Gospel Singing Assn Organizes In Fayette County
A permanent Fayette Gospel Singing Association is formed to promote gospel singing across the county. Odie Carden of Oak Hill elected president, with July 21 targeted for the first program to benefit Fayette Needy Association. Blue Ridge Quartet possible headliner, officers listed include Floyd Burns and Robert Melba, with several Oak Hill leaders on a growing board and monthly Knights of Pythias hall meetings planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OAK Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Fayette Gospel Singing Association
Fayette Needy Association
Odie Carden
Harvester Quartet
Cobalt's Journey From Paint Pigment to Jet Engine Metal
Jet engines demand tough metals and cobalt proves pivotal for high temperature work. Discovered in 1735, cobalt was first used as a pigment for yellow, blue and green paints before finding broader applications in engineering and aerospace.
Revolving Centerpiece Brings Salt Shakers Close Fast
Floyd Roshon of Lancaster Ohio modified a dining table by cutting a circular hole in its center, reinstalling the wood, and mounting an electric motor that makes a circular section rotate. A switch moves the rotating centerpiece to bring salt and pepper shakers within reach.
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Lancaster, Ohio
Floyd Roshon
Roshon
Pax PAX visitors and hospital note in Raleigh area
Glen Flemming has returned home from Raleigh General Hospital after surgery. The piece lists numerous visitors and extended family from Florida Ohio Crawley Maben and other towns, plus travel updates for Eugene Daniels at Fort Hood and Mrs. H W Mowell’s visit to Slant Virginia and Buster Williams’s family visit in Moundsville West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Glen Flemming
Raleigh General Hospital
C. H. McCoy
Albert Heath
John Heath
Florida
Robert Daniels
Gene
Shelba Ruff
Kilsyth
C. D. Hawkins
Stephen
Gregory
Crawley
Donald McCoy
Curtis
Cathy
Ricky
Rupert
Willis McCoy
Maben
Melba Rhodes
Louise
Ohio
H. W. Mowell
Slant
Sam Starnes
Roy Eugene Daniels
Fort Hood
Texas
Buster Williams
Moundsville
Clara Williams
Carlos Williams
Bob Humphrey
Dale Lively
Vicky
Terry
Charleston
Mike
Oak Hill Methodist Church Installs Officers and Teachers
Oak Hill Methodist Church installed officers and teachers after a 7:30 p.m. worship service led by Rev. R. J. Chenoweth. Appointments include Wayne Winston as church school superintendent, James P. Allen as superintendent of culture and promotion, and Andrew Woorten as secretary, with multiple division leaders and teachers listed across Children's Adult and Youth divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Everette Jordon
Gordon Spessard
Robert Prowse
Billy Burgess
Sam Blake
R. W. Flack
P. C. Gatehouse
Emmett Fitzwater
Frank Shipe
C. L. Garvin
G. S. Steele Callison
O. S. Leet
B. F. Arritt
Rebecca
Harry Gray
Russell James
Mary Walton
R. J. Chenoweth
Billy Crane
Virginia Taylor
Alma Blake
Avis Partain
Ethel Kirby
James Painter
Frank Maddy
Robert Sanger
John Donachy
A. W. Burdette
V. C. Sundstrom
G. A. Owens
Dr Lane speaks at Mount Hope Garden Club
Dr Warden Lane director of the Conservation Commission Charleston was guest speaker at the Mount Hope Garden Club meeting last week He urged conservation as essential to West Virginia noting its rich resources and the need to balance use for future generations Lane praised tourism as a key industry and argued it should lead the state economy The meeting in the Lamp Room of Mountainair Hotel was hosted by Mrs Don Sanford New officers were named and attendees listed with the North Fayette County Flower Show planned for Aug 10 at Nuttall High Gymnasium Lookout sponsored by Ansted and Lookout Garden Clubs
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Mount Hope
RNS
Warden Lane
The
Conservation Commission
Charleston
Lane
Don Sanford
North Fayette County
Nuttall High
Ansted and
Lookout Garden Clubs
G. G. Hodges
W. J. Moore
George Williams
L. M. Corey
Russell Patteson
J. W. Massing
R. W. Pittman
W. R. Park
Harold Hock
R. G. Patteson
W. M. Pennington
L. H. Bennett
Anthony Puskas
E. C. Amick
J. C. Gwinn
Nine WVU music students make honor roll
Morgantown West Virginia University School of Music announces its fall honor roll with nine students earning 3.3 or higher. Nancy Lee Cole Auburn and Elder Bolen Scottdale lead with straight A averages, followed by Jeanette Addoney Logan James Lee Bobo Barbara Lea Cook Mary Persis Eshenbaugh Mary K. Floyd Nancy Jane Fox and Richard E. McCoy from Turtle Creek Pa Ridgely and Seneca Pa also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Abdoney
Logan
James Lee Bobo
Ridgely
Barbara Lea Cook
Mullens
Mary Persis Eshenbaugh
Mary K. Floyd
Mannington
Nancy Jane Fox
Seneca
Richard E. McCoy
Turtle Creek
24 WVU Graduates Earn M.D. Degrees
Twenty four former West Virginia University students completed requirements for M D degrees as part of the 1960 graduating class at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Dean E J Van Liere said they have accepted internships in eastern southern and midwestern hospitals. The list covers 1958 graduates across multiple hospitals and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
E. J. van Liere
University School of Medicine
Fugitive Robert Adkins Nabbed in Hinton
HINTON RNS Robert Buddy Adkins who escaped from a State Penitentiary road camp at Moundsville June 15 was captured at his sister’s home in the Possum Hollows section by city police Saturday afternoon. Acting on a tip, Sgt. Bobby Wheeler and patrolmen found Adkins hiding in the attic. He had been sentenced to Moundsville in 1955 for a second breaking and entering conviction and previously in 1947.
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Adkins
Moundsville
Summers County
Oak Hill MYF Names Officers
Oak Hill Methodist Church Methodist Youth Fellowship installed new officers in a Monday night ceremony. Linda Honaker was named president with Warren Waters as vice president, Wanda McCoy secretary, Sue Allen treasurer, Bill Armstrong publicity, and area chairmen Anita Kirby Sandra Blake Cynthia Maddy Jimmy Gatehouse Francine Jennings. The second item notes a 1937 convention by whaling nations limiting cow whale hunting.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pineville Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Pineville residents host and visit relatives across states as families travel to Gilbert Baileysville and Myrtle Beach. Coy Hash Jr and his wife tour with Hash family in Enterprise Alabama then Pineville and Mullens. E. E. Taylor family from Glen Burnie Maryland visits C. B. Taylor relatives in Pineville. Mrs Jay Cook improves after surgery in Welch Stevens Clinic Hospital. Mack Morgan and son Larry visit Welch. Beavers family hosts Alice Beavers Mullens and Harold Beavers Mullens attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
Coy Hash Jr
Enterprise
Alabama
Coy Hash
Gilbert
William Hatfield
West Virginia
Raymond Short
Baileysville
E. E. Taylor
Ronnie
Judy
Ginger
Nita
Nancy Jane
Glen, Burnie
Maryland
C. B. Taylor
Charles Beavers
Alton Morgan
Clear Fork
Coy McCarty
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Jay Cook
Stevens Clinic
Welch
E. O. Taylor
Mack Morgan
Larry
Cindy
Charlene
Alice Beavers
Mullens
Harold Beavers
James Walker Vows Solemnized At Kincaid
The Rev C D Walker united Miss Elizabeth Ann Walker and Robert Franklin James in marriage at Kincaid Methodist Church at 730 pm Saturday The bride daughter of C A James wore a chiffon gown with nylon and a brown sequin veil The ceremony featured traditional music by Cleo Yeager and Charles O Daniel The couple will reside in Cleveland Ohio with James employed there The wedding party included Bonita Walker Margie Walker Ralph Walker and the mothers wore matching ensembles
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Kincaid
C. D.walker
Elizabeth Ann Walker
Robert Franklin James
Kincaid Methodist Church
C. A. James
Cleo Yeager
Charles O’daniel
Robson
Margie Walker
Ralph Walker
James
Collins High School
West Virginia Tech
Cleveland
Ohio
Former Mullens Couple United In Marriage
Alma Wilkinson and Rev. O H Dorsey wed in a double ring ceremony at First Methodist Church in Clarksburg. The bride, a former teacher, wore blue nylon lace, and Miss Elizabeth Wilkinson attended. After a reception, the couple plans to reside in South Charleston where Mrs. Dorsey will teach. he remains a retired Methodist minister.
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Mullens
Alma Wilkinson
O. H. Dorsey
H. Burns
First Methodist Church
Clarksburg
Ben Dunman School
Wyco
Mullens First Methodist Church
Paul McWhorter
Bach
Pachelbel
Percell
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Darrell Wilkinson
Wendall Ware
Methodist
Fairmont
Dorsey
John Tullah
Robert Gall
Mildred Seaman
Imogene Wright
Eleanor Desent
Lelia Tullah
Marie Christie
C. C. Hyre
L. B. Swisher
Joseph B. Love
Alvaretta Riley
Byron Toler
E.R. Lynch
Allen T. Robertson
Carrie L. Thrasher
Montrose Drive
South Charleston
Kyle
Northview
Tornado Methodist
Charleston
Minor injuries at Mullens and Itmann incidents
Two Fairmont Machinery Co workers at Itmann were treated at Wyoming General Hospital for minor injuries after separate mishaps. Samuel Blankenship, 27, cut his index finger when a wench brake slipped and his hand pulled into a cable spool. Lawrence Livingston, of Fairmont, suffered a puncture wound when a binder slipped and struck his leg. Additional Mullens area cases include 15-year-old Elzie Sexton who cut his left foot with an axe, Jack Blankenship who was scratched when his wife poked his eye, three-year-old Ella Cook whose finger was caught in a well pump, 13-year-old Jimmy Ray Weis who cut his big toe on slate, and Gary Blankenship who fell and cut his forehead on a step.
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Mullens
ANS
Fairmont Machinery Co
Itmann
Wyoming General Hospital
Samuel Blankenship
Mannington
Lawrence Livingston
Fairmont
Mullens Hospital
Herndon
Elzie Sexton
Jack Blankenship
Ella Cook
Keyrock
Jimmy Ray Weis
Bud
Gary Blankenship
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Gospel Singing Assn
Fayette
Shirley Love
Robert K. Holliday
George Armstrong
Michael Burns
Bob Marsh
Montgomery
Robert Melba
George E. Mills, Smithers, di
John S. Winters
Floyd Burns
W.P. Sydnor
Robert Melva
Smithers
Salt and Pepper Automation
Call Home Modernization CO
Earwood Street
Calvert
Calvert Distt
Oak Hill Church
Dr. Lane
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers CO
W.V.U
WVU
Akron
City
Carl L. Anderson
Glendale
Charles V. Ashworth Jr
W. Va
Memorial
David A. Boscha
Frank E. Gemma
Thomas M. Howes
Richard L. Stovall
Princeton
Janet Harman Strader
Harman
William B. Whittaker
Dunbar
Stuart Circle Hospital
Arthur D. Bragg
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
William G. Conley
Ili
Philadelphia General Hospital
James L. Graphery
Wheel
Kingwood
Hawley A. Wells Jr
Athens
U. S. Naval Hospitals
Pensacola
Fla
Eugene L. Murphy
Roanoke
Lincoln, Ill
Bert Leonard
Logan County
Queen
D.C
Donna O'Dell
Beckley
Cecil O'Dell
Miss West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Miami Beach
Hinton
MYF
James Walker
Oak Hill Methodist Church
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