Wyoming Group Plans Fire Prevention Campaign
A Keep Wyoming County Green Committee planning session in Pineville outlines a fire prevention push. Ivan B. Pizzino Avery McMillian and Roscoe Plumley lead efforts to show films in high schools and visit elementary schools January to March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Ivan B. Pizzino
Department of Natural Resources
William R. Maxey
Forester
Georgia-Pacific Corp
E. F. Hays
Pocahontas Land Corp
Avery McMillian
County Forest Protector
Keep Wyoming Green Committee
West Virginia
R. E. Stewart
Marsh Fork Club Hears State Safety Chairman
Mrs. R. H. Colvin of Logan spoke to the Marsh Fork District Woman's Club on safety as a community responsibility. She highlighted youth focus and cooperation among schools civic groups and government agencies for a successful program and promoted seat belt use and proper installation.
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Rock Creek
RNS
R. H. Colvin
Logan
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Marsh Fork
Oor Colvin
Governor's Committee For
Joe Bufferine
Conquer Uterine
Peterstown
Charles Mankin
Rex Sarrett
Warren Darrell
N W to Build More Coal Hopper Cars
Norfolk and Western Railway announces plans to build about 1 000 85 ton coal hopper cars at its Roanoke shops. The $12 million project will start after the current order is finished near year end. The latest order brings total spending this year on new equipment and facilities to $57 million.
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Roanoke
UPI
Norfolk & Western Railway
Pineville High Installs Homecoming Queen and Attendants
Pineville High School students chose Pamela Goode as homecoming queen for 1961 62 with attendants Barbara Henkins Sandy Beymer Brenda Sherman Janet Pack. Queen and attendants crowned at halftime of the Oceana Pineville game at Shuff Field with a Student Council dance to follow.
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Pineville High School
Sandy Beymer
Brenda
Pineville
ANS
Pamela Goode
Paul Goode
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Tri-Hi-y
Girl’s State
Tri- Hi-Y
Minuteman
Beckley
Winchester
Barbara Henkins
W. C. Henkins
Sandy _Beymer
Henkins
Charleston
Beymer
Robert
Pack
Cook, Memorial Church
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Minutemen Club
Pineville Pushers
Fellowship Guild
Seche
Minutemann and
Oceana- Pineville
Shuff Field
David Acord
Jim Stone
WVU Receives Grants From NIH and Local Donor
West Virginia University accepted gifts and grants totaling over 500 000 dollars at a mid September Board of Governors meeting. The NIH provided 347 582 dollars for 16 medical and biological science research projects. A separate 5 027.61 dollar gift came from William J. Dixon of Oak Hill, secretary treasurer of the West Virginia State Pharmaceutical Association.
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OAK Hill
RNS
West Virginia University
William J. Dixon
West Virginia State Pharmaceutical Association
Clyder L. Colson
National Institutes of Health
Woman Fails To Respond In Court. Varnish Bond Cleared
London police report a woman who did not respond when her name was called in court was not in contempt as she remained seated. Two officers had to detach her from a fresh coat of varnish.
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London
UPI
Io Tise
Five Die in West Virginia Weekend Traffic Grimness
Five persons died in weekend traffic accidents across West Virginia raising the yearly toll to 262. Victims include Mark Allen Lilly 4 crushed by his father s driverless car at Mt Hope while playing in a parked vehicle and Edward B Terry 3 killed when his car hit a bridge abutment at West Hamlin. Anna G Chapman 20 faces negligent homicide charges after her car collided with another. John G Vaughan 58 of Fairmont Thomas J Lawson 64 of Panther and Robert Williams 74 died in separate crashes on U S routes and streets near Fairmont Taeger and Beckley.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Mark Allen Lilly
Mt. Hope
John G. Vaughan
Fairmont
Edward B. Terry
Branchland
Lincoln County
W. Va. 3
West Hamlin
Coal Study Ordered by National Coal Association
The National Coal Association ordered a study to examine financing a research and public relations program aimed at expanding bituminous coal use to 500 million tons annually. The study was approved by the NCA board in White Sulphur Springs on Saturday, with a projected cost up to $587,000 in 1962. The plan targets new coal customers in the non power heat market.
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White Sulphur Springs
UPS
National Coal Association
NCA Board of Directors
NCA
Stephen F. Dunn
Dunn
Community Notes and Visits From Glen Fork Area
Glen Fork area residents share visits and travels. Mrs Ma bel Turner joins her husband in Fairmont. Herman Shumate returns home after three weeks with brother and sister in law. Mrs Walter Norman back from Wyoming General Hospital after 16 weeks with a broken ankle. Shrewsbury visiting family in Basin. Visitors include Delmas Cox and children Sandra Ronnie Daniels. The Danels and Everette Blevins go to Washington DC to see in laws Roger Anderson and newborn Sandra. Sigman home hosts Claude Shumate and family from Jacksonville. Arthur Farmer and son David visit Morris Bennett.
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Glen Fork
Mabel Turner
Fairmont
Herman Shumate
Claude Shumate
Jacksonville
Fla
Walter Norman
Wyoming General Hospital
Johnny Shrewsbury
Basin
L. Co
Inlaw
Brother
Veiled Fur Hats in French Collection Display Veils Eye Line
Veiled fur hats showcased in the French collection feature small veils that lightly cover the eyes. Designers emphasize mysterious elegance and subtle ornamentation in luxury millinery.
Church Improvement Aided By Area Citizens
Rock Creek Methodist Rebecca Chapel members support upgrades to the building with raised funds and volunteer labor. A ham dinner raised 102 dollars for the general fund while floors are sanded, new rest rooms added, hymn books bought, and fixtures septic and wiring installed. The Woman's Society of Christian Service sews quilts for sale and the pastor, Rev. Willis Bradley, serves at Rock Creek and Sylvester.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Willis Bradley
Sylvester
Rock Creek
Doris Marshall
Week's Hospital Patients Listed
Mullens Wyoming General Hospital lists admitted and discharged patients for the week. Names include Robert Gray Edward Duncan Mrs Sue Trent Mrs Gladys Bailey Mrs Freda Lambert and many others across Mullens Itmann Pineville Covel Oceana Rhodell Scarbro and surrounding communities with several infants and multiple discharges noted.
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Mullens
RNL
Wyoming
General Hospital
Robert Gray
Clear Fork
Edward Duncan
Jimann
Sue Trent
Helen
Gladys Bailey
Pineville
Freda Lambert
Otsego
Lillian Brumfield
Itmann
Ethel Backus
Bruce Howard
Clyde Sanders
Levi Hawley
George Sizemore
Randall Ackerson
Carolyn Sinecoff
Bobby Hill
Sadie McKinney
Lottie Darby
Barbara Milam
Anna Deitrick
Eunice Halsey
New Richmond
Mary Toms
Baileysville
Rickey Bailey
Addie’ Jennelle
Stephenson
Ora Ramsey
Covel
Shirley McKinney
Princewick
Inez Sims
Elmer Blankenship
Harold Shriver
Boyce Sizemore
Mary Mullins
Inez Blevins
Addie Worley
Elva Green
Trilby Brehm
Polly McKinney
Malinda Sizemore
Bud
Cynthia Salyers
Lacy Norman
Catherine Hall
Elsie Box
Mabel Acord
Glen Fork
Shirley Johnson
Matoaka
Dorothy Holcomb
Yvonne Whitt
Basin
Nellie Lester
John Mizzelle
Wyco
Joe Georges
Scarbro
Laura Marshall
Bailey Blevins
West Virginia Sheriffs Bureau to continue despite inoperative fund
Kanawha County Sheriff Dewey E. Kuhns said the West Virginia Sheriffs Bureau will press ahead with its objectives though its special fund is ruled inoperative by the State Board of Public Works. The bureau, formed in 1961, is described as bureau in name only, yet will be allowed to pay outstanding bills and similar expenses up to $5,000 from the governor's contingent fund.
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BPW
Blankenship Simpson Vows Read Saturday
Miss Eva Gay Simpson wed Earl Blankenship at Bud Methodist Church in Mullens. Rev. John Rinehart performed the 7 p.m. ceremony. The bride wore an off white sheath with black accessories and carried a red rosebud Bible. A reception followed at the Steak House in Welch. The couple will live with her parents.
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Mullens
RNS
Bud
Thescene
Eva Gay Simpson
Joe Simpson
Itmann
Earl Blankenship
Julit
Blankenship
Roderfield
John Rinehart
Welch
Welch High School
Scarbro-Blevins Tie The Knot In Clear Creek Ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Scarbro announce the marriage of their daughter Linda Lou Scarbro to Joe Q Blevins of Clear Creek. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Ernest Barley on Sept 18. Attendees included the couple’s relatives from Cristline Ohio Artie and Chicago where the couple planned a honeymoon.
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Clear Creek
Emmitt Scarbro
Linda Lou
Joe Q. Blevins
Ernest Barley
Bradley
Inlaw
Emmitt ‘Scarbro Jr
Cristline
Ohio
Heruncle
Beverage Scarbro
Clear ‘Creek
Jimmy Blevins
Artie
Chicago
Gay Foster Guild Meats Tuesday Meet at Mount Hope
The Gay Foster Guild of Mount Hope Baptist Temple met Tuesday evening at Miss Malinda Davis home. Kathy McClung read Learning to Pray by Praying. Paulette Garrett presented a story on Isaiah. New members Connie Boyd Jane Garvin Faye Smithson Jan Caye Gwinn joined. others attended including Beverly Logan Donna Brewer Joan Penman Sharon Parker Nancy Stafford Libby Schutt Malinda Davis Janet Logan Zona Hoke sponsor. Next meeting set for Oct 24 at Janet Logan home. Beverly Logan to give Bible Book of the Month. Joann Penman to lead program.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Malinda Davis
Kathy McClung
Paulette Garrett
Connie Boyd
Jane Garvin
Faye Smithson
Jan Caye Gwinn
Beverly Logan
Donna Brewer
Joan Penman
Sharon Parker
Nancy Stafford
Libby Schutt
Janet Logan
Zona Hoke
Joann Penman
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Wyoming Group Plans
Robert E. Kuhn
Wyoming County Schools
Virginia Price
Oceana Woman's Club
John D. Farmer
Laurel Garden Club of
Catherine Stewart
Lorena ‘Spillers Garden Club
Woman's’ Civic Club of
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
W. VA
Marsh Fork Club
State Safety
Mt. View School
N&w
Lo, Amerez
Utilities “Company
Brrenda Sherman
Roy Sherman
Minuteman Band
Minutemen
Fred Shannon
Order of Rainbow
Janet Pack
WVU
Rebecca Chapel
Sheriffs Bureau
MR. and
Mrs. Earl Blankenship
Ager
Goodyear
Gay Foster Guild
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