Marshall College President Urges Name Change to Marshall University
Huntington UPI The Marshall College president Stewart H. Smith said the legislature should rename the institution to Marshall University, asserting the college has grown into a university in fact with a college of arts and sciences teachers college college of applied science graduate school and a division of adult education.
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Huntington
UPI
Marshall College
Stewart H. Smith
MarShall University
Marshall
Smith
College of Applied Science
Oceana Council Questions Census Figures and Plans Town Work
Oceana Mayor Eldon D. Cook disputes 1960 census data citing a population gain. Council plans to send a facts statement to the Census Bureau and to address a $62 000 federal loan for a sewage system. A part time policeman was appointed and gravel streets in Kopper Kettle Hill and Fisher Bottom were eyed for improvement.
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Oceana
Eldon D. Cook
U. S
Bureau of Census
Cook
Fred Lokant
Hatcher
Roy Aliff
Philip Neal
Aliff
Wyoming
Bert Short
Kopper Kettle Hill
Fisher Bottom
Lokant
J. C. Hurst
Lohan
Ernes Conley
Oscar Morgan
Hassell Blackburn
Oscar Goode
Junior Laxton
Officers Appointed By Dunlap Circle
The Dunlap Circle of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. C. S. Stump's home in Mullens. Mrs. Stump chaired the business session and announced the new officers for the coming year: Stump chair, Leo Smith assistant chair, Roger Pritchett secretary treasurer, C. A. Ellison love gift and devotional chair, Ray Toler reading chair, J. K. Smith special project chair, Caldwell and Bill Humphrey telephone. Cards and stamps collection were asked to be turned in to Mrs. S. P. Pearis. Fourteen members attended as refreshments were served.
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Ray Toler
Reading
J. K. Smith
Caldwell
Bill Humphrey
S. P. Pearis
Griffith charged in death of Nina Young in Charleston
Harold Griffith twenty four of Charleston faces negligent homicide charges after Nina Young twenty five died from injuries sustained when his car struck a utility pole on a Charleston street last Saturday.
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Charleston
UPI
Harold Griffith
Nina Young
Miss Young
Griffith
Weekend Visitors and Family Visits Reported in Local Homes
A long list of weekend guests and family visits across multiple households is reported, including Everette Elkins Jr. of Dayton Ohio visiting the Brooks and Price families, Margie Mullins returning to Youngstown after holidays, and numerous relatives from Cleve land Glen Fork and Pierpoint visiting Mt. Hope Kopperston and surrounding areas. The piece also notes a Math Club project at Mullens Conley High School teaching slide rule use with instructor Leonard R. Valentine demonstrating the device to students Nelson McMillan Robert Barbour and Johnny Johnson.
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Ocean
Garfield Price
Boshell
Kathy
Bridget
Armisdale
Jim Brooks
Hatcher
Janet Price
Debbie
Johnny
Cleveland
Ohio
Carl Ellis Land
Jesse
Virgil Ellis Jr
Matheny
Katherine Baugh
Pier‘point
Thomas Blankenship
James Tilley
Gladys Lambert
Herbert Cook
Kopperston
Margie Brooks
Pamela
Everette Elkins
Dayton
Hazel ‘Elkins
Mt. Hope
E. 0. Elkins
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Willard Spencer
Pierpoint
James Baugh
Orville Burleson
Norvell Burleson
Eome
Frank Duncan
Clare Brooks
Etta Shumate
Brian Shumate
Glenn Fork
Conley High School
Five Couples Seek Permits To Wed In Fayetteville
Fayette County Clerk records list marri age license applications from five couples. James Bish 19 of Oak Hill and Shirley Toombs 16 of Lochgelly. Robert Hackney 18 of Fayetteville and Alma Burford. Wanda Ervin 19 of Oak Hill. Fredrick Kurtz 21 of Boomer and Shirley Stevenson 21 of Boomer. William Payne 18 of Mount Hope and Josephine Ferrell 19 of Mount Hope. John Phillips 21 of Harvey and Edyth Dixon 18 of Oak Hill.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
James Howard Bish
Oak Hill
K. D
Blanche Bish
Shirley Toombs
Lochgelly
Kent J
Ruth Toombs
Robert Hackney
Sherman Hackney
Alma B. Burford
Wanda Ervin
Adrian
Irene Ervin
Fredrick Kurtz
Wesley R. and
Margaret V. Dixon
Safety Director Leads Program At PTA Meet
Fayette County Education Board safety director Joe Cashion spoke at the St Peters and Pauls Catholic Church PTA meeting in Scarbro. He presented the Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation film and announced a women’s first aid class starting Jan 90 with Cashion as instructor. Refreshments were served to 29 members by hostesses Fannie Bozo Margaret Dixon Sarah Booth and Rosie B lar. The next meeting is set for the second Sunday in February. Wayne Pa UPI Col Elbridge Walker Jr chaplain of Valley Forge Military Academy died Sunday.
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Scarbro
Joe Cashion
Fayette County
Margaret Dixon
Sarah Booth
Rosie Blanlar
Legion Post Entertains Patients at Beckley Veterans Hospital
LaFayette Post No. 149 and Auxiliary entertained patients at the Beckley Veterans Hospital Thursday night. Master of ceremonies Clif ford Burdette led a program including a solo tap dance by Tana Sue Toler and a Peter Gunn theme routine by Toler Dickerson and Hornsby. The Continentals provided music. 183 patients were served refreshments. Three Fayetteville men, Romeo Bennett Bill Burgess and Woodrow Williams, were among those visited. Hercules Brown of Mount Hope is also a patient. Two future parties were announced for March and June.
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Fayetteville
LaFayette Post No. 149
American Legion of
Gene Conner
Kenneth Young
Randall Conner
Bobby Warren
Jon Kemper
Romeo Bennett
Bill Burgess
Woodrow Williams
LaFayette Post
Hercules Brown
Mount Hope
Burdette
John L. Witt Jr
J. M. Eubank
Walter Pickett
Charles A. Knotts
Kenneth Woods
Marion Sampson
D. C. Wickline
Daisy Hess
Elmer Hess
Claude Bess
Weekend visits link Fayetteville families across states
Fayetteville residents hosted and visited relatives from Lynchburg Virginia Columbus Ohio Orlando Florida and Charleston West Virginia over the weekend. Notable gatherings included Boston Dempsey and family with J M Eubank and siblings plus extended kin from Virginia and Florida.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Boston Dempsey
J. M. Eubank
Mary Coolidge
Mary Bruce
Richard Eubank
Russell Noel
Lynchburg
Jack Camden
Madison
Ann Bibb
Beverly Mooney
John Mooney
Glen Ferris
Donald Stephens
Christa
Parkersburg
Smith Property
E. Maple Ave
Nationwide Insurance Co
Richard Forren
Christal
Debbie
Columbus
Ohio
Rosina Thiel
Belle
Haven R. Shuck
Lacy Neely
Kenny
Charles Ingles
Oak Hill
Cam Porter
Orlando
Fla
Hattie Ingles
Florida
Charles S. Thompson
Jeff
Guy Jeffers
Charleston
Wyoming County Opens Civil Defense Office in Courthouse Annex
J Russell Beavers, appointed by the court, directs the new Wyoming County Civil Defense office in the Courthouse Annex. He will operate on a federal and county fund matching basis. Beavers, a Pineville High School graduate with Oglethorpe University training, brings military service and long county sheriff experience to public civilian defense information access.
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Pineville
J. Russell Beavers
Wyoming
Beavers
Pineville High School
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta
South
Central America
Wyoming County
Pineville Masonic Lodge
Rotary Club
Methodist Church
Fayette Petit Jurors Excused Until Thursday
Fayette County Circuit Court jurors were dismissed until Thursday after all Tuesday and Wednesday cases were disposed of without trial. Thursday docket includes malicious assault charges against Joe and Franklin Sweet and breaking and entering against Shelburn Blake and John McKinney, with Andy McKinney pleading guilty to accessory after the fact and seeking probation. Also on Thursday, William McVey faces a delinquency charge, and Orville Schoonover faces forgery charges linked to Road Commission payroll checks. Bill Bartgis faces grand larceny. Ella Mae Jones and Billy Joe Johnson altered pleas or dispositions. Wednesday dispositions include George Jackson Brandon pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and Joe Lemon Trout committed to Spencer State Hospital. William Griggs to be tried Monday.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Petit Juors
Fayette County
Joe Sweet
Franklin Sweet
Shelburn Blake
John McKinney
Andy McKinney
Blake
William McVey
Orvill Schoonover
State Road Commission
Clay County
Schonover
Road Commission
Merchants National Bank
Montgomery
Bill Bartgis
Ella Mae Jones
Billy Joe Johnson
George Jackson Brandon
Whipple
William Pollard
Joe Lemon Trout
Spencer State Hospital
Mental Hygiene Committee
William Griggs
Monay
Mullens Woman Joins Kanawha Valley Bank in Charleston
Miss Caroll Burdiss, daughter of Mr and Mrs C W Burdiss of 904 Lincoln Street, has accepted a position in the proof department of the Kanawha Valley Bank in Charleston. A Mullens High and Fuggazzio Business College graduate, she was previously a stenographer and bookkeeper for the Wyoming Theater in Mullens.
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Mullens
ANS
Caroll Burdiss
C. W. Burdiss
Lincoln Street
Kanawha Valley Bank
Charleston
Mullens High School
Fuggazzio Business College
Lexington
Wyoming Theater
Penalties Urged Against Striking Teachers Parents
London report says the National Union of Teachers via its journal called for stronger penalties for parents who strike teachers, signaling sharper disciplinary measures and policy action.
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Penalties For Parents London
UPI
National Union of Teachers
Today
Concord To Give TV Courses
Concord College announces underwritten television courses for the second semester. World Geography 302 on WHIS TV begins Jan 29 at 12 30 p m led by R T Hill. Courses include mathematics 104TV, geography, textile decoration, physical education camping, and social sciences. Registration dates and fees are detailed with on campus evening offerings listed.
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Athens
Concord College
Channel 6
Whis-Tv
Bluefield
R. T. Hill
NBC
Whistv
West Virginia
685 Workers Recalled by Roanoke Railway
The Necfark and Western Railway recalled 685 of 835 furloughed workers from December 23 as business improves. Most affected workers were in the Roanoke area with remaining employees to be called back later.
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Roanoke
UPI
Necfark and Western Railway
Lamb family visits extend to Glen Fork and Roanoke
The Lamb and Mann families visit relatives in Glen Fork and Huntington while Laffertys from Roanoke and Bob Cook family of Sabine join at the Pinson home. Mrs. C. A. Lamb returns from Beckley Hospital after a stay.
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Ben Lafferty
Walter
Roger Lafferty
Dewey Lilly
Agee Lafferty
Roanoake
Lewis Massey
Glen Rogers
Pinson
Bob Cook
Sabine
C. A. Lamb
Beckley Hospital
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