Science Fair Opens Thursday in Mullens High Gym
The Wyoming County Science Fair will run Thursday at Mullens High School gym from 1 to 4 pm and 7 to 10 pm, closed briefly to judge projects. Judges include Willis Hill Concord College, Teddy Byrd Mercer County, Dr. David Hale Princeton, Eu gene Evans Concord, A H Montgomery Concord, and Taylor Leonard Itmann. Elementary projects judged by local teachers. Wyoming County Trade School display under W G Mullins. George Nolley to announce winners and awards at 8 pm. about 125 projects expected per Lee Hodson.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County
Mullens High School
Willis Hill
Concord College
Teddy Byrd
Mercer County Science Co
David Hale
Princeton
Eugene Evans
A. H. Montgomery
Taylor Leonard
Itmann
Wyoming County Trade School
W. G. Mullins
Pineville
George Nolley
Wyoming County Schools
Lee Hodson
Oceana Man Waives On Grand Larceny Charge
In Pineville a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W Preston Wilson Donald Gene Belcher waived to the Wyoming County grand jury on a grand larceny charge. He is accused of taking four tires with tubes and wheels valued at 80 dollars from a car owned by Margaret Hylton stored on an Oceana car lot. Bond was set at 1000 dollars.
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Pineville
RNL
W. Preston Wilson
Donald Gene Belcher
Oceana
Wyoming County Grand Jury
Margaret Hylton
Collins Graduate On Wesleyan Dean's List
Miss Lou Ellen Blake, a junior at West Virginia Wesleyan College from Oak Hill, was named to the dean's list for the first semester among 116 students. She is a sociology major, campus secretary, and former homecoming queen's court representative. The list covers 9.4 percent of enrollees, with fifty seven West Virginia students.
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Buckhannon
Lou Ellen Blake
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Blake
Ollie L. Blake
Oak Hill
Collins High School
West Virginia
Mount Hope Student Listed Seriously I ll at Oak Hill Hospital
Bob Gillespie of Scarbro is listed seriously ill at Oak Hill Hospital. He is a Mount Hope High School graduate and a junior at West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery.
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Mount Hope
Bob Gillespie
Rose Gillespie
Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Gillespie
Mount Hope High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Anglican Methodist merger plan alarms British church
A joint Anglican Methodist committee proposes a two stage unification of churches in Britain this plan could change worship for millions and even affect Queen Elizabeth as defender of the faith. It envisions Methodist bishops and shared communion before full unity and self government free from state control follows in later years.
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London
API
Church of England
John Wesley
Britain
Bette Davis Seals Tenth Oscar Nomination For 1962
Hollywood reports Bette Davis earns her tenth Academy Award nomination for best actress for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. Other nominees include Hepburn Bancroft Page Remick, with best actor nominees Lancaster Lemmon OToole Peck and Mastroianni. The ceremony airs April 8.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
Bette Davis
Miss Davis
Baby Jane
Katharine Hepburn
Anne Bancroft
Geraldine Page
Lee Remick
Miss Hepburn
Burt Lancaster
Alcatraz
Jack Lemmon
Peter O’toole
Gregory Peck
Marcello Mastroianni
Lancaster
Peck
Lemmon
David Lean
Robert Mulligan
Arthur Penn
Frank Perry
Pietro Germi
Ed Begley
Victor Buono
Telly Savalas
Omar Sharif
Mrs. Durham Visits Glen Rogers Family Matriarch Plans Extended Stay
Mrs. J E Durham, widow of the late Rev Durham, arrives from Camp Lejeune to visit her ten children in Glen Rogers. She will travel next to Louisville Dayton Chicago and Providence visiting relatives and pastors including Rev J E Durham and Obie Wainscott.
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Glen Rogers
Hubert Durham
J. E. Durham
Louisville
James Durham
Dayton
Ohio
Robert
Chicago
Ill
Obie Wainscott
Second Baptist Church
Providence
R. I
Herbert Morris
Beckley
Point bishops restrict Methodist laymen from communion
A church directive states Methodist laymen would no longer be allowed to celebrate holy communion, reflecting a shift in ritual participation and church governance.
Hearing Continued for 17-Year-Old in Reckless Driving Case
A hearing for Carl R. Cline Jr. of Welch has been continued to March 9 at 10 a.m. in Pineville’s justice of the peace office. He is charged with reckless driving after a two car crash Sunday on the Pineville Mullens Road. Other occupants, Robert Hoge, his wife, and daughter Jamie Mullens, were treated and released at Wyoming General Hospital.
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Pineville
Rns
Carl R. Cline Jr
Welch
W. Preston Wilson
Pineville-Mullens
Robert Hoge
Jamie Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Mount Hope Students Attend Know Your Government Day
Miss Janis Spade and Ricky Vickers of Mount Hope High School joined about 400 juniors at the Know Your Government Day in Charleston on Monday. They were accompanied by history instructor Miller Gwinn.
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Mount Hope
Janis Spade
Ricky Vickers
Mount Hope High School
Charleston
Miller Gwinn
First Adding Machines History
United Press International notes two pioneers of calculating devices. Blaise Pascal invented the first adding machine in 1642, while William Seward Burroughs created the first commercially successful adding device in 1888, per the World Almanac.
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United Press International
Blaise Pascal
William Seward Burroughs
Glen Rogers Church Reopens In Laurel Valley Area
The Glen Rogers Independent Baptist Church reopened after 15 months with Rev. Willis Woods as new pastor. Trustees Harvey York Kelly Griffith and William Hall. York ordained deacon. Griffith and Hall acting deacons. Mrs York secretary treasurer. William Hall Sunday School superintendent. Services set Sundays 11 a.m after 10 a.m. Sunday School. 7 p.m. Sunday service and Wednesday prayer at 7 p.m. Woods also serves as Laurel Valley Association vice president.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Glen Rogers Independent
Griffith
William Hall
York
Hall
Charles Hunsaker
Laurel Valley Fellowship of Independent Baptist Churches
Walter Norman
Clear Fork
John Richardson
Fairsdale
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
Mr. Woods
Woods
Laurel Valley Association
Byrd Urges Allies Cut Trade With Cuba to Strangle Regime
Senator Robert Byrd after visiting Guantanamo Bay calls on U S allies to reduce trade with Cuba to weaken Fidel Castro's economy. He cautions against acting on minor provocation but supports preparedness for substantial provocation and notes intelligence on nearby missile threats and Russian presence.
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Margaret A. Kilgore
Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Byrd
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Guantanamo
Aes
Post Office Plans Airlift for Missed Trains
The Post Office Department will airlift first class letters that miss trains, announced by Postmaster General J Edward Day to business and airline officials. He also unveiled experimental tagging of airmail stamps with invisible ink detectable by ultraviolet light to separate airmail and speed handling.
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Washington
UPI
Post Office Department
J. Edward Day
Beatification Date Set For Mother Seton
Vatican sources say Mother Elizabeth Bayley Seton will be declared Blessed in St. Peter's Basilica on March 17. Pope John XXIII also decreed beatifications for Bishop John Neumann of Philadelphia to be celebrated this spring.
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Vatican City
Mother Seton
United States
New York City
William Seton
Seton
Italy
Baltimore
Mine Inspector Sails to Aid Afghanistan Coal Project
Mount Hope resident Donovan 4G Sanford, a U.S. Bureau of Mines inspector, will join a U.S. Agency for International Development program in Afghanistan. He will oversee mine safety in a new coal venture 175 air miles northwest of Kabul, after orientation in Washington.
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Mount Hope
Donovan
Sanford
Chestnut Circle
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Afghanistan
Agency For International Development
Bureau of Mines
Kabul
Country Club Coal Co
Windber
Bellmead Coal Co
Sabine
Bowden Coal Co
Elkins
Charles
Smith St
Benton, Ill
Freeman Coal Co
Benton
Ruth Sonia
C. S. Berry
Round Hill Ave
Roanoke
F. O. Wygal
Vienna
Bluefield Sets All-Time Enrollment at State College
Bluefield State College reports a record second semester enrollment of 711 students up from 560 last year. President L B Allen notes growth reflects national trend and emphasizes continued focus on quality instruction and expanded adult and technical education. Dean Scrafford highlights evening and Saturday programs drawing many adults, with some traveling over 100 miles to attend.
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Bluefield State College
E. W. Browne
Bluefield State
L. B. Allen
Dr. Allen
E. J. Scrafford
Scrafford
West Virginia
Bramwell
Welch
Kimball
Gary
Jaeger
War
Princeton
Becksley
Bluefield
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