Scout-O-Rama Meet PINEVILLE
The annual spring Scout-O-Rama for Boy Scouts in the J. L. District Wyoming County was held Saturday at Pineville Grade School. Scouts from cub packs troops and posts took part and viewed booths while judging occurred by Jack Lewis. Troop 154 Pineville won three blue ribbons and two red. participants came from Kopperston Mullens Herndon Wyoming Bud-Alpoca Pineville. Field day is May 28 at Pineville High School and Camporee June 3 4 5 at Camp Collins.
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Pineville
RNS
Jack Lewis
Appalachian Council
Bluefield
Kopperston Post
Mullens
Herndon
Wyoming
Bill McGee
Cleve Lester
William Rankin
Carl Mack
Kopperston
G. C. Cecil
Curtis Helmandollar
Gaylord Short
Ralph Looney
Carl Hedinger
Pineville High School
Camp Collins
Pineville- Baileysville
Kennedy interrupts campaign to vote on mine safety bill
In Bluefield West Virginia Senator John F Kennedy pauses his coal region tour to fly to Washington and vote on a mine safety bill that would extend policing powers of the Bureau of Mines to small workings, as he campaigns for the Democratic nomination. Kennedy plans a return to rally in Charles Town and a later stop with his wife Jackie remaining in Bluefield.
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Sen
John F. Kennedy
Mullens Streets
Kennedy
West Virginia
Bluefield
D-Mass
Washington
Senate
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Bluefield State College
Greenbrier
Virginia
Hinton
Ted
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Jackie
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Pineville
White House
Eisenhower
Japan
Ed Williams hosts 10th birthday party for Jeannie
Mr and Mrs Ed Williams celebrated their daughter Jeannies 10th birthday Saturday at their Pax home. Guests included many friends and relatives from Pax Artie Dittsville Willis Branch and Washington DC with refresh ments and games enjoyed by all.
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PAX
RNS
Ed Williams
Jeannie
Jerry
Dwight
Lucy
Vickie Ayres
Washington, D. C
Charles
Michael Treadway
Artie
Gaytha
Pamela Williams
Rickie Lee
James Okie
Brenda Joyce
Pamela Sue Brown
Debbie Craddock
Rita Wing
Kathy Mullins
Donna
Danny Whitlow
Jill Weeks
Sabrina
Treasa
Sharon
Patty Donnel
Beverly Brown
Brenda Ewing
Glen Williams
Junior Treadway
Larry Dean Davis
Maplein
Shirley Keith
Oak Hill
Haynes Ayres
Snowden Craddock
Dittsville
Fredie Ewing
Willis Branch
Claude Brown
Willis Eens
Long Branch
Humphrey
Charles Matin
Vivian Williams
Laurel Rebekah Lodge Completes Dinner Plans
The Laurel Rebekah Lodge 207 at East Oak Hill completed plans for an April 30 dinner at 6 p.m. at the Lodge Hall with admission 1 for adults and 50 cents for children. Several members attended the regular meeting, and guests included Herman Cole from Warren, Ohio.
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Oak Hill
Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Lodge
East Oak Hill
Grace Williams
Noble Grand
Kate Arthur
Mae Arthur
Dotsie Tennant
Addie Arrington
Effie Memy
Ruth Allen
May Silversr
J. W. Silvers
Bradley
Herman Cole
Silver
Warren
Ohio
Oak Hill Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Oak Hill neighbors honor Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Smith on their golden wedding anniversary at a Sunday open house. About 100 attendees, including five daughters and families from Akron Dayton Orlando and Chicago, joined the celebration at their Country Club Road home. The couple, married by Rev. Underwood, have lived in Oak Hill for 50 years as dinner was served buffet style.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Frank G. Smith
Country Club Road
Underwood
Oaks Hill
Alex Rade
Corky
Dayton
Ohio
Charles Dillon
Charles ,Jr
Forrest
Fayetteville Woman Elected Vice President
In Grantsville on Sunday Fay etteville Mrs D E Brown of LaFayette Unit 419 was chosen as Third District vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary Third District Conference. Department president Mrs Laverne Davis of Morgantown attended and appointed Mrs John Witt Jr department page for the Huntington July convention. Attendees from Unit 149 included Margaret Gray Gaye Knotts Vida Henderson and Joyce Brown.
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Fayetteville
RNS
D. E. Brown
LaFayette
American Legion Auxiliary
Grantsville
Laverne Davis
Morgantown
John Witt Jr
Huntington
Unit N. 149
Margaret Gray
Gaye Knotts
Vida Henderson
Joyce Brown
Birth announced for Dennis Wilburn of Shirley Williams
Shirley Williams of Packs Branch announces the birth of their sixth child, a son named Dennis Wilburn, at 10 30 a m on April 20 at Raleigh General Hospital. The baby weighed five pounds eight ounces. Mrs Williams formerly Miss Dora Shape of Mountain City Tennessee. Her husband is the son of the Rev and Mrs John Williams of Packs Branch. The couple has five older children, four daughters and one son.
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Pax
RNS
Shirley Williams
Packs Branch
Dennis Wilburn
Raleigh General Hospital
Williams
Dora Shape
Mountain City
Tenn
John Williams
McGraws PTA Holds Covered Dish Dinner
The McGraws Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association hosted its annual covered dish dinner on Friday evening at the school. About seventy-five members and friends attended as the program featured folk dancing and an invocation by Mrs. Mary McGraw.
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McGraws
RNS
McGraws Elementary School
Parent-teacher Association
Mary McGraw
Brooklyn Borough Census Shift in 1898 City Merger
A fragment notes the borough of Brooklyn becoming part of New York City in 1898, marking a historic municipal reorganization. It hints at broader unification under the city limits and governance, with Brooklyn integrating into the modern metropolis.
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Borough of
Brooklyn
York City
Pineville May Day Program Set For Monday Night
Pineville Elementary School will present its annual May Day Program at 7 30 in the school auditorium. Principal Pete Morgan and music instructor Mrs R E Kuhn announced the celebration featuring a Maypole dance and a parade of crowned May Day royalty with Queen Bess Anne Morgan and King Kenny Beavers leading a long list of attendants and performers.
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Pineville
ANS
Pete Morgan
R. E. Kuhn
Bess Anne Morgan
Kenny Beavers
Marian Waddell
Bobby Smith
Shirley Hill
Ronnie Green
Diane Ith
Donald Stewart
Sweetsie Parker
Pat Parker
Judy Fox
Spunky Vezina
Helen Sue Pancake
Denny Bailey
Linda Mullens
Donald Osborne
Linda Lilly
Eddie Eckert
Susie Jackson
Gilmer Hines
Wilhemina Phillips
Michael Edward
Carl Hamilton
Lyndal Goode
Loris Brown
Brenda Reid
Jerry Hill
Karen Green
Michael Browning
Billy Broom
Richard Browning
Patty Griffith
Rosemary Pais
Stephen Lamb
Carol Pitts
Kathy Mann
Francine Pack
Katherine Hawley
Connie Bently
Barry Hill
Flowers
Susan Cook
Pearl McMay
Sharon Rite- Snour
Kathy Browning
Janet Jackson
Myra Nunn
Brenda Sands
Yvonne Blankenship
Belinda Adams
Christine Bell
Barbara
Sun God
Ruth Hannon
Johnny Goddard
Linda Hoffman
Judy
Weekend Visits Highlight Fayetteville Social Notes
Fayetteville residents enjoyed family gatherings over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Widder and son visited Mrs. J. K. Whitlock on Route 1. Mr. and Mrs. Marcie Lazare and family from St. Albans spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rahall to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Ken Widder
Huntington
J. K. Whitlock
Marcie Lazare
St. Albans
Louis Rahall
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Pineville Cubs
Eee Eel Eee
Usis
Terry Rose
Larry Blankenship
Billy Webster
Gary Gallaher
Douglas Childers
Charles Riling
Ned Crews
Jeff Caudill
Roy Lee Breeden
Scout-O-Rama
J.L
Ward Wylie
Fred Canada
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Sen. Kennedy
Sonny Phillips
David Farmer
Witt
Fdr Jr
Posey
Robert M. Worrell
Wyoming County Democratic Executive Committee
Ward Wylie, Mullens
J. L. Cochran
Walter Humphrey
Pesy and
Jane
Mount Hope
Lewis Argabright
Red Star
J. A. Hewlett Jr
McGraws Pta
Barry Farley
Debbie Swimm
Rhonda Franklin
Peggy Aliff
Leigh Ann Bragg
Debbie Anderson
Marty Cornett
Sharon Maze
Linda Hamilton
Debbie Allen
Debbie Bailey
Brenda Caudill
Karen Smith
Douglas Hamilton
Judy Pack
Danny Harper
Karolyn Neal
Johnny Houck
Kathy Worrell
Robert Ledford
Patty Cooper
Johnny Campbell
Mary Olive Anderson
Raymond Rose
Judy Far
Elaine Goode
Kay Morgan
Jane Beeman
Louise Altizer
Devona Wyatt
Kay Patrick
Brenda Hoffman
Cora Maynard
Rita Jewell
Kay Johnson
Linda Bradoff
Joy Bailey
Ella Sue Altizer
Louise Werdman
Margaret Moran
Brenda Dematties
June Ratliff
Sherry Goode
Kathy Shoemaker
Brenda Blizzard
Iris Gail Stewart
Donna Lilly
Nancy Brinegar
Charlotte Bell
Sandra Hartley
Gloria Walker
Sue Johnson
Dawn Stinson
Rambler
U.S
America
M.P.G
Barehart Rambler Company
Valley Drive
Beckley
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