Mullens Area Seeks 1959-60 Teacher of the Year
The Mullens area Woman's Civic Club sponsors the Teacher of the Year contest with Mrs. Eugene Newsome as chair. Nominations due by January 1 include candidate details and a 5 by 7 photo. Eligible areas include Itmann Herndon Smokey Stephen son and Maben.
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Mullens
ANS
Woman's Civic Club
Eugene Newsome
Oscar
Newsome
Mullens Area
Itmann, Herndon
Stephenson
Maben
Fayette Study Club Meets At Payne Home
Fayetteville Garden Study Club gathers at Mrs Charles Payne residence with scripture reading by Mrs H F Frazier. Members sign cards for the meeting and discuss the silver tea at White Oak Country Club Oak Hill. Volunteers are sought to seal Tuberculosis Association envelopes.
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Fayette
Payne Home
Fayetteville
Rns
Charles Payne
H. F. Frazier
White Oak Country Club
Oak Hill
Alex Gray
Ray Boyd
The
Tuberculosis Association
E. B. Wood
Europe
Vivian Beck
Amos Burnette
Delaney Caldwell
Gladys Bary
E. B. Eskew
Louise Hoover
C. E. Mahan
T. A. Myles
Circles To Meet Today At Fayetteville Presbyterian
Fayetteville presbyterian circles meet today with Circle No 2 led by Mrs Darrell Pennington and Mrs W C Dick at 8 p.m. Circle No 3 chaired by Mrs Houston Wendell with Mrs Clifford Allen at 8 p.m. Circle No 4 led by Mrs Louise Toler with Mrs Rosser Long at 7 30 p.m. Circle No 1 scheduled for 2 0 a.m. with Mrs D G Hatcher. Mrs M G Hresan listed as a chairman.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Darrell Pennington
W. C. Dick
J. H. Lucado
Houston Wendell
Clifford Allen
Louise Toler
Rosser Long
Circle No. 1
D. G. Hatcher
M. G. Hresan
Atkins Funeral Set Wednesday
Funeral services for George Edgar Atkins will be held at 10 30 a m Wednesday at Kopperston Presbyterian Church. Rev Cecil Robinson and Rev Murray Page will officiate. Burial follows at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Matheny. Atkins 51 of Mullens died Sunday in Mullens Hospital. Body at Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Mullens
RNS
George Edgar Atkins
Kopperston Presbyterian Church
Cecil Robinson
Mullens Baptist Church
Murray Page
Kopperston
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Atkins
Mullens Hospital
Evans
Oceana
Familiar Face in Pineville Lloyd Fender Profiles in Town
L Lloyd C Fender longtime transportation director for the Wyoming County Board of Education is a well known figure in Pineville. He previously worked for Red Jacket Coal Company and the State Road Commission and lives with his wife the former Grace Blanketship. They have two sons Dr James L Fender of Boswell Ind and Ted R Fender an insurance agent in Bluefield.
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Pineville
Lloyd C. Fender
Wyoming County
Winona WSCS Meets at Winona Methodist Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service gathered Tuesday at the Winona Methodist Church. Vice president Mary Hypes led the program in the ill president Nellie Morris's absence, with several members presenting the "Social Creeds and Moving Populations" discussion.
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Winona
RNS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Winona Methodist Church
Mary Hypes
Nellie Morris
Hattie Ohlinger
Neva Jones
Irma Kilgore
Hypes
Thelma Seelinger
Joe Hisey
Erma Horrocks
Alice Gillespie
Hisey
Ohlinger
Gillespie
Juvenile released after Oak Hill attempted break in
A Fayette County juvenile, released to his parents on a $500 bond by Judge Charles Garvin, was picked up last week in Oak Hill's South Hills by city police on charges of attempted breaking and entering.
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Oak Hill
Charles Garvin
Fayette County
South Hills
Warwick Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Floyd Warwick, 65, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church. Burial follows at High Lawn Memorial Park. He died Sunday night in an Oak Hill hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. The body will be moved from Tyree Funeral Home to the church one hour before services.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Floyd Warwick
R. P. Robertson
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
High Lawn Memorial Park
Warwick
School St
Tyree
Net $464 From Whitesville Junior High Fall Carnival
Whitesville Junior High School PTA carnival in the school gym raised 464 dollars for the school treasury. About 500 attendees enjoyed games prizes and contests while local merchants parents and teachers donated materials. Jack Burnette announced Boone County PTA meeting at Sylvester School on November 19 at 7 Dat.
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Whitesville
ANS
Parent-Teacher Association
Mamamie Massey
Jack Burnette
PTA
Boone County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations
Sylvester
Fayette County 4-H Achievement Program Set Thursday
The Fayette County 4-H Achievement Program will be held in the Nuttall High School auditorium at 7 p m. More than 400 4 H Club members leaders and parents are expected. Mrs June Thorn will speak and awards will be presented. Refreshments follow the program.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Nuttall High School
John D. Cutlip
June Thorn
West Virginia University
4-H Leaders Association
Fairdale Elementary Forms School Band
Fairdale Elementary School is organizing a band led by Charles Bragg of Trap Hill High School. The group includes fourth to sixth graders, totaling 20 members with five awaiting instruments. Practice sessions run daily for 30 minutes.
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Fairdale
BNS
Charles Bragg
Trap Hill High School
New Hampshire’s Early Move Toward Independence
New Hampshire declared independence earlier than the other colonies, signaling its break from Great Britain three weeks before the July 4, 1776, declaration by the rest of the colonies. The informally noted early act is highlighted as a pivotal moment in the push toward American independence.
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New Hampshire
Great Britain
Two Men Sentenced To Prison In Boone County Court
Eugene Edward Hall received one to 10 years in the State Penitentiary for stealing a pickup from River Side Motor Co. Madison. Bobby Gomez got a minimum sentence for breaking and entering the Junior Haddad Recreation Center. Several others were jailed or placed on probation for crimes including non support, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and arson.
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Alva Osborne
Henry Pettry
Dominic Tierno
Mondell Clay
Hall
Ralph Thompson
Clyde W. Smith
Marguerita Conley
Jack Callihan
Jimmy Ray Baire
Rumble
Jessie Gore
Haddad Recreation Center
Richard Carrico
Delores Jarrell
James Russell Savage
Dewey Asberry
61 Admitted To Mullens Hospital
Wyoming General Hospital admitted 61 patients for the week ending Saturday. Names listed include Alex Leonard It mann Edward Elmore Helen Mrs. Margaret Kemp Bud Mrs. Pembley Beavers and many others across Mullens Pineville Keyrock Rhodell Otsego and adjacent towns.
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Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Alex Leonard
Itmann
Edward Elmore
Helen
Margaret Kemp
Bud
Pembley Beavers
Marcus Whitt Jr
Clarence C. Clemmons
Leonard Church
Pineville
Linda Borders
Keyrock
Timothy Browning
Baileysville
Gary Laxton
Edward Goodman
Sophia
Dolly Ann Quesenbury
Eva Workman
Jesse
Billie Lane
Herndon
Mentoria Pannell
John T. Shirley
Neal Cook
Corinne
Lawrence Hurst
Mathen
Josephine Walker
William Robinson
Wyco
John Shrewsbury
Virginia Davidson
Mary Hampton
New Richmond
Mayme Appling
Martha Johnson
Community Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visits
Mrs Maggie Sheppard returns home from Jacksonsville Florida after visiting her brother and sister in law Roy and Mrs Brunk. Sunday visitors at Theoria Abshire include J R Abshire and Charleston Ezelle Abshire Maynor.
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Pax
Maggie Sheppard
Jacksonsville
Fla
Roy Brunk
Theoria Abshire
J. R. Abshire
Charleston
Ezelle
Abshire
Maynor
Jack Akers
Orlando
Billy Akers
J. C. Painter
Amos Hurd
Mount Hope
Carlos Lively
Jim Roles
Carlos James
Fayetteville
Bill McPherson
Beckley
Walter Romine
Beckley Hospital
Superior
Roby Billings
Basil Crouse
Coy Holley
Fay Jarrett
Susan
Nancy
Clem Brown
Glen Daniel
Othar Wingrove
Emory Wingrove
Jack Bailey
Homer Craddock
Jack Edward Bailey
Gary Craddock
North Ridge
Ohio
Burro business grows in Burroville Nebraska
Burro town Burro business thrives in Burro Nebraska as Lowell Meseman converts a hobby into an unusual but highly interesting venture. He owns 39 Mexican burros and 100 residents live in the southeast village after a pair bred a colt sparked the enterprise four years ago.
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Strang, Neb
Nebraska
Lowell Meseman
Messman
Mrs. Scott Named to West Virginia OES Welfare Committee
Mrs. John Scott was appointed to the Welfare Committee of the Grand Chapter West Virginia Order of Eastern Star at Oak Hill Chapter No. 107. The meeting also noted Oak Hill Hospital patients Mrs. Florence Spitler recovering from surgery and Mrs. Ruth Morris who fell and fractured ribs and wrist. The chapter planned Christmas card boxes for the Eastern Star home in Millwood.
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Oak Hill
RNS
John Scott
West Virginia
Order of
Eastern Star
Oak Hill Hospital
Florence Spitler
Ruth Morris
Millwood
Fern Gwinn
B.C. Strong
H. A. Kincaid
C. E. Kerby
Ray Singer
Jess Evans
Audrey Decker
Communicants Class Organized At Fayetteville Church
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church opens a Communicants class for adults taught by Rev. Edwin Stanfield. The course covers basic Christian beliefs, discipleship, church nature, and Presbyterian denomination. Encouraged attendees include those considering church membership and new members. A youth class shifts to Friday at 3 p.m. from Saturday.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
Edwin Stanfield
Fayetteville Notes on Local Visits and Travels
Fayetteville society items list family visits and travels. Tom and Mrs Smith and children returned to Orlando after visits with the Shorters and Mrs. Lillian Smith. D C Springer and Flemington guests visited Rev J H Carson. J W Jones hosted Mrs M A Pyles and Laura Pyles of Seebert. Mrs Alys Russell traveled to Charleston then to Cleveland with cousin Mrs Virginia Poling for a clinic. The Poling family includes Ruth Simms and the late Billy Simms, former Oak Hill residents. Al C Roberts and son Charles Lee visit his parents in Sunset Addition while he transfers to 914 Aircraft Control and Fanning Station in Ontario Canada. Mrs Roberts and son stay with Carl Barnett in Elkins during his assignment.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Tom Smith
Tommy
Sandy
Beverly
Randy
Steve
Orlando
Fla
Irvin Shorter
Lillian Smith
D. C. Springer
Flemington
J. H. Carson
J. W
Jones
M. A. Pyles
Laura Pyles
Seebert
Alys Russell
Charleston
Virginia Poling
Cleveland
Ohio
Poling
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Valley Bell
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
Terry Mullins, Jr
Clintwood, Va
Louise Wallace
Mullins
Mr. Mullins
Razor
AEP
L. Fender
Winona Wscs
God Created Woman
Brigitte Bardot
Curt Jurgens
Waldo S
I A
Sens Dale
Gable
LILLI _ ame
Perl Berg
Mihope
Carol Dnl
Brandon del Wilde MacDonald Carey
Marsha Hunt
Phonic
By Larry Hurb
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Boone County
Sioner
Arthur Osborne
Stella Lovejoy
Mrs. Scott
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