Wyoming County 4-H Camp Open On GRHS Grounds
The second Wyoming County 4-H Camp is underway at Glen Rogers High School grounds with activities running through Friday. State 4H worker James Allen directs, with club leaders and attendees from Wyoming Skinfork Mee Graws Beartown and Sand Gap. The daily schedule features flag-raising, classes, assemblies, crafts, athletic periods, vesper services, lights out, and a Friday exhibition closing program.
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Glen Rogers
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Wyoming County
Glen Rogers High School
James Allen
Wyoming
Skinfork
MeeGraws
Beartown
Sand Gap
Chiefs
Sagamore
Pikeville College reports summer enrollment record
Pikeville Ky. Pikeville College announced a record 495 students enrolled for the second summer term. The previous record was 486 in 1958. About three fourths of 33 classes offered by 17 faculty were filled by end of registration. The group includes 40 students expected to earn B S in Education or B A, with diplomas Aug 19. Betty Ann Brown of Cyclone W Va may be among graduates.
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Pikeville
Pikeville College
Betty Ann Brown
Cyclone
W. Va
A. A. Page
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Brown
Kinner Brown
Oceana High School
Births Recorded At Pineville Hospital
Pineville Maternity Hospital reports births in July including four singletons and one set of twins. The Webb family welcomes a girl Claytina Marie, the Liddle family a girl Debra Jean, the Wood family a boy Rome Wayne, the Bailey family a boy Jackie Charles, the Mitchem family a girl Carol Sue, and the Meadows welcome twin boys with weights listed for each child.
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Pineville
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Pineville Maternity Hospital
Claytina Marie
Paul Edward Webb
Mullens
Debra Jean
James E. Liddle
Holden
Rome Wayne
Norman Wood
Kopperston
Jackie Charles
James M. Bailey
Matheny
Carol Sue
Luther Mitchem
Dwight Meadows
Beckley Man Sentenced To 10 Days In Jail On Reckless Driving
Clifford Plumley of Beckley was sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to reckless driving before Magistrate Jack E Holt. His car lost control on Route 3 near Summers County, struck guard rails and a rock cliff, total loss. Passenger Richard Bragg was carried to Hinton Hospital for observation but released with no injuries. The jail term was suspended due to inability to pay the $50 fine.
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Beckley
Richard Bragg
Pluto
Hinton Hospital
Plumley
Holt
Pineville residents fevers and travel fill week notes
Diana Arnold a 12 year old Pineville girl is a patient at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch with rheumatic fever. Her grandmother Mrs Kade Cooper also admitted for examination X rays and possible surgery. The column lists multiple local visits and trips among Pineville residents and nearby towns including Charleston Mullens Beckley and Weston. The U S Bureau of the Census predicts California will pass New York as the most populous state in 1970.
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Pineville
Rns
Diana Arnold
Malcolm Arnold
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Diana
Kade Cooper
Cooper
Charlie Beavers
Clyde Boggs
Mullens
Orville Ross
Sam Ramey
Cynthia Lane Ramey
Sharon, Jerry
John Wayne Gallaher
Ramey
Hazel Warden
Beckley
Goodwin Jarvis
Weston
John Scoleri
Savannah
Gwen Sexton
Elzie Barker
Hazel Davis
Anawal
C. B. Taylor
Hester Kelly
Cincinnati
Ohio
Duan Kelly
Mack Arnold
B. P. Green
Erma Wallen
Charleston
Claude Phillips
Lee Childress
Zane Childress
Allen Strickland
Cecil Strickland
D. D. Phillips
Johnny Phillips
Akron
Jimmy Dale Phillips
Barbe McRaw
Rich Creek
Glen Green
Buford Gullet
Brenton
Ozzie Cook
Cook Home
Rod Shannon
George Saunders
Man
B. D. Mitchell
Logan
Frank Snyder
Pam
Claytor Lake
B. B. Schilling
Sally
Lee Schilling
W. B. Kirchman
Blacksburg
F. L. Seymour
Eva Leffler
Roanoke
Norman Morgan
Myrtle Beach
S. C
James Bailey
Ruth
Marianna
Roy Hargert
Vienna
Robert Wise
U. S. Bureau of the Census
California
New York
Clear Fork Ladies Aid Holds Meet
The Clear Fork Valley Baptist Church Ladies Aid met at the church with Mrs. Robert Crouch as hostess. The program The Tears of Jesus was presented by Mrs. Robert Farren and assisted by several members. A 23rd Psalm devotion, Bible quiz won by Mrs. C. C. Farren, and names for secret sisters were noted. Next meeting will be a covered-dish supper for members and families.
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Clear Fork
ANS
Clear Fork Valley Baptist Church
Ladies Aid
Robert Crouch
Jesus
Robert Farren
Elwyn Clay
E. H. Crouch
Willard Toney
C. C. Farren
Crouch
Neva Farren
Debbie Clark
Judy Clay
Joan Toney
Bud Clary
Concord College to Offer Two TV Courses in First Semester
Concord College Athens will run West Virginia History 307 and Modern Algebra 100 TV courses in the coming academic year. Dr. George F. Moore and Dr. John J. Kelley will teach, with broadcasts on WHIS Bluefield Channel 6 and campus discussions. Enrollment ends Sept 26 for History and Oct 3 for Algebra. tuition totals $36 includes fees. textbooks priced at $2.75 with ordering options through the college or publisher.
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Concord College
Athens
West Virginia
George F. Moore
Concord Division of Social Sciences
Whistv
Bluefield
Willegin
E.S.T
John J. Kelley
University of California
David Kirby
Sion
Moore
West Virginia History
Carl Bailey
Concord College Division of
West Virginia Board of Education
D. van Nostrand, Inc
Alexander Street
Princeton
New Jersey
Fayette Group Studies Book
Fayetteville group meets at Mrs H R Beckelheimers home at 168 High St to discuss The Giant of Deceit by J Edgar Hoover. Club members from Oak Hill Mount Hope Ansted and Fayetteville attend along with a visitor from Wheeling.
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Mount Hope
W. C. Bishop
Scarbro
J. Edgar Hoover
Bishop
E. E. Jones
S. C. Higgins
W. A. Haslam
Hale Morris
Ansted
M. G. Hiesan
Frank Love
Charles E. Mahan
J. H. White
Fayetteville
Ralph Rogerson
Wheeling
Church Holds Family Picnic in Pineville Park
Pineville Presbyterian Church hosted a family picnic at Palisade Park. The event began with swimming at 5 p.m. A later picnic was served. Rev. William Street of First Methodist led vesper hour and Rev. Norman Morgan of the Presbyterian oversaw games and folk dancing. About 125 people attended.
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Pineville
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Local Residents Entertain Visitors and Family Guests
Mt Hope area hosts a string of out of town visitors and returning residents. Rev Clarence Figgatt former Mount Hope pastor now at St Albans attended last week. Various families from Virginia New York Ohio and Michigan visit relatives here and travel plans are shared. Cecil Craft and the Smiths family visit from Beckley Richmond and Fairmont with extended kin.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Clarence Figgatt
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
St. Albans
George Barbera
Bradley
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Wis
C. H. Jones
Charles Jones
Cecilia
Carol
Charles Jr
New York City
N. Y
Rodney Jones
Eva Marie
Cleveland
Ohio
James Markijohn
Gail
Judy
Conneaut
Charles
Carlos
C. R. Harnsbarger
Park Heights
R. B. Payne
R. B. Payne Jr
Charleston
Detroit
Mich
Sunny
Louie Cinotti
Kilsyth
Johnny Stella
Earl Ludwig
Angelo Yates
Angelina
Andrew Oschlager
Pat Keeney
Fairmont
Anna Mae Adkins
Marvin Johnson
Washington, D. C
Alex Napier
Sammy
Cecil Craft
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Robert Smith
Richmond
F. E. Foster
Fayetteville Woman's Club Dinner Set for Sept 5
The Fayetteville Woman's Club plans a Sept 5 dinner at the Blume Tea Room to start the club year. President Miss Gladys Bary led the Thursday meeting with Mrs. P. G. Hoye Mrs. A. L. Huddleston Mrs. Charles T. Shackelford Mrs. Louise Hoover and Mrs. Lofton Tudor present. They formed committees set programs and discussed raising funds with a rummage sale and a spaghetti dinner as major undertakings.
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Fayetteville
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Local News: Area Residents Visiting Relatives Across States
Pax PAX Rev Paul Gravely attends pastoral training at Duke University. Bernard Shumate family from Millville visits relatives in Long Branch and with N F Walkup. Kathy Lynn Humphrey from Beckley stays with grandparents. Alice Stover travels to join Quentin Stover in Jacksonville. Della Foster returns from Rolling Meadows to family in town. Danny McGuire visits grandmother Bertha Workman in Grayden. Larry Brock of Greenfield spends a week with Price Brock. Bobby Ford of Wilmington is hospitalized in Oak Hill. Mertie Keffer hospitalized at Laird Memorial. Elmer Foster from Elkton visits relatives. Weekend visitors include Homer Hizer family and Sherman Foster, among others.
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PAX
RNS
Paul Gravely
Long Branch
Kathy Lynn Humphrey
Jimmy Humphrey
Beckley
Ralph Humphrey
Alice Stover
Jacksonville
Fla
Quentin Stover
Della Foster
Rolling Meadows
Randolph Willis
Danny McGuire
Grayden
Bertha Workman
Larry Brock
Greenfield
Ind
Price Brock
Bobby Ford
Wilmington
Del
Oak Hill Hospital
Ford
Bob Emerson
Mertie Keffer
Laird Memorial Hospital
Elmer Foster
Elkton
Tom Foster
Sherman Foster
Willis Humphrey
Homer Hizer
Clara
Wayne
David
Naomi
Homer Chambers
Clear Fork
Leonard Sweeney
Susan
Maxwell Hill
Fird Sowder
Edgar Weaver
Homer Craddock
Richmond trade group uses paper ads to boost local image
A Richmond Virginia trade association placed ads in the city’s newspaper to improve member image. The ads reportedly helped every dealer in the area to enjoy better community understanding.
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Richmond
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Ted
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Betty Stone
Doc’’ Brooks
Shorty Shumate
Jake” Dillon
Eulis Mitchem
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Sarah Lucas
Rose McGraw
Poss
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Clear Fork Ladies Aid
Fayette Group Studies Book
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