Revival Under Way At Methodist Church
Revival services at the Sam Black Methodist Church Route 60 with guest speaker Dr Fred B Wyand begin Sunday nightly at 730 pm The Rev W E Wade Smoot Charge pastor announced daily topics include Christ and Divine Power Christ Our Great Physician Christ Our Eternal Contemporary Christ Our First Fruits Christ Before Pilot Reasons Why I am A Christian Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God When He Came To Himself God s Last Great Word
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Fred B. Wyand
W. E. Wade
Smoot
Pax Personals Pax Personals Pax in Hospital and Visits
Mrs Richard Blake is a patient at Beckley Hospital admitted last Monday. Saturday visitors at Mrs Myrtle Keffers home included her daughter Mrs Mabel Vans of Charleston and Cecil Stephens and son Eddie of Diamond plus Roy Holley and daughter Linda Debra Stevie and Dennis Keffer Jr. Mrs Robert Greer of Baton Rouge was a guest last week at the Pettry home. Edith Davis of Oak Hill stayed overnight Thursday with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Philip Humphrey.
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Pax
Richard Blake
Beckley Hospital
Myrtle Keffer
Mabel Vans
Charleston
Cecil Stephens
Eddie
Diamond
Roy Holley
Linda
Debra
Stevie
Dennis Keffer Jr
Robert Greer
Baton Rouge
W. W. Pettry
Edith Davis
Oak Hill
Philip Humphrey
Tennant Calif Town Donated by International Paper
The town of Tennant in California was donated by the International Paper Company to the Veterans of Foreign Wars as a retirement settlement.
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Tennant
Calif
The
International Paper Co
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Garland F Webb 23 Funeral Set in Matoaka
Funeral services for Garland F Webb 23 of Matoaka will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Pentecostal Holiness Church Matoaka with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Webb died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Princeton hospital after his sister found him in an out-building. He was born September 8 1935 in Montcalm and survived by his parents three brothers and six sisters.
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Matoaka
Garland F. Webb
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Roger McCormick
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Webb
Princeton
Mercer County
Clyde White
Perry Riggs
Lashmeet- Matoaka Road
Salute to Nathan shaped as Encore across the nation
Julie Hayden widow of critic George Jean Nathan plans a national Encore for George Jean Nathan program of readings. It will visit major universities with proceeds to the Nathan Studio Library. The show includes an unpublished one act The Eternal Mystery and critiques of prominent playwrights plus dialogues with H L Mencken.
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Nathan New York
George Jean Nathan
Julie Hayden
Nathan Studio Library
Nathan
H. L. Mencken
Valedictorian and Salutatorian Named at Montgomery High
Miss Gayle Swope is valedictorian and Jerry Shannon Collins is salutatorian for 1959 at Montgomery High School. Swope, a majorette and National Honor Society member, will study physical science at West Virginia Tech. Collins, NHS member and team manager, plans pre medical studies at Tech after attending Ketterlinus High School in Florida.
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Montgomery
Montgomery High School
Gayle Swope
Jerry Shannon Collins
Miss Swope
Joseph B. Swope Jr
Montgomery Heights
Girls Athletic Association
Tri- Hi-Y
Swope
West Virginia Tech
Collins
Belva Collins
Ketterlinus High School
St. Augustine
Fla
Tech
Bridal Shower Honors Mrs. Robert Tolley
A bridal shower honoring Mrs. Carol Tolley, former Carol Stapleton, was hosted at her mother-in-law Mrs. Robert Tolley’s home. Tolley will soon join husband Robert W. Tolley, stationed at Fort Bragg, N C. Attendees included Mrs. L. L. Parrish, Mrs. Okey Foster, Mrs. Harold Eagle, Mrs. Richard Walkup, Mrs. A. J. McCutcheon, Effie Blume, Frank England, Miss Florence Fitzwater, Drema Adkins, Jane Jones, Verla Murrow, Esta Diehl, Icie Tolley, Robert Tucker, and R. O. Blume.
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Carol Tolley
Robert Tolley
A. J. McCutcheon
Effie Blume
Frank England
Florence Fitzwater
Drema Adkins
Jane Jones
Verla Murrow
Esta Diehl
Icie Tolley
Robert Tucker
R, O. Blume
National Council trains community organizers for welfare posts
The National Council of Churches has launched a program to train community organization specialists for social welfare posts in 50 city and state councils of churches. The training is under the Department of Social Welfare.
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Social Workers School
New York
National Council of Churches
Grand jurors drawn for Mercer April term report dates
Mercer County Circuit Court grand jurors for the April term are to report April 6 and petit jurors April 14. Names were drawn by Jury Commissioners Roger Hughes and R. F. Davis. The lists name jurors from Flat Top Athens Bluefield Matoaka Lashmeet Princeton and several districts including Rock Beaver Pond East River Plymouth and Jumping Branch with numerous residents.
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Princeton
RNS
Mercer County Circuit Court
Roger Hughes
R. F. Davis
George McBride
Clayton Shrewsbury
Flat Top
Clark Butler
Marsh Williams
Athens
George McCulloch Jr
Eleanor Litton
Myrtle R. Davis
William R. Bentley
Bluefield
Clyde Craven
Montcalm
William R. Davidson
R.R. Fizer
Matoaka
Wendell Walker
Lashmeet
William W. Parks
EB. R. Kidwell
Mary Whitehurst
Holroyd
Petit Jury
E. R. Fain
Jimmy Moore
J. R. Guard
E. B Bailey
J. W. Hatfield
Glenwood Park
Cyrus C. Clemons
Plymouth
A. E. Pennington
Pettrey
Thomas Oxley
Jack Harvey
Jay Lilly
Visit in Lilly Haven Guests List
Lilly Haven residents hosted Friday visitors including Mrs. Francis Simmons and her family. Guests were Mrs. Frank Worrell and son Ralph, Mrs. Roy Elkins and sons Sundy David Freddie and Jeffery, Mrs. Ross Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lambert and daughter Donna, Less Lambert, Mrs. Louise Wamac and daughters Lisa and Ronda, Basil Nicholas, and Miss Annie Belcher.
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Lilly Haven
Francis Simmons
Frank Worrell
Ralph
Roy Elkins
Sundy
David
Freddie
Jeffery
Ross Jones
Bill Lambert
Donna
Less Lambert
Louise Wamac
Lisa
Ronda
Basil Nicholas
Annie Belcher
The Canada Goose Travels Across North America
The Canada goose is a migratory bird moving between oceans and extremes. It travels from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Circle, covering vast distances annually.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Arctic Circle
WCTU hosts Frances Willard tea at Oak Hill Church
Mrs Kenneth Stover led the devotional at a Frances Willard tea sponsored by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union at Oak Hill Methodist Church. Mrs Burgess read Scriptures and urged imitating God’s image. Mrs C W Elgin, WCTU vice president, led the event and announced literature material for distribution.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Kenneth Stover
Frances Willard
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Burgess
C. W. Elgin
WCTU
Elgin
State Literature Chairman
W Hobson Faces Saturday Hearing on Vehicle Control
Clintonville reports W E Hobson of Jeffersonville Indiana is to appear before Magistrate Dan Phillips Saturday to answer a charge of failing to have his vehicle under control. The 4 pm Sunday crash on Clintonsville Mountain involved a 1956 panel truck driven by Hobson en route to Richmond, Virginia, that slid on ice and struck a 1956 car owned by E W Jones of Huntington causing about 300 dollars damage to both cars and injuring Mrs Jones’s knee.
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Clintonville
RNS
Dan Phillips
W. E. Hobson
Jeffersonville
Ind
Clintons
Ville Mountain
S. E. Tribett
Rainelle
Hobson
Richmond
Indiana
E. W. Jones
Huntington
Eight Cases Set On Docket In Fayetteville Court
Fayetteville circuit court schedules eight cases for trial in an adjourned January term. Planned dockets include Robert D. Fields versus Quality Buick, Inc. Wednesday Claude E. Phillips versus Clark Conley Thursday Luther Jackson versus Elmore Brooks Beckley Hospital and others Friday Billy Joe Richmond charged with drunk driving Monday John Kershner and John Shull charged with breaking and entering Tuesday James Edward Mollohan charged with drunk driving Wednesday Cecil Jones and Oran Valentine charged with grand larceny and Kelly Runions Jr charged with bastardy.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette Circuit Court
Robert D. Fields
Quality Buick, Inc
Claude E. Phillips
Clark Conley
Luther Jackson
Elmore Brooks
Beckley Hospital
Billy Joe Richmond
John Kershner
John Shull
James Edward Mollohan
Cecil Jones
Oran Valentine
Kelly Runions Jr
Rev Hatcher Named Fayette Red Cross Drive Head
The Fayette County Red Cross Drive chair is Rev W W Hatcher of Mount Hope. Born in Thurmond he is son of D G Hatcher and wife Ruth Dickey. He earned BA Kings College and BDiv Columbia Theological Seminary, was ordained 1953, served Graham Presbyterian Bluefield and since 1956 leads Mount Hope Church. The chapter seeks funds to support its tight budget.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Red Cross
W. W. Hatcher
Mount Hope
Hatcher
Thurmond
D.g.hatcher
Fayetteville
Ruth Dickey
Cleveland, Tenn
Kings College
Columbia Theological Seminary
Bluestone Presbytery
Graham Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
Two Injured In Car Wreck
In Matoaka two people were injured in a near head on two car collision on Route 10 near Lashmeet around 6 30 p m. Garland Shrewsbury Dott and Jack Lusk Lashmeet were admitted to Princeton Memorial Hospital for treatment. State Police trooper F Z Beer identified the accident scene noting both drivers suffered injuries with Shrewsbury having broken arms and Lusk a broken nose.
Mrs McCormick Speaks At Garden Club Meeting
Princeton notes report Mrs Kyle McCormick addressed Mountain Laurel Garden Club at Princeton Bank and Trust Co. on rose and lily culture. She urged specialization, joining societies, buying reliable plants, and following planting instructions. She warned of Japanese beetle damage and suggested petitions to authorities for beetle control.
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Princeton
RNS
Kyle McCormick
Mountain Laurel Garden Club
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
R.E. Coleman
R. E. Byrd
William Raney
McCormick
Clark Thornton
Tall Story Wrestles With Courtship and Court Promotion
Broadway comedy Tall Story is a box office hit but faces a marketing challenge. A pre production film deal lets costs be covered, yet the basketball plot complicates sales. Management shifts advertising from sports to emphasize romance and humor to boost appeal.
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New York
Lindsay Crouse
Foreign investors fund Broadway musical for first time
A Paris and Rome film group Cinepera and Gregor Films will invest $150,000, half the cost, in the musical C est La Vie about Valentin the dancer. The production, based on Toulouse Lautrec’s friend, will begin rehearsals in October in New York.
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NEW York
U.S
Valentin
Toulouse-Lautrec
Cinepera & Gregor Films
Paris
Rome
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