Science Fair Set At Mullens HS
The Wyoming County Science Fair will be held Feb. 28 at Mullens High School. Applications are due by Feb. 22. Set up is Feb. 27 from 6 to 10 p.m. Judging is Feb. 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. Public viewing is 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9:30 p.m. Winners: 12 awards across junior high and senior high, medals for top three in each division. County winners advance to Concord College for regional fair March 28–30. First-place biology and physical science winners earn trips to the National Science Fair.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming
Mullens High School
Lee Hodson
Hodson
Hudson
Concord College
Fire damages home in Glen Fork
The Elmer McMillion home in Glen Fork sustained about 1000 in damage from a Sunday fire started in the attic flue. A bucket brigade fought the blaze until the Wyoming County Volunteer Fire Department from Pineville arrived and had it under control.
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Glen Fork
RNS
Elmer McMillion
Wyoming County Volunteer Fire Department of
Pineville
Jack Lambert
Local Visits Bring Trips, Family Update In West Virginia
McGraws Sizemore return to Arlington after weekend with Jack Size more parents. Beckley welcomes Tommy Gwinn and Johnnie Gwinn now in Oak Hill. Jimmy Brown from Charleston visits mother and elder Brown in Mullens at Wyoming General Hospital noted improved. Ed McMillian returns from Charleston for niece Pat Trump’s illness and death. Gillie Trump joins from Charleston. Earl Owens, Leonard McMillian, and Ted also travel with them.
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Ed McMillian
Charleston
Pat Trump
Gillie Trump
Earl Owens
Leonardr McMillian
Ted
Big T Award To Be Presented Top Musician
Mullens High School to honor late Tommy Thomas with the annual Big T Award for an outstanding musician. Sponsored by Don Boyd Orchestra, the prize includes a $25 savings bond and engraved medal. Recipient chosen by Gene Allen, band director, and name inscribed on the trophy. A similar award will be given at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley.
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Mullens
BNS
Don Boyd
Beckley
Mullens High School
Tommy Thomas
Maben-Lester Road
Boyd
Gene Allen
Belcher Injured At Pocahontas Fuel Mine
Coy O Belcher 56 of Montcalm was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium after a mine car derailment at Pocahontas Fuel Co Itmann. He suffered hip and leg injuries and was moved by ambulance to hospital in fair condition.
Modern Day Noahs Ark Has Wings And A Tail
An NEA report notes airline cargo services expanding to include a wide range of animals from horses to lobsters. Mangold of United Air Lines cites speed and safety as reasons for air transport with typical shipping costs and required preflight arrangements.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New York
NEA
Pegasus
R. L. Mangold
United Air Lines
Teen Marriage Seminar Led by Local Club Leaders
A seminar on teen marriage was organized by the Literary Club with Ernie Hays as president and Mary Beth Pancake as vice president. Both students served on the planning committee coordinating the event.
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Literary Club
Ernie Hays
Mary Beth Pancake
Fayetteville JCs Honor Riner and Hunsaker With Key Man Awards
Carl Riner and Tunney Hunsaker received the key man awards at the Fayetteville Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet Saturday night. Leon Spencer, the association president, presented the honors and thanked the attendees.
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Carl Riner
Tunney Hunsaker
Fayetteville
Local residents note military moves and family visits
Specialist James L. Taraczkozy departs for Nurenburg Germany with the 58rd Ordnance Company DS after Christmas with his parents. Donald Allen returns to Arlington Virginia. Guests include Mr and Mrs Robert L Sanger and Mrs Hubert Durham visiting Taraczkozy’s family. Charlie McClanahan leaves for Beckley as a Concord College student. Ohio construction work begins for Ralph Manning Ralph Webb and Art Addis. Jerry Wolfe and Hayden Wolfe head to Portsmouth for Naval Academy tests.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
B. A. Taraczkozy
James L. Taraczkozy
Nurenburg
Germany
58Rd Ordnance Company
Donald Allen
Arlington
John Allen
Robert L. Sanger
Oak Hill
Hubert Durham
George Sublette
Hampton
Charlie McClanahan
Concord College
Beckley
Buster Daniels
Harvey York
Ralph Manning
Manning
Ralph Webb
Art Addis
Ohio
Jerry Wolfe
Hayden C. Wolfe
Portsmouth
U. S. Naval Academy
Wayward Steer To Be Put On Ice For Good
A Black Angus steer broke from a Martins Ferry packing firm and wandered onto the icy Ohio River. It was chased by three company workers as it crossed the slick surface. ice broke and a tow boat crew pulled the animal ashore. The steer will be butchered and placed in cold storage.
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Wheeling
UPI
Ohio
Martins Ferry
Ideal Provision Co
Mrs Powers Is Shower Honoree at Glen Fork Church
Mrs Elwood Powers was honored at a stork shower Saturday night in the basement of Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church. Hostesses were Women’s Missionary Society members and games with prizes entertained guests including many out of town visitors and relatives.
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Glen Fork
RNS
Elwood Powers
Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church
Women's Missionary Society
Dwaine Shumate
Bill Price
Clifford Shrewsbury
Clinton Acord
Dennie Acord Jr
Bill Davis
Blast Pizzino
Glen Sanders
Herbert Cook
Sam Lubonia
Jesse
Sonny Sanders
Oceana
Benton Stewart
Matheny
David Wilson
Fred Cordle
Pineville
Drema Stewart
Ray Sanders
Lester Blevins
L. C. Shrewsbury
R. D. Powers
Elmer Lay
Clifford Halsey
Lawrence Sanders
Everette Blevins
Croba Sanders
J. Sigman
J. Adams
Harold Acord
Reevin Shrewsbury
Levin Pizzino
Jacqueline Sanders
Judy Davis
Pastor Carl Payne to Undergo Surgery at Charleston General
Mr and Mrs Cabell Payne of Ravencliff announce their son the Reverend Carl Payne will enter Charleston General Hospital on Wednesday for major surgery with an eardrum graft planned for the following day.
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Ravencliff
Cabell Payne
Sabine- Ravencliff Road
Carl Payne
Emmett
Charleston General Hospital
Payne
Rancher Recovers Lost Mink Pelts After Hunt By Stranger
Milwaukee Wisconsin Stanley Samurio reported two boxes containing mink pelts worth 3000 dollars were lost from his truck on Wednesday. A passerby returned the boxes saying he was glad a woman hadn’t found them.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Stanley Samurio
Valentine Party Slated By Beta Theta Chapter
Oak Hill beta sorority chapter meets at Mrs. Mark Miller home for planning a Make A Valentine party and bowling night with Beta Sigma Phi chapters from Oak Hill and Fayetteville. Members discuss pledge training, officer nominations, library volunteer work, Dollars for Scholars, and Love's Miracle in Marriage program.
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Ronald Clifton
Mankin Avenue
Oak Hill
Valentine Queen
Fayetteville
Bns
Beta Sigma Phi
Mark Miller
Kelley Avenue
Tom Humphries
James Painter
Xi Alpha Theta Chapter
Floyd Warrick Jr
T. G. Pettry
A Zo Stricklin
Maurice Carder
Ivan Bush Jr
W. R. Lessick
Ways and Means
Joe Moreau
Barbara Tyree
Beta Sigma
Fountain Terrace
Lessick
Friends of the Library
Karin Toon
Kahlil Gibran
Ivan Bush
Painter
Warrick
Robert Patrick
Pat Watters
Strickler
Pettry
Bush
Stanley
Jimmy Mahood
Humphries
Lucille McCoy
Harry Price
Miller
Shirley Love
Moose Auxiliary Plans a VA Hospital Party
Oak Hill Chapter No. 33 Women of the Moose organized a February 7 party for Beckley VA Hospital patients. Members were to meet at Moose Hall at 6 p.m. and bring sandwiches and cupcakes. A covered-dish dinner is planned for February 14 at the next meeting.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Women of the Moose
Moose Hall
Virginia Nugen
Harvey King
Kathern Martin
Medina Sexton
Billy Sumner
Violet Lane
Martha Sneddon
Donald Fitzgerald
Glen Fork Obituary and Family Travel Notes
Glen Fork notices funeral details for George Fleming who died after a long illness in Charleston. Relatives travel home to Oxford Ohio and Cincinnati while others return to Michigan and Charleston. Seaman Charles E. Pizzino arrives home on 30 day leave from Havana assignment. Marshall University student Bob Hagamon spends semester break with Huntington parents.
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Glen Fork
RNS
George Fleming
Charleston
Leroy Alexander
Oxford
Ohio
Lowell White
Mannchester
Mich
Bill McGraw
Cincinnati, Ohio
Thomas Fleming
Charles E. Pizzino
Charley Pizzino
Seaman
Havana
Cuba
Bob Hagamon
Marshall University
Huntington
John Hagamon
Students Visit Pineville During Midsemester Break
Miss Linda Mathena a Marshall University student Huntington spends mid semester break with her parents Mr and Mrs C H Mathena Crowley Worrell addition Miss Susanne Bryant Clarksburg another Marshall University student is a houseguest in the Mathena home
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Pineville
Linda Mathena
Marshall University
Huntington
C. H. Mathena
Crowley Worrell
Susanne Bryant
Clarksburg
Marshall
Mathena
Oklahoma’s First Education System by Five Tribes
Five Indian tribes Cherokees Choctaws Creeks Chickasaws and Seminoles formed Oklahoma’s first education system in the 1830s, according to Collier’s Encyclopedia.
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Oklahoma
Collier's Encyclopedia
Handling a Family Past and Child Reactions
A mother asks how to tell her children about a prior marriage. Advice stresses allowing children to feel their hurt fully, avoiding premature comfort, and sharing the mother’s own sadness to build trust and closeness. It cites Viktor Frankl on facing hurt and emphasizes patience and honest communication.
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Viktor EF. Frankl
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YeLlowstone
Kentucky
Yellowstone Distillery CO
Louisville
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
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Terri Lynn
Frank Mauritz
Woodrow Wilson High School
Itmann
Appalechi Power Company
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Cleveland
Mangold
Flying Tiger
Harold Kerr
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Pineville High School
Kerr
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Ralph Feazell
John Dickerson
Riner
Spencer
Hunsaker
Frank Smith
Mrs. Powers
Beta Theta Chapter
James Stanley
Moose
Muriel Lawrence
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