Salk Building Campaign In Motion For Institute Fund
Mrs A S Bragg of Glen Jean Fayette County chairs the National March of Dimes group meeting with Dr Jonas Salk in New York to plan a June drive for the 15 million Salk Institute for Biological Studies building in San Diego. Mrs Raymond Treadway attends as Fayette County MOD secretary. Contributions may be sent to Box 601 Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Bragg
Glen Jean
Fayette County
National March of Dimes
Jonas Salk
New York City
Raymond Treadway
MOD
Salk Institute Building Fund
San Diego
Calif
Salk Institute For Biological Studies
March of Dimes
Salk
Treadway
Oak Hill
Frank Mauritz
Slides Of Area Gardens Shown To Oak Leaf Club
Oak Hill area garden club members met at Mt. Hope home of Mrs Edward Souk for the Beauty of Gardens program led by Mrs Ernestetteville. Mrs Darnall displayed slides from her collection as Mrs Henry Coleman identified locations and flowers. Proceeds from weeders and hoes sales fund landscaping of the National Guard Armory on Central Avenue. Next meeting July 19 at Mrs John Dixon’s with Mrs Ira Light as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
Beauty of
Ernestetteville
Oak Leaf Garden Club
Edward Souk
Mt. Hope
West Virginia
Berry
National Guard
Central Avenue
John Dixon
Ira Light
Darnall
Coleman
M. E. Pennington
Ray Mullins
T. W. Sowers
Fred Whitley
Marvin Hitchcock
Carl Hutchinson
Souk
Staats Wins Mayor's Post
Staats defeated Luther Kerns of the Citizens Party by 663 to 567 votes to become mayor of Mullens. Four commissioners were elected for four-year terms: O W Andrews Jr and L B Harless (Peoples) with 831 and 669 votes, and C E Allen and Tracey Hylton (Citizens) with 665 and 681 votes. Defeated commissioners were A P Martin 619, C C McKinney 597, G C Dooley 624, and J W Dick 507.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Allen
Citizens
Tracey Hylton
A. P. Martin
Peoples
C. C. McKinney
G. C. Dooley
J. W. Dick
Education Meet Opens Today in Charleston
The State Board of Education begins a two day meeting in Charleston to review plans for a student union dining hall at Bluefield State College and a women’s dormitory at Marshall University. It will also cover revenue bonds for Glenville State College and an audit of Romney’s Schools for the Deaf and Blind. A three member committee will report on branch college status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Board of Education
Bluefield State College
Marshall University
Glenville State College
Romney
C. M. Young
State Department of Education
Pax area families visit relatives and plan moves
Mr and Mrs Robert Vandyne and children of Cleveland Ohio return home after a week with Haven Stover and kin in Pax area and plan a Charleston stop to see Luther Stover. They may visit Shirley Givens Stover in Strange Creek before heading home. Other notices include Dr and Mrs Larry Tyree visiting Pax relatives before moving to Youngstown Ohio and Kent Tyree leaving Pax for Washington DC to seek work. Mrs Gladys Craddock and daughters Jeanne and Emma Rae visit New Jersey with David Janney, formerly Mary Jo Craddock of Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
Robert Vandyne
Kimberly
Robbie
Cleveland
Ohio
Haven Stover
Charleston
Luther Stover
Shoney's
Vandynes
Shirley Givens Stover
Strange Creek
Vandyne
Pax High School
Larry Tyree
Toni Lynn
Terri Lee
Frank Tyree
Charles Puckett
Kilsyth
Younstown
Kent Tyree
Lawrence Tyree
Washington, D. C
Mount Hope High School
Gladys Craddock
Jeanne
Emma Rae
New Jersey
David Janney
Janney
Mary Jo Craddock
Five Families Move in Pineville Area
RNS reports several Pineville families relocated in the last ten days. Wallace Noble with sons and Dewey Viars with family moved to Welch. Dennis Morgan and family headed to Delaware. George Mann and family also moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Wallace Noble
Dewey Viars
Welch
Dennis Morgan
Delaware
George Mann
Fam
Brenda Keys Selected For Women's Honorary
OCEANA RNS Brenda Keys a Marshall University student has been chosen for Fagus the senior women's honorary. Ten junior girls were selected this year on basis of scholarship character service and leadership. Keys has held multiple student leadership roles at Marshall and is on the dean list. She is a Oceana High School alumna class of 1959 and has taught as a counselor at Camp Thomas E Lightfoot for seven years planning to return after summer school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Brenda Keys
Marshall University
Fagus
National Mortar Board
Brenda
Panhellenic Council
Greenbackers
Alpha Chi
Oceana High School
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Camp Lightfoot
Brothers Waive On Murder Count In Pineville Hearing
Two Matoaka brothers JERRY ALVERY McCrosky 26 and Tex Willie McCrosky 19 waived to grand jury action in a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon in Pineville. They are charged with the murder of Charles Junior Parsons 26 of Matoaka after a scuffle over a debt. Parsons died Sunday morning, an apparently innocent bystander in the dispute involving the brothers and another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Matoaka
Jerry Alvery McCrosky
Tex Willie McCrosky
J. Preston Wilson
Charles Junior Parsons
Parsons
Wyoming County Band in Natural Bridge Va Concert
Glen Rogers high school rep Kathryn Cottrill leads 80 member Wyoming County Band in a Natural Bridge Virginia concert. The group travels by chartered buses from Pineville at 7 am and then tours the resort area before an overnight stay at the Resort Hotel. They will attend The Passion Play and view local scenic attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Natural Bridge
Glen Rogers
RNS
Glen Rogers High School
Kathryn Grace Cottrill
Clarence C. Cottrill
Pineville
Virginia
Jack Gentry
Gene Allen
Mullens
James Burwell
Groun
Birthday Honoree Rhonda Franklin Celebrates 12th
Rhonda Franklin daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Franklin of Pineville was honored with a birthday party Saturday at her home for her 12th anniversary Rebecca Gilley and Ronnie Green won the twist contest Numerous guests attended including Robert Craft Tiny Short Mike Marto Gerald Green Bill Bowers Mike Cook Kathy Mike Browning Danny Tony Debra Hendricks Dreama Mullens Rebecca McClellan Cheryl Ball Helen Sue Pancake Debbie Allen Karen Vezina and Cathy Danny Franklin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhonda Franklin
Jim Franklin
Pineville
Rebecca Gilley
Ronnie Green
Robert Craft
Tiny Short
Mike Marto
Gerald Green
Bill Bowers
Mike Cook
Kathy
Mike Browning
Danny
Tony
Debbie Hendricks
Dreama Mullens
Rebecca McClellan
Cheryl Ball
Helen Sue Pancake
Debbie Allen
Karen Vezina
Cathy
Danny Franklin
Horoscope Notes and Historical Facts From 1775
A dated collage mixes a life guidance voice with a historical note on June 14 1775 when Congress authorized 10 rifle companies and George Washington was named commander in chief. It also mentions a future steel furnace fuel and lists astrological signs with brief cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army
Congress
George Washington
Rabies Clinic Dates Set in Wyoming County
G F Brown, a Wyoming County technician, will vaccinate dogs at multiple locations from 5 30 to 6 30 PM. Vaccination costs 1 50 per dog and dogs over five months must be vaccinated every two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
G. F. Brown
Wyoming
Oceana
R. C. Hatfield
Baileysville
Milam
John McGraw
Wyco
Gread
Clearfork
Maben
Stephenson
Glen Fork
Brown
Buzz Wilkinson Named Bank Trust Officer
Buzz Wilkinson of Pineville has been named trust officer at First National Bank in Bluefield. A Pineville High School graduate, he attended Greenbrier Military Academy and the University of Virginia, earning a BS and LLB this month and passing the state bar in April. He is married to Patricia Ann Hays with two sons, Richard and Frank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
BNS
Richard W. “Buzz” Wilkinson
E. M. Wilkinson
First National Bank
Bluefield
Wilkinson
Greenbrier
Pi Alpha Delta
Legal Fraternity
Virginia U
Virginia
Patricia Ann Hays
Richard
Frank
Birth announced for Sharon Kay Stella in Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs Fred Stella Jr of Minneapolis announce the birth of their first child, a girl named Sharon Kay, born at the Minneapolis Hospital weighing six pounds fourteen ounces. Paternal grandparents are Fred Stella and wife of Kilsyth, maternal grandparents are Robert Anderson and wife of Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilsyth
Fred Stella Jr
Minneapolis
Minn
Pythe
Sharon Kay
Fred Stella
Robert Anderson
Marjorie Dixon Weds James Short in Pineville
In Baileysville Tabernacle on Friday, Marjorie William Dixon of Pineville and James Short of Baileysville were married in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev. Edgar Beverly. Attending were matron of honor Mrs. Richard Huffman and best man Richard Huffman. The couple, both with Marshall University ties, will reside with the Dixons while the bride continues at Wyoming Broadcasting and the groom teaches for the Wyoming County Board of Education. The groom will summer in Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
Baileysville Tabernacle
Marjorie William Dixon
W. A Dixon
James Short
Woodrow Short
Baileysville
Edgar Beverly
Richard L. Huffman
Paul Mitchell
Sara
Pineville High School
Marshall University
Wyoming Broadcasting Co
Baileysville High School
Wyoming County Board of Education
Connecticut
Jury convicts Chattanooga man in $175000 jewel theft
A Wythe County jury finds Ernest Baylor Stanger 45 guilty of grand larceny in the Feb theft of $175,000 in gems. He receives a 10 year sentence and awaits a Friday motion hearing. Co-defendant Robert Eugene Lewis faces later trial on federal charges.
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Wytheville, Va
Ill
Atlanta
Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia
U. S. 52
U. S. 21
Here
Stanger
Lewis
Chattanooga
Commonwealth
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David Acord
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Esas Ie
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Field Enterprises, Tne
Dr. In
Airela
Rowel
AMERE
Utilities Company
Buzz Wilkinson
Marjorie Dixon
Mrs. James Short
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Kentucky
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