Gamma Xi picks Woman and Pledge of the Year for Founders Day
Mrs. Sam Lambert earns Girl of the Year and Mrs. Bill Owens named Pledge of the Year by the Gamma Xi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Pineville. Honorees will join a Founders Day observance on May 8 at the Glass House Beckley with chapters from Mullens Sophia sharing in a joint celebration.
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Sam Lambert
Bill Owens
Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Pineville
Glass House
Beckley
Mullens
Sophia
Three Area High School Bands Earn Excellent Ratings
Hern don Mullens and Conley High School Bands received excellent ratings at the State Band Festival in Bluefield on Friday and Saturday. This marked Herndon's second festival appearance and its second consecutive excellent rating.
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Herndon
RNS
Herndon, Mullens
Conley
Bluefield
Founder's Day banquet honors Beta Sigma Phi chapters
Oak Hill and Fayetteville Beta Sigma Phi units celebrated the 32nd founding anniversary at White Oak Country Club. Event featured national anthem, Founder's Day message by founder Mrs. Walter W. Ross, pledges welcomed, Girl of the Year awards, prize-winning song, and table and program designs by chapter members with 63 guests registered.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Beta Sigma Phi
Fayetteville
White Oak Country Club
Betty Bush
Beta Theta Chapter
Jean Miller
Gamma Omicron
Ruth Watson
Edna Painter
Colleen Bower
Frances Webb
Frances Miller
Beta Theta
Marjory Warrick
Carlotte Lassick
Betty Harmon
Xi Alpha Rho
Xi Alpha Theta
Katie Pinson
Vivian Burdette
Marietta Vickers
Nadine Foster
Sonia Aide
Gamma _ Epsion
Walter W. Ross
Claudine Ellison
Xi. Alpha Theta
Frances Bannister
Stella Carden
Virginia Humphries
Sharon Dickinson
Gamma Epsilon
Florence Srednicki
Esident
Nancy Tennant
Barbara Tyree
Nancy Hunt
Jane Foster
Jessie Mae Halstead
Teeny Pettry
Glora Rapp
Beverly Kemrite
Peggy Warrick
Debra Teano
Patsy Carter
Miss Bernadine Janney Joins White Oak Club as Bookkeeper
Miss Bernadine Janney daughter of Mr and Mrs Seibert Janney of Pax has accepted employment as bookkeeper for the White Oak Country Club in Oak Hill. She is a Mount Hope High School graduate and attended Beckley College.
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Bernadine Janney
Seibert Janney
Pax
White Oak Country Club
Oak Hill
Mount Hope High School
Beckley College
Concord College Choir to Present May Concert in Athens
The Concord College Choir directed by Miss Phillis Elhady performs May 8 at 8 15 p m in the Concord College Center Ballroom open to the public without charge. Program includes Schubert Mass in G Minor Vivaldi Gloria and Hovhaness Triptych solo parts sung by Gwen Morey Skeens Vickie Quessenberry Nalls Bernice Booker and Kenneth Parker with a string ensemble from the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Elizabeth West will accompany on organ.
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Athens
Concord College Choir
Phillis Elhady
Concord College Center
Schubert
Vivaldi
Gloria
Hovhaness
Gwen Morey Skeens
Vickie Quessenberry Nalls
Bernice Booker
Kenneth Parker
Concord College
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth West
Bluefield Methodist Church
Kitty Bolen Honored At Huntington Pageant
Miss Kitty Jo Bolen of Mount Hope was named Miss Congeniality at the Miss Huntington pageant held in Huntington's Appalachian Auditorium. A Marshall University student and Mount Hope High School graduate, she participated in talent with Anne Franks Diary and holds campus roles including pledge president and Scholarship Chairman.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Kitty Jo Polen
Miss Bolen
Anne Frank
Kitty Jo
Alpha Lambda Delta Honorary Society
A. M. Bolen
Mount Hope High School
MYF Elects Matheny Leaders at Sunday Meeting
Gregory Daniels was elected president of the Matheny Methodist Youth Fellowship at a church meeting. Jimmy Lambert is vice president, Diane Hannah secretary, Ralph Hannah treasurer, Fred die Lambert program chairman, and Lottie Lambert publicity chair. Adult sponsors are Mrs. Bill Browning and Ralph Hannah. Officers to be installed in May. The group plans a visit to Beckley Child Care Center Saturday with gifts and a cash donation, then a picnic at Grandview State Park.
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Matheny
RNS
Gregory Daniels
Matheny Methodist Youth Fellowship
Jimmy Lambert
Diane Hannah
Ralph Hannah
Freddie Lambert
Lottie Lambert
Bill Browning
MYF
Beckley
Grandview State Park
Rotary Observes Ladies Night Fayetteville
Fayetteville Rotary Club hosted Ladies Night at Gatewood School with 82 attendees. Women from a church prepared dinner. youth served. centennial themed lilac and tulip centerpieces. construction paper state maps bore Centennial 1863 1963 noting the era.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Grant Thomas
Gilbert Smith
Jeff Thompson
Charles S. Thompson
Arthur King
Geordwards
John Kemper
Charles Garvin II
Gene Connor
Bill Parrish
Moose Lodge To Aid Volunteer Firemen Benefit Dinner
Mullens Moose Lodge will host a spaghetti supper on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Proceeds go to Mullens Fire Department to replace damaged or lost equipment from recent floods. Lodge governor Gordon Skidmore says the meal honors volunteers and invites public participation. costs are donated by the lodge and prepared by the Women of the Moose.
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Mullens
ANL
Mullens Lodge No. 750
Loyal
Order of Moose
Mullens Fire Department
Moose Lodge
Gordon Skidmore
Mullens Moose Lodge
Skidmore
Disturbing-the-peace call finds five drunks in Toledo
Toledo police respond to a disturbance and locate five intoxicated individuals in a single apartment unit, describing the scene as a crowded, disorderly situation.
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Toledo
District Parfey Attracts Legion Auxiliary Units
The Third District Conference of the American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Home Fayetteville with unit presidents leading opening rites. Attendees from Weston Oak Hill Grantsville Gauley Bridge and Fayetteville heard about Memorial Day services and a Wood Festival in Grantsville May 31 June. Delegates were chosen for the national convention in New Orleans. a get well card was sent to a Charleston Memorial patient. Centennial gown fashion show followed a social hour with a piano duet titled O Happy Days.
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Fayetteville
RNS
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Maple Ave
A. M. Gray
J. H. Allen
Shirley Donnally
Oak Hill
Sue Ayers
Grantsville
LaFayette
Weston
Gauley Bridge
Ruth Hamilton
Harry Anderson
Beckley
Martinsburg VA
Anderson
Audrey Lovell
Sophia
Brown
Mrs. Brown
Mark Rogers
Bessie Frazier
Weston VA
Oscar Henderson
Buchanan
Clarksburg
Bridgeport
Henderson
New Orleans
Virginia Shaw
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Charleston
LaFayette Fashions, Inc
Marion Smith
Rosemary Rule
Doyle Kirk
Tunney Hunsaker
Sandra Neubert
Jean Alliff
Music Theme Outlined At Beta Theta Meeting
Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Mrs. T G Pettry’s home for a crazy hat party and regular meeting. The president invited members to the state convention in Huntington Oct 11 13. Mrs Floyd Warrick reported on the executive board and issued committee forms. Mrs Pettry led a program on Music's Influence on Our Lives, with singing and group activities. Refreshments were served to a large list of members and sponsors.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
T. G. Pettry
Huntington
Floyd Warrick
Ivan Bush
Joe Moreau
Bush
Stricklin
Mark Miller
Andrew Warrick
Pat Watters
Moreau
Miller
Harry Price
Tom Humphries
Jimmy Mahood
Jim Stanley
Maurice Carden
Benard Thomas
Lucille McCoy
W. R. Lassick
Helen Wise
Bernard Richmond
Kenneth Pegram
Robert Stoner
Katie Pinson
Traffic Change Urged By Fayette Council
Fayetteville development council urged joint action with the town council and other officials to present a safety proposal to the Board of Education over a hazardous condition on High Street and Wiseman Avenue for school children. The council also addressed personnel changes, a special meeting demand, Farmers Market hours, and federal grant prospects.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Centennial Brochure Planned By Women
Oceana Woman's Club members and Wyoming County Women’s Club members met in Pineville to plan a brochure of local historical and recreation sites. The project covers Twin Falls State Park Indian Fort Pineville Welch Road Indian writing and slave quarters Horse Creek Lake Selleysville Castle Rock. A May 14 meeting is scheduled in the Court Annex Building in Pineville.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Woman's Club
Court Annex
Pineville
Wyoming County
Twin Falls State Park
Pineville- Welch Road
Horse Creek Lake
Selleysville
Castle Rock
Court
Rue Schoolcraft
Robert Bailey
Sam Lambert
Roscoe Plumley
Teens Attend Pajama Party in Kopperston Home
Michelle Branham daughter of Mrs Bertha Branham Kopperston entertained with a pajama party at her home Friday night Attending were Betty Blankenship Teresa Cook Jennifer Blankenship Barbara Lovell Becky Lovell Janice Alfrey Mary Katherine Browning Sherry Alfrey and Charlotte Branham.
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Kopperston
Michelle Branham
Bertha Branham
Betty Blankenship
Teresa Cook
Jennifer Blankenship
Barbara Lovell
Becky Lovell
Janice Alfrey
Mary Katherine Browning
Sherry Alfrey
Charlotte Branham
LaFayette Fashions Seeks Permanent Operations
Improvements and encouragement noted as Payne praises LaFayette Fashions for solid current performance and hopes for permanent operation enabling production beyond Centennial gowns. The remarks suggest growth potential and broader output for the shop.
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Payne
LaFayette Fashions
Mary Brady Crowned Mt Hope May Queen
About 100 people attended Mount Hope Elementary PTA in the auditorium. Mary Brady, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Brady, was crowned Queen of May with attendants Lucille Page Bonnie Shockey Janis Spade and Mary Ann McLain. Ben Dorsey escorted Miss Brady. other boys included Phillip Grabowski Gregory Maynor Lynn Powers George Smith. Flower girls named Cherriann Barbera Gina Spadaro Karen Shumate Jackie Shockey.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Parent-Teacher Association of
Vincent Figiel
Vernon H. Thomas
Assembly of God Church
Polio Foundation
PTA
James B. Twohig
William B. McCoy
Harry R. Dias Jr
Robert Jeter
Myrtle Flaherty
Treasuer
Mary Brady
John Brady
Lucille Page
Bonnie Shockey
Janis Spade
Mary Ann McLain
Ben Dorsey
Ralph Dorsey
Miss Brady
Phillip Grabowski
Gregory Maynor
Lynn Powers
George Smith
Pat Smith
Park Heights
Raymond Tissue
Vivian Boyd
Cherriann Barbera
Gina Spadaro
Karen, Shumate
Jackie Shockey
Youth Fashion Shop Opens in Fayetteville Court Street
Mrs J K Whitlock and daughter Mrs Eddie Neal own the Youth Fashion Shop recently opened on Court Street directly in front of Fayette Theater. Whitlock is widow of J K Whitlock a Fayette County livestock and auto dealer. Neal is mother of two sons and her husband works as an electrician at Slab Fork Coal Co.
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Fayetteville
RNS
J. K. Whitlock
Eddie Neal
Court Street
Fayette Theater
Whitlock
Fayette County
Neal
Slab Fork Coal Co
World’s Largest Transportation Library At Michigan
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor houses the world’s largest transportation library with about 100,000 items. The collection spans historic and modern works, offering researchers access to vast vehicle history, engineering treatises, and industry archives.
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Elizabeth Meadows Passes Title to Reginia Prusett in District Roles
Elizabeth Meadows hands the district secretary and treasurer books to Reginia Prusett at Mullens High School during formal installation of the King Coal District Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y Clubs. Prusett, a Glen Rogers HS student, is set to begin as junior in fall and has served as chaplain this year. She participates in Pep Club, choral groups, and Belle Meade Baptist Church activities, and has been recognized as BYF of the Month twice.
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Elizabeth Meadows
Glen Rogers High School
King Coal District
Reginia Prusett
Mullens High School
Pruiett
Eugene Pruiett
Sabine
Tri-Hi-Y
Bellemeade Baptist Church
Sabine Baptist Youth Fellowship
Steam powered BC & G RR to run 20 mile Centennial excursion
The Buffalo Creek and Gauley Railroad will run a day long passenger excursion June 1 over 20 miles in Clay County in cooperation with the State Centennial Commission. The trip from Dundon shops will pass Swandale sawmill and Widen mines, ending back at Dundon around 5 p.m. Fare is $6 with dinner at Widen.
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Clinchfield
Widen
Baltix & Ohio Railroad
Georgia - Pacific
Swandale
BC & G
B&o
Bc&g
Buffalo Creek
Clay County
Canada
Uip
Pax Williams Family Updates Across States
Pax PAX report notes Mr. and Mrs. Biddle Williams moved their house trailer to Long Branch from Beckley and will reside there. Geneva Payne of Beckley vacations in Jacksonville Florida and works at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Her father who has vacationed there since February will accompany her home. Terry Elyria Ohio visits Pax relatives while Mrs. Hubert Roberts also visits Pax relatives in the area. N J Spencer family from Sunnyvale California vacationing with Cather Spencer’s parents in Pax. Dorothy Gozzland Spencer of Portland Maine recently visited her Maine relatives. Cather Spencer Jr. of Baltimore also vacationed with his parents. Mason Janney, now in Virginia, visited Pax area relatives with several Janneys from Crab Orchard and Weirwood.
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Pax
Biddle Williams
Long Branch
Beckley
Geneva Payne
Jacksonville
Fla
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Hubert Roberts
Terry
Elyria
Ohio
Ford Ewings
Shelby Daugherty
John Blake
N. J. Spencer
Linda
Billy
Sunnyvale
Calif
Cather Spencer
Spencer
Dorothy Gozzland
Portland
Maine
Baltimore
Cather Spencer Jr
Rebecca Class Elects New Officers at Oak Hill Church
The Rebecca Bible Class met at Oak Hill Methodist Church with Devotion by Mrs. Vivian Blake. The nominating committee, led by Mrs. Josephine Nickell, proposed officers: President Mrs. Virginia Gatehouse, VP Mrs. Frances Miller, Secretary and Treasurer Miss Shirley Kirk. Meeting closed with prayer and refreshments served to listed members and guests.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Vivian Blake
Josephine Nickell
Virginia Gatehouse
Frances Miller
Shirley Kirk
Miller
Madeson Gray
Blake
The Mature Parent Stubborn Protector
A 5 year old son’s disruptive weekend behavior is framed as protection of a mother against perceived adult ill will. The piece argues such acting up signals loyalty, reading child psychology to explain why children defend their parents from disparagement by relatives. It cites Jesus and urges recognizing envy and disapproval in relatives.
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Muriel Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Bensons
Grandma
Lou
Bryan
Ma Benson
Bob
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Rotary
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Ayers
D. E. Brown
Third District
W. Va
Glen Rogers High
West Virginia
Spirits of West Virginia
Spirit of the Moundbuilders
Leonard McMillian
Spirit of the Redman
R. D. Vaught
Spirit of the Farmer
John Perry
Industry
Jackie Lou Clay
Diane McKinney
Spirit of Factories
Carolyn Sizemore
Spirit of the Settlers
Mike McGraw
Spirit of Explorers
Frankie Acord
Sharon McGraw
West Virginia Hills
Toney Perry
L. A. Dillon
Fayette Council
Walter Caldwell
Charles Payne
Hill
Earl Vickers
Elizabeth Kee
Robert C. Byrd
Congress
Public Works Federal
Mt. Hope
King Coal Y District
Clay Centennial RR
Mason Janney
Virginia
John Janney
Crab Orchard
J. D. Janney
Weirwood
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Mrs. Lawrence
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