Mt Hope Scouts Hold Blue And Gold Banquet
Mt Hope Cub Scout Pack No 1 celebrated its fifth anniversary with a Blue and Gold Banquet at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church. About 100 attendees included Cub Scouts, families, and guests. awards were presented to Webelos and Cub Scout graduates, den mothers were announced as taking leaves, and W. L. Martin delivered the guest speech.
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Mt. Hope
Mount Hope
BNS
Cub Scout
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
W. L. Martin
Marvin Davis
Malinda
Ray Hughes
R. Harnsbarger
Bill Ward
Bobby Appleton
Lewis Burruss
Bill Brock
Martin
Davis
Hughes
Ward
Harnsbarger
Brock
den No. 2
Eddie Souk
den No. 4
T. W. Howard
den No. 3
Robert Dower
den No. 1
Edward Martin
Chucky Shawver
Troop No. 91
Buckskin Council
Jerry Adams
Jimmy Johnson
Billy Berry
Eddie Souk Jr
Denner
Gregory Maynor
Eddie Arthur
Bobby Dorado
Danny Phillips
Wayne Hatcher
Jimmy Martin
Billy Pat Brock
L. H. Maynor Jr
Spiritual Life Study at Oak Hill Church
The Rev J E Perkins of Mount Hope Methodist Church leads a two week Spiritual Life study titled Lakes Portrait of Christ at Oak Hill Methodist Church from 7 30 to 9 p m on March 22 24 29 and 31 under the Oak Hill Woman's Society of Christian Service sponsorship The study invites all church members and the public during Lent.
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Oak Hill
RNS
J. E. Perkins
Mount Hope Methodist Church
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Lakes
Sewing Circle Meets at Lookout For Pillow Case Gifts
Mrs Ed ward Jones hosted the Sewing Circle on Wednesday while six pairs of pillow cases were finished and each member began another. Attendees included Mrs Effie Blume Mrs O R Foster Florence Blume Gertrude Blume Mrs Annie Tully Mrs Cleo McCutcheon Mrs Elmer Harrell and Mrs John Wood. The next meeting will be at Mrs A J Mc Cutcheon home when the group will weave rugs.
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Edward Jones
Effie Blume
O. R. Foster
Florence
Gertrude Blume
Annie Tully
Cleo McCutcheon
Elmer Harrell
John Wood
A. J. McCutcheon
General WSCS Meeting at Oak Hill Baptist Church
The FitzGerald Group led a devotional on Go Ye Together at the Oak Hill Baptist Church meeting. About 53 members attended. program roles included Miss Myrtle Burgess and Mrs. Ella Miller. The group voted to join World Day of Prayer and help clothe the needy at East Oak Hill pool. April hosts are Donnelly Group led by Alfa Mankin.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fitzgerald
Woman's Society
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Macil Muckels
Myrtle Burgess
Ella Miller
Lola Lewis
W. E. Altizer
Ethel Bobbitt
Howard Amole
Loren Fox
Paul Perry
E. R. Thompson
David Darling
Jones Avenue Church
Hulbert
Wesley Dixon
Wyoming FHA To Give Skit At Regional Meeting
Future Homemakers of America chapters from Glen Rogers Baileysville Oceana Pineville Mullens and Conley High Schools will perform a musical skit Raising the Roof on the Craft House at the Regional FHA meeting on April 2 at Concord College Athens A rehearsal is set for March 10 at 4 30 p m at Pineville High School
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Mullens
RNS
Homemakers of America Canters
Wyoming
FHA
Concord College
Athens
Pineville High School
Glen Rogers
Baileysville
Oceana
Pineville
Conley
Holleys Host Visitors and Marine Veteran
Pax Pax item notes guests at the Holleys include their son Bobby Holley who recently discharged from the U S Marines Corps. Weekend visitors also include Mrs Jack Murdock and her son Johnny Sophia staying with her parents Mr and Mrs J D Janney and other relatives.
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PAX
RNS
Tracey Holley
Bobby Holley
Camp le Jeune
N. C
U.S. Marines Corps
Jack Murdock
Johnny
Sophia
J. D. Janney
Fayette Countians to Attend White House Youth Conference
Three Fayette Countians were chosen for the Golden Jubilee meeting of the White House Conference for Children and Youth to be held March 27 to April 1 in Washington. John Steven Gray, Mrs. John Scott, and Janice Muse will attend with state representatives meeting in Charleston prior to departure.
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Oak Hill
RNS
White House
Washington, D. C
John Steven Gray
Harry Gray
John Scott
Collins High
Janice Muse
Cordelia V. Toles
Greentown
William Shaffer
Fairmont
Boys’ State
Becky Dunlap
South Charleston
American Field Service
Scott
West Virginia Association of Student Councils
Rhododendron Girls
Miss Muse
DuBois High
McKinney baby born in Bluefield Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs Curtis McKinney announce the birth of their third child Ronald Lee, weighing five pounds ten ounces, born February 28 at Bluefield Sanitarium. The baby and mother arrived home Monday. The couple also have two older sons Michael and Buddy.
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Garwood
RNS
Curtis McKinney
Ronald Lee
Bluefield Sanitarium
Oldest Baptist Church Founded 1638 in Providence
The oldest Baptist congregation in America, established in 1638 by Roger Williams, is housed at the First Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island. The item notes its historic founding and enduring presence in the city.
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America
Roger Williams
First Baptist Church
Provildenc, R. L
Style Show Is Discussed By Woman's Club
Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club members met in the Fayette County Memorial Building to discuss the Spring Style Show titled April Love. Show director is Mrs. W. T. Webb. President Mrs. Evelyn Hilton led the session and Miss Lia Vaglio led the devotional. Hostesses included Mrs. Charles Witt and several others who served refreshments to a long list of attendees.
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Fayetteville
RNS
April Love
Fayette County Memorial Building
W. T. Webb
Evelyn Hilton
Lia Vaglio
Charles Witt
Richard Forren
Louis Rahall
John L. Settle Jr
Cecil Spradlin
Annell Bahn
Dori Vaglio
Virginia Radford
Louise Toler
Catherine Paris
Barbara Walters
Edna Jauntolo
W. T. Webo
Janie Phillips
Mary Margaret Thrift
E. B. Wood Jr
Billy Gene Henderson
Frank Henson
Houston Wendell
Henry Lojek
James Bowling
Doyle Kirk
Evelh Hilton
R. L. Johnson
Mission Society Elects Officers in Kincaid Church
The Wo man’s Missionary Society of the First Church of God in Kincaid elected officers for April: Mrs. Bill Franklin as president, Rev. Lillian Childers as pastor and vice president, several members named as secretary treasurer spiritual director and directors. A program titled A Dream Fulfilled showcased Kenya hospital progress and plans include a new altar and folding table. Attendees included Rose Gilbert and others.
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Kincaid
RNS
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Church of God
Bill Franklin
Lillian Childers
Junior Gilbert
John Wood
George Campbell
Jeanie Smith
Estil Underwood
Patsy Franklin
Charles Hawks
Ed Clay
Campbell
Jo Ann Adkins
Otis Halstead
Bonnie Robertson
Jenna Lea Estes
Marion Pointdexter
Pointdexter
Underwood
Mission Hospital
Kenya
Africa
WSCS Fellowship Fete Planned at Delilah Methodist
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Delilah Methodist Church schedules a fellowship dinner for March 19 at 6 p.m. in the church basement. The group met at the home of Mrs. Herman Reed to set a dedication and prayer meeting, plan a community communion service, and nominate officers for the next annual election.
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W. W. Gillispie
P. D. Raymond
H. W. Gillispie
Harold Dillon
Ethel Cook
Mayberry
Jack Rider
Ralph Toler
Bert
Officers Open Oak Hill Jaycees Meeting
New officers were seated at the Oak Hill Jaycees first stated meeting. Justin Myers, Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce president, spoke on duties responsibilities and city obligations. Regular meetings set for 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays at the National Guard Armory. Avis Partain named project chairman for a grade school event titled the Rinky Dink basketball tournament.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Jaycees
Justin Myers
Montgomery Junior Chamber of Commerce
National Guard
Avis Partain
Fire destroys Lester trailer home in Mullens area
Early Sunday morning an Allen Junction couple, Mr and Mrs Sherman Lester, woke to smoke around 8 am and fled into sub freezing air to call for help. The Mullens Volunteer Fire Department reported the trailer was destroyed. The Lesters estimate a 3500 loss, insured. Cause of the blaze is undetermined.
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Mullens Rins
Allen Junction
Sherman
Lester
Billy Cook
Mullens Volunteer Fire Department
Lesters
Sabine Stevens Clinic Improves After Pneumonia Illness
Sabine Stevens Clinic in Welch reports improvement of the patient after serious pneumonia. Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brunty at Glen Rogers, and Dale Brooks stayed with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Brooks, while Mrs. Brooks remains ill at home. Reford Ayers of Pennsylvania visited his brother Frank Ayers and family, returning from service in Japan. Jeff Brunty spent the weekend with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Brunty in Baileysville, and Saturday visitors came to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Chattin in Glen Rogers. Mrs. Grace Delp, confined by illness, is reported improved.
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Japan
Jeff Brunty
Herbert Brunty
Baileysville
Satuday
Thomas Chattin
Glen Rogers
Grace Delp
People Visit Relatives In Mount Hope Area
Mt Hope residents share weekend visits with family and friends from South Charleston Shady Spring Beckley Kilsyth Rockville and Inkster Michigan. Several relatives including Puckett Greer Vickers and Jones are mentioned with hospital update noting Mrs Williams daughter of Carol White returned from Oak Hill Hospital after surgery.
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Michael
Cynthia Jane
Beckley
Bery Vickers
Ben
Rockville
Bill Ward
Lawrence Vickers
Carolyn
Larry
Inkster
Mich
Kathryn Jones
Charleston
Mount Hope
Carol Williams
Oak Hill Hospital
Snowstorm Grips Coal River Area Slows Rural Roads
A snow storm and strong winds hit Coal River area causing traffic to halt on rural roads. Cars crawled with chains, some in ditches and a few trailer trucks jackknifed into hillsides above Whitesville on Colcord Ameagle road. Frozen pipes worsened conditions amid outages from previous heavy snow.
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Colcord
RNS
Coal River
Whitesville
Colcord-Ameagle
Local Socials Highlight Charleston Family Visits
LOOKOUT notes Leon Tuttle of Charleston spent the week with his mother Mrs. J L McMann. Mr and Mrs Elmer Harrell Florence and Eva Fitzwater traveled to Beckley on Wednesday and Thursday.
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RNL
Leon Tuttle
Charleston
J. L. McMann
Elmer Harrell
Florence
Eva Fitzwater
Beckley
Iron ore hunt shifts global for U S steel needs
The American steel industry seeks new iron ore sources as Minnesota Mesabi deposits wane. Steelways says over two billion dollars has been invested in the last decade across Canada Venezuela Chile Peru Brazil and Liberia to secure future supply.
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New York
Minnesota
Mesabi Range
Steelways
American Iron and Steel Institute
Canada
Venezuela
Chile
Peru
Brazil
Liberia
Good Citizens Contest Conducted In Fayette
In Fayette County the DAR Borderland Chapter selected one senior girl from each area high school to compete for the Good Citizens Award. Contestants submit home, school, church and civic details and a short essay on the theme Faith of Our Fathers Living Still. The top reader will win a $100 bond and advance for a national prize.
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Mount Hoperns
Fayette County
Borderland Chapter
Borderland
Juanita Clay
Fayetteville High School
Ellen Gunter
Kingston High School
Linda Kessler
Nuttall High School
Alice Sowder
Pax High School
Susanne Noyes
Collins High School
Oak Hill
Martha Pennington
Mount Hope High
DAR Good Citizens
Willia Thompson
Mount Hope
DAR Good Citizen
Oak Hill OES celebrates 36th anniversary and plans dinner
Oak Hill Chapter No 107 Order of Eastern Star observed its 36th anniversary. Organized March 7 1942 with 32 charter members nine remain active. They are Blanch Nichols Bertha Oxendale Hallie Calhoun Nellie Thomas Greta Godsey Maud Hannabass Ella Hayes Eva Tully Cora Law. A turkey dinner was planned for March 19 at the Masonic Temple with G A Baumgartner Virgil Burgess in charge of dinner and Mary Sowers handling tickets. A memorial ceremony honored Mrs Edgar Titlow. A donation supported Girls State and Brownie Troop 23. Five dollars was pledged to charitable groups. A covered-dish dinner for worthy grand matron Marie Young is set for May 6.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Order of Eastern Star
Blanch Nichols
Bertha Oxendale
Hallie, Calhoun
Nellie Thomas
Greta Godsey
Maud Hannabass
Ella Hayes
Eva Tully
Cora Law
Masonic Temple
G. A. Baumgartner
Virgil Burgess
Mary Sowers
Edgar Titlow
Juanita Legg
Marie Young
Philippi
Pen Pal Club Meets In Area Fayetteville
Fayetteville high school Pen Pal Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Dempsey 138 Daniels St on Tuesday. Miss Margaret Anne Phillips Miss Linda Dempsey and Miss Ann Hash hosted. The group planned new members for the coming year and viewed the Cathedral of Strasbourg. Refreshments served to Gary Riner Juanita Clay Linda Margaret Phillips Juanita Ann Clay Ann Hash Joe Bill Bess David McClary JoAnna McClelland Van Batten and Mrs Louise Smith. April meeting to be at Mrs Smith's home with Gary Riner Juanita Clay JoAnna McClelland and Carolyn Cole as co hosts.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayetteville High School
Pen Pal Club
Nelson Dempsey
Daniels St
Margaret Anne Phillips
Linda Dempsey
Ann Hash
JoAnna McClelland
Cathedral of Strasbourg
Gary Riner
Juanita Clay
Linda Margaret Phillips
Juanita Ann Clay
Joe Bill Bess
David McClary
van Batten
Louise Smith
Community Notes From Coal River Area
A digest from Coal River and surrounding towns lists travel notes and health updates. Capt. and Mrs. Robert P. Martin depart for New York en route to Morroco, while measles outbreaks affect Clear Fork area. Several families host visitors from Ohio and Alabama, and deaths prompt travels. Hospital updates include Mrs. Don Meadows and Reva Jarrett, with Navy family movements in Crete noted.
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Nickel Pettry
Hazard
Helen
Kerry
Donna
Kevin
Kenneth Farley
London
Kenny Farley
Ethel Herron
Colcord
Luther Dillon
Wiley Burton
Pomeroy
Ohio
Carl Dillon
Roger Dillon
Cleveland
Wendell Bowne
William Bowne
Rupert Bowne
Beckley Hospital
Don Meadows
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Navy
B. H. Pettry
Alabama
Benjamin H. Pettry
Oak Hill
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Students Given TB Skin Tests at Mount Hope
Tuberculin Skin Tests were given at Mount Hope Elementary School February 29. The Fayette County Health Department conducted the testing under supervision of county health nurses Eva McClung and Mary Knight. Patches were removed from the children on the following Wednesday in the classrooms.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Fayette County
Special Church Services Slated at Mount Zion Baptist
Evangelist Rev Walter N Harris Summerlee will lead special services March 21 to 25 at 7 pm daily at Mount Zion Baptist Church Garten A special musical program will be held at each service Pastor Rev A Wilson Wood invites the general public to attend.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Garten
Walter N. Harris
Summerlee
A. Wilson Wood
Injured in Fall at Moran Avenue Home
Mrs. W. W. Lively, 56, was hospitalized Sunday with a brain concussion and possible skull fracture after slipping on icy steps at her rear Moran Avenue residence. Her daughter Susan, about 16, also fell but was not injured and aided her mother. Mrs. Lively remains a patient at Wyoming General Hospital.
Purse Snatching Victim Anna Frager Targeted in St Louis
In St Louis AP report, 50 year old freelance writer Mrs Anna Frager was assaulted as two boys snatched her purse containing $9 and an article she had just completed on crime. The incident highlights street crime and risks to reporters.
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ST. Louis
Anna Frager
Lerime
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Tommy Asbury
Frank Byers
Artie
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Paul
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Delbert
Lowell Winston
Newark
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Raleigh General Hospital
Clowney Stover
Joe Workman
Clear Creek
George Norris
Charles
Cabin Creek
Myrna Treadway
Buzzard’s Bay
Massachusetts
Edward Treadway
Oley Bunion
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Timothy Dewayne
Charleston Memorial Hospital
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