Yule Fund Drive Opens at Princeton
The Community Christmas Tree program began at 2 PM Sunday in the High School auditorium led by Mel Barrett of WLOH. The goal is $2,000 to aid underprivileged children with ongoing toy drives by the Princeton Lions Club at the Grand Hotel basement. Local businesses and organizations contributed early sums including $100 from the Men's Interdenominational Bible Class and $100 from Haynes Construction Co. The program features Billy Lilly's band Eddie Crawford Dick Daisey and his orchestra the Princeton Civic Chorus and Fred Pendleton and his Hillbilly Band with candy sales by Su Wan Club.
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Princeton
Mel Barrett
WLOH
Princeton Lions Club
Grand Hotel
Billy Lilly
Barnette
Eddie Crawford
Dick Daisey
Princeton Civic Chorus
Fred Pendleton
Hillbilly
Soule Cee
Haynes Construction Co
Bluefield
Maidenfarm Co
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
G. C. Murphy Co
Princeton Theaters
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen and
Hickman’s Pharmacy
Su-Wan Club
Scouts Promoted By Review Board At Princeton-Ma toaka-Athens
The Princeton-Ma toaka-Athens Boy Scout Board of Review at the First Methodist Church promoted Eddie Van Stavern and Roscoe Smith to Class One and Vincey Watters Rogers Hickman Stanley Hill Wayne Taylor Jack Reynolds and Billy Byrd to Class Two. Merit badges were earned by Eddie Laufer Wayne Taylor Billie Byrd Mark Whittaker Tracy French James Sayres Wayne Taylor Billie Byrd Mark Whittaker Randy Bruce safety plumbing rabbit sculpture public health woodwork pottery forestry Roscoe Smith cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Boy Scouts of Troops
Princeton - Matoaka-Athens
Boy Scout Board of Review
First Methodist Church
Cylde Bourne
John B. Robertson
Bill Roney
Eddie van Stavern
Roscoe Smith
Vincey Watters
Roger Hickman
Stanley Hill
Wayne Taylor
Jack Reynolds
Billy Byrd
Eddie Laufer
Billie Byrd
Mark Whittaker
Tracy French
James Sayres
Randy Bruce
Honored at Yale Party for Mullens parish children
The Altar Society of St. John's Catholic Church hosted a Christmas party for about 80 parish children Sunday afternoon at the Medical Arts Club in West Mullens. Committee members Mrs. Charles Karbonit Mrs. Fred Conner Mrs. Charles Emanuele and Miss Bruna Rezzonico organized the event. Children sang carols played games and received stockings filled with treats.
Two Men Treated After Facial Injuries at Hospital
Everett Akers, 50, of the Black Eagle Clubhouse, received treatment for a broken nose and facial cuts at Wyoming General Hospital Saturday. He could not explain the cause. Otey Lee Byrd, 27, Itmann miner, was struck on the right side of his face and nose by a wrench in a worktime accident Saturday.
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Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Everett Akers
Black Eagle
Otey Lee Byrd
Itmann Miner
Pineville to Hold Employment Service Visits Biweekly
A Welch Employment Service representative will visit Pineville every other Wednesday rather than weekly. The next Pineville visit is scheduled for December 30.
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Pineville
Hospital Reports Forty Admissions at Wyomong General
The weekly admissions list shows forty patients at Wyomong General Hospital. Names span Mullens, Black Eagle, Rhodell, Mullens, and nearby towns with several noting family relations and origins in Venezuela. A lengthy visitor note details Mr and Mrs Delp and their relatives, including a Venezuelan aviation executive, with travel and marriage background.
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Mullens
Wyomong General Hospital
Everett Akers
Black Eagle
Charles Pitt
Itmann
Ruth Davis
Alpeca
Jacqueline Daniels
Minnie Allman
Rhodell
Pearl Trent
Marianna
Jaynell Clark
Covel
Edward Hooper
Polly Smith
Stephenson
Blanche MecCoy
Black
Donna McKinney
Maben
Lula May Whitt
Bud
Chine Reed
Rockview
Lonnie Johnson
Wyco
Christmas Program Planned by Baileysville Baptists
The First Baptist Church Baileysville will present a Christmas program on Wednesday night December 23 at 7 o clock. Director James Cook leads a team across the Beginners Primary Junior and Intermediate departments with Mrs Vinson Venters Mrs Elbert Toler Mrs Wayne Rollins Mrs Melton Archibald Mrs Harry Short Mrs Freid Lester Mrs T L Bailey and Vinson Venters. The program features plays pantomimes musical readings dialogues poems and exercises and the public is invited to attend.
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Baileysville
First Baptist Church
James Cook
Vinson Venters
Elbert Toler
Wayne Rollins
Melton Archibald
Harry Short
Freid Lester
T. L. Bailey
Baileysville Personal News Highlights and Visits
Baileysville notices show Pvt Paul Pack son of Mr and Mrs Harley Pack finishing leadership training at Fort Knox Kentucky and spending an 18 day furlough with his parents. Several local households hosted visitors including Mr and Mrs Raymond Tilley and Mrs Jim Roberts from Detroit. Mrs Ray Bailey visited Huntington and Marshall College with her son Eugene while Mrs E E Coffman joined. Mrs Sandy Basham and Mrs Robert Dalton hosted at Pineville. SFC Arnon Eugene Blankenship left Fort Dix after leave. his wife Ramona will stay for Christmas. Teddy Jean Lusk returned from Beckley College after an appendectomy recovery. Mrs Onnie Brooks was guest of Mrs Ray Bailey.
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Baileysville
Paul Pack
Harley Pack
Fort Knox
Raymond Tilley
Virgil Blankenship
Jim Roberts
Detroit
Michigan
Joe Walls
Arnold Rose
Barbara
Deanna
Onnie Brooks
Ray Bailey
War veteran Delp recalls life and courtship in Venezuela
Delp, a Mullens High School graduate who attended Greenbrier Military School, notes his business and social rise. He recalls being introduced to his wife at a bullfight and describes Venezuelan courtships as a family affair with parents or several siblings present until the marriage ceremony. He served as a captain with the Army Air Corps in World War II.
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John J. Delp
Mullens
South America
Maria Elena Suarez
Venezuela
Carlos
Greenbrier Military School
Lish
John James Delp
Effie Delp
Delp
Laurez
Mariay
Suarez
White Sulphur Springs
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Hollywood
Fla
Mullens High School
Army Air Corps
Christmas Party At Kopperston Church Event
The Baptist Youth Fellowship and Explorer Post 119 held a Christmas party in the basement of the Kopperston Community Church clinic. Games dancing and refreshments delighted attendees while chaperones included Mr and Mrs Sam Kirby Jack Dean and James Tilton.
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Kopperston
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Kopperston Community Church
Explorer Post 119
Doctor's Office
Sam Kirby
Jack Dean
James Tilton
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Marion Anderson
Ralph Wilson
Edgar Fields
Imogene Young
Alonzo Ward
Hallie Henry
Allen Junction
Lillian Lusk
Herndon
Audrey Massie
Glen Rogers
Mary Shrewsbury
Byron Seales
Edna Mee Combs
Amigo
Joe E. Orr
Okey Whitt
Whitt
Clyde Newse
Spechay
Philco
Howard Ave
Baptists
G. D. Conner
Tsit Tomchins
Toyland
Tomchins Furniture
Tomchin’s
Moran Ave
Core
Dollar Store
Engram's
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Seagram Distillers Corporation
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