Federal Aid Sought For Storm Ripped School
Oak Hill officials and Representative Bailey discuss possible federal emergency funds after the Rosedale School was destroyed in a Saturday windstorm. Estimated salvage costs run about 70,000 if partial salvage is possible, or 125,000 for a new building. Mount Hope prepares emergency classrooms for 158 Rosedale pupils.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Rosedale
Cleveland M. Bailey
Pat Hamilton
Mount Hope
Mount Hope students to resume. music classes shifted
Principal E W Dunkley said Mount Hope will host students tomorrow after a contract on the Oak Hill Expressway requires shifting band and vocal music classes. The school district also faces losing Greentown Elementary as part of a state project and plans to relocate pupils to Glen Jean. Plum Orchard School is set to close due to the State Conservation Lake project, with homes for eight children acquiring the one room school.
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E. W. Dunkley
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Greentown
Glen Jean
Plum Orchard
Juniors Name Delegates To Government Day
Donna Brown and Frank Stewart from Oceana High School were chosen to represent juniors at the eleventh annual Know Your State Government Day in Charleston. About 560 students and sponsors attend the conference at 9:45 a.m. in the Civic Center. Governor W. W. Barron will address, with a panel including Board of Public Works and State Supreme Court members.
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Oceana
RNS
Donna Brown
Frank Stewart
Oceana High School
Charleston
Civic Center
W. W. Barron
Board of Public Works
State Supreme Court
Bonnie Barbakow
Princeton
American Legion
National Honor Society
Miss Brown
Future Homemakers
Future Democrats
Stewart
Woodrow Cook
Americanism Talk Highlighted At Fayetteville Legion Unit
Mrs. John Scott of Oak Hill will discuss Americanism at Fayetteville American Legion Auxiliary Unit 149 gathering in the Chestnut Room of the Legion Home on Maple Avenue at 8 p.m. She is the department's first vice president. Program chair is Mrs. D E Brown and unit president is Mrs. Charles A Knotts. A planned March 2 visit to Beckley Veterans Hospital with LaFayette Post 149 members will be discussed.
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Fayetteville
ANL
John Scott
Oak Hill
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 149
Scott
Legion Department
Chestnut Room
Legion Home
Maple Avenue
D. E. Brown
Charles A. Knotts
From Farm to Sky: 1799 John Thompson's NY Farm Superseded
In 1799 John Thompson owned a New York farm. Today the site is home to the Empire State Building, the tallest structure in the world, illustrating urban transformation from rural land to iconic skyline.
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John Thompson
New York
Empire State Building
Minden Man Sentenced On Wire Theft Charge
James Walker of Minden was fined 250 dollars and costs and sentenced to 20 days in jail for copper wire theft. Deputy Sheriff Bob Godsey arrested him after he was arraigned before Magistrate Myrl O'Dell on charges of possessing heavy bond copper wire stolen from the Minden mine of New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. and selling it to an Oak Hill junk dealer.
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Minden
RNS
James Walker
Walker
Bob Godsey
Myrl O'Dell
New River
Pocahontas
MYF Goes Bowling at Mullens Bowling Alley
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of Maben Methodist Church held a Friday evening bowling party at Mullens Bowling Alley. Attendees included Patty Severt Reggie Billings Judy Sizemore Dinah Warden Janet Severt Sue McKinney Paula Hale Glen Carter Warden Nina Billings Robert Kessler and Ginger McGraw with sponsors Mrs Curtis Hale Mrs Waymon McKinney and Mrs Robert J Kessler.
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Mullens
BNS
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Maben Methodist Church
Patty Severt
Reggie Billlings
Judy Sizemore
Dinah Warden
Janet Severt
Sue McKinney
Paula Hale
Glen Carter Warden
Nina Billings
Robert Kessler
Ginger McGraw
Curtis Hale
Waymon McKinney
Robert J. Kessler
Investigation Continues On Guyandotte River Project
The U S Corps of Engineers in Huntington continues a study into a main stem Guyandotte River reservoir. The report considers relocating the Norfolk and Western between Gilbert and Pineville to ease construction costs. Rail officials will study abandonment plans and provide cost figures within two weeks while aiming to keep through traffic Gilbert to Mullens intact.
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Pineville
Guyandotte River
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Huntington
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Gilbert
Raymond G. Clark Jr
Guyandott River
Norfolk and Western
Logan
Engineers Corps
Norfolk and Western Railway
Cub Creek
Baileysville
Gilbert and
Mullens
Herndon Scouts Celebrate Third Year At Dinner
Intermediate Girl Scout Troop 89 of Herndon marked three years in scouting with a spaghetti dinner hosted by leader Mrs. Bill Milam. Susan Quesenberry joined the troop as co leader Mrs. Frank Harrison was named. Members earned badges and friendship circle closed the ceremony.
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Susan Quesenberry
Frank Harrison
World Association
Milam
Enberry
Taps
Amos Graham
Woman Waives On Possession Charge in Pineville
Miss Virginia Mae Skeens of Herndon waived to the grand jury after posting $1,000 bond on a possession of stolen goods charge. Arrresting deputies Marvin Martin and Doug Grindstaff, with Barker's Ridge District constable Bobby Estes, reported the Sunday arrest in Pineville.
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Pineville
RNS
Virginia Mae Skeens
Herndon
W. Preston Wilson
Miss Skeens
Deputie
Marvin Martin
Doug Grindstaff
Bobby Estes
Barker’s Ridge
Local Labor Repairing Fayette County Jail
Local labor under Donald Winston of Dothan is repairing interior cells and steel supports at the Fayette County Jail. Sheriff P. L. Elmore says Van Dorn Steel Co. submitted a rough $50,000 estimate for repairs of cell blocks.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Donald Winston
Dothan
P. L. Elmore
van Dorn Steel Co
Elmore
Winston
Collins High School
Lincoln Day Dinner Pain Points For 1960 Campaign
Lincoln would have faced tough odds in a 1960 campaign said Dan iel Louchery state Republican chairman at Fayetteville Lincoln Day Dinner. He noted Lincoln as a great, outspoken figure who would be forced to soften views on slavery and would be judged by the beard gestures and humor of the era. Louchery argued Lincoln could not campaign as Honest Abe and would clash with JFK LBJ initials. He urged Republicans to stand on principle and criticized Kennedy’s policy selling while noting missile gaps and hungry Americans claims. Other speakers included Truman Sayre and C R Hill Jr. A separate note covered a stork shower for Mrs. Larry Short in Pineville.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Abraham Lincoln
Republican Party
Daniel Louchery
Lincoln
Louchery
United States Senate
Abe
JFK
LBJ
Russia
Kennedy
Truman Sayre
Raleigh
Shockey Made Police Chief of Fayetteville
Fayetteville appoints Dennis Shockey 55 as police chief at a special council meeting, succeeding Tunney Hunsaker who resigned April 14. Shockey, former Oak Hill officer and ex miner, was chosen as the only applicant out of work. he had worked at Ray Moore mine and Pocahontas Coal Co. A Mason and Baptist Church member, he lives in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Dennis Shockey
Oak Hill
Shockey
Mount Hope
Jack Shockey
Tunney Hunsaker
State Beer Commission
M. G. Hiesan
Raymoore
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Hresan
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
C. E. Camden
Camden
The
Baptist Church
Visiting friends and relatives from Scarbro and Manchester
Mossy Mossy notes visitation from Mrs Minnie Payne's guests Rev Ted Fox and family and Ernie Morris party. Bill Waldron family visited Manchester Ohio to see G K Waldron's parents. Gordon Payne was discharged from Beckley Memorial Hospital after eye infection treatment.
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MOSSY
Minnie Payne
Ted Fox
Donald
Ernie Morris
Caroline
Scarbro
Bill Waldron
Tretha
Becky
Robert Rinehart
Manchester
Ohio
G. K. Waldron
Gordon Payne
Beckley Memorial Hospital
PTA Meets Tonight at Oak Hill School
Oak Hill Elementary PTA gathers for a 7:30 p.m. meeting with third and fourth graders presenting. An executive committee session at 6:45 p.m. will review the spaghetti dinner fundraiser to cover half the Safety Patrol trip costs to Washington, D C in May.
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PTA
Oak Hill
RNS
Parent-Teacher Association
Safety Patrol
Washington, D. C
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Citizenship and International Relations Committee
West Virginia Education Association
Legion Meet
Myf
Darlene Miller
Dana Graham
Patricia Murphy
Betty Lusk
Gaye Milam
Joyce Lusk
Anna Ruth Hale
Susan Ques
Herndon Grade School
Parent- Teacher Association
Carolyn Phillips
Bryce Phillips
Soulsville
Tri-Hi-Y
Glen Rogers High School
Tri-Hi- Y
Future Homemakers of America
Lincoln Day
C. R. Hill Jr
Larry Short
Dixie Privett
Coca-Cola
Bernard Stump
George Privett
IC. A. Keaton
Rambler
Barehart Rambler Company
Valley Drive
Beckley
Erice
Ia “Crion
Penney
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