Pineville High School hosts Armed Forces Day program
Seniors Bobby Cook and Austin Sparks attended as students while recruiters from the Marines Army Air Force and Navy spoke at Pineville High School. Staff Sgt Robert Fitzwater Beckley Marine recruiter and Sgt Maj Paul Burdette Army Beckley joined Sgt J C Snyder Pineville Army recruiter Sgt Ralph Kiblinger Welch Air Force recruiter and Navy chiefs George Tillis and Degar Atkins Welch. David Acord guided the event which opened with a general assembly and then split into interest groups.
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Bobby Cook
Austin Sparks
Pineville High School
Robert Fitzwater
Beckley
Maj
Paul Burdette
U. S. Army of
J. C. Clarence Snyder
Army
Pineville
Ralph Kiblinger
Air Force
Welch
George Tillis
Degar Atkins
Navy
David Acord
Ex Councilman Fears Being Caught Short
Ex councilman Charles Christian warns he does not want to be caught mowing in violation if a law to ban shorts for girls women and men is enacted. Citizens petitioned 125 Oak Hill residents for a public shorts ban. council has taken no action. Mayor Keatley says existing indecent exposure law may cover it.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Charles Christian
Joe Keatley
Christian
Price Hill Weekend Guests and Local Health Update
Cecil Humphrey of Pax, son-in-law of Mrs. Lewis Douglas, left Sunday to join his family in Dayton. Mrs. Helen Shaffer of Sprague is a patient in Beckley Memorial Hospital for a fractured hip from a fall on Valley Drive. Mrs. Earl Ward of Washington, D C, visits in the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs Charles Ward. Weekend guests at the Shrout home include Kenny Evans and family from Vienna, Virginia.
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Price Hill
RNS
Cecil Humphrey
Pax
Lewis Douglas
Dayton
Ohio
Helen Shaffer
Sprague
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Valley Drive
Earl Ward
Washington, D.C
Charles Ward
Charles Shrout
Kenny Evans
Vienna
Kilsyth
Eugene Hinte
Norah Warwick
Mount Hope
William Kinsler
Wilma Jean
Sun
Willard Pennington
Debby
Clarksburg
Walter Steplowski
John Jefferies
John Jr
Luigi Cinotti
Charles Abbott
Sandra
Rogers
Stevie
Abbott, Ky
Mintora Johnson
Weekend visitors fill Mount Hope gatherings
Mt Hope residents hosted relatives over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Pete Wotring Nancy Letha Edwards Vicki Parishes George Parish from Washington D C Fritz Tissue Charleston Raymond Tissue and families Bud Reed Tom Read Beatrice Light R L Simpkins Max McClung Beverly McClung Steve Myers and others. Beatrice Light returns to Mount Hope Elementary cafeteria after illness.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Pete’ Wotring
Nancy
Letha Edwards
Vicki
Rupert
S-4
Raymond Wotring
Danny
Woodbridge
Iva
George
Washington, D. C
Fritz Tissue
Charleston
W. E. Tissue
Raymond Tissue
Beckley
T. E. Payne
Tommy
William
Springfield
Ohio
William Burruss
Norie Thompson
Fred Thompson
Princeton
Bud Reed
B. J. Butler
Thomas Read
Pikeville
Read
Mrs. Butler
Tom Read
Hinton
Bobby Williams
Dorsey Tyree
Bradley
Felix Caudlay
Harmon Williams
Beatrice Light
R. L. Simpkins
Miami
Fla
Max McClung
H. C. Beverley
Sandy
Susie
Ward
John Alexander
Lois
Beverly McClung
Bradey
Mullens Chamber Approves Summer Store Hours
Mullens Chamber approves June August summer closing time at noon each Wednesday with exceptions for July 5 and Aug 30. Merchants plan curb market with Wyoming County growers, a market shed, display tables, and local advertising. Rosco E Plumley to advise on production and sale. city license fees paid by chamber. stall fees possible if demand rises.
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G. D
Skidmore
E. Claude Cook
Jack Feller
Mullens
Wyoming County
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia BYF Tours to Green Lake Fellowship
The West Virginia BYF sponsors a June 22 to July 2 senior high and older youth fellowship tour to the American Baptist Assembly at Green Lake Wisconsin. Depart Parkersburg the morning of June 22, spend Friday in Chicago and reach the Assembly Grounds by June 24. Return July 2. Led by Rev James Crouch the cost about 85 dollars including camp and tour fees with a 17.50 tour registration. Transportation funds due with application by May 12.
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Mount Hope
RNS
West Virginia
American Baptist Assembly
Green Lake
Wis
Don Wagner
Parkersburg
West Virginia Byf
North Parkersburg Baptist Church
Chicago
Housings
Baptist Missionary
James Crouch
Webster Springs
Crouch
Air Pollution To Be Topic At Tech Institute Symposium
Montgomery officials announce a symposium on air pollution to be held on the West Virginia Institute of Technology campus. Speakers include Dr Chauncey Leake of Ohio State on health effects and Emerson Venable on clean air for industrial growth, with talks by Jean Schueneman and Dr N H Dyer. Registration starts at 9 A.M. with program through 2:30 P.M. including an industrial panel.
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Montgomery
Leonard Nelson
West Virginia
Jean J. Schueneman
Howard Taft Sanitary Center
N. H. Dyer
Tech
W. B. Axtell
Nelson
Gordon Billheimer
Schueneman
Dyer
Venable
Kilsyth Weekend Guests And Local Visit Notes
Weekend visitors included Norah Warwick of Mount Hope and siblings in Kilsyth and nearby towns. Jefferies and family hosted Linda Bolen’s relatives. others enjoyed Easter with Steplowskis and Jeferries in Dayton. Luigi Cinotti and Abbott family guests were also noted in Beckley and Abbott, Kentucky areas.
Surplus Foods Distribution at Oak Hill Armory
Surplus food commodities will be distributed to Oak Hill families at the National Guard Armory on Central Avenue the second Wednesday of each month starting April 12. Distribution is at the rear of the building and recipients are asked not to drive through the gate onto armory grounds.
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Oak Hill
ANS
National Guard
Central Avenue
Armory Grounds
Women’s Society of Christian Services Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Services at First Methodist Church Pineville will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in Fellowship Hall.
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Pineville
RNS
Women's Society of Christian Services
First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Brothers of the Brush entertain at Oceana senior play
Saturday night color came with the Brothers of the Brush who performed during intermission of the Oceana High School senior play Beauty and the Beef. The quartet shown left to right includes Mike Plaster Jerry Mathews David Hager and Charles Chambers.
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Oceana High School
Brothers of the Brush
Beauty and the Beef
Mike Plaster
Jerry Mathews
David Hager
Charles Chambers
WCTU Plans Temperance Week Observance In Kilsyth
Kilsyth event marks Youth Temperance Education Week April 16 5 to 7 pm at Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. French Williams of Sophia as speaker and Foley Sisters providing music. Governor Barron proclaims April 16 22 in West Virginia for youth temperance education.
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Kilsyth
RNS
Woman's Christtian Temperance Union
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
West
French Williams
Sophia
Foley
Matoaka
Louella
Helen
Pauline
N. G. Foley
Hospital Admittances and Discharges at Wyoming General
Mullens area patients at Wyoming General Hospital list Apr 5 to 10. Admissions include Susie Hess Rita Jewell Ermon Horton Nobel Lester Bud Patty Scott Andrew Canada Vida Walker Virginia Kennedy Rebecca Ellison Dollie Buchannon Pansy Reed Samuel Johnson and others. April 7 includes Charles Pitt William Hodges Wilma Hayworth Eugene Allen and several more. several patients were discharged each day including Raymond Cantrell George Lambert Rita Jewell Susie Hess Hazel Norman and multiple others with infant entries.
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Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Susie Hess
Stephenson
Rita Kay Jewell
Pineville
Ermon Horton
Maben
Nobel Lester
Bud
Patty Scott
Alpeca
Andrew Canada
Vida Walker
Amigo
Virginia Kennedy
Oceana
Rebecca Ellison
Dollie Buchannon
Itmann
Betty Shrewsbury
Rhodell
Raymond Cantrell
George Lambert
Eunice Osborne
Goldie Tilley
Coralee McMillion
Infant
Freda Monk
Pansy Reed
Rockview
Samuel Johnson
James Logwood
Lois Canada
Pauline Phillips
McGraws
Louise Banther
Lynco
Menifee McKinney
Herndon
Prudie Shelby
Dorothy Moran
Hatcher
Greta Mills
Maggie Woods
Matoaka
Hazel Norman
Lettie Walker
Wonnie Hatfield
Debra Morgan
Catherine Hawley
Clarice Church
Prudie Shellby
Twila Mitch
East Gulf
Walter Lester
James Robertson
Aurelia Brinegar
Juanita Lawson
Frances Burge
Darrell Thompson
New Richmond
John Cockrell
Billy Clark
Alfred Til- Glen Rogers
Debra White
Budley
Sabine
Leslie Blankenship
Qorinne
Monroe Lambert
Hallie Phillips
Walter Johnson
Oce
Pineville Votes to Hold Levy Renewal for Streets and Parks
Pineville town council approved a June 6 levy election renewal to fund street repairs paving widening and recreational projects within the town limits. The three year levy maintains the same rates 6.25 12.5 and 25 cents per 100 valuation for classes 1 2 and 4. A spring clean-up program will begin April 24 with door delivered schedules and pickup by April 25.
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Pineville
RNL
Evening on Broadway Variety Show by Band Boosters
The Red Devil Band Boosters Club presents Evening on Broadway at 8 p m April 20 in Oak Hill to raise funds for new uniforms for the Collins band. Director James Tully notes the concert replaces the annual show with two selections by the concert band. Starlighters, a 12 piece swing group, debuts side by side with guest performers Johnny and Carroll Greene and a Charleston jazz saxophonist. The program features instrumental and vocal solos, dances, and a majorette routine.
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OAK Hill
BNS
Red Devil Band Boosters Club
James Tully
Iis
Boostiers’ Organization
Collins Band
Starlighters
Johnny
Carroll Greene
Charleston
Family Has Accident En Route To Mr Hope
Sgt. Don Moore and his family, former Mount Hope residents, were in a car crash in New Mexico while traveling to visit his parents in Mount Hope. Mrs. Moore was injured, reported in traction, being moved by helicopter for treatment. Four children in the car were uninjured. Jenny stayed behind for school.
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Mount Hope
RNS
New Mexico
Don Moore
Grover Dotson
Army Base Hospital
Tucson
Ariz
Moore
Jacqueline Dotson
Sherwood Heights
Arizona
Puerto Rico
Fort Huachuca
Jenny
Donald Jr
Richard
John
Sally
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GO Wlacuegor Baseball Equipment
Keatleys
Prince Street
Mt. Hope
Steve Myers
P. A. Taggart
Mullens Chamber
Ational Awards
Quality Cheket Dairy Products Association
The
Valley Bell
V. C. Stebnitz
Organization
States
Canada
TROL
van Youwart
Yetly
Bell Dairy Loads
Cheed
Ruth Ann Prather
Collins High School
Beverly
Cookie’ Thompson
Nina Burgess
WCTU
Wyoming General
Ana
Patsy Honaker
Phyllis Toler
Simon
Edna Barnette
Davy
Jean Blankenship
Brenton
Barbara Belcher
Judy Ann Coomes
Eugene Allen
James Cardle
Louise Banthier
Linda Davis
Phoebe Caruthers
Barbara Cline
Latha Winkler
Ruth Fulford
Salvatore Aurrichio
L. C. Sclater
Ethel Griffith
Lola McKinney
Emma Blankenship
Tobie Cozort
Glen Rogers
Violet Gilmore
Cow Kinne
Emmett Canada
Nancy Belcher
Covel
Pearl Cook
Mr. Hope
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