Airport Pens Contract With Piedmont Airline
Mercer County signed a three year lease with Piedmont Airlines for airport facilities at Hurricane Ridge from May 15, 1954, to May 14, 1957, with a three year renewal option. The airline may install and operate navigational equipment and occupies 400 square feet of office space at $1.75 per square foot monthly, with base charges for flights and a 2 percent gross revenue fee. Esso Standard Oil Co. holds exclusive rights to refueling contracts for one year from February 10, 1954.
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Princeton
ANL
Mercer County
Hurricane Ridge
Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
Esso Standard Oil Co
Miss Wallace named DAR Best Citizen in Fayetteville
Patricia Wallace senior at Fayetteville High School wins D A R Best Citizen by student vote. She active in 4-H Garden Club and National Honor Society, writes for the State Sentinel, participates in band Thesbian Troupe and drama, and works as a theatre cashier. Also notes Sam Mele’s 22 game hitting streak last season.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Patricia Wallace
Joe Wallace
Fayetteville High School
Pat
American Legion
the State Sentinel
Jackson's Mill
Methodist Church
MIBF
National Honor Society
Order of the Rainbow
Frank Graff
Mt. Hope
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sam Mele
White Sox
Pineville Personal News Covers Local Visits and Passages
Pineville area notices list dozens of local residents and visitors, with Mrs. Lee P Bailey hospitalized after a stroke at Bluefield Sanitarium. Several families, including Pettits, Elliots, Lusk, and Shannons, travel between Pineville, Oceana, Mullens, Blacksburg, Charleston, and Oak Hill, while friends and relatives call, visit, and extend well wishes.
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Pineville
RNS
Lee P. Bailey
Bluefield Sanitarium
Violet Lusk
Elizabeth Wilson
Miss Lusk
James L. Pettit
Marsha Lynn
Oceana
Milton Holstein
Charleston
L. L. Shannon
East Pinevile
Shannon
W. F. Rose
J. G. Hayhurst
Donald
Man
George Saunders
B. D. Mitchell
Logan
J. L. Shannon
Coy L. Rose
Rose
Floyd Anderson
Coalwood
D. C. Anderson
George Gilkerson
Charles
Oak Hill
Jesse Kenny
F. P. Cook
Pine- Pineville
Watt Acord
Kopperston
James Pizzino
Gail
Charles Pizzino
Glen Fork
W. R. Davidson
Matoaka
C. A. George
Stella George
Crowley-Worrel
J. W. Shufflebarger
Mullens
C. W. Shufflebarger
C. A. Clingempeel
Andy
Roanoke
Zed C. Ball
Mr. Ball
Roger
Mullens Fire Station Blueprint Stage Gets City OK
Mullens volunteers Captains Bill Goad and Bill Cook travelled to Roanoke to blue print a station on Early Street near City Hall. Council approved early construction with two phases, allotting about 4500 now and more funds later. A Roanoke engineer offered professional help at no cost.
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Muullens
City OK
Mullens
RNS
Mullens Volunteer Fire Department
Bill Goad
Bill Cook
Roanoke
Goad
Good
Clyde Newsome
W. A. Davis
Principals Seek 10 Month Term Survey In Fayette County
Fayette County Elementary Principals Association met at Friendship Hall to discuss a 10 month school term and to vote on the fall state meeting days. President Ross Dever urged faculty surveys and reports by Feb 19, and Kenneth Vandal at Ansted offered to collect responses.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Elementary Principals Association
Friendship Hall
Ross Dever
A. L. Walker
Kenneth Vandall
Ansted
R. E. Cavendish
West Virginia
J. Alfred Taylor Sr
C. R. Bright
John Guinn
J. R. Deitz
Ivan Cavendish
Clyde McClung
E. B. Esen
Hugh Cavendish
J. D. Wickline
Mabel Perdue
William Skaggs
Violet Henderson
C. C. Neal
Anne Rowe
Joseph Scott
Carl Legg
C. H. Rhodes
Nelson Zorio
Jumping Branch Persons and Church Note Local News
Jumping Branch reports a family gathering for W A Whittaker illness with relatives from Little Rock North Port Charleston Baltimore and more. The Mary Jane Memorial Methodist Church hosted Rev O F Surfac e guest speaker at White Oak. Other items include Lon Meadows to Huntington for observation and Opal Sweeney visiting Akron family. Audrey Lilly visited Beckley and Eugene Crook recovered from influenza. Mr and Mrs James Reef have moved to Jumping Branch.
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Carl Saunders
Little Rock
Ark
Ruth Pollard
North Port
N. Y
Jim Whittaker
Charleston
John Whittaker
Baltimore
W.A. Whittaker
O. F. Surface
Lindside
Mary Jane Memorial Methodist Church
White Oak
W. M. Willis
Lon Meadows
Huntington
C. and O. Hospital
Opal Sweeney
Leroy Sweeney
Akron
O. Amon Simmons
Hinton Hospital
Audrey Lilly
Beckley
Eugene Crook
James Reef
Oregon
Jumping Branch
Cornelia Otis Skinner Slated to Appear Tonight
Cornelia Otis Skinner actress author and theatrical producer will present a group of character sketches at Montgomery High School auditorium today The West Virginia Tech Student Council sponsors the appearance as a student convocation open to the public Skinner has toured the United States and England receiving acclaim from critics and public alike.
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Montgomery
Cornelia Otis Sinner
Montgomery High School
West Virginia Tech Student Council
Miss Skinner
United States
England
Fined on Road Violations in Mullens
Two drivers pleaded guilty to road law violations and were fined 25 dollars each by Magistrate Bill Houck. Alderson Lee Burks, 28, of Glen Rogers, jailed on reckless driving. William Davis, 34, of Maben, charged with driving without a license. State police made both arrests.
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Mullens
RNS
Bill Houck
Alderson Lee Burks
Glen Rogers
William Davis
Maben
OES To Meet Pineville Chapter Plans Feb 18 Meeting
Pineville Chapter No. 110 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a meeting on Thursday February 18 at 7 30 p m at the UMW Lodge Hall in Oceana.
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OES
Pineville
RNS
Order of the Eastern Star
UMW
Oceana
Rites for Mrs Cook Held at Oceana Freewill Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl Cook 69 are set for 1 p.m. at the Oceana Freewill Baptist Church. The Logan Hospital death prompted final rites by Rev C A Young of Pineville. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Oceana. The body was moved from Evans Funeral Home to the Border residence Tuesday evening.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Freewill Baptist Church
Pearl Cook
Logan
C. A. Young
Pineville
Evans
Chilton
Greenbrier Staffer Takes New Jersey Hotel Post
Mark D. Turner of The Greenbrier has become general manager of the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City New Jersey. He will begin March 15 after three years as assistant director of sales and sports director at Greenbrier. Turner is a Northwestern alumnus with prior work at The Homestead Belleair and Palmer House and served in World War II rising to major. He served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater and was executive officer in the Department of Information at U S Army headquarters in Korea.
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White Sulphur Springs
Mark D. Turner
Greenbrier
Flanders Hotel
Ocean City
New Jersey
Turner
Northwestern University
The
Homestead
Hot Springs
Virginia
Belleview Biltmore
Bellair
Florida
Palmer House
Chicago
Department of Information
U. S. Army
Korea
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Airport Pens
Piedmont Airline
Indianapolis Speedway
Kentucky
Hit Hill
the Hill and Hill Company
Louisville, KY
Miss Wallace
DAR
Pat Wallace
Home Economist
Donald Duck
Dorothy V. Bradley
Purity Maid
Duck Bread
Purity Maid’s
U Piy
Donald Buck
Walt Disney Productions
Cornelia Otis Skinner
ST Ukes
T.joseb
Frankoy
Crowgey
Cee
Loe
New Jersey Hotel Post
Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Forrest E. Daniel
District Agent
Vine St
Beckley, W. Va
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