Wyoming Group Plans Youth Camp Facilities
A Wyoming group adopts constitution and by laws for the King County Youth Commission during a Pineville meeting. Officers include Woodrow Cook as chair, Claude Phillips vice chair, Victor Gilkerson secretary, and Sam Lambert treasurer. Members span Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, ministerial and mayoral representatives. The commission seeks a site with camp buildings and tenting areas and plans to hire labor with a grant aid for construction.
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Pineville
King County
Wrotine County
Woodrow Cook
Mullens
Claude Phillips
Victor Gilkeson
Sam Lambert
Carl Mack
Bill Maxey
R. J. Chenoweth Jr
W. F. Statts
Vern Clay
Z Beavers
Dick Cook
Oce
Mullens FHA Officers Attend State Meet
Three Mullens High School Future Homemakers of America officers head to the 21st annual state FHA convention at Cedar Lakes April 22 to 24. Beth Finney Tammy Canterbury and Pam Tice will serve as officers and registrars for Southern Region delegates. Finney will sing in the state chorus directed by Erma Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Future Homemakers of America
Cedar Lakes
Beth Finney
Tammy Canterbury
Pam Tice
Woodrow W. Cook
Beth
W. E. Finney
Highland Ave
Tammy
Henry A. Canterbury Jr
Circle Drive
Future Teachers of America
Pam
John P. Tice
Moran Ave
FTA
Beaver
Finney
FHA
Erma Brooks
Dupont High School
State Fu
Beauty spoof in Laramie mocks Mrs Johnson campaign
In Laramie Wyoming residents created a sharp spoof of Mrs Lyndon B Johnsons bid to beautify the countryside by removing billboards and junkyards A lavender trimmed billboard near the town edge reads Help beautify junkyards Throw something lovely away today and plays on the beautification effort with irony
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Laramie
Wyo
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
College student shot self in Mount Hope details
Beckley area police report a Mount Hope 19 year old student from Alexandria Virginia shot himself in the stomach at 11 30 a m Thursday with a .38 caliber pistol. He was listed in satisfactory condition after surgery at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. The youth lives at 116 Main Street Mount Hope.
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Mount Hope
Beckley College
David James Hunnicutt
Alexandria
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Main St
May Day Court to be Crowned at Mount Hope High School
Linda Hardy of Mount Hope will be crowned May Queen on May 13 at Mount Hope High School May Day observance. Freshman attendant is Margaret Sanchez with party ties, junior attendant Carol Crawford from Mount Hope, and senior attendant Jackie Grabowski, Mustang Band head majorette and student leader. Sophomore attendant Linda Adams also participates. Kathryn Neely directs the program.
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Mount Hope
Linda Hardy
Fred Seletya Jr
Charles Hardy
Mount Hope High School
Alpha Omega Sorority
Future Business Leaders Association
Girls Athletic Association
Mount Hope Christian Church
Margaret Sue Sanchez
Elizabeth Sanchez
Scarbro
Carol Crawford
Louise Crawford
Christian Nation Church
Mustang
Jackie Sue Grabowski
William Brabowski
Alpha Omega
Future Business Leaders of America
Mons Spei
Linda Adams
Carl Adams
Catholic Church
Catholic Youth Organization
Kathryn Neely
Amigo Man Jailed In Copper Wire Theft
Ted McKinney twenty four Amigo was fined twenty five dollars and costs and sentenced to days in jail on a theft charge before Magistrate Bill Houck Mullens Tuesday He was jailed in Pineville McKinney arrested by Wyoming County officers charged with theft of 60 pounds of copper trolley wire from the Amigo Smokeless Coal Co mine at Wyco Officers said two juveniles were also arrested and turned over to juvenile authorities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Ted McKinney
Amigo
Bill Houck
Pineville
McKinney
Wyoming
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
Wyco
Postmaster Nomination Heads to Senate for Cameron
Washington UPI report says Louis F. Williams has been nominated by President Johnson to be postmaster at Cameron West Virginia. The nomination moved Wednesday toward Senate confirmation.
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Washington
UPI
Louis F. Williams
Cameron
W. Va
Senate
Williams
Johnson
West Virginia Travel Leaders to Meet on Tourism
Legislative leaders will discuss the future of travel in West Virginia at an open travel meeting on April 26 during the Governor's Conference on Travel at Ogden Park Wheeling. The panel includes Sen. Howard Carson and other state lawmakers, with Gov. Smith moderating and delivering a keynote on Travel An Exciting Challenge to Economic Development.
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West Virginia
Oglebay Park
Wheeling
Hans McCourt
Webster Springs
Senate Finance Committee
Ivor Boiarsky
Kanawha County
House
Howard Carson
Fayette County
Senate
Julius Singleton
Monongalia County
Hulett C. Smith
George Seiberton
Ohio County
House of Delegates
H. Laban White
Harrison County
John E. Carrigan
Marshall County
Smith
Fayette Churchwomen Install Officers at Mount Hope Temple
About forty members of the Women’s Mission Society of Mount Hope Baptist Temple gathered for a quarterly meeting in Fellowship Hall. The highlight was the installation of 1966 67 officers led by installing officer Luther A Lewallen. Names include Mrs Robert Lilly president and Mrs J E Richeson second vice president of missions. New circles and meeting dates were announced along with upcoming Baptist events and observances.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Women’s Mission Society
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Cauley G. Harvey
Page
Fayette Association of Women’s Baptist Mission Society
J. E. Richeson
White Cross
Robert Lilly
J. L. Wilkins
I. O Shumate
Robert Penman
Robert Jeter
Fellowship Guild
Hobart Garvin
Mary Buckley
Luther A. Lewallen
Morning Circle
Churchel Williams
L. S. Lewallen
Walter Summers
Lawrence Angle
A. L. Huff
Harvey
Scarbro Baptist Church
National Council of American Baptist Women
Kansas City
Vacation Bible School
Fayette County Band Festival in Fayetteville Saturday
The 24th annual Fayette County Band Festival will be held Saturday in Fayetteville with an afternoon parade by eight bands at 3 30 p m and an All Festival Band concert at 7 30 p m at the Fayette County Memorial Auditorium. Conductor Francis Borkowski, WVU Wind Symphony clarinetist and educator, directs. Participating bands include Ansted Oak Hill Lookout Fayetteville Meadows Bridge Gauley Bridge Mount Hope and Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Fayette County Memorial Auditorium
Francis Borkowski
Borkowski
Wind Symphony
West Virginia University
Weirton
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Indiana University
Ansted
Oak Hill
Lookout
Meadows Bridge
Gauley Bridge
Mount Hope
Montgomery
Band Festival concludes with concert at Mullens High
The Band Festival ends today at Mullens High School with a 7 30 p m gym concert. Guest conductors are Thomas O Connell from Marshall University and Donald Rigg from West Virginia Institute of Technology. Gene Allen directs Mullens band. Each band performs two numbers plus pieces by the two All County bands. Participants include Pineville Oceana Baileysville Glen Rogers Herndon and Mullens bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens High School
Thomas O’connell
Marshall University
Donald Rig
Gio
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Gene Allen
Maullens
Pineville
Oceana
Baileysville
Glen Rogers
Herndon
Mullens
Laura Farley suffers stroke in Beckley hospital
Mrs Laura Farley, a former Pineville resident later from Kentucky, suffered a stroke several days ago and was moved from an Oak Hill rest home to Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley. Her daughter-in-law Mrs Frank Farley and her sister Mrs Anna Murphy of Roanoke Virginia visited over the weekend in Ravencliff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
Laura Farley
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Farley
Pineville
Kentucky
Oak Hill
Frank Farley
Anna Murphy
Roanoke
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Ture
Pamtice
Webbs Florist
Peace Strings
Nash Campbell
NASH
W.va
Apachian
PSP
Appalachian Power CO
STN
Eppy
Valley Drive N
Fayette
Murphy’s
Surfers
Jamaica
G. CC. Murphy CO
Beckley Loan Company
Neville Street
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