Feaster Report Discussed by Four Teams in County
Whitesville BNS Boone county schools and several organizations received the Feaster Report titled Survey Of The Educational Problems of the West Virginia Public Schools. Four visiting teams presented the material in the past month with opportunities for parent and teacher discussions and access to printed matter through the Board of Education office in Madison.
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Whitesville
BNS
Boone County
Feaster
West Virginia
Board of Education Office
Madison
Infant Florence Ward Rites Planned at Oak Hill
Funeral services for two month old Florence Ellen Ward Thurmond will be held Saturday at 11 in Tyree Funeral Home chapel led by Rev Earnest Barley Bradley. Burial will follow at Bays Cemetery. She died at home Wednesday at 9 40. Survived by her mother Rouse Ward.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Florence
Ellen Ward
Thurmond
Tyree
Earnest Barley
Bradley
Bays Cemetery
M Ghe
Rousé Ward
Compton Hospitalized After Rough Night Crash
Junior Grompton, 27, of Marianna, was taken to Stevens Chtase Hospital Welch by a Robertson and Foglesong ambulance Thursday night after an unspecified incident.
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Compton
Marianna
Junior Grompton
Stevens Chtase
Welch
Robertson and Foglesong
Rainbow Girls Assembly Installs Officers in Mount Hope
Rainbow Room filled with relatives as Assembly 14 of the Order of Rainbow Girls installed new officers Sunday afternoon in Mount Hope. Zona Hoke was named Worthy Adviser, escorted by her father, with Mary Ellen Stover singing, and Margaret Darnall honored as Satlet Worthy Adviser. District officers and choir members were announced, with several past officers assisting and Miss Park, Amick, and others named to roles.
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Assembly
Rainbow Girls
Mount Hope cere-_ mony
Mount Hope
RNS
Assembly 14
Order of Rainbow Girls
Zona
Hoke
W. C. Hoke
Kitsyth
Order of Rainbow
Rainbow
Mary Ellen ‘Stover
Rgaret Darnall
Eva Ann Park
Mary Francis Annek
Fuss Ark 35
Miss Amick
Miss Darnall
Cne Samples
Chapain
Mount Hope Assembly
Darnall
Park
Amick
Tennis Cope
Gloria Slayton
Loretta Smith
Hope Rainbow Girls
Janet Parrish
Anna Falvo
God
Miss Smith
Mary Puskas
Bernard
Jeannette Hoke
Mary K. Mann
Carol Summers
Martha Pennington
Nature
Martha Garvin
Fidelity
Anna Mae Adkins
George Anna Deal
Office of Love and Immortality
Sarah Bergendahl
Kitty Jo Rolen
Robert C Richie Named Head of Fayett eville Service Clubs
Fayet teville RNS reports Robert C Richie was elected president of the Council of Fayetteville Community Service Clubs at a Legion Home meeting. New officers include Claude Begs vice president Mrs J C Cly secretary and Dr Earl M Seay treasurer.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Council of Fayetteville Community ‘Service Clubs
Robert C. Richie
Legion Home
Richie
Frank K. Mahan
Claude Begs
J.C. Cly
Earl M. Seay
Lambert 38 Dies in Veterans Hospital
Luther Thomas Lambert 38 formerly of Baileysville died Wednesday in a Baltimore veterans hospital after an extended illness. Born February 6, 1920, he served in the U S Marine Corps in World War II where he was seriously wounded. Funeral services set for Saturday in Baltimore with his parents and siblings listed as survivors.
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Baileysville
RNS
Luther Thomas Lambert
Baltimore
Lambert
Veteran's Hospital
Robert
Elsie Lester Lambert
U. S. Marine Corps
Frieda Lambert
Sgt
Edward Lambert
Parris Islam
D.C
Pineville and Barkers Ridge Join Blueberry and Strawberry Trials
Wyoming County cooperators led by Agent Nixon test soil and climate suitability for blueberries in Pineville and Barkers Ridge. Participants include Sandy Basham Ernie Hayes Gilbert Lester and Ted Belcher. Trials at West Virginia University have discarded crosses and fruits vary in size with five more strawberry varieties planned for five years.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
William
Nixon
Cquity
Sandy Basham
Ernie Hayes
Gilbert Lester
Ted Belcher
Barkers Ridge
West Virginia University
Neil Mullens
Agent Nixon
Mike Miller
Matheny
Miner Injured at Sum mertee Mine in New River Co
Joe Twoski was injured Thursday in a mine accident at the Sum mertee mine of the New River Company. The report lists his employer and location but provides few details on the incident or condition.
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Howard Stover
Charleston Memorial Hospital
OAK Hill
ANS
Joe Twoski
Summertee
New River Co
Tarzan
Gordon Scott
Hollywood
Jane
Eve Brent
Texas
Internationa
Fayetteville Woman's Club Executive Board Meeting Scheduled
Fayetteville Fayetteville Woman's Club executive board met at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs How ard Carson. The February meeting was canceled due to weather and the board meeting was postponed to Monday night. Officers and committee chairmen must attend as nominating committee will select officers for 1958 59. Sewing contest entrants will model costumes at the meeting and the winner will enter the Capitol District contest in Charleston February 22.
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Ralph Fazio
Legion Home
Bess
Walter Caldwell
D. E. Brown
Carl B. Vickers
Wanda Lee Edda
Susie Roberts
Fayetteville Woman's Club
Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club
Lions Club
American Legion
Rotary Club
Order of Eastern Star Service Club
Band Boosters Club
Fayetteville
Vandalia Garden Clubs
Imsl Weekens
BNS
Howard Carson
Fayetteville Club
Charleston
Five Wyoming Men Receive Induction Notices
Five registrants of Local Board No. 31 Mullens have been issued notices to report for induction into the Armed Forces on February 13. Except for Donald Gene Cline of New Richmond, all are volunteers. Names listed include James Paul Harold of Martinsville Virginia, formerly Gar Wood. William Roy Sizemore Me Graws, James Levice Massie of Maben, and William Wilburn Amar Jr. of New Richmond.
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Mullens
Donald Gene Cline
New Richmond
Imogene M. Lilly
James Paul Harold
Martinsville
Gar
Wood
William Roy Sizemore
MeGraws
James Levice Massie
Maben
William Wilburn Amar Jr
Shumake Rites Slated Saturday
Norvell Stockter Shumate 62 of Fayetteville will have funeral services at 1 pm Sunday at Cotton Hill Baptist Church. The ceremony, conducted by Rainbow and Masonic groups, will include speakers and awards. Burial follows at Mount Hope Cemetery. Shumate, a disabled miner and United Mine Workers member, died Wednesday at his home.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Norvell Stockter Shumake
Rouwle
Fayetteville
Cotton Hill Baptist
William Seacrist
Maddet
C. H. Painter
Marshall
Winl
Ola
Ray Humphries Hope
Jéannette Hoke
Iona Hoke
Henry Cone
Russell Hurt
Rainbow
Mount Hope
Lyree Funeral Home
Shumate
United Mine Workers of America District 17
Beckleyan Locke Visits Fayetteville Lions Club
Kermit Locke Beckley 29 W district governor of Lions International spoke on Lionism during his annual visit to the Fayetteville Lions Club. Guests at the memorial auditorium dinner included Ernie Ott Beckley Bill Melvin Scranton Pa C. E. Davis Garton and deputy district governor Dr James Shelton Oak Hill.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayetteville Lions Club
Kermit Locke
Beckley
Lions International
Memorial Auditorium
Ernie Ott
Bill Melvin
Scranton
C. E. Davis
Garten
James Shelton
Oak Hill
Wyoming County Births Reported
Birth notices from Pineville Maternity Hospital list new babies for January. Families include Osbornes Cyclone with Priscilla Rose, Dillons Hatcher with Timothy Lane, Espy Chicago with James Harold, Aliff Oceana with Sandra Kay, Hebb Oceana with Randall Edward, Coleman Pineville with Wanda Gail, Gunnoe Jesse with Gary David, Bailey Marianna with Donald Gary, Osborne Cyclone with Larry Lee, Kinser Quinwood with Tanmy DeWight, Sehinger Glen Fork with Pamela Ann, Green Pineville with Judy Lynn, Moore Wyoming with twin Aaron Dennis and Ernest Clinton, Morell Simon with Carrol Fay, Stewart Jesse with Donny Eugene.
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Pineville
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Vester C. Osborne
Cyclone
Priscilla Rose
Robert L. Dillon
Hatcher
Timothy Lane
James H. Espy
Chicago
James Harold
Ace Lée Aliff
Oceana
Sandra Kay
James Edward Hebb
Randall Edward
Earl Coleman
Wanda Gail
Frank En C. Gunnoe
Jesse
Gary David
Kenner Bailey
Marianna
Donald Gary
James A. Osborne
Larry Lee
Leonard Earl Kinser
Quinwood
Tanmy DeWight
Fred Sehinger Jr
Glen Fork
Pamela Ann
Aulda Green
Judy Lynn
Aaron Moore
Wyoming
Aaron Dennis
Ernest Clinton
Vernon H. Morell
Simon
Carrol Fay
Henry Stewart Jr
Donny Eugene
Commodore Pelican Returns to City Park Zoo Alone
The city park zoo reports Commodore the pelican is back in Denver after nearly a year’s absence. Superintendent Clyde Hill notes Commodore may have brought a mate, but Blondy the pelican was killed in 1956 and Commodore disappeared shortly after.
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Denver
Commodore
City Park Zoo
Clyde Hill
Blondy
Transportation: Parking Problems Plague City Drivers
The piece surveys a nationwide parking crunch amid rising car use and stalled mass transit. It cites Chicago, Boston, New Orleans and others embracing park and ride, municipal lots, or pedestrian zones while downtown auto access narrows. It notes monorail ideas, loop highways in Rochester, and declines in bus ridership with mixed transit trends. It closes hinting at future jet-age travel implications.
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William Ferris
Associated Press
America
Toledo
al Smith
New York
Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
Miami
Columbus
Boston
Boston Common
Cleveland
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Indianapolis
New Haven
Moses O. W. Campbell
Dade County
Miami, Fla
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Center Street
Rochester
N.Y
Robert Rex
Maywood
Port Chester
Coatesville
Gainesville
Tex
Lawrence
Kan
Hannibal
Detroit Street Railways
Ee George Anderson
American Transit Assn
Scientific Silencer in Whitefish Limits Long Calls
In Whitefish Montana a local device stops lengthy phone chats at 3 12 minutes with a buzzer and a dead line after 30 seconds, prompting residents to call back.
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Whitefish
Mont
Four-Pound Potao Uncovered in Quebec Townships
Desire Audet, a Waterville farmer, unearthed a four-pound potato in Quebec's eastern townships during a harvest. The oversized spud drew local attention for its unusual heft and glossy skin.
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Waterville
Quebec
Desire Audet
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