Oak Hill BPW Members Hear Mental Health Talk
Oak Hill BPW gathers for its annual Christmas party highlighted by Jackson C. Rudy a Charleston director of West Virginia Mental Health Division. The event in the Motor Mill dining room featured songs by Mrs. R E Bryant with Miss Susan King on piano and a Christmas message by Mrs. M C Hess plus a carol sing. Santa distributed gifts and the group plans to buy trees for Sheltering Arms Rest Home Hill Top via Girl Scouts and donate to the Medical Research Project.
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Oak Hill
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Business and Professional Women's Club
Jackson C. Rudy
Charleston
Mental Health Division of
West Virginia
Moter Mill
R. E. Bryant
Susan King
M. C. Hess
Participa
Santa Claus
Girl Scouts
Sheltering Arms Rest
Hill Top
Pythian Sisters Elect Officers At Dinner Meet
Oak Hill article reports the Pythian Sisters Temple electing officers at a Christmas and birthday dinner meeting. Installation planned for Jan 14 by Mrs B C Strong with officers named including H A Kincaid as most excellent chief and Arnold Barton as excellent senior. Past chiefs honored at the same gathering.
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OAK Hill
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Pythian Sisters Temple
B. C. Strong
H. A. Kincaid
Arnold Barton
Buster Crone
Earl Krause
Ollie Blake
Harry Price
G. L. Poston
Henry Samuels
B. H. Cummings
W. T. Price
Richard J. Frye
Sallie James
Maude James
Frank Titlow
Ada Burgess
5. M. Morris
Elizabeth Baldry
E. R. Thompson
B.C. Strong
Thelma Burgess
Florence Spitler
Last Rites Set For Wayne McCoy
Funeral services for Wayne McCoy, 78, Matheny, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Panther with Rev. George Hopkins officiating. Burial follows at Lester Cemetery Panther. He died Sunday at his home. Survivors include his widow Nancy, three sons Fred Key Rock Floyd Rockview and Andrew Matheny, four daughters Anna Cline Lynco Elizabeth Stacy Wyoming Mary Cline Pineville and Rosa Lester Panther, and a sister Serba Marrs Princeton. The body will be taken to Rosa Lester’s Panther home at 5 p.m. today.
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Matheny
RNS
Wayne McCoy
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Panther
George Hopkins
Superior
Lester
McCoy
Kirk
Luiza McCoy
Nancy
Fred
Key Rock
Floyd
Rockview
Andrew
Anna Cline
Lynco
Elizabeth Stacy
Wyoming
Mary Cline
Pineville
Rosa Lester
Serba Marrs
Princeton
Fayette Law Officers Investigate Break-Ins
City and state police probe five burglarly attempts late last week in Fayette. Break-ins occurred at Fayee Lumber and Supply Co Inc Richards Street Pontiac Sales and Service Garage Jones Ave West Virginia Water Service Company and a Dr E S Hamilton building on Central Ave. Little value was taken according to authorities.
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OAK HM
BNS
Fayee Lumber and Supply Co. Inc
Richards Street
Pontiac Sales and Service
Jones Ave
West Virginia Water Service Company
E. S. Hamilton
Central Ave
Farm Exchange Student To Visit 4-H Leaders
Miss Betty Lee Brown, West Virginia's 1936 Exchange Farm Youth Student to Germany, will meet Boone County 4-H Leaders Association at 6 30 p m Tuesday in Foster Grade School. She spoke at Sherman High and Scott High School today and is a WVU home economics graduate and eight year 4-H member with projects in homemaking and agriculture and is active in Greenbrier County clubs and campwork.
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Whitesville
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Betty Lee Brown
West Virginia
Germany
Boone County
Foster
Sherman
Seth
Scott High School
Madison
Brown
West Virginia University
Greenbrier County
Swa nigan Bible Class to Host Christmas Party
The Swanigan Bible Class of Calvary Baptist Church will host a Christmas party at the church on Friday night at 7 30. Members of the Ladies Bible Class are invited as guests.
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Oak Hill
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Swanigan Bible Class
Calvary Baptist Church
Ladies Bible Class
100 Percent Safety Training Recognized at Semet-Solvay Mine
Semet Solvay Division Harewood mine Longacre Fayette County and Nye Corp receive praise for a 100 percent accident prevention training campaign. United Mine Workers Local 7113 officers are credited alongside inspectors and management for promoting the U S Bureau of Mines ten week course in accident prevention culminating in a certificate presentation at the Harewood mine.
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United Mine Workers Association
Harewood Milne
Semet-Solvay
Allied Chemical and Nye Corp
Longacre
Fayette County
U. S. Bureau
James Armstrong
Bracie Clark
Arhur Charles-worth
John Afello
J. A. Lewallen
Harewood
U. S. Bureau of Mines
W. RB
Park
Kelly Williams Reinstated as Oak Hill Baptist Circles Chair
Mrs. Kelly Williams was reinstated last week as chairman of the General Circles at Oak Hill Baptist Church. The installation occurred during a Christmas dinner in Fellowship Hall. Guests included Rev. Randolph F. Johnson and his family.
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Kelly Williams
Baptist
Oak Hill
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Oak Hill Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
Harry Birt
Randolph F. Johnson
Williams
Lawrence Nettles
J. R. McDonald
Paul Perry
2. Thompson
Christian Service
Aileen James
Love Gift
J D. Burgess
White Cross
Erskine €. Warden
Christian Social Relations
Joan Ferri
Christian Training
Allen F. Eakle
Spiritual Life
Kenneth Burgess
Family Life
H. F. Ample
Thelma Burgess
Bernard Flint
John Tennant
Fellowship Guild
Randy
Eric Johnson Frazier
Pineville Lions Club to Sponsor Christmas Decorating Contest
The Pineville Lions Club announces a residential Christmas decorating contest with judging Dec 23. Committee includes John Scoleri A J Shannon and John Rogers. Awards by the club. entry forms available at Pineville High School or by mail to Doug Hamlin before Dec 3.
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Pineville Lions Club
Pineville
RNL
John Scoleri
A. J. Shannon
John] Rogers
Scoteri
Pineville High School
Doug Hamlin
Pineville Personal Notes and Visitor Arrivals
Pineville personal items list Mr and Mrs R G Martin of Athens visiting family in Pineville. visitors include Mrs E A Blankenship, Mrs Oscar Adams, Mrs Richard Goode, and Mrs McGrady. Other travels include Jennie Canterbury of Oceana and daughter Gloria visiting Pineville. Dora Hurst of Oceana staying with relatives. Worrell family noted in Pineville. Also a sentence on prehistoric cave wall carvings recording bird migrations 10 000 years B C.
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R. G. Martin
Athens
J. W. Martin
Pineville
E. A. Blankenship
Oscar Adams
Richard Goode
McGrady
Beckley
Jennie Canterbury
Gloria
Oceana
E.W. Worrell
Grace Schaeppi
Barker Arraigned On Death Charge
Leroy Barker 30 of Heten was arraigned before Magistrate Bil Houck on murder charges. He waived preliminary hearing and was moved to Wyoming County Jail Pineville. Byrd 38 Iroquois died after a fist fight. autopsy pending results.
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Mullens
RNS
Leroy Barker
Heten
Bil Houck
Wyoming County
Pineville
Barker
Edgar G
Red) Byrd
Iroquois
C. D. Reiber
Beckley Pathoologist
Byrd
Birthday List for December 1 Names and Streets
A compiled birthday notice lists individuals including Howard Atha Pawelkos Sam Austin Garten France Jennings Backus Nona Baker Imogene Spencer Laura Kincaid William Ware Funk Kelsey Dorton Robert Adkins Walter Abbott Barbara Beastey Loranzo Berry Vernon Schulte Lorraine Apartments Lewis Dew Francis Edwards and others with associated towns Oak Hill Fayetteville Kincaid Powellton and addresses 490 Valley Drive 822 Kanawha in a local public notices style.
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Howard William Atha Pawelkos
Sam Austin
Garten
France Jennings Backus
Oak Hill
Nona Marie Baker
Gauley Bridge
Imogene Spencer
Fayetteville
Ona Laura Kincaid
Oak Tilly
William Ware Funk
Kelsey William Dorton
Rober Earl Adkins
Kincaid
Walter H Abbot
Powellton
Barbara J. Beastey
Loranzo P Berry
Willis Branch
Vernon J. Schulte
Lorraine Apts
Prince St
Lewis W. Dew
Valley Dr
Francis L. Edwards
Kanawha
Nancy Shannon Celebrates Sixth Birthday at Oceana Church
Nancy Jeanne Shannon, daughter of Dr. and Mrs E G Shannon, marked her sixth birthday with a party Saturday afternoon in the Oceana Methodist Church social rooms. Guests enjoyed games, birthday cake, ice cream, balloons, and candy favors.
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Oceana
BNS
Nancy Jeanne Shannon
E. G. Shannon
Oceana Methodist Church
Peggy Hatfield
Corky" Shannon
Carol Repass
Rosalinda Massey
Teddy Lively
Bernard Caldwell
Tommy Adkins
Ode
Dale Cook
Okey Cooper Jr
Harlan Ellenburg
Scott Funeral Set Thursday
Mack Duffy Scott 72 of Mullens died Sunday in Mountain State Hospital Charleston after a month in Wyoming General Hospital from cancer. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mullens First Baptist Church with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Survivors include wife Patty Lee Scott son J Li Dayton Ohio brothers Alfred and Tenney Bessermer Alabama. Body to be moved from C. D. Trent Funeral Home Beckley to church at noon Thursday.
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J. Li
Dayton
Ohio
Alfred and
Tenney
Bessermer
Ala
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Beckley
Weekend House Guests and Local Visits Across West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Hassell Harless and son Skipper of St Albans visited L W Beane and family. Adrian Griffith son of Mr and Mrs Joan Griffith is at Steven s Clinic Welch after major surgery Friday. Mrs Hugh Miller and Mrs Emerson Shannon visited Charleston Saturday. Mrs Ray Shannon of Welch visited son Dr E G Shannon and family Saturday. Mrs James Hatfield visited relatives in Blackberry City Sunday.
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Oceana .Rns
Hassell Harless
Skipper
St. Albans
L. W. Beane
Adrian Griffith
Joan Griffith
Steven's Clinic
Welch
Hugh Miller
Emerson Shannon
Charleston
Ray Shannon
E. G. Shannon
James Hatfield
Blackberry City
Christmas Parade Draws About 3000 in Whitesville
About 3,000 people attended Whitesville Christmas parade on Saturday. Nine organizations entered floats with Clear Fork Band Mothers winning first prize. Second prize of 25 dollars went to the Sylvester Parent-Teacher Association. The winning float titled "Nativity Scene" featured Mary and other figures under Mrs. Orla Mullens and others. Drivers included Donald Workman, with Santa and Toys theme by Mrs. James Keeney's students. Sherman High School IB participated under Ray’s direction.
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Whitesville
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Clear Fork Band Mothers
Sylvester Parent- Teacher Association
Orla Mullens
Mary
Ina Byers
Emmett Stine
Whitesville Junior High School
Chamber of Commerce
Eddie Harvitt
Horace Morgan
Lareh Shafer
Sylvester
G. P. Burgess
Armco Steel Co
Santa Claus
Dorothy Stover
Edna Vance
Beulah Chambers
Marie Flowers
Jane Stewart
Donald Workman
Jed Byers
Don Mullens
Clarence ‘Stover
Gene Miller
W. W. Painter
Herman Workman
Johnny Stove
Julian Gatewood
Jimmy Kastas
Vandalia Garden Club Sponsors Yale Lighting Event in Fayetteville
The Vandalia Garden Club sponsors the fifth annual outdoor Christmas lighting contest in Fayetteville and surrounding areas. Entry is free via coupon or phone, with decorations up until December 29 and judging on spirit, originality, detail, and workmanship. Cash prizes go to the top two entries. judges include local mayors and officials despite rainy weather.
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Vandalia Garden Club
Yale
Fayetteville
RNS
The
Faycetteville
Harold A. Jones
Jones
Dee
Six Couples Apply for Wedding Permits
The county clerk in Pineville reports six marriage licenses issued. Couples listed include Percy Cooper and Janis Franklin of Oceana. Franklin Sizemore and Mae Burnecke of Hern don Heights. Ralph Buchanan of Bryant Indiana and Laura Davis of Oceana. Joe Morgan of North Spring and Geraldine Cline of Steeles. James Haines of Bud and Frances Skeens of Herndon. James Redden of Corrinne and Poyilis Hamby of Tratre.
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Pineville
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Percy Edward Cooper
Janis Faye Franklin
Oceana
Franklin Sizemore
Herndon
Mae Elsie Burnecke
Herndon Heights
Ralph Buchanan
Bryant
Ind
Laura Davis
Joe Morgan
North Spring
Geraldine Cline
Steeles
James Arthur Haines
Bud
Frances Elizabeth Skeens
James R. Redden
Corrinne
Poyilis Gay Hamby
Tratre
Ralph Warden Injured In Automobile Wreck
A 33 year old Covel man Ralph Warden was treated at Wyoming General Hospital for severe scalp cuts after his car left Tierney Road near Hern don. Witnesses said the vehicle was heading toward Bud when it struck a telephone pole and plunged over an embankment into Gooney Over Cook.
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Mullens
RNS
Ralph Warden
Wyoming General Hospital
Herndon
Warden
Bud
Tierney
Gooney
Cook
Bazaar and bake sale set Thursday by PTA
East Oak Hill Elementary PTA will hold a combined bazaar and bake sale at 7:30 p.m. during the regular meeting. Parents will donate gifts and baked goods for sale to raise funds for supplementary textbooks for grades four through six. Refreshments will be served and inviting parents and others to attend.
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OAK Hill
BNS
Parent- Teachers Association
East Oak Hill
Hobart Booth
PTA
Polio Clinic Set In Boone County
A polio clinic is set for Boone County Health Dept with Dr Hiram Sizemore Jr leading a team of two nurses. The clinic runs 10 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm offering first injections for those under 19 and expectant mothers, second injections for booster shots, and third injections for those who have had prior doses.
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Madison
RNS
Boone County Health Dept
Hiram Sizemore Jr
Parsons
Harris Narrows Escape After Sleepy Driving Crash
Norwalk, Ohio youth Paul Junior Harris narrowly escaped death when he dozed at the wheel and wrecked his car near Colcord. The vehicle left an embankment toward South Charleston, suffering head injuries before a passing motorist found him and took him to Charleston for his parents to be notified.
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Colcord
ANS
Paul Junior Harris
Norwalk
Ohio
Harris
South Charleston
Charleston
Representative To Visit Whitesville
A representative from the Charles ton Social Security Administration office will be in Whites ville at the City Building on Dec. 20 to assist with social security and old age and survivors insurance applications. He will be available from 10 a.m. Those interested may also visit in Madison at the Court house on Dec. 13 and 20.
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Whitesville
RNS
Charleston
Social Security Administration
Madison
Professor Koontz Speaks at Whitesville Chamber Dinner
Professor Luther B. Koontz head of the Business Administration Department at Morris Harvey College spoke on fundamental selling at the Whitesville Chamber of Commerce Employer-Employee dinner held at Jodd Fellows Hall. Eddie Harvit urged teamwork and several musical numbers were performed by Miss Shumate, Kenneth McCormick, Miss Kirk, and others. The event featured invocation by Rev. Clyde Morrison and piano selections by Jackie DuLow.
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Whitesville
ANS
Luther B. Koontz
Jodd Fellows Hall
Whitesville Chamber of Commerce
Koontz
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Eddie Harvit
Chamber
Hallie Priestly
Marjorie Shijmate
Kenneth McCormick
Danny Boy
Clyde Morrison
First Baptist Church
Jackie DuLow
L. E. Salamy
Emanuel Kostas
Charles Abshire
Charles Holland
Methodist WSC5 Meets In Morgan Home
Members of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church met at 7 p m in Mrs Eva Morgan s home. The program was Checking Up for the Year 1956 with Scripture read and singing led. A short business session followed and refreshments were served to listed attendees.
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Baileysville
RNS
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Eva Morgan
Virgil Morgan
Wayne Bailey
Harry Cook
Lloyd Shields
Grace Roland
Randall Toler
Gaynotte Matney
Skating Party Set in Whitesville Skating Rink
The Clear Fork Band Mothers sponsor a skating party from 6 to 9 pm Wednesday at the remodeled Dorothy skating rink. Public invitation extended for attendance.
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Whitesville
RNS
Clear Fork
Fellowship Dinner at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
A Men's Fellowship dinner will be held at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church at 6 15 p.m. Wednesday. The menu features buckwheat cakes prepared by Robert C Godsey and other church members.
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Fellowline
Heldoak Hill
Oak “Hill Presbyterian Church
Robert C. Godsey
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