Mt Hope seniors honored at church banquet
Nine Mt Hope High School seniors were honored by Mt Hope Baptist Temple at a garden party banquet in the church dining room attended by 65 youths and leaders. Rev Melvin R Phillips spoke on Garden Hints urging education, perseverance, and consecration for life.
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MT. Hope
Mt. Hope High School
Mt. Hope Baptist Temple
Jack Humphrey
Mary Virginia Armstrong
Peggy Graff
Nancy Matsko
Sally Roberts
J. O. Maxey
Betty Dower
Carrol Thurman
Mary Grace Bennett
Darnall
Snyder
Melvin R. Phillips
Huntington
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Norma Lee Bowman
Tommy Dixon
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Clarence Figgat
Lawrence Angle
Walter Summers
Bill Hickman
Increased Membership in Three Sections Noted in Concert Drive
Wyoming Community Concert Association reports rising enrollments in Pineville Marianna and Wyoming as it closes its 1950 51 campaign. Donald Dame The Columbia Concert Trio and Mildred Dilling were chosen for next season with dates to be announced after arrangements with Community Concert Service in New York.
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Mullens
Wyoming Community Concert Association
Pineville
Marianna
Wyoming
D. Grove Mo
Moler
Association Saturday Night
Donald Dame
Columbia
Mildred Dilling
Holland
Metropolitan Opera
New York Philharmonic
Philadelphia
Baltimore
O. D. Lipscomb
Louis Kaman
R. G. Bennett
South Mullens
Wyoming Association
Beckley
Wyoming Asociation
Beckley Association
W. F. Diamond
Wyoming County
Don Cossack Chorus
Trapp Family Singers
Columbia Operatic Trio
Federico Rey
Pilar Gomez
New York
Senior Class Picnic At Beckwith Near Beckwith Camp
Oak Hill High School seniors travel to Camp Beckwith for the all day picnic with sponsors Miss Zella Bishop and Miss Shirley Thomas and Principal Joe Oliver. Tomorrow’s move-up assembly will place each class in its auditorium section and install 1950 51 student council officers led by President Mike Miller. Retiring president John Chmara returns after leg surgery to participate. Patty Bavely and Joe Kopinski are named next vice president and secretary treasurer. Awards and varsity cheerleaders for the coming term will be announced.
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Oak Hill
Oak Hill High School
Camp Beckwith
Zella Bishop
Shirley Thomas
Joe Oliver
Mike Miller
John Chmara
Huntington
Patty Bavely
Joe Kopinski
Walter Ignatovich
Bob Bailey
Precinct Officers Named for Mullens Municipal Vote
Precinct officers for Mullens June 13 election were announced. Precinct 38 at the Health Office includes commissioners Merl Lawson and Fred Stewart with clerks Clark Walker Minnie Lusk and J K Smith. Precinct 37 at Ben Dunman Grade School lists commissioners D Grove Molen W Maynor and Madeline Sparks with clerks C E Lewis and Lewis Bolen. Precinct 44 at Mullens High School names Roy Kemp Maxine Davis Perry Evans with clerks J D Farmer and Lucy Lusk. Ballot commissioners are Ray Toler Ralph Hash and G B McGraw.
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Mullens
Wyoming County Health Office
South Mullens
Minnie Lusk
Clark Walker
J. K. Smith
Merl Lawson
Fred N. Stewart
Ben Dunman
D. Grove Moler
W. F. Maynor
Madeline P. Sparks
C. E. Lewis
Lewis Bolen
Mullens High School
Roy Kemp
Maxine Davis
Perry Evans
J. D. Farmer
Lucy Lusk
Ray Toler
Ralph Hash
G. B. McGraw
Army Nurse Calls Mother on Mother's Day in Germany
Five minute Berlin telephone call marked Mother's Day for Mrs. Bertie Johnson of Mt. Hope. Lt. Geraldine Johnson, nurse at 279th Station Hospital, has served a year with two left. She praised overseas duty, good equipment, and ample social life. Also visiting was daughter Mrs. Conrad Reeves from Red Jacket.
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MT. Hope
Berlin
Germany
Bertie Johnson
Geraldine Johnson
279Th Station Hospital
Johnson
Conrad Reeves
Red Jacket
Rev Orville Belcher to Lead Stephenson Revival
The Rev Or ville Belcher, pastor of Stephenson Methodist Church, will conduct a weeklong revival at the church starting tonight at 7 30 o clock. The event aims to renew faith and invite community members to attend daily services through the week.
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Orville Belcher
Stephenson Methodist Church
Funeral services set for Thomas W. Hodges in Fayetteville
Thomas W. Hodges 74 of Fayetteville Route 1 died Saturday night from heart ailment. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Harvey Chapel Church with Rev. T. W. Schuler officiating. Burial in Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survivors include wife Maude two brothers and one sister three sons and a daughter. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill until one hour before services.
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Fayetteville
Thomas W. Hodges
Maude
George
Robert
Mary Lucy Hicks
Sandy Hook
Clifton
Hubert
Raymond
Oak Hill
Everett Smith
George Gill
Henry Gill
Andy Yeck
E. F., Light
Luther Mann
R. L. Massey
Tyree
Resurfacing Set For State Ri. 16
A rock crusher will repave State Route 16 between Pineville and Welch this week. The crusher was set up last week by J. M. Francesa Construction Company. Quarrying occurs just outside Pineville. Weather delays and a fatal truck crash on Jesse Mountain involving Robert Wood of Beckley slowed the project.
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Pineville
Welch
J. M. Francesa Construction Company
Robert Wood
Beckley
Wood
Jesse Mountain
Dancer to Feature Guest Night Program at Oak Hill
Rita Jo Woodrum acrobatic dancer will headline the Oak Hill Civic League Guest Night at the Hotel Hill. A Oak Hill High School sophomore and Rose Harvey School of Dancing student, she has long been active in local clubs and plans to pursue dancing as a career. Also featured is John Howard Scott, eighth grade Oak Hill Junior High student, performing a solo box. Leaders finalized plans at a League call meeting and note Wheeling convention honors and the charter anniversary on September 28.
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Oak Hill
Rita Jo Woodrum
Oak Hill Civic League
Hotel Hill
Oak Hill High School
E. B. Gwinn
Rose Harvey School of Dancing
Beckley
Tri-Hill
Red Devil Band
St. Aloysius
New Lexington
Woodrum
Rose Harvey
Memorial Building
Civic League
John Howard Scott
John Scott
Jones Avenue
Oak Hill Junior High School
C. P. Anderson, Jr
Wheeling
Scott
League
Pineville Girl to Reign Over May Festival at Concord
Pineville senior Betty Lea Byrd will reign as queen at Concord College May Festival, with Mary Kate Stockner as maid of honor. The event features American dances under the theme May Day the American Way, proceeds from the festival in front of John Baker White Halls, and a post festival tea. Princesses from Pineville, Welch, Princeton, Bluefield, Athens, Hin-ton, Waitesville, Blue Sulphur Springs, and Crawley attend, with Dr. Lawrence R. Lynch planting a pink dogwood tree. The queen’s dance program includes polka, Swannee, western square, and American modern dances, plus a tumbling exhibit.
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Anna Mae Fink
Beckley
Mary Kate Stockner
Welch
John Baker White
Rose Marie Kidd
Pineville
Beryle Crockett
Sara Caldwell
Princeton
Mary Dolinger
Florence Purtee
Bluefield
Mary Lou Barbery
Jo Ann Stewart
Athens
Phyllis Shrewsbury
Jo Ann Maddy
Hinton
Barbara Guy
Waitesville
lUna Faye Carter
Blue Sulphur Springs
Virginia Meadows
Crawley
Lawrence R. Lynch
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Department of Health and Physical Education
Nancy Patterson
Women’s Athletic Association
Ceremony Today For Area Aliens
Naturalization ceremonies for aliens from Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming Counties were set for 2 p.m. in the Raleigh County Circuit Court room with Judge Ben H. Ashworth presiding. The Mark Twain High School Band Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 officials Mayor W A Burke and local pastors were to participate as an immigration examiner conducted interviews and final exams.
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Raleigh, Fayette
Wyoming Counties
Raleigh County
Ben H. Ashworth
Mark Twain High School
American Legion Post 32
W. A. Burke
United States Department of Immigration and Naturalization
Beckley
Files for House Nomination in Mercer County
Bluefield brakeman Charles R. Harmon has declared his bid for the Democratic nomination to the House of Delegates from Mercer County. He previously ran in the 1948 primary but was unsuccessful.
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Bluefield
Charles R. Harman
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mercer County
Woman of the Year Named at April Meeting
After the business session Mrs. G J Thomas screened films from the April gathering where Mrs H M Tully was named Woman of the Year. Mrs C P White will chair the hostesses for the guest night.
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G. J. Thomas
H. M. Tully
C. P. White
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