Mount Hope High School Choir Performs Christmas Tour
Mount Hope High School choir of 75 under Eunice Fieming sang at East Beckley Nursing Home Beckley Veterans Hospital and Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital. Debonairs sang Winter Wonderland It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year and A La Nanita.
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Mount Hope High School
Eunice Fieming
East Beckley
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Terri Thompson
Elvira Dorcas
Regina Blake
Debbie Wygal
Leesa Doris
Teresa Magliano
Susan Mosley
Belinda Mays
Glen Jean
Oak Hill
Ioling
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Middle School
Oak Hill Hospital
Beckley Nursing Home
Dorothy Harris
Fayetteville Garden Club Holds Christmas Dinner and Gifts
The Fayetteville Garden Study Club hosted its annual Christmas dinner at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Members brought gifts for Green Acres Nursing Home patients and Christmas arrangements. Attendees included Enos Crouse and many listed members.
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Fayetteville
David Arritt
Edna Janutalo
John Janutalo
Louise Hoover
Patricia ‘Proctor
Fletcher Arritt
D. H. Caldwell
Edna Spangler
Lilly Duncan
Ray Boyd
Elva J James
G. E. Bennett
Clara Bennett
William Burdette
Mullens Plans $35,000 Drive for New Olympic Pool
The Mullens Recreation Commission authorized an $35,000 fundraising drive to build a 42 by 192 foot Olympic size pool with a wading pool dressing rooms space bar and deck. Curtis Crotty was named president to lead the drive with a public meeting set for December 27 at 7 pm to organize a committee and explain the plan.
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Mullens
RNS
The
Curtis Crotty
Recreation ‘Commission
C. c. iPhillips Jr
Rev Thompson Delegate to ADCGA Meet in Nashville
Mount Hope RNS The Rev William G Thompson coordinator of the Oak Hill Area Cooperative Parish will join about 300 delegates at the Appalachian Development Committee General Assembly January 46 at Scarritt College Nashville Tenn sponsored by the United Methodist Church Board for Global Ministries The Oak Hill agencies will be highlighted in a three day display and Dr Alan Arnett head of the Appalachian Regional Commission will speak Leaders from churches colleges hospitals homes researchers and project heads will plan future church mission efforts for Appalachia which includes more than 3000 local congregations and nearly 100 mission projects across 13 states.
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Mount Hope
RNS
William G. Thompson
Oak Hill Area Cooperative Parish
Appalachian Development Committee
General Assembly
Scarritt College
Nashville
Tenn
United Methodist Church Board For Global Ministries
Oak Hill Area
Mission Board
Alan Arnett
Appalachian Regional Commission
Mountains
United Methodist Church
Istate
Appalachia
Nephila Spider Females Much Larger Cannibalistic
The female of the tropical spider Nephila is about 1300 times larger than the male and, like related species, exhibits cannibalistic behavior.
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United Press International
Mullens Home Lighting Judging Set Friday
Mullens area residents will compete in a home lighting contest sponsored by the Mullens Area Chamber of Commerce Friday evening from 6 to 8. The residential map divides four zones with prizes of 5 dollars for each zone winner and 10 dollars for best overall decorations. City garden clubs will provide judges and homes are asked to keep lights on after 6 p.m.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Area
Fayette University Women Host Annual Yale Meeting
The Fayette branch of the American Association of University Women held its Christmas meeting Tuesday night at the Terrace Room, T.V. Recreation Center, Oak Hill Mount Hope. Hostesses included Mrs. C. H. Proctor and others. A workshop in Beckley highlighted fellowship, and gifts were collected for nursing homes. Miss Naomi Winston led the musical program and read Fra Giovanni’s A Christmas Letter. The next meeting on February 27 will feature a program on Social Security Dollars.
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Mount Hope
ANS
American Association of University Women
Fayette
T.V. Recreation Center
Oak Hill
C. H. Proctor
H. L. O'Dell
Clarence Skaggs
Zella Bishop
J. A. Baumgartner
Beckley
Naomi Winston
Bonnie Ride
Mary Rutledge
Susie Hannabass
Rob Abbott
Winston
Fra Giovanni
Jack Shockey
Charles Garvin
Fayetteville
Fletcher Arritt
R. R. Boyd
Martin Good
Clinton Treadway
Naomi i Winston
Juanita Legg
J. M. Jarrett
Rev Hartsell to Speak to Mullens Lions Club
The Mullens Lions Club will hear Rev. W. E. Hartsell of First Presbyterian Church Mullens speak at Twin Falls State Park. He will report on the Wyoming County Toy Fund drive and the December 16 Pineville Junior High gym party distributing toys and treats to children and noting funds and donations.
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Mullens
RNS
Ronald ‘Bailey
W. E. Hartsell
First Presbyterian Church of
Mullens Lions Club
Twin Falls State Park
Hartsell
Wyoming County ‘Oy ‘Fund
Pineville
Pineville High School
Mount Hope Hospital Patients Update
Tom T. Twaddle remains a patient at Oak Hill Hospital for observation and treatment. Thelma Graney is hospitalized in Clifton Forge for injuries from a car accident while traveling to Charlottesville. Gertrude Furin stays in Pine Lodge Extended Care Center in Beckley.
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Mount Hope
Tom T. Twaddle
Oak Hill Hospital
Thelma Graney
Clifton Forge
Charlottesville
Gertrude Furin
Pine Lodge
Beckley
Sun Hill Senior Citizens Elect Officers at Meeting
Birchie Toler was elected president of the Sun Hill Senior Citizens Group at the Tuesday gathering hosted by Mrs. Pearl Shannon. Other officers named were Tilda Harvey as vice president Susan Beavers as secretary and Ralph Dalton as treasurer. The group discussed outings crafts and plans for a nursing home. The next meeting is set for January 15 at Mrs. Shannon’s home.
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SUN .Hill
Birchie Toler
Eddie Morgan
Tilda Harvey
Pearl Shannon
Radziwill refuses to discuss divorce amid split
Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, said she would not discuss the word divorce as she confirmed the end of her 14 year marriage to Stanislas Radziwill.
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New York
UPI
Lee Radziwill
Jacqueline Kenneidy Onassis
Radziwill
Stanislas Radziwill
First Christmas Meeting Topic at Saulsville Ladies Aid
The Saulsville Baptist Church Ladies Aid met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Newman Dye to discuss the First Christmas. Mrs. Tom Clay spoke on the true meaning of Christmas with Scriptural readings from Luke. An exchange of gifts followed around a lighted tree. Attendees included Mrs. Adah Tolliver and several Clay family members.
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Saulsville
RNS
Ladies Aid
Jesus
Adah Tolliver
Blanche Clay
Clarence McGraw
Janice Meadows
Tom Clay
Russell Clay
P. Paugh
Junior Clay
Bob Hill
Dye
Yule Celebration Held By Society
The Woman's Society of Christian Service held its annual Christmas party at the Long Branch Methodist Church Auxiliary Room with a covered dish dinner. The secret sister gift exchange was held and secret sisters revealed for 1972. Attendees included Mrs. Roy Shaw, Mrs. Blanche Harless, Mrs. Ralph Humphrey, Mr. Jesse Williams, and others plus four guests.
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Long Branch
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Long Branch Methodist Church
Roy Shaw
Blanche Harless
Ralph Humphrey
Jesse Williams
Henry Beckner
Homer Aliff
Nina Wingrove
Carlos Williams
Ethel Walkup
Opal Weatherford
Opal Stover
Clarence Dotson
Roby Billings
Jesse Athey
Glen P. Winston
Juanita Akers
Joey
John Athey
First Pitch in Bible Mention of Waterproofing Noah Ark
The earliest reference to pitch as waterproofing appears in the Bible. The Good Book notes Noah used pitch, a natural asphalt, to seal ark seams before the flood.
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Bryan Cook
Jerry Cook
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