Oceana Clubwomen Plan Centennial Workshop Attendance
Oceana Woman's Club executive board met at president Mrs. A G Lugar Jr's home to arrange attending a Princeton workshop led by Mrs. Hansel Poling of Rupert West Virginia. Attendees include Mrs. Lugar Jr and other club members with plans to discuss West Virginia Centennial participation and school teacher recognition.
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Oceana Woman’s Club
Robert Forren
Oceana
ANS
A. G. Lugar Jr
Oceana Club
Otis Cook
Ken Maynor
Bob Crouch
Oceana High School
James Richardson
Hugh Miller
Lois Beane
Woman's Club
Carl Mack
Philip Roach
James
Marsh Fork Community Visits and Hospital News
Marsh Fork area residents and relatives share visits with kin in Saxon Kopper Stone Rock Creek and Charleston area. Cleveland Ohio travelers return after weeklong stay. Local patients Don Peters and Cecil McCormick at Beckley Memorial Hospital observed for illness.
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Rock Creek
Archie Hopkins
Montreal
Claude Trusley
Baltimore
Eric Tabor
Grace Tabor
S. O. Wagner
Frank J. Johnson
A. C. Moss
Pocahontas
Eugene Pettry
Cecil McCormick
Beckley Memorial Hospital
James Salters
Tennessee
North Carolina
Dan Kane
Johnson City
Tenn
Cherokee
N. C
Great Smokey Mountains
C. C. Kane
Greenbrier River
Louisa
J. B. Salters
Earl Underwood
Norman
Lula Underwood
Robert Smith
Hampton
Arlie Underwood
Salem
Marvin Hall
North Wilkesboro
Clarence Bartrum
C. V. Dillon
Lashmeet
Dillon
Bartrum
Baer Sees No Branch Colleges In Coming Year
Secretary H. K. Baer said the West Virginia State Board of Education does not expect to establish any branch colleges in the coming academic year. Counties may join with a college for branches, with Mingo and Logan likely first, possibly with Marshall University. Other counties like Hancock and McDowell show interest but are less advanced.
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Charleston
UPI
H. K. Baer
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Baer
Mingo
Logan
Marshall University
Hancock
McDowell
Hancock County Ad
West Liberty State College
Concord Names New Registrar
ATHENS Milton C Edge, assistant registrar at Texas A&M, is named registrar at Concord College and will also be director of admissions and institutional research. The WV Board of Education confirmed the appointment. Edge, native of Texas, brings degrees from Texas A&M and doctoral work at Baylor, with a varied career in military and public service. He and his family expect to arrive by mid August.
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Athens
Milton C. Edge
Texas A. & M
Concord College
Joseph F. Marsh
Edge
Concord
West Virginia Board of Education
Charleston
Texas A.&m
Baylor University
United States Army
Works Project Administration
Texas Company
New Concord
Texas
Bridal party honors Jo Ann Short before wedding
A Friday night bridal party at Mr. and Mrs. Emory White’s home on Church Street honored Miss Jo Ann Short and her attendants. Miss Short wed Steve Lonker the next day at First Baptist Church with flowers arranged by Mrs. S I Smith, attended by a large group including Rev. and Mrs. Nelson and many relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Holland
Herman Akers
Merlin Campbell
N. W. McGhee
Lloyd Bright
Billie Clark
Walter Fisher
A. 0. Ashley
Opal LeMasters
Steve Lonker
Mary Ann Pritchard
Bonnie Kizer
Dennis Perdue
S. J. Easterling
Bill Mullins
Jack Wesley Finney
Billy Finney
Mary Frances Campbell
Shelia Fisher
Billy Short
Karlyn
Butch White
Jo Ann Short
Molly Sue Sluss
Oceana Family News Highlights Local Travels and Returns
Oceana area notes recount Earl Alfrey returning from Houston to visit daughters and sons-in-law, Vincent Kristynik and Jimmy Toney. Several young women plan a trip to see grandparents in Tram,a y and Dewey Lake. Other entries mention Jimmy Deering's homecoming from Army in Germany, Til ley family visits to Maryland, Mike Osborne's discharge after Stevens Clinic, and multiple local visits among Cook, Mullins, and Long families with hospital stays and employment searches.
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Oceana
RNS
Earl Alfrey
Houston
Tex
Vincent Kristynik
Jimmy Toney
Lois
Claudine Steffey
Claude Steffey
Ann Elkins
Shallus Elkins
Leonard Steffey
Tram
Dewey Lake
Jimmy Deering
Huntington
Germany
Dora Hurst
Deering
J. Raymond Tilley
Suzanna
Mamie Hope
Maryland
Mike Osborne
Frank Osborne
Pineville
Woodrow Cook
I. O
Man
Kimberly Joyce Roach
Otis Cook
J. R. Tilley
Beckley Man Fined For Reckless Driving
Beckley motorist Clayton Plumley was fined 25 dollars and costs by Magistrate Jack Holt in Hinton on a reckless driving charge. He was arrested by State Police on Madams Creek.
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Hinton
Beckley
Clayton Plumley
Jack Holt
Plumley
Madams Creek
Sisters Give Party at Richner Home in Pineville
Raene and Suzanne Richner hosted a pajama party Saturday night for friends including Kathy Martin Elaine Lyons Suzanne Lyons Roger Wilkinson Mildred Chenoweth and Helen Chenoweth in Pineville.
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Pineville
RNS
Raene
Suzanne Richner
C. E. Richner
Kathy Martin
Elaine
Suzanne Lyons
Roger Wilkinson
Mildred
Helen Chenoweth
Rebekah IOOF Install Officers In Ravencliff Lodge
Mrs. Greeley McGraw named noble grand of Rachel Rebekah Lodge No 111 with Dennis Lafferty installed as Pine Grove sub lodge noble grand. Installation extended to many officers in joint ceremony at IOF Hall with district leaders present and refreshments served.
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S. A. McClellan
McClellans
Russell Pegram
Sophia
M. Bowden
Oceana
Dallas Canterbury
James McDougall
Mullens
Oley Clay
Ed McMillian
Gillie Trump
Vice Grand
John Greer
Guardian
Janie Lafferty
Lafferty
Lacy
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Methodist Men's Club Plans Family Picnic at Lake
Harold Metz president of the First Methodist Church Pineville announced the monthly dinner meeting will be a family picnic at Horse Creek Lake below Pineville. The event starts at 6 30 p m Wednesday and all church members and their families are invited with each family providing their own food.
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Pineville
RNL
Harold Metz
First Methodist Church
Nnic
Horse Creek Lake
Metz
Body Recovered From Bluestone Reservoir
Rescuers found the body of Robert Ashton Payne about two miles from Jones Boat Dock after his boat overturned Saturday at Bluestone Reservoir. Payne, about 40, from Huntington, drowned in a boating accident. the body was moved from E. M. Meadows funeral home in Hinton to Reger Funeral home in Huntington.
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Robert Ashton Payne
Huntington
Bluestone Reservoir
Jones Boat Dock
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Hinton
Reger Funeral Home
Payne
Boone Route Among 9 To Be Resurfaced
West Virginia State Road Commission to bid about 600000 dollars for nine highway projects across 41.15 miles. Projects include Madison Street resurfacing in Boone County. U S 340 near Charles Town. U S 33 near the Jackson County line. U S 35 Bancroft to Poca. State Rt 16 Smithville to Harrisonville. U S 52 Wayne Through Wayne Road. Secondary Rt 30 between Cowan and Nicholas County line. State Rt 53 Elizabeth to Ritchie County line. Alt U S 21 Pike Street in Wood.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPP
State Road Commission
Burl Sawyers
Boone
Madison Street
Jefferson
Charles Town
Virginia State Line
Mason
Jackson County Line
Longdale Road
Putnam
Bancroft-Poca
Ritchie
Smithville
Harrisonville
Wayne
U. S
Wayne Road
Webster
Cowan
Nicholas County Line
Wirt
Elizabeth
Ritchie County Line
Sorority Families Host Swimming Party in Pineville
The Gamma Xi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held a July swimming party and potluck at Palisades Park. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bolt and sons Jimmie and Wilburn, Dr. and Mrs. Sam Lambert, and numerous other couples with children, including the Martins and Huffmans families.
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Pineville
RNS
Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi
Palisades Park
W. W. Bolt
Jimmie
Wilburn
Sam Lambert
Jack D. Martin
Kathy
Donny
Billy
Richard L. Huffman
Ricki
Richard
James Lyons
Suzanne
Elaine
David Wilson
John H. Martin
Johnny
Jeanie
Jack Gentry
Eric
Paul Viers
Alan
Sarah Jane
Beth Ann
Daughters Return From Week Long East Coast Visit
Mrs Woodrow Cook and her mother Mrs Grace Hendricks of Charleston spent a weekend in Cincinnati visiting relatives after returning from a week vacation in Gaithersburg Maryland and trips to Washington DC and Richmond Virginia.
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Gaithersburg
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Woodrow Cook
Grace Hendricks
Charleston
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jury Frees 76 Year Old Man in Kimball Murder Case
A Welch McDowell County jury deliberated one hour and 45 minutes before acquitting Wiley Swinn, 76, of Kimball on a murder charge connected to the March 17 shooting of Curtis R. Thomas, 26, in a Kimball hotel apartment. Thomas died from a chest wound as he entered the unit. Swinn had allowed Thomas’s wife and infant to stay in the apartment.
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WELCH
McDowell County
Wiley Swinn
Kimball
Swinn
Curtis R. Thomas
Thomas
Weekend trips span Myrtle Beach and Canada in Pineville
Pineville residents and relatives enjoyed weekend travels visiting Myrtle Beach in South Carolina and a fishing trip in Canada. Alfred Broom and spouse spent the weekend in Tennessee while Robert Kuhn and daughter Jane returned from a Myrtle Beach vacation. Kimberly, Linda, Connie, and Danny Pendry visited relatives in Keyrock and Wellsburg, Ohio, and T G Morgan and Pete Morgan fished in Canada.
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Pineville
Rns
Alfred Broom
Crowley Worrell
Tenn
Robert E. Kuhn
Jane
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Robert G. Martin
Kimberly
Princeton
Bud Pendry
Keyrock
Linda Pendry
Connie Pendry
Charleston
Danny Pendry
Wellsburg
Ohio
T. G. Morgan
Pete” Morgan
Canada
C. C. Holloway
W. C. Bailey Jr
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Marsh Fork
Tazewell, Va
Joyce Akers
Diane Akers
J. T. Davidson Jr
Rebekah, Ioof
Modern School OF Practical Nargots
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley, West Virginia
Methodist Men’s Club
Off Reg. Peie
Kiddie & Junior Shop
Main ST
Bluestone
Edward Duty
Roderfield
John Shirley
Charles
Rt. 1
Mary Beth Pancake
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Main Street
Harold Hamby
Cabin Creek
Wood
Alt. U. S. 21
Pike Street
Curtain Shop
Neville St
Tulip
Heer
Penney
G. M. Powers
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