New Officers Chosen by Mount Hope Church Women
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church women held their general meeting on Monday night and elected new officers. Notables include Mrs. James H. Page as chairman of Personal Faith and Family Life and Mrs. Anthony Puskas as president, with several other leaders named for Christian Community Action, Circle No. 1, Leadership and Resources, and Ecumenical Mission roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Church
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
James H. Page
C. E. Jones
Christian Community Action
Joseph E. McCoy
Presbyterian Chi
Eupha Farley
Christian Fellowship
R. E. Core
Circle No. 1
John Sheets
C. R. Harnsbarger
Anthony Puskas
Robert N. Evans
Rich Women
Allen Garrett Jr
J. M. Wade
Ecumenical Mission
C. J. Walker
Fred Frisk
Spea
The
Women of the Church of Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
WSCS
William Thompson II
Mount Hope
Elizabeth Ann Hurd Weds Gregory L Maynor in Maple Valley
Elizabeth Ann Hurd and Gregory Lewis Maynor wedding held April 17 at Maple Valley Baptist Church Maple Fork with 6 p m ceremony. Bride daughter of Arbutis Hurd Route 1 Mount Hope Groom son of Lewis H Maynor Jr Park Heights Addition. Reception hosted by aunt Mrs Eula Bowyer. The couple to reside in Maple Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Maple Valley Baptist Church
Maple Fork
Elizabeth Ann Hurd
Gregory Lewis Maynor
Arbutis Hurd
Route 1
Lewis H. Maynor
Park Heights
Harmon Davis
Kenneth Maynor
Edward Hurd
Kathy Hurd
Eddie Souk Jr
Mount Hope High School
Maynor
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Boise Cascade Corp
Cleveland
Ohio
Eddie Hurd
Eddie Jr
Kathy
Cleanup Day Set In Fayetteville by Town Council
Fayetteville officials designate May 6 7 as Cleanup Day during a special council meeting. Residents urged to place trash in containers near the street and avoid heavy stale water filled boxes. Brush should be stacked in straight piles for easy loading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Captain Samuel Wallis Discovers Tahiti in 1767
Captain Samuel Wallis commands the British frigate Dolphin and makes the first European contact with Tahiti in 1767 during a voyage near the Society Islands. He charts the region and notes Tahiti as a principal island of the archipelago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Wallis
Dolphin
Tahiti
Presbyterian Women Install Officers At Annual Session
Fayet teville hosts the 67th annual meeting of the Women of the Church Presbyterian of Kanawha Synod West Virginia with theme How We Communicate the Good News. Miss Catherine Paris welcomed delegates as 2 synodical officers attended and 183 people from 30 churches participated. New officers named for two years and one year include C R Harshbarger and Shirley Hastings among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Women of the Church, Presbyterian of Kanawha Synod of
West Virginia
Guy Clark
Victor Scott
V. L. Woodall
Achten Hagen
Frank Blankenship
Edward Babcock
Christ
Korea
Republic of Congo
Taiwan
George Coleman
Paris
C. R. Harsbarger
Mount Hope
George Fowler
Charleston
William Price
Oak Hill
L. White
Shirley Hastings
Cabin Creek
John Hall
E. E. Glen
Charlton Heights
Herndon FHA delegates chosen for State Convention
Patricia Lusk and Dorothy Taylor will represent Herndon High School Future Homemakers of America as voting delegates at the State Convention April 23 24 at Cedar Lakes Patricia a sophomore is daughter of Corbunda Lusk Covel and is in Pep Club Thespians FHA and Honor Society Dorothy is daughter of Thomas Taylor Basin and is in Honor Society Pep Club Student Council and Future Business Leaders of America Sponsor is Mrs Hester Murphree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Lusk
Dorothy Taylor
Herndon High School
Homemakers of America Club
Cedar Lakes
Patricia
Ndon High Lusk
Covel
Dorothy
Thomas Taylor
Basin
Future Business Leaders of America
Hester Murphree
Environmental Health Seminar Planned for Jackson County
In Ripley Jackson County Federated Women's Clubs with Jackson General Hospital Health Inc and the Improvement Council sponsor an Environmental Health Seminar at the new County Health Teaching Unit at Jackson General Hospital April 30 and May 1. Key speakers include Jim Comstock John Slack Dr Walter Morgan James Hodges Dr James Hughes Richard Coplin Philip Sheets Kenneth Shaw Perry OBrien Dixie Shreve and Senator Jennings Randolph. The program features talks on environmental responsibility public health solid waste highway safety cleanup and the Millcreek watershed with a closing address on a quality environment. The event is free and open to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley
Jackson County Federated Women’s Clubs
Jackson General Hospital
Health, Inc
Jackson County Improvement Council
Jackson County
Jim Comstock
W.va
John Slack
Walter A. Morgan
WVU
Morgantown
James H. Hodges
Putnam County
James Hughes
Richard Coplin
Governor’s Highway Safety Bureau
Highway Safety
Philip Sheets
Department of Highways
Kenneth Shaw
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Perry O’brien
Millcreek Watershed Project
Dixie Shreve
Resource, Conservation and Development Authority
Jennings Randolph
Harvard Enjoys Student Prank At Keats Bust Theft
Harvard officials calm as a 50 pound Keats bust valued around 10000 is stolen from Houghton Library for two days. A plastic torso with a carved potato head substitutes as a gag. Emissaries return the sculpture to campus police undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
UPI
Harvard
John Keats
Houghton
Gamma Xi Sorority Hosts Flower Arrangements Program
The Gamma Xi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met in Pineville at the Appalachian Power Co. building. Mrs. A C Swimm and Mrs. O C Castell presented a program on Flower Arrangements with demonstrations. Founders Day Dinner set for April 28 at Twin Falls Lodge. May 3 meeting at the Appalachian building will include officer installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Appalachian Power Co
A. C. Swimm
O. C. Castell
Castell
Swimm
Twin Falls Lodge
Mullens
Appalachian Building
Frankie Morgan
Janet Matney
Loretta Cline
Lillian Cook
Nancy Mathena
Reward Offered for Loch Ness Monster Capture
The Cutty Sark Whisky Company offers 2.4 million dollars for capturing Nessie alive and unharmed, over 20 feet long, with conditions. The Natural History Museum curator must confirm her as the Loch Ness monster, no toxic or electric tools allowed, capture by May 1, 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monster London
UPI
Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky Company Ltd
Natural History Museum
London
Four Glen Rogers students enter State FBLA competition
Four GRHS Future Business Leaders of America members will represent the chapter at the State FBLA Convention at West Virginia Tech on Saturday. Twenty five chapter members and sponsors Mrs. Cragg and Mrs. Dobson will attend on the Montgomery campus for the State Leadership Conference activities. Competitors: Glenn Bailey Bookkeeping I, Drexel Webb Bookkeeping II, Brenda Brooks typing, Penny Cook Shorthand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Future Business Leaders of America
Glen Rogers High School
West Virginia Tech
GRHS
Suzanne Cragg
Kathleene Dobson
Montgomery
Billy Mullens
Glenn Bailey
Linda Trent
Shirley Blankenship
Betty Shumate
Frances Shumate
Ray Tilley
Sharon Brooks
Judy Davis
Bonnie Milam
Esther Ritchie
Pat Trent
Pamela Cook
Drexel Webb
Janice Brown
Karen Jeffrey
Brenda Brooks
Becky Brooks
Sharon Bailey
Marilyn Bailey
Deanna Marie Allen
Darlene Cook
Rodney Brooks
Linda Francis
Bookkeeping I
Bookkeeping
Penny Cook
James Brooks
Ralph Webb
James Cook
Jennings Brooks
Oil Drum Regatta Starts Today on Kanawha River
The Kanawha River regatta at Montgomery begins today and runs through Saturday. Initiated in 1966 by Pi Kappa Phi at West Virginia Tech, it hosts about 25 entries and a two day program with prizes totaling 785 dollars, a parade, fireworks, and the Great Kanawha River Navy induction.
Kentucky Family Tours Citrus Tower in Florida
Mr. and Mrs. IL J. Stephenson of Pineville and their son Jimmy and Park, plus daughter Stephanie of Ashland Ky, toured the Citrus Tower at Clermont Florida. The visit showcased the world’s largest citrus concentration with stops to see Mrs. Judith Fast and daughter Lisa of St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
IL. J. Stephenson
Jimmy
Park
J. W. Lester
Stephanie
Ashland
Clermont
Fla
Florida
Judith Fast
iLisa
St. Petersburg
Wyoming County Spring Music Festival Opens In Pineville
The Pineville High School hosts the Wyoming County Spring Music Festival at 7 30 p m with county high school bands performing two numbers each and two all county bands three numbers each directed by Thomas O Connell and Jim Andy Caudill. An all county chorus directed by William Fleming will perform seven selections. Admission is 1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Wyoming County
Pineville High School
Thomas O’connell
Marshall University
Jim ‘Andy” Caudill
Pikeville
William Fleming
Concord College
The Most Happy Fella at Marshall University
Marshall University departments of Music and Speech present The Most Happy Fella in five performances April 29 30 and May 1 7 8 in Old Main Auditorium at 8 15 p m. Leo Imperi leads a 39 person cast with Dr Elaine Adams Novak directing and Dr Richard L Barbour as musical director. Reserved seats at the door. The romantic tale follows Tony a California fruit grower and his longing for love with waitress in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Frank Loesser
New York Drama Critics’ Circle
Marshall University
Elaine Adams Novak
Leo Imperi
Richard L. Barbour
Bruce Greenwood
James Lawhorn
Tony
California
San Francisco
Big D
Joey
World Wildlife Fund aims 3.3 million for 93 conservation projects
The World Wildlife Fund seeks 3.3 million dollars this year to fund 93 projects protecting endangered wildlife birds and plants. It says the projects cover the most urgent fields needed to halt further environmental deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
UPI
World Wildlife Fund
Beckley Plans Public Hearing On Evans Property Use Request
The Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a May 4 1971 public hearing in Beckley WV to consider a request by Dr Charles M Evans and Shirley Ann Evans to vary use restrictions for 403 Third Avenue under Article 29. The hearing is in the City Hall Common Council Chambers at 7 30 p m with the commission recording by Larry F Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
City of Beckley
Planning and Zoning Commission
Charles M. Evans
Shirely Ann Evans
City of
Beckley
Raleigh County
Est
Virginia
Third Avenue
Planning & Zoning Commission OF
Larry Franklin Stover
Charles Evans
Shirley Ann Evans
West Virginia
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Orn
Ars
Gregory L. Maynor
Edward Neal Hurd Jr
Kenny Bowyer
Eula Bowyer
Jennings V. Helton
Sun
Helton
W. J. Moore
Presbyterian
George Paris
J. G. Walsh
Board of Women’s Work
Atlanta
Charles ‘Thomas
Hugh Brudette
E. R. Crouse
M. G. Hresan
Fred Davidson
Eugene Foster
E. M. Darnell
Kenneth Wood
John Francesa
Clifford Allen
Blanche McAvey
Edwin Warfield
Joseph Lucado
W. T
Universal
Kanawha
Fellowship Hall
Mr. Thompson
Duval Shultz
Shultzes
Hope
Holy Land
Mrs. Swimm
FBLA
Kanawha River
Leonard Nelson
Tech
Wyoming
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