Beckley Youth Enters Top Ham Sales of Meat and Produce
Oak Hill hosts seventh annual New Farmers of America sale attracting buyers like Kroger James Produce Hotel Hill and West Virginia State College. Totals exceed $700 with 33 hams 16 dozen eggs and multiple prizes awarded by state and local officials.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Thomas Evans
Stratton High School
Bickley
New Farmers of America
Scout Cabin
Paul Childress
Hill
Leroy Irving
Stratton High
Alvin Crawl
Dun Bois High
Mount Hope
Everett Tuckes
DuBois High
Kroger Company
Carl DeBoite
James Produce Company
Charleston
J. W. Ayers
Fayetteville
State Department of Agriculture
West Virginia State College
James Produce Co
Hotel Hill
J. K. Edmondson
G. S. Callison
H. C. Brown
J. W. Ayres
Robert Abbot
Zane Summersfield
A. K. Lafon
T. Myles
Mary Ellison funeral noted at Rockview Church
Mrs. Roy Stone and others attended funeral services at Rockview Baptist Church for Mrs. Mary Ellison. O H Stewart visited Logan Friday. Posey Stewart and daughters visited Welch Saturday. Stewart family members visited Huntington and Wilmington relatives in Matheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Bill Walkenfuss
Wilmington
Del
Bilton Stewart
Oza Stewart
Matheny
Holy Week Services At St John’s Catholic Church
The Rev Eugene Horvath announced Holy Week activities at St John’s Catholic Church including Holy Thursday 7 p.m. mass with adoration to midnight, Good Friday noon to 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. mass with Holy Communion. Holy Saturday begins with blessings at 10:30 p.m. and midnight mass. Confessions nightly and two morning masses at 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. continue parish instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altar Society
Honor Society Stages Comedy at Oceana
The Oceana National Honor Society staged a one act comedy of family life directed by Miss Laura Hinchman with Marian Upchurch as assistant. The cast included James Gallaher as Mr Marrow and Martene Toler as Mrs Marrow with a large supporting group. The program featured variety acts by Be Bops and Tonettes plus readings and skits. The show closed with a birthday song for the director and gifts from the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Oceana National Honor Society
Laura Hinchman
Marian Upchurch
James Galla
Mr. Marrow
Martene Toler
Mrs. Marrow
Janine Hamilton
Sandra
Charlotte Fleenor
Nancy
Sharlene Plumley
Amy
Mike Goode
Bob Conway
Glenna Blankenship
Lucinda
Wanda Yost
Irene Yeager
Janet Lee Bailey
Leah Collins
Bob Payne
Bob Morgan
Vernon Short
Lisbon
Carolyn Evara
Norma Barnett
Rogce Aliff
Karen Walls
Brenda Keys
Ash Stewart
Vondie Cook
Edsel Aliff
Donald Hawkins
J. D. Stone
Carmie Estep
Bob
Pineville hosts college day with eleven schools
Pineville High School presents College Day at 1 p m Tuesday with representatives from Alderson-Broaddus Beckley College Concord Davis and Elkins Marshall Fairmont State Glenville State Morris Harvey West Virginia Tech West Virginia University and West Virginia Wesleyan They will share information on programs and facilities Glee Club performances under Mrs Phyllis Williams plus devotional by Ray Curry and Harry Fuller. Ray Goode welcomes as student body president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinevele
Pineville High School
Alderson-Broaddus
Beckley College
Concocd
Davis and Elkins
Marshall
Fairmont State
Glenville State
Morris Harvey
West Virginia Tech
West Virginia University
West Virginia Wesleyan
Glee Club
Phyllis Williams
Membre
Ray Curry
Harry Fuller
Ray Goode
J. W. Houck
Murl Collins
Mary Lonker
Warren McGeaw
Paul Goode
Pat Carey
Wandra Franklin
Joyce Workman
Edna Gregory
Benny Cooper
Pat Dixon
C. A. Blankenship
Nellie Wood
Frederick Santon
Mrs. Simmons Dies at Oak Hill After Illness
Espie E. Jones Simmons 64 of Oak Hill died in Oak Hill Hospital at 9 30 am from complications of an extended illness. Survived by sister Nellie Robertson Bartley brother John Jones El Paso Texas son Rexford D Simmons Washington DC daughters Margaret Buckland Nellie and Elizabeth Simmons Oak Hill grand children. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with arrangements pending.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Espie E. Jones Simmons
Oak Hill Hospital
Nellie Robertson
Bartley
John €. Jones
el Paso
Texas
Rexford D. Simmons
Washington, D. C
Margaret Buckland
Maryland
Nellie
Elizabeth Simmons
Tyree
Funeral Tuesday For Mrs Murphy in Matoaka
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Belle Murphy will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Matoaka Presbyterian Church with Rev Wendell Walker officiating. Burial follows in Stew Jad Cemetery Stewart Virginia. She died Sunday at 12 15 p.m. after a heart attack leaving the Matoaka church. She was born August 10 1874 in Patrick Springs Virginia. She married Z T Murphy in 1888. he died in 1947. Survivors include son C W Murphy Matoaka granddaughter Lane Murphy Matoaka and granddaughter Mrs R S Bowers Pineville. One daughter Mrs W H Hatcher preceded her in death. She had lived in Matoaka nine years. The body remains at Bailey Funeral Home Matoaka until 4 p.m. today then to C W Murphy’s home.
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Princeton
RNS
Nancy Belle Murphy
Matoaka
Tike Matoaka’ Presbyterian Church
Wendell Walker
Stewart
Murphy
Matoaka Presbyterial
Patrick Springs
Z. T. Murphy
C. W. Murphy
Lane Murphy
R. S. Bowers
Pineville
W. H. Hatcher
Bailey Funeral Home
College Day At Oceana Highlights College Programs
Oceana High School hosted College Day with guidance director Miss Laura Hinchman announcing. Eight colleges sent representatives to discuss programs and facilities, including Beckley College West Virginia University and Morris Harvey. A student panel led by seniors Wenda Yost and Bob Payne and juniors Allen Goles and Mary Cline opened with a discussion on the value of college education followed by informal discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Laura Hinchman
John van Dyke
Beckley College
Cloyd P
Ambrister
Concord
William Wagner
Marshal
Ellen R. Nickel
Wesleyan
B. McCue
West Virginia University
Robert Whiting
West Virginia Tech
Thomas Morris
Morris Harvey
Wenda Yost
Bob Payne
Allen Goles
Mary Cline
Fayetteville High Band seniors receive pins at annual banquet
Senior members of Fayetteville High School Band were awarded pins at the annual banquet and dance in the Memorial Auditorium dining room. The event, themed for St Patrick's Day, honored Nancy Styer and Jenale Morrow among others with sponsors and toastmasters from local groups.
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Fayetteville Band
Fayettevele
RNS
Fayetteville High School
Memorial Auditorium
Cardenas Family Plans Mexico Vacation From Mullens
Dr. Merio Cardenas and wife Ella Mae Holstein prepare for a three week trip to Guadalajara Mexico. The family travels by station wagon for their third such excursion in four years. Dr Cardenas is a US citizen born in Guadalajara with medical training at Kanawha Valley Hospital and Charleston Memorial Hospital.
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Mexic
Lor’s
Guadalajara
Marie Cardenas
City
Cardenas
Rodelfe
Mullens
Wyoming General Staff
Eisenhower
White Sulphur Springs
Merio Cardenase
Mexico City
Cardenases
United States
University of Guadalajara
Southern Pacific Railway
Tucson
Ariz
San Francisco
Calif
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Charleston
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Wyoming General Hospital
Ella Mae Holstein
Writing Methods Demonstrated At Meeting Of Wyoming Teachers
A demonstration of writing methods was held at Oceana Grade School No 1 with Miss Durcella Warington from Zaner Bloser Co presenting fifth grade manuscript and cursive writing differences. Worrell and Belcher assisted as county officials. teachers from Oceana Grade School No 2 and multiple area schools attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Wyoming County
Durcella Warington
Zaner-Bloser Co
Columbus
Miss Warington
W. C. Worrell
Mae 8. Belcher
Press Association To Meet Tuesday
The Raleigh Wyoming High School Press Association will meet Tuesday at 7 32 p m at Oceana High School. Mullens Hi-Lights and Pineville High School staff will present the program. Local high school newspapers won top honors in the West Virginia University sponsored contest.
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Oceana
RNS
Raleigh-Wyoming High School Press Association
Oceana High School
Mullens Hi-Lights
Pinevillian
Pineville High School
West Virginia University
Four Get Treatment At Mullens Hospital
One teenager, Robert Stone aged 15 from Pineville, was treated for an incomplete left wrist fracture after a motorcycle incident at Wyoming General Hospital. Three other men were treated at Mullens hospital for injuries: Joe Daniel 40 from Itmann with a broken little finger, Frank Bradshaw 48 from Bland Virginia with multiple cuts and bruises, and Charley Salivas 65 from Glen Rogers who dislocated his right shoulder in a fall on a slippery floor.
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Mullens
Robert Stone
Pineville
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens Hospital
Joe Daniel
Itmann
Frank ‘Bradshaw
Bland
Otsego
Charley Salivas
Glen Rogers
U.S. Death Rate Edges Up in 1955
The United States registered a slightly higher death rate in 1955 than 1954, driven mainly by a growing share of elderly individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Local News and Social Notes From Jesse
Sue Gunter underwent major surgery Saturday at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch. Earsel Gene Workman left Friday for Morgantown to attend a basketball tournament. Mr and Mrs Troy Halsey of Florida are visiting relatives in Jesse.
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Jesse
Sue Gunter
Miley Gunter
Steven's Clinic Hospital
Welch
Earsel Gene Workman
Morgantown
Troy Halsey
Florida
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Alvin Craw
Dubois High School
NFA
William Smith
Page Jackson High School
Beckley
Top Ham
Henry Ward
R. L. Godsey
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Division of Vocational Education
West Virginia State Board of Education
David Jordan
DuBois
John Franklin Davis
Davis
Bluestone
Bramwell
Ples Penny Jr
Samuel Byrd
Thomas Morse
Guy E. Cain
5. D. McMillen
J. L. White
Institute
Pat Hamilton
B. F. Garnett
C. E. Prewitt
C. H. Amick
Sam Holroyd
C. A. ‘Akers
O. E. Snyder
Odell Jessup
C. A. Crozier
E. G. Thomas
J. Hughes Miller
St. John's Catholic Church
Honor Society
Ruc
Hore
BY Cooper
Het Bee Nie
Fsdi
Robert Wichem
Jase Grow
Thewise
Nigel Patrick
Last Bay
Princess
Hope W. Va
Mendey
Teesay
Mrs. Murphy
Gian Jee
Wichee
Willey
Semn Ager
Rewrmarke Bowe
Rt Aay
Alee Rae
Claude Bess
Nancy Styer
Jenale Morrow
Norma Sewer
Mary
Tomy Koontz
Mike Renick
Corky Grey
Dan H. Perdue
M.G Hresan
C. L Dodd
Chester Bates
Cis
Jimmy Queen
J. Morsris
Ean
American Legion
D. Ellis Brown
Legion Auxiliary
Fletcher Arrilt
E.B. Eskew
John Holliday
Alan Treadway
B. B. Houchins
Yolanda Zorio
Tommie Platt
Joe Walklace
Zorio
Bill Burgess
Dennis Bobbitt
Ralph Johnson
Laura Alice Blake
Bess
Mexico
Wyoming
Atkin, Crang
Campus
Grace Cook
Ruby Ford
Mardy Sue Chambers
Press Association
Ranch Society Jungle
Orden
Insurance Agency
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