Marsh Fork Women Select Committee Forms Nominating Panel
Marsh Fork District Woman's Club met Monday evening to appoint a nominating committee to select candidates for vice president and treasurer for a two year term. Rex Sarrett led the push to purchase a 50 star flag and stand. The group discussed dates for participation in the project A Day in Court. A program on cancer symptoms and services was presented by Mrs. Sam Pilliteri and Mrs. Fred Hayes of Beckley. The club announced a variety show at Marsh Fork High School to raise funds for a scholarship, featuring local acts and a Rock n Roll group from the high school.
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Rock Creek
RNS
Rex Sarrett
Daniel
Edna Wills
Marsh Fork District
Woman's Club
L. C. Weamer
Eustace Cantley
Warren Jarrell
Weamer
Sam Pilliteri
Raleigh County Cancer Control
Fred Hayes
Beckley
Marsh Fork High School
Marsh Fork
Homer
Jethrow
Edeon
Reba Honaker
Dollie Brown
Virginia Joanson
Rita Sarrett
Arnett
Smith Burnside
Pineknob
Inez Webb
MF Club
Junior Scientists Win School Exhibit Honors
Montcoal Stickney school science exhibit honors go to sixth grader Mike Burdiss of Stickney for a three stage float winning first place. runner up Stevie Worley displayed a steam turbine. Debra Romine, Robin Davis, Gloria Beard, Calvin Ballard, and Billy Salter received honorable mention. other pupils exhibited varied projects. Winners will advance to the Raleigh County Science Fair at Sophia March 15 16. Judges included Ralph S Webb Edna Deitz Marsh Fork High School and Edith Clay Raleigh County supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcoal
RNS
Mike Burdiss
Lawrence Burdiss
Stickney
Montcoal-Stickney
Burdiss
Stevie Worley
Robert Worley
Debra Romine
Motor Unit
Robin Davis
Gloria Beard
Calvin C. Ballard
Billy Salter
Raleigh County
Sophia
Ralph S. Webb
Edna Deitz
Marsh Fork
Edith Clay
Pepping up with Ostrex Tonic Tablets
Modern tone ad urges readers to reject age as a limit and claim energy with Ostrex Tonic Tablets. It promotes an 8 day get acquainted size and an Economy size, claiming iron related pep and a younger feeling, with pricing hints and wide availability at druggists.
Thurmond Man Waives On Arson Charges
Da vid Lee Rose of Thurmond faced two arson counts in a warrant by Lewis Myles assistant fire marshal. He allegedly set fire to a building and contents owned by Rose insured by Phoenix Insurance Co. of Connecticut and to a separate Gwinn Boley property. Rose arrested March 1, waived to grand jury, held in $500 and $1,000 bonds.
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Oak Hill
ANS
David Lee Rose
Thurmond
Lewis Myles
Rose
Phonex Insurance Co
Connecticut
Bob
Olive Gwinn Boley
Boley
Fred O'Boyle
Myrl O'Dell
C Kane Named To Chamber Committee
C O Kane manager of mines for Armco Steel Corp Montcoal has been appointed to the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce social security committee by president Hardin R Harmer. The chamber’s nine standing committees are appointed annually before the mid winter meeting of the board.
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Montcoal
RNS
C. O. Kane
Armco Steel Corp
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Hardin R. Harmer
Kane
Social Security
Chamber
Ravencliff Weekend Visits and Hospital News
Miss Betty Brown returns to Washington DC after visiting her parents in Ravencliff. Stewart family hosts and visits Beckley Memorial Hospital where father is a patient. James Gentry treated for a fall at Beckley Memorial Hospital and recuperating at home. Numerous Brooks families visit Gentry and relatives in Ravencliff and nearby towns. Reverends Halsey and Jeanie Haley return from Baltimore Md. after visiting relatives.
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Ravencliff
Betty Brown
Washington DI D. C
William Brown
John Stewart
Lon Stewart
Ott Brown
McGraws
Stewart
Beckley
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Arlington
Ross Zickafoose
Smoot
Paul Brooks
Earnest Sheppard
Brooks
James C. Gentry
Jim Brooks
Oceana
Holroyd Brooks
Raymond Brooks
Burton Brooks
Bill Brooks
Mullens
Randolph Brooks
Accoville
Homer Brooks
Lynee
Shelburn Brooks
French Brooks
Pate Brooks
Ronnie Halsey
Jeanie
Baltimore
Jimmy Gunter
William Ewring
Kerman Canterbury
C. E. Canterbury
Raymond Hall
Glen Rogers
Ralph Hall
Mt. Airy
N. C
Chris Denjoff
Perry Lafferty
Rambler doubles safety brakes showcased in test
Metropolitan safety demonstration in Dade County Florida compares Rambler’s Double-Safety Brake System with a rival car. A damaged line stops the Rambler but the competitor crashes through barriers. Rambler’s system uses tandem master cylinders, keeping brakes functional if one line leaks. The promotion touts Rambler 1962 sales, value bonuses, and a discovery drive with dealer incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Public Safety Dept
Dade County
Miami
Florida
Rambler
U.S
Cadillac
Car X-Ray Books Promote Safer Longer-Lasting Cars
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Rambler
McGraws Willing Workers To Present PTA Program Thursday
The Willing Workers 4-H Club will present an all program at the John McGraw Parent-Teacher Association meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. The event features readings, prayers, songs, dances, and demonstrations led by club members as part of National 4-H Week.
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McGraws
West Virginia
Karen Clay
Francine Brooks
Sharon McGraw
Billy Tilley
Pat McGraw
John F. Kennedy
Legion Post Votes To Reorganize Park Board
LaFayette Post No 149 American Legion held a regular meeting in Fayetteville area. The post approved changing by laws to schedule the annual corporation meeting in March rather than January. The board of directors was authorized to reorganize the Town Park Board. Bells Across the Nation project chair E H Warfield was named. A rehab stamp program report noted poor state wide participation and a study committee was appointed. John Witt Jr James J Murphy and H W Miller named to the committee.
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Fayetteville
RNL
LaFayette Post No
American Legion
Legion
Maple Ave
Riley Propps
Harry Miller
Department
Wheeling
LaFayette Club 49, Inc
E. H. Warfield
John Witt Jr
James J. Murphy
H. W. Miller
Whitt heads to Ft. Leonard Wood for new assignment
Pvt. Paul Whitt departed Thursday for a post at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri. His wife remains with her parents Mr and Mrs Cabell Payne who are recovering from recent illness and plans to join him in Missouri in about eight weeks. Local visitors in Charleston included Mrs Pearl Miller Mr and Mrs Lee Miller and Mrs Marie Jennings. Garner Bailey reported his wife improving while she stays in Beckley Hospital. Elmer Price from Newport News Virginia returned after a weekend with his parents. Additional visitors at the Price home were Mr and Mrs Ivan Pizzino Mr and Mrs Bill Price Glen Fork and Mr and Mrs Harry Bouchell Mallory.
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Sabine
Paul Whitt
Ft. Leonard Wood
Mercer Man to Face Hit and Run Charge in Mercer County
Dillard H. Mills of Lake Bottom will appear before Magistrate Ray Webb in Deerfield Saturday on a hit and run charge arising from an February 3 collision on Cover Road. Mills, driving a 1950 model toward Herndon, allegedly struck Betty Blankenship's 1958 car in Basin. no injuries reported. Deputies Marvin Martin and N&W special agent H. H. Kennedy arrested Mills. Mercer County bond set for appearance.
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Bond
Mercer County
Mill
Webb
MYF To Sponsor Lenten Dinner
Fayettville Methodist Church s Meth odist Youth Fellowship will host a sacrificial Lenten dinner on Ash Wednesday March 7 at 615 pm in Friendship Hall Proceeds go to the Methodist Board of Missions The token meal of rice and chicken broth invites shared identification with those who live with less A pre taped program Linking the World to Christ precedes a performance of Seven Years too Late featuring Jean Aliff Jack Thompson Jim Jones and Charles Garvin III Mrs Robert Akers couns elor and Jim Jones Lent dinner chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNL
Craig Ashford
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Christ
Jean Aliff
Jack Thompson
Jim Jones
Charles Garvin III
Robert Akers
World Day Of Prayer Set Friday In Fayette
Fayetteville residents invited to World Day of Prayer Friday at 7 30 p m at Fayetteville Presbyterian Church Maple Ave with services conducted by members of local churches under the theme For God so Loved the World The event, sponsored by United Church Women of the National Council of Churches, aims to unite Christians in prayer and fellowship and raise funds for inter denominational projects at home and abroad Local church chairpersons include Mrs Robert Kincaid Mrs Ruby Rotan Mrs Tommie Platt Mrs Elmer Farmer Mrs A R Lawrence and Mrs Kenneth Wood
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Maple Ave
United Church Women of the
National Council of Churches
First Baptist
Robert Kincaid
Second Baptist
Ruby Rotan
Methodist
Tommie Platt
Pilgrim Holiness
Elmer Farmer
Church of God
A. R. Lawrence
Presbyterian
Kenneth Wood
Barron Seeks Federal Flood Aid for Southern WV
Gov W W Barron plans to apply by Thursday for federal flood relief funds for southern West Virginia. The request goes to President Kennedy, who will ask the Office of Emergency Planning to survey needs. U S Engineers valued damages at 3.3 million dollars, with 2.6 million in Logan, Lincoln, Wayne and Wyoming counties and about 709 thousand in road damages across Boone Cabell Clay Fayette Kanawha Mingo Nicholas Putnam Raleigh.
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Charleston
API
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
Kennedy
Office of Emergency Planning
U. S
Logan
Lincoln
Wayne
Wyoming
Boone
Cabell
Clay
Fayette
Kanawha
Mingo
Nicholas
Putnam
Raleigh
Weekend Visitors Reported in Fayetteville Area
Fayetteville residents and nearby couples hosted weekend visits from relatives and friends. Dewey Brown and family from Charleston visited Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wood and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Agee while Rachel Wood attended a Bluestone Presbytery Youth Council meeting in Beckley. Nancy Harrington of Charleston stayed with Stanley Moore on Maple Road. Tunney Hunsaker and wife visited Shell Hunsaker in Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Dewey Brown
Charleston
Kenneth Wood
Frank Agee
Rt. 1
Nancy Harrington
Stanley Moore
Maple Road
Mary Rachel Wood
Bluestone Presbytery
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Tunney Hunsaker
Mrs. Shell Hunsaker
Dawson Springs
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Marsh Fork Women Select Committee
Leroy Williamson
Nathan Ramsey
Dexter Halstead
Rex Halstead
Sharon Carter
Kevin Farley
Richard Freeman
Gloria McGinnis
Mary Wilson
Sharon Snodgrass
Madeline Dickens
Stevie August
Mr. Bell
Kay Webb
Pete Landy
Tommy Dickens
C. Kane
American Motors
Tom McCahill
Mechanix Illustrated Magazine
Earehart Rambler Company
Valley Drive
Paccounts
Bank of Raleigh Main and
Sue LaVerne Clay
Jackie Clay
John Perry
Jerald McGraw
Frankie Acord
Mike McGraw
Pineville
Butch
Luzzader
IFY
Germany
Sharon Clay
Ethel Tolliver
Rachel Clay
Big Bad John
R. D. Vaught
Dennis McGraw
Bobby Sizemore
Pete Shumate
Linda Clay
Sandra Clay
Patty Clay
Rose Marie Shumate
Cheryl McGraw
Toney Perry
Basil Shumate
PTA
Verne E. Clay
Clyde Tolliver
Clarence Clay
Muriel Tolliver
4-H
Club
Legion Post
Park Board
Mercer
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