Wyoming Board Hires Teachers
Eighteen new teachers were hired by the Wyoming County Board of Education at its regular monthly meeting. The board approved assignments including Barbara Asbury and Linda McGraw to multiple schools, plus basketball coach Robert Lonker at Pineville High. Resignations, leaves, and transfers were also approved, with discussions on bus bids, gate locks at Mullens ball field, and March of Dimes funding rules. The attorney general ruled Norma Belcher has no claim on Rockview school property, which will be readvertised for bids.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Barbara Rose Asbury
John Beckelheimer
Sandra Sue Beckelheimer
Hazel B. Blankenship
Patricia Carey
Marie Calvert
Genevieve Dewese
Sharon Ann Davis
Roderick H. Hall
John Hossfield
Robert G. Lonker
Teddy G. Lusk
Lula C. Mays
James Musser
Linda McGraw
Linda Newsome
David Robertson
Clement D. Yaskowitz Jr
Lacey Cook
Aldridge Fork
Eugene Bailey
Baileysville
Ina G. Lane
Barker Creek
Ben Dunman
J. YT. Davidson
Orpha Richardson
Coal Mountain
Mary E. Rosser
Conley
Wanda Yost
Glen Fork
James H. Pearis
Herndon High
Barbara R. Asbury
Huff Consolidated School
Itmann
Teddy Lusk
Oceana No. 1
Robert Lonker
Oceana High School
Robert Adams
Pineville High School
Annabel M. Bowers
Mora Boggs
Sabine
Upha Cline
Long Branch
Robert E. Deal
C. V. Stewart Jr
Oceana High
Emma Lockhart
Huff Consolidated
James S. Trent
Robert Cook
W. Curtis Johnson
Scott
Violet Meadows
Garnette Dowdy
W. McClain
Pineville High
Edna Jo Bailey
Elizabeth Roncaglione
Ruby Ford
Jo Ann Browning
Kop
Perston
Barbara Caldwell
Chesley
Ted) Angle
Fork
Shirley Taylor
Roger Toler
Kopperston
Willa J. Freeman
C. F. Mundy
Mullens
D. Grove Moler
MOD Fund
John B. Jones
Conley High School
Wyoming County
Wyoming County Association For Mental Health
Jesse W. Morgan
Morgan
Norma Belcher
Rockview
Fire Destroys Garten Mansion in West Virginia
The eight room brick Garten home on West Virginia 12, about 12 miles north of Hinton, was destroyed by a fire at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Damage was estimated at 50,000 dollars. In the house were Mrs. Garten, her mother Mrs. W. H. Prentice of Bluefield, and their son Magee Chi Te. The fire started in the son's room. The Gartens, away at the time, said they smelled smoke and rushed to the boy's room where he was dousing curtains with a water glass. The floor near the bed was also on fire. The Hinton Volunteer Fire Department could not control the blaze with available equipment. Garten had gone to the Bluefield Clinic for a check-up. The house was partially insured. They have three other children at school.
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Hinton
RNS
Magee Garten
W. Va
Garten
W. H. Prentice
Bluefield
Magee Chi Te
Pack Files For Board Position In Fayette County
Milburn F. Pack filed Thursday for a seat on the Fayette County Board of Education representing the Lookout Nuttall District. He is married with two children and works for Hatcher Motor Co. Pack aims to examine the school system to identify possible improvements.
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Fayetteville
BNS
Fayette County
Woman's Club Meeting Labels Communism Talk
Pat Hamilton spoke at the Oak Hill Woman's Club Monday addressing why individuals join the Communist party in the United States. He traced motives as economic social moral intellectual and psychological factors.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Pat Hamilton
Oak Hill Woman's Club
United States
Communist Party
Elmore Enters Democratic Sheriff Race in Fayetteville
P L Elmore 52 a Fayetteville constable and former deputy sheriff filed as the fourth Democrat seeking the sheriff nomination. Other candidates include Blizard Lyons and Moses. Filing deadline Saturday.
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Fayetteville
RNS
P. L. “Perlie’’ Elmore
George Dan Blizzard
Oak Hill
Cleveland M. Bailey
Virgil Lyons
Minden
Mahan Street
Donald
Beckley College
Joan
Fayetteville High School
Betty Grace
Lacy Wells
Ansted
Eee
Collins High School Homemaker Wins State Title
Barbara Lee Gordon of Collins High School captured the state Homemaker of Tomorrow title by posting the highest score on a 50 minute homemaking knowledge and attitude exam taken by graduating senior girls. The six year old General Mills funded program includes a $1500 state scholarship and an April 23 to 29 trip to New York City Colonial Williamsburg and Washington D C.
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Betty Crocker
Science Research Associates of Chicago
General Mills
Alaska
Hawaii
New York City
Colonial Williamsburg
Washington, D. C
Statler
Band Will Sell Valentine Candy for Valentine Day
The Fayette Band Boosters Club will sell candy for Valentine's Day to raise funds. Proceeds go into the group’s finances. A Monday meeting in the bandroom approved the plan. Mrs. Max Neubert and Mrs. Harry Richards handle orders and delivery before February 21. A committee led by J. W. Jones will select new officers for the year, with Robert Honaker Delta Harrah and Mrs. Harry Richards serving.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette Band Boosters Club
Max Neubert
Harry Richards
J. W. Jones
Robert Honaker
Delta Harrah
Church Circles Meet In Fayette Oak Hill WSCS reports
Circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Oak Hill Methodist Church held February meetings at members’ homes in Fayette. The Anna King circle led by E C Bailey discussed an Africa mission study. other circles met with devotional leaders and UN study themes. The group plans next meetings at various homes and welcomed new members in the Ella Lewis circle. A Susannah Wesley covered dinner is scheduled next month.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Dewey Kincaid
Shumate Street
Anna King
E. C. Bailey
Africa
Bailey
Joe Hayes
Robert Flack
H. M. Tully
I. S. Tyler
John Carden
Lace Sanger
Maude Hoover
Jones Avenue
Blanch Nichols
Adah Callison
Kyle Mann
Gene Carter
Mann
Forrest ‘Smith
Smith
Palmer Miller
Ben Teano
Modena Sexton
G. Steele Callison
Belle Bennett
Gus Addington
John Scott
Ed Love
WSCS
Lottie Johnson
United Nations
R. E. Cavendish
Addington
Miss Johnson
Cavendish
H. W. Cunningham
C. H.robbins
Eleanor Decker
S. M. Morris
Sally James
L. C. Portman
Arnold McPherson
Ford Addition
Park Street
Emmett Fitz
Frank Jordan
William Underwood
D. P. Lively
Carden
Jordon
Ella Lewis
E. A. Rickard
Kelly Avenue
R. T. Scott
Maurice Childers
W. A. Wilson
Willia Huddleston
J. E. Lewis
L. D. Brooks
Brooks
Lewis
Scott
Rickard
Huddleston
Childers
Wilson
C. E. Beall
B. P. Frantz
R. R. Thom
Susannah Wesley
W. T. Price
Dewey Collins
Summerlee Ave
Herbert Tolley
St. Mark
Lillian Rapp
Methodist Woman” Magazine
Price
Tolley
Collins
Rapp
Leroy Britt
C. H. Crozier
G. M. Cook
Helen Donachy
Mary Shyblosky
Shirley Kirk
Bert Pannelle
Superintendent Named for Cedar Creek State Park
CHARLESTON AP reports Donald Lee Fogus of White Sulphur Springs has been named superintendent of Cedar Creek State Park in Gilmer County. The 2,000 acre park will be overseen by Fogus who earned a forest management degree from West Virginia University earlier this month according to Conservation Director Warden M. Lane.
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Charleston
Donald Lee Fogus
White Sulphur Springs
Cedar Creek
Gilmer County
M. Lane
Fogus
West Virginia University
Mullens PTA Schedules Meeting After Schedule Change
The Mullens Parent-Teacher Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Mullens Grade School, rescheduled from Tuesday to avoid a Beckley Mullens basketball clash. County Superintendent Jesse Morgan is slated to speak on the county school improvement program.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Parent - Teacher Association
Beckley- Mullens
Jesse Morgan
Methodist Men Hear J Jones at Oak Hill Dinner
Jesse Jones outlined the Methodist church structure to Oak Hill church Methodist Men at the January dinner meeting. Thirty five members attended the event with prayer by B P Frantz, a chicken dinner, music by Aubrey Halstead and a quartet, devotional by Ed Love, and benediction by G Steele Callison. Next month’s meeting will be a covered dish dinner inviting members to bring their wives.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Jesse Jones
Methodist Church
B. P. Frantz
Aubrey Halstead
Robert Prowse
F. H. Burns
Halstead
Ed Love
Prowse
G. Steele Callison
Dens Assigned 6 New Members
Oak Hill Cub Pack 125 adds six new members across Dens 2 and 5. Den 2 den mother Mrs. Charles Webb welcomes Tommy Huffman Fred Waston with parents Buster Huffman and Helen Freshman. Den 5 den mother Mrs. Nellie Dixon welcomes Robert Loudermilk David Gillette and Andy Anderson. February awards delayed due to the Buckskin Council Scout executive M. L. Johnson Charlestown death.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Junior Woman's Club
Den 2
Charles Webb
Tommy Huffman
Buster Huffman
Fred Waston
Helen
Den
Nellie Dixon
Robert Keith Loudermilk
W. c. Sundstrom
David Gillette
John L. Tennant
Andy Anderson
Carl Anderson
M. L. Johnson
Charleston
Buckskin Council
Pax polio drive nets $107 in Pax drive effort
A Pax polio drive last week raised $107.85. Chairman Mrs. Raymond Kelly thanks contributors and all workers for their help in the campaign.
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Pax
Raymond Kelly
DPA to Occupy Seven Rooms in Courthouse Annex
In Pineville RNS reports the DPA will use seven rooms in the courthouse annex formerly housing the State Police and related offices. The move frees space elsewhere as county offices reorganize. County surveyor Sam A. Miniaci resigned. Willian Nixon also left the agricultural agent post. New hires/appointments include Dr. E. M. Wilkinson as jail physician for one year.
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DPA
Pineville
RNS
State Police
Tom Smith
Oceana
Smith
Sam A. Miniaci
Ae Manning Deter Croe
Wyoming County Board of Education
Wyoming County Health Department
Willian Nixon
Ignations
Tue
J. W. Martin
Justice O the Peace
Center
Edgar Riffe
Precinct changes in Fayette told for Fayetteville voters
Fayette Countians face major redistricting as the County Court eliminates three precincts and creates two new ones to balance population shifts. Boundaries are redrawn, with several precincts consolidated or renumbered and polling places moved from the courthouse to schools and armories. New precincts Nos. 4 and 16 split from others, while Nos. 11 and 13 alter voting sites. several existing precincts keep boundaries but gain new numbers.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
Sewell
Laurel Creek
Eagle 76
Clifftop
Lawton
Lawton Company
Mt. Carton
Montgomery
Memorial Auditorium
Oak Hill
Harlem Heights No
Oak Hill No. 8
Oak Hill No
No. 14
National Guard
Central Avenue
City Hall
New No. 16
Harlem Heights
East End
Youth Week Observed at Pleasant View Church
Pleasant View Church of the Brethren in Gatewood marks Youth Week January 24 to 31 with a youth led Sunday worship. Rev. Enos V. Griffith delivered the message titled Youth Today Adults Tomorrow using the Bring up a child in the way he should go text and urging church and home support for youth development.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Pleasant View Church
Divorces Granted in Boone Circuit Court
Madison RNS reports Boone Circuit Court granted 13 divorces. List includes Patricia Neff from William J Cooper and Verla from Kenneth Belcher. Custody arrangements vary with alimony and child support figures noted for several couples.
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Boone
Madison
Boone Ae Circuit Court
Patricia Neff
William J. Cooper
Verla
Kenneth Belcher
Mabel Walker Price
Frank C. Price
Mabel Barker Walker
Cecil Harold
Linda Lou Hill Hughes
Connie D. Lockwood
David J. Lockwood
Mullens Police Launch Stray Dog Campaign
Mullens city police under new orders start a campaign to remove stray dogs. The ordinance requires dog licensing and rabies vaccination within 12 months, with dogs restrained at all times. Unlicensed or roaming dogs are seized, placed in the pound for at least five days, then disposed of if unclaimed.
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Mullens Rns
Mullens City
Cook
Colcord Plain Folks Headed to Events and Notices
Coal River area notes visiting relatives in Dunns and Colcord, a funeral in Glen Daniel for Eva Mae Clay, a pastor's meeting in Princeton, and Mrs. Etha Cooper recuperating at home after treatment in Bethesda Maryland.
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Colcord
RNS
Wade Akers
Dunns
Arthur Massey
Regina
Glen Daniel
Eva Mae Clay
Otey Dillon
Luther Dillon
Ethel Dillon
Leonard Pugh
Princeton
Church of God
Etha Cooper
Bethesda, Md
Daughter Is Born in Richmond At Medical Center
A daughter named Carol Lee was born June 25 at the Richmond Medical Center to Edward L. Cobb and his wife of Courtland Virginia. The baby weighed seven pounds four ounces. The Cobbs have two older daughters Glenna Jean eight and Linda Sue four. The mother is formerly Imogene Duncan of Mount Hope. Grandparents are Carl H. Duncan of Mount Hope and Sam F. Cobb of Courtland Virginia.
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Mount Hope
Rns
Carol Lee
Richmond, Va
Edward L. Cobb
Courtland
Glenna Jean
Linda Sue
Cobb
Imogene Duncan
Carl H. Duncan
Sam F. Cobb
All Expense Paid UN Tour Offered by Boone Lodge
Boone Lodge No 170 Independent Order of Odd Fellows announces a fully paid trip to the United Nations in New York for a delegate chosen during the June 12 to 18 period. Eligible entrants are children of Boone Lodge members or deceased members who are high school sophomores or juniors. Entries go to the lodge care of Dell Caudill in Madison.
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Madison
RNS
United Nations
New York
Boone Lodge No. 170
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Boone Lodge
Dell Caudill
Drill Team Meets at Shrine Hall in Valentine Dinner
The White Shrine Patrol Drill Team met at Shrine Hall with Mrs. June Graham presiding. Members exchanged small gifts from a heart shaped box during a Valentine themed covered dish dinner. The next meeting is March 2 with a white elephant sale hosted by Mrs. Jane Graham and Mrs. Nell Bannister of Thurmond.
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Sophie Steplowski
Gertrude Williams
Ruth Clark
Lottie Garrett
Blanche Cooke
Anna Cope
Nell, Bannister
Jennie Cope Carter
Graham
Visit in Ohio Oak Hill Pastor Huffman Memorial
Visit in Huffman Oak Hill yields note that Mr. Huffman serves as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church on East Main Street.
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Ohio
Oak Hill
Rns
Huffman, Oak Hill
Huffman
Th Calvary Baptist Church
Eas Main Street
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Lewis Gordon
Collins High School
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Ray Williams
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Robert Smith
Howard Mahan
Kathleen Rickard
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Sanger Street
W. J. Loudenmilk
Wayne Winston
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Virginia Brown
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R. J. Chenoweth
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