Policeman of the Year to be named by Lafayette Post 149
Lafayette Post 149 American Legion reports selection of a Policeman of the Year to be revealed at a future meeting. The post considers Know Your County Government Day May 7 with eighty county high school students visiting and touring officials.
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Fayetteville
Harry Marshall
Lafayette
American, Legion
Marshall
Walter Caldwell
George Siehl
Oak Hill
Thomas Malloy
Parkersburg
Town Park
Camp Apache
Department
Charleston
Riner
Harry W. Marshall
Anna Ruth Morgan Weds Buford Brown At Oceana
Mrs Anna Ruth Morgan of Oceana and Buford M Brown of Glen Fork were married April 16 at the Delilah Methodist Church in Oceana. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Ida Elkins of Oceana. The couple will live at Oceana after a wedding trip to Blackville South Carolina.
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Glen Fork
Anna Ruth Morgan
Oceana
Buford M. Brown
Ida Elkins
Ova Brown
Arline Brown
Ralph Whitten
Herbert Elkins
L. G. Brown
Blackville
S. C
Buford Stewart
Billy Ray Brown
Jesse
Ila Brooks
Sabine
Ruth
Pineville
Harris Mines
Kopperston
Marsh Fork High Senior Wins Armco Scholarship
Marsh Fork High School senior James M. Wills won a four year Armco scholarship worth 750 dollars annually. The award announced by Armco Coal Mines manager G R Swanson funds study in engineering and Wills plans mining engineering at West Virginia University. Wills, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Wills of Rock Creek, is active in Honor Society Chess Club and Conservation Club.
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James M. Wills
Wills
Marsh Fork High School
West Virginia University College of Engineering
Clarence Wills
Rock Creek
National Honor’ S Society
Chess Club
Marsh Fork High
Fellowship Dinner Brings Pineville Men to Church Meeting
The Men's Fellowship of Cook Memorial Baptist Church met Monday in Pineville for a dinner and business session. They discussed the upcoming Men's Retreat at Camp Cowen, Aug 13 15, elected Bob Stewart to replace Rue Schoolcraft as secretary, and planned a church work night to paint interiors. Fifteen members attended. meals were prepared by Mrs Bogar Ackley Clay and Phillips.
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Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Camp Cowen
Rue Schoolcraft
Bob Stewart
Bob Bogar
Clyde Ackley
Ronald Clay
Joe Phillips
Pineville Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Pineville residents Oley Grosse and family hosted Madison Heights visitors while Ike Belcher hosted relatives. Attendees at a Trinity Methodist Church conference in Bluefield included several Mrs. Belcher and Mrs. Cooke Jr. members. The Bogers and daughters returned from a Florida vacation with Melissa Clay after visiting Gertrude Boger.
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Pineville
Oley Grosse
Madison Heights
Ike Belcher
Harry Cooke Jr
R. J. Chenoweth Jr
Darrel V. McGraw
C. J. Mathena
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
Bluefield
Bob Boger
Lisa and
Melinda
Melissa Clay
Clearwater, Fla
Gertrude Boger
Nine Couples Divorces Granted In Wyom ing County Court
Wyomin g County Circuit Court granted nine divorces this past week. W. Beecher Dixon and Linda Louise Marks Dixon had the marriage dissolved and her maiden name restored. Julie Ann Lusk and Billy Jo Lusk ended their marriage with Julie regaining her name Julie Ann Coomes. Easter Mae Harvey and Jesse Eugene Harvey were granted a divorce with custody of their daughter to Easter Mae. Glenna Faye Blankenship was divorced from A. B. Blankenship with custody to Glenna. Ethel Mae Lester and Warren Earl Lester divorced with custody to Ethel Mae. Ruby Lucille Gunnoe and Franklin Charles Gunnoe divorced with custody to Ruby. John D. Woody and Judy Carol Woody divorced. Mildred Shirley and J. T. Shirley Jr. divorced with custody to Mildred. Carol A. Adams and Jesse L. Adams divorced with custody to the plaintiff.
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Pineville
Wyoming
W. Beecher Dixon
Linda Louise Marks Dixon
Linda Louise Marks
Reginald C. Reed
Patricia L. Reed
Thomas G. Walker
Jackie Walker
Bernard R. Campbell
Bernard H. Ellis
Easter Mae Harvey
Jesse Eugene Harvey
Glenna Faye Blankenship
A. B. Blankenship
Julie Ann Lusk
Billy Jo Lusk
Julie Ann Coomes
Ethel Mae Lester
Warren Earl Lester
American Finance Corporation of
West Virginia
Jerry Smith
Inez Smith
Ruby Lucille Gunnoe
Franklin Charles Gunnoe
Sun Finance and Loan Company
Oscar W. Lester Jr
Nettie Lester
Ashland Finance Company of
Mullens
Freda Hill Dixon
Everett Dixon
John D. Woody
Judy Carol
Woody
Mildred Shirley
J. T. Shirley, Jr
Carol A. Adams
Jesse L. Adams
Maben News Roundup: Family Visits And Local Church Note
Mr and Mrs Bernard McGraw returned home after hosting their daughter Mrs Ernest England and Rebecca who visited Arlington Virginia. England visited her brother Frankie Matics in Lester who had an appendectomy at Raleigh General Hospital and her nephew Jeffrey Leonard a patient at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. Rev Willis Wood will preach at Maben Methodist Church at 1130 am Sunday. Carl Tilley and wife returned Sunday after a weekend with Mr and Mrs Clarence Tilley in Winston Salem North Carolina.
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Sabine
Donald Bailey
Tammy
North Carolina
Inlaw
Isaac Woodard
Mark Woodard
Cyrus Woodard
Carl Wadsworth
Princeton
N. C
Baileys
Raymond Hughes
Eddy Ingram
Wilmington
Birdie Woodard
Ludy Woodard
Leslie Woodard
Jessie Woodard
Lonnie Woodard
Elizabeth Phillips
Jimmy Phillips
Cleveland
Ohio
Maben
Bernard McGraw
Ernest England
Rebecca
Arlington
England
McGraws
Frankie Matics
Lester
Raleigh General Hospital
Jeffrey Leonard
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Jeffrey
Alex Leonard
Itmann
Willis Wood
Ravencliff
Glen Rogers Independent Baptist Church
Maben Methodist Church
Carl Tilley
Clarence Tilley
Winston-Salem
Fayetteville Junior Women Show Slides On Sea Event
Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club met at the Memorial Building with devotionals on Easter and Sand Dollar. Bob Learmonth of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. spoke on The Sea Around Us using slides. Profit from a style show was 135 dollars. plans include a May 24 initiation and memorial for the club's first president killed in a plane crash. Beginning September a food drive at meetings will aid a local needy family at Thanksgiving Easter and Christmas. Eleven members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Memorial
Paul McKown
Alvin Kincaid
Bob Learmonth
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Stanley Boyd
Courtney Phillips Proctor
Marshall University
Wheeling
Herb Mann
Kenneth Young
Barney White Jr
Dennis Hanson
Larry Parson
Sharon van Meter
Regatta Parade Planned Friday in Montgomery
Nine bands and a raft of parade units will join the Oil Drum Regatta in Montgomery at 8 p.m. Friday on Route 61. Bands include East Bank High, Marmet Junior High, Cedar Grove, Charleston High, and West Virginia Tech Marching Band.
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Montgomery
W. Va
River Bridge
East Bank High School
Marmet Junior High
Cedar Grove Community School
East Bank
Charleston Shrine
Stonewall Jackson High School
Charleston High School
Greenbrier West High
Kanawha River
Glen Ferris
Mt Hum Tops Vis as Adriatic Island Peak
United Press International reports Mt Hum on Vis Island is the highest point in the Adriatic island group. The note highlights Vis as a notable geography feature with Hum reaching the island’s top elevation.
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United Press International
Hum
Adriatic Island
Vis
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IONA
Sgie
Robert's Credit Card
Bank Americard
Y Discount Center
Beckley
Buford Brown
Danny Burleson
Andy
Gary
Larry Bailey
Sandstone
G. R. Swanson
Armco
Armco Steel Corp
James M
Marsh Fork
Armco Foundation
Armco Plants
Armco Goal
Montreal
Sherman
Seth
Scott
Madison
Van
Adidas
Neville
Ronald Jack DeWeese
Moundsville
H. H. Newberry
Douglas Leon Dillon
Ronald Dale DeWeésel
Leon Kennedy
James Toler
Carolyn Kennedy
Roy A. Williamson
Fayette
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