hill and Fayetteville, the event featured area talent, new member inductions bringing total members to 80, and plans for the West Virginia Federation convention in Wheeling.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Ulah Ashire
Betty Sheets
Douglas Epperly
Sharon Sexton
Mabel Willson
Marie Coffman
Wanda Farrish
West Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Wheeling
Lopinsky Rites Set at Scarbro
Requiem high mass for Mrs. Victoria K. Lopinsky 75 of Scarbro will be recited at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter and Paul s Catholic Church Scarbro by Rev Father John Hamme Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Monday at her daughter s home death due to heart condition Born in Poland May 19 1892 came to the United States in 1901 Moved to Fayette County in 1922 Survivors include two daughters two sons 17 grandchildren six great grandchildren The body was to be moved from Combs Mortuary Montgomery to the home of her son John Lopinsky at noon today Rosary at home at 730 p.m.
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Scarbro
RNS
Victoria K. Lopinsky
St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church
John Hamme
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Lopinsky
Josephine Daciek
Poland
United States
Fayette County
Anne Kody
Mount Hope
Theresa Miller
Columbus
Ohio
Henry
Summerlee
John
Combs Mortuary
Montgomery
John Lopinsky
Officers Elected By Glen Rogers PTA
Mrs. Donnie Nuckols was elected president of the Glen Rogers High School Parent-Teacher Association for 1956 57. Eula Polk was named vice president Mary Frances Davis secretary and Marion Brooks treasurer. A pot luck supper followed the Monday meeting, the last PTA gathering of the term.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Donnie Nuckols
Glen Rogers High School
So Eula Polk
Mary Frances Davis
Marion Brooks
PTA
Films on Silver Crystal Shown At Sorority Meeting
Oak Hill RNS reports Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a meeting at Miss Ruth Easton’s Minden home. The program “Tools for the Art of Life” featured films Beauty That Lives Forever and Crystal Clear. An invitation from XI Lambda Chapter at Clarksburg invited Connie King to a Silver Anniversary Valentine Queen reception April 22 at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. Discussions named a Girl of the Year and touched up plans for Gamma Epsilon Chapter’s next meeting April 19 and a covered dish April 24 with officer installation. The program featured thoughts from K K Keathley and R R Thomas Jr. Present were numerous members and the hostess.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Beta Theta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ruth Easton
Minden
Joseph P. Tyree
XI Lambda
Clarksburg
Connie King
Valentine
Stonewall Jackson
Avis Partain
Mitchell Aide
Underwood Rally Set at Pineville
Republican governor candidate Cecil H. Underwood will visit Wyoming County on April 17 to promote his bid. L W Beane Oceana GOP leader says Underwood will meet supporters at a courthouse gathering at 7 30 p m and then speak with friends at his hotel room. He is minority leader of the West Virginia House and a West Virginia University graduate with an MA in political science.
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Pineville
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Wyoming County
L. W. Beane
Oceana
Underwood
Beane
West Virginia House of Delegates
West Virginia University
Program Slated On Safe Driving At Oceana High School
Oceana High School will present a program on safe driving Thursday to promote driver education and training procedures. Twenty one students aid the campaign as part of a three year course that totals 99 hours including 70 in class and 20 in observing and on the wheel.
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Oceana
Oceana High School
Journalian
Alza Matney
Ronald Lee Cook
Ford
Cook Ford Sales, Inc
4-H Leaders Plan Fayette Activities at Meeting
Fayetteville ANL reports plans for spring and summer 4-H events at the quarterly 4-H Leaders Association meeting. Highlights include a custard pie contest by Appalachian Electric Power Co. and a Volunteer Leaders Camp set for May 28 to June 2. Certificates of long service were awarded to numerous leaders, and camp committee roles were assigned with a next meeting scheduled April 30.
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Fayetteville
ANL
Eva McClung
Carl B. Vickers
John Holliday
Henry Watkins
W. L. Hartenstein
Ruth Tucker
Blanche
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