Spindler to Speak At Miners Banquet in Clifftop
G R Spindler of Morgantown will address the Miners Encampment banquet at Washington Carver 4 H Camp Clifftop. The WVU School of Mines director will discuss the future of the coal mining industry and the banquet is sponsored by WV State College Mining Extension Department. Spindler, a Terra Alta native, has mined and engineered in coal, led the state mines department, worked in Pennsylvania, and held European postings with Joy Manufacturing and the British Ministry of Fuel and Power before returning to WVU in 1949.
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G. R. Spindler
Morgantown
West Virginia University School of Mines
Washington Carver
Clifftop
West Virginia State College Mining Extension Department
Spindler
Terra Alta
State Department of Mines
Pennsylvania
Ministry of Fuel and Power
University of Sheffield
Sheffield
England
Joy Manufacturing Co
Bruesels
Belgium
West Virginia
WVU School of Mines
Officers Installed By Oak Hill BPW
Mrs Nancy Hendrickson was installed as president of the Oak Hill BPW Club at a laurel wreath dinner and dance. She succeeds Wanda Farrish, who held the office for three consecutive terms. Farrish received a silver bracelet, with other officers named for 1956 57. The meeting included reports on Girls State and Camp Horseshoe nominees and a donation vote for an international convention door prize in Miami Florida.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Nancy Hendrickson
Oak Hill Business and Professional Women's Club
Wanda Farrish
Richardson
Irene Johnson
Virginia B. Lane
Madora Bragg
Phyllis Evans
Peggy Calvert
Girls State
Sharon Miller
Camp Horseshoe
Miami
Fla
Mt. Hope
Mt. Hope Lions Club
John Thompson
P. D. Ford
Howard W. Woodrum
C. D. Epperly
F. R. Garrett
Ruth Collins
Arnold H. Swan
Homer H. Legg Jr
Joe E. Jordan
W. F. Farrish Jr
Travelogue Set At Princeton
Miss Ella Holroyd of Athens returns from a world tour and presents a travelogue with slides and music at the Virginia Hotel in Princeton. She is accompanied by her sister and holds a Magellan Club certificate, with a long list of revered music and arts training credentials.
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Princeton
ANS
Ella Holroyd
Athens
Virginia Hotel
Magellan Club
Concord College
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Holroyd
Columbia University
Julliard School of Music
New York City
College of Music
Chicago
Royal Conservatory of Music
Milan
Italy
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Christiansen Choral School
Chambersburg, Pa
Aspen School of Music
Aspen, Colo
Old Guard Hears School Official at Princeton Chapter Meeting
Princeton Chapter No 2 Old Guard heard Randy Robbinette Mercer County director of school transportation describe his work at the weekly Thursday morning meeting. Carolyn Herbert and Carol Ann Newkirk played two piano selections. M. O. Huffman, retired mine superintendent, joined the chapter. Two birthdays were reported, W. C. Barber 87 and H.
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Princeton
RNS
Old Guard
Randy Robbinette
Mercer County
Carolyn Herbert
Carol Ann Newkirk
M. O. Huffman
W. C. Barber
Chancery Suits Filed in Mercer
Two chancery suits filed in Mercer County circuit court. Sidney Kwass as executor of India Bennett Edwards seeks to bind real estate to Albert L Edwards and India Bennett Edwards. Dora H Akers administratrix sues Richard Akers to subject decedent real estate. Peggy Mae Wade sues for divorce via Lillian Ford against Charles Louis Wade. Vivian Marie Rose sues Robert Leonard Rose.
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Princeton
RNS
Sidney Kwass
India
Bennett Edwards
Lenda B. Neal
Albert L. Edwards
India Bennett Edwards
Dora H. Akers
C. D. Akers
Richard Akers
Baker 74 and Robinette Buses Transport Thousands
A. Baker at 74 years old is noted as the speaker while Robinette reports that school buses carried over 4,000 pupils last year.
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A. Baker
Robinette
4 Navy Divers To Help Search For Boy's Body
Four divers from the U S Naval Base at Norfolk Virginia arrived by plane to assist in locating 12 year old Sterling Osborn of Giotto who drowned Friday near a strip mine excavation 40 feet deep. State Police requested help after a skin diver and dynamite attempts failed to recover the body.
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Navy
Boy
Princeton
U. S. Naval Base
Norfolk
Sterling Osborn
Osborn Boy
Matoaka
E. D. Bazzie
Mercer County
State Road Commission
Oak Hill Baptist guests include Johnson family visitors
Weekend visitors at the Oak Hill Baptist parsonage included Major and Mrs. Maurice A. Johnson of Abilene Texas with their daughter Sandra Kay who was baptized at Oak Hill Church. Also visiting were J F Villers of Williamsport Dr Jarrett T Chandler of Charleston WV and Rev Paul Bowling of Hot Springs SD. Bowling and his wife visited Oak Hill relatives and spent time at a Greenbrier River camp. Other guests at Adah Burdette home included her daughter Mrs G M Heuser and Mrs Minnie Belle Garrett Robb.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Baptist Parsonage
Randolph F. Johnson
Major
Maurice A. Johnson
Abilene
Texas
Sandra Kay
Johnson
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Major Johnson
Abilene Air Force Base
Johnsons
J. F. Villers
Williamstown
Jarrett T. Chandler
Charleston
West Virginia
Hot Springs
Adah Burdette
Sunny Point Ave
G. M. Heuser
Apriland Gregory
Dayton, C
Minnie Belle Garrett Robb
Cooksville
Five OCEANA Odd Fellows confer degrees on five
Riley Campbell Hernon Cook Chester Hawkins Paul Cox and Marcellan Moore received second and third degrees at the Saturday evening meeting of Dan Gunnoe Lodge 129 in Oceana. 16 members attended with officers Ocel Bowden Walter Bochell and Oleg Clay present. Plans were made for the upcoming past grand association meeting June 28 at Whitestick Mabscott with Mab Scott Rebekahs serving dinner. The July association meeting will be in Oceana’s Dari Gunnee Hall.
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Oceana
RNS
Riley Campbell
Hernon Cook
Chester Hawkins
Paul Cox
Marcellan Moore
Dan Gunnoe
Lodge 129, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Ocel Bowden
Oleg Clay
Walter Bochell
Whitestick Lodge
Mabscott
Mab Scott
Mine Foreman Fireboss Exams At Clifftop Today
Julius C. Olzer announced state mine foreman and fireboss exams at the annual Miners Encampment at Washington Carver 4-H Camp Clifftop running today through July 3. About 43 miners will take exams on records general mine practice ventilation gases electricity explosives instruments and apparatus fires and explosions and first aid. Bernice M. Booker Sr. and John Bailey assist with safety courses and the mine rescue truck on display. Safety lamps and certificates will be awarded by sponsoring bodies and West Virginia State Extension Service.
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Julius C. Olzer
State Department of Mines
Ers
Washington Carver
Miele Lechiara
Bernice M. Booker Sr
John Bailey
Harrison Young
Robert McCormick
Bailey
Booker
National Mine Service Co
Beckley
Mine Safety Appliances Co
Bluefield
West Virginia
Extension Service
Kingston Man Hurt in Wreck Near Scarbro
A 37 year old Kingston man, Ray Sumpter, is in satisfactory condition at Oak Hill Hospital after a Sunday early morning car crash near Scarbro. He was a passenger and was thrown into the windshield when the car left the coach and landed in a creek. Injuries include facial, neck and back bruises. The driver, Eugene Sumpter, his brother, also of Kingston, sustained no serious injuries and was not hospitalized.
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Oak Hill
KNS
Kingston
Oak Hill Hospital
Ray Sumpter
Scarbro
Sumpter
Eugene
Region 1 timber harvest would build 140000 homes says forester
Missoula reports that in 1955 Region 1 national forests yielded 970 million board feet of lumber across several northwestern states. Regional Forester P. D. Hanson notes the cut is valued at about 6.6 million dollars and could construct about 140,000 average homes.
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Missoula
Mont
P. D. Hanson
Doan's Pills Offer Relief for Backache and Bladder Irritation
Nagging backache and muscular aches tied to stress and overexertion may be eased by Doan's Pills. The advertisement claims pain relief, soothing bladder irritation, and mild diuretic action, urging readers to try the new larger economy size and save money.
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Dean
Doan
Area Students On Dean's List At Concord College
Concord College second semester Dean's List honors were announced by Dean David Kirg. The quality honor roll requires a B plus average. Named from Mullens are Ramona June Christian Betty Jo Hypes Barbara Ann McNeill Sonya Ruth Markowitz and Earl Wayne Haga. Also on the list Virgil Alvah Cook Pineville Joseph William Foreen Meadow Bridge Katie Jo Hicks Layland Margaret Sue Humphrey Lester Etta Jean Lester Baileysville Beverly Carl McClung Skelton and Naoma Fay Workman Jesse.
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Ramona June Christian
Betty Jo Hypes
Barbara Ann McNeill
Sonya Ruth Markowitz
Earl Wayne Haga
Mullens
Virgil Alvah Cook
Pineville
Joseph William Foreen
Meadow Bridge
Katie Jo Hicks
Layland
Margaret Sue Humphrey
Lester
Etta Jean Lester
Baileysville
Beverly Carl McClung
Skelton
Naoma Fay Workman
Jesse
Pythian Sisters Honor 3 Members at Dinner
A covered dish dinner in Oak Hill honored three Pythian Sisters with April May and June birthday anniversaries. Honorees were Mrs. Ann Strong Mrs. Goldie Price and Mrs. Elizabeth Baldry. New officers elected were Mrs. Sadie Poston guard and Mrs. Vivian Krause protector. Audrey Crouch to be initiated July 9.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Pythian Sisters
Ann Strong
Goldie Price
Elizabeth Baldry
Sadie Poston
Vivian Krause
Audrey Crouch
Wildlife visitors move from attic to under house in Oklahoma
Shattuck resident George Howlett reports wildlife intrusion at his home as a raccoon family settled in the attic followed by a skunk family living beneath the house. After cleanup and careful maneuvers the two families were evicted.
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Shattuck
Okla
George Howlett
Fasteeth promises secure dentures without sliding or odor
Eat talk laugh or sneeze without fear of loose teeth. FAS holds plates firmer and more comfortably. This pleasant powder has no gummy taste or pasty feel, doesn’t cause nausea. It is alkaline and checks denture odor. Get FASTEETH at any drug counter.
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FAS
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Richmond Cleaners
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Main ST
Beckley Hotel
LMDA
Ali Ma Blake
Maude James
Alice Titlow
Mamie Parker
Elizabeth Crone
Norma Jean Price
Thelma Boland
Ann Barton
Frances Thompson
Thelma Frye
Marcia Bowever
Mabel Kincaid
Sallie James
Esta Hair
Thelma Burgess
Margaret Cummings
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