Farewell Party For Miss Woodrum At Oak Hill
Oak Hill residents gathered for a surprise farewell party honoring Miss Jo Woodrum of 429 Park St. She departs Aug 27 for a five week training course at Eastern Air. gifts and games were shared as she prepares to join a Miami trip and a new role with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Officials and friends including Miss Jean Kay and Miss Nancy Tennant attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Woodrum
Park St
Eastern Airparty
Ilines’ Stewardess School
Veteran of Foreign Wars Lodge
Jean * Kay
Marion Lane
Harold Brash
Warden
George Harris
Florida
C. K
Woodrum
Shaffer
Charleston
Oak Hell
Ritalday
Miami
Fla
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Oak Hill
Teddy Kania
Maude Mangin
John Lilly
Cletus Baughn
William McClung
E. B. Gwinn
Nancy Tennant
Doris Nell Franklin
Phyllis’ Evans
Charles Kurzyna
Nick Gwinn
Nora Cheeseman
Almeta Duncan
Martha Helton
Orval Dickson
Helen Hunsaker
Sam , Stuzas
V. ¢. Sundstrom
Kenneth Carroll
David Darling
Colcord Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits and Births
Colcord residents report visits with family in Charleston Ashland and Searsport plus trips to Louisville and Portland. Birth announcements include Janet Elaine Coleman born Wednesday at Charleston General Hospital and Cheryl Ann Wright born August 2 at Kanawha Valley Hospital. Local moves, travel plans and a note on potato chips as 1855 U.S. potato production split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mich
Mary Stover
Charles
Jimmy) Pettry
Vero Beach
Fla
Alfred Pettry
Cokord
Mariellen Pettry
A. HB. Wilson
Wees
Portland
Ray Stover
S. Dickerson
Notomine
Wayne Stover
Columbus
Ohio
Cliford, Lawrence
Earl Eugene Stover
Lois Williams
James Jarreit
J. Colcord
Dallas
Miss Janet Grounds Honored At Surprise Farewell Party
A surprise farewell party was held Tuesday at the home of Miss Janet Grounds in Kincaid. Rev Lillian Childers and Miss Patsy Franklin hosted. Grounds, a 1956 Collins High School graduate, will begin nurses' training at McMillan Hospital Charleston Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Haul
RNS
Janet Grounds
Kincaid
Lillian Childers
Patsy Franklin
Joan Berry
Evelyn Liky
O'Dell Wilson
Virginia Poindexter
Loretta Ellison
Joyce McKinney
George Campbell
Donald Lambert
Alega Malenick
Nora Jane Bays
Naomi Bays
Oak Hill
Shirley Williams
Gail Tufts
George Newell
Fayetteville
Mona Hartwell
Powellton
Pauline Porter
Linda
Chariton Heights
Sunshine Club Fetes Members With Outdoor Dinner
In Colcord the Dorothy Presbyterian Church Sunshine Club hosted an outdoor dinner for the women. Guests included president Maude Foster and members such as Louise Hawkit Betty Thomasson Maggie Henry Velma Robinson Bill Mapn Mary Lou Massey Bonnie Tackett Mack Mullens and others. The hostess Mrs G L Kincaid received a birthday cake and gifts while Hawkins was also honored with a birthday gift. The group planned a gift package for a Pinecrest patient they sponsor.
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Kincaid
Blue Pennant Personal Notes From Columbus Visit
Blue Pennant notes show Miss Violet Buzzard staying three weeks with relatives and friends in Columbus Ohio. Richard and Lonnie Ray Dillon also visit their sister Nadine in Columbus. Miss Sue Davidson returns home after visiting friends in Cleveland Ohio.
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Blue Pennant
BNS
Violet Buzzard
Columbus
Ohio
Richard
Lonnie Ray Dillon
Nadine
Sue Davidson
Cleveland
Ameagle Livestock Sale Reports Mixed Prices and Visitors
Jed Byers of Ameagle returns to Baltimore after visits with relatives in Ohio and Montreal. Calves and cows show ranges from 12.00 to 25.00 with various grades listed. The Jarrell family hosts and expects relatives from Ashland Ohio. hospital visit noted for Charles Townsend Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameagle
RNL
Jed Byers
Baltimore
USDA
Calhoune
Claude
Jarrell
Ohio
Ina Byers
Jed
Choice
Lydia Harless
Claude Jarrell
Ashland
Colcord
Goldie Dotson
Carnifex Ferry Celebration Planned in Nicholas County
The Carnifex Ferry Celebration on September 9 was announced by park commission member Haynes Miller. Events begin at 9 am with singing and visiting choirs, a 11 am sermon by Rev. G P Robinson, and a 11:30 am tribute to J Aldred Taylor. The Nicholas County High School band parades at 1 pm, with a 4:20 pm afternoon program. Youth groups from across Nicholas County participate, including Future Farmers of America units led by Carl Cook and Azel Dorsey, 4H, Richwood Girl Scouts, Sparks Stickland family, Richwood Boy Scouts, and a closing flag pledge with a band number. The public is invited.
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Fayettevelze
ANS
Carnifex Ferry
Haynes Miller
Park Commission
G. P. Robinson
J. Aldred Taylor
Nicholas County High School
Wil
Future Farmers of America
Carl Cook
Azel Dorsey
Craigsville
Delphi
Ruth Butcher
Richwood Girl Scouts
Bert Smith
Sparks
Stickland
Rich ,Wood Boy Scouts
Doris Kuhn Weds James Flowers
Doris Jean Kuhn and Sgt. James Flowers wed Aug 17 at Holiness Tabernacle Charleston. The bride wore a yellow suit with navy accessories. Maid of Honor was Leno re Wiseman. After the ceremony the couple left for a honeymoon at White Sulphur Springs. Flowers will report to Columbus, Ohio, after Sept 4 joined by his wife later.
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Sylvestor
RNS
Burk L. Kuhn
Sylvester
Doris Jean
James Flowers
Myrtle Flowers
Elkwen
Holiness Tabernacle
Charleston
Earl Hisson
Lenore Wiseman
White Sulphur Springs
Sgt. Flowers
Columbus
Ohio
Railroads push new ideas to boost share of transport market
The article notes railroads aiming to raise freight and passenger service through faster trains and redesigned yards. Pennsylvanias James M. Symes forecasts a 40 percent rise in freight traffic over ten years, with 790 billion ton miles yearly if current shares hold. Innovations include all aluminum streamliners, tubular steel trains, two level coaches, interchangeable sleepercoach cars, and mixed rack and box cars. A radioactive box car and irradiation for foods are also mentioned as future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
James M. Symes
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Burlington
Pullman’ Co
Chesapeake & Ohio
Fairbanks, Morse of
Chicago
Baltimore market notes on fruits poultry and prices
Baltimore wholesale prices show apples and cantaloupes up modestly with 2% inch increases and fresh Elberta peaches, Maryland and Pennsylvania bunched stock steady to higher. Poultry supply remains moderate with fair demand for top quality. turkeys and hens show varied, wholesale broilers 2.4? per lb and young hens 38-39 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
MD Usis
W. Va
Elbertas
Pa Usis
Bu Bkis
Cumberland
Halehavens
MD & Pa
Bkt
Shower Honors Beckley Woman at Clifftop Gathering
A Beckley resident, Mrs. Vonnie Grose, was honored with a stork shower hosted by Mrs. John Ritter in Clifftop. Games provided evening entertainment with prizes, refreshments were served by hostesses, and numerous guests attended including Mrs. Helen Sims, Mrs. Gladys Isaacs, and many others with their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vonnie Grose
Beckley
John Ritter
Bitter
Arbutes Bailes
Helen Sims
Gladys Isaacs
Mabel Carter
Nancy Janinnie
Bertell Dixon
Brenda
Sylvester Fans Travel to Cincinnati to See Reds Braves
Sylvester residents Robert Lee Raymond and Hester Kubo traveled to Cincinnati Ohio Friday night to attend a baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Milwaukee Braves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
Rns
Robert ,Lee
Raymond
Hester Kubo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati Reds
Milwaukee Braves
Livestock Market Report 1825 36 Barrowe and Gills
Barrowe and Gills catalog cattle and sheep weights and prices for numerous lots. Prices range from 13.06 to 18.00 per hundredweight for various hogs and sows, with lambs quoted around 3.00 and bulk sheep notes noting good to prime quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrowe and
Gills
Willing Workers Club Plans For Ham Dinner
The Willing Workers Club of the Women of the Ameagle Presbyterian Church met for a semi monthly meeting with Mrs. Carl Hamilton as hostess. They planned a ham dinner to support church expenses and the club treasury. A door prize was won by Mrs. Carl Walker. Attendees included Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Raymond Coats, Mrs. Joan Wiseman, Mrs. John ee, Mrs. net Mitrow, Mrs. John Conkle, Mrs. Holley Kinder, Mrs. Charles Smith, Mee Harry Kinder, Mrs. Carl Walker, Mrs. Emil Wiseman, Mrs. Herbert Hoo aker and Mrs. Ina Byers. The next meeting will be Aug 28 at the church with Mrs. Holley Kinder as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameagle
RNS
Willing Workers Club
Ameagle Presbyterian Church
Carl Hamilton
Carl Walker
Hamilton
Raymond Coats
Joan Wiseman
Johnee
Net Mitrow
John Conkle
Holley Kinder
Charles Smith
Harry Kinder
Emil Wiseman
Herbert Hooaker
Ina Byers
Hager Reunion Set For Sunday Returns to Ramage
The Hager Reunion, a Boone County staple, returns this year in Ramage on August 36. Congressman Robert C. Byrd and Judge C. Chambers will speak, with musical acts by Gospel Harmony Boys of WSAZ TV, the Melody Four, Whamas Mixed Quartet, the Happy Valley Four, and the Coal River Four.
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Whitesvelle
Hager
Ramage
Boone County
Robert C. Byrd
C. Chambers
Seakers
M Much
Gospel Harmony Boys
Wsaz TV
Melody Four
Whamas
Happy Valley Four
Coal River Four
Pineville Teenagers Injured In Sideswipe Crash
Three Pineville teenagers were hospitalized after their Model car sideswiped a truck near the Pineville Drive In Theater. The car rolled three times and plunged 16 feet off an embankment. Driver Garland Privett suffered a broken left leg, Ozzie Cook, a broken collarbone, and Adale Cannady was injured severely about the head.
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Pineville
ANS
Pineville Drive
Ed Theatre
W. D. Andrick
Pirieville
State
Benny Hamilton
Oceana
Pinéville Hospital
Garland Privett
Ozzie and Cook
Adale Cannady
Whitesville Bloodmobile set to visit Princeton for Sept. 5
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Princeton on Sept. 5 with a local quota of 100 pints. The "Pint A Year" plan aims to limit calls to donors to one pint annually unless they request more. Donors with last names A through C are asked to give Sept. 5 or reschedule for later visits through Feb 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Princeton Red Cross
Ernest B
Spanger
Bloodmobile
Methodist Church
Roanoke
Red Cross
Roanoke Center
Oak Hill Delegates to Attend Pythias Convention in Fairmont
Oak Hill delegates join the Grand Council meeting of Knights of Pythias and Pythians at Fairmont. The three day event features a Pythian Sisters Banquet and a Sunday three day service. Attendees include W. T. Price and wife Goldie Price plus Layton K. Pegram Ben A. Gooch and G. Steele Calkin from Oak Hill and Gauley Bridge representatives Truslow S. Waldo and wife Mary Waldo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Knights of Pythias and Pythians
Grand Lodge
Pythian Sisters
P.nv
Fairmont Hole
W. T. Price
Goldie Price
Pythian Sisters Temple No. 12
Layton K. Pegram
Ben A. Gooch
G. Steele Calk
Charley Reed
Beckley
Gauley Bridge
Truslow S. Waldo
Oak Hill Lodge
Pastoranc
Mary
Waldo
Ansted’ Pythian Sisters
Price
Supreme Convention
Grand Secrtaries Association
New Orleans
Supreme Lodge Youth Commission
Carolyn Flesher
Ravenswood
Fayette County Couples Seek Marriages In Fayetteville Clerk Office
Nine couples have filed for marriage licenses in Fayette County with details listing each groom and bride. Names include Mathew Bounds and Phyllis Underwood. Franklin Balding and Martha Miller. Thomas Hawthorne and Opal Roles. Walter Harrah and Virginia Clark. John Jarrell Jr and Patsy Crisp. James Jackson and Ann Thompson. Tris McKinney and Delphia Trent. Franklin Parker and Lula Caldwell. William Young Jr and Twila Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Mathew Timothy Bounds
Homer
Mabel Bounds
Powellton
Phyllis Underwood
Leonard
Grace Underwood
Bentree
Franklin D. R. Balding
David L
Georgia Balding
Oak Hill
Martha Ann Millier
Paul
Laura Miller
Scarbro
Thomas Everett Hawthorne
Wylie and
Peart I. Hawysthorne
Beckley
Opal Payne Roles
Francis M
Matt
Benjamin H. and
Ruth Jackson
Rhode Island
Ann Elizabeth ‘Thompson
Joseph and
Anna Thompson
Glen Fer ‘Tris
Basil McKinney
Joe
Cora McKinney
Delphia Trent
James
Estie Trent
Beckwith
Franklin Delano Parker
Alfred
Kate Parker
Corrinne
Lula Bell Caldwell
Ernestine
Elmer Caldwell
Minden
William H. Young, Jr
William
Helen Young
Vienna
Twila Patricia Dunn
Clemtine Dunn
Deepwater
Mrs Triggs Feted With Birthday Party
Danese West Virginia Saturday night a birthday party honored Mrs Trilby Triggs of Clifftop at her sister Mrs Nellie Ford’s home. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Stickler Mr and Mrs D C Nunn Joyce Bolling Mrs Laura Ford Mrs Lena Claypool Mrs Anna Higginbotham and many others.
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Danese
Trilby Triggs
Clifftop
Nellie Ford
John Stickler
Anna Nelle Nunn
D.C. Nunn
Joyce Bollling
Laura Ford
Lena’ Claypool
Anna Higgingbotham
Daisy Parker
Irene Adkins
Evonne
Arbutes Bailes
Kathryn Adkins
Janie Bostic
Lilliam Ford
Bonnie and
Freddy
Addie Arrington
Yuhal Dixon
Emme Shaver
Ida Handley
Mabel Carter
Carlos Dixon
Tommy Shaver
Bob Toombs
Joni
Linda
Alfred Ford
Jimmy
Harold Triggs
Schissler Named Deputy Constable in Shaler Township
John M. Schissler of Shaler Township, already deputy sheriff and township commissioner, has been appointed deputy constable. He previously served as police chief in the township and now takes on another official role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John M. Schissler
Shaler Township
Sandstone coach Sugar Shull dies after crash
Marvin Lawrence Shull Jr., Sandstone High School athletic coach known as Sugar, died after an auto crash on West Virginia Route 3 near Lowell. Julian Fredeking Jr., 34, remained in critical condition. Shull, born August 13, 1927 in Glen Wilton, served 18 months in the Army and coached at Sandstone for three years. Funeral arrangements pending at E. M Meadows Funeral Home. Cecil Canterbury posted bond on reckless driving charges. state police indicated manslaughter possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
ANS
Marvin Lawrence Shull Jr
Sandstone High School
Shull
Air Force
Listen
Glen Starcher
State Police
Canterbury
Stark Shower Fetes Mrs Clarence Ford at Devlah Church
In Oceana Ohio area, Mrs Clarence Ford was honored with a Stark shower Friday at Devlah Methodist Church. Hostesses from the Women’s Society of Christian Service presented prizes to Mrs Geneva Toler Mrs Maxine Cook Mrs Agnes Rider and Mrs Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Clarence Ford
Devlah Methodist Church
Women's Society of Christian Service
Geneva Toler
Maxine Cook
Agnes Rider
Ford
Tala’ Cook
Robert Dillion
George Gioladella
Helen, Ford
Norma Asbury
Agnes Ridser
Earl Webb
Bucy Blackburn
Christine Cook
Ed Harger
George Darnell
Harold Dillon
Marie Hunter
Genera_Toler
Loma Richardson
P. D. Raymond
Jaliss Norman Barnett
Record of a Oklahoma rainfall event in Pawnee
Weather observer Loyd Brumington received many calls as rain finally arrived in Pawnee Oklahoma. He greeted callers with a cheerful amount of rainfall 0.74 inches, noting it had been long since any moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee
Okla
Loyd Brumington
Brumington
Mrs M N Pashion Garten Treated at Oak Hill Hospital
Mrs. M. N. Pashion Garten is undergoing medical treatment at Oak Hill Hospital and has been a patient since Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
M.N. Pashion
Garten
Oak Hill Hospital
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Marien Lane
Harold War
den Ald
Colcord Personals
Betty Jo Thompson
Forest Chambers
Ded Byers
Galler
Freida Herron
Glen Herron
Barry
Kerry
Wayne
Della Ransom
W. D. Peters
Onl Lewis
Ted Nagle
Peters
Lewis
Billy Peters
Ae National Guard
Savannah
Basil Legg
Billy Legg
Junior
Peale
William Legg
U.S
Mullens Drive-In
Family Night
Miss Janet Grounds
Sunshine Club
Tames
Vinton Thomson
Ann
Cagle
Charles‘ton Memorial Hospital
Ber
Nicholas ‘Ounty
W. G. Brown
Oaké and Deitz. Com
Rush Butcher
Doris Kuhn
Business Mirror
Garden OF Evil
Ry Cooper - Richart Witwer ‘Sesee Bayford Chiemerrope
Pits
Peter Lawterd
Fm Colter
Open Air Theatre
Ctanapord
Family Nite
Ree Stiard
Otoin
Utsgr
Foar Rem Vu
Wyoming
WEESEL@AY - TEURSDAT
Oklahoma
Richard Drening
Pregy Coote Plis
Tley
Weyom - Alyzis Ballt
Boston
Whitesville
Henry Snodgrass
Josephine Hoefle
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Rufus Katinon
Wno
Tex
Kannon
D. Hassen
Texas
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J Whitesville
Glenn = Tabor
Naoma
California
Los Angeles
Thomas Jarrel
U. S
Rock Creek
Claude Meadows
Akron
Jinda Underwood
Wiliam H. Cooper
PAX
W. T. Blanken
Pax High School
Brook
Pythias
Fairmont
K. P. Lodge
Pueblo
Colo, UA
Henry A. Stetson
Rafferty
Coot
Thor Ontamed
Lan
Mountain Air Drive-In
Gien Jean
TwUrsar Family
Sopane
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