Births Recorded At Pineville Hospital
Pineville Maternity Clinic logs eight births from May 16 to May 22. Included are Charles Edward Kinser Jr., Kevin Meadows, Danny Ray Bailey, Andrea Lavern Cook, Jeffrey Lewis Riffe, Regina Margaret Gilliam, Brenda Scott, and Jeffrey Duane Vance with varying weights. Parents listed include Kinser, Meadows, Bailey, Cook, Riffe, Gilliam, Scott, and Vance families from Marianna Brenton Matheny Stephenson Alpeca Baileysville.
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Pineville
Rns
Pineville Maternity Clinic
Charles Edward Kinser, Jr
Charles Edward Kinser
Marianna
Kevin Keith Meadows
Gerald K. Meadows
Brenton
Danny Ray Bailey
Jeffrey Lewis Riffe
J. L. Riffe
Regina Margaret Gilliam
Courtney Gilliam
Stephenson
Brenda Scott
George Scott
Alpeca
Jeffrey Duane Vance
Clark Everett Vance
Baileysville
Weekend shootouts claim five lives in West Virginia
The Associated Press reports at least five weekend shootings across West Virginia, four resulting in deaths. In Mingo County Tucker Johnson, 69, of Red Jacket, killed neighbor Edward Pannell, 42, after a gun duel. Johnson admitted the shooting and described a front‑porch confrontation. Brooke County resident Mrs. Charles Hennis, 39, was killed by a stray rifle bullet while in her kitchen. Another fatality was Mrs. Ethel Cline, 32, at Coon Branch, husband Robert, 35, charged with murder amid domestic trouble. Thomas Sexton, 49, killed himself as officers approached to serve a warrant after terrorizing locals with shotgun fire. A nonfatal shooting left Cecil Williams, 32, wounded in Guyan, Wyoming County. a woman was sought for questioning.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Mingo County
E. C. Chambers
Tucker Johnson
Red Jacket
Edward Pannell
Chambers
Johnson
Pannell
Brooke County
Charles Hennis
Wellsburg
Dave Rees
Hennis
Charles Ambrose
Ambrose
Rees
Ethel Cline
Coon Branch
Jaeger
Robert
Cline
Thomas Sexton
Oakvale
Bluefield
Sexton
Cecil Williams
Guyan
Wyoming County
Cecil Williams Assailant Jailed After Shooting
Thelma Morgan, about 45, of Guyan, was arrested on a Pineville street at 11 45 p m Sunday for Friday night shooting of Cecil Williams in Pineville. Joe Browning, about 50, formerly Clear Fork district justice of the peace, was jailed at 6 30 p m Sunday for felonious wounding after allegedly striking Williams with a stove poker during an argument over Morgan’s daughter. Williams, a 32 year old, remained conscious Monday at Stevens Clinic in Welch after surgery for gunshot wounds to the back. he is listed in fair condition and employed as a mechanic at a Pineville garage.
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Pineville
Ans
Thelma Morgan
Guyan
Cecil Williams
Stanley Epling
Williams
Coal Mountain
Cook Captures Journalism Award At OHS
Donnie Cook of Oceana High School won the second straight Oceana High School journalism award and was named Young Journalist of the Year by the Raleigh-Wyoming High School Press Association. He will major in journalism at Marshall College and serves as business manager of the Tomahawk Times. Cook is active in Future Journalists Club, Quill and Scroll, yearbook advertising, and local church youth groups.
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Oceana
ANS
Donnie Cook
Otis Cook
Marshall College
Cook
Tomahawk Times
OHS
Raleigh-Wyoming High School
Raleigh Register
Future Journalists Club
Quill and Scroll
Toneda Baptist Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Toneda Byf
BYF
Rockcastle
West Virginia
Six Divorces Granted In Wyoming Court
Six divorces granted in Wyoming Circuit Court list Billie Lee Curry versus Sharon Lea Curry with custody of two children to the mother Augusta Bishop versus James A Bishop Faye Byars versus Mickey Byars Mary Gore Thomas versus Lloyd Thomas Jr Juanita Scheel versus Kenneth C Scheel and Shirley Adkins versus Rodney Adkins custody of two children to the mother.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming
Billie Lee Curry
Sharon Lea Curry
Augusta Bishop
James A. Bishop
Faye Byars
Mickey Byars
Mary Gore Thomas
Lloyd Thomas Jr
Juanita Scheel
Kenneth C. Scheel
Shirley Adkins
Rodney Adkins
Cars Collide On Corinne Bridge Near Mullens
Three men escaped injury in a head-on collision on a one-way bridge at Corinne about 9:30 p m Sunday. Damages to both cars were about 1500 dollars. both vehicles towed. Elmer Nicholson of South Mullens and Drewey Blankenship of Itmann rode in his car. David Lee Bower of Mullens Hill drove the other car from Ingram Branch after a funeral. Witnesses said brakes trouble and a guard post were involved as the cars entered the bridge. Nicholson’s 1953 sedan would have cleared the bridge soon after.
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Mullens
RNS
Corinne
Elmer Nicholson
South Mullens
Amigo
Drewey Blankenship
Itmann
David Lee Bower
Mullens Hill
Bower
Ingram Branch
Nicholason
Edgar Brewster Fined For D-D Driving Charge
Edgar Lee Brewster age 32 of Columbus Ohio formerly Baileysville was fined 50 dollars and costs and saw his operator license revoked for six months after a drunk driving hearing before Magistrate Bernard Morgan at Brenton. He was driving a 1952 model car that struck an old pickup driven by Alfred Robinette. Robinette and his wife sustained injuries and their two children were ejected from the overturned truck. The Brewsters were traveling opposite directions as the collision occurred around 11 am Sunday.
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Brenton
RNS
Edgar Lee Brewster
Columbus
Ohio
Baileysville
Bernard Morgan
Wyoming
Bert Short
Brewster
Alfred Robinette
Jaeger
Robinette
Pineville
J. C. Brewster
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Ruth Matney’s 31 Years Teaching At Bud-Alpoca School
Ruth Matney retired after 31 years of continuous service in the same Bud Alpeca Grade School classroom. She received a wrist watch and corsage from patrons including former pupil Terry Lester, now a teacher, with Miss Elizabeth Matney present. Matney, who attended Concord College, taught 35 years since 1924 and never missed a day except for family illnesses. Born in Athens, she moved to Wyoming County in 1916. Her husband Stuart Matney is a coal company assistant manager and postmaster.
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Ruth Matney
Bud- Alpeca
Lester
Elizabeth Matney
Matney
Concord State Normal
Concord College
Herndon High School
Athens
Wyoming County
Stuart J. Matney
Slab Fork Coal Co
Alpoca
Graham-Robinson Vows Read In Oceana Church
Miss Phyllis Ann Robinson and Airman 1 C Charles Graham wed at Oceana Methodist Church in a 4 p m ceremony. A double ring service featured music by Mrs. Philip Roach. The couple planned a wedding trip after a formal dinner at the groom’s home. Mrs. Graham will remain in Oceana until his discharge on July 19.
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Graham-Robinson
Oceana Church
Oceana
RNS
Oceana Methodist Church
Phyllis Ann Robinson
Paul Robinson
Charles Graham
Hazel Graham
Carlos Graham
Philip Roach
Louise Cook
Kenny Graham
Graham
Goode Accepts Penn State Fellowship Award
Pineville ANS Ray Goode Morris Harvey senior accepts a 2800 fellowship to Pennsylvania State University covering tuition fees and 180 monthly stipend for ten months. He will study in Penn State Graduate School of Political Science for a Master of Public Administration with on the job state government supervision. Goode a summa cum laude graduate, longtime student leader, West Virginia Outstanding College Student of the Year in 1958 and Rhodes finalist 1959. He turned down offers from Yale WVU George Washington W L and UT to begin in fall 1960.
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Pineville
ANS
Ray Goode
Morris Harvey
Pnnsylvania State University
Penn State
Goode
Graduate School of Political Science
Pennsylvania
Independent Students
West Virginia
Oxford
England
Yale
West Virginia University
George Washington
W&l
University of Texas
W. G. Goode
Drug trade forecast for Mexico City region
Merck Sharp and Dohme executive Leo Fernandez says Mexico already meets most of its own drug needs and exports. He foresees Mexico expanding production to supply Central America in coming years.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Central America
Leo Fernandez
Merck Sharp and Dohme
Pushed Luck Too Far At Bar Burglary Attempt
Jerome Star, 23, admitted planning to burglarize a bar after learning it had been hit five times recently. Police and the manager were awaiting outside when the incident occurred in St. Paul Minnesota.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Jerome Star
Deeds Recorded In Pineville WV Shrewsburys Sell Lots 273 276
In Wyoming County clerk records Russell and Janice Shrewsbury conveyed Lots 273 274 275 and 276 in Glen Fork Junction to David and Beatrice Lay for about $8 000. Also recorded were Willie and Stella Clay to Mary K Bowman for two land tracts 2.84 and 8.43 acres in Slab Fork District and Bowman to Clay for the same parcels. Hillcrest Memorial Gardens sold two spaces in the Garden of Devotion at Matney to Jess and Ella Cook for about $150.
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Pineville
RNS
Russell
Janice Shrewsbury
Glen Fork Junction
David
Beatrice Lay
Wyoming
Willie
Stella Clay
Mary K. Bowman
Slab Fork
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Jess
Ella Cook
Garden of Devotion
Matheny
Bible gift honors Pax High graduates in 1960
Johnnie Moore and Danese Sowder, 1960 Pax High School graduates and Pax Advent Christian Church Sunday School members, receive Bibles from the Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society. Mrs. Enoch Moore presents them, with the society gifting Bibles annually to church graduates. Names are inscribed in gold on the front.
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Johnnie Moore
Danese Sowder
Pax High School
Pax Advent Christian Church
Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society
Church
Enoch
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Eva Maria Rahall
Lewis Rahall
Fayetteville
M. G. Hresan
Eva
Ary
Nancy Hunt
Betty Mulligan
Ladies Auxiliary
Pineville Hospital
Corinne Bridge
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
Edgar Brewster
Art S. Carter
Eana High School
Future Nurses of America
Tri-Hi-Y
Sayer Brothers Department Store
Oceana High School
Air Force
McGuire Air Force Base
Trenton
N. J
Webb
Lorist
Piedmont
Birlines
Convenient Daily Service
Columbus, O
Washington
Cincinnati
Louisville
Penney
Beckley
Penney’s
Divine Fabric Developments
Penney's
Zephyr
Clifford
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