Mays-Wright Tie The Knot In Mullens Church
In Mullens at the First Baptist Church Lula Mays and John Meredith Wright wed in a Friday evening double ring ceremony. The bride wore chantilly lace with seed pearl veil and pink white bouquet while the groom is an Appalachian Power Co. engineer. They will reside at 127 A Fairland Drive Nitro.
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Mullens
RNS
Lula Mays
John Meredith Wright
First Baptist Church of Mullens
William R. Nelson
Asa Harris Jr
Ralph Mays
Church Street
Frank Wright
Boomer
Ted Nesbit
Moundsville
Floria Musser
Charleston
Thomas Mays
Susan Lowe
Beckley
Patricia Dillon
Huntington
Vicki Burcham
Wright
Bill Mullahan
Robert Lipscomb
Bob Beaumont
Weston
Jack Wesley Finney
R. E. Pritchett
George Fordham
R. H. Mitchell
S. P. Pearis
Ray Toler l
O. D. Lipscomb
Roger Pritchett
N. W. McGhee
W. W. Dailey
Garnette Short
W. E. Finney
Earl Burcham
Glen Crotty
Jack Finney
Ernest Musser
Barbara Allen
G. V. Duncan
O. H. Martin
Eugene Newsome
Sam Farley
A. G. Hoge
Miss Mays
Older Youth To Open Season In Oak Hill
Oak Hill teens 13 to 15 will start the Older Youth Baseball League season June 12 at the National Guard field near City Park. Four teams play weekday 6 p.m. contests and Saturday double headers begin at 1 p.m. The schedule lists Colts Bears Lions Seals across first half starting June 12 and second half beginning July 3 with a tournament set for July 24.
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Oak Hill
RNL
National Guard
City Park
Elmer Sheaves
National Little League
Colts
Bears
Lions
Seals
Firms plan new plants at old naval site in Charleston
About 350 workers will be hired to build a hydrogen peroxide plant by Food Machinery and Chemical Corp at the old South Charleston Naval Ordnance Works. Becco Chemical Division will erect it. production aimed for late 1962. FMC eyes further facilities on the 197 acre site, with Bechtel to study options.
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Charleston
South Charleston
Eguuenin
FMC
Hart
Ordance
Bechtel Corp
San Francisco
Union Carbide Chemicals Co
Institute
Carbide
Goodrich-Gulf, Inc
Governor Kiger Names Nesbitt in WV Boys State
Jackson's Mill WV UP I reports Glenn Kiger Jr of Parkersburg heads the model state government at Boys State. He assigns James Nesbitt Parkersburg as state school superintendent, a Federalist, boosting the Federalists to a 43 majority on the Board of Public Works. Legislature split with Nationalists 35 11 in Senate and Federalists 26 25 in House.
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Jackson’s Mill
UPI
Glenn Kiger Jr
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Boys State
Kiger
James Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Board of Public Works
W. W. Barron
Senate
House of Delegates
David E. Creasy
Huntington
House
Pat Deery
Harold Corker
Oak Hill
James Oliverio
Clarksburg
Jim McQueen
Williamson
David Hendricks
Charleston
Pineville Rotary promotes Wyoming County as ideal for industry
The Pineville Rotary Club circulates a 16 page mimeographed booklet edited by J Paul England highlighting Wyoming County as a progressive area ready for new industry. It cites investments in schools health and recreation and lists natural resources and tourist attractions in the coal producing county.
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Pineville
Pineville holds mayoral levy vote for street upkeep
In Pineville 93 voters went to the mayor’s office for a special levy election on street repairs and general upkeep. The tally stood 75 for the measure and 18 against. Election commissioners were Mrs. Ralph Cook and Miss Elizabeth Wilson with Mrs. Zed Ball and Warren Cook as counting officers.
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Pineville
RNS
Ralph Cook
Elizabeth Wilson
Zed Ball
Warren Cook
Jet passenger planes fly Seattle to Honolulu in five and a half hours
A flight from Seattle to Honolulu now takes five hours and thirty minutes on jet passenger planes. The route highlights efficiency and modern air travel capabilities with faster long haul service between the Pacific ports.
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Seattle
Honolulu
Congresswoman Tours Scarbro Plant Compound Visit
Congresswoman tours the Scarbro plant with Mrs. William R. Laird, a stockholder, as Mrs. Kee of McDowell prepares to represent Fayette County this month under the new redistricting plan making the county part of the Fifth District.
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Scarbro
William R. Laird
Kee
McDowell
Fayette County
Young People Promote Day at Mount Hope Methodist Church
In Mount Hope, the Young People of the Mount Hope Methodist Church led Promotion Day. Miss Nancy Wotring presided the Sunday School hour and read scripture. Scotty Vargo recited a poem as the youth choir sang I'll Be A Sunbeam. Becky Gwinn and Brenda Trotino performed a duet There's a Melody in My Heart. George Scott Vargo, Sunday School superintendent, announced promotions to the various departments.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Nancy Wotring
Loraine
Pete
Wotring
Miss Wotring
Scotty Vargo
Becky Gwinn
Brenda Trottino
George Scott Vargo
Cubs Painting Club House in Bradley Den No 1
Members of Den No 1 Bradley Cub Scout Pack No 163 are painting their clubhouse under Den Mother Mrs Forrest Ogden. Attendees Billy Gilkerson Dee Stevenson Jimmy Arthur Gary Ogden David Vandall and Pat McMillion joined the effort with parental supervision during Camp Wilderness. next meeting set for 2 pm Friday.
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Bradley
RNS
den No. 1
Den
Forrest Ogden
Billy Gilkerson
Dee Stevenson
Jimmy Arthur
Gary Ogden
David Vandall
Pat McMillion
Camp Wilderness
Shady Spring
Gary Orden
Mount Hope Man to Transfer for Further Treatment
Thom as Earl Miller of Mount Hope was to be flown from Beckley VA Hospital to the VA hospital in Richmond Virginia for continued care. He has received treatment at the local hospital for two months.
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Mount Hope
Thomas Earl Miller
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
VA Hospital
Richmond
Miller
Rained Out at Oak Hill Delays Minor League Games
Rained out at Oak Hill as both Minor and Little League games were postponed Wednesday night. Tonight, the Braves meet the Red Sox in the Minor League and the Cubs face the Red Legs in the Minor League.
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Oak Hill
Oak Hill Field
Braves
Red Sox
Cubs
College Instructor To Speak At Mount Hope Lions Club Dinner
Mount Hope Lions Club will host Professor C. E. Roth of Morris Harvey College Charleston as guest speaker. His talk titled The Distance Between Laos and Cuba will open the dinner program. Roth, director of evening school and history professor, has taught in Summers and Marshall counties and has served Morris Harvey since 1934. He is a World War II U S Navy veteran and member of several professional and service organizations. The talk will be introduced by Raymond E. Tissue with J M Wade presiding.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope Lions Club
C. E. Roth
Morriis Harvey College
Charleston
Laos
Cuba
Buckhannon
Morris Harvey
Roth
The
Lions Club
Exchange Club
National Education Association
West Virginia Education Association
Raymond E. Tissue
J. M. Wade
Jaycee Unit To Be Chartered Tonight Fayetteville
Fayetteville hosts charter night for the new Junior Chamber chapter with 21 to 36 year old men eligible. Prospective members signing tonight receive a charter member pin as Larry Tucker of the state regional office speaks. Oak Hill and Upper Kanawha Valley Jaycees assist with questions and a film titled The Jaycee Story will be shown. Dr Ed Warfield named temporary secretary.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Circuit Court Room
Larry Tucker
Kanawha Valley
Montgomery
Oak Hill
Ed Warfield
Improving Mullens at Wyoming General Hospital
W G Goad of Fairview Avenue is improving at Wyoming General Hospital after undergoing major surgery Friday.
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Mullens
G. Goad
Fairview Avenue
Wyoming General Hospital
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Mullens Church
John M. Wright
Richmond Cleaners
Hopkin’s Meat Mkts., Inc
Valley Drive
Sprague
Pete & Bob's Drive
RATH
Longhorn
Wyoming
Levy
Elizabeth Kee
West Virginia Chemical Company
Scarbro Friday
Are
Pat R. Hamilton
Ferris A. Aide
Andrew J. Katze
Lis
Weirton
Fama
Berges- Tans
Neville St. Beckley
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