Oak Hill BPW Names Committees for Club Year
Oak Hill Business and Professional Women's Club announced committees for the coming year at a dinner meeting led by president Wanda Farrish. Theme is Aim High and Membership with sections covering education, international relations, public affairs, finance, legislation, conservation, program coordination, special projects, music, hospitality, reservations, flower arrangements, and radio and television. Members reported on Girls State and Camp Horseshoe trips, planned a second annual Style Show for Sept 9 at Oak Hill Elementary School, and appointed ad and landscaping committees with future appointments to follow.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Oak Hill Business and Professional Women's Club
Wanda Farrish
Aim High
Doris Nell Franklin
Lythia Sneed
Nancy Hendrickson
Mary Lou Mitchell
Ruth Watson
Faye Martin
Thelma Carter
Margaret Bryant
Mary Collier
Helen Pettit
Ann Errington
Joline Yablonski
Kitty Thompson
Mary Lou Mahood
Farrish
Phyllis
Aileen James
Irene Johnson
Frances Green
Eleanor Decker
Betty Alice Perry
Mary Thorne
Bertha Sue Smith
Bryant
Nancy Canterbury
Esther Green
Ruth Collins
Ford
Sadie Jones
Christinia Horton
Virginia Lane
Pauline Thomas
Ann Dickerson
Callison
Carter
Mahood
Louise Hees
Decker
Thorne
Louise Thomas
Ann Oyler
Lucille Bennett
Mable Gwinn
Adah Burdette
Bulletin
Thompson
Connie Carroll
Jackson’s Mill
Benny Huffman
Horseshoe
Parsons
Mary Kate
Lilly Ann
Oak Hill Dress Shop
Wanda’s
Perry
Marion Lane
Evans
Franklin
Woodrum
Louise Hess
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce
Collins High School
Fayette Lumber Operation To Hire 200 Workers
Montgomery area timber tract acquired by Webster Hardwood Lumber Co covers over 28 000 acres from Eastern Gas and Fuel. Up to 200 workers expected this fall as virgin timber makes up 75 percent of the stand and more than 150 million board feet are believed in the tract. Processing may take over 15 years.
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Montgomery
W.va
Kanawha Valley
Asea
George L. Vickers
Webster Hardwood Lumber Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Vickers
Webster Hardwood
H. W. White
Additional Men Drawn for Jury in Fayette County Court
Fayetteville A N S reports thirty extra juror names drawn by Bailiff Millard McGraw for the July term of the Fayette Coun ty Circuit Court after insufficient jurors appeared. The list includes W. E. Tolley Lookout Thomas Hudnall Gauley Bridge H R Myers Gauley Bridge J R Lawrence Montgomery J O Wade Lookout Charles Bugin Scarbro F S McClung Hico Guy Fox Victor G H Hagerman Gauley Bridge oo Estep Gauley Bridge Harry Campbell Lansing Glenn G Kincaid Oak Hill James Morris Lookout Weston Burr Russell ville Julius Bonafacio Mr Hope Joe Shaffer Boomer Thomas E Davis Fayetteville Dana D Bays Smithers Sam West Oak Hill Henry Gray Longacre P R Buckholt Montgomery Earl Meador Alley A B Crackler Lovers Leap Robert L Gravely Minden Ray Pennington Garten Quentin Manor Cannelton G A Yoke Montgomery Frank Tyree Pax Harry L Canterbury Long Branch Edward Schoolcraft Fayettette.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Baliff Millard McGraw
Fayette County
McGraw
W. E. Tolley
Lookout
Thomas Hudnall
Gauley Bridge
H. R. Myers
J. R. Lawrence
Montgomery
J. O. Wade
Charles Bugin
Scarbro
F.S. McClung
Hico
Guy Fox
Victor
G. H. Hagerman
Oo Estep
Harry Campbell
Lansing
Glenn G. Kincaid
Oak Hill
James Morris
Weston Burr
Russellville
Julius Bonafacio
Mr. Hope
Joe Shaffer
Boomer
Thomas
Scarbro Residents Return From Florida Vacation
A Scarbro family reports a 10 day Florida vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Car roll Clifton and daughters Mona Car roll and Janet Lee hosted a guest from Philadelphia, Pa during the visit.
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Scarbro Scarbro
Carroll Clifton
Scarbro
Philadelphia
Square Dances Set at Beck with Fayette County 4-H Camp
Fayette County Square Dance Club gathers at the 4-H Camp in Beckley for three evenings of dances from 8 p m with beginners night first. Merlin Judy to call on nights two and three. Admission 50 cents per couple per night. A picnic and covered dish dinner are planned for the 15th at 6 30 p m with Joe McClung as picnic chair and J W Ayers Ira Mae Proppe Willard Mann Charlie Wetzel and door committee members named for Fayetteville and Beckley locations.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Merlin Judy
Joe McClung
J. W. Ayers
Ira Mae Proppe
Willard Mann
Oak Hill
Charlie Wetzel
Beckley
J. W. Jones
Ward Ashford
Two Prisoners Enter Clark Murder Probe
Charleston police plan to move two life-term prisoners from the State Penitentiary in Moundsville to Charleston to help in the Clark murder case. Authorities say evidence may link Thurman Rice and Robert Miller to the 1953 slaying of Mrs. Juliet Staunton Clark, with Miller's affidavit alleging Rice’s involvement and a wrench as the murder weapon.
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Charleston
Moundsville
State Penitentiary
Clark
John T. Copenhaver
Juliet Staunton Clark
South Hills
Cyrus Hill
Kanawha County Intermediate Court
Thurman Rice
Robert F. Miller
Nitro
Kanawha County
Rice
Charleston Daily Mail
Miller
Joie Clark
The
Daily Mail
Ferry Branch Road
Dewey Williams
W. W. Fisher
Copenhaver
Williams
Orel J. Skeen
Skeen
Fisher
St. Albans
Fred FE. Inbau
Northwestern University
Lodge to Send League Coaches On Ohio Trip
The Knights of Pythias Lodge voted to sponsor two Little League coaches Jim Dotson and Cliff Tatum of Minden for a Cincinnati excursion to watch the Reds. W. T. Price says plans include train travel with parents funding expenses. date to be announced. Also announced are upcoming officer installations and committee appointments for July 19.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati
Jim Dotson
Cliff Tatum
Minden
W. T. Price
Cincinnati Reds
Price
Ben A. Gooch
G. Steele Callison
Wallace Evans
Jack Evans
Ray Bickford
R. W. Williams
H. L. van Camp
John W. Perry Jr
Skaggs Funeral Rites Thursday
William Jennings Skaggs 50 of Hico dies after illness in Richmond VA VA Hospital. Funeral Thursday 2:30 p.m. Ansted Baptist Church with burial at Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survives include Grace McClung Skaggs wife and Armina Skaggs mother plus siblings and a grandchild. Military rites by Fayetteville American Legion Post.
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HICO
RNS
Ansted Baptist Church
William Jennings Skaggs
Richmond
Veterans Administration Hospital
Guy Vaughn
Shirley Donnelly
Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Gauley Mountain Coal Co
Fayette County
Lansing
Montgomery
Skaggs
LaFayette
American Legion
Fayetteville
Eugene Skaggs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ansted
Romont
University of Richmond
Cumberland University
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Newells to Attend National Osteopathic Convention
Dr and Mrs D C Newell of Oak Hill will depart for Los Angeles to attend the National Osteopathic Convention where he serves as a delegate from the West Virginia association.
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Oak Hill
RNS
D. C. Newell
Los Angeles
Calif
West Virginia Association
Annual Outing Scheduled By Oak Hill Garden Club
The Oak Hill Garden Club plans its annual picnic for August 1 at City Park. The Monday meeting at Mrs. L. E. Thompson’s home, with co-hostess Mrs. C. G. Eastwood, featured Raymond Thomas on conservation in West Virginia forests. New member Mrs. Walter Kominsky was welcomed.
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Oak Hill Garden Club
Oak Hill
ANS
City Park
L. E. Thompson
C. G. Eastwood
Raymond Thomas
West Virginia
R. R. Thomas
A. W. Burdette
Eastwood
W. P. Bittinger
Burdette
G. Steele Callison
C. S. ‘Donnelly
J. E. Frisk
Garvin
E. 8. Hamilton
W. C. Harvey
C. D. James
Thomas Johns
J. W. Jones
R. E. Kelly
John Kincaid
W. H. Level
J. Edward Lewis
D. C. Newell
H. H. O'Neal
Owens
J. W. Perry
A. L. Sydnor
Thomas
Thompson
H. L. van Camp
Walter Kominsky
Kominsky
Helen Kominsky
Blaine
Ohio
Visiting Students Will Be Guests Of Oak Hill Rotary Club Today
Thirty five of 440 international students touring the United States will visit Oak Hill. They will tour Fayette County 4-H Park, the West Virginia Turnpike with State Police escort, and the state capitol. Invitation came from Herbert Martin of Oak Hill, a Duke sophomore who hosted exchanges in Stuttgart. The group travels to New York before returning home in Europe as part of the American Field Service program under the State Department.
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Oak Hill
W.va
United States
Fayette County
West Virginia Turnpike
Herbert Martin
M. H. Martin
Martin
Duke University
Stuttgart
West Germany
New
York
Europe
American Field Service
US State Department
20 Beginners Sign For Swimming Course Mullens
Approximately 20 beginners enrolled Monday morning for the 16 hour swimming course at Mullens Youth Center pool. Miss Betty Mitchell and Terry Penn are the instructors. The two certified Red Cross instructors will hold classes daily except Sunday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. A class for intermediate swimmers was to be organized today with enrollment at 9:30 a.m. Lessons will be daily from 11 a.m. to noon.
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Mullens
BNS
Betty Mitchell
Terry Penn
Red Cross
Nursing Home Wins 1955 56 License For Sunset Addition
Fayettesville report says Christian Nursing Home in Sunset Addition has received the 1955 56 license. The new women’s wing, 49 by 22 feet, is occupied by patients with semi private beds. The home serves elderly patients with dietary care and chronic illnesses. ambulatory patients dine in the dining room and watch TV in the living room.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Christian Nursing Home
Sunset Addition
Ralph Frazier
Three Fayette County Men Placed Delinquent by Draft Board
Three Fayette County men were listed delinquent by Selective Service Board 3 after missing Monday physical examinations. Named are Charles Edward Coleman of Gauley Bridge, George William Lodge Jr of Whipple or Glen Jean, and Jasper McCrimmon of Minden.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayette County
Selective Service Board 3
Charles Edward Coleman
Gauley Bridge
George William Lodge Jr
Whipple
Glen Jean
Jasper McCrimmon
Minden
Welch Man Held Following False Kidnap Report
Fayetteville police and state officers spent the night pursuing a bogus kidnapping lead after Watt Bishop 25 of Welch claimed two men abducted his wife. Margie Peterson 19 of Welch later told authorities she went with a man she knew and was not his wife, ending the case.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Watt Bishop
Welchman
Oak Hill
Cannelton
Bishop
Cub Scouts Enroll for Swimming Instruction in Fayetville
Cub Scout Pack 149 begins summer swimming at the Beckwith 4-H pool with 28 boys enrolled. Classes run Tuesday and Thursday mornings this month, taught by Billy Joe Redman and instructors Miss Sally Shaw and Miss Barbara Lancaster, with lifeguards on duty. This marks the fifth year the pack has included swimming in its Cub Scout activities program.
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Fayeteville
RNS
Cub Scout Pack 149
Beckwith
Billy Joe Redman
Sally Shaw
Barbara Lancaster
Pack 149
Accused Murderer On Witness Stand
James Anthony Stover, 61, on the witness stand in Fayetteville in his own defense in the Feb 15 1955 Lochgelly murder case. He testified the Withrows and Mrs Anderson quarrelled, Drake threatened violence, and a scuffle led to Stover firing a knife. Officers testified Stover initially showed a small knife and later admitted using a larger one. Trial to resume at 9:30 AM.
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Fayetteville
ANS
James Anthony Stover
Plum Orchard
Albert Withrow
Lochgelly
Stover
John Anderson
Sum Orchard
Withrow
Anderson
Drake
Virgie Withrow
W. R. Seal
Douglas Foperly
New Non Surgical Piles Treatment Promises Relief
A new healing substance named Bio-Dyne used as Preparation H suppository or ointment promises to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Case after case shows real reduction and reports that piles have ceased to be a problem, with a money back guarantee.
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New York, N. Y
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