Press Banquet Honors Initiates And Young Journalist Of The Year
Mullens High School hosted the Raleigh Wyoming Scholastic Press Association banquet with five schools in attendance. Brenda Kay Tean of Oceana High School won the Young Journalist of the Year award, presented by Raleigh Register teen editor June Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Kay Dean
Oceana High School
Raleigh
Wyoming Scholastic Press Association
Mullens High School
Janet
Mullens
RNS
Shools
Stoco
Pineville
Marsh Fork
Oceana
Patti Murphree
Janet McClure
Marsh Fork High School
Linda Bays
Carol Canterbury
Linda Eanes
Carolyn Gwynn
Danny Tilson
Hope Thompson
Sandra Wallen
Stoco High School
Deborah Adams
Terril Cook
Barbara Murphree
Danese Tayor
Karen Farley
Linda Gilfilen
Deana Sparks
Brenda Kay Tean
June Davis
Raleigh Register
Dennis C. Dean
Tabor
Brenda
Mancil Sigmong
Kopperston
Concord College Group Visits Oceana
Four members of the Concord College Devotional Group led the Toneda Baptist Church weekend services. The contingent, including Howard Crum Douglas Walls George Stamper and Jerry Cook, stayed with local families and conducted a home visitation program. The group meets daily in the Concord College dormitory for devotional services.
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Oceana
RNS
Concord College
Toneda Baptist Church
Howard Crum
St. Albans
Douglas Walls
Madison
George Stamper
Logan
Jerry Cook
Crum
Walls
Otis Cook
Cook
Stamper
Gilbert Cook
Toneda
Drive Is Successful McGRAWS at John McGraw School
Easter Seal Campaign ends with full student participation raising 17.50 from the John McGraw School enrollment. Second grade leads with 3.05, first grade close behind at 3.00, other grades follow with 2.00, 2.16, 1.00, 2.13, 1.31 and 1.50 respectively.
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McGraws
RNS
John McGraw School
Life Is What You Make It Quote
A reflective maxim on personal agency states that life is shaped more by choices and mindset than by external actions. Emphasizes proactive stance and self-directed meaning.
Pageant Script Presented To Woman's Civic Club
The civic club in Mullens heard excerpts from the three act Centennial pageant Wayward and Strange co authored by Miss Mary Lewis and Mrs Josephine Williams The club will stage the pageant during June 23 30 to mark Mullens 50th birthday and the state 100th anniversary Mrs Kenneth Sluss was named pageant chairman Reports covered youth camp awards chaperones and service drives with details on scholarships and upcoming events followed by refreshments.
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Mullens
RNS
Wayward
Strange
Mary Lewis
Josephine Williams
Women's Civic Club
Moose
Kenneth Sluss
Martin Backus
H. L. Akers
Tri-Hi-Y
O. E. Easterling
Orlan McNeely
Civic Club
Rebel Rec
Robert Staton
Tracy Hylton
Gerald Snyder
Centennial gowns shown at Third District Legion Auxiliary event
In Fayetteville on Sunday a feature of the Third District Conference was a display of Centennial gowns made by LaFayette Fashions, one of the town’s newest industries. Models included Miss Marion Smith Miss Rosemary Rule and Mrs. Doyle Kirk.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Fayetteville
Marion Smith
Rosemary Rule
Doyle Kirk
LaFayette Fashions
Founder's Day Banquet Honors Beta Sigma Phi Members
Gamma Omicron Chapter and Beta Sigma Phi were honored at a Founder's Day banquet held Wednesday at White Oak Country Club Oak Hill. The Fayetteville and Oak Hill chapters joined for the event honoring outstanding sorority members. Mrs John Bower Fayetteville received the Pledge of the Year award for Gamma Omicron Chapter.
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Gamma Omicron
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
White Oak Country Club
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Fayette
John Bower
Beta Sigma Phi
Weekend Visitors Gather in Various West Virginia Towns
OCEANA RNS Larry Cook attends Tennessee college and visits parents in Bowen Cook household._other relatives and friends visit Charleston South Charleston Glen Fork and Clearfork for meals and medical appointments as Concord College students spend weekend with families.
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Oceana
RNS
Larry Cook
Tennessee
Bowen Cook
Philip Roach
Kevin
Kimberly
Charleston
Roach
South
Wirt Cook
William McGraw
George Flemming
Ruby Brown
Glen Fork
Sherry
John Kucek
Clearfork
Roy Lamb
Woodrow Lamb
Kopperston
Gary Gallagher
S. H. Gallagher
Pate Brooks Honored At Birthday Dinner
Ravencliff RNS reports Mr and Mrs Paul Brooks hosted a Sunday dinner honoring Pate Brooks on his 78th birthday. Sons and many Brooks family members from multiple towns attended. the hostess added a pink flower centerpiece and a pink linen table. The gathering recalled past years and monthly Sunday dinners at the homeplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Brooks
Accoville
William Brooks
Stephen
Gary
Cynthia Kay
Paula Jo
Mullens
Raymond Brooks
Holroyd Brooks
Burton Brooks
Beckley
French Brooks
Ravencliff
William Sheppard
Crawley
Bohlen Tours Padarache Nuclear Port in France
U.S. Ambassador Charles Bohlen visited France on Saturday to see the Padarache nuclear experimental port where France is developing a Polaris submarine based nu power plant prototype for its submarine fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
France
UPI
U. S
Charles Bohlen
Padarache
Giant Parade Sets Fayette Centennial Parade in Oak Hill
Fayette County Centennial and Harvest Festival Parade will be held Sept 28 in Oak Hill as a major state event. Forty floats entered with state and local entries. 40 bands invited, 20 accepted from Raleigh, Wyoming, Mercer, Nicholas, Kanawha, and Fayette Counties. Activities include concerts street dances fireworks and harvest meals.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Fayette County
Raleigh
Wyoming
Mercer
Nicholas
Kanawha
Fayette
Flower Show Judges Attend Cedar Lakes Meeting
Mrs May Puckett of Oak Hill Avenue and Mrs Forest Smith of Jones Avenue attended an all lay judges council meeting at Cedar Lakes Conference Center near Ripley on Thursday.
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Oak Hill
RNS
May Puckett
Oak Hill Avenue
Forest Smith
Jones Avenue
Cedar Lakes Conference Center
Ripley
Judges Council
Pineville Juniors Named Boys State Delegates
Two Pineville High School juniors Charles Mulkey and Ned Crews were selected as delegates to Boys State at Jacksons Mill June 9 to 15. Sponsored by Varney Cline American Legion Post 132 they rate among the top quarter of their class for scholarship leadership and character.
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Ned Crews
Charles Mulkey
Pineville High School
Boys State
Jackson‘s Mill
Varney Cline American Legion Post No
Pineville
BNS
Jackson’s Mill
Ned
Eddie Crews
First Methodist Church
Senior High Fellowship
Pinevilian
Minutemen Club
Tribute To Mothers Paid At Woman's Meet
The May meeting of the Women's Society of Glen Fork Independent Church honored mothers with a poem read by Mrs L C Shrewsbury. Devotional elements, prayers, scripture, and a hymn followed. A summer meeting time was set for 7 30 p m and a hotdog sale netted 28 53 for the flower fund. A June meeting moved to May 31 due to a revival, and a Bible quiz awarded Mrs Croba Sanders. Hostesses served refreshments to numerous members and guests.
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Glen Fork
ANS
Women’s Society
Everette Blevins
David E. Lay
Harold Acord
Croba Sanders
Acord
Lester Blevins
Ray Sanders
Blast Pizzino
Bill Davis
Ova Brown
Glenn Sanders
Reevin Shrewsbury
Dwayne Shumate
Lawrence Sanders
C. Sanders
Peggy
Lay
Shrewsbury
L. Blevins
Two Escapees Still At Large At Harrison County Jail Break
In Clarksburg Harrison County four prisoners escaped from the jail early Sunday. By Tuesday Ralph E. Starr 30 Mt. Clair and Charles Junior Cade Clarksburg remained at large. Tom Douglas 23 Clarksburg and Bernard Lee Farrell 28 Reynoldsville were arrested at homes. Starr and Cade faced one year sentences for bad checks and breaking and entering. Douglas and Farrell also faced one year terms for breaking and entering and contributing to the delinquency of a minor respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
UPS
Harrison County
Ralph E. Starr
Mt. Clair
Charles Junior Cade
Sheiff Dorsey Poling
Tom Douglas
Bernard Lee Farrell
Reynoldsville
Starr
Douglas
Farrell
Nile ferry disaster may claim over two hundred lives
Maghagha, U A R authorities say the Nile River ferry cap sized Saturday may have killed more than 200 people. By morning 102 bodies had been recovered and many more were believed trapped inside the double decker boat which rested on its side at the river bottom. The ferry, carrying mourners from Maghagha's cemetery, overturned about 20 yards from shore. only 10 survived by swimming to safety.
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Maghagha
U.A.R
Nile River
Nile
Pink Elephant Statue Stolen From Hickory Home
Hickory North Carolina police investigated the theft of a 75 pound iron pink elephant statue reported by Mrs Alfred Whitener. The incident occurred Sunday and officials stated they would pursue the case.
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Hickory, N.C
UPI
Alfred Whitener
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
About 41 million workers or 64 percent of the labor force commute by car or car pool, the U.S. Census Bureau reports.
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United Press International
U.S. Census Bureau
Weekend Visitors Include Chicago Guests and Local Travels
Mr and Mrs Gene Owens and daughter Rose Mary of Chicago visited Mrs Mary Tilley and traveled to New Rich mond to see Mrs Lessie Parmer and relatives. Polly Tilley joined the trip returning to Chicago. Linece Sabine spent weekend with Mrs Rodney Moore. Mrs Ott Brown left for Arlington Virginia to visit her daughters in law and families and Mrs Timothy Taylor. Delmer Gentry and Sgt and Mrs Donald Hickok joined relatives in Covington and Charleston for weekend events.
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Mick Byers
Phillips
Byers
Alfred Tilley
Chicago
Polly Tilley
Rodney Moore
Linece Sabine
Ott Brown
Prince
Arlington
John Stewart
May Savings Stamp Workers Named in Oceana Area
The Oceana Woman's Club announces May stamp workers for area grade schools. Oceana Grade School No 1 will be served by Mrs Otis Cook, No 2 by Mrs Jim Hall and Mrs Ralph Poland, Kopperston Grade School by Mrs Bob Branham and Mrs Willis Adams. Through April stamps total $3756.95. overall so far $709.60 in Oceana Grade Schools I and II and Kopperston Grade School.
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Oceana
ANS
United States Savings
Kopperston
Bob Branham
Otis Cook
Oceana Woman's Club
A G. Lugar Jr
Oceana Grade School
Oceana No
Jim Hall
Ralph Poland
Willis Adams
Glen Fork 8th Grader Wins Poster Contest
Jeanie Day an eighth grader at Glen Fork Grade School won first place in Wyoming County Keep Wyoming County Green poster contest. announced by Glen Fork principal Ralph Stewart after Pineville authorities notified him. The contest, open to all Wyoming County schools, was a joint effort by the county Woman's Clubs, conservation office and Roscoe Plumley to promote natural beauty. Jeanie, an honor student and cheerleader, was surprised by the win as her parents did not know she submitted an entry. She plans to enter Glen Rogers High School as a freshman in September.
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Glen Fork
RNS
Jeanie Day
Wyoming County
Ralph Stewart
Pineville
Woman’s Clubs
Office of Conservation
Roscoe Plumley
Jeanie
Junior Day
Glen Rogers High School
Susie Lucas Honored At Birthday Lawn Party
Rev and Mrs Giles Lucas honored their daughter Susie on her tenth birthday with a lawn party at their Ravencliff home. The table featured white linen and a pink and blue runner with a centered cake. Games and diversions were won by Terry and Larry Stewart and Kevin Acord. Guests included Suzanne McGraw Pamela Bower Kenny Tolliver Linda Tolliver Clark Sizemore Kim Acord Jay Acord Sue Sizemore James Lucas Billy Philyaw Jr. Helpers included Mrs Billy Philyaw Charleston and Miss Rosie Lucas. Also assisting was Miss Diane McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
RNL
Giles Lucas
Susie
Quentin Stewart
Terry
Larry
Kevin Acord
Frank Acord
Suzanne McGraw
Pamela Bower
Kenny Tolliver
Linda Tolliver
Clark Sizemore
Kim Acord
Jay Acord
Sue Sizemore
James Lucas
Billy Philyaw Jr
Broadcasters to receive special awards for long careers
Washington UPI reports the National Association of Broadcasters will honor four veteran radio personalities this month with special awards and plaques. Arthur Godfrey of CBS Don McNeill of ABC Morgan Beatty of NBC and Cedric Foster of Mutual are to receive the recognitions for lifelong service to broadcasting.
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Washington
UPI
National Association of Broadcasters
Arthur Godfrey
CBS
Don McNeill
ABC
Morgan Beatty
NBC
Cedric Foster
Mutual
Smallpox Death Toll Rises in Northern Rhodesia
In Northern Rhodesia's northern province health officials report at least 33 deaths from smallpox since January with 161 cases by April 1. The figure was disclosed by a federal health spokesman on Saturday.
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Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
UPI
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