Jaycee Of The Year Chosen By Oak Hill Club
Oak Hill Jaycees select George T. Jones Jr. as Jaycee Of The Year for 1965. Jones, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. commercial representative, serves as internal vice president and has been active in Jaycees for 18 months. He also won the Dale Carnegie best speech award and participates in the company public relations volunteer speakers program.
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Miss Juinell Booth at Mount Hope Mission Event
In Mount Hope, Miss Juinell Booth will deliver a reading titled God s Strength and lead a service emphasizing faith, prayer, and community support. The event aims to uplift attendees with hopeful messaging and spiritual reflection.
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Mount Hope
Tallest North American Bird Is the Whooping Crane
The whooping crane is identified as the tallest North American bird, standing about five feet in height.
Discoverer of the Yan x oe rey Nobel Prize in Physics
The text notes the discoverer of the Yan x oe rey was a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Charleston Chorus Sings At Ladies Night Dinner
The 21 member all male Carbide Chorus from Charleston under Mrs Eunice Perry directed a musical program for Mount Hope Lions Club Ladies Night at the Lions Clubhouse Chestnut Circle. Norville Ellison welcomed guests and members. The program included Jingle Bells This Land is Mine Yellow Bird Holy Art Thou Battle of Jericho Cool Water Ive Grown Accustomed To Her Face Let Me Call You Sweetheart Winter Song The Blind Ploughman Skip to My Life Little Drummer Boy The Sweetest Sounds May You Always Climb Every Mountain and 76 Trombones accompanied by Miss Thomas. Ellison urged members to vote on toll free calling extension to Beckley. The service change may raise basic monthly charges for Mount Hope Bradley subscribers. Several ladies attended including Mrs Gary Perry Mrs George Scott Vargo Mrs Miller Gwinn Mrs Larry Beverley and many others.
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Eunice Perry
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Chestnut Circle
Norville L. Ellison
Edward B. Roberts
Carper
N. L. ‘Kemp
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Mike Vickers
Corrie Graff
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John Dellinger
Don Murdock
Beckley
Raymond E. Tissue
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Johnson
Perry
Jericho
Ellison
Telephone Company
Mount Hope- Bradley
Gary Perry
George Scott Vargo
Miller Gwinn
Larry Beverley
C. C. Freeman
Okey Patteson
Charlies R. Harnsbarger
E. C. Amick
John Brady
Louis M. Corey
Marvin Beverley
C. E. Jones
A. L. Walker
Bill Anderson
Tom Allen
Virgil Dillon
Claude Day
James Wade
Joe W. Bragg
Donald Stark
Norville Ellison
First escalator installed in US at Philadelphia store
A Philadelphia department store installed the nation’s first escalator in 1901 marking a milestone in retail transit. The new moving stairs drew crowds and signaled a shift in shopper experience and store design.
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United States
Philadelphia
Dance For MOD Set In Fayette
MISS MILLS announced a semiformal dance in Fayette to benefit the March of Dimes. Entertainment will feature groups Marauders Evil Incorporated Monocas Orbits and The Invaders. Tables may be reserved for large groups and refreshments will be sold by the Gauley Bridge Lions Club. All proceeds go to the March of Dimes.
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March of Dimes
Journey to 1964 program staged by Oak Hill WSCS
The Oak Hill Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service heard a program titled Journey to 1964 by the Wesleyan Service Guild. Members Nancy Hannabass Bertha Sue and others participated. W A Wilson led as WSCS president and named a nominating committee. The annual birthday party is planned for February. The Belle Bennett Circle earned the January attendance pin. After the session, the Guild served sandwiches and hot spiced tea.
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Bertha Sue
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C. W. Ledford
Shirley Kirk
Belle Bennett Circle
Guild
McGraws So Visit and Local Health Updates
Mrs John Brizendine arrived from Owensboro Kentucky to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Lon Shumate. Shumate remains a patient at Wyoming General Hospital after a sudden illness Sunday. Mrs Shumate is ill and Tech Sgt and Mrs Jack Shumate report improved condition for Mr Shumate. Sizemore family updates include Sizemore son enlisting for basic training in the Air Force in Texas and extended visits with relatives in Oceana Forest Hill and Newport News. Bla underwent major surgery Wednesday at Beckley Appala Hospital after a 10 day stay.
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Owensboro
Lon Shumate
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Wyoming General Hospital
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Hill Crest Heights
Denver Sizemore
Jack Sizemore
Texas
United States Air Force
Linnie Sizemore
Basil Sizemore
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Forest Hill
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Herbert Reed
B. McGraw
Glen Sizemore
Newport News
Waod Bla
Beckley Chiange
Appalaal Hospital
Teen Dance Planned by Oak Hill Jaycees
The Oak Hill Jaycees sponsor a teen age dance January 25 from 8 to 11 pm at the Scout Cabin B president. The Go Go Five will provide the music with Jaycees chaperoning. Proceeds go to the 1966 March of Dimes.
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Fayette Mechanic Turns Hobby Into Wooden Guitars
Fayetteville resident and Fayette County Board of Education mechanic Connard Rule crafts wooden guitars as a hobby. The project, influenced by his antique interests and mechanical skill, has grown beyond a single piece with several friends owning his instruments. Rule admires antiques and collects furniture while cherishing a 1922 Model T Ford, though he admits he cannot play the guitars he makes.
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Ineer Rule
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Beckleyan Addresses Mt Hope Kiwanis Meeting
Mount Hope Kiwanis heard George Parker director of Office of Economic Opportunity for Raleigh Fayette and Summers counties discuss Medicare outreach for about 4000 seniors not yet enrolled and the need to form local community action programs with at least 10 percent local funding. The Rev James D Lowe Jr ram chair introduced Parker and Beckley guests Armstrong Thomson Harvey and Kyle Cooke as Beckley club plans four attendees for Friday noon meeting.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
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Summers Counties
Mount Hope Kiwanis Club
TV Recreation Center
William D. Sharpe
Robert Maynor
Eddie Whitt
James D. Lowe Jr
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Raleigh County
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Beckley
Armstrong
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Robert Thomson
George Harvey
Kyle K. Cooke
Manns mark L H Manns 85th birthday at Oak Hill
L H Mann of Salem Road Oak Hill observed his 85th birthday Jan 16 with visitors including his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Dewy Mann and their children Nitro Kyle and Hubert McGee all of Oak Hill. Two other sons Alfred Roanoke Va and Kenneth Norfolk Va could not attend.
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Nitro
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Hubert McGee
Alfred
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Norfolk
Prisoners Riot After Jail Search Breaks Out
A riot erupted in a St Joseph jail bullpen after a cell search tied to a jailbreak spurred a half hour blaze that deputies quickly doused. Eight hacksaws found during the shakedown, thirteen prisoners were federal inmates with four held on state charges. no injuries reported.
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Fire kills 25 in Taipei cabaret disaster
A flash fire swept through a five story theater and nightclub housing cabaret hostesses in Taipei killing at least 25. Police said 29 others were seriously injured as panicked patrons were trapped by a stalled elevator.
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UPI
Neediest to Win Youth Corps Access in 1969
Washington UPI headline notes Neighborhood Youth Corps will strictly enforce income limits to aid the neediest youths. Director Jack Howard reports few past problems when expansion occurred in Boston Kansas City Arizona and downstate Illinois. Current rules cap family income for a four member household at 3130. About 3 million youths eligible and 350000 assisted since launch. counseling quality remains the main challenge with dropouts comprising about one third of 150000 enrolled.
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Jack Howard
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Kansas City
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Illinois
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Bank Robber Suspect Charged In Pa
Joseph S. Fitzpatrick of Mars Pa was charged Wednesday with the attempted holdup of the Gallatin National in Uniontown on January 11 He was arrested two days later after the Mellon branch in McKnight reportedly yielded 2260 He also faces charges for an attempted holdup at the Security National Bank in Wheeling West Virginia on January 12.
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