First Aid Class Under Way at Pineville High School
George M. Nolley explains first aid basics to Ted Shumate Mullens and Mrs A E Baldwin as the Wyoming County Board of Education conducts a five two hour session course at Pineville High School. Red Cross First Aid certificates will be issued upon completion and remain valid for three years.
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George M. Nolley
Mullens
Ted Shumate
Sand Gap
A. E. Baldwin
Pineville
Woman’s Club
Pineville High School
The
Wyoming
County Board of Education
Red Cross
Court Leases Park Areas In Five Year Arrangements
At the Wyoming County Court monthly session in Pineville at 9 am on Tuesday Roscoe Plumley the county agricultural agent was appointed to visit roadside park areas with a Georgia Pacific Corp representative to adjust already selected sites. The court will pay $1 for each lease over five years. In other business the court accepted bids on a 1956 automobile returned by Robert Pack the county sanitarian.
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Pineville
RNL
Wyoming County
Roscoe Plumley
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Robert Pack
Unlicensed Pinballs Ordered Confiscated in Mercer County
Mercer County Sheriff E D Bazzie told by a State Tax Department representative to confiscate about 40 pinball machines for which operators lack state licenses. Deputy Tax Commissioner Ralph Robinette said the sheriff was also asked to impound other unlicensed coin devices that dispense merchandise free games or money.
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Princeton
UPI
Mercer County
E. D. Bazzie
State Tax Department
Ralph Robinette
Four Couples Seek Permits To Wed In Pineville
Four marriage license applications are on record in the Wyoming County Clerk's Pineville office. Couples include Bob Gene Wyatt 23 and Dollie Stewart 19 of Matheny. Benjamin Jacob Bailey 20 and Glen Rogers 20. Carl Fraley Lester 37 and Polly Bishop 29. Lessie Lawson 29 and Donald Griggs 21 with Juanita Irene Long 16.
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Bob Gene Wyatt
Lynce
Robert
Bertha Wyatt
Dollie Stewart
Matheny
Elmer
June Stewart
Benjamin Jacob Bailey
Glen Rogers
Sadie Bailey
Mary Etta Douglas
Fred
Opal Douglas
Carl Fraley Lester
Bud
Louis Lester
Polly Bishop
Lessie Lawson
Andrew O’neal
Laura Mitchem
Donald Griggs
Keyrock
George
Martha Griggs
Juanita Irene Long
Pineville
Lilly Long
Seeks Dismissal of Insurance Appeal in Homicide Case
A Greenbrier County woman seeks to block the State Supreme Court review of a suit over her right to life insurance benefits from her late husband. Avalee Sothen of East Rainelle asks the court to dismiss her stepson’s appeal of a Greenbrier Circuit ruling awarding $5321 to her. The petition argues the lower court documents were not properly transmitted. Sothen pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in 1959 and was placed on probation.
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Charleston
UPI
Greenbrier County
State Supreme Court
Avalee Sothen
East Rainelle
High Court
Wilbur G. Sothen
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
Island Creek Manager To Address Convention
Stonie Barker Jr division manager for Island Creek Coal Co Marianna will discuss Multiple Sequence Shooting with Airdox Friday morning before the Kentucky Mining Institute annual convention The meeting will be at the Phoenix Hotel Lexington Sky Barker will describe installation and operating features of the Airdox automatic shooting system at Coal Mountain mine Airdox automatic shooting a development of Long Airdox Co Oak Hill is a method for firing any number of discharge tubes in rapid automatic sequence for high capacity production of coal
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Marianna
ANS
Stonie Barker Jr
Island Creek Coal Co
Airdox
Kentucky Mining Institute
Phoenix
Lexington
Sky
Barker
Coal Mountain
Airdox Automatic
Long- Airdox Co
Oak Hill
Linen cloths from tombs point to early textiles
The text notes uncertainty about the first woven fibers and wool evidence. It cites linen cloths discovered in ancient Egyptian tombs as among the earliest actual textiles.
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Ancient
Egypt
St Albans Woman To Address Joint Luncheon
Oak Hill report from the Spade and Trowel Garden Club at Mrs Hugo Bornheim’s home details plans for a December 2 luncheon at White Oak Country Club for Fayette Company Council Garden Clubs. Guest speaker Mrs J Campbell Palmer II from St Albans, listed in Who’s Who of American Women, has held multiple civic roles and will discuss The Christmas.
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Oak Hill
RNL
Spade
Trowel Garden Club
Hugo Bornheim
Woods Ave
Virginia Taylor
Juanita Legg
White Oak Country Club
Fayette Company Council
J. Cambell Palmer II
St. Albans
National Citizens Advisory Committee
United States Forestry Service
National Council of Civic Development
West Virginia Garden Club
C. P. White
James
Pineville High elects AV Club officers
New officers of the Audio-Visual Aids Club at Pineville High School are Sonny Cook as president, Doyle Lupardus as vice president, Jerry Tilley as secretary, and Carlos Spencer as treasurer, with George F. Brown sponsoring.
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Audio-Visual Aids Club of
Pineville High School
George F. Brown
Sonny Cook
Doyle Lupardus
Jerry Tilley
Carlos Spencer
Oceana Names New Police Chief After Resignation
Oceana Town Council met at City Hall with acting mayor J C Hurst. They approved minutes and financials, discussed smoke from Lugar sawmill, and contacted owners about unsanitary conditions. State work program projects include park, street, and building improvements plus new property from the Wyoming County Board of Education. Philip Neal resigned as police chief to work in Kopperston mines. ACY Aliff became chief and Luther Shockley named assistant.
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Oceana
RNS
City Hall
J. C. Hurst
Hurst
Lugar
Lower
A. G. Lugar Jr
Wyoming County Board of Education
Philip Neal
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Kopperston
Acy Aliff
Nea
Luther Shockley
Jailbreak prevented at Wyoming County Jail Pineville
Officers thwarted a possible jail escape at Wyoming County Jail Pineville after discovering three bars and a sawed window screen on a second floor window. Three hack saws were found in the cell and repairs were made. Ten prisoners were in the cell, most held on breaking and entering charges.
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Pineville
RNS
Wyoming County
Regal royalties tied to Qatar under British protection
Qatar stays under British protection with Sheik Ali bin Abdul lah al Thani reputedly receiving nearly 50 million dollars in oil royalties during the past year.
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REGAL
Qatar
Sheik Ali bin Abdullah al Thani
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