Mullens Club Opens Dogwood Tree Drive
Mullens WV Launches Dogwood City effort with plantings at Community Park led by Laurel Garden Club. Mayor Woodrow Cook attended Arbor Day observance as program included Bible reading, welcome by Mrs. George Fodham, and brief Arbor Day history. Sales of dogwood trees announced for Saturday near the Wyoming Theatre, supplied by a Beckley nursery.
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Mullens
RNS
Laurel Garden Club
West Virginia
Woodrow Cook
Ralph Mays
George Fodham
Clyde Byrd
Lloyd Bright
Roger Pritchett
Forham
Wyoming Theatre
Beckley
Conley Observes College Day at Conley High School
The annual College Day program at Conley High School featured six college representatives including Charlie Collins West Virginia Tech and William J Briggs Morris Harvey. A devotional service, musical program, memorial tributes to education leaders, and a panel discussion followed by personal conferences and interviews.
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A. C. Allen
Liebestraume
Henry Parham
Linda Dixon
Vale
Clement D. Brown
State Department of Education
Virgil Rohrbough
G. R. Spindler
School of Mines
West Virginia University
Carl Hazzard
Cathy Lou Cook Honored On Her Twelfth Birthday
Cathy Lou Cook was celebrated at a birthday party in the Appalachian Power Co recreation room in Pineville on Saturday afternoon. Her mother Mrs Ralph Cook hosted with Mrs Paul Hall assisting. Ten guests won prizes in games and dancing accompanied refreshments for attendees including Mike Goode Robert Slavy Kenny Beavers Patrick Parker Gil Brooks Mary Frances Parker and others.
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Pineville
BNS
Cathy Lou Cook
Appalachian Power Co
Ralph Cook
Paul Hall
Mike Goode
Robert Slavy
Kenny Beavers
Patrick Parker
Gil Brooks
Mary Frances Parker
Bobby Stewart
Nila Sturm
Bradley Durbin
Linda Hall
Sweetsie Parker
Ann Morgan
Dianne Collins
Donna Allen
Byron Burgess
Steven Dixon
Barry Farley
Dianne Dodd
Bobbi Crews
Peggy Blankenship
Jimmie Blankenship
Diana Lynch
Mike Farley
Kenny Eller
Oak Hill Pioneer Mil dred Duncan Reaches Eighty
Mrs Mil dred Duncan longtime Oak Hill pioneer wife of J D Duncan first mayor marks her 80th birthday in the family home on Central Avenue She is a Fishersville native with deep roots tracing to John Duncan who settled in Oak Hill The Duncan family were early merchants and church leaders with several relatives serving in city government and ministry in the Oak Hill Brethren Church
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Oak Hill
RNS
Mildred Duncan
J. D. Duncan
Duncan
Central Avenue
Mildred Blick
Fishersville
the Brethren Church
A. J. Duncan
S. E. Duncan
C. E. Duncan
W. H. Duncan
Duncan's
City Cash
Good Will
Central Cash Grocery
Nancy Geffs
Anderson
S. C
Erdene Tackett
Justus Duncan
Rand
Mary Rogers
Cleveland
Ohio
Lucy
Fayette Lions Film On Water Fluoridation
Fayetteville Lions Club dinner meeting at 6 p.m. in the Fayette County Memorial Building hosts a fluoridation film. Afterward Dr. William Herold and Dr. Edwin Warfield will join an open discussion. Louis Rahall leads the program. secretary Eugene E. Houchins notes delegates for the June 24 state convention in Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
William Her‘old
Edwin Warfield
Louis Rahall
Eugene E. Houchins
Clarksburg
Golfers Bid On Equipment At School Board Meeting
A seven member delegation led by W C Bailey Jr bid 200 for old equipment at Oceana frame school, including lockers and heaters, which the board purchased. The eight room Oceana No 1 school building sold for 490 to Howard Linville and the adjoining gym for 250 to Wayne Hatfield. Five dealers bid for five new school buses with intent to purchase after July 1 1961. Special meeting planned March 24 to announce bidder. Raises questions about using old Stone School building by Odd Fellows and Rebeccas with no sale. Fanny School consolidation discussed. decision to maintain for one more year. Principal Hazzard seeks improvements at Conley High School. remodeling to take 3-4 weeks. Ten employees aged 65 retire by Sept 1 1961. Sadie Robinette granted leave. Zina Godfrey named janitor. Molley Christian resigns. Ruth Cole resumes at Baileyville. Tom Clay to replace Don Houck. Wyoming Vocational-Technical School name changes July 1. Readoption of readers and spellers approved. February financials show potential year end no overdraft.
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Pineville
BNS
W. C. Bailey Jr
Wyoming County Board of Education
Bailey
Oceana
Oceana No. 1
Howard Linville
Wayne Hatfield
Jesse W. Morgan
Oley Clay
Dan Gunoe
Morgan
Parent - Teacher Association
Fanny
Indian Creek
Baileysville
Carl Hazzard
Conley High School
Mullens
Robert E. Kuhn
Hazzard
Sadie Robinette
Zina Godfrey
Coal Mountain
Molley Christian
Ruth Cole
Don Houck
Tom Clay
Soulsville
W. Grady Mullins
Wyoming County Trade School
Wyoming Vocational-Technical School
Wyoming County Textbook Committee
Rennie Hatfield
Sandy Basham
Corda Thompson
Ina Elliott
Viola Jenkins
Area Churches Rally To 2500 Get Hearing Tests Aid Pax Needy Families
PAX RNS The Church of Christ at Pax will coordinate food and clothing distribution from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for those in need. Recipients should bring an itemized list prepared in advance. Items were brought March 11 by multiple Churches of Christ groups from Weirton and nearby areas. Distribution will primarily at Pax Church with portions for Faytte and Raleigh County churches. Women prepare clothing while Ray Thompson notes a good range of sizes and staple foods.
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PAX
RNS
Church of Christ At
Churches of Christ of
Ray Thompson
Mount Hope Social Notes Share Local Visits and Tests
Mt Hope and Mullens areas report weekend guests visiting families in Mount Hope. Guests include Roy Felton and Jamie from Kensington, Md., and relatives of W. R. Park. Mullens club conducts audiometric hearing tests for about 2,500 elementary students across Slab Fork and Barkers Ridge districts. 100 children identified with hearing issues referred for further state checks.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Eva Felton
Roy Felton
Jamie
Kensington
W. R. Park
B. E. Walker
Raleigh General Hospital
Robert Lilly
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Evanston
Ill
Shelby Lafferty
Tim Walker
Mount Hope High High School
Miller Gwinn
Charleston
Bertha Cochran
Irene Messer
Elkhart
Ind
Nancy Burruss
Baltimore
William L. Burruss
Jacqueline Ann Shockey
Mullens
Slab Fork
Barkers Ridge
Mullens Woman's Civic Club
Jack Dick
Wyoming County Board of
Pineville Style Show Promoted by Woman's Club
The Spring Style Show sponsored by the Pineville Woman's Club will be held today at 7 30 p m in the Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church.
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Pineville
RNS
Woman's Club In
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
First Ladies Night Held By Oak Hill Methodist Men
Oak Hill Oak Hill Methodist Men host their first annual Ladies Night in the church Fellowship Hall with toastmaster George Armstrong. Corsages honor Mrs. Sammy Blake the president’s wife, and Mrs. Jack Crozier the youngest guest, while Mrs. B. P. Frantz is recognized as the oldest. The program features three humorous monologues by Florence Craft, vocal solos by Jane Foster and Carroll Johnson, and a skit hour by the Hour of Charm band. President Sammy Blake and Mrs. H. R. Tolley address attendees.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Methodist Church
George Armstrong
Sammy Blake
Jack Crozier
B. P. Frantz
Florence Craft
Nuttall High School
Jane Foster
Carroll Johnson
Charm” Band
Harry Gray
H. R. Tolley
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Walter Wilson
Oak Hill Church
Builders of West Virginia's Second Century
Public appeal seeks names of West Virginians and firms who have spoken for the state. Listings will be archived in the State Department of History and Archives under the title Builders of West Virginia's Second Century. West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs promotes the booklet, with Beckley sales led by Mrs. Fred K. Hays and participation from Gulf, Shady Spring, and Fork District clubs.
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West Virginia
West
Charleston
Woman's Club
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Beckley
Fred K. Hays
Woman's Club of
Gulf Woman’s Club
Shady Spring District
Fork District Woman's Club
Clubwomen Attend Charleston Contest
Representatives from three Mullens clubs will attend the Set A Table contest today in Charleston at Woodrum's. Thirty six Kanawha Garden Council clubs will participate. Attendees include Mrs. N. D. Trent of the Woman's Civic Club and Lorena Spillers Garden Club members, plus Laurel Garden participants.
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Mullens
ANS
Woodrum's
Charleston
Kanawha Garden Council
N. D. Trent
Woman's Civic Club
Buren Toler
O'Dell Cook
Carl Moran
Lorena Spillers Garden Club
Fred Kingdon
Ralph Mitchell
Clyde Byrd
Joseph P. Taylor
George Fordham
Laurel Garden Club
Moose Hall
Boggs Family Weekend Visit and Funeral Services
Clyde Boggs and family traveled to Grantsville to visit his parents the Boggses, joined by Beavers and Sparks relatives. Others visited Mettie Sexton in Anawalt. Mrs C B Taylor accompanied the group home after visiting her mother. Paul Weaver attended funeral services in Beckley for his uncle Jack Weaver.
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Pineville
Rns
Clyde Boggs
Mike
Joie
Kelly
Wyatt Boggs
Grantsville
Charles Beavers
Charlene
Cindy
Judy Sparks
Gene Taylor
Mettie Sexton
Anawalt
C. B. Taylor
Sexton
Paul Weaver
Beckley
Jack Weaver
Mount Hope Baptist Temple Education Board to Meet Thursday
The Board of Christian Education of the Mount Hope Baptist Temple will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Fellowship Room. Members include Mrs. Layland Ayers general chairman Burns Butler adult work chairman Mrs. G. E. Dixon evangelism chairman Robert Schutt missionary education chairman Mrs. Fred Dixon children's work chairman Miss Mary Sue Wilkins youth work chairman Mrs. Fannie Richeson leadership education chairman Mrs. John Hager and Lawrence Angle.
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Mount Hope
BNS
Board of Christian Education
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Layland Ayers
Burns Butler
G. E. Dixon
Robert Schutt
Missionary Education
Fred Dixon
Mary Sue Wilkins
Fan‘nie Richeson
Leadership Education
John Hager
Lawrence Angle
Parents Groom Children To Step Into Your Shoes
Ruth Millett argues parents should model healthy adult joy to inspire growth in children. She warns that giving teens early privileges without responsibility fosters a wish to avoid adulthood and burdens parents with ongoing stress. The piece promotes reading Millett's Happier Wives and notes mailing details.
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Ruth Millett
Junior
Sis
Fayette Circles Meet Tonight in City Church Hall
Fayetteville reports Circle No 4 of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service will host a 6 15 dinner in Friendship Hall of the Fayetteville Methodist Church with the regular monthly business session to follow. Circles 1 2 and 3 plan meetings at 7 30 in listed homes with named hostesses and chairmen.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Kathleen Crawford
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Thelma Light
A. B. Wilson
Walker Street
Clifford E. Chapman
Eugene E. Houchins
Birthday Party Honors Billy And Roger Green
Fayetteville youngsters Billy Green and Roger Lee Green were honored at a Saturday birthday party at the home of Mantford and Brenda Green on Wolf Creek Road. Guests included Donna Thorne, Brenda Bryant, Drema Bryant, Charles Ray Bryant, Brenda Green, Brenda Pettrey, Floyd Green, Willie White, Jerry Green, Virginia Light, and Michael Green. Adults present were Leslie Green, E H Pettrey, Helen Bryant, and Mantford and Brenda Green.
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Fayetteville
Mantford Green
Wolf Creek Road
Billy
Roger Lee
Leslie Green
Donna Thorne
Brenda Gail Bryant
Drema Bryant
Charles Ray Bryant
Brenda K. Green
Brenda Lee Pettrey
Floyd Green
Willie White
Jerry Green
Virginia Light
Michael Green
E. H. Pettrey
Helen Bryant
Community group notices list circle chairmen and locations
Maple Ave. with Mrs. John W. Wright as chairman Circle No. 5 at the home of Mrs. James N. Jacobs on Court Street Mrs. Tommie Platt is a chairman
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Maple Ave
John W. Wright
Circle No. 5
James N. Jacobs
Court Street
Tommie Platt
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Beatrice Taylor
Elijah Craig
A. L. Booker
G. Christian
James Hayes
John McClanahan
Albert Meadows
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Fayette Lions
Clay
J. J. Compton
Darnell Hill
Beechwood
Mt. Hope
Jack Shockey
Peter Paris
Cunard
Mary Ellen Jarrell
Marie Jarrell
Andrew Oschlager
John Althier
Althier
Herman Delaney
James Lazener
Parkersburg
Lazener
L. S. Tully
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Education
The
Wyoming County Crippled Children and Adults Society
Canterbury
Bobbie Brooks Talbott
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
John Robert Clarke
Raleigh Register
P. O
Dept. A
Radio City
New York
N. Y
Fayette
Billy and
Roger Green
N.Y
Druge
Arnold Moore
Woodbine Ave
Electricity
Revee
Leanne
Wblic
Appalachian Power Company
Roanoke
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