Jaycee Family Outing To Feature Installation
Oak Hill Jaycees host a picnic at Fayette County 4-H Camp Beckwith with John Fox to be installed as Oak Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce president. Events begin 2 p m with volleyball softball diving swimming contests, followed by a 6 p m dinner and installation ceremonies. Two week membership drive launches, led by Morris Wonder Dr James Shelton and Charles McClain. arrangements by Fox Gene Dawson and Ray Singer.
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Oak Hill
John Fox
Fayette County
Beckwith
The
Jaycees
Morris Wonder
Dr. James Shelton
Charles McClain
Fox
Gene Dawson
Ray Singer
CERTA VIN promised relief for stomach gas
A Beckley man reports ten years of a sensation like a rock in his stomach vanished after two days of taking CERTA VIN. The product, taken before meals, blends herbs with vitamin B and iron to aid digestion, relieve gas, strengthen nerves, and enrich blood.
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Beckley
Six Fayette couples receive marriage licenses
Fayette County records show six couples obtaining marriage licenses from the county clerk. The pairs are Eugene Arthur and Betty Adkins of Beckwith. Robert Bryant and Katherine Beard of Kymoor. Willis Briscoe of Charleston and Beatrice Taylor of Ingram Branch. Charles Lucas of Victor and Shirley Rakes of Glen Jean. Howard Oatridge and Eleanor Macomber of Lochgelly. Shirley Roupe of Lookout and Dolores Hanner of Lookout.
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Fayette
Eugene Arthur
Betty Adkins
Lochgelly
Shirley Steve Roupe
Dolores Hanner
Lookout
Frank Shepherd Taken by Death Rites Thursday
Frank Shepherd 56 of Whipple died Tuesday in Huntington Veterans Hospital from leukemia after extensive blood transfusions. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Scarbro Baptist Church with Mt Hope Legion to give military rites at Highlawn Memorial Park. Born Charlottesville Va April 8 1894 he was WWI veteran and longtime armature winding worker at New River Company Mt Hope shop since 1919. Survived by wife Flora and seven siblings and six children. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to residence today then to church an hour before services.
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New River Company
Mount Hope
Flora Shepherd
Evelyn Bailey
Dorothy Mars
Lochgelly
Mary Stinnett
Lelia Pruett
Kopperston
Nadine Dodson
Goldie Henderson
Lynchburg
Molly Walker
William Lee
Frank J., Jr
Charles E
Eunice May Wheeler
Lucille Duncan
Tyree
Whipple Boy Drowns at Blue Hole Near Paint Creek
Oak Hill sheriff reports 15 year old Thomas Eugene Hicks of Whipple drowned after diving into the swollen Blue Hole at Paint Creek. Witnesses saw him disappear while returning to shore as grappling hooks recovered the body around 7 50 pm. Funeral at Massey home Saturday with burial in End of the Trail Cemetery.
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Thomas Eugene Hicks
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Blue Hole
Paint Creek
Young Hicks
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C. R. Weatherford
Frank Gautier
Kingston
Luther Massey
Carl Rosenblock
Greenwood
Trail Cemetery
Lewisburg
Big Mountain
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Wilda Parnell
Racine
LeRoy Hicks
Nancy Bell Blankenship
Tyree
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NAACP meeting at Mt. Chapel Baptist Church
The New River Branch of the NAACP will meet Sunday afternoon at Mt. Chapel Baptist Church Ansted hosted by Rev. Sam Williams. Arthur Wilbourn Oak Hill presides with main speaker Charles Cap Ferguson Charleston. Music by Ansted and Winona Choral groups. John Redman Fayetteville is association president.
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Fayetteville
Mt. Chapel Baptist Church
Ansted
New River
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sam Williams
Arthur Wilbourn
Oak Hill
Charles
Cap) Ferguson
Charleston
Winona
John Redman
Coal mining course taught in Oak Hill High School
G C Slaven, a long time coal mining instructor at Oak Hill High School, advocates making the course available in all local schools. He has taught about 360 students, many of whom hold mining jobs such as firebosses or state mine inspectors. The program blends geology, chemistry, physics, and math with mine gas testing, safety lamps, ventilation, and practical mine layouts.
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Oak Hill High School
John Taylor
John Pleva
Pat Johnson
Dino Price
Kathleen Wood
Oak Ihhle
P . Slaven
Slaven
Mrs Brooks Feted On 85th Birthday At Open House
Mrs Martha Brooks was honored on her 85th birthday with an open house at her Sum merlee Avenue home. Hostesses included Mrs Roy Armstrong and Mrs Maude James amid pink and white roses and a pink and green theme. Numerous relatives and friends called, including the Brooks family and local residents in a long list of attendees.
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Oak Hill
Martha Brooks
Summerlee Avenue
Roy Armstrong
Maude James
Ada Burgess
Eula Bibb
Brooks
Bessie Fitzgerald
Susie Fitzgerald
Lee Brooks
Fred Tredway
Susan Oliver
R. G. Thomas
Allen Brooks
Mary Ann Brooks
Sue Brooks
Willie Brooks
Elsie Brooks
Carole Sue Smith
John James
Herbert Armstrong
Jerry Armstrong
Bill Bibb
Shirley Bibb
J. A. McKin
Class has Outing At Fayette Camp
Fayetteville Baptist Church members and guests attended a chicken fry at the Fayette County 4-H Camp with a devotional led by Mrs Ruth Follett and a song fest by D D Elwell. Attendees include numerous local families and individuals across several households. The Missouri River Basin Project spans parts of multiple states including Montana Wyoming Colorado North and South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Iowa and Missouri.
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Fayetteville
Callawan
Skippy Stanley
L. T. Wise
Elaine
Betty Wise
Edward Wygal
Clemmie Yon
Skippy
Dillard Inge
Harold Wilson
Editd Radford
Roy Cruickshanks
Sharon
Dennis Dempsey
Garfield Keith
Earl Workman
T. Ford
H. E. Fitzwater
Virginia Clinebell
Kay
Robert Honaker
Sandy
Ethel Radford
Janet Nicholas
Frances Lee
Frances Warren
D. D. Elwell
Betty Jo Frazier
Wilda Gay Eskew
Gene
Tommy Shockey
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
North and
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Kopperston Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Cleo Short drove to Bluefield to accompany daughter Joan to Bluefield College for summer studies. Mr and Mrs Charles Lay and children of Glenfork stayed with Fiwin Fultz in Kopperston. Rev Harry L Poe left for the West Virginia Baptist Camp at Cowan to serve as dean of the junior high boys camp for ten days. Mr J and B Price and granddaughter Neva Jo Garrett spent the weekend in Roanoke Virginia with friends.
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Cleo Short
Bluefield
Joan
Bluefield College
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Glenfork
Fiwin Fultz
Harry L. Poe
West Virginia
Cowan
J. &B. Price
Neva Jo Garrett
Roanoke
Parking move keeps Mullens block traffic flowing
Mullens officials report Dr W W Wells of Mullens has a reserved parking site on Second Street near the Wyoming Theater. Mayor William Holroyd cites visibility issues and traffic flow as reasons for reserving the spot. Separate notes: Lester Early of Salem Va offers 1000 for right of way for Lusk Avenue with five lots valued at 2100, council deems price exhorbitant and may condemn if not accepted to finish a 30 foot street segment delayed 20 years.
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Youth Group Evangelistic Service at Cook Memorial Church
Members of the Cook Memorial Baptist Church Youth Fellowship held a wiener roast at Cooks Bottom followed by a devotional led by Jerry Stevens on Every day Christianity. Attendees included Betty Simmons Regina Weaver and Earl Curry Jr with sponsors Mr and Mrs Vivian Rose.
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Pineville
Cooks Bottom
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Jerry Stevens
Earl Curry, Jr
Bill Thomas
Regina Weaver
Betty Simmons
Harry Stevens
Margie Southard
Faye Thomas
Myrtlene Wikes
Texie West
Joan Pack
Gerald Acord
al Olsen
Tom Gunter
Ranny Cline
Ronald Parker
Wesley Brown
Eugene Adams
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Vivian Rose
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Earl Miller, Jr
Pineville High School
Joyce Kelly
National Geographic Reexamines East Africa's Agogwe
The National Geographic Society suggests the agogwe or little furred people reported in East Africa may actually be rare monkeys rather than a distinct species.
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National Geographic Society
East Africa
Area Students Named In High Honor Group
Two area students earned highest honors at West Virginia University’s 83rd commencement, among 32 in the 2,089 degree recipients. The highest honors group requires a 3.7 GPA or better for five consecutive semesters. Albert Lancianese of Mt. Hope and Harold L. Fork of White Sulphur Springs are named.
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MT. Hope
West Virginia University
J. Everett Long
Albert Lancianese
Harold L. Fork
White Sulphur Springs
Vacations Set For Mullens City Police
Mullens city policemen will receive vacations starting after July 1 based on service time. Officers with six months of service get one week, and those with one year or more receive two weeks. A relief patrolman schedule was presented at the council meeting.
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Mullens Woman Named District Vice President in WV Union
Bernice McCreary of Mullens was elected district vice president of the West Virginia Federation of Postal Clerks yesterday at the annual Morgantown convention.
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Mullens
Bernice McCreary
West Virginia Federation of Postal Clerks
Morgantown
Pine Knob native begins Air Force basic training
Pvt William C Cook, son of Mrs Lura Cook of Pine Knob, enters the Air Force basic airmen induction course at Lackland Air Force Base as part of initial military training.
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Pine Knob
Lackland Air Force Base
Pvt
William C. Cook
Lura Cook
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