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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1961

Page

5

Valentine King Queen Candidates Selected

Collins high Teen Club members nominate king and queen for the February 18 Valentine Dance at the American Legion Club Oak Hill. Donations via voting containers support club activities. Nominees include Cookie Thompson Kenneth Treadway Wandalene Epperly Jimmy Harding Becky Hudnall Ricky Pannell Pam Kesler Eugene Legg.

Oak Hill RNS Collins High American Legion Club The Legion Club American Legion Legion John Fern Cookie Thompson Kenneth Treadway Wandalene Epperly Jimmy Harding Becky Hudnall Ricky Pannell Pam Kesler Eugene Legg

Aim For Perfection Blinds Parent To Child Criticism

Dear Mrs. Lawrence offers guidance on a 14 year old who runs to a neighbor to complain after a dispute over a blind date. The answer urges parents to see protests as bids for support and connection, not pure hostility, and warns against demanding perfect listening and unchallenged judgments from children.

Muriel Lawrence Newspaper Enterprise Assn

Former Area Teacher Named Summers Supt

Irvin S. Maddy, former Hinton High principal and current Moundsville High principal, was appointed superintendent of Summers County schools at the Board of Education meeting. He will earn 7800 dollars annually for a four year term beginning July 1, with a background as a teacher from 1930 and multiple principal roles, Army service as a major, now lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, and prior Summers assistant superintendent experience.

Sandstone High Hinton High Maddy Talcott High Morgantown High Charles Saunders

Valentine party set Matheny Methodist Church

A Valentine party sponsored by the Youth Fellowship will be held at Matheny Methodist Church on Monday at 7:00 p.m. The event is planned by group officers led by Rev. Harry Gillespie. Officers are Mary Lea Pendry president Bill Milam vice president Bonnie Stewart secretary and Ralph Hannah treasurer.

Matheny RNS The Youth Fellowship Matheny Methodist Church Ledy Harry Gillespie Mary Lea Pendry Bill Milam Bonnie Stewart Ralph Hannah

Six Oak Hill WSCS Circles Meet

Six circles of the Oak Hill Methodist Church WSCS held February meetings. Articles cover circle gatherings, devotional programs, world day of prayer plans, and upcoming March meetings including book studies on Basic Christian Beliefs and Lord's Prayer themes. members and host locations listed.

Oak Hill RNS Woman's Society of Christian Service Oak Hill Methodist Church Anna King R. T. Scott Woman's Society of Christian Church Belle Bennett C. A. Crozier Emmett Fitzwater Fitzwater Arnold McPherson Red Cross McPherson Hotel Hill Lillian Rapp Joe Cashion Otie Carden Frank Jordan W. M. Underwood Arnold MacPherson Wesleyan Service Guild W. C. Sundstrom Avis Partain J. K. Gallaher R. B. Crislip WSCS George Armstrong Sammy Blake W. H. Loudermilk Jesse Jones Pie Loudermilk Gallaher R. R. Griffith Blake Jones Crislip E. G. Larrick, Jr James Allen Ber Tha Sue Smith Ginny Brown W. R. Moore R. J. ‘Chenoweth Armstrong Adah Callison A. L. Reed Mankin Avenue C. H. Robbins D. P. Lively W. P. Davis Mary Lee Walton Shirley Kirk Miss Kirk E. N. Goode Dewey Collins Miss Walton Reed Wallace Evans Lively W. S. Oxendale W. T. Price Mary Shyblosky Robbins Susannah Wesley Mary Britt Eldon Decker John Karnap Karla Karnap Forrest Smith Decker Helen Donachy L. L. Pegram G. M. Cooke Ben Teano Gene Carter Karnap Tracy Moses Smith Mary Peters Gus Addington Addington

Appreciation Dinner For Scouts Set Tonight

The second annual appreciation dinner for Boy Scout Troop 118 members and parents is at 6:30 PM in Fellowship Hall of Jones Avenue Church of God. Speakers include William Stewart Robert Holliday Charles Knotts and Rev Harold Huffman. Advancements awards merit badges God and Country awards and other honors will be given to listed scouts.

Oak Hill ANS Fellowship Hall Jones Avenue Church of God William Stewart Fayette and Burning Springs Robert K. Holliday Fayette Tribune Fayette Nolan Blake Benjamin Brooks Edward Baumgartner Thomas Burgess William Canterbury Jr Joan Ellison Terry Lee Foster Wayne Frazier Roy Lee Johnson Gregory Larrick

Rents in the United States Double 1947 to 1957

U S housing costs rose sharply in a decade from 1947 to 1957 with rents more than doubling, indicating swift inflation and tight housing markets as postwar demand surged and supply lagged.

U. S

Bur cham Beckett wedding announced in Mullens Sparta NC

Linda Gaye Bur cham and Ter rance N Beckett are set to wed on February four in Sparta North Carolina. Beckett is a Yeoman Second Class stationed aboard the USS Dewey in Norfolk Virginia. Linda Gaye, a 1958 Mullens High School graduate, worked at Alma's Beauty Salon in Princeton and attended Little French Beauty Academy. The couple’s families include the Beckett and Bur cham households of Mullens Ballard and J W Beckett. Other items note American Legion charitable distribution and weekend social visits in Mullens.

Sidney H. Burcham Jr Mullens Linda Gaye Terrance N. Beckett Sparta N. C J. W. Beckett Ballard Mullens High School Little French Beauty Academy Alma Princeton Peterstown High School Dewey Norfolk

Birth Announced for William Jewell at Pineville Hospital

Bill Daniel announces the birth of a nine pound nine ounce son named William Jewell at 12 30 p m on February 6 in Pineville Maternity Hospital.

Jesse Bill Daniel William Jewell Pineville Maternity Hospital

Safety tops Oceana council as school move discussed

Oceana council examined safety for students amid Grade School No 2 relocation. Plans include a caution light near the high school, a stop light before the schools, a marked crossing zone, and police and council review of traffic measures.

Phillip Neal Roy Aliff Hassell Blackburn Frank Laxton Jr Ernest Conley Eldon Cook J. C. Hurst Blackburn

Association Meeting at Toneda Church in Rockcastle BYF

The February Rockcastle Association Baptist Youth Fellowship meeting was held Monday night at Toneda Baptist Church. Pat Blankenship led the program titled Challenges of the Future with readings by Jerry Cook Phyllis Walker and Lois Cline. Peggy Lou Cook told a story and Joe Britton read a closing piece. Christine Brooks presided over the business session and a state BYF officers conference was announced for March 18 in Madison. Refreshments and a song session followed. the Saeger group earned the attendance banner.

Oceana ANS Rockcastle Association Baptist Youth Fellowship Toneda Baptist Church Toneda Fellowship Pat Blankenship Jerry Cook Phyllis Walker Verne Cook Toneda Church Lois Cline Danny Fleenor Peggy Lou Cook Joe Britton Christine Brooks BYF Madison

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