Decorated tables showcased at Fayette Garden Club gathering
Fayetteville RNS reports the Garden Study Club met at Mrs Shuck's home. Tables themed for February holidays included Valentine’s Day, Lincoln and Washington decorations with red car nations blue candles and pine sprays. President H F Frazier opened with nominations for man or woman of the year and members donated to a St Louis home project.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Garden Study Club
D. A. Payne Jr
Charles Payne
Lincoln
Dan H. Perdue
Haven Shuck
Joe Stone
Washington
Shuck
Perdue
H. F. Frazier
Community Service Club
St. Louis
Vivian Beck
Beck
Alex Gray
Fletcher Arritt
Amos Burnette
A. L. Huddleston
Louise Hoover
T. A. Myles
O. E. McClure
Don’t Neglect Slipping FALSE TEETH Ad Campaign
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Suez Canal Sits Between Med Sea and Red Sea Links
The Suez Canal spans about 100 miles connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, forming a crucial maritime shortcut for global shipping and trade.
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Suez Canal
Mediterranean Sea
Ted Sea
Dristan Tablets Promised to Drain Sinus Cavities Quickly
A New York announcement touts Dristan Tablets as a fast painless remedy for congested sinuses. The tablet is said to work through the bloodstream, shrinking swollen sinus doors to relieve pressure and pain, with a money back guarantee and a 24 tablet bottle priced at 68 cents.
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New York
N. Y
Doctora
Drug Countera
Dristan
World Day Of Prayer Set In Mullens Friday
Mullens council of church women will hold a World Day of Prayer service Friday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church at 7 30 p m. The union service is annual and the public is invited. Members from First Baptist First Methodist First Church of God St Andrews Episcopal Presbyterian First Christian and Pentecostal Holiness reviewed parts for the service.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Council of Church Women
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
G. V. Duncan
First Baptist
Harley Christian
First Methodist
Kermit Cook
First Church of God
John Bradbury
St. Andrew's Episcopal
Jesse Bratton
Presbyterian
H. T. Leonard
First Christian
Ernest L. Martin
Pentecostal Holiness
Civic Chorus To Be Formed In Kanawha Valley
John T. Lyon Jr of West Virginia Institute of Technology proposes a civic chorus for residents of the upper Kanawha valley and Fayette county. First meeting at 8 pm in Old Main Feb 9 to decide regular dates. Open to all ages, no reading music needed, no fee, no college credit. pianists urged to help. If unavailable for Feb 19, write to Lyon with suggested rehearsal dates.
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Montgomery
Kanawha Valley
Fayette County
John T. Lyon
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Lyon
Colcord Woman Ordained Elder at Presbyterian Church
Mrs Eddie Flint of Colcord was ordained as a ruling elder in Colcord Presbyterian Church during morning worship on Sunday. Other elders named are Mrs L L Fitzwater, Mrs Modest Thompson, and Mrs William Lasgyw.
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Colcord
RNS
Eddie Flint
Oceana Honor Society Sets MOD Goal of $500
Oceana High School's National Honor Society sets a March of Dimes goal of zero dollars but has already raised about $92 from events tied to school games and class competitions. Fundraisers include a road block on Feb. 14 and a sock hop after the Oceana Pineville game, plus an ice cream party for the homeroom with the greatest contributions.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
National Honor Society
Welch- Oceana
Welch
Oceana Town Council
Eulanna Tyree Conley
Loretta Dean
Dana Cobb
Patty Duty
Rev Stanfield Named Fayette Church Pastor
In an evening service Sunday the Rev J Edwin Stanfield was installed as pastor of the Fayetteville Presbyterian Church. Members of the Bluestone Presbytery Commission who installed the new pastor were the Rev R L Hawks Graham Presbyterian Church the Rev R P Robertson Oak Hill Presbyterian Church the Rev D L Erwin Princeton Presbyterian Church the Rev W W Hatcher Mount Hope Presbyterian Church and ruling Elders H D Norton Mounta and Haven F Allen Oak.
Wyoming Judge to Appear Before State Supreme Court Today
Charleston AP reports Wyoming County Circuit Court Judge Robert Worrell was set to appear before the West Virginia State Supreme Court to explain his ruling in a divorce case involving Virginia Hammond of Oceana. The appeal argues the circuit court failed to order husband Carl Hammond to pay mortgage installments on jointly owned property and to provide temporary alimony of 170 dollars monthly. The Hammond property sale halt was previously ordered by the Supreme Court.
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Charleston
Wyoming County
Robert Worrell
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Jane
Worrell
Virginia Hammond
Oceana
Hammond
Circuit Court
Carl Hammond
Porary
OES Members Hear Program At Oak Hill Chapter 107
J Ralph Taylor presented a program on the constitution and by laws of the Order of Eastern Star at a Oak Hill meeting. The charter was draped for Mrs Hattie Biggs who died in January. Seventy three attended a dinner by Masonic Lodge members in January and a $25 check was donated to the Eastart fund for religious education. Next meeting will honor the chapter birthday. Hostesses were Ann Strong Virgie Evans Mable Kincaid Goldie Price Audrey Decker Ray Singer and Fern Gwinn.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Order of Eastern Star
J. Ralph Taylor
OFS
Hattie Biggs
Masonic Lodge
CES
Eastart Fund
Ann Strong
Virgie Evans
Mable Kincaid
Goldie Price
Audrey Decker
Ray Singer
Fern Gwinn
Susquehanna Trail crosses mountains and Gettysburg
The route traverses the Appalachian barrier in Pennsylvania passing historic Gettysburg battlefield area. A named roadway project traverses the landscape linking regional towns and scenic sites across the state.
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Appalachian Mountains
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Battlefield
Premiere of We Who Serve shown at American Legion meeting
Fayetteville hosts a special premiere Monday of the $150,000 Hollywood produced film We Who Serve at LaFayette Post 149. Commander Kenneth Wood announces the 28 minute telecast style documentary that explains what the American Legion is and does and why it matters. All members and area veterans are urged to attend the 7 30 pm screening and groups may arrange showings.
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Fayetteville
American Legion
LaFayette Post 149
Kenneth Wood
Sunday School Teachers Meet at Colcord Residence
The Rev. Joan Aalfs led a meeting of Sunday School teachers at the Colcord home of Mrs. L. L. Fitzwater. Teachers were briefed on upcoming lessons for the current quarter and a preview of future work. A quarterly session is planned with new lessons each quarter. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Walker and several Mrs. Eddie Flint, Mrs. William Legg, Mrs. S. L. Pettry, Mrs. Roger Fraley, Mrs. Lud Jarrell, Miss Beulah Carter, Miss Linda Fraley, and Miss Virginia Fitzwater.
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Colcord
RNS
Joan Aalfs
L. L. Fitzwater
Wilson Walker
Eddie Flint
William Legg
S. L. Pettry
Roger Fraley
Lud Jarrell
Beulah Carter
Linda Fraley
Virginia Fitzwater
Mount Hope to Combine Water and Sewer System
Charleston AP Mount Hope obtains Public Service Commission authority to merge its water works and sewerage system and to set new sewer rates after issuing 314000 in water and sewerage revenue and refunding bonds. Rates based on meter readings include a $1.25 monthly minimum inside the city and a $2.50 minimum outside. The city has prepared the sewer charge schedule.
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Charleston
City of
Mount Hope
Public Service Commission
Mount Home
Five Couples Seek Permits To Wed In Fayetteville
Five couples appear in the Fayetteville Clerk's office seeking marriage licenses. Frank Monroe Bowling and Edith Frances Webb. George Addison Parrish III and Barbara Ann Ferri. Paul D. R. Miller and Gladys Marie Withrow. Henry L. Stotts and Karen Hess. Karl Anthony Schueller and Mary Ann Thewes.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette
Frank Monroe Bowling
Oak Hull
Haywood C
Venna Bowling
Edith Frances Webb
Minden
Andrew
Fannie Webb
George Addison Parrish III
Mount Hope
George
Ina Parrish
Barbara Ann Ferri
Glen Jean
Pete
Katherine Ferri
Paul D. R. Miller
Herbert
Effie Miller
Gladys Marie Withrow
Wilford
Freda Withrow
Page
Henry L. Stotts
D. W
Madeline Stotts
Karen Hess
Walter
Nona Hess
Karl Anthony Schueller
Lockwood
Mary Ann Thewes
Oak Hill
Ernest and
Mary Schueller
Airman of the Month honors Blankenship at Oceana
C. Blankenship of Oceana receives the Airman of the Month award announced by Commander William S. Mayer. The winner, a 3 year Air Force airman from Oceana High School, has served in Alaska and is stationed at Miles Air Force Station Montana.
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Oceana
ANS
Charles H. Blankenship
Arthur Walls
William S. Mayer
Walls
Gisto Canestrari
Blankenship
Oceana High School
Air Force
Alaska
Miles Air Force Station
Montana
Stage Experiment at Cricket Theater in New York
Off Broadway showcase for experimental drama directed by Rhett Cone aims to attract dramatists and directors. Called theater for the connoisseur, admission is by invitation only.
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New York
Rhett Cone
Coal River Personals in Colcord
Mrs. Ben Thompson of Colcord is ill after a stay at Charleston General Hospital. Niece Patricia Griffis of Dayton Ohio visited. Ira Price and family visited relatives on Indian Creek. Freddie Layman, discharged from the U S Navy in Long Beach California, visits his mother Enola Layman and grandmother Dora Thompson. Gary Mullens, a Colcord sixth grader, has been absent a week due to illness.
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Colcord
RNS
Ben Thompson
Patricia Griffis
Dayton
Ohio
Thompson
Charleston General Hospital
Ira Price
Enola Layman
Dora Thompson
Gary Mullens
Government Building Boom Faces Halt in New Projects
Washington AP report notes extensive construction in federal sites including a $64 million House office building, a $25 million Senate structure, a $36 million Smithsonian museum addition, a $52 million State Department wing, a $46 million CIA headquarters, and a $13 million Atomic Energy Commission HQ potentially mislocated. Administration seeks pause on new projects, delaying wartime and temporary repairs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Capitol
Museum of History and Technology
Smithsonian Institution
Potomac River
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Virginia
Potomac
Atomic Energy Commission
Germantown
Washington Area
White House
General Accounting Office
Suitland
Federal Court
West Virginia dentistry to aid those unable to pay
Mt. State miscellany notes WVU School of Dentistry will begin providing care next September. Qualified junior and senior students will perform treatments under faculty supervision. Also reported: local singer Percy Giles auditioned in New York. McKay Chemical expansion planned by June. civic leader Sam Good named Citizen of the Year. Memorial Hospital Charleston to dedicate a new wing costing 436500 funded by Hill Burton Act and local sources. old Hinton jail repurposed for Fraternal Order of Police lodge. Brooke County Education plans April 7 levy vote. Morris Harvey spring enrollment 2124. Glenville State College enrollment 678.
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West Virginia University School of Dentistry
Kenneth V. Randolph
Morgantown Monongalia High School
West Virginia State College
Percy D. Giles
Charleston
New York
McKay Chemical Co
Martinsville
Sam L. Good
Wheeling
Wheeling Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Hospital
Hill-Burton Act
Kanawha Valley Industries
Hinton
Order of
Brooke County Board of Education
Morris Harvey College
Glenville State College
Talent Scouts Seek Flower Drum Song Cast in London
Talent scouts from Oscar Hammerstein I and Richard Rodgers review prospects in London for Flower Drum Song England production and seek juvenile talent for The Trapp Family, a new musical starring Mary Martin due in about a year.
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New York
Oscar Hammerstein I
Richard Rodgers
London
Mary Martin
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