Mrs Tropin Welcomes Czech Refugee At Idlewild Amid Long Service
Ruth Tropin, New York officer for ICEM refugee work, greeted Janus Pavelka, a 39 year old Czech truck driver, at Idlewild Airport. Pavelka recalls past ordeals in uranium mines and his escape plan aided by Tropin, who has helped about 400 refugees monthly for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Cannel Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
Janus Pavelka
U.S
Idlewild
Ruth Tropin
Tropin
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
Pavelka
Australia
Latin America
Black
ICBM
IRO
New Jersey
Bohemia
Austria
Recent Bride Feted At Shower In Corinne
A bridal shower honored Mrs. Charles R. Russell the former Loret ta Gumby at the Cumby home. She and her Army husband, stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., were married December 24. Guests included family, friends, and prize winners listed among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne
Charles R. Russell
E. S. Cumby
Russell
Loretta Gumby
Army
Fort Gordon
Ames Russell
Bill Church
Edith Grindstaff
Mary Kirk
Mason Meadows
Charles Cumby
Ernest Leffler
William McKendre
Princeton Plant To Build N and W Flat Cars
Roanoke Norfolk and Western Railway announced a 300 unit 70 ton cushion underframe flat car order for delivery starting in April. Cars to be built by Pullman Standard Division in Michigan City with two door types and damage free equipment. N and W also to build 20 bulkhead flats in Princeton, six covered gondolas in Portsmouth, and Roanoke shops continue 85 ton hopper cars with 4,000 completed by February and 1,000 more to follow into August. President Stuart Saunders framed the purchase as a step in meeting customer needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pullman Standard Division
Pullman, Inc
Michigan City
Ind
N&w
Princeton
Portsmouth
Ohio
Stuart T. Saunders
Dougie Davis Honored On 13th Birthday at Kopperston
In Kopperston the Kop perston Recreation Building hosted a 13th birthday party for Dougie Davis. Parents Mr and Mrs Jack Davis led the event with Mrs John Pike and Mr and Mrs Melvin Harper assisting. Friends and relatives listed included Jackie Lynn Davis Virginia Lester Mike Thacker Jimmy Ford Jody Phillips Larry Cook Mike Rush Pam Baldwin Roger Hamilton Chuck Blankenship Tommy Cook Tuffy Fleenor Billy Amachain Bucky Smith Doug Mayhew Cheryl Mayhew Sandra Philyaw Joan Woods Brenda Cook Laverne Long David Gallaher Falcus Asbury Kaye Blackburn Wanda Hamilton Crystal Harris Cathy Cook Herbert Cook and Beverly Cook.
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Oceana
RNS
Kopperston
Dougie Davis
Jack Davis
John Pike
Melvin Harper
Jackie Lynn Davis
Virginia Lester
Mike Thacker
Jimmy Ford
Jody Phillips
Larrry Cook
Mike Rush
Pam Baldwin
Roger Hamilton
Chuck Blankenship
Tommy Cook
Tuffy Fleenor
Billy Amachain
Bucky Smith
Doug Mayhew
Cheryl Mayhew
Sandra Philyaw
Joan Woods
Brenda Cook
Laverne Long
David Gallaher
Falcus Asbury
Kaye Blackburn
Wanda Hamilton
Crystal Harris
Cathy Cook
Herbert Cook
Beverly Cook
Norfolk and Western expands freight car fleet
The Norfolk and Western Railway reports adding about 300 merchandise cars in recent months with many special installations. The carrier now operates 33 distinct freight car types in service, reflecting ongoing expansion efforts announced today.
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N&w
Crowned Glen Rogers Varsity Queen in Halftime Ceremony
Miss Carolyn Phillips was crowned 1963 Varsity Queen of Glen Rogers High School during halftime of the Bramwell Glen Rogers game on Owl's court. Attendants were Miss Elizabeth Meadows and Miss Bonnie Burgess with George F. Nolley and others officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Carolyn Phillips
Glen Rogers High School
Bramwell
Owl's Court
Elizabeth Meadows
Bonnie Burgess
George F. Nolley
Wyoming County
Mullens
Pineville
Tommy Brown
Willis Brown
Sabine
Miss Meadows
Miss Burgess
Roger Day
Frankie Francis
Joe Day
Troy Francis
Cathy Acord
Dennie Acord Jr
Glen Fork
Sherry Lewis
James W. Lewis
Cindy Brown
Centennial Showboat To Visit 20 State Cities
The West Virginia Centennial Commission plans to convert the state owned riverboat OMAR into an oldtime showboat and floating river museum. The vessel will tour 17 counties along the Kanawha Ohio and Monongahela rivers visiting 20 cities, including Fairmont Morgantown Pittsburgh Wheeling Charleston Parkersburg and Huntington.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Ohio
Kanawha
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Weirton
Wellsburg
Wheeling
Moundsville
New Martinsville
Sistersville
St. Marys
Parkersburg
Ravenswood
Point Pleasant
Winfield
St. Albans
Dunbar
Montgomery
Huntington
Kenova
Sullivan
Commission
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Omar
Texas
Mississippi
John Marquis
Charles T. Jones
Amherst Coal Co
Marquis
Jones
Ohio River Co
Cincinnati
Department of Natural Resources
Weekend visits tally across Oceana residents
The note lists Marshall University students and relatives visiting Beckley and Clarksburg areas over the weekend. Names include Karen Akers BOB SMITH and Kimberly Roach among others with family ties to Oceana and nearby towns. Several entries mention medical checks and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Karen Akers
Marshall University
Gene Akers
Philip Roach
Charleston
Bob Smith
Fred Smith
Kimberly Roach
John Kucek
Clear Fork
Monroe McClain
Hope Camp
Clarksburg
McClain
Concord College
Roy Lamb
Woodrow Lamb
Jerry Cook
Gilbert Cook
Traffic Control Drive Slated In Pineville
Pineville town council approved free parking privileges for volunteer firefighters and instructed Police Chief Bolt to enforce meters. He will lead a traffic control drive with aid from the county sheriff and state police detachment. Housing agency grant funds for water works are exhausted pending new appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
W. W. Bolt
Bolt
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Council
Cheetah Clocked At 84 MPH As Fastest Land Animal
The cheetah, a big cat, is recorded at 84 miles per hour making it the fastest land animal on record. Researchers note its remarkable acceleration and specialized body design for sprinting.
Ravencliff Family Reunion Notes From Weekend Visits
Mrs. Frank Farley and son Douglas return from Roanoke Virginia after attending the illness and death of Mrs. Farley’s mother Mrs Myrtle Bowers. Also back in Ravencliff are Mrs Laura Farley and her sister Mrs Anna Murphy from Roanoke. Several local residents hosted or visited relatives in Ohio and Virginia over the weekend.
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Ravencliff
Frank Farley
Douglas
Roanoke
Farley
Myrtle Bowers
Bowers
Laura Farley
Anna Murphy
Giles Lucas
Bill Philyaw
Charleston
Philyaw
Greely McGraw
Tom Tolliver
Beck
Two-Day Food Handler Conference Announced in Wyoming County
Wyoming County Health Department announces annual food handler conference for food handling establishment staff and school hot lunch personnel. Sessions run Thursday and Friday with times 2 p m and 6 30 p m in Pineville Courthouse and Mullens Moose Club. Attendees must meet permit requirements including chest X ray or tuberculin skin test and blood test. Tests offered Feb 14 and Feb 15 at specified locations and ongoing Wednesdays or first/third Thursdays at designated offices.
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Pineville
RNS
Thomas C. Stone
Sanitarian
Wyoming
Mullens Moose Club
Mullens
Thomas
Wyoming County
Mullens City Hall
Obituary notices list several local deaths and services
Death notices for J FE Williams 69 of 102 Campbell Court funeral at First Baptist Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Corbit Isaac Lucas 67 Beckley Junction body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel funeral arrangements incomplete. Paris Bernard Move 60 MacArthur body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral. Albert George Pennington 83 Azzara Avenue funeral at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Pennington Cemetery Athens. Phil Sneed 61 Ghent services at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Armand Allen Williams 78 Shady Spring funeral at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel burial Williams Cemetery White ak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Williams
J. FE. Sr
Campbell Court
First Baptist Church
Kenneth L. Swank
Sunset Memorial Park
G. L. Hash
Fred Richmond
John Daniel
J. M. Laing
Clark Kessell
Chris Sarandon
J. W. Walters, Jr
The
Kiwanis Club
Melton Mortuary
Lucas Lucas
Corbit Isaac
Beckley Junction
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Paris
Bernard
MacArthur
Pennington Pennington
Albert George
Azzara Avenue
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
B. L. Moss
Pennington Cemetery
Athens
Sneed Sneed
Phil
Ghent
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
Pearley Mills
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Armand Allen
Shady Spring
Annie Garten
Gene Hall
Williams Cemetery
Whiteak
Patient Released From Wyoming General Hospital Mullens
Fulton C. Brown, a patient at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens for three weeks, was able to return home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGraws
RNS
Fulton C. Brown
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
The Almanac February thirteenth, 1963 entry
Almanac notes the date February 13 1963 as the 44th day of the year with 321 days remaining. It lists celestial observations Venus Mars Saturn and Jupiter and notes historical events including the Boston Latin School founding in 1635 and Budapest's fall in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Boston Latin School
America
Boston
Johann Strauss
Vienna
Leningrad
Budapest
Beauty Shop and Repair Services Offer Local Deals
Local ads list Zella's Artiste Beauty Shop permanents hair coloring at 32744 Neville St plus tax help and plumbing heating repairs by Giana and W C Rogers with guaranteed work. Also radio TV shops, home refrigeration, and a general goods repair network with pickup delivery and affordable rates.
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Zella
Permanents
Neville St
Directo A Es
Vyetta Hill
Stanford
Aha Iecenente Ee Cannans Giana
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Dial
Wright
Ashworth Firestone
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Jack Wallen
Zara Cook
Jack Blankenship
Walter Stewart
Amos Lusk
Bertie Rice
Herman Epperly
Carolyn Christian
Fay Lowe
Ray Huffman
Grace Bradbury
Royal Court
Marion D. Brown
Cathy Wolfe
Norma Gaye Phillips
Hayden Wolfe
Walter Phillips
Donna Bailey
Jackie Lou Clay
Karen Kelly
Drucilla Price
Ethel Tolliver
Judy McGraw
Shrewsbury
Sharon Bailey
Frances Harrington
Coach Brown
Buddy Perry
Buddy Shaver
Terry Cook
Tommy Brooks
Dwight Sizcore
Eddie Durham
Donnie Bailey
Pat Manning
Lacy Brooks
Douglas Pizzino
Lewis
Nolley
Elizabeth Williams
Gantey
Came Spesvers
J. Earl Cook
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Henry Cook
Grace Hospital
Welch
Tommy Evans
Richard Pell
Fort Knox
R. P. Mullins
Pilgrims Knob
Lottie Brooks
Beckley
Cecil Cook
Hopkins
Valley Drive South
Colors Means Lumber Co
Sisson St. Ph
Maytag
Usher
the Almanac
James Thurber
Valentine’'S
da’ Dias Floral CO
City Ave
Webb & Neal Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Mar
Vance Drive
Sander
Edger
Todd's Grocery and Hare
Beaver
Sanders
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
W. Va
Rockford Keys
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
Earl S. Huddle
ARL
John W. Eye Television
West
Halstead
Sparks
Prince St
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Jan Campbell Music Co
Land of Oz
Thompson's
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Business Confidential
Jim Green
N. Kanawha St. Day
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick Ave
Allie Kincaid
Coal City
Jean Radford
Beckley Beauty Salon
Rawleigh
Dept
Richmond
Standard Coffee — Company
Beckley Hotel
W. C. Mills
Care Beckley Newspapers
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
R. L Stinson
Myers Ave
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
Abshire
Rt. 1
W . Va
Chihuahua
Nature Shop
Fotos & Co
Singer
Pioneer
Fayette Ph
Jim Chambers
American Glass & Mirror Co. Inc
Mt. Hope Rd
Mullins
Const. Co
Oak Hill
F.H.A
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
S&s
Neville St.opp
Pagoda Shopping Center
Dennis Shrewsbury
Larry Stover
Alderson Feed Store
Beckley Glass CO
Alex N. Breckinridge
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