Pineville Personal Notes Extend Weekend Visits
Pineville social column lists visitors and guests including Mrs J D Mangus from Madison with sister Mrs G F Brown and Mr Brown. East Pineville residents Mr and Mrs Floyd Rose spend week in Charleston. Abel Basham returns to Richmond after weekend in Pineville with Basham family. Other locals host relatives and friends from Beckley Mullens Madison and Charleston during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
J. D. Mangus
Madison
G. F. Brown
Brown
Floyd Rose
East Pineville
Charleston
Abel Basham
Richmond
G. K. Basham
CO. C. Basham
Grady Morgan
Saundra
Michael Ray
Beckley
Mes
FP. Cook
Crowley-Worrell
C. W. Shufflebarger
Peggy
Myra
Perry C. Cook
Woodrow W. Cook
Barbara
Lucinda
Mullens
D. T. Daniels
Daniels
Opie Pridemore
Curry John David Pais
Bruno Pais
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Bluefield Sanitarium
Fred T. Box
Gwendolyn
Crowley- Worrell
New York
England
Wales
John McDermitt
Carolyn
James G. McDermitt
Bernard Stump
Grantsville
Brooks Nichols
Bluefield
Louisville
Thecollogical Baptist Seminary
Layman
Ralph Nichols
Penny Ann
B. C. Nichols
Bus Wreck Blamed For Truck Accident
A Greyhound bus traveling Richmond to Charleston overturned four miles west of White Sulphur Springs on U S 60 injuring 17. Spectators delayed a trailer truck driven by Walter Deeds of Toms Brook as heavy machinery shifted in rain, causing the trailer to overturn. The truck belonged to Service Inc of Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Greyhound
Richmond-to-Charleston
Here
U. S
Walter Deeds
Toms Brook
Luther Stacy
Lewisburg
Deeds
Service, Inc
Charleston
Fayetteville Residents Injured in Car Wreck
OAK HILL RNS Miss Beulah Walters 19 and Edgar Smith 21 both of Fayetteville were admitted to Oak Hill Hospital after a reported car accident. Walters had a forehead cut and back injury listed as good condition. Smith was released after no serious injuries. Other local injuries included Elmer Richmond 51 of Minden with arm and hand X rays. E T Lumsden 415 Summer Jee Ave Oak Hill with a bullet wound elbow treated with two stitches. Betty Ann Lykins 16 months old treated with three stitches for a head cut. Thomas Beverly 10 from Beckwith with six stitches on knee. George Alston 34 of Hill Top with six stitches on left index finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Beulah Walters
Edgar Smith
Fayetteville
Oak Hill Hospital
E. T. Lumsden
Ulysses Reagan
George Alston
Hill Top
Air Explorer Squadron Returns From Tour of Washington
The Air Explorer Squadron returned from a trip to Washington D C led by Frank Thomas and Shirl Shuck. Scouts visited the Capitol Smithsonian Institution aviation exhibits the White House and memorials. Harry Stanley and Henry Stotts expect to enter the air corps soon and earn Silver Awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Air Explorer
Washington, D. C
Frank Thomas
Shirl Shuck
Washingon
Capitol
Smithsonian Institution
Museum of Botany
Washington Monument
White House
National Zoological Park
National Airport
Jefferson and
Lincoln
Air Corps
Harry Stanley
Henry Stotts
Lowell Moses
Rites Set for Beckwith Resident Edward Treadway
Funeral services for Edward W. Treadway 74 of Beckwith will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at his brother Eugene Treadway’s Beckwith home, with burial in Blake Cemetery. A retired construction worker, he died Sunday at his brother’s home after living in Beckwith 70 years. Born December 8 1881 in Winston he was son of the late Jess and Betty Mosley Treadway and a Catton Hill Baptist Church member. Survivors include a daughter Lucille Burgess of Fayetteville seven brothers and three sisters and four grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body will be at Eugene Treadway’s home after 5:30 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckwith
BNS
Edward W. Treadway
Eugene
Charles Honaker
Blake
Treadway
Winston
Jess
Betty Mosley Treadway
Catton Hill Baptist Church
Lucille Burgess
Fayetteville
Hugh
Hinton
George
Grover
Sylvester
Sam
Allen
Jesse
Rocky Mount
Nora Starks
Oak Hill
Ida Underwood
Ramsey
Evelyn Potts
Nashville, Tenn
Fayetteville Principals Classify Students For Next Term
Fayette County high school principals, under A. L. Walker, will interview students and meet with parents to classify entrants for the next term. Larger schools also review teachers’ qualifications to recommend hires. In multi elementary areas, schools will be numerically designated to avoid racial labeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
A. L. Walker
Meadow Bridge Personal News Hits and Vacations
Meadow Bridge items report Rosetta and Eva Mae Parker of Washington DC visiting their mother Mrs Sadie Parker for a week. Mr and Mrs W H Ward of Springdale plan a week at their fishing camp on the Greenbrier River above Alderson. Paul Cole of Danese is convalescing at home after hospital care. Mr and Mrs Everman Crowder depart for a Tennessee vacation with their son Buddy and daughter Sharon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Buddy
Sharon
Peytona Scout Receives Eagle Award at Logan Banquet
George White, a Sherman High freshman, earned the Eagle Scout Award. The ceremony occurred at the Annual Scouters Appreciation banquet in Logan, with Judge K. K. Hall pinning the award on his mother. White, son of Mr. and Mrs. John E. White of Peytona, is a straight A student and active in scouting for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth
RNS
George White
Sherman High School
Logan
George
John E. White
Peytona
Sherman High
Order of the Arrow
Camp
Chief Logan
Racine
Willard Peale
K. K. Hall
Madison
Boone County
Girl's Guild Club Meets at Pineville
The Girl's Guild Club met Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Phillips Crowley-Worrell Addition with Miss Pat Phillips hostess. Shirley Belcher gave the devotional and Doris Schoolcraft read scripture. The group spent the evening making bandages for the Cancer drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Girl’s Guild Club
Claude Phillips
Crowley-Worrell
Pat Phillips
Shirley Belcher
Doris Schoolcraft
Carole Collins
Linda Beaver
Garnett Jo Morgan
Mary Ann Pais
Linda Arnold
Pam Goode
Sue Rose
Connie Brooks
Joyce Simmons
Kitty Good
Harvitt to Attend Democratic National Convention
Whitesville will be represented at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this July. Edward Harvitt of Beckley and Whitesville is one of the delegates elected at the May 8 primary. Harvitt and Lucy Brotherton of Charleston will represent the Sixth Congressional District, comprising Boone Logan Raleigh and Kanawha Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Chicago
Edward Harvitt
Beckley and
Harvitt
Lucy Brotherton
Charleston
Boone, Logan
Raleigh
Kanawha
Miss Cavendish to Get Diploma at Madison College
Fayetteville daughter Miss Nancy Irene Cavendish will graduate from Madison College among 155 students on June 3. Commencement follows baccalaureate services. Colgate W. Darden Jr. of the University of Virginia will give the address. She plans to teach in Oxon Hill Maryland and is active in Zeta Tau Alpha Madrigals band and Music Educator groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Madison College
Nancy Irene Cavendish
Irene Cavendish
Colgate W. Darden Jr
University of Virginia
R. Kern Eustler
South Roanoke Methodist Church
Roanoke
Miss Cavendish
Oxon Hill
Prince George's County
Maryland
Zeta Tau Alpha
Madrigals
Fayetteville High School
Hospital Admits 46 During Week
Wyoming General Hospital admitted 46 patients during the week ending Saturday. The list includes residents from Mullens Keyrock Oceana and surrounding areas such as Clyde Cowan Frank Provinzano Glen Crotty Jr. Bobby Rinehart Leona Maxwell and infant Rhodell Juanita Pendry Corinne Elsie Vance J. E. Trail Maggie Wooten Shirley Ann Bazzie Vivian Lewis Ruth Young Leona Maxwell Stella Frazier Christie Moore Annie Rash Ruth Lambert Sue Linkous Della Lafferty Blaine Crowder Juanita Pendry Carol Dew June Eastridge Eugene Pendry Malica Williams Mackie Blankenship Mary Hatfield and Elsie Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Wyoming General Hospital
Clyde Cowan
Keyrock
Frank Provinzano
Hobart Pendry
Andrew Wilkinson
Black Eagle
Glen Crotty Jr
Bobby Rinehart
Matheny
Itha Williams
Corinne
Mel
Leona Maxwell
Infant
Rhodell
Juanita Pendry
Elsie Vance
Oceana
Bernice Hamlet
Mary Hatfield
Baileysville
Elsie Lambert
Herndon Heights
Local social rounds include visits to Bluestone Dam
Oceana residents Mr and Mrs Hubert Drake Worley Walker and Dr and Mrs E G Shannon and family spent Sunday at Bluestone Dam. Mr and Mrs Morris Pauley and Mrs F B Shannon visited relatives in the area. Mrs James Hatfield and her son were Sunday visitors in Blackberry City Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Bluestone Dam
Hubert Drake
Worley Walker
E. G. Shannon
Morris Pauley
F. B. Shannon
James Hatfield and Son
Blackberry City
Williams honor grandson David Stanley on birthday
Mr and Mrs Orville Williams of Whitesville hosted a birthday party for their grandson David Stanley at their home Thursday evening. David has been living with the grandparents since last December while his parents C W and Mrs Stanley moved to Greenville and he plans to join them there soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Orville Williams
David Stanley
David
C. W. Stanley
Greenville
Boone County Votes On School Levy Friday
Boone County residents will decide Friday on continuing a three year educational levy that raises 485000 for schools. Of this 40000 funds Social Security for all employees 14000 buys free textbooks for elementary students and the rest covers building and furniture costs with possible land purchases. A 60 percent voter majority is required. continuation requires no tax increase. A canvass will be held June 7 under the county court with a special Board of Education meeting coordinated that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
RNS
Boone County
C. L. Harbert
Board of Education
Meadow Bridge High Awards Honor Thelma Sifers Leads Pack
Meadow Bridge High School held closing exercises for twenty five students receiving scholastic and achievement honors. Thelma Sifers won the Balfour Medal and earned a place on the Honor Plaque. other awards covered student council, music, home economics, commerce, Latin, vocational studies, science, English, mathematics, journalism, dramatics, citizenship, and activities. Class honors went to freshman Jean Wright and Michael Arritt, sophomores Narcia Gonzalez and Nelson Woolridge, and juniors Shirley Marsh and Alfred Hatfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Bridge
RNS
Meadow Bridge High School
Thelma Sifers
Balfour
Thelma
Julius Sifers
Springdale
Thomas Woolwine
Readers Digest
Patricia Walker
Rae Remley
Wanda Patterson
Violet Hanshew
Clyde Rookstool
Dale McMillan
Jo Ann Carr
Darrell Barnett
Louise Miller
Charlotte Rogers
Lloyd Griffen
Julius Bragg
Alice Bland
Jean Wright
Michael Arritt
Narcia Gonzalez
Nelson Woolridge
Shirley Marsh
Alfred Hatfield
Shower Honors Mrs. Bradford in Stickney Stork Shower
A Stickney stork shower honored Mrs. Ray Bradford with hostesses Pat Hale, Bob Worley, and Bob Aliff arranging games and gifts. Prizes went to Nedra Massey Dye, Hope Hoover, Carol Webb, Dewey O'Dell, Waveline Worley, and Betty Osborne, with prayers led by J L Bradford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickney
Pat Hale
Bob Worley
Bob Aliff
Ray Bradford
Nedra Massey Dye
Hope Hoover
Carol Webb
Dewey O'Dell
Waveline Worley
Betty Osborne
J. L. Bradford
Zada Cantley
Edith Tucker
Maxine Gray
Irene August
Opal Bradford
Rhoda Vealey
Donnie Webb
Ruth Underwood
Deloris Montgomery
Ruth Ross
Eunice Pennington
Ruth Addis
Kittie Jarrell
Ocie Massey
Ethel Bruno
Mozelle Hale
Nancy Cooper
Elouise Browning
Ethel Spencer
Gladys McBrier
Hattie Richmond
Verlie Cristoff
Irene Anderson
Virginia Dickens
Cecil Bruno
Matheny Personalities Visit Florida Relatives
Mrs. Orin Cooper and son Skipper of Orlando, Florida visit her father Bilton Stewart in Matheny along with her brother and sister-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Ora Stewart and other relatives. Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Billy Stewart and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lester of Indian Creek. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stewart traveled to Tampa to see his son and daughter-in-law and plan to visit Orlando residents. The Stewarts intend deep sea fishing. Stewart manages the Pineville Branch of Williamson Supply Co. Mrs. Stewart teaches at Oceana Grade School No. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matheny
Orin Cooper
Skipper
Orlando
Fla
Bilton Stewart
Ora Stewart
Billy Stewart
Lester
Indian Creek
C. H. Stewart
Tampa
Jimmy J. Stewart
Stewarts
Joe Caudill
Gerald Richardson
Florida
Stewart
Pineville
Williamson Supply Co
Oceana
No. 2
Fayetteville News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Fayetteville residents report a daylong Beaver Dam picnic by the high school band and Thespian Club. C. R. Turner, formerly of Fayetteville now in Montgomery, visited over the weekend. Mrs. Alice Beary and her children left for California to reside there. Mrs. G B Schneider from Los Angeles visits her sister Mrs. B K Hesse in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Thespian Club
Beaver Dam
C. R. Turner
Montgomery
Alice Beary
California
G. B. Schneider
Los Angeles
Calif
B. K. Hesse
Binky Pushes Good Luck Margarine to Hearts
Binky endorses GOOD LUCK Margarine claiming it tastes as fresh as you-know-what and urges readers to try the product for irresistible appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binky
Rites Wednesday For Mrs Adkins
Funeral services for Mrs Hettie Frances Adkins 63 of Gatewood will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gatewood Holiness Church Burial will follow in Eagle Cemetery Crag She died Monday at Oak Hill hospital after a long illness Born June 4 1892 at Crag daughter of Thomas and Frances Felshman Eagle Surviving are her husband Walter four daughters and five sons and multiple siblings The body will be moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle to the home at 5 p.m. today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatewood
RNS
Hettie Frances Adkins
Eagle
Crag
Adkins
Oak Hill
Thomas and
Frances Felshman Eagle
Walter
Carrie Bradbury
Gertie Compton
Fayetteville
Margaret Garten
Columbus
Ohio
Iris Jean Kelly
Thurmond
Clyde
Ray
Danese
Houston
Thomas
Arnold
Mary Carr
Esta Summerfield
Mamie Ramsey
Kate Carr
Hico
Bill and
Aleck Eagle
East Rainelle
Oliver Eagle
Florida
Wallace and Wallace
Baileysville Personalities and Weekend Visits
Baileysville social note lists Betty Ruth Pratt visiting sister in Portsmouth and a string of weekend guests and gatherings. Names include Rex Smith, Warren Steel, Wayne Bailey, Theodore Riffe, Jay Steele, Ferman Berkhead, Bud Toler, Peggy and Linda Fortner, Dorothy Ferguson, Nicholas Len Fortner, Ibby Hurley, Oley Hurley, William Blankship, Will P. Cook, Woodrow Rutherford, Ed Cook, Jack Cook, Fred Vermillion, Joan Vermillion, Tom and Harry Cook, Roy Marler, T. L. Bailey, Wirt Cook, Ray Bailey, Ira Jackson, R. L. Dillion, with several family-and-friend visits noted around Hanover, Oceana, Mullens, Princeton, Northfolk and Great Smoky Mountains. The item reflects a typical community social calendar with multiple cross-town visits and local travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
Bns
Betty Ruth Pratt
Rex Smith
Portsmouth
Warren Steel
Wayne Bailey
Theodore Riffe
Jay Steele
Ferman Berkhead
Bud Toler
Peggy
Linda Fortner
Dorothy Ferguson
Nicholas Len Fortner
Ibby Hurley
Oley Hurley
William Blankenship
Hanover
Will P. Cook
Woodrow Rutherford
Pineville
Ed Cook
Charleston
Jack Cook
Mullens
Fred Vermillion
Joan
Princeton
Malens
Tom
Harry Cook
Huntington
Roy Marler
Northfork
Jumping Branch Visitors Celebrate Summer Socials
Jumping Branch residents hosted Sunday guests from Odd and Crab Orchard. Raleigh visitors stayed with locals while others traveled from Hinton Mullens and Charleston. A school picnic was held at the Jumping Branch grade school with film shows. A local woman suffered a broken hip and surgery followed in Charleston. Extended visits from Virginia relatives were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beecher Meadows
Bryan Wood
Odd
Darrah Meadows
Crab Orchard
Forrest Ballard
Mamie Lilly
Raleigh
Bessie Bowling
Charleston
C. J. Bowling
T. C. Waddell
H. B. Meadows
Dennis McComas
Lashmeet Primitive Baptist Church
Billy Lilly
Billy Darrell
Mullens
Everett Minnix
Joe Simms
Susan
Betty Jo
Jane Miller
Hinton
R. R. Meadows
Ethel Minnix
W. T
Hulda Cook
Charlottesville
Audry Walker
Huntington
Pete Sokoff 64 Taken by Death
Pete Sokoff 64 of East Kingston died at home at 6 am Monday after a heart attack. Born in Bulgaria on February 14 1892 he was a retired employee of the Soviet Solvay Division of Allied Chemical Dye Corp Kingston. Survived by wife Iva Ray Sokoff four sons two daughters a step son and four grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Pete Sokoff
East Kingston
Bulgaria
Allied Chemical Dye Corp
Kingston
Iva Ray Sokoff
William Boyd
San Antonio
Texas
Jack Byran
National City
Calif
Ronnie Walter
Thomas Darrell
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Main Street
Paul Stanley
Sammy Stotts
Wendell Martin
Robert Dinler
Robert Caldwell
Mike Girimont
Frank Girimont
Tommy Epperly
Billy Burgess
Roy Bailey
Fayette
Peytona Scout
Girl's Guild Club
Demo
Tropisan
Kay
Neville St
Nancy Cavendish
Oceana Personals
Meadow Bridge High
Mrs. Bradford
Mrs. Adkins
T. L. Bailey
Wirt Cook
Ray Bailey
Great Smoky Mountains
Billy Ray Bailey
Ira Jackson
R. L. Dillion
Maple Meadow
Teery
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