Campfire Tonight Ends Wyoming 4-H Camp at Glen Rogers
The older 4-H camp at Glen Rogers High School wraps up after a week with awards, contests, and the final campfire circle. Karen Clay wins the good grooming contest among the girls and Mike McGraw shares honors as top boy, both recognized during the camp closure and candlelight awards service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe J. Plumsey
Wyoming County
Karen Clay
Glen Rogers High School
Glen Rogers
Janet Clowser
Delawares
Ao Creek Wild Cats
Pineville Approves Purchase of Water System
The Public Service Commission granted Pineville Wyoming County permission to buy the Clear Water Co. water system in Mullinsville for 500 dollars. The plant serves 30 customers and will be connected to Pineville with 7600 feet of pipe and no rate increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
Pineville
Wyoming County
Clear Water Co
Mullinsville
Writ Shrinks Reed Sentence, Authorizes Release
Charleston The State Supreme Court issued a writ of habeas corpus Tuesday for Elza Alvin Reed and ordered his release from the West Virginia Penitentiary. Reed had a 1 to 5 year term from Wyoming County Circuit Court in September 1963 for malicious wounding, a felony, but the court ruled the indictment erroneous for not specifying a felony charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Elza Alvin Reed
West Virginia
Reed
Wyoming County
Eastern Park Acadia National Park East of Mississippi
Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island in Maine is noted as the first U.S. national park east of the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island
Maine
U.S. National Park
Mississippi River
McGraws News and Visiting Relatives in McGraws Area
RNS report lists Lon Shumate and family with visitors including daughter Mrs. John Brizendine and her children Jana and John Owensboro. Vergie Ballard arrives from South Gate due to Bertha George illness and death in Beckley hospital. extended family visits from McGraws and nearby towns with several absences traveling to Thorn Dale and Parkersburg. multiple Tilley relatives noted in Ravencliff Pineville Matewan and Barret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Houston
Bobby Jr
Larry
Jerry
Tony
Thorndale
Bertha Tabor
Roger
Parkersburg
Avery Tilley
Arnold Tilley
McGraws
Aden Tilley
Ravencliff
Daniel Tilley
Glen Rogers
Clinton Tilley
Pineville
Buck Woody
Barret
Mack Bennett
Matewan
Noah Farmer
Josephine
Sisters Reunite As Visit Brings Families Together
Mrs. Samuel Nuckols and her sons Terry and Timmy and daughters Judy Nancy Pat and Bonnie of Portsmouth Va arrived from Norton to spend days with brother in law and sister Horace McGraw. Riley Gutshall and daughters Susie and Molly also visiting. Mrs Nuckols from Valpariso Fla had stayed with Miss Mary Louise Muckels and Sammy Jr. A wiener roast at Twin Falls Park hosted by Horace and Joe McGraw included H E McGraw and David McGraw. This marks first time the three sisters and their children are together. Mrs Gutshall and her father return to Norton today and Mrs Nuckols and family depart. Mrs Nuckols is a nurse in a Portsmouth hospital.
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McGraws
RNS
Samuel Nuckols
Terry
Timmy
Judy
Nancy Pat
Bonnie
Portsmouth
Norton
Joseph V. Riley
Louie Gutshall
Horace McGraw
Riley
Gutshall
Susie
Molly
David McGraw
Nuckols
Dedicating St John Church Rectory in Mullens
The dedication of St John Catholic Church Mullens new rectory was led by Bishop Hodges. The eight room residence on church property cost 30000 dollars, purchased July 1963 from Cecil and Mabel Lacy and occupied by Rev Eugene Horvath since Oct 1. Attending were multiple clergy from surrounding parishes and seminarian Leroy Beyer. A separate public notice details the sale of Sylvia area land in Beckley to United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local 1918 for 5500 dollars with legal description and prior conveyances.
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St. John’s Catholic Church
Mullens
Leroy Beyer
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
Beyer
Cecil Lacy
Eugene Horvath
South Mullens
Bishop Hodges
Joseph A. Brumfield
Kingwood
Robert
Michael O'Reilly
Charleston
Paul V. Gallagher
Blacksburg
Andrew J. Heaney
Wytheville
Paul A. Laub
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Harry Hambrick
Grace Wiley
W. Y. Miller
East Beckley
Beck
Miller Child Feted On Fourth Birthday
A Covel party honored Rusty Liddle Miller on his fourth birthday hosted by grandmother Mrs. Charles Liddle. Guests from Covel and nearby towns attended games, refreshments, and favors. clarice Jenkins of St. Petersburg will be guest of honor at a family reunion in Charleston Heights.
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Miller
COVEL
BNS
Rusty Liddle Miller
Charles Liddle
Donna Lusk
Tina Goode
Lisa Mayse
Paul Goode Jr
Holland Mayse
Jeffrey Bailey
Gene Belcher
Christine Belcher
Charlotte Smith
Butch Clark
Debbie Clark
Butch Henderson
Jeffrey Fink
Dianne
Tina Renee Moore
Princeton
Gus Robertson
Matoaka
Thomas Halsey
Mathew Moore
Junior Bowling
Mullens
Flora Farley
Clarice Jenkins
St. Petersburg
Fla
W. W. Thurman
Charlton Heights
Miss Jenkins
Louis P. Jenkins
Ravencliff
George Wagner
Clarice
South
Frederick Woodrum
Esther Elam
Beckley
W. R. Jenkins
Charleston
Mary Jenkins
Martin, Y
Centenarian Dies in West Virginia Home
Lucy Wilburn Huntsman Farley, a Delbarton resident and centenarian honored in 1963, died at her son’s home in East Rainelle. Born July 4 in Denton, Kentucky, she lived 34 years in Mingo County and was said to be either 101 or 111 by conflicting records.
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East Rainelle
UPI
West Virginia
Lucy Wilburn Huntsman Farley
Denton
Delbarton
Mingo County
Family Visits Ravencliff as Family Gathers
RAVENCLIFF RNS Arriving Wednesday from Camp LeJeune North Carolina Garner Bailey Jr Lance Corporal and Mrs Bailey are guests of his mother Mrs Garner Bailey visiting his ill father in Berkley Hospital The couple stopped in Norfolk for his sister Mrs Alfred J Rosseler who accompanied them here Thursday another daughter Mrs Eugene Codispot and her daughters Sherri and Andrea Lee arrived from Butler Pennsylvania
Stork shower honors Brenda Mills Lawson in Otsego
Mrs Brenda Mills Lawson of Alexandria Virginia was feted by a stork shower at Community Church Otsego as she visits her parents Mr and Mrs Harrison Mills. Hostesses included Mrs J B England and many others with attendees listed. Concurrently the Raleigh County West Virginia circuit court issued divorce actions for Ruth Rakes Evans and Audrey Brown with notices to non residents to answer by specified dates.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Ruth Rakes Evans
Pete Edward Evans
Joseph Edward Evans
Paul J. Fourney
P.O. Box
Beckley
Harold Hanks
Levi Brown
Audrey Brown
E. Carl Meadows, Jr
Heatherlin Building
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Co
Wheeling
Eugene
Horvath
St. John’s
Thomas L. Kerrigan
St. Francis de Sales Church
Joseph Hodges
Edward J. Burley
St. Francis de Sales
Pete Beavers
Dowell County
Henry Leonard
Itmann
Francene Brooks
Barbara Hendricks
Matheny
Mike McGraw
Wyoming
Sandra
Marvin McGraw
MecGraws
John McGraw Willing Workers
Karen
Russell Clay
Soulsville
McGraw Willing Workers
Okeh
Water Company
Elza Reed Freed
Mullens Church
Second Avenue
Bruce Thomas
Chappie Thomas
B. R. Goff
Allen Hambrick
Pentecostal Holiness Church of
Sylvia
Chapnie Thomas
Grace Wiley W. Y. Miller
West Mullens
Centenarian
Mrs. Lawson
Eben Shrewsbury
Vern Clay
Dwayne Waytt
Ivan Lambert
Delbert Worley
George Barker
H D. Sutphin
Delbert Query
Morton England
Billy Smith
Jack Green
Thurman Miller
Glen Fortner
Roy Boothe
Charles Brown
Jackie O'Neal
Martie Cook
Karen Cook
Carol Smith
Linda Mitchell
Peggy Acord
Debra Acord
Terri England
Gilbert Dodson
Nancy Vaughn
Janie Wilson
Frank Burton
Julian Gatewood
Harold Dooley
Oscar England
Rex England
R. D. Akers
Harold Worley
Arden Kyer
Dallas Brooks
Gary Runion
Joe Zeboskey
Bernard Shannon
Rose Mary Lambert
Raymond Mitchell
Jeri Dooley
Mary Lou Vault
C. Harold Hanks
Martin Martin
Olivia Mae
Warren
Michigan
Rowe and Quesenberry
Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
John Daniels
Roy Coe
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Rose and Quesenberry
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Mt. Tabor
Sander
Edger
Todd
Beaver
Charles Clemens
Stamford Road
Robert l Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Call Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Matt
Matt Crook
S. Kanawha ST
Bems City
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
Nashville
Tennessee
P. D
Kidd's Barber Shop
Oakwood Ave
Wright
Dial
Williamson
Sprague
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville Sta
Ash.worth
Sparks Radio & TV
Prince St. Ph
DIAS
City Ave
Odooodood
Webb
Willey Brothers
Hinton
W. V
Jan Campbell Music Co
Marion
Vine Street
Beckley Lanes
Elite Alley
Raleigh Insurance Agency
J. E. Malley
Bibb Avenue
Will Donald Fitzgerald
Mount Hope
Will Phillip Mullens
Miller Avenue
Oak Hill
Will Byron Goode
Ford Street
Fark Lane
Town & Country Drive Inn
Pete Son
el Chico
Max Biggs
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
R. le Stinson
Myers Ave
Mt. Hope
Ste & Bob's
Aster
Grady
Whitlock
Egnor Monument Works
Alden W. Deck
A. E. Deck
Beckley Speedway
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