Federated League To Lead Mt. Hope Cancer Crusade
Mt Hope plans a cancer crusade led by Federated League chair Mrs Wil lard J Moore with city canvassing at noon April 25. Corrie Graff heads the Federated League as the education program promotes lung cancer awareness through a filmstrip shown at Mt Hope High School. Girl Scout Troops No 4 and No 6 helped prepare 233 bandages and 287 cotton pads for patients as pamphlets are delivered citywide before the drive.
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Federated League
Mt. Hope
Cancer Crusade
Mount Hope
RNL
Willard J. Moore
Mount Hope Federated League
C. E. Jones
John Barnum
Violet Grace McCutcheon
W. G. Callaway
O. L. Blake
Ambrose Bryan
Ceylon Ambassador to Speak at UN Meet in West Virginia
BLUEFIELD UP I reports Ceylon's ambassador to the United Nations will be the principal speaker at the sixth annual meeting of the West Virginia Association for the United Nations in Bluefield on April 28. General Gunewar den will deliver the opening speech at a dinner, with Mrs. Florence Schott and Dr. Ernest Jokl among other speakers on the two day program.
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Bluefield
UPI
Ceylon
United Nations
West Virginia Association For the
U.N
General Gunewarden
Florence Schott
National Association
Ernest Jokl
University of Kentucky
Fayette Scouts Attend Two Day Charleston Conference
Fayette Senior Scouts from multiple troops attended a two day Scout conference in Charleston. Lois Dorton of Senior Troop No. 36 participated in the evening program on Girl Scouting trends. Adults present included Mrs. Earl Prather, Mrs. Raymond Updike, Mrs. Donald Robinson, and Mrs. Lawson Taylor with Robinson named senior advisor for the Fayette County Girl Scout Council.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
Charleston
Lois Dorton
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Diana Stover
Sue Meadows
Joan Bennett
Johnetta Matsko
Sheryl Worstell
Patricia Painter
Patsy Haynes
Nancy Shifflett
Tana McClaskey
Jane Dove
Lois
Susie Thomas
Shirley Tyree
Kay Prenette
Karen Taylor
Elizabeth Updike
Montgomery
Earl Prather
Raymond Updike
Donald Robinson
Lawson Taylor
Peggy Jewell Named BYFer of the Month at Guyandotte Church
Peggy Jewell daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Jewell of Jesse has been chosen BYF er of the month at Guyandotte Baptist Church Jesse. A senior at Oce ana High School she is a National Honor Society member and an outstanding commercial student. She has been in the chorus for two years and is active in the Pop and Etiquette Clubs.
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Peggy Jewell
William H. Jewell
Jesse
Guyandotte Baptist Church of Jesse
Miss Jewell
Oceana High School
Slag Plant Planned in Fayette County
Charleston dispatch reports plans to build a slag processing plant at Alloy in Fayette County to crush slag from Union Carbide's plant for road construction. S. S. Burford and Huntington highway contractor J. Edwin Green will employ 60 to 75 workers at an estimated cost of about 200 thousand dollars. They expect the crushed slag to meet strict road-use specifications and gain wide acceptance.
Youth Held In Default Of Bond In Fayetteville Case
George Myers, 19, of Minden, is jailed in Fayette County on three felony counts with a $7,000 bond. He waived preliminary hearing on two breaking and entering charges and an arson count tied to the Jack Arbogast home burglary. His 16-year-old brother was sent to Industrial School for Boys and a 15-year-old sister placed in foster care for involvement, including a Thurmond store burglary.
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Fayetteville
RNS
George Myers
Minden
Fayette County
Myers
Myra O'Dell
Thurmond
Jack Arbogast
Industrial School For Boys
Fitzgerald
Mullens Taken to Pen for Parole Violation
Forrest Mullens, a parole violator, was taken to the Moundsville penitentiary by Wyoming County officers. Mullens faces a Logan County charge of stealing copper wire.
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Mullens
Pen Pineville
Rns
Forrest Mullens
Moundsville
Wyoming County
Logan County
Garden Council Sets June Flower Show
The Fayette County Garden Council will stage a flower show June 3-4 at the Memorial Building in Fayetteville. Oak Hill Garden Club hosted the announcement, with plans for bird and landscaping projects and signs to mark a local Bird Sanctuary. The White Oak and Woodland Oaks clubs plan a May 3 Flower Show at St Andrews Church, with Oak Hill clubs invited to collaborate on Class 26 arrangements.
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Oak Hill
Fayette
Collins High School
E. N. Goode
White Oak
Woodland Oaks
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Kelly Avenue
D. C. Newell
State Garden Club
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
J. R. Price
H. A. Berry
A. W. Burdett
L. FE. Thompson
George Eads
G. M. Cook
Tom Mason
Robert Saxton
Walter Wilson
H. L. VanCamp
Birth announced in Pineville hospital
Mr and Mrs Everett Jessie of Baileysville announce the birth of their son Everette Ronald born April 10 at Pineville Maternity Hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces Wet conditions: none noted.
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Pineville
Rns
Everett Jessie
Baileysville
Everette Ronald
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Gatehouse Captures Collins High Student Council Seat
At Collins High School in Oak Hill 90 percent of the 840 upperclass students voted in the student council election. James Gatehouse won the presidency over Charles Crouch while Charlotte Kincaid bested Kay Gilliam for vice president and Betty Ramey beat LaVon Price for treasurer. Ruth Ann Prather led May Queen ballots with Beverly Thompson second as attendant. Campaign posters urged voters to choose their candidates during a special assembly.
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Oak Hill
Collins High School
John F. Kennedy
Gatehouse
James Gatehouse
Charles
Chuck
Betty Ramey
LaVon Price
Ruth Ann Prather
Beverly Thompson
Garden Club Plans Flower Workshop in Mullens
Laurel Garden Club will hold a corsage making workshop Thursday at 1 30 p m in Curry Hall at the Presbyterian Church Rose Floral of Mullens leads the program Members should bring flowering materials wire floral tape and ribbons Extra materials will be available and Mrs Clyde Byrd is host
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Mullens
RNS
Laurel Garden Club
Curry Hall
Presbyterian Church
Clyde Byrd
Three Expressway suits settled out of court in Oak Hill
Oak Hill RNS reports three condemnation suits by the State Road Commission for the Oak Hill Expressway were settled out of court. Five others will have appraisal commissioners inspect parcels on April 25 to set fair values for properties including Adelaide Robinson Davis Florence Carter and others. Appraisers named: H H O Neal C C Amick H B Clower Walter Cheek R E Kelly Jr. Parcels 39 175 42 37 41 list multiple owners and heirs with square foot areas from 1 530 to 4 500.
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Oak Hill
RNS
State Road Commission
Circuit Clerk
B. A. Huffman
Wilson Tabb
R. S. Thompson
H. H. O'Neal
C. C. Amick
H. B. Clower
Walter Cheek
R. E. Kelly Jr
Adelaide Robinson Davis
S. T. Carter
Florence Carter
Florence J. Carter
Frank Love
W. Robert Abcott
Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association
Roy Adkins
Cora Adkins
Leslie H. Shrewsbury
Leslie
Bessie Matthews
Ida M. Gandison
Aileen Simpson
Fayette County Public Assistance Council
Pineville Notes Highlight Local College Visits
Miss Linda Mathena of Morris Harvey College stayed weekend in Pineville with parents Mr and Mrs Howard Mathena Crowley Worrell addition. Mrs Robert G Martin and daughter Kimberly from Princeton visited four days with her parents Mr and Mrs Bud Pendry Keyrock, joined by husband Robert Martin on Sunday. Freddie Farley of Concord College Athens spent weekend with parents Mr and Mrs C A Farley River Drive addition Pineville.
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Pineville
RNS
Linda Mathena
Morris Harvey College
Howard Mathena
Crowley-Worrell
Robert G. Martin
Kimberly
Princeton
Bud Pendry
Keyrock
Robert Martin
Freddie Farley
Concord College
Athens
C. A. Farley
River Drive
BYF Meets Tonight at Pine Grove Ravencliff
The Baptist Youth Fellowship gathers at Pine Grove Baptist Church Ravencliff at 6 p m with new director Mrs Helen Canterbury in charge. Willis Woods will give a ten minute talk on John 15 17 as the program segment and all youths from 6 to 60 are invited to attend per Floyd Canterbury.
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Ravencliff
RNS
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Helen Canterbury
Willis Woods
Floyd Canterbury
Cause Of Gay Deaths Still Being Sought
ATLANTA (UPS) Authorities say the exact cause remains undetermined for about a week. Georgia Crime Lab Director Dr Herman Jones says three members of a former West Virginia family Franklin Sweet 21 his wife Margaret 21 and daughter Pamela Ruth 2 died possibly of food poisoning. The couple and child were Fayetteville residents. Franklin and the girl were found dead Sunday. Mrs Sweet died at a local hospital Sunday night.
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Atlanta
UPS
West Virginia
Herman Jones
Georgia Crime Laboratory
Franklin Sweet
Margaret
Pamela Ruth
Fayetteville
W. Va
Teachers Squabble at Harrisville School Hearing Set
A dispute between Ellenboro grade school staff leads to ouster charges from principal Virginia Adams against Madge Crane for insubordination. The Ritchie County school board fixed April 24 for the hearing on the charge.
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Harrisville
UPI
Ellenboro
Virginia Adams
Madge Crane
Ritchie County School Board
Bluefield seeks bids for old 1923 fire truck sale
Bluefield city officials invite bids to sell one of three new fire trucks due to space limits. The 1923 vintage unit is being retired while two newer trucks remain in service. Bids are requested from interested bidders through the city administration.
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Bluefield
UPI
Coleman Elected Charleston WV Meat Packers Leader
Martin E. Coleman of Oak Hill was elected president of the West Virginia Meat Packers Association at a meeting in Charleston. Frederick Weimer of Wheeling stepped down. Lester Camp of Parkersburg was named vice president and Mrs. Dolly Sorenson of Beckley to secretary.
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Bill Staples
Roger Booth
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