Woodrow Wilson HS Class of 1959 Graduation Honors Listed
The 1959 Woodrow Wilson High School graduates are honored for scholastic achievement with multiple scholarships and merit commendations. Recipients include Jack Mason and Sam Wood receiving WVU-State Road Commission engineering scholarships, plus Sam Wood with a Hope Natural Gas Co. award to Cincinnati.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Jack Mason
Sam Wood
West Virginia University-State Road Commission
Sam
Hope Natural Gas Co
University of Cincinnati
Larry Mitchell
Air Force Academy
Whitesville Area Students Summer Home Visit
Area students back for summer include Linda Johnson daughter of H L Johnson at Mon Treat Girls College Montreat North Carolina Nancy Cunningham daughter of Bee Allen at Marshall College and Karen Mitchell daughter of Lary Mitchell at West Virginia University. Lois Pettry of Pine Knob and Betty Salters of Rock Creek were caps at St Francis Hospital Charleston and visit family for two weeks. Edwin Croky Stump Jr of Sylvester transferred to Charleston General Hospital from Morgantown to recover from injuries in a Morgantown crash last week.
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Whitesville
Rns
Linda Johnson
H. L. Johnson
Montreat Girls College
Montreat
N. C
Nancy Cunningham
Bee Allen
Marshall College
Karen Mitchell
Lary Mitchell
West Virginia University
Lois Pettry
Pine Knob
Betty Salters
Rock Creek
St. Francis Hospital
Charleston
Edwin “‘Croky"’ Stump
O. E. Stump Jr
Sylvester
Charleston General Hospital
Morgantown
Jail Improvements Are Suggested At Pineville
A three man committee told Judge Robert M Worrell that Wyoming County jail is generally satisfactory but needs improvements. Sanitation, plumbing repairs, replating and repainting in non violent areas, remodeling of the cell block area, updated lighting and wiring, and an independent electrical wiring expert to assess and fix code violations were urged. Kitchen conditions were reported satisfactory. The panel included Dr Ned C Rogers Pineville Frederick T Kingdon Mullens and William V McNemar Pineville.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Robert M. Worrell
Ned C. Rogers
Frederick T. Kingdon
Mullens
William V. McNemar
Pastor Arrives At Kopperston for First Pastorage
W Murray Page arrives to lead Kopperston Presbyterian Church. He earned a Bachelor of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary Richmond and a AB from Davidson College. Ordination is set for June 14. The Pages, longtime Tarboro natives, married in 1954. Mrs Page serves at Methodist Commission in Richmond.
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Kopperston
RNS
W. Murray Page
Kopperston Presbyterian Church
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Page
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Four Health Dept Immunization and Well-Child Clinics
The Raleigh County Health Department schedules four clinics this week. Two general immunization clinics at Teen Town Rhodeill and Shady Spring Elementary School. Two well-child conferences in health department offices and Dr. C A Smith and Dr W F Pomputius as clinicians. Appointments required, cancellations allow others to be seen.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Teen Town
Rhodeill
Shady Spring
Health Department
C. A. Smith
W. F. Pomputius
Slab Fork
Pomputis
Nine Licenses To Marry Requested In Fayette County
Nine couples applied for marriage licenses at the Fayette County Clerk's Office listing their names ages and residences. The applicants include Thomas William Carpenter 19 and Susan Allen King 19 from Fayetteville Oak Hill. Wetzel Eugene Harvey 18 from Orville Ohio and Judith Kay McGrawn 18 from Jodie. William E Hurt 21 from Mount Hope and Janet F Jones 20 from Glen Jean. Lee Rice 25 Mount Hope and Betty Lou Johnson 20 Kilsyth. William Henry Simley 2 Eagle and Patricia Prieto 23 Powellton. Delbert A Settle 22 Oak Hill and Velma Eileen Ayers 17 Harvey. Tommie Tillie Jr 24 Oreana and Mazella Backus 18 Oak Hill. Harold Leon Treadway 18 Oak Hill and Charlotte Kaye Lowder 17 Oak Hill. Raymond Lee Wallace 04 New York City and an omitted partner.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Patricia Prieto
Powellton
Leo
Della Prieto
Delbert A. Settle
Oak Hill
Walker
Gladys Settle
Velma Eileen Ayers
Harvey
Woodrow
Marie Ayers
Tommie Tillie Jr
Oreana
Tom T
Vida Tillie
Mazella Backus
Eldred
Mildred Backus
Harold Leon Treadway
Walter
Ida Mae Treway
Charlotte Kaye Lowder
Noah
June Lowder
Raymond Lee Wallace
New York City
Staunton
Two Lads Win Cub Scout Webelos Rank at Pack 119
KOPPERSTON ANS Lar ry Evans and Darrell Lester of Cub Scout Pack 119 received the Webelos award, the highest in Cub Scouting, at a Saturday pack meeting. Both boys meet age and rank requirements to prepare for Boy Scouting and join Troop 119. Other awards were given to Johnny Cook, Wavell Powell, Falcus Asbury, Tommy Poland, William Larry Cook, and Rodney Toler with service stars. A film, uranium pamphlets, and Camp Thomas E. Lightfoot slides were shown. refreshments followed.
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Kopperston
ANS
Larry Evans
Darrell Lester
Larry
John Evans
Darrell
Wallace Lester
Lion Club
Johnny Cook
Wolf
Wavell Powell
Lon
Falcus Asbury
Tommy Poland
Darrel Lester
William Larry Cook
Rodney Toler
C. R. Rankin
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Boone County Towns Hold Elections For Mayors And Councils
Three Boone county towns Madison Danville and Whitesville vote Tuesday for mayor recorder and council seats. Madison candidates include Mayor H G Shaffer Jr and recorder Willard C Ross both on Citizens and Peoples tickets. Whitesville slate features Mayor H F Morgan and Dallas Andrews on Labor and Citizens lines with council hopefuls Hall Salamy Snead and others. Danville shows Citizens slate with Mayor W W White seeking reelection and fellow candidates Price Black McClure Rea Hopkins.
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Whitesville
BNS
Boone County
Madison
Danville
H G. Shaffer Jr
Citizens and Peoples
Willard C. Ross
Citizens
Curtis L. Herbert
Thomas T. Ellis
Arch C. Griffith Jr
Paul Gosney
George Burnside
Peoples
W. L. Rymer
N. L. Jones
W. A. Fryman
Harry Brown
Watt Elkins Jr
H. F. Morgan
Labor
Citizens Parties
Recorder
Dallas Andrews
Labor Party
Wilson Hall
L. E. Salamy
Claude Snead
Robert Dew
Melvin Weikle
Citizens Party
Halll
Salamy
Snead
Manuel Arvin
Harry Cooke
W. W. White
C. R. Price
Fred E. Black
L. L. McClure
James Rea
Lilburn Hopkins
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Highlight Richwood Notes
Richwood residents host relatives from nearby towns, with Reed and Sherman Smith entertaining in Richwood. Maggie Aliff and family travel from Columbus to visit Payne, Pieprowski, Hoskins, Watkins, Tipton, and Fleming households. Other visits include Buttricks in Richwood and Ewing in Ansted. Buck Rhinehart returns from Oak Hill Hospital after a three week stay following a car accident near Dothan. Margie Angello of Summerlee recovers in hospital. Lacy Payne hosts visits from Buttrick family of Logan, Ohio, and Benjamin Jarrett returns from Hammond, Indiana.
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Herbert Watkins
Kenneth Tipton
Loyd Fleming
Jennie Buttrick
Jim Buttrick
Garten
Rhoda Ewing
Ansted
Rosa Evans
Earl Clifton Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Theron Jarrett Jr
Brenda
Johnny
Shelia
Clark Parrish
Richwood
Marcellus
Buck) Rhinehart
Oak Hill Hospital
Dothan
Margie Angello
Summerlee
Lacy Payne
Buttrick
Car! Buttrick Jr
Marvin
Debra
Logan
Benjamin Jarrett
Hammond
Ind
Theron Jarrett
Wreck Victim's Funeral Today
Funeral services for Everett Muncy were held at 2 p m in Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev William Dreger officiating. He was 57 and died from injuries in an automobile crash on a rural road between Dempsey and Wriston. Burial followed at Huse Memorial Park in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Everett Muncy
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
William Dreger
Huse Memorial Park
Muncy
Oak Hill
Dempsey and
Wriston
Notable Names Highlight Victor Family Ties
Lorraine Wallace and Rose Imogene Hardman, both connected to Victor households, are identified among individuals listed with family ties to Henry and Adeline Hardman. The brief note notes their ages and relationships within the local community.
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Lorraine Wallace
Rose Imogene Hardman
Victor
Henry and
Adeline Hardman
mass execution in Palestine ends cult ritual in Bible tale
In Palestine four hundred fifty leaders of a strange cult die in a mass execution after a six hour frenzy of shouting dancing and self harm. A witness recounts Elijah challenging the cult leaders and fire from heaven devouring the sacrifice. The crowd then slays the false prophets.
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Palestine
Baal
Elijah
Elijjah
Bible Reporter
P. O. Box
Los Angeles
California
Real estate deeds recorded in county clerks office
Deeds show transfers by Ashworth to Godbey for lot 8 in Ce Addition about 1 dollar and Bobbitt to McClelland for lot 3 Glen Morgan Addition about 12500 dollars. Other listed transfers include Vanney to Lawson about 1000, North American Coal and Dock to Armbrister about 1000, Hatcher to Baxter Jr. about 3000, Schneider to Freshour about 1500, Williams to Cook with no stated consideration, coal companies to First Church of God at Midway for 500, Claytor to Holland about 169 property in Town District, Bowers to Meadows about 2000, Humphrey to Stover about 4000, Gray to Bardin about 500, Bragg to Bragg with no consideration, Lilly Inc. to Brown about 2500, Sneddon to Patterson about 3500, Willis Jr. to Lynch with no consideration, Barrett to Barrett with no consideration, Hoye to Wood about 7000, Lilly Inc. to Willis Jr. for Bowling Addition lots 59–62 about 5000.
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Martha
David D. Ashworth
Robert E. Godbey
Ince
Bessie M. Bobbitt
Clarence
Maxine McClelland
Glen Morgan
Lilly
George Vanney
Mary Lawson
Slab Fork
The
North American Coal and Dock Company
Myrtle
Herman M. Armbrister
Shab Fork
J. L
Leona
Thomas L. Gray
Iris
Wade H. Bardin
McLean
Acton R. Bragg
Garrett W. Bragg
Richmond
James Lilly, Inc
Pearl
Clarence R. Brown
Woodland Hills
Martha Sneddon
Beulah
Robert S. Patterson
Louise
W. J. Barrett
George Barrett
Trap Hill
Mae and
Paul E. Lynch
James E. Willis Jr
Mrs. Louea Fagg Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Louea Lee Fagg will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Garten Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Hampton Adkins officiating. Burial follows at Wickline Cemetery in Meadow Bridge. The 36 year old Cunard resident died Sunday afternoon in a Beckley hospital. The body will be moved from Dodd-Payne Mortuary in Fayetteville to the residence at 4 p.m. today and to the church an hour before the funeral.
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Cunard
RNS
Louea Lee Fagg
Garten Pentecostal Holiness Church
Hampton Adkins
Wickline
Meadow Bridge
Fagg
Beckley
Dodd - Payne Mortuary
Fayetteville
Underwriters Install Officers Wednesday
Beckley Underwriters Association to install officers Ed Wolfe as president at a Beckley Hotel meeting with a 6 p.m. smorgasbord. Ed Richmond becomes first vice president Robert Taylor secretary and treasurer and Jack Faull state and national committeeman. State Insurance Commissioner Judson Pearson will speak.
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Ed Wolfe
Glen Morgan
Beckley Underwriters Association
Beckley Hotel
Ed Richmond
Robert Taylor
Jack Faull
Judson Pearson
Ada boy to enter East Central State College at six
Ada Oklahoma AP reports Jimmy Kessler a six year old first grader from Ada is prepared to begin studies at East Central State College in 1970. This notable early college entry underscores the district’s emphasis on advanced education for young students. The announcement name remains Jimmy Kessler and East Central State College as the principal entities.
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Ada, Okla
Jimmy Kessler
Ada
East Central State College
Bishop Consecrates St Stephen's Episcopal Church
The Rt. Rev. Wilburn C. Campbell consecrated St Stephen's Church in a Sunday service at 8 p.m. The ceremony marked the church’s mortgage paid status since 1952 and honored senior warden R. D. Watts with a Distinguished Service Cross. The service featured sermons by Rev. L Bartine Sherman and included dedications to Paul Bibb Earwood and others, with clergy and vestry members present.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Wilburn C. Campbell
Diocese of
West Virginia
Paul Bibb Earwood
Earwood
R. D. Watts
Morgantown
Veterans urged to protect life policies with timely premiums
Ever ett F. Gibbs, in charge at the Veterans Administration Hospital Beck ley, warns veterans that GI insurance protects families but only if premiums are paid on time. The grace period helps in emergencies, but making payments after due dates regularly can cause lapse if an unforeseen event or forgotten payment occurs.
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Everett F. Gibbs
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley
Gibbs
Boat Building Is Hobby Of Scarbro Coal Miner
Scarbro coal miner Frank Sulesky 62 builds boats as a hobby starting two years ago with plans found in a magazine. He crafted a 14 foot runabout, a 16 foot cabin cruiser, and a 14 foot hydroplane costing about 200 to 260 dollars each. He aims for a 90 mph hydroplane with a 370 horsepower V eight engine and may start a new venture in West Virginia.
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Scarbro Coal Miner
Sulesky
Bluestone Lake
Kanawha River
West Virginia
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National Merit Scholarship Corp
John Lynn
John Rush Elkins
Susan Parker
Davis and Elkins College
John
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Susan
Eva Kay Kessinger
Linda Kessel
Ferrell Paulette
John Whitlock
Mary Ann Stover
Beckley Woman’s Club
Judith Greiner
West Virginia Legislative
Judy Blankenship
Betty Greer
Anne Kessinger
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Bettina DePaulo
Ellis
Clara Swarthout
Raleigh County Medical Auxiliary Nursing
Mary Jane Mulholland
Nancy Sparkes
Harold Casali
Deem Rahali
Pineville Drive
Open Air Theatre
Stanaford Rd
Praes Ont
Nancy Gat
Wild Cinemas
Audie Murphy
Joanne Dru Gilbert Roland Jim Backus
Susan Hayward
Onion Head
Andy Griffith
Walter Matthau
Joseph Cotten
Debra Paget
Mullens Drive-In
Mullens and
Herndon
Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo
James Stewart
Kim Novak
Glen Jean
Fess Parker
Wendell Corey
Lost Times Tonight
Legend OF the Lost
Technicolor
Technirama
John Wayne
Sophia Loren
the Prudential Insurance Company OF America
Jacksonville, Florida
Health Dept
Boone
Mossy Personals
Louea Fagg
Rae Ealeamer
Wallace Wurster
United States Army
Bill Bannister
Delbarton
Wurster
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Wis
Southern
Wisconsin
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Stephen’s Church
Worth May
Harry C. Sessions
L. Bartine Sherman
St. Philip's Church
Durham
N.C
Sherman
O. Worth May
Arthur Sherman
Church of the Mediator
Allen
Town
Frank Rowley
Christ's Church
Bluefield
Walter Mycoff
St. Matthew’s Church
L. W. Wells
Church of the Good Shepherd
Kanawha City
Charles Mencer
St. Andrew's Church
Marshall Bacot
St. Mark’s Church
St. Albans
James Davis
Watts and
Sessions
L. O. Belton Jr
R. G. Broaddus
Phillip Basharah
W. D. Elliott
J. E. Huffman
Alex D. George
C. C. Hanson
C. S. Lewis Jr
F. W. Meyer
H. D. Price
G. T. Puckett
W. O. Sydnor Jr
H. R. Thomasson
May
Clement Schulte
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