Centennial License Tag Benefits Lions and State of West Virginia
West Virginia Lions Clubs sell the Centennial license tag to fund sight conservation and civic projects. Forty cents per dollar goes to the Lions Sight Conservation Foundation, twenty cents to the selling local club, with 24 cents for manufacturing 2 cents tax and about 14 cents for postage and promotion. The Centennial Commission receives 10 percent of revenue for the state fund.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Lions Light Conservation Foundation
Lions Clubs
Mountain State
Centennial Commission
West Virginia Lions Sight Conservation Foundation
Lions Club
Fayette County GOP plans canvass to purge voters
Fayette County Republican Executive Committee led by Chairman George W. Eads plans a door to door canvass to remove ineligible names from registration lists. About 20 000 names may be dead or unqualified. They seek legal proof that the county GOP share is 40 percent and urge action by the County Court.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Republican Executive Committee
George W. Eads
Oak Hill
Eads
Executive Committee
Locans
Sinatra Helps Parents Mark 50th Wedding Anniversary
In Jersey City Frank Sinatra joined about 200 friends to celebrate his parents fifty years of marriage with a filet mignon and champagne party. He gave his mother a twenty five thousand dollar diamond bracelet and his entertainment family a sixty thousand dollar home in Fort Lee as a gift.
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Jersey City
N.J
UPI
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Fort Lee
School Board Adopts Textbook Suggestions
Pineville Wyoming County Board of Education adopts textbook committee recommendations led by Hatfield Toler Trent and others. The board also authorizes using Conley field for a May 11 circus and roofs the Board of Education building with an asbestos roof. An agricultural budget of 1020 is approved along with transportation for band and Future Homemakers clubs and teaching personnel changes.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Kennie E. Hatfield
Roger Toler
W. E. Trent
Nutzie Murray
Shirley Taylor
Conley
Conley High School
Oceana High School
Oceana
Board of Education
Propst Roof Co
Welch
Robert E. Kuhn
Halsey Child Is Born In Spencer
Mr and Mrs Raymond Halsey Jr Spencer announce the birth of a daughter Barbara Jo at 9 am Feb 4 in Gordon Hospital Spencer. The baby weighed eight pounds. The mother is Shirley Jones of Amigo daughter of W C Jones. Father is Raymond Halsey Sr of Mouth of Wilson Va formerly Gary. The couple has two other children Debbie and Greg.
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AMIGO
ANS
Raymond Halsey Jr
Spencer
Barbara Jo
Gordon Hospital
Shirley Jones
W. C. Jones
Raymond Halsey
Wilson
Gary
Debbie
Greg
Two youths waive B and E charges in Wyoming County
Donald Gene Belcher and Bobby Gene Kinser waived to the Wyoming County grand jury on a breaking and entering charge linked to the Lucas General Store break in Pineville. Tools and a pistol were found in Belcher's car. Kinser faces a separate prior charge and both bonds set at $1,000. A third case fined Kinser and Roscoe Crouch for tampering with and stealing gasoline from Island Creek Coal Co. in Marianna.
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Pineville
RNS
Donald Gene Belcher
Clear Fork
Bobby Gene Kinser
Wyoming
Wyoming County Grand Jury
W. Preston Wilson
Lucas General
Brenton
Belcher
Wyoming County
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Kinser
Wison
Island Creek Coal Co
Marianna
Population Density Of Manhattan Report
The island of Manhattan hosts about 75,072 residents per 22.6 square miles according to a New York City Department statement. The figure highlights the dense urban scale of the city and underscores the compact living conditions of New York's borough.
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United Press International
Island of Manhattan
New York City
John L Settle Retires After 20 Years at Hydro Station
Fayetteville obituary style notice announcing the retirement of John L. Settle from Union Carbide Metal Co. Hydro Station Alloy after twenty years. He and Ottie Grose Settle, longtime Fayetteville residents, celebrate a 40th wedding anniversary. He and his wife have a son John Jr and grandson Matthew. He will spend time gardening and painting.
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Fayetteville
RNS
John L. Settle
Lindberg Ave
Union Carbide Metal Co
Alloy
John Jr
Settle
Edna Thomas
Oak Hill
Matthew
Dempsey
First Baptist Church
Educators Attend Supervisors Meeting in Pineville
Region 7 Supervisor's meeting at Pineville Grade School No 2 focused on teaching social studies materials for grades 1 through 6 and 7 through 12. Organizers include Virginia Sizemore Beam Kathryn McKinney Ronald Lee Cook and Mack Gillenwater. Attendees span Mercer Wyoming and Raleigh counties with I L Mitchell of Concord College present. Fayette and Greenbrier counties also part of Region 7.
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Pineville
ANS
Region 7
Virginia Sizemore Beam
Kathryn McKinney
Mercer County
Ronald Lee Cook
Mack Gillenwater
Wyoming County
Gertrude BeCraft
Frances Long
McDowell County
J. Hughes
Monroe County
Charles Saunders
Summers County
Boots Dilley
Mary Abbit
Edyth Clay
Raleigh County
Robert E. Kuhn
George Nolley
Kennie Hatfield
I. L. Mitchell
Concord College
Fayette
Greenbrier
Pax PAX Residents and Visitors Note Local Travel
Mr and Mrs Herbert Bowyer and family reside at Bradley after leaving Weirwood and Pax. Visitors include Mrs Margaret Newsome of Long Branch with son Reed Newsome of Charleston. The text lists several other Pax and Weirwood residents and Sunday visitors without complete details.
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PAX
RNS
Herbert Bowyer
Bradley
Weirwood
Margaret Newsome
Long Branch
Leo Newsome
Reed
Charleston
Buddy Canterbury
Mitchell
James Dickinson
Washington, D. C
Telephone Company
Canterbury
Beckley
Claude Painter
Sheila Kay
Russell Meredith
Willard Lafferty
Mount Hope
Charley Lafferty
Fanny Angle
J. D. Janney
Mr. and
West Virginia Honors 43 Centenarians On Honorary Citizens Day
West Virginia plans statewide centenarian honors with 43 residents aged 100 or more to receive in home ceremonies as part of the Centennial. Notables include Morgantown’s J. Davidson 108 and Caroline Burton 108 in Kanawha, with others across Brooke Cabell Clay and more counties. A governor signed certificate and birthday cake will accompany fruit baskets and souvenir programs for each centenarian.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mildred Hicks
Oak Hill
Susan Painter
Beckley
Monongalia
Kanawha
Jeremiah
Jed) Davidson
Morgantown
A. M. Grimes
Fairmont
Kanawha County
W. W. Barron
N. H. Dyer
State Department of Health
Dyer
Blubaugh Bakeries
Qualty Fruit Co
Charleson
Caroline Burton
Margaret Cannon
Martha Ann Harrah
Lula Justice
George L. Kessel
George Woods
Lewis
Albert Life
Weston
Lincoln — Rayburn Creameans
Branchland
Marion
Mason
Margaret Hayman
Point Pleasant
Margaret Josephine Kirk
Hogsett
Webster
Lee Hill Bobbett
Cowen
Bell A. Haynes
Keyser
Mineral County
Miss Anderson Crowned Oceana High Band Queen 1963
A near record crowd watched Beverly Anderson crowned Oceana High School Band Queen for 1963 during halftime ceremonies in the OHS gym. Miss Barber hosted, with crown bearer Paula Greer and escorts Ricky Hickman and Dickie Lusk among attendees.
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Oceana
RNS
Beverly Anderson
Océana High School
Oceana High School
OHS
Judy Barber
Paula Greer
Paul Greer
Miss Barber
Chilton Barber
Ocean
Eight birthday party honors Glen View resident
Vicki Lee Canterbury celebrated her eighth birthday with a party at 4 30 p m at home of her parents Lewis and Mrs Canterbury in Glen View. Prizes went to Linda Gray Dianna Martin Rita Blevins Patty Blevins Sissy Pittman and Rose Snuffer. Refreshments were served by Mrs Canterbury with guests Sharon Blevins Steven Gray Charles Nancy Martin Tommy Burgess Patty Snuffer and Kathy and Karen Sue Canterbury attending.
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Glen View
BNS
Vicki Lee Canterbury
Lewis Canterbury
Linda Gray
Dianna Martin
Rita Blevins
Patty Blevins
Mrs. Canterbury
Sharon Blevins
Steven Gray
Charles
Nancy Martin
Tommy Burgess
Patty Snuffer
Kathy
Karen Sue Canterbury
Scouts and Parents Feted at Lions Club Dinner
About 110 attendees joined Baileysville Lions Club for a turkey dinner at Baileysville Grade School gym. The event, part family night and Boy Scout Week, honored 80 scouts and parents with rank awards and first aid certificates.
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Lions Club
Pineville
ANL
Baileysville
Davey Man Charged In Theft Of Car Items
In a preliminary hearing Monday Davey Man 22 waived to the grand jury on grand larceny charges and was remanded to the Wyoming County jail on a 1000 bond. Pineville State Police recovered two tires and wheels a lug wrench and brake fluid taken Feb 5 from Willis Cochran's car parked near his residence. A missing car battery has not been recovered.
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Pineville
RNS
W. Preston Wilson
Davey
Wyoming County
Willis Cochran
Brier Creek
Cochran
Wyoming Couple Weds In Home Ceremony
Miss Linda Dingus and Robert Nelson Blankenship III wed in a home ceremony in Mullens at 2 p.m. The bride, escorted by her father, wore light blue lace and chiffon with red rosebud corsage. Attendant Ruth Siers wore dark blue as best man Blankenship stood beside the couple. A reception followed with a two tier pink wedding cake. The bride, Mullens High School alumna, and the groom, Pineville High School graduate, plan to live in Cumberland Kentucky after his Army service and return to civilian work.
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Ruth Siers, Mullens
Blankenship
Dingus
Mullens High School
Pineville High School
U. S. Army
Germany
Cumberland, Ky
Shower Honors Recent Bride in Glen Fork Event
Mrs. David Brooks formerly Linda Elswick was feted at a bridal and household shower in Glen Fork Grade School dining area. Hostesses Mrs. Robert Schlager and Mrs. Marion D. Brown arranged a linen table with a tall floral centerpiece and gifts.
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Glen Fork
RNS
David Brooks
Linda Elswick
Robert Schlager
Marion D. Brown
Brooks
Cyrus Elswick
Connie Pizzino
Thomas Brooks
Glen Sanders
Bill Davis
Lawrence Sanders
Davie Fellswick
Dallas Conley
Paul Brooks
H. C. Perry
Elizabeth Williams
Ravencliff
Ralph Stewart
Matheny
Bill Brooks
D. Conley
Pineville
Nealy Elswick
S. Elswick
D. Elswick
Kopperston
Ivan Pizzino
Fred Schlager
Aubrey Roles
Dennie <Acord Jr
Lon Acord
Oley Bailey
Levin Pizzino
R. Schlager
M. Brown
Jacqueline Sanders
Jess Day
Marie Day
Dwayne Shumate
Lucille Herold
Hiram Acord
Oscar Bailey
Glen Tilley
J. David Brooks
Ancel Powers
L. C. Shrewsbury
Betty Bailey
Clair Tilley
Jim McCracklen
Morris Brooks
Jack Pizzino
Bill Bailey
Mie
Lee Dorton
Glen ‘Ork
Hurt in Fla. wreck claims Oceana native
Harry Stewart of Brooksville Florida formerly of Oceana is hospitalized in a Tampa hospital after an automobile crash in Brooksville. Stewart is the son of Burt Stewart of Oceana.
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Fla
Oceana
RNS
Harry Stewart
Brooksville
Tampa
Stewart
Birt Stewart
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