Bible School Plans Are Completed At Meeting
A Vacation Bible School workshop at Toneda Baptist Church prepared for a two week program starting June 3 with co directors Mrs Verne Cook and Mrs Otis Cook in charge. The 1963 theme is The Church and the world with department themes and teachers named for nursery kindergarten primary junior and senior classes. Daily sessions run 9 to 11 a.m. June 3 through June 14 ending with a picnic and program. A luncheon for teachers and assistants followed.
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Oceana
ANS
Fellowship Hall
Toneda Baptist Church
Verne Cook
Otis Cook
Vacation Church School
Hurry Brown
Virginia Staford
Jimmy Cook
Tom Long
Gayle Pennington
Emory Justice
Gilbert Cook
Ott Walker
Denny Walker
Phyllis Walker
Geraldine Cook
Ellen Joyce Walker
Harold Durbin
Glenn Hutson
Hurley Brown
Wirt Cook
Quentin Cooper
Bill Wiseman
Debbie
Shelly
Fifteen Couples Seek Permits To Wed In Pineville May
A May tally shows fifteen marriage license applications filed in Ming County Clerk’s Pineville office. Names include Samuel Mills and Dorothy Bishop, Ronnie Osborne and Sharon Lusk, Freddie Smith and Sharon Hudgins, plus others from Mullens, Cyclone, Baileysville, Glen Fork, Crump ler, Barrett, Guyan, Bud and Matheny.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Samuel Ned Mills
Prague
Okla
D. D
Ophelia Mills
Dorothy Marie Bishop
Bud
William H
Ruby Bishop
Ronnie Osborne
Cyclone
Murvan
Lara Osborne
Sharon Lusk
Maxwell
Hallie Lusk
Freddie Lee Smith
Mullens
W. F
Glenna Mae Smith
Sharon Sue Hudgins
Clifford Glen
Edna Louise Hudgins
Darrell Eugene Bishop
Baileysville
Harold
Bessie Bishop
Alice Lee Morgan
Foley
Eva Morgan
Paul Heath
Los Angeles
Calif
Orville
Lois Heath
Mary Yvonne Elkins
Hatcher
Roy
Rina Elkins
John Greely McMillion
Glen Fork
George
Minnie McMillion
Bonnie May Walker
William L. Bolen
Mabel Mort
Herman Cordle
Crumpler
Herman
Dorothy Cordle
Brenda Sue Reed
Lacy
Thelma Reed
Ronald Lee
Estil
Alien Shrewsbury
Clarence Lee Lester
Hanover
Virgil Dee
Flossie Lester
Sue Ann Kennedy
Simon
Brian
Brookie Kennedy
James Dee Blankenship
Glen Rogers
John H
Inez Blankenship
Marie Lafferty
Jessie
Margaret Lafferty
Baron Thompson Roberts
Matheny
Mrs Phillips Celebrates 96th Birthday in Sabine County
Nellie Jane Granny Phillips marked her 96th birthday in Sabine with Clarence and family at her West Virginia home. The last of 13 siblings, born in Tennessee, she moved to stay with the Dishmans after her daughter's death. She walks unaided again after a serious hip fracture and has many descendants, counting 33 great great grandchildren.
Nathan Hale Taught School in East Haddam Conn
Nathan Hale, noted American Revolution hero, served as a schoolteacher in East Haddam Connecticut, shaping local education during his era. His teaching work complemented his broader role as a patriot and early American figure.
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Nathan Hale
East Haddam
Conn
Mullens Student Ties In French Competition
Mullens High School student Pat McGhee tied for first in a national standardized French test in West Virginia. He shares top honors with Louis Horacek of Morgantown High School and receives a French book Le Petit Prince. McGhee maintains straight A grades, plans to take French III as a senior, and credits Mullens’ tape-recorded electronic instruction system with his success. He is Eagle Scout, active in church and Baptist youth groups, and a National Honor Society member serving as an honor guard for graduation.
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W. C. Neal
Mullens High School
Pat McGhee
Mullens
RNS
New York
West Virginia
Pat
Louis Horacek
Morgantown
American Association of Teachers of French
France
W. C. McGhee
Woodland Avenue
Boy Scout Troop 5
First Baptist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship
National Honor Society
Zion Mountain man dies in wreck near Clinton
A 42 year old Zion Mountain resident Wibert Brady Petry was killed when the car he rode in went over an embankment into a 30 yard ravine on Zion Mountain Road near Clinton. Passenger Willie Bennett said both were intoxicated and unaware when the 2:30 p.m. crash occurred. Petry died at Hinton Hospital from a crushed chest and internal injuries.
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Hinton
RNS
Zion Mountain
Wibert Brady Petry
Summers County
Petry
Clinton
Willie Bennett
Echo Spring Distillery Sold in Louisville Kentucky 1962
In Louisville Kentucky the Echo Spring Distillery underwent a sale in 1962. The deal involved the 86 proof brand and references to the Louisville facility.
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Echo Spring Distillery
Louisville, KY
Scientists to attend three European conferences on atomic energy
Forty five U.S. scientists and engineers will attend three technical conferences in Europe over six weeks on the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency the meetings will be in Salzburg May 27-31 Vienna June 4-10 and Prague July 1-5.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Europe
International Atomic Energy Agency
Salzburg
Austria
Vienna
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mature Parent Advice On Nudity For Children
A columnist argues parents should handle a child’s curiosity about nudity calmly. In contrast to New Guinea, American children see adults clothed, so avoid sensational reactions. Use practical talks like "Close the door, please" and explain privacy simply.
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Muriel Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New Guinea
America
Pax PAX visitors and local guests from Pax area
Pax Pax resident Arthur Hibbs and family visit with relatives in Weirwood and Pax. Mrs Hibbs formerly Lucille Trent, and Mrs Geneve Dickerson visit Bertie Whitlow and George Roy Winston in Pax and Peterstown. Lane Trent recuperating in Elgeria Ohio after heart ailment. Mrs Winston’s Weirwood ties noted.
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PAX
Arthur Hibbs
Carolyn Marie
Louisville
Jack Akers
Long Branch
Viola Trent
Samuel Howard
Weirwood
Hibbs
Lucille Trent
Michael Perry
Shelly
Rainier
James Dickenson
Nancy Canterbury
Perry
Geneva Dickerson
Bertie Whitlow
George Roy Winston
Lane Edward Trent
Elgeria
Ohio
David Steven
Stanley
Peterstown
Bertie Whitlow. She Is the Former Miss Agatha Whitlow
Pax I High School
Fayetteville WSCS Holds Pledge Service
Fayetteville Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service held a pledge service and meeting. Treasurer Fletcher Arritt reported $625.41 in the treasury as members signed pledge cards for a two year period. Circle No 4 received a gift to its chairman, and plans for June meetings and nominating committees were announced.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Fayetteville Methodist Church
Fletcher Arritt
Charles S. Thompson
Charles Garvin
Circle No. 4
Margaret Boyd
School of Missions
Buckhannon
Eugene J F. Houchins
Alfred Bibb
WSCS
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Jack Wendell
Circle O
Wendell
Johnn Witt Jr
Norman Poff
Ida Scott
Joe McQueen
Walter Pickett
Bibb
F. J. Morris
Tunney Hunsaker
Fayette Ave
E. M. Pete Norford
Thompson
Arritt
Chester Hager
Joe Eskridge
J. H. Carson
Dan Perdue
New Burial Insurance Offers Quick $1000 Policy
An advertisement promises a $1000 life insurance payout to cover funeral costs with no medical exam. It targets adults, claims easy qualification, and urges readers to send name, address and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co. in Fort Worth Texas. The offer states no agent will call and provides tear-out mail-in details.
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Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth
Texas
Apartment owner burned in gas leak blast in Clarksville
Robert Austen, owner of an eight room apartment house, struck a match to light a cigarette while checking a gas stove leak. The gas fume explosion ripped out one side of the frame building and inflicted second and third degree burns on Austen and tenant Joyce Westerfield, per Fire Chief Gordon Keel.
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Clarksville, Tenn
UPI
Robert Austen
Austen
Joyce Westerfield
Gordon Keel
Conestoga Wagon Named After Its Pennsylvania Origin
The Conestoga wagon, associated with pioneer travel, derives its name from the place in Pennsylvania where it was first manufactured.
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Pennsylvania
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B&e
Edward Lee Hall
Huttonsville
Robert Lee Hatfield
Dewey Akers
Patrick H. Estes
Tyre Q. Lester
Frank W. Bennett Jr
Randal Douglas Hatfield
John Boyd Whitlow
Rosiel Caudill Whitlow
Ronald Douglas Hatfield
Thelma Spratt
Eugene A. Taylor
Jesnes Dickerson
Onnie Workman
Jesse Thompson
Fred B. Salyers
John J. Turcker
Wirt Walker Jr
Zelma Daniels
Wallace Cline
Phillips
Mullens High
BIG
Mrs. Lawrence
OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Ford Dealer
A.f
Grady Whitlock
Beckley
Kentucky
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