Miss Southern West Virginia of ’52 To Wed Oak Hill Man
Mount Hope announces the engagement of Kitty Sue Ballard to Eugene Holt. The couple plans a summer wedding. Ballard, a Mount Hope High School graduate, earned Miss Mustang of 1954 honors and held state titles in 1952. Holt, Oak Hill High alum, works for Ray F. Singer used cars and belongs to Oak Hill Lodge 120.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
RNS
L. H. Ballard
Kitty Sue
Eugene Holt
P. C. Kennedy
Miss Ballard
Mount Hope High School
Alpha Omega
Girls’ Athletic Association
Future Business Leaders of America
Mustang
Little Beaver Lake
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Holt
Oak Hill High School
Oak Hill Lodge 120
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Ray F. Singer
Two Car Wrecks on Page Road Injure Four
Over the weekend two accidents on Route 61 near Pine Grove School and into Kincaid left four people hurt. Jack Burns of Diamond endured a six hour entrapment with a broken shoulder leg and facial cuts. Walter Rath and his brother Juan, home on leave, along with a girl passenger, suffered minor injuries in the second crash into Loup Creek. Rhatt?
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Charleston
B. C. Hooper Mortuary
Route 61
Walter Carol Rath
Tom Rath
Kincaid
Loup Creek
Juan
Armed Forces
Ohio Man Jailed For Fayette Theft
FAYETTEVILLE RNS Tom my Blanton of Niles CO was jailed in Fayetteville Monday night charged with car theft from Montgomery Motors Montgomery. Blanton was arrested in Ann Arbor Mich on a capias issued by Judge Charles L Garvin Jr Deputy Sheriff Millard McGraw returned Blanton to Fayette from Ann Arbor date for a hearing before a magistrate not yet set Tuesday.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Tommy Blanton
Niles, CO
Montgomery Motors
Montgomery
Blanton
Ann Arbor
Mich
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Millard McGraw
Fayette
Pythian Sisters To Fete Members At Birthday Dinner
OAK HILL RNS Plans were made for a birthday dinner at a Pythian Sisters meeting to honor members with April May and June birthdays. The dinner is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Knights of Pythias hall where Mrs Sella Rhodes will be initiated.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias
Sella Rhodes
Sally James
Beckley
Danese 4-H'er Wins Strawberry Festival Title
Fayetteville reports Mary Ellen Cavendish of the Danese Hustlers 4-H Club won the purple ribbon and grand champion at the 1955 Fayette County Strawberry Festival held Friday in Memorial Auditorium. Other awards went to Steve Hanshew, Lowell Simms, Jimmy Baker, and Ivan McClelland for blue and red ribbons with various clubs noted.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Mary Ellen Cavendish
Danese Hustlers
Fayette County
Memorial Auditorium
Steve Hanshew
Lowell Simms
Lee’s
Tree Light Seekers
Jimmy Baker
Lee's
Ivan McClelland
Lucky Clovers
Vote Margin Wins Fayetteville Levy
Fayet teville voters approved a special levy in a June 7 election by five votes. A total of 649 ballots were cast with 375 in favor and 242 against. 20 ballots were challenged and one discarded. The 60 percent threshold required 370 votes for levy's passage. Canvass by E. W. Kelly, Carl B. Vickers, and Orvall Kessler.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayette County
E. W. Kelly
Carl B. Vickers
Orvall Kessler
Area Health Officers Affected by Order
Health department cuts end health officer posts in four counties Greenbrier Pocahontas Monroe and Taylor and eliminate five full time public health nurse positions in Greenbrier Mingo Morgan Jefferson and Monongalia. Gov Marland outlined steps to fit reduced funds with Dyer and Shanks noting district and state level eliminations and budget changes for 1955 56.
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Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Monroe
Taylor
Mingo
Morgan
Jefferson
Monongalia
Marland
Health Department
N. H. Dyer
Paul B. Shanks
Preston
Taylor County
Preston County
Department
Dr Ben W Bird Dies in Princeton at 48
Princeton obituary notes Dr Ben W Bird 48 died at his office Tuesday after practicing medicine locally since 1938. He studied at Concord College West Virginia University Rush Medical College and Northwestern. Survived by widow Lucille Dunlap Bird a son Charles and four sisters. Funeral Thursday 2 30 p m at the Bird residence with Rev Ben Cox and Dr Edward Stubblefield officiating.
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Princeton
Rns
Ben W. Bird
Bailey Ave
Ben Cox
Edward Stubblefield
Bird
Lucille Ball Bird
Concord College
West Virginia University
Phi Sigma Kappa
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Northwestern University School of Medicine
Evanston
Ill
Welch
James R. Vermillion
Princeton First Baptist Church
Charles B. Bird
A. Bruce Fleshman
R. W. Handley
Scott Poston
Manning Poston
Pensacola
Fla
Gordon L. Todd Jr
J. I. Markell
L. J. Pace
Frank Holroyd
Daniel Hale
Oak Hill Rebekahs Plan District Convention
Oak Hill Rebekahs organize District 16 spring convention at Mount Hope High School Auditorium with Oak Hill Lodge as host. Registration starts at 1 p.m. A district officers practice is led by Mrs. Glenn Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Williams with about 20 lodges expected.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Rebekah Lodge
Mount Hope High School
Oak Hill Lodge
Glenn Johnson
Bluefield
West Virginia
Rebekah Assembly
Elizabeth Williams
Glen Rogers
Oak Hill Merchants Greet Visiting Foreign Students
Oak Hill Business Bureau members plan an entertainment event for visiting foreign students from the New York Field Office. A July 13-14 trip to Oak Hill is being organized with gifts solicited from local merchants. A committee led by Roy Lee will gather donations. many officials and merchants attended the Tuesday meeting at Hotel Hill.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Business Bureau
Hotel Hill
M. H. Martin
West Virginia Water Service Co
New York
U. S
Mount Hope Personal News Highlights
Mrs Leona Kesler Cummins of Washington DC recently visited her brother Carl Kesler in Mount Hope. The Kesler family says grandson Dewey Kesler completed his junior year at Virginia Tech and will resume studies there this fall in Blacksburg Virginia.
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Mount Hope
Leona Kesler Cummins
Washington, D. C
Carl Kesler
Hope
Canada
Dwin Kesler
Dewey
Kesler
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
VPI
Oceana Pastor Weds Mrs. Piver in Pineville Church
Peggy Piver daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. King Goldsboro North Carolina wed Rev. C A Young pastor of the Oceana Methodist Church in a 7 30 p m ceremony at Pineville Methodist Church The bride wore a blue nylon ballerina gown with a square neckline and full tiered skirt Attendant Mrs William Kelly Charleston was in pale blue with yellow rosebud corsage Best man was Rev Charles Ross Jr Oceana sister Mrs Paula Jean Smith Charleston sang During a wedding trip to Atlanta the couple will live in Charleston Both bride and groom are noted as Kingston and Waynesburg graduates with careers in cosmetics and church work respectively.
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Oceana
Peggy Piver
G. W. King
Goldsboro
N. C
C. A. Young
Oceana Methodist Church
A. R. Young
Pineville Methodist Church
William Kelly
Charleston
Charles Ross Jr
Paula Jean Smith
Philip Roach
Atlanta
Kingston
Waynesburg College
Waynesburg Pa
Duke University
Durham
Central Methodist Church
Senior Women Will Meet Next In September
Oak Hill rustics report notes from the Senior Woman's Club meeting at City Hall with president Mrs. Tom Brash presiding. The group discussed May rummage sale, illness thank you to Mrs. Ann Strong, and voted to skip July and August meetings.
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Oak Hill
RNS
City Hall
Tom Brash
Hattie Biggs
N. C. Miller
Biggs
Wanda Farrish
Ann Strong
Oak Hill Hospital
Earl Prather
Evelyn Toney
Irene Dodd
Lucille Notch
John Hair
Audrey Decker
Herbert Walker
Eight West Virginia towns vote on officials and levies
Eight WV municipalities elected mayor and council members while approving side issues. Williamson approved an 18000 annual recreation levy. Hinton kept a Republican mayor and Democratic council, and Kenova elected independents. St Marys backed a four member board with four candidates, and Wellsburg chose Democrat Charles McDonald as mayor. New Martinsville will annex Steelton after elections. New Cumberland voters approved a 1500 levy and reappointed Mayor Jakie Fucey.
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West Virginia
Williamson
Hinton
Kenova
Huntington
St. Marys
Pleasants
E. C. Hahn
Lyle W. Phillips
Baxter Bliss
Stanley Booth
John B. Hammett
George Knight
Plymouth Forward Look Pride in New Wheel Design
The thrill of pride from driving a new Plymouth comes from its Forward Look styling, the eagerness of its thriftiest six, and the power of the standard V-8, highlighting Plymouth's standout features this season.
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Plymouth
County Offices Close Monday for Observance
Fayette County sheriff says all offices in the Fayette County Court House will be closed Monday June 20 in observance of West Virginia Day.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County Court House
West Virginia
H. R. Beckelheimer
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Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce
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Walter E. Nye
van Trail
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Wellsburg
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Arthur
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Harden Donley
Merle Fletcher
James Hedges
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Steelton
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Arch Stine Jr
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Harry Zohn
New Cumberland
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Wolfe Optical
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GE Vacuum
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