Plans for Expanded Fair Divisions and Leadership
Plans are under discussion for an expanded fair with five divisions. Present are Secretary Sam Crouse Ward Ashford J H Allen and H R Riggle outlining roles as co chairs for farm exhibit and Four H divisions. The fair will run separately from the rural urban Farm Bureau picnic. Horse Thief Basin near Phoenix Arizona earned its name from its history as a hideout for horse thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Crouse
Ward Ashford
J. H. Allen
Association
H. R. Riggle
Phoenix
Ariz
Area Youth Appointed To Air Force Academy
Tommy Hamilton, son of Mr and Mrs O C Hamilton Hatcher, has been appointed to the United States Air Force Academy. A 1960 Oceana High School graduate he reported to the academy after completing preparatory school. In high school he led as class president four years National Honor Society member co salutatorian Citizenship Award recipient twice and American Legion Award. He played junior high football and was a varsity letterman. He traveled to Colorado with brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Allen Leonard of Wharton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
ANS
Tommy Hamilton
O. C. Hamilton, Hatcher
United States Air Force Academy
Tommy
Oceana High School
National Honor Society
American Legion
Colorado
Mrs
Allen Leonard of
Wharton
Fayette County Fair Plans Expanded Three Day Event
Fayetteville fair officials announce a three day Fayette County Fair set for August 17 18 19 at Memorial Auditorium Fayetteville with Don Payne as manager and Herbert Shumate as assistant manager The State Department of Agriculture will provide 400 for premium awards and ribbons will be supplied by the fair association The event follows a one day trial at the 4 H Camp Beckwith and prior fairs were held in Oak Hill with a carnival horse show and beauty contest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Mount Hope Obituary and Social Notes Mix of Local News
Mrs. Mamie Parker learns that her cousin Ernest Tincher aged 67 of Chelyan died after a long illness at his sister Azella Houchins home. Funeral conducted by Rev. Reed Robinson. Also notes guests at Parker and Mullens items plus a birth in Mullens and a record long steel arch bridge spanning Kill Van Kull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Salmon
Carl Chase
Eugene
Syracuse
N.Y
R. M. Jones
Deepwater
M. L. Parker
John Williams
Johnny
St. Albans
Williams
Parker
Woodrow Miller
Kathy Williams
Charleston
Douglas
Cowen
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
OES Installs Officers At Masonic Hall Meet
Winolia Chapter No 59 Eastern Star Mount Hope held initiation and officer elections at the Masonic Hall. Mrs Odelia Armentrout was initiated. Officers elected include Selma Tolliver, Robert Williams, Margaret McClung, Okey Brooks, Phyllis Kelly, Thelma Kelly, Armilla Rogers, Harriet Coleman, Mary Stevenson, Vivian Brooks. A Rainbow for Girls event and a special meeting for officer installation were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Winolia
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Odelia Armentrout
Cirtsville
Order OF the Eastern Star
Selma Tolliver
Robert Williams
Margaret McClung
Okey Brooks
Phyllis Kelly
Thelma Kelly
Armilla Rogers
Harriett Coleman
Mary Stevenson
Vivian Brooks
Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Women Of The Moose Observe Anniversary
Mullens W omen of the Moose No 109 celebrated their 17th anniversary with a pot luck dinner and birthday cake for members and guests. An installation of officers followed the meal with Mrs Estelle Caudle as pianist and a slate led by Mrs Weaver and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Mullens Women of the Moose No
Estelle Caudle
Brett Weaver
Georgia Frank
Waverly Tibbs
Ruth Brammer
Francella Tennant
Julia Howery
Mildred McMara
Hilda Turner
Donsie Franklin
Sentinel
Rhoda Meadows
Argus
Weaver
Hattie Sue Bowling
Jackie Larton
Edith Cook
Mrs Goins Honored At Bridal Shower In Oceana
Mrs Phillip Alen Goins formerly Bonnie Whelan was honored at a bridal shower Monday evening in Kopperston Recreation Building. Hostesses listed and many guests attended with refreshments served to numerous attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
BNS
Phillip Alen Goins
Bonnie Whelan
Kopperston Recreation Building
Glenn Keyes
Kenneth Toney
Hugh Miller
Boyd Dumire
Carl Smith
George Goins
Rose Terrell
Henry Mathis
Elmer Kirk
Jack Davis
Leonard Williamson
T. H. Bailey
Rhonda Dumire
C. V. Tyree
R. V. Garrett
Amos Wotten
Raymond Jarrett
Lester Buckley
John Rush
P. D. Raymond
Gerald Short
Rufus Davidson
James Harris
Ralph Hannah
Robert Blackwell
Tommie Evans
A. G. Sugar Jr
High Blackburn
Ed Estep
Kaye Estep
Louise Smith
George Darnell
Lois Smith
Richard Atwell
George Giardella
T. O. Whelan
John Pike
James Collins
James Hall
Jimmy Goins
James Toney
Charles Johnston
Lee Blankenship
L. W. Booth
A. L. Snead
Clyde] Baldwin
Woodrow Dillo
Marvin Mayes
Francis Whelan
Robert Davis
Otis Cook
Don D. Cook
Ruby Lewis
Oscar Goode
C. T. Upchurch
Marion Bailey
Frank Osborne
Rand
Fayetteville area social notes and visits from Buckhannon to Akron
Fayetteville residents host and visit relatives across several states and countries. The piece lists numerous locals visiting family in Ohio and Virginia, along with campers and counselors headed to Maine and multiple extended family gatherings in Beckley and nearby towns. A closing fact cites a 20th Century Fund report noting land and water distribution on Earth.
State workers enroll for West Virginia retirement plan
West Virginia counties and health departments join the Public Employes Retirement System. At least 33 counties 3 health departments and 3 cities have signed up as 8 000 state employees participate. The program, authorized by the 1961 Legislature, expands coverage across Kanawha Charleston Marshall Wood Parkersburg Montgomery Follansbee Ripley and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Randolph
Roane
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wayne
Wetzel
Wyoming
Wood, Fayette
Hancock
Hampshire
Preston
Kanawha - Chaveston
Marshall County
Wood County
Parkersburg
Montgomery
Follansbee
Ripley
Rainbow Installs Officers at Mount Hope Hall
The Order of Rainbow for Girls at Mount Hope held an initiation service Monday at White Shrine Hall led by Miss Bonnie Vallina. New members Edith Mae Moses and Karen Keaton were welcomed. plans were announced for a Mother Daughter Banquet on July 10 and Rainbow Camp from July 30 to Aug 6 at Camp Beckwith with Mrs. Steven McFadden directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Assembly No. 14
Order of Rainbow
White Shrine Hall
Bonnie Vallina
Edith Mae Moses
James W. Moses
Harvey
Karen Keaton
Ronald Keaton
Bradley
Camp Beckwith
Steven McFadden
St. Albans
Mary Stevenson
Jackie Pugh
Thurmond
Jennie Cope Carter
Flora Twaddle
Bollie Vallina
Nancy Wotring
Linda Pugh
Carol Bailey
Malinda Davis
Judy Stevenson
Donna Dove
Carol Jo Allen
Linda Trail
Nancy Booth
Paula Quesenberry
Kaye Berry
Linda Spade
Janis Spade
Mary Miller Gwinn
Mildred Dinkler
Deloris Batten
Lydia Pugh
Patsy Smith
Luna Worrell Circle To Host General Meet
The Luna Worrell Circle of the First Methodist Church Pineville met at Mrs. Oscar Butcher's home. Miss Ruby Lambert spoke on The Holy Spirit and plans were made for a July 2 family night dinner, sanctuary flowers, and hostesses for upcoming general meetings. Next meeting will be at Mrs. Sam Lambert's home with Mrs. Paul A. Viers in charge. Refreshments served to several members and two guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Luna Worrell
First Methodist Church
Oscar Butcher
Ruby Lambert
James G. McDermitt
Fellowship Hall
Sam Lambert
East Pineville
Paul A. Viers
Zella Crews
T. G Morgan
Ruby Layman
McDermitt
Oceana Resident Is Honored With Shower
Oceana RNS reports Mrs. Stanley Brown the former Miss Mary Kathryn Stewart was honored Saturday with a household shower at her grandmother Mrs. O. H. Stewart home. Hosts included Mrs. Bernice Frye and Mrs. O. H. Stewart as guests enjoyed games and refreshments with attendees such as Mrs. Earnest Lusk Mrs. Harry Gillespie Mrs. William Daniels Jr. and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Stanley Brown
Mary Kathryn Stewart
O. H. Stewart
Bernice Frye
Earnest Lusk
Harry Gillespie
William T. Daniels Jr
Emmett Laxton
P. D. Raymond
High Blackburn
Basil Brown
Posey Stewart
Georgia Dunke
Warren Stewart
Betty Hannah
Diane Hannah
Ray Stewart
Tom Duty
Sherie Stewart
Jef
Visitors travel and family visits across several states
A long list of relatives and friends visit and travel between Kilsyth Oak Hill Beckley Orlando Columbus Indianapolis and Detroit with many named families including Coleman Lively Humphrey and Akers hosting and visiting relatives in Baltimore Richmond and other areas over a period of days Verbal notices record relatives visiting from multiple towns and states including Ohio Virginia Indiana and Maryland with gestures of extended family connections and hospital stays noted for Artie Lively and Frank Akers among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Bernice Coleman
Green Coleman
Kilsyth
Adrian Kenney
Sharon Kay
Pamela
Oak Hill
Harry Wright
Johnny
Cathy
Lee Ellison
Baltimore
Ellisons
Delia Lively
Hazel
Glen Lively
J. Orval Lively
Beckley
Seibert Lively
Linda Lee
JoAnne
Orlando
Fla
Lena Canterbury
Lively
Bob Humphrey
Larry Woolwine
Tommy
Kelly Ann
Columbus
Ohio
Ray Humphrey
Ella Humphrey
Mamie Tredway
Brenda
McDonald
Drema Bennett
Mickey
Larry
Prosperity
Johnny Humphrey
Savannah
David Humphrey
Steve
Stormy
Sonny
Ronald
Norfolk
Gloria Dawn Mione
Cather Wingrove
LuAnne
Robert
Virgil Godby
Mike
Danny
Long Branch
Shelba Lafferty
Willis Branch
Joe Mierzwa
Wilmington
Bernard Humphrey
Whitesville
Donald Humphrey
Washington, D. C
Barbara Tyree
Jeffery
Kimberly Ann
Indianapolis
Ind
B.W
Lawrence Walker
Radford
Flavel McNeely
Randy
Gay
Ede Die
Bradley
Darrell McNeely
Rusty
Mount Hope
Joe Mierwa
J. E. Lively
Nettie Redden
William
Ira Stover
Tracy
Billy
Quinwood
Corbit Bailey
Gracie
Daisy Pearl Stover
Charley Weaver
David
Elbert Price
I Wayne
Elbert Jr
Pratt
Emory Wingrove
Kay
Vayce Teench
Thurmond
Terry
Howard Wingrove
Vanessa Faye
Nancy Wingrove
Earl Conner
Linda
Jimmy Wingrove
Detroit
Mich
Lawrence Tyree
Joe Williams
List of names appears in wedding or social roster
Frey Stewart, Mrs Herman Reed, Mrs Hassell Blackburn, Mrs Lewis Stines, Mrs Label Lewis, Mrs Lois Beane, Mrs Phillip M Roach, Mrs Harley Cook, Mrs Ralph Stewart, Mrs Clase Lambert, Mrs Grace Goins, Mrs Bertha Philyaw, Mrs Harold Tracey, Mrs Carroll Brooks, Mrs Roscoe Graham, Mrs Charles Trodden, Mrs Harold Webb, Mrs Fairly Hensley, and Mrs Guy Stewart are read as attendees in a social or wedding notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frey Stewart
Herman Reed
Hassell Blackburn
Lewis Stines
Label Lewis
Lois Beane
Phillip M. Roach
Harley Cook
Ralph Stewart
Clase Lambert
Grace Goins
Bertha Philyaw
Harold Tracey
Carroll Brooks
Roscoe Graham
Charles Trodden
Harold Webb
Fairly Hensley
Guy Stewart
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Ately
Burea
George
Pat H. Wheeler
Air Force Academy
Eppy
Krogers
Frank Watkins
Harold Bradford
S&h
Wat
Dorothy Gray
Blue Jay
Helena Rubenstein
RCA Or
Eveready
EPRY
Lawrence Kessler
Crouse
State Department of Agriculture
The
Fair Association
Carl Vickers
Robert Akers
Arts
Mt. Hope
Ralph Jerome Steinitz
Green Spring Drive
Lutherville
Joseph Jerome
Mercer Hospital
Elinor Lee Hall
Henry Hall
Circle Drive
Kill van Kull
Bayonne
N. J
Staten Island
N. Y
Family Weekly
America
Raleigh
OES
Masonic
Eva Cope
Fannie Richeson
H. D. Gast
Cora Wotring
Larry Kelly
C. O. Darlington
John Craver
Marie Tyree
Catherine Berry
Wilda Phillips
Tessie Williams
Elsie Dorado
the Moose
Mrs. Goins
Fayetteville
Ernest Amick
Maple Ave
Clayte Fleshman
Akron
Joan Holiday
Ann Bibb
Craig Ashford
Sandra Blake
West Virginia Conference
Methodist
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
John L. Holliday
James Boyd
Dick Whanger
A. E. Whanger
Keller Avenue
Harrison
Maine
Camp Zakelo
George Curry
Ronceverte
Lindberg Avenue
Farris Mease
Darrell Strickland
Peggy
Sam Crawford
W. Wiseman Ave
Inlaw
Walter Smith
Juanita
Timonium
Harry Smarr
Dixie
Daugher
Harry Smarr Jr
Burton Sanders
Grace Street
Kentucky
Randall
Connie
Harold Foster
Marion
Steve Phipps
Atlanta
Norman Poff
Grover Hatcher
Canton
Greg
J. H. Carson
Maple Avenue
Philip Mazzocchi
Third Avenue
Arlington
Philip Mazzocchi Jr
Jay
Leo
Shirley Dempsey
Dawn Girimont
Ross Girimont
Lively Street
C. C. Newman
Sandra Huskey
Berry Jo Huskey
Fredericksburg
J. J. Sale
J. J. Sale Jr
Twentieth Century Fund
Order of Rainbow Installs Officers
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