Dennie Hill Speaks At Madison 4-H Meet
Dennie Lee Hill of Ferrell and Hill Insurance Agency Madison and WV House of Delegates spoke at the Madison Livewires 4-H Club meeting on safety in the home and a fire safe holiday. Mary Burnside reported on state soil and water, plus souvenirs from the National 4-H Congress in Chicago. Fr. Ball and Paul Atkins announced the 4-H health program Body in Line-Posture Fine and year plan. ribbons and premium money were awarded to members for various exhibits.
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Madison
RNS
Madison Livewires
National-H Club Congress
Chicago
Martha Jean Caudill
Paul Atkins
Frances Ball
Gram Plan
H. L. Doss
Lewisburg
Bonnie Kay Ellis
Jenna Lea Doss
Bonnie Ellis
Jenna Doss
Mary Burnside
Frances
Births at area hospital list many newborns
In the last ten days of 1959 Ming General Hospital records show multiple births. Names include Donald and Ronald Perry twins born December 29 to Cecil Lopez Mullens. a daughter for Morris Lusk December 31. Bernard Shumate’s son December 31. Brenda Kay Graham December 30. Jacqueline Carol Cline December 29. Peggy Susanne Harris December 29. Jeffrey Kevin Bailey December 19. Tina Louise Lester December 27. Charles Lawson Jr. Bailey December 26. Linda Marie Mullens December 26. Carolyn Annette Cook December 26. Robert Dean Phillips December 21.
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James C. Harris
Otsego
Jeffery Kevin
Loel Douglas Bailey
Covel
Tina Louise
Ray L. Lester
Bud
Charles Lawson Jr
Charles L. Bailey
Pineville
Linda Marie
Willie E. Mullens
Corinne
Carolyn Annette
Ronald Cook
Oceana
Robert Dean
Lacy M. Phillips
Saulsville
Social notes from Sharples and nearby towns
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Holly and children returned home in Sharples after visiting his parents the Hollys. John Brown Wes ton Conn and Al Janney visited Mrs. De cota Cole. Ed North and his family, from Cincinnati, arrived to spend New Year’s with Mrs. Rutledge. Gary Stover and Ronnie Spurgeon, both of Cincinnati, were at the Rutledge home. Mrs. Clare Williams and Sharon Weeks visited Sgt. and Mrs. Hughie Weeks. Beckley’s Mrs. Jeff Lively is ill with influenza. Howard Stover and Cheryl visited from Dayton Ohio. they stayed with Bernice Coleman’s family. W. E. Lively and Randolph Hendrickson with John visited the Livelys in Oak Hill for New Year’s Day.
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Pax
Joseph Holly
J. C
Jimmy
Elaine
Sharples
Clive Holly
Decota Cole
John Brown
Weston
Conn
al Janney
Sophia
Amos Janney
Ed North
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bob Rutledge
Rutledge
Gary Stover
Ronnie Spurgeon
Clare Williams
Sharon
Sgt
Hughie Weeks
Beckley
Jeff Lively
Howard Stover
Cheryl
Dayton
Bernice Coleman
Ernie Stover
W. E. Lively
Randolph Hendrickson
John
Oak Hill
Buford Lively
Charleston
Eastern Star Chapter to Meet in Pineville Hall
Kopperston worthy matron U S retailers report sales for first half of 1959 at 103.2 billion, up 8.8 percent from 1958. Daily newspapers remain the leading advertising medium due to broad market reach.
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Kopperston
RNS
Pineville
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Virginia Price
U. S
Funeral services for Charles Fielder today
SAND LICK RNS Funeral services for Charles Fielder will be at 2 p.m. today in the Sand Lick Methodist Church. Burial in the family cemetery at Sand Lick. Fielder, 73, died Monday night at home after a long illness. Born July 21, 1886, in Sand Lick, he was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Curtis Fielder. Survivors include a brother Embre of Weston and two sisters Mrs Lula Martin and Mrs B Shrader, both of Sand Lick. Body at Bailey Funeral Home in Prince ton until an hour before services. Pallbearers named.
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Sand Lick
Charles Fielder
Sand Lick Methodist Church
Fielder
Bluefield
Curtis Fielder
Embre of
Weston
Lula Martin
B. Shrader
Sandick
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Harry Shutt
Clarence Shrader
Dewey
Wallace Shepherd
Charles Thomason
Frank King
Style Show Planned By Oak Hill Lions
Oak Hill Lions Club plans its 17th annual Spring Style Show to be held in March. The board met with Howard W. Cunningham presiding. Charles T. Miller named chairman. Dr. James H. Shelton, local dentist, announced his candidacy for president of District 29 N, which covers 13 counties and 41 clubs.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Oak Hill Lions Club
Howard W. Cunningham
Charles T. Miller
James H. Shelton
Kopperston Holiday Guests From Nearby Cities
Sundry visitors stayed with local families in Kopperston and nearby towns. Notable groups included Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Easter and son Jimmy from Matheny, Mrs. Jennie Daniels and children from Jesse, and guests of the J. K. Witts from Logan and Lebanon. Also listed are visits by families from White House Kentucky, Stewart Virginia, Athens, Fort Worth, Omar, Myrtle Beach, Columbus, Cleveland, and other locales, plus service members and nurses visiting relatives.
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Gaston de Hart
Omar
John Edwards
Gene Edwards
Myrtle Beach
Fla
Donald Worley
Harper
Rufus Davidson
Curtis Altizer
A. J. Lowe
Tazewell
Robert Woods
Jack Woods
Columbus
Ohio
New Years
Edna Toler
Betty Toler
Charleston General Hospital
Charles Gilman
Pulaski
AIC
James Toler
Patrick Air Force Base
Coco, Fla
Charles Fultz
Charles
E. J. Fultz
Kopperston
Carl Hammond
Oceana
Paul Jeffrey
Washington, D. C
Earl Doaks
Jesse Cline
Phillip Cline
Brad Wilson
Huntington
Goble Cline
Newspaper Ad Spending Reaches 3.3 Billion in 1957
The 1957 figure shows newspaper advertising totaling 3.3 billion dollars, surpassing combined spending on television, radio, magazines, and outdoor media. The trend highlights newspapers as the dominant ad medium of the era.
Mountain Men’s Council Officers to Be Installed
Newly elected officers of the Mountain Men’s Project Council will be installed at a dinner in the Whitesville Presbyterian Church Saturday. Simeon Dolinoff Camp Creek will be president, Eugene Lewis of Whitesville vice president, Howard Madison Racine secretary, and Howard Hendricks Keith treasurer. Gordon L. Palmer from Charleston’s Division of Education will be guest speaker and show a film. The December meeting at Pattie Stockdale Home conducted the election.
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Colcord
RNS
Mountain Men’s Project Council
Whitesville
Ferris Aide Files as Delegate at Large Candidate
Charleston candidate Ferris Aide of Oak Hill filed Tuesday with the Secretary of State as a delegate at large to the Democratic National Convention.
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Charleston
RNS
Ferris
Oak Hill
Grand and petit jurors named in Boone county court
Madison RNS reports selections for the January term of Boone County Court. Grand jurors will report Jan 18 and petit jurors Jan 25. Named from multiple districts are S B Atkins Orgas M L Postawait Seth Mrs Perry Aliff Whitesville Mrs J S Brown Whitesville Mrs Claude Nelson Jeffery Hobart Bail Hewett Mabel Barker Madison among others.
Barometer Invented by Torricelli in 1643
The barometer, a device to measure air pressure and weather changes, was invented by Italian scientist Evangelista Torricelli in 1643, marking a milestone in meteorology.
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Torricelli
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