Auxiliary Hears Reports From Girls Staters
Fayetteville based American Legion LaFayette Post 149 Auxiliary held its monthly meeting in the Chestnut Room. President Mrs Keith Hunt presided. Guests Miss Sally Hresan and Miss Martha Milton spoke on Girls State at Jacksons Mill. Sally reported daily activities and announced she was elected mayor of her cottage. Martha served on the city council while at camp. Poppy day raised 137.24 with plans to close the bar for summer. A jewelry party was set for July with guests invited. Delegates to the Department Convention in Wheeling July 27-29 were named. New officers will be installed in July.
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Fayetteville
ANS
LaFayette
American Legion
Chestnut Room
Legion Building
Maple Ave
Keith Hunt
Sally Hresan
Martha Milton
Girls State
Jackson's Mill
Sally
M. G. Hresan
Maple Avenue
Girl's State
The
Legion Auxiliary
Martha
Gilbert Milton
Oakridge
William Hesse
Hesse
Poppy Day
OD. C. Wickline
Luna Worrell Circle Plans Activities
The Luna Worrell Circle of the First Methodist Church met in Mrs. Oscar Butcher’s home with Mrs. Oran McKinney in charge. The devotional was led by Mrs. McKinney and plans for the coming year were made. Attendees included Ruby Lambert and several Mrs. Lamberts, Mrs. John H. Martin, Mrs. Zella Crews, and others. The July meeting will be at Mrs. John S. Lambert’s home.
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Pineville
Ans
Luna Worrell
First Methodist Church
Oscar Butcher
Oran McKinney
McKinney
Ruby Lambert
John S. Lambert
Sam Lambert
John H. Martin
Zella Crews
Minnie Robertson
Enos Williams
John B. Thomas Jr
E. D. Hawley
Harold Metz
John Shoemaker
Schools Use Over Twelve Thousand Cars for Driving Lessons
More than 12,500 passenger cars are in use by U.S. schools to provide driving instruction. The program expands as districts adopt practical driving courses amid traffic safety goals.
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U.S
Steel use per mile of road built cited at 500 tons
Report notes that construction men estimate about five hundred tons of steel are required for each mile of road construction. The figure reflects industry estimates and underscores the scale of infrastructure projects.
Glendon Glen Fork social notes mixed in hospital visits
W H Stumbo returned home after three weeks as a Mann Memorial Hospital patient. Larry Stumbo, working in Washington DC, is visiting his parents in Glen Fork. Barbara LaRue, aunt to Karen Blevins, visited and returned to Leckie with family. Mrs Byram Blevins planning eye surgery at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Dinner guests noted at the Blevins home included the Perry and Blevins families. Pauline Hughes, after her son's wedding, returns to Glen Fork with son Kenny. Philyaws and Jack Day family visiting in Keyser while Cuba Philyaw assists with furniture storage. Charlie Pizzino noted as patient at Stevens Clinic in Welch.
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Glen Fork
Mann Memorial Hospital
W. H. Stumbo
Larry Stumbo
Washington, D. C
Pyne
Karen Blevins
Barbara LaRue
Leckie
Karen
Glen Rogers High School
Byram Blevins
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Blevins
C. H
Philyaw
Keyser
Joe Day
Cuba Philyaw
Glen Rogers
California
Charlie Pizzino
Jack
Levin Pizzino
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Five Bathers Drown In 40 Hour Period
United Press International reports five bathers drowned in a 40 hour span during hot conditions near West Virginia rivers. Victims include Henry Frank Tyler 20 of Hinton High School football fame and 14 year old Lee Cyrus of Clendenin. Also dead are Guy Young 31 and Virginia Abernathy 19 of Charleston and Kenness Morehouse 59 of Parkersburg in incidents on Tuesday and Wednesday along the Coal River Greenbrier River and Little Kana wha River.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Coal
St. Albans
Henry Frank Tyler
Hinton
Greenbrier
Lee Cyrus
Clendenin
Coal River
Guy Young
Virginia Abernathy
Charleston
Kenness Morehouse
Parkersburg
Kanawha River
Pastor Pepoon Returns From Wheaton Postgraduate Course
The Rev. Paul Pepoon, area pastor, spent two weeks in Wheaton Illinois attending a ten day postgraduate speech course at Wheaton College. He assisted in a church school visitation in the Chicago area and attended Billy Graham’s Revival Crusade at Soldiers Field. Pepoon reports the experience inspirational and a vast audience noted Graham. He has been reassigned to the Itmann McGraw Glen Rogers Circuit for another year.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Paul Pepoon
Wheaton
Ill
Wheaton College
Pepoon
Chicago
Chicago Area
Billy Graham
Soldiers Field
Mr. Pepoon
Graham
Itmann- McGraw-Glen Rogers
Methodist Church
Church of the Brethren
Oak Hill
West Virginia Educators Attend 100th NEA Convention
About 200 West Virginia teachers will attend the 100th annual NEA convention in Denver Colorado starting Sunday Ace Stewart of Pineville is among delegates Lincoln ranked tallest U S president at six feet four inches
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NEA Meet
Pineville
ANS
West Virginia
National Education Association
Ace Stewart
Denver
Colo
Lincoln
U. S
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Wheeling
D. E. Brown
Alex Gray
John Witt Jr
E. B. Wood Jr
W. O. Henderson
Robert Martin
Rachel Bennett
John Tamplin
Perry Selvey
Porter Lewis
Walter Pickett
Norman Poff
Romeo Bennett
James Eubanks
Tunney Hunsaker
S. B. Wood Jr
Daisyess
Gray
Lewis
Beckley
Princeton
Bluefield
Uncle Sam
Lede Cereal
Uncle Sam Break
Fast Food Co
Omaha
C. C. Cottrill
William Brooks
Mullens
Reg. Price
Main ST
SPORT
Corvair
MONZA
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Car Life Magazine
Chevrole
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