Flower Show at Fayette County Fair Opens Aug 16 18
Fayetteville hosts a two day flower show as part of the Fayette County Fair at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium from August 16 to 18. Co chairs Mrs Arritt and Mrs Vickers oversee horticulture and artistic design divisions with strict entry rules and judging on Aug 17.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Fletcher Arritt
Carl B. Vickers
Fayette County Fair Association
J. H. Allen
Fair Association
Garden Club
A. Pompon
Ex Fayette Man Named Lawyer For Coal Firm
Thom as Lee Feazell of Mount Hope will join Island Creek Coal as assistant general counsel, based in Huntington. He was born February 1937 in Mount Hope and is a Marshall University and Washington and Lee Law School graduate. Feazell is married to Virginia Scott with a daughter Ann Lindsay.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Thomas Lee Feazell
Island Creek Coal
F. A. Macdonald
Island Creek
Feazell
Huntington
Third Avenue
Mount Hope High School
West Virginia University
Marshall University
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Virginia Scott
Ann Lindsay
Evening Circles Set Meetings At Mullens First Methodist
The Wo man Society of Christian Service at Mullens First Methodist Church plans 7:30 p.m. meetings for evening circles with Circle 1 through Circle 6 Circle 9 to Circle 11 listed with hostesses and addresses. Rev Virgil E Conant will lead a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p.m. The Membership and Evangelism Commission meets Wednesday at 8 15 p.m. Circles 7 and 8 met earlier today at 2 p.m. with Mrs Simmie Adams and Mrs J E Roles.
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Mullens
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
M. C. Houck
Frantz Avenue
Maude Stone
Moran Avenue
Sam Foglesong
Ted Robinette
Johnson Avenue
Simmie Adams
J. E. Roles
Mullens MULLENS RNS David Akers Undergoes Surgery
David Akers son of Mr and Mrs H L Akers Highland Avenue is reported in good condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital Virginia where he underwent surgery Thursday He and his mother will stay in Roanoke for further treatment Seaman Lynch stationed aboard USS Constellation in Brooklyn Navy Yards travels with wife for 11 days to the west coast Mrs Elbert Humphrey leaves Sunday to visit aunt Mrs Rawlings Divers Bassett Virginia accompanied by her son and grandchildren
Women of the Church Meet at Currie Hall Today
First Presbyterian Church announced the executive board of the Women of the Church will meet at Currie Hall today at 7 30 p m The note also mentions a refrigerator freezing section typically stays near 15 degrees
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First Presbyterian Church
Currie Hall
Past Governor Installs Officers of Moosewomen
About 25 members and four guests attended a Moosewomen installation at Moose Hall in Mullens. A R Smith, past governor, installed new officers led by Ruth Lynch as senior regent and Georgia Frank as junior graduate regent, with Kathy Franklin etc. A Lynch announced committee appointments and capsule sisters were revealed with new sisters to be drawn next meeting.
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Kevin Lynch
the Women of the Moose
Mullens
Betty Hylton
Kay Reid
Kathrin Franklin
Hazel Stover
Moosehaven
Polly Smith
Rhoda Meader
Mooseheart
Hilda Turner
Arreatta Weaver
Hospital
Effie Porterfield
Grace Deal
Academy of Friendship
Nan Hearn
Sue Lynch
Jack Dick
Sewing Workshop Set At Mullens High School
Mullens High School hosts a sewing workshop for students and adults on July 5 12 and 19 from 9 am to 3 pm under vocational home economics instructor Mrs Woodrow Cook. Individual help available. Fourteen sewing machines and buttonhole equipment provided. The program is part of the Mullens High summer homemaking initiative with about 120 girls enrolled in related home projects and visits.
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Mullens
Woodrow Cook
Cook
Mullens High
Saulsville Residents Visit Relatives in Various States
Saulsville RNS notes Sgt and Mrs. David Bower and children Lanny Donna and Lynne at McClellan AFB California for 30 days visiting relatives. They stay with Rev and Mrs Vern Clay and visit Hairston Mille in Otsego. Other families travel to Arlington Virginia, Slate Fork Pocahontas County and Matoaka.
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Saulsville
Rns
David Bower
Lanny
Donna
Lynne
McClellan Air Force Base
Calif
Vern Clay
Soulsville
Otsego
Hairston Mille
Randy Akers
Mullens
Billy Clay
Brice Phillips
Matoaka
Marshall Dickson
New Richmond
Sidney Dickson
W. M. Dickson
Dickson
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens Majorettes Win Honors At Clinic
Mullens High majorettes attended the Southeastern Star Majorette Clinic at Concord College in Athens and returned with two trophies and five medals. The group won a plaque for fourth place in the ensemble contest, wore blue and white outfits with Rebel caps, and individual awards went to Cindy Cook, Gloria Jean Pritchard, Patty Combs, and Delilah Combs across age groups and events. The Mullens High Band, directed by Gene Allen, accompanied about 200 attendees from West Virginia and nearby states.
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Mullens
ANS
Mullens High
Southeastern Star
Concord ‘College
Athens
Cindy Cook
Gloria Jean Pritchard
Patty Combs
Delilah Combs
Theopen
Baptist Circles Meet Today in Mullens Area
The First Baptist Church Circles meet today with Dunlap Circle at 2 p.m. hosted by Mrs. Ray Toler Criswell Circle at 8 p.m. hosted by Mrs. O. D. Lipscomb Maxville Circle at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. J. C. Newsome Chandler Circle has a Wiener roast on July 10 at Still Run The Rev Wm R Nelson pastor said due to Independence Day there is no Wednesday evening service and a brief business session will be July 10.
Circle Meet Changed at Mrs Shirley Home July 12
The Women s Missionary Circle of the Church of God will meet at Mrs J T Shirley s home on July 12 replacing this Thursday due to Church Camp at Craigsville this week Attending camp from here are Mr and Mrs C F Mundy Mr and Mrs Roy Sisk Mr and Mrs A C White Mrs James Kirk and LaVerne Disner
Longest 1961 work week tied to paper industry
Britannica Year Book of 1962 notes workers in paper and paper products faced the longest week in 1961, reflecting labor intensity in that sector.
Miss Gore Feted At Tea Shower
Miss Doris Gore daughter of Mrs Agnes Gore and bride elect of Elbert Tinker Humphrey was honored at a bridal tea in St John s Parish Hall. Guests included Mrs Elbert Humphrey and numerous locals with duties shared by hostess team and assistors.
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Amos Lusk
George Thomas
Bill Price
Bill Newsome
Henry Hall
George Fordham
Elbert Humphrey
James Merlin Peay Teat
James Arringa
Marlin Vanover
Eugene Patrick
Frank Luizzo
Rosie D Antoni
Bill Cook
Eugene Atkins
Bill Humphrey
Max Reynolds
Curtis Crotty
Fred Conner Jr
Andrew Tolley
Russel Hoge
W. C. Neal
S. J. McGraw
James Musser
Jack Dent
C. H. Terry
W. D. Akers
Mary Humphrey
Artis Mills
A. R. Hearn
W. A. Walk
Louis Kaman
Alfred Gannon
Frances Howell
Anna Bell Lee Ross
Susan Ross
Peggy Sue Lusk
Cathy Ramsey
Barbara Allen
Tott McGraw
Mount Hope Holiday Visitors Spread Across Washington to Ohio
Mount Hope residents welcome relatives and friends visiting from Washington D C to Ohio with weekend and holiday guests. Hazel Kent and son Stephen visit in Washington D C while Norvel Perry from West Palm Beach Florida visits Mount Hope. Guests include Lt Col and Mrs Robert Taggart and family Fort Dix New Jersey and Charleston. Miss Sarah Taggart in Charleston. Robert Lauder and children Portsmouth Ohio. Nellie Malone and Frank Malone Charleston. Gale Bragg visiting from Chicago. Ralph Neal and daughter Jennie Sue in Akron. Ray Collins and family Maple Fork. Rev Leslie Peyton visiting from Cleveland. Bill Dower and family Mount Hope. J D Smith from Cleveland.
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Mount Hope
Rns
Hazel Kent
Stephen
Lewis Abshire
Washington, D. C
Norvel Perry
West Palm Beach
Fla
P. A. Taggart
Robert Taggart
Gail
Kara
Robert
Fort Dix
N. J
Sarah Taggart
Charleston
Robert Lauder
Rose Mary
Bill
Portsmouth
Ohio
Nellie Malone
Logan
Frank Malone
Gale Bragg
Chicago
Ill
Joe W. Bragg
Ralph Neal
Jennie Sue
Jim Abshire
Karen
Carol
Cash
Akron
Ray Collins
Theresa
Ray
Lee Fontana
Maple Fork
Bill Harnsbarger
Martinsburg
Charles R. Harnsbarger
Park Heights
J. D. Smith
Cleveland
Interior Design Is Homes Club Topic at Mount Hope
Mount Hope Better Homes Club met at 1:30 p m in Mrs Ralph Deal's Main Street home. Mrs Leo Morelli presented the topic Interior Design and Mrs Deal showed her newly upholostered couch and a yearlong project. driftwood displays decorated the rooms with several guests and locals in attendance.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Better Homes Club
Ralph Deal
Main Street
Leo Morelli
Deal
Beatrice S. Whanger
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Nelson Davis
Hazel Kent
Mabel Abshire
Ralph Bailey
Cora Wotring
Albert Stone
George Scott Vargo
Ham Radio Operators to Convene July 7 8 in West Virginia
West Virginia State Amateur Radio convention will be held at Jackson's Mill July 7 8. Organizers expect 500 to 700 amateurs and families to attend. Activities include registration, addresses by ARRL officials and the West Virginia Centennial Commission, and the governor signed certificate for top operator in 1962.
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Oak Hill
RNL
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
Dewey Collins
Amercan Radio Relay League
Collins
England
Teurs
American Radio Relay League
Lions Club installs Oak Hill officers at meeting
Dr. James Shelton hands the gavel to incoming president Lee Frazier at the Oak Hill Lions Club installation ceremony. Frazier, a local businessman, becomes president with Herbert B. Dews as first vice president and Donald P. Lively as second vice president. Other officers include Carrol D. Johnson, Loren J. Fox, J. A. Baum, J. D. Burgess, and James R. Lively. Directors Ray F. Singer, Clarence Hurndon, Gene Carter, and Gus N. Addington also installed.
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Lions International
James Shelton
Oak Hill
Lee Frazier
Oak Hill Lions Club
Frazier
Herbert B. Dews
Donald P. Lively
Carrol D. Johnson
Loren J. Fox
J. A. Baum
Gartner
J. D. Burgess
James R. Lively
Ray F. Singer
Clarence Hurndon
Gene Carter
Gus N. Addington
Amateur Radio Defined At Fayette Rotary Meet
Fayetteville Rotary Club held a dinner meeting at the Fayette County Memorial Building where retiring president Dr Bernard Collins passed the gavel to Grant Thomas for 1962 63 term. John Witt Jr spoke on amateur radio its noncommercial nature and world wide communications, plus a film Hams Wide World. Attendees included Robert Akers Alva Anderson and others.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Witt
Dr. Creiger
Johns Hopkins University
J. W. Ayers
George Coleman
E. M. Darnall
Clifford Davis
George Edwards
H. F. Frazier
Charles Garvin
David Hypes
C. G. Janutolo
F. G. Janutolo
Arthur King
M. E. Lively
Charles Payne
Dan H. Perdue
Glendon Riner
Earl Settle
J. D. Shultz
Gilbert Smith
Zane Summerfield
C. S. Thompson
E. 0. Wiseman
Civil War Bookshelf Review Highlights Notable Works
Civil War books for summer show a standout Patriotic Gore by Edmund Wilson, with Lincoln and Whitman titles drawing attention. Other works cover Lincoln in the 1850s, Union and Confederate perspectives, and civilian life, signaling a fall season with fewer titles but a future uptick around key anniversaries.
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Enterprise Assn
Gore
Edmund Wilson
Oxford
New Yorker
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Don Fehrenbacher
Stanfod
Benjamin Quales
Walt Whitman
Roy P. Easler
Indiana
Joseph H. Parks
Kirby Smith
Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy
Louisana
Alan T. Nolan
Iron Brigade
Macmillian
Donald L. Smith
Antietam
Michigan
Stackpole
Warren W. Hassler Jr
Louisiana
New York
Harold Earl Hammond
Alan Nevins
Funk & Wagnalls
George Templeton Strong
Macmillan
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Soviet Set Five New Air Routes From Moscow to Capitals
The Soviet Union completed negotiations to establish five air routes linking Moscow with Accra Dakar Bamako Rabat Khartoum according to Tass. The dispatch notes the agreement was received Wednesday and marks a broad expansion of Soviet air links.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
Moscow
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
Morocco
Sudan
Aga Tass
Wednessy
Car Wash by Rainbow Girls Nets 30 For Future Projects
Mul len Order of the Rainbow Girls No 19 held a car wash at the city parking lot raising 30 for the treasury. Participants were Donna Sisk Trudy Canterbury Mira Andrews Terry Cook Helen Brooks Karen Wells Edna Rae Wells and adviser Sheila Compton. First July meeting set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Masonic Hall.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Order of the Rainbow Girls
Treasury
Donna Sisk
Trudy Canterbury
Mira Andrews
Terry Cook
Helen Brooks
Karen Wells
Edna Rae Wells
Sheila Compton
Masonic Hall
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Crab Orchard Drive-In
Elvig Presley
HAL Wallis Technicolor
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Francella Tennant
Estelle Caudle
Dook Dick
Waverly Tibbs
Georgia Frank
Edna Hudgins
Hattie Sue Bowl
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A. J. Laxton
Estell P. Caudle
Ruth
Brammer
Bowling
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College of Regent
Mullens High School
Beckley
Rock Kirk Hudson
Douglas
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James Robertson Justice
Holden Palmer
NEW York Times
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Susan Hayward
Dean Martin
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