Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp Opens Leadership Training Week
Jearald McGraw and Frankie Acord depart Ravencliff with mother Mrs. Dennis McGraw to Beckley then join Pineville delegates Judy Plumley and Donna Paige Rose for a state youth 4-H Club leaders conference. Rich training covers grooming health citizenship crafts social skills and leadership. Partial scholarships funded almost half the camp fee. Jackie Lou Clay could not attend.
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Jearald McGraws
Frankie Acord
Ravencliff
Jackson’s Mill
Dennis McGraw
Jearald
Beckley
Pineville
Judy Plumley
Donna Paige Rose
Jackie Lou Clay
Social Visitors and Guests Gather in Several Homes
Visitors this week include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glisson with guests from Mansfield and Barberton Ohio, Decatur Illinois, Cleveland Ohio, and Cittsville. Dolly Brock hosts Billy Brock and daughter from Greenfield Indiana for two weeks and plans a trip to Indianapolis. Rosella Sutton hosts Billy Mowell and children from Cleveland for the weekend.
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Pax
Robert Glisson
Bob Stegall
Mansfield
Ohio
Jack Maynor
Jon Maynor
Barberton
Jack Sweeney
Decatur
Ill
Jerry
Judy Hamilton
Cleveland
Don Williams
Cittsville
Dolly Brock
Billy Brock
Greenfield
Ind
Brock
Indianapolis
Rosella Sutton
Billy Mowell
Frankie and
Joy
Fayetteville social notes and local visits
Fayetteville items note Mr. and Mrs. John Witt Jr and children Greg Stephanie and Paul Allen and Daniels Sr leaving to visit relatives in Alexandria Virginia and tour northern states. Mrs Irene Cavendish hospitalized at Oak Hill after surgery. Charles Witt and children Brad and Jeffery leave for northern states. Mrs H E Shawver hospitalized at Bluefield Sanitarium for treatment. Mrs Tom Bradshaw has returned home after weeks with son in law and daughter in Huntington. Pfc Meredith McClung visiting relatives at Fort Belvoir. Mrs Harold Jones and Mere Nannie Beck mentioned. Mrs T W Jones recovering at Gatewood from a short illness.
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Fayetteville
Rns
John Witt Jr
Greg
Stephanie
Paul Allen
Daniels Sr
Alexandria
Irene Cavendish
Oak Hill Hospital
Charles Witt
Brad and
Jeffery
Maple Road
H. E. Shawver
Abbot Addition
Bluefield Sanitarium
Tom Bradshaw
Sunset Addition
H. E. Sullivan
Huntington
Pfc
Merdith McClung
Fort Belvoir
Harold Jones
Mere
Nannie Beck
Grace St
Mission Group Meets at First Church of God in Garten
The Mission Group of the First Church of God held its monthly meeting Thursday evening at Mrs. Charles Campbell’s Garten home. The program was presented by Mrs. Campbell with participants Miss Donna Campbell Mrs. Charles Schnabel Mrs. Mac Dempsey Mrs. John Webb Miss Belinda Workman and Mrs. David Bock. Spiritual life director read the scripture. Refreshments were served to a host of members.
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Fayetteville
RNS
First Church of God
Charles Campbell
Garten
Campbell
Donna Campbell
Charles Schnabel
Mac Dempsey
John Webb
Belinda Workman
David Bocock
Lee Carte
Arch Lawrence
Jasper Tredway
Lester Parrish
George Tredway
William Dreger
Elizabeth Wilson
Barometers Fail to Predict Sudden Thunderstorms
Barometers rarely forecast abrupt storms amid hot weather as strong heat fuels instability. Weather sensors miss rapid cloud development and lightning bursts, leaving residents surprised by sudden downpours and gusty winds.
Fayetteville Wedding Permits List Shows 33 Couples
Fayetteville records reveal 33 couples applying for marriage licenses in the county clerk’s office during early June. Names include Joan Ruff, Tracy Adkins, Patricia Phillips, Robert Adkins, Kathryn Richards, Leonard Baker Jr., and many others from Belva Gatewood Minden Oak Hill and surrounding towns, with ages ranging from 16 to 68 and multiple parent names listed. This snapshot highlights local nuptials and the ongoing access to license records in Fayette County.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Ples
Fayette County
Joan Wanda Ruff
Mount Hope
George Ruff
Tracy William Adkins
Washington, D. C
Ralph Adkins
Patricia Lee Phillips
Belva
Homer Phillips
Robert J. Adkins
Stanley Adkins
Kathryn Camden Richards
Gatewood
Arest Cline Richards
Leonard William Baker Jr
Clifton Forge
Leonard William Baker
Patricia Ann Wall
Ansted
D. Q. Wall
Joseph A. Baumgartner
Oak Hill
J. A. Baumgartner
Sharon Alpha Elkins
Minden
Bethel Adkins
Francis Lee Bibb
Jesse Bibb
Edith Withrow
Glen Jean
Russell Withrow
Dennis Bailey
Mr. Hope
Charley Bailey
Barbara Lee Gordon
Lewis Edward Gordon
William Hamilton Duso
Gordon
Ralph Edward Duso
Rhea Ann Tomasek
Smithlers
Thomas Tomasek
Abdul Aziz Sul Esso
Ann Arbour
Sultan Esso
Mary Jane Patterson
Basil Gill
Sandra Elizabeth Smith
Montgomery
Oak Hill Post Office Flag Pole Painted in Error
A Charleston worker mistakenly painted the wrong flag pole during a full interior repaint of Oak Hill Post Office. The Fayetteville flag pole should have been painted. The same contractor works on Mt. Hope Oak Hill and Fayetteville offices with Oak Hill interior work only. No extra charge anticipated by the Post Office department.
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Oak Hill
Charleston
Fayetteville
Mt. Hope
Post Office Department
U S Consumption Tops World Manganese Use in 1962
The United States produced less than 1 percent of world manganese output in 1960 while consuming more than any other nation, per the 1962 Britannica Book of the Year.
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United States
Honored At Farewell Luncheon For Mrs. Mitchell
Mrs. R. H. Mitchell was honored at a Tuesday farewell luncheon at the home of Mrs. M. M. Shumate with co hostesses Mrs. B. W. Steele. The couple plan to move to Bluefield. Attendees included numerous local women listed in attendance.
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R. H. Mitchell
M. M. Shumate
B. W. Steele
Mrs. Phillips Feted At Household Shower
Mrs. Samuel K. Phillips formerly Kaye Saunders was honored with a household shower in Friendship Hall Cassell Memorial Church Itmann. Hostesses and a long guest list from Itmann Mullens Pineville Pierpoint Blacks Eagle Oceana Pulaski Radford and Allen Junction attended the event.
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Vennie B. Coleman
Curtis Miller
Eugene Mounts
Nathan Woods
Charlie Large
Hollis B. Courington
Garvie Stidham
Lillian Bowman
Ernest Belcher
Boyd McLean
Peggy Carte
Shirley Compton
Wynema Bowling
Pat Haluski
Charlene Saunders
Charles Saunders
Itmann
Charles Smallwood
Roy E. Boone
Henry Childress
Pineville
Cecil Bradbury
Leroy Dean
Mullens
Asher Phillips
Ruth Stover
Edwin N. Moeller
Pierpoint
Merlin Green
Raymond Osborne
H. K. Tibbs
Lacy Hight
Ike Osborne
Oceana
Reba Sheets
Pulaski
George Kinser
Radford
Allie Phillips
Ernest Phillips
Garland Phillips
Allen Junction
Clarence Jackson
Wharton
Tralee Supt Wife Honored At Mullens Picnic
Mr and Mrs R H Mitchell guests of honor at a Mullens Community Park picnic. They will move to Bluefield at 421 College Ave. He is general superintendent of the storehouse dept at Soviet Solvay Division Allied Chemical Corp Tralee. Mrs Mitchell active in civic and church work. Sixty attend. Gift certificate for 50 dollars presented.
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Mullens
RNS
R. H. Mitchell
Mulens
Bluefield
College Avenue
Mitchell
Allied Chemical Corp
Tralee
Trale
G. V. Conner
Beckley
Arizona Guests Mullens Visit Tucson Relatives
Mr and Mrs William R Roy of Tucson Ariz were Thursday guests at the home of his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs S W White Jr 350 Lusk Avenue The item notes a June 30 1961 Vietnam era veteran statistic of 42 5 years from the 1962 Britannica referencing U S war veterans average age
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U.S
Installation Date Set By Legion Post
Fay etteville American Legion LaFayette Post No 149 will install new officers at a joint dinner August 6 in the post home. Elected are Commander Frank Clinebell first vice president Charles Witt second vice president Bill Akers adjutant Walter Caldwell service officer Roy Cruikshank Americanism officer H L Van Camp child welfare officer Kenneth Wood finance officer J Riley Propps historian John L Witt Jr chaplain Aubrey Riner sergeants at arms Jesse D Williams and Ross Gimimont, with James Murphy and William Hesse on the executive committee. Delegates to the Department Convention Wheeling July 27 29 are Myron Renick Walter Caldwell James J Murphy Frank Clinchell John L Witt Jr alernates James Bowling Dr E H Warfield Leslie Withrow Boyd Selvey T E Myles. Harry W Miller discussed resolutions. delegates instructed to back a resolution supporting closing of West Virginia businesses on Veterans Day.
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Fayetteville
RNS
LaFayette
American Legion
Frank Clinebell
Charles Witt
Bill Akers
Walter Caldwell
Roy Cruikshank
H. L. van Camp
Kenneth Wood
Shumates Return From Visit to Blankenships in Michigan
Mr and Mrs Earnest Shumate return from visiting son Horace Eugene and the Blanken ships of Lavonia Michigan who accompanied them home for a week Horace will stay six weeks in the Shumate home Sonny Herbert Beckley stayed overnight with his mother Mrs Amedeo Domi Mrs Harry Bouchell and daughters Bridget and Kathy recently moved to Ambherstdale were guests this week at the Price home
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Bridget
Kathy
Ambherstdale
Mallory
iMr
Garfield Price
Car crashes into Mullens grade school wall
A 1960 model car owned by Lee Hodson rolled downhill after brake failure and struck the Conley Grade School wall on Lincoln Street in Mullens Saturday afternoon. Hodson had parked and exited the vehicle, hearing a brake snap before unsuccessfully trying to stop it. No damage estimate was provided.
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Conley
Mullens
Lee Hodson
Lincoln Street
Homemakers Study Interior Decorating at Fayetteville Club
Fayetteville Homemakers Club met at Mrs. James Mu. Eubanks home with co host Mrs. D C Wickline. Mrs. J A Crosier presided over business as Mrs. Dennis Shockey presented interior decorating with color blending and picture grouping discussion. Refreshments served to members and two guests.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Clifford Davis
James Ballard
Archie Thomas
J. A. Ritz
R. C. Farmer
Harrison Bryant
Chester Bates
Nettie Cottle
Norman Poff
Home Visits Rare as Americans See Doctors Five Times
The average American visits a doctor five times annually with only about ten percent of physician visits occurring at patients homes. The figure highlights a predominance of clinic or hospital based care and suggests limited use of home health services in routine medical practice.
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Ruth Ann Friend
Gauley Bridge
Henry R. Friend
Glen David Hamric
Frametown
R. A. Hamric
Brenda Faye Skaggs
Cannellton
Ralph Harris, Smithers
Mes Lawerence Harris
Patricia Susan Sulton
Smithers
Ireland G. Sulton
Donald Lee Hudson
Kimberly
Golden E.hudson
Norma Jean Hess
Jodie
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Forrest Ray Hughes
Summersville
Charles F. Hughes
Mary Rollins
Powellton
Ed Rollins
Howard Harris
Wallace Harris
Ruth Ann Watson
Paul E. Watson
James Edward Hoops
Ernest W. Hoops
Myrtle Lawhorn
Edward Lawhorn
Everette Hagle
David Hagle
Mond Perry
Robert Johnson
William Johnson
Ruby Virginia Kincaid
Walter Kincaid
Edmon Frank Kessler
Beckwith
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Peggy Hanshew
Rainelle
Leslie Hanshew
Don Knight
Macil Knight
Mary Frances Vealey
Oscar Vealey
Robert Lee Keith
John K. Keith
Debra Ann Keffer
Long Branch
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Gary Wayne Lafferty
Willis Branch
Winton Lafferty
Mary Sue Ashley
Corliss
Marion Lively
Lois Jean Akeman
Cliftop
Josh Akeman
Harry Thomas Moses
Charlie Moses
Anette Blanch Delung
Dothan
John R. Delung
Jerry John Massey
Kingston
John E. Massey
Judith Ann Holstein
Burley Holstein
Roger Earl Meadows Jr
Mabscott
Roger E. Meadows
Dottie Lou Buckner
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Lennie W. McMillion
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Brooklyn
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Garry W. Nutter
Chicago
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Carbondale
S. D. Hoffman
Joseph Gene Phillips
Clarence Krise
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Harvey Sfleased
Robert Polly Peck
Mitchum Bergen
Cape Fear
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J. W. Arthur
Ray Bowling
Clyde Byrd
Joseph Cook
John D. Farmer
William Emmons
G. F. Fordham
Fred Kingdon
W. L. Lawson
A. G. Gilbreath
James Kuhike
H. H. Mounts
David Monday
S. P. Pearis
Roger Pritchett
N. D. Trent
Harry Woods
Cloyd Blankenship
W. A. Davis
Mrs. Phillips
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Legion
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Ben Cooper
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George Montgomery
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