Officers Installed At MacDonald Lodge In Mount Hope
About 150 people attended the public installation of MacDonald Lodge No. 103, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at the Mount Hope Masonic Hall. W. T. Wilson of Fayetteville LaFayette Lodge No. 57 presided as installing officer. C. O. Darlington and Howard Woodrum assisted. New officers include Williams, Kelly, Core, Phillips, Davis, Creger, Stevenson, Darlington, Barlow, Goddard, and Schutt. Guests from Beckley and other lodges attended. entertainment by the Silver Tones of Beckley and Eastern Star members provided refreshments.
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Mount Hope
ANL
MacDonald Lodge
Masonic Hall
W. T. Wilson
Fayetteville
LaFayette Lodge
Masonic
Darlington
Hilltop
Thurmond Warren
Howard Woodrum
Oak Hill Lodge No. 120
Eighth Masonic District
Robert Williams
Larry Kelly
Ross Core
Wendell Phillips
Perry Davis
Charles Creger
D. B. Stevenson
C. O. Darlington
Glen Barlow
Lonnie Goddard
Robert Schu
Mullens Resident Is Honored With Shower
Mullens Mrs. Bob Clay was honored with a stork shower Thursday evening at 7 30 in the home of Mrs. Tracy Hylton. Hosts assisted by several local ladies, with a Punch table display, games, and prizes won by multiple guests. The guest list includes numerous Mullens residents and friends attending the event.
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Mullens
RNS
Bob Clay
Tracy Hylton
Hylton
Sam Eldreth
Douglas Grindstaff
David Steele
Donald Grindstaff
Clyde Byrd
Joe Whitt
Dallas Steele
Lillard Eldreth
Lewis McCormick
Peggy Sue Lusk
Robert Fulford
Glen Ferrell
Oscar England
Porter Houck
Jack Wallen
Buzz Lusk
Peggy Sue
Circle Cancels July Meeting At Mount Hope Church
Circle No 1 of Mount Hope Presbyterian meets at Mrs P C Graney Jr s home with reports from the executive board and notes there will be no July gathering. program on General Fund Agencies and Bible lesson guided by members are listed. August hosts named. Swedish King Eric XIV was poisoned in 1578.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Circle No. 1
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
P. C. Graney Jr
Christ Jesus
W. J. M.jore
The
Women of the Church
Anthony Puskas
Albert Stone
D. W. Barger
James Page
S. C. Higgins
H. C. Skaggs
E. E. Jones
Rainbow Order Banquet At White Shrine Hall
About 20 members of Assembly No. 14 Order of Rainbow for Girls met at White Shrine Hall with Bonnie Vallina presiding. Reports on the 20th annual Grand Assembly in Charleston were given and plans made for a July 10 mother daughter banquet. Members will continue selling knives and hold a rummage sale in late July with Jabal Alreja Shrine No. 6 assistance. An initiation is planned at the next meeting.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Assembly
Order of Rainbow
White Shrine Hall
Bonnie Vallina
Mary Stevenson
Jennie Cope Carter
White Shrine
Jabal Alreja Shrine No. 6
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Household Shower Set For Auxiliary Member
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Bradley Freewill Baptist Church met at 7:30 p m in the home of Mrs Preston Renfro. Devotional led by Mrs Virginia Elliott covered Evangelism and soul winning topics with Mrs Renfro presiding. Plans were made for a household shower for a member who lost her home by fire, next meeting set for July 10 in the auxiliary room of the church.
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Bradley
ANS
Bradley Freewill Baptist Church
Preston Renfro
Virginia Elliott
Geneva Ramsey
Mase Renfro
Lydia Parent
Lula Thompson
Carol Elliott
Eileen Renfro
Dreama
Juanita Ramsey
Detroit visitors attend Kilsyth wedding
Mr and Mrs Angela Yates and daughter Angela of Detroit Michigan stayed a week at the Cinotti home in Kilsyth to attend the wedding of their nephew Johnny Stella to Elizabeth Smith.
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Angela Yates
Angela
Detroit
Mich
Luigi Cinotti
Kilsyth
Johnny Stella
Elizabeth Smith
Church Youth Honored PAX Picnic Hosts Named
Mrs Ray Thompson hosted a Church of Christ Young People picnic on the Spears property Tuesday. Assisted by Mrs Spears and Miss Patty Holden, attendees included Gale Nancy Rita Larry Maynor Mere da Delana Jerry Williams Michael Toni Lively and many others.
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Pax
Ray Thompson
Church of Christ
Tom Spears
Spears
Patty Holdren
Gale
Nancy
Rita
Larry Maynor
Mereda
Delana
Jerry Williams
Michael
Toni Lively
Gloria
Margaret
Mabel
Flobell Maynor
Pamela
Gaytha
Terry Williams
Dianne
Tommy
Denise
Lessie Spears
Johnny
Cathy Wright
Roberta Williams
Ethel
Benny
Billy Holdren
Lonnie
Arthur Craddock
Clay
Sherry Mullins
Wyoming County Day Camp Opens at Camp Collins
Miss Frieda Morris and Mrs Betti Sue Hendrick of the Appalachian Council of Girl Scouts led planning for the Wyoming County Day Camp at Camp Collins near Pineville. About 70 Brownies and Intermediate Scouts from Wyoming County are registered. Camp director is Mrs William Milam, with Mrs Carl Parks in charge of trailer supplies. NED Crews and others assist with crafts, handwork, and a new troop of Scouts. Health nurses provided checkups as campers prepare a Mother Goose themed program emphasizing outdoor enjoyment citizenship and personal development. Activities include swimming at Palisades Pool and a camp fire Thursday night. Camp closes Friday at 3:30 p.m.
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Pineville
RNS
Frieda Morris
Betti Sue Hendrick
Appalachian Council of Girl Scouts
Bluefield
Camp Collins
Wyoming County
William Milam
Herndon
Carl Parks
Marian Nolley
Mullens
Lou Clark
Ned Crews
Jeanie Houck
Mary Beth Pancake
Wyoming
Milam
Palisades Pool
Students Return From Youth Leadership Camp
Mount Hope youths Mike Buffa and John David Buzz Callaway return from the 14th annual Camp Horseshoe youth leadership camp at Parsons. Sponsored by Mount Hope Lions Club, both will be juniors at Mount Hope High School. Buffa serves in Catholic youth roles and ball teams. Callaway plays trumpet, choir, golf, and swimming. Camp aims to train in democratic leadership and Christian fellowship for teens aged 15 to 17.
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Mount Hope
Parsons
Camp Horseshoe
Mike Buffa
John David
Buzz
Callaway
Family News From Beckley Area and Military Promotions
Howard Ayers is recuperating at home after four weeks in Beckley Memorial Hospital. Their son Jesse Lee Ayers has been promoted to corporal in the United States Marine Corps and serves in the Pacific area. Ship-fitter 1 Carlos Suttle is on a 30 day leave with his family after 16 years of service and has reenlisted for six more years aboard the U S S DuPont in Norfolk Virginia. Delbert Thompson and daughter Loretta visited Milton for Sunday with Rev G E Pauley, pastor of Milton Freewill Baptist Church.
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Bradley
Howard Ayers
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Ayers
Jesse Lee
United States Marine Corps
Pacific
Carlos Suttle
Suttle
United States Navy
U.S.S. DuPont
Norfolk
Delbert Thompson
Loretta
G. E. Pauley
Milton
Pauley
Milton Freewill Baptist Church
Circle Will Install New Officers Tonight
Circle No. 1 of Mount Hope First Christian Church met Wednesday afternoon in the Social Room with Mrs. Mary Bailey in charge. Plans were made for the installation of new officers at the General Meeting tonight. Mrs. J. B. Helton Jr. presented a program titled A Way Of Compassion and Mrs. Elsie Bryant led a study titled Together In Service. Attending were Mrs. Bertha Trent, Mrs. H. C. Brown, Mrs. Fred Thompson and Mrs. C. R. Berry.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Circle No. 1
Mount Hope First Christian Church
Mary Bailey
J. B. Helton Jr
Elsie Bryant
Bertha Trent
H. C. Brown
Fred Thompson
C. R. Berry
Logan Youth Drowns In Guyan River Incident
CHAPMANVILLE West Virginia Logan County 17 year old Millard Vannatter of Big Creek drowned while swimming with two friends near his home on the Guyan River Sunday. The youths reported seeing him struggle but could not reach him before he slipped underwater.
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W.va
UPI
Guyan River
Logan County
Millard Vannatter
Big Creek
Vannatter
Mount Hope notices and residents’ social visits
Mrs Blanche Davis from Lively went to Montgomery for a routine check up at Laird Memorial Hospital. Miss Pauline Taggart will work at the West Virginia DMV in Charleston for several weeks. Judy Park spent a week at Girls State with Mount Hope Federated League sponsorship. Various families and guests, including Keeneys and Beavers, visited relatives in Park Heights and Williamson while others hosted guests in Madison Tennessee and Beckley.
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Blanche Davis
Della Tyree
Lively
Montgomery
Laird Memorial Hospital
West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
Charleston
John Hager
Summersville
Judy Park
W. R. Park
Girls State
Jacksons Mill
Miss Park
Mount Hope Federated League
Rusty
Susan Beavers
Montgomery Banker Dies of Heart Ailment at 75
William B. Devaney, 75, vice president of Merchants National Bank in Cannelton, died in a Montgomery hospital from a heart ailment. Retired controller of Cannelton Coal and Coke Co and former Kanawha Valley Mining Institute president. Fayette County native, WVU and Parkersburg Business College alum. Survivors include his widow, a daughter and a son. Funeral services set for Tuesday.
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William B. Devaney
Merchants National Bank
Cannelton
Devaney
Cannelton Coal and Coke Co
Kanawha Valley Mining Institute
Fayette County
West Virginia University
Parkersburg Business College
Mock Election Held by 4-H Campers at Fay ette County
4 H campers at Beckwith closed their Fay ette County Camp with a mock county election. Jimmy Jones of Fayetteville won the role of judge, while Eddy Perry and others served as sheriff circuit clerk county clerk and prosecutors and commissioners. Camp staff included James Allen director and student volunteers from Berea College and West Virginia University.
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Fayetteville
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Judy Pennington
Jimmy Heffer
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Jack Rhodes
Donna Dove
Lydia Pugh
Patty McClung
Lois Bandy
Brenda Harrah
Mike Kesler
Mary Legg
Carolyn Jones
James Allen
Helen Camp
Berea College
Monroe County
Rose Marie Sheets
West Virginia University
Lucille Crislip
Iva Rule
Sibyl Jones
Kathleen Rule
Eva Miller
Blance Upton
Bobby Zickafoose
Madine Buckholt
Georgia Cutlip
Dick Whanger
Carolyn Johnson
Jerry Jones
John Cutlip
Beatrice Whanger
Christmas tree pruning demonstrations scheduled in Fayette County
A two day program sponsored by Rural Development, Extension Service and Soil Conservation Service will hold demonstrations on Tuesday and Wednesday across several Fayette County farms and homes. Phil Bertha from West Virginia University will supervise with Ward Ashford, Porter Hannah, Richard Winston, Francis Keiling, and John J. Flanagan participating to show pruning to shape, density and timing for Christmas tree production.
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ENS
Fayette County
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Agricultural Extension Service
The
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A. L. Moody
U. S. 60
Hilton Village
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Maplewood
Ray Thompson
Long Branch
Phil Bertha
West Virginia University
Ward Ashford
Porter Hannah
Richard Winston
Francis Kei
Minister Grover Reinhold Dies During Church Service
The Rev. Grover C. Reinhold, 72, died Sunday night while attending services at the Chestnut Flat Methodist Church in Craigsville Nicholas County. He was semi retired and a member of Craigsville Lodge No 374 Order of Odd Fellows and the Flat Methodist Church.
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UPI
Grover C. Reinhold
Chestnut Flat Methodist Church
Craigsville
Nicholas County
Order of Odd Fellows
the Flat Methodist Church
Visitor Returns Mullens
Miss Rebecca Clark has returned to Greenville after a three week visit with her father Buddy Clark and grandmother Edith Cook at Mullens.
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Mullens
Rebecca Clark
Greenville
Buddy Clark
Edith Cook
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