Latin Week at Mullens High highlights annual slave auction
Mullens High School Latin Week featured a student slave auction with club members labeled as slaves and made to perform tasks for their owners. Photos show slaves cleaning the principal’s clock and area, with a Friday picnic at Community Park and officers including Sandy Meadows and Blanche Morrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens High School
Ronnie Lusk
Ellen Fordham
Karen Wells
Sandy Meadows
Blanche Morrison
Vickie Ensminger
Evelyn Lambert
D. Grove Moler
Stephenson PTA Elects Officers
Stephenson Iroquois Parent-Teacher Association elected new officers at a Thursday night meeting held at Stephenson Grade School. Aubrey Conley was named president, with vice president Mrs. Robert Marcum, secretary Mrs. Hamilton Phipps, and treasurer Mrs. Charles Thrasher. A Centennial year program featured Miss Shirley Taylor's sixth grade class in 1863 costumes and antique displays. Joyce Powers won a $5 prize for bringing the most unusual item, a 110 year-old eyeglasses. Special guests George Nolley, Estelle Caudel, and Elbert Cook gave talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nolley
Wyoming County
Estelle Caudel
Elbert Cook
Mullens
Local Notes From Mount Hope Area Visits and Returns
Mrs. Allen Chandler of Toledo visits her in laws Mr and Mrs Haven Davis and daughter. Allen Chandler Jr returns home from Mount Hope area visit. Mrs Marie Ballard of Calloway Heights visits siblings in Mount Hope. Mrs Mike J Vargo returns from Cleveland. Visiting the Nichols family are Mr and Mrs Jodie Nichols and children from Cleveland. Mrs Raymond Hughes returns home improving after Cleveland Clinic surgery. Mrs Charles Bergendahl recovering from last week’s Beckley Memorial Hospital procedure. Mrs Toney Codi spends weeks with father W B Ramey and seeks telegraph operator recruits for Washington DC. Mrs Codi is Eva Marie Ramey, Mount Hope High School alum. Mrs Sam Shawver of Beckley visits her parents Charles and … Hamilton.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Allen Chandler
Toledo
Ohio
Haven Davis
Sue Spade
Allen Chandler Jr
Marie Ballard
Calloway Heights
W. W. Bolen
J. E. Richeson
Mike J. Vargo
Cleveland
Harry McLain
Jodie Nichols
Raymond Hughes
Cleveland Clinic
Charles Bergendahl
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Toney Codi
W. B. Ramey
Codi
Telephone Company
Washington, D. C
Eva Marie Ramey
Mount Hope High School
Sam Shawver
Beckley
Charles Hamilton
Life insurance dividends rise to 1.98 billion in 1962
Life Insurance Institute reports 1962 policy dividends totaling 1.98 billion, up 161 million or 9 percent from 1961.INSURANCE NEW YORK UP I data reflects growth in life policy distributions across carriers during the year.
Fayette Pre-Trial Schedule Announced
The Fayette County circuit clerk releases the May term pre-trial calendar listing court sessions from April 29 to May 3. Matches include Mary Farthing v Sherman R Smith at 9:30 a.m. and Amity Finance Corp v Marsico Brothers at 10:30 a.m., plus several other civil cases across days with 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. slots.
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Fayetteville Rns
Fayette County
Mary Farthing
Sherman R. Smith
Amity Finance Corp
Ralph and
Sam Marsico
Marsico Brothers
Charles H. Maxwell
Harry Poff
Cutlips, Inc
Calvin Tredway
Thomas Mollahan
Marsico Taxi, Inc
James Leslie Johnson
Fred Welch
Robert L. Bell
Shirley M. Hanson
Fred W. Waugh
James Hillard Spessard
C. M. Dooley
Rosa Scott
Louise Roop
H. D. Pritt
Merchants and Miners National Bank
Haynes Construction Co. Inc
Savage Construction Co
Frances Lee Barker
Russell Billo
Gary Lee Murphy
Alek Mansour
Home Seekers of Oak Hill, Inc
Lee Massey
J & L Lines
Albert W. Watts
Alma C. Scott
W. W. Honaker
Robert F. Cornett
James L. Ha
Lightning strike damages plane nose in Norfolk landing
A National Airlines plane with 44 aboard was struck by lightning while flying to Norfolk Virginia on Wednesday. The bolt hit the Electra’s plastic radar nose dome and damaged a radar cover, but the aircraft landed safely and will be repaired.
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Norfolk
UPI
National Airlines
Electra
Federal Aviation Agency
The gentleness of sled dogs surprises amateur drivers
A short report notes that most sled dogs display unexpected gentleness toward novice drivers, contrasting with common beliefs about their temperament and highlighting a surprising ease during early training sessions.
Durham family visits and relatives gather in West Virginia areas
Mrs J E Durham leaves Glen Rogers for Louisville to visit son and daughter in law Jimmy Durham. The Durham family hosts Mary Jane Margaret Ann and Lee with Beclley visit to Herbert Morris. Sgt Alfred Payne visits from Saudi service and plans travel to New York Maine and New Jersey. Ralph Manning admitted to Beckley Hospital. B A Taraczkozy hosts son in law Robert Sanger and daughter weekend guests from Oak Hill.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Hubert Durham
J. E. Durham
Louisville
Jimmy Durham
Mary Jane
Margaret Ann
Lee
Beckley
Herbert Morris
Durhams
Sgt
Alfred Payne
Saudi Arabia
Arabia
B. A. Taraczkozy
Robert Sanger
Oak Hill
Smith says Kennedy might back Robert for 1964 ticket
Senator Margaret Chase Smith told a radio audience that President Kennedy could prefer his brother Robert as his running mate in 1964, replacing Lyndon Johnson if confident of victory. She cautioned Kennedy would not drop Johnson yet, needing him to secure the South.
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Washington
UPI
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Maine
Kennedy
Robert
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Mrs Epperly Honored With Surprise 86th Birthday Dinner
Mrs L Z Handley hosted a surprise birthday dinner for her mother Mrs Elizabeth Epperly at Sunset Addition home honoring her 86th birthday. Attendees from Fayetteville included Mr and Mrs Jesse Goff and Mr and Mrs Joe Johnson with son Michael. Oak Hill guests included Mrs Loretta Young and daughter Diana Lynn, Mrs George Martin, Mrs Ervin Epperly and daughter Kay, Mr and Mrs Jerry Epperly and children Jerry Lee, Charles and Connie. Afternoon visitors were Mr and Mrs Hershel Dale Epperly and Judy, plus Mrs Hollis Epperly.
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Fayetteville
RNS
L. Z. Handley
Sunset Addition
Elizabeth Epperly
Jesse Goff
Joe Johnson
Michael
Oak Hill
Loretta Young
Diana Lynn
George Martin
Ervin Epperly
Kay
Jerry Epperly
Jerry Lee
Charles
Connie
Hershel Dale Epperly
Judy
Hollis Epperly
Funeral attendees from Fayetteville and Cunard visit in Greenbrier
Fayetteville residents W H Shawver and Mr. and Mrs. John Witt attended the funeral of John Perkins at Sam Black Church in Greenbrier County on Wednesday. They also visited Witt’s mother Mrs R C Witt and his siblings in Smoot. Howard Jarrell and wife from Florida joined Friday to visit Mr. and Mrs. W T Sowers in Cunard. The Jarrells formerly lived in Madison. The article notes Britain’s Fiji Colony contains 322 islands spanning about one hundred thousand square miles.
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Fayetteville
RNS
W.H. Shawver
John Witt
Cunard
John Perkins
Sam Black Church
Greenbrier County
Witt
R. C. Witt
E. R. Witt
Smoot
Howard Jarrell
Florida
W. T. Sowers
Britain
Fiji
Southwest
Pacific
Glen Rogers Honor Societies Banquet Honors Leaders
Glen Rogers National Honor Society chapters held their annual Hawaiian themed banquet in the school gym Monday night. Members, guests and special honorees assembled amid red and white decor and candlelight as Carolyn Phillips and Clarence Brooks distributed friendship tokens. The program featured student performances, a humorous toast, officer-elect introductions, and the combined autograph book listing members and faculty. Special guests attended and arrangements were led by Mrs. Brooks with meals by sophomores.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
National Honor Society
Carolyn Phillips
Clarence Brooks
Karen Blevins
Jerry Wolfe
Grace
Jerald McGraw
Dwight Shumate
Orous
Isle of Golden Dreams
Hawaii
Bob Hall
Jeannie Halsey
Betty Phillips
Carolyn Brown
Mike McGraw
Kathryn Grace Cottrill
Francine Brooks
Eddie Tilley
Jearold McGraw
Frances Harrington
Barbara Phillips
Joe Phillips
Tommy Brooks
Karen Francis
Jimmy Phillips
Jim Davis
Eleanor Manning
Freddie Powers
Carolyn Cook
John Perry
Gayle Shrewsbury
Kathryn Cottrill
Sharon Bailey
Donnie Bailey
Norma Stumbo
Ethel Tolliver
Judy McGraw
Roger Day
My Griffith
George Phillips
Frank Pizzino
Horace McGraw
W. S. Brooks
Tony Perry
Elizabeth Williams
Brooks
B.A. Taraczkozy
Diane McKinney
Linda Lafferty
Judy Polk
Roseanna Myers
Darlene Hurley
Guest Speaker at Memorial Baptist Church in Beckley Web
The Rev. Ralph Poole of Glen White Baptist Church will be the guest speaker at Memorial Baptist Church on F Street Beckley Web on April 24 at 7 30 PM. The Rev. Howard Franklin, pastor, invites the public to attend this service.
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Ralph Poole
Glen White Baptist Church
Memorial Baptist Church
F Street
Beckley
Web
Howard
Jim” Franklin
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Mr. Hope
Beckley Loan CO
Neville St. Ph
Bolt
Mrs. Epperly
Donna Bailey
Jearald McGraw
Ollie Mae Holhouser
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