Fallout Dangers Outlined For Oak Leaf Gardeners
Oak Hill residents heard from USDA Soil Conservation Service agent Ward Ashford about radioactive fallout. He explained fallout from hydrogen bombs and weather patterns, its invisibility, and the need for shelter and three feet of earth for protection. A Geiger counter, gas mask, and wearable dosimeter were shown. The meeting included a nominating committee for club officers and a note to order The National Gardener.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Ward Ashford
United States Soil Conservation Service of
Fayetteville
Oak Leaf Garden Club
Bowling Addition
M. E. Pennington
Ashford
Pineville Man Hurt In Wyoming Wreck
Pineville resident Bobby Sands was treated for a head cut requiring 30 stitches after a Saturday night automobile crash on Route 10 Pineville Oceana road. Passenger Harold Adkins, also of Pineville, was driving a 1954 convertible and was charged with drunken driving after the car struck a guard rail and veered into a cliff. Adkins posted $50 bond before Magistrate Ward Sheppard as his vehicle was demolished.
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Pineville
RNS
Bobby Sands
Pineville-Oceana
Harold Adkins
Sands
Adkins
Ward Sheppard
Club Notes Recap With Feb Meeting Set
Refreshments were served to Mr. Ashford, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs. Ray Mullins, Mrs. Eddie Souk, Mrs. John Samuels Jr., Mrs. T. W. Sowers, and the hostess. The next meeting will be Feb. 1 with Mrs. John Samuels Jr. as hostess.
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Ashford
Berry
Hitchcock
Ray Mullins
Eddie Souk
John Samuels Jr
T. W. Sowers
Five new junior high cheerleaders named in selection
Five freshmen named as pop position holders include Audrey Pennington Sharon Collins Marlene Collins Patty Blanken ship and Nancy Poland. Most were Kopperston Grade School seniors last year with one from Oceana Grade. They join the Girls year and participate in church youth groups and school chorus activities. Marlene is in the OHS band. Patty sings with Pow Wow Teens and the girls chorus.
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Marlene Collins
Patty Blankenship
Audrey Pennington
Nancy Poland
Sharon Collins
Sharon
Kopperston
Oceana
Marlene
OHS
Nancy
Oceana Methodist Church
Patty
Pow Wow
Audrey
Times Entered In Newspaper Contest
The Tomahawk Times will enter the state wide high school newspaper contest at West Virginia University. Participating schools submit three consecutive issues from 1961-62. Papers judged on 10 factors and classified as All State First Class or Second Class by journalism faculty. In 1960 Times was First Class.
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Tomahawk Times
School of Journalism
West Virginia University
the Times
Adult Tailoring Class Offered Mullens High School
An adult tailoring class will begin at Mullens High School at 7 p.m. on January 29. Home economics teacher Mrs. Woodrow Cook will demonstrate a walking suit with a three quarter coat and a lined skirt. The six week Monday night course, offered free under the State Vocational Educational Department and Wyoming County Board of Education, is open to women who took previous Bishop Method courses. Call Mrs. Cook after 5 p.m. to enroll.
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Mullens
ANS
Mullens High School
Woodrow Cook
Cook
State Vocational Educational Department
Wyoming County Board of Education
Theater Entered Nothing Taken Pineville Break-in
Police investigated a breaking and entering at the Pine Theater in Pineville. The front door was forced open but the office and vending machines were not damaged and nothing was taken.
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Pineville
RNS
W. W. Bolt
Pine Theater
Two Cars Demolished in Pineville Wreck
A three car crash on Main Street in Pineville around 10 p.m. Saturday left two cars demolished and minor damage to a third. Paul McGraw, 33, of Pineville, was charged with drunken driving after his 1954 car struck two parked vehicles, a 1958 model owned by Ernest Hays and a 1960 car owned by Russell Beavers. The Hays car was totaled. A parking meter was damaged. The driver suffered minor injuries including a knocked out tooth. McGraw posted a $100 bond and faces a Feb. 10 hearing before Magistrate Ward Sheppard.
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Pineville
RNS
Main Street
Paul McGraw
Ernest Hays
Russell Beavers
McGraw
Hays
Ward Sheppard
Mrs Howard Urges Study of Constitution
Mrs J E Howard national defense chair man for the Borderland Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution gave the National Defense report at a Fayetteville meeting. She urged members to study the Constitution while an honor roll of appreciation and progress reports were reviewed.
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Fayetteville
J. E. Howard
National Defense
Borderland
Daughters of the American Revolution
J. M. Francesa
Howard
Friends of the Library
Fayette County
P. C. Graney
R. L. Hughes
J. C. Gwinn
United States
State National Defense Committee
E. O. Wiseman
C. R. Hill
Oak Hill
O. F
Fayetteville welcomes Hink Henson after Fayetteville visit
Edward Hink Henson has returned to Chicago after an eight day Fayetteville visit with his mother Louise Epperly and relatives. Mrs Gary McClung of Princeton visits Fayetteville with her mother Mrs David Saxon of Maple Road to see her father hospitalized at Beckley Hospital.
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Fayetteville
Edward “‘Hink’’ Henson
Chicago
Ill
Louise Epperly
Gary McClung
Princeton
David E. Saxon
Maple Road
Beckley Hospital
Circle Meets Membership Up At Mount Hope Church
Members of Circle No. 2 of Mount Hope First Christian Church met in the Fellowship Hall with Mrs. Rufus Beverley presiding and welcomed Mrs. W. D. Kessler as a new member. Devotional readings, prayers, roll call, and talks on Bible chapters marked the meeting. District Youth Convention plans and a table sale fundraiser were announced, with several members listed as present.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Circle No. 2
Mount Hope First Christian Church
Fellowship Hall
Rufus Beverley
W. D. Kessler
Christian Women's Fellowship
World Call
Marvin Beverly
A. Maude Roby
D. B. Hartsaw
Page Humphrey
Nellie Manning
C. R. Berry
Clarise R. Jordan
Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance Ad
A vintage classified ad asks if you were born before 1911 offering a $1000 life policy for ages 50 to 80 with no medical exam required. It urges tearing out the ad and mailing name address and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co. in Fort Worth Texas.
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OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept. L
West Rosedale
Fort Worth
Texas
Essay Contest Open To Students
Several Oceana High students polish essays on Living, Learning, and Working Together the Pineville Woman's Club sponsored contest open to Wyoming County high school students ends January 16. Essays up to 1000 words judged for neatness, punctuation, spelling, and originality. School faculty pick four best entries. final judging by an as yet announced committee. Prizes: 25 dollar savings bond, 10 and 5 dollars. Miss Margaret Lewis Pineville High teacher chairs the contest.
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Oceana High
Pineville Woman's Club
Wyoming County
Margaret Lewis
Pineville High
Girl Scout Council to Join PTA Program in Oak Hill
Plans set at a Thursday Oak Hill council meeting for Mountain Laurel Girl Scout Council members to take part in the February Oak Hill Parent-Teacher Association meeting. Church of God on Jones Avenue hosts the PTA event with all Oak Hill troops invited to present. Local leaders include Mrs. C. R. Hill Jr. and Oak Hill chairs Mrs. Steve Grabosky Mrs James King Jr. and others. Motto cited: Citius Altius Fortius.
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Oak Hill
Mountain Laurel
C. R. Hill Jr
Fayetteville
Steve Grabosky
James King Jr
Lawrence Portman
Ike Brown
S. E. Campbell
James King
Audrey Baughman
Ray Mullins
Meredith Seeks Wyoming County House Post
John D. Meredith Jr. enters the Wyoming County House of Delegates race as a new candidate. A long-time Democrat and Air Force veteran of the Korean War era, he is a Glen Rogers High School and Morris Harvey College graduate with an education degree. He has taught in the county and worked as a credit investigator, born Oct 11, 1930 at McGraws and lifelong resident.
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Pineville
House of Delegates
Wyoming County
John D. Meredith Jr
McGraws
Soulsville
Democratic Party
Meredith
Glen Rogers
Morris Harvey College
Alpha Lambda
Sigma Tau Gamma
This County
John Meredith
Mrs. Woody Honored By Shower At Alpoca
Mrs. Charles Woody of Alpoca was honored at a stork shower Tuesday night in Friendship Hall at Alpoca Methodist Church. Hostesses were members of the Women's Society of Christian Service. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Wesley Wall Mrs. Mae Shrewsbury and Mrs. Stewart Matney. Attendants included numerous Alpeca area women and guests from Bailesville and Florida.
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Glen Lambert
Russell Woody
Lawrence Belcher
Rose Knuckels
Roger Mills
Mark Cook
Alpeca
Ray Lucento
Zane Scott
Lenden Lusk
Basil White
Clarence Weis
Oliver Sizemore
Angelina Lucento
Thelma Mc.Kinney
Buster Quesenberry
Corbett Perdue
Orville Moran
Russell Caldwell
Bonnie Quesenberry
Eugene Bailey
Baileysville
Thomas Belcher
Florida
Pax Kile and Relatives Visit Paxorama News Note
Mr and Mrs Larry Kile return to Indianapolis after visiting Mrs Kiles parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Mowell in Weirwood Norma Mowell a Pax High School graduate works as a stenographer for McQuay Norris Manufacturing Co in Indianapolis Lowell Payne of Montgomery visited Mr and Mrs Frank Tyree Pax Miss Geneva Payne Beckley returned home after a night with Mrs Rosella Sutton Patricia Sutton of Man visited Mrs Sutton
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PAX
Indianapolis
Ind
Larry Kile
Clyde Mowell
Weirwood
Kile
Norma Mowell
Pax High School
McQuay-Norris Manufaccturing Co
Frank Tyree
Lowell Payne
Montgomery
Geneva Payne
Beckley
Rosella Sutton
Sutton
Patricia
Man
Sunday School Elects Mount Hope Officers
RNS reports Mount Hope Presbyterian Church Sunday School Young Adult Class elected Ray Young president Peggy Dorsey vice president Shirley Keatley secretary treasurer and Mary Lou Page contingent fund treasurer Officers installed in 1964 classes include Elders Everett C. Amick Allen Garrett Jr H D Norton and Tom T Twaddle Deacons Patrick C. Graney Jr Thomas W. Howard Nunzio Sergi and V A Vickers
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Nunzio Sergi
V. A. Vickers
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John Berry Jr
Mike Mahoney
John Samuels
Marvin Hitchcock
Wyoming
Thor
Maak Chet
Dixie Gas Range
Frigidaire
RCA W
Norge
Iuke
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville ST
AMANA
Crosley Shelvado
Philco FM
Para
Mrs. Howard
Winstop Automotive Award
Buick
Motor Trend Magazine
Motor Trend
U.S
America
Bays Buick, Inc
First Avenue
Girl Scout Council
Citius
Altius
Fortius
John D. Meredith
Woody
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