Mullens Hi-Lights Garners More Honors at SIPA meet
The Mullens Hi-Lights newspaper received the West Virginia Scholastic Press award from the Charleston Press Club for a second year at the Southern Inter-Scholastic Press Association meeting in Lexington Virginia. Advisor Mrs W C Neal and staff members posed with Mac Hall the papers sports columnist. Judges praised coverage and printing quality and noted a need for a defined editorial page and masthead.
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West Virginia Scholastic Press
Charleston Press Club
Mullens
Hi-Lights
Southern Inter-Scholastic Press Association
Mac Hall
The
SIPA
Lexington
Joyce McLean
Libby Welch
Francine Jennings
Sharon Aldridge
Church Women Observe 50th Year
In Mullens the Women of the Church at First Presbyterian marked the 50th anniversary of the church women’s work. The Curry Hall event featured a Mary Lewis chaired program, a skit with local members, and officer elections naming Gerald Snyder vice president and Pleasants secretary among others.
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Mullens Presbyterian Women
al Sandoval
Woodrow Cook
Neil Pleasants
Fred Kingdon
Brenda Tabscott
Gerald Snyder
Ralph Hypes
Ben Mur
One-Car Wreck Injures Two Marsh Fork Seniors
Two Marsh Fork High seniors Jennings Sauls 18 and Roger Dickens 17 and Simmie Webb 23 were injured in a Sunday morning Route 119 wreck near Hernshaw. Sauls admitted for leg injuries. Dickens facial cuts. Webb head and arm bruises. Car demolished after striking a power pole, then crossing the road and plunging into Lens Creek. Dickens back in class Monday.
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Montcoal
RNS
Marsh Fork High School
Hernshaw
Route 119
Jennings
Buddy) Sauls
Stickney
Jennings E. Sauls
Roger Dale Dickens
Pineknob
Perchie Dickens
Simmie
Marsh Fork High High
Charleston
Dickens
Lens Creek
Fayette Educator Retiring After 30 Years Of Service
MOUNT HOPE RNS Flying back and forth, Principal E Dunkley of Mount Hope High School will retire after 30 years as principal at the end of the school year. The school has grown from 330 to 919 students since 1932, with 14 teachers then and 35 now. Dunkley helped steer major changes including moving the high school to the By Pass in 1956, the opening of a new stadium, and county school integration. He is a former athlete at Lynchburg College and has led school sports teams. The Dunkleys plan to travel and enjoy golfing after retirement, staying active with family in Oklahoma and Mount Hope.
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Mount Hope
RNS
E. Dunkley
Mount Hope High School
Fayette County
Dunkley
YMCA
West Virginia University
West Virginia Wesleyan
Stadium Drive
DuBois High School
Mustang
Mustang Corral
Mount Hope Mustangs
Lynchburg College
James Dunkley
Fannie Dunkley
Beckley
Beckley Institute
Lynchburg
Raleigh County
Tyler County
Mercer County
Round Table
Mount Hope Lions Club
American Legion
Virginia Adams
Broad St
Dunkleys
Mount Hope Christian Church
Anna Jane
Regional Meet For Future Teachers Of America
Future Teachers of America chapters from ten counties and the Student National Education Association of Bluefield State College will join a regional conference at Concord College. The all day visit includes registration at 9 a.m., a 10 a.m. business session, class selection at 11, a campus tour at 11:50, lunch, and an address of welcome by Lin Sheets.
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Athens — Future Teachers of America
Student National Education Association
Bluefield State College
Concord College
West Virginia Classroom Association
FTA
Department of Education
Lin Sheets
Ben Dunman Junior High winners in Roaring 20s dance
Leroy Dean and Marsha Toler of Ben Dunman Junior High Mullens won best costume at the Roaring 20s junior high dance held Friday night at the Rebel Rec. Judges were Miss Barbara Allen Miss Mary Steele and Miss Claris Stidham. An added attraction was a chorus line of beauties including Susie Houck Barbara Sykes Paula Niswander Penny Andrews and Dottie Redden.
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Leroy Dean
Marsha Toler
Ben Dunman
Mullens
Rebel Rec
Barbara Allen
Mary Steele
Claris Stidham
Susie Houck
Barbara Sykes
Paula Niswander
Penny Andrews
Dottie Redden
Spring Concert Set Tonight At Mullens High
Mullens High School music department presents its annual spring concert at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. Mrs Joseph Taylor directs and Mrs James Kuhlke is accompanist. The public is invited to attend.
Local improvements noted for hospital patients in Wyoming General
Mrs. Cabell a Payne is improving at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after illness Tuesday. Visitors included daughter Mrs. Garner Bailey and Mr and Mrs Raymond Stafford plus the Rev Carl Payne and Gary and Jerry Olson. Garfield Price also improving at the hospital. Chafin Cook improves at home after Stevens Clinic return in Welch.
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Chafin Cook
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Mothers Day Program Planned By Sorority
Eleven members of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met in Pineville to conduct business and report a benefit beauty contest that netted about 625 dollars for the Wyoming County Easter Seal Society. A Mothers Day program honoring members’ mothers is set for May 9 at First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with listed participants and a social plan.
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Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Richard L. Huffman
Jack Gentry
Sam Lambert
James Lyons
Pineville
RNS
Richar L. Huffman
Riverdrive
Wesley Brown
Wyo
Ming County
David Wilson
W. W. Bolt
Eugene Graham
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Mae S. Belcher
Rose Mary Henderson
Paul A
Fayette County Opens Application Days at Courthouse
Commodity goods applications will be accepted at the Fayette County Courthouse from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays each week until further notice. Mrs. Hattie Wilson will supervise the program.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County Court House
Hattie Wilson
Mount Hope Miner Boss Retires After 28 Years Service
Frank J. Farin of Mount Hope retired after 28 years with the Bureau of Mines Health and Safety Division. He worked in coal fields across multiple states, investigated major mine fires, and rose to acting district supervisor before retirement. He and wife Gertrude Bradley plan travel and garden hobby time. More than 100 employees attended a dinner at White Oak Country Club in Oak Hill. Special guests included district supervisors William Park, Joseph Malesky, Morton, and John Dougherty.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Frank J. Farin
Bureau of Mines, Health and Safety Division
Uniontown
Pennsylvania State College
82Nd Division
U. S. Army Engineers
Fayette County
Bureau of Mines
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Furin
Mather
Bartley
W. Va
Coal Mine Inspection Division
Farin
Gertrude M. Bradley
Park Heights
Denver
Colo
White Oak Country Club
Oak Hill
William i R. Park
Joseph Malesky
Morston
John Dougherty
Morgantown
Lane Family Returns After WV Visit
Saulsville report notes Mr and Mrs Melvin Lane of Greensboro North Carolina returning home Monday after visiting her parents and other relatives in West Virginia. The piece mentions Tech students Clifford Bowers Darrell Phillips Jack ie Phillips and their parents Lacy Phillips Posey Phillips Brice Phillips and the Rev and Mrs James Bowers.
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Saulsville
Rns
Melvin Lane
Greensboro
N. C
Posey Phillips
West Virginia Tech
Clifford Bowers
James Bowers
Darrell Phillips
Lacy Phillips
Jackie Phillips
Brice Phillips
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University of Minnesota
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Columbia University
New York City
C. G. Russell
Stella Deihl
Mary Frances Bailiff
Presbyterian Guidance Program
Phree
Mary Lewis
Alton Caldwell
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Fayette
Raleigh
Fayette Counties
MHHS
Oklahoma
E. W. Dunkley
Robert J
Bob” Staker
Democrat
Washington
America
Congress
Pd. Pol. Adv
Barbara Bright
James Arrington
Mildred Emanuele
Frank J, Furin
Sabine
Pineville Drive-In
Ganttioiel Oepe “Es
Joseph E DE Vine
Lollobrigida Poerie Brasseur
Marcelle Mastrolani
Melina Mercour
Montand
Jules Dassin
Brigette Bardot
Come
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Flaming Star
Elvis Presley
Steve Forrest
Montgomery Clift
Lee Remick
MT Hope
Jules Dussin
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