Project Head Start teems with promise for impoverished children
In a three part dispatch UPI discusses the Head Start program led by Dr. Julius Richmond and its aim to expose 500000 children from poverty to experiences middle class kids take for granted. The plan includes medical exams immunizations dental work hearing aids glasses and a year round center network if funded by Congress. The program is a massive demonstration in eight weeks of summer 1965 intended to prevent later welfare dependence by giving children a fighting chance.
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UPI
Louis Cassels
Washington
America
Project Head Start
Julius B. Richmond
State University Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse
N.Y
Child Welfare League of America
Richmond
Congress
Florida Residents Guests In West Virginia Visit
Mrs. Vickey Vandegrift and daughters Gay Nell and Connie of Oneco Florida were hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Bailey and family this past week. They toured Blue Stone Dam Grand View State Park and Exhibition Mines and planned to visit Mrs Vandegrift's parents in Alabama before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covel
RNS
Vickey Vandegrift
Gay Nell
Connie
Oneco
Fla
Douglas Bailey
Vandegrift
West Virginia
Bluestone Dam
Grand View State Park
Exhibition Mines
Alabama
Man Killed by Train in Fayette County Incident
William M. Keffer, about 60, of near Montgomery, was killed Tuesday when struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train. State Police said he was hit at 8:48 a.m. at the mouth of Armstrong Creek on the railroad mainline in Fayette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
William M. Keffer
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Keffer
Armstrong Creek
Fayette County
Vacation Families Head South for Florida Trip
Mr and Mrs Charles Small wood and family vacation in Tennessee. Mr and Mrs Marvin Necessary and children Lynn and Jeff of Riverdrive Addition vacation in Florida.
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Charles Smallwood
Tennessee
Marvin Necessary
Lynn and
Jeff
Riverdrive Addition
Florida
Pineville Clubs Asked To Aid Park Project
Seven teens representing civic and social groups in Pineville met at Town Hall to discuss Palisades Park beautification led by Castle Rock Garden Club chairwoman Mrs. William Lewis. Plans include riverbank willows, forsythia, bulbs, hedging, seating by the pool, with another meeting set for July 19 at 7 30 p.m. in Town Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
ANS
Town Hall
Castle Rock
Castle Rock Club
Martin
Sam Lambert
Kellan Snyder
Gilmer Hines
Violet Lusk
C. A. Farley
Glen Green
The
Lion's Club
William Lewis
Vaughan Stewart
Dorothy Owens
Bernard Stump
John Anderson
Betty Thomas
Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Rue Schoolcraft
O. C. Casteel
Paul A. Viers
Woman's Club
SRC To Open Bids July 13
The State Road Commission will open bids July 13 on 18 highway improvement projects across 16 counties, estimated at about 900000. Work includes 17 resurfacing jobs totaling 82.144 miles and cleaning and painting the U S 50 bridge serving Parkersburg and Belpre. Projects include 2.63 miles of U S 19 in Braxton and 8.3 miles of West Virginia 61 in Fayette for resurfacing.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Parkersburg
Belpre
Ohio
Jefferson County
Braxton
U. S. 19
Sutton-Summersville
Fayette
W.va
Oak Hill-Kincaid
Monroe
Waitesville-Virginia Line
Nicholas
W. Va
Fenwick-Richwood
Summers
House panel approves Marines auto shipment bill
The House Armed Services Committee approved legislation to allow Marines moved from Hawaii to Okinawa and South Vietnam to ship their cars home at government expense. The plan, costing about 80 000 dollars, moves to the House floor after Pentagon requests follow wives complaints over selling or shipping cars at personal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Hawaii
Okinawa
South
Viet Nam
Pentagon
4-H Camp Eligible After Exhibit Projects
Pickens group displays include book ends lamps bird feeders and sewing. Members who finished and graded projects may attend 4-H camp July 19 to 24 at Glen Rogers. Projects completed by July 11 may be turned in to Mrs Glenna Bentley for grading.
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Dra Pickens
Glen Rogers
Glenna Bentley
Rebekahs Plan July 24 Installation Ceremony
Mrs H E McGraw will head the Rachel Rebekah Lodge in July as noble grand succeeding Mrs Gree ly McGraw Ravencliff. Installations set July 24 at IOOF Hall Ravencliff in joint effort with Pine Grove Lodge. District No 24 deputy president Mrs Dimpsie Eddy urged attendance and outlined goals including cancer research and lodge self improvement. Visiting Rebekahs from Mabscott and East Rainelle attended.
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Ravencliff
RNS
H. E. McGraw
Rachel Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand
Greely McGraw
Odd Fellows Hall
Asa Hurst
Elizabeth Williams
William Mullens
Cather Pettry
Pine Grove
Odd Fellows Lodge
IOOF
Dis
Trict No
Dimpsie Eddy
Lester
Assembly
Thelma Morrison
Rebekahs
Eddy
Golden Gate Lodge No. 206
Mabscott
Nellie Rogers
Ada Johnson
Santa Brown
Nora Basham
William Sheppard
Sewell Valley Rebekah Lodge
East Rainelle
Herndon Majorettes Win Honors at Concord College Clinic
Pat Murphy head majorette receives third in military strut division and a four year attendance medal at the Southeastern Majorette and Cheerleading Clinic finale at Concord College Ath ens. Sandy Purdue earns third in two baton twirling and named Hern don Best Junior High Majorette assistant head majorette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon High School
Pat Murphy
Sandy Purdue
Concord College
Athens
Miss Murphy
Herndon
Purdue
Pat
Elmer Murphy
Wyoming
Sandy
Hubert Purdue
Bud
Louis Kaman
Five Couples Receive Wyoming County Marriage Licenses
The Wyoming County Clerk issued five marriage licenses this past week. Treeman Roberts, 21, of Ikes Fork, and Virgie Pearl Lane, 18, of Ikes Fork, pair up. James Harold Jones Jr., 22, of Covel, and Jaqueline Louise Clay, 19, of Soulsville. Earl Fredrick Sturgill, 28, of Mullens, and Francis Ann Thompson, 21, of Mullens. Paul Richard Thompson, 19, of Basin, and Shearell Evelyn Williamson, 19, of Covel. Forrest Lee Perdue, 22, of Bud, and Martha Ann Underwood, 18, of Bud.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Treeman Roberts
Ikes Fork
Damon M
Clara Margie Bailey Roberts
Virgie Pearl Lane
Henry M
Charlotte Catherine Lester Lane
James Harold Jones Jr
Covel
James Harold
Virginia Alice Laxton Jones
Jaqueline Louise Clay
Soulsville
Ted Russell
Naomi Irene Brown Clay
Earl Fredrick Sturgill
Mullens
Emmett Jasper
Mary Alice Kelly Sturgill
Francis Ann Thompson
John Edgar
Marcelle Jobe Thompson
Paul Richard Thompson
Basin
Paul Boice
Loma Mae Shrewsbury Thompson
Shearell Evelyn Williamson
Amos and
Maxine William Forrest Lee Perdue
Dillon Hospitalized at Beckley After Eye Surgery
Lacy L. Dillon, director of transportation for Wyoming County Schools, is reported improving at Beckley Hospital after undergoing eye surgery Friday.
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Dillon
Ravencliff
Beckley Hospital
Lacy L. Dillon
Wyoming County
Laughter as the Original Miracle Drug for Ill Humor
A brief aphorism suggests laughter stands as the prime remedy for bad mood. It frames humor as a natural cure for gloom and stress, elevating joy as a universal therapeutic.
Lancaster Couple Weds In Emmanuel Baptist Church
Lan caster Miss Carolyn Ann Killen and Jairy C. Hunter Jr. wed at Emmanuel Baptist Church Lancaster in a 7 p.m. double ring ceremony. Bride, daughter of Bruce B. Killen, is granddaughter of Lil lie Carver. Groom, son of Jarry C. Hunter, attended Wingate College, served in the Army, and is in the National Guards. They plan to live on Route 3 in Lancaster after a Chattanooga honeymoon.
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Pax
Lively
Carolyn Ann Killen
Lancaster
S. C
Jairy C. Hunter Jr
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bruce B. Killen
Lillie Carver
Hunter
Jarry C. Hunter
Harry G. Padgett
Elgin Baptist Church
Lancaster High School
Lancaster Bank
Wingate Junior College
Army
National Guards
Chattanooga
Tenn
Route 3
Beatles order debated. peer withdraws request
Lord Colwyn withdrew his demand for a Lords debate on the Beatles receiving the Order of the British Empire. He called the move potentially insulting to the Queen, amid controversy over the honor conferred earlier this month.
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London
UPI
House of Lords
Lord Colwyn
Order of the British Empire
Covel Shower Honors Bride Elect Shearell Williamson
In Covel a household shower celebrated Shearell Evelyn Williamson, bride elect of Paul Hostess was her mother Mrs. Amos Williamson. The guest list featured numerous local residents including Mrs. Mack Bishop and Miss Jean Dixon among many others.
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Covel
Amos Williamson
Shearell Evelyn Williamson
Paul Thompson
Paul B. Thompson
Mack Bishop
Alice Thompson
Thomas Taylor
George B. Clark
Bert McKinney
Fannie Barton
Irene Shrewsbury
George Shrewsbury
Curtis Parcell
Corbit Lusk
Lynnie Adkins
Joyce Lusk
Dominick Montrosse
Paul Goode
Ollie Mills
James Maynard
William Coleman
Edgar McKinney
Logan Mays
Bertha Otey
Leonard Mayse
William Bailey
R. A. Pedneau
Mabel Meadows
Imorene Barron
Caroline Vance
D. T. Meadows
Richard Horn
George Prillaman
Mack Quesenberry
Jean Dixon
Cyrus Trent
Howard Dudley
Debra Thompson
Marcella Wyatt
Sidney Smith
Claude Harmon
Basil Bailey
Junior Blankenship
Mount Hope visitors and local movements noted
Mount Hope area residents report a flurry of visits and travel. Obie Skaggs and Sheila, East Chicago, report visiting Sheila’s grandparents, while Carlos Underwood’s family hosts guests from Beckley and Newport News. Several families travel to Florida and Alabama for vacations or to visit relatives, including Carlson Fontana, and Parker families from Akron and Columbus. Local hospital updates include Don Renfro at Appalachian Regional Hospital and Sam Fox at Bluefield Sanitarium after major surgery.
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Mount Hope
Rns
Obie Skaggs
Sheila
Chicago
Ind
Carlos Underwood
Charles Bergendahl
Floyd Light
Beckley
James McDaniels
Tommy
Lynn
Jane Ellen
Newport News
E. G. Underwood
Larry
Terry
Melody
Bradley
Largo
Fla
Mary Dower
Main St.s
Elmer Allen
Huntington
John E. Dower
Joe Pettry
Princeton
Ernest Underwood
Shirley
Pearl Lee Underwood
Carbon Hill
Ala
Ray Collins
Theresa
Mark
Akron
Q Ohio
Lee Fontana
Maple Fork Road
Collins
Carolyn Fontana
Dan R. Crawford
Hinton
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
Clifton
Forge
Don Renfro
Maple Road
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Robert Andrews
Wellsville
Ohio
Marvin Beverley
Homer Fritz
Columbus
Knox Fritz
Kilsyth
Cherri Ann Barbera
George Barbera
Angelo Yates
Johnny Stella
Earl Ludwig
Detroit
Mich
Charles ‘Bill’ Price
Vicki
Charles Bill Jr
Andrea
Winston-Salem
N. C
Pete Falvo
Emma Falvo
Sam Fox
Bluefield Sanitarium
Fox
Fred Harless Jr
Park Heights Addition
Oak Hill Hospital
Marion Jenkins
Philippi
John Jenkins
J. E. Richeson
Frances Dixon
George Dixon
Atlanta
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DuPont
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Carol Brent
Miracle Blend
Vycron
SRC
Tata, Vena Ad
Deeretry
Perscari Prion Prug Stores
Victor Gilkerson
Mullens Eager Workers
West Mullens
Danny Bentley
Rodney Bentley
Watt Fun
John Moore
Watt Fun II
Kin
Nin Concord
Hunter-Killen
South Carolina
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