Oceana High School Shindig Variety Show Planned
Oceana High School will present its ninth annual Shindig variety show on May 14 at 7 30 p m The event showcases journalism and music department talent with solos duets instrumental numbers and skits A park setting comedy Three on a Bench features Judy Brinkley Tom Evans Linda Messer an old woman Coy Childers and a policeman Guest performers will include talent from other schools
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Linda Messer
Center
Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Karen Snider
Larry Hager
Mike
Judy Brinkley
Tom Evans
Coy Childers
Mullens Girls State Delegates Selected
Linda Whitt and Wanda Whitt of Mullens have been chosen to attend Rhodo dendron Girls State, funded by the American Legion Auxiliary Mullens. The event runs June 13 through 19 at Jackson's Mill. Linda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Whitt, is active in FBLA, SubDebs, student council, NHS, Pep Club, FHA, and Varlity Club. she has cheered seven years and won best individual cheerleader trophy after the Oceana Mullens game in March. Wanda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Whitt of Amigo, is in NHS, FBLA, Subdebs, and active in the Methodist Church. she will be vice president of FHA public relations next year.
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Mullens
RNS
Linda Whitt
Wanda Whitt
Rhododendron Girls State
American Legion Auxiliary
Jackson's Mill
Linda
B. J. Whitt
Future Business Leaders of America
National Honor Society
Future Homemakers of America
Oceana - Mullens
Wanda
Kelly Whitt
Amigo
Subdebs
Methodist Church
Mullens High School
Next Yer
Wyoming 4-H'er Awarded Ribbon at Pineville Demo
Joan Pendry of Bud-Alpaca 4-H Club won the sole blue ribbon in the junior division at the Wyoming County 4-H Demonstration Contest in Pineville for cutting an apron. Red ribbons went to multiple demonstrators including Lind Foote for sandwich filling and Jimmy Adkins for dry cell battery, with several others earning white ribbons for patterns and wood sanding.
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Pineville
Joan Pendry
Wyoming County
Joan
Polly McGraw
Sue Clay
McGraws
Jimmy Adkins
Baileysville
Joan Adkins
Barkers Ridge
Judy Shrewsbury
Kelly Sparks
Brenton
Rodney Mullens
Randy Hatfield
Margie Miller
Carolyn Hatfield
Victor Gilkeson
Wyoming
McDowell
Ann Brown
Robert Wheeler
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Circle Plans May 20 Tea at Mount Hope Church
Astonished Joy opened the Circle No. 2 worship program at Mount Hope Christian Church led by Mrs. Marvin Beverley. Reported sales and subscriptions, plans for a May 20 church tea, flowers for Mother's Day, and a Cedar Lakes retreat were discussed along with birthday box activities.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Marvin Beverley
Circle No. 2
Brotherhood
World Call
R. Beverley
A. Maude Roby
Carol Roles
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Mary Falletty
Barbara Batchelder
E. W. Dunkley
Morton Givens
D. B. Hartsaw
Louise Vance
Hazel Harless
W. D. Kessler
Page Humphrey
Master Masons Feted in Pineville Dinner
A covered dish dinner honoring the Master Masons was hosted by Pineville Chapter No. 110, Order of Eastern Star, at the Pineville Masonic Hall. Attending Masons included Jim Stone, Ernest Hays, Marvin Bowyer, Pierce Short, Enos E Williams, P. D. Raymond, John Ball, Hansel Robertson, and Russell Daniels, with numerous women also present.
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Pineville
RNS
Order of Eastern Star
Pineville Masonic Hall
Jim Stone
Ernest Hays
Marvin Bowyer
Pierce Short
Enos E Williams
P. D. Raymond
John Ball
Hansel Robertson
Russell Daniels
Lillie B. O'Dell
Elda Manning
Edythe Ross
RR Veterans honor 50-year Norfolk and Western workers
Elmore yards road conductor Fred S. Caffee and road brakeman James L. Morris of the Norfolk and Western Railway Co will receive diamond insignia for 50 years of service. They join 12 others at the 29th annual Veterans Association meeting in Cincinnati on May 22, with about 200 receiving 40-year sapphire buttons from Harry C. Wyatt. Noted TV star's hobby is bagpipe playing.
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Elmore
Fred S. Caffee
James L. Morris
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Elmore Yards
The
Road's Veterans Association
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry C. Wyatt
Ravencliff Weekend Guest Chatter Across Families
The notice lists numerous Ravencliff area residents and relatives visiting relatives in Virginia Ohio and Michigan plus a hospital update. It names Lee J Morgan Myrtle Brunty Steve Warehan Frank Farley George Osborne Phoebe Acord Rev Cameron Lilly Karl Lilly Kermit Gentry Mike Bailey and others with brief travel and visit details across several towns and states.
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Glen Rogers
Willis Wood
Kermit Gentry
Mike
Angela
Zanesville
Ohio
Herndon Heights
Clarence Gentry
Louise Bailey
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Mike Bailey
John McGraw
Garbage collectors cheerful by nature says Bracknell official
Bracknell chief public health officer Ralph Hebbrow explains garbage collectors stay cheerful because anyone not naturally cheerful could not handle the job. He notes the role is demanding and requires a positive demeanor to endure daily pickups and public duties.
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Bracknell, England
UPI
Bracknell
Ralph Hebbrow
Presbyterians To Hear Dr Caldwell At Synod Conference
Dr Frank H Caldwell executive director of the Presbyterian Foundation will be guest speaker at the Synod Men’s Conference May 15 16 at Bluestone Conference Center near Hinton He is a Corinth Mississippi native educated at US Military Academy University of Mississippi Center College Louisville Seminary University of Edinburgh and has taught at Louisville Seminary He will deliver three talks Words and the Living Word Life Under the Word of Stewardship and Life Under the Word of Vacation.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Frank H. Caldwell
The
Presbyterian Foundation, Inc
Charlotte
N. C
Synod
Bluestone
Hinton
Caldwell
Corinth
Miss
U. S
University of Mississippi
Center College
Louisville Seminary
University of
World Council of Churches
Isms
Rehabilitation Aim Of Death Penalty Ban
West Virginia official argues abolition shifts focus to rehabilitation while districts celebrate recent repeal. Holliday cites states like Oregon Iowa and Vermont as models and notes opposition was militant but compromise prevailed. A separate Fayetteville fire at Fraziers Nursing Home evacuated 50 elderly patients with no injuries and minor water and smoke damage.
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Fayetteville
Frazier’s
Boston
West Virginia
Robert K. Holliday
Holliday
American League
Oregon
Iowa
Vermont
Area Hospital Lists Patients
The Wyoming General Hospital admitted and discharged multiple patients over the past week. Admissions included Aganda Toler Simon on May 2 and others across Mullens Maben Pineville and Sabine. dismissals featured Mary Wade Christine Coleman Mary Jarrell Hazel Tilley Ruth Stinnett and infant Willie McKnight among many. The weekly roster lists names with towns such as Mullens Maben Rockview Pineville and Bud along with several couples and infants.
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Robert Smith
Rockview
Silas Sizemore
Maben
Ernest McKinney
Mullens
Anna Phillips
Dennis Mullins
Charleen Howerton
Lessie Pennington
Sabine
Milford Stover
George Mayhorn
Pineville
Nita Cline
Baileysville
Howard Coomes
Covel
Giacinta Basconi
Bud
William McClure
Donna Church
Beatrice Pritchett
Sylvia Gregory
Iris Crook
Edward Rosser
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Debbie Pittman
Suzan Hamilton
Jay Blackburn
Itha
Beatrice Dorton
Hopewell
Glen Fork
Robert David Brooks Jr
Robert David
David Brooks
J. David Brooks
Fred Schlager
Dorton
Elizabeth Grubbs
Presbyterian
Dr. Caldwell
Raleigh County
Tiger Country
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Pontiac
Raleigh Motor Sales, Inc
Raleigh Heights
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