Golden Horseshoe Winners Named
Fayette County Board of Education announces Golden Horseshoe winners Evelyn Smith Francis Rozell David Graham and Joyce Stanely who earned trips to Charleston on May 12 for ceremonies and tours. Contestants and their schools include Oakland Montgomery Scarbro Layland Page Cannelton Glen Jean Danese and Montgomery Junior High.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Board of Education
Evelyn Smith
Jesse E. Smith
Kincaid
Francis Rozell
C. J. Rozell
Maplewood
David Graham
Waldo T. Graham
Longacre
Joyce Stanely
Anna Stanley
Smithers
Charleston
Capitol
Capitol Building
House of Delegates
Capitol Steps
Humphreys
Kanawha County
Governor's Mansion
John Cavalier
Oakland
Jim Moore
Randy Kesler
Divide
Marie Thompson
Norma Pegram
Scarbro
Jaye Pat Teskey
Montgomery Junior
Carol Fields
Connie McComb
Layland
Sophronia Hopkins
Montgomery
Kathryn Evans
Bill Kinder
Mary Frances Settle
Page
Gary Moore
Cannelton No
Barbara Napier
Sue Johnson
Marilyn Brinegar
Carolyn Johnson
Sharon Mussetto
Four pear trees from 1895 still yield fruit near Mangum
In Mangum Oklahoma an 1895 planting by William Mikeman of four pear trees remained productive in 1960, showing remarkable longevity for the orchard.
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Mangum
Okla
William Mikeman
Fayetteville Band Festival Climax With Memorial Concert
Hundreds lined Fayetteville streets for the 19th Fayette County band festival featuring eight high school bands. The all county band, directed by Richard Strange, performed at a Memorial Auditorium concert after Friday rehearsals and Saturday parade. James Queen noted ratings given to directors are not public to avoid misinterpretation. The participating schools included Fayetteville Oak Hill Collins Lookout Meadow Bridge Mount Hope Montgomery Gauley Bridge and Ansted with a long list of band members across woodwinds brass and percussion.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Memorial Auditorium
Richard Strange
West Virginia University
Strange
James Queen
County Band Directors’ Association
Queen
Rebecca Dix
Judy Flint
Agnes Higgins
Carl Kuhn
Margaret Melton
Ann McClung
Mary McGraw
Judy Plumley
Linda Critchely
Geraldine Dreger
Carol Houts
Marcial Newton
Martha Garvin
Brenda Harrah
Carolyn Keenan
Cora Lee McGraw
CeeCee Arritt
Dawn Burnette
Betty Brindson
Frances Brown
George Bryant
Ann Calloway
Churches Will Distribute Needy Clothing in Fayette County
MINDEN RNS- Fayette Needy Association will handle clothing distributions next fall from its Minden home. Emergency clothing given now for burning or poor families. The Needy Assn has clothed 3,433 people in Fayette County last year. An Upper Kanawha branch operates similarly. 350 people have filed for regular surplus commodity distribution. Much furniture has been distributed and over 1,000 canned goods were once given, now served at the home. Mary Brown requests deeper freezers. Economy Wholesale in Oak Hill has supplied over 50 frozen lambs from state DPA.
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Minden
RNS
Fayette Needy Association
Robert K
Bob) Holliday
Oak Hill
Needy Assn
Fayette County
Upper
Kanawha
Kanawha Valley Assn
Charles DePugh
Mary Brown
DPA
Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club Marks Physical Fitness Week
Fayetteville members mark Physical Fitness Week May 17 with activities led by Mrs. Cecil Spradlin and Miss Edna Janutolo. Mayor Dr M G Hresan proclaims the week urging citizens to improve health. Programs include daily fitness exercises, talks on spiritual fitness, eye and ear testing, and a year round Well Baby Clinic run by club members.
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Fayetteville
Junior Woman’s Club
Cecil Spradlin
Doyle Kirk
Children and Youth Division
Home Life Department
Junior Woman's Club
M. G. Hresan
Edna Janutolo
Fayetteville High School
Baptist Youth Fellowship
First Baptist Church
The
Baptist Church
Joseph A. Crosier
Eight Gel Fellowships To WVU Dentistry School
The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare awarded eight part time research fellowships at West Virginia University School of Dentistry. Each grant worth 600 dollars funds recipients to gain research technique exposure and deeper subject understanding. Recipients include John E Echols Richwood John B Haley Jr Charleston Maurice R Hamill Jr Charleston Charles L Rice Jr Kermit Ralph J Rutledge Charleston Ralph G Walsh Jr Morgantown Erin H Wilson Jr Morgantown and Malka FE Karkenna Brooklyn NY
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Morgantown
UPS
U. S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare
West Virginia University School of Dentistry
Kenneth V. Randolph
John E. Echols
Richwood
John B. Haley Jr
Charleston
Maurice R. Hamill Jr
Charles L. Rice Jr
Kermit
Ralph J, Rutledge
Ralph G, Walsh Jr
Erin H. Wilson, Jr
Malka FE
Karkenna
Brooklyn
N, A
Installation Date Set For Officers Of WSCS
Fayetteville Fayetteville Woman's Society of Christian Service to install new officers May 24 at the Methodist Church. Officers include President Mrs Jack Wendell, Vice President Mrs Eugene Houchins, Secretary Miss Edna Janutolo, Treasurer Mrs Fletcher Arritt, and multiple secretaries. Meeting featured budget report and program on Women's Changing Roles with Circle No. 5 presentations.
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Fayetteville
Woman's Society of Christian
Alfred Bibb
Kenneth Tygrett
Felix Beni
Harry Aliff
Phil Williams
Tommie Platt
F. G. Janutolo
N. J. Hornsby
Friendship Hall
Fletcher Arritt
Jack Wendell
Charles S. Thompson
West Virginia
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Charleston
J. D. Stone
Ermel Wilson
E. M. Norford
E. B. Eskew
Joe R. Eskridge
D. H. Perdue
Frank Spangler
Arritt
Thompson
Circle No. 5
J. M. Eubank
National Week Marked By Clubs in Fayette County
Announced observance of National Home Demonstration Week May 16 by Mrs Beatrice F Whanger. Fayette county clubs join state and nation with recipe sheets using dry milk and dried eggs. Arrowhead Chestnut Knob Laurel Meadow Bridge Oak Hill clubs to provide samples. Club presidents listed. Kimberly Powellton clubs already distributing recipes. Plans include electric stove demonstration in school to show uses of dry milk and dried eggs.
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Fayetteville
Beatrice F. Whanger
Fayette County
Home
Arrowhead
Chestnut Knob
Laurel
Meadow Bridge
Oak Hill
Clifford Davis
Emidio Pet
Tinaro
Floyd Hubacker
John L. Gwinn
J. O. Moore
Kimberly
Powellton
Clifty
Hico
Lookout
Pax
Ramsey
Homer McGraw
Hilary Harper
Elmer Harrell
Sam Hyden
Rhoda Legg
J. B. Swope
Kimberly Club
George Fordham
Powellton Better Homes Club
Fayette Juniors Share in Hospital Project
Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club members attended the annual convention in Fairmont April 28-29. The highlight was a gift of 50 heavy duty chairs worth about 1200 dollars to Weston State Hospital. The chairs are part of the Virginia state federation's mental health project funded by 58 federated Junior Women’s Clubs contributions.
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Fayetteville
Shinnston
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs
Federated
Junior Women's Clubs
Convicts Recaptured After Escape From Moundsville Penitentiary
West Virginia authorities recaptured two prisoners about eight hours after they fled a road gang in the Aine's Ridge area. Woodrow B. Bradley, 54, serving a life term for first degree murder from Boone County in 1937, and Albert Waughman, 31, jailed 1 to 5 years from Upshur County on a false pretensed charge, were found in an abandoned quarry five miles from the escape site.
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Moundsville
UPI
West Virginia
Moundsville Penitentiary
Aine's Ridge
Here
Woodrow B. Bradley
Albert Waughman
Bradley
Boone County
Waughman
Upshur County
West Virginia Joins 1961 Slow Down Campaign
State Police Supt W E Burchett announced West Virginia will join the 1961 slow down and live campaign running from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Sponsored by the Association of State and Provincial Safety Coordinators the effort seeks civic and business support to cut highway injuries and deaths.
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Charleston
UPI
W. E. Burchett
West Virginia
Association of
Burchett
Hungary Suffers Record Inflation in 1946 Pengo Case
United Press International notes the era's sharpest inflation in Hungary during 1946 with the 1931 gold pengo's estimated price reaching 1.3 quintillion paper pengos, illustrating hyperinflation's impact on currency value.
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United Press International
Hungary
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