Grandeur Of United States Lauded By English Visitors
Two English visitors Philip Waring and Jack Slater toured the United States from New York to West Virginia and beyond praising American hospitality and scenery. They stayed with relatives in Mount Hope and visited Ford, Consolidated furniture scenes, and the Greenbrier. They admired the nation’s vast highways and diverse decorating styles. The trip included stops at Beckley Beckley Glass House Princeton Athens White Sulphur Springs and Hawks Nest with plans to photograph the Camelback tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Gwinn
Mount Hope
RNS
United States
Philip Waring
Jack Slater
Deroy
England
Waring
Mack Dawson
Boomer
Jennie Cope Carter
Anna Cope
Henry Cope
Albert Cope
Clyde Cope
Sun
Slater
Derbyshire
Crown Derby China
Rolls Royce
Edison
New York City
Floyd Patterson
Kroger
Beckley
Miss Anna Cope
W. Va
Cheylan
Beckley Glass House
Pike
Princeton
Concord College
Athens
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
Hawks Nest
America
Cope
Norman Chapman
Albert
Legion Post To Refund Uniform Costs for Attendance
Fayetteville Anl reports that LaFayette Post No 149 will refund 75 percent of uniform costs to members who attend the post’s official functions over the next year. John L Witt Jr district commander cites need for more uniforms and notes easy payment plans. The report covers junior baseball progress under Latanz i and Marshall, Boy Scout troop attendance at Camp McClintic, and membership contest deadlines with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANL
LaFayette
American Legion
John L. Witt Jr
Seventh District
Reed
Lewis Lattanzi
Harry Marshall
Clif
Ford Burdette
Riley Proyps
Boy Scout Troon
Camp McClintic
James Mulligan
Walter Caldwell
Legion Home
District Scout Council
Pre Testing Scheduled For Freshmen At Tech
West Virginia Institute of Technology will test incoming freshmen in advanced programs at three off campus sites this month. Tests are set for Summersville Board of Education office on July 15 Charleston High School on July 22 and Woodrow Wilson High School Beckley on July 29. A test at Tech is planned for August 8 before the September semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Luther Haseley
Board of Education
Summersville
Charleston High School
Charleston
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Haseley
Tech Anok
Hico Personals highlights weekend visits and travels
Community notes list guests and hosting families across Hico and nearby towns. Rev Vaughan spoke at Sunday Road Baptist Church while other clergy and families attended services in East Rainelle Charleston Riverview and Fayetteville. Relatives from Wilmington Wilmington and Washington DC visited throughout the weekend and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HICO
RNS
Guy Vaughan
Sunday Road Baptist Church
Eugene Brown
First Baptist Church
East Rainelle
Brown
E. E. Campbell
Riverview
Fla
Charles Bibee
Janet
Susan
Charleston
Bill Campbell
Lewis Fowlkes
Artie Bragg
Carl Fowlkes
L. R. Pullen
Ben Miller
Wilmington
J . Miller
Donald Chapman
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Chapman
Ray Crist
F. L. Dickerson
C. O White
J. R. Caldwell
Fayetteville
Anise
Glen Sydnor
Victor
Grover Neal
Vivian
Virginia
Linda Kessler
Carol Kessler
Thomas McCune
Ruth Bader
Ifie Bader
Sally Bader
Pittsburgh
Lilly Haven Personal Notes on Weekend Fishing Trips
RNS dispatch from Lilly Haven reports Mrs Ross Jones visiting Canton, Ohio with Charles Parsons family and extended guests who fished on Greenbrier River over the weekend. Other locals, including Wenfred Perry returning from North Carolina, Roy Elkins and sons, and multiple families, spent time fishing in Tennessee and at Little Beaver Lake near Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Haven
RNS
Ross Jones
Canton
Ohio
Charles Parsons
Parsons
James Jones
Judy, Beckley
Charlie Logan
Rita and
Junior
Greenbrier River
Bill Belcher
Daniella
Leon Jones
Glen Rogers
John
Butch Prie
New River
Roy Elkins
Larry and
Lundy
David Price
Lloyd League
David
Loyd Goode
Chuck
Little Beaver Lake
Beckley
Matheny Personal Notes From Family and Friends
Mr and Mrs Avery Halsey and children visited in Huntington on Tuesday. Woodrow Halsey and family returned from a trip to Apopka Florida visiting Troy Halsey and family and also Sarasota Tilo Beach Orlando Bible Land and the Gulf of Mexico. Fishing last week at Cherokee Lake Tennessee included Douglas Graham Shelby Shumate Clifford Halsey Larry Timmy Halsey Margie Powers Bill Price and Stacy Price and son. Stacy Stewart and son Paul were guests of his brother Homer Stewart and wife in Buckhannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Halsey
Larry
Timmy Halsey
Margie Powers
Bill] Price
Stacy Price
Stacy Stewart
Paul
Homer Stewart
Buckhannon
Robert Knox
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Bailey Jr
Ray Humphrey
Long Branch
Ethel Shumate
Chee Chee
Walker Shunate
Debbie
Bobby
Youngstown
Richard Humphrey
Gary
Craigsville
Darrell McNeely
Rusty
Mount Hope
Flane McNeely
Gay
Randy
Eqadie
Bradley
Larry Shumate
Millville
N. J
Beecher Denny
Nancy
Duane
Grundy
Susan and
Wyandotte, Mich
Edward Shumate
Linda
Eddie
Roger
Beards Fork
Roby Billings
Alice Billings
Karen Janney
Jackie Coleman
Lottie Bailey
Clint Lively
Oceana
RNS
Ernest Conley
Susan
Pocumoka City
Elliot Hatfield
Ora Adams
Baileysville
Ray Conley
Wyoming
Betty Hinkle
Anderson
Walter Hinkle
Gail
Jean Kucek
Basil Adams
New River
O. R. Wallace
Pat
Pauletta
Peggy Hutchison
John LaMotee
Kathy
Chatam
Grant Jones
J. L. Adair
Woodford
Bill
Everett Adair
Fredricksburg
Virginia
Guy Webb
Brenton
Sharon Miller
J. L. Short
Tinker
Washington, D. C
Kermit Cook
Jason
Morgantown
Don D. Cook
Murvan Walker
Gordon L. Cox
Roanoke
Perry Scott
Carl
Harold Rose
William
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Blaine Ellidge
Ardella Hinkle
Huntington
Rewben Rowe
Cherokee Lake
Tenn
Claude Steffy
Claudine
Louise
Robert Atkins
John Robert
Joyce
Tony
Charles Thornhill Jr
Randle
Pineville
Erest Lusk
Bobby Roach
Hinton
Dean Gray
Claytor Lake
Wade Cozort
Glenn
Little Beaver Lake
Don Kelsey
Ted Harvey
Philip Roach Jr
Florida
Charleston
Mark
Terry Lee
Charles Thompson
Canada
Ottawa
Queen Elizabeth
Princehilip
Coors
Niagara Falls
Frank Lokant
Oak Hill
Bert Short
Erdene Short
Wilcoe
Hatfelds Welcome Son At Welch Emergency Hospital
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hatfeld announce the birth of a son on Tuesday at Welch Emergency Hospital. The newborn weighed five pounds eight ounces and adds to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Cecil Hatfeld
Welch Emergency Hospital
Pax PAX Personal Notice of Weekend Visits and Guests
Pax PAX lifestyle notes list numerous weekend visitors and travels including Bobby Lee Lively returning home from Cleveland after three weeks visiting his aunt. Indiana resident Robert Knox visits in the home of Mrs. Charles Bailey Jr. and many families from Ohio and Virginia document their visits and hospitalities across Pax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Bobby Lee Lively
Billy Lively
Cleveland
Ohio
Jack Bailey
Attending Youth Camp at Camp Caesar Near Webster Springs
Six youths from the First Church of God attend a Mount Hope ANS youth camp at Camp Caesar near Webster Springs. The camp began last Monday and runs through Monday with transportation provided by Mr and Mrs Kyle Spade of Kilsyth and Mrs Luray Kessler Jr of Beckley. Attendees include Dickie Rhodes Priscilla Suiter Charles Canterbury Nancy Treadway Buddy Gilkerson and Lynn Suiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
ANS
Camp Caesar
Webster Springs
First Church of God
Kyle Spade
Kilsyth
Luray Kessler Jr
Beckley
Dickie Rhodes
Priscilla Suiter
Charles Canterbury
Nancy Treadway
Buddy Gilkerson
Lynn Suiter
Oceana social notes recount weekend visits and trips
Oceana residents and relatives crowded weekend social roundups with trips to Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Ernest Conley and family hosted in Pocumoka City while others visited relatives in Baileyville and Woodford, and many traveled to Canada and Niagara Falls.
Town Officers Installed Here In Fayetteville
Fayetteville town officers elected June 2 were installed at a town council meeting. Council members Louis Rahall Joe Conner and A E Whanger joined Haven Shuck in attendance. Tunney Hunsaker was reappointed chief of police. City officials reported plans to pave High Street adjacent to the Methodist Church property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Georg Vickers
M. G. Hresan
J. H. Allen
Louis Rahall
Joe Conner
A. E. Whanger
Haven Shuck
Tunney Hunsaker
Oak Hill Personal News Sees Local Arrivals and Visits
Oak Hill residents welcome new neighbors Donald Holland and family from London. Mrs J W Dougherty lies in Oak Hill Hospital for treatment while visitors include Jack Logan and Carolyn with Roy Oster family in Miami Florida. Daisy Huddleston hosts Dr and Mrs G A Pegram and John Coleman of Charleston after a stroke. Danny Davis hosts Lipscomb family from Bos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Rns
J W. Dougherty
Woods Avenue
Oak Hill Hospital
Jack Logan
Carolyn
Roy Oster
Miami
Donald Holland
Donna
Anthony
London
Daisy Huddleston
G A Pegram
John Coleman
Charleston
George Simonson
Coleman
Huddleston
Wyoming group plans flood control lakes in Guyandot area
The Wyoming County Industrial and Recreation Association met at the Pineville courthouse to discuss forming by laws and pushing flood control. Members noted Elizabeth Kee and son James Kee sent letters about area redevelopment bills and a $45,000 Corps of Engineers study for flood control on the Guyandot River. The plan envisions eight to ten small lakes along tributaries, funded by a $5 million federal loan, to create jobs and attract visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County Industrial and Recreation Development Association
Wyoming County
Charles Bower
Mullens
W. C. Bailey Jr
Thomas Smith
Oceana
Smith
W. A. Davis
Davis
Elizabeth Kee
Jimmy Kee
Earl M. Curry Jr
Business and Professional Men's Association
Curry
Wyoming County Industrial and Recreation Association
Kee
Guyandot River
House Public Works Committee
Guyandot
United States Corps of Engineers
Huntington
Cincinnati
United States Corps of Review
Chief of Engineers
Washington
Board of Engineers For
West Virginia
Secretary of the Army
Bureau of the Budget
James Kee
Robert Bailey
Wyoming
Mrs Shumate Honored At Household Shower in Matheny
Mrs. Shelby Shumate was feted Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. Stacy Stewart with co hosts Mrs. Lala Graham and Mrs. Ethel Proffitt. Numerous friends and relatives attended the shower, games were played and prizes awarded, with many Stewart and Shumate family members listed among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Stewart
Glenna Lambert
Mae Shumate
Benton Stewart
Vada Mae Shumate
Bertie Mullens
Kathy Lusk
Ellen Belle Cook
Peggy Toler
Irene Stewart
Nancy Milam
Mary Lea Pendry
Gloria Jena Stewart
Ernest Lusk
Mildred Stewart
Ola Laxton
Quennie Daniels
Carrie Evans
Gladys Lusk
Catherine Dishman
Pat Biggs
Loretta Canterburry
Sadie Stewart
Frances Shumate
Betty Acord
Anna Lusk
Anne Mullens
Harry Jewell
Jean Pack
Oke Jones
Marie Moore
Eva Sanders
Roy Stone
Magalene Stewart
Patsy Stewart
Cora Stewart
Minnie Stewart
Ruth Workman
Hazel Cline
Marie Mullens
Berniere Browning
Velma Stewart
Lula Halsey
Vergie Combs
Edith Stewart
Sandy Stewart
June Stewart
Sheila Stewart
Anna Gunter
Ellen Miller
Mable Stewart
Jimmy
Jerry Muhlens
Bonnie Stewart
Claude Proffitt
Alma Lewis
Ada Brooks
Bertha Philyaw
Kennon Adshire
Pauline Stewart
Vada Halsey
J. B. Shumate
Mildred Shumate
Patty Privett
Naoma Halsey
Larry and
Timmy
Avery McMillion
Lucy Halsey
Almeda Halsey
Delores Rinehart
Tennie Combs
Joar Combs
Troy Halsey
Leona Biggs
Frank Lambert
Gene Abshire
Helen Bowman
Garnet Trump
Lake Manning
Teresa Halsey
W. S Easter
Virgil Privett
Everette Pack
Paul Stewart
Honored On Birthday PAX Surprise Party for Mrs Bailey
A Friday night surprise birthday party honored Mrs. Jack Bailey. Hosts were her daughter Miss Patti Bailey and sisters in law Mrs Martha Jane Craddock and Mrs Audrey Bailey. Attendees included Mrs Della Foster, Diane Howard, and many guests from Mass and Union. They will return home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
RNS
Jack Bailey
Patti Bailey
Martha Jane Craddock
Audrey Bailey
Della Foster
Diane Howard
James Thomas
Dallas Howard
Deila Foster
Manita Akers
Rachel Meredith
Loretta Davis
Norma Craddock
Pearl Humphrey
Faye Tyree
Diana Howard
Charlotte Trent
Jennifer Lutz
Viola Trent
Mary Lafferty
Rosella Sutton
Becky Meredith
Debbie Craddock
Mit Hope Personal Roster of Visits and Travels
Mitchell Hope area notices list residents and relatives visiting from Ohio Maryland Illinois Virginia and North Carolina. Families including Hicks Burgess Beverley Beckingham Muntzing Ward Reed Graff Adams Parrish Cox and Hughes are recorded with recent travels visits and summer stays across Ham ton Mount Hope Washington DC Philadelphia and overseas postings in Ville France Camp Lejeune and Greenland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Russell Hicks
W. Nunn
James Wade
Hamton
Ohio
Bernard Burgess
Greenland
Harold Beverley
Robert Beverley
Imperial Beach
Calif
Aubrey Roberts
Catonsville
Denver Arnold
Bob Bolen
George Lawton
Chicago
George Beckingham
Bradley
Margaret Lambert
Michael
Susan Williams
Carol Feazelle
Capt
Tampa
Fla
Pete
Denver
Colo
Pete Beckingham
Oregon
Ralph Lawson
Cathy
Camp Lejeune
States
Lawson
Hawaii
Marines
Burgess
David Burgess
Ville
Burns Butler
Ann Graff
R. L. Hughes Jr
Winchester
Mayanne Hughes
Hughes
Ricky
Ann
Edwina Graff
Bill Adams
Jerry
Nags Head
Eddie Souk Jr
Frankie
Eddie Jr
George Parrish
Washington, D .C
Mount Hore
W. E. Cox
Philadelphia
Bankers Convention Scheduled July 23
The 66th annual West Virginia Bankers Assn convention will convene in White Sulphur Springs beginning July 23 with registration that night. July 24 features a morning session led by WVBA President Ernest D Rothrock and a talk by Charles N Shepardson of the Federal Reserve. July 25 includes a session with Ray M Gidney as speaker, committee reports, officer elections, and a president's reception before closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
West Virginia Bankers Assn
Trust
WVBAA
WVBA
Ernest D Rothrock
Weirton
Charles N. Shepardson
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Washington
Ray M. Gidney
US Treasury Dept
Beulah Brown Weds B Brown in Mullens Ceremony
Miss Beulah Mae Brown daughter of Mrs Bessie Brown and the late Eli Brown became the bride of Morrow Brown son of Mr and Mrs Ben Brown. The July 3 ceremony at the bride's mother's residence in Tommy Creek was conducted by Rev Samuel McClure at 730 pm with guests Mrs Henry Jones Mrs Homer Mann and Mrs Ruth Radford. The bride attended Byrd Prillerman School and the couple plans to reside in Cleveland Ohio where the husband is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
BNS
Beulah Mae Brown
Bessie Brown
Tommy Creek
Eli Brown
Morrow Brown
Ben Brown
Samuel McClure
Henry Jones
Homer Mann
Ruth Radford
Byrd Prillerman School
Cleveland
Ohio
Funeral Announcements Gilchrest and Others
Notices of multiple deaths with obituaries and funeral details for William H. Gilchrest 47 Ghent Jacob Lundy Hatcher 73 Cool Ridge Thurlow W. Lilly 54 Cool Ridge Gladys Irene Lawrence Thompson 39 and Nevada Ellen Goff 77, listing burial places, service times, churches, funeral homes, pallbearers, and floral arrangements.
Reverend A R Williams Jr 62 dies in Mt Hope
Rev A R Williams Jr aged 62 of Mt Hope died in a local hospital on Tuesday July 7. Funeral services set for Friday July 10 at 1 p m in Second Baptist Church Fayetteville with Rev Cc O Mitchell officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church at 11 a m Friday July 0. Honorary and active pallbearers listed from the Allegheny Union Baptist Association and West Virginia Baptist State Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatcher
Jacob Lundy
Ghent
Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church
Kenna Lilly
Edgar Lilly
Mt. View
Rose and Quesenberry
Kanawha Street
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
Walter Pack
Leslie Harvey
Frank Lane
Clem Wood
Arnet Meador
Melton Mortuary
Charles Callaway
Deen Thurmond
James W. Patton
Earl Whitener
W. L. Humphreys
Dorsey T. Keatley
H. B. Thomas
Lawerence Thorne
Friendship
First Baptist Church
Goff
Nevada Ellen
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Earl Mann
Walter Goff, Jr
Ronald Allen
Raymond Allen
Bobby Biggs
Bill Harrah
Joe Harrah
Harry Quesenberry
Freddie Allman
Owen Moore
Frank Adkins
Bob Lily
W. H. Cunningham
Jesse Richmond
Ray Richmond
Clarence Richmond
Noah Adams
Bill Quesenberry
John Ellison
Ray Bostick
Denzie Palmer
al Ellison
Women's Society of Christian Service
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Allegheny Union Baptist Association of
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia Baptist State Convention
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tech
Lilly Haven Personals
Wenfred Perry
North Carolina
Freddie and
Jeffery
Russell Lewis
Jess Brunty
Gloria
Winona
Tennessee
Matheny
Pax Personals
Glen Crouse
Welch
Ed Powers
Ethel Lively
Charley Brown
Weirwood
Riley Brown
Logan
Marvin Humphrey
Norfolk
Cecil Humphrey
Marie Chapman
Johnny Walkup
N. F. Walkup
Charles Brown
Fred Lester
Don Moore
George Johnson
Ethel Sullivan
Bristol
Johnson
Ed Fabiszewski
Fairfield
Conn
Dace Argabright
Packs Branch
Columbus
Argabright
McClellan Blankenship
Jim
Willie Boggs
Brenda
Cinda
Tom Bowyers
Nebole
Donnie
Hatfield
Ray Thompson
Willis Branch
David Thompson
Arlington
Jackie Thompson
Jenny and
Laurie
Handley
Alien Bennett
Lima
Oceana Personals
Danny Davis
J. W. Lipscomb
David and
Karen
Bos
Wyoming Industrial Recreation Association
Mrs. Shumate
Mit
Hope Personals
Bankers Convention
Beulah Brown
Weds
B. Brown
Lilly
Thompson
Beckley Maytag
Maytag
Norge
Neville
Baker Lumber Sales
Byus
Mankip
S. Oakwood Ph
William Dias Floral Co
City Avenue
Dias Floral CO
City Avenh
Funeral Home Phone
South
Oakwood Ave
Amos F. Quesenberry
Quesenberry
Kanawha St
Reward
Peponer
Dial
Robert L Amick
Harold Williams
Edger
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver Dial
Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard Dial
Sam Foley
Lowell Foley
Beckley Ice
Fredco
Prince
Sander
Montgomery Ward Beckley
Earl R. Huddle
Earl
Main St
Buckley
Church Street
BE. Silverman
Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Williams Top Shop
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Radio & TV Sor Dial
Prince Stone
John WL
EYE
West
Neville St
Pickup
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St Ph
Rane
JOHN W._EYE
West Neville St
Joe Benjey
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