Birthday Luncheon Birthday Honors March Born Students
Seventeen John McGraw School third graders with March birthdays were honored at a birthday party during the hot lunch hour. The event featured a spring themed table setting and a menu including fried chicken and ice cream. Principal Verne E. Clay lauds the program, now in its fourth year, as fulfilling its aim to engage students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Meredith, Jr
Roy Lafferty
David Polk
Robert Tolliver
Ronnie
Pete) Tolliver
Landon Lafferty
Rachel Lafferty
Jakie Smith
Barbara Pauley
Roger McMillion
Cathy Clay
Kathy Lafferty
Danny Lafferty
Wanda Bailey
Vaughan Stacy
David Stewart
Curtis Perdue
John McGraw
Verne E. Clay
West Virginia University students weekend visit and local guests
Oceana and Concord College students spent the weekend with families here. Bobby Hager and Dennis Worrell visited with their parents, while Roy Lamb of Concord College was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Lamb. Joe Brown was admitted to Stevens Clinic Hospital for observation and treatment. Lynn Brown, a Kopperston Elementary first grader, is home with measles. Tom Fleenor hosted as weekend guests his daughter Mrs Kenner Maynor and son Danny Fleenor, both of Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
West Virginia University
Bobby Hager
Arnold Hager
Dennis Worrell
Lawrence Worrell
Roy Lamb
Concord College
Woodrow Lamb
Joe Brown
Stevens Clinic
Lynn Brown
Hurley Brown
Kopperston Elementary School
Tom Fleenor
Kenner Maynor
Danny Fleenor
Washington, D. C
Truck Operator Killed In Bridge Repair Accident
Long Branch resident Dempsey Vass, 61, a State Road Commission dump truck operator, died near a creek bed between Coalfield and Mahan while repairing flood damage at a bridge. He was likely crushed when a bank collapsed after he backed into position to dump rock. Rescuers failed to find a pulse and pronounced him dead. His wife, Ida Toney Vass, is hospitalized after a heart attack.
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Dempsey Vass
Long Branch
State Road Commission
Coalfield
Mahan
Vass
Funeral Home
SRC
Paint Creek
W. R. Wright
Wright
Ida Toney Vass
Beckley Hospital
Induction of 12 Junior National Honor Society Members
The article lists Association officers Denis Giardina president Welch Orbie Swisher treasurer Brenton and B Irvin Wall secretary. It notes the 12 juniors Mildred Brown Barbara Phillips Kathryn Cottrill Frances Harrington Judy McGraw Francine Brooks Fred Powers Jimmy Phillips David Sanders Richard Tyree John Perry George Phillips were inducted and will attend their first meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Dennis Giardina
Welch
Orbie Swisher
Brenton
B. Irvin Wall
Mildred Brown
Barbara Phillips
Kathryn Grace Cottrill
Frances Harrington
Judy McGraw
Francine Brooks
Fred Powers
Jimmy Phillips
David Sanders
Richard Tyree
John Perry
George Phillips
New Mount Hope Club installs officers at church
Mount Hope Debateen Sub Deb Club installed new officers at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church with Barbara Carter and Connie Criss assisting. Dorothy Brown becomes president Malinda Davis vice president and Susan Jaco steps in as another officer. The note mentions the International Peace Garden on the Canada US boundary. NO SUB BASES WASHINGTON UP I Adm George Anderson says Russians have not built submarine bases in Cuba but some ports used for refueling and overhaul.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Barbara Carter
Connie Criss
Dorothy Brown
Malinda Davis
Susan Jaco
Washington
UPI
George Anderson
Naval Operations
Cuba
Randolph Seeks Emergency Flood Control for Guyandotte Basin
Senator Jennings Randolph urged the president to allocate public works funds to the Army Corps of Engineers for emergency flood control in the Guyandotte River basin. He backed use of small local projects under the flood control act to provide faster relief while the Justice Reservoir project proceeds over years.
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Sen
Jennings Randolph
Guyandotte River
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Justice Reservoir
Guyandotte Basin
Wyoming
Logan
Lincoln
Cabell
Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
Congress
Guyandotte
Justice
Shower Honors Recent Bride in Toneda Community
OCEANA RNS Mrs. William Sam Blair received a miscellaneous shower at the Toneda home of Mrs. Harvey Pruett Friday evening. The former Deloris Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cook, was honored. Hostesses included Mrs. Pruett and Mrs. Cook with several others attending and gifts and games featured.
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Oceana
RNS
William “Sam” Blair
Harvey Pruett
Toneda
Blair
Deloris Cook
Norman Cook
Bob Baker
Charolette Walker
Virginia Lester
Virginia Stafford
Otis Cook
Jimmy Cook
Tracy Bowden
Frank Hurst
Wayne Rollins
J. K. Witt
Harless Shumate
Russell Garrett
Hubert White
Okey Hambrick
Jesse Cline
Lucille Campbell
Miss Sheila Rinehart Weds Flavious Latta in Mullens
Miss Sheila Fay Rinehart and Flavious Eugene Latta wed at Bud Methodist Church in a 3 pm ceremony led by Rev. Harry Pilkington. The bride wore an organza and lace gown with a chapel train and carried white lilies. Attendants included sister Marie Rinehart as a bridesmaid and John J. Rinehart as best man. A reception followed. couple to reside in Washington, D. C.. guests from Sharpsburg Hagerstown Blacksburg Portsmouth and Roxboro.
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Glenna Pritchard
Richard L. Reynolds
Portsmouth
Marie Rinehart
Faye Hollins
Goodview
John J. Rinehart
Christianburg
Ralph and
Milburn Rinehart
Richard Reynolds
Mullens High School
Roanoke Memorial Hospital School of Professional Nursing
Roanoke
Chapel and Vespar Club
Noonsboro High School
U. S. Armed Forces
Stroyers College
Washington, D. C
Acme Stores Co
Sharpsburg
Hagers Town
Blacksburg
Roxboro
N. C
Mullens Club Wins State Convention Awards
The Mullens Woman's Civic club, showcased by Mrs. H L Akers and club president Mrs. Martin Backus, earned CARE support citation and a U S Treasury Special citation for bonds promotion. They received a Freedom Bond Award, Savings Stamps for School Children honor, and a 100 percent plus honor club award for the press book adaptation of West Virginia Moon by Joe Moss.
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West Virginia Moon
Joe Moss
West Virginia University
Woman’s Civic Club of
Mullens
H. L. Akers
Martin Backus
Mullens Club
Greenbrier
Akers
CARE
U. S. Treasury Department
Gerald Snyder
Douglas Dillon
Secretary of the Treasury
Civic Club Press
Arbe Day Memorial Scholarship Fund Reaches 1075 Dollars
A total of 1075 dollars has been raised to date for the Arbe Day Memorial Scholarship Fund, announced by Jesse W. Houck at a Monday Pineville meeting. About 670 dollars came from Pineville High School student sponsored events. The fund honors 16-year-old Arbe Day, son of Mr and Mrs W H Day, who died after a summer auto accident. It aims to provide loans to Pineville High School students for further education at college or a two year echoing schooling. Applications are available from Houck, the high school principal. Plans for a future fundraising drive are in the works.
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Jesse W. Houck
Pineville
Arbe
W. H. Day
Pineville High School
Colege
Houck
Nugens Welcome Daughter Mary Elizabeth in Beckley
Mr and Mrs Clifford Nug en of Oceana announce the birth of a daughter born Saturday at Beckley Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds 9 1 2 ounces and is named Mary Elizabeth. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roy Hodge of Mount Hope and Mrs Fannie Nug en of Oak Hill.
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Oceana
RNS
Clifford Nugen
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mary Elizabeth
Roy Hodge
Mount Hope
Fannie Nugen
Oak
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YeLlowstone
Kentucky
Yellowstone Distillery CO
Louisville
Owensboro
American Gas Association
AMERE
Charleston
NLRB
Fredrick F. Holroyd
West Virginia
Nel Association
National Labor Relations Board
Glen Rogers High School
International Peace Garden
Canada
The
United States
D. Brown
M. Davis S. Jacobowski
N. Booth
Mount Hope Debuteens
Kowski
Nancy Booth
Ruby Wees
Mount Hope High School
R. Wees
Joseph E. Levine
Miss Rinehart
F. E. Latta
Mrs
Flavious Eugene Latta
Leronsson
Charlton
A AV
Sophia Loren
Nugens
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