Truman Diamond Jubilee Fete Held In Pineville
In Pineville West Virginia attorney general W W Barron headlined a Truman Diamond Jubilee dinner honoring Harry S Truman s 75th birthday The Oceana Democratic Club hosted the event drawing about 135 attendees Barron warned of Republican party power in government and urged stronger county and state Democratic organization to inform voters and field qualified candidates for the 1960 primaries Other prominent Democrats attended including Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee State Senator Billy Mitchell and local officials from Wyoming and McDowell counties
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Pineville
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W. W. Barron
West Virginia
The
Oceana Democratic Club
Harry S. Truman
Barron
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Democratic Executive Committee
Elizabeth Kee
Fifth District
Billy Mitchell
Mingo
McDowell Counties
Vernon Calloway
House of Delegates
McDowell County
Curtis Trent
Three Plead Guilty To Grand Larceny Charge
In Wyoming County Circuit Court Bafford Justice Lonnie Justice and Elzie Reed pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing 6000 dollars in copper wire from Island Creek Coal Co Coal Mountain on March 21 1959 They received one to ten years in the state penitentiary with five days credit and five years probation after sentence suspension Judge Robert M Worrell presided George Eugene Chafin pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in January 1959 stealing cigarettes valued at 8 75 He got one to ten years in prison with 19 days credit and three years probation Lowell Green was found not guilty of the robbery of Roy Cook Arthur Toler pleaded guilty to a whisky violation sentenced to one year in jail 100 fine and three years probation Oscar Eugene Waycaster pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the Ira Magine store in January 1959 stealing cigarettes worth 3 75 He received one to ten years in the penitentiary with 18 days credit and probation status unspecified
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Pineville
RNL
Wyoming
Bafford Justice
Lonnie Justice
Elzie Reed
Island Creek Coal Co
Coal Mountain
Robert M. Worrell
George Eugene Chafin
Ira Mogini
Worrell
Chafin
Lowell Green
Roy Cook
Dennis McGraw
Green
Arthur Toler
Oscar Eugene Waycaster
Ira Magine
State Penitentiary
Bronx Pitcher Tom Kelleher Starred for Selma Team
Tom Kelleher, 24, of the Bronx, New York, won 21 games for Selma Alabama last season as his team captured the Alabama Florida League pennant.
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Tom Kelleher
Bronx
N. Y
Selma
Ala
Fayetteville PTA Honors Two Retiring Teachers
Fayetteville marks the retirement of E. B. Eskew and Miss Ethel Grose with a program and reception in Memorial Auditorium. Eskew, a 30 year veteran as teacher and administrator, and Grose, longtime Fayetteville Elementary School teacher, were lauded by Ramon Adkins and invited guests including A. L. Walker and S. C. Higgins Jr. The event featured greetings, gifts, and expressions of appreciation from colleagues and community members.
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Fayetteville
RNS
E. B. Eskew
Ethel Grose
Parent-Teacher Association
Memorial Auditorium
Eskew
Miss Grose
Academy Court
Ramon Adkins
PTA
Charles S. Thompson
Dan H. Perdue
David Hypes
Larry Bailes
Brenda Baker
Leo Bode
Robert Bode
Charles Campbell
Juanda Ann Clay
Betty Edds
Susan ‘Edds
Judy Farmer
Carol Fox
Patricia Humphrey
Linda Janney
Gail Lilly
Lois Martin
Jackie Stone
Tana Sue Toler
Short Awarded NSF Scholarship for Nine-Week Term
Oceana High School math teacher Gerald Short received a National Science Foundation scholarship for a nine week term starting June 22. He chose the Marshall Scholarship at closer distance and plans weekends with family. Short, son of Bernice Short, is a 1944 Oceana graduate, Army veteran, Korea service, Concord College honors graduate with math major and physics minor.
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Oceana
ANS
National Science Foundation
Gerald Short
Mathe
Oceana High School
Short
General Electric
Perdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Marshall
Bernie Short
Clear Fork
Korea
Concord College
Concord
Turner Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for Jacob Turner, 62, of Hill Top, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Collins Funeral Home Chapel Glen Jean, conducted by Rev. G. J. Wilson. Burial follows at Hill Top Cemetery. He was found dead in his yard Thursday morning around 8:15. Body remains at the funeral home.
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Hill Top
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Jacob Turner
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
G. J. Wilson
Turner
Divorces Granted in Wyoming County Circuit Court
Two divorces were granted late last week in Wyoming County Circuit Court. The cases involve Lewis G. Bolen versus Margaret Mann Bolen and Patricia Crockett versus David Earl Crockett.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Lewis G. Bolen
Margaret Mann Bolen
Patricia Crockett
David Earl Crockett
Gilbert Parents Welcome Daughter At Welch Hospital
A daughter was born Sunday at Welch Emergency Hospital to Mr and Mrs David Huffman of Gilbert. The baby weighed six pounds one and a quarter ounces.
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Gilbert
Rns
Welch Emergency Hospital
David Huffman
Kopperston Brief: Injured Teens Seek Treatment and Birth Announced
In Kopperston Jacqueline Mulkey 17 and Marilyn Mulkey 12 receive care at Welch hospital after a car wreck with facial injuries and a left wrist injury respectively. Mr and Mrs Francis Williams announce the birth of a daughter Sunday at 9 40 a m in Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch weighing four pounds 12 ounces.
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Kopperston
Welch Hospital
Jacqueline Mulkey
Marilyn Mulkey
Jacqueline
Marilyn
RNS
Francis Williams
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Traffic Halt for Cancer Drive Aids Oceana Group
Mrs Paul Fleenor Carolynne Evans Kay Biggs Peggy Lou Cook Jean Thomas Alma King Oceana Police Chief Philip Neal Earl Pritchard and Deputy Sheriff Dewey Short join a drive to raise funds. A teenage dance at Kopperston Grade School and a house to house campaign are planned. The Oceana Woman's Club sponsors with Mrs Price and Mrs Otis Cook as co chairs.
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Paul Fleenor
Carolynne Evans
Kay Biggs
Peggy Lou Cook
Jean Thomas
Alma King
Oceana
Philip Neal
Earl Pritchard
Dewey Short
Kopperston
Oceana Woman's Club
Price
Otis Cook
Coal River Vacation Bible School Volunteers Sought
Coal River area will host summer students to assist in camp and conference programs and Vacation Bible Schools starting June 1. Seminary student David May from Yale Divinity School joins listed volunteers from Maryland Georgia Iowa and Pennsylvania. Whitesville Church hosts a teacher demonstration Saturday 10 am to 2 pm with lunch to be brought. Parents night drama and film app enjoyed by about 40 juniors and parents at Presbyterian group. Mrs. Clayton Stover visits Charteston for hospital check-up after surgery.
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Colcord
RNS
Elmer Thompson
Ellison
Jesse Wright
Coal River Area
David May
Yale Divinity School
Durham
N. C
Mary Carmichael
McDonough
Anita Cone
Independence
Iowa
Doris Conkle
Ameagle
Rolfe Smith
Kennett Square
Whitesville Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Clayton Stover
Charteston
Separate Funerals Set For Murderer Victim
In Pineville a double funeral schedule unfolds for Drewey Lawrence and his wife Maxine Stafford Lawrence. Lawrence, 45, killed his wife, wounded two others, then died by suicide. his funeral is set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Hanover Missionary Baptist Church. Final rites for Maxine are planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at her parents’ residence in Coal Mountain. Mrs. Lester remains in fair condition in Welch hospital. Judy received quick treatment and was discharged. Lawrence’s notes mention his daughter and motives. his cause appears linked to multiple relationships. Burial will follow in the family cemetery.
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Pineville
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Drewey Lawrence
Hanover Missionary Baptist Church
Roy Lester
Simon
Maxine Stafford Lawrence
Julius and
Viola Stafford
Big Branch
Coal Mountain
Lawrence
Long Branch
Audrey Lester
Judy
Stover and Kinder Families Walk Home After Visits
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Stover of Columbus Ohio return from visits to their parents Mr and Mrs Anderson Stover of Colcord and Mr and Mrs Dewey Kinder of Ameagle Freud Cooper will move to Columbus Ohio with his family in a week or two Denver Mullens of Colcord has not found work yet.
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Lawrence Stover
Columbus
Ohio
Anderson Stover
Colcord
Dewey Kinder
Ameagle
Freud Cooper
Denver Mullens
Gielgud Readies Play in New York Return
Sir John Gielgud and Margaret Leighton bring Much Ado About Nothing to Broadway on September 17 in the London 1952 staging that set a 227 performance record.
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Gielgud
New York
Sir John Gielgud
Margaret Leighton
London
Farewell Party Honors Oceana Minister and Wife
A farewell party at the Oceana Methodist Church honored Rev. and Mrs. Dale Childers who depart for Rock Hall Maryland where he will pastor a church and study at Wesleyan Center. The event included token gifts, a bronze plaque, and cash presents from the Intermediate MYF and adult members, with many families in attendance.
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Oceana
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Oceana Methodist Church
Dale Childers
Rock Hall
Childers
Huntington
Wesleyan Center
Washington
D.C
Intermediate Youth Fellowship
MYF
Eugene Cook
Tommy Poland
Billy Drake
Nancy Jeanne Shan
Conley High School Holds Commencement in Mullens
Conley High School plans 7:30 p m commencement in the school auditorium for 23 seniors led by valedictorian Eva Jean Goings and salutatorian Edna Pearl Allen. Dr. William James Lord Wallace of West Virginia State College will give the commencement address.
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Mullens
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Conley High School
Eva Jean Goings
Herbert Goings
Edna Pearl Allen
James Allen
Glen Rogers
William James Lord Wallace
West Virginia State College
Institute
Miss Goings
Future Business Leaders of America
Future Homemakers of America
Charleston
Bluefield State College
Miss Allen
FBSA
FHA
Business College
Los Angeles
Calif
Salisbury
N. C
Wallace
West Virginia State
Whitesville and Sylvester PTAs Top Boone Rating
The Boone County PTA Council rated Whitesville and Sylvester PTAs highly across several activity areas. Sylvester placed second in membership with 74, led in minute books, and won in program arrangement and training. Whitesville won in scrapbooks and tied for subscriptions, with overall totals placing Sylvester first at 115.4 and Whitesville second at 113.7.
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Whitesville
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Boone County
Parent-Teacher Association Council
PTA
Sylvester
Ptas
Racine
Comfort
Danville
Madison
Peytona
Laura Hedrick
Andy E. Perry
Hivins Snodgrass
Glen Rogers Juniors Honor Seniors Banquet Highlights
Eighty five students, faculty, and guests attended Glen Rogers High School Junior Senior Banquet at the Cow Shed Pineville. Miss Sharon Hall welcomed guests, Ronnie Lilly offered the Senior Class response, and Larry Lilly toasted friendship. Musical numbers included a piano solo and songs with Miss Mary Frances Davis. Broadway next season features a modern Don Juan who is shot and returns to earth as the most beautiful girl.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Glen Rogers High School
Pineville
Sharon Hall
Ronnie Lilly
Larry Lilly
Shirley Bailey
Jerolene Crowder
Daisy Shumate
Belle Shumate
Rebecca Phillips
Phillis Gentry
Shirley Miller
Linda Hurley
Gloria Canada
Mary Frances Davis
Miss Davis
Virginia Smith
Earl Arbaugh
Sam Clark
Marion H. Brooks
Lacy Dillon
Jesse B. Lilly
Louis Kaman
Moss Walker
Elizabeth Williams
James Lewis
James Goddard
Joe Lilly
Walter Brooks
Good-bye Charlie: Axelrod's new play switches theme
New York AP reports playwright George Axelrod departs from Don Juan as his new play Good-bye Charlie offers a fresh take on the familiar theater theme. The script is described as complete and due for production later.
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New York
George Axelrod
Charlie
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P. C. Mayhew
Ray Shannon
Loss Oe
Hugh Miller
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Daniel Clark Jr
Robert Allen Crawford
Virginia Crews
William Earl Fuller
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Ardelia Hamby
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Walter Parnell
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