Girls State selections highlight West Virginia youths
Miss Sharon Gay Dillon of Ravencliff, selected for Rhododendron Girls State at Jackson's Mill June 3 to 14, with Miss Mary Ellen Halsey as alternate. Dillon, sponsored by Glen Rogers Church Women’s Society, holds a 40 average, serves as NHS secretary, Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y officer, editor of Owl, and active in journalism and student groups. Paul D. Lewis of Mount Hope named Mount Hope’s lone Boys State representative, a two year basketball letterman, member of Latin Club and Junior Academy of Science, and active in Temple Beth-El community.
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Glen Rogers
Sharon Gay Dillon
Ravencliff
Jackson's Mill
Mary Ellen Halsey
Dillon
Women's Society of Christian Service
Glen Rogers Community Church
National Honor Society
King Coal District
Hi-Y
Tri-Hi-Y
Drama Club
Glen Rogers Tri-Hi- Y
Owl
Raleigh-Wyoming Press Association
Student Council
Future Teachers of America
Journalism Club
Miss Dillon
Gacy A. Dillon Ravencliff
Miss Halsey
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Young Peoples
Ronnie Halsey
Mount Hope
Paul D. Lewis
Ben Lewis
Paul
Mount Hope High School
Temple Beth-El
Beckley
Temple Beth el
District Supervisor To Be Named June 11
Whitesville RNS reports Boone Lincoln and Logan counties will elect one Guyan District supervisor on June 1. Voters 21 or older owning three acres or more may vote. Boone candidate is Dolin. Lincoln candidate is Bill Turley. Logan candidate is W G Dingess. Polling places include Dolin courthouse, Guyan Lumber West Hamlin, Farm and Home Hamlin, Osbourne's Chapman's Chapmansville.
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Whitesville
RNS
Boone
Lincoln
Logan
Guyan
Boone County
Dolin
Lincoln County
Bill Turley
Guyan Lumber Company
West Hamlin Farm
Home Supply
Hamlin
Osborne
Griffithsville
W. G. Dingess
Logan County
Chapman's
Chapmansville
Artie Family News Spent Memorial Day Weekend Visibly
Mr and Mrs Carlos Stover and children of Morencia Michigan visited with his parents Mr and Mrs Mose Stover Artie over the weekend Mrs Virgie Stover joined her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Morris Stover Colcord Basil Dunbar formerly of Artie now of Columbus Ohio spent Memorial Day with friends in the Artie and Clear Creek area
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Artie
ANS
Carlos Stover
Morencia
Mich
Mose Stover
Virgie Stover
Morris Stover
Colcord
Basil Dunbar
Columbus, C
Clear Creek
Blast Injures Wyoming Youth
A 10 year old Coon Fork boy, Ray Cordell, was hospitalized Monday after a trash fire exploded when he struck a match. He lost three fingers on his right hand and suffered head and chest injuries. The blast occurred in a garbage can. cause is undetermined. He was treated by Dr. E M Wilkinson and at Stevens Clinic in Welch.
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Pineville
BNS
Coon Fork
Ray Cordell
Dave Cordell
Coy Hash
Robertson and Foglesong
Hone
Hash
E. M. Wilkinson
Powell waives to Wyoming County grand jury in fatal crash case
James Powell, 2, of Columbus Ohio, waived to the Wyoming County grand jury after being charged with negligent homicide in the highway death of Effie Carter near Hanover. Powell remained in jail in default of a $1000 bond as the accident on U S 52 involved her and four of her children.
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Wyendville
James Powel
Columbus
Ohio
Effie Carter
Steels
Wyoming County Grand Jury
W. Preston Wilson
Powell
Psell
U.S. 52
Hanover
Oceana City Clerk Resigns and Applications Open
Oceana Town Council read and accepted the resignation of City Clerk Mrs. Ruby Mead. Applications for the clerk position will be accepted until June 11. Mayor Manning announced startup of a city sewage survey and other council actions include new streetlights and swamp drainage study.
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Oceana
RNS
Ruby Meador
Oceana Town Council
French Manning
Gene Gilliland
Laurel Park
Gilliland
Oceana High School
Ivan Daniels
Les Lively
General Department
Lonnie Phil- Way
Lively
Manning
Kelly, Gibney
Mills B.” Lyon
Lynn Portable, Rink Co
Kopperston Road
Spade And Trowel Gardeners Vote To Secure Care
Oak Hill RNS report notes Spade and Trowel Garden Club seeks cooperation for Oak Bill Independent Order care at Gold Fellows Cemetery. Mrs. J Ralph Taylor chairman says cemetery entrance cleaned this spring. members urged to maintain plots. Flower distributions planned at local hospital. June home visits requested for homebound children.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oold Fellows Cemetery
J. Ralph Taylor
Taylor
Woods Avenue
Hugo Bornheim
Boone Civic League To Install Officers Dinner Meeting
The Boone County Civic League will install new officers at a dinner meeting Saturday at the Quarrier Diner in Charleston. Mrs. I A Browning of Madison may be contacted for reservations. The meeting starts at 6 30 p m.
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Madison
RNL
Boone County Civic League
Quarrier
Charleston
I. A. Browning
Last Rites Set For James Roop
JAMES HENRY ROOP 49 died Monday morning after a short illness. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jodie Baptist Church with burial at Rich Creek Cemetery. Roop was president of United Mine Workers Local 1149 Summersville and a Gauley Bridge Mason. Survived by wife Goldie Roop, daughter Dixie Lee Sigler, son James Roop Jr., two brothers, two sisters, and nine grandchildren. The article also includes a long wedding notice for Zoe Thomas and Jack Buford Christian.
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Jodie
RNS
James Henry Roop
Jodie Baptist Church
Hughart Clench
Lewis Morris
Rich Creek
Jody
Gauley Bridge
Rebecca Clench Roop
Roop
United Mine Workers of America
Summersville
Roop J
Goldie Roop
Dixie Lee Sigler
Todie
James Jr
Gordon
Alfred
Fred Dempsey
Victor
Edith Ramsey
Russellville
Pineville
Jean
Zoe Thomas
Jack Buford Christian
Combs Brothers Mortuary
Gaul
Cereley Bridge
Albert R. Young
John B. Thomas Jr
Harley Christian
Mullens
Fred H. Shannon J R
Joseph P. Taylor
W. R. McCoy
Federalists Pick Rex Adams Mountaineer Boys State Chairman
At Mountaineer Boys State the Federalists chose Rex Adams of Oak Hill as party chairman from 38 high school juniors marking the event’s 20th anniversary. John McAdams of Wellsburg was named Federalists secretary. Primary ballots selected governors Board of Public Works Supreme Court legislators mayors sheriffs and other posts with general elections set for tonight and offices to begin Wednesday.
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Rex Adams
Oak Hill
Federalists
Mountaineer Boys State
John McAdams
Wellsburg
Fse
Nationalists
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Willis Branch man waived to grand jury on malicious assault
Johnny Ratliff, 19, of Willis Branch appeared before Magistrate Virgil Lyons and waived to the grand jury on a malicious assault charge. Police say he struck Baren Kidd Fox on the head with a beer bottle Saturday, requiring six stitches. Ratliff posted $300 bond and was released. Investigating troopers were Dean Lake and J. R. Lily.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Virgil Lyons
Willis Branch
Grand Jury
Johnny Ratliff
Baren Kidd
Fox
Kidd
Rathif
Dean Lake
J. R.lily
Death of Mrs. Hester A. Roach
Mrs. Hester A. Roach 71 died at a Charleston hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday at Marmet Nazarene Church with burial in Marmet Cemetery, as announced by Wyatt Angel of Sylvester.
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Roach
Sylvester
Wyatt Angel
Hester A. Roach
Charleston
Marmet Nazarene Church
Marmet Cemetery
Baby Girl Found In Garten. Mother Held In Jail Without Bond
Fayetteville report says a baby girl, weighing over eight pounds, was found in an outside toilet at the mother's home. Mrs. Helen James admitted giving birth Thursday after lie detector tests. the baby’s body was taken to Dodd-Payne Mortuary. The mother remains jailed without bond. the father, Doc James, was released after questioning. An autopsy is pending with inquest planned.
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Buchanan
Earl Demp
Garsey
Fayette County
Dodd-Payne
Theletteville
Helen James
Oak Hill Hospital
A. H. Buchanan
Doc James
Charleston
Fayetteville
James
Peter Ladewig
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
M 16
Hresan
Bundrant Rites Set Wednesday
Fayettville obituary for 72 year old Bundrant, who died Sunday morning. Services planned Wednesday at Mt Zion Baptist Church with burial at Pierce Cemetery. Readings list many local residents admitted to Wyoming General Hospital during the week and funeral details.
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Anna Griffith
Allen Junction
Elaine Viers
Mullens
William Stewart
Mead
Sylvia Mathews
Rhodell
Woodrow Plymal
Jossephine
Lloyd Lambert
Otsego
Rosa Wood
Mathen
Laura Milam
Ora Huffman
Painesville
Ohio
Galen Clay
Amigo
Geraldine Cross
Wyco
Juanita Smith
Ury
Lilian Brumfield
Itmann
Audry McMillion
McGraws
Dreama Rutherford
Otse 80
Luther Fartee
Odd
Fayetteville
Rns
A Nee ' Heral
Richard Bund
Booker Snead
Rhorant
Hell
Lola Shell
Herndon
Mt. Zion
Wanda Phillips
Allen Junce Baptist Church
Garten
Zion
Revinna Shrewsbury
A. W. Wood
Belog Stephenson
Sarah O'Neal
Pierce
Thomas Woolwine
Bandrant
Otis Mills
Stephenson
Dodd-Payne
Ex Area Woman Shot Dead in Chester Apartment
Chester police found Mrs Ine Persinger shot to death in her first floor apartment. A .22 rifle lay nearby and a pool of blood was reported. Police issued warrants for John M Sutton 32 of Ogden Pa, after Persinger had sworn a May 9 warrant for his arrest for threats. Her 14 year old son Gerald lives with relatives in West Virginia.
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Chester
Ine B. Persinger
Gerald
West Virginia
John M. Sutton
Ogden
Brunelte
Rainelle
W. Va
Winona
Fayette County
Funeral services for Byron Doom held in Gauley Bridge
Doom 59 died at home after a long illness in Gauley Bridge. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday in the residence conducted by Rev. P. E. Vandercoy. Burial at Montgomery Memorial Park London with Gauley Bridge Masonic Lodge graveside rites. Survived by wife Margaret, daughter Mrs. John Kranaskas, son Byron Jr., brothers Ernest and Ira. He was a Virginia native and former Glen Ferris ElectroMetallurgical Co. superintendent.
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Byron G. Doom
P. E. Vandercoy
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Glen Ferris Methodist Church
Gauley Bridge Lodge
Boom
Margaret Morris Doom
John Kranaskas
Richwood, Tenn
Byron Jr
Ernest
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Ira
Wilmington
Del
Local Names List Read Across Multiple Towns
A roster of residents appears including Mrs. Lorrene Blevins Helen Mrs. Faye Carter Mullens Mrs. Laura Cook Itmana Mrs. Cone ley McAllister Mullens Mrs. Ruby Halsey Pierpoint and Sunday names Mrs. Lomie Johnson Wyceo Glenda Gilliard Hern don P. W. Bailey Mullens and Mrs. Nancy Snead Ravencliff.
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Lorrene Blevins
Helen
Faye Carter
Mullens
Laura Cook
Itmana
Coneley McAllister
Ruby Halsey
Pierpoint
Lomie Johnson
Wyceo
Glenda Gilliard
Herndon
P. W. Bailey
Nancy Snead
Ravencliff
Thomas Morris Named Lecturer At College
Thomas J. Morris Clothier of Whitesville has been appointed a lecturer in education at Morris Harvey College Charleston for the summer session. Morris, a Wharton Junior High School teacher and Boone County educator, will lecture on curriculum and teaching methods. He is a Morris Harvey and West Virginia University graduate holding an AB in history and government and an MA in political science, with a Doctorate in progress at the University of Maryland.
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Mortis Harvey
University of Maryland
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Duke University School of Nursing
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