Area Sorority Heart Program By Mrs Hess
Xi Alpha Theta sorority meeting at D C Rapps featured Mrs James Hess presenting The Good Life from Written in Heart. Ruth Easton spoke on We Live in Moments, focusing on experiences and vibrations. Next meet at Mrs James Painter’s Nov 30 with a crazy purse party and homemade purses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANS
James Hess
Xi Alpha Theta
D. C. Rapp
Ruth Easton
James Painter
Rhodes Avenue
Miss Easton
Ways and Means
Ernest Fazio
Pinecrest Sanitorium
Fredrick Wassman
Oak Hill Garden Club
White Oak Country Club
Coal River and AMBEAGLE Area Social News
Visiting relatives and hospital notes fill the Coal River and AMBEAGLE sections with multiple families reporting Sunday hospital visits in Beckley Memorial Hospital and Columbus Ohio. Church events feature a Salt of the Earth film at Ridgeview with dinner served by local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Meadows
Colcord
Roy Jarrell
Rosetta
Glen
Shady Spring
Leonard Pugh
Ethel Dillon
Dianne Swannigan
Eunice Baumgardner
Eccles Church of God
Mountain Project
Ridgeview
Pennsylvania
John Ralfs
Ronnie Cooper
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Earl Morris
Penny and
Paul
Columbus
Ohio
Luther Cooper
Dorothy
Carl Harris
Buford Harris
George Harris
St. Mary’s Hospital
Oscar Scarbro
Ravenswood
Margie
Social Visit Notes From West Virginia Families
Residents hosting and visiting relatives are listed across multiple towns including Oak Hill, Charleston, Arlington and Beckley. Guests include Eagles, Branscome, Vass, Williams, Tyree, Stover, Akers, Troutman, Lively, Davis, Winston, McCoy and McCoy families with extended relatives and grandchildren visiting during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
C. S. Humphrey
Carl Humphrey
Huey Humphrey
Miami
Fla
L. W. Branscome
Brenda Jean McGraw
Mount Hope
Stella Sue Vass
Sue Williams
Washington, D. C
Caperton Williams
Oak Hill Hospital
Ray Thompson
Long Branch
Williams
Charleston
Lawrence Tyree
Della Tyree
Buster Tyree
Judy Aliff
Arlington
Emerson Stover
Lacy Aliff
Stovers
Ollie Dunbar
Bart Dunbar
Artie
John Ellison
Princeton
Besleigh Thompson
Frank Akers
Ronald Troutman
Beckley
L. C. Lively Jr
Eaith Davis
Rhonda Ride
Oak Hill
Maggie Lively
Basil Lively
Bobby
Billy
Kimberly
Milton Winston
Bobby Kay
Carlisle
Thelma Wilson
Richard
Brownie
Tommy
Fayetteville
Donald McCoy
Curtis
Cathy
Ricky
Rupert
Willis McCoy
Carol
Maben
Local Visit Notes and Illnesses Across Mount Hope Area
Mrs Hope Mount Hope and family visit in Hartford Connecticut. Mrs Katherine Kilpatrick of Bellefonte Pa visits relatives including Mr and Mrs D W Barger and Gene Thompson in Rantoul Ill. Wedding of Ella Thompson and Frank Ripley noted in Lewisburg. Mrs Arnold Vance of Cleveland visits Ora Brewer’s family. E M Caperton remains a patient at Beckley Hospital. Ellen Page ill at home. Jeannie Sneddon recuperating after Beckley Memorial Hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Rns
Charles Bourland
Charles R. II
Hartford
Conn
C. R. Bourland
Katherine Kilpatrick
Bellefonte
D. W. Barger
Gene Thompson
Karen
Mark
Rantoul
Ill
Ella Thompson
Frank Ripley
Lewisburg
Arnold Vance
Cleveland
Ohio
Ora Brewer
E. M. Caperton
Beckley Hospital
Ellen Page
James Page
Jeannie Sneddon
Alex Sneddon
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Beckley
Fayetteville Revival at Fayetteville Methodist Church
Evangelistic services begin Sunday at 7 30 p m and run each evening for a week at Fayetteville Methodist Church. Guest evangelist Rev E Wendall Eskew from Clendennin Methodist Church will lead and direct music. Eskew is WV Conference Board of Evangelism member and a Fayetteville native a graduate of Fayetteville High School Asbury College and Asbury Theological Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
E. Wendall Eskew
Clendennin Methodist Church
Eskew
West Virginia Conference Board of Evangelism
First U S Naval Review in Fifty Years at Hampton Roads
The 1957 International Naval Review took place at Hampton Roads Virginia as the first U S review in water in half a century drawing international ships and officials to the harbor region for ceremonies and inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Roads
U. S. Waters
Funeral Sunday For Mrs. Neece
Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Cook Neece, 78, will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Freewill Baptist Tabernacle above Campus Creek with Rev. Stellie Parsons officiating. Burial follows at Cook Cemetery on Huffs Creek. Mrs. Neece died Thursday at the home of her brother George. She was born in Cyclone and was a descendant of John Cook, first Wyoming County settler. Survivors include another brother Perry of Mullens, a three year old grandson, nine nieces and 12 nephews. The body will be moved from McNeely Funeral Home to George Cook’s home Saturday at 4 p.m. for viewing and will be brought to the church an hour before the service.
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Cyclone
RNS
Addie Cook Neece
Freewill Baptist Tabernacle
Campus Creek
Stellie Parsons
Cook Cemetery
Huffs Creek
Neece
George
Charles F
Lucinda O’neal Cook
John Cook
Wyoming County
Freewill Baptist Church
Perry
Mullens
McNeely
Man
George Cook
Former Cyclone Resident Naaman Cook Dies
Naaman Wat son Cook, formerly of Cyclone and now of Carrollton Kentucky, died in a Carrollton hospital on October 2. He was the son of Ettie Cook and the late Marshall Cook of Wyoming County. Survivors include five Carrollton children, two brothers Lansing Cook and Rev. Oney Cook of Cyclone, and three sisters Audrey Walls Alice Walls of Cyclone and Pauline Gibson of Honaker Virginia. Burial followed at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Carrollton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyclone
RNS
Naaman Watson Cook
Carrollton
Ettie Cook
Marshall Cook
Wyoming County
Lansing
Oney Cook
Audrey Walls
Alice Walls
Pauline Gibson
Honaker
Odd Fellows
Church Dance Set Saturday Kilsyth Parish Hall Event
The Holy Name Society of St Anthony's Catholic Church Kilsyth will sponsor a dance this Saturday from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Parish Hall. Tickets are available from any society member.
Local Social Guests Visit In Fayetteville
Fayetteville society notes Mrs F D Edds and Mrs Elizabeth Burke of Huntington along with Mrs Nell Gover of Charleston spent Thursday with Mrs W S White. Burke and Gover traveled to Oak Hill to stay with their brother Dr E S Hamilton. Mrs Fred White of Lake City Tenn visits sister in law Mrs W S White while Mr and Mrs E B Eskew are in Raleigh visiting Mrs Henry Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
F. D. Edds
Elizabeth Burke
Huntington
Nell Gover
Charleston
W. S. White
Burke
Gover
Oak Hill
E. S. Hamilton
Fred White
Lake City
Tenn
E. B. Eskew
Raleigh, N. C
Henry Brown
Ed Hawk Celebrates Centennial Reflections From Civil War Past
Ed ward F Hawks of Ettrick Va recalls childhood memories of the Crater battle at Petersburg and Lee's retreat with Grant's advance as he marks his 100th birthday and looks toward the Civil War Centennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick, Va
Edward F. Hawks
Appomattox
Sarita Matney Cast In Charleston Opera
Sarita Arlene Matney, a Morris Harvey College music major from Baileyville, will debut on stage as Nina in The Firefly at the Civic Center Theater November 19 20 and 21 in Charleston. She has performed Messiah with the college Philharmonic Choir and sung with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Matney studied voice at Oberlin Conservatory and Charleston, plans further study, and will also dance and portray three roles in the operetta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Charleston Light Opera Guild
Rudolf Frimi
Sarita Arlene Matney
Morris Harvey College
Miss Matney
Wyoming County
Civic Center Theater
College Philharmonic Choir
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
West Virginia
National Assn. of Teachers of Singing
Columbia
D. C
Nina
Ward
Corelli
Bermuda
Herr Franz
Arlen Matney
Baileysville
Matney
Fire Destroys Tires At Gle Gora Coal Mine
A truck hauling slack to the Gle gora Coal Co. slack pile was damaged by an explosion of a burning pile. Whitesville Fire Department responded at 8 p.m. and extinguished the blaze. Four heavy duty tires on the rear of the truck, valued at about $200 each, were destroyed by the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Pennant
RNS
Slack
Glegora Coal Co
Whitesville Fire Department
Weekend Guests and New Local Students Attend Kingston and Dothan
Mossy MOSSY reports weekend visitors at Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Armstrong include Sgt. and Mrs. Earl Sampson from Parris Island. New residents Glen Lanham and wife with children Rosemary Bonita Jean and Darrel Eugene move to Marlington with Rosemary joining Kingston Elementary fifth grade and Bonita Jean and Darrell to Dothan School. Attendees at an Oral Roberts meeting in Charleston include Mr. and Mrs. Orbia Rinehart the Rev and Mrs. R. E. Ledington Mrs. Maggie Aliff Oliver Settle and daughter Catherine Mr. and Mrs. Abner Farmer Mr. and Mrs. Azel Coleman and Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Aliff and children Jean and Mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orbria Rinehart
R. E. Ledington
Maggie Aliff
Oliver Settle
Catherine
Abner Farmer
Azel Coleman
Hayden Aliff
Jean
Mark
Pastor Retires After Eight Years as Interim Leader
The Rev. E. W. Billings of Hinton led his last service as interim pastor of Mount Hope Baptist Temple in Mount Hope. A fellowship open house followed. He served eight years in two interim stints at Mount Hope and also assisted Huntington and Spencer after retirement. Members presented him a gift.
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Huntington and Spencer
Billings
Dinner Planned by Area American Legion Auxiliary
The Ameri can Legion Auxiliary in Oak Hill will host a December covered dish dinner at Mrs. Edward Duncan’s home on Jones Avenue. New chairmen Mrs. E A Masters and Mrs. John Scott were named. The group discussed the October Third District Conference in Fayetteville and sent $25 to Huntington Veterans Hospital for a Thanksgiving party. A member drive is under way.
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Oak Hill
ANL
Jones Avenue
Edward Duncan
American Legion Auxiliary
C. R. Hill
E. A. Masters
John Scott
Girl's State
H. P. Thomas
Fayetteville
Hill
L. C. Allman
Lena Crouse
Effie Longhenry
Jack Mason
Steele Callison
L. C. Neal
Lillian Rapp
Orville Rich
Edward Straughan
May Woodell
H. L. VanCamp
Bound for Okinawa
Cpl. Bob Kersey of Prenter son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Kersey left San Diego November 2 aboard the Navy Transport USS General D I Dultan bound for Okinawa. He will be stationed with the Second Battalion Fifth Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton California.
Abraham Meaning Father of a Multitude
Abraham is identified as the Hebrew name meaning father of a multitude. The explanation notes its linguistic roots and significance in biblical tradition.
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Abraham
Local Social Notes and Birth Announcement
Weekend visitors from Concord College Athens included Judy Lusk Caryl Trent Pat Wallace and Jim Brown. Amherstdale residents Mrs Jess Blake and Mrs Dave Trogen visited Oceana guests Mrs James Blake. Mr and Mrs Claude Justice announce birth of Dean S Derby II in Norfolk General Hospital weighing seven pounds eight ounces.
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Oceana
RNS
Judy Lusk
Caryl Trent
Pat Wallace
Jimmy Brown
Concord College
Athens
Jess Blake
Dave Trogen
Amherstdale
Blake
James Blake
Trogen
O. H. Stewart
Matheny
Claude Justice
Dean S. Derby
Norfolk
Dean II
Norfolk General Hospital
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R. R. Thomas Jr
John Duda
Earl Bannister Jr
D. W. Dixon
Carl Dillon
Kenneth
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Billy Butler
Lucinda Burgess
Denny Meador
Peoria
Paul Poe
Adrian
Mich
Lowell Wriston
Newark
Del
Daniel Wriston
Elmer Teel
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Wriston
Harold Doss
Clear Creek
Randy Allen
Ray Powers
Air Force Base
North Dakota
Harold Lee
Mickie
Toledo
Mrs. Hope
Fayette Church
A.C
D.C
Mrs. Neece
Sarita Matney
Charleston Opera
Peter Pan School of Dancing
Bluefield
Andre van Damme
The
Beckley Hotel
Cmorgasbord
Bale
Valley Bell
Morrell Pride
Chase and
Sanborn
Cotteg
Anion
Wilson
Crisco
Strictly Fresh
Dai
Mr. Hope Church
Area Legion Auxiliary
Huntington Veteran’s Hospital
Okinawa
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
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