National Honor Society Charter Formed At Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson High School formed a National Honor Society chapter with 33 seniors and 19 juniors invited as charter members for character scholarship leadership and service. Faculty committee members include Mrs M G Jarrell chair and teachers Ruth Laren Lawrence Wiseman Schwank Kiser. Brenda Foster a junior introduced her parents at the reception for charter members after initiation at the morning assembly.
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National Honor Society
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson High School
Shelton
David Graybeal
Sarah Tindilia
Patsy Lester
M. G. Jarrell
Lawrence Wiseman
Ruth Laren
R. Douglas Schwank
Herbert L. Kiser
Brenda Foster
And
Eileen Ernst
Supreme Court Judge To Address West Virginia Legal Secretaries
Judge Thornton G. Berry Jr of the Supreme Court of Appeals will speak at the 5th annual West Virginia Association of Legal Secretaries convention May 14-15 in Beckley with a banquet at 7 15 PM May 14 at the Beckley Elks Club. Berry, native of Sutton, has served as McDowell County prosecutor, U S Navy lieutenant commander, and judge in the Eighth Judicial Circuit before joining the Supreme Court.
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West Virginia Association of Legal Secretaries
Thornton G. Berry Jr
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
Beckley Hotel
Judge Berry
Beckley Elks Club
Bethel Campbell
S. F. Fisher
Beckley Legal Secretaries Association
Confab
Braxton County
Sutton
Virginia Military Institute
Washington and Lee University
Welch
Berry
United States
McDowell Couny Bar Association
West Virginia Bar Association
American Bar Association
The
Virginia Judicial Associaton
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Okey L. Patteson
Eighth Circuit
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
the American Legion
40 & 8
Veterans of Foreign Wars
First Presbyterian Church of
Weekend visits and winter travels noted in town
Mrs Evan Williams of Long Branch spent the weekend with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Sam Sweeney. Mrs Delcie Roop has returned home after spending the winter months visiting relatives in Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Williams
Long Branch
Sam Sweeney
Delcie Roop
Chicago
Wooley Finds New Role In TV Cowboy Fame
AP reports Sheb Wooley shifted from singing cowboy to TV actor. Now Pete Nolan in Rawhide, he prefers television but would return to films if a right part exists. He recalls directors once ruled movie sets and wants varied roles beyond Rawhide.
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Wooley
Hollywood
Sheb Wooley
Purple People
Pete Nolan
Musicians Mark National Music Week with Programs
National Music Week observance with the theme Lets Make Music Harmony in Life highlights throughout the nation. Local clubs such as Monday Music Club and Chaminade Music Club plan programs to involve youth and adults in music participation on radio and TV. Charles Tremaine, founder, is honored as the 90th birthday approaches June 28 1960 with a note on the week’s philosophy of music as a universal human bond.
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B. K. Peter
Ross P. Daniel
Woodlawn Ave
Woodrow Wilson High School
Chaminade Music Club
Sam Thompson
Park St
Charles M. Tremaine
Friends of Music
National Federation of Music Clubs
Charles Tremaine
New Garden Club Announces Winners
The newly organized Dry Hill Prosperity Community garden club held a Thursday night meeting at the Community House. Hostesses were Mrs. Chester Webb Mrs. C. E. Toney and Mrs. B. F. Bailey. Awards went to D. W. Kinzer for blue in arranging Wayne Stewart red ribbon Bowyer white ribbon. Horticulture winners were Herbert Atha blue Thomas Young blue and Edward Snuffer white. Wayne Stewart gave a program on dried materials using Ruth Ganno's When Beauty Was Color as a guide. Kinzer presided. executive board will meet in May to plan the next year. Refreshments were served by several members.
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Garden Club
Dry Hill
Chester Webb
C. E. Toney
B. F. Bailey
D. W. Kinzer
Wayne Stewart
W. C. Bow
Kinzer
Shelby Stump
William Ormandy
Carl L. Bailey
William Mitchem
Cary Houchi
Purloined Pooch Stuns California Breeders Club
In San Diego California AP, Les Dodds who formed a breeders club for Alsatian Shepherd dogs reveals his dog was stolen after months of work by a photojournalist. Dodds, no longer an owner, faces a setback as the community pursues the missing animal.
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San Diego
Calif
Les Dodds
California
Dodds
Sophia WSCS attends West Virginia meeting session in Bluefield
Members of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of Sophia Methodist Church join a two day session of the 18th annual West Virginia WSCS meeting at Trinity Methodist Church in Bluefield. Attending are Mrs. Ross Hutchens and others with Mrs. Harold Crossland from Shady Spring. The hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson who hosted visiting relatives from North Carolina and Virginia over the weekend.
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Fred Robinson
Inlaw
Frank Robinson
Frank Jr
Kinston
N. C
James Greer
Peggy
Fredia
Northfork
Johnson announce birth of Douglas William in Lawndale
Mr and Mrs William Johnson of Lawndale California announce the birth of their second child a son Douglas William born Saturday April 30 at 1 40 pm in a local hospital weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces The mother is Sally Jean Kessler daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Kessler 205 Rural Acres Dr Beckley The father is grandson of Mrs Lena Johnson Charleston formerly Beckley Their other child is Willa Jean They were visited by G and Mrs Frank Robinson and son at the Lusk home MacArthur Both families are former Sophia residents Mrs Alvie Crutchfield and her sons James and Paul spent the weekend in Chillhowie Virginia due to illness of her daughter.
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Gene Buckland
Midway
Alice Louise
Raleigh General Hospital
Crab Orchard
Homer Alan Persinger
Charles Wilson Keesee
Helen
Jeffrey Allen
Alva William Shawver Jr
Rainelle
Billy Jo Workman
Tlear Creek
Ricky Alan
Wesley Bruce
Charles Robert Lowe Jr
Grove Ave
Dennis Wilburn
Shirley Eugene Williams
Route 1
Mount Hope
Charles Lloyd
James Lloyd Shrewsbury
City Ave
Thomas Herbert Wills
Beaver
Teresa Lynn
James Hay Page
Phyllis Gwinn
William Edward Asbury
Affinity
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Linda Carol
Virgil Robert Lewis Jr
Route 2
Beckley
Gary Wayne
John Mitchell Stoke
Sprague
Tammy Arlene
James Fekete
William Johnson
Lawndale
Calif
Douglas William
Sally Jean Kessler
Sam Kessler
Rural Acres Dr
Lena Johnson
Charleston
Willa Jean
Frank Robinson
Oliver Lusk
MacArthur
Sophia
Alvie Crutchfield
James and
Paul
Chillhowie
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New Garden Club
Ford
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Grady Whitlock
Falcon
Thunderbirdo
Paul J
Vennari
House of Delegates
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