4-H Farm Exchangee To Visit Fayette County
Miss Ada Cox of Craigsville a former 4-H member who lived on a farm in Finland for six months will visit Fayette County with radio talks on WMON at 11 30 am and WOAY at noon She will speak at Ansted Junior High at 1 pm Lansing Elementary at 2 30 pm and Fayetteville Lions Club at 6 pm at the Fayette County Memorial Auditorium She will show color slides and describe her experiences with host families school differences cooking travel weather and shopping in Finland The trip highlights 4-H exchange program duties and youth education efforts by John D Cutlip 4 H Club agent.
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Fayetteville
Finland
Fayette County
Ednesday
Ada Cox
Craigsville
West Virginia
John D. Cutlip
WMON
Woay
Cox
Ansted
Lansing
Lions Club
Fayette County Memorial Auditorium
Nicholas County
United States
Christmas Holiday Visits Line Pax Branch Area
Pax residents and relatives hosted and visited over Christmas as Abbie Bolen of Packs Branch was treated and released after a fall. Guests included Hodge, Lewis, Aliff, Stover, Meadows, Wingrove, Akers, Lively, and Murdock families with visits spanning Hyattsville Maryland to Washington DC and beyond.
Commodities To Be Distributed In Pax City Hall
Pax City Hall will distribute commodities Wednesday from noon to 5 p m and Thursday from 9 a m to 5 p m. Sid Lively president of Local 8674 United Mine Workers of America says he will run the distribution and recipients should bring containers.
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PAX
Pax City Hall
Sid Lively
United Mine Workers of America
Lively
BYF of Month Dorothy Canada Named at Home Baptist Church
Dorothy Canada, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Canada of Maben, was chosen BYF er of the Month at the ae Home Baptist Church. A Mullens High sophomore, she serves as secretary of the Baptist Youth Fellowship at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Canada
Emmett Canada
Maben
Ae Home Baptist Church
Mullens High School
Baptist
Pineville holiday visitors and relocations noted
Mr and Mrs Buddy Manning of Missouri visited his parents in Pineville. Robert Miller returned to Cleveland Ohio after Christmas with his parents. Mrs Howard Swimm and daugh ters left for New Mexico for employment. Mr and Mrs Richard Goode and sons of Cleveland were Christmas dinner guests of the Magnes. Kenny Hamlin on eight day leave from Georgia Air Force. Clyde Boggs family visited Grantsville parents over Christmas.
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Pineville
Rns
Buddy Manning
Missouri
William M. Manning
Robert Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Clell Miller
Howard Swimm
New Mexico
Swimm
Richard Goode and
Oscar Adams
Mack Morgan
C. B. Taylor
Gene
Alton Morgan
Clearfork
Coy McCarthy
Charles Beavers
Charlene
Cindy
Joseph Williams
Tommy
Bobby
Bowman-Bottom
Joe Williams
Bluefield
Kenny Hamlin
Air Force
Georgia
Douglas Hamlin
Clyde Boggs
Michael
Joe
Kelly
Wyatt Boggs
Grantsville
Oak Hill Starts New Year In Construction Flurry
Oak Hill begins the year amid a building boom with new houses and two business ventures. Fountain Terrace bowling alleys progress toward 12 lanes in East Oak Hill, Gerald Hildebrand leaves Ace Auto Stores to run Gerald's Auto Parts, Inc. as part of a new company with Mrs. Hildebrand and Frank Bowling. Trostino Brothers drill the Needles Eye Cliff for a US 21 Main Street bridge, while VECELLIO and Grogan win a contract to grade and pave the expressway segment to Summerlee Road. Rights‑of‑way talks near completion. condem nations suits loom. Spanishburg High School band lists members and 35 total musicians.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Fountain Terrace
East Oak Hill
Gerald’s Auto Parts, Inc
Gerald Hildebrand
Ace Auto Stores
Hildebrand
Frank Bowling
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Trostino Brothers
Beckley
Needles Eye
Main Street
Vecellio
Grogan
Fayette County
Pea |Ridge
Summerlee ‘Road
U. S. 21
Mullens Class of 1959 Hosts Friday Night Affair
Approximately 100 persons attended the Friday night affair sponsored by the class of 1959 at the Moose Ballroom on Moran Avenue Mullens. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Mr. and Mrs. A L Robertson and C C Cassinelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Woods
A. L. Robertson
C. C. Cassinelli
Kilsyth Weekend Guests Among Local Families
Kilsyth residents hosted multiple visiting relatives from Virginia Michigan and Ohio over the holidays and weekend. Ed Blanchard and daughter Betty joined by Jack Skaggs family and Joe Skaggs of Alderson and Detroit guests. Additional visitors included Carmel and Eddie Kamensky families from Dearborn Radford and Columbus. Local hosts included the Bennetts Fites Kiddy Orren Eskew Payne Collins and Rier families with various relatives and grandchildren visiting in Montgomery and nearby areas.
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Kilsyth
Ed Blanchard
Betty
Jack Skaggs
Jack
Elaine
David
Hopewell
Skaggs
Joe Skaggs
Alderson
Joe Orren
Detroit
Mich
Kate Orren
Carmel Fite
Dearborn
Sam Fite
Milton Kiddy
Eddie Kamensky
Otis Morton Jr
Radford
Eddie
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
C. L. Bennett
Iuis Bennett
Trunex
Wis
Tracy Bennett
Mickey
Columbus
Ohio
Garnet Eskew
Warren Payne
Debbie Jean
Mike
Belle
Harold Collins
Vicky
Akron
Dewey Rier
State Loans Tax Reduction Order
The State Tax Department began studying a Wood County Circuit Court order that cut American Viscose Corp. 1960 property valuation from 4 million to 1.27 million. Commissioner Carman said the review will decide if Judge Donald F. Black properly found residential property in Wood County was assessed at 40 percent of value and whether to appeal to the State Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Tax Department
Wood County
American Viscose Corp
Donald Carman
Donald F. Black
Black
Carman
State Supreme Court
Wood County Board of Equalization and Review
Local residents update on hospital care and recovery
Mrs. Collins is the former Miss Wanda Rierson. Mrs. Margaret Miklos is a patient in Beckley Memorial Hospital. Lugie Cinotti is reported improving at his home after spending 10 days in Beckley Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Collins
Wanda Rierson
Margaret Miklos
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Lugie Cinotti
Notable Obituaries Across North America
William Allan Mather 75 longtime chairman of Canadian Pacific Railways died after a prolonged illness from cancer in Winnipeg. James W Bain 66 Newark Star Ledger copy editor died on way home from work from an apparent heart attack. Mae Murray Wilson 65 former ballerina of American and Russian companies and Broadway shows died in Inglewood California. Constance Amberg Sporborg 81 prominent clubwoman died in New York City.
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Winnipeg
Man
UPI
William Allan Mather
Canadian Pacific Railways
Newark, N.J
James W. Bain
Newark Star-Ledger
Inglewood
Calif
Mae Murray Wilson
Daniel Freeman Hospital
Earl Laxton Becomes Oceana District Magistrate
Earl Laxton assumes duties as Justice of the Peace for Oceana District starting January 1 after winning the November election. The new office shares the building with outgoing magistrate John Lambert, with Emory Lusk's business moved to the Laxton office. Mrs Ouida Shields is secretary and Constable Chester Hawkins operates from the office. telephone 3382.
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Oceana
Earl Laxton
John Lambert
Emory Lusk
Laxton
Ouida Shields
Chester Hawkins
Holiday guests and family notices from Price Hill
Price Hill items report visits by Mr and Mrs Lowell Perkins of Washington DC staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Cox. Mrs Perkins is the former Linda Cox. Mrs Goldie Parsons is reported improving after surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Albert Mullins is recuperating at home after treatment at Beckley Memorial. Holiday guests in the StClair home included their sons Kenneth StClair of Charleston and Pvt Freddie StClair of Camp Lejeune NC Airman 2c and Mrs Ralph StClair.
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Price Hill
Lowell Perkins
Washington, D. C
Floyd Cox
Charleston
Pvt
Freddie StClair
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Ralph St
Mount Hope Guests Among Definite Holiday Visits
Mt. Hope RNS reports several families visiting relatives during the holiday period. Ronald Pittman stayed with Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Smith of Mabscott. Harry McLain returned from visiting Russel Bailey and J. D. Nichols families in Cleveland, Ohio. B. J. Butler and family visited Tom Read and children in Pikeville, Kentucky, and T. L. Read’s parents in Hinton. Henry Lee Miller and son Richard Alan visited Mrs. Lay and relatives in Baltimore, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Ronald Pittman
M. H. Smith
Mabscott
Harry McLain
Russel Bailey
J. D. Nichols
Cleveland
Ohio
B. J. Butler
Tom Read
Tommy
Nancy
Pikeville
T. L. Read
Hinton
Henry Lee Miller
Richard Alan
Robert Lay
Robert Lay Jr
Baltimore
Ida M Clay suffers heart attack in Wa Wy hospital
Mrs Ida M Clay suffered a heart attack Saturday evening at her home and was taken to Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. Her daughter Mrs Sally Griffith of Washington DC has been called home because of her mother's illness.
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Saulsville
Rns
Ida M. Clay
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Sally Griffith
Washington, D. C
Clair of Guldford and Fred Huddleston Note
Clair of Guldford North Carolina and her brother Fred Huddleston of Charleston are referenced in a short line from a historical clipping. The fragment mentions kinship and places tied to North Carolina and Charleston.
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Clair
Guldford
N. C
Her
Fred Huddleston
Charleston
Marriage of Nan cy Adams and Joseph Lyttle Jr in Morgantown
Nan cy Jane Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs John Adams Morgantown Route 4 and Joseph Lyttle Jr son of Mr and Mrs J F Lyttle Mullens 949 Guyandotte Avenue were united in marriage November 23 at the First Presbyterian Church Morgantown The double ring ceremony was at 6 pm and reception followed The bride a graduate of University High School and Fairmont State Teachers College teaches kindergarten at Miners Memorial Center Pursglove The groom a Mullens High School graduate and West Virginia University recreation major is program director at Miners Memorial Center They reside in the Miners Memorial Building Pursglove
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Mullens
ANS
Nancy Jane Adams
John Adams
Morgantown
Joseph Lyttle Jr
J. F. Lyttle
Guyandotte Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Shields
John Bates
University High School
Fairmont State Teachers College
Miner's Memorial Center
Pursgrove
Mullens High School
West Virginia University
Miner’s Memorial
Pursglove
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Abbie Bolen
Packs Branch
Oak Hill Hospital
Elbert Hodge
Orquida Hodge
Hyattsville, Md
Leona di- Canada
Richard Hodge
Parkersburg
Glen Hodge
3Rd Naval Academy of
Walter Lewis
Leonard Lewis
Leonard Jr
Allen
Willis Hall
Packs Ranch
David Aliff
Pamela
David Jr
Terri
Arlington
Lacy Aliff
Emerson Stover
Judy Aliff
Aliff-Stover
Buster Stover
Prince Stover
Ora Meadows
Maynor
Audrey
Dayton Meadows
Kansas
Linda Sue Hoskins
Margaret Short
Dry Hill
Willis Wingrove
Frank Elliott
James Franklin
N.C
Louise Mobley
Pete
Jackie
Ricky
Russel
Ray Williams
Ivory Sink
Elmer Adkins
Dittsville
Snowden Craddock
Billy Lively
Bobby Bailey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ray Bailey
North Ridgeville
Robert Craddock
Bradley
Harold Clendenin
Douglas
Jimmy Mowell
Audrey Bailey
Pete Craddock
Weirwood
W. R. Wright
Brenda
Danny
William Lilly
H. F. Lushbaugh
Scott Lilly
Dale Spangler
Seldon Linkous
Harless Stover
Jeff Spangler
Dirtsvillle
Wright Home
Steve
Robin
Becky
Harmon
Charles Hendrickson
St. Albans
Michael Markham
Emory Wingrove
Larry
Jimmy Wingrove
Frank Akers
Richard Powers
Judy
Carlos
Peoria
Ill
Jimmie Williams
Tennessee
Linda Milam
Scarbro
Edgar Akers
Nokie Thompson
John Blake
Midland
Blake
Barbara Roberts
Annie Lively
Sandra Jean Murdock
Huntington
Carl Murdock
St. Mary's School of Nursing
Summerlee Road
Spanishburg
Curtis Meadows
Darrell Belcher
Vicki Whonaker
Joan Payton
Vicki Head
Fountain Terrace Bowling Lanes
Letty Jane Lane
Bob
New York
Constance Amberg Sporborg
Benjamin Franklin
Bell-Ans
Bellans
Orangeburg
N. Y
U.S Pat
Achmond Cleaners
Troitino Brothers
Gerald’s
Mt. Hope
Milton P. Burdette
Leon
Aypralaction. Power Company
Wble Utility
Appalachian Power Company
Roanoke
Virginia
Mee
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