Oceana Odd Fellows Rebekahs mark anniversaries with pie supper
Oceana IOOF and Rebekah Lodge No 61 observed anniversaries with an old fashioned pie supper at the Oceana IOOF Hall. Dan Gunnoe Lodge No 129 marked seven years and Rebekahs four. About 75 members and guests attended. Proceeds go to the Rebekah general fund and local charitable causes. Membership applications for the Encampment were taken during the social hour by Patriarch Militant Canton members Delmer D. Davis Leonard Reckart Kyle Davis and Roscoe Williams with plans for a new Encampment branch in Oceana. Other lodges present included Pine Grove and Beckley.
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Ocpana
RNL
Dan Gunnee Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Oceana Rebekah Lodge
Rebekahs
Oceana Ioof
Rebekah
Encil Dean
Rebekah General Fund
IOCF
Elkins
Cancer Society
Canton of
Beckley
Delmer D. Davis
Leonard L. Reckart
Kyle H. Davis
Roscoe Williams
Dan Gunnoe
Oceana
Pine Grove
Oceana Notes: Local Visits and Hospital News
Oceana social notes list Mrs Herndon Cook under observation at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Tom Long hosted Pineville guests and several Oceana and Logan residents visited relatives in Madison Pineville Cyclone and Clear Fork Advent Christian Church figures appear in the community rundown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Rns
Herndon Cook
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Tom Long
Jim Anderson
Pineville
Paul Anderson
Ome Anderson
Clarksturg
Hope Camp
Andersons
Don Cook
Jay W. Cook
Beckley Mercorial Hospital
Wirt Cook
Madison
Ovie Mitchell
Clyde Mitchell
Donnie Weir
Otis Cook
Donnie
Peggy Lou
Roy Goddard
J. Bowen Cook
Robert Cook
Logan
Geraldine Cook
Gilbert Cook
Guy Walls
Merle
Judy
Sharon
Cyclone
Walls
Bobby Brock
North Carolina
Mr. Brock
Clear Fork Advent Christian Church
Pax Personals Pax PAX Pax note hospital statuses
Mrs Ray Thompson Pax is in Beckley Hospital under observation and treatment. Mrs Anna Turner Pax was released after Oak Hill Hospital treatment for injuries to her left hand from a washing machine wringer. Mr and Mrs Amos Janney Pax visited Whitby residence of Mr and Mrs Carnie Lively on Monday.
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Pax
Ray Thompson
Beckley Hospital
Anna Turner
Oak Hill Hospital
Amos Janney
Whitby
Carnie Lively
Laura's Coffee Shop Opens in Wyoming Hotel
Mrs Laura Thorn, new owner, will redecorate and rename the coffee shop in the Wyoming Hotel to Laura's Coffee Shop. She also acquired and will run the hotel dining room as a connecting part of the coffee shop.
Household Shower Feles Mrs Cooper in Colcord
In Colcord Oklahoma a household shower honored Mrs Monty Ray Cooper hosted by sisters in law Mrs Freud Cooper Mrs Luther Cooper and Oscar Scarbro. Guests included Mrs Robert Carter Mrs Dennis Christian Mrs Alva Mullens and others with games prizes and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freud Cooper
Luther Cooper
Oscar Scarbro
Monty Ray Cooper
Scarbro
June Scarbro
Dennis Christian
Alva Mullens
Quentin Scarbro
Woodrow Toney
Howard Miller
Roger Fraley
Dora Dillon
Blandine Dillon
Betty Dillon
Opal Cooper
Delphia Bowman
8. L Pettry
Bride-Elect Honored At Shower In Pineville
A bridal shower in Pineville honored Miss Karen Roberts Fannock bride elect of Morris Davis Baileysville. Hostess was Mrs Paige Downs of Pineville. Gifts were opened by a long list of local friends and relatives including Mrs Carriel Short Mrs Bobby Davis Mrs Yvonne Workman and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
BNS
Karen Roberts
Fannock
Morris Davis
Baileysville
Cabot Recreation Room
Paige Downs
Carriel Short
Bobby Davis
Yvonne Workman
Alvin Thomas
Elsie Altizer
Virginia Moore
Emma Schoolcraft
Joe Harvey
Jake Thomas
Patsy Parks
Gertrude Shutt
Berneda Roberts
Charlene Cook
Nina Webb
Virgil Shielda
Carl Mitcher
Junior Morgan
Juanita Lask
John Altizer
Fannie Rose
Myrtle Shields
Patsy
Curtis Thomas
Clifford Morgan
J. D. Bailey
Creed Echard
Gilbert Mitchem
Raymond Lusk
Sue Berkhead
Claudia Mitchem
Heidi Cline
Howard Bailey
Elizabeth Harvey
Adam Clauser
Magdalene Bishop
Hilda Tully
Oscar Wentz
Carol Linville
Jean Haymaker
Mabel Shields
Ruby Meadows
Vera Shields
Mia
Gene Penninger
W. B. Wilmoth
Two Divorces Granted in Wyoming County Court
Two divorces were granted in Wyoming County Circuit Court. Verna Lee Smith versus Harold Junior Smith and Anna June Lefler versus Carlos D. Leffler were decided with custody awarded to the mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rins
Wyoming County
Verna Lee Smith
Harold Junior Smith
Anna June Lefler
Carlos D. Leffler
Woods Held To Grand Jury In Tools Theft Case
Fayetteville RNS reports Lewis W. Woods, 36, of Mount Hope was held to a grand jury on charges of breaking and entering to steal tools valued at 82 dollars from Brooks and Payne Garage. He was jailed in Yayette County on a $1,000 bond after arraignment before Magistrate Virgil Lyons. Tools were recovered. arrest involved Mount Hope and state police.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Mount Hope
Lewis W. Woods
Yayette County
Virgil Lyons
Brooks and Payne
Glen Rogers Personals Note Weekend Visits
Glen Rogers items report multiple local and out of town visitors over the weekend. Names include Jack Clay Judy Wolf and Judy Wolf and families from Dayton Ohio Cleveland Ohio Raleigh Montgomery and Washington DC. Several residents were in Beckley Hospital for observation and treatment and others hosted relatives and friends from Mountain City Tenn Charleston and Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
Jack Clay
Judy Wolf
Dayton
Ohio
Hayden Wolf
Wolf
Beckley Hospital
Alex Taroczkozy
Clifford Herron
Cleveland
Jake Graham
Raleigh
Ruby Welshans
John Honaker
Beckley
Fiverett Guthrie
Darrell Buttrick
Kim
Charleston
Bill Taraezkozy
Mary Greer
Stella
Mountain City
Tenn
Eliza Sweeney
John Greer
John Marrical
Arthur Sweeney
Kopperston Weekend Visitors list local residents and relatives
Mr and Mrs Paul Greer and daughter Paula visited Mrs Jennie Goode of Athens. Mrs John Rush and sons Michael and John spent the weekend with her mother Mrs J P Hawkins of Lorado. Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Barnie Hood were Hershel Jarrett and children Patti and Mickey of Madison. Mr and Mrs Carson Cook visited sister in Charleston. Mrs Ira Hill returned from Cleveland Ohio after daughter Mrs Henry Farmer illness and visited Ruth McCoy and Betty Hood, former Kopperston residents. DFP Moore was a business visitor in Bandy Virginia. Mr and Mrs Rufus Davidson were weekend guests of relatives in Tazewell Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Phillips
Charleston
Ira Hill
Cleveland
Ohio
Henry Farmer
Ruth McCoy
Betty Hood
Kopperston
Dfp
Moore
Bandy
Rufus Davidson
Tazewell
High Way Crash Leaves Luther Goodwin Injured in Herndon Heights
(RNS) Treated at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch over the weekend for multiple injuries sustained in a highway accident was Luther 8 Good win 31 Herndon Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon Heights
RNS
Stevens Clinke
Welch
Luther
Goodwin
Miss Karen Dishner Weds Pfc Curtis Estep at Fort Riley
Miss Karen Dishner married Pfc Curtis Estep in a March 13 ceremony at Fort Riley Kansas Chapel 2. Lt Chaplain Jim M Reese officiated with attendants Pvt and Mrs Bill Morris. Bride wore white satin Chantilly lace gown with Juliet cap veil and carried white carnations. Estep to depart for overseas duty April 3.
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Bill Morris
Mallens Area
Mrs E Trainer Rites Saturday in May Chapel Church
Funeral services for Mrs Erma Grace Trainer 78 of Neola will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the May Chapel Methodist Church with Rev Francis D Gun officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include her husband Albert J two sons Cloris A and Fred W three daughters Mrs Edward J Chestnut Mrs Parley Kincaid and Mrs William Evans a sister and a brother along with several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neola
RNS
Erma Grace Trainer
May Chapel Methodist Church
Francis D Gun
Trainer
Campbell
Rebecca Sanders Buzzard
Albert J
Cloris A
White Sulphur Springs
Fred W
French Creek
Edward J. Chestnut
Mountain Grove
Parley
McIntosh Funeral Set On Saturday
Arthur P. McIntosh, 71, dies of heart attack at home on Bluefield Princeton Road. Funeral at Carr Memorial Methodist Church in Princeton at 2 30 pm Saturday with Rev C W Scragg and Rev T D Dickenson. Burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. He was a retired Norfolk and Western engineer, WWI veteran, and member of Carr Memorial Methodist Church. Survived by two sisters and four brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
RNS
Arthur P. McIntosh
Carr Memorial Methodist Church
C. W. Scragg
T. D. Dickenson
Monte Vista Park
McIntosh
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Norfolk and Western Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Glenwood Park
Patrick County
A. P
Elizabeth Branch McIntosh
Flora Probst
Norfolk, Va
G. W. Lawrence Jr
Charles G
Clarence D
Green Tree
Pinefield
Russell
Southgate
Calif
Larry
Venice
Fla
Fonda bridge club paints new eagle suit from decks
In Fonda Iowa nine women in a five suits bridge club keep a 30 year tradition. They create their own decks by painting red suits green and adding a green extra suit called eagles. They wonder if they are the last eagle players in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fonda
Iowa
Five Suits
British Railways Runs Closed-Circuit Coaches on Excursion Trains
British railroads operate closed circuit passenger coaches to display television programs for passengers aboard excursion trains. This innovation aims to enhance travel entertainment and provide a novel on board viewing option for travelers.
Three Students Report on World Institute Visit
Whitesville Rotary Club heard three area high school students share impressions from the World Affairs Institute held in Cincinnati Ohio. Howard Clay summarized the institute program which focused on South Africa and its educational and resource gaps. About 1500 attended the World Affairs meeting, including 1050 high school representatives from around the world. The students toured the Cincinnati Post Newspaper Building and witnessed actual newspaper printing. Guests L B Lyons Mayman Duty and W A Caudill attended from Madison Rotary Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Whitesville Rotary Club
World Affairs Institute
Cincinnati
Ohio
Howard Clay
Clay
South Africa
World Affairs Meeting
Cincinnati Post
L. B. Lyons
Mayman Duty
W. A. Caudill
Madison Rotary Club
George Rudisill Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for George K Rudisill, 73, Talcott, are incomplete after his death at 6 15 p m in a Hinton hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born Ballengee November 17 1885 he lived in Summers County most of life, retired 1940 from Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Survived by wife Sadie four sons a daughter two brothers three sisters ten grandchildren one great grandchild. body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talcott
RIIS
George K. Rudisill
Rudisill
Hinton
Ballengee
John
Lucinda Chattin Rudisill
Summers County
Earl of Talcott
Sidney
Burgers Springs
O. R. McNeer
Greenville
Ada Carden
Alderson
Hallie Phillips
Los Altos
Calif
Ronald Meadows Funeral
West Virginia Gospel Singers Plan 1959 Convention
Officers and committee chairs of the West Virginia Mountain State Gospel Singers Association meet Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Beckley WJLS Radio Station auditorium to finalize plans for the 1959 singing convention to be held at Mt. Nebo, according to president Hearl Keneda.
Fayette Bar Association to Hold April Meeting
Fayette County Bar Association will hold its quarterly meeting at Glen Ferris Inn in Glen Ferris on April 10. Guest speaker will be William Wooden, president of the West Virginia State Bar Association, from Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County Bar Association
Glen Ferris Inn
Glen Ferris
William Wooden
Charleston
West Virginia State Bar Association
Honored With Party For Kathy Collinsworth
Kathy Collinsworth was honored on her ninth birthday with a party Sunday at her parents home Mr and Mrs David Collinsworth 1137 1 2 Guyandotte Ave Attending guests included Evelyn Haga Diane Wood Delena Wood Sandra Veneri Barbara Smith Brenda Hurst and Patricia Lefler.
Stover Recovers at Home After Hospital Stay
Whitesville terse note reports Chest er Stover has returned from McMillan Hospital to his Charleston home where he is recuperating after the recent illness or treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Chester Stover
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Easter Wedding Planned for Maxine Lewis and Norman Monro
Maxine Lewis and Norman Monro Jr. announce an Easter Sunday wedding set for 3 p.m. at Kopperston Presbyterian Church with Rev. Norman K. Morgan officiating. The couple will observe an open church. Miss Lewis, a 1956 Oceana High School graduate, has worked in Hollandale and Wyckoff. Monro, employed by Ford Motor Co., Wyckoff, is the son of Norman Monro and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNL
Maxine Lewis
Norman Monro Jr
G. J. Lewis
Norman Monro
Wyckoff, N. J
Kopperston Presbyterian Church
Norman K. Morgan
Pineville
Miss Lewis
Oceana High School
Hollandale
Fla
Marlon Pump Co
Wyckoff
Boone TA To Meet Tonight at Whitesville Junior High
The Classroom Teachers Association of Boone County Schools will meet at Whitesville Junior High School for a social gathering today. A banquet precedes the program led by Mrs. Charles Dulone. Guest speaker Harry Cooke of the Whitesville Lion Club will discuss The Eye Bank, with piano solos, chorus numbers, tap dancing, acrobatics, and Easter motif decorations.
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Whitesville
RNS
Classroom Teachers Association of
Boone County
Charles Dulone
Lion Club
Harry Cooke
Lion
Cooke
Eye Bank
Heart Fund Drive Raises $1726 In Oak Hill Area
Oak Hill residents contributed $1,726.01 for the Fayette County Heart Fund Drive. Wanda Farrish reports the peak single phase yielded $1,040.38. Funds were raised during the house to house canvass on Heart Sunday with goals of $1,800 locally and $4,000 countywide.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Wanda Farrish
Heart
Land transfers compiled by Wyoming County Clerk
The Wyoming County Clerk lists recorded deeds across districts including Medford, Huff Creek, Williams burg, and Mullens. Transactions involve buyers and sellers such as Elmer and Addie Bishop, Glen Roy and Raelene Stone, Mazie Whitt, Ralph England, Edith Whitt Viers, Dewey Viers, Roxie Lafferty, Curtis and Nell Ruth Justice, and several others with properties on Muzzle Fork, Clearfork, Brier Creek, and town lots in Bud and Bartley. About $500 to $1,000 values cited for several lots and parcels.
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Pineville
RNL
Wyoming County
Elmer
Addie Maxine Bishop
Glen Roy
Raelene Stone
Medford
Baileysville
William and
Mamie Wilmoth
Blanche Whitt England
Edith Whitt Viers
Mazie Whitt
Sarah Whitt Viers
Muzzle Fork
Little Huff Creek
Huff Creek
Edith Whitt
Charlie
Roxie Lafferty
Virgil Ray Lafferty
Grace E. Davis
Maxine Cottrill
C. C. Cottrill
Frances Davis
Curtis
Nell Ruth Justice
Clearfork
Perty
Brier Creek
Pineville Land Co
Ida Thomas
Bud
Slab Fork
Russell Gillespie
Palmer
Lola Gillespie
Bartley
Jess Sword
D. Jack Atkins
Eudora Atkins
Oceana
T. F
Hallie Brammer
Luther
Gertrude Kerns
3D Chess With 128 Pieces Debuts In New Jersey
J David Marks unveils a three dimensional chess game in West Orange New Jersey featuring 128 pieces. The board includes space knight the hippogriff fool favorite and archbishop as new pieces to explore space relations and strategic play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Orange
N. J
J. David Marks
Violin Making Doctor Bridges Science and Art in Jersey
Tenafly physician Dr. Virginia Apgar, an anesthesiologist by day at a New York hospital, pursues violin making by night. The process takes six months per instrument with fourteen coats of varnish, each hand rubbed to a satin finish, finishing with playing the self made viola in a weekly quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenafly
N. J
Virginia Apgar
New York
Apgar
Whitlock Rites Incomplete In Thurmond
Funeral arrangements for Charles W. Whitlock, 38, a World War II veteran, are incomplete after he died en route to a hospital at 8 a.m. Thursday. Born in 1921 at Stone Cliff, he is survived by his parents Ed and Lola Whitlock of Thurmond, three brothers Ralph Cleveland Ohio William Thurmond Lawrence Oak Hill, and two sisters Helen Lester Akron Ohio and Margaret Spradling Charleston. The body is at Collins Funeral Home in Glen Jean.
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Thurmond
RNS
Charles W. Whitlock
Whitlock
Stone Cliff
Lola Whitlock
Ralph
Cleveland
Ohio
William
Lawrence
Oak Hill
Helen Lester
Akron
Margaret Spradling
Charleston
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
Benefit Dinner Slated Saturday in Mullens
A benefit dinner sponsored by the Wyoming County Society for Crippled Children and Adults will run from 5 to 7 30 p.m. Saturday at Mullens Grade School. The event supports the Easter Seal Sale Campaign with fundraising aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
BNS
The
Wyoming County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Varsity Club Heads to State Basketball Tourney
Whilesville Junior High Varsity Club seven eighth and ninth graders will attend the state basketball tournament in Huntington. Sponsors Charles Arvon and C W Hoffmen accompanied the group after fundraising efforts throughout the school year to raise trip funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Whitesville Junior High School
Huntington
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Raleigh Heights
Cooper
L. Woods
Hopperston
Revlon
Allon
Lin Nia
Cohen
Neville St
Beckley, W .Va
Willie Williams
Willis
Robert Mitchum
Harper
Hattie Bennett
Kilsyth
Nora Covey
Willis Branch
John Britt
New London
Prosperity
Williams
Karen Dishner
Phc. C. Estep
Virginian Railway
Estep
Capital City Commercial School
Mrs. E. Trainer
Rites
Fagle
World Institute
George Rudisill
Singers State Sunday Meeting
Fayette
Neville Maytag & Furniture CO
Boone
Wyoming
W. Whitlock
West Indies
1St Baptist Church
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