Contact details for correspondents by town
A list of local correspondents and phone numbers includes Herndon Susan Quesenberry 294 4047 Mabscott Donnie Nuckols 252 701 and Mount Hope Margaret Marchio 877 2633 Mullens Mary K. Rader 294 6289 Ravencliff Sabine McGraws Glen Fork Soulsville Elizabeth Williams 294 6227 Rhodell Edith Flinchum 683 Shady Spring Betty Pike 252 7286 Glen Daniel Surveyor Fairdale Lester Pegram 934 7957 Glen White Donnie Nuckols 252 7011 Helen Violet Moore 294 5141.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
Susan Quesenberry
Mabscott
Donnie Nuckols
Ravencliff - Sabine - McGraws
Glen Fork Soulsville
Elizabeth Williams
Glen Daniel
Fairdale Lester
Russell Pegram
Glen White
Bridal Shower for Mrs. Frank Acord at Ravencliff Hall
A bridal and household shower honored Mrs. Frank Acord of Morgantown, with many relatives from Beckley Ravencliff Kopperston and surrounding towns attending. The honoree, formerly Kathy Justice, and her WVU senior husband were cited as the couple’s impending marriage plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravencliff
RNS
Odd Fellows Hall
Frank Acord
Morgantown
Acord
Greely McGraw
K. C. Lilly Jr
Tom Tolliver
Beckley
Donald Mann
John Brooks
Howard ‘Acord
Ola Allen
Lois Johnson
Lori Ownby
Delphia Shumate
Delma Justice
Belma Justice
Jesse
Debbie Justice
Kevin Acord
Ronnie Lilly
Basil Shumate
Paul Brooks
Leon Neal
Patty ‘Neal
Lon Stewart
Daniels
Pearl Dokes
Lynn Dokes
Kopperston
E. L. Wahl
W. C. Belcher
Violet Lusk
Pineville
Willard Ownby
Hampton
John Sundin
Jess Trump
William Alderman
Hayden K. Wolfe
Arnold Sizemore
Ada Tolliver
All of Soulsville
Jack Sizemore
H. E. McGraw
Dennis M. McGraw
Eddie McMillion
Horace
McGraw
Earnest ‘Shumate
Fulton Brown
Lacy Lafferty
Hurley Shumate
Olenn Sizemore
Morton Sadler
Galena Kerns
I McGraws
L. A. Dillon
William Mullins
Art Jones
Glen Acord
Asa Hurst
Quentin Stewart
Cather Peitry
David Trump
Margaret Hall
Perry Lafferty
Wiliam Milam
Vergie Morgan
Avery Tilley
Wester Nelson
Louis P. Jenkins
Ollie Lafferty
Sidney Allen
Faye Wesley
Posey Tolliver
Ward Stewart
Ira Allen
Stewart Schuman
Lige Gentry
Elizabeth Williams
Kathy Justice
West Virginia University
Dog Rescued After 30 Feet Plunge From San Mateo Bridge
A German Shepherd leaped 30 feet from a San Mateo Bridge railing into San Francisco Bay. Tow truck driver Homer Ellett lowered himself on a winch to rescue the dog dragged from the water by the driver Daniel Brown who was traveling with the animal in Castro Valley. Both were lifted to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Mateo
Calif
San Francisco Bay
Daniel Brown
Castro Valley
Homer Ellett
Fremont
Ellett
Youth Fellows Lead Mullens Toy Drive For Wyoming Fund
Terri Lea Phillips Sunny Sue Phillips and Robin Toys Collected By PYF Pryor washed repaired and dressed dolls from a Saturday drive for the Wyoming County Toy Fund in Mullens area Beverly Lewis and her mother cleaned repaired and dressed toys and donated new stuffed animals Mrs Lewis also prepared items for an Arts and Crafts Show Larry Stewart and David Stover collected toys Co chairs for the Mullens area were W E Hartsell and Carl Hazzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terri Lea
Sunny Sue Phillips
Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Wyoming County Toy Fund
Mullens
Sunny Sue
Robin
Pyf Pryor
Beverly Lewis
Mullens Junior High School
Charles E. Lewis Jr
Mullens Area Personal Thanksgiving Visits Spread Wide
Mullens area residents shared holiday visits with relatives across several states. Families from Mullens to Arlington and Huntington hosted relatives including Brooks, Christian, and Adams families while others traveled from Indianapolis Tacoma and Marion for Thanksgiving.
Computer aids diagnosis at University of Michigan Hospital
A computer at the University of Michigan Hospital provides a 21 test battery from a small blood sample in about ten minutes for a patient. The doctor receives a printout showing abnormal results flagged in red ink as the patient settles in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan Hospital
Celebration Held At Fayette Home
Mrs. Josephine Hughes a Pax High School graduate and mother of six celebrated at her Fayette area home. Her three daughters work in nursing while two sons live in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Family attendance included Howard and Donna Hughes and grandchildren, with Thanksgiving and Nov 24 birthday noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pax
Josephine Hughes
Packs Branch
Hughes
Pax High School
George Humphrey
John Hughes
Max Hughes
Elyria
Ohio
Howard Hughes
Vermillion
Tommy
William
Pam
Jeff
Gary
Kaye) Weaver
Millersville
Albert
Donna) Brewer
Kelly
Teresa
Jane Hughes
West Virginia Tech
Tommy Hughes
Beckley College
Soviets Design Talking Machine with Its Own Voice
Soviet engineers unveiled a talking machine that generates voice without taped recordings. The device, a speech signal synthesizer, copies acoustical waves from mathematical models of sounds and is being developed at the Institute of Cybernetics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences in Tallinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
UPI
Tass
Institute of Cybernetics
Esthenian Academy of Sciences
Tallin
Nevada vote ends in coin toss for justice post
Dorothy Wilson and Billi Wyer tie at 146 votes each in Gabbs for justice of the peace. They choose a runoff alternative and call on County Clerk Rena Bailey to flip a coin. Bailey uses an 1884 silver dollar to decide the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabbs, Nev
UPD
Dorothy Wilson
Mullens High School Project GATE students tour Virginia Tech campus
Nine Mullens High School Project GATE students visited Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University campus area for two days of exploration training. Leaders and faculty accompanied the group including Jeane R. Roop and Mrs. Jack Dick. The trip included tours of Giles County Vocational School New River Community College and VPI home economics and agriculture departments with demonstrations on career opportunities in home economics and distributive education. The program aims to build self awareness decision making and career exploration for Mullens area students and will continue in the new vocational school era in Wyoming County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Mullens High School
Project Gate
Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State ‘University
John Eldreth
Debbie England
John Lusk
Barbara Logwood
Alphonso Payne
Sunny Sue Phillips
Jack Staton
Vickie ‘Steele
David Stover
Jeane R. Roop
Jack Dick
Dewey Adams
Division of Vocational and Technical Education
Wiliam E. Dugger Jr
Richard M. Nixon
Lucy Crawford
Giles County Vocational School
New River Community College
VPI
Sue Mays
John R. Crankilton
Guidance Aide
Wyoming County
Twin Falls Road
Four Generations Gather at Conners Home
Four generations gathered for Thanksgiving at the Garten residence of Mr and Mrs Hollis Conner. Present were Marie Sexton and her daughter Frances Conner with Randall Conner and his sons Randy age 11 and Stephen age 9, all from Jackson Michigan. Conner, a 1960 Fayetteville High School graduate, is married to Pat Humphrey, daughter of C F and Mrs Humphrey, and works for D and L Transfer in Jackson. Pat Conner also visited with her parents on Walker Street during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Christian
Perry
Mike
Paula
Indianapolis
Ind
Christan
Mae Brooks
Bobby Jack Cook
Highland Ave
Mullens
Christian
Doris Brooks
Paul Christian
Jackie Adams
Tex Mullens
Dennis Mullens
Tacoma
Wash
Benjamin Mullens
Allen Junction
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Tex
Dennis
Jack Kyer
Jackie
Jeff
Jerry
Jimmy
Arlington
Connie Wyatt
Glen Daniels
Gautiers
Bobby Erneston
West Palm Beach
Fla
David Pollock
Otsego
Erneston
Brian University
Tennessee
C. A. Kelly
Marion
Davis Street
Kellys
Wade Houck
Viola Houck
Rob Carrico
Huntington
Bob Whitt
Robert. L. Carrico Jr
Carrico
Diane Whitt
Marshall University
Compton Office Supplies
Andy Canerbury
J. C. Anderson
Benny Rhoades
Denise Liuzzo
Bobbie Humphrey
Mark Phipps
West Virginia University
Allen Lambert
George Lambert
Linda Davis
Dana Bailey
Barbie Davis
Sammy Webster
Glen Crotty Jr
Ricky Crotty
Eugene Evans
Barry Dooley
Pat Smith
Debbie Humphrey
Jack Finney
Carl Kuhlke
Terry Beverly
Concord College
Danny Stewart
Mike Cook
Ricky Moorefield
Donna O'Neal
Steve Feller
Ronnie Bowling
Donnie Bowling
John Chapman
David Chapman
Mike Pauley
Debbie Jeffcoate
Garten
Hollis Conner
Marie Sexton
Hollis
Frances) Conner
Randall Conner
Conner
Randy
Stephen
Jackson
Mich
Fayetteville High School
Pat Humphrey
C. F. Humphrey
D and L Transfer Company
Pat Conner
Walker Street
Gene Hackman to Star in Zande Western Love Tale
Gene Hackman will headline the title role in Zande a Western love story next year after completing Scarecrow with Al Pacino. The Oscar winner continues his film schedule and adds a romantic frontier drama to his lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
UPI
Gene Hackman
Zande
al Pacino
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Alice Dolan
Bradford
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming Counties
Raleigh Register
Mount Hope
Margaret Marchio
Rhodell
Edith Flinchum
Shady Spring
Betty Pike
Helen
Violet Moore
Lulus Drug Store
Lilly’s
Eugene Dillon
Kimberly Sue
Mark Edward
Montgomery
Dillon
Sue Brooks
Kenneth Graham
Roanoke
Graham
Cook St
Mickey Christian
Grahams
Jacke Adams
Dennis Houck
Athens
Houck
Porter Houck
Davis St
Beckley National Bank
Neville Street
West Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Fayette Home
Macy’s
New York City
Goodyear
Rockmart
Raleigh Hardware Company
Hackman As
Accuquartz
Wooddell’s
Jewelry
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