Concord to Launch TV Instruction Courses in January
Concord College announces a television instruction program starting in late January on Channel 6 WHIS TV. R. T. Hill will teach world geography mid month, followed by J Linn Sheets with Education 201 psychology of human development for three semester hours.
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Athens
Concord College
Bluefield
Whis-Tv
R. T. Hill
J. Linn Sheets
S. L. McGraw
David Kirby
Dwiggins Couple Welcome Son James Arvin in Florida
Mr and Mrs James Dwiggins announce the birth of a son James Arvin born November 21 at Saint Marys Hospital West Palm Beach Florida The family formerly resided in Black Eagle Wyoming County and moved to Florida in March Mrs Dwiggins is former Rosa Lee McGraw
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Black Eagle
James Dwiggins
West Bloxham St
Lantana
Fla
Wyaoming County
James Arvin
Saint Mary’s Hospital
West Palm Beach
Dwiggins
Florida
Rosa Lee McGraw
Mullens Episcopal Vicar Ordained To Priesthood
The Rev. Charles H. Mencer, vicar of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Mullens, was ordained to the priesthood in a Monday service at Calvary Episcopal Church Montgomery. Bishop Wilburn C. Campbell presided with attendees including out of town relatives and clergy from Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
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Thomas Mencer
David
Phillip Johnson
Christ Episcopal Church
Harlan, Ky
Robert Johnson
Frankfort
Local Household News Briefs From Beckley Area
Pax Personal notices summarize visitors and family events across Beckley and nearby towns. Recipients include Mr and Mrs Larry Kelly hosting Thanksgiving guests from Maple Fork Johnstown Pa and Arkansas, and updates on Mrs Bert Live ly returning home after a week with sisters. Also notes on funerals, illness, hospital stays, and guests from Chicago Huntington Melbourne Quinwood.
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Bert Lively
Gertrude Sawyers
Stella Harshbarger
Beckley
Sam Hyden
Bill Hyden
Mindy Chapman
Margaret Poette
Jonesville
Larry Kelly
Clarence Williams
Carolyn Sue
Roger
Sharon
Maple Fork
Charles Williams
Johnstown
Perry Davis
Robin
Rhonda
Arkansas
Randolph White
Chicago
Ill
Jenny Lively
Eber Lively
Huntington
Everett Lively
Ira Stover
Patsy
Billy
Tracy
Quinwood
Lively
H. L. Knapp
Melbourne
Fla
Florida
Bob Williams
Prosperity
Raymond Kelly
Roselle Sutton
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Oceana Group Elects Officers
Oceana Bus iness and Professional Men and Womens group elected officers at Oceana Town Hall on Tuesday. James Dow Cook is president Lois Beane vice president Myles Crowder secretary and Jack Rider treasurer. Directors named were French Manning Herman Hopkins and Dwayne Belcher. Next meeting set for Dec 1 at Town Hall to finalize organization and name.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Business and
Oceana Town Hall
James Dow Cook
Lois Beane
Myles Crowder
Jack Rider
French Manning
Herman Hopkins
Dwayne Belcher
Town Hall
Frances Burruss To Wed John Hill
Frances Ann Burruss will marry John Hapton stall Hill in Mount Hope on December 21. Announcement given by her parents Mr and Mrs William Lewis Burruss Jr of Mount Hope. Hill is son of Mr and Mrs Claude Hill of Oak Hill. Burruss is WVU graduate employed by Fayette County Board of Education. Hill is Yale graduate and is pursuing graduate work at Ohio State University.
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Mount Hope
Frances Ann Burruss
John Haptonstall Hill
William Lewis Burruss Jr
Claude Hill
Oak Hill
Miss Burruss
West Virginia University
Fayette County
Sgt Gibbs Addresses Fayetteville BPW Club
Sgt Gibbs of Oak Hill State Police Detachment spoke to the Fayetteville Business and Professional Women’s Club on highway accidents caused by speed and alcohol. He discussed alibis used to dodge penalties, noted stricter driver examinations, and a Q A session followed. The event at Memorial Auditorium Library moved to Legion Home for refreshments. plans for the club’s program were made and the executive board will meet later to appoint a secretary. Miss Martha Thrift’s resignation leaves the office vacant with Mrs Keith Hunt serving.
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Martha Thrift
Fayetteville
Keith Hunt
Mrs. Lydia Mathena Rites Set In Princeton
Funeral services for Lydia Mae Mathena, 78, of Ingleside Road, will be held at 2 30 p m Saturday in Mt Horeb Methodist Church. Burial at Resthaven Cemetery. She died Wednesday after a long illness at Memorial Hospital. Born March 4 1880 in Mercer County she was preceded in death by husband Charles M Mathena. Survived by four sons Thurman Jess Guy and Paul all of Princeton four daughters including Violet Mathena of Fort Lauderdale and Mrs Archie Bowles of Welch one sister Julie Linkenhaker of Roanoke three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Body to be moved from hospital to home at 3 p m today then to church one hour before services. Pallbearers named.
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Princeton
RNS
Lydia Mae Mathena
Mt. Horeb Methodist Church
Haywood Price
Roby Belcher
Resthaven
Mathena
Ingleside Road
Memorial Hospital
Mercer County
Charles M. Mathen
Thurman
Welch
Jess
Guy
Paul
Arthur Crotty
Eula Mathena
Violet Mathena
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Archie Bowles
Julie Linkenhaker
Roanoke
Woodrow
Herman
Walter Belcher
James Wine
Roy Farley
W. C. Gilpin
Forty one admitted to Mullens Hospital this week
Forty one patients were admitted to Wyoming General Hospital during the week ending Saturday. The roster includes Mrs. Maude Miller and many others from Mullens, Otsego, Stephenson, Bud, Corinne, and surrounding areas, with names listed by day of admission.
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Mullens
Betty Finney
Greta Privett
Pineville
Ruth Brammer
Hazel Collinsworth
Felix Dixon
Otsego
Leroy Payne
Linda Morgan
Oceana
Raymond Perdue
Ellen Penturff
William Osley
Canton
Ohio
Iona Fountain
Lester
Phyllis Green
Stephenson
Pamela Billings
JoAnn McKinney
Bud
Geraldine Patrick
Corinne
Dolly Waycaster
Allen Junction
Myrtle Wilson
Rhodell
Cassie Grant
Wesley Coyer
Charles Land
MacArthur
Fred Richardson
Wyco
Thomas Milam
Matheny
Dora Lafon
Edward Bragg
Nick Mohelis
Youth Shoots Off Toe In Rabbit Hunting Accident
Eugene Lusher, youth son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Lusher of Lookout, is treated at Oak Hill Hospital after a gun misfire. He rested the firearm on his foot and accidentally pulled the trigger, severing his toe.
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Lookout
Eugene Lusher
Oak Hill Hospital
Raymond Lusher
Railway Miles in Continental United States
Approximately 219800 miles of point to point railway lines exist in the continental United States. This total excludes parallel tracks and yard sidings.
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Continental United States
Mrs Verle Nutter Rites Held in Two Cities
Funeral services for Mrs Verle Nutter were planned in two locales with morning rites at Evans Funeral Home in Oceana and afternoon services at Spurgeon Funeral Home in West Union. The 54 year old, widow of Benjamin Nutter, died after a long illness in Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch. She was born Dodridge County to the late A E and Rose Coplin and survived by her husband, three sons, two sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren.
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ITON
Verle Nutter
Evans
Oceana
William Street
Spurgeon
West Union
Dodridge County
A, E
Rose Radcliffe Coplin
Benjamin
Brenton
Benjamin Jr
St. Albans
Thomas
Robert
Hampton
Clay Maxwell
Baltimore
Audra Ozigans
New Concord
Ohio
Brooks
Pencil resurfaces from a vanished high school item
In 1942 Kenneth Barrett misplaced an automatic pencil in a Shawnee high school typing class. A Shawnee News-Star reader recently sent a letter describing taking the pencil and now explains they are returning it by report.
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Shawnee, Okla
Kenneth Barrett
Shawnee News- Star
Miss Matney Sings Solo in Handel’s Messiah at Morris Harvey
Baileysville girl Sarita Matney will perform as a soprano soloist in the 19th annual community Messiah at Morris Harvey College auditorium Charleston. The event features Morris Harvey Choir Charleston Civic Chorus and a 22 member orchestra with over 200 chorus voices under Harold W. Ewing. Matney recently won the Charleston Symphony statewide talent contest and studied with Mrs. J H Lockwood. Other soloists include Barbara Pierson Austen contralto Dr George R Mayfield Jr tenor and Maynard McCann bass.
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Baileysville
RNS
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Morris Harvey
Charleston Civic Chorus
Charleston Symphony
Harold W. Ewing
George R. Mayfield Jr
Vanderbilt University
Maynard McCann
First Presbyterian Church
McCann
West Virginia Institute of Techonolgy
Indiana University
Michael Dunz 4 Funeral Today
Funeral services for Michael Eugene Dunz were to be held at 2 PM in Central Union Church conducted by Rev. B. E. Skeens. Burial in Wilfong Cemetery. The Brush Country youngster born in Indianapolis on July 26, 1954, died after a shotgun accident. He is survived by his mother and stepfather Levi Irvine, four brothers James in Tampa Roy in Indianapolis Robert and Billy at home, three sisters Cora Thompson in Indianapolis Jeannie Dunz Teresa Dunz at home, and half sister Lisa Belle Irvine.
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Blinton
Michael Eugene Dunz
Central Union Church
B. E. Skeens
Wilfong
Brush Country
Mike
Indianapolis
Ind
Levi Irvine
James
Tampa, Fla
Roy
Robert
Billy
Cora Thompson
Jeannie
Teresa Dunz
Lisabelle Irvine
J Andrews Named Student Rotarian of the Month
James W Andrews of West Virginia Institute of Technology named student Rotarian of the month by Montgomery Rotary Club. He serves as student body president and Collegian editor, is a licensed Baptist minister, nominated for a Fulbright, and plans seminary study after graduation.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
James W. Andrews
Andrews
Tech
Collegian
Montgommery
Fayetteville High School
James L. Andrews
Boomer
Golden Bears
18 Mine Workers Receive Awards Kopperston
Eighteen Kopperston mine employees of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates were awarded for 375 years of service. A. A. Cobb, mine superintendent, presented the honors in the Kopperston grade school dining room. James H. Justice received the longest service award of 30 years.
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Kopperston
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
A. A. Cobb
James H. Justice
Aubrey Cook
Cressell Bailey
Theodore R. Bailey
Leonard Boothe
Sidney Brooks
James D. Canterbury
Jefferson Earl Cook
Loyd Cook
Rufus Davidson
John Edwards
Asa Ford
Ervin Gross
General J. Lewis
Wannie McCarty
R. H. Pennington
Oleg C. Stewart
John R. Workman
Capitol Transit Wins 36-Mile Bus Route Trial
Public Service Commission grants Capitol Transit a 36 mile Leewood to Powellton route in Kanawha and Fayette counties. A 30 day trial starts with three Leewood to Montgomery trips daily at 7 a.m. and four Powellton departures at 8 25 a.m. R. M. Toney says aim is to unify the system and restore profitability.
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Charleston
Capitol Transit, Inc
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
Powellton
Fayette County
Public Service Commission
Capitol
R. M. Toney
Leewood
Rayford
Decota
Montgomery
Armstrong Creek
Capitol Transit
Toney
Angler Couple Bring 54 1/2 Pounds of Bass to Dam Dock
Ed Allen and his wife, operators of a Chickahominy Lake boat rental, fished four hours and returned with 10 bass weighing 54 1/2 pounds, ranging from 3 to 8 1/2 pounds. They exhibited the catch at their dock.
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Walkers Dam
Ed Allen
Chickahominy Lake
83 Tech Students Have Scholarships
Montogomery report lists 7 new West Virginia Institute of Technology scholars. Recipients Daniel Clench Alva Williams Shirley Jean Morrison Angela Nunley Richard A Hart Kathryn J Hamrick James C McKinney will each receive a $100 Benedum Scholarship while others share a $250 Kanawha Valley Mining Institute grant.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Tech
Koester Colville
Daniel Clench
Alva Williams
Pond Gap
Kanawha Valley Mining Institute
Shirley Jean Morrison
East Bank
Dana Ervin
Angela Nunley
Smithers
Knights of Columbus
Richard A. Hart
Charleston
Kathryn J. Hamrick
Clendenin
James C. McKinney
Claude Worthington Benedum
Fancy Cut Sparks Bridge Game Queens Drawn
In Shawnee Oklahoma players cutting cards for partners drew the queen cards of each suit club diamond heart and spade in that sequence, signaling a playful end to the session.
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Shawnee, Okla
Norfolk teen becomes first blacksmith apprentice in 40 years
Norfolk Virginia AP reports 18 year old Patrick Lair, son of a Navy commander, becoming the first apprentice in four decades to enter the blacksmith trade in the city. He sought an apprenticeship with 73 year old R L Williamson, a blacksmith of 50 years who planned retirement but agreed to mentor the youth and fund a four year course.
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Norfolk
Patrick Lair
R. L. Williamson
Williamson
Tasty Stuffing For The Holiday Bird
A stuffing recipe using half corn bread crumbs and half white bread. Butter, onion, celery and a generous measure of ripe olives cut in wedges flavored with sage, thyme or other favorite herbs for seasoning.
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Concord
Hill
Ballengee’s
Ballengee Furniture Co
VaLley Drive
Harry W. Mencer
Clyde Carpenter
Beverly Fenton
Jersey Shore
Mencer
Edward Kamian
Mary
Edward
Suzanne
Philadelphia
Nelle Bellamy
Kentucky Seminary
Méncer
Loretta
Johnny
Corbin
St. John’s Parish
Ministerial Association
Episcopal Church
Oceana Group
Frances Burruss
John Hill
Dormeyer Weld
Dormeyer
Timuam Mhue
Pius Owe Af
Sonn
Beautiul
Pinich
GacTero
Neville ST
CLARK
W. Va
Nome
Sgt. Gibbs
BPW Club
Speed
Alcohal
Set. H. D. Gibbs
Oak Hill State
Mullens Hospital
Westinghouse
SFOR
Laundromat
yModel
Ashworth É Sparks, Ince
Prince St. Ph
Mrs. V. Nutter
Sarita Matney
Michael Dunz
J. Andrews
Quality Pastry Shop
Neville St. Dial
Beckley Motor Co., Inc
First Avenue
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