Mt Hope Band Honored by Club at Buffet Supper
Mt Hope High School junior and senior band members were honored at a Band Boosters Club buffet at the 8 Clubhouse. About 100 band members attended with Principal and Mrs Dunkley Band Instructor and Mrs Carter and daughter Sandy also present. The event aims to become annual for upperclassmen, the third sponsored by the group. Band mothers led most planning tasks, boosting turnout to well over 200 guests for games and dancing.
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MT. Hope
Mt. Hope High School
Band Boosters Club
E. W. Dunkley
David Carter
Sandy
Charles Evans
W. G. Potter
Gladys Hardesty
Beryl Vickers
W. J. Moore
E. M. Caperton
H. W. Garvin
J. W. Kody
W. J. Hickman
Bill Hickman
Council Seeks Bids for Paving Five Streets
Oak Hill city council will advertise for bids to pave five streets after receiving petitions. City Manager S. Waugh listed 3 043 feet of planned paving across Bond Avenue, Second Street Marberry Addition, Taylor Street, Second Street Highlawn Addition, and Third Avenue Highlawn Addition. Signers ranged from 56.5 to 72 percent. Financial report for April shows balance 4923.85 with receipts from admission tax fines sheriff taxes parking meters liquor tax and disbursements for salaries fire police and street work.
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Oak Hill
H. R. Cole
Cole
S. Waugh
Bond Avenue
Keriiison
Rogers Street
Second Street
Marberry
Patteson Avenue
Martin Avenue
Pelphrey Rites Slated Today
Last rites were to be held at 2 p.m. for Otis Pelphrey 98 of Nellis at Nellis Community Church by Rev. Noah Javins. Burial followed at Barker Comey in Ashford. Survived by wife Stella Pelphrey of Nellis, parents Daniel and (Mrs.) Pelphrey of Ashford, three sons Robert Gerald and Otis Jr. at home, four sisters Gene Spencer Verlie Blair Har old Javvis and Ruby Wells, and one brother Roy Pephrey.
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Montcoal
Otis Pelphrey
Nellis
Noah Javins
Barker Comey
Ashford
Stella Pelphrey
Daniel Pelphrey
Robert
Gerald
Otis, Jr
Gene Spencer
Prenter
Verlie Blair
Harold Javvis
Ruby Wells
Williamsport
Roy Pephrey
Arizona
Baileysville Junior Senior Banquet Theme
Baileysville High School held its Junior-Senior Banquet with the theme Hitch Your Wagon to a Star. Menu items referenced celestial names and the program featured speakers and performances including David Straley Peggy Basham James Trent Annie May Perry and Nora Dierfield introduced the guests.
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Baileysville
Baileysville High School
David St
Alpoca Foreman's House Destroyed by Flames
Fire destroyed the four room Brewers home in Alpoca about 1 p.m. Monday with $3,000 in furnishings and $350 cash lost. No insurance. Damaged area is being rebuilt. neighbors assist with clothing and furniture while Mrs. Mildred Martin of Red Cross considers help.
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Bud-Alpoca
Derwood Brewer
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George Dove
Gaston Coal Company
Barker’s Creek
Coffey
Bud Store
Mildred Martin
County Red Cross
Operetta Slated For Wednesday In Montgomery
Montgomery reports the junior class will stage the Gypsy operetta Chonita at 8 15 p m on Wednesday with Mrs Anita Lavender directing and James F Higgins at piano The production will be shown to the student body during the day and features a large cast of students including Jack Sawyers Pat Hamrick Sidney Farha Norma Ciacomo Joe Daniels Phillip Jenkins Mary Sayers Walter Garber Charles Powell Roy Jennings Pete Davis Lenore Dean and many others
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Montgomery
Franz Leitt
Montgomery Ae School
Wednesay
Anita Lavender
James F. Higgins
Jack Sawyers
Pat Hamrick
Sidney Farha
Norma Ciacomo
Joe Daniels
Phillip Jenkins
Mary Sayers
Walter Garber
Charles Powell
Roy Jennings
Pete Davis
Lenore Dean
Jean Arbaugh
Jackie Bragg
Betty Swartz
Gerry Ozment
Betty Giannini
Jean Giannini
Rebecca Wiseman
Howard Cook
Gordon Treadway
Mitchel Husson
Jerry Caldwell
Tom Potter
Tom Redmond
John Nease
Jim Stine
Kirby son born at Oak Hill home
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kirby of Mankin Avenue Oak Hill announce the birth of a son at their home on Monday Mrs. Kirby is the former Miss Irma Legg.
John Canada 88 Taken by Death
Graveside services were held for John Canada 88 a retired Long Branch farmer who died at 642 p m Monday at home The Rev Tolbert Huff of Simon officiated at the Canada Cemetery burial His death stemmed from heart disease and old age He was a native of Long Branch son of the late Mark and Peggy Canada Survived by his 25 year old widow Ina Harper Canada a son Elbert of Guyan four daughters Josie Pearl Toler Myrtle Blankenship Ida Cline Lenora Morgan and a brother Humphrey Canada all of Guyan Indirect note of survivors in lieu of more docket details
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Guvan
John Canada
Long Branch
Tolbert Huff
Simon
Canada Cemetery
Mark
Peggy
Ina Harper Canada
Elbert
Guyan
Josie Pearl Toler
Myrtle Blankenship
Ida Cline
Clearfork
Lenora Morgan
Christian
Humphrey Canada
Smith Funeral Rites Sunday at Mt Hope Church
Last rites for Minnie A Peirson Smith 60 of Mt Hope will be Sunday at 3 p m at Summerlee Community Church with Rev Robert Ray of Oak Hill. Burial in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville. Survived by husband James H Smith two brothers two sisters five sons a daughter and one grandson. Body moved from Tyree Funeral Home to Smith residence Saturday.
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MT. Hope
Minnie A. Peirson Smith
Summerlee
Robert Ray
Oak Hill
Huse Memorial Park
Fayetteville
Smith
Oak Hill Hospital
White Water
Nicholas County
Methodist Church
James H. Smith
St. Hope
E. R. Peirson
Indianapolis
Ind
A. E. Peirson
Lundale
D. H. Legg
Hicco
Eugene Aliff
Gatewood
Ray
Ralph
Robert
Rayburn
Randolph
Ruth Smith
James Ray Smith, Jr
Tyree
Mt. Ho
State Officer Addresses Club at Oak Hill Rotary Meeting
Dr. John E. Stone of Huntington, president of the West Virginia Heart Association, spoke on the organization’s functions during a Rotary Club dinner at Hotel Hill. Sherman Ballard of Peterstown, district president, also attended the event.
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Oak Hill
John E. Stone
Huntington
West Virginia Heart Association
LaFayette Post Sponsors Youth Camp and Park Drive
Fayetteville LaFayette Post 149 will sponsor six youths to Boys Camp at Jackson's Mill June 4 11 and one Negro boy to West Virginia camp at Clifftop. Juniors Wilkie Miller Frank Miller Ray Shumaker Randall O Neal named. another to be chosen from Nuttall High School. Post reports park lease near Huse Memorial Park will enable spring playground prep.
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Fayetteville
Loca
T W. Chiles
du Bois High School
Young Driver Dies Under Weight Of Lumber Truck
Ernest Cales, 20, of Hix, was crushed to death when a loaded lumber truck overturned on him on Spice Lick road near Judson. His father and sister were in the truck but unharmed. Survived by mother, two brothers Buford and Nylon, and sister Barbara. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Annual Spring Prom Held At Fayetteville High School
Fayetteville reports around eighty couples attended the annual spring prom at Fayetteville High School. Organized by the junior class under sponsor Alex Feher, the event used The Pirate's Treasure Chest and Jolly Roger as its theme with the Concord Commanders providing music aboard a two masted schooner named The FHS Pirate. Principal Dan H. Per due led the grand march with Miss Madelyn Sims and Feher as sponsors.
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Fayetteville
Fayetteville High School
Alex Feher
Concord
FHS
Dan H. Perdue
Madelyn Sims
Feher
Pineville Legion Plans to Cut Debt on Land Purchase
Varney Cline Post 133 of the American Legion in Pineville considers fund raising to reduce debt on Duermer Park land. Nine members met to review the government use of the property housing 16 steel units for veterans with rent mostly remitted to the government. A carnival idea was discussed but Pineville council banned carnivals until July 1, 1950 due to high school events. Mayor Vaughan Stewart suggested meeting with the council to seek grounds if a larger carnival site can be secured. James Pizzino and Fred Snyder were named to study another fundraising method and report later. An auxiliary unit was discussed but no action taken.
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Harry W. Miller
LaFayette American Legion Post
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Huse Memorial Park
James J. Murphy
Lookout
Charlies D. Hesse
Delaney Caldwell
Ermel Hess
American Legion
St. Albans
LaFayette
Charles L. Garvin, Jr
Americanism Committee
Charles L. Garvin
L. E. Bullion
W. L. Dunlap
Garvin
Miller
Fayetteville and
Nuttall
Legion Awards
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Lansing
Beckwith
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Duermer Park
Varney Cline Post
Legion Treasury
Vaughan Stewart
Pineville High School
Jesse Houck
Legion
James Pizzino
Fred Snyder
Colcord PTA Officers Installed
Colcord parents voted 21 to 0 against the proposed national health insurance program at last night’s Colcord PTA meeting. Principal Mrs. Douglas Hamilton urged support for the school levy on May 9, warning that failure would end free textbooks, halt county building, and trigger a $25 salary cut for teachers. A committee to set up a temporary hot lunch program for the remainder of the year was named, including Mrs. Woodrow Toney, Mrs. Ralph Cantley, and Mrs. Elouise Cook Peters.
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Colcord
Parent-Teacher’s Association
Douglas Hamilton
Woodrow Toney
Ralph Cantley
Elouise Cook Peters
National DAR Official Dies In Beckley
Mrs. Ora Hogg Vaught 81 of Point Pleasant died Monday afternoon in a Beckley hospital after illness while visiting her son Robert Vaught in Summersville. Funeral services will be held in Point Pleasant. Survived by husband William H. Vaught and brother Dr. Gary Hogg of Lewisburg. Former Vice President General of the National DAR and at death an honorary vice president general.
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Summersville
Point Pleasant
Ora Hogg Vaught
Beckley Hospital
Robert Vaught
William H. Vaught
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
National Association of the Daughters of the American Revolution
The
DAR
D Haga Named Club President
D Haga of Wyoming will serve as president of the Junior HI Club of Pineville High School for the 1950 51 term. Officers named include Carl Ellison vice president Robert Bailey secretary Bobby Miller social chairman and Eddie Jones song leader. Rev C W McNutt installed the new officers.
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Pineville
David Haga
Wyoming
Pineville High School
Carl Ellison
Robert Bailey
Glover
Bobby Miller
Eddie Jones
C. W. McNutt
Gas Misery Boils Over in Beckley Man’s Relief
A Beckley man describes relief from severe post meal gas after using CERTAIN CERTA VIN a supplement advertised to aid digestion. The ad claims ten herbs with vitamin B and iron strengthen nerves and enrich blood while reducing bloating and gas.
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Wedding Permit Issued in Pineville for Allen Harden and Green
Ronnie Allen Harden, 20, of Grantsville, and Lorraine Faye Green, 17, of Pineville, have received a marriage license from the Wyoming County Clerk.
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Ronnie Allen Harden
Grantsville
Lorraine Faye Green
Wyoming County
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