Glen Falls Gardeners Win Top Points at Fayetteville Flower Show
In Fayetteville the Glen Falls Garden Club topped the event with the highest points at the Memorial Auditorium show held over the weekend. Oak Hill and Spade and Trowel placed second and third. awards went to Mrs Vivian Beck and Mrs John Oxall among others, with numerous club members listed for points and honors.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette’ County
Glen Falls Garden Club
Memorial Auditorium
Oak Hill Garden Club
Spade and Trowel Garden Club
Vivian Beck
Garden Study Club
John Oxall
Falls View
Lewis Boste
Glen Falls Club
Red Bud Club
Oak Hill
Fayetteville Club
John Frisk
Frisk
G. A. Owens
Walton Lee
Mary Long
Tommey Tygrett
George Epperly
Cynthia Maddy
Loak Hilch
Joyce Tudor
Junior Garden Club of
Junior Garden
Kay’ Jacobs
Glen Falls
R. F. Adkins
N. E. Corbitt
John Oxail
Jack Miller
Margaret Burger
Pat Fourney
W. R. Topham
A. E. Stacey
Lewis Boyle
Forrest Smith
W. P. Bittenger
A. W. Burdette
George Evans
John Kincaid
P. Anderson
J. E. Lewis
Charles Garvin
F. A. Guffey
E. M. Dar
Nall
W. H. Haynes
C. A. Goddard
Elizabeth Evans
Hale Morris
J. R. Taylor
Effie Longhenry
C. P. White
Fred Dickinson
Lottie Johnson
Morris Wender
J. K. Whitlock
H. J. Wendell
A. M. Gay
Vivian Bock
Muriel
L. E. Green
BE. M. Darnail
Members Quilt On Club Project in Laurel Homemakers Meeting
Laurel Homemakers chose a pattern at a luncheon meeting hosted by Mrs. E W Amick to create blocks for a club quilt. Devotional reading by Mrs. Warren Sizemore complemented the program Make Your Kitchen Convenient. Next meeting planned at Mrs Size more Salem Road. Several members and two guests attended. A newborn son born Saturday at Beckley Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs R E Wilson Jr Kopperston.
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Floyd Hubacher
Harold Tincher
Jess Pelky
Laura Morris
Annie Carter
Georgie Burgess
Paul Wilshire
Herman Hinte
Isabella Wilshire
California
Amick
Kopperston
Pounds
Beckley Memorial Hospital
R. E. Wilson Jr
French Manning
Oceana
R. E. Wilson Sr
Appalachian Appliance Service Ad in Beckley
Guaranteed service on all makes of electrical appliances. Call Lloyd Sweeney at CL 2-3288 or CL 3-444 in Beckley.
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Appalachian Appliance
Lloyd Sweeney
Beckley
All Mares
Beckley Music & Electric
Prince ST
Snow Thornton Florist
Mullens High School Class of 1943 Plans First Reunion
The Mullens High School Class of 1943 prepares its first reunion, scheduled for Saturday, with 37 of 86 living members having sent reservations. Two members are deceased, one killed in France in World War II and another fatally injured in a car crash. Mary Staats, sponsor, helps lead the planning along with Mrs. William McGhee and Mrs. Harry Houck on the arrangements committee. They will tour the school and campus.
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Mullens High School
France
Mary Staats
William McGhee
Eft
Harry Houck
Outdoor Concert Set In Pineville
An outdoor concert by the Minute Man Band of Pineville High School is set for 6 30 p m on the Wyoming Courthouse lawn. Band director Joseph Bragg invites parents patrons and friends to hear overtures marches and pop numbers. This will be the final appearance of several seniors who have six year band membership. The group recently received its first individual donation from C V Shannon of Pineville for a trip to the International Lions Convention in Chicago July 7 to July 12. Pineville Lions Club plans additional activities.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Minuteman Band
Pineville High School
Joseph Bragg
Doris Schoolcraft
Barbara Franklin
Betty Lester
Darrell Miller
Carol Boone
C. V. Shannon
Pine Ville
Chicago
Wyoming County Youths Complete Vocational Work
Graduates who finished training at the Wyoming County Trade School Pineville and six high schools are announced. Names include Douglas R. Aliff Alfred L Belcher Archie L Cook Jerry H Harvey Shelby G Roberts How ard C. Sido Roger D Phillips Glen G Sizemore Ted G Byars Louis Pedri Hubert D White Jesse J Barrett Roger G Beverly Frederick Cress John D Jackson James W Jenkins Carl Milam Roy L McCoy James Wailhelm David R Burchett Jimmy E Marsh Palmer Maynard Gilmer G McKinney James E Osborne Oceana High students receive three year program credentials with many earning B averages or better.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Douglas R. Aliff
Alfred L Belcher
Archie L. Cook
Jerry H. Harvey
Shelby G. Roberts
Howard C. Sido
Bailesyville High School
Roger D. Phillips
Glen G. Sizemore
Glen Rogers High
Ted G. Bryars
Herndon High
Louis Pedri
Hubert
Girls, 4 Boys Born At Hospital
Oak Hill Hospital reports eleven births in the week. Included are eight-pound, 11-ounce daughter Mary Jane born May 17 to Claudie Darrell Woodrum and wife of Fayetteville, and eight-pound son Jeffery Lee born May 10 to Latelie Hunter Ingram and husband of Oak Hill. Other newborns named Mary Mitzie-Ann Linda Low Cheryl Jean Kathern Lynn Carol Elaine Deborah Lynn Jerry Dewey Way and an additional son born to Riner and Hoover, with various parents and locations in Fayetteville Dothan Oak Hill Shady Springs and Hico.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Oak Hill Hospital
Mary Jane
Claudie Darrell Woodrum
Fayetteville
Mitzie-Ann
Pat Guy Cook
Linda Low
Charles Thomas
Whitt
Dothan
Cheryl Jean
Edward Lee Massie
Kathern Lynn
Paul Emmett Allen
Carol Elaine
Carl Edward Heard
Harvey
Deborah Lynn
Grover Joseph Brady
Shady Springs
Jerry Dewey
John Bolt
Jeffery Lee
Vand
Latelie Hunter Ingram
Carl Riner
Way
Kenneth B. Hoover
Hico
Mrs. Clay Feted At Bridal Shower In Mullens
Mrs. Charles Edward Clay formerly Wanda Clay was guest of honor at a Mullens bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Randy Akers on Collier Ave. The couple wed May 9 at the Clay home in Soulsville. Guests from Mullens Soulsville Maben Timann Pierpont Otsego and Charleston attended. The Mabscott revival led by Rev. L A Garten continues through the week.
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Government Employees Insurance Agency
Washington, D. C
Page Coal Co
Stephenson
Mullens High School
Beckefey Callegs
Poplar St
South Mullens
Akers
J Junior Adkins
Otsego
David Bower
Charleston
Mabscott
Daniels
L. A. Garten
Mabscott Christian Churches
Graduation Exercises Slated at Glen Rogers High
Glen Rogers High School prepares for graduation with the theme In God and America Our Hope. Honor student talks honor Pearl Phillips and Mary Ellen Halsey, with salutatory and valedictory by Doreen Lilly and Sharon Dillon. Roy Lee Harmon to read poems. All-Girl Chorus and band perform. parents to receive flowers. diplomas awarded by Gilbert Goode.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Glen Rogers High School
America
Pearl Phillips
Mary Ellen Halsey
Dorene Lilly
Sharon Dillon
Roy Lee Harmon
Anita Dillon
Louis J. Kaman
Bluefield
Gilbert Goode
Wyoming County Board of Education
Lewis
Cameron Lilly
O. E. Canterbury
Jean Alderman
Darrell Phillips
Kerman Canterbury
Richard Shumate
Ronnie Lilly
Estel Bailey
Frances Grubb. Brown
Merrill Brown
Georgia Cook
Noel Cook
Romanuel Cozort
Barbara ‘Easter
Ruby Lee Farley
Jimmy Gunter
Donald Hall
Mary Ellen Haleey
Jennie Hrasar
Gerald King
Doreen Lilly
Jennie Mel Graw
Betty Philyaw
Billie ‘Richardson
Lyle Richardson
Paul Sanders
Glenn Sizemore
Sue Stumbo
Sandra Wood
Sharon Hall
Karen
Halsey
Rebecca Phillips
Pat Stumbo
Oceana Senior Disc Jockey Shines On Local Radio
Marian Upchurch, a Stephens College senior in Columbia Missouri, hosts a weekly one hour show on the local station as part of a five student program titled Syn copation for Susie. She was chosen from an advanced workshop class for voice quality pronunciation poise and other skills.
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Marian Upchurch
Oceana
Stephens College
Columbia
Susie
Miss Up‘church
Radio and Television
Stephens
Trusley Appeal Denied By Court
Charles Trusley, now a Wyoming County resident, had his appeal denied by the Supreme Court. The case involved an extradition-related order returning him to Ohio and a Wyoming Circuit Court ruling on discharge from custody. Trusley previously faced Ohio prison terms for armed robbery and related parole actions, with multiple releases and alleged parole violations before moving to Wyoming County.
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Charleston
Charles Trusley
Wyoming County
Supreme Court
Trusley
Ohio
Wyoming
Auso
Immunization Clinics Set In Coal River Area
Nurses from the Raleigh County Health Department schedule three general immunization clinics in Coal River. They will be at Clear Creek Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m., Artie Claude Stover Store at 11 a.m., and the Home School Barn at 1 p.m. Typhoid patio and pre-school immunizations will be offered.
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Colcord
RNS
Raleigh County Health Department
Clear Creek Presbyterian Church
Artie
Pineville Residents Visit Family Across Town
Visiting relatives in Princeton and Pineville include Mr. and Mrs. William Sowers from Indianapolis who plan Concord College summer term, and Mr. and Mrs. Lane Cooke hosting family from Beckley. Other Pineville visitors are the McGraws, Roses, Adams, Pugh, Beavers, and Morgan families visiting relatives in Marion, Lewisburg, Welch, and Mullens.
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Pineville
RNS
Princeton
William Sowers
Indianapolis
Ind
Sowers
Concord College
A. D. Cooké
Beckley
Lane Cooke
James Dell Cooke
Charleston
Darrell V. McGraw
J. H. McGraw
McGraws
Floyd Rose
Robert Runyon
Jeanne
A. B
The
Baptist Church
Ioie Adams
Willard Pugh
Mullens
Marion
Robert Beavers
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Beavers
Lynda
4. G. Cline
Page Cline
New Sunday
Alvin J. Morgan
Lewisburg
Estil Morgan
Fayette Countians Attend Maryland Car Races
Several members of the LaFayette Contemporary Sports Car Club attended the national sports car race in Cumberland Maryland over the weekend. Attendees included Al Gannon Oak Hill vice president of the West Virginia club and Corky Gray Fayetteville both members of the Sports Car Club of America along with Bill Jones Tom Carpenter and daughter Barbara Carl Lokart Jimmy Pariain Carl Harvey Roy Duncan Owen Cox Mount Hope Frank Shumate Matthew Edwards both of Fayetteville and Al Lovitz Beckley.
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Fayeitevidlerns
LaFayette Contemporary Sports Car Club
Cumberland
al Gannon
Oak Hill
West Virginia Club
Corky Gray
Fayetteville
Sports Car Club of America
Bill Jones
Tom Carpenter
Barbara
Carl Lokart
Jimmy Pariain
Carl Harvey
Roy Duncan
Owen Cox
Mount Hope
Frank Shumate
Matthew Edwards
al Lovitz
Beckley
Fayette Projects Win Approval
Fayette County road contracts worth 774 661 cover 102 miles in 11 counties. Low bids go to Anderson’s Inc for two Mingo County resurfacing jobs while Nichols and Rank Inc with Huntington Asphalt beat one bid for US 32. Other projects include Fayette grade and drain work on Secondary 217 and U S 19 resurfacing from Clifftop to Laurel Creek Bridge.
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Charleston U
Fayette County
State Road Commission
Mingo County
Anderson's Inc
Charleston
Maher
Nolan
Delbarton
Logan County
Anderson
Nichols and Rank Inc
Huntington Asphalt Corp
Maher-Nolan
US 32
Anderson’s
Fayette
W. Va
Mount Hope High School
Troitino Bros
Beckley
U. S. 19
Laurel Creek Bridge
Hemlock
A.A. & D. M. Bastic
Rupert
Kopperston Lions Club to Install Officers in June
Kopperston Rhode Island Iriss chapter will install officers in June. Elected at a grade school dinner were R. W. Thomas as president Ted Sails first vice president J. H. Justice second vice president Leon Childers third vice president John Pomeroy tail twister John Paynter lion tamer Charles Chambers secretary Bill Gobie treasurer Paul Sevier and T H Bailey to the board of directors. Guests included Jack Christian Oce ana High School principal and Paul Ray Blankenship scholarship recipient.
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Kopperston
RIIS
Kopperston Lions Club
R. W. Thomas
Ted Sails
J. H. Justice
Leon Childers
John Pomeroy
John Paynter
Bill Gobie
Charles Chambers
Paul Sevier
T. H. Bailey
J Jack Christian
Oceana High School
Paul Ray Blankenship
Lions Club
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Fira
Beckley.Corporaton
Pank Bs
Rai
Beran More
Bank of Ralaigh
Backlay Drug Co
Ally’s
Fay
Fayettevilleetteville
Ym Planners
Kanawha
Mrs. Clay
Oakwood Ave
L. A. Landers
Roy Lee Harmon VE Asi
Miss UpChurch
T. Upchurch
Kansas City
Alpha Epsilon Vision and Radio Fraternity
Prince of Wales Riding Club
Coal River
Dean
Doan
Fayette Countians
Maryland
Fayette Projects
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