Wyoming Democrat Picnic Draws 2000 at Horse Creek Lake
Approximately two thousand people attended the Wyoming County Democrat Picnic at Horse Creek Lake Baileysville with refreshments speakers and guest quartets. Key speakers included Beckley chairman Okey Mills Raleigh County and state president Walter Burtor Jr. from Princeton. The event honored elderly attendees Perry Toler 90 and Nannie Rollins 88 while county officials were recognized. The organizers declared the picnic a tremendous success and to become an annual function.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming County Democrat
Horse Creek Lake
Baileysville
Thomas H. Smith
Mercer County
Jackie Withrow
Raleigh County
Ted Stacey
Harold Hanks
Perry Toler
Nannie Rollins
Hatcher
R. D. Bailey
Robert Bailey
C. F. Mundy
J. Wufflebarger
Wyoming County
Radioactive Rain Hits Japan After Soviet Tests
Tokyo UPI reports rainfall across Japan on Saturday and Sunday showed radioactivity more than ten times normal. Meteorological agency linked the spike to Soviet nuclear testing, signaling widespread contamination from the tests.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Meteorological Agency
Civil Defense program planned for Mullens club meeting
Mullens Woman's Civic Club will host a Civil Defense program at 8 p m in the Moose Club dining room. Mrs Dave Lucas is program chairwoman and Russell Beavers county Civil Defense director will be guest speaker. Members are urged to attend and complete county defense cards.
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Mullens
RNS
Mullens Woman’s Civic Club
Moose Club
Dave Lucas
Russell Beavers
Wyoming County
Sam Farley
Gerald Snyder
Lucas
Loretta Easterling Marries Clifford Cook in Mullens
Loretta Mae Easterling and Clifford Austin Cook wed at First Methodist Church Mullens in a 6 p.m. ceremony conducted by Rev. Virgil Conant. The bride wore Chantilly lace and satin, with a pearl headpiece and white orchid, and the couple after a reception left for a Dayton Ohio trip. Both are Mullens High School alumni. she into Sub-Delts, he with a master’s in biological science from Marshall and awaiting a U.S. government assignment.
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Jim Shumate
Janet Anderson
Miss Anderson
Ronny Cook
Mrs. Easterling
Dayton
Ohio
Mullens High School
Concord College
Marshall University
U.S. Government
Health Board Member Named By County Court
PINEVILLE RNS Robert Browning was named to serve another term as a member of the Board of Health by the Wyoming County Court Commissioners at a morning session. Judge Robert M. Worrell approved Ritz Kingdon to represent the County Court in suits contesting tax valuations. Kingdon replaces Robert Bailey. The court also approved consolidating four tracts belonging to Blanche May Smith in the Brier Creek vicinity and tax exemption for the Hygenia Foundation Facilities Corp. The court probated the will of Arnold Spence with Claie Mae Spence executrix and Paul Viers commissioner of accounts. Appraisals were approved for the estates of R. B. Lamb and Leota Walker. Inez S. Burke was approved as administratrix of Charlie Green’s estate with bond $500. Mary Bower as surety. Stella Walls named administratrix of Dottie Walls with $200 bond. Lavonia Toler as surety. Clyde Morgan named administrator of Effie Morgan with bond $100. David Morgan as surety. Edna C. Schmierer named guardian for Raymond C. and Shirley Collins with bond $800. Charlie Rhodes as surety. Final settlements of Walter M. Moore’s accounts approved. Notary bonds of $500 approved for J. R. Beavers and Dorothy Beavers. C. E. Allen and Pearl C. Allen. Glenn L. Green and A. P. Baldwin. Woodrow W. Cook and surety. Bond $1,500.
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Pineville
RNS
Robert Browning
Board of Health
Wyoming County Court Commissioners
Robert M. Worrell
Ritz Kingdon
Kingdon
Robert Bailey
Georgia
Blanche May Smith
Brier Creek
Hygenia Foundation Facilities Corp
A. P E. Baldwin
Woodrow W. Cook
Surety
Bond
Fayette Reservist Promoted to Major in Army Reserve
Fayetteville dispatch notes Robert H. Woollard promoted from captain to major in Company C Fourth Battle Group 83rd Infantry Division USAR Beckley Beckley. Woollard, a 20 year Army veteran and Union Carbide electrician, was born in Meadow Bridge and long active in Greenbrier County before graduating Smoot High School in 1938. He began service Aug 6 1941 and saw WW2 action in Africa Sicily Italy Southern France Rhine and VE day in Europe. He is married to Frances Caldwell and has two children Robert Jr. and Susan Frances.
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West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Woollard
Huntington
Signal Corps
Signal Battalion
Fort Knox
Camp Young
Calif
George (Blood and Guts
Patton
Casablanca
Africa
Sicily
France
Rhine
Bulge
Austria
Europe
Maj. Woollard
Frances Caldwell
Robert H. Jr
Susan Frances
State Princess To Perform At Confab
Pamela Jean Legg, 10, Oak Hill, is slated to perform during the Fountain of Youth session of the Grand Chapter of West Virginia Order of Eastern Star in Charleston. Daughter of Grand Ruth Mrs. Juanita Legg, she is a sixth grader, Girl Scout, choir member, and piano and dance student. A 1961-62 State Princess, she has appeared on local talent programs and TV. The CBS meeting runs Thursday through Saturday at the Charleston Recreation Center and Daniel Boone Hotel, with headquarters at the hotel.
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Oak Hill
Grand Chapter
Grand Jurisdiction of
West Virginia
Order of Eastern Star
Charleston
Pamela Jean Legg
Juanita Legg
Grand Ruth
CBS
Miss Legg
Oak Hill Methodist Church Choir
Daniel Boone Hotel
Honored on Birthday in Crowley-Worrell Addition
Mrs. C. H. Mathena was surprised with a birthday party Monday night at her Crowley-Worrell Addition home. Neighbors visited for cake and ice cream. cake prepared by Mrs. Jack D. Martin. Guests included Mrs. Alfred Boom Mrs. Robert E. Kuhn Mrs. A. C. Swimm and Mrs. Cecil Walls.
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Pineville
Rns
C. H. Mathena
Crowley - Worrell
Jack D. Martin
Alfred Boom
Robert E. Kuhn
A. C. Swimm
Cecil Walls
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Baileysville Tabernacle
Arnold Rose
Baileysville Lion's Club
Gram
J. Paul England
Fred
Lokant
Okey
Atkinson’s
Lucky Buy Margarine
Atkinson
Johnstown Road
Morrell
Pillsbury
Texy
Mrs. Filberts Margarine
Super Sax
Tom Collins Jr
Keystone Pork
Exires
Lipton
Johnstown
Beckley, W. VA
Mullens Club
MR. and
Mrs. Clifford Cook
Loretta Easterling
Clifford Cook
Arnold Spence
Claiie Mae Spence
Paul Viers
Fayette Reservist
Funeral Home
Wyoming County Circuit Clerk
Pineville, Robertson and Foglesong Inc
Polly Jeffers
United Fuel Gas Co
G. West
Wayne County
Beckley Hospital Inc
Thomas M. Mullens
Mary Tee Prater
Heller Market
Robert F. Beavers
J. Russell Beavers
Pineville Land Co. Inc
Odell Atwell
Atwell
Auto Parts Sales
F. L. Shuck
Shuck
Lenee News
Confab
Pamela Legg
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