Ex Area Man To Attend Oak Ridge Workshop
Darrell Phillips, Glen Rogers High School graduate and math science teacher at DuPont High, will join Charleston High’s Joe De Marco for a ten week program at Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. Sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission, the WV Kanawha County pair join 20 total participants from nation and abroad to study physics chemistry and biology with tours of the Oak Ridge plant. Phillips hopes the peacetime nuclear insight will boost his teaching and spark student interest. He earned a BS from WV Tech in Montgomery and a Pineville trade school diploma.
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Saulsville
RNS
Glen Rogers High School
Darrell Phillips
West Virginia
Oak Ridge
Austria
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Phillips
Soulsville
Glen Rogers
National Honor Society of America
Science Club
Owl Staff
Wyoming County
Pineville
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Boy credits tranquilizer for spelling bee calm
James Kennedy, 13, attributed his success in the 11th round of the St. Louis spelling bee to a tranquilizer. He said he milked two cows to relax before spelling.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
James Kennedy
St. Louis
Jaycees Set Region 5 Meet
Fayetteville regional meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will convene Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Circuit Court Room of the Fayette County Courthouse. Dr. Edwin Warfield announces program with Bill Garvin in charge. Chapters from Montgomery Oak Hill Charleston Dunbar Summersville Fayetteville and St Albans will send representatives.
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Fayetteville
RNS
County Supervisors Meeting Postponed in Pineville
Regional supervisors meeting for eight counties including McDowell Mercer Raleigh Fayette Summers Greenbrier and Monroe in Pineville Grade School No 2 was postponed. A new date will be announced according to assistant superintendent George Nolley of Wyoming County School A new date will be announced.
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Pineville
RNS
George Nolley
Wyoming County
McDowell
Mercer
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Greenbrier
Monroe
School Evacuation Plans Taught At Oak Hill PTA Meeting
Oak Hill PTA met at Oak Hill Elementary School with Rev. Tally Hanna leading devotions. Principal R. E. Cavendish outlined evacuation procedures for students during an enemy attack alert, detailing bus and town pickup plans. Spaghetti dinner planned for March 14 in Collins High School cafeteria, chaired by Mrs. Bill Loudermilk. Corsage awarded to Mrs. Laurence Thompson for most parent attendance.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Tally Hanna
Main Street
Collins High School
James Tully
R. E. Cavendish
PTA
Bill Loudermilk
Laurence Thompson
Oceana High School PTA hears progress report
About 50 people attended the Oceana High School PTA meeting in the school library. Wyoming County Supt. Robert Kuhn reviewed the system from 1934 35 to today noting 142 students and 6 teachers then and 662 students and 27 teachers now in grades 9 12. He praised county facilities and recent academic gains.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Robert Kuhn
Wyoming County Superintendent of Schools
Wyoming County School System
Women's Society Plans Improvement Projects
The Pine Grove Baptist Church Women's Society in Ravencliff outlines improvement fund projects including a bake sale and continued sale of dollyduzits. New officers include president Mrs Perry, vice president Mrs Acord, secretary Mrs Richardson, treasurer Mrs Ellis, with Mrs Brooks named flower chair and Mrs Mosley as assistant.
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Ravencliff
RIIS
Women's Society of the
Pine Grove Baptist Church
C. H. Perry
Jess Trump
Perry
French Brooks
Oscar Canterbury
Glen Acord
Melvin Richardson
Clyde Ellis
Lacy Brooks
John Mosley
Logan County study links low spirits areas to disability rise
A federally sponsored 15 month study by University of Pittsburgh researchers, funded by HEW, finds Logan County West Virginia shows higher disability rates than Wood County, with 11 percent of a 32 500 workforce disabled. The report notes male predominance, poverty, and dependence on relief, plus training outcomes for rehabilitated workers.
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Charleston
UPI
Logan County
University of Pittsburgh
U. S. Health, Education and Welfare Department
F. Ray Power
Power
West Virginia
Wood County
Logan
Hospital transfers and admissions noted in Wyoming area
Miss Belle Shumate was moved from Wyoming General Hospital Mullens to Charleston Memorial Hospital this morning, accompanied by her mother Mrs Riley Shumate and a nurse. Fulton Brown was admitted to Wyoming General Hospital Thursday night with pneumonia.
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McGraws
Belle Shumate
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Riley
Cricket) Shumate
Fulton Brown
Mullens Seeks Change in Federal Aid 50-50 Ratio
Mullens City Council asks Senators Randolph Byrd and Kee and Rep Elizabeth Kee to shift county aid split from 50-50 to 75-25 for Wyoming County under the Accelerated Federal Works Program. Officials say unemployment figures and cross county work bias misstate locals and hinder loan financing. letters follow Claude Cook's request to move ahead.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County
Jennings Randolph
Robert Byrd
Elizabeth Kee
Council
New Jersey Releases Imported Hares for Hunters
The State Fish and Game Division announced that 200 hares imported from Massachusetts were partly kept for breeding experiments and the rest released to provide added snort for New Jersey hunters.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
State Fish and Game Division
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Community notes from Oceana and surrounding areas
Local residents return from medical care and visits. Mrs. A G Lugar resumes home life after minor surgery at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch. Lonnie Gunter and family depart Washington DC after visiting relatives. Edsel Workman from Waverly Ohio stayed with parents in Oceana. Mrs John Mills returns to Knoxville after week with Minnie Hawkins family. Mrs Lee Caudill receives observation at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mrs Earl Cook showing improvement after stroke. Otis Cook and son Donnie attend car auction in Galion Ohio. Tom Fleener ends ten day stay at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch. Roby Lamb and family visit in Washington DC with Henry Pruett family. Ken Maynor and Harvey Pruett also travel. They return home midweek.
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Oceana
Rns
A. G. Lugar
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Ernest
Lonnie) Gunter
Washington, D. C
Minnie Hawkins
Edsel Workman
Waverly
Ohio
Thurman Workman
John Mills
Knoxville
Tenn
Lee Caudill
Clear Fork
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Earl Cook
Otis Cook
Doninie
Galliopolis
Tom Fleener
Toneda
Roby Lamb
Henry Pruett
Ken Maynor
Harvey Pruett
Robert Pruett
Ravencliff Visitors and Family Updates
Corliss residents Mr. and Mrs. Cash Brooks and Mr. and Mrs. Willis Brooks spent a weekend with Garfield Price. They visited Hazel Blevins in Lil lydale who is recovering from an automobile wreck injury. Ray D. Stafford visited his grandparents Sabine Ravencliff Road. Louise Bailey learned her sister Sam DeVita improved after a cerebral blood clot caused paralysis.
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Kopperston
Raymond Stafford
Louise Bailey
Sam DeVita
Bailey
Clarence Clay
Souisville
Chicago
Mount Hope NHS Dance Supports March of Dimes Drive
A Mount Hope High School NHS dance at 8 p m Saturday in the school auditorium benefits the March of Dimes Drive. Junior and senior students plus interested adults may attend. refreshments by Mrs Clarise Ramey Jordan. chaperones Mr and Mrs Sanford McNeely.
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Mount Hope
National Honor Society
Mount Hope High School
Clarise Ramey Jordan
Sanford McNeely
Pearl Moss
Atty General Rules On Payment Of Fines
State Atty Gen. C Donald Robertson said imprisonment for failure to pay a fine earns no credit toward the fine. The opinion responded to Greenbrier County Prosecutor Edgar L Smith who asked if part of the fine should be remitted after serving part of a sentence for nonpayment.
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Atty
Charleston
UPI
C. Donald Robertson
Robertson
Greenbrier
Edgar L. Smith
Smith
Questioning Responsibility in a Family Money Conflict
A mother asks how to handle her 14 year old daughter's extra allowance amid dispute with a husband. Mrs Lawrence advises rethinking responsibility and suggests exploring underlying motives rather than forcing control. The piece frames responsibility as a potential source of insecurity and urges calm, shared understanding.
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Muriel Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Lawrence
Little Sister
Joan
Mission Society Meets In Guyandotte Church
Members of the Women's Mission Society of the Guyandotte Baptist Church in Jesse gathered Tuesday evening for their monthly meeting. The devotional theme Values of Silence featured readings by Zett Brooks and Doyle Cook, with Sarah Dancy reading Scripture. Margie Cook led the program and Bible quiz while Doyle Cook presided over the business session.
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Mission Society
Guyandotte Church
Oceana
RNS
Women’s Mission Society of the
Zett Brooks
Sarah Dancy
Doyle Cook
Margie Cook
Orville Lamb
Bernie Brooks
Dollie Wellman
Judy Wellman
Helen Cook
Jo Ann Lubonia
Ruby Cook
Barbara Jean Lusk
Prooks
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