Fayetteville Ham and Bacon Show Planned by Rotary Club
Fayetteville Rotary Club will sponsor the Fayette County Ham and Bacon Show and Sale on March 9 at 7 30 p.m in the Memorial Building dining room. Clifford Davis chairs the committee with Dr Bernard S Collins George Coleman Glendon Riner and others from Rotary Farm Bureau 4 H Leaders Association and Agricultural Extension Service. Two divisions are planned a 4 H Club Division and an Adult or Farmer Division with entries due by March 1. All hams and bacons will be trimmed cured and hickory smoked and will be inspected for soundness before sale. Last year’s sale saw champion ham at 3 50 per pound and champion bacon at 6 per pound with total averages of 175 per ham and 242 per pound for bacon.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Davis
Fayette County
The
Rotary Club
Farm Bureau
4H Leaders’ Association
Mt. Hope
Camping Schedule Set by Fayette Girl Scout Council
Fayette County Girl Scout Council outlines camping and training plans including Camp Abbot schedule Senior Camp June 12 to June 18 Intermediate Sessions June 18 to July 4 Brownie Day Camp July 10 to July 14 and related trainings Camp location details and meeting dates are noted with attendees and host households across Gauley Bridge Fayetteville and surrounding communities in preparation for a May 6 rally at Memorial Building and a March 12 Girl Scout Sunday observance.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Girl Scout Council
Robert Herndon
Gauley Bridge
Kenneth Robbins
Bill Abele
Meredith Arbough
Don Sanford
Herndon
Memorial Building
Camp Abbot
R. A. Updike
Enchanted Hills Development Committee
River District
Chariton Heights
Hotel Hill
Updike
Cincinnati
Ohio
C. R. Harnsbarger
Sanford
Girl Scout Office
John Lee
A. Rosser Long Jr
Raymond Updike
Montgomery
Charlton Heights
James P. Allen
Oak Hill
C. R. Harn
Gun Victim Is Fair Today
Hart Clay is reported in fair condition at Wyoming General Hospital after a bullet wound from a family dispute at his Killarny home. His wife is accused, and Clay may not press charges according to Pineville state police.
Smoking Hams Spark $1,000 Oak Hill Fire
Oak Hill firefighters rushed to the home of Glen Stines at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday as a well house and outside cellar containing ham-smoking equipment caught fire while Stines was away. Chief Arthur Akers assessed about $1,000 in damage but kept the blaze from reaching the seven room house nearby.
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Oak Hill
Glen Stines
Stines
Arthur Akers
Akers
Airman Clay Atwell Completes Basic Training Leave
Airman 3C Clay Atwell visits Oceana parents during a 20 day leave from Lackland AFB Texas where he completed basic training. His next assignment will be with the Combat Support Group at Larson AFB Washington for 18 months.
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Oceana
Rns
Clay Atwell
Richard Atwell
Atwell
Lackland Afb
Texas
Larson Afb
Washington
Miss Annalee Workman Accepts Washington Employment
Miss Annalee Workman daughter of Mr and Mrs G B Workman will leave Friday for Washington DC where she will join her brother in law and sister and Mrs Gerald Ellison. A commercial graduate of Oceana High School she has accepted employment in Washington.
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Jesse
Annalee Workman
G. B. Workman
Washington, D. C
Gerald Ellison
Miss Workman
Oceana High School
Washington
Valentine King and Queen crowned at Maben Grade School
Terry Bower, eighth grader Anna Buchannon crowned Valentine King and Queen at the Maben Grade School Valentine Social in the gymnasium. Runners up David Tolliver and Carol Lester belong to eighth and seventh grades respectively. the event was hosted by the Parent-Teacher Association.
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Valentine King
Maben Grade School
Terry Bower
Anna Buchannon
David Tolliver
Carol Lester
Terry
Queen
David
Carol
Maben Gymnasium
Parent-Teacher Association
Chosen Ideal Teens for February at Glen Rogers High
Donna Bailey and Stanley Cozort named Chosen Ideal Teens for February by Glen Rogers High School journalism class. Bailey, 15, daughter of Rev. Claude Bailey of Glen Fork, is vice president of music and recreation in Future Homemakers of America, feature editor of The Owl, member of Raleigh-Wyoming Press Association, a varsity cheerleader, and in the band Tri-Hi-Y and Book Club. Cozort, 17, son of Mabel Cozort of McGraws, belongs to Science and Book Clubs, Varsity Club and Student Council, served as president of Class 9A, and has played junior high basketball.
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Glen Rogers High School
Donna Bailey
Stanley Cozort
Donna
Claude Bailey
Glen Fork
Future Homemakers of America
the Owl
Raleigh - Wyoming Press Association
Cozort
Mabel Cozort
McGraws
Visitors at Jesse Gunter and Workman Families
Local social notes list visits from Earnest Gunter and son Stevie of Oceana to Miley Gunter. W W Rose of Pineville to L S Workman. Carolyn Moore of Koppers town to Sue Gunter. Hollis Brooks and children to William Shrewsbury. Jimmy Adams discharged from the Army after two years with service in South Carolina Arkansas Ohio and Kentucky.
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Jesse
Rns
Earnest Gunter
Stevie
Oceana
Miley Gunter
W. W. Rose
Pineville
L. S. Workman
Carolyn Moore
Kopperston
Sue Gunter
Hollis Brooks
Betty
Glenna
Philip
William Shrewsbury
Stephenson
Jimmy Adams
Thurley Adams
U.S. Army
South Carolina
Arkansas
Ohio
Kentucky
Bus Agency Opens in Oak Hill Near Chestnut and Main
Greyhound buses move to Oak Hill after weeks of scattered service. A new agency opens at the corner of Chestnut and Main in the former Bailey's Grocery building, operated by Mrs. E. W. Stotts with ticket clerks Mrs. L. E. Bullion and Mrs. Pauline Holden. Wanda's Snack Bar also opens in the same building by Mrs. Wanda Canterbury and Roy Canterbury. Greyhound will run from Oak Hill with local buses continuing at the City Bus Terminal on Central Avenue.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Greyhound Buses
Chestnut and
Main Streets
Bailey’s Grocery
E. W. Stotts
L. E. Bullion
Fayetteville
Pauline Holden
Dunbar
Wanda’s
Wanda Canterbury
Roy Canterbury
Edwight
Greyhound
Central Avenue
Oceana Band Sponsors Dance After Friday Game
The Oceana High School Band sponsors a dance in the Pineville Oceana basketball building Friday after the game. The public is invited. Music will be provided by a jukebox.
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Oceana
BNS
Oceana High School
Pineville - Oceana
Shumate Birth Announces Beverly Lynn at Pineville Hospital
Billy Gerald Shumate announces the birth of a daughter named Beverly Lynn at Pineville Maternity Hospital on February 7, weighing five pounds three ounces. The Shumates also have two sons, Stephen and Myron.
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Jesse
Billy Gerald Shumate
Beverly Lynn
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Shumates
Stephen
Myroneith
Mount Hope student Miss Callaway named Merit Finalist
Miss Ann C. Callaway of Mount Hope High School is named a finalist in the 1960 61 National Merit Scholarship program. A senior with a 4.0 average she earned a Certificates of Merit and held multiple leadership and arts roles. Finalists total about six tenths of one percent per state and Merit Scholars will be announced April 27, 1961 with four year scholarships ranging from 100 to 1500 dollars yearly.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope High School
Ann C. Callaway
H. J
Jack) Callaway
College Day
National Honor Society
Alpha Omega
Debuteen Sub-Del Club
Troupe 1891
National Thespian Society
Inter Nos Latin Club
Junior Academy of Science
Reflector
Mustang
West Virginia Tech
Work Resumed On Lake Site In Fayette County
Work on the 2800 acre Plum Orchard Creek recreation lake in Fayette County resumes after winter weather halted efforts. About 30 unemployed residents started cleanup in November and more workers will be interviewed at the Memorial Auditorium. The project aims to stock the lake with bass for spring 1962 fishing.
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Fayetteville
RNS
State Conservation Commission
Plum Orchard Creek
Fayette County
Fayette
Social Notes From Oceana and Nearby Towns
Mrs Stella Rippeth returns from Wyoming Hospital Mullens after three weeks as a patient. Saturday guests of Mrs Leona Hatfield and granddaughter Sandy include Donald Craft and son Mike Brenda Craft and Timmy Spratte and son Timmy all of Simon. C R Barrett attended his brother Enock Barrett funeral in Hamlin after his death in Huntington. Jane Lynn Echols of Beckley visited Aunt and Uncle B L Morgan. Frank Buckhan and Elaine of Bluefield visited Sunny, Richard Atwell and Millard Plaster of Oceana hosted. Alvin Goddard and Johnny of Pineville visited Otis Cook family Peggy Lou. Donnie Lee Cook, Marshall College student, visited his parents. Fillmore Plaster Mike Dixon of Oceana visited. J B Dixon admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital after heart attack. Mrs John B Mays and daughters Brenda and Mary Jane Welch visited Perry E Scott. Pineville guests Harold Rose.
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Oceana
RNS
Stella Rippeth
Wyoming Hospital
Mullens
Leona Hatfield
Sandy
Donald Craft
Mike
Brenda Craft
Edgar Spratte
Timmy
Simon
C. R. Barrett
Hamlin
Enoch Barrett
Huntington
Jane Lynn Echols
Beckley
B. L. Morgan
John Plaster
Welch
Alvin Goddard
Johnny
Pineville
Otis Cook
Peggy Lou
Donnie Lee Cook
Marshall College
J. B. Dixon
Beckley Memorial Hospital
John B. Mays
Brenda
Mary Jane
Perry E. Scott
W. W. Rose
Harold Rose
Youth Falls To Death From Top Of Cliff
Joe Stout Jr. 17, fell to his death from a 60 foot cliff near Yukon in McDowell County after he and Robert Addair 17 hiked the face of the cliff in nice weather. Addair, who went for help, found Stout’s body below and was treated for shock. A second short item notes Fayetteville Lions Club meeting with speaker Robert Crabtree on student guidance programs.
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WAR
UPI
Joe Stout Jr
Yukon
McDowell County
Big Creek
Robert Addair
Stout
Young Addair
Order and sense of balance over tidy routines
Dear Mrs. Lawrence offers a view on tidiness and order arguing that being orderly means prioritizing meaningful tasks. Untidy individuals can be orderly in their own areas while creative minds often reject universal tidiness. The piece notes that order is about discrimination between important and trivial items, not a blanket demand for neatness.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
West Virginia Tourists Favor Scenery Hospitality 1960 Survey
The 15th annual tourist survey shows WV visitors praised scenery and mountains by about 52 percent, hospitality by about 20 percent, and total visitor spend reached a record 290 million dollars in 1960. Arrival and spending rose, lodging and eating facility needs shifted, and tourism drew visitors from 23 states plus Canada, with foreign representation growing.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Turnpike
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Iowa
Missouri
Georgia
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Canada
Rams Star Carroll Dale Visits Oceana High School
Rams offensive end Carroll Dale visited Oceana High School on Friday morning. A Virgina Tech graduate, Dale earned second team All American as a junior and first team as a senior at VPI. At 6 ft 1 in and 195 pounds, the 22-year-old veteran will return to the Rams next season. He is married with a young daughter and hails from Wise. He also represents a sporting goods company in the off season.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Carroll Dale
Los Angeles Rams
Dale
Virone Polytechnic Institute
VPI
West Virginia University
Rams
Wise
Circle holds February meeting at Newsome home
Dunlap Circle of the First Baptist Church met in the home of Mrs. Eugene Newsome for a monthly program on the Congo theme Change and Challenge. Mrs. C A Ellison led devotional, Mrs. Charles Stump presided, two new members were welcomed, and refreshments were served to twelve members and two guests.
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Icircle
Mullens
RNS
W.R. Mays
Dunlap
First Baptist Church
Eugene Newsome
Congo
C. A. Ellison
Charles Stump
J. J. Compton
Albert Toler
Old Dallas reader mocks ancient TV films and Hayes oath
In Dallas a Times Herald reader Juanita Armes complains about 1920s style films on local television noting a credits line Introducing John Barrymore. The article adds that President Hayes' inaugural day occurred on Sunday, breaking precedent with a private White House oath.
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Dallas
Tex
Juanita Armes
Dallas Times Herald
John Barrymore
Hayes
White House
Participants Named For World Day Of Prayer Service
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church hosts the World Day of Prayer Friday at 2 PM with participants Mrs. Robert Lilly of the Baptist Temple Mrs. Claude R. Berry of Mount Hope Christian Church Mrs. Anthony Puskas of the Presbyterian Church and Mrs. Harold Hock of Mount Hope Methodist Church The program titled Forward Through the Ages is sponsored by the United Council of Church Women and open to the public.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Robert Lilly l
The
Baptist Temple
Claude R. Berry
Supreme Court reverses ruling in Stamper wrongful death
State Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Fay ette County Circuit Court dismissal of Daisy Stamper's wrongful death suit against Lillian Bannister. The court held the contributory negligence issue should be decided by a jury, not as a matter of law, regarding the May 6 1958 fatality on U S 60 near Malden.
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Charleston
UPI
Fayette County
Daisy Stamper
Lillian D. Bannister
State Supreme Court
High Court
Board Gets Approval for Late Payment Penalty
CHARLESTON UPI The Bluefield Sanitary Board won Public Service Commission approval to assess a 10 percent late payment penalty on all bills not paid within 30 days. Superintendent Thomas A. Bruce said the board had previously omitted the penalty in rates approved Sept 12.
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Charleston
UPI
Bluefield Sanitary Board
Public Service Commission
Thomas A. Bruce
PSC
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Cook Department Store
Bank of Mount Hope
J. Zane Summerfield
Rosser Long Insurance Co
Riners’ Dairy, Inc
M. E. Coleman Packing Co
J. W. Ayers
C. E. Davis, Garten
FORD
Glen Rogers Ideal
Ball
Ann Callaway
James L. Mathews
Fayette County Sportsmen’s Association
Memorial Auditory
Galaxie Club Victoria
Centra Per Alta Moda Italiana
Ford Division
Ford Motor Company
Grady Whitlock
LIONS
Lions Club
Robert Crabtree
Murial Lawrence
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