Youth Creates Second Bomb Scare At Collins High
A 15 year old Collins High School sophomore, son of a prominent Oak Hill family, faces juvenile court after a bomb scare at Collins High School. He admitted calling police at 12 45 pm saying a bomb was there. The call led to school evacuation of 986 students and swift arrests, with the youth claiming it was done for fun.
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OAK Hill
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Collins High School
Howard Janney
Collins
H. E. Janney
H. M. Tyree
Oceana Honor Society Installs New Members
The Oceana High School gym hosted a general assembly where 11 new members joined the Owywa Chapter of the National Honor Society. New president John Cook led the rite while freshmen and seniors were welcomed with yellow roses and blue ribbons.
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Oceana Honor Society
OCEAN
ANS
Oceana High School
National Honor Society
Owywa
John Cook
Alice Sparks
Larry Lusk
Eulanna Tyree
Larry Shockley
Brenda Keys
Sharon Browning
Troy Stewart
Frances Whelan
Dana Cobb
Beverly Pruett
Lewis Workman
Honor Society
Elba Gillenwater
Norma Barmett
Carolynne Evans
Loretta Dean
Eudell Morgan
Lusks Welcome Baby Larry David at El Centre Base
S-Sgt and Mrs. Orvice Lusk announce the birth of a son on December 7 at the El Centre California base hospital. The newborn weighed seven pounds and is named Larry David. The Lusks are formerly of Oceana. Mrs. Otis Cook spent Thursday with her mother in Pineville. Gene Lamb remains ill at home. Mrs. William Lusk and Mrs. James Hunter visited Bluefield on Monday.
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Oceana
Orvice Lusk
el Centre
Calif
Larry David
Lusks
Otis Cook
Roy Goddard
Pineville
Gene Lamb
William Lusk
James Hunter
Bluefield
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Promises Sinus Relief
New York special announces a tablet that drains clogged sinus cavities and relieves congestion quickly without discomfort. It works through the bloodstream to shrink swollen sinus doors and promote drainage. Sold without prescription for 98 cents a bottle of 24 with a money back guarantee.
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New York
N. Y
FBLA volunteers repair toys for needy children
Mullens High School Future Business Leaders of America members lead a toy drive to collect used toys to repair and paint for distribution to children in need. Donations also fund purchases for the campaign to aid Santa’s Christmas mission.
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Business Leaders of America
Mullens High School
Overheated stove causes Long Branch residence fire
An overheated stove started a fire at the home of Sgt. Ray Leach and his wife in Long Branch. Damages are estimated at 50 dollars. Pax Volunteer Fire Department answered at 9 p.m. and extinguished the blaze.
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PAX
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Ray Leach
Long Branch
Pax Volunteer Fire Department
Kenna Brooks Funeral Held in Glen Fork
Funeral services for Kenna Brooks, 78, will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Russell Baptist Church Glen Fork with Rev Wiley Brooks officiating. Burial at Halsey Cemetery on Coon Fork near Keyrock. Brooks, a retired farmer, died Monday in Mullens hospital after cerebral hemorrhages. He is survived by two sons Kale and Elva, a brother Hugh, a sister Mrs Sarah Brown, 11 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
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Brooks
Randolph
Severia Allen Brooks
Nancy
Kate
Glen Fork
Elva
Pineville
Hugh
Glen Daniel
Sarah Brown
Sabine
Robertson and Foglesong
Kale
Spt Gibbs Transferred To Logan Oak Hill Post
State Police Sgt H D Gibbs moved from Oak Hill to Logan effective Monday. Capt S C Ballard announces Sgt C C McGraw shifts from Logan to Oak Hill. Trooper Leroy E Kesse resigns as of Dec 31 to take other work after serving since June 1956.
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Gibbs
Logan
McGraw
Oak Hill
H. D. Gibbs
S. C. Ballard
Co. D
Beckley
C. C. McGraw
Leroy E. Kesse
Union
Monroe County
Boosters Raise Over Two Thousand For Band Uniforms
Marsh Fork High School booster groups have raised more than 2 200 toward 5 000 needed for new band uniforms. Donations totaled 158 from Rock Creek Arnett Dry Creek and Naoma areas with tag days, auto name plates, candy sales, and a school carnival. A musical comedy at Mt View Junior High is planned, with a booster meeting set for the first Monday in January at the high school.
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Montcoal
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Marsh Fork High School
Rock Creek
Arnett
Dry Creek
Naoma
Whitesville
Beckley
Mt. View
Red Cross certifies 104500 nurses for WWII service
The Red Cross certified 104,500 nurses for military service in World War II, more than four times the number certified for World War I.
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The
Red Cross
Mrs. F. Price Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Price will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Seaver Mortuary Chanel in Princeton with Rev. Ben Cox officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Cemetery. Mrs. Price, formerly of Princeton and now of Washington, D C, died Saturday in a Washington hospital. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Princeton. Survivors include two daughters, Ruby and Sue Price, one brother Walter P. James of Falls Church, Va, and two sisters Mrs. J W Munsey and Mrs. Robert Tynes of Princeton. The body will arrive in Princeton Wednesday morning.
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Princeton
RNS
Florence Price
Seaver Mortuary
Chanel
Ben Cox
Resthaven
Price
Washington, D. C
Washington Hospital
First Baptist Church
Washington
Ruby
Sue Price
Walter P. James
Falls Church
J. W. Munsey
Robert Tynes
Comfort Church Presents Yale Pogram Sunday
The Comfort Presbyterian Church staged a Christmas program Sunday at 7 30 p m drawing more than 200 area residents. The program titled The Christmas Story in Word and Song featured Miss Genevieve Warren directing arrangements A Joy Gift offering was taken to aid needy families. The church will host a Christmas Party for the Woman's Club Prenter at 7 p m tonight hosted by Mrs Don McNeely and Mrs V A Veniza.
PTA Will Hear Bible Teacher at Pettus Meeting
Pettus PTA will hear Lucille Halstead, local Bible teacher, present a prepared discussion with illustrations at Pettus Grade School at 7 p.m. today. She will be assisted by a Marsh Fork High School Band trio under Sue Whyth. The group announced the recent Ham Dinner netted 121 dollars to aid the hot lunch program and to buy instruments for the band.
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Pettus
BNS
Lucille Halstead
Parent-Teacher Association
Miss Halstead
Marsh Fork
Sue Whyth
Mythma
McKinney Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Opie McKinney will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Old Spruce Grove Church near Basin. Burial follows at the John H. McKinney Cemetery on Barkers Ridge. The 51 year old farmer died Monday at his brother Nathan’s home. He was a son of the late E G and Mary McKinney and survived by three sisters Mrs Co setta Sutphin Stephenson Mrs Jesse Graham Barkers Ridge and Mrs Roscoe McKinney Sophia.
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Cosetta Sutphin
Stephenson
Jesse Graham
Barkers Ridge
Roscoe McKinney
Sophia
First Course Antipasto Opens Italian Menu
A lunch feature outlines antipasto as a wonderful first course before spaghetti. It includes celery hearts, pimento, olives, Italian salami, canned green chiles and radishes.
Prizes Awarded At Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club Dinner
Miss Lia Vaglio won first prize for the most attractive Christmas package at the Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club dinner dance held at White Oak Country Club. Second prize went to Miss Dori Vaglio and third to Mrs. John Hilton. After dinner the club choral group sang carols and arrangements were by Mrs. Hilton. Attendees included numerous local couples and residents listed in the article.
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R. E. Forren
Ray Boyd
Fred Merriam
John Settle
Walter Beene
Robert Brinkley
Dick McDaniel
Frank Hinson
Gene Bowling
Charles Payne
Don Payne
G. J. Janutolo
Clarence Yon
Jimmie Queen
Doris Francesca
Robert Carson
Arden Gravely
Catherine Paris
Maurice Larise
Louise Toler
Annelle Bahr
Mrs Hill Dies At 86 In Princeton Rites Wednesday
Mrs J A Hill 86 of Rt 3 Princeton died at 5 30 pm Monday at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs C T Whitt Route 1 Bluefield Va where she had lived the past year and a half Born November 17 1872 in Elgood she was a daughter of the late A W and Amanda Broyles Hill A member of New Zion Baptist Church Oakvale Road Surviving are two other daughters Mrs Laura Thomas Tampa Fla and Mrs Mary Davis Oak Hill five sons Charley Edward Dayton Moody Mount Hope and Elmie Beckley Funeral services will be held 2 pm Wednesday at New Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev Clarence Kirby and Rev Clarence Sublette Burial will be in the church cemetery The body will lie at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton until one hour before services
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Princeton
Rns
J. A
Jense) Hill
Rt. 3
C. T. Whitt
Bluefield
Elgood
A W
Amanda Broyles Hill
New Officers Installed By Woman's Circle
Whitesville Presbyterian Woman's Circle installs officers for 1959 led by Mintie Taylor Eunice as president. Other officers include Frank Mikel as vice president Perry Aliff treasurer Eugene Lewis secretary. Committees named for world service program world fellowship and installation ceremonies led by Mrs. Howard Clay.
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Whitesville
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Presbyterian Woman's Circle
Mintie Taylor
Eunice
Frank Mikel
Perry Aliff
Eugene Lewis
Robert Lipford
World Service
Galen Work
Howard Clay
World Fellowship
Frank Smith
E. Elkins
Wilson Hall
Lions Club Plans Christmas Party for Area Children
The Memorial Auditorium in Fayetteville will host Monday's Lions Club Christmas party for area children, starting at 6:30 p.m. Santa Claus will be present, and Lions Club members will gather in the courthouse jury room Sunday afternoon to pack candy for the event.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Memorial Auditorium
Lions Club
Santa Claus
Shumate Ends Wyoming County Education Board Term
John R. Shumate, member of the Wyoming County Board of Education, will leave office at month’s end after filling the remainder of Mrs. Macie Bailey’s term. Elected to the board in the November 4 general election was C. F. Mundy. Shumate’s 12 years included votes to build new schools at Baileysville, Oceana, Pineville, Glen Rogers and Brenton Grade Schools and an addition to Kopperston Grade School. He would generally vote as he did in the past on major school issues.
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Pineville
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John R. Shumate
Wyoming County Board of Education
Shumate
Macie Bailey
C. F. Mundy
Baileysville
Oceana
Glen Rogers
Brenton
Kopperston
Kyle E Spade Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Kyle E. Spade will be held at Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Garden in Prosperity. Spade, 34, of Bradley, died Sunday evening in a Beckley hospital after a three year illness from complications after a West Virginia Turnpike car wreck. He was a World War I veteran, member of Kilsyth Church and United Mine Workers Local, and is survived by his wife Louise, two daughters Alma Ann and Evylene, five brothers, a sister, and his grandmother. The body rests at Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope. Pallbearers are named.
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Kilsyth
United Mine Workers of America
Stamford
Spade
John Spade
Bradley
Louise
Washington, D. C
Alma Ann
Evylene
George
Norfolk
Clarence
War
Howard
U. S. Air Force
Earl
William
Helen Suttle
G. W. Lewis
Beckley
Tyree
Mount Hope
Buren
Kenneth Williams
Lawrence
Jerry Spade
Dennis
Bill Cochran
Howard Thompson
Sam Evans
Pecans with Cream Cheese Spread Snack
A simple company snack combines large pecans with seasoned cream cheese as a topping. Spread cream cheese on pecans, decorate with a matching nut, chill briefly, and serve.
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Arrowhead Club Christmas Party Planned in Chestnut Room
The Arrowhead Club will hold its annual Christmas party in the Chestnut Room of the American Legion Home on Thursday at 1 p.m. Members are asked to bring gifts for a Pinecrest patient and food for baskets for needy families. Hostesses are Mrs. G. W. Brooks and Mrs. G. T. Davis.
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Fayetteville
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Arrowhead Club
American Legion
Pinecrest
G. W. Brooks
G. T. Davis
Mother objects to home drinks tax in WV appeal
Mrs Garland Chapman of Williamson West Virginia asks if anything else is untaxed and protests the home drinks tax hurting mothers budgets. She urges repeal and invites readers to write. West Virginia Grocery Trades Taxpayers Association lists Huntington as contact.
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Garland Chapman
Vinson St
Williamson
W. Va
West Virginia
Grocery Trades Taxpayers Association
Huntington
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