Youth League Starts Practice in Oak Hill
Youth League for boys aged 14 15 has begun practice ahead of opening day June 12 at Summerlee field. President Elmer Sheaves said games will be Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. with Saturday double headers at 1 p.m. Additional adult leaders and sponsors are needed, though the league will operate on a tighter budget. Businesses may contact Sheaves or Secretary Harold Hall.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Elmer Sheaves
Summerlee
Sheaves
Harold Hall
Couple Hospitalized After 1957 Wreck in New Richmond
Mr and Mrs Noah Blankenship were hospitalized at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens after their 1957 sedan left the highway and rolled over a 50 foot embankment at New Richmond Sunday at 11 am. Mrs Blankenship suffered a cerebral concussion and 55 stitches. Mr Blankenship had five fractured ribs and scalp wounds requiring eight stitches. Sheriff Lelan Phillips and Chief Deputy Fred Deal investigated.
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Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
New Richmond
Noah Blankenship
Walter Adams
Ing
Bible School To Open May 24 In Pineville
The First Methodist Church in Pineville will host a Bible school themed Personal and Group Relationships from May 24 to June 2 excluding Memorial Day. Classes run 9 to 11 am with designated teachers for Kindergarten through Intermediates and a director Catherine Crews. The annual picnic is June 2 and exhibits and program on June 4 after Sunday School.
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Pineville
RNS
Bible School
First Methodist Church
Richard L. Huffman
Kay Waddell
Oran McKinney
John H. Martin
Harold Metz
Ruby Lambert
Jane Metz
Jack Lambert
Youth NAACP Chapter to Select Delegates for National Convention
Delegates from the Raleigh County NAACP Young People's Chapter will attend the national convention in Philadelphia July 10 16. The drive raised 55 dollars 68 cents through Freedom Tag solicitations, with 30 dollars coming from an After Prom dance at the Pioneer Hotel. The group’s co chairs Barbara Leasure and Robert Allen called the effort a success and plan to send the funds to the New York national office. The Sunday meeting was canceled by President John Flynn. the next gathering is scheduled for 3 30 p m Sunday at Central Baptist Church.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Philadelphia
Raleigh County
Young People’s
NAACP
Barbara Leasure
Robert Allen
New York
Miss Leasure
Hall announces birth of granddaughter Rebecca Lynn Longsworth
Mr and Mrs J W Hall of Plum Orchard announce the birth of their granddaughter Rebecca Lynn to Harold Longsworth and Gayle Hall Longsworth at 4 30 a m Wednesday in McMillan Hospital Charleston The newborn weighed seven pounds one ounce birth place Charleston McMillan Hospital Chelyan connection noted for the mother Gayle Hall Longsworth
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Pax
J. W. Hall
Plum Orchard
Rebecca Lynn
Harold Longsworth
Chelyan
McMillan Hospital
Charleston
Longsworth
Gayle ‘Hall
Charleston Man Faces Traffic Charge After Collision
A Charleston man, Frank C. Curatolo, will be charged with failing to yield right of way in a crash between a Cadillac and a tractor trailer on U S 60 and U S 21 at Chimney Corner. Damages clock in at 9000 dollars. Curatolo is hospitalized with fractures and other injuries. The truck driver is Hosea Everett Criss of Coalgrove Ohio. In a second incident on May 16, Phillip Edward Massey must appear in court for failing to control his car after rear ending Margaret Vivian Stines of Glen Jean on U S 121 near Hilltop.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Charleston
Cadillac
Frank C. Curatolo
Chimney Corner
U. S. 60
U. S. 21
Carabolo
Charles Hedrick
Rupert
Hosea Everett Criss
Coal Grove
Ohio
Phillip Edward Massey
Frank Simms
Massey
Margaret Vivian Stines
Glen Jean
U.S. 121
Hilltop
Top Journalist To Be Named At Press Meet
The Raleigh-Wyoming High School Press Association banquet will announce the second Journalist of the Year. The Raleigh Register plaque will be presented by Mrs. Jack Martin of Pineville. Oceana and Pineville High Schools co host the event at 7 p.m. in Pineville with ten schools participating.
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Oceana
RNS
Raleigh-Wyoming High School Press Association
Cow Shed
Pineville
Raleigh Register
Register
Jack Martin
Beckley
Donnie Cook
Marshall University
Huntington
Cochairmen
Carol Grosse
Tomahawk Times
Oceana High
Donald Meadows
Smoke Signals
Stoco High
Quill and Scroll
Mullens
W. C. Yea
Larry Mullens
Sonny Cook
Pam ‘Goode
Doug Tilley
Ernest McCoy
Billie Cook
Sally Schilling
Mary Lamp
Carol Baldwin
Carol Steele
Ralph Chisler
Margie Dixon
Judy Plumley
Harold McKinney
Terry Tilley
Glen Fork Resident Honored At Shower
A stork shower honored Peggy Adams in Glen Fork at the home of Bias Pizzino. Hosts included Audrey Cook Mae Shrewsbury Mamie Pizzino and Mary Sanders with many attendees listed by name.
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Glen Fork
Rns
Peggy Adams
Bias Pizzino
Audrey Cook
Mae Shrewsbury
Mamie Pizzino
Mary Sanders
Juanita Shumate
Connie Pizzino
Eula Wood
Orpha Sanders
Alta Cook
Lucy Norman
Eva Sanders
Justine Acord
Riva Shrewsbury
Glenna Powers
Nola Sanders
Ollie Acord
Billie Sanders
Ilene Brown
Beatrice Lay
Edna Jo Bailey
Betty Powers
Dorothy Workman
Jacqueline Sanders
Jackie Adams
Honor Graduates And Commencement Speaker For Collins High
Oak Hill RNS Collins High School plans two May services in the gym. The Rev. R. J. Chenoweth will deliver the graduation sermon and eight seniors are named as honor graduates, including valedictorian Carolyn Sue Allen and salutatorian Beverly Thompson. Graduation candidates list numerous seniors with extensive local church ties and affiliations.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Collins High School
R. J. Chenoweth
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Oak Hill-Scarbro Ministerial Association
Carolyn Sue Allen
Beverly Thompson
Carol Sue Hitchcock
Kathryn Williams
Sandra Neely
Janet Henderson
Roy Sizemore
Carolyn Hall
Chenoweth
Morris Harvey College
Mullens
Ashbury Church
Charleston
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Fayette County
Long Branch
Pax
Hilltop
Harvey
Glen Jean
Scarbro
James Ketterling Ayres
Benny Ray Rakes
Richard Lee Bowen
Robert Lee ‘Brooks
Nina Ruth Burgess
Susan Jane Carroll
Harold Eugene ‘Clendenin
Henry Blaine Clower Jr
John Edward Davis
Jo Ann Deeds
James Jackson Delridge
Wallace James Dempsey Jr
Frederick Lee Duncan
Walter Ivan Eads
Sandra Jean Ellison
Joel Kent Evans
Judith Lee Flint
Kenneth Howard Franklin
Mna
Lou Garrett
Barbara Lee Goode
Donald Lee Harper
Larry Clinton Harris
Lowell Edward Lively
Ramon Perez Lopez
Louis Edward Luke
Ruth Ann Mitchell
Peter Alden Morst
Joseph Andrew Motus Jr
Paul
Mystery surrounds couple deaths as weapon found
State Police pursue probe into the deaths of Dr Arch H Wingrove and housekeeper Mrs Georgia Broyles found shot in Scarbro residence. Volunteers carried the bodies to an ambulance after a neighbor discovery Saturday night. The shopping of the weapon is cited but details remain unclear. Helen Maniatis of Steubenville Ohio was named Secretary of the Year by West Virginia National Secretaries Association at a three day meeting.
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Arch H. Wingrove
Georgia Broyles
Scarbro
Clarksburg
UPI
Helen Maniatis
Steubenville
Ohio
Follawsbee Steel Co
West Virginia
National Secretaries Association
Charleston Clerk Dies of Heart Attack on Street
Charleston dispatch reports Herman C Krise aged 65 of Dunbar collapsed and died on a street from an apparent heart attack Friday. A native of Belva Fayette County Krise was a clerk for the New York Central Railroad.
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Charleston
UPI
Herman C. Krise
Dunbar
Belva
Fayette County
Krise
New York ,Central Railroad
National Trotting Association Founded in 1870
The National Trotting Association, predecessor of today’s United States Trotting Association, traces its founding to 1870. The organization emerged to regulate harness racing and set standards for breeds and competitions.
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The
National Trotting Assn
United States Trotting Assn
Indians and Tigers win Little League games at Oak Hill
In Saturday action the Indians and Tigers won two Little League games, while the Yankees and Pirates took Minor League contests. The Tigers beat the Cubs 12 to 7 with two Cubs hitting home runs and Flint plating one for the Tigers. Shuff won in four innings, Price took the loss. The Indians defeated the Giants 11 to 4 in a makeup game. Shuff was the winner and Simpkins the loser. The Yankees shut out the Braves 10 to 3 in four innings with Flint credited the win. The Pirates crushed the Athletics 25 to 8 in a makeup game, Goins the winner and Hendrick the loser. Tonight the Pirates meet the Dodgers in the Minor League at 5:30 and the Giants face the Senators in Little League.
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Oak Hill
Indians
Tigers
Yankees
Pirates
Cubs
Jarrett
Prather
Flint
Sheaves
Price
Giants
Shuff
Simpkins
Braves
Phillips
Athletics
Goins
Hendrick
Dogers
Senators
Thomas
Kincaid
Campbell
Scott
WSCS To Honor New Members
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church in Mullens will honor new members this year at the Tuesday 7:30 p.m. meeting in Friendship Hall. Members named include Mrs. Graham Tilly, Mrs. S. E. Johnson, Mrs. Woodrow Martin, Mrs. W. H. Lawson, Mrs. S. M. Cline, Mrs. J. O. Anderson, Mrs. Joseph P. Taylor, Mrs. W. D. Emmons, Mrs. Annie Emmons, Mrs. Peggy Smith, Mrs. Iona Brooks, and Mrs. Nellie Conley. The program, led by Mrs. Joe Cook, features "Jesus Calls Us" and "Three Fold Call" by Mrs. E. T. Hughes, with talks on call to prayer, service, and giving by other members. An executive meeting at 7 p.m. precedes the regular session. Reports from the past year and the Circles list will be announced, with Circle No. 1 handling refreshments.
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W. D. Emmons
Annie Emmons
Peggy Smith
Iona Brooks
Nellie Conley
Jesus
Joe Cook
E. T. Hughes
James Kuhlke
Glen Hudgins
Red Legs Keep Perfect Record in Little League
OAK HILL The Red Legs remain undefeated after three weeks in Little League. The Pirates claim top spot in the Minor League after sweeping two games, while the Red Sox slide to a three way tie for second with the Yankees and Athletics. The Braves sit fifth and the Dodgers at the bottom as Cubs move to second and Indians rise to third, pushing Senators to cellar. Tigers and Giants hold fourth and fifth in the overall standings.
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Oak Hill
Pirates
Red Sox
Yankees
Athletics
Braves
Dodgers
Cubs
Indians
Senators
Tigers
Giants
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Youth League
Bourbon Institute
Ancient Age Distilling CO
Frankfort
Youth Naacp Chapter
Collins High
Douglas Nichols
Julius Albert Orban
James Robert Oxendale Jr
Carolyn Ray Painter
Charles Edward Ramey Jr
Patricia Lee Richards
James Michael Shumate
Roy Lee Sizemore
Joe David Sproles
Carol Sue Stover
Beverly Frances Thompson
Carolyn Frances Thompson
Kenneth Ray Tredway
Ralph Frederick Watkins
Alan Bradford Wickline
Dee Anna Wilkerson
Kathryn Cecilia Williams
Willogene Marie Winston
Ronald Lee Zastawniak
Anita Louise Akers
Elizabeth Carole Beasley
Patricia Ann
Jesse James Tincher
Betty Mae Toombs
Jo Ellen Toney
Barbara Jean Travis
Donald Erland Waddell
Darrell Lee Wallace
Anna Mae Walters
Yvonne Syree Ware
Dwight Reed Wilborne
Brenda Belle Wilmoth
Patricia Karen Adkock
Deanna Sue Criss
Patricia LaVerne Franklin
Sharon Lee Speer
Lee Anna Thompson
Brenda Marjorie Ware
Joan Margaret Bennett
Norma Rhodell Staunton
Beverly
Cookie” Thompson
Kathryn Williams, and
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Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Adkins
Carter
McCluskey
Hall
Giants Grzyz
Larrick
Hiser
Pullen
Paulus If Rodes
Pace
Toombs
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Bennett
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Wagner
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Gwinn
Weazy
O'Dell
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Renkovish
Waugh
White
WSCS
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