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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1962
Page
10
Fourteen year old Joan Chambers of Oceana remains in good condition at Beckley Hospital after head injuries from a Sunday one car accident near her home. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Chambers.
A nominating committee was selected at the March meeting of the Mullens Sub Debs to present a slate of officers for the coming year. Members are Mary Kay McGraw Judy Toler Wynenna Bowling Teresa McNeely and Kathie Jo Snyder. Members will vote on candidates for club membership at the April meeting.
A nine year-old boy, Johnny Rollins Jr., remained unconscious after surgery for extensive head injuries from a collision Friday in Cyclone. He, a third grader from Road Branch Grade School, entered the side of a car driven by Beecher Groose of Kentucky, who assisted him to hospital. no charges were filed.
Seven members of the Senior High Youth of the Presbyterian Church Pineville attended combined services Sunday evening with Kopperston Presbyterian Youth. Randy Neal Judy Ross and Gene Neal from Pineville participated. Others attending were David Looney Bee Gee Kirk Gary Bowyer and Jerry Kirk. Mrs Marvin Bowyer and Rev Kenneth King accompanied the group to Kopperston.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both signers of the Declaration of Independence, went on to become presidents of the United States.
The third in a four part series met in Fellowship Hall at First Methodist Church Pineville Sunday night led by Rev R J Chenoweth Jr. The study theme was The Meaning of Suffering with talks on Mental Health and Faith and Healing. A Youth Fellowship playlet Stretch Forth Thine Hands illustrated The Values of Suffering. The final session set for April 1 at 7 pm will cover Death and The Fellowship of Suffering.
Oak Hill area selections for the 1962 Rinkydink basketball tournament were announced by Jaycees chairman Carl Lokant. Eight contestants from Kingston Mt Hope Scarbro Oak Hill and Pax will compete for the queen crown chosen by classmate votes via ballot boxes under eight photos. Each winner will receive a crown a photograph a corsage and an Jaycee award.
On Tuesday April 3 at 6 p.m. volunteers will canvass the Oak Hill area for the Cancer Drive. Mrs Jack Hill, Crusade chairman, says captains and workers are chosen and will be announced later. Harry Grey of New River Banking and Trust Co is treasurer. Oak Hill Junior Woman's Club sponsors the Crusade for the third year.
Miss Sarah Mae Dillon returns to Morgantown after staying with her parents Mr and Mrs L A Dillon. S Sgt James Mullens visits his parents from Lake Charles Louisiana en route from Elgin Air Force Base. Mrs Earnest Sheppard visits with son in law and daughter Ross Zickafoose Smoot.
OAK HILL WV The West Virginia Federation of Colored Women Inc annual meeting will be held with the Woman's Improvement League of Greentown April 27 28. Mrs Iris Neighbors general chairman and former vice president says arrangements are nearly complete tentative program will be sent to all constituent clubs. Mrs T A Higginbotham Cov a state president releases a newsletter seeking cooperation and new club membership. Mrs Neighbors can be contacted at Box 436 Oak Hill.
West Virginia Institute of Technology seeks a 400000 loan from the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency to build a student union with a cafeteria snack bar ballroom bookstore lounge and meeting rooms. Revenue bonds financed by a student union fee and union profits would retire the debt. The planning committee led by Ed Moore includes Dr Far Houts Byron Schaffer Jr Jim Eanes and Jim Durrett.
Charlie Brown, longtime Pax resident, died in a Charleston hospital and was brought back to Pax for burial in the Pax community Cemetery on Tuesday. Mrs. Cather Spencer returned home after treatment and observation at the Medical Arts Center this week. Visitors at Mrs. Rosella Sutton’s home included her daughters Patricia Sutton and Sandra Sutton, both in Cincinnati. Melba Gadd of Manchester. W J Payne and daughter Geneva of Beckley. Mrs. Sutton and Patricia Sutton returned from Covington Kentucky where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Mowell and Misses Joann and Sandra Kay Sutton. Haven Stover returned home after a stay in Cincinnati.
Two births recorded at Wyoming General Hospital include a daughter Suzanne Marie Sharp Jr. born to Dr. Roland Paul Sharp Jr. and his wife in Mullens at 4 26 p.m. March 21, weighing six pounds five ounces. A daughter Kathy Lynn Wyatt born to Mr. and Mrs. Okey Wyatt of Maben at 1 57 a.m. March os, weighing six pounds one and one-half ounces.
In Fayetteville the wedding of Miss Tresa Elizabeth Webb and Leonard Lee Fowler was performed in the Walker home with Rev. Charles S. Thompson reading the ceremony. The couple will reside at Academy Court after a wedding trip, and both have Fayetteville ties including Falls View and Fayetteville High School.
Work began Monday on remodeling the Fayetteville Methodist Church at a cost of $27,500 with completion expected by early fall. A group of men prepared for construction by moving shrubbery, including Harry Aliff R G Tygrett Rev Charles Thompson Tunney Hunsaker and Ermel Hess. Richard Ramsey operated a tractor. Meadows Construction Co Beckley and Akers Electric Co Fayetteville are the contractors.
Applications for free seeds from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture are open in Wyoming County for unemployed residents. Eligible applicants must submit by April 10 to designated locations and contacts including Ouida Shields, Earl Laxton’s Office, Oceana, Kern's Store, McGraws, A. M. Phillips's Store, Pierpont, Archie Lusk, Herndon, County Agriculture Agent's Office Pineville, Bill Lester's Store Baileysville, Kenny Hatfield Sun Hill School Sun Hill, Luther Green Coal Mountain School Coal Mountain, and Max Ellis TV and Radio Repair Shop Hanover.
SABINE RNS Mrs Earnest Shumate local postmaster admitted Thursday to Wyoming General Hospital Mullens Stevie Herbert Beckley spends week with grandmother Mrs Amedeo Domi Chafin Cook returns home after two weeks at Pinecrest Sanitarium and to enter Stevens Clinic Welch Wednesday morning
Fayetteville grade school home room mothers met in the music room. President Mrs Zane Summerfield introduced new member Mrs Charles Jordan. Cupcake bake sale planned for April 13 by sixth grade moms. PTA rummage and bake sale on March 16 brought in about 220 dollars. Spaghetti dinner set for April 30 with Mrs William Laird chairing. Shoe fund balance reported at 53 dollars 63 cents. Attendees listed.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gast of Pittsburgh announce the birth of their first child, a boy named Robert Bovart, born March 20 at a Pittsburgh hospital, weighing seven pounds. The baby’s maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Austin George of Pittsburgh.
The sunflower seed is described as the most important oil-bearing crop in the Soviet Union, highlighting its central role in the nation's agricultural output and industrial oil production.
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