Culture Program Style Show Highlight Beta Theta Meeting
Six new rushees attended the Beta Theta meeting at Mrs. Iwan Bushs home in Oak Hill. Vice president Mrs. Joe Moreau led a beta Sigma Phi talk for rushees and members discussed organization points. Ivan Bush's Culture program featured Michaelangelos works with pictures and explanations. A style show directed by Mrs. Katie Pinson showcased coats sports wear and a gown peignoir ensemble. Decorations carried Live Victoriously With Wings along with St Patricks Day.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Beta Sigma Phi
Iwan Bush
Andrew Warrick
W. R. Lessick
Mark Miller
Robert Sizemore
Ray R. Boyd
Lucille McClung
Beta Theta
Tom Humphries
Joe Moreau
Aubry Riner
William Shaffer
Larry Novicki
Ivan Bush
Michaelangelo
Katie Pinson
James Stanley
Lewis Scott
Bush
Moreau
Miller
Ray Boyd
McClung
M. L. Carden
Evans
Steve Grabosky
Humph
Eastern Star Chapter 115 Holds Meeting in Fayetteville
The Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 115 met at Masonic Hall on Court Street with an 8 p.m. session. A surprise stork shower honored Worthy Matron Mrs. Kenneth Sproles. Attending were Worthy Matron Mrs. Mary Sproles Worthy Patron Mr. Kenneth Sproles Associate Matron Mrs. Vanita Cottle and other chapter officers.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Court Street
Kenneth Sproles
Edith Platt
Leslie Decker
E. O. Epperly
Mary Sproles
Vanita Cottle
Protem
George Moreau
Madge Ryan
Edna Bates
Glady's
Allie Amick
Electa
Eva Reynolds
Mary Corley
Sentinel
Edith McClung
Hattie Wilson
Matheny and Cook Family Updates From West Virginia Hospitals
Blake Cook entered Beckley Veterans Hospital for observation and treatment, accompanied by wife and son Otis Cook of Oceana. Rev. F. P. Cook remains a patient at Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens. Mrs. Jerry Burkes and daughter Chris Yvonne return from a visit to Terry England's family in Proctorville, Ohio, with in-laws Rev. and Mrs. Silas Burkes of Kimball.
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Matheny
Blake Cook
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Otis Cook
Oceana
F. P. Cook
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Jerry Burkes
Chris Yvonne
Terry England
Proctorville
Ohio
Jerry Deering
Huntington
Silas Burkes
Kimball
Circle Honors Bride At Fayetteville Methodist Women Meet
Circle 3 of the Methodist Women of Fayetteville met Tuesday evening on Maple Ave with co host Mrs Don L Withrow. Devotion by Mrs Hal Cotrell and program by Mrs F G Janutolo. The Circle presented a wedding gift to Mrs Don L Withrow who married last Saturday. Refreshments served to a list of members and guests.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Methodist Women of
Delaney Caldwell
Maple Ave
Don L. Withrow
Hal Cotrell
F. G. Janutolo
Felix Beni
Tom Platt
John Witt
Edna Janutolo
Jim Eubanks
Adam Ritz
J. H. Carson
J. C. Blume
Jim Ayers
D. R. Herndon
W.W. B. Walker Jr
Mra. Co
Pineville team takes third in regional Forensic League
Pineville High School Forensic League placed third at the regional competition held Friday in Princeton. Wyoming McDowell and Mercer County schools were represented. The Pineville team argued that federal grants could equalize opportunities in public elementary and secondary education. James Stone sponsors the newly formed PH S league. Princeton High School won first, Big Creek High School second. Pineville judges were Rev. R. J. Chenoweth Jr. and Mrs. James Lyons.
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Bers
Pineville
Princeton
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer County
James Stone
Princeton High School
Big Creek High School
R. J. Chenoweth Jr
James Lyons
Driver Fined Following Wreck in Mullens
Eugene Plaster, 17, of Tralee, pleaded guilty to reckless driving in Mullens City Police Court and was fined 25 plus costs after a three car crash near Mullens. The 1951 model car driven by Plaster attempted a pass on a 1955 vehicle driven by John Gusler, causing a head on collision with Dennis Church, 18, of Mullens, in a wreck that destroyed two cars and damaged the third. No injuries were reported. vehicles involved include Bud Davis’s 194 model.
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Mullens
RNS
Eugene Plaster
Tralee
Clyde Newsome
Marvin Martin
Plaster
Itmann
John Gusler
Princeton
Dennis Church
Bud Davis
Martin
Lloyd Reynolds
Financial woes hit early U S presidents from Jefferson to Grant
Financial hardship plagued several early presidents including Jefferson Monroe and Grant. Grant faced bankruptcy and worked to complete his memoirs to settle debts and restore his reputation.
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The
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Grant
Women’s Society of Christian Service Hears Healing Theme
The Milam Methodist Church Woman’s Society of Christian Service met in the main sanctuary to discuss changing roles of women with the program The Great Physician is Still Healing. Mrs John Meredith Jr outlined women’s impact in medicine while readings highlighted spiritual qualities of Christian doctors and nurses.
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Sheburn Brooks
Walter McGraw
Meredith
Scouters Set New Dates For Dance And Activities
Pineville Explor er Post 154 meets at the Legion Hall with 32 members and 3 adults. The Spring dance is rescheduled for March 31. Scout-O-Rama ticket sales are urged for April 14 in Kopperston. An exhibit will feature a model rocket for the event. April activity is a district track meet at Mullens field. Camporee is planned June 1-3 at Horse Creek Lake Baileysville area with 36 units from Waconda District. Training for cabinet members set for April 13 at the Welch Armory. The World Jamboree is in Greece and the 1963 National Jamboree at Valley Forge. Next officer/adult leader meeting March 26. regular meeting March 27.
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Pineville
RNS
Legion Hall
Sam Foster
Kopperston
Dewey McKinney
Post
Explorer Post
Jeff Caudill
Mullens Athletic Field
Mack Quesenberry
Herndon
Horse Creek Lake
Baileysville
Waconda
Wyoming
McDowell
Ernie Hays
Post 154
Welch
Greece
Valley Forge
Social circles meet at Mount Hope Baptist Temple
The Philothea and Minnie E Garrett Circles held a social hour and separate business sessions at Mount Hope Baptist Temple. Reports and love gifts were presented by circle members, April 3 plans were announced, and a Spring Rally at the temple was noted for April 25 with luncheon.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Philothea
Minnie E. Garrett
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Guy Pettit
Philathea
James Twohig
Ernest Mann
Freda Salman
J. C. Gwinn
Helen Darnall
Mage Warden
Andrew Oschlager
Hobart Watson
Oak Hill
Seven year old Melody Hoke improves from pneumonia
Mt Hope reports Miss Melody Hoke seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs W C Hoke Kilsyth is a patient at Beckley Memorial Hospital and is improving from pneumonia Mrs Paul Miller treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital Thursday Mrs Mary Kirk Charleston formerly of Mount Hope confined at home with virus Mrs A L Huffman treated at Raleigh General Hospital Wednesday Clyde Cope Sun is a Beckley Memorial Hospital patient brother of Miss Anna Cope and Mrs Jennie Cope Carter Mount Hope
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Mount Hope
Melody Hoke
W. C. Hoke
Kilsyth
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Paul Miller
Mary Kirk
Charleston
A. L. Huffman
Raleigh General Hospital
Clyde Cope
Sun
Anna Cope
Jennie Cope Carter
Local hospital visits and patient updates in Beckley area
Lynn Brown and Mrs. Jack Hicks were listed among patients and visitors at Beckley Memorial and Stevens Clinic Hospital. Names include Don D. Cook, Jay Whitt Cook, Otis Cook, Edythe Stewart, Kathy Stewart, Roy Goddard, Ralph Hill, Reuben Rowe, Homer Cook, Jimmy Gibson, George Parsley, and relatives from Pineville Mullens and Akron Ohio. Observations note surgeries and recent hospital stays.
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Oceana
RNS
Lynn Brown
Hurley Brown
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Jack Hicks
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Jay Whitt Cook
Don D. Cook
Stevens Clinic
Otis Cook
Edith Stewart
Keyrock
Buren Hill
Carl Stewart
Kathy
Roy Goddard
Pineville
Ralph Hill
Reuben Rowe
Man Memorial Hospital
Homer Cook
Charlie Hatfield
Luther Toler
Akron
Ohio
Glen Cozort
Kim
Kris
Mullens
Maude Cozort
Jimmy Gibson
Hart Lafferty
Cleveland
Tracy Bowden
George Parsley
Gamma Xi Accepts Bid To Founder's Day Dance
Gamma Xi Chapter accepts invitation to attend a Beta Sigma Phi Founder's Day dinner and dance April 28 at Beckley-Winn Hotel Beckley. Members named Pledge of the Year and Girl of the Year. Ritual of Jewels due March 28 with Mullens Alpha Gamma Chapter in charge. national convention July 6-8 in Washington, D C.
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Pineville
Rns
Reginald Myers
Beckley
Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi
Raleigh
Coca-Cola
David Wilson
Kathleen Bair
Bertha Harmon
Shirley Hambey
Mullens
Beckley-Winn
Wesley Brown
Wilson
Eugene Graham
Mullens Alpha Gamma
Washington, D. C
Graham
Jack Gentry
Richard L. Huffman
Glen Rogers youths attend tobacco meeting at Baileysville
L A Dillon represented Glen Rogers High School at a county meeting at Baileysville High School as six tobacco industry reps spoke to parents teachers and students about a 1962 expanded summer program for youths. Girls 15 to 18 must pass a physical be students and have a social security card with pay 73 cents an hour inside tobacco sheds. Glen Rogers and Pineville allotted 15 each Baileysville 40. Five women two teachers and two Wyoming County college girls to be hired for July and August.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
L. A. Dillon
Glen Rogers High School
Baileysville High School
Tobacco Growers Association and Tobacco Companies
Rodney Scott
Scott
Wyoming County
Connecticut
Pineville
Baileysville
Stuart Higginbotham
Milam High School
McGraws
Elizabeth Kee
Dillon
Henry McClanahan
Luke Mce Clanahan
Funeral services set for Mrs. Okey McGraw
Area residents attend funeral services for Elizabeth McGraw at Links Grove. Attendees include Quentin and Brenda Stewart, Stuart Shuman, Wendell Stewart, Greely McGraw, and H E McGraw. Dennis McGraw and Horace McGraw visited the McGraw home. Sister R Stewart was ill and could not attend.
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Ravencliff
RNS
Okey
Elizabeth) McGraw
Links Grove
Quentin Stewart
Stuart Shuman
Wendell Stewart
Brenda Stewart
Greely McGraw
McGraw
H. E. McGraw
Horace McGraw
Dennis McGraw
R. Stewart
Meeting Date Changed To Accommodate Fathers
Sabine grade school parent teacher association votes to move monthly meetings to the second Friday night to aid fathers on night shifts. Principal Earnest Shumate cites equipment purchases from turkey dinner proceeds and notes playground and hot lunch items soon in use. Hostesses for April are Mrs. Donald Bailey and Mrs. Coy Francis. Attendees include Shumate, Burleson, Burton, Ellis, Lewis, Clay, Pruett, Domi, Sizemore, and others.
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Sabine
ANS
Parent-Teacher Association
Earnest Shumate
Orville Burleson
Donald Bailey
Coy Francis
Shumate
Burleson
Elmer Burton
Virgil Ellis
Marion Lewis
Alpha Clay
Eugene Pruett
Ameden Domi
Levi Clay
Lewis Sizemore
Bible Class Meeting in Mullens At First Church of God
The Ladies' Bible Class met at Mrs. Harriet Wyatt's home on Parsons Drive. Eva Shirley led the devotional and read the poem Who will take Grandma. Members were urged to visit for the revival starting March 28 at the church. Refreshments served to 15 attendees.
Castle Rock Garden Club Hears Flower Show Program
In Pineville the Castle Rock Garden Club met at a member’s home with Mrs Claude Pancake presiding and Mrs Goodwin Jarvis presenting a program on fewer show requirements. Reports covered roadside sign projects beautification and state convention notes from The Greenbrier.
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Pineville
RNS
Claude Pancake
Castle Rock Garden Club
Kellan Snyder
Crowley Worrell
G. W. Hines
Sam Lambert
Goodwin Jarvis
Mae §. Belcher
Robert M. Worrell
Castle Rock
Jarvis
Greenbrier
Wyoming County
Lewis Campbell
Lewis
Brotherhood Circle Studies At Mount Hope Temple
Hulbert Galilean and Miriam circles of Mount Hope Baptist Temple held meetings to study the Brotherhood theme. Bible study leaders included Mrs. Luther A Lewallen and Mrs. Harry R Dias Jr hosted guests and plans for March nursery. next meetings set with circle hosts.announcement urged rally on April 25 and youth fellowship mission to expand the church library. next circle gathering April 3.
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Mount Hope
BNS
Hulbert
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Robert Penman
Galilean
Miriam
Harold Stafford
Ronald Stafford
Ivan O. Shumate
Jack Shumate
Luther A. Lewallen
Lawrence Angle
Man
Robert Jeter
G. E. Dixon
Frank Furin
Hobart Garvin
William C. Ward
All Circle
Fayette County Baptist Association
General Missionary Meeting
Galilean Circle
Senior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
All Circles
Women And Medicine Discussed By Circle No. 1
Circle No 1 of the Methodist Women of Fayetteville Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs Gene Bowling on Keller Ave with Miss Tommie Dove as co host. Theme The Great Physician is Still Healing highlighting women who serve through medical work. Bake sale planned at church Wednesday morning and a special drive March 15 to April 15 to sell two magazines World Outlook and Methodist Women. Cards to be sent to Mrs Eskridge and three shut ins. Next meeting will be hosted by Mrs Kenneth Tygrett and Mrs John Lodder.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Kenneth Tygrett
Women’s Society of the Church
Thelma Light
Joe Eskridge
Richmond
A. J. Duncan
William Coleman
Virgie Palmer
John Ladder
Grandfather held in man’s death in Welch
A preliminary hearing was held for Wiley Swim 76 of Kimball charged with murder in the shooting of his granddaughter’s estranged husband Curtis R. 26 of Oceana was shot as he attempted to enter Swim’s hotel window authorities said. The couple’s wife had been staying in an apartment at the hotel since July amid their separation.
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Curtis R.as
Oceana
Swim
Thomas
Dee Sensi Mind Tathie Indien
Uris
Cenan
Britannica
Post 149 Marks Birthday Tonight
Fayetteville area news notes La Fayette Post No 149 American Legion observes its birthday with a 6 30 p m dinner meeting tonight All members and auxiliary with spouses invited The menu features prize ham from the Fayette County Ham and Bacon Show Air Explorer Squadron 3 led by Frank Thomas holds a Court of Awards by candlelight Two members to receive Buckskin Councils Silver Awards presented by Rev James Franklin of Memorial Baptist Beckley
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Fayetteville
BNL
LaFayette Post No. 149
American Legion
Legion and Auxiliary
Fayette County
AIR Explorer Squadron 3
Frank Thomas
Buckskin Council
James Franklin
Memorial Baptist Church of
Mrs Ashley Presents Circle No 1 Program
Mullens West Virginia reports Circle No 1 of First Christian Church met at Mrs. Lacy Hight's home. Mrs. Walter Ashley led a program titled For God So Loved the World with a prayer, scripture from John I, and refreshments served to Mrs. Orlan McNeely Mrs. Roy Bradbury Mrs. M. T. Cline and Mrs. Ashley.
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Orlan McNeely
Roy Bradbury
M. T. Cline
Ashley
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