Stewart Elected Pineville Mayor
Vaughan Stewart was elected to his eighth consecutive term as Pineville mayor, a first in town history. He won 333 votes for the People's Party, with the Progressive candidate 90 votes and Citizen's contender 32. Also reelected were four of five council members. Eddie Crews topped the council with 288 votes. Multiple other local races followed, including Oceana mayor Eldon D. Cook and Smithers mayor Joseph Cavalier, with various council results and a defeated garbage fee proposal.
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Pineville
RNS
Vaughan Stewart
Stewart
People’s Party
William Lewis
Progressive Party
Everette
Ram) Collins
Collins
Citizen’s Party
S Party
Eddie Crews
People’s
Will
Edgar Rose
John Thomas
Fred Huffman
Claude Farley
Hassell Blackburn
Frank Laxton Jr
Oscar Goode
Hobart Drake
Dr. E. G. Shannon
Ray Neal
Charlie Chambers
John T. Steffy
Robert King
H. C. Miller
Lawrence Clouse
P. H. Johnson
Joseph Cavalier
Smithers
Owen L. Tucker
John Ca
Harland Meadows
de White
Keith Jarvis
Cecil Mayse
A. W. Holifield
D. Frame
James Tyree
Jack Dotson
Clyde Bennette
Walter Smith
Clyde O'Dell
Russell L. M. Marshall
Orville Coffman
Ford Simms
Ronceverte
W. A. Boone
Boone
Cook family departs for Scott AFB after Wyoming visit
Col and Mrs Richard H Cook leave Pineville after visiting relatives in Wyoming County. They visited Mrs Will P Cook ileysville, Woodrow Rutherford Pineville, and Mrs T H Harvey Clear Fork, plus Mrs Alex Bannister and Missents in Bluefield. Bannister reports father ill but improving. Weekend visitors in Welch included Mrs Gaylord Short and Patty Bannister. Harry Mene and children Kathy and Mike from Huntington visited Rutherford family in Pineville.
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Pineville
Rns
Richard H. Cook
Scott Air Force Base
Ilinois
Wyoming County
Will P. Cook
Ileysville
Woodrow Rutherford
Cook
T. H. Harvey
Clearor
Alex Bannister
Ents
Local guests and summer travel notes from Pax families
Pax area social column lists visits by Mrs. Hester Williams of Baltimore and Jane Ann Hager of Columbus. R L Hyden visits Murfreesboro with brother C Hyden and family. will return Friday. Compton family guests from Fort Jackson plan Paris posting after 31 day leave. Roger Markham visits his brother in Columbus. Nancy Craddock heads to Louisiana for summer with Craddock relatives.
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Pax
John Pyle
Hester Williams
Baltimore
Jane Ann Hager
Columbus
Ohio
R. L. Hyden
Sam Hyden
Airman
Edgar Hyden
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Hydens
Jenny Lively
Eber Lively
Huntington
Joe Compton
Fort Jackson
S. C
O. E. Compton
Mossy
Ida Hancock
Paris
France
Roger Markham
William Markham
Jackie
Nancy Craddock
Louisiana
Joe Craddock
Dogged thief loses hold as market beef is recovered
In Duncan Oklahoma a thief clutched a 20 pound frozen beef block stolen from a market. Police wrestled with the suspect until the meat was released and returned to the store.
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Duncan, Okla
P E McGraw Named Maintenance Director for Wyoming County
PINEVILLE BNS P E McGraw Mullens who was a teacher at Bear Town Elementary last year was hired as maintenance director of the Wyoming County Schools He was also named building coordinator during an executive session of the Board of Education The board ordered a detailed statement of all board and background material for study and the preparation of the 1960 61 budget A copy of last year's budget will be available for comparison The board changed meeting time from first Monday to second Monday each month to allow time for a monthly financial statement to be prepared Four additional men are to be employed at the bus garage this summer A 25 monthly salary decrease for R E Kuhn was restored Kuhn is paid 8100 yearly and is assistant superintendent McGraw will oversee all employment and will supervise at least 10 projects undertaken without contract He is a former industrial arts teacher at Mullens High School and has done residential building as a private contractor He replaces Clarence Snuffer and assumes duties of building coordinator previously held by R E Kuhn The board plans at least three special meetings during August to prepare the budget for the coming year Officials warn of salary increases for teachers free lunches for elementary students and other financial challenges Also noted the last Indian chief to lay down arms against the United States was Geronimo surrendering in 1886 in New Mexico
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BNS
P. E. McGraw
Mullens
Bear Town
Wyoming County Schools
Board of Education
R. E. Kuhn
Kuhn
McGraw
Mullens High School
Clarence Snuffer
Pax Farm Women's Club Meets at Scarbro Home
Pax Farm Women's Club held a meeting at Mrs. Will Humphrey's Scarbro residence with Mrs. Kelly leading a devotional on Love Ye One Another. Mrs. John Pyle was named chair of the Let's Preserve West Virginia's Beauty committee. planning discussed includes the Fayette County Farm Women's tour on June 16 in Lewisburg and a Fayetteville courthouse meeting Friday at 10 a.m. to align lessons for the coming year.
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Farm Women
Will Humphrey
Scarbro
Kelly
McCall’s Magazine
John Pyle
West Virginia
Cecil Humphrey
Dayton
Ohio
Fayette County
Lewisburg
Fayetteville
Extension Service
West Virginia University
Sherman Stover
Pax
Rock Formations Under Atlantic Shoreline Noted
Fragmentary report describes rock formations beneath the Atlantic shoreline about 400 feet offshore with unclear details. No names or dates present. Further context unavailable due to damaged text.
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Atlantic Ocean
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Motor Trend Magazine
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Pax Farm Women’s Club
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Larry Kelly
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Crab Orchard Road
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