Oak Hill Plans 125th Anniversary Parade and Events
Oak Well area hosts week of Aug 27 celebrations marking Oak formation progress. City officials plan a parade from Collins High School to Oak Hill Stadium with band units and scouts invited. Survivors include several relatives and a long local history figure.
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Oak Hill
Gwinn
OAK Well
Oak
Hit
City Hall
Wallace Bennett
George Armstrong
Paul Mackey
Ervin Epperly
Argue Pace
Wave County
Perc
Coun
Samily
Armstrong
Fayette
Lockbridge
Janettie Lewis
Lucinda Smith
Ocie Phillipon
Washington, D. C
Pineville Personal Notes Roll Through Weekend Visits
Pineville residents share weekend visits with relatives across states and military towns. The column lists N R Singer and family from Waverly Ohio, Azel Brown and kin at Fort Bragg, plus others visiting Pineville from Cleveland and Princeton. A parade float plan, antique displays, and a medal of honor story add local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
N. R. Singer
Waverly
Ohio
A. B. Shannon
Azel Brown
Pine Ville
Cpl
Wesley J. Brown
Roy F. Thomas
Terry Lee
Fort Bragg
N. C
Z. A. Johnson
Mary Olive Anderson
E. M. Curry
Gayley Bridge
Carl Crawford
Bay
Pittsburgh
Charleston
H. L. Poll
Harva Mae
Bir
Dexter’ Goode and Son
Cleveland
Oak Hill Miner Injured in State Fall at New River Co op
Oak Hill resident John Adkins, 39, was admitted to Oak Hill Hospital after a state fall at work at New River Co op in Sumpeated Nass. He sustained bruises to the back and shoulders but officials report his condition as good. No other miners were injured. Commodities will be distributed at Layland today and Friday per L A Berry.
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Aubrey Bishop
Oak Hill
Roy
Central Ave
Fayette
RIIS
John Aikins
Oak
Hin
Oak Hill Hospital
New River
Sum Peated
Neriet
Layland
L. A
Berry
Fay ette County Recreation holds square dance Aug 2
Fayetteville RNS reports the Fay ette County Recreation Association will hold a square dance for members and guests at the county 4H camp on Aug 2 at 8 p.m. It is the summer quarterly meeting as the new fiscal year begins and dues are in order. Joe McClung chairs, Miss Ila Mae Proppe is secretary and members are asked to invite prospective members. Membership cards for 1956-97 admit free.
Raies Mount Hope resident rails at Middle East policy
Norman W. Raies of Mount Hope spoke at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco urging to keep the Arab-Israel issue out of the platform. He defended Nasser's control of the Suez Canal and warned that arming Israel would deepen Arab resentment and hinder U.S. interests.
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Norman W. Raies
Mount Hope
Middle East
San Francisco
Israel
United States
Rales
Republican Party
Portland
National Committee For Security and Justice
Counsol
Ge Resolutions Committee
Norman W. Baies
Ore
Raies
Sweet Shoppe
Hope Raies
National Association of
Fed-1
Kenaca
Chicago
Bates
Nasser
Suez
Egypt
San’ Francisco
Hannah Family Weekend Visit Spans Marlinton and Fairs
Mr and Mrs Ralph Hannah and their children Dianne and Ralph Edsel spent the weekend in Marlinton with the Varner family. Mrs Varner suffered a broken ankle in a Thursday fall and is reported improving. The Hannahs attended the Pocahontas County Fair and the State Fair Grounds in Lewisburg while relatives joined and extended visits continued with the Warners.
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Matheny
RNS
Pete Ralph Hannah
Dianne
Ralph Edsel
Marlinton
Harry Varner
Harry Peyton
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Collins High School
Jones Ave
Main St
Chestnut Ave
Chestnut
Church
Central
Fay
Dequasie
Nickell Funeral Home
Rainelle
First
Methodist Church
Eshet ‘Ecklebarger
Punxatawney
Ned C. Rogers
Ned
Susan
Bailey- Murphy
Virginia
W. C. Bailey
Baynice Westfall
Paul Goode
Jack Basham
Billanbury
Larry Gillenwater
Winston-Salem
GW. Blankenship
E. A. Blankenship
East Pineville
Baileysville
Haskell Cook
Fayette Group
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Thurston Morton
Suen Proysaal
sootet Associstion _stokesmen
North Africa
Alessio
Whitt
Hospitality and Coke
Pucity
Horsemaker
NEW River Supply Company
Oak Hill Theatre
RCA Free
River Company
MT. Hope
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