Mullens Youth Visit St. Stephen's Episcopal for Dinner
Members of St. Andrews Episcopal Church Mullens with Rev Charles H Mencer joined St. Stephen's Episcopal Youth for a dinner meeting. The combined groups, about 40 youths, heard talks on rogation days ember days and Whitsunday and on the Trinity season from Rev Joseph A Richards and Rev Mencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Mullens
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
St. Andrews
Charles H. Mencer
Pat Hall
Rick Meyer
St. Stephen’s
Louise Breck
Tom Mencer
Jeri Dooley
Mr. Mencer
David Mencer
Meryl Hall
Mencer
Joseph A. Richards
Mabscott Lions elect Waybright president and plan action
H V Waybright was elected Mabscott Lions Club president and will be installed in June. Officers include Sparacino, Ballew, George, Melton Jr., Underwood, Hutchinson, and Austin Neubert. A committee will meet with a mayoral group to seek crash program aid and may take the Whitestick Creek issue to Raleigh County Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Waybright
Mabscott Lions Club
James Sparacino
J D. Ballew
Willie George
Henry E. Melton Jr
Jim Underwood
Elmer Hutchinson
Austin Neubert
Joe Sparacino
Waybright
Ballew
Lester Tenney
Jim Sparacino
Raleigh County Court
Sparacino
The
Lions
Mabscott
Whitestick Creek
Beckley Junction
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Ad Says Age Is A State Of Mind
An old advertising pitch promotes Ostrex Tonic Tablets as a pep booster for men and women feeling rundown due to iron lack. It touts an eight day get acquainted size and an Economy pack offering four times as many tablets, with a stated savings, at drug stores.
Religious Education Committee Set To Meet At First Christian Church
The Religious Education committee will convene at 7 p.m. Thursday at First Christian Church led by Rev. A. H. Wilson. A morning watch by high school youth is planned for 7 a.m. Friday. Wilson and W. A. Stanley were to depart Monday for the annual state board meeting of Christian churches in Huntington today and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Mr. Wilson
W. A. Stanley
State Board Meeting of Christian Churches
Huntington
Filing Deadline Moved For Taking FSE Exams
The Sixth U S Civil Service Regional Office in Cincinnati Ohio extended the filing deadline for Federal Service Entrance Examination applications to May 25 to handle expected summer demand. Qualified applicants with college education or equivalent experience can take the written test on June 17 for the General option. Management Intern will not be tested. Apply with the Sixth Region at Cincinnati Ohio.
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U. S. Civil Service
Cincinnati
Ohio
U. S. Civil Service Region
U. S. Post Office and Courthouse
Tree Planting Ceremony by Sophia 4-Hers
Sophia Elementary hosted a joint 4-H tree planting ceremony with the Wide Awake and Sunshine clubs. Guests included Clarence Woo ten Foster Mullenax and O A Phillips as local leaders praised the project which placed a pink dogwood at the school. Principal Norval Cooke accepted the tree as students performed poems and songs and the group sang West Virginia Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotus McKinney
Dogwood
Joan Saunders
Norval Cooke
Dana Stone
Glee Club
Tom Fazio
Keefer
Wooten
Raeigh County
4-H
O. A. Phillips
Board of Education
Foster Mullenax
Agriculture
West Virginia University
NAACP Youth Meet Postponed Due to Illness
The Raleigh County Young Peoples Chapter of the NAACP postponed its Sunday meeting because several officers were ill or absent from the city. A new date is expected to be announced later this week.
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NAACP
Raleigh County
Young Peoples
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Great Value Promise From Local Store Ad
A local retailer touts top value with the best prices on a range of products and promises superior service. Shoppers are invited to compare quality and savings, emphasizing value and customer care.
Spanishburg Junior Named For Institute
Spanishburg High School junior Linda Sue Cole has been chosen by the Princeton Rotary Club to attend World Affairs Institute at West Virginia University Morgantown. A Mercer County native, she has excelled in academics and extra activities, planning to become a high school math teacher. She travels with sponsor Miss Marge Compton and her mother.
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Spanishburg
RNS
Spanishburg High School
Linda Sue Cole
Princeton Rotary Club
World Affairs Institute
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Richard C. Cole
Mercer County
McComas
McComas School
Crisco
Princeton High School
Princeton High
Future Homemakers of America
Chorus
Sue
Marsh Fork High Band Performs At Bluefield Festival
After band director Donald D. Craft resigned, Charles Bragg and Trap Hill Band aided Marsh Fork High School. The group joined a regional festival in Bluefield with Friday bus trips for auditions, accompanied by Miss Edna Dietz and Mrs. Madeline Hale.
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Marsh Fork High School
Trap
Charles Bragg
March Fork High
Bluefield
Donald D. Craft
Federal Prison For Women
Alderson
Bragg
Marsh Fork
Trap Hill
Edna Dietz
Madeline Hale
Craft
Sandra Carter
Jean Adkins
E. Flathorn
Gail Parolari
Roger Jarrell
Mulcay and others named executors in county notices
The Raleigh County Clerk records show wills and fiduciary appointments. Irene Mulcay of Beckley named executrix of J Virgil Mulcay who died March 23, bond $600. will dated March 19, 1951 leaves all property to wife and guardianship of children. Other notices name Annie Moore, Nellie Cuvelier, Thelma Tyree, J P Meadows, Sylvia Wickline, Mildred Stanley, Moda Beckett, Irene Quillan, Zenith Young and Robert Hughes with various bonds and bequests to spouses, children and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Mulcay
Beckley
J. Virgil Mulcay
Mulcay
Raleigh County
Annie Moore
Jesse James Glasco
Glasco
Nellie Cuvelier
Sylvester Cuvelier
Cuvelier
Thelma Tyree
Mount Hope
Levi T. Cottrell
Cottrell
Richard McGraw
Akron
Ohio
Osa McGlothlin
Cleora Shumway
Harry Cottrell
Tuscon, Ariz
Renzil Cottrell
J. P. Meadows
Nancy A. Meadows
Crab Orchard
Sylvia Frances Wickline
Hubert Lee Wickline
Mildred Haley Stanley
Sadie Haley
C. A. Thompson
Raleigh
Logan Lilly
Moda B. Beckett
Clair E. Beckett
Beckett
Irene C. Quillan
Guy F. Quillan
Zenith Young
Stamaford
Basil Young
Robert C. Hughes
Health for All Tuberculosis Bus Aids Kent County
In Kent County Michigan a tuberculosis scare hit two children and a barber at opposite ends of the county. A Christmas Seal bus offered X rays in two districts with drugstores hosting to aid rapid screening. The two-day survey checked 904 adults and 300 children, with about 50 films likely needing follow up tests. The effort was sponsored by the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent County
Mich
Kent County TK Society
South Kent News
Cedar Springs Clipper
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Snake disrupts power in Kenansville blackout
An electric utility reported a five foot black snake entered a substation and caused a power outage affecting 2,200 homes. The snake was electrocuted.
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Kenansville, N.C
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Mabscott Club
Sophia
Sophia Elementary
ESSO
Wappy Moioung
Humble Oil & Refining Company
America
Spanishburg Junior
Margie Compton
Harper Heights
Ruth Irvin
Lois Manns
Floretta Johnson
Beckley Recreation
Jhe Dio
FEO and Sred Stores
Jose
Ragon
Eunice Copen
Rhodell
Beckley Hospital
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