Mount Hope NHS Inducts New Members in School Ceremony
Mount Hope High School’s Mustang Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted new members at a Wednesday evening ceremony in the school cafeteria. President Joanne Penman welcomed guests, introduced the initiates, and the event highlighted the society’s cardinal principles, with gifts and candles symbolizing the torch and its meanings.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mustang
National Honor Society
Mount Hope High School
Joanne Penman
Linda Holley
June Thomson
Brenda Hyman
Richard Allen
Barry Dangerfield
Beverly Davis
Mary Jean Dorsey
Jan Caye Gwinn
Linde Haynes
Coy Holley Jr
Donna Jacobs
Linda Morrison
Ellen Page
Janet Radford
Nancy Stover
Louis Stuch
Miss Penman
Brenda Kennedy
Phil Tissue
Jack Spadaro
Margaret Ellen Miller
Sandi Anderson
NHS
Mrs
Felice Stark
Dinner Guests at Glen Fore Home
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis entertained at dinner with Pvt. James Davis and Pvt. Dennis Foreman, both stationed at Fort Bragg, plus Mr. and Mrs. Glen Acord, Ravencliff, and Misses Wanda Hash Sherry Workman Pat Lambert Clayton and Harold Acord from Glen Fork.
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Glen Fore
RNS
Bill Davis
Pvt
James Davis
Dennis Foreman
Fort Bragg
N. C
Glen Acord
Ravencliff
Wanda Hash
Sherry Workman
Pat Lambert
Clayton Acord
Harold Acord
Glen Fork
Johnnie Crapaud as French Nation Personification
A historical reference depicts the French nation personified by the figure Johnnie Crapaud. The usage reflects period attitudes and creative naming in cultural caricature.
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Johnnie Crapaud
Reporter network invites Fayette and surrounding counties
Residents of Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties are urged to share news with Raleigh Register correspondents. News will be written and dispatched quickly under the Regional News Service logos RNS. Contact nearest reporter by area list with names and phone numbers.
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Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Raleigh Register
Ghent
Cordie Nugen
Government-Owned Pubs Too The British Brace For More Socialism
European staff correspondent reports on expanding state control in Britain under Labour. Government ownership spans pubs on the Scottish border, oil ventures in Persia, iron ore in Brazil, railways, airlines, coal mines, and free health aid. The plan via the Industrial Reorganization Corporation seeks mergers and modernized industry, sparking debate over stealth socialism and parliamentary challenges.
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Tom A. Cullen
London
NEA
Persia
Brazil
England
Carlisle
Industrial Reorganization Corporation
IRC
Aims of Industry
Comro
Britain
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
British Petroleum
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Harold Wilson
Labor
Ravencliff and area residents depart after visits
Local families from Ravencliff and nearby Beckley and McGraws travel home after visits with relatives in Charleston and Soulsville. Names include Frank Farley family, Anita Carol Sizemore, Paul Price family, M. Sgt. Clarence Delph, Pate Brooks, and Cather Pettry as they share updates on travel and health.
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McGraws
Sizemore
Olen Sizemore
Paul Price
Tommy
Steve
Scott
Kim
Cleveland
Ohio
Garfield Price
Clarence McGraw
Soulsville
Hubert Frazier
Sabine
Bill Price
Glen Fork
William Mullens
Jim Mullens
Clarence Delph
Presque Isle
Pate Brooks
McGraw
Ravencliff
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Cather Pettry
Beckley
Lacy Brooks
Beckley Hospital
Pineville Shower Honors Mrs. James Neeley and Baby Jill Ann
A pink and blue shower was held in Fellowship Hall of Pineville First Methodist Church to honor Mrs. James Neeley and infant Jill Ann. Dozens of Pineville residents attended, including family members from Davy and Oceana, with pink mums and candles decorating the serving table and an umbrella centerpiece bearing a doll as gifts.
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Pineville
RNS
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
James Neeley
Jill Ann
Keith Bias
Ned Rogers
Jack Adams
O. B. Martin
Bill Sugar
Bill Adkins
Sam Lambert
Flora Neely
Glen Ratcliff
Ellen Urps
Opal Neely
Eloise Parks
Maude Cook
Rufus Large
Davy
Shirley Lugar
Louise Lugar
Dee Lugar
Oceana
Nancy Morgan
Kimball
D. W. Hollinger
Earl Stohecker
Eugene Graham
D. F. Hamlin
C. H. Richner
W. R. Adkins
Paul Goode
Pete Morgan
Bill Bailey
Harold Griffith
Goodwin Jarvis
B. B. Schilling
Harry Slavy
Tony Keating
Nancy Broom
Evelyn Adams
Mary Doss
Suzanne Scaggs
Lou Maxey
Sigman Dinner Hosts Family Guests in Glen Fork
The Sigman home in Glen Fork hosted a Sunday dinner with a guest list limited to family members. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Claude Shumate and their daughters Lori and Lee, plus Sa bine, Mrs. Frank Hartenstein and son Frankie and daughter Rhonda, Bradley, Miss Drucilla Price of Winston Salem, N C, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Price and their children Howard and Anita, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Powers, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Halsey and sons Larry Timmy and Aaron and daughter, all of Glen Fork.
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Glen Fork
Rns
P. T. Sigman
Claude Shumate
Lori
Lee
Sabine
Frank Hartenstein
Frankie
Rhonda
Bradley
Drucilla Price
Winston - Salem
N. C
Bill Price
Howard
Anita
Elwood Powers
Clifford Halsey
Larry
Timmy
Aaron
First Tariff Law Passes During Madison Era 1816
The first U S tariff act to shield domestic industries was enacted in 1816 under President James Madison, marking a landmark protection measure in early American trade policy.
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James Madison
Remedial teacher Mrs Shumate admitted to Stevens Clinic
Mrs Hursie Shumate remedial reading teacher at Glen Fork Grade School was admitted Wednesday to the Stevens Clinic in Welch. The family of Mr and Mrs Agee Roles and children Sonny and Vicki left Monday for Williamsburg Virginia after visiting Ravencliff Glen Rogers Saulsville and Hatcher with relatives James Tolliver Harvey York and J York.
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Saulsville
RNS
Hursie Shumate
Glen Fork
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Ravencliff
Glen Rogers
Agee Roles
Sonny
Vicki
Williamsburg
James Tolliver
Harvey York
Hatcher
J. York
Modern standard s railroad passenger cars are 85 feet long
A historical note states that contemporary railroad passenger coaches measure 85 feet in length, reflecting standardization in rolling stock design and capacity considerations for intercity services.
3rd Sunday Meet Set at Corinne Baptist Church
The Rockcastle Baptist Association will hold its regular third Sunday meeting on April 17 at 2 p.m. at Corinne Baptist Church in Corinne. Rev. Tom Eldreth pastors the church. Rev. Kimbil Blankenship of Baileysville will preach on the theme Never Hunger Never Thirst Never Perish. Special singing will feature guest singers from Rockcastle churches.
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Mullen
RNS
Rockcastle Baptist Association
Corinne Baptist Church
Corinne
Tom Eldreth
Kimbil Blankenship
Oceana
Baileysville
Blankenship
Rockcastle
Gardenia variety grows tall in warm U S regions
A form of gardenia cultivated in warmer parts of the United States reaches six to eight feet in height, as noted by the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
McGraws Welcome Guests From Across Regions
Return home weekend guests include Cecil Spence and Bill Walker of Battle Creek and Belle Arlington Va. hosted by Perry Spence family and Walter McGraw. Also Mrs Hester Shumate hosted son-in-law James Perry and his family from Cleveland Ohio.
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McGraws
RNS
Cecil Spence
Battle Creek
Mich
Bill Walker
Buddy Spence
Arlington
Walker
Spences
Perry Spence
Walter McGraw
Hester Shumate
James Perry
the Perry
Colin Perry
Cleveland
Ohio
McGraws Residents Perry Spence and Rev Henry Barnett Return Home
Perry Spence and Reverend Henry A. Barnett, both residents of McGraws, have been discharged from area hospitals to their homes. Barnett, pastor of the McGraws Free Will Baptist Church, spent weeks at Veterans Hospitals in Beckley and Virginia before returning home Friday. Spence also recuperates after several weeks at Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens.
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McGraws
RNS
MecGraws
Perry Spence
Henry A. Barnett
Barnett
McGraws Freewill Baptist Church
Veterans Hospitals
Beckley
Virginia
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
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Charles Beavers
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