Coach Avis Partain Faces 1960 OHHS Grid Delays
OHHS coach Avis Partain reports three delays before the 1960 season. Bobby Foster will stay at Parkersburg High, turning down a $1000 raise and lighter teaching load. Delays include late equipment from a Massachusetts firm and Dr J B Thompson's examinations not finishing until Monday. 29 candidates reported. squad expected at 58. replacements for Foster not yet discussed.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Avis Partain
Foster
Russ Parsons
Sam Mandich
Mount Hope
Par‘tain
Massachusetts
J. B. Thompson
Partain
Bruffey
Bruffrey
Collins
Parkersburg
Oceana Woman's Club Plans Christmas Bazaar
The Oceana Woman's Club outlined plans for its annual Christmas Bazaar to be held Dec. 3 at the home of Mrs Otis Cook. Co chairs Mrs A G Lugar Jr and Mrs Cook led the Ways and Means Committee. Other items included fundraising ideas, sale of Christmas cards and wrapping paper, and plans for the Cosletmer bazaar in December. Members discussed the Cancer Drive and Adult Education Institute August 17-19 at West Virginia University Morgan town. Virginia Price urged attendance and noted dues for the West Virginia Pictorial Magazine are due, with coordination through Mrs James Hall or Mrs Otis Cook. Attendees included Mrs Cook Lugar Willis Adams Bob Crouch James Richardson H K Meredith James Hall Edd Estep and Virginia Price.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Woman's Club
Otis Cook
A. G. Lugar Jr
Cook
Ways and Means
Aecmaal
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Virginia Price
West Virginia Pictorial
James Hall
Circle No 2 Conducts Meet at Fayetteville Church
Circle No 2 of the Fayetteville Methodist Church Woman's Society met Tuesday evening at Mrs. Max Neubert's Maple Road home. Devotional topic New Vision led by Mrs. Charles S. Thompson. About 20 dollars from a bake sale were reported. New member welcomed, Mrs. Harry Richards.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Fayetteville Methodist Church
New Vision
Charles S. Thompson
Morgantown
Max Neubert
Maple Road
J. H. MacQueen
Clifford E. Chapman
J. W. Eary
Ernie Wilson
John Lodder
A. B. Wilson
Irene Cavendish
Ernest Amick
Gilbert Milton
Kenneth Tygrett
Charles §. Thompson
Delta Harrah
Steve Richards
Harry Richards
Methodist Men To Complete Church Room
The Oceana Methodist Church Methodist Men's Fellowship planned to finish the fellowship room in the church basement at the Tuesday meeting. They voted to certify Smith and Monroe McClain as lay speakers, with McClain serving as district lay leader. McClain reported on the Layman's Institute to be held at Jackson's Mill September 16-18. The meeting was led by president Herman Hopkins. others present included Norman Hopkins James Hall Drewey Mitchell Ray Shannon Rev Art Carter Monroe McClain and Tom Smith.
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Oceana
RNS
Methodist Men's Fellowship
Oceana Methodist Church
Om Smith
Monroe McClain
McClain
Jackson's Mill
Herman Hopkins
Norman Hopkins
James Hall
Drewey Mitchell
Ray Shannon
Art Carter
Tom Smith
Oceana Airman Named Airman of the Quarter Targeting Denmark
A C Jerry J. Webb 23, son of Saxon natives, was chosen Airman of the Quarter for May to July with $25 and a Copenhagen three day pass. An 81st TAC fighter Wing standout at Bentwater, England, Webb has served in Saudi Arabia France and England. He has visited Greece East and West Germany Switzerland and other nations. His uncle Cpl John P. Webb, killed Feb 25 1945 in World War II, is buried in France. Webb has 17 months left in a three year tour.
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Oceana
ANS
Jerry J. Webb
Jethro of
Saxon
81St
TAC
Bentwater
England
Copenhagen
Denmark
Air Force
Saudia Arabia
France
Greece
West Germany
Switzerland
Webb
Cpl
John P. Webb
Cpl. Webb
Trap Hill
A. G. Luger Lumber Co
Wyoming Man Hospitalized for Gunshot Wounds
Mullens resident John Hoskins was admitted to Wyoming General Hospital at 6 40 p m Thursday for shotgun wounds to the right foot and left leg. The doctor said the injuries occurred when another person fired at a snake.
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Mullens
Rns
John Hoskins
Wyoming General Hospital
Hoskins
Wreck Victims From Concord College Still Hospitalized
Three Concord College students and Mrs Eugene Evans remain hospitalized after a head on collision with a truck near Matoaka while en route to classes. Evans has home from Bluefield sanitarium with facial and eye injuries. Betty Lane was released from Princeton Memorial with facial lacerations and bruises. Mary Curtis Lewis and Eric Pack remain hospitalized at Princeton and St Luke's with back injuries facial wounds and extensive lacerations. Pack required about 150 stitches and is recovering strength.
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Princeton Memorial Hospital
Princeton Hospital
Mary Curtis Lewis
Dora Lewis
South Mullens
Eric Pack
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bluefield
Boomer Man Retires Moves To Charleston
Thomas Boyd aged 65 retires from Union Carbide Metals Co Alloy after 24 years in the traffic department. He and his family relocate to Charleston. A transistor radio marks the retirement gift. Born in Scotland he came to the United States in 1920. His wife, also Scottish, married in Canada in 1926. They have two children Agnes Keith and a son Kenneth plus three granddaughters. The Boyds, longtime members of the local Baptist Church, were honored with a farewell at the church.
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Boomer
RNS
Thomas Boyd
Union Carbide Metals Co
Alloy
Boyd
Charleston
Scotland
United States
Canada
Agnes Keith
Wilmington
Del
Kenneth
Kansas City
Kan
Alderson- Broaddus College
Philippi
Kansas City Theological Seminary
First Baptist Church
Sterling
Boyds
First Baptist Church Men’s Bible Class Meet At Home
Oceana OCEANA RNS The Men’s Bible Class of First Baptist Church met Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Murvan Walker. Hubert White presided and led the devotional with pastors Rev Wayne Rollins and Rev Karl Lilly among the attendees. Visitors included several Kermit residents and family members, with social visits noted among local households.
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Oceana
RNS
First Baptist Church
Murvan Walker
Hubert White
Wayne Rollins
Karl Lilly
W. French Manning
Bert C. Green
Anthony Hurley Jr
Bob Cuddy
Carroll Brooks
Ronald Lee Cook
Homer Cook
Jack Woods
Kermit
William Dodd
Ricky
Salem
Roy Agee
Mae Cook
Cris Fisher
Epson Cook
Leland Cook
Leland
Helen Cook
Omar
Glen Blankenship
Sam Shawver
Laura Shawver
Goldie Stanley
Beckley
Tom Maynor
Raleigh
Trailer Drive Inn Beer License Revoked
The State Beer Commission revoked the license of Tommy Trent, owner of the Trailer Drive Inn at Stallings, Logan County, for four beer regulation violations. Trent forfeited a $200 bond and was charged with selling to an intoxicated person, allowing disorderly conduct on the premises, and possession and consumption of liquor on the licensed site.
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Charleston
State Beer Commission
Tommy Trent
Stallings
Logan County
Trent
Oak Hill Panel to Meet Over Gross Sales Tax Plan
Oak Hill council and a merchants committee will convene at 8 a.m. Saturday to review the budget and possible revenue options including a gross sales tax. They aim to settle finances before Tuesday when the budget must be approved and tax rates set for the next fiscal year.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Merchants Association
N. M. Steen
Pat Caldwell
Robert Nelson
Edward Huddleston
E. S. Hamilton
Commission of Businessmen
Charlie Miller
Miller
Walter Brown
Earl Mullins
S. C. Higgins Jr
Higgins
Tax Commission
Council
Oak HI
Long Airdox
Wilbur McMahan
Beckley
Appalachian Electric Power Company
McMahan
Montgomery
Meadow Bridge
Appalachian
Oldest Greenbrier College Alumna Dies
RONCEVERTE AP The oldest living alumna of Greenbrier College for Women 88 year old Elizabeth George Murrill of Dawson died yesterday in Dolin Nursing Home following a short illness.
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Ronceverte
Greenbrier College For Women
Elizabeth George Murrill
Dawson
Dolin
Singing Convention Scheduled For Sunday
Wyoming County Singing Convention will be held Sunday from 2 to 4 p m at the Marianna Church. All quartets and their immediate families will be honored at a dinner at Bee Dees Restaurant in Pineville after the event.
Snakes Force STEP Workers To Watch Stew
CHARLESTON AP Boone County STEP workers monitor their steps as snakes slither through four acres of cleanup. Workers report 38 copperheads and one rattlesnake killed on site and fear more snakes on higher ground near the hunting area. Paros island marble source is noted.
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Charleston
Boone County
STEP
Fork Creek
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