Follies of 62 Director Named by Mullens Club
Mullens WV plans two performances of Follies of 62 at Mullens High March 23 and 24. Mrs Gerald Snyder chosen director guiding by Frederick Lanton advisor. Snyder has talent,舞ing and dancing background with West Virginia University ties and civic leadership. Proceeds aid Civic Club projects including shoes fund and community service.
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Mullens Club
Mike Dellegotti
Jack Blue School of Dancing
New York City
Snyder
West Virginia University
First Presbyterian Church
Mullens
Woman's Civic Club
Sears Roebuck
Cubs
Little League
Rebel Rec
Civic Club
U. S
Tri-Hi-Y
Homemakers of America Club
Mullens High School
England Seeks Creation of Pollution Committee
J Paul England a Wyoming County delegate offers House of Delegates resolution 19 to form the Legislative Committee of the Guyandotte River Basin. The five member panel would study pollution in the Guyandotte River and tributaries and coordinate with industries and the Department of Natural Resources toward abatement. Members serve without compensation.
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Pineville
RNS
J. Paul England
Wyoming
House of Delegates
Guyandotte River
West Virginia
Department of Natural Resources
Department On Natural Resources
Concord College Near Bottom in West Virginia State Aid
A West Virginia legislative subcommittee report shows Concord College receiving well below the state college average in 1962-63 funding. It highlights low per student costs, library holdings, and faculty salaries, with a call for increased appropriations to avoid harming enrollment and education quality. President Joseph F. Marsh urges support to raise the college’s budget from the Board of Education’s recommended $1,168,203 to meet needs.
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Athens
Subcommittee On Higher Education
West Virginia
Concord College
Concord
West Virginia Board of Education
Joseph F. Marsh
Board of Education
Marsh
Young People To Lead Services At Pleasant View Church
In Fayetteville Pleasant View Church of the Brethren will have youth leaders handle Sunday school and the 11 am worship. Classes span beginner to adult with Patty Burton and Eva Smith teaching the younger groups and Billy Riner, Shirley Yarber, Alma Tygrett among speakers on Youth Convictions.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Pleasant View
Shirley Yarber
Almagaret
Madeline Settle
Billy Riner
Alma Tygrett
Edith Griffith
Two Princeton youths sentenced to Pruntytown jail
In Princeton Mercer County two juveniles who ransacked Princeton High and Junior High schools and Douglas Sporting Goods Store on January 20 were sentenced to the State Industrial School at Pruntytown until age 21. James Gunnoe Jr. of Princeton is held for Mercer County grand jury action. Elvin Greene, 19, Princeton, captured one juvenile during a morning delivery.
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Princeton
RNS
Beckley Newspapers
Pruntytown
James Gunnoe Jr
Mercer County
Douglas Sporting Goods
Howard Jarrett
Industrial
Elvin Greene
Local notes from Oceana and Beckley areas
Mrs. Joe Carter was admitted to Stevens Clinic Hospital for observation and treatment. Her children Joe Jr and Pam visit with grandparents in Beckley. John Evans returned Tuesday from Beckley Memorial Hospital after two weeks of treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Al Leonard hosted Rita Leonard and Kenny from Pittsburgh and Jack Leonard with his wife in Craigville. Miss Lois Smith recently left for Baltimore to seek employment.
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Oceana
Rns
Joe Carter
Stevens Clinic
Joe Jr
Pam
Beckley
John Evans
Beckley Memorial Hospital
al Leonard
Rita Leonard
Kenny
Pittsburgh
Jack Leonard
Craigville
Lois Smith
Baltimore
Mullens Senior Named To State FHA Office
Kathie Jo Snyder a Mullens High School senior is named state vice president of parliamentary procedure for the Future Homemakers of America by state advisor Miss Pauline Stout Charleston. She will preside at the Southern Region FHA Conference at Concord College on April 7 and help direct a June Leadership Camp at Cedar Lakes and assist with the state meeting at Jacksons Mill in July.
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Mullens
Kathie Jo Snyder
Mullens High School
Homemakers of America
Pauline Stout
Charleston
Kathie JO
Faye Griggs
Peterstown
Concord College
Cedar Lakes
FHA
Jackson’s Mill
Virginia Cook
Mullens Fha
West Virginia
Virginia Bonds
Beaver High School
Shady Spring
Rise McClung
Bluefield
Helen Harvey
Miss Snyder
4 H Club Plans Meet At Matheny Grade School
Esperanza Lopez of Mexico City spoke to the Ma theny Hustlers 4 H Club Tuesday night at Matheny Grade School. She showed slides of parks, hospitals, schools, and landmarks in Mexico. President Sizemore led the business session, officers and leaders plan a special meeting for yearly program planning, and about 75 members and parents attended with recreation led by Wright and Milam.
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Oceana
ANS
Esperanza Lopez
Mexico City
Francis Sizemore
Buzz Keaton
Johnny McCarty
Anita Jewell
Anna Fay Shumate
Larry Baldwin
Steven Brooks
Fergie Scott
Matheny
Charles Wright
Florence Milam
Seventh Grade Basketballers At Itmann Take Court
Sevent grade team at Itmann led by coach Maurice Anderson Mullens features players Gary Clark Bucky Miller Terry Francis and Jackie Gillmore as shown in action front left.
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Itmann
Gary Clark
Bucky Miller
Terry Francis
Jackie Gillmore
Maurice Anderson
Mullens
Teddy Norris
Terry Wood
Jamie Miller
Roger Plaster
Randy Looney
Edsel Johnson
Rainbow Girls Install Officers At Mount Hope Church
Miss Carol Bailey was installed as worthy advisor of Assembly No. 14 Rainbow for Girls in Mount Hope. Mount Hope officials and guests attended, with brief talks by J. E. Howard and others. merit awards given to multiple members and a solo performed by Rebecca Gwinn. Refreshments followed.
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Mount Hope
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Carol Bailey
Corbit Bailey
Kilsyth
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Mary Stevenson
Robert Williams
Eva Cope
Flora Twaddle
Mary Frances Pugh
Cathern Berry
Linda Pugh
Rainbow
Nancy Booth
Donna Dove
Kathy McClung
Mary Miller Gwinn
Judith Stevenson
Barbara Dillon
Nancy Worring
Kaye Berry
Cecilia Harless
Lydia Pugh
Carol Jo Allen
Libby Schutt
Karen Mobley
Barbara Phillips
Karen Keaton
Jan Cave Gwinn
Confidential Observer
Joan Arthur
Outer Observer
Mary Jean Dorsey
Deloris Batten
Stevenson
Jennie Cope Carter
Margaret McClung
Eula Trail
Elsie Dorado
Lonnie Goddard
Cora Worring
Rebecca Gwinn
J. E. Howard
Flora Twaddie
Miss Stevenson
Nancy Wotring
Howard
W. L. Martin
Nell Bannister
Jane Lee Graham
Erskine Pugh
Miller Gwinn
MYF Presents PTA Program at Matheny Church
Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of Matheny Methodist Church led a PTA program and devotional at Matheny Elementary School. Highlights included a talk on the MYF's purpose and emblem, a child’s prayer poem, and group singing with Diane Hannah at the piano. Ralph Hannah led the business session, funds were reported at 602.09, and a 200 contribution to the hot lunch program was approved.
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Matheny
RNS
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Matheny Methodist Church
Matheny-Jesse
Parent-Teacher Association
Bill Browning
Diane Hannah
Francis Sizemore
Terry Travis
MYF
Carl Mack
Kopperston
Camp
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Fayette County Song Convention Elects Officers at Deepwater
Officers will be elected at the Fayette County Song Convention at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Deepwater Methodist Church in Deepwater. Special singers have been invited to attend, per Don Alexander secretary and treasurer.
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Deepwater
Fayette County
Deepwater Methodist Church
Don Alexander
Oceana Cadet Albert Hamilton on Commandant's List
Mr and Mrs Oscar C Hamilton announced their son Cadet Albert Tommy Hamilton earned placement on the U S Air Force Academy commandant s list in Colorado Springs for maintaining a B average first semester This honors him with a silver wreath on his left sleeve Hamilton was nominated by Senator Robert C Byrd and studied at the academy prep school in Bainbridge Maryland after graduating from Oceana High School in 1960
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Oceana
RNS
Oscar C. Hamilton
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Albert Tommy Hamilton
Hamilton
Robert C. Byrd
Bainbridge
Oceana High School
Feeding guidelines for horses by weight
A general rule states hay at 114 pounds per 1000 pounds of horse weight and grain at 1 2 to 3 4 pounds per 100 pounds. For a 1200 pound horse this yields 16 pounds of hay and 9 pounds of grain daily.
Mount Hope area notes on local health and visits
Mt Hope residents list illnesses recoveries and hospital visits. Anna Marie Jordan, six, ill with pneumonia but improving at home. Lynne and Randy Hanson recuperating after a virus at Raleigh General Hospital. Rebecca Yarbrough works at Raleigh General Hospital. Several visitors and patients named with hospital statuses and improvements.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Anna Marie Jordan
Donald Jordan
Mount Hope Elementary School
Pax PAX Update: Local Residents Noted in Charleston and Beckley
Mrs Hazel Mowell and family visited Charleston while Mrs Rosella Sutton stayed with Miss Geneva Payne in Beckley. Miss Charlotte Anne Trent, daughter of Earl and Mrs Trent, returned to Pax Junior High after illness and stays with grandmother Mrs Viola Trent in Weirwood. Mr and Mrs Clarence Holstein hosted weekend visitors, Rufus Christian of Ohio among them. A University of Minnesota team performed the first corrective open heart surgery.
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PAX
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Charleston
Hazel Mowell
Margaret Anne
Jimmy
Fred McFalls
Rosella Sutton
Geneva Payne
Beckley
Charlotte Anne Trent
Earl Trent
Milburn
Viola Trent
Weirwood
Pax Junior High
Clarence Holstein
Willis Branch
Rufus Christian
Ohio
University of Minnesota
Hope Gas Co Announces $11.85 Million Budget Plan
Hope Natural Gas Co. of Clarksburg said its 1962 capital budget totals 11.85 million dollars, up about 3.9 million from 1961. President E Wayne Corrin cited expanded West Virginia gas production with projects including a 1.97 million overhaul of the Cornwell Compressor Station in Kanawha County and 78 new wells across Wyoming, Gilmer, Calhoun, Lewis, Doddridge, Barbour, Upshur and Lewis counties plus wildcat efforts in the Oriskany sand formation. The program also includes pipeline replacements in the Fink oil field, well casing work, and 57,000 dollars of communications gear to link offices with Pineville and southern installations.
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Clarksburg
UPI
Hope, Natural Gas Co
E. Wayne Corrin
West Virginia
Cornwell
Kanawha
Corrin
Wyoming County
Gilmer
Calhoun
Lewis
Doddridge
Madison
Benson
Barbour
Upshur
Oriskany
Fink Oi
Lewis County
Fink
Hope
Pineville
Tech Teacher Resigns Post After 35 Years of Service
W. L. T. Crocker a 35 year Western Virginia Tech English and journalism professor resigns due to heart condition. He helped create the Tech journalism department in 1947 which closed in 1959 as tech direction tightened. Crocker helped found the National News Photographers Association in 1936 and served on its charter board. He also contributed to Current American Literature and other magazines.
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Crocker
Associated Press
Oceana MOD Drive Extended at Toneda Baptist Church
The Oceana District Mothers March of Dimes fund drive was held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Toneda Baptist Church. About $200 was collected under general chairman Mrs Otis Cook. The drive will continue through Saturday due to bad weather. callers can contribute via Mrs Cook. Mothers returned collections after completing their assignments and were served coffee and cake by Toneda Baptist Mission Society.
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Oceana
RNS
Toneda Baptist Church
Oceana District
Otis Cook
Maple Fork area social notes and visitors
Mrs Violet Zimmerman of Detroit was an overnight guest of Mr and Mrs Sam Davis and visited local relatives. Mrs Mattie Davis and Mrs Frances Briggs of Statesville are visiting relatives in Maple Fork. Dayton Lilly Jr. is a Raleigh General Hospital patient. Mrs Barbara Jewell returns home after surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs George Craddock returned home to Maple Fork after a few weeks in New York City and Richmond Virginia.
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J. Carey Yarbrough
Roanoke
Ray R. Hanson Jr
Hanson
Lynne
Randy
Raleigh General Hospital
Tennis Massey
Whitesville
Mamie Parker
George Noe
Princeton
Mary Rogers
Guy Rogers
Pax Avenue
Oak Hill Hospital
Dominick Diodoardo
Ocie Webb
Edward Webb
Bradley
Eugene Gast
Eloise Gast
West Virginia University
Gast
Violet Zimmerman
Detroit, Mich
Sam Davis
Mattie Davis
Frances Briggs
Statesville
N.C
Maple Fork
Dayton Lilly Jr
Beckley
Barbara Jewell
Beckley Memorial Hospital
George Craddock
New York City
Richmond
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