Rainbow Girls District Meet Set Oct 13-14 in Fayetteville
Fay Fayetteville hosts the Rainbow Girls district gathering October 13 and 14 with Luncheon from noon to 1 20 pm and a full program including initiation, officer elections, public installation and a Sunday morning church service. Assemblies from Williamson Welch Mullens Northfork Oak Hill and others will participate in offices, songs and stunts.
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Wyoming Politicians Back Tax Amendment For School Levies
Wyoming lawmakers favor an amendment to expand school levy powers. It would let voters outside a county approve special levies up to 100 percent of regular levy rates, extend approval periods to five years, and allow excess levies to fund building bonds separate from current expenses.
Leadership School to Begin in Wyoming and Whitesville
In Wyoming County the Taxation and Finance Amendment to the State Constitution is endorsed by county Democrats and Republicans as nonpartisan. The measure would allow counties to fund public schools without increasing taxes, only with local approval. A leadership school session starts tonight in Whitesville with Dr. Wayne F. Ransom guiding planning and instruction through Friday.
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West Virginia
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Whilesville Residents Study Sales Tax at Chamber Meeting
Whitesville Chamber of Commerce committee to study the proposed Gross Sales Tax presented a report and adopted a resolution to be sent to the Whitesville Council. The council will hear views Tuesday night as they consider a town revenue plan. The meeting names include Eddie Harvit and Manuel Arvon. Arvon was named secretary after Ted Baharah’s resignation. The chamber, sponsor of Merchants Days, also invited the Sherman High School Band for a concert raising about 200 in Tag Day collections.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charles Holland
Whitesville
Eddie “Harvit
Junior Averson
Ralph Hottle
Lucy Thomas
Manuel Arvon
Bill Hammedy
Richard Brown
Stump
Danny Branham
Lloyd
Chambers
L. E. Salamy
Ted Baharah
Chamber
Sherman
Woman Undergoes Surgery at St Luke's Bluefield
Mrs Burcham of South Mullens underwent surgery Wednesday at St Luke's Hospital Bluefield and will remain as a patient eight to ten days. Her son Earl Burcham of South Mullens was admitted for examination and rheumatic arthritis treatment.
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South Mullens
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Earl Burcham
Shooting Ends Friendly Argument in Mines County
Miner Johnny Martin aged 33 was treated at Oak Hill hospital for buckshot wounds after a Saturday night shooting. State Police reported Martin said his friend Sam Woodson, 29, fired earlier following an argument. Martin asked to speak with Woodson when he gets home.
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Minden
Johnny Martin
Oak Hill
Martin
Sam Woodson
Birth of son for Nichols family in Bluefield
Mr and Mrs B C Nichols Jr of Bluefield announce the birth of a son named Gary Berman on Saturday afternoon.
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Pineville
Rns
B. C. Nichols ,Jr
Bluefield
I Gary Berman
National Letter Writing Week Observed in Kopperston
Postmistress Virginia Pomeroy announces National Letter Writing Week from October 7 to 13. She recalls the event's yearly observance since 1938 and highlights the uncensored transmission of first class mail as a core American freedom and a means to keep families connected with comfort and love.
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Jor Kopperston
Funeral services set Tuesday for Mrs Ona Crews
Funeral services for Mrs Ona Elizabeth Crews will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Cotton Hill Baptist Church Beckwith with Rev William Seacrist officiating Burial follows at Woolwine Cemetery in Fayetteville She is survived by son William M Williams of Fayetteville daughter Mamie Arthur of Beckwith and seven grandchildren The body will be moved from Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville to the church an hour before services
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Ona Elizabeth Crews
Cotton Hill Baptist Church
Beckwith
William Seacrist
Woolwine
Crews
Fayettevilleville
Oak Hill Hospital
William M. Williams
Mamie Arthur
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Colcord Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Colcord residents report Mrs. James Gray and family returning to Jacksonville after a week with the How ard Stover grandparents in Colcord. Attendees included Nellie Toney Finna Kar antonis Joe Asbury at a Beckley Hotel dinner with Eleanor Roosevelt as speaker.
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Jacksonville
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Howard Stover
Nellie Toney
Finna Karantonis
Joe Asbury
Beckley Hotel
Eleanor Roosevelt
Carl Dillon
Chriss Wiley
King Wiley
Kanawha’ Valley Hospital
Pineville PTA Plans Meeting With Tax Amendment Talk
The Pineville PTA will meet at 7 30 p m in the grade school auditorium. Jesse W. Morgan Wyoming County Schools superintendent will speak on the tax amendment before the November election. Music by first through third graders and combined choirs. Parents and laymen invited.
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Pineville
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G. L. Kincaid
Lville
George
Tion
Kincaid
Buckeye
Co- Coal Company
Ening
Jesse W. Morgan
Wyoming County
Bobby Childers Elected Head of Senior Class
Bobby Childers was elected president of the Baileysville High School senior class at a Tuesday meeting. He is a four year class president and active in Varsity Political Science and Monogram Clubs. Others elected include Oweeda Morgan first vice president and Rodney Hatfield second vice president. Belly Henderson treasurer and Roberta Trent secretary. Class supervisors are Arnold Harless and Roy Kenton.
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Bobby Childers
Baileysville High School
Childers
Altie Childers
Hanover
Oweeda Morgan
Rush Morgan
Coal Mountain
Rodney Hatfield
Carl Hatfield
Belly Henderson
Cecil Henderson
North Springs
Roberta Trent
Flemming Trent
Clearfork
Arnold Harless
Roy Kenton
Oceana Democrats Schedule Rally at High School
Oceana 2 Democratic Rally set for 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at Oceana High School with Democratic speakers invited and Happy Valley Quartet to entertain. Robert C Williams named president of the Oceana Democratic Club at a recent meeting. New officers include Tom Smith vice president Mrs Jane Lowe secretary and Stacy Hughes treasurer. Membership open to all Democrats of Oceana and Clear Fork Districts. A club meeting will follow the rally and members are urged to stay.
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Oceana
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Robert C. Williams
Oceana High School
Williams
Democratic Club
Happy Valley
Guild Girls Present Program At Meeting
The Gen eral Society of the Cook Memorial Baptist Church in Pineville met Tuesday night with Guild Girls aiding the program. Sue Rose gave the devotional and Pamela Goode performed piano selections. A Guild play To Thine Own Self featured Pat Phillips Doris Schoolcraft Shirley Belcher Gamette Jo Morgan Carole Colling Rue Schoolcraft directed by Mrs. Mildred Multens.
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General Society
Cook Memories
Mildred Multens
C. L. Burgess
Shannon- Cooper Circle
Mesdames Faye Acord
Shirley Fender
Nida Rose
Gordia Cook
Malone Mullens
Geneva Bowles
Georgia Dancy
Edith Shields
Edna Belcher
Nola Howard
Elizabeth Kuhn
AKL
Sandora Curry
Myrte Rose
Emma
Eens
Schoolcraft
Eugene Noble
Adluicus
Brucaldie Cline
Mildred Mullens
Bell
Sanger
Guild Girls
Sue Rose
Pat Pail
Shirley Belcher
Garnett
Forgan
Carole Collins
Linda Dertakes
Tendi
Beavers
Pam Goode
Donna
Dale
Shells Wat
Remaykins
Ricky Cooper
Gail Mauritz
Anacity
Carol Dorton
Gail Ann Honaker
Gene Jarrell
Judy
Sathy Hughes
Susan Robinson
Sharon Oxley
Patty Hunt
Rita Campbell
Martha Jane
Mary Sue Donacky
Nancy Davis
Lois
Uz) Dorton
Mary Ellen Snead
Clyde
Jane Carol
Jack Dorton
Dale Wartick
Judy Burgess
Barbara Ann
Deborah Sanger
Charlen‘ton
Clyde Bullock
Roadoke
M Fay Baker Addresses Madison VFW on Korea Bonus Drive
M Fay Baker of Clarksburg spoke to the Madison VFW Club urging support for the Korean Bonus Amendment to West Virginia’s constitution. He cited Korea service figures and noted the 1950 bonus authorization of 90 million dollars, with 5 million still needed to reach the estimate for Korea veterans.
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Clarksburg
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Korea
Boone County
Cub Scout Pack 95 Presents Bible Skits at Comfort Church
Cub Pack 95 met at Comfort Presbyterian Church with parents and leaders as ey Scouts presented Bible skits. The Comfort Den offered the Good Samaritan and Prodigal Son, Bloomingrose Den performed the Sower, and Bear badges were awarded to Kenneth Coon with six boys advancing to Pron ter rank.
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Whitesville
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Comfort Presbyterian
Comfort den
Maxine den
Bloomingrose den
Kenneth Coon
Waldo Bell Leads Safety Training Lesson
Waldo Bell extension agricultural engineer led a lesson at a leaders training meeting on safety awareness. The session titled Lets Become Safety Conscious was held Tuesday at the county extension office with the focus on preventing accidents by recognizing risk situations.
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Waldo Bell
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Vesper Services Held at First Methodist Church Fayetteville
Vesper services were held Sunday afternoon at the First Methodist Church in Fayetteville. They will be held each Sunday with Rev. C. R. Brigit, pastor, delivering the first message on the topic Memory. Miss Claudette Bess was organist and Mrs. C. F. Bess directed the vesper music.
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First Methodist Church
C. R. Brigit
Claudette Bess
C. F. Bess
vVesper Music
Death Claims N. Richardson
Funeral services for Mrs. Nianza Faye Richardson will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in the New Richmond Chapel with Rev. Paul Campbell and Rev. D. A. Sparks officiating. Burial follows in Jackson Cemetery on the Pineville Mullens road. The 53 year old Mullens resident died Sunday at Wyoming General Hospital after declining health since a paralytic stroke last March. Survived by two sons, six daughters, three brothers, five sisters, and 16 grandchildren. husband Wiley R. Richardson preceded her in death. The body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home and will be taken to the residence Monday evening.
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Virgindah
Pineville
Richardson
Bor Nav
Levi
Eva Hash
William Robert
Mullens
Marvin Lee Richardson
Norfolk
Vas
Clara Whitt
Bonnie Parley
Avonell Hollins
Cleatis Weaver
Orlando
Flas
Shirley Jean
Marlene Richardson
Willis Hash
Ghent
Everette Hash
Coy Hash
Pine
Mrs. Eunice Hutchinson Dies At Ansted
Mrs Eunice Meacham Hutchinson of Trenzevan Tennessee died at her stepdaughter s home in Ansted after a month long illness Funeral services will be held at the Hopkinsville Cemetery Chapel with burial in Hopkinsville Cemetery A brief service will be led by Rev Guy Vaughn at 7 p m today The body will be moved to Hopkinsville by train tomorrow morning Survivors include step grandchildren and a Baptist Church member rests with the Thames Funeral Home in Ansted
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Eunice Meacham Hutchinson
Hopkinsville
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Trenzevan
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Marlin Manson
Dr H A Duncan Heads to New York City TV Quiz
Dr H L Duncan, longtime dentist and former mayor in 1920 and 1922, leaves Oak Hill today for New York to appear on NBCs Break the Bank quiz show. He will compete Tuesday in the World Religion and the Bible category with a potential $5,000 first prize and a chance at $15,000 later if successful. The program is televised from Huntington area stations starting at 9:30 pm.
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New York
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Circle Meets in Lewis Residence
The Fifth Lewis Circle of Oak Hill Methodist Church met Tuesday at Mrs. J. E. Lewis home with co hosts Mrs. C. By Beall Mrs. G. A. Owens. The program included October Wisdom readings and a study on The Buddhist Revival in Hawaii by Dr Roy L. Smith. Social hour followed with refreshments for members and one guest. The November meeting will be at Mrs Bertha Arvitt on East Main St.
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H. O. Marshall
Hawaii
Roy’ L. Smith
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The
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Arritt
Marshal
Owens
E. A. Richand
R. T. Scott
Ida Sutphin
RR. R. Thomas
Ray Williams
A. H. Rapking
Teadership Training School
Bertha, Arvitt
East Main St
Medical Auxiliary Plans For Coming Year
The Boone County Medical Society Auxiliary held a luncheon at Mrs. Wyson Curry’s home in Madison. During the business session plans for the coming year were made and new member Mrs. W. L. Barbour of Whitesville was welcomed into the group.
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Whitesville
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Boone County Medical Society
Wyson Curry
Madison
W. L. Barbour
Gauley Bridge district personal notes and staffing changes
Mrs Thelma Toney resigns as day nurse at Gauley Clinic and Helen Cabell to replace her. Mr and Mrs W C Lucas and family visit in Hinton with mother in Gauley Bridge. Deweses visit daughter and son in Kimbersville Virginia and stop at Clifton Forge with L M Carter relatives.
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Gauley Bridge
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W. C. Lucas
Hinton
J. M. Mason
Kimbersille
Five Land Deeds Filed by Wyoming County Clerk
The Wyoming County Clerk’s office at Pineville records five deeds. Transfers include W W Walker and wife to Conrad C Richardson and wife in the Walker Subdivision on Rock Castle Creek Center district. Sherman and Notle Tessner to Goldin Cook on First Avenue Pineville. Howard and Dollie Bennett to Blanch Ellis a 6 370 square foot surface lot of 22.08 acres. Stanley Hickok and Frances Hickok to Rebecca Hickok in Herndon Heights Barkers Ridge. Ida McCulley and Ben McCulley to dake F Gladden and Clema Gladden lots in Oceana Junction Oceana district.
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W. W. Walker
Conrad C. Richardson
Walker
I. O. Cook
Rock Castle Creek
Center District
Wyoming County
Sherman
Notle Tessner
Goldin Cook
First Avenue
Howard
Dollie Bennett
Blanch Ellis
Stanley Hickok
Frances Hickok
Rebecca Hickok
Herndon Heights
Barkers Ridge
Ida McCulley
Ben McCulley
Jto Dake F. Gladden
Clema Gladden
Oceana Junction
Oceana
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