Marsh Fork 4 H Club Forms At Marsh Fork School
The Marsh Fork Community 4H Club organized at Marsh Fork school with 15 members led by Arnold Tilley and Charles Stewart. Projects include cooking gardening sewing and fruit pig and calf raising. Adults assist with projects and club officers include Randall Bower president Elaine Canada and Sue Bowers song leaders. NIMITZ Church Destroyed By Fire At Nimitz Missionary Baptist Church fire about 10 30 a m forced evacuations and left a 35000 loss. The Rev Oliver Tedder leads 170 member congregation which will meet in their former building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maben
RNS
Marsh Fork
Wiliam M. Nixon
Lowell Canada
Warren Lester
Toby Bower
Arnold Tilley
Basil Clay
Charles Stewart
Mullens
Woodrow Tolliver
Sauts.ie
Tilley
Stewart
Stanley Tilley
Elaine Canada
the Tollivers
The
Canadas
Bower
John Bower
Silas Bower
Ted Shumate
Soulsville
Near Maben
Randall Bower
Ronnie Bower
Violet Tilley
Johnny Canada
Joe Bower
Sue Bower
Jean Bowers
David Tilley
Gloria Canada
Carol Lester
Robert Tilley
Arnold Tilley Jr
Charles Tilley
Johnnie Lester
Nimitz
Nimitz Missionary Baptist Church
Dare
Hinton
Oliver Tedder
Funeral plans for Guy Light killed in Akron crash
Funeral services for 23 year old Guy Sherman Light will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Kaymoor Community Church. Rev. B. B. Breitenhirt will conduct the service with burial at Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. Light died in a Friday car accident in Akron Ohio. His body will be moved from Dodd Payne Funeral Home to the Lights home in Garten this afternoon and then to the church an hour before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Guy Sherman Light
Kaymoor
B. B. Breitenhirt
Huse Memorial Park
Light
Akron
Dodd Payne
William Henry Light
Garten
Christmas Party Held by Women's Society in Whitesville
The annual Christmas party for the Women’s Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church Sylvester will be hosted by Mrs. W. L. Barbour of Whitesville at her home with Mrs. Clay Porterfield of Sylvester assisting.
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Whitesville
RNS
Women's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Sylvester
W. L. Barbour
Clay Porterfield
Pettus
Pettus School
Roy Holbrook
The
Pettus Pta
Kathleen Basham
Rock Creek
Roy Miller
Eunice
Jarrolds Valley
Leevale
Upper Pettus
Mar- Fork
Packsville
Burns Osborne
A. J. Estep
Aniagie
Key West
Fla
Pineville church circle holds December meeting
Mrs Wood hosted 32 members of the Suzanne Wesley Circle at the First Methodist Church in Pineville. Engagement announced for Betty Jo Justice of Oceana to Rayburn Holloway of Lynce. Christmas bazaar and luncheon report reviewed. plans set for January events and altar flowers.
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Pineville
RNS
Wood
Iran
Suzanne Wesley
First Methodist Church
Rockview
Oceana
Noah Lee Justice
Kopperston
Betty Jo
Rayburn Holloway
Jack Holloway
Lynce
Miss Justices
Oceana High School
Future Nurses
Holloway
Pals-Bowers Construction Company
Funeral Tuesday for Mrs Cook in Lacoma Church
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Elizabeth Miller Cook aged 84 will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Lacoma Baptist Church Cyclone Wyoming County. Burial follows in the family cemetery. Surviving are two sons Carl Hurricane and Joe Cyclone a daughter Anna Keeney Cyclone a sister Anna Ballard Branchland two brothers James Miller Huntington and Gilbert Miller Branchland 26 grandchildren and 47 great grandchildren. The body was moved from McNeely Mortuary Man to the residence at 4 p.m. today.
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Cyclone
Martha Elizabeth Miller Cook
Lacoma Baptist Church
Wyoming County
Norman Harless
Cook
Lacoma
Carl
Hurricane
Joe
Anna Keeney
Anna Ballard
Branchland
James Miller
Huntington
Gilbert Miller
McNeely Mortuary
Boone Countian Dies Rites Tuesday for Craig Williams
Funeral services for Craig Williams age 86 will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dartmont Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. F A Giles. Burial in Dartmont Cemetery follows at the family home in Dartmont Boone County. Williams a retired miner died Sunday after long illness and was a lifelong Dartmont resident. Surviving are five daughters and five sons, plus a sister, 41 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Johnson Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Bartmont
Craig Williams
Dartmont Freewill Baptist Church
F. A. Giles
Dartmont
Williams
Boone County
Orpha Morris
Seth
Georgia Williams
Dora Barker
Ridgeview
Florence Lovejoy
MacCorkle
May Pauley
Dawes
Robert
Criss
Bruce
Montroal
John
Laurel
Frank
Ashford
Tave Gillispie
Emmons
Johnson Mortuary
Concert at West Virginia Tech Christmas program
The West Virginia Institute of Technology Symphonic Ensemble directed by Dr. Earl Houts presents a public Christmas program at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the college gymnasium. Featured are Humperdinck’s Prayer and Dream Pantomime from Hansel and Gretel and a narrated Twas the Night Before Christmas by Lyn Paladino. A brass sextet and a mixed vocal quartet perform, with Hermas Canterbury as master of ceremonies.
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Norman Coffman
Cornet
Lacy Shawver
Jim Byrne
Charles Bragg
James Tully
Eugene Dugan
Iba
Yvonne Gumm
Bertha Perry
Hermas Canterbury
Tech
Radiotation
WMON
Three Circle Meets Scheduled Today
Weather delays move Wom en's Mission circles of Cook Memorial Baptist Church to today. Shannon-Cooper Circle meets at Mrs C L Burgess home with Mrs Floyd Rose presiding and leading the business session. Edna Stevens Circle gathers at Mrs Jamie Brooks’ home with Mrs Bruce Howard as chair. Jewell Asbury circle meets at Mrs Jewell Sladeys with chairman Mrs Eugene Noble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Crowley-Worrell
Bruce Howard
Jewell Asbury Circle
Jewell
Opportunities For Women In Medical Field Heard
Dr. Mary De Vore spoke at Oceana High School about medicine as a career for women. She described challenges and rewards, noting the life of a woman medical student and the financial pinch in early years, with Miss Jo Ann Cook presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret de Vore
Oce- Cal
Ana
Upper- Oceana
Oceana
RNS
Mary de Vores
de Vore
Medical College of Physician
Wyoming County
South Carolina
Oceana Medical Center
Oceana High School
Tri-Hi-Y
YMCA
Robert de Vore
Jo Ann Cook
Whitesville Chamber Dinner Draws Sixty Attendees
Sixty people attended the Whitesville Chamber of Commerce second annual Employer-Employee Dinner held at Whitesville school. Guest speaker was Professor Max Roth of Morris Harvey College Charleston. Toastmaster was Harry Cooke. Chamber President Charles Holland urged cooperation and togetherness. Performers included pianist Jackie DuLowe and vocalist Judy Hopkins. Invocation and benediction by Richard Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Chamber of Commerce
Whitesville School
Max Roth
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Harry Cooke
Charles Holland
Jackie DuLowe
Judy Hopkins
Monteoal
Richard Brown
Plan Decorations Mullens Christmas Door Decorations
Lorena Spillers Garden Club members will craft Christmas door decorations for Wyoming General Hospital patients. Entries are judged at a Thursday meeting at 7 p.m. at Mrs. Buren Toler’s Moran Avenue home, with Mrs. Catherine Stewart leading the Nativity program.
Your Christmas Gift circle of First Methodist Pineville
Circle No. 3 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the home of Mrs. W. C. Belcher. Mrs. Joseph P. Taylor led the devotional and program on Your Christmas Gift. Mrs. William V. McNemar Jr. presided. Proceeds from a bazaar funded $75 for folding tables for Fellowship Hall. Next meeting set for January at Mrs. Fred G. L. Hulsman's home. Belcher prepared felt mitten favors and refreshments were served in a brown and white Madonna motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, Scolers
American Home and Garden
Pineville Woman's Club
Circle No. 3
First Methodist Church
Methodist Men's Club
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Goodwin Jarvis
Pineville
RNS
W. C. Belcher
Crowley-Worrell
Joseph P. Taylor
William V. McNemar, Jr
Hafli
Fred GL. Hulsman
Catholic Society Fetes Christmas With Officer Elections
The Society of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic Church held a Christmas party at the Parish Hall. Officers were elected to serve next year: Mrs. Bernard Kenin president, Miss Rose Duda vice president, Mrs. A Cartelle secretary, and Mrs. Andy Orban treasurer. A Christmas basket was planned for a needy local family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNSI
Society of the Blessed Sacrament of St
Remen Xopinski
Steve Krisko
Rase’ Gilespie
Joseph Burmer
Andy. Orban
John Srednicki
Squire. McClung
Eugene Klug
Rose Bisnar
John Kincaid
George Evans
Elizabeth Neudek
Stella Bondzo
John Hudak
Dan Learmonth
W. J. Donnelly
Harold Warden
John Chesunas
Kania
Srednicki
Kopinski
Duda
Hearing Slated Today for Don Castle After Hit‑and‑Run
Don Castle 41 of Berwind faces a Mag istrate hearing today after hitting Denver Hicks of Fayetteville and leaving the scene on Garten Road. Hicks’ car was wrecked. deputies arrested Castle at an intersection after blocking Route 21 exits. Deputy Withrow and Deputy O’Boyle led the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayetteville Mkns
R. C. Godsey
Don “Castle
Berwind
Denver Hicks
Fayetteville
Hicks
Garten
Peter Withrow
Fred O'Boyle
Caste
13 Boy Scouts Receive Awards in Sylvester Troop 9
Thirteen Boy Scouts of Sylvester Troop 9 received new rank pins in a presentation by Scoutmaster Howard Gobble and Assistant Leader Robert Peal. First Class ranks went to Billy Roberts Larry Baldwin and Clennies Gobble. Ten boys earned Second Class. Merit badges were awarded for Forestry First Aid and related skills. Troop committee members are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Noel
Wiley Bowles
Kermit Holstein
Wayne Stricklin
Ralph Phelps
Larry Baldwin
Clennie Gobble
Billy Roberts
Jack McConnell
Jimmy Roysden
Boy Scout
Don Weaver
Leonard Noel
Howard Gobble
Robert Peal
Funeral services for John Laxton in Pineville area
John Laxton 67 a retired maintenance worker and school custodian died of a heart attack Sunday at his Bearhole Fork home near Pineville. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at his Bearhole Fork home with Rev Oscar Sparks and others. Burial in Vanhoy Cemetery. Survivors include wife Nola four sons and four daughters, two brothers and three sisters. Funeral home Robertson and Foglesong to handle arrangements.
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Wyoming County
Nola
Reby
Glenn
Alfred
Pineville
Bud
Baltimore
Earl Skages
Portsmouth
Noah Ellison
Keyrock
Alvie, Gainer
Maxine
Burl
Frank
Jolo
Arthur Hypes
Pocahontas
John Greer
Charlie Sweeney
Glen Rogers
Robertson and Foglesong
Seven Births at Oak Hill Hospital Last Week
Oak Hill Hospital reported seven births in the past week. Earl Lee Jr. weighed eight pounds four ounces born December 10 to Earl and wife Garten. Kristal Lea six pounds two ounces born December 9 to John Horrocks and wife Anstead. Linda Grace seven pounds one ounce born December 9 to Hershel Holliday and wife Brooklyn. Debra Darleen eight pounds six ounces born December 8 to Raymond Lokant and wife. William Jefferson McGrady six pounds five ounces born December 7 to William and wife Layland. Roger Dale ten pounds born December 6 to Nathaniel Wilson and wife Beckwith. Susan Lynn six pounds eleven ounces born December 5 to Don Jarrett and wife Scarbro.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Oak Hill Hospital
Earl Lee Jr
Earl Lee Plumb
Garten
Kristal Lea
John William Horrocks
Linda Grace
Hershel Richard Holliday
Brooklyn
Debra Darleen
Mes
Raymond Herbert Lokant
William Jefferson
William Jefferson McGrady
Layland
Roger Dale
Nathaniel Andrew Wilson
Beckwith
Susan Lynn
Don Calvin Jarrett
Scarbro
Five Mullens Groups Appoint Reps for Welch Meeting
At least five Mullens organizations will send representatives to a Welch High School meeting on December 19 to review the West Virginia school survey findings. Feaster Committee members R. Virgil Rohrbough and Dr. E. K. Feaster will speak at the public session in the Welch auditorium from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Representatives from the PTA Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club Woman's Civic Club Lions Club and others have been named, with letters sent from the county superintendent's office in Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Welch
West Virginia
Feaster
R. Virgil Rohrbough
E. K. Feaster
Welch High School
Parent - Teacher Association
Roger Pritchett
Carroll Worrell
John Rinehart
Lewis Bolen Jr
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Wells
Rotary Club
W. L. Haga
Ward Welie
Woman's Civic Club
Jack Dick
Herman Akers
Lions Club
C. C. Ritchie Jr
Jack Feller
Pineville
Rhodell man to face hearing on copper theft and license charge
Austin arrested after a flat tire on 4 Mattens Street led deputies to copper cable buried under barrels in his pickup. Officer Houck and Patrolman Cline found junk metal and wooden boards and Austin admitted the theft, with police noting attempts to conceal the cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muluens
RNS
Bill Houck
Jamies Austin
Strat Houck
Austin
Mattens
Houck
Silas Cline
Ilmann
Bu Yaler
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Nimitz Church
G. M. Powers
Main Street
Richmonds
Richmond
Mrs. Cook
Boone Countian
W. Va. Tech
Coal River News
Colcord
Colcord Parent - Teacher Association
Harold Dillon
Millard “Kaye” Steele
J. W. Steele
Elkton
Japan
Kayo
Doug Hamilton
Tommy Thompson
John Thompson
Amenate
Norma Thompson
Dorothy
Ameagie
Clear Fork High School
Fayetteville Federal Savings and Loan Association
Fayettevite
West Virginis
Methodist Church Circle
Carlos Foster
Scar Bro
Veterans Hospital
Tyree
Catholic Society
Jesus
M. L. Bardin
Nina Price
Davis Baptist Church
Marie Bailey
Oak Hills
John H. Morris
Trump Ave
Sanford St. Bers
R. A. Updike
Robert Herndon
Susan Camp Association
Chatin
Danial Boone
Charles
Tom Chatin
S Afton
Beckley Hospital
Fayette County
Boy Scouts
Laxton
Fayette
Mullens Organizations
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