New City Officials Sworn In Mullens
Mullens officials were sworn in at a Tuesday night City Commission meeting with Staats as mayor and four commissioners taking oath for a four year term. A discussion covered tearing down the Eva L Meade tipple at New River with city offering to assist and cover costs. Jack Feller urged using Conley High School land for a softball diamond as part of a city project. a letter to the Wyoming County Board of Education will be drafted requesting permission.
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Staats
Mullens
Woodrow Cook
C. E. Allen
Tracy Hylton
O. W. Andrews
Leland Harless
Eva L. Meade
New Riva
Cook
Jack Feller
Wyoming County Board of Education
Conley High School
Clyde Newsome
Area Rainbow Girls Attend Grand Assembly
Two Mount Hope Rainbow for Girls earned the grand cross of color and two others were elected to office at the Charleston grand assembly. Bonny Vallina and Robert Williams received the cross while Linda Pugh became grand choir director and Carol Bailey was named grand representative to North Carolina. An eventful dinner and musical program followed, with hostesses from Mount Hope and neighboring assemblies. about 397 to 805 attended events, including a pre-session dinner and a grand officer tribute totaling $1,500 to the ESTRAL project.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Order of Rainbow
Charleston
Bonnie Vallina
Robert Williams
Linda Pugh
Carol Bailey
North Carolina
Flora Twaddle
Gauley Bridge
Rainelle
Fayetteville
Ansted
Beckley
Ey Bridge
Mary Vallina
Eva Cope
Mildred Holliday
Twaddle
Assembly No. 14
Grand Assembly
Winonia
Janet Dorado
Grand Nature
Judy Bowyer
Cecilia Ann Harless
Donna Dove
Ann Everhart
Kingwood
Evelyn Pownell
Estral
Missionary Henry Wheeler to Speak at Mullens Church
The Rev. Henry T. Wheeler of Matoaka will guest speak at 11 a.m. Sunday at First Christian Church Mullens and continue Sundays through July 22. Wheeler and his wife have long served as missionaries to the African Congo. Church secretary Joe Orr said the event is open to all.
Casualties Reported in South Viet Nam by Defense Dept
The Defense Department said 16 Americans have been killed in South Viet Nam with one missing and a relatively minor number wounded. A Pentagon spokesman dismissed a North Viet Nam agency claim that 101 Americans were killed wounded or captured as blown up.
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Washington
UPD
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
North Viet Nam
Cozort family returns home from Florida
Mr and Mrs Kelly Cozort and daughter Louise return to Saulsville after spending winter and spring in Florida where Louise taught. Carolyn Phillips returns from Girls State at Jacksons Mill having represented Glen Rogers High School and been sponsored by the Glen Rogers National Honor Society chapters.
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Saulsville
RNS
Kelly Cozort
Louise
Florida
Legion Unit Installs Officers And Churchwomen Plan Visitation
In Glen Fork the Woman's Society of the Independent Baptist Church approves a community visitation program. Members are assigned to visit and invite those not attending to worship, with emphasis on the elderly and sick. The group held its June meeting at Mrs. Lester Blevins’s home, presided by Mrs. L. C. Shrewsbury. The next meeting is July 20 at the church.
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Brownie
Camp Collins
Pineville
Bill Milam
Glen Fork
RNS
Woman's Society of the Independent Baptist Church
Lester Blevins
Independent Baptist Church
L. C. Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Everette Blevins
Harold Acord
Elwood Powers
Elmer Lay
Blevins
Croba Sanders
Glen Rogers Aide Moves and Residents Relocate
Hay den Wolfe returns home after hospital stay at Beckley Hospital. Chris Snuffer and family leave Glen Rogers for Fairdale after 30 years. Bill Collins family moves to Pom eroy Ohio. Mrs Raymond Hall and son visit New Jersey to see Don Gunnoe family. Weedy Allen family moves into McClanahan residence. McClanahans relocate to Hackensack New Jersey.
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Glen Rogers
Beckley Hospital
Hayden Wolfe
Chris Snuffer
Fairdale
Glen
New Jersey
Don Gunnoe
Bridgeton
Weedy” Allen
B. C. McClanahan
Hackensack
N. J
Hinton Mayor Ouster Proceedings Dropped After Pact
Hinton city officials reached an agreement at the Tuesday council meeting that halts ouster proceedings against Mayor C. S. Dillon. Dillon faced charges of public intoxication. in exchange, he pledges temperate conduct and agrees not to seek removal of Police Chief C. B. Dye. The council retained governing authority and Dillon must cooperate with the council and Dye in leading the city.
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Dillon
Dye
Two Wyoming County men ordered for armed forces exams
Orders to report for armed forces physical examinations have been mailed to two Wyoming County men. They are John Richard Deal of Pineville and James Rayburn Stone of Wyco, transferred from Local Board No. 50 in Chicago.
Annexation decision on Collins High school tonight
The Oak Hill Board of Education will decide whether the Collins High school building and surrounding property should be annexed to the city. The meeting was moved from July 4 to tonight, following a proposal from the Oak Hill Jaycees and a prior inquiry by the board’s attorney into legal procedures.
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Collins High School
City of
Oak Hill
Fran Pack Honored on Her Eleventh Birthday Party
PINEVILLE RNS Fran Park daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pack was honored with a birthday party Saturday afternoon on her 11th anniversary. Hostesses were her sisters Janet and Judy. Guests included Danny and Debbie Adkins, Patty Griffith Sandy, Bobby, Eddie and Sharon Adams, Kenny and Ronny Rose, Linda Goode, Cam Scoleri Spunky Karen Larry Dennis and Bobbie Kay Vezina Ann and Bill Bowers David and Billy Maxey Diane Nichols Mike Browning Roger Wilkinson Karen and Rita Taliaferro Marilyn Campbell David White of Ohio and Mary Cyress of Hurricane.
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Pineville
Fran Park
Robert Pack
Janet
Judy
Danny
Debbie Adkins
Patty Griffith
Sandy
Bobby
Eddie
Sharon Adams
Kenny
Ronny Rose
Linda Goode
Cam Scoleri
Karen
Larry
Dennis
Bobbie Kay Vezina
Ann
Bill Bowers
David
Billy Maxey
Diane Nichols
Mike Browning
Roger Wilkinson
Rita Taliaferro
Marilyn Campbell
David White
Ohio
Mary Cyress
Hurricane
Change Boyfriend Advice Sparks School Magazine
Alison Smith, a 10 year old student in Leicester England, wrote a school magazine offering advice on dealing with a rude boyfriend. The column urged readers to confront the partner and consider boundaries while navigating social pressures at school.
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Leicester
England
UPI
Alison Smith
Anna Melton Is Bride of David W. Greear
Miss Anna Carol Melton and David William Greear wed at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Pineville. The ceremony featured a musical program and a reception at the bride’s Blue Creek home. The bride and groom plan to live in Charleston after a Myrtle Beach wedding trip.
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Pineville
RNS
Anna Carol Melton
David William Greear
H. L. Greear
Mullensville
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
C. L. Shepherd
Bonnie Mullins
Clyde Hall
W. Melton
Blue Creek
Charleston
Sandra Melton
Ronnie Greear
Dale Melton
William Ashley
Greear
Elkview High School
Morris Harvey College
J. E. Robins
Pineville High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Carbide Technical Center
Beech Ave
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Airman and Bride Return to Moody Air Force Base
Airman C Burdiss and his wife visited Mullens before returning to Valdosta Georgia where Burdiss is stationed. They wed June 17 in a Moody Air Force Base chapel. Mrs Burdiss is the daughter of Clementi Walls of Quitman Georgia.
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Mullens
BNS
Michael P. Burdiss
Valdosta
C. W. Burdiss
Lincoln Street
Alouettes Sign Two New Montreal Players
The Montreal Alouettes of the Eastern Football Conference signed halfback Bob Bisacre from the University of Wyoming and Canadian center Ron Crawford, expanding their roster with two new players.
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Alouettes
Montreal
UPI
Bob Bisacre
University of Wyoming
Montreal Alouettes
Ron Crawford
Barometer Readings Show Winter Weather Edge Over Summer
Barometers better forecast winter weather than summer, scientists report. The study links stronger pressure changes and clearer signals in cold months to improved predictive accuracy. Researchers say results aid long range planning for seasonal patterns and extreme events.
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Alma Edwards
Ray Bailey
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Patty Parks
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