Garden Club district meet features bulb program in Pineville
Mrs Cc C Holloway and Mrs John S Lambert led the Castle Rock Garden Club in Pineville at Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church. President Mrs Goodwin Jarvis noted Pineville placed runner up for the Phymosia Award at the Appalachian District meeting. A Christmas lighting contest committee was formed. Violet Lusk showcased a Keep West Virginia Green scrapbook by Pineville Grade School No. 2 students. Halloween arrangements were displayed.
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Pineville
RNS
Cc. C. Holloway
John S. Lambert
Castle Rock Garden Club
First Methodist Church
William Lewis
Lewis Campbell
Goodwin Jarvis
Appalachian
Pineville Club
E. M
Ashanti Jet Warship Returned After Show Trip
The Admiralty ordered Britain's first jet powered warship Ashanti back from a West Indies show trip after it broke down during trials. The vessel faced mechanical failure during testing, prompting the decision to pull it from public voyage and return to home waters.
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London
UPI
Admiralty
Britain
West Indies
French Club Officers Elected at Glen Rogers High
French Club officers elected Monday at Glen Rogers High School include Rosalie Lucas as president and Janie Brown as vice president seated with Bonnie Tolliver Fre da Greer Lacy Dillon Freddie Powers and Frances Harrington standing beside their instructor. The group emphasizes spoken French practice aided by a recorder to help detect errors and track progress.
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Glen Rogers High School
Rosalie Lucas
Janie Brown
Bonnie Tolliver
Freda Greer
Lacy Dillon
Freddie Powers
Frances Harrington
Oak Hill Jaycees Host Teen Dance At City Park
Oak Hill Jaycees schedule a teenage dance for Saturday from 8 p.m. to midnight at the scout cabin in City Park. Joe Lewis, dance chairman, invites area teens to attend. If Friday night’s game is postponed to Saturday the event may move to Friday. Dances follow home football games and are also held on away-game Saturdays. Insurance benefits paid to American individuals and families reach a record $40 billion annually.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Jaycees
Joe Lewis
Lewis
Such a Compact Market Place Appears in Local Advertisements
The remark notes that a compact, convenient market place is available only through local newspaper advertising, highlighting homemakers rely on paper notices for shopping options and deals.
Mount Hope High School Parade Floats Highlight Homecoming
Mount Hope High School staged its annual homecoming parade sponsored by the Student Council. Floats entered by homerooms and clubs competed while Miss Jeanne Richmond reigned as queen with attendants Judy Weeks Sharon Williams Mary Jarvis and Patty Crawford.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Mount Hope High School
Jeanne Richmond
Judy Weeks
Sharon Williams
Mary Jarvis
Patty Crawford
Rose Mary Hurt
Kay Stanton
Sue Jarvis
Loretta Norris
Norma Brooks
Corless Peaks
Helen Zieminick
Linda Hardy
Sylvia Voiers
Patricia Bailey
Pamela Maynor
Roselene Kincaid
Diana Smith
Bill Pennington
Doug Romm
Nancy Tyree
Rita Duckworth
Shannon Graham
Robert Jeter
Dorothy Brown
Franklin Bennett
Gary Naylor
Willie Barbera
Joe Buffa
Area Hospital Lists Patients at Wyoming General
The Mullens area hospital list shows patient names admitted over September 27 to September 30 including Ida Lane Bud James Williams Chester Britton Tralee Mullens and many others with Johns and towns like Oceana Corinne Brenton Amigo and Mullens. Discharges are noted for several patients including Mrs Mary Lafferty and Chester Britton among others.
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Mullens
ANL
Wyoming General Hospital
Ida Lane Bud
William Henson
Tralee
James Williams
Chester Britton
Brenton
James William Shrewsbury
Amigo
Ken Kennedy
Oceana
Johnny Meade
Polly Canada
Maben
Gertrude Burdiss
Patricia Elkins
Betty Ellis
Corinne
Jackie Lambert
Larry Frank
Resoco
C. F. Mundy
Juanita Wyatt
Malcolm Zigler
Peytona
Phyllis McKinney
Gladys Gardner
Lynce
Zida Trent
Hazel Blankenship
Infant
Eunice Johnson
Edward Harless
Baileysville
Scott Wylie
John B. Ball
Kopperston
William Bishop
Bud
Tressie Williams
Robert Hayworth
Rhodell
Donald Thornton
Covel
James Lilly
Nannie Bunion
Itmann
Greta Thornsbury
Carol Hall
Drema Bowling
John Gladden
Boyd Belcher
Sherman McMillion
Ernest Tilley
Rachael
Jerome Gilliam
Donna Ann Price
Ruth Spratte
John Ball
Isabelle Ritter
Ida Marie England
Hulda Cook
Robert Thornton
James Salters
Joe Blackwell
Walter Pennington
Beverley Ann Smith Ill in Orlando Hospital
Mrs. Irvin Shorter of Lindberg Avenue reports Beverley Ann Smith, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Smith, is seriously ill in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orlando, with a diagnosed sleeping sickness related encephalitis and spinal meningitis. She is in Room 263 and under four weeks of testing and observation.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Irvin Shorter
Lindberg Avenue
Beverly Ann Smith
Orlando
Fla
Beverley
Thomas E. Smith
Mahan Street
Orange Memorial Hospital
Wyoming County jury convicts Atwell in child murder case
Howard Atwell 28 of Fannock was found guilty of second degree murder for beating his son Timothy 2 to death last May 20 in Wyoming County. He faces 5-18 years in the state penitentiary and an additional five year sentence for parole violation. He previously served one year in medium security prison for a break in at McDowell County and was later sentenced for stealing from Jones and Laughlin Steel Co. Summoned deputies escort him from the Pineville courtroom as he is moved to state prison.
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Howard Atwell
Fannock
Wyoming
Pineville
Atwell
Timothy
Marvin Martin
Fred Deal
Tence
Robert Worrell
McDowell County
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Wyoming County
Blood type match ties ex-convict to shot-up car case
Virginia authorities intensified the search for Marvin Brooks of Bluefield after blood stains inside a shot-up car near Glen Lyn matched his type A blood. Sheriff Hopkins noted blood on clothes and a hat, leading to the New River, with bullets from a .22 rifle found inside. Brooks, indicted in Mercer County for break-ins, was listed missing after failing to appear at a preliminary hearing.
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Bluefield
RNS
Marvin Brooks
Virginia
Glen Lyn
Brook
John E. Hopkins
FBI
New River
Columbus
Ohio
Brooks
Hopkins
Mercer County
Grand Jury
Glen Rogers Tri-Hi-Y Elects Carolyn Phillips Leader
Carolyn Phillips, a Glen Rogers High School senior, will lead the Chapter as president. Supporting officers include Ollie Holhouser as historian, Elizabeth Meadows as reporter and pianist, Reginia Prusett as chaplain, Bonnie Burgess as vice president, Donna Bailey as treasurer, Drucilla Price as secretary, Jackie Lou Clay as song leader, and Diane Allen as sergeant at arms. Sponsor is Mrs Tony Perry. Meadows also serves as district secretary for the King Coal District.
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Glen Rogers High School
Tri-Hi-Y
Carolyn Phillips
Glen
Elizabeth Meadows
Hi-Y
King Coal District
Trials Slated For Four Cons
PRINCETON UPS Trial dates set for four of seven Bluefield policemen charged in robberies up to a decade ago. Patrolman Roby Brown October 16, Patrolman Ted Land November 7, Sgt. Eugene Kirk November 14, and Capt. Charles P. Cregger November 19. Land and Kirk had mistrials. Defense motion: bills of particulars by October 9 and indictment details. Cregger to face May 1961 supermarket burglary charge.
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Princeton
UPS
Bluefield
Mercer County Criminal Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Roby Brown
Ted Land
Eugene Kirk
Charles P. Cregger
Land
Kirk
Jarrett
Brown
Cregger
Ray Handerson
Births Recorded At Mullens Hospital Six Names Listed
MULLENS. The Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens recorded six births. A son Steven Ray, 5 pounds 13 ounces, to Noah Toler and wife in Hanover Sept. 26 at 6 05 p.m. A daughter Linda Sue, 6 pounds 1.5 ounces, to Alvin Lambert and wife Herndon Heights Sept. 26 at 8 55 p.m. A daughter Pamela Sue, 7 pounds 4.5 ounces, to Jimmy S Ellis and wife Corinne Sept. 27 at 2 23 a.m. A daughter Jamie Lynn, 7 pounds 11 ounces, to James Kenner Elkins Jr and wife Mullens Sept. 27 at 4 03 a.m. A son Michael, 7 pounds 6 ounces, to Robert Carroll Gardner and wife Lynco Sept. 28 at noon. A son Dewayne Dale, 7 pounds 14.5 ounces, to Vernie Oscar Whitt and wife Herndon Sept. 29 at 11 56 a.m.
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Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Steven Ray
Noah Toler
Hanover
Linda Sue
Alvin Lambert
Herndon Heights
Pamela Sue
Jimmy S. Ellis
Corinne
Jamie Lynn
James Kenner Elkins Jr
Michael
Robert Carroll Gardner
Lynco
Dewayne Dale
Vernie Oscar Whitt
Herndon
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Garden Club
C. A. Pancake
Lusk
McGraw
Sam Lambert
Mae S. Belcher
Lillian Bailey
W. C. Bailey Jr
James Neeley
Kay
Neville Street
Jaycees
Carl E. Gylfe
Armour
Gylfe
Breckley
Raleigh
Beckley, W. Va
Smith Child
Florida Hospital
Beckley
Sophia
Glen Rogers
Mullens Hospital
Neville St
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