Oak Hill Laurel Rebecca Lodge Names Delegate
Oak Hill Laurel Rebecca Lodge 207 met to name Grace Williams as delegate to the state assembly in October in Parkersburg with Phyllis St. Clair as alternate. Marjorie Brady of Clarksburg spoke on Oddfellows and Rebeccas and plans to buy a cold storage for their Elkins home. Homecoming set for September 4 in Parkersburg to mark the 50th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNL
Grace Williams
Parkersburg
Phyllis St. Clair
Oak Hill Laurel
Rebecca Lodge
Marjorie Brady
State Assembly
Lodge 112
Clarksburg
Oddfellows and
Rebeccas
Elkins
Sadie Rush
Assembly
Goldi Collins
Martha Washington Lodge 46
Welch
Mae Silvers
Kathryn Martin
Effie McCoy
Medina Sexton
Virginia Conner
Ruth Col
Familiar Faces Worley Starts 18th Year At Marsh Fork
Claude Worley begins his 18th year as principal of Marsh Fork High School. Readied as the new term opens with unopened boxes of materials and copies of books for grades 11 and 12. Band practice announced for August 29 under director Donald Craft. Worley holds a Duke University masters and an A B from Concord College. His wife teaches at Glen Daniel Elementary. daughters Nancy and Claudia attend Concord College and Trap Hill High School.
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Montcoal
ANS
Claude Worley
Marsh Fork High School
Worley
Donald David Craft
Sixteen New TV Programs On Channel 4 This Fall
Channel 4 announces sixteen new shows this fall including seven hour long programs such as Cheyenne The Witness Checkmate Route 66 and Garry Moore and nine half hour programs including Angel Peter Gunn Wanted Dead or Alive and The Flintstones. Returning favorites include Gunsmoke Have Gun Will Travel Rawhide Maverick Lawman Perry Mason Zane Grey Theatre Hennesey Father Knows Best and Danny Thomas. Pro Football All Star Gold and Doug Edwards and the News will boost Channel 4’s primetime slate in Southern West Virginia.
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Channel 4
Cheyenne
Garry Moore
Angel
Peter Gunn
Gunsmoke
Rawhide
Maverick
Lawman
Perry Mason
Zane Grey Theatre
Hennesey
Ann Sothern
Danny Thomas
All Star Gold
Doug Edwards
West Virginia
Bryant Add On Gas Air Conditioner for whole home cooling
A new Bryant Add On Gas Air Conditioner now lets households convert existing gas heating systems into whole home air conditioning. The unit integrates with current gas systems to provide comprehensive cooling for the entire residence.
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Bryant
Social visit notes from Mount Hope residents
Mt Hope RNS reports guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Lay land Ayers over the weekend include Delbert Rucker and his children Lynn Jerry and Teddy of Titusville Florida. Mrs B J Butler plans a visit to her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs T L Read of Bristol Virginia for a week.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Layland Ayers
Delbert Rucker
Lynn, Jerry and
Teddy
Titusville
Fla
B. J. Butler
T. L. Read
Bristol
Virginia
Judys
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
Clifton Forge
Diane Cox
Cece Arritt
Mike Arritt
White Sulphur Springs
Louis Groves
Brady Bland
Louis Groves Jr
Morgantown
Lelia Holliday
Robert Holliday
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Lawrence Patterson
Lebanon
Ohio
Hensley Harrah
K. S. Patton
Wendell Backus
Beckley
Earl Fox
Alven
Frank Groves
Groves
Fayette County
School of Forestry
West Virginia University
Henry Hinegardner
Danese
Huntington
Norman Campbell
Gloria Lynn
Douglas
Marshall College
Campbell
Local society notes list several prominent ladies
Mrs Hattie Ingles Mrs Clare Neely Miss Martha Snedden and Mrs Kathleen Arthur appear among a circle of social leaders in the community, with activities and engagements noted in society pages.
Two Counties Could Impanel Grand Jury Over SRC Payroll
Two West Virginia counties Fayette and Kanawha may present the State Road Commission payroll issue to grand juries next month. Indictments, likely forgery charges, could arise from check signatures alleged as forgeries by Orval Q. Schoonover. Clay County remains the only county not yet slated for grand jury action.
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Clay County
SRC
Grand Jury
Associated Press
West Virginia Crime Commission
State Road Commission
J. Zane Summerfield
Fayette County
Kanawha County
Charles Walker
Road Commission
Summerfield
Orval Q. Schoonover
Yoo Nichols
Schoonover
Kanawha
Charleston
Grand
Clay
Crime Commission
Greenbrier County
Pineville Weekend Visits Reported in Local Notes
Pineville social notes list Mr. and Mrs. Sam H. Wright and son Gary Lee of Toledo as weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Parks. Other visitors include Delman Wright of Toledo with the Parks, J. W. Burton Sr. and families, and Blanche Cook returning home to Mt. Hope. Nearby visits note Willis Bowling’s Virginia trip, Eugene Neal family at Phelps, and Condar children visiting Pineville grandparents before joining their parents after trips in Kentucky and Indiana.
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Pineville
Rns
Sam H. Wright
Gary Lee
Toledo
Ohio
Carl Parks
Delman Wright
Jim Parks
Marianna
Crany
J. W. Burton
W. W. Bolt
Wilburn and
Jimmy
G. F Brown
Billy Ward
Blanche
Blanche Cook
Mt. Hope
Willis Bowling
Tazewell
Virginia
Eugene Neal
Randy
Karolyn
Eugene
Phelps, Ky
Robert Knight
Judith Ann
Thomas Selton Condor
Barboursville
C. R. Shelton
I. E. Condar
Kentucky
Indiana
Condar
Betty Ann Shelton
Mount Hope man to face R-E charges
A Mount Hope resident Billy Joe Johnson is held in New Philadelphia Ohio after a break in at Ami mar Department Store in Mount Hope. Police report the early Sunday incident and Monday arrest, with extradition to Fayette County for a hearing.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Billy Joe Johnson
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Amimar Department
Johnson
D. W. McCoy
Tom Twaddle
Walter Wilson
Fayette County
Basement flood leads to tub rescue in McLean
Jerome Robinson found his basement flooded with three feet of water in McLean and tried to reach a drain. He climbed into a floating tub to paddle toward the drain but the tub tipped, causing him to fall in.
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Mclean, Ill
Jerome Robinson
Robinson
Wyoming Board Member's Trial To Start Monday
The removal suit against Archie Lusk, a Wyoming County Board of Education member, is set to begin at 9 35 a m Monday in Wyoming County Circuit Court. Plaintiffs include Roy Hurst Ravencliff R J Caudill Pineville Denny Morgan Wolf Pen Tom Smith and Joel H Carson all of Glen Rogers. They allege Lusk voted for raises for his wife and sold bread and gas to Herndon High School. Six witnesses have been summoned. Lusk contends lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim, with the case before Circuit Judge Robert Worrell. Kingdon and Kingdon represents Lusk.
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Pineville
RNS
Archie Lusk
Wyoming County Board of Education
Roy Hurst
Ravencliff
R. J. Caudill
Denny Morgan
Wolf Pen
Tom Smith
Joel H. Carson
Glen
Herndon
Herndon High School
Don D. Cook
Oceana
Gilbert Goode
Acie B. Stewart
Charles V. Stewart
Mullens
Dean D Dale
Crab Orchard
Wyoming
Lusk
Robert Worrell
Queen for a Day moves to ABC networks time
Hollywood AP report on Queen for a Day switching from NBC to ABC, expanding reach to one million more housewives. The format stays, Bailey hosts a noon taping with contestants seeking prizes, including a German telephone call, a widowed friend’s course, and a Pomeranian bark splint, crowned with gifts and a gold limousine.
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Hollywood
Queen
NBC
ABC
M.C
Jack Bailey
Jack
East Germany
Los Angeles
Bailey
Wyoming Grand Jury Returns 26 Indictments in Wyoming County
A Wyoming County Grand Jury returned 26 indictments on Monday including two murders. Frank Bud Graley of Wolf Pen was indicted for the shotgun slaying of Frank Ashley on July 9. Charles Martin of Laurel Branch was indicted for the shotgun murder of his stepfather Andy Cook on May 29. Indictments also named moonshine operation defendants and listed charges for breaking and entering, felonious wounding, arson, grand larceny, and drunk driving. Several moonshine possession cases were noted with multiple defendants. The list includes Ward Farley, Gene Workman, and others, with Toler pleading guilty and set for sentencing September 12.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Franklin Bud Graley
Wolf Pen
Frank Ashley
Charles Martin
Laurel Branch
Baileysville
Andy Cook
Harry Edward Riggs
Herman Cook
Leroy Bud Toler
Warren Hurley
Guyan
Toler
Ted Bailey
Oceana
Carson Cook
Larry Conley
Robert Conley
Frank Tilley
Eugene Blevins
Johnny Green
Roy York
Oscar Parker
Roger Lee Sargent
Os Walton
Eugene Whitt
Ted McKinney
Acey Speed
Pendry
Joe Browning
Thelma Morgan
Harley McFay Lester
Gene Workman
Ward Farley
Clifford James
Local Mildred residents visit and medical updates
Oceana Walden Cook and son Bryant of Elk Lick visited in Oceana on Monday. Several residents described medical exams and treatments in Huntington and Beckley. Cody family visits and surgeries are noted with updates on patients at Veterans Hospital, Charleston Memorial, and Kanawha Valley Hospital.
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Barretts
Woodrow McKelvey
Debby
Linda
Geneva
Wayne Rollins
Beckley
John White
Cris Fisher
Jesse Rowe
Veteran's Hospital
White
Fisher
Rowe
Clear Fork
Ralph Poland
Nancy
Tommy
Wetzel County
Zanesville
Ohio
Arvin Drake
Bill Drake
St. Mary's Hospital
Huntington
Thelma Aliff
A. D. Scott
Matheny
Glenn
Gene Cozort
Mullens
Wade Cozort
Crany Church
Terry Lee
Philip Roach Jr
Charleston
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Philip Mark
Oceana
Angie Matthews
Jerry
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Ray Perry
Joan
Kenny Ray
Gregory
Cyclone
Bruce Perry
P. M. Roach
South Charleston
James Hatfield
Cora Sue
Hibert Ray
Thomas E. Lighfoot
Hinton
Ray Shannon
FE. G. Shannon
Corky
Claytor Lake
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Marsh Fork
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Beyond
Poss
Partain
Turner
William G. Turner
Avis Partain
Woodrow Wilson High School
Concord College
Mr. Hope
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St
Cynthia Lowry
Harmine Lyons
Oswald McKinney
Sammy Walton
R. E. Cavendish
Virgil Burgess
Cavendish
Minden
C. C. Neal
Neal
Towle
Louis XIV
Sterling
Wooddell’s
Main St
Court House
Jewelry
Towle's
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