Lynda Crotty to Attend Parsons Tri-Hi-Y Camp
Mullens resident Lynda Crotty daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis Crotty Mullens will attend the Tri-Hi-Y Camp at Camp Horseshoe Parsons from July 29 to August 4. She is active in Mullens High School extracurriculars and church activities and has prior FHA leadership camp experience.
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Mullens
RNS
Lynda Crotty
Curtis Crotty
Camp Horseshoe
Parsons
Lynda
Mullens High School
Future Homemakers
Cedar Lake
FHA
First Methodist Church
MYF
Rebel Rec
Boosters Club
Future Teachers of America Club
Mullens Swimming Pool
Strafford native Morrill sparked land grant colleges
The Vermont town of Strafford produced Sen. Justin Smith Morrill, whose 1862 Land Grant College Act funded the nation’s system of 68 colleges and universities including MIT and Texas A&M. Morrill, son of a Strafford blacksmith, left school at 15 to work his way up, later pushing through the bill that transformed American higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McCormick
M.I.T
University of California
Penn State
Texas A. & M
Agricultural and Mechanical
Morrill
Senate
Congress
Lincoln
Strafford
Abraham Lincoln
Morrill Homestead Gains National Historic Landmark Status
Maple Fork area notes visitations and family gatherings in Michigan Tennessee Florida. The article then shifts to Morrill, highlighting his 1852 political role, the Morrill Foundation purchase of his home, Ford Foundation study tours, and an upcoming designation as a National Historic Landmark by the Interior Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Morrill
Mullens Student Ralph Butler Attends WV Band Clinic
Ralph Butler son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Butler Mullens will attend a band clinic July 22 29 at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon. Elected by the Mullens Woman's Civic Club sponsor, he is a sophomore Eagle Scout and member of Boy Scout Troop No 5. He attends First Methodist Church Mullens and serves as MYF citizenship officer. At Mullens High School he belongs to the Latin and Science Clubs and plays trumpet in the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Butler
Raymond Butler
Mullens
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Woman’s Civic Club of
Ralph
First Methodist Church
MYF
Mullens High School
Vacation plans and homecomings from Marsh Fork area
Mr and Mrs L C Weamer of Montreal depart for Yellowstone National Park with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Roy Weamer of Middletown Ohio. Harold Feazelle and J F Chapman of Montreal plus spouses plan Myrtle Beach trip. Mrs Stella Jameson returns to Lebanon Ohio after two week visit. Rex Sarrett and daughter Kathy Arnett vacation in Florida. Kermit Cook of Arnett home from Montreal mine injury hospital. Cosby Brewster of Miami Florida returns home after five weeks with sister Erie Tabor. Several Pineknob residents seek work at Hot Springs.
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Stella Jameson
Lebanon
Ohio
L. C. Weamer
Montreal
Rex Sarrett
Kathy Arnett
Florida
Kermit Cook
Arnett
Memorial Hospital
Cosby Brewster
Miami
Fla
Erie Tabor
Rock Creek
Charleston
Grace Tabor
Corbet Webb
Simmie Webb Jr
Alvin McCarty
Sherman Canterbury
Pineknob
Hot Springs
Bulgaria Faces Fruit Famine and Pest Invasion
Vienna reports Bulgaria battles a fruit famine and fruit bugs along with a potato bug invasion, citing the Communist party newspaper Rabotnichesko Delo in Sofia as the source of the new agricultural woes.
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Bulgaria
Vienna
UPI
Communist party + ae Rabotnichesko Delo
Soia
Federal aid offered for family farm forest thinning
The Federal government provides cost sharing for family farm forests covering timber thinning pruning site preparation fencing and erosion control on logging roads.
Highway toll climbs beyond two hundred in WV weekend deaths
United Press International reports West Virginia’s 1962 highway toll rose to 202 with seven weekend fatalities. Names and places include Mrs. Margaret Burrows of Marion County, Mrs. Lula Belle Marcum of Lobata, Clyde C. Surface of Elkview, a Mullens double fatality of Donald Bailey and Tommy Thomas, and others in accidents on US 119, WV 65, WV 5, WV 79, and US 21 near Sissonville.
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United Press International
Mullens
West Virginia
Margaret Burrows
Marion County
Fairmont
Lula Belle Marcum
Lobata
Mingo County
Williamson Memorial Hospital
W. Va
Williamson
Donald Bailey
Mullens Auto Agency
Tommy Thomas
Ronald A. Boggs
Glenville
Scotty D. Harvey
Hatcher
Wyoming County
Boone
Gary W. Powell
Sissonville
Kanawha County
U. S. 21
Man of Year named for Raleigh life underwriters
Jack Wardlaw president of the Raleigh Association of Life Underwriters was declared the first Man of the Year by the group after proposing the honor last year Russia reportedly supplied almost all of Cuba's wheat and most of its wheat flour beef pork and condensed milk during 1961
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Jack Wardlaw
Raleigh Association of Life Underwriters
Russia
Cuba
Be A Reporter Local News Service Seeks Fayette Raleigh Wyoming Contacts
Residents across Fayette and Raleigh counties and neighboring areas are urged to share news with Raleigh Register correspondents identified by RNS logos Regional News Service. List of correspondents with names and phone numbers includes Fairdale Glen Daniel Mrs C W Walker Jr Fayetteville Mrs Tunney Hunsaker Flat Top Ghent Mrs Cordie Nugen Mabscott Mrs Elizabeth Robinson MacArthur Mrs Elmer Akers Maple Fork Mrs Madge Davis Mount Hope Mrs Margaret Marchie Mullens Mrs Thelma Stover Oak Hill Floyd Warrick Jr Oceana Mrs Lucille Cook Pax Mrs Hazel Mowell Pineville Mrs Jack Martin Ravencliff Sabine McGraws Glen Fork Soulsville Miss Elizabeth Williams Mrs Lacy Meadows Besoco Rock Creek Mrs Maude Parolari Whitesville Mrs Martha Lilly Sophia Mrs Russell Pegram. News submissions encouraged for swift publication.
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Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Raleigh Register
Fairdale
Glen Daniel
C. W. Walker Jr
Fayetteville
Tunney Hunsaker
Flat Top
Ghent
Cordie Nugen
Mabscott
Elizabeth Robinson
MacArthur
Elmer Akers
Maple Fork
Madge Davis
Mount Hope
Margaret Marchie
Mullens
Thelma Stover
Oak Hill
Floyd Warrick Jr
Oceana
Lucille Cook
Pax
Hazel Mowell
Pineville
Jack Martin
Ravencliff - Sabine
Wyoming Nurse Assumes Duties at General Hospital
Mrs Dolores McDougal assumes the 11 pm to 7 am nursing shift at Wyoming General Hospital. A registered nurse and Mountain State Hospital graduate, she is a member of the American Nurses Association and Mountain State Alumni Association. Native of Charleston, she lives in Mullens with husband James and two.
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Mrs. McDougal
Mountain State Hospital
Charleston
American Nurses Association
Mountain State Alumni Association
Mullens
James
Grand Jury Targets Mercer County Bluefield Police Officers
Grand jury to hear indictments against six Bluefield police officers on burglary charges stemming from 1954. Prosecutor William O. Bivens to present evidence against a captain, a lieutenant, two sergeants and two patrolmen with up to 25 years service. Two waived preliminary hearing. others set for July 9 or pending arraignment as two accomplices serve Virginia terms. Observers include Sheriff E. D. Bazzie and four State Police members from Beckley.
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Princeton
UPJ
Mercer County Grand Jury
Bluefield
William O. Bivens
Charles A. Fox
Robert Gibson
Bivens
Virginia
Ted Land
Mercer County
E. D. Bazzie
Beckley
McDougal Funeral Firm Leaders Named in Pineville Mullens
Cynthia and 8 year old James I McDougal are linked to McDougal’s Robertson and Foglesong funeral homes in Pineville and Mullens with James I McDougal serving as president and general manager.
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McDougal
McDougal’s
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Homes
Pineville
Mullens
Ravencliff People Visit Kin and Friends Across States
West Point bound Airman Ronald Wills returns with Doris Shumate and family for extended leave. Kim Adair reunites with relatives in Columbus and Lockport while Frankie Totten visits. Pineville business visitors and health notes for William Mullens and Gale Dickson are noted as well.
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N. Y
Niagara Falls
Kim
Frankie
Tottens
Pineville
Glenn Acord
Harley Reeves
Lon Stewart
Frank Acord
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Sadie S. Harvey
William Harvey
Mary Elizabeth Evans
Andrew Jackson Evans
Willie D. Abrams
Elijah D. DeHart
Charles Collins
Charles Crockett Collins
Jack Hollandsworth
John Thomas Hollandsworth
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Board of Education
Board of Education
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John W. Saunders
Ph&rr
James L. Jarrell
John H. Jackson
P. E. Reynolds
Gary Gordon Matherly
Mark Robson
Philip Dunne
Nelson Gidding Cireme
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Joy Angle
Tennessee
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McSpadden
Livonia
Mich
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Jerry
Bill Davis
Hess Davis
Nas
John Paul
Ansted
James McGuire
Hilda
Delores
Bonnie
Connie
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Pe Ee
Inaan Ji Brave
Hal Wallis
Steve Reeves
Burt Lancaster
Marsh Fork
Blewn Ford
Beite Davis
Hope Lange
Arthur O'Connell
Frank Capras L
Panavision Color
Holden - Palmer Tre Perlberg Seaton
NEW Yor Times
Troy Donahue
Connie Stevens
Susas
Mountain Air Drive
Glen Jean
ADA” Cinemascope
Susan Hayward
Dean Martin
Bob Hope
Lucille Ball
Tammy
Muare
Sandra Dee
John Gavin
Robert Ewdes Peniwellon
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Drums
Dolores McDougal
Cynthia
James I
Ravencliff
Howard Acord
Cameron Lilly
Phoebe Acord
Lillys
William Mullens
Cather Pettry
Lansing
N. C
Gale Dickson
Dickson
Te TS Tea
Armour’s
Dutch Holland
Maxwell House
Circus
HONDA
Johnstown Road
Vance Drive
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