Area Baptist Church To Observe 117th Anniversary Sunday
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Oak Hill marks its 117th anniversary with an all day service from Summerlee to Lochgelly. Pastor Rev. T G Cochran will preach with guest ministers Rev. Yee Rogers Bradley and Rev. Johnny Mullins. The church traces its roots to 1843 in the Salem Road area and moved to Oak Hill after Civil War tensions.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church
Fayette County
Thurmond
Jones
Duncan
O Bibb
Summerlee
Lochgelly
T. G. Cochran
Yee Rogers
Bradley
Johnny Mullins
Packs
Bethel Church
Salem Road
Amherst County
Fancy Hill
Bethel
Main Street
Central Avenue
Church Street
Summerlee Avenue
Oak Hill Theatre
Pineville Family and Friends Visit Pineville Area
Local social notes list numerous visits and guests in Pineville and nearby towns. Cecil Snyder and family visit Pennsboro and Pineville relatives. Akron and Wheel ing visitors join Pineville households. extended family followers include trips to Watauga Lake and Charleston with multiple households hosting relatives from Mullens Marianna Baileysville Toledo and more. Community members share weekend gatherings, dinners and picnics at 4 H Grounds Beckley.
Columbus guest Clear Fork Dillon weekend visit
Clear Fork Delano Dillon from Columbus Ohio spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Otey Dillon Spending the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Dillon are Mr and Mrs Coolidge Stover from Van Mr and Mrs James Williams have moved to Lawson now residing at the former home of Cephas Jarrell visiting Bethal Kincaid Rhodell Wednesday were his mother Mrs Wally Kincaid Colcord sister Mrs Donnie Hamilton and children Sherri and Stephen of St Petersburg Florida and niece Donna Jean Perry Dayton Ohio Weekend guests of Mrs Snowden Thompson were her grandson Roger Castello and granddaughter Debbie Castello of Itmann Mr and Mrs Bill Hinkle and Bob Morgan of Anderson Indiana spent the weekend here with relatives Hinkle and Morgan are debs at Anderson College
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Elbert E. Lash
Wheeling
Robert Kuhn
Jane
Pineville
Roy R. Brooks
Dora Reid
Dora Nell
Cedarbluff
E. N. Reid
Roy
Superior
Ted Brooks
Charles
Mullens
Aulda Cook
Sherry
Buddy
Washington, D. C
Frank Dalton
New Richmond
Ray Beymer
Ada
Sandy
Watauga Lake
Tenn
Rodney Shannon
Ozzie Cook
Ozzie
Cathy
Lendell Beverly
Baileysville
Carl Parks
Shiela
Ranny
Jim Parks
Susie
Don
Bill
Marianna
Sam H. Wright
Gary Lee
Delman Wright
Toledo
Ohio
James Cook
Fay Mitchell
Robin
Martha Cummings
Zane Childress
Michael and
Allen
Lee Childress
War
Wendall O'Dell
Charleston
Jack Shipman
Gilbert Goode
Kitty Goode
Sue Rose
Miss Rose
Miss Goode
Erick Edwards
Phil and
Linda
Ronnie Rose
N. W. Peters
Powellton
Bill Harper
Enos Williams
Bluefield
Tommy Catron
Jack Basham
Jackie
Robert Browning
Richard
Bobbie
Beckley
Bob Jack Shipman
And
Delano Dillon
Columbus
Otey Dillon
Clyde Dillon
Coolidge Stover
Van
James Williams
Lawson
Cephas Jarrell
Bethal Kincaid
Rhodell
Wally Kincaid
Colcord
Donnie Hamilton
Sherri
Stephen
St. Petersburg
Fla
Donna Jean Perry
Dayton
Snowden Thompson
Roger
Debbie Castello
Itmann
Bill Hinkle
Bob Morgan
Anderson, Ind
Hinkle
Morgan
Anderson College
Mr Hope Group To Organize Mustang Club
Mount Hope area residents from Quinnimont Bradley Pax Glen Jean Scarbro Thurmond will gather at Mount Hope High School Auditorium at 7:30 for a meeting to organize a Mustang Club to support athletic programs. Raymond Tissue serves as temporary chairman and invites the public, including families from nearby communities, to attend.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Quinnimont
Bradley
Pax
Glen Jean
Scarbro
Thurmond
Mount Hope High School
Mustang
Raymond Tissue
Tissue
Harvey
Louisiana School Showdown Looms
New Orleans faces a federal state desegregation clash as Gov. Jimmie Davis takes over Orleans Parish schools to block integration. A federal court orders first grade desegregation next fall, with a 31 white parents and NAACP suit seeking injunction to halt Davis action.
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New Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis
Orleans Parish
US. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
National Assn
Advancement of
Oliver B. Carriere
Wright
Carriere
Oceana Coach Attends Biology Institute
Oceana High School teacher Paul Greer and his family returned from Columbia Missouri where he attended the National Institute for Biology Teachers at the University of Missouri. The program ran June 13 to August 5 covering botany and zoology and awarded eight graduate hours with sponsorship by the National Science Foundation.
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Kopperston
Rnis
Paul ‘Greer
Oceana High School
Columbia
National Institute For Biology
University of Missouri
Greer
National Science Foundation
Pax Pax social notes in Beckley and Pax area
Mrs Rosie Lafferty is a patient at Beckley Hospital after major surgery on Monday. Weekend visitors included Cecil Stephens and family, H D Evans of Charleston, Dennis Keffer family, Claudia Canterbury, Delia Lively, Roy Holley and Linda, and Henry Moses with Carl Lunsford. Masie Aliff of Charleston, a former Pax resident, had major surgery Monday at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery. Raymond Treadway's family visited in Oak Hill. Sherry and Terry Holdren travel to Norfolk to join Franklin Holdren on his way to the U S S Ault in the Mediterranean. Mr and Mrs J I D Janney and Jack Logan and family visited Pax. Jack Murdock and Sophia hosted.
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Rosie Lafferty
Beckley Hospital
Mertie Keffer
Cecil Stephens
Diamond
H. D. Evans
Charleston
Dennis Keffer
Debbie
Dennis Jr
Steve
Claudia Canterbury
Delia Lively
Roy Holley
Linda
Henry Moses
Carl Lunsford
Masie Aliff
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Raymond Treadway
Ollie
Ottie
Christy
Oak Hill
Wrenix Treadway
Janice Holdren
Sherry
Terry
Norfolk
Franklin D. Holdren
U.S.S. Ault
Mediterranean
Janney
Jack Murdock
Sophia
Jack Logan
Robert
Carolyn
Pax
Bayside Pool Scene Ends With Alarmed Child
A group lounged by a Bayside suburban pool as one applied tanning lotion. Six year old Bruce Cartwright watched with concern and shouted a warning, saying Look out. You're getting trusty.
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Milwaukee
Bayside
Bruce Cartwright
Barron Defends Democrats At Fayette County Dinner
W W Barron, Democratic gubernatorial nominee, told Fayette County officials that the party is the majority in West Virginia and the nation because it fights the people s battles. He urged aggressive voter registration and cautioned against overconfidence after four years of GOP rule.
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Beckwith
W. VA
W. W. Barron
Democratic Party
West Virginia
Nation
Fayette County
Democratic Executive Committee
Babcock State Park
Hulett C. Smith
Barron
Gravity Means Weight Loss When Moving Between Cities
A humorous note states that a man gains and loses weight due to gravity, claiming a heavy person could shed about half a pound by traveling from Washington D. C. to Quito, Ecuador, highlighting a playful physics idea rather than a factual medical claim.
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Washington D. C
Quito
Ecuador
Oak Hill Nazarene Church 10th Anniversary Observed
Oak Hill Church of the Nazarene marks its 10th anniversary with guest minister the Rev. O C Rushing and singing by the Frank Kinder family. The 9:45 a.m. Sunday school. 11 a.m. service. 7 p.m. youth and evangelistic services feature the Rev. H H Hendershot. The congregation grew from a tent to over 100 members with 300 in Sunday school, and church debt has fallen from about 70 000 to under 16 000. The work was begun by Rushing and continued since 1954 by Dr E E Hale and wife.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Church of the Nazarene
O. C. Rushing
Frank Kinder
South Charleston
H. H. Hendershot
West Virginia
Mr. Rushing
E. E. Hale
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders relieve 23rd U.S. Infantry
First Britains on the Korean front were the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. They relieved the battle weary men of the 23rd U.S. Infantry Regiment.
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
23Rd
U. S
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Cecil Snyder
Pennsboro
Bob Snyder
Tommy
Barbara
James Plaster
Donald
Akron
Paige Hinzman
Mr. Hope
Mustang Club
Louisiana
Oceana
Biology Institute
Webb’s Florist
Penney’s
Penney
Fayette Demos
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Penney's
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Plaid ’N’ Plain
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Penlon
Beckley and Lyric Theatre
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