Demotion Hearing Opens Over Mercer Principals
BLUEFIELD AP The West Virginia Education Assn opens a fact finding hearing on the demotions of three Mercer County school principals for political activity during an election. The session spans two days with open hearings possible if participants agree. The Mercer County School Board declined to join the hearing, citing prior consideration. The principals Melvin McClain Kelly Shutt and Madoc McKenzie say they supported the unsuccessful Hutchinson bid for school board membership. The WVEA tenure ethics committee, led by Walter Snyder and joined by Dr. John Montgomery and Dr. Russell Smith, plans to interview principals and county residents to reach factual findings while noting they will not rush a decision.
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Bluefield
West Virginia Education Assn
Mercer County
WVBA
J. Henry Francis
Charleston
Melvin McClain
Kelly Shutt
Madoc McKenzie
Princeton
WVEA
Phares E. Reeder
Mercer County School Board
WVIPA
Associated Press
Miss Barbara Cook to preside at Rhododendron Girls State
Miss Barbara Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Woodrow W Cook will preside as governor at the 17th annual Rhododendron Girls State encampment at Jacksons Mill May 14 20 The session is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary of West Virginia Mullens High selections Miss Jayne Pryor and Miss Carolyn Thorn will serve as aides with varied civic and youth group affiliations and plans for future leadership roles at Mullens High School and beyond
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Barbara Cook
Nullens
Woodrow W. Cook
American Legion Auxiliary Om )Nt
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill Ame
Miss Cook
Mullene High
Jayne Pryor
E. R. Pryor
Carolyn Thorn
S. R. Thesn
Mullens
Woman's Civic Club
National Honor Society
Homemakers
Biherica
Thespian
Shes
United Christian Youth Movement
Commission On Citizenship
First Presbyterian Church
Bluestone Bugle
Bluestone Presbytery Senior High Fellowship
Miss Pryor
Miss Thorn
King Coal District
Mullens High School
Homemakers of America
Citizenship
First Methodist Negro
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Beckley
West Virginia University
Area WSCS Studies On Women In The Bible At Delilah Church
GGRANA RNS The Life series on women of the Bible was discussed by Mrs. Dillon at a Delilah Church Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting. Sara will be next month. Devotional by Mrs. P. D. Raymond. prayer by Mrs. Herman Reed. Gift night every three months. first in September. Members to buy gifts during vacations to boost treasury. Next meeting July last Tuesday with a wiener roast at Laurel Park. A stork shower for Mrs. Creed Walker planned for August in church basement. Meeting at Mrs. Herman Reed's home. pot luck refreshments. Attending: multiple named members and Misses Dillon and Mayberry.
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Ggrana
RNS
David Mayberry
Laurel Park
Creed Walker
Herman Reed
P. D. Raymond
Ruby Meador
Ralph Toler
John Edwards
Robert Dillon
Keith Raymond
Clarence Ford
Mit. Hope Personals Mount Hope News Brief
Mrs. H. W. Garvin visits her son-in-law Ted Harris and family in Charlottesville Va and their new son Hobart Walter. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Clapper return from Santa Maria Calif to visit Lt. Col. Bob Clapper and family. Mrs. Hattie Lewis visits relatives in Ohio. Mrs. Thelma Boyd is a patient in Oak Hill Hospital. Mrs. John Hager Scarbro, step-mother of John Hager, is also a patient in Oak Hill Hospital.
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Mount Hope
Rns
H. W. Garvin
Ted Harris
Hobart Walter
Charlottesville
C. E. Clapper
Santa Marie
Calif
Bob Clapper
Hattie Lewis
Ohio
Thelma Boyd
Oak Hill Hospital
John Hager
Scarbro
Betty Henry Society Meet in Mount Hope
The Betty Henry Society of the Children of the American Revolution will meet at J. C. Gwinn's residence on Monday at 1 30 pm with Johnny Jan Cage and Tom Swift as hosts. Members are urged to attend to complete convention plans.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Betty Henry Society
Children of the American Revolution
J. C. Gwinn
Johnny
Jan Cage
Tom Swift
Bud Alpoca chooses Valley Springs site for new school
Wyoming County Board and Bud Alpoca citizens committee tentatively pick Valley Springs parcel near Bud Missionary Baptist Church for the new Bud Alpoca grade school. Final approval awaits price negotiations while two land tracts are eyed and a house may need moving.
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Bud-Alpoca
BNS
Wyoming County Board of Education
Stuart J. Mathey
Valley Springs
Bud Missionary Baptist Church
Will Rinehart
Garland Ellison
Harry Estes
Carl Titta
Gilbert Goode
Citizens Group
Barkers Creek
Bud-Alpoca ‘Citizens Group
Supt. of Schools
Jesse Morgan
Morgan
Wyoming County
Bud-Alpeca
Lofton M. Milstead
Charleston
Attend Funeral For Mrs Zola Breneman
Funeral services for Mrs Zola Adams Breneman were held in Huntington last Wednesday attended by Mr and Mrs G A Baumgardner Mrs Wren Rule and Mrs L E Wilmer She died June 1 at her Oak Hill home after a short illness She is survived by her husband C A Breneman a son a daughter and her father the Rev G W Adams former Oak Hill Baptist Church pastor Burial was in a Huntington cemetery
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Oak Hill
RNS
Zola Adams Breneman
Huntington
G. A. Baumgardner
Wren Rule
L. E. Wilmer
Oak Hill Baptists Church
Huntington Cemetery
Visit to Williamsburg and Jamestown Festival Park
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Hamilton of Colcord visited Richmond Virginia and toured Williamsburg during their trip. They saw Jamestown Festival Park highlighting colonial life with deerskin clothing Chicahominy Indians replicas of Susan Constant Godspeed and Discovery ships and James Fort built in 1957 depicting early settler life. The park also features stocks the glass house and the 1619 site church tower where America's first assembly met.
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Colcord
RNS
D. F. Hamilton
Richmond
Williamsburg
Jamestown Festival Park
Jamestown
America
Susan Constant
Godspeed
Discovery
Youth Treated After Fall In Baileysville
Charles Fitch, 14, of Baileysville was admitted to Stevens Clinic Welch for fracture reduction of his left forearm after a weekend fall.
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Baileysville
RNS
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Charles Fitch
Coal River Personal Notices From Whitesville to Jarrolds Valley
Whitesville and Jarrolds Valley readers note visits by relatives and friends. Marion and Mary Ann Lewis recuperate in Charleston Memorial Hospital after a car accident. Mary Ann improves and can sit up. Lowell Dillon, returning from 18 months overseas in Germany, resumes residence. Local residents relocate to Jarrolds Valley and attend family visits in Beckley Cleveland Falls View Bandytown and others. Community club meeting canceled due to local activities in June.
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Whitesville
Rns
Marion Lewis
Gary
Mary Ann
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Chester Stover
Russell Modglin
Vincenes
Ind
Ira Stover
Clear Creek
J. W. Pettry
Chriss Cantley
Launa Bradford
Rock ‘Creek
Jarrolds Valley
Lowell Dillon
Betty Dillon
Germany
Otey Dillon
Colcord
Artie Woodrum
Pettus
Lana Peters
Carrie Peters
Ansted
Ellen Lewis
Paul Peters
Cleveland
Ohio
Clear Fork High School
Everett Peters
Donald
Debbie
Falls View
Jess Thomas
Bandytown
Summer Bible School Ends With Exercises
Vacation Bible School at Cook Memorial Baptist Church held May 25 through June 5 finished with closing exercises on June 7. Theme was Worshiping God, with craft displays and a program by the children. Average attendance over two weeks was 121, led by director Mrs. Robert McCoy and a long list of teachers and assistants.
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Pineville
RNS
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Robert McCoy
Lois Schoolcraft
Marilyn McCoy
Paul Hall
Carolyn Hall
Rue Schoolcraft
Attend 4-H Leaders Meeting In Pineville
Mrs Naomi Sadler led the McGraws 4-H Club The Willing Workers at the Wyoming County 4-H Leader's meeting in the Courthouse annex Pineville Five club members joined the program Rose Marie Shumate Conrad Dillon Frankie Acord Sue Laverne Clay and Michael McGraw Plans finalized for 4-H camp at Glen Rogers High School July 13 to 17 with 17 campers expected Attendance will include three 4-H instructors from Morgantown.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Naomi Sadler
McGraws
Wyoming County
Courthouse
Pineville
Sadler
Rose Marie Shumate
Conrad Dillon
Frankie Acord
Sue Laverne Clay
Michael McGraw
Glen Rogers High School
Morgantown
Winged Cat Thomas dispute shakes Pineville town
In Pineville West Virginia the winged cat known as Thomas or Mitzi the silver Persian is at the center of a custody claim by Mrs. Charles Hicks who says the cat belongs to her. Doug Shelton the feline’s public handler may exhibit and sell the cat while Hicks weighs legal options.
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Pineville
W. Va
Thomas the
Mitzi
California
Charles Hicks
Doug
Shelton
Main Street
Thomas
Mrs. M. Powell Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary J. Powell are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Chapel of Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton. Burial will follow at Birch Lawn Cemetery in Pearisborne, Virginia. Powell, 98, died Thursday at the Bailey residence while living with daughter Mrs. Minor Bailey in Oak Hill. Born March 26, 1866 in Abbs Valley, she was daughter of Joshua and Rebecca Barnett St.Clair. Survived by three sons, three daughters, and a sister.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Mary J. Powell
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
E. H. Hallam
Princeton Episcopal Church
Birch Lawn
Pearisbore
Powell
Minor Bailey
Bailey
William A
Abbs Valley
Joshua
Rebecca Barnett St.Clair
W. E
R. H
Bluefield
A. E
Peterstown
D. H. Spangler
Norfolk
J. G. Barber
Ella Lawrence
Rites Incomplete For Mrs. Eddy
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Willie M. Eddy, 70, of the Bluefield Princeton Road, remain incomplete. She died at her residence at 4 a.m. Thursday. A member of the First Christian Church in Princeton she was born July 26 1888 in Giles County Virginia, a daughter of the late Cleb and Martha Brumfield. Survivors include husband G W Eddy two sons James P of Portsmouth Virginia and H V of Anaheim California a sister Housie Kent Beckley a brother J H Brumfield Cambria Virginia and nine grandchildren. The body is at Memorial Funeral Directory.
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Princeton
RNS
Willie M. Eddy
First Christian Church
Giles County
Eddy
Cleb
Martha Price Brumfield
G. W
James P
Portsmouth
H. V
Anaheim
Calif
Housie Kent
Beckley
J. H. Brumfield
Cambria
McCelland Rites Scheduled Sunday in Corliss
Funeral services for Frank Porter McClelland, 81, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Minnie Belle Baptist Church in Corliss, with burial in Bethel Cemetery. A Fayet teville nursing home resident after a long illness, he was a deacon and former millworker for Hamer Lumber Co. Surviving are two daughters Gracie Hizer and Thelma Champe, three sons Cody Wyatt Roy, a sister, two brothers, 14 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. The body will be moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home to the church an hour before services.
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Corliss
RNS
Frank Porter McCelland
Minnie Belle Baptist Church
Charles Holmes
Bethel Cemetery
McCelland
Fayetteville
Hamer Lumber Coat Son
Nainade Belle Baptist Church
Wallace
Poor Farm Offered As Industrial Site in Princeton
The Mercer County Poor Farm, over 200 acres, is offered as an industrial site for Norfolk and Western Railway. N and W will survey Princeton’s industrial potential next Monday. The county will donate the land in appreciation for the railway’s interest amid concerns over a N and W Virginian merger.
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Princeton
RNS
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mercer County
Princeton Monlday
N&w
Virginian Railways
Circle Hears Lesson On Foreign Missions
Donnelly Circle of Oak Hill Baptist Church heard a lesson on foreign missions by Mrs. H D Harvey and Miss Affa Mankin at Mrs. Wren Rule's residence on Tuesday. Co hostesses were Mrs. L E Wilmer and other attendees included Mrs. C H Perry, Mrs. J G Blake, Mrs. T B Martin, Mrs Lilly, Clyde Mankin, Amy Mankin, Affa Mankin, and three guests, Mrs Randolph Johnson, Mrs G A Baumgardner, and Mrs Ruth Judy.
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Oak Hill
RNL
H. D. Harvey
Affa Mankin
Donnelly
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Wren Rule
L. E. Wilmer
C. H. Perry
J. G. Blake
T. B. Martin
Lilly
Clyde Mankin
Amy Mankin
Randolph Johnson
G. A. Baumgardner
Ruth Judy
Mullens FHA Chapter Installs New Officers
Mullens FHA officers and committees for the 1959 60 term were announced with Sheila Rinehart as president and Vona Lambert as vice president of state and national projects. Other officers include Rita Lawson secretary Frances Thompson and Shirley Compton co treasurers Catherine Hughes parliamentarian Ethel Flaim public relations Judy Minter music and recreation Kathie Joe Snyder historian. Committees cover state projects parliamentarian public relations music recreation historian and other tasks with members Linda Goins Juanita Thompson Judy Toler Libby Welch Sondra Collins Shirley Mongan Carolyn Thorn Jane Pryor Fay Hetfield Helen Halsey Dixie Staton Donna Ferrell Joyce Akers Patsy Sykes Kathie Jo Snyder Lula Rinehart Ann Gail Sclater Pam Carr Pat Hall. A August planning meeting will organize the FHA program for the year.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens _— Schools
Homemakers of America
Sheila Rinehart
Vona Lambert
Rita Lawson
Frances Thompson
Shirley Compton
Catherine Hughes
Ethel Flaim
Judy Minter
Kathie Joe Snyder
FHA
Woodrow W. Cook
Linda Goins
Juanita Thompson
Judy Toler
Libby Welch
Sondra Collins
Shirley Mongan
Carolyn Thorn
Jane Pryor
Fay Hetfield
Helen Halsey
Dixie Staton
Donna Ferrell
Joyce Akers
Patsy Sykes
Kathie Jo Snyder
Lula Rinehart
Ann Gail Sclater
Pam Carr
Pat Hall
Youngster to Undergo Surgery at Shriners Hospital
Michael Ray Smith a four and a half year old boy from Falls District, son of Reginal and Mrs. Reginal Smith, is to undergo intramedullary rod surgery at Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Lexington, Kentucky. The procedure aims to prevent fractures from brittle bones and reduce pain after the multiple breaks he suffered last May, leaving him unable to walk for months. He has an older brother, Reginald Jr., and his father recently appointed as Falls District constable. Michael will remain at the hospital for several months at 1900 Richmond Road.
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Gauley Bridge
Michael Ray Smith
Reginal Smith
Shriners Hospital For Crippled Children
Lexington
Michael
Falls District
Reginald, Jr
Mike
Shriners Hoenital
Richmond Road
J Cook Waives To Grand Jury In Larceny Case
Jm Cook 22 of Whitesville waived to the grand jury Thursday in Pineville. Charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing three tires and three rims from a truck at an Oceana used car lot. Released on bond posted by his father after Wednesday arrest.
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Pineville
RNS
Jm Cook
Whitesville
W. P. Wilson
Cook
Oceana
Mrs. Blanche G. Billups Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Blanche Gladys Billups, 55, are incomplete. She died at her residence Thursday afternoon after a short illness. Born in Kissimmee, Florida, she is survived by her husband Howard, a son John W. of Beckley, a daughter Maxine Treadway of Chicago, four brothers and three sisters, and two grandchildren. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope.
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Tampa
Fla
Albert Kindred
Jacksonville
Roy Wingfield
Glen Bernie
Joe Simmons
Clarence King
Thomasville
Tyree
Mount Hope
Fire destroys truck and cargo near Mullens
A 19% three quarter ton pickup and its furniture cargo valued at 2131 dollars were destroyed by fire Sunday. William Lively owner of Lively Furniture Co. Mullens and helper Denver Hall were en route to Richmond Virginia when the blaze started about 20 miles from destination after stopping at a service station. Lively suggested a cigarette may have started the fire. The loss included living and dining room suites two television sets and fishing tackle. They tried to fight the fire but could not. They returned to Mullens Tuesday night.
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Mullens
RNS
Richmond
William Lively
Lively Furniture Co
Denver
Lively
Hall
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WSCS
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Citizens Committee
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Robert E. Kuhn
Kenny Hatfield
William Worrell
Estes Caudle
Food Handlers’ Association
John S. Sizemore
Marshfork
Maben
City Auto Service
Pineville Motor Sales
Virginia
Coal River Personals
Ray Meadows
Ronald
Morencie
Mich
Dean Thompson
Polly
Eunice Baumgardner
Geraldine Jarrell
Wyoming
Mrs. M. Powell
Mrs. Eddy
Mullens Fha
J. Cook
B. Billups
Bill Bower
S. Kanawha
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