Six Oceana students named to All-State Band
Oceana High School will send six members to the All-State Band for the state festival at Bluefield May 4 5. Named are seniors Brenda Baldwin Paulette Boggs and Donna Smith, junior Richard Hickman, sophomore Jimmy Rankin, and freshman Larry Evans.
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Oceana
ANS
James Burwell
Oceana High School
Bluefield
Brenda Baldwin
Paulette Boggs
Donna Smith
Richard Hickman
Jimmy Rankin
Larry Evans
Miss Baldwin
Miss Boggs
Miss Smith
Panel Discussion Draws Raleigh Wyoming Press Association
About 60 students from five area high schools attended a Raleigh Wyoming County Press Association meeting Monday night at Pineville High School. The event featured a journalism panel addressing financing circulation reader interest and staff organization with Mullens Mary Averbeck Nellie Brisentine of Beckley among guests.
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Raleigh- Wyoming County Press Association
Pineville High School
Joyce McLean
Patti Murphree
Mullens
Mary Aver
Eastern Gas camp program set for West Virginia and Pennsylvania
The 29th annual Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates summer recreation camp program will run June 17 with four two week sessions at Camp Lightfoot near Hinton and other locations. About 800 children ages 8 to 15 will attend by summer's end, bringing total participation to about 21 000 since 1935. Virgil M. Beckett said eligibility includes children of employees in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, with an aquatic program and various activities including campcraft, nature study, riflery, and nightly campfire gatherings.
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Kopperston
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Hinton
Eastern
Virgil M. Beckett
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Coal Division
Pittsburgh
Council
Camp Lightfoot
Culver
Melcroft
Keystone
Eccles
Wharton No. 2
Helen
Grant Town
Camp Washington Carver
Mrs Wright Is Shower Honoree in Oceana home
Mrs Donald Stafford hosted a household shower Friday evening in Oceana for Mrs Bob Wright formerly Flowetta Foster. Guests included numerous local women and girls such as Carol Belcher Vera Belcher Dorthena Woolwine Vivian Blankenship and others as well as family members Lynn and Donnie Stafford and Keith Sholtz. Refreshments were served after games and socializing.
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Oceana
RNS
Donald Stafford
Bob Wright
Flowetta Foster
Carol Belcher
Virgil Belcher
Dorthena Woolwine
Vivian Blankenship
Boyd Pritchard
Drema_ Gibson
Virgie Sizemore
Carrie Acord
Emma _ Acord
Hanibal
James Hill
Prince Stover
Davey Hill
Pearl Stafford
Gladys Altizer
Carol Wright
Freda Mae Belcher
Fayette Laymen Hear Huntington Speaker
The Fayette Laymen Association met at Oak Hill Baptist Church with A. McClung presiding. Guest speaker Eber Bowles of Huntington, formerly Parkersburg, was named director of youth and camp work for the West Virginia Baptist Association. Bowles urged Christian fellowship growth and action in his address Man Sized Job. Mount Hope attendees included J. L. Wilkins and others.
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Mount Hope
Bowles
Christian Fellowship
Lemur Jumps 30 Feet Between Trees Reported by Magazine
A Madagascar lemur is described as capable of leaping more than 30 feet between trees in a single bound according to Natural History Magazine.
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Natural History Magazine
New Learning Program Outlined at PTA Meeting
At Maben Grade School the PTA discussed Operation Alphabet a plan to teach reading and writing to those unable to read. The 20 week program would air 100 half hour lessons on WOAY Channel 4 at 9 a.m. and WSAZ Channel 3 at 9 30 a.m. starting March 18.
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Saulsville
RNL
Maben Grade School
Parent-Teacher Association
Robert E. Kuhn
Kuhn
Woaytv
Wsaz-Tv
Shadrack Stewart
C. V. Stewart
Ted R. Clay
PTA
Ravencliff Notes On Local Visits And Hospital Stays
Mrs. Donald Mann returns home after pneumonia and flu at Raleigh General Hospital. Bea Beckley visitor Mrs. Tom Tolliver spends week with sister Mrs. Greely McGraw. Tolliver and niece Mrs. Frank Acord in Pineville on Saturday. ASA Wesley recuperates at home after Wyoming General Hospital surgery. Mrs. Etta Montgomery leaves Charleston for California with her husband Marvin and three children. Dinner guests at Mrs. Greely McGraw’s include Mrs. Flossie Acord, her son Gail and Mrs. Agnes Belcher of Bolt. Local families visit relatives in Ravencliff and Fayetteville. Gary Trump visits Pettry household from Crab Orchard. L. G. Brown and Roger Brown arrive from Montclair to stay with Garfield Price family.
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Ravencliff
Donald Mann
Raleigh General Hospital
Etta Montgomery
Charleston
California
Marvin
James C. Gentry
Stuart Schuman
Quentin Stuart
Roy Gentry
R. B
Hanky
Fayetteville
N. C
Gentry
Wayne Schuman
Wyoming General Hospital
Cather Pettry
Gary Trump
Crab Orchard
Pettry
Lon Stewart
David
David Trum
L. G. Brown
Montclair
N. J
Garfield Price
Roger
Penitentiary Rejects Applicant as Rover Reporter
In Columbia South Carolina the state penitentiary said it was seeking new talent but on Wednesday rejected an inmate's bid to become a rover reporter. The piece touches on the Washington Monument’s completion in 1884.
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ROVER
Columbia, S.C
UPI
State
Mate
Washington Monument
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Eddie Payne
Marsh Fork High School
Eastern Gas
Fayette Legion
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Legion Home
Maple Ave
A. M. Gray
Fayetteville Legion Home
Perry Selvey
James Eubanks
Mrs. Gray
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Akers
Fayette County Memorial
E. Walker St
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Charlesiton
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Car Riner
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