Miss Delores Davis Honored With Shower
A bridal shower for Miss Delores Davis of Alpoca was hosted at Mrs. Linden Lusk’s home. The May 28 wedding to Le land Allman of Ohio was announced. Many relatives and friends attended the event amid list of guests. In Tokyo, a heavy rainstorm caused two deaths, two injuries, and widespread landslides, with Shikoku island receiving 27.56 inches of rain.
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Delores Davis
Leland Allman
Linden Lusk
Alpeca
Gid Maynard
Minnie Allman
Alpoca
Rns
Ohio
Stotesbury
Rhodell Church of God
Paul Lusk
Carol Dickens
Troy Lusk
Judy Lusk
W. W. Bailey
Julia Lester
Carol Howerton
Layla Lusk
Ed Hess
Ethel Cooper
Wilford Shrewsbury
Eva Moran
Josephine Neace
Garnet Mills
Stewart Matney
Freeman Davis
Marie Meadows
Ray Smith
Ralph Green
A. D. Church
Dewey McKinney
Janie McKinney
Judy McKinney
Win
Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Shikoku Island
Vacation School Set At Rockcastle Church
Pineville church announces Vacation Bible School with the theme The Church and the World. program will run daily for a week, featuring crafts songs and Bible study led by volunteer teachers from the Rockcastle congregation.
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Rockcastle Church
Pineville
RNS
Church
French Honor Society Accepts Oceana Girls
Oceana High School juniors Betty Ritchie and Linda Paynter were accepted into the National Société Honoraire de Français Chapter 415. Both have strong French record, with no grade under 87, amid a low enrollment year.
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Oceana
Betty Ritchie
Linda Paynter
National Societe Honoraire de Francais
Miss Ritchie
Jack Ritchie
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Cooke
Lacy Paynter
Cyclone
Miss Paynter
Ruby Gunter
Karen Thomas
Mark Twain High School
Societe Honoraire
American Association of French Teachers
United States
Les Jeunes Amis de la France
Societe
Jessee B. Lilly
Sandra Dillon
Eddie Bostic
Rockville
Harold Walters
West Virginia Tech
Mike Cook
U.S. Air Force Academy
Denver
Sharon Bailey
Concord College
Woman makes historic hole in one despite rough round
In Colorado Springs Mrs. Thomas J. Soisson achieved a hole in one on the course, a first in 26 years of golfing for her. She finished the round with 108 strokes on the remaining 17 holes, modest about the achievement.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
Thomas J. Soisson
Geisha Party Heralds Beta Sigma Phi Ritual Chapter
Mrs. David Worley directed a Geisha Party at the American Legion Lounge Mullens for prospective members of the Ritual of Jewels Chapter. Chinese lanterns and chop sticks set an oriental mood with prizes to Mrs. Clifton Pauley and Mrs. Dale Maddox. First place went to Mrs. Glen Hoge. second to Mrs. Wayne Compton. honorable mention to Mrs. Tom Wilson. Numerous guests in costume attended.
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David Worley
American Legion
Mullens
Ritual of Jewels
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Glen Hoge
Wayne Compton
Tom Wilson
Pineville
Bill Goad
Clifton Pauley
Dale Maddox
Blake Castle
Kester Green
Morris Lusk
Dodger Stadium message prompts private baby news
During a Dodgers Pirates game a couple used the stadium electronic board to announce to Bob Cowan that he and Diane are expecting their first child. The crowd cheered and the organ played Rock-a-bye Baby as the message appeared.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Dodger
Dodger Stadium
Bob Cowan
Diane
Cowans
Pineville Teen Named Water Festival Princess
Rebecca Ann Gilley of Pineville has been chosen by the Pineville Woman's Club as a princess for the West Virginia State Water Festival in Hinton from September 15 to 18. A Pineville High School junior, she is active in Honor Society Tri-Hi-Y cheerleading homecoming and prom, and is a member of Rainbow for Girls and the Pineville Presbyterian Church. The princesses arrive September 15 and stay at Bluestone State Park with chaperones, joining events such as the Queen's Reception, coronation, boat races, and the Queen's Ball that night.
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Pineville
Rebecca Ann Gilley
Hinton
Miss Gilley
Woman's Club
Robert Gilley
Pineville High School
Fred Shannon Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Local notices from Mount Hope brief readers and travels
Lloyd F Fitzgerald returns from Jackson’s Mill after attending the Orientation Convention of West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers held Friday and Saturday. Mrs Mabel Smith and Henry Johnson visit family in Bergton with Nunley family. Lt and Mrs Gary Starcher of Fort Dix travel via Glen Jean to Viet Nam. Mary Dower discharged after eye surgery and plans stays with B Frank Lowe before returning home.
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Viet Nam
Nunley
New York
Sam Dorado
Baltimore
Andrew Oschlager
J.A. Dower
John Althier
Parkersburg
G. G. Hodges
Beckley Hospital
A. CC. Dower
Brown Street
Gary D. Starcher
Fort Dix
N.J
Fred Kennedy
Glen Jean
Starcher
San Francisco
Calif
Mary Dower
Main Street
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
B. Frank Lowe
Travelers Lane
Beckley
Mount Hope
Moundsville Inmate to Attend State Alcohol Studies School
An inmate at Moundsville Penitentiary will join a statewide alcohol studies program at Morris Harvey College June 12 17. The rehabilitation effort, led by Robert Sarver and Rev Oliver Mize, includes the prison AA chapter and aims to prepare the convict for society.
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Charleston
UPI
Moundsville Penitentiary
Robert Sarver
Correction Division
Prison
Alcoholics Anonymous Chapter
Oliver S. Mize
Moundsville
Sarver
Morris Harvey College
State Mental Health Department
Alcoholism Division
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Man Davis
Neville ST
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Simmie Adams
B. A. Adams
Virgie Goodwin
George Prilliman
Charles Woody
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockview
Silas Brooks
Carl Sturm
Lois Cook
Johnnie Reed
Mary Ann Edwards
Vacation Church School
Elsie Bias
Millie Stewart
Belle Reed
Betty Phillips
Edie Walls
Shirley Hill
Betty Johnson
Kethel Stewart
Gene Harvey
Carl Stewart
Sandra McKinney
Woodrow Edwards
Savaughan Stover
Andrea McKinney
David Brooks
Junior Hill
Marie Smith
Eith Brooks
Harry L. Stevens
Ford Dealer's
Grady Whitlock
Beckley, W. VA
Bud Christian
Mike Compton
Bill Hight
Roger Phillips
Buck Kidd
Duce Mullins
Jim Musser
Jim Bowers
Charles Thompson
Bill Wilcox
Butch Jennell
Kenneth Sluss
Norma Bailey
Old Crow and Water
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Mark Twain
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