Evacuation Time 41 Minutes In Pineville Alert
Pineville schools evacuated quickly after a Civil Defense alert. Students were home within 41 minutes with total evacuation initially planned for 1.5 hours. Bus loading minimized time. several buses ranged from 11 to 41 minutes to destinations. East Pineville Bearhole areas took 23 minutes to reach homes.
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Pineville
RNS
Baldwin Branch
Mullensville
Indian Creek
Skin Fork
New Richmond
Keyrock
Bearhole
Turkey Creek
Pineville- Bearhole
J. Paul England
Night Openings Set For Oak Hill Stores
Oak Hill stores will open in the evenings starting Thursday as announced by Neil Swann president of the Oak Hill Merchants Association. Each morning in December 2023 the Oak Hill Theatre will offer free children's movies from morning until noon. Santa Claus arrives Thursday and will be on the streets through Christmas.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Neil Swann
Oak Hill Merchants Association
Oak Hill Theatre
Santa Claus
Kopperston Children Batten Mumps At Home Names Given
Kopperston children confined to their homes with the mumps include Terri Rae and Shelly Pennington daughters of Gayle Pennington Andrea Kaye Wilson daughter of Earl Wilson and Peggy Williams daughter of Cyrus Williams Mrs Henry Pruett and her mother Mrs Roby Lamb were shopping in Charleston Saturday.
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Kopperston
RNS
Terri Rae
Shelly Pennington
Gayle Pennington
Andrea Kaye Wilson
Earl Wilson
Peggy Williams
Cyrus Williams
Henry Pruett
Roby Lamb
Charleston
Curfew Origins Tied to Fire Fear in Early Cities
The curfew began from fear of urban fires when towns were timber built. A bell tolled to warn residents to extinguish lights and fires, marking the enforceable nightly check.
Herndon Homecoming Queens Reign At Friday Night Event
Junior and senior queens crowned at Herndon High School homecoming ceremony. Susan Horne, seventh grade, named queen with attendants Barbara Henderson, Irene McKinney, Gaye Milam, and Carol Lusk noted among freshman and sophomore participants. The scene highlights student families including the Hendersons, McKinneys, Milams, and Lusks in Herndon.
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Herndon
Herndon High School
Susan Horne
William O. Horne
Basin
Barbara Raye
Edna Raye
Bud
Claude Raye
Herndon High
Auxiliary Dinner Party Brings Members and Families Together
A Christmas dinner was held at 6 p.m. Monday in the Auxiliary Room of the Bradley Freewill Baptist Church for Ladies Auxiliary members and their families. Tables featured a Christmas motif and gifts were exchanged under the decorated tree. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Paul McMillion and son Pat of Oak Hill, Rev. and Mrs. Robert H. Doan, Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Martin, several families from Beckley and Beckley area, and many others.
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Bradley
ANS
Bradley Freewill Baptist Church
Ladies Auxiliary
Paul McMillion
Pat
Oak Hill
Robert H. Doan
Tommy Martin
Lillie Pritt
Gail
Hester Vandall
Donna
Teddy Ann
Beckley
Preston Renfro
Eileen
David Parent
Raymond Arthur
Carlos Suttle
Kylene
Carla
Jean Ann
Geneva Ramsey
Drema
Juanita
Lula Thompson
Kilsyth Hosts Foster Family Weekend Guests
Weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buren Foster were her brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs Frankie Tolli and daughters Debby Kathy and Patty Sue of Scarbro W W Gibson spent the week end with his family in Kilsyth He is an employe of Vecellio and Gregan now working at Summer set Ky.
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Kilsyth
RNS
Buren Foster
Frankie Tolli
Debby
Kathy
Patty Sue
Scarbro
W. W. Gibson
Vecellio and Gregan
Summerset
OES TO Honor Grand Officers at Oceana High
Oceana High School sophomores held a party at 7:30 p m in the band building with dancing games and refreshments. Chaperones included Mr and Mrs Hurley Mr and Mrs Hall David Cook a Woody and James Burwell.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Anthony Hurley
James Hall
David Cook
A Woody
James Burwell
Sunday School Officers Named For 62 At To neda Baptist
The Rev. Verne P. Cook presided at a monthly meeting after church. The nominating committee named Sunday School officers and teachers for the year 1962. Elected: Virgil Lusk general superintendent Otis Cook assistant secretary Phyllis Walker assistant secretary Paul Childers adult teacher Reece Pennington young people teacher Calvin Payne junior high Luther Morgan Basement superintendent Tom Long assistant basement superintendent Ott Walker young adult teacher Mrs Harold Tracy assistant young adult teacher Paul Holstein intermediate girls Mrs Vern Cook assistant intermediate girls Mrs Tom Fleenor intermediate boys Gayle Pennington junior boys Emory Justice junior girls Mrs Norman Cook primary girls Mrs Emory Justice primary boys Weldon Brown beginners Mrs Otis Cook nursery Mrs Hurley Brown Emergency teachers John Evans Mrs Edna Evans Mrs Wirt Cook and Jay Cook.
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Oceana
RNS
Verne P. Cook
Toneda Baptist Church
Virgil Lusk
Otis Cook
Phyllis Walker
Paul Childers
Reece Pennington
Calvin Payne
Luther Morgan
Tom Long
Jay Cook
Quentin Cooper
Emory Justice
Church Women Set Monthly Meeting at Oak Hill
The Women's Missionary Society of the Jones Avenue Church of God in Oak Hill will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday December 21 at 730 p m in Fellowship Hall. Members will bring their Christ Birthday offering for missions. A world wide prayer vigil service is planned on December 19 at 10 a m as West Virginia designates a day of prayer. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Oak Hill
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Jones Avenue
Church of God of
Fellowship Hall
West Virginia
Jerry Cook Named BYFer of the Month at Toneda Baptist
Jerry Cook, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilbert Cook, was chosen BYFer of the Month at Toneda Baptist Youth Fellowship. He serves as BYF treasurer, Men's Fellowship treasurer, Youth Choir singer, and leads Junior BYF Bible study and choir practice. A senior at Oceana High School, he is president of the Hi Y Club and previously was Hi Y chaplain in junior year.
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Jerry Cook
Toneda Baptist Youth Fellowship
Jerry
BYF
Men‘s Fellowship
J. Gilbert Cook
Oceana High School
Hi-Y
Local Social Notes From Oceana And Huntington
Mr and Mrs Otis Cook visited their son and daughter in Huntington. Barbe Cook and daughters Becky and Susan of Madison were dinner guests of John and Stella Sturgill in Clear Fork. Lilly H Barrett is a patient at St Marys Hospital Huntington. Jennings Barrett accompanied her. Shopping in Charleston included A G Lugar Jr and Mrs Bill Lugar. Stella Rippeth admitted to Wyoming General Hospital for observation. Kevin Roach remains at home ill. Mary Payne of Bradshaw visits Stella Rippeth in Oceana area.
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Oceana
RNS
Otis Cook
Donnie Lee Cook
Huntington
Barbe Cook
Becky
Susan
Madison
John Sturgill
Clear Fork
Lilly H. Barrett
St. Mary’s Hospital
Jennings Barrett
Kevin Roach
Philip Roach
Mary Payne
Bradshaw
Stella Rippeth
Pineville visitors over Christmas weekend tales
Roanoke Virginia couple Art Glover and family visited Mrs Azel Brown in East Pineville with their daughters Rachel and Starr over the weekend. Robert G Martin and Kimberly Sue spent time with Bud Pendry family in Keyrock. New Mexico visitors Donald Parker Tina and Mrs Howard Swimm and daughters stay through Christmas holidays.
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Pineville
Rns
Art Glover
Rachel and
Starr
Roanoke
Azel Brown
East Pineville
Robert G. Martin
Kimberly Sue
Princeton
Bud Pendry
Keyrock
New Mexico
Donald Parker
Tina
Howard Swimm
Hi Y Formed At Oceana High School
The Hi Y at Oceana High School reorganized with Rev. Murray Page as sponsor. Jerry Cook, senior, is president and treasurer of church groups. Other officers include Mike Pendry, Danny Fleenor, and Frank Stewart. Ronnie Gunter appointed chaplain. Christmas projects for the needy planned.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Murray Page
Kopperston
Frank Stewart
Ronnie Gunter
New Oceana Students Form October November Transfer Surge
Oceana High School welcomed seven new students across October and November. Jo Helen Kayes joined the junior class from Woodville Ohio, and June Carol Surrat from Trap Hill. Sophomore Mike John Blankenship arrived from Cleveland Ohio. Freshmen Edna Smith of Rochester New York John Robinette Har Junior High School George Poszich Keeons and Sue Sparks Marsh Fork joined the incoming class.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Jo Helen Kayes
Woodville
Ohio
June Carol Surrat
Trap Hill
Mike John Blankenship
Cleveland
Edna Smith
Rochester
N. Y
John Robinette
Har
George Poszich
Keeons
Sue Sparks
Marshfork
WSCS Meets at Pineville First Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church Pineville will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 p m in Fellowship Hall The program topic Christmas Card will be led by Mrs W C Bailey Jr chairman
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WSCS
Pineville
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
W. C. Bailey Jr
Admissions At Wyoming General Hospital Reported
A list details patients admitted and discharged at General Hospital Mulens over December 6 to December 11. Patients include Ollie Rhodes Allen Junction Demster Hill Glen Fork Sidney Mullins New Rich mond Corinne Hazel Stover Mullens Carol Jean Smith Rhodell and many others with numerous discharges. The report also notes transfers to Bluefield and multiple dates in early December.
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Mullens
ANS
the General Hospital
Mul
Ollie Rhodes
Allen Junction
Demster Hill
Glen Fork
Sidney Mullins
New Richmond
Evelyn Echols
Corinne
Hazel Stover
Carol Jean Smith
Rhodell
Hattie Kelley
Polly Canada
Mary Hatfield
Lanny Bishop
Clarence Clemens
Patricia Webb
Mabel Laxton
Otsego
Annie Banks
Richard Simpson
Wyco
Sherry Ashley
Stella Rippeth
Bradshaw
Thomas Simms
Itmann
Betty Tiller
Beeson
Billy Hatfield
Belinda Goodwin
Janice Hatfield
Faye Pettry
Shelby Blankenship
Helen Richmond
Resoco
W. T. A Kegley
Timothy Cantrell
Itman
Carol Pitts
Hazel Norman
Amigo
Wilma Widick
Martha Mills
Stephenson
Delores French
Roy Crum
Chester Warren
Maxine Morgan
Mason Wilhelm
Barbara Hayes
Billy Burnett
Angie Wells
Anita Coe
Charles Yates
Stephen Main
Vera Wooding
Denny Pritchett
Beverly Meadows
Shirley Ashley
Margaret Ferguson
Shirley Meadows
Carol Smith
Jewell Mathena
Clema Gladden
Emma Tolliver
Gracie Simpson
Donald Ray Morgan
Jesse
Peggy Adkins
Meee
Sidney Mulins
Duke Of Windsor Still Snubbed By Royal Establishment
London view of King Edward VIII now the Duke of Windsor is summed up twenty five years after his abdication for love of Wallis Simpson. The piece notes the monarchy's strengthened post abdication yet continuing public estrangement and church criticism. It recalls Cosmo Lang's 1920s judgment and questions why reconciliation remains blocked.
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Tom A. Cullen
Edward
George VI
Elizabeth II
Duke of Windsor
Wally
Cannes
Palm Beach
England
Clarence House
David
Margaret
David Bowes-Lyon
Queen Elizabeth
Church of England
Cosmo Lang
Canterbury
Births Recorded At Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens RNS Three girls and one boy were born at Wyoming General Hospital in the past days. The births include Sandra Lee Linester Sidney Mathena at 9 45 p m December 4. Sherry Lynn Rhodell at 6 09 a m December 7. A deedtee Martin at 11 54 a m December 7. Richard Paul Tiller at 2 25 p m December 7.
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Andrew Jackson Martin
Junction
Richard Paul
Bobby J Lee Tiller
Beeson
Concert at Oak Hill Jones Avenue Church of God
About 550 people attended Collins High School A Cappella Choir’s annual carol singing at Oak Hill Jones Avenue Church of God Sunday at 7 30 p m. Mrs H R Cole directed the program and cake and punch were served in Fellowship Hall after the show. Proceeds benefited the choir and church youth group.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Collins High School
Oak Hill Jones Avenue Church of God
H. R. Cole
Cake
Punch
Fellowship Hall
Jand
Mighty Springs at Hot Springs NP yields 1 million gallons daily
Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas contains 47 thermal springs with a daily output near one million gallons. The springs maintain a constant temperature of 143 degrees.
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Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
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Kopperston Briefs
Barbara Henderson
Gaye Milam
Bill Milam
Carol Lusk
Elvin Lusk
Auxiliary
Walter Fisher
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Evelyn Pownell
Beril Cane
Opal Goode
Gladys Raymond
Wanda Nagy
Anita Wilson
Elizabeth Williams
Glen Rogers
Edith Williams
Wyoming
Bob Browning
Orville Ross
Minnie Bowyer
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
A. G. Lugar Jr
Bill Lugar
A. G. Lugar
Wyoming General Hospital
Oceana HS
New Oceana
Mary
Children's Home Society of
Children’s Home Society
Wyoming General
Mighty Springs
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