Winners Named in Eighth 4-H Ham and Bacon Show
In Bluefield the eighth annual 4-H Ham and Bacon Show crowned champions with Barbara Honaker of Spanishburg 4-H as champion ham and Frank Bailey of Brush Creek 4-H as champion bacon. Reserve champions went to Johnny Surface of Sand Lick for ham and Michael Rinchick of Sand Lick for bacon. The Kiwanis Club of Greater Bluefield sponsored the event, with Mercer County Agent R E Harbert and others assisting. Judge was Walter Jett of Pocahontas County.
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Princeton
BNS
Bluefield
Barbara Honaker
Spanishburg
Frank Bailey
Brush Creek
Johnny Surface
Michael Rinchick
Vickie Honaker
Shelby Jean Ford
Jennifer Rinchick
Betty Honaker
Bill Bailey
Emerson Oaks
Bill Harshbarger
Bernard Thomas
Billy Lynch
Jerry Bailey
Douglas Lester
Kaye Bailey
Richard Rowland
Scotty Scott
Marshall Surface
Max Burton
Micheael Rinchick
James Bailey
Harry Harshbarger
James Easter
Sue Carol Jenkins
James Wagner
John Wright
Jean Shelby Ford
Buddy Belcher
Freddie Belcher
Jennifer Rinchik
Jerry Belcher
Jim Meadows
Jean Ferguson
Howard Hill
Bud Luke
Ike Damewood
Raymond Bailey
Funeral services for John Walter Hunter today
Funeral services for John Walter Hunter were to be conducted at 3 30 p m in the Seaver Mortuary Chapel by the Rev Norman Crawford Burial was to be in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Hunter 80 of the new Blue field Princeton Road died at 110 p m Sunday in Memorial Hospital
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Princeton
RNS
John Walter Hunter
Seaver Mortuary
Norman Crawford
Monte Vista Park
Hunter
New Bluefield-Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Woman Returns From Beauty Shop To Find Parking Ticket
Oris Barney found a parking ticket on her car in Anadarko. She dropped the fine into the courtesy box, later learning the ticket belonged to her husband who had forgotten to remove it during a Dallas visit days earlier.
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Anadarko, Okla
Oris
Barney
Dallas
Tex
Arty Specialist Ruth Welch Takes Up Egg Shell Painting
Ruth Welch of Tulsa Oklahoma, described as an arty specialist, began painting as a hobby by decorating the inside of eggshells, turning ordinary shells into miniature art pieces for display and personal enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Mra
Ruth Welch
Walter Wayman Fox Funeral Services Today
Walter Wayman Fox 63 died Saturday from a personal safety related gunshot wound. Funeral services were held at 2 p m today at Edmond Methodist Church by Rev Bert Jones with burial at Nuttall Cemetery. Dodd Payne Mortuary Fayetteville handled arrangements.
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Edmond
Walter Wayman Fox
Edmond Methodist Church
Bert Jones
Nuttall
Fox
Dodd - Payne Mortuary
Fayetteville
D H Elmore Rites Thursday at Quinwood Funeral Home
Dalton Harding Elmore 36 died Sunday in a Ronceverte hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel East Rainelle with Rev Joe E H Brown. Burial at Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville Elmore was mine foreman for Imperial Smokeless Coal Co at Quinwood born July 26 1933 in Monroe County son of Carl and Madeline Bostic Elmore of White Sulphur Springs. Survived by wife Rosie five daughters Jo Ann Louise Gay Rosemary and renda Kay four sons Dalton E Henry John A andJimmy Lee all at home two sisters Mrs Vina Jones Charles ton and Mrs Beatrice Webster White Sulphur.
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Quinwood
Dalton Harding Elmore
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Joe E H. Brown
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Elmore
Ronceverte
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Ouinwood
Monroe County
Carl
Madeline Bostic Elmore
White Sulphur Springs
Rosie
Jo Ann
Louise
Gay
Rosemary
Renda Kay
Daleton E
Henry
John A
Jimemy Lee
Vina Jones
Charleston
Beatrice Webster
White Sulphur
L. Gadd Funeral Scheduled Today
Leslie Karl Gadd, 59, of Princeton, died Sunday after a heart attack. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at the First Christian Church, with Rev. Norman G. Crawford and Rev. Ben Cox officiating. Resthaven Cemetery burial followed at Burgess Street location. Pallbearers named D. J. Pailey, Hode White, Phil Sutton, R. A. Lawrence, Walter Burton, and Hill Moorefield. Seaver Mortuary arranged the services.
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Princeton
Rns
Leslie Karl Gadd
Norman G. Crawford
Ben Cox
Hurial
Resthaven
Gadd
Burgess St
Princeeton
D. J. Pailey
Hode White
Phil Sutton
R. A. Lawrence
Zopp Car Hit In Rainelle After Midnight
A 1956 model car owned by Mrs. G. L. Zopp of Hines was rammed by a hit and run vehicle after midnight Saturday on Eleventh Street beside the King. Damages were estimated by Rainelle state police.
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East Rainelle
RNS
G. L. Zopp
Hines
Cpl
Princeton Civic League Meets At Hickman House
Princeton Civic League meets at Mrs. John Hickman home with devotions by Mrs. Hickman. Paul Broyles of Greenwood Nurseries speaks on suitable plants and shrubs. Members discuss sick committee, Youth Inc plans, and upcoming Women's Club convention. April 15 Elks Club meeting set with hostesses Pennington and Williams.
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Princeton
RNL
John Hickman
Princeton Civic League
Hickman
Ruby Cowan
Paul Broyles
Greenwood Nurseries
Harold Hearing
Pinecrest Sanitarium
T. H. Hart
Herring
Princeton Youth Inc
Civic League
Eddie Greene
Lena Walthall
Women's Club
White Sulphur
Shelby Pennington
A. C. Williams
Carolyn Hickman
L. D. Lackey
Marc Cassidy
Carolyn
Mrs Nannie Jane Stuart Rites Wednesday
SINK GROVE RNS Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Jane Stuart will be in Mount Pleasant Church at 11 a.m. Wednesday conducted by Rev. J. D. Arbuckle and Rev. W. D. Lively. Burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Stuart, 88, of Sinks Grove, died Monday at 4 a.m. in a Ronceverte hospital from complications of a fractured hip three weeks earlier. Born August 20, 1870 at Sinks Grove, her husband J. Watkins Stuart died in 1932. She belonged to Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church and Day Circle. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. C. L. Vance of Clewiston, Fla., and Margaret at home, and a grandson. Pallbearers named. Body at Broyles Funeral Home, Union.
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Sink Grove
RNS
Nannie Jane Stuart
Mount Pleasant
J.D. Arbuckle
W. D. Lively
Sinks Grove
Ronceverte
J. Watkins Stuart
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Day Circle
C. L. Vance
Clewiston
Fla
Margaret
Roscoe Dunbar
Bill McNeil
Porter Nickell
Henry Connell
Everette Dunbar
Clyde Jackson
Broyles
Union
Area 4-H Club Meets Lees Tree
The Lee's Tree Traveler's 4-H Club met at Mrs. Ede win Smailes home, with the theme Teeth Bright Smile Bright. John Cutlip Fayette County agent spoke on the importance of good teeth. Plans to exhibit club projects at Lee's Tree Elementary School on April 10 were announced, along with a sewing machine demonstration for girls taking sewing as a project at 1 p.m. March 21 at the Smailes home.
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Lee's Tree
Traveler’s
Edewin Smailes
John Cutlip
Fayette County
Mrs Susan Lee rites set for Wednesday in Minnehaha Springs
Funeral services for Mrs Susan Ryder Lee will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Minnehaha Springs Methodist Church with Rev. L. E. Saville officiating. Burial follows in Huntersville Cemetery. The 89-year-old resident died at her home early Monday from a heart attack. Born September 11, 1867 near Marlington, she was the daughter of George and Margaret Ryder. Her husband Ervin Lee died in 1937. Surviving sister is Mrs. Dana D. Dean of Minnehaha Springs. She lived in Pocahontas County all her life. Her body was moved from Smith Funeral Home in Marlinton to her home this afternoon.
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Minnehaha Springs
RNS
Susan Ryder Lee
Minnehaha Springs Methodist
L. E. Saville
Huntersville
Lee
Burr Valley
Marlinton
Baileysville Personal Notices Travel to North Carolina
Baileysville residents Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Shannon and family along with Mrs. Beulah Jacek and Miss Katy Lou Aliff visited friends in North Carolina over the weekend. They stayed with Rev. and Mrs. L. G. Watts in Morgantown, formerly of Baileysville, where Watts now leads the First Church of God. Other guests included Mrs. Clay Shannon of Anderson Indiana. Additional visits spanned Elkins and Fanrock with local families hosting gatherings, plus a hospital patient at Grace Hospital Welch and a visit to Norfolk Virginia by Blake Lusk’s family.
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Paileysville
Rns
K. E. Shannon
Sandy
Gloria Jean
Stanley
Baileysville
Beulah Jacek
Katy Lou Aliff
Clear Fork
North Carolina
L. G. Watts
Morgantown
First Church of God
Watts
Welch
Blake Lusk
North Springs
Warren Lusk
Norfolk
Beryl Franklin Lester
Floyd Lester
Fanrock
Travel diplomat recalls Bogotá mishap on Latin trip
Letty Gomez, who toured 10 Latin American countries for the State Department, recalls a writer in Bogota misreading her list of achievements. After listing 81x straight World Series victories and three of four All-Star wins, the reporter asked what position she played.
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Washington
Letty Gomez
Department of State
Bogota
Columbia
Fritz Dickinson Funeral Today
Fritz Dickinson 61 of Rainelle died Sunday at home from a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services were to be held at 2 p.m. at Central Christian with burial in Woodmere Cemetery Huntington. He was survived by wife Dorothy a daughter Mrs Gene O Malley of Florida two sisters and three brothers and one granddaughter. The Kinge Carpenter Funeral Home of Huntington arranged the services.
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Rainelle
Fritz Dickinson
Central Christian Church
Woodmere
Huntington
Dickinson
Eugenia Moore
Dorothy
Gene O'Malley
Florida
L. W. Bibb
Lynchburg
H. M. Woodward
Louisa, Va
Fred
Oak Hill
Maurice
Washington, D. C
Ryland
Kinge -Carpenter Funeral Home of
Frederick Dean Rites Held at Mount Olive Church
Frederick Dean 72 of Droop died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a long illness. He was a retired mail carrier and Methodist, born Feb. 23, 1887 in Lovelia Pocahontas County. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Mount Olive Church Droop. burial in Whiting Dean. Survivors: wife Auredrey, brothers Doc and Samuel, sister Mrs Nettie Tinker. Body at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Lewisburg.
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Droop
Frederick Dean
Mount Olive Methodist Church
Calvin Lewis
Whiting
Dean
Baltimore
John Hopkins Hospital
Methodist Church
Lovelia
Pocahontas County
Mercer Legion Birthday Dinner Observance in Princeton
Princeton Post No 54 American Legion and auxiliary set a birthday dinner in the Memorial Building. Guest speaker Bonn Brown, department judge advocate, a Marine WWII veteran and current candidate for department commander 1959 60, will address members alongside Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee and other legion leaders from Welch Kirby and the Forty and Eight group.
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Princeton
RNS
American Legion
Memorial
Bonn Brown
Elkins American Legion
Brown
Marine Corps
Elkins
H. W. Daniels
Elizabeth Kee
Congress
Dewey Mintz
Welch Legionaries
Lincoln Cox
Kirby
Chester Matney
Merchant ties chain to cider jugs to slow sale
In Winchester Virginia a local merchant faced cider jugs rolling away faster than the cash register could ring. He attempted to slow the runaway product by threading a chain through the jug handles, a curbside measure reflecting a quirky thrift-era scene.
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Winchester
Mrs. Kessel Nominated As Teacher Of The Year
Mrs Leona Kessel of Ripley High School earns nominations for the Oscar For Teachers Teacher of the Year award. A veteran world history and biology instructor, she has long served in Monroe and Jackson counties and is active in civic, church, and professional groups.
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UNION
Ripley
Leona Kessel
C. V. Kessel
Kessel
Ripley High School
Marshall College
West Virginia University
Monroe County
Union Area
Ripley High
Jackson County
State Education Association
parent= teacher association
14 Members Attend WSCS Prayer Meet At Hinton
14 members attend the Woman's Society of Christian Service prayer meeting at Hinton Methodist Church in the education building. Mrs. R. A. Wyant led the 7 30 p m business session and reports showed $28.10 local work and $151.75 for missions with allocations to Love Gift Fund Dorothy Lee Fund and Honorary Life Membership Fund. The last district meeting of the year will be in Lewisburg Thursday at 10 a m with program directed by Mrs. C R Maddy.
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Love Gift
Dorothy Lee
P. B. Gooch
Lewisburg
C. R. Maddy
Ola Graham
Harold Price
F. H. Brightwell
Status of Women
Gooch
Spiritual Life
E. B. Ayers
Children Work
Fred Mitchell
Mexican Dinner by Athens Woman's Club Honors CARE Mexico
The Athens Woman's Club international affairs committee hosted a Mexican dinner in the recreation room at Mrs. Viola Lane's home. Proceeds benefited CARE for Mexico. Highlights included a Spanish dance by Mrs. Dana Hodges and Miss Jane McCormick and a humorous reading by Dr. W. R. Burnie. Attendees from Princeton and local families joined the event with many members of the Athens High School Spanish Club assisting. Hostesses were Mrs. Carl Bailey, Mrs. Viola Lane, Mrs. J. P. Meerman, Mrs. Keith Thompson, and Miss Ruth Wall.
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Athens
ANS
Athens Woman's Club
Viola Lane
Mexico
State Federation
Dana Hodges
Jane McCormick
Concord College
W. R. Burnie
Concord
Rouse Cook
C, M, Ellis
E, O. Flaherty
Princeton
James Gatherum
William B. Robertson
William Eddins
C, D, Jamison
Otto Dahlke
George Moore
Harry Finkleman
Carl Bailey
J. P. Meerman
Keith Thompson
Ruth Wall
Circle Holds Meeting in Princeton First Methodist
Rachel Fulton Circle met at Mrs B W Thomas home on Lovell Avenue with Mrs Frank Mann presenting New Meanings in the Religious World. Attending were Mrs G W Linkenhocker Mrs R A On ey Mrs E S Mann and Mrs Fred Bell. Bible lesson on Isaiah was led by Mrs Herbert Herring. They planned to buy food for the Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship supper and aid a Mercer resident whose home was recently burned. Mrs R E Coleman attended as W S C S president and refreshments were served.
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Princeton
Rns
B. W. Thomas
Lovell Avenue
Rachel Fulton
First Methodist Church
Frank Mann
G. W. Linkenhocker
R.a.oney
E. S. Mann
Fred Bell
Herbert Herring
Methodist
Mercer
R. E. Coleman
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Pastors Pay in New York Highlight Clergy Debt
AP reports Willard A Pleuthner writes in This Week that the average weekly income for U S clergy with seven years education is 85 30, only slightly above a janitors pay in a large city. Studies show two thirds of about 200 000 ministers are in debt and their wives often take jobs to support families. The article warns congregations and children will suffer by discouraging talent from entering the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Willard A. Pleuthner
Pleuthner
Unlucky punch ends Fiji boxing match with referee knocked out
In Sava Fiji AP reports a boxing contest ended when the referee was knocked unconscious. The Fiji light heavyweight champion claimed the hit was accidental after accusing the fighter of aiming the cross to remove him from officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sava
Fiji
Colcord Residents Share Updates on Recoveries and Visits
Lucien Perry, about 80, recuperating at his Colcord home after surgery at Beckley Hospital, returns Friday with neighbors Lud Jarrell Otery Dillon and Alva Mullens assisting daily. Mrs Harold Dillon visited Pomeroy Ohio and Huntington hospital for a head condition. results to be shared with her physician. Home guests include Mr and Mrs A J Halstead of Colcord, and Reginald Halstead of Charleston. Lowell Gene White from Portsmouth VA visited with family. Vernard Vance and S O Paden recover at home after recent hospital stays.
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Lucien Perry
Colcord
Beckley Hospital
Sycamore Creek
Lud Jarrell
Otery Dillon
al« Va Mullens
Harold Dillon
Pomeroy
Ohio
Wiley Burton
Huntington Hospital
A. J. Halstead
Reginald Halstead
Charleston
Halstead
Lowell Gene White
Portsmouth
Med White
Randy
Vernard Vance
Charleston Memorial Hospital
S. O. Paden
Artisan with Ivory Sets New India Exhibit Record
Bhagat Bhim Sen carved a 4 1/2 inch ivory ball containing 26 inner balls, surpassing his 1955 record of 25 and beating a Chinese craftsman’s 24 in a six-inch sphere. The 18 month project, valued at 1470 dollars, was displayed at the India 1958 industrial exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Bhagat Bhim Sen
Bhim Sen
India
Freezing Weather Delays Ice Skating in Yellow Springs
A cold snap in Yellow Springs Ohio kept residents from ice skating as the ground froze hard preventing stakes from anchoring a plastic pool intended for skating. The unusual cold halted planned outdoor activity in the community.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
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Hunter Services
Walter W. Fox
D. H. Elmore
Zopp
Hickman House
Mrs. N. Stuart
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Seagrams
Seagram's
Stagham Gistilers Company
WSCS
Hinton
R. A. Wyant
Coal River Personals
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