Retiring Wyoming Superintendent Entertained At Luncheon
George M. Nolley superintendent of Wyoming County Schools, honored at a noon luncheon in Pineville as he retires after 43 years in education. James Pizzino, the incoming superintendent, presented gifts. Clarence Snuffer also retiring after 23 years attended, with many board members and staff present at two meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
George M. Nolley
Wyoming County
Mountain Motel
Nolley
Mullens
Ben Dunman
James Pizzino
Nelly
Clarence Snuffer
Leon Childres
Wyoming County Board of Education
Arnold Rose
Sam Foglesong
Fred l Lokant
Charles “Buddy” Cook
Kennie E. Hatfield
Billy Ray Bailey
Jesse W. Morgan
Vaughn Stewart
Pineville Visitors Report Local Family Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Greene of Huntington visit relatives in Pineville. The Horns of Grundy and the Grosses of Madison Heights return home after visits. June Church and sons from Charleston spent a week with the Roses in Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
B. P. Greene
Huntington
Stacy Mullens
Claude Phillips
Emory Horn
Grundy
C. S. Smith
Harry Knight
Oley Grosse
Madison Heights
Ike Belcher
June Church
Mullens Couple Honored On Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Esmond K Rorrer celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at their Mullens home on Guyandotte Avenue. The couple, who wed in Roanoke Virginia, have two daughters eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. They were long time Roanoke residents and have families visiting from Petersburg Grundy Chicago and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rorrer
Mullens
Roanoke
Kirkendall
Joe
Margaret Jean) Schriver
Petersburg
Wythe
Mildred June) Robinson
Grundy
Ella Burns
Alderson
Norfolk
Revenda Reed
Greg
Tim
Mike
Keith
Katrini Schriver
Health Satellite Center Plans Halted in Summers County
At a Summers County meeting at Summers County Hospital Dr J W Stokes and Joe Monk announced the decision to drop plans for a Health Satellite Center and pursue an extended care facility instead. They cited a $133000 satellite center appropriation no longer available and a shift to 75 percent federal funding with the county covering 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summers ‘County
Monk
Stokes
C. O. O’ferrell
Summers County Health Department
Summers County Hospital
H. B. Westmoreland
Hinton Moose
Fire Destroys Fayette Church
A lightning strike during a rainstorm gutted the interior of the Long Branch Baptist Church in Fayette, heavily damaging the exterior. Firemen battled the blaze about 90 minutes, leaving six inches of water inside. No injuries reported. Pax Volunteer Fire Department, led by Chief A W Pettry and Asst. Alfred T Humphrey, aided by about 10 volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
Pax Volunteer Fire Department
A. W. Pettry
Alfred T. Humphrey
Discharged Fayetville Man Returns After Six Weeks Hospital Stay
Tom Bell of Maple Fork was discharged Monday after six weeks as a patient in Oak Hill and Beckley hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Tom Bell
Maple Fork
Oak Hill
Beckley
New Bride Honored At Mullens Shower
A Mullens household shower honored Mrs. Donna Whitt Miller wife of Justin Miller who wed July 16 in a ceremony conducted by Rev. Sherman Sizemore Jr. at Herndon. Hostesses were Mrs. Marie Lester Christine Lester and Mrs. Dolly Miller with games led by Mrs. Lowel Lester and prizes to Mrs. David O Neal Mrs. H B Dooley and Mrs. Helen Fowler. Gifts came from numerous local women including Mrs. Troas H Ellison Mrs. Rose O Neal and Mrs. Alvin Jay Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Fowler
Troas H. Ellison
Rose O'Neal
Alvin Jay Cook
Ronnie Lawson
John Bradbury
Gordon McClaugherty
Roy Dooley
M. Bond
Viola Goode
Mary Jane Ellis
Sissy Ellis
H. S. Burcham Jr
Zack Lawson
Ruth Young
Herbert Graham
W. S. Crotty
Hilda Nickolson
Youth Camp Dates Scheduled In Fayette
Fayetteville details for the 1971 W. Va. Baptist State Youth Camp at Hill Top show Senior Camp for grades 9-12 from July 18 to 23 and elementary camp for grades 5-8 from July 25 to 30. Applications available from Mrs. Lucile S. Meadows Box 642 Fayetteville or Miss Mary Henry 210 Fairfax St Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Hill Top
Lucile S. Meadows
Mary Henry
Fairfax St
Bluefield
Amateur Hobby Show Schedule for 47th State Fair
Entries close Aug 1 for the Department J Hobby Show at the West Virginia State Fair Aug 20 28. Superintendent Mrs Edward F Paulin directs in person or parcel post entries to Department 1 with prepaid return. Exhibits due by Aug 23 2 p.m. and removal ends Aug 28 4 p.m. Unclaimed items after 7 p.m. risk exhibitor. Final judge decision binds results.
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Fairlea
Department
Aion Hobby Show
West Virginia
Edward F. Paulin
Fair Association
State of
Division of
State Fair
Tion I
Mrs Shearer Featured on Hillsboro Pearl Buck Seminar Panel
Hillsboro hosts the Pearl Buck Birthplace Foundation Inc seminar July 6 7 8 at Hillsboro Junior High free 10 am to noon sessions with audience participation. Connie Shearer Charleston Gazette home and family editor will join July 8 panel on Creative Arts and Professional Design in Family Life alongside Pearl S Buck and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Buck
Connie Shearer
The
Charleston Gazette
Pearl S., Buck
Harry M. Brawley
West Virginia Educational Broadcasting Authority
Anna W. Mow
Roanoke
Leonard Randolph
Washington, D. C
National Endowment of the Arts
Ralph Hayes
West Virginia University
Lewisburg
Scott Luther
Huntington High School
Wilma Brown
Kanawha County
Charlottesville
Pearl S. Buck
Wyoming Group Heads to Connecticut Summer Farm Work Program
One hundred ten girls and 13 staff depart Wyoming County for the Con necticut Youth Summer Farm Work Program. They will work mainly on sewing tobacco leaves for Culbro Farming Division of General Cigar Co. Inc. at Manitook Girls Camp Grandby Conn. Minimum $1.30 per hour with piece work potential. Ages 14 to 18. Staff include Norma Lafferty Yvonne Ramsey and several others. Free housing bus transport and weekend church trips provided with medical care and recreation programs. Board costs $14.70 weekly. Return date set by growing and harvesting progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Wyoming County
Connecticut
Manitook
Grandby
Conn
General Cigar Co., Inc
Norma Lafferty
Ravencliff
Oceana High School
Yvonne R. ‘Ramsey
En Junction
Herndon High School
Helen M. Conley
Oceana
Wilma L. Blankenship
Soulsville
Barbara K. Sizemore
McGraws
Hattie Cline
Mallory
Margaret Taraczkosy
Glen Rogers
Marie George
Brenda C. Conley
Jennifer Lynn Miller
Coal Mountain
Lois Coburn
Cyclone
Marion Rowe
Brenton
Judy Thacker
Wyoming County Board of Education
Concord College
Baileysville High
Debra K. Adkins
Betty Lou Lester
Bonnie Hatfield
Gayle Bishop
Virginia D. Bishop
Diana S. Lyons
Juanita Z. Bragg
Christine England
Sharon K. England
Faye Fanning
Judy J. Fanning
Judy C. Hatfield
Linda C. Hopson
Debbie Kennedy
Mary E. Lowe
Debbie Lester
Frances E. Lyons
Jeanie M. Riffe
Kathleen Riffe
Rhonda Riffe
Marilyn J.shield
Cathy L. Toler
Genevieve Toler
Joan D. Toler
June Fanning
Joyce K. Bailey
Brenda G. Clark
Linda K. Clark
Betty Jean Conley
Mount Hope Bride Weds Randolph D. Augustine in Cumberland
Miss Janis Margery Spade of Mount Hope and Randolph Daniel Augustine of Weirton exchanged wedding vows on June 24 in Cumberland Maryland. Both couples are WV university social work students and plan to live in Morgantown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Cumberland
Janis Margery Spade
Randolph Daniel Augustine
Weirton
Miss Spade
Susan L. Spade
Kenna L. Spade
Oak Hill
Augustine
Dante John Augustine
Mount Hope High School
Concord College
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Fayetteville
Weir High School
Fairmont State College
Wheeling
21St Artillery
West Virginia National Guard
West Virginia University School For Social Work
Route 8
Box 82C
Morgantown
Barbara Sizemore Named to Concord Dean's List
Miss Barbara Sizemore of McGraws is named to Concord College's dean's list for the Spring Semester 1971. She earned a straight A average in all courses and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Olon Sizemore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Barbara Sizemore
Olon Sizemore
McGraws
Concord College
Fayette Resident Killed In Wreck
Fayette resident Flavy Harlow 32 died Monday in a truck crash on Corridor L near Birch River while working a construction job. The truck rolled several times before stopping on U S 19. valued at about 50 000. Survived by widow Carolyn Jane. Body at Howard White Funeral Home Summersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summersville
Flavy Harlow
Birch River
Harlow
Henry
Miller Excavating Co
U. S. 19
Randall
Minnie Harlow
Jake Harlow
Carolyn Jane
Howard White Funeral Home
Fireworks Finale to Highlight Fayetteville July Fourth Event
Fayette County celebration at Fayettteville Town Park on July 5 will showcase one of the largest pyrotechnic displays with 72 aerial bombs and 20 shell grand finale. The program also features a 7:30 p.m. talent show with Fayette County High Schools winners and free admission with free parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Fayetteville Town Park
Harry Marshall
America
Japan
England
Germany
Spain
Pax News Briefs Details Visits and Relatives Destinations
Pax News Briefs reports multiple families visiting relatives across states. The Emersons travel to Lively for a week with son and daughter-in-law and Debbie of Wilmington. Other visits include the Livelys hosting Nancy Lively from St. Petersburg and Ed Mahoney of Leesburg. The Jeffery family from Shreveport also visit Willis Branch relatives, while Alfred Weaver hosts Terry Bailey and daughter Terri in Long Branch and Bridgeton connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Lively
Anna L. Emerson
Billy K. Emerson
Debbie
Wilmington
Del
Jack Ritter
Willis Lively
Nancy Elizabeth Lively
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ed Mahoney
Leesburg
Myron B. Jeffery
Patti
Caroline
Dean
Shreveport
Bert McNeely
Coy Frazier
Richard Blake
Willis Branch
Maude Jeffery
Long Branch
Alfred Weaver
Terry Bailey
Terri
Bridgeton
N. J
Whipple
Regular Services Set By Galilean Church Allen Junction
The Rev. T. M. Ricks announces regular Galilean Baptist Church services on the second and fourth Sundays at 11 30 a m. in Mullens. Also notes travel of Mullens residents to gatherings and visits to relatives in Ohio and Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
T. M. Ricks
Bud
Galilean Baptist Church
Allen Junction
Pentecostal Holiness Church of Mullens
Dublin
Eddie Blankenship
George Fisher
Dean Hall
Harve Browning
Tag Linkous
Johnny Miller
Shannon
Shelby Scott
New Richmond
Ohio
Evertte Farmer
Jof Itmann
Columbus
Doug Kiser
Wayne
Terry
Kathy
Weekend visits weave a web of distant kin in Fayetteville
Fayetteville residents hosted and visited relatives from Ohio Virginia Beach Columbus and Kentucky over the weekend. Guests included Mr and Mrs Leon Spencer and extended family members while others traveled from Morgantown Huntington and Charleston for visits. Family gatherings also featured trips to Scotland and Boys State activities with local long distance connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Leon Spencer
Hawks Nest Road
Chuck Gooding
Columbus
Ohio
Jerry. Clanton
Tina Marie
Mary Bethany
Debbie
Ida Payne
Virginia Beach
Ben Akers
Johnny Akers
Becky Sproles
Kenny Sproles
Keller Avenue
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Danny
Lisa Ballard
Ed Bumgartner
Ashland
James Ballard
Charles Bennett
Thelma Blume
Ankton Street
C. E. Camden Jr
Richmond
C. E. Camden
East Wiseman Avenue
Sandy Neubert
Morgantown
Max Neubert
Maple Road
Bill Hatcher
Ruston
D. G. Hatcher
Walker Street
Hatchers
Scotland
St. Andrews University
Nancy
Sharon
Richard
Martha
John
Boca Raton
Fla
Henry Hanson
California
E. B. Eskew
Second Avenue
Dan
Wanda)Hatcher
Stevie
Maryville
Tenn
Dave Nutter
Park Drive
Montgomery General Hospital
Damon Workman
Elk River
Clay
Eddie
Boys State
M. Regina
SAC
St. Marys Hospital
Huntington
Nick Pishner
Joseph Pishner
East Maple Avenue
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Wyoming
Grady Mullins
Inez Mullens
Sandra Buckley
Bowen Cook
Nancy Jo Smith
Marie Adams
Pamela
Mountain
MR. and Mrs
Esmond K. Rorrer
Health Satellite Center
Fayette Church
Brought To You By
Frank J. Larese
Tarese
Lee’s Inc
Oak Wal, W. VA
Mullens Shower
Fayette
Shirley A. Conley
Karen K. Daniels
Debbie Gibson
Betty R. Hicks
Teresa D. Justice
Kathy S. Lafferty
Emily L. McMillion
Brenda K. Milam
Donna D. Morgan
Shirley D. Rose
Estelene Williamson
Sandra S. McKinney
Mullens High School
Jacqueline S. Alberty
Agnes M. Dawson
Linda J. Jones
Ruth C. Jones
Diana Scott
Delphina J. Williams
Mullens Junior High
Debra J. Cook
Geneva V. Thomas
Linda Gail Thornton
Donna R. Webb
Reba D. Wiles
Pineville High School
Peggy A. Brumfield
Kathy R. Brown
Brenda K. Burgess
Martha C., Cook
Dianne England
Joyce
D. Farley
Pamela L. Hamilton
Diana L. Laxton
Lena M. Lester
Lois J. Lester
Barbara F. McKinney
Linda Y. ‘Mitchem
Teresa Morgan
Anita G. Phillips
Rhonda S. Phillips
Cynthia A. Sturgill
Donna M. Ward
Pineville Junior High
Mickey S. Cline
Katherine Sue Kiser
Julie A. Lester
Virginia E. Mitchem
Glen Rogers High
Madeline D. Atkins
Rebecca L. Bailey
Susan F. Barnett
Bonnie S.blankenship
Sandra C. George
Barbara A. Trick
Glenna C.lafferty
Suzanne R. McGraw
Neville & Heber
Bo4 Shoe
Pax News
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