Journalism Teacher Receives Special Award in Education
Mullens High School journalism instructor Mrs. W C Neal was one of six teachers honored with special citations in journalism education by Beta Beta Theta Sigma Phi. Neal, who has taught since 1943 with a break in 1957, was praised for service to school community and state, aiding Mullens Hi-Lights in earning statewide distinction. The awards, first of their kind, were presented by Mrs. Catherine P. Clark at the Matrix Table in Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, with Neal accompanied by sister Mrs. A M Bare. Proceedings also recognized educators from Potomac State College, Piedmont, Warwood, Webster Springs, and Bridgeport High Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Beta Theta Sigma Phi
Neal
MHS
Mullens Hi-Lights
Catherine P. Clark
West Virginia Education Association
Hotel Morgan
Morgantown
A. M. Bare
West Mullens
Elizabeth A. Atwater
Potomac State College
Keyser
Alma Burnworth
Piedmont High School
Piedmont
Virginia Lynch
Warwood High School
Wheeling
Ross Talbott
Webster Spring
Juanita Cleavenger
Bridgeport High School
Bridgeport
OES Benefit Dance Slated in Pineville
Chapter No. 110 Order of Eastern Star Pineville sets a benefit dance at Kopperston Community building on April 30 with tickets on sale next week. Officers presided at the Pineville Masonic Hall meeting, reports from a Veterans Hospital visit, and a Rock and Roll band entertainment from Oceana. A birth announcement notes Jimmy Graham Lookout and wife welcome a daughter at Oak Hill Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
BNS
Order of Eastern Star
Kopperston
Masonic Hall
Virginia Price
Willis Adams
Helena Cline
Gladys Stone
Opal Goode
Helen McClung
Edith Mae Browning
Ada
Dorthea Paynter
Ruth
Neva Jo Adams
Ester
Wanda Gray
Sentinel
Elizabeth Williams
Pauline Snyder
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Oceana
Buddy Hager
Bob Stiltner
Donald Wood
Eddie Hager
Kenny Dillo
Roy Lamb
Jesse Hager
Faye Grose
Dorothea Paynter
Oscar Goode
Janie Bailey
Birth announcements from Wyoming General Hospital list 15 births
The Mullens based notice records 15 births at Wyoming General Hospital in a 12 day span ending March 30. Included are Johnny Alfred, Ricky, Sherry Lee, Linda Sue, Jack Vincent, Teddy Hale, Otis Michael, Ruth Ann, Cheryl Lynn, Virginia Lynn, Jan Kevin, Patricia Gail, Carolyn Denise, David Edward, and Terry Blaine born to parents in communities such as Oceana Itmann Pineville Maben Hatcher Bud Lynch Wheeling Mullens Mullens Mullens Mullens Stephenson Baileyville Cyclone Baileysville Mullens Stephenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Sue
Thomas A. Noon
Maben
Jack Vincent
Kenneth E. Martin
Hatcher
Teddy Hale
Nathan H. Lester
Bud
David Edward
Rob
Girl Scout Rally Set in Fayette April 30
Fayetteville Girl Scouts announce a rally for intermediate brownie and senior groups on April 30. Camp dates released include Senior June 5 10 am to June 11 10 am and multiple Intermediate and Brownie sessions through July 2. Leaders urged to enroll early and register. committee meetings set for May 2.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Girl Scout Council
Scout
Brownlie
R. A. Updike
Robert B. Herndon
J. C. Clay
Don Sanford
R. A
Pineville News Bites: Military Moves And Visitation
Pfc. Robert Wayne Goode flew to Fort Sill Oklahoma after a 30 day leave with his father Virgil Goode. He previously spent eight months stationed in Iceland. Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Mullens visited Roanoke Virginia as dinner guests of Art Iglover, formerly of Pineville. Mrs. William Johnson left for Japan where her husband serves in the U S Air Force. She is the former Miss Shirley Gunter, daughter of Hobart and Mrs Gunter of Pineville. Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Martin and kids visited relatives in Camp Creek Princeton and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
Robert Wayne Goode
United States Army
Fort Sill
Oklo
Virgil Goode
Iceland
Jack D. Mullens
Roanoke
ArtiGlover
William Johnson
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Shirley Gunter
Hobart Gunter
Jack D. Martin
J. W. Martin
Camp Creek
Robert G. Martin
Princeton
Oak Hill CC Appoints Wallace Bennett Managing Director
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce named Wallace Bennett as managing director at a board meeting at City Hall. Bennett, already secretary since February 22 1955, will remain secretary to Miss Virginia Fox who serves as chamber treasurer and city hall secretary to Bennett. Bennett holds multiple roles including city manager, sanitary board manager, rotary club secretary, Fayette County Fair director, partner in Bennett Nave and Thomas Engineering, professional engineer, Little League director, Presbyterian Sunday school secretary, and member of several associations. The office will operate from City Hall alongside the city manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce
Wallace Bennett
The
Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Fox
Bennett
Sanitary Board
Oak Hill Rotary Club
Fayette County Fair Association
Bennett, Nave, and Thomas Engineering Company
Oak Hill Little League Baseball
Presbyterian Men’s
International City Manager's Association
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Fayette County Crippled Children’s Society
Otho Ray
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Bower Delegate To Church General Assembly
Pineville resident R. S. Bower will represent Bluestone Presbytery at the 100th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA in Jacksonville Florida from April 28 to May 3. The assembly gathers over 526 church leaders from 83 presbyteries to set church laws and programs. Bower, an elder at Pineville Presbyterian, was announced by Dr. James A. Millard Jr. as stated clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
BNS
Bluestone Presbytery
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Bower
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Birthday Party Honors Paula Greer in Kopperston
A fifth anniversary birthday party was held at Paula Jo Greer’s Kopperston home. Guests included Tommy Tyree, Terry Tyree, Michael Rush, Brenda Lowe, Stevie Moore, Junior Perrine, Angela and Melanie Rollins, Betsy Greer, Dinah Lee McComas of Lebanon Virginia, and adults Mrs. Paul Greer, Mrs. Dean Rollins, and Mrs. Ray McComas of Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
RNS
Paula Jo Greer
Tommy
Terry Tyree
Michael Rush
Brenda Lowe
Stevie Moore
Junior Perrine
Angela
Melanie Rollins
Betsy Greer
Dinah Lee McComas
Lebanon
Paul Greer
Dean Rollins
Ray McComas
McGraw Wins WVU Student Body Presidency
Darrell V. McGraw Jr. won the April 6 West Virginia University student body presidential election in Pineville with the largest campus vote total. The junior political science major, a U S Army veteran, plans broad state cooperation to boost West Virginia, and has held multiple campus leadership roles and honors. He is the son of Darrell V. McGraw Sr. and Mrs. McGraw of Pineville.
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Pineville
Darrell V. McGraw, Jr
West Virginia University
McGraw
West Virginia
United States Army
Marie Tyler
Bridgeport
Helvetia
Pi Sigma Alpha
Phi Alpha Theta
Sphinx
Fi Batar Cappar
Sigma Nu
Darrell V. McGraw
48 Admitted To Mullens Hospital
List of 48 individuals admitted to Wyoming General Hospital during the week ending Saturday includes names from Mullens and nearby towns such as Ripley Rav en cliff East Gulf Mullens Itmann Pineville Bud Rockview Amigo Glen Fork Resoco Oceana Covel Covel Corinne Corinne etc. The roster covers numerous first and last names with multiple towns including Mullens Itmann Oceana and Pineville.
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Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Rice Lafferty
Ravencliff
Lillie Brown
East Gulf
Helen Smith
Billy Joe Blankenship
Oceana
Judy Kay Whittaker
Otsego
Eddie Radford
Itmann
Pauline Provinzano
Gay Anderson
Pineville
Arthur Lockard
Norman Lee Moore
Alpeca
Richard Dean Beck
Cornelia
Ronald Green
Helen Spry
Elsie Haynes
Bud
May Coger
Ora Brown
Rockview
Eurel McKinney
Basin
Monie Sink
Herndon
Josephine Walker
Amigo
Ruth Cook
Clear Fork
Tina Goode
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W. C. Neal
Mullens High School
Jimmy Graham
Lookout
Oak Hill Hospital
Edith Ross
Louise Foster
Vera Jarvis
Edith Shannon
Silas Brooks
Lena Bailey
Christine Tempert
Lucy Dodd
Margaret Neal
Virginia Pomeroy
Donna Nutter
Sybil Chisler
Edith Thompson
Jessie Short
Wyo
G. Blankenship
Baileysville
Terry Blaine
William B. Adkins
Stephenson
Fayette
Kanawha County
Charleston
Sanford
Girl Scout Leaders Magazine
Updike
Castle Rock Garden Club
Orville Wilks
B. W. Steele
Appalachian District
Claude Pancake
Jimmy Pizzino
William Lewis
Oak Hill CC
Tgwome
Salem
Val
SALE
Sale! Wood
Fele
Dr. In
Rocket Will Travel
Three Stooges
Legend OF
Tom Dooley
Michael Landon
Joe Morrow
A-G-M
Siegel
Robert Mitchum
Eleanor Parker
George Peppard
George Hamilton Everett Sloane
Luana Patten
D. McGraw
Mullens Hospital
THEA
Stamford Rd
Devil's
Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas
Watusi
George Montgomery
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