Lugar To Head Lions District
A.G. Lugar Jr. of Kopperston won the post of District 29-N governor at the West Virginia Lions Club convention in Charleston. Walter Jordan Chester District 29-1 Ernest S. Cooper Elkins District 29-I and Walter New Point Pleasant District also elected governors. The group planned 1965 Huntington and 1966 Fairmont conventions. Membership rose for the first time in 12 years across all four districts, totaling 181 clubs and about 7,000 members. Dudley L. Simms of Charleston presented the membership figures for District 29-L, which led in growth and was once international president of Lions.
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Charleston
A. G. Lugar Jr
Kopperston
West Virginia
Lions Club
Walter Jordan
Chester
Ernest S. Cooper
Elkins
Walter New Point Pleasant
Lions Clubs
Dudley L. Simms
Lions
Outstanding Mount Hope Students Receive Awards
The Mount Hope Awards Assembly recognized senior high football and track stars, cheerleaders, basketball players, and junior high honorees. Recipients included Eugene Pryor, Robert Jones, Jack Spadaro, Charlie Mosley, James Anderson, Phil Tissue, and many others across football, track, band, journalism, and language departments.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope High School
Dave Adkins
Mike Bolen
Bill Leonard
Eugene Pryor
Robert Jones
Charles Mosley
George Owens
Ellis Ross
Charles Hooper
Jack Spadaro
Richard Stevens
Estil Cadie
Thomas Harris
Nate Leftwich
Russell Mayo
Willie Barbera
Joe Buffa
Russell Davidson
Lawrence Elswick
Edward
Linda Hardy
Sherri Janis
Pete Culberto
Charles Burks
Richard Eubanks
Frank Souk
Richard Vickers
Phil Tissue
Jimmy Humphreys
Lowell Cogar
Dennis Keffer
Calberto
George Boyd
Jim Duncan
Norman Calloway
Lawrence Boley
Jerry Davis
Leroy Brooks
Leon Cheese
Paul Steplowski
James Davis
Pat Pino
Perry Julious
James Keeney
James Higginbotham
Larry Vance
Edward Brock
Clarence Johnson
John Newsome
Gene Tro
Boyd
Steve Keffer
Hubert Walton
Lewis Calloway
James
God Citizenship
Charlene Owens
Patricia Jackson
Christy McNeely
John Humphrey
Shelma Sue Penn
Henry L. Danner
Borderland
Hanson
Beverley Logan
Edith Moses
Pat Solacz
Sandra Williams
Danny Wurst
Willia Thompson
Sandra Anderson
Mary Jean Dorsey
Jane Garvin
John Poindexter
James Humphrey
Mullens Family Plans Italy Cruise from New York
Mr and Mrs Charles C Cassinelli sail May 28 from New York aboard the Cristoforo Colombo to Genova Italy with daughters Virginia and Elizabeth for a family reunion in Pergama and Bresica. They then plan a long motor tour through Austria Switzerland France and Southern Italy.
Hamburg downs Liverpool in 2-0 upset at Randalls Island
In 91 degree heat at Randalls Island Stadium 13 000 fans watched Hamburg Germany defeat Liverpool England 2 0 with goals from Harry Baehre and Uwe Seeler.
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NEW York
UPI
Harry Baehre
Uwe Seeler
Hamburg
Germany
Liverpool
England
Randalls’ Island
Fu ture Teachers of America Induct New Members at Herndon High
The Fu ture Teachers of America at Herndon High School held an investiture and initiation ceremony Thursday afternoon. New members Terry Bailey, Harold Chipps, Larry Milam, Carmen Hutchens, Diana Smith, Brenda Graham, and Ray Walls received ribbons. President Marjorie Thomas led the pledge, Ellen Bee Hogg introduced and welcomed, Rita Haga distributed ribbons, and the group heard the FTA Creed before a social hour. Officers will be elected next week.
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Herndon
ANS
Future Teachers of America
Herndon High School
Ellen Bee Hogg
Marjorie Thomas
Rita Haga
FTA
Terry D. Bailey
Harold Chipps
Larry Milam
Carmen Hutchens
Diana Smith
Brenda Graham
Ray Walls
West Virginia State College 69th Commencement May 29-30
West Virginia State College announces the 69th annual commencement and 10th anniversary observance of desegregation. May 29 at 7:30 p.m. the baccalaureate by Dr. William J. L. Wallace. May 30 at 10:30 a.m. the commencement by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas on the library lawn. Honorary degrees to Douglas, Sen. Jennings Randolph, and Dr. Thomas E. Posey. Alumni luncheon at 12:30 p.m. with speaker Att. Herbert H. Henderson.
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West Virginia State College
William J. L. Wallace
William O. Douglas
United States Supreme Court
Douglas
Jennings Randolph
Thomas E. Posey
State Department
Agency For International Development
Herbert H. Henderson
Huntington
Troyes gives name to the Troy weight system
The Troy weight system takes its name from the French town of Troyes, where the unit originated. The established measure links to the standard used for precious metals.
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Town of
Troyes
France
Roadeo Contest Highlights Police Driving Skill in Oak Hill
Oak Fayette County Auxiliary Police and Oak Hill City Police judged contestants on precise driving tasks including stopping lines, steering through objects, zig zag through stakes, and parking. The event tested front and rear bumper accuracy and overall vehicle control.
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Sored
Roadeo
Oak Fayette County Auxiliary Police
Oak Hill City
Elizabeth Meadows Returns to Roanoke for Nursing Studies
Miss Elizabeth Meadows, daughter of Mrs. Janice Meadows, travels from Bluefield to Roanoke Virginia where she studies at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She is a student at Little French Beauty School and visits family including Mr and Mrs Henry Clay and E H Wahl at Wyoming General Hospital before returning home to Slaty Fork in Pocahontas County.
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Ule Te
Byree Hillips
I Phillips
Roanoke
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Bluefield
Little French Beauty School
Elizabeth Meadows
Janice Meadows
Henry Clay
Soulsville
E. H. Wahl
Wyoming General Hospital
Bill Clay
Slaty Fork
Pocahontas County
Spencer Family Visits Share News and Illness Update
Pax PAX reports visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oather Spencer in Baltimore as their son Oather Jr and Mrs Bethalene Lester call on relatives. Returning home this week are their sons-in-law and daughters Douglas Bland of Baltimore and Mr and Mrs Charles Haley of Morgantown. Spencer has been confined at home for several weeks due to illness. Over the weekend Joe Miller of Dante visited the Spencers at Sweeneys.
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PAX
Oather Spencer
Oather Jr
Bethalene Lester
Baltimore
Spencers
Douglas Bland
Charles Haley
Morgantown
Spencer
Sweeneys
Joe Miller
Dante, Ja
The Free Things in Life Inspire Home Truths
A reflective essay on what matters most. It celebrates love, children, clean air, friendship, and rest as priceless gifts beyond material wealth.
First Berry Show And Sale Set In Pineville
The first Wyoming County Strawberry Show and Sale will be held May 28 in Pineville. Berries are judged and exhibited in the main courthouse lobby at 2 p.m., with the sale in front of the courthouse at 5 p.m. Auctioneer is Joe Hansbarger. Open to Wyoming County strawberry growers, entries consist of eight quart baskets. Entries labeled with grower name, address, and berry variety. limit one entry per person. Ribbons awarded to top three in each of two divisions.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Bob Adams
Leuerative Extension Service
West Virginia University
Adams
Mother Daughter Banquet Plans Set by Beta Theta Sorority
The Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Oak Hill outlines plans for its Mother Daughter Banquet on June 4 at 6 p.m. in the TV Lanes Recreation Center banquet room. Committee members include Mrs. Robert Stoner, Mrs. Kenneth Pegram, Mrs. Larry Novicki, and others, with the theme Patterns for Living.
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Beta Theta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Oak Hill
TV Lanes Recreation Center
Robert Stoner
Scarbro
Kenneth Pegram
Larry Novicki
Orville Basham
H. L. Stricklin
Mt Hope Residents Return From Florida Vacation
Mrs. Charles Bergendahl and daughter Miss Sarah Bergendahl have returned home after a 10 day vacation touring Florida. Airman and Mrs. Robert Whitt and children Robert and Allen of Hampton Virginia are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Rodney Deal.
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Mount Hope
Charles Bergendahl
Sarah Bergendahl
Florida
Robert Whitt
Robert and
Allen
Hampton
Rodney Deal
Strawberry Show And Sale Set By 4-H ers
Fayette County hosts its second 4 H Strawberry Show and Sale on June 4 at Collins High School Oak Hill. Twenty three clubs expect 153 quarts of Surecrop berries in exhibit prior to judging by Richard H Cutlip. An 7 p m auction follows a 6 p m banquet with Lions Rotary and Civitan clubs and Col Paul Light from the State Department of Agriculture.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Collins High School
Oak Hill
John Cutlip
Richard H. Cutlip
County Extension Agricultural
Mingo County
Lions, Rotary
Civitan
Paul Light
State Department of Agriculture
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Oak Hill Post Employee Wins First Award
Oak Hill worker Otegge G Learmonthan received a certificate and cash award from the U S Postal Department for a beneficial suggestion improving a letter canceling machine at the Oak Hill Post Office. This is the first such award for any Oak Hill office employee. Learmonthan started in 1959 as a substitute and became custodian laborer in 1961. He is a father of three and a World War II veteran who served in 1942 and spent two years in Europe.
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Oak Hill
Otegge G. Learmonthan
Oak Hill Post
Hee
United State Postal Department
Learmonth
Recen
U.S
Mount Hope High School honors omission corrected
Nancy Jean Booth of Mount Hope was inadvertently omitted as an honor graduate in the Sunday Register. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Booth she ranks fifth in her class.
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Mount Hope
Nancy Jean Booth
Mount Hope High School
Sunday Register
Albert Booth
Morning Birds Cheerful With Dew on Bills
A brief note observes cheerful birds at dawn as their bills are coated in morning dew. It notes the lingering moisture reflects light and may influence mood, but provides no experimental evidence.
Fayette Man Waives On Charge Of Murder
Glen Leon Hawkins 27 waived to the Fayette County grand jury on a murder charge after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W B Mullins. No bond set, remanded to Fayette County Jail to await trial. Hawkins allegedly strangled Alphis Norman 70 on a Fayette County road Thursday night. Norman’s belt was taken during an argument and he was choking to death with it. body found Friday along a rural road near Hico between Ansted and Lookout.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Glen Leon Hawkins
Hiro
Fayette County
W. B. Mullins
Ansted
Hawkins
Alphis Norman
Victor
Listen To Her Backtalk By Mrs Muriel Lawrence
Dear Mrs Lawrence a mother reports rebellion from an 11 year old daughter and a father backing her. The columnist urges listening to the child's viewpoint and reseating parental authority by asking for reasons behind refusals. She compares to how society defends argue in court and urges open minded dialogue over obedience.
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Muriel Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Mrs. Lawrence
Laurel Garden Club Hosts Meeting With Flower Arranging Talk
Laurel Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Sam P. Pearis with co host Mrs. John D. Farmer presiding over the business session. Mrs. George Fordham presented a program on period arrangements tracing flower arranging from ancient Egypt to modern styles.
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Fordham
Ralph Mitchell
Bluefield
Laurel Garden Club
Ray Bowling
James Kuhlke
Dave Lucas
Joel Cook
J. W. Arthur
A. G. Gilreath
Wiener Roast at McGraw Home Highlights Neighborhood Event
A neighborhood wiener roast occurred near Mr and Mrs Marvin McGraw on Thursday night. Participants included Mike McGraw Patty McGraw Pam Hash John Brown Timmy McGraw Joe McGraw Janice Brown and Ricky.
E Jones Heads Presbyterian Men
C F Jones 313 Madison Street was installed as president of the Presbyterian Synod Men's Conference at the Bluestone Conference Center on May 16 17 He will begin duties in January 1965 and has served as vice president and last year as Bluestone Presbyterian Men's Council president The Synod conference includes over 100 southern county churches and Jones has long served Mount Hope Presbyterian Church In 1925 he joined the board of deacons and teaches the Men's Bible Class He is married to Ruth Morton and is retired Guests speakers included Dr William A Benfield of Charleston and E A Andrews The Mount Hope church attendees listed numbered 164 attendees were registered for the meeting
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Mount Hope
RNS
C.F. Jones
Madison Street
Presbyterian Synod
Bluestone
Jones
Bluestone Presbyterian Men's Council
Mount Hope Presbyterian
Local residents listed in McGraws and surrounding towns
McGraws residents Pat Hash Sharon Mc Graw Mrs. Nancy Hash Mr and Mrs Horace McGraw Mr and Mrs Ed Kerns Mrs Noah Dancy Mr and Mrs Jack Mc Graw Frankie Acord Ravencliff Sharon Clay Sue LaVerne Clay Jackie Clay Rose Marie Shumate and Barbara Clay Saulsville appear in a community roster.
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Fairmont
Henry Danner
Dorothy Brown
Fbla
Concord College
Athens
John Brady
E. B. Roberts
Brenda Welch
Sam Bonifacio
Shelma Penn
Debra Vargo
Virginia Pritt
Susan Roache
Shannon Graham
Linda Batten
Rejana Arbogast
Susan Fumich
Don Tate
Lydia Pugh
June Thomson
Helen Coleman
Nick D'Angelo
Linda Keel
Billie Huber
Beverley Holly
Alexis Stuch
Sharon Wingrove
Ann Taylor
Judy Calloway
Martha Brown
Margaret Miller
Faye Penn
Karen Mobley
Helen Zieminick
Alice MceGraw
Barbara Brown
Mary Ann Catlett
Basil Neely
Rita Holt
Judy Wright
Rosa Lee Thomas
Corless Peaks
Judy Winston
Mike Walkup
Libby Ramage
Barbara Wilson
Diane Vargo
Connie McComb
Marsha Moore
Bobbi Napier
Sue Johnson
Sue Jarvis
Virginia Holdren
Bevoa Holly
Patricia Johnson
Leonardo Payne
Corless
Sheima Penn
Ruby Wees
Charles Hundley
Barbara
Greyhound
Eunice Fleming
Flora Logan
Eleanor Sanchez
Bill Hamm
Sig Oo
Malinda Davis
Glee Club
Ma Davis
Vera Wood
Danny Godby
Jim Pettry
Nevada Deal
Jane Cooper
Sharon Fleming
Rose Rose
Barbara Carter
Brenda Hyman
Elizabeth Underwood
Carolyn Vargo
Mary Elliott
Rose Payne
Regina Taylor
Dedrick Taylor
Annette Evans
Bill Callaway
Cynthia Kincaid
Robert Evans
Mullens
Italy
W. Richmond
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
Beckley
Curbon
Quaker Distilling CO
Lawrencesurg
Ind
York
Memphis
Columbus
Jacksonville
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Greyhound Terminal
Prince Street
John D. Catulio
Larry Walker
Paul Cummings
Ethan Hess
Arnold Brackman
Tommy Petiry
Floyd Warrick Jr
Mt. Hope
Red Cross
Fom Wiseman Drug Store
W. VA
Paul Hicks
GO Greyhound
ETA
Oak Hill PO Employe
Fayette
Hico
Lookout
Glenn Hawkins
Cory Grant
Audrey Hepburn
James Stewart
Grace Kelly
E. Jones
Presbyterian
Crab Orchard
In “Kissin
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Elvis Presley
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