Fayette County Float in Centennial Parade to Debut
The City will appear with the Fayette County float in the Centennial Parade on June 29 at Martinsburg. The single Fayette County float will portray the Civil War, natural resources, and recreation in the county. Miss Dorado, daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Dorado, will be a Marshall University senior this fall, majoring in home economics.
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Fayette County
Martinsburg
Miss Dorado
Sam Dorado
Marshall University
Huntington
Three Hour Train Ride Highlights Centennial in Wyoming County
Pineville to Justice Centennial event offers a three hour scenic ride on a passenger train July 25. It marks the railroad's first departure from Pineville with a route along the Guyan area starting at Blue Springs. The train travels nine miles featuring three stone tunnels, running at 2 PM and returning by 5 PM, at a $3 per person cost.
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Pineville
Justice
Wyoming County
Guyan
Blue Springs
Milwaukee Pair to Wed Despite Large Families
Howard L. Landry age 42 and Elizabeth Garms age 35 plan to marry June 22 in Milwaukee. Garms is mother of 10. Landry has eight children. Both previously widowed after their former spouses died last year.
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Milwauke
UPI
Howard L. Landry
Elizabeth Garms
Science Shrinks Piles With New Non surgical Remedy
Science reports a new healing substance, Bio-Dyne, shrinking hemorrhoids while stopping itch and pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual reduction and patients say piles are no longer a problem. The preparation H suppository and ointment are available at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
Mothers Honored By Beta Thetas
Beta Theta chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority hosts a mother and daughter banquet at Glass House Oak Hill honoring mothers. Mrs. Navicki presented a poem and talk on living while Mrs. Stricklin led songs and performances. Grace Burke oldest mother, Margaret Clark youngest, Anna Sizemore mother with most children. $5 donated to roof Scout Cabin. three star chapter goal reaffirmed.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Beta Syma Phi Sorority
Glass House
Sue Navicki
Ann Sticklin
Charlotte Lassick
Frances Miller
Pat Pegram
Stella Carden
Jenny Humphreys
Tenna Pettry
Novicki
Carden
Ella Jay Hall
Ann Stricklin
Kathleen Basham
Pettry
Nadine Brackman
Miller
Peg
Contract Awarded For Sutton Reservoir Water Wells
The U S Army Engineers awarded a 2475 dollar contract to S G Marple of Sutton for installing water supply facilities at seven Sutton Reservoir adjoining sites. The work includes drilling about 100 foot wells and pumps as part of recreational development of the reservoir area.
Circles Plan Family Picnic In Church Meeting
Circles No 1 and No 2 of the Presbyterian Church at Pineville met Thursday night with Mrs Bill Henkins in charge. The program titled Nine Agencies of the Presbyterian Church was presented by Mrs Howard Swimm who handed out literature. A father son banquet is planned for June 25 with Circle No 1 in charge of arrangements. The group also approved a July family picnic at Palisades Park and flowers for the church sanctuary and surroundings. Attending were Mrs D W Hollinger Mrs Ralph Downs Mrs C S Smith Mrs J W Burton Mrs Joe McClellan Mrs Orville Ross Mrs D F Hamlin Mrs Jack Stewart Mrs Clyde Stockard and guest Mrs Harry Knight of Kentucky.
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Pineville
RNS
The
Presbyterian Church
Bill Henkins
B. B. Schilling
Circle No
Howard Swimm
W W. Bolt
Joseph Williams
General Society
Circle No. 1
Palisades Park
D. W. Hollinger
Ralph
Paige Downs
C. S. Smith
J. W. Burton
Joe McClellan
Orville Ross
D. F. Hamlin
Jack Stewart
Clyde Stockard
Circle Meeting Set Mullens Woman’s Society WSCS Program
The Mullens First Methodist Church hosts its monthly WSCS program titled What Shall we Tell our Children About Suffering. Circle No 5 vice chairman Mrs Bill Brooks presents Tuesday at 7 30 pm in Friendship Hall. New WSCS president Mrs Dorothy Barton will hold an executive meeting at 7 pm in the Youth Chapel.
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Mullens
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Bill Brooks
Circle No. 5
Friendship Hall
Dorothy Barton
WSCS
Michigan Tech graduates Duca and Gore receive degrees
Mr William John Duca of Detroit earns a master of science in metallurgical engineering while his wife Sharon Lynn Gore Duca of Ravencliff receives a bachelor of science in applied physics at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology ceremony in Houghton. Gore, born in Ravencliff, is the daughter of Sgt and Mrs Fred Gore and has links to Flint and Ravencliff through family and schooling. she attended Flint High School and the Ravencliff grandmother Mrs Greely McGraw, with Mrs McGraw attending the exercises.
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William John Duca
Detroit
Mich
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Houghton
Duca
Ravencliff
Sharon Lynn Gore
Fred Gore
Coppers Cove
Tex
John McGraw
Roy W. Totten
Flint
Flint High School
Greely McGraw
McGraw
WSCS Members Will Take Study Course
Mrs Mae S Belcher chaired the regular WSCS meeting at First Methodist Church Pineville. New president Mrs Ernest Hays led business as plans were made for scholars to attend the School of Missions at West Virginia Wesleyan July 14 to 19 and for budget adoption with new scholarship chairmanship.
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Pineville
RNS
Mae S. Belcher
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Foundation of Missions
John B. Thomas Jr
Paul Viers
R. J. Chenoweth Jr
Ernest Hays
Chenoweth
Viers
School of Missions
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
South Asia
Ruby Layman
E. D. Hawley
Bertha Shannon
Clarence Long
Harold Griffith
C. H. Mathena
A. C. Swimm
John Scoleri
O. E. Wilks
Zella Crews
Jack Lambert
W. C. Bailey Jr
T. G. Morgan
Darrell V. McGraw
O. B. Martin
Protest over shabby uniforms hits British Railways workers
Dozens of railroad workmen in England will arrive on the job Monday in their shabbiest clothes to protest the poor quality of uniforms issued by British Railways, the union announced.
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England
UPI
British Railways
Glen Fork families visit and travel notices
Mr and Mrs David Acord and daughter Chris Ann return to Charleston after a weekend with Dennie Acords. Mrs Pauline Hughes returns to Glen Fork after a Arlington visit with daughter Margaret Hughes. Sammy Hughes heads to Wayne NJ for work and will visit relatives in Wharton. Fort Knox guests Eugene Blankenship family plan Glen Fork visit with Acord and Hughes families. Mrs William H Stumbo and daughters Norma Priscilla and Mrs Robert Clay visit Peterstown Va with Workman Pettus families. Airman 1 C Robert Clay remains to stay with his mother Saulsville.
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Glen Fork
RNS
David Acord
Chris Ann
Charleston
Dennie Acord
Arlington
Daugher
Margaret Hughes
Pauline Hughes
Sammy Hughes
Wayne
N. J
Robert Clay
Peterstown
Buddy Workman
S. Pettus
Workman
Pettus
Stumbo
Clay
Wayne Clay
Saulsville
Air transports near twice speed of sound by 1970
By 1970 air transports carrying passengers are expected to run at more than twice the speed of sound and become commonplace, reflecting bold forecasts about high speed commercial flight.
Concord College Introduces General Studies Program
Concord College in Athens West Virginia adopts a fall 1962 General Studies program for all entering students in 1963. The plan stresses humanities social sciences and natural sciences with required courses in English communications art and music Western civilization economics geography philosophy political science psychology sociology biology physics math and a foreign language.
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Athens
Concord College
Theodore D. Lockwood
Concord
West Virginia
Hinkel to Graduate From Anderson College
Hinkel Billy Lee Hinkle of Clear Fork is among 150 candidates for graduation at Anderson College Anderson Indiana today He earns a bachelor of arts in psychology and philosophy Oceana High School alumnus His mother Mrs Hinkle and nieces Joan and Gail Kucek attend the commencement at the 7500 seat Warner Auditorium Joan stays in Anderson to take a summer job.
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Clear Fork
RNS
Billy Lee Hinkle
Walter Hinkle
Anderson College
Anderson
Ind
Hinkle
Oceana High School
Oceana
Warner Auditorium
Joan
Gail Kucek
Clear
Pineville speech clinic serves 17 Wyoming County children
Keith Phillips, six year old son of Mr and Mrs Junior Phillips, is among 17 students enrolled in the Pineville Grade School No 2 speech clinic. Sponsored annually by the Wyoming County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, the free program benefits preschool and older Wyoming County residents. Miss Mary Bernard, a St Albans native and speech therapist, administers hearing screening tests on an audiometer. Classes meet each weekday afternoon at Mullens Grade School.
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Keith Phillips
Junior Phillips, Hatcher
Pineville Grade School No. 2
Wyoming County Society For Crippled Children
Wyoming County
Mary Bernard
St. Albans
Keith
Mullens
Fayetteville visit and local residents travel news
Fayetteville residents hosted Howard Lucas and Asta bula Ohio visitors last week. Greg Gray accompanied them back to Ohio for a summer stay with his brother and sister in law in Astabula. Billy Shawver, son of Howard Shawver, is receiving treatment at McMillen Hospital in Charleston. E B Wood Jr and family are vacationing at Oglebay Park in Wheeling.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Howard Lucas
Astabula
Ohio
Vaughn
Greg Gray
Inlaw
Skippy Gray
Billy Shawver
Howard Shawver
Old Court Street
McMillen Hospital
Charleston
E. B. Wood Jr
Oakridge Addition
Oglebay Park
Wheeling
Drowning Victims Found After River Tragedy Near Stone Cliff
Fayette County deputies identify the two children Sammy Howington 12 and Elizabeth Howington 8 as siblings who drowned in the New River near Stone Cliff Bridge at Thursday. Rescue crews continued dragging for the bodies after the siblings fell into the turbulent river while playing with friends. Elizabeth reportedly slipped into the water and Sammy jumped in to save her, but neither could swim. The Howingtons reside in Greentown near Oak Hill.
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Fayetteville
RNS
New River
Stone Cliff Bridge
Thurmond
Fayette County
Catholic Schools Teach 5.5 Million Students Nationwide
Catholic schools across the United States educate about 5.5 million students in grammar and high schools, reflecting a substantial private education sector.
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U. S
Life Insurance Offer for Fort Worth Readers
An advertisement urges readers aged 40 to 90 to request information on a no medical exam life policy from Central Security Life Insurance Co. It promises up to $1,000 of coverage and emphasizes no agent visits, with a tear-out card to mail name address and year of birth to Fort Worth Texas.
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Central Security Life Insurance Co
West Rosedale
Fort Worth
Texas
Five Hurt In Whitesville Car Truck Wreck
Whitesville state police investigated a Route 3 wreck at 9 p m Saturday that injured five people. Orville Athey 21 Harper in good condition with a dislocated elbow at Beckley Memorial. Bill McGinnis 22 Beckley treated and released. James Knapp 43 Clear Creek in good condition with leg cuts. his wife Floseie 43 treated and released for cuts and bruises. Annie Pearl Legg 12 Ameagle also injured and to be released today. Police said Knapp was driving the truck and the driver of the car not yet determined.
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Whitesville
Clear Creek
Orville Athey
Harper
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Bill McGinnis
Beckley
James Joseph Knapp
Knapp
Flosesie Knapp
Annie Pearl Legg
Ameagle
Mount Hope graduate lands electrical engineering job
Eddie Bergendahl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bergendahl of 201 N. Fayette Ave., earned a degree in electrical engineering from West Virginia Institute of Technology Montgomery and has accepted a technician post with Virginia Electric Power Co. He and his family were noted in local notices alongside unrelated visits and summer schooling plans for relatives and a statistic on global Christian population.
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Mount Hope
Rns
Eddie Bergendahl
Charles Bergendahl
N. Fayette Ave
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Bergendahl
Richmond
Virginia Electric Power Co
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Beta Thetas
Gy Warrick
Edna Warrick
Navicki
Virginia Allen
June Richmond
Anna Sizemore
Lassick
Sarah Stoner
Clark
Empire Heating
Ashland
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
U. S. Highway 21
Sprague
W. Va
AL Stevens
Broad Street
Summersville
PLAID
California
Jane Parker
Angel Food
Hinkel
OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Mt. Hope
Sammy
Bobby
American Hardware Co
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Maynard Click
Mark
Michael
Milton
Minneapolis
Minn
Fred Stella
Kilsyth
Click
Carolina Stella
Martha Amorine
West Virginia University
Morgantown
E. Scott Carter
Ricky
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