Beta Sigma Phi Announces Anniversary Social Plan
Gamma Xi Chapter president Mrs Eu gene Graham led a meeting at First Methodist Pineville. New social chairman Mrs James Lyons replaces Mrs Wesley Brown who moved to Tennessee. The chapter’s September 27 anniversary social was set, with fall rushing discussed and a Wiener roast August 25 for members and guests. July 28 family picnic and swimming party at Palisades Park planned with Mrs Richard Huffman and Mrs David Wilson attending.
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Pineville
RNS
Eugene Graham
Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi
First Methodist Church
Graham
James Lyons
Wesley Brown
Tennessee
Sam Lambert
Rush
Robert Adams
James Franklin
Palisades Park
Richard L. Huffman
David Wilson
Marines Raise First American Flag on Puerto Rico
United States Marines raised the American flag over Puerto Rico for the first time as they landed from the USS Dixie at Playa del Ponce on July 27, 1898.
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United States
Puerto Rico
Dixie
Playa del Ponce
Payne Family Entertains Across Weekend in Mullens
SABINE RNS Mr and Mrs Cabell Payne hosted a busy weekend at the Wyoming General Hospital visit in Mullens with family and friends from San Diego Kopperston Stockton Narrows Stamford Pete rs town and Chattanooga. They welcomed guests including the Perdues Jesus Woodrow Billie Juan Tommy Mary Jacqueline and grandson Charles Meadows. Sunday visitors included Eugene Singleton and daughters Linda and Lois Jean along with William Richards. Monday callers included Amy Sparks Stockton Calif Hurley Shumate Devon Duncan Solomon Jones Paul Whitt Narrows and Rev Carl Payne Emmett with Payne parents and siblings. Tuesday guests included Ed Bragg MacArthur and James Owens Chattanooga with Rev Carl Payne visiting his sisters.
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Lois Jean
Kopperston
William Richards
Stamford
Cabell Payne
Amy Sparks
Paynes
Stockton
Calif
Hurley Shumate
Devon Duncan
Solomon Jones
Peterstown
Paul Whitt
Narrows
Carl Payne
Emmett
Sparks
Garner Bailey
Payne
Ed Bragg
MacArthur
James Owens
Chattanooga
Tenn
Congress boosts Marine Corps strength after Bull Run
Three days after the first Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Virginia Congress passed an act increasing Marine Corps personnel to 93 officers and 3,074 enlisted men.
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Bull Run
Manassas
Marine Corps
Christ Above All Theme Guides Two Night Circles
Pineville RNS two First Methodist Church night circles meet under the Christ Above All theme. Brooke Cooke Circle held at Mrs Rich ard Huffman home with program chairwoman Mrs John Scoleri and business updates led by Mrs C H Mathena. Luna Worrell Circle gathered at Mrs John S Lambert home with program by Mrs R J Chenoweth Jr and notes on September program and August family night dinner. Hostesses served refreshments to guests including WSCS president Mrs O E Wilks and others.
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Pineville
RNS
Christ
First Methodist Church
Brooke Cooke
Richard L. Huffman
Riverdrive
John Scoleri
C. H. Mathena
Ernest Hays
Huffman
Scoleri
O. E. Wilks
WSCS
Chenoweth
Laura Lambert
John H. Martin
John B. Thomas Jr
Oscar Butcher
Enos Williams
Emploees’ Suggestion Earns Cash Awards at Hope Gas
Oceana Loup Creek Station workers William L. Wiseman Hatcher and Jackie L. Strother receive 25 dollar cash awards from Hope Natural Gas Co for a joint suggestion. Their tool for greasing couplings on fins fans speeds work and improves safety at Loup Creek Station.
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Oceana
Loup Creek Station
Hope Natural Gas Co
Coin
William L. Wiseman
Hatcher
Jackie L. Strother
Ravencliff Visitors and Family Guests Chronicle
Mr and Mrs Bill Givens and son return to Portsmouth Ohio after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Ward Stewart in Mullens. Several local relatives host guests from Links Grove Morgantown Wilmington Daniels Newark Beckley and Beckley Memorial Hospital updates noted.
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Henry Connell
Gaye Burdette
Virgil McCraw
Odell McCraw
Gussie McCraw
Links Grove
Pete Peteet
Machele Renee
Morgantown
Joe Lilly
Tony Yarrusso
Rand
Wilmington
Del
Lon Stewart
Stewart
David
Hiram West
Louise Miller
Daniels
John Mosley
Francis Kneut
Newark
N.Y
Hazel Dancy
Beckley
Hugh Justice
James C
Gentry
Reuben
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Area Woman Becomes lt In Chicago
Mrs George King was admitted to Beckley Hospital at 4 a m after rushed from Chicago where she became ill visiting her son in law Sam DeVita. She was summoned by the critical illness of her daughter Mrs De Vita. Accompanied home by husband daughters and son Bill.
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Ravencliff
RNS
George King
Beckley Hospital
Beckley
Chicago
Sam DeVita
Mrs. DeVita
Woman’s touch at Waterbury gas station
A Waterbury gas station operator told the state employment service he needs four or five women to pump gas supply oil and clean windshields. The unusual request was filed as a staffing plan and prompted questions about hiring practices and safety.
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Waterbury, Conn
UPID
State Employment Service
Honored On Birthday By Griffeys In Glen Rogers
Mr and Mrs Jesse J Griffey hosted a Saturday night birthday gathering for their son Jimmy a Glen Rogers High School student who turned 16 Several teens attended games and contests including Terry Cook Larry Domi Billy Jack Sizemore Charles Frazier Etta Hash Danny Burleson Brenda Cook Linda Parnell Donnie Bailey Judy Cook Loretta Brooks Roger Bailey Willie Tilley Fairley George Lacy Brooks Billy Brown Dease Bailey Skipper Blake Estil Owens Eva Pinson Sherry Frazier George Phillips Bobby Blake and Joe Phillips Mrs Gladys Parnell helped with hosting duties
Home Economics Entries Open To All Fayette County
Fayette County Fair invites residents to enter the Home Economics division from August 16 to 18 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium. Entries must be in place by 2 p.m. Aug 16 and remain until 4 p.m. Aug 18. removal by 7 p.m. Aug 18. Cash awards exist for first to third places. Best of Show prize of $10 for best yeast bread or related item. Includes sections for Baking Canning and Sewing with detailed item lists.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Lawrence A. Kessler
Kessler
Codarman
R. O. Blume
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Maple Avenue
F. G. Janutolo
H. A. Cottrell
Alfred C. Bibb
Nell Gladwell
David L. Hypes
J. D. Webb
Dan H. Perdue
J. K. Whitlock
Edna Janutolo
George A. Hatfield
E. B. Eskew
Vacation notes and church events across Marsh Fork area
Mr and Mrs Robert L Shelton Arnett and Mr and Mrs Ernest Slater Jr Prosperity spent two weeks vacationing in Canada New York Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia They toured Fort George Niagara Falls Hershey Park and visited Luray Endless Caverns Grand Caverns and Natural Bridge pageant of Creation They stopped at Blackwater Falls and Cooper Rock Arthur D Shelton now in Kansas visited his Shelton relatives and in laws at Rock Creek Arnett and surrounding families Vacation Bible School began at Horse Creek Community Church Monday Mrs Virg il Webb Naoma returned from North Carolina after extended stay with her ill mother at North Carolina Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill Several Cantley relatives visited from Cleveland Ohio and Ezra Cantleys remain ill Randall Jarrell son of Lantie Jarrell Rock Creek is visiting grandparents Frank Bragg Green Sulphur Springs for two weeks
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Cooper Rock
Arthur D. Shelton
Kansas
Alvin L. Shelton
Orville Stone
Rock Creek
Robert L. Shelton
Tom Buchannon
Arnett
Horse Creek
Goliath Cantley
Mickey
Kathy
Kenneth Clark
Doris Pattie
Cleveland
Ohio
Ezra Cantley
Randall Jarrell
Lantie Jarrell
Frank Bragg
Green Sulphur Springs
Webb and Workman Families Return From Military Visits
Mr and Mrs Carl Webb returned home after a week with their daughter in law Sgt and Mrs Bernard Snead and their son Bernie at McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey Mrs Snead is the former Jacqueline Webb Mr and Mrs Bill Workman returned to Jesse after visiting their son Ersel Gene stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma
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Jesse
Carl Webb
Bernard Snead
Bernie
McGuire Air Force Base
N. J
Snead
Jacqueline Webb
Bill Workman
Ersel Gene
Fort Sill
Okla
Mailman Bit by Dog While Sorting Mail on Route
Victor Buchie, a New Britain mail carrier, was bitten on the leg by a dog that trotted from a residence on his route to the post office. The incident underscores the everyday hazard faced by letter carriers in the line of duty.
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New Britain
Conn
UPI
Victor Buchie
Buchie
Farewell Shower Honors Bud Resident Moving to Princeton
A surprise farewell shower was given Wednesday night in Bud for Mrs. Bill Bunion Jr. as she prepares to move to Princeton Saturday. The Ladies Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church hosted at Bud with a guest list of many local residents and friends.
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Essie Kemp
Shelvie Lusk
Anna Blevins
Charles Church
Trooper as Chaser North Haven Sign Hoax
Connecticut state police set up a roadside sign along the Wilbur Cross Parkway warning drivers that a trooper may be on their tail if they drink and drive. The notice, attributed to UPI, frames a caution about drunk driving with a police chaser motif.
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North Haven, Conn
UPI
Wilbur Cross Parks Way
Choirboys to Read Saints in Adventure Style at Chelmsford Church
In Chelmsford England UPI reports St John s Church choirboys will be given saints books written as adventure fiction to read during sermons. Choirmaster Arnold Gandy said suitable reading is better than caricaturing the vicar.
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Adventure Time
Chelmsford, England
UPI
St. John’s Church
Bardsley
Arnold Gandy
Summer guidance by Mrs Lawrence on shared summers
A reader asks for a child guidance book title. The columnist declines specifics, urging parents to use summer for experiential learning with children through shared exploration of nature and daily wonder, rather than formal reading.
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Muriel Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Lawrence
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