School Student List in Front Row Photo
Front row includes Shirley Bolen Kathy Shrewsbury Rebecca Meade Debbie Hill Martha Nolley Debra Parker. Back row shows Gary Brooks Earl White Randy Harreld James McGinnis Tommy Barker Larry Lafferty.
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Shirley Bolen
Kathy Shrewsbury
Rebecca Meade
Debbie Hill
Martha Nolley
Debra Parker
Gary Brooks
Earl White
Randy Harreld
James McGinnis
Tommy Barker
Larry Lafferty
Eastern Star Chapter Honors Grand Matron in Fayetteville
Fayetteville Chapter No. 115 of the Order of Eastern Star welcomed Worthy Grand Matron Miss Virginia Robinson with a banquet at First Baptist Church. Mrs. E. B. Wood presided, degrees were conferred on Edna Spangler and Minnie Bowling, and a choir performed. Numerous visitors from nearby chapters attended and shared in the reception hosted by district matrons.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Order of Eastern Star
Virginia Robinson
First Baptist Church
E. B. Wood
Tom Ryan
Chester Bates
George Moreau
Martha Parrish
Tommie Platt
Page Corley
George Powell
Robinson
J. M. Francesa
H. F. Frazier
Chester Hager
Milton Propps
Montgomery
Miss Bary
C. W. Wells
Winona
J. P. Allen
Mae Ferri
Oak Hill
Minnie Grose
Paul Jones
Fred Anders
Glenna Holland
Pauline Lee
Fred Holland
Gauley Bridge
Mary F. Pugh
Macil Campbell
Lola Bennett
7th District Meet Set at Fayetteville
Walter Caldwell of LaFayette Post 149 announces the 7th District Convention in Union on Sunday. A new district commander will be elected. Legionnaires attending are asked to meet at the Fayetteville Legion Home at 7 p.m. to pool transportation.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Walter Caldwell
LaFayette
American Legion
Union
Legion
Mrs Halsey Shower Honoree At Glen Fork Event
Mrs Clifford Halsey was honored at a stork shower hosted by Mr and Mrs Dennie Acord Jr in Glen Fork. Guests joined in games and contests with prizes for top scores. hostesses included Mrs Acord Mrs Shumate and Mrs Graham among others.
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Glen Fork
RNS
Dennie Acord Jr
Clifford Halsey
Jennings Brooks
Elwood Powers
Aubrey Roles
Douglas Graham
Ivan Pizzino
Ansel Powers
Glen Tilley
Finley Shumate
Harold Acord
Lester Blevins
B. Dorton
Acord
Clyde Shumate
Bill Price
Vacationist Returns Glen Rogers High Cafeteria
Mrs. William Alderman returned to duties at Glen Rogers High School cafeteria after a two week trip to Rantoul Illinois with her son in law and daughter in law. She was escorted home by Alderman and Sizemore and plans to stay a month with Mr and Mrs John Allen in Glen Rogers.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
William Alderman
Glen Rogers High School
Rantoul
Warren Alderman
J C
Arnold Sizemore
Carmen Bailey
Alderman
Sizemore
Illinois
Jack Sizemore
McGraws
John Allen
Ollie Lafferty
Little Hocking
Ohio
Alfred Milam
Wayne Sizemore
Gregory
Newport News
Basil Sizemore
Packing tip for travelers to Europe on hangers
If you're planning a trip outside the United States, take along several collapsible plastic clothes hangers. Most European hotels don't supply enough hangers for the traveling gal.
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United States
Glen Rogers HS Names Girls State Delegate
Glen Rogers High School will send Jacqueline Lou Clay as its Girls State delegate to the 21st Rhododendron Girls State at Jackson's Mill June 16 22 with Sharon McGraw as alternate. Clay, daughter of Ted R. Clay Souisville, transfers from Mullens High School and excels as cheerleader, Science Club officer, Tri-Hi-Y member, and 4-H participant. McGraw, daughter of Walter McGraw McGraws, is active in 4-H, church youth programs, Pep Club, Science Club, Tri-Hi-Y and serves as church pianist when needed.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Jackie Lou Clay
Glen Rogers High School
Rhododendron Girls State
Jackson's Mill
Sharon McGraw
James W. Lewis
West Virginia Department of the American Legion
Miss Clay
Ted R. Clay
Souisville
Mullens High School
Mullens
Willing Workers
Wyoming County
Clay
Milam Methodist Church
MYF
Walter McGraw
McGraws
McGraws and Relatives Visit in McGraws and Virginia
Miss Ella Mae Smith arrives from Chicago to visit Kenner and Mrs Smith. Families welcomed relatives from Arlington Newport News and Fayetteville. Sgt and Mrs Okey Clayborne visit McGraws before departing for base. Ellen McMillian returns to Pinecrest Sanitarium after a two week stay with her mother.
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Ella Mae Smith
Chicago
Kenner Smith
McGraws
Linnie Sizemore
Kenny Sizemore
Kenny Lee
Arlington, Va
Pearl Cook
Pic
John A. Cook
Fort Clayton
Canal Zone
F. Ansel
Bluefield
H. E. McGraw
Okey J. Clayborne
Donna
Joyce
Okey
Fayetteville
N.C
Paul McGraw
Lara McGraw
Olen Sizemore
Harvey McMillian
Charlottesville
Mae MecMillian
Mae
Brenda Sue
Harvey Jr
Virginia
Robert Dwayne
Ellen McMillian
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Dewey
Pinecrest
Heritage Week at Glen Fork School Captivates Patrons
West Virginia Heritage Week drew strong interest at Glen Fork Grade School with open house and two weeks of homeroom projects on state history and economic development. Patrons toured Centennial themed displays, sampled a special hot lunch menu, and viewed relics including a Civil War bugle, a 500 dollar musket offer, and a McKinley funeral lantern.
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West Virginia
Glen Fork School
Paul Brooks
Glen Fork
RNS
Ralph Stewart
Daniel Boone
Homestead
Leon Bailey
Jerry Bailey
William McKinley
A. Parnell
Louis Jenkins
Ravencliff
Brooks
Local Social News From Mullens and Nearby
Mrs William Lugar and Mrs Jim Hall hosted Tuesday dinner with Mrs Jack Dick Mullens. Sherry Jones recovering at home from measles. Mrs Ken Maynor and her brother Danny Fleenor returned to Washington D C after visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Tom Fleenor. Mrs Bowen Cook joined to visit her son in Washington for a week.
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Oceana
RNS
William Lugar
Jim Hall
Jack Dick
Mullens
Sherry Jones
James Jones
Washington, D. C
Ken Maynor
Danny Fileenor
Tom Fleenor
Bowen Cook
Washington
Robert Cook
When Dad Performs the Can-Can at Meal Times
A lighthearted note describes a father dancing the can-can at family meals when the mother is ill or away. The playful habit adds humor to domestic routine and highlights family dynamics during caregiving.
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Dad
Concord College Center To Be Dedicated Sunday
Concord College invites parents students alumni and others to the dedication Sunday at 2 30 p m for the 4 million building program. The ceremony features William E Rion director Florida Union as principal speaker followed by a ribbon cutting and campus tours with refreshments in the new residence halls and alumni lounge.
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Athens
Concord College Center
Concord
Joseph F. Marsh
College Center
Old Main
Concord College probe urged after resigning professor
Associate history professor Dr. Joseph Hatfield resigns and calls for a State Board of Education inquiry into Concord College administration led by President Joseph F. Marsh. Hatfield cites fear and mistrust among faculty after student body president Jerry Lilly faced intense pressure over a critical letter.
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Athens
Concord College
State Board of Education
Joseph Hatfield
Joseph F. Marsh
Hatfield
Marsh
Jerry Lilly
Rupert
Lilly
Concord
Government
Myers-Allen Wed In Keyrock
Glen Fork RNS reports the marriage of Bertha May Allen to Johnny Myers in a home ceremony at Keyrock officiated by Rev. Harry L. Stevens. The couple lives at 116 31st St Newport News. Myers is a Glen Rogers and Wyoming Vocational School graduate and a shipyard welder in Newport News.
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Glen
Dan Johnson
Keyrock
Kay Johnson
Mullinsville
Daniel Allen
Alvin Johnson
J. Myers
Helen Allen
John
Robert
Juanita
Marie
Myers
Glen Fork
Glen Rogers
Meyers
Wyoming Vocational and Technical School
Pineville
U. S. Army
Newport News
Lyons elected president of Pineville PTA
Mrs James C Lyons was elected president of the Parent Teacher Association at Pineville Grade School No 2 Monday night. She is married to a Pineville attorney and they have three daughters. Mrs F D Hawley was re elected secretary treasurer and Mrs A E Baldwin was re elected vice president. A musical program directed by Mrs Elizabeth Kuhn was performed by the second third and fourth grade students.
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Pineville
RNS
James C. Lyons
Parent-Teacher Association
F. D. Hawley
A. E. Baldwin
Elizabeth Kuhn
Origin of the phrase apple pie order explored
United Press International notes one theory tracing apple pie order to the old French nappes-plices folded linen, a phrase implying neatness. Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable is cited as the source for this etymology explanation.
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United Press International
Brewers Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
Mullens teen Deborah Adams named MYF’er of the month
Deborah Adams of Mullens was named MYF’er of the month. She leads the Methodist Youth Fellowship and Wyoming Wesleyan Sub-District witness committee, ranks in Mullens High School’s top quarter, and participates in FTA, Future Scientists, Quill and Scroll, FHA, and other clubs. She plans Concord College study in home economics with a speech minor.
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Mullens
RNS
Deborah Adams
Simmie Adams
Alpeca
MYF
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wyoming Wesleyan
Mullens High School
Future Teachers of America, Future Scientists and Quill and Scroll
Future Homemakers of America Club
Future Business Leaders
Thespians
The
Mullens Dilights
Rebel
Tri-Hi-Y
Order of Rainbow
Glen Rogers Senior Enters Auto Contest
Glen Rogers High School senior Robert Bailey is one of two representatives for Wyoming County Vocational Technical School in Charleston for the Plymouth Auto Trouble Shooting Contest at the Civic Center. Bailey and Eddie Mitchem of Mullens compete against 12 other schools for the state title, a Detroit trip, and a chance at the national title and a $1,000 scholarship. runners up receive $500 in tools or school funds. Alternate entrants Kenneth Greene and Michael Hall are named. Lynch accompanies the group. Bailey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oley Bailey of Glen Fork.
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Glen Rogers
ANS
Robert Bailey
Wyoming County Vocational Technical School
Charleston
Plymouth
Charleston Civic Center
Bailey
Eddie Mitchem
Mullens
Detroit
Mich
Vocational Educational Division
State Department of Education
Chrysler Corp
James R. Lynch
Wyoming County
Dewey Thompson
Gary Dalton
Civic Center
Mitchem
Kenneth Greene
Pineville
Michael Hall
Oceana
Lynch
Oley Bailey
Glen Fork
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David Chapman
Steven Feller
Edison Lockabill
Raleigh County
House and Home Finance Agency
Community Facilities Administration
County of
Raleigh
Stephen’s Lake
I. C. Harold Hanks
Circuit Court
Board of Ballot Commissioners
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Anna Lee
Mrs. Halsey
Glen Rogers HS
Eugene Bailey
Elmer Lay
Lester Belvins
County Office of
George W. Nolley
W. Main St
Beckley
Johns-Manville
Home Modernization Co
Barwood Street
Myers-Allen
Mrs. Lyons
PTA
Appaleche Power Company
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