New Scout Officers Installed at Fayetteville Dinner
At Memorial Auditorium Fayetteville 208 Scouters attended the Scouter Appreciation Dinner where Harry W Miller district chairman Charles Knotts district commissioner and A B Bower field commissioner were installed as new Scout officers by M L Johnson Buckskin Council Scout executive Bill Teano Oak Hill received the Eagle Scout Award in a ceremony listed as A Proud Moment. The program noted awards Arrowheads to Robbins Brown and Shuck and Scouters Training Awards to multiple recipients. Johnson spoke on a new Pocahontas county Scout camp site with an 18 acre lake and planned aquatic program plus horseback riding an Indian village and other features. Invocation by Dr C G Farr Cub Pack 149 Fayetteville opened and Troop 143 Page closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Buckskin Council
Boy Scouts of America
M. L. Johnson
Charleston
A. B. Bower
Charles A. Knotts
Harry W. Miller
Council
Ben Teano
Bill
Col
Carolyn Miller
Evelyn Powell
E. P. Oxley
John Moore
Charlie Willams
Kenneth Wood
Floyd Hubacher
Angelo Olivia
Laurence Nettles
Richard Noyes
Charles Philbin
Johnson
Pocahontas County
Greenbrier River
Seneca State Park
Monongalia National Forest
Cc. G. Farr
Fayetteville
Page
Boone County Man Receives $7500 Judgment in Car Crash
Ray Scott of Racine was awarded 7500 by a Common Pleas court jury in Charleston after a July 7 crash on McCorkle Ave Scouth Charleston. Scott claimed neck and back injuries and impaired eyesight in his $30000 suit against Frederic Delano Courey of St Albans, who did not appear to defend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Boone County
Common Pleas Court
Charleston
Ray Scott
Frederic Delano Courey
St. Albans
Scott
McCorkle Ave
Courey
Band Boosters Elect Oceana High School Leader
Newly elected band boosters president is C L Chambers. Officers named include Mrs Edwin Estep as vice president and Mrs Avil Grosse as secretary and treasurer. The group heard a Harold Bennet concert and discussed the Buck A Month club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen England
Eullana Tyree
Carol Grosse
Mount View PTA Hears Stine On PTA Purposes
Mi View Group Mount View hears talk by Stine former Whitesville junior high principal now State Board of Review of Unemployment Service member at Mount View PTA meeting The speaker addresses PTA purposes and plans for the Joplin Plan of Reading Bake sales Dec 6 to fund workbooks for reading program Next meeting set for Dec 16 with parents visiting classrooms and refreshments served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Mount View
RNS
Emmett Stine
Whitesville
State Board of Review of Unemployment Service
Parent-Teacher Association
Stine
Ruby Ramsey
Lawson Barrett
Joplin
City Won’t Honor Free Parking Tickets In Beckley
Chesley Walker of Shady Spring says a Goodwill Caravan promotion in Beckley gave out two hour free parking tickets that were supposed to be valid under windshields. He parked on South Fayette Street, found an overtime ticket on his car instead, and was told to contact Lonnie Price for resolution. Walker reports a similar incident last year and vows to avoid Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Chesley Walker
Shady Spring
Walker
South Fayette Street
Rhodell
CARE Food Crusade creates cottage cheese from milk powder
In Israel CARE packages for needy families include cottage cheese made from milk powder. The $1 parcels can be subscribed through CARE New York 16 NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
CARE
New York 16
N. Y
Accidental shooting sidelines Jesse Lay at Oak Hill
Jesse K. Lay, 36, of Bradley, was critically wounded at a junk yard above Sun when Posey Jones of Bradley fired a .22 during a deringer test. The ricochet struck Lay in a side building, entering the intestines before he reported to work at the New River Gas Station in Mount Hope. No police or sheriff investigation was conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hell
Jesse K. Lay
Bradley
Oak Hill Hospital
Posey Jones
Sun
Lay
New River
Mount Hope
Jones
Ringer
Fayette County
Sheriff's Force
Roanoke Virginia Trains Derail After Collision
Crews work by flood lights clearing Virginian Railway tracks after two trains side swiped 12 miles west of Roanoke. About 200 yards of track to be replaced and most of 37 derailed cars likely total losses. Engine and several cars plunged from a 50 foot trestle into the Roanoke River. two crewmen rescued with minor injuries. Eighteen empty coal cars derailed. nineteen loaded cars derailed with coal scattered along tracks and river bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Virginian Railway
Here
J. S. Caldwell
Virginian
Flo
Farris, Princetot
Kesling
Coal River Lake Group Sets Tuesday Meeting
J S Chapman president of the Coal River Lake Association calls a public meeting at 10 30 a m Tuesday in the Marsh Fork High School auditorium Col H T Skidmore US Army Engineers will hear arguments for flood control and allied programs Invitations have been sent to West Virginia Senators the Sixth District Congressman and other officials to attend Chapman urges all residents with an interest in the Coal River area to be present and take part
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Chapman
Coal River Area
Armco Management Club Sets Talk on Present Day Coal Research
The Bi tuminous Coal Research Company of Huntington will present Present Day Research in Coal at the Armco Management Club meeting in Montcoal. The program starts at 5 30 p m with all members invited and urged to attend due to months of scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcoal
ANS
Huntigton
Armco Management Club
Holiday Leaves Granted New Army Recruits
Army recruiter Sgt. Paul Burdette in the Post Office building announces new enlistees from Dec 12 to Jan 1, 1959 may receive up to 15 days leave to stay home during Christmas and New Year. Re-enlistment leave up to 30 days before reporting may be granted for those with prior service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Burdette
United States Army
Burdette
Five divorces granted by Raleigh County court
Four divorce decrees were finalized in orders signed by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norm an Knapp on Wednesday. The cases listed include Jay Irene Basham versus John Lewis Basham, William D. Stewart versus Lucille Shafins Stewart, Denver C. Blevins versus Elsie Mae Blevins, and Gaston O'Neal versus Clara O'Neal. Another decree signed today by Judge Knapp is Collier Guvetis versus Laura Mae McGowan Guvetis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Jay Irene Basham
John Lewis Basham
William D. Stewart
Lucille Shafins Stewart
Denver C. Blevins
Elsie Mae Blevins
Gaston O'Neal
Clara O’neal
Judge Knapp
Collier Guvetis
Laura Mae McGowan Guvetis
Ex Governor Holt addresses Rotary Club on constitutional government
Ex governor Homer A. Holt spoke at Oak Hill Rotary Club on Constitution and government. He warned against concentrates of power in executive, legislative and judicial branches, urged adherence to constitutional process to preserve liberty and avoid a feudal drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Homer A. Holt
Finance Corp Awarded 112 By Wyoming Court
In Wyoming County Circuit Court Bailey Finance Corporation was awarded judgment against James Hicks and Florence Hicks for 112.92 dollars plus interest and a ten dollar attorney fee. Several motions were dismissed and other cases continued or resolved as listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville ,Rns
Wyoming County
Bailey Finance Corporation
James Hicks
Florence Hicks
Amos Elswick
Louie Caraban
James Vance
Vivian Vance
Virginian Stage Lines, Inc
Pine Motor Sales, Inc
Millers National Insurance Company
Universal C. I. T
Dallas L. Ayers
G. V. Duncan
Julius Borders Jr
Everett Miller
Hudson Pendry
Area Students Attend Newspaper Conference in Huntington
About 40 students from Shady Spring Mullens and Pineville High Schools attended the Newspaper Press Conference in Huntington on November 1. Brenda McClung Mary Ann Forren and Jerry Thomas toured Huntington Publishing Co. and saw linotype editing AP wire photo development and the newsroom process. A banquet followed with three speakers including Raymond Brewster Jim mie Gannon and Vincet J Pobrislo. Students received free football tickets and then traveled to Marshall College Xavier University game before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Brenda McClung
Shady Spring High School
Mary Ann Forren
Mullens High School
Jerry Thomas
Pineville High School
Huntington Publishing Co
Associated Press
Raymond Brewster
West Virginia Board of Education
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Jimmie Gannon
Hearld Dispatch
Vincet J. Pobrislo
West Virginia Insurance Management Corporation
Marshall College
Xavier University
Open House Program At Sophia High School
American Education Week observance at Sophia High featured Dreama Mc Vey as host and student leaders presenting talks and plays. Patty Sturgill gave the invocation, Gordie Wolford read Proverbs, and Doug Maynor spoke on education. The Dramatics Club, Linda Hartson, Loretta Young, and others presented sketches and a citizenship playlet. The band and chorus performed classics and patriotic tunes, ending with Sue Griffiths on community teamwork and a teachers tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
ANS
Dreama McVey
Sophia High School
America
Patty Sturgill
Bible Club
Gordie Wolford
Doug Maynor
The
Future Teachers
Dramatics Club
James Little
Duke Williams
Arbara Freeman
Dear Farley
John Young
Darlene Carpenter
Glen Kallam
Donnie Shupe
Billy Jones
Bobby Mills
Alice Brown
Finlandia
Sue Griffith
Henry Kauffelt Heads GBHS Senior Class
Henry Kauffelt is president of the senior class at Greenbrier High School in Ronceverte with officers including Robert Graves as vice president Peggy Hamrick as secretary Judy Ballangee as treasurer and Kay Ballard as historian The junior class presidents and others follow with Pat Higginbothan Sidney Hedrick Lois Moore Gary McKeever Marilyn LaFon Darrell Cornwell Patty Hern Carol Keene Kay Shires Nancy McCormack Mike Brown Jimmy Sullivan Betty Mann Kirwan Morgan Elwood Morgan Perry Pauley Marsha Fuller Ruth Kirk Jerry Clemens Don McKnight Eddie Walton Katherine Kastanas and Agnes Jones among the eighth seventh and freshman grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kauffelt
Greenbrier High School
Ronceverte
Robert Graves
Peggy Hamrick
Judy Ballangee
Kay Ballard
Patty Higginbothan
Sidney Hedrick
Lois Moore
Gary McKeever
Marilyn LaFon
Darrell Cornwell
Diane Trainer
Patty Hern
Carol Keene
Kay Shires
Nancy McCormack
Mike Brown
Jimmy Sullivan
Betty Mann
Nancy Loudermilk
Kirwan Morgan
Elwood Morgan
Perry Pauley
Marsha Fuller
Ruth Kirk
Jerry Clemens
Don McKnight
Eddie Walton
Katherine Kastanas
Agnes Jones
CARE Food Crusade gifts spaghetti to Italian families
Spaghetti destined for needy families in Italy will be specially made from U S flour and distributed as gifts from the people of America through the CARE Food Crusade, highlighting a humanitarian effort to aid Italian households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Italy
America
Care Food Crusade
Property transfers and no consideration deals listed
Gladys M Symons and Harold L Symons to Helen McClusky Raleigh property with no consideration. James Lilly Inc to James Lilly Woodland Hills lot five about 23000. B F Priddy and Margie M Priddy to P E and Avilean Rhodes Town District property about. Toney and Helen Lopez to B F Priddy Town District property with no consideration. Grace A Ellison and others to Virginia H Ward Beckley property about 3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys M
Harold L. Symons
Helen McClusky
Raleigh
James Lilly Inc
James Lilly
Woodland Hills
B. F
Margie M. Priddy
P. E
Avilean Rhodes
Toney
Helen Lopez
B. F. Priddy
Grace A. Ellison
Virginia H. Ward
Beckley
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Pax
Club Scout Pack No. 149
Lycene
Scomn
Ironing Board
Sunbeam Electric
Razors
COLT
Neville ST
Discount House
Jesse Lay
H. H. Mount
J. S. Gravely
Mullens, W. Va
J. W. Kesling
Judy Ross
Pineville
Judy
Istmas
Orville Ross
Coal River Lake Group
Santa Sez
CLARK
Santa
Clarks
Ballengee
BaLlengee FurnIture CO
VaLley Drive
General Electric
Valley DR
I. DO
Homer Holt and
Wallace Bennett
Sophia High
GBHS
Wendel Stewart
Kenny Sizemore
Sylvia Richardson
Ronnie Lilly
Elizabeth Williams
Marion Brooks
Glen Rogers High School
Glen Rogers
Mrs. Raborn Iil
Sam Raborn
Mankin Avenue
Beckley Hospital
Rufus Raborn
St. Louis
Cavalier Vodka
Comtinchial Bistilurg Corp
Pruadelpoia
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