Class Of 1946 Plans Reunion In Fayetteville
Fayetteville high school’s 1946 graduates finalize plans for a reunion set for June 29 at 6 30 pm in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building dining room. Dan M Perdue will deliver the guest address. orchid and white decorate. Attendees include former principal David L Hypes and sponsor Madeline Sims along with class officers Virgil Smith Everette Murphy Ginny Summerfield Helen Beckelheimer Baugh and many classmates.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Maple Avenue
Fayetteville
Dan M. Perdue
High Street
Fayetteville High School
Virgil Smith
Everette Murphy
Ginny Summerfield
Helen Beckelheimer Baugh
Rose Watkins Boles
Donald Jones
Virginia Crawford Johnson
Jackie Cutright
Doris Paris Shockey
Mary Ruth Fridley
Lois Madison
Helen Jane Beckelheimer Baugh
Joe Moreau
Harold Hayes
Elizabeth Hunter Holt
Roy H. Johnson
James Crookshanks
Clyde Davis
William Stewart
Harry Sheaves
Phillip Mazzocchi Jr
Darrell Fortner
Clara B. Harshbarger
Billie Rucker Withrow
Eunice Ellison Davis
Dorothy Pennington Hostetter
Evelyn Jones
Frances Aliff
Elizabeth Minnick Davis
Bessie Mae Goff
Edna Janutolo
Frances Quesenberry Thompson
Naomi Agee Pennington
Margaret Wilson
Camma Clower Simpkins
William E. Spangler
Carl Riner
Edward Bennett
Betty Jane Barrett
Richard McDaniel
Joan Miller
Paul Shockey
Blanche McAvoy
Aurelia Nugen Dickerson
Pineville Journalists Attend Ohio Workshop
Pineville reporters and students join Ohio University journalism workshop in Athens for a week of training in newspaper and yearbook production. Attendees include Marilyn Stone, Charles Mulkey, Harrett Ringstaff, Jeanie Houck, Mary Olive Anderson, and Ned Crews. The program features labs, lectures, and social events culminating in diplomas and published weekly copies.
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Pineville High School
Marilyn Stone
Rigt
Charles Mulkey
Harrett Ringstaff
Jeanie Houck
Mary Olive Anderson
Ned Crews
Pineville
Athens
Ohio
ANS
Ohio University School of Journalism
Prisoners Die By Own Action In North Carolina Prisons
The state prisons department reported two inmates died by their own actions earlier this month. Billy Privette, 31, of War West Virginia, poisoned himself at central prison on June 5 while serving 28 to 30 years for the murder of his third wife. Joseph Webster, 28, died after a June 11 hanging attempt at the Pine Bluff unit, dying the next day while serving 10 years for breaking and entering.
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Raleigh
N. C
UPS
State Prisons Department
Billy Lee Privette
War
McDowell County
W. Va
Central Prison
Joseph Webster
Pine Bluff
Privette
Webster
Oberlin honors Cozort with top nursing scholarship
Miss Cozort of Ravencliff wins the main Oberlin College scholarship for a student entering medical or hospital nursing studies. Two lesser Oberlin scholarships are awarded to other graduates. Born in Ravencliff and a former prom queen, she attended John McGraw Grade School and spends summers with grandparents.
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Alan Hurst
Billie Jo Cozort
Oberlin
Ohio
M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Cozort
Oberlin High School
John Cozort
Ravencliff
John McGraw
School of Nursing
Senators support Justice Reservoir for Guyandotte floods
West Virginia Senators Byrd and Randolph told a Senate subcommittee that a flood control reservoir at Justice in Wyoming County offers the best protection, opposing channelization and flood walls. They urged a $300000 planning appropriation, citing Army Engineers support and arguing downstream flood risks would worsen otherwise. Opponents cited coal reserves losses and economic impact.
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Washington
UPI
Guyandotte River
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Senate Public Works Appropriations Subcommittee
Guyandotte
U. S. Army Engineers
Justice
Wyoming County
Byrd
Randolph
Justice Reservoir
Norfolk and Western Railway
Leonard J. Timms
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Mines
Army Engineers
Congress
Ohio River
Legion Auxiliary Delegates Told at Oak Hill
Oak Hill Unit 59 of the American Legion Auxiliary elected new officers to be installed after the state convention in Huntington August 1 to 3. Officers named: President C. R. Hill, Vice President H. L. Van Camp, Secretary H. P. Thomas, Treasurer Johnnie Ferri, Sergeant at arms Mae Wooddell, Chaplain E. R. Ample, Historian Lillian Rapp. Delegates and alternates to Girls State listed and Poppy Day support noted.
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Oak Hill
ANS
American Legion Auxiliary
Johnnie Ferri
C. R. Hill
H. L. van Camp
H. P. Thomas
Mae Wooddell
E. R. Ample
Lillian Rapp
Huntington
Frederick Hotel
Carol Ann Thomas
Saundria Humphries
Sherry Allen
Sharon Thurbon
Linda Flack
Pam _ Kessler
Barbara Hall
Shelia Kania
Gaynell Wroten
Sammie Cale
Poppy
E. A. Masters
C. C. Neal
Rapp
Thomas
van Camp
Wooddell
Meigs Ferri
Sunday Program Ends Saulsville DVB School
The Saulsville Baptist Church two day Daily Vacation Bible School closed with an evening worship service. Sue LaVerne Clay opened with a prelude and the school march Onward Christian Soldiers. Classes contributed skits songs and pantomimes including Noahs Ark Judas Pharisees and publicans and the well shod Christian. The display of classroom work was shown before and after the service under the direction of Mrs Ted R. Clay.
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Saulsville
RNS
Saulsville Baptist Church
Sue LaVerne Clay
Jerry Clay
United States
Mike Clay
Eddie Clay
Jackie Lou Clay
Elizabeth Meadows
Timmy Clay
Mike Canada
Zacheus
Bobby Canada
Carl Clay
Sonja Meredith
Ronnie Tolliver
Linda Clay
Sherry Tolliver
Karen Clay
Patty Clay
Bowin Blankenship
Saducees
Pharisees
Jackie Clay
Sue Clay
Sharon Clay
Terry Clay
Sandra Clay
Ted R. Clay
Health Department Secures Federal Immunization Grant
Washington reports a $47,929 grant from the Department of Health Education and Welfare to the West Virginia Health Department for a statewide immunization program. The effort targets polio and diphtheria vaccines for children and young adults across the state.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mullens Centennial Parade Draws Large Crowds and Officials
A large crowd viewed Mullens centennial parade featuring the Mullens High School Band in new summer uniforms. The procession was led by Police Chief Wendall Cook with distinguished guests including State Senators Porter and Beckley and Dr. Ward Wylie. Wyoming County officials and local officials attended as new sanitation trucks and public safety vehicles were displayed.
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Mullens
Wendall Cook
George Porter
Beckley
Ward Wylie
Mae Belcher
House of Delegates
Wyoming County
Mullens Sanitation Dept
Willing Workers Attend Wiener Roast at McGraw School
The Willing Workers 4 H Club held a wiener roast Friday near John McCraw Grade School to preview summer camp and the campfire circle. Mrs Tony Perry led four tribes Senecas Delawares Cherokees Mingoes with Mike McGraw named big chief and Patricia Jackie Rose Marie as chiefs.
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Tony Perry
Mike McGraw
Jack McGraw
Patricia Clay
Jackie Clay
Demon Clay
Rose Marie Shumate
Bobbie Sizemore
Sandra Clay
Linda Clay
Pete Tolliver
Joe McGraw
Douglas Perry
Linda Stewart
Rachel Clay
Patricia McGraw
Cheryl McGraw
Sue LaVerne’ Clay
Frankie Acord
R. D. Vaught
John Perry
Ruby Bower
Reggie Sizemore
Eddie McMillian
Sharon McGraw
Anita Bailey
Pete Shumate
Sharon Clay
Teddy Clay
Patton Brown
Leonard MccMillian
Jerry Trump
Vaccine Campaign to Start July 1 in Several Counties
The transportation of immunization measures will begin July 1 in Logan Min-20, McDowell and Wyoming counties, targeting coverage for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus in the region.
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Logan
Min- 20
McDowell
Wyoming
Pax PAX residents visit kin and military sailors abroad
Pax PAX news notes travelers and servicemen visiting relatives in West Virginia Ohio and Virginia. Dennis Cruise returns to Cleveland after visits with his parents in Pax and Weirwood. Navy enlistee C D Wikel visits Pax during two weeks with relatives. stationed on USS Kitty Hawk in San Diego.
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Pax
Dennis Cruise
Cleveland
Ohio
Luther Cruise
Weirwood
West Virginia
Clyde Mowell
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Eccles
Carl Johnson
Beckley
Edward Helm
St. Albans
Alfred Humphrey
Humphreys
Shawn
Joey Helm
C. D. Wikel
Remus Wickel
Navy
Pax High School
Kitty Hawk
San Diego
Calif
Weber
Grover Bennett
Hubert Bennett
Fort Wayne
Conway Thompson
Cindy
Norfolk
N. F. Walkup
Bryant Kidd
Ricky
Steve Bostic
Union
Leslie Lively
Allen
Ted
Oceana
Anna Lively
Carl Murdock
Airman
Larry K. Murdock
Biloxi
Weekend visitors and local updates from Oceana area
Oceana welcomes numerous relatives and guests visiting from Morgantown Clarksburg Meadow Bridge Meadow Road and Washington DC. The column notes Arthur McClain Brenda McGraw Linda Billy Durbin Jill Peterson Audrey Mable Cook and Johnny Bean among those visiting or traveling, with several families hosting relatives and service members on leave.
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Oceana
Monroe McClain
Hope Gas Camp
Kopperston
Arthur McClain
Morgantown
Scott Davis
Clarksburg
Brenda McGraw
Dee McGraw
Meadow Bridge
John Evans
Larry
Koppers City Bottom
Evans
Raymond Lusk
Clendenin
Virgil Tusk
Frank Whitten
Toneda
Weston
Harold Durbin
Linda
Billy
James Lamb
Red Stone Arsenal
Alabama
United States Army
Woodrow Lamb
Walter Hinkle
Gail Kucek
Anderson
Ind
Mike Plaster
Roanoke
Millard Plaster
Hatcher
Jill Peterson
Mallory
Emory Justice
Fred Peterson
Roby Lamb
Henry Pruett
Washington, D. c
Robert Cook
Bowen Cook
Audrey Mable Cook
Huntington
Johnny Bean
Bob Lively
Ripley
Street Dance Set In Mullens Parking Lot
Mullens hosts a street dance for area youth in the City Parking Lot from 7 30 to 11 p m with no admission charge. Mrs Jack Dick, director of Centennial activities, says the event aims to provide a special treat for youths from Mullens and surrounding communities this Thursday.
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Mullens
RNL
Jack Dick
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