Secret Terror and a Father’s Call to Action
Dear Mrs. Lawrence answers a reader about a boy eight who adores dresses. The columnist rejects labeling the child’s sexuality, urging the father to face pain, seek help, and protect his son by opposing the mother’s influence and enrolling the child in a clinic if needed. The piece frames parental responsibility and realistic limits on altering a child’s development.
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Muriel Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Mount Hope Delegates At All State Meeting
Mount Hope High School sends three students and a voice instructor to the All State Chorus Orchestra and Band sessions in Clarksville from Thursday through Saturday. Delegates are Rose Rose, Danny Blake, Dedrick Taylor with instructor Mrs. Eunice Fleming.
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Mt. Hope
Mount Hope
Clarksburg
Mount Hope High School
Rose Rose
Danny Blake
Dedrick Taylor
Eunice Fleming
Eight Men Inducted For Local Draft Ward
Eight registrants of local board No 21 Wyoming County were forwarded for induction into the armed forces on March 22. They are Carl Hatfield volunteer Millard Michael Justice volunteer William Clarence Shrewsberry Jennings William Clay Johnny Ralph Stewart Melvin Richard Green James K Witt and Thomas Melvin Marsh.
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Mullens
RNS
Wyoming County
Carl Hatfield
Millard Michael Justice
William Clarence Shrewsberry
Jennings William Clay
Johnny Ralph Stewart
Melvin Richard Green
James K. Witt
Thomas Melvin Marsh
Phillips Family Weekend Visits Across West Virginia
Saulsville residents Mr. and Mrs. Byrce Phillips spent the weekend with relatives in Beckley and Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital where Mrs. Leona Venson and eight year old Sherry Phillips received care. The couple also visited Sherry, a Raleigh General Hospital patient, after Sherry underwent an appendectomy. Lacy Phillips hosted his son Darrell and grandson Warren from Washington Pennsylvania before their Sunday departure.
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Saulsville
Rns
Byrce Phillips
Glen Rogers High School
Jackie Phillips
Newport News
Phillips
Beckley
Leona Venson
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Sherry Phillips
Raleigh General Hospital
Sherry
Weekend visitors and hospital notes from Covington and Beckley
Mrs Hope Mount Hope and family visited her parents in Covington while Mrs Bolen recovers at Oak Hill Hospital. Mrs Frank Lancianese recuperates at home after hospital observation. Quincy Treadway stays at Appalachian Regional Hospital Beckley for observation. Mrs Luigi Cinotti has outpatient days there. Jan et Dorado and Bob Yost visit Sam Dorado's home in Huntington. Mrs Bernard Dixon remains a patient at Pine Lodge Nursing Home Stamford Road.
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Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Luigi Cinotti
Sam Dorado
Janet Dorado
Bob Yost
Huntington
Bernard Dixon
Pine Lodge
Stamford Road
McGraws Visit Beckley Veterans Hospital Patient
Mrs. Thomas Duncan and Miss Kathleen George visited her husband at the Veterans Hospital in Beckley. Duncan’s brother Paul joined them. The group then headed home to Cleveland, Ohio. Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lafferty and the Rev. and Mrs. Dean Bailey of Bozoo, who visited kin in Ravencliff and Herndon Heights.
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McGraws
RNS
Thomas Duncan
Kathleen George
Beckley
Veterans Hospital
Duncan
Paul
Cleveland
Ohio
James Perry
Colin Perry
Colin Jr
Hester Shumate
Ira Lafferty
Lafferty
Dean Bailey
Bozoo
Quentin Stewart
Ravencliff
D. J. Bailey
Herndon Heights
Attend Party Pineville Youth Skating Event
The Junior Methodist Youth Fellowship of First Methodist Church hosted a skating party at New Richmond. Counselors Mr and Mrs Jack Martin attended with Kathy Lonk er Meade Lewis Donny Martin Elaine Lyons Kathy Martin Lou Lonker Ruthie Thomas Sally Metz Billy Martin Suzanne Richner and David Martin.
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Pineville
RNS
Junior Methodist Youth Fellowship
The
First Methodist Church
New Richmond
Jack Martin
Kathy Lonker
Meade Lewis
Donny Martin
Elaine Lyons
Kathy Martin
Lou Lonker
Ruthie Thomas
Sally Metz
Billy Martin
Suzanne Richner
David Martin
Elderly woman dies after fall from two-story window
Mrs. Louella Brabb Hinton 79 of Madam Creek died at a Hinton hospital after a Tuesday fall from a two-story window while cleaning at her home. She was not found until late afternoon and succumbed to exposure at 2 p m Wednesday.
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Hinton
Summers County
Louella Brabb Hinton
Madam Creek
Oceana Champs To Be Honored Dance Recalls Title Team
Oceana High School honors its Double A basketball champions and coach Paul Greer with an all county dance sponsored by the junior class. The event runs 8 p.m. to midnight in the Oceana High gym. Rebel Five band from Mullens leads. admission 50 cents stag 75 cents couple. Proceeds fund the May junior senior prom.
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Oceana
RNS
Paul Greer
Oceana High School
Oceana High
Rebel Five
Mullens
Mark Akers
Ways and Means
Mike Baldwin
Frances Sizemore
G. W. Conley Jr
Carol Stewart
Raymond Stoutamyer
Arlene Meadows
Ravencliff News Notes Center Around Local Families
Jay Acord, son of Frank and Mrs. Acord, had a ton sillectomy Wednesday at Stevens Clinic Welch. He is a sixth grade student at John McGraw. Guests include Buck Billings and family from Washington DC visiting Ravencliff. Six year old Mark Cooks underwent third operation at Charleston General Hospital.
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Buck Billings
Washington, D. C
Denver Pinson
Beckley
Lloyd Smiley
Stover
Rufus Vaught
Ravencliff
Huntington
Carl Tiedie
Russell Shrewsbury
Asa Hurst
Tiedie
Shrewsbury
Hurst
Judy Polk
Estil Polk
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
B. O. Woods
Sophia
Portsmouth
Willis Wood
Robert Duty
Bob Cook
McGraws
Charleston
Mark
Charleston General Hospital
Ministers Discuss Retirement Plans
Fayette County ministers heard a discussion on health and retirement plans for ministers at the Fayette Baptist Ministers Association meeting at Page Baptist Church. Guests Rev. Clifford Caverlee and Rev. Werner Gifford outlined plans. next meeting set for April 26 at Scarbro Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Withers leading.
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Page—Fayette County
Fayette Baptist Ministers Association
Page Baptist Church
Clifford Caverlee
West Virginia State Convention
Werner T. Gifford
M&m Board
James Mundy
Deepwater
Scarbro Baptist Church
Bill L. Withers
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
David Harper
Waldo Jackson
Beckley
N. B. Stoner
Scarbro
Hager Returns for Check Up After Spine Surgery
David Hager was back at Blue Field Medical Center Tuesday for a follow up after undergoing surgery for a slipped disc on February 13.
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Oceana
David Hager
Bluefield Medical Center
Hager
Coptic Calendar Still In Use After 2500 Years
The Coptic calendar remains in use with twelve 30 day months and five additional days for religious observance. Its structure endures despite antiquity, reflecting Egypt’s enduring timekeeping tradition.
Mental Health Director Handles Hard Cases In Rural West Virginia
In Greenbrier Pocahontas and Monroe counties, mental health consultant Ann Blair Alderson manages a three county caseload with limited staff. She improvises to treat patients, orders hospital commits when needed, and often works from the jail to help releasees reintegrate with medicine and job placement challenges.
May Queen And Court Chosen For Mount Hope Event
Mount Hope Elementary School will crown its May Queen April 26 at 7 30 p m Pam Boyd daughter of William W Boyd Kilsyth will reign She is active in church youth programs choir and Citizenship Club with a history award in 1964 Her escort is Don McLain and attendants Teresa Miklos Kelley McCoy Jane Dorsey Barbara Jones Escorts include John Shumate Jimmie Twohig Patrick Graney III and Lloyd Gibson all from Mount Hope.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope Elementary School
Pam Boyd
William W. Boyd
Kilsyth
Kilsyth Free Will
Pam
Don McLain
Fred McLain
Teresa Miklos
Joseph Miklos
Kelley McCoy
W. B. McCoy
Jane Dorsey
Ralph Dorsey
Barbara Jones
Robert Jones
John Shumate
Jack Shumate
Jimmie Twohig
J. B. Twohig
Patrick Graney III
Patrick C. Graney Jr
Lloyd Gibson
Charles Gibson
Kiwanis Visit Links Mount Hope and Meadow Bridge Clubs
Four Mount Hope Kiwanis members attended Meadow Bridge Kiwanis Club on Monday for Ladies Night Key Club and Faculty Night. Attendees included John R. Rogers president George Gunn secretary Earlen Weis and Hill C Brown.
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Kiwanis
Mount Hope
RNS
Kiwanis Club
Meadow Bridge
John R. Rogers
George Gunn
Earlen Weis
Hill C. Brown
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Reflector
Hill Top Baptist Church
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Richard Blake
Pax
Taylor
Mary Taylor
David Foltz
Mrs. Hope
Motorola
Philco
G.E
House OF Service
Prince ST
Fanny Seiler Lewisburg
UPI
Ann Blair Alderson
Greenbrier
Family Weekly
Raleigh
Reglates
Nash
Campbell
DuPont
PAD
Axminster Rugs
Nash Campbell
East Coast
Florida
Weather Bureau
Home Shopping Service
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