Graduation Exercises Set At Oceana Tuesday
Oceana High School will hold graduation at 8 p m on May 28 with 94 candidates receiving diplomas. Greta Miller is valedictorian and Dottie Worrell salutatorian. the chorus will perform West Virginia Hills and other pieces. The Rev W Murray Page will give the invocation and benediction. awards and diplomas will be presented by school and board officials. Class colors are pink and white, motto If God Is With Us Who Can Be Against Us.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Greta Miller
Dottie Worrell
West Virginia
King Eagle
Light
OHS Chorus
Ronald L. Cook
Fred W. Lokant
Wyoming
Papal State flag described with emblem and colors
The Papal State uses a two color vertical flag of yellow and white. The white stripe bears the Pope's arms while a triple crown sits atop two crossed keys, one gold and one silver, tied with a red cord and two red tassels.
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Papal State
The Bobolink's Long Winter Flight to Argentina
A bobolink, a migratory bird, travels from its northern breeding grounds to spend the winter in the Argentine pampas, illustrating the vast routes of long distance avian migration and seasonal habitat shifts.
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Argentine Pampas
Sharon Tudor chosen for West Virginia leadership camp
Sharon Tudor of Fayetteville selected by Fayetteville Woman's Club to attend the West Virginia leadership camp at Camp Horseshoe Parsons June 16 22. A sophomore class president and active in FHA Future Homemakers of America Member of National Thespian Society Le Cercle Francais Methodist Youth Fellowship and 4 H club she holds multiple offices and plans FHA and student council activities this summer.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Sharon Tudor
Woman's Club
West Virginia
Camp Horseshoe
Parsons
Sharon
Lofton Tudor
Young Men's Christian Association of West Virginia
Fayetteville High School
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia Wesleyan College
National Thespian Society
Troupe 487
le Cercle Francais
Old Waterway Linked Rivers Across Two States
One of the oldest artificial channels in the United States, the 22 mile canal connects Virginia's Elizabeth River and Hampton Roads to North Carolina's Pasquotank River and Albemarle Sound. Slaves began digging the canal in the late 18th century.
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United States
Virginia
Elizabeth River
Hampton Roads
Carolna
Pasquotank River
Albermarle Sound
Library Consultant Speaks At Dinner Oceana Event
The annual mother-daughter banquet of the Oceana Woman's Club was held in Fellowship Hall of the Oceana Methodist Church. Miss Mary A. Berry, consultant, West Virginia Library Commission, Charleston, spoke about county surveys and library development with a flip chart demonstration. The program featured fashion models, new member welcome, and book order news as the club marked a pink and white dinner setting.
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Oceana
ANS
Oceana Woman's Club
Fellowship Hall
Oceana Methodist Church
Mary A. Berry
West Virginia Library Commission
Charleston
Library Commission
County Court
Carl Mack
Richard Atwell
Ray Epling
Evelyn Witt
Peggy Jones
Otis Cook
A. G. Lugar Jr
Bob Crouch
Dorothy Caton
Tom Long
Lugar
Miss Berry
Carl Hatcher
George E. Moore
West Virginia
Lois Bean
Kenneth Hager
Norma
John Woods
Pamela
Cheryl
Willis Adams
Laverne
Clay Atwell
Caton
Epling
Teresa Maxey
McGraws and Kin Share Weekend Visits Across States
Roger Hodson and Kenner Smith spent weekend visits with family in Virginia and Beckley West Virginia. Darrell Church and Jacksonville Florida relatives visited Princeton and Westgrove Pennsylvania. The McMillians hosted Florida guests and a large dinner for kin including Archie McMillion and Mae McMillion. Acey Jr. remained hospitalized in Beckley while Mae McMillian hosted her son and daughter-in-law Joe McMillian.
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McMillians
Wilson Perdue
Westgrove
Archie MecMillion
Gillie Trump
Ed McMillion
Denny Lafferty
Glen Lafferty
Earl Owens
Mae McMillion
McGraws
Acey Tilley
Acey Jr
Beckley Hospital
Mae McMillian
Joe McMillian
Concord Teacher Receives NSF Grant for Summer Institute
Concord College chemistry assistant professor Lucile D. Bird has received a National Science Foundation grant for a six week Summer Institute for College Teachers of Chemistry at Oregon State University from June 24 to August 2 1963. She is the sole West Virginian among 11 east of the Mississippi participants.
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Athens
Lucile D. Bird
Concord College
National Science Foundation
Oregon State University
Corvallis
Oregon
Mississippi
Bird
Concord
Wittenberg College
West Virginia University
Ohio University
Canisius
American Chemical Society
West Virginia Academy of Science
Association of Higher Education
Class of 1913 To Be Honored By Concord Alumni
Concord College will honor the Class of 1913 at Alumni Day June 1 with a welcome by President Joseph F. Marsh. Velmar Akers will respond for the class. The yearbook Rhododendron was dedicated to A A Lilly, then West Virginia attorney general. Class officers include Giles J. Fink president and Velmer Akers vice president among others.
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Athens
Concord College
Joseph F. Marsh
Velmar Akers
Earleton
Fla
Akers
Lillian Burch Bailey
Pineville
Mae Lilly Johnston
Leah Martin
Mildred Mastin
Mary Meadows
Frances Ould Steel
Brenda Powell
Clark Thornton
Ruth Wise
Lillian Bailey
John Toler
Tally Evans
A. A. Lilly
West Virginia
Concord State Normal School
Charles L. Bemis
Giles J. Fink
Velmer Akers
Margaret Bailey
Sadie B. Bryson
Kennedy withdraws two postmaster nominations
President Kennedy pulled back Carl F. Englehart of Hunlock Creek Pennsylvania and Maurice B. Morrison of Charlton Heights West Virginia from consideration for postmaster posts. The withdrawals were at the request of Senator Clark and Representative Kee who had suggested the appointments. Travel is noted as a major American industry in the surrounding text.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
Carl F. Englehart
Hunlock Creek
Joseph §. Clark
Maurice B. Morrison
Charlton Heights
W.va
Elizabeth Kee
D-W.va
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Freddie Eugene Belcher
Sam David Blackwell
Lois Geraldine Blankenship
Norman Riley
Glen Duane Forren
Judy Carolyn Gillenwater
James Robert Gray
Edward C. Hager
Peggy Cook Hager
Joseph Michael Hall
Juanita Lea Halsey
Linda Lou Hamilton
John Clark Harris
Dora Marie Hendricks
Helen Henry
Brenda Kay Hicks
Arthur Dale Jeffrey
Judy Jeffrey
Peggy Carroll Jones
Sandra Sharon Jones
Judy Justice
Bill Keeney Jr
Glenn Alan Keys
Sandra Kaye King
Donna Janell Lambert
Delores Faye League
James Richard Lusk
Trennis
Terry Mathis
Carol Sue Maynor
Jackie MecMillion
Judy Messer
Greta Jane Miller
Brenda Joyce Mitchem
Sharon Jenelle O’brien
Roger Oliver
Charles W. Paynter
Michael A. Pendry
James Author Perry
James Dale Perry
Harold Michael Perry
William W
Philpot Jr
Richard Earl Powell
Linda Carol Rider
Larry Keith Rollins
Thomas E. Rollins
Elmer L. Simpson
Johnny Sizemore
Donna Kaye Smith
Wanda Joan Smith
Bonnie L. Stewart
Donna Kay Stewart
Homer Kelly Stewart
Lola Jane Stewart
Sandra Key Thacker
Robert Edwin Toler
Sharon Lee Toler
Eleanor Walls
Hazel Faye Walls
Larry Walls
James P. Wellman
Hubert White Jr
John W. Wilson
Sammy Charles Wooten
Dottie Gae Worrell
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Treasuri
Shane
Racer Anens
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TTS Sa
Mensi
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A&p
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Merchan
Plaidland Redemption
Welent
Stendard
A&p* Play
E. F. MacDonald Stamp Company
St. Ludlow Street
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Ohio
Nancy
Sandy Nutter
Lugar Jr
Cindy Lou
Witt
Robert Farren
Mack
Rebecca Ann
Minnie Hawkins
Nora Miller
Crouch
Maude Cozort
Luther Shockley
H. K. Meredith
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Blanche G. Cook
Mount Hope
Elaine Viers
Singer
Singer Sewing Center
Inger Sewing Machine CO
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Rademark
MFG. CO
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