West Virginia Tech Adds Funds From Benedum Foundation
President William B. Axtell announced that the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation increased its loan fund at West Virginia Tech with a 3000 grant. The loan fund, started in 1954, now totals 13000 and remains available to deserving Tech students. The Foundation also provided 6000 for scholarships this fall.
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Montgomery
William B. Axtell
West Virginia Tech
Claude Worthington Benedum
A Trash Service Name in Verizon Book Raises Protest
In Tulsa a firm filed to list as AAAAAAAAAAAAA Trash Service but the phone company refused the 23 A characters. The company wants the long name while the carrier cites policy limits in the telephones directory.
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Tulsa
Okla
Petitioned removal targets board member Archie Lusk
Eight specifications allege misconduct by Pineville Board of Education member Archie Lusk including salary boosts for his wife Leola Lusk and multiple bread and gasoline sales to Herndon High School. The petition filed in Circuit Court on Tuesday names Denny Morgan, Asa Hurst, R J Caudill, Joal H Carson, Tom Smith, and Jesse Morgan as related figures.
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Pineville
BNL
Board of Education
Archie Lusk
Leola Lusk
Don D. Cook
Lusk
Cook
Herndon High
Herndon
Denny Morgan
Jesse W. Morgan
Asa Hurst
Mrs J W Jones Wins Handicap Tournament at Oak Hill
In Oak Hill White Oak Country Club women completed their handicap tournament with Mrs. J W Jones defeating Mrs. LaBelle Milewski to win the title and advance to the club championship. Qualifying rounds run until August 17 with Jones already securing the lead.
Pineville II Giants Outfield Lineup Identified
In the Pineville II Giants outfield lineup the back row lists Richard Simmons as manager, Buz Keaton at first base, Jim Blankenhip at shortstop and pitcher, Mike Cordle at catcher and left field, Jim McKinney at second base, Cam Scoleri at left field, and Duane Hawkins as assistant manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville II Giants
Richard Simmons
Buz Keaton
Jim Blankenship
Mike Cordle
Jim McKinney
Cam Scoleri
Duane Hawkins
Pineville
Little League Giants
Terry Thomas
Thomas M. Blankenship
Bobby Short
Mike Farley
Chris Hawkins
Barney Hawkins
Tiny Short
Summerlee Ave To Be Paved By Residents
Oak Hill Council grants permission for property owners to pave the Summerlee Avenue section between Park and Church Streets at their own expense. Paul Taylor to perform the paving per city specs. No action on reduced sewer charges for Pat Caldwell and Steve Vane's laundromat on Jones Avenue. City Manager Wallace Bennett explains water use at service stations goes to storm sewers while laundromat wastewater goes to sanitary sewers and disposal plant.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Summerlee Avenue
Park
Church Streets
Paul Taylor
Pat Caldwell
Steve Vane
Jones Avenue
Wallace Bennett
Layman's Revival committees chosen at Oak Hill Church
Oak Hill Methodist Church selects committees for a week long Layman's Revival from September 4 to 11. G Steele Callison leads overall plans with evangelism chief, Billy W Crane on the program committee. Other members include Jesse Jones Subrey Halstead and Rev R J Chenoweth. Training for visitors begins August 29 led by Rev Fred Oxendale. Committees cover visitation attendance publicity ushering literature and more with many lay leaders named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Methodist Church
G. Steele Callison
Church Commission
Billy W. Crane
West Virginia
Crane
Jesse Jones
Beckley
Subrey Halstead
R. J. Chenoweth
Jones
Atlanta
Fred Oxendale
Oxendale
Callison
Visitation
W. F. Hodges
E. N. Goode
Emmett Fitzwater
Nancy Hannabass
Chenoweth
Sammy Blake
Jimmy Gatehouse
Carolyn Sue Allen
Gordon Spessard
Herbert Tolley
R. W Flack
George Armstrong
Shirley Love
Bill Armstrong
LeRoy Britt
Bob Griffith
Spessard
Commission On Membership and Evangelism
P. Franta
Nolan Blake
R. W. Flack
C. L. Garvin
E. H. VanHoose
McKnight and Oyler Slammed in Oak Hill Golf Tourney
At Oak Hill in the White Oak Country Club event Brookie Watkins 19 remains active while defending champion Larry Oyler is eliminated after losing 2 up to Bill McKnight who shot 72. McKnight posted 69 and Watkins 71 beat Wayne Plymale 3 and 2. Other matches followed with Park defeating Long two up while Karnap and Delridge also advanced in the championship flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Park
Rosser Long
Charles
Chad
Vickers
John Karnap
W. B. Rocke
Mike Delridge, Sr
Delridge
J. W. Jones
John Duda
B. F. Puckett
Mike Delridge Jr
J. W. Dunkley
Blaine Clower
Fred Frisk
Pat Davis
Fred Milewski
C. B. “Happy” Vickers
Clarence Bruffey
Dr i Lae
Tom Seourtn
Reed Anderson
Joe Tyree
John Oyler
Paul Morton
L. D. Clark
Mike Frisk
John Frazier
Walter Kominsky
Don Stark
J. N. Jarrett
Bob Stiner
Fred Russell
J. R. Ellison
Walter Brown
Jackie Calloway
Council To Surrender Street Titles For New Expressway
OAK HILL RNS Council moves toward surrendering city street titles for a proposed expressway. Streets affected include Holly Wickline Woodlawn Tully Elm and Pea Ridge Road with some segments dead ending or rerouted. A separate action abandons Lavender Street through Broadview and Carwile Additions connecting with Woods Avenue.
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Oak Hill
RNS
State Road Commission
Holly and Wickline
Fayce Recreation Center
Woodlawn Avenue
Tully Street
Elm Avenue
Pea Ridge Road
Council
Lavender Street
Broadview
Carwile
Woods Avenue
Whitesville to Start New Dial System Sunday
Whitesville area adopts a seven digit dialing plan under a nationwide numbering system. The update affects Whitesville and Seth zones with area codes 304 and 837. Residents will dial 854- or 837-prefixed numbers as new directories go into effect Sunday Aug 7 at 2:01 am.
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Whitesville
RNS
West Virginia
United States
Canada
Seth
Needy Urged to Sign Up for Daily Fayette Meals
All Fayette County residents who plan to eat daily at the Minden home of the Fayette Needy Association must register this week. Eligible are those receiving government surplus commodities and poverty-stricken families. The program welcomes people from Fayetteville Mount Hope Thurmond Gauley Bridge, with meal service planned three times daily if demand justifies it. No food will be given to take home.
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Fayette County
Minden
Fayette
W. O. Underwood
Whitesville Man Named To GOP Advisory Board
Rufus David Kannon of Whitesville has been named to the nationalities advisory board of the Republican National Committee. The announcement was made in Chicago by GOP chairman Thruston Morton. Kannon, a department store owner, is active in the Young Republican League and Rotary, is a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, and served in OSS and the State Department in 1945 in Shanghai.
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Whitesville
Rufus David Kannon
Charleston
Young Republican League
Republican National Committee
Chicago
GOP
Thruston Morton
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Kannon
Office of Strategic Services
U. S. Department of State
Shanghai
China
Hope Church Circle No 2 Debuts Candy Sale Plan
Mount Hope RNS Circle No 2 of Mount Hope Christian Church met with hostess Mrs Louise Vance. Mrs D B Hart presided as hostess and the group approved an October homemade candy sale. Mrs Robert Andrews gave the evening worship on The Thirteenth Zinnia. the study theme Heritage and Horizons In Home Missions was led by Mrs W M Givens. A cream social is set for Saturday 5 to 8 pm by the Christian Woman's Fellowship. Next meeting September 6 with hostess Mrs T A Warren. Guests Mrs Viola Barren and Mrs Andrews. Members present listed.
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Mount Hope
RNS
W. m. Givens
Christian Woman's Fellowship
T. A. Warren
Viola Barren
Beckley
Andrews
Wellsville
Ohio
Eunice Warren
A. Maude Roby
Eva Falletty
Jeanette Hartsow
Eva Beverley
Leslie Craver
Merle Beverley
Josephine Givens
Two-Ball Foresome To Open Sunday at Oak Hill
White Oak Country Club golfers will play in a Scotch or two-ball foresome this Sunday with tee times starting at 1 30 p m.
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Oak Hill
RNS
White Oak Country Club
Pineville Social Notes Include Trips and Camps
Pineville residents report a flurry of activities. Joseph Bragg attends a conductor's clinic at Marshall College while wife and daughters stay with her parents in Matoaka. Mary Beth Bragg joins a two week Girl Scout camp at Camp Ann Bailey, Lewisburg. The Olsen couple vacation in New York and Connecticut. Henkins family spends time at Claytor Lake, Virginia. Harmon family vacationing in Tennessee. Diana Arnold improves at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch after hospitalization. Mrs Kade Cooper undergoes surgery at Stevens Clinic Hospital. Betty Beavers visits Mullens. James Dow Cook spends weekend with Lane Cook family in Charleston.
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Pineville
RNS
Joseph ‘Bragg
Pine‘ville High School
Marshall College
New York
Connecticut
William Henkins
Barbara
Donna
Monnia Lee
Claytor Lake
Junior Harmon
Harvey
Tennessee
Diana Arnold
Mack Arnold
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Kade Cooper
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Betty Beavers
Harold Beavers
Council To Study Bus Stop Request In Oak Hill
Otis Morton seeks four Main Street bus stops to aid boarding and alighting near Murphy's and Kelly Drug. A city committee warned eight meters must move, risking about 180 monthly revenue, with potential seven meters if end-meter use. Further study approved after debate on revenue recovery and traffic impact.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Main Street
Otis Morton
City Bus Lines
Morton
Central Avenue
Oak Hill Avenue
Hotel Hill
W. R. Bennett
Howard Janney
J. S. McLain
Murphy's and Kelly
A&p
Janney
Walter Brown
Western Auto Store
Kelly Avenue
Brown
McLain
Oak Hill Guardsmen depart today for camp
Fifty three men and officers of Troop M, Third Reconnaissance Squadron, 150 Armored Cavalry leave Oak Hill Armory for Fort Stewart Ga. for 17 days of summer maneuvers including motor convoy. Seven others are on active duty at Fort Knox Ky. and an eighth sails Saturday. The group includes Capt. Arthur Burdiss and Lt. Emmett Pennock among many others with roles in security, supply, and maintenance. Additional personnel currently training or excused from summer training are listed.
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Oak Hill
RNS
150 Armored Cavalry
Fort Stewart
Fort Knox
Fort Knox Ky
Oak Hill Armory
Arthur
Fred) Burdiss
Emmett F. Pennock
Robert L. Johnson
James H. Jones
Ed Wygal
Haven F. Allen
William L. Criss
Joseph J. Sale Jr
Emmet J. Coleman
William C. Nichols
Howard E. Parrish
Elsie H. Prather
James C. Stanley
Robert W. Spath
Allen L. Stoner
Charles C. Underwood
John H. Fox
Lewis C. Ladoucer
Frank M. Tucker
Curb Your Watering To Protect Lawn Health
Do not overwater the lawn. Excess water makes soil waterlogged and robs roots of necessary air. Moderate watering supports healthy turf growth and prevents root damage.
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W.va. Tech
Motorola
Drexel
Ashworth & Sparks
Prince St
J.W. Jones
Summerlee Ave
Plymouth
Valiant
Wiz
Plymouth Savoy
Oak Hill Church
McKnight
Oyler
Whiteville
Mr. Hope Church Circle No. 2
Die D. Ward
George F. Harding
William E. Hinte
Larry W. Swannigan
Frederick W. Young
Henry A. Brenemen Jr
Lissie H. Carte
James W. Copley
John D. Cutlip
Donavon L. Giles
Franklin D. Payne
Clarence R. Pennock
Clarence V. Skaggs
Alexander Snedden
John T. Sumner
William
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