Delegates Selected For Lodge Meeting
Whitesville Theta Rho girls chose 15 delegates to attend the Grand Junior Lodge session in Charleston this Saturday. They will be joined by Millie Thompson and Evelyn Spangler of the Laboka Rebekah Lodge. The convention will feature installation of new officers by Carl Fortney and assisted by R. A. Roller and A. Ford Winters. Alice Bell and Shelba Lonker prepare for a week in New York starting June 16 as representatives of Whitesville group.
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Whitesville
RNL
Grand Junior Lodge
International Order of Odd Fellows
Charleston
Whitesville Theta Rho
Millie Thompson
Evelyn Spangler
Laboka Rebekah Lodge
Carl Fortney
Wyatt
R. A. Roller
A. Ford Winters
Huntington
Theta Rho
Alice Bell
Shelba Lonker
Naoma
New York
Toney Family Reunion Held at Comfort Home
Comfort Texas area reunion gathers Mrs. Orva H. Toney with all her children present and several out of town guests. Attendees include Frank and Annie Toney Warrenton Georgia Paul Branham Aiken South Carolina James Hughes and daughters Karen and Jeannet Atwater California Robert Reece and children James and Lisa Milton Pennsylvania Chester Gayheart and children Beverly Rita and Charles Comfort.
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Comfort
RNS
Toney
Orva H. Toney
Frank Toney
Warrenton
Paul Branham
Aiken
S. C
James Hughes
Karen
Jeanette
Atwater
Calif
Robert Reece
James
Lisa
Milton
Chester Gayheart
Beverly
Rita
Charles
Fourteen Boys Inducted By Cub Scout Pack 95
Comfort Presbyterian Church hosted the induction of fourteen boys into Cub Scout Pack 95. Inductees include Gary Banks Kenneth Royce Coon Barry Lee Cooper Carl Cop ley Jr Mose Copley Jr Troy Lee Haspel Gary Ray Kinder Tob by Porter John McKinley Pritt Gary Sutphin and Stephen Workman. Winters Pritt serves as Cubmaster with Seth Kinder as assistant. Den mothers are Zelda Workman Amy Pritt Esther Coon and Kathleen Cooper. The Rev V A Venezia chairs the Pack committee alongside Joey W Workman Clifford Sutphin Ed Porter Rey Thompson and Lee Haspel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winters Pritt
Seth Kinder
John Midkiff
Zelda Workman
Amy Pritt
Sther Coon
Kathleen Cooper
V. A. Venezia
Joey W. Workman
Clifford Sutphin
Ed Porter
Rey Thompson
Lee Haspel
Whitesville Church Camp Opens Registration for Summer Program
The Whitesville First Baptist Church announces ongoing registration for its annual summer camp. The camp runs from July 8 for youths nine and older, with potential Bible conference for adults if enough registrants attend.
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Whitesville
RNS
O. E. Stump
Whitesville First Baptist Church
Birth of Jeffrey Lee Branham in Whitesville
Mr and Mrs Robert Branham Whitesville announce the birth of a son Jeffrey Lee at Charleston Memorial Hospital.
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Whitesville
Rns
Robert Branham
Jeffrey Lee
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Glen Rogers WSCS Plans Bake Sale Schedule
The Glen Rogers Woman's Society of Christian Service held its meeting at Glen Rogers Community Church. President Mrs. Marie Broyles led the business session, where members voted to sponsor a bake sale on June 16. The group reported 38 sick calls last month and heard a devotional from Mrs. Hazel Gentry. Members present included Mrs. Gaye Bailey, Mrs. Helen McClung, Mr. Tom Cain, and others.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Glen Rogers Community Church
Marie Broyles
Hazel Gentry
Earl Saxon
Eric Rehn
Gaye Bailey
Helen McClung
Tom Cain
John Greer
Helen Trump
Inez Richardson
Erma Guthrie
Fayette Girl Wins Two Year Drama Scholarship
Miss Sally Whanger of Fayetteville has earned a two year dramatic scholarship from Morgantown Community Players after soph year at West Virginia University. She acted in One Foot in Heaven with University Players and appeared in Amahl Under Milkwood and Summer and Smoke in studio settings.
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Dramatic Honorary
Alpha Xi Delta
Dolphin
YWCA
Mountain Lair Outing Committee
The
Spliiteers
A. E. Whanger
Camp Allegheny
Garden Club Plans July 4 Outing for Oak Hill Children
Redbud Garden Club tentatively schedules a welfare outing for county children in Oak Hill for July 4 under club welfare activities. June meeting at Mrs Otis Johnson's home featured Arline Morris as president and a program on Terracing and Landscaping by Mrs Lundy O'Dell.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Redbud Garden Club
Otis Johnson
J. D. Burgess
Arline Morris
Beckwith
Two Children Bitten by Dogs in Mullens
In Mullens a family pet attacked two children on Thursday leading to rabies observation. Eva Gail Harvey, 11 months, suffered serious facial bites requiring stitches, and Myrtle Adkins, 10, sustained minor leg scratches. Both families were advised to observe their dogs for several days.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Eva Gail Harvey
Dewey Harvey
Killarney
Myrtle Adkins
Norman L. Perkins
Guyandotte Ave
South Mullens
Harvey
Adkins
Mrs. Harvey
Harveys
Comfort Recreation Center to Open Next Week
The Boone County Court announces the Comfort Recreation Center will open next Wednesday. The site offers swimming, skating, volleyball, tennis, horse shoe pitching, croquet, and picnicking with season tickets at 10 dollars. The pool is 60 by 30 feet, repainted and filtered, lifeguard on duty, skating rink under construction, to be operated by L and M Amusement Company. Ticket revenue and pool fees fund maintenance, with plans for a fish pond for children under 12 and further improvements to the recreation hall and filter plant. Committee members include Willard Peale chair, Junior Stump, Harold Madison, Mrs. Herbert Midkiff, Harold Cooper, John P. Jerrell, B. B. Brown, and Myrl Thompson.
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L. and M. Amusement Company
Amusement Company
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Willard Peale
Junior Stump
Harold Madison
Herbert Midkiff
Harold Cooper
John P. Jerrell
B. B. Brown
Myrl Thompson
Shower Honors Madeline Gray
Miss Madeline Gray was feted Monday night at a lingerie shower hosted by Mrs. Massey and Mrs. Roy Gary in Whitesville. She will wed June 10 to J B Marshall of Chicago at First Presbyterian Church. Refreshments accompanied gift opening, with many local guests sending or attending.
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Whitesville
RNS
Madeline Gray
Massey
Roy Gary
Gray
J. B. Marshall
Chicago
Ill
First Presbyterian Church
Della Stanley
W. J. Clendenin
Kathy Lynn Clendenin
Jack Eagen
Doris Cantley
Opal French
Narcella Baker
Irene Stover
Mintie Taylor
Irma Price
Claudia Massey
Wayie Greene
Edna Pettry
Deenna Milam
Julia Cassell
Irene Borrer
Jean Pettry
Brenda Pettry
Bonnie Tackett
Maude Gray
Mildred Jarrell
Sue Greene
Kay Jones
Bible School To Open Monday At Toneda Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School begins Monday at Toneda Baptist Church, running 9 to 11:30 a.m. daily with Mrs. Lucille Cook directing and church members assisting. Certificates will be awarded after the required attendance as Children’s Day is observed Sunday, June 10, with Sunday School youth filling executive roles and aiming to beat the Easter attendance record of 277 set in 1955.
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Kopperston
RNS
Toneda Baptist Church
Lucille Cook
GOP Group to Meet In Wyoming County
The Wyoming County Republican Executive Committee will hold an organizational meeting at 7 30 p m at the courthouse in Pine. Officers will be elected and applications from people seeking Republican ticket candidacy for vacant positions in the next fall's general election will be considered.
Memorial Services Planned by Lodge in Whitesville
The Loboka Rebekah Lodge of Whitesville plans memorial services next week with Evelyn Smangler in charge. Nominations for new officers will open at the same meeting. Pauline Canterberry is to report on the lodge cancer drive, which surpassed its $500 goal and neared $700. Frances Grinier was newly initiated.
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Whitesville
RNS
Loboka Rebekah Lodge
Evelyn Smangler
Pauline Canterberry
Grand Noble
Frances Grinier
Burglaries Probe Two Suspects in Coal Mountain and Marianna
Wyoming County authorities investigate two burglaries in Coal Mountain and Marianna. At Coal Mountain the Post Office safe was forced open and $450 in cash stolen. State Trooper Wiley Hershman says it was professional safe cracking. In Marianna juveniles are suspected in breaking into a Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Co warehouse and stealing light bulbs, all broken nearby. Deputies Jim Stepp and Virgil Morgan assisted. no arrests.
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Mullens
BNS
Wyoming
Coal Mountain
Wiley Hershman
Marianna
Pond Creek
Scout Rescues Drowning Girl for Gold Honor Award
Robert Evans of Boy Scout Troop 91 saved 14 year old Virginia Cales from drowning at a Mount Hope by-pass swimming hole on May 31 after she pulled another girl down. Evans, 16, credited his training and learned to swim last year at Camp Clifton McClinic.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Robert Evans
Boy Scout
Virginia Cales
Young Evans
Cales
Donna Hart
Robert
Camp Clifton McClinic
Oak Hill Man's Funeral Sunday
Funeral services for Thomas Green Law 73 a retired local barber will be held at Oak Hill Baptist Church at 2 p m Sunday Rev Randolph F Johnson and Rev C S Donnelly officiating Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park Law born Rich Creek Va May 9 1883 died at home after an extended illness The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to his residence at 3 p m Saturday and to the church one hour before services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Thomas Green Law
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Randolph F. Johnson
C. S. Donnelly
High Lawn Memorial Park
Rich Creek
Law
Tyree
Farm Women Meet At Park Location
The Pax Farm Woman's Club met at the new roadside park on Packs' Branch between Mount Hope and Pax. Lesson on Dad's Place in the Home followed by cleanup of underbrush. Mrs Philip Humphrey and Winfred Pettry donated a picnic table each. Houchins Co. supplied brick for a barbecue pit near an artesian spring. State Road Commission to build a driveway from the A. A covered-dish luncheon for 12 members, 20 visitors, and Miss Betty Sheets.
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Mount Hope
Pax Farm Woman's Club
Packs’ Branch
Pax
Dad
Philip Humphrey
Winfred Pettry
Houchins Co
State Road Commission
Betty Sheets
Whitesville Lions Hear Dr Kostas At Meeting
Dr Manuel Kostas local dentist was principal speaker at the Lions club meeting Tuesday evening. He formerly led an Army dental unit overseas in Europe and showed slide films of points of interest there. Eighteen members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNL
Manuel Kostas
Lions Lab
Kostas
Europe
Brooks, Rehn families attend WVU graduation
Mr and Mrs W S Brooks and Mr and Mrs Eric Rehn attended commencement exercises at West Virginia University. Their daughters Sidney Brooks and Libby Rehn were members of the graduating class.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
W. S. Brooks
Eric Rehn
West Virginia University
Sidney Brooks
Libby Rehn
Niece and family visit Oak Hill couple from Cleveland
RNS reports Mrs. C. D. James hosts her niece Mrs. R. C. Callahan and her children along with Mrs. Bill Kelly and daughter of Cleveland, Ohio, spending the week on Lundale Drive with Mr. and Mrs. C. D. James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
C. D. James
Lundale Drive
R. C. Callahan
Bill Kelly
Cleveland
Ohio
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Mullens Chamber
AEP
Appalachian Electric Power Co
West Virginia
R. E. Hodges
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Roanoke
Hodges
Chamber
Paul Viers
W. J. Gillespie
Bluefield
C. F. Mundy
Stewart Gray
Alex Gray
Fayetteville
Camp Caesar
Garden Study Club
Fayetteville High School
Cub Scout
G. M. Powers
Main Street
WSCS
Fayette
Sally Whanger
Garden Club
Oak Hill Area
Lundy O'Dell
Thelma Burgess
Louis Ceprich
Clyde Dancy
Carlos Davis
Wanda Farrish
John Gwinn
John Haeast
Frank Mauritz
Frank Thomas
E. R. Thompson
Kelly Williams
D. P. Lively
Universal
Fayette St
LO Lo’s
Trustlow Waldo
Gauley Bridge
Fayette County
Democratic Committee
Bible School
Can River
N. Fayette St
Beckley
GOP
Wyoming County
Scout
Whitesville Lions
Dr. Kostas
Elgin
Elgin Millicent
Elgin Huron
Hadley
Elgin Hazelton
Elgin Belvidere
Ione
Elgin Ardmore
Wender Jewelry
Neville ST
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