Pineville High Names Valedictorian and Salutatorians
Pineville High School will honors its 1956 graduates May 17 with valedictorian Edna Reed, daughter of Alfred and Mrs Reed of Pineville, holding a 3.96 average. Co salutatorians are Ray Goode and James Hale, averages 3.91 and 3.90 respectively, with extensive participation in clubs and sports.
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Pineville High School
Pineville
Edna Reed
Alfred Reed
Betty
Ray Goode
Walter Goode
James Hale
Ralph Hale
Young Goode
Pineville High
Goode
Hale
Minuteman
Final Meeting of Circle No 3 of WSCS
Pineville center hosted Circle No 3 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service for its final group meeting at Mrs Darrell V McGraw s home in Crowley Worrell Addition Pineville Mrs James G McDermitt chaired the session The discussion focused on Individual Responsibility to Self to God and to the World A social hour followed with refreshments for members and three guests including Miss Ruby Lambert
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Pineville
RNS
Circle No. 3
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Darrell V. McGraw
Crowley-Worrell Addition
James G. McDermitt
A. C. Swimm
H. E. Crews
T. G. Morgan
Elaine Taylor
John Shoemaker
W. C. Holloway
W. C. Bailey Jr
Fred L. Huffman
C. E. Wilks
Geoge H. Bragg
Fred T. Box
John S. Lambert
A. E. Baldwin
Ruby Lambert
Pineville High to stage The Story of America pageant
Pineville High School will present a graduation pageant The Story of America on May 17 featuring 35 seniors enacting 10 periods of U S history with a 25 voice choir. Betsy Ross, Francis Scott Key, Paul Revere and others appear through period scenes with music from The Lord is My Shepherd to You ll Never Walk Alone.
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Pineville
Pineville High School
Pilgrim Father
Betsy Ross
Francis Scott Key
Peter de Rose
Jerome Kern
Cos
America
George M. Cohan
Boye
France
Miss Liberty
Fredrick Lanton
Nell Wood
Rites Wednesday For John Hash
Funeral services for John McKinley Hash 58 of Lochgelly will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill the Rev O C Landrum and the Rev Ray Simms officiating Burial will follow in High Lawn Memorial Park Hash died Sunday in an Oak Hill hospital after two years illness He was a retired New River Co employee and a Methodist He was born February 2 1898 in Mouth of Wilson VA Survivors include wife Mary his parents four brothers one sister and two children The body will be taken to the residence Tuesday evening and returned to the funeral home an hour before services
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Oak Hill
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John McKinley Hash
Lochgelly
Tyree
O. C. Landrum
Scarbro
Ray Simms
Mount Hope
High Lawn Memorial Park
New River Co
Methodist Church
Hash
Mouth of
Wilson, Va
Mary
A. P. Hash
Mouth
Virgil
Corinne
Isaac
Keokee
Beach
Layland
Lee
Wilson
Della Hutton
Oak Hill Senior Earns WVU Board of Governors Scholarship
Oak Hill's Michael Duane Wickline, a Collins High School senior, is among 25 state seniors winning West Virginia University Board of Governors Achievement Scholarships in the 1956 competition. He receives a four year WVU scholarship covering all fees except those chargeable to state special funds and special services.
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Oak Hill
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Michael Duane Wickline
Collins High School
WVU
El Dorado grocer recounts two robberies in four months
In El Dorado Arkansas 92 year-old grocery owner N N Frisby was beaten by bandits twice within four months. In the first robbery $100 was stolen and the attacker escaped. In the second incident Frisby resisted and the robber fled empty handed. The piece notes New York City traffic fatalities for 1955 reached 643.
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EL Dorado
Ark
N. N. Frisby
Frisby
New York City
Driver Fined On Two Charges
Mullens Hill man Harley Lee Herald, 68, was stopped by police for reckless driving in Itmann. A pistol found in his car triggered a concealed weapon charge. he paid $75 in fines after arraignment before Magistrate Bill Houck.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Hill
Harley Lee Herald
Itmann
Wiley Hersman
Herald
Bill Houck
Mercer County
Cecil Workman Combe
Lashmeet
Stephenson
Combs
Kermel Earl Shannon
Baileysville
Whipple Man Claims Amnesia After Scarbro Slayings
Lou Haygood 46 a Whipple miner told Magistrate Virgil Lyons he would consult an attorney before pleading to murder in the Scarbro VFW Club killings. He allegedly stabbed Mary Louise Gwinn 30 and Pat Isabelle 67 after entering the club around 6 am. Gwinn died en route to a hospital. Isabelle died before police arrival. Haygood booked at Fayette County Jail. Survivors include Ruth Isabelle and two brothers. Funeral planned for Harvey Baptist Church.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Louis Haygood
Whipple
Virgil Lyons
Scarbro
Haygood
Mary Louise Gwinn
Red Star
Pat Isabelle
Carlisle
Scarbro Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Jack Howell
Whitesville Personal News Highlights Nearby Visits
Mrs. George Perdue of Cleveland Ohio visited her sons Delmer and Ralph and sister Nettie Doss in Foster. Rev J W Caves home in Sylvester hosted Mr and Mrs Mable Miller of Indiana and Mr and Mrs Vern Gabany and son of St Albans. Larry E Hornsby returned to duty at Fort Belvoir Virginia after 13 days leave with family in Whitesville. He completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas.
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Whitesville
Rns
George Perdue
Cleveland
Ohio
Delmer
Ralph
Nettie Doss
Foster
J. W. Caves
Sylvester
Mable Miller
Indiana
Vern Gabany
St. Albans
Larry E. Hornsby
Fort Belvoir
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Meeting Tonight for Meadow Bridge PTA
The Meadow Bridge Parent Teachers Association holds its final meeting of the year at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
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Meadow Bridge
Parent - Teachers Association
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