Fayetteville Promotes Town Events In Three Day Run
Fayetteville Development Council launches a three day promotional event with free movies at Fayette Theatre, free parking, a Fayetteville High School Band concert on the courthouse lawn, a fireworks show, and baseball games featuring Fayette County Legion at Town Park. The schedule is organized by Walter Caldwell and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Caldwell
P. G. Hoye
Roy Cruikshank
Louis Rahall
C. R. Hill Jr
Fayette Theatre
Fayetteville
Fayette County Court House
Earl McKown
James Queen
Caldwell
Fayette County Legion
Fayette County
South Charleston
Town Park
Anday
Fayette Legion Post
Dunbar
Committee Named To Elect Officers In Mount Hope WCTU
Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Mount Hope met at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Mount Hope Methodist Church. A committee to elect officers for the coming year was named including Mrs Ruby Haynes and Mrs Ambrose Bryan. The meeting closed with prayer led by Rev George Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Methodist Church
WCTU
King’s Highway
C. L. Bennett
Harry R. Dias
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Norman Arthur
Union Signal
Ruby Haynes
Ambrose Bryan
Kyle Spade
Maude Ayers
Robert Lilly
Martinsburg
George D. Porter
Wv. L. Martin
Porter
Henry Tyree
Dorothy Hutchinson
Mintora Johnson
Luther A. Lewallen
Harry Salmon
George Stegalle
D. L. Campbell
Ruth Allen
Plum Orchard Lake Taking Shape As Workers Clear Way For Dam
Work on the Plum Orchard dam area progresses as 85 workers from Fayette County clear brush and timber across 202 acres. Dorse Creek to host Conserva tion Commission swimming facilities while roads, docks, and camp sites are prepared ahead of a July 1 funding cycle. Becketty contractor bids low for the dam contract, with official awards delayed to the new fiscal year.
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Plum Orchard Lake
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Plum Orchard Creek
Clifford Burdette
Fayetteville
Gov. Underwood
New River Company
J. P. Hamer Co
Conservation Commission
Hamer
EEP
State Road Commission
Pax-Kingston Road
Scarbro
Dothan
Mossy Creek
Plum Orchard
Board of Education
Warden M. Lane
Department of Natural Resources
Beckley
Commission
Coffee Break Stations For Holiday Drivers In Hinton
Six local groups join with the Fraternal Order of Police to run a coffee break station at state routes 3 and 20 in Bellepoint during the Fourth of July weekend. The effort aims to curb highway hypnosis by encouraging drivers to stop, stretch, and refresh, with personnel and supplies donated by participating organizations and the West Virginia National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
RNS
Fraternal
Order of Police
Bellepoint
Summers- Greenbrier Lodge No. 100
Fraternal Order of Police
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hinton Jaycees
Moose and Elks Lodges
Howitzer Battery
West Virginia National Guard
Radio Free Europe's Coverage Sparks Communist Attacks
The Communists have attacked Radio Free Europe’s programs more than 8,000 times over the last seven years, highlighting the perceived effectiveness of its broadcasts and the adversarial stance from rival ideologies.
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Radio Free Europe
RFE
Mount Hope Couple Wed 34 Years
Mount Hope celebrates the 54th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bolton at their Sherwood Road home. Married June 27, 1907 near Hamilton Illinois, Bolton, a former carpenter and Spanish American War veteran, and his German-born wife Edna Ried have one son Raymond and six grandchildren.
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Mount Hope
RNS
C. B. Bolton
Hamil
Illinois
Omaha
Neb
Bolton
Camp Thomas
Boltons
McKeel Coal and Coke Co
New River Company
Hanover
Germany
Reinecke
Hamilton
Raymond
State of West Virginia Employment Office
Beckley
Mountain State Businesss College
Parkersburg
Edna Ried
Cranberry
Scotland
Mary Ann
Fairmont State College
Mary Christopher
Monongah
Cecelia
de Sales Heights Academy
Elizabeth
Kathleen
Larry
Sts. Peter and Paul School
Scarbro
Sherwood Road
C. R. Berry
Berry
First Christian Church
Rev Barley To Begin Cranberry Revival
The Rev Ernest Barley will start a revival at the Cranberry Community Church in Cranberry on Saturday at 730 p m with nightly services all next week. He is pastor there and invites the public to attend. On Monday July 10 Mr Bailey will begin a revival at the New Church of God in Rainelle after closing a revival at the Glen View Regular Baptist Church led by Rev Archie Bair.
Coal Mining Course Set At Mullens High School
Mullens High School hosts a seven week coal mining course from July 10 to August 25. Registration starts July 10 with a five dollar enrollment fee to cover supplies. The program trains for mine foreman and fire boss certificates in West Virginia and covers mining arithmetic ventilation gases timbering roof control methods safety lamps electricity haulage blasting and related subjects.
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Mullens High School
Mullens
RNS
West Virginia
Mining Extension Department
School of Mines
West Virginia University
Alloy Workers Savings Fund Matures Today
The Alloy Works of Union Carbide Metals Co distributes 1,373,860 dollars to about 1,360 employees. Most workers live in Fayette County with many in Nicholas, Roane, and Kanawha counties. Employees may save up to 12 percent. the company adds 10, 20 or 30 percent based on service. The plan allows short-term savings and long-term investments in U S Savings Bonds or Union Carbide stock, with distributions every two years. Savings plans have been offered since 1935.
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Alloy Works
Union Carbide Metals Co
Fayette County
Nicholas
C Roane
Kanawha
Saraee
Plateau
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Mt. Hope
North
U. S
Union Carbide
O D Wyatt Named Princeton Editor
O D Wyatt city editor of the Hinton Daily News for five years is named managing editor of the Princeton Times. Publication begins mid July. Wyatt came from West Virginia University School of Journalism after serving in the Army in the Far East from 1948 to 1951 in Tokyo.
Marsh Fork Graduates Enroll at Marshall University
Marsh Fork High School graduates from the class of 1961 Sue Allen of Pineknob and Philip Richmond of Rock Creek pre enrolled at Marshall University for the fall term. Allen, valedictorian, will study home economics in the teachers college and live in the Freshman Dormitory. Richmond plans to major in physical science and will be housed in the new dormitory under construction. Also noted are the Price family vacationing at Crater Lake, and Bill Workman of Pineknob a patient at Raleigh General Hospital for over two weeks.
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Marsh Fork
Sue Allen
Philip Richmond
Rock Creek
Marshall University
Allen
Teachers’ College
Richmond
Emmett Price
Sandra
Crater Lake
James Salters
Marvin Marshall
Bill Workman
Pineknob
Raleigh General Hospital
Senior Trooper Named Acting Commander
Oak Hill detachment of State Police appoints Trooper C. A. Berkley acting commander pending sergeant appointment to replace retiring R. E. Schnell. Schnell will be on leave until Aug 1 when retirement becomes effective. He has begun duties at Allegheny Ballistic Laboratory in Mineral County near Keyser. Berkley will lead the four man post until Aug 1.
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Oak Hill
RNS
C. A. Berkley
State Police
R. E. Schnell
Schnell
Allegheny Ballistic Laboratory
Hercules Powder Co
Mineral County
Keyser
Berkley
Birth Announced for Robert Collison Martin
Mr and Mrs Tony Martin of Flint Michigan announce the birth of their first child a son born June 8 weighing seven pounds eight and a half ounces He was named Robert Collison after his paternal grandfather The Robert Martin family formerly lived in Ameagle and Meadow Bluff Tony is a Smoot High School graduate.
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Rock Creek
Rns
Tony Martin
Flint
Mich
Robert Collison
Robert Martin
Ameagle
Meadow Bluff
Tony
Smoot High School
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SEX 2 Kittens College
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Audie Murphy
John Saxon
Ernest Borgnine
Sk At
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Ton, Ill
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Charles Bolton
Nauvoo
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MR. and
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Rev. Barley
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Dukes of Rhythm
Prince OF
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Lee Hone CL
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Enchanted Island
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Jane Powell
Alloy Workers’ Savings
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Princeton
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