Fayette Pen Pals Hold First Fayetteville meeting
Fayetteville High School Pen Pal Club held its first meeting at the Maple Avenue home of Charles L. Garvin III. Miss Van Batten presided as programs were planned for monthly meetings and a Pen Pal of the Year contest discussed..Refreshments were served to members and a photo for the school annual planned.
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Fayetteville
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Fayetteville High School
Maple Avenue
Charles L. Garvin III
van Batten
Judy Farmer
Charles Garvin
Keith Thomas
Neal Clark
Gail Feazell
Tommy Powell
Theresa Beni
Dreama Roles
Bob Bode
Samuel Holcomb
Joe Bill Bess
Pat Dooley
David McClary
Billy Riner
Susan Phillips
Sally Hresan
Alma Shumake
Judy Kay Farmer
Mary Wood
Patricia Humphrey
Jimmy Jones
Martha Milton
van Batton
Nancy Law
Ann Hash
Margaret Ann Phillips
Martha Hash
Carolynn Cole
Joan Holliday
Gilbert Smith
Pineville Pushers form new 4 H club in Wyoming County
A new 4 H club named The Pineville Pushers is organized in Wyoming County for ages ten to sixteen. Sponsors are Mrs. Roscoe Plumley and Mrs. Robert Pack. First meetings set at the Plumley home with five new members joining at the second meeting: Debby Brooks Donna Allen Jerry Pack Donna Page Rose Diana Dodd. Members plan sewing cooking crafts auto repair bird study and a community project Keep Wyoming County Green painting green barrels for trash along highways and building picnic tables. Officers include Judy Plumley president Bobby Pack vice president Judy Pack secretary Susie Simmons reporter Jane Pack song and recreation leader. Other members listed. Adults are urged to volunteer through Plumley.
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Pineville
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Wyoming County
Roscoe Plumley
Robert Pack
Plumley
Debby Brooks
Donna Allen
Jerry Pack
Donna Page Rose
Diana Dodd
County Agricultural Agents
Judy Plumley
Bobby Pack
Judy Pack
Susie Simmons
Janet Pack
Sharon Adams
Tom Adkins
Barbara Anderson
Bill Bowers
Linda Hall
Barney Hawkins
Bobby Jenkins
Betty Jenkins
Bob Pack
Dennis Plumley
Cam Scoleri
Spunky Vezina
Glen Rogers Mining Auction Marks End of Era
Glen Rogers marks the close of a prosperous era as Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co assets including 18.16 acres of surface land 36.36 acres of land mining equipment tools and a department store inventory are sold at public auction after a bankruptcy filing. The mine once employed about 1,000 workers and produced 400,000 tons annually.
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Glen Rogers
ANS
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co
Fayette Girl Scouts Seek 5 000 In Drive
Fayetteville stories report recordings by local girls will back the Fayette Girl Scout Council Fund Drive in progress through October 15 with a $5,000 goal. Malinda Davis Betty Ramey Shirley Chaney Ruth Ann Prather and June Humphrey produced by WOAY TV Oak Hill. The drive funds day to day operations training staff and expansion of day camps and Camp Abbot. About 312 Brownie 324 Intermediate and 60 Senior Scouts plus 54 volunteer adults are enrolled in Fayette County. Governor Don Sanford urges public support as canvasses run in each community.
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Fayetteville
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Fayette
Fayette County
Girl Scout Council
Camp Abbot
Oak Hill
Don Sanford
Girl Scouts
Kopperston Lions Club corn feed slated
The Kopperston Lions Club will sponsor a corn feed at the Community Building this Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for children.
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Kopperston
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Kopperston Lions Club
Kopperston Women Meet for Bible Study
Mrs Sam E Hager led a Bible study for Circle No 2 of the Kopperston Presbyterian Women of the Church at Mrs James Fultz home on Tuesday Attendees included Mrs E J Fultz Mrs Sam Hager Mrs Donald Worley Mrs Emory Lusk and Mrs James Fultz The next meeting is planned for the first Tuesday in November at Mrs Lusk s home.
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Kopperston
RNS
Sam E. Hager
Circle No. 2
Kopperston Presbyterian Women of the Church
James Fultz
E. J. Fultz
Sam Hager
Donald Worley
Emory Lusk
Pertinent Question Memphis Office Visit Ends with Fishing Doubt
A busy Memphis lawyer strode into his office waiting room with his young son and announced he would be out in the county all afternoon taking depositions. The boy asked if that means they won’t go fishing afterward as the scene unfolded amid a crowded, hopeful crowd. A later stat notes one doctor per 770 people in the United States.
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Memphis
Mount Hope News Highlights Relatives Visit Area
Mt Hope reports guests from Barberton Ohio Mr and Mrs Clarence Clapper visiting his brother and sister in law C E Clapper. Miss Ann Callaway, Mount Hope High School senior, wins top honor as semi finalists National Merit scholarship test. Also visitors Mrs E P Chilton and Mrs Peter H Snyder of San Diego stay with step mother Mrs W E Tissue for two weeks. Chilton and Snyder are former Mount Hope residents.
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Mount Hope
Clarence Clapper
Barberton
Ohio
C. E. Clapper
Ann Callaway
H. R. Callaway
Mount Hope High School
E. P. Chilton
Peter H. Snyder
San Diego
Calif
W. E. Tissue
Chilton
Dorothy Tissue
Snyder
Virginia Tissue
Child Killed in Accidental Shotgun Tragedy near Hinton
A 13-year-old uncle accidentally triggered a .20 gauge shotgun, striking his 5-year-old nephew Stevie Earl Biggs in the head and killing him in the Biggs yard near Fox School, five miles from Hinton. Summers County coroner ruled accidental. investigation led by Cpl. Gosnell. Stevie, born November 19, 1954 in Elkton Maryland, lived with grandparents Basil and unnamed at the time, with mother Dorothy Trent and several siblings. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor awaiting arrangements.
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Jequetta Trent
Elkton
Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor
Hinton
PTA Elects Officers at St Peter Church Meeting
The Sunday afternoon meeting of the Parent Teacher Association of St Peter and Catholic Church elected Dolores Kominsky president Robert Oxendale vice president and Louise Rosnick secretary New officers were announced and a spaghetti dinner is planned for October 30 in Catholic Hall Names Mary Kennedy Mary Kirby Erenna Kiszka and Elizabeth Jorosz were noted in attendance.
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Scarbro
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Parent-Teacher Association of St
Man Honored at Hope Natural Gas Luncheon
A Seth man, Archie R. Atkinson, was among 47 Hope Natural Gas Co. employees honored at a luncheon in Clarksburg for reaching 20 25 30 and 40 years of service. Atkinson, a compressor station operator on 24 hour duty, received his award personally from company president E Wayne Corrin.
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Seth
RNS
Hope Natural Gas Co
Clarksburg
Archie R. Atkinson
Hope
E. Wayne Corrin
Free Polio Vaccine Clinics in Madison Next Week
Madison polio clinics will offer free first to fourth injections for all ages with no reservations. Dr. J. A. McGraw, Boone County health officer, said clinics run 10 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm on Monday at Comfort Recreation Center and Tuesday at Boone County Health Department. Visitors include Mrs. Frank Marchio and daughter Marlena from Detroit, visiting relatives in the area. Also notes are made of Kilsyth residents and local Marchios visiting Charleston. There is mention of 150 000 islands off Norway.
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Madison
RNS
J. A. McGraw
Boone County Health Officer
Comfort Recreation Center
Boone County Health Department
McCraw
W. Va
Frank Marchio
Marlena
Detroit, Mich
Kilsyth
Provie Marchio
Ed Marchio
Maple Fork
Andy Marchio
Charleston
Detroit
Grand and Petit Jurors Selected in Wyoming
A Wyoming County notice lists 60 petit jurors summoned to appear November 15, drawn by Jury Commissioners Orville Ross and A. E. Baldwin, with names including John Newcomb and Virginia Cameron. plus 16 grand jurors summoned to appear October 24, named Vinson Venters and Luther Goodwin among others.
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Pineville
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John S. Lambert
Circuit Court
Wyoming County
Orville Ross
A. E. Baldwin
John Newcomb
Brenton
Clarence Wirt
Cole
Sun Hill
Faye Cozart
Glen
W. J. Waugh
Hanover
Emma Stewart
Mulllens
Jules Valentine
Wyoming
Sophia Williams
Alpoca
Mabel Cozart
McGraws
Clarence J. Hickman
Mancel V. Sigmond
Kopperston
George Blankenship
Betty Jean Hash
Mullens
Alton Morgan
Baileysville
Earl Bell
R. E. Steele
Steeles
Fan‘rock
Oscar Morgan
Oceana
Milton E. Warden
Maben
Audrey M. Browning
Itmann
Lorietta Williams
Jack Acord
Clearfork
Minnie Fletcher
Vernon H. Morrell
Lucille K. Sizemore
Billy Keith Hatfield
New Richmond
Lucy S. Dodd
James D. Gunter
Lynco
Joann P. Thompson
Mul
Jlens
Harold Cline Jr
Dolores F. O'Brien
Lee M. Blackwell
Corinne
Vinson Venters
Adam
Clowser
Fannock
Claude R
Hall
Alfonso Sandoval ‘Jr
Alpeca
Luther $. Goodwin
Bud
Mae S. Belcher
Pine
Local social notes roundup of visits and guests
Pax PAX notes Mr and Mrs Ray Williams and Gretna Jean Adkins visiting Grants New Mexico relatives and Alabama kin on return trip. Several families hosted guests including Craddocks Shumates Tyrees and Wingroves with visits from Williams Adkins Berry Tyree Pow ers Tilley Shumate Gilland Wright and families across Oklahoma Texas Maryland and Arizona.
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Pax
Ray Williams
Gretna Jean Adkins
Jimmie Williams
Grants
N. M
Ray Fitzhugh
Ajo
Ariz
Alabama
E. E. Craddock
Bradley
Howard Bowyer
Edmond Craddock
Jenny Lynn
Jimmy
Sand Branch
Burman Wilson
Louie Wilson Tuesay
Della Tyree Scarbro
Lawrence Tyree
Tena Wingrove
T F. Lively
Oak Hill
Oleta Shumate
B. A. Wright
Mamie Berry
Bernice Tyree
Cirtsville
Ed Powers
Long Branch
J. E. Fuller
David Fuller
Jack Tilley
Smithers
Ernie Shumate
Page
Blair Gilland
Margarite
Mark
Houston
Texas
Glen Wright
Pamela Lynn
Riverdale
Roger Wright
Presbyterian Cavalcade Dinner in Bluefield Draws Clergy
In Pineville, Rev. Norman K. Morgan of Pineville Presbyterian Church and Mr and Mrs Byron Schilling joined the Presbyterian Cavalcade and dinner Monday at Westminster Church in Bluefield, with the meeting at Ramsey Auditorium. Pineville visitors included Mrs Carl Parks and Mrs Ozzie Cook in Welch Thursday. A W Byer and children from South Charleston stayed with D W Hollinger in Pineville Friday through Sunday. Pat Valentine, Concord College student, spent the weekend in Glov er with her parents, W E Valentine. Betsy Ross, another Concord student, also visited her Pineville family.
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Pineville
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Norman K. Morgan
Pineville Presbyterian Church
Byron Schilling
Bluefield
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ramsey Auditorium
Carl Parks
Ozzie Cook
Welch
A. W. Byer
Andy, Allen
Holly Lynn
South Charleston
D. W. Hollinger
Pat Valentine
Concord College
Athens
Glover
W. E. Valentine
Concord
Betsy Ross
Orville Ross
Delta Kappa Gamma Plans Yearbook At Oak Hill Meeting
Members of the Delta Kappa Gamma program committee met at the Shackelford home on Maple Avenue to finalize plans for the yearbook. Present were Miss Zella Bishop Miss William Huddleston Mrs. Kitty Scott Mrs. Allie D. Proctor all of Oak Hill Miss Florence Croft of Ansted and Mrs. Sally Arritt.
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Fayetteville
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Maple Avenue
Charles T. Shackelford
Delta Kappa Gamma Honor Society
Zella Bishop
William Huddleston
Kitty Scott
Allie D. Proctor
Oak Hill
Florence Croft
Ansted
Sally Arritt
Kopperston Opens Community Tennis Courts This Summer
Kopperston public tennis project near completion under Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates recreation director Carl Mack. three lightinged regulation courts below Kopperston Grade School, asphalt laid, fences up, floodable for ice skating in winter, multi use for band drills May pole dances and private functions. season tickets for adults. students admitted free. opening hours to be announced.
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Kopperston
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Carl Mack
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
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