Wyoming Park Plans Told At Garden Club Meeting
The Lorena Garden Club of Mullens discussed plans for a new Cabin Creek area park with facilities including a scenic lake swimming pool tennis courts picnic areas and trails. Councilman Smith outlined the project set to start around June 1 and urged members to promote use of the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Park
Cabin Creek Area
Smith
Garden Club
H.P. Stewart
Baren Toler
Zed B. Campbell
Princeton
Weekend visits span towns in Ravens Cliff area
Ravencliff and Mullens residents hosted relatives over the weekend. Hurley Blankenship and family visited the Rev and Mrs Orville Blankenship. Jack Pauley returned home after visiting Gene Pauley. George King and son Bill traveled to Chicago to see their daughter Mrs Sam DeVita who remains critically ill. DeVitas sisters visited, John Tonoff Bob visited Mrs Bailey, Willard Ownby family left for Hampton Va after several days with Donald Mann. En route they planned to stop in Charleston to stay with Willard Ownby Sr. S Sgt Wilson Mann and children from Fort Walton Beach Fla arrived to spend three weeks with the Mann and the Rev Walter Norman families in Glen Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
Hurley Blankenship
Mullens
Orville
Jack Pauley
Gilbert
Gene Pauley
George King
Bill
Chicago
Til
Sam DeVita
Willard Ownby
Wilson Mann
Fort Walton Beach, Fla
Mann
Walter Norman
Glen Fork
Postmaster Nominee Johnson Confirmed in Logan West Virginia
The Senate confirmed Marvin L. Johnson as postmaster of Logan West Virginia. Confirmation occurred Tuesday with UPI reporting the approval of the appointment, marking Johnson as the town’s new postal chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Annual May Festival Held At Ben Dunman
Paula Niswander and David Runion crowned May Festival king and queen at Ben Dunman Junior High School. The event featured a May Court, honor guard, dances, tumbling, and a May Pole procession under the direction of PE instructors Wilma Christiano and Catherine Stewart with guests including Jesse W. Morgan and Robert Kuhn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Dunman
Mullens
BNS
Paula Niswander
David Runion
Fred Niswander Jr
Itmann
David
Cecil Runion
Jesse W. Morgan
Wyoming County
Robert Kuhn
George Nolley
Helen Marie Brooks
Priscilla Wood
John Shumate
Carol Lawson
Mike Wilcox
Judy Repass
Rosemary Lambert
Mike Runion
Bill Short
Adonna Farmer
Rex McCoy
Sandra Worley
David Sizemore
Becky White
Wallace Mills
Vicki Lusk
Dennis Thompson
Judi Sandoval
Cyrus Trent
Betty
Wilma Christiano
Catherine Stewart
Household Shower Honors Recent Bride
Mrs. Robert Green received a household shower Friday night at her parents Basin home. Brenda Mills, bride to be, will graduate Hern don High May 31 and then move to Washington D C with her husband. Friends listed include numerous Mills and McKinney families plus Shrewsbury and Ford relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George White
Eula McKinney
Ethel Lusk
L. Lusk
Georgie Lusk
Dewey Lilly
Charles McKinney
John Rinehart
Whitt
Wilma Shell
Lois Shrewsbury
Clayton McKinney
S. Belcher
Ruby Folden
Gladys Gerald
George Fitzwater
Lloyd McKinney
Residents and Visitors Mentioned in Mt Hope Notes
Mt Hope items list Mrs Bertie Johnson in Oak Hill Hospital for observation and treatment. Blanche Davis and her mother Della Tyree visit Charleston relatives. Raymond Wotring and son Danny return home from Woodbridge after visiting Loraine Wotring family. Joe H Zinn visited Huntington relatives. Mrs Robert Lilly tours the state with the State WCTU Caravan. Becky Yarbrough recovers from an appendectomy at Raleigh General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Bertie Johnson
Oak Hill Hospital
Blanche Davis
Della Tyree
Pax
Buster Tyree
Charleston
Raymond Wotring
Danny
Woodbridge
Loraine Wotring
Chestnut Circle
Joe H. Zinn
Huntington
Lawrence Bennett
Robert Lilly
State
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Becky Yarbrough
Ray Hanson Jr
Raleigh General Hospital
Oak Hill Jaycee Chairman Wins National Health Award
Tom Rose Jr. of the Oak Hill Jaycee received a national health and safety award as one of ten outstanding chairmen from 50 states at the 1962 Jaycee convention banquet in Bluefield. He also earned the state chairman of the year honor and serves as Oak Hill Jaycee secretary and new vice president. Rose, a pharmacist, praised the organization for getting things done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Rose Jr
Oak Hill
Mrs. Erie Tabor Ill At Rock Creek Home
Mrs. Erie Tabor of Rock Creek remains ill at her home after a stroke on May 7 leaving little use of her left side. A niece Mrs Paris Waddell Cedar Bluff Va visited with her husband and daughters last weekend and returned Sunday. Relatives expected this weekend include Col and Mrs Tom Larner Blacksburg and Mrs Larner, a niece who visited last summer after a three year overseas tour.
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Rock Creek
RNS
Erie Tabor
Paris Waddell
Erie
Cedar Bluff
Hattie Honaker
Woodrow Grindstaff
Joyce Gail
Robin
Nancy
Jimmy
Woody
Col
Tom Larner
Blacksburg
Larner
Tabor
R.O.T.C
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Circle Hears Program on Church Extension
Circle No 3 of Mount Hope Presbyterian Church met at Mrs W G Callaway home with co hostesses Mrs E C Amick and Mrs S C Higgins presenting a program on church extension The Bible study A Puff of Smoke was given by Mrs H D Norton Welcomed guest was Mrs W J Moore president of the Women of the Church Other members present included Mrs Sam Dorado Mrs C R Harnsbarger Mrs W C Holliday Mrs P C Grassney Jr Mrs H D Gast Mrs E E Jones Jr Mrs A C Carman Mrs A L Elkins Mrs Lloyd G Fitzgerald Mrs A C Prince and Mrs Leo Morelli
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
W. G. Callaway
E. C. Amick
S. C. Higgins
H. D. Norton
W. J. Moore
the Women of the Church
Sam Dorado
C. R. Harnsbarger
W. C. Holliday
P. C. Grassney Jr
H. D. Gast
E. E. Jones Jr
A. C. Carman
A. L. Elkins
Lloyd G. Fitzgerald
A. C. Prince
Leo Morelli
Realtors Gather for Mount Hope Dinner Meeting
About 80 real estate dealers and employees from Raleigh and Fayette counties attended a dinner meeting Saturday at the Mount Hope Lions Club on Chestnut Circle Mount Hope. Guest speaker was Walter Fredericks executive vice president West Virginia Association of Realtors. Also attending were Dennis O. Terry and J Everette Shrewsbury. Represented at the meeting were Lilly Land Co Homeseekers Land Co Blackburn Patteson Realty Co Oak Hill and Mount Hope firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fayette Counties
Mount Hope
Homeseekers Land Co
Blackburn-Patteson Realty Co
Beckley, Oak Hill and
Burnettes Mark 44th Anniversary
Oak Hill couple Mr and Mrs James Burnette celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary with a surprise dinner at their home Attending were James Burnette Jr McAlpin Dale Burnette and children Anna Marie Roger Dale Beckley Dempsey Cyrus and children Nancy Alma Green Sulphur Richard Fowler Orange California Ernest Williams Oak Hill Basil Sims and children Linda Charles James Beckley Unable to attend were Gene Burnette and spouse.
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Oak Hill
James Burnette
James Burnette Jr
McAlpin
Dale Burnette
Anna Marie
Roger Dale
Beckley
Dempsey Cyrus
Nancy
Alma
Richard Fowler
Orange
Calif
Ernest Williams
Basil Sims
Linda
Charles
James
Gene Burnette
Dempsey Burnette Family and San Anna Guests
and Mrs. Dempsey Burnette and family, all of Washington, D. C. and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Vinet of San Anna, Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dempsey Burnette
Washington, D. C
Pete Vinet
San Anna
Calif
Mullens Girl Leads Concord Graduating Class
Miss Catherine Rose Ramsey will graduate Summa Cum Laude from Concord College and deliver the valedictory at the 87th Commencement on May 31. She is also editor of the Concordian, member of Cardinal Key and Kappa Delta Pi, and plans to teach after earning a bachelor of science in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Lorena Garden Club
Louis Kaman
Herbert Morgan
Catherine
Oellness
Kaman
Camp Caesar
Stephen
Jay Workman
Cardinal Junior Garden Club
Carrie Thrasher
L. B. Wickline
Jack Dick
Stephenson
Athens
Catherine Rose Ramsey
Concord College
Ramsey
Edward McGrady
University of the South
Swanee
Tenn
Joseph Marsh
Mullens High School
Miss Ramsey
J. W. Ramsey
Corinne
Concord
Concordian
Cardinal Key
Kappa Delta Pi
National Education Honorary
Alpha Sigma Tau _ sorority
Sessuadets Junior High School
Rainbow Order Honors Mothers Banquet in Masonic Hall
Rainbow Order for Girls hosted a mother daughter banquet themed Things Change With the Years. Brenda Lusk delivered the invocation and Sheila Compton gave opening remarks. Libby Welch welcomed guests as worthy advisor, carnations were given to each mother, and Mrs. Woodrow Cook replied for the mothers. A song titled with the theme was sung by Cindy Cook and a poem read by Karen Wel. Attending mothers and daughters include Mrs. Leo Smith and Sally, Mrs. Henry Canterbury Jr. and Trudy, Mrs. Marian Vanover and Linda, Mrs. Roy Sisk and Donna, Mrs. Mason Meadows and Sandra, Mrs. Raymond Wells and Edna Rae, Mrs. Frances Adams and Deborah, Mrs. L. C. Stewart and Layna, Mrs. A. C. Dennis and Nancy Jo, Mrs. J. B. Brooks and Helen, Mrs. Opal Canada and Judy, Mrs. Marcella Staton and Vicki, Mrs. W. W. Wells and Karen, Mrs. Damon Cook and Teresa and Judy, Mrs. Glen Cozort and Libby, Mrs. Jack Dick and Sue Carol, Mrs. J. J. Compton and Shelia, and Mrs. Ora Bolen mother advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Wel
Leo Smith
Sally
Henry Canterbury Jr
Trudy
Marian Vanover
Linda
Roy Sisk
Donna
Mason Meadows
Sandra
Raymond Wells
Edna Rae
Frances Adams
Deborah
L. C. Stewart
Layna
A. C. Dennis
Nancy Jo
J. B. Brooks
Helen
Opal Canada
Judy
Marcella Staton
Vicki
W. W. Wells
Karen
Damon Cook
Teresa
Glen Cozort
Libby
Jack Dick
Sue Carol
J. J. Compton
Shelia
Ora Bolen
Mrs Craddock Returns Home From Beck Memorial Hospital
Mrs George Craddock of Maple Fork Road has left Beck Memorial Hospital and returned home where she is listed as a patient.
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Maple Fork
George Craddock
Maple Fork Road
Beck Memorial Hospital
Reception Honors Pastor and Wife On 25th Anniversary
In Mullens West Virginia a reception honored Rev Virgil Conant and his wife on their 25th wedding anniversary at Friendship Hall of the First Methodist Church Attendees included church officers and friends as the couple received floral Corsage and boutonniere gifts A tiered cake and silver service were part of the table displays with music by Mrs Joseph Taylor and flowers arranged by Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Bowling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Canterbury
Glen Rogers High School
Floyd
O. E. Canterbury
Ravencliff
Hi-Y
Pictography Club
Christian Harmonizers
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Lee Hodson
Fred Shelton
Methodist Men's Club
R. D. Price
Anne Gail Sclater
Conant
W. C. Neal
W. H. Thompson
Conants
Sam Barton
William Burdiss
Hershel, Cook
Joseph Cook
Perry Cook
Curtis Crotty
Harry Houck
Glen Hudgins
E. P. Hughes
Vernon Lawson
Glen McKinney
Carl Moran
Herbert Morgan
Paul Ritchie
A. L. Robertson
Allen Robertson
Ted Robinette
John Robinson
M. M. Shumate
Byron W. Steele
A. J. Tolley
E. B. Winzenrith
Catherine Stewart
Mullens Doctor Named West Virginia Doctor of the Year
Dr. Byron W. Steele, 72, honored as West Virginia General Practitioner of the Year for 1962 by the West Virginia State Medical Association. A Mullens native and longtime physician, Steele will accept the award at White Sulphur Springs August 23 to 25. He graduated from Marshall University in 1910 and from the University of Maryland in 1914, served as a surgeon in World War I, and has practiced in Mullens since 1919. He is a Wyoming General Hospital staff member and former Wyoming County Medical Society president.
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Mullens
RNS
West Virginia
Byron W. Steele
West Virginia State Medical Association
Steele
White Sulphur Springs
Marshall University
University of Maryland
Army Medical Corps
Moundsville
Wyoming General Hospital
Wyoming County Medical Society
West Virginia and
America Medical Associations
Scout Camporee Held In Fayette and Awards Given
The three day Boy Scout Camporee at Beckwith 4H Camp in Mount Hope began Friday with 18 Troop 91 members and leaders arriving to set tents and cook. William Stewart Buckskin Council District Executive led events including fitness tests and merit badge activity while Troop 91 won ribbons for obstacle course chin ups and more. Approximately 200 scouts and 20 leaders attended as campfires echoed through the woods and a Sunday church service closed the event. next Camporee scheduled for fall.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Beckwith
William Stewart
Buckskin Council
Mount Hope Troop No. 91
Stewart
Larz Bennett
Boomer
Raymond Dolen
Montgomery
Fred Waters
Cannelton
M. A. Marchetti
D. H. Brown
Pratt
Jack McCoy
Longacre
A. Foster
Oak Hill
J. Gannon
C. Prather
Carlisle
Ken Robins
Charlton Heightts
Bouldher Allison
Cliff Top
Page
J. W. Bragg
Carl Grimmett
Steve Phillips
Jerry McCracken
David Rhodes
Mike Martin
Bragg
Oak Hill Levy Defeated Again in City Vote
Oak Hill voters defeated a proposed 18 000 levy for city upkeep. Of 981 ballots cast at City Hall, 524 rejected the levy and 457 supported it, needing about 150 more votes for passage in a 60 percent threshold. The levy would have funded general city expenses under the then in use gross sales tax.
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OAK Hill
ANL
City Hall
McDowell Woman Is Arrested In Virginia
A Miami man and a West Virginia woman were arrested in Salem Virginia in connection with a $6000 painting theft in Miami. Stephen John Gambil Jr 23 and Lillian Steele Childress 26 of Panther McDowell County were held for investigation of other charges. Police said they may be wanted in Richmond County South Carolina. The couple drove a car with Georgia plates and admitted a stolen television set in the back.
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Salem, Va
UPI
Miami
West Virginia
Stephen John Gambil Jr
Lillian Steele Childress
Panther
McDowell County
W. Va
Richmond County
S.C
O. S. Foster
Georgia
GSA Opens Bids for Wood Research Center Near Princeton
General Services Administration announced bid opening set for June 12 on a 300000 dollar forest product research center near Princeton West Virginia. The Appalachian hardwoods project will be operated by the U.S. Forest Service, includes two buildings and a staff of 40 to 50, with completion expected by late 1963 and total cost not yet specified.
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Washington
UPI
General Services Administration
Princeton
W. A
U. S. Forest Service
Mission Group Studies Bible Book Of Month
Members of the Toneda Baptist Mission Society met in Fellowship Hall for a Bible study on the Bible Book of the Month Luke. Mrs Verne Cook led prayer and singing, presided as vice president, and Mrs Gilbert Cook conducted the study. A love gift of 11.84 was announced, with prayer of dedication. Next meeting May 24 with Jay Whitt Cook presenting.
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Oceana
BNS
Toneda Baptist Mission Society
Fellowship Hall
Verne Cook
Cook
Gilbert Cook
Tom Fleenor
Don D. Cook
Ray Eppling
Jay Whitte Cook
Wirt Cook
Fleenor
Jimmy Cook
Denny Brown
Tom Long
Emory Justice
David Long
Virgil Lusk
Roy Lester
Susie Brown
Cada
Jay
Etta Cook
Jay Whitt Cook
Ollie Cline
Grace Barlow
Family Visits Across Morgantown Home Weekend
Mrs J E Durham of Morgantown spent the weekend with son Hubert Durham and daughter Elizabeth Ogle. Other relatives included James Morris and daughters Patricia and Debbie, and Herbert Morris with Douglas and Donna of Beckley. Pfc Charles Durham and his wife are on 30 day leave. Buddy Perry of Ravencliff joined for a dinner. Mrs Durham plans to stay with her parents Ridley and Sophia Davidson this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
J. E. Durham
Morgantown
Hubert Durham
Elizabeth Ogle
James Morris
Patricia
Debbie
Pfc
Charles Durham
Buddy Perry
Ravencliff
Miner Dies After Coal Mine Accident Near Spanishburg
Gardner miner Jesse Wayne Roberts, 30, died from injuries after a Monday accident at Connie Ann Coal Co. mine near Spanishburg. He was pinned by slate when a shuttle buggy backed into a timber. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
RNS
Connie Ann Coal Co
Spanishburg
Jesse Wayne Roberts
Memorial
Princeton
PTA Honors Principal at Glen Rogers Dinner
The Glen Rogers Grade School PTA presented a gift of appreciation to Kelly Sizemore, principal, during a dinner honoring eighth graders. Dr. C C Cottrill, president of the PTA, watched as George M Nolley, Wyoming County assistant superintendent and guest speaker, and the Rev Paul Papon observed the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Cottrill
Glen Rogers Grade School
PTA
Kelly Sizemore
Wyoming County
Paul Papoon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fri Smith
Wyoming County Court
Johnny Burdiss
Physical Education Department
Mary Jane Milam
Linda White
Goldie Shrewsbury
June Dunford
Connie Collins
Bernice Miller
Patty Ashley
Diane Sith la Sue Houck
Dotty Redden
Lena Taylor
Billie Rae Cook
Darlene Dixon
Diane Coffman
Ae Presley
Ethel Honer
Mt. Hope
Circle Hears
Bank of Raleigh Main
Kanawha Streets
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Home Modernization Co
Earwood Street
Rainbow Order
B. W. Steele
Fayette
Oak Hill Levy
McDowell
Virginia
GSA
Wood Research Center
Mission Group Studies
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