Pine Grove Church to Host Rally Saturday
The Pine Grove Baptist Church in Ravencliff will host the Laurel Valley Independent Baptist Sunday School Rally Saturday night. A wiener roast follows the program and the school banner wins three months. Participants include Kathy Ellis Joyce Stewart Ginette Vaught Frankie Acord Ronnie Lafferty Douglas Perry Charlie Lilly Gene Laffer ty Pete Shumate and others with associations led by Rev. Herbert Perry Glen Fork Independent Baptist district president and Rev. Cameron Lilly Hilltop Baptist vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Valley Independent Baptist
Pine Grove
Joyce Stewart
Ginette Vaught
Frankie Acord
Ronnie Lafferty
Douglas Perry
Charlie Lilly
Gene Lafferty
John Perry
Pete Shumate
Women’s Society
Christ
Herbert Perry
Maybelle
French Brooks
Gloria
Glen Acord
Barbara
Oscar Canterbury
Marilyn
Lacy Brooks
Martha
Clyde Ellis
Eleanor
John Mosley
Mary
Cameron Lilly
Elaine
MYFers Attend Sub-Dist Meet at Delilah Church
Glen Rogers Community Church sent ten MYFers to the Wesley sub-district meeting at Delilah Methodist Church. The Hatcher fellowship opened with a prayer by Roger Cook. A booth festival was approved for Mullens on Nov 5, with items to support Methodist Child Care Center in Beckley. Attendees included Kathryn Cottrill Jerry Wolfe Janelle Belcher Linda Sizemore Margaret Fournier Eleanor Manning Larry Durham Roger Manning Nathan Manning and Hayden Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Wesley
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Delilah Methodist Church
Hatcher Fellowship
Roger Cook
Mullens
Methodist Child Care Center
Beckley
Weekend Visits Reach Families Across States
Pax visiting over the weekend with Mr and Mrs J D Janney included their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Sherman Stover and son Alan Mullins. Edward Hamilton returned to work at Wharton after a weekend with family in Weirwood. James Shorter remains confined with an injured arm but shows improvement. Howard Paul Sutton visits relatives in Tennessee and Virginia including Everette Dykes Kingsport Tenn Sam Starnes Slant Va Sammy Starnes Tommy Starnes Radford Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Janney
Sherman Stover
Alan Mullins
Edward Hamilton
Wharton
Weirwood
James Shorter
Howard Paul Sutton
Tennessee
Virginia
Everette Dykes
Kingsport
Tenn
Sam Starnes
Slant
Sammy Starnes
Tommy Starnes
Radford
Mullens Council OKs River Bank Construction Law
Mullens city commissioners seconded an ordinance regulating building along the Guyandotte River and Slab Fork Creek banks. The rule requires written board approval and a $10 application fee. violations carry up to $200 fine or 30 days in jail. Other actions include extending Mullens Sanitation Co.’s garbage-haul franchise to July 1 and a building permit for Alex Goode to enclose a back porch on Guyandotte Avenue. A $100 gift from the Mullens Women’s Civic Club funds street lighting near Ben Dunman Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens Sanitation Co
Joe Witt
Witt
Alex Goode
Maben
Guyandotte Avenue
Martin Backus
Mullens Woan’s
Civic Club
Charles Bailey
Public Safety
Highland Avenue
Ben Dunman Junior High School
Peruvian Pupil Visits Oceana High School
Rodolpho Archata, a Peruvian native attending the University of Tennessee, spoke at Oceana High School last week. He shared views on foreign films showing disaster areas and current hardships, urged multilingual learning, and contrasted life abroad with American daily life.
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Oceana
Oceana High School
Rodolpho Archata
Peru
University of Tennessee
United States
U. S
America
Spain
Johnny Mowell Honored With Birthday Party
Johnny Ray Mowell celebrated his seventh birthday at home in Weirwood on Saturday hosted by his mother. Guests included Randy McGuire Pamela Hamilton Lena Williams Donna Hamilton Sandra Huber Billy Williams Terry McGuire Bucky Meredith and Margaret Ann Mowell. Prizes went to Bucky Meredith Donna Hamilton Lena Williams and Pamela Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAX
Johnny Ray Mowell
Weirwood
Randy McGuire
Pamela Hamilton
Lena Williams
Donna Hamilton
Sandra Huber
Billy Williams
Terry McGuire
Bucky Meredith
Margaret Ann Mowell
Birth announced for Mullens couple son David Shawn
Mr and Mrs Jack Finney Mullens announce the birth of a son David Shawn at 1256 AM September 20 in Wyoming General Hospital Mullens. The baby weighs eight pounds three and a half ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Jack Finney
David Shawn
Wyoming General Hospital
Ancient Egyptian dice show loaded cubes in ruins of Thebes
Archaeological note cites Collier's Encyclopedia claiming that ancient Egyptian dice from Thebes were sometimes loaded to cheat. The finding suggests gambling practices with weighted dice date back to antiquity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thebes
Collier’s Encyclopedia
Government Exhibits Set For Centennial
CHARLESTON The federal government will stage wildlife and fish exhibits at the 1963 Centennial. Displays will be at national fish hatcheries in Leetown Jefferson County Bowden Randolph County and White Sulphur Springs Greenbrier County. Assistant Interior Secretary Frank P. Briggs told Centennial executive director Carl R. Sullivan that the exhibits are arranged by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife to highlight state cooperation in managing West Virginia’s fish and wildlife resources and outdoor recreation potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Leetown
Jefferson County
Bowden
Randolph County
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier County
Frank P. Briggs
Carl R. Sullivan
Department
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Briggs
Sullivan
Cooperative State Bureau
West Virginia
Rainbow Girls Elect Cindy Cook
Miss Cindy Cook, daughter of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Cook Mullens, was installed as worthy advisor at Mullens Rainbow Assembly No 19 meeting in the Masonic Hall. Installing officers included Mrs Lackey Miller and others. gifts awarded to Miss Cook by Shelia Compton and Linda Vanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drema McKinney
Trudy Canterbury
Donna Rae Sisk
Patty Kingdon
Confidential Observer
Jennifer Gravely
Outer Observer
Shelia Compton
Lackey Miller
Perry Cook
John Ratliff
Joe Hill
Deborah Adams
Miss Cook
Linda Vanover
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Kathy Ellis
H. C. Perry
O. E. Canterbury
Virgil Ellis
Melvin Richardson
Wyoming
Raleigh
McDowell
Pine Grove Church
Oceana HS
Johnny Mowell
Appalachian
Mailto
Appalachian Power Company
W. Va
AE Fsiencropulachion Power Company
Rainbow Girls
Cindy Cook
Loyal Moose Hall
Order of Moose
Oceana Lodge
John
Jack Davis
Johnny Aliff
Newhall
Calif
UPI
Bank of America
Santa Claus
S&h Green
Cadillac
Standards of
Burleson Motor Company
Woodlawn Avenue
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