Surplus Food Distribution Faces Knotty West Virginia Problems
West Virginia faces storage, refrigeration, and funding hurdles in expanding surplus food distributions. Officials warn butter and eggs additions strain warehouses and require private space. the state National Guard may assist while communities must pitch in. Perry surveys storage and transport as more items come pending.
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Fied Perry
West Virginia
Perry
W. W. Barron
West Virginia National Guard
Barron
Meetings Scheduled In Fayette This Week
Community notices list weekly gatherings in Mount Hope and Kilsyth. Girl Scout troops meet daily at locations including the Clinton Apartment Building and Mount Hope Elementary School, with church study classes, union meetings, and a Lions Club dinner noted through Thursday and a Saturday lodge session at 7:30 PM.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Clinton
Charles Harnsbarger
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Mount Hope Federated League
Mount Hope Women's Christian Temperance Union
Methodist Church
St. Anthony Guild
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Kilsyth
Anna Cope
Jennie Cope Carter
Church of the Bradley Presbyterian Church
Mount Hope Lions Club
Wayne Bond Tops Mullens Seniors in Class Poll
Mullens High School seniors honor Wayne Bond as top overall with wins in eight categories including friendliest most valuable to school best citizen most cooperative most reliable best personality and most initiative. Rita Lawson leads among girls with five category victories. other winners include Gin Armantrout Charles Stump Jane Liddle Phillip Farley Patty Jones Peggy Carte Darrell McKinney Jo Ann Short Linda Williams Kenneth Lane Sondra Collins Judy Shumate Anna Dave Backus Jim Severt Pat Parker William Winston Bobby Tibbs and others.
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Mullens
RNS
Wayne Bond
Mullens High School
Rita Lawson
Gin Armantrout
Charles Stump
Jane Liddle
Phillip Farley
Joe Ann Short
Patty Jones
Bill Lawson
Peggy Carte
Darrell McKinney
Jean Dixon
Teddy Clifford
Jo Ann Short
John Stump
Larry Stidman
Gin Armentrout
David Thompson
Linda Williams
Kenneth Lane
Sondra Collins
Brenda Smith
Judy Shumate
Anna Dave Backus
Patricia Hall
Pat Parker
William Winston
Bobby Tibbs
Mt Hope Mothers Will March Tonight
A fire whistle at 6 30 p m signals the start of the New March of Dimes Mothers March in Mount Hope. Chair man Mrs C R Harnsbarger lists canvassing workers and asks residents to turn on porch lights to aid callers for contributions.
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Mt. Hope
Mount Hope
C. R. Harnsbarger
Sledding accident injures Mount Hope teen
John Treadway 16, of Monroe Street, suffered a dislocated hip and head injuries when his sled struck a moving auto on Monroe Street as he crossed North Fayette Street. He remains in satisfactory condition at Oak Hill Hospital. Police investigator J E Howard and Mount Hope mayor T T Twaddle led the scene inquiry.
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Mount Hope
ANS
John Treadway
Quincy Treadway
Monroe Street
Oak Hill Hospital
Treadway
North Fayette Street
Hubert Hurd
J. E. Howard
T. T. Twaddle
Poice
Elephants Use Trunk to Soak Water into Mouth
An educational note explains elephants do not drink by swallowing through the trunk but draw water into the trunk and then squirt it into their mouths or trunks. The description clarifies how elephants hydrate using their muscular noses as a siphon.
Deputy Buddy Crouch of Min den life and service
Know Your Deputy Co E. Buddy Crouch has lived in Minden all 44 years and spent 19 years in mines of New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co. He was deputy sheriff eight years ago and reappointed by successive sheriffs. Married to Frances Hooten of Oak Hill with three children. The Oak Hill Brethren Church member gained fame last summer helping solve the Holmes murder, aiding Trooper Berkley. he helped trace and return James Alfred White to Oak Hill, who confessed and pled guilty to second degree murder.
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Buddy” Crouch
Minden
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
H. R. Beckelheimer
A. H. Buchanan
P. L. Elmore
Frances Paul Hooten
Oak Hill
Mary Lee
Oak Hill Hospital
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Charles E. “Chuck” Jr
Collins High School
Terry Lynn
Crouches
Oak Hill Brethren Church
Crouch
C. E. Berkley
Harry Edward Holmes
Glen Jean Mechanic
Stonecliff
Berkley
James Alfred White
Maysville
Tenn
Holmes
White
Fayette County
Fayetteville and area residents in brief notes
Fayetteville news notes students arriving for WVU semester break include Richard Whanger Richard Shuck and Robert Bibb returning to Huntington for Marshall College. Local moves report Mr and Mrs John Vernon and children to 130 Lively Street Falls View. Hospital and travel items involve Rupert Fitzgerald pneumonia and E M Pete Norford visiting Huntington to see his stroke affected father.
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Fayetteville
RNS
West Virginia University
Richard Whanger
A. E. Whanger
Keller Avenue
Richard Shuck
Haven R. Shuck
Wiseman Avenue
Robert Bibb
Alfred C. Bibb
Huntington
Marshall College
Harold Dodd
Ruth B. Dodd
Fayette Ave
Jeannine Beane
Earl Beane
High Street
Connie Witt
John L. Witt
Cunard
John Vernon
Johnny
Jimmy
Julia
Falls View
Harold Cooke
Lively St
Rupert Fitzgerald
Mahan Street
Oak Hill Hospital
E. M
Pete” Norford
T. P. Norford
Kanawha Falls
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
Norford
Oak Hill Legion Club publishes event schedule
Oak Hill Legion Post No 59 announces a calendar of youth and civic events at the Central Avenue club run by Commander John Ferri. The facility, still finishing, bans alcohol, offers snacks and soft drinks, and keeps teenage activities chaperoned with a lineup of parties meetings and dances through February.
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Oak Hill
RNS
American Legion Club
Central Avenue
John Ferri
Ferri
Legion Auxiliary
Oak Hill Jaycees
American Legion Post No. 59
Brownie Troop
Juanita Legg
Irene Brown
Harold Corker
Raleigh - Fayette Citizen's Band
Junior Woman's Club
Kenneth Treadway
Blaine Clower
Pat Richards
Sherry Swann
Washington
Pizza Party Honors Larry Vanover
Larry Marlan Vanover son of Mr and Mrs Marlan Vanover of Frantz Avenue was honored with a surprise pizza party at his home Saturday night He is leaving this week to enter the US Air Force Hostesses were Nancy Jo Dennis Francine Jennings and Linda Vanover They were assisted by Mrs Vanover and Mrs A C Dennis Others attending were Mary Robertson Lillian Mitchem Joyce McLean Bill Humphrey Buddy Sizemore Karen Wyatt Roger Stover Shirley Ashley Eddie Elliott Wayne Bradbury David Kuper Dink Spade Scott Wiley and Mary Vanover
Four Births Recorded in Wyoming General Hospital
RNS Mullens report lists four newborn girls at Wyoming General Hospital. Kristy Ann Bailey daughter of Amos and Mrs Bailey of Matoaka born Jan 23 at 6:23 am weighing seven pounds eleven ounces. Beverly Gwynn England daughter of Matthew and Mrs England of Mullens born Jan 23 at 6:54 am weighing seven pounds nine ounces. An unnamed Thompson daughter of Arthur and Mrs Thompson of Glen Fork born Jan 24 at 9:44 am weighing eight pounds four and one half ounces. An unnamed Lambert daughter of Samuel and Mrs Lambert of Bud born Jan 25 at 9:21 am weighing seven pounds three ounces.
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Arthur Thompson
Glen Fork
Samuel Garfield Lambert
Bud
Hurt in mine accident at Poca hontas Fuel Co
Randall Bailey of Princeton was injured in a mine accident at the Poca hontas Fuel Co Itmann at about 4 am today He was transported by ambulance to the Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Mullens
RNS
Randall Bailey
Princeton
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann
Bluefield Sanitarium
Sixties charmers rehearse twenties Charleston routine
At the Roaring 20s dance Saturday night in Rebel Rec Jerry Hoge guides Mullens High School seniors Jerri Dooley Gloria Jean Pritchard Eleanor Clark Peggy Carte Trecia McNeely and Carolyn Farley as they practice the 1920s Charleston.
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el Rec
Jerry Hoge
Mullens High
Jerri Dooley
Gloria Jean Pritchard
Eleanor
23 Told To Report For Physical Exams
Fayetteville Selective Service Local Board No 3 lists 23 men ordered to report for pre induction physical examinations on February 13 in Fayette County. Names include John David Liptrap Thurmond Thomas Ivan Maynor Willis Branch Alphonso Louis Wilson Cunard Harry Dale Krise Jodie Phillip Ashley Kincaid Kincaid James Larry Tompkins Scarbro Lethro Allen Blankenship Brooklyn Arnold Ray Blankenship Dixie Donnie Dee Null Kimberly Arnold Fay Ramsey Dixie Shirley French Adkins Beckwith Clyde Williams Winona Wesley Lee Hedrick Maplewood Buddy Arnold Ramsey Ramsey George David Wall Maplewood Charles Frederick Hawkins Hico James Lawrence O Neal Prince Samuel David Williams Jr Mount Hope Calvin Harvey Ballenger Rainelle Vivian Edward Garland Woodson Powellton Philip Douglas Doyle Long Branch Richard Arlen Basham Oak Hill Jim me Leon Moore Summerlee.
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Fayetteville
Selective Service
Fayette County
John David Liptrap
Thurmond
Thomas Ivan Maynor
Willis Branch
Alphonso Louis Wilson
Cunard
Harry Dale Krise
Jodie
Phillip Ashley Kincaid
Kincaid
James Larry Tompkins
Scarbro
Lethro Allen Blankenship
Brooklyn
Arnold Ray Blankenship
Dixie
Donnie Dee Null
Kimberly
Arnold Fay Ramsey
Shirley French Adkins
Public To Select Lake Site Name
Oak Hill area Lake naming contest opened by Fayette County Sportsmen's Association to title the Plum Orchard lake under the State Conservation Commission. A committee will plan details as 2,800 acre project with 200 acre lake, funded by 150000 STEP appropriation. Locals urged to suggest names. board aims to boost support for continued funding.
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Oak Hill
RNS
State Conservation Commission
Plum Orchard
Fayette County
Marvin Hitchcock
Warden M. Lane
New River Co
Raleigh County
Sportsmen’s Association
Hitchcock
Sportsmen's Association
Conservation Commission
Deeds Receives Four Year Salem College Scholarship
Jo Ann Deeds a 17 year old Collins high senior daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Deeds of Bibb Street Oak Hill has been awarded a four year scholarship to Salem College worth 600 dollars per year to study music with a teaching aim and a education minor. She was notified of acceptance by Salem College director of admissions James B Weaver. Deeds is a voice pupil of H R Cole piano pupil of Grace Myers and has played flute and piccolo in Collins High marching and concert bands. She serves as organist for the school choir and holds multiple club and activity roles including president of the girls glee club and member of the Latin and Dramatics clubs.
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Jo Ann Deeds
Collins High School
Robert Deeds
Bibb Street
Oak Hill
Salem College
Miss Deeds
Collins High
James B. Weaver
H. R. Cole
Grace Myers
Choralettes
Collins Girls
Newspapers To Join Second Make Your Home Happier Promotion
Three hundred thirty nine papers in 260 markets in the United States and Canada plan to take part in the industrys second Make Your Home Happier With A New Appliance promotion. Local drives will be supported by appliance dealers gas and electric firms banks department stores and many other retail businesses.
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Canada
One Killed One Hospitalized By Gas Fumes
Oak Hill report states 78 year old Myrtice Wooten died of asphyxiation by gas after a long exposure from a pilot light only in a house where Joe Dover age 64 was unconscious and later hospitalized, both lacking noticeable odor. Coroner confirms gas in their systems and ties death to the incident.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Red Star
Myrtice Wooten
Joe Dover
Dover
M. G. Hresar
Wooten
Oak Hill Hospital
Thirsty Thieves Take Pop at Long Branch School
Wyoming County deputies investigated a break in at Long Branch Elementary School between Baileysville and Coal Mountain. Thieves entered by breaking a window Thursday night stealing two cases of soft drinks from a Coca Cola machine. no money was taken. Principal Thomas Cook and Sheriff Phillips reported no arrests yet.
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Pineville
RNS
Phillips
Fred Deal
Long Branch
Thomas Cook
Baileysville
Coal Mountain
Wyoming County Oficers
12 Hour Search Lands Hit And Run Driver
Darrell Moran, 20, was captured after a 12 hour manhunt by Pineville police and county officers on a hit and run charge. The accident occurred about 12 30 am Sunday as Moran allegedly struck Darrell Miller 20 and left the scene on a back street. Miller received 24 stitches to facial wounds at Wyoming General Hospital and was later released. Police spread alerts to Oceana Mullens and Welch before Moran was detained at his home near noon.
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Pineville
Darrell Moran
Wyoming
J. Pineville
W. W. Bolt
Paul Goode
Darrell Miller
W. A. Miller
Moran
Miller
Mike Bazzie
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Bolt
Goode
Fred Deal
Oceana
Welch
Injured in sled accident at Oak Hill Hospital
Rubin Brown Jr. of Hilltop is under treatment and observation at Oak Hill Hospital for an abdominal injury from a sled accident at 5:40 p m Saturday.
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Oak Hill
Rubin Brown Jr
Hilltop
Oak Hill Hospital
Beckley Manages Mechanical Trades Licenses By January 1961
Notice to all contractors in Beckley engaged in plumbing electrical heating air conditioning sheet metal and roofing that licenses may be issued without exam if applied for by January 31 1961. Applications available at the City Recorder's office with required examination if applied after February 1 1961. Described by City Recorder Walter L. Humphrey under the Common Council directive.
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City of
Beckley
City of Beckley
Mechanical Trades Board
City Recorder
Mechanical Trades Ordinance
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Charleston
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Hubert Perry
West
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Macdonald Lodge No. 103
Masonic Hall
Mount Hope Territory
L. H. Bennett
Elsie Bryant
Eddie Souk
Henry McCrea
Trisha Ball
William Anderson
Bob Williams
George Scott Vargo
Sanford McNeely
C. E. Jones
A. L. Huffman
W. G. Callaway
Ray Young
Don Sanford
Ambrose Bryan
Margaret McCool
L. H. Maynor Jr
James Burns
Jack Keatley
E. Scott Carter
Joe Vallina
George Scott
Gladys Williams
Mr. Hope
Virgil Litton
Warren
Ohio
James W. Ayres
Dave Nutter
Park Drive
Joe Sabogi
Smithers
Oak Hill Legion Club
Pizza Party
Larry M. Vanover
Lloyd Bright
Rebel Rec
Diane Akers
Diane
Bobby
Plum Orchard Lake
Mossy Creek
Sherwood
Lane
Tri-Hi-Y
Girls’ Athletic Association
Baptist Church Choir
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Common Council
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