Three One Act Plays Presented by Stratton High
The Dramatics Club of Stratton High School stages three one act plays at 7 30 p m February 27 in the school auditorium. The program includes a drama about prison warden John Stone forced to weigh leniency for his son Arthur and mercy for an inmate who stole to aid his dying wife and child. The warden, estranged from his wife who visits after 20 years, confronts a personal trial of humanity versus rigidity with lead performances by Millard Harbison Russell Manns Freida Fountain and Carl Hill.
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Dramatics Chuir
Stratton High School
John Stone
Millard Harbison
Arthur
Russell Manns
Wilson
Elwyn Reeves
Ace” Grott
Carl Hill
Freida Fountain
Marva
Speech Contest Slated At Mullens High School
Mullens High School hosts an elimination for the District Six American Legion oratorical contest on Monday with two winners advancing to the district finals February 25 in Princeton. Participants include Woodrow Wilson Shady Spring Pineville Oceana and Mullens students. Nina Markowitz of Mullens will speak Our Constitution in a Changing World and others present extemporaneous talks on Constitution topics.
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Mullens High
American Legion
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson High School
Shady Spring
Pineville High School
Oceana High School
Mullens High School
Nina Markowitz
Paul Markowitz
Nina
Long Chain Charley Gets Wyo. Prisoner
Franklin Roy Cox of Pineville was sent to Welch by Wyoming County Deputies to board Long Chain Charley for a trip to the State Penitentiary Maundesville. Cox received one to ten years for robbing the Maben Store of Winding Gulf Coals Inc on January 31 and five more years for a second felony. Installation services for new officers of the United Chorus in Mount Arne Baptist Church Layland will be held at 2:30 am Sunday with Rev. L. C. Fletcher as guest speaker.
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Pineville
RNS
Franklin Roy Cox
Welch
Wyoming
James Gibson
Bud Daniels
Charley
Maundesville
Cox
Maben
Winding Gulf Coals Inc
United Chorus
Mount Arne Baptist Church
Layland
L. C. Fletcher
One-Act Plays Presented With Local Sponsors
Gilbert and his daughter headline a program of one act plays including It's Cold In Them Thar Hills and Sis O' the Ozarks. Mrs J M Jeffries Sr and Mrs R M Greene are listed as sponsors for the event.
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Gilbert
Thar Hills
Three Suits Dropped In Wyom Circuit Court
Three $25 000 suits brought by Robert and R D Bailey and C F Worrell against Charles H Bower were dismissed in Wyoming County Circuit Court. The suits stemmed from a two page sheet circulated before the August 1954 primary election. Bower admitted the inaccuracy of the allegations and retracted them. The felonious assault case against J W Haga Mullens is listed for March 10.
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Pineville
RNS
Robert
R. D. Bailey
C. F. Worrell
Charles H. Bower
Wyoming County Circuit Court
Bower
Robert Bailey
J. W. Haga
Mullens
Haga
Senior Play Set At Sherman High
Sherman High School to perform Headed for Eden a three act comedy March 12 and 13 directed by Ralph Hott le The senior class cast lists 17 students with Martha Vamos Sharon Douglas Imogene Betty King and others, Ronald DeNoe student director and David Cummings stage chief.
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Seth
Eden
Sherman High School
Ralph Hottle
Martha Vamos
Mrs. Skipworth
Sharon Douglas
Imogene
Betty King
Dorothy Brill
Jewel
Limpy
Ronald DeNoe
David Cummings
Fire Drills Set In Coal River Area Schools
Whitesville Fire Department schedules a series of drills and training for all Coal River area schools. Firemen will stage observation drills, assess bottlenecks, reroute students during surprise drills, and focus on old wooden buildings. Sherman High undergoes drills due to fireproof concerns. The department comprises 25 volunteer firefighters, with about 15 active per exercise.
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Whitesville
RNS
Coal River Area
Sherman High School
Coal River
Mrs Evans Observes 76th Birthday Monday
A surprise party honored Mrs Mollie Evans on her 76th birthday at her daughter Myrtle Steed’s Colcord home. Born February 16, 1883 in Oceana, she is a mother of seven sons and two daughters, with 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Mrs. Evans
Colcord
RNS
Mollie Evans
Myrtle Steed
Evans
Oceana
Ed Elkins
John Evans
Thomas
Naoma
Charlie
Barboursville
William Oak Hill
Lonnie
St. Albans
Harry
Dorothy
Carl
Springfield
Til
Claude
Germany
Mary Jones Cadle
Whitesville
Ray Honaker
Sylvester
Thomas Evans
Mary Cadle
William Evans
Shirley Evans
Charlie Evans
Harry Evans
Med White
Jack Thompson
John Fannin
Ann Fannin
Wilson Walker
Roger Fraley and Son
Steed
Thomson
Voting Date Set For Annexation Issue Oak Hill
Oak Hill council set April 17 as the voting date on annexation. Voters from Sunrise and Treadway Additions Pea Ridge Rosedale Addition and Lewis Addition will decide whether these areas join the city. Polling places include a vacant house on Rogers Street above the Church of God, John Halstead’s back porch, Ray William’s home, and the basement of the Knights of Pythias hall.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Sunrise Addition
Treadway
Pea Ridge
Rosedaye
Lewis Addition
Sunrise
Rogers Street
Church of God
John Halstead
Rosedale
Ray William
Lewis Adition
Knights of Pythias Hall
Willing Workers Schedules Spaghetti Dinner at Pax Church
Willing Workers Band of the Pax Church of God plans a spaghetti dinner at 3 p.m. in the church basement on February 28. New officers include Mrs. Harold Clendenin as president and Mrs. Minnie Tucker as secretary. Several members attended the Monday meeting and the next gathering is set for March 2 at 7 p.m.
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PAX
RNS
Willing Workers Band
Pax Church of God
Harold Clendenin
Jack Akers
Minnie Tucker
Cecil Humphrey
Charlie Brown
Jack Bailey
Tom Tyree
Ansted High School Variety Show Monday Night
Ansted High School hosts a Monday gym variety show sponsored by the Band Boosters Club. WOAY TV personality Elmer Hickman will MC, with Mead ow Bridge Jazz, Gauley Bridge Swing, Ansted Dixie Band, singers and dancers. The event aids the uniform drive for 60 members as funds remain short for majorettes and color guards.
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ASTED
ANS
Ansted High ‘School
Elmer Hickman
Woay-Tv
Meadow Bridge
Gauley Bridge
Ansted High
Highlander Band
Oak Hill
Concord Students Pledged To Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Eight Concord College women pledged to the Sigma Sigma Sigma National Social Sorority during rush week. Named are Maude Williams Beckley Karen Call St Albans Betty Mullins Red Jacket Patricia Brown Princeton Brenda Phillippe Bluefield Norma Laws Beckley Rebecca Eades Hinton Jackie Coulter Peterstown Suellen Ferrell heads Alpha Alpha Chapter.
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Athens
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Concord College
Maude Williams
Beckley
Karen Call
St. Albans
Betty Mullins
Red Jacket
Patricia Brown
Princeton
Brenda Phillippe
Bluefield
Norma Laws
Rebecca Eades
Hinton
Jackie Coulter
Peterstown
Williams
Joe Williams
Clear Fork High School
C. J. Lester
Miss Laws
Ross Jackson Laws
MacArthur
Woodrow Wilson High School
Hinton High School
Miss Eades
Clara Belle Eades
Miss Coulter
K. R. Coulter
Peterstown High School
Concord
Call
Hershell Walter Call
St. Albans High School
Suellen Ferrell
Two Juveniles Face Hearing In School Break-In Case
In Fayetteville two 16 year old youths from Backus Mountain are charged with breaking into the Glen Dale School Tuesday. They were arrested Wednesday and accused of stealing ice cream candy and milk worth ten dollars. Deputies L W Fox and Earl Dempsey led the arrest and the youths will appear before Juvenile Court Judge Charles L Garvin.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Backus Mountain
Glen Dale
Charles L. Garvin
Sheriff's
L. W. Fox
Earl Dempsey
Alden Hippert Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Alden Mayfield Hippert, 72, White Sulphur Springs, will be held at 1 30 p m Saturday at Emmanuel Methodist Church. Burial is in Hillcrest Cemetery. He died Thursday in a Clifton Forge hospital after a short illness. He was a former mayor of White Sulphur Springs and served on the District Board of Education. Survivors include two sons Glenn W Hippert of Beckley and Albert M Hippert of Arlington and a daughter Mrs David Rain of Arlington and six grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Masons and Rotary Club members. services at the church to follow graveside rites.
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Alden Mayfield Hippert
Emmanuel Methodist Church
Charles W. Paskel
J. P. Atkins
D. L. Beard
Hillcrest Cemetery
Hippert
White Sulphur Springs
Clifton Forge
John D
Elizabeth Richardson Hippert
Callaghan
Alleghany Lodge No. 136
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Rotary Club
District Board of Education
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Edith Anderson Hippert
Glenn W
Beckley
Albert M. Hippnert
Vero Beach
Fla
David Rain
Arlington
Court Orders Newcomb To Support Child
The Wyoming Circuit Court directed Pedro Newcomb to pay 25 dollars per month to Magnola Lester for support of a child. It was determined Newcomb is the father of a daughter born to a Lester woman on March 1.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Pedro Newcomb
Magnola Lester
Newcomb
Lester
Safety advocate celebrates cautious approach in Lockport
In Lockport New York Mark Gamble exudes zeal for campus safety as Emmet Belknap School officials praise a student meme guiding pedestrians at a downtown intersection. The incident shows a youth using a playful gesture to remind peers to wait for the light.
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Lockport
N.Y
Mark Gamble
Emmet Belknap
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Simmon
Ballengee’s Furniture CO
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