Bluefield Pickets Protest Segregated Theatre Seating
West Virginia's first post desegregation era picket occurred in Bluefield as 22 Bluefield State College Negro students demonstrated at the Colonial Theatre and later at the Granada Theatre. Police protected participants. owners cited local custom and white majority seating.
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Associated Press
Bluefield State College
Colonial Theatre
Granada Theatre
Granada
Rodney Kessling
John Bateman
Kessling
Colonial
Bluefield State
Pickets at Bluefield State Quiet as Students Discuss Barriers
About 20 percent of Bluefield State University’s 620 students are white, none among the pickets. Dr. Leroy B. Allen says the demonstrations were spontaneous with no outside groups involved. The noisy, snow-clad march saw students largely avoid contact with reporters as talks about lowering color barriers were raised previously.
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Leroy B. Allen
Bluefield State
Allen
Keesling
Shower Honors Mrs. J. Massey in Eunice
A stork shower was hosted at the home of Mrs. Seth Taylor in Eunice to honor Mrs. James L. Massey Packsville. Guests included Mrs. Herman Anderson and Mrs. Reba Fisner among many others. Mintie Taylor and others provided games and refreshments.
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Eunice
Seth Taylor
James L. Massey
Packsville
Mintie Taylor
Allen Harvey
Kermit Webb
Herman Anderson
Lula Mae Shepherd
Maynard Daniels
Reba Fisner
Eunice Long
H. L. Johnston
Susie Stevens
Bill Pettigrew
Isabelle Reeves
Janie Reeves Peters
Virginia McClure
Norma Rhodes
Thelda McIntire
Sandra Mize
Haven Pettry
Frankie Thompson
Goldie Keathley
James Dotson
Drema Blanton
Opal French
Will Cooley
Allen Harven
Mentie Taylor
Woman's Club Holds Covered Dish Dinner in Madison
The Madison Woman's Club hosted a covered dish dinner at 5 45 PM Saturday in the Madison Memorial Building. Rev. W F Byrd gave the invocation. Mrs Helen Hulbert and Mack Riley modelled sewing costumes. Music was provided by Hilda Smoot and Evelyn and Ruth Lambert with Karen Casto at the piano.
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Madison
RNS
Madison Woman's Club
Madison Memorial Building
W. F. Byrd
Helen Hulbert
Mack Riley
Hilda Smoot
Evelyn
Ruth Lambert
Karen Casto
Library readers pick Alice in Wonderland top favorite
A Columbia University survey shows Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland as the most favored work among U S library readers. Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn ranks second in popularity based on the survey data.
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Columbia University
U. S
Lewis Carroll
Mark Twain
Fayette Ham And Bacon Show Set For Thursday
Fayette County hosts its first Ham and Bacon Show and Sale in the Memorial Building dining room Fayetteville. H L Raggle says Beclky s Rural Development Council and the State Department of Agriculture back ribbons on premium money, with Rotary Club and 4 H leaders Association sponsoring. Hams and bacons arrive 10 to 12, judging at 1, public viewing at 2 30, guests at 6 and 7, John Stiles to auctioneer. entrants must enter via basement due to basketball tournament.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Memorial Building
H. L. Raggle
Beckley
Rural Development Council
State Department of Agriculture
Fayetteville Rotary Club
4-H Leaders Association
Ben Wamsley
West Virginia University
John Stil
Hurt While Feeding Birds Track Ice Accident in Pax
Mrs Minnie Humphrey and her son Clarence, both Pax residents, were injured when she slipped on icy back steps while feeding birds. She broke two ribs. he suffered a head laceration requiring seventeen stitches. Both were treated at Oak Hill Hospital and released.
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Minnie Humphrey
Clarence
Humphrey
Oak Hill Hospital
New River Coal Co
Garden Grounds
Area Hospital Lists 5 Births
Snowy weather at Oak Hill Hospital sees five births over the past few days. The Lively child weighs eight pounds 15.5 ounces, the Pennington baby six pounds four ounces, the Kincaid infant eight pounds 13 ounces, the Sutphin infant six pounds 14.5 ounces, and the Pittman baby seven pounds 14 ounces. Names include James E. and Loretta Lively, Shirley Pennington, William and unknown Kincaid, Bobbie and Herman Sutphin, with affiliations to Oak Hill Mount Hope and Glen Jean.
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Oak Hill
BNL
Oak Hill Hospital
James E. Lively
Lively
Loretta Ferri
Glen Jean
Mrs Emmett Fitzwater Scheduled for Minor Surgery
Mrs Emmett Fitzwater is a patient at Oak Hill Hospital awaiting minor surgery. Ray Armstrong of Fayetteville and Billy Burgess of Oak Hill are also patients there, both employed by Union Carbide Metals Co.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Emmett Fitzwater
Oak Hill Hospital
Ray Armstrong
Fayetteville
Billy Burgess
Union Carbide Metals Co
Colcord Churches, Meetings, and War Time Courier Talk
Carl Dillon visits his wife Lorena in Beckley Memorial Hospital where she is recovering after surgery. A Communicants class at Colcord Presbyterian Church runs weekly until Easter with Rev. John Aalfs in charge. The Mountain Project Men’s Council meets Saturday with a church dinner at 6 p.m. at Montcoal-Stickney Elementary School. A play titled Not By will feature local performers from Clay Pettus Eugene Lewis Long Creek Lip ford Whitesville Lacy Mitchell Montcoal Howard Hendricks Orgas and Harold Madison Racine. Rev. Aalfs also spoke at Marsh Fork Woman’s Club about his WWII courier work for the State Department, illustrated with slides from Europe North Africa Central America and Russia.
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Council of the Mountain Project
Montcoal - Stickney
Theating
Enerd Clay
Pettus
Eugene Lewis
Long Creek
Robert Lipford
Whitesville
Lacy Mitchell
Montcoal
Howard Hendricks
Orgas
Harold Madison
Racine
John Aalfs
Marsh Fork
Area Resident Pen Pal Of English Woman
By BASHIA HAMILTON COLCORD RNS Young people cherish letters from distant lands and foreign stamps. Mrs. Mary Birken of Birmingham England has been a pen pal for 11 years, sharing stories customs recipes and ideas with an American correspondent. Plans include a Birmingham visit and a future trip to French Morocco in 1961, reflecting the International Friendship League spirit.
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Mary Birken
Birmingham
England
America
Elizabeth
Trinity Church Land Valued at 25 Million in Wall Street
The land occupied by Trinity Church and its churchyard in the Wall Street district of New York is valued at 25 million dollars.
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Trinity Church
New York
Wall Street District
Church Workshops Set In Beckley and Oak Hill
A district Vacation Church School Institute and workshop will be at Oak Hill Methodist Church from 10 a m to 2 p m on March 19. Beckley area leaders from the WSCS and church staff will direct sessions for kindergarten through junior high groups with topics on The Church and The Church Around the World. Attendees should bring lunch and basic art supplies. all are welcome.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Methodist Church
R. J. Chenoweth
E. N. Goode
WSCS
R. P. Whittaker
J. B. Dryfield
Icy Roads Spark Sixteen Minor Accidents In Oak Hill
State police at the Oak Hill Detachment reported sixteen minor traffic accidents on icy streets. No injuries or major damage occurred. Drivers received property damage reports where investigations could not be completed promptly.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Medical Auxiliary Set To Meet Rita Will Attend
Mrs. Rita Will heads to a spring conference of the Woman's Medical Auxiliary as county medical society members gather for a joint dinner in Mullens. Delegates announced by Mrs. Mario Cardenas, with plans for Doctor's Day observers and scholarship fund selections. Attendees include Dr. B. W. Steele, Dr. Ward Wylie, Dr. Mario Cardenas, Dr. George Fordham, Dr. Samuel Santa Rita, Dr. Ross Newman, Dr. A. Oceretko, and others from Mullens Oceana Itmann Pineville.
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County Medical Society
Woman’s Medical Cee Samuel
Santa Rita
B. W. Steele
Ward Wylie
Mario Cardenas
George Fordham
Samuel Santa Rita
Ross Newman
A. Oceretko
Jeange Piedra
Mullens
C. T. Upchurch
R. C. Hatfield
Oceana
C. H. Ross
Itmann
A E. M. Wilkinson
Pineville
Fayetteville Area Social Notes From Fayetteville News
Fayetteville entries note Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith returning from Orlando to work at Union Carbide Metal Co in Alloy. Several local families report visits, moves, and trips including Mrs Bang Yon from South Charleston, Mr and Mrs Page Corley visiting Charleston with son Denver, Mrs H L Blevins returning from Beckley, and the Spangler family en route to Albuquerque where G B Spangler will head a new US Government Hospital. Also updates on moves of Clifford Gill and weekend visitors to Sunset Addition with a shipmate aboard U S S Bache in Norfolk.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Thomas Smith
Tommy Jr
Sandy
Beverly
Randy
Steve
Orlando
Fla
Union Carbide Metal Co
Alloy
Bang Yon
South Charleston
Kenneth Eskew
Page Corley
Denver
Windsor Lane
Charleston
Mildred Waller
Kanawha Valley Hospital
H. L. Blevins
Beth
Steven
Beckley
Kenneth McClung
Court St
Harry V. Spangler
Kim
Tor
G. B. Spangler
High Street
Albuquerque
N. M
United States Government Hospital
Gallup
Clifford Gill
Caldwell
Fayette Avenue
Walt Huddleston
Lindberg Avenue
Clean-Up Week Begins In Area
Fayetteville High School sponsors a clean-up campaign this week led by Student Council president Richard Whanger. The drive runs Monday through Friday with school personnel cleaning buildings and grounds. Litterers must wear a sign saying I Am A Litter Bug for a week.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayetteville High School
Richard Whanger
Work Injury Sidelines Eastern Gas Employee at Beckley Hospital
Osburn Hoover of Oceana, age 57, admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital at 3 30 p m Monday with injuries to his right leg and back from a header falling at work for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates He is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Osburn Hoover
Oceana
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
West Virginia Land Bill Aims to Add Harpers Ferry Lands
Senate and House bills would add about 30 acres to the Harpers Ferry National Monument and establish a National Park Service training center at the former Storer College plant. The plan would train about 200 park personnel annually. The Senate subcommittee approved the measure. full committee polling seeks action before civil rights debate ends. House sponsor Staggers pursues a parallel measure to speed final consideration.
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Senate
Staggers
House
Passenger aviation pioneer Roy Knabenshue dies at 83
Los Angeles report confirms Roy Knabenshue 83, former Wright brothers general manager and early aviation pioneer, also once led Glenn L. Martin Company. He died Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Roy Knabenshue
The
Wright Brothers
Glenn L. Martin
Helen Shire Ascher, 60, dies of heart attack
Helen Shire Ascher, former president of the U S Commission of the World Federation of Mental Health, died Saturday of a heart attack in New York. She is survived by her husband, Charles S. Ascher, a professor at Brooklyn College.
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New York
Helen Shire Ascher
U. S
Tarboro’s Oldest Federal Judge Donnell Gilliam Dies
Donnell Gilliam, 70, who retired last year as North Carolina’s oldest active federal jurist, died Sunday in Tarboro. The longtime judge served on the federal bench and was noted for his lengthy public service.
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Tarboro
N. C
Donnell Gilliam
North Carolina
Kohler executive Albert Zibell dies at 68
Albert G. Zibell 68 vice president and sales manager of the Kohler Company died Sunday from a cerebral hemorrhage. He led the Kohler sales team and shaped key market strategies.
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Kohler
Wis
Albert G. Zibell
The
Kohler Co
Dr Floyd Turner dies at 70 in Santa Cruz
Dr Floyd C. Turner a lead ing cancer researcher died Saturday apparently of a heart attack He had served with the U S Public Health Service for many years until his retirement in 1945
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Floyd C. Turner
U. S. Public Health Service
Mor ris L. Cooke, Early Rural Electrification Leader, Dies
Philadelphia AP report notes Morris L. Cooke, 87, first administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration under FDR. He served city state and national agencies for more than five decades and was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Morris L. Cooke
Rural Electrification Administration
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cooke
Carlisle
Chilean painter Pedro Reszka Moreaux dies at 87
Pedro Reszka Moreaux, 87, a renowned Chilean painter and longtime faculty member at Santiago's Catholic University for 30 years, died Sunday in Santiago.
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Santiago, Chile
Pedro Reszka Moreaux
Santiago’s
Catholic University
Dristan Decongestant Tablets Promote Sinus Drainage
A New York special reports a tablet that quickly drains congested sinus cavities with no discomfort. The medicine works through the bloodstream to shrink swollen nasal passages and relieve pressure and pain. Sold without prescription for 98 cents a bottle of 24 with a money back guarantee.
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New York
N. Y
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