Four Generations Of Dunbars Celebrate 80th Birthday
Four generations gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Sewell Dunbar in Clear Creek to mark Dunbar's 80th birthday and more than 50 years of marriage. Dunbar, born October 12, 1881, married Gertha Jane Winston on November 3, 1904. They have six children, 15 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren. He is a former merchant and deputy assessor in Clear Fork, with a hobby of raising strawberries. Visitors over the weekend included relatives from Beckley, Charleston, Bluefield, and New Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sewell Dunbar
Clear Creek
Dunbar
Oscar
Ronald
Angella
William Spencer Dunbar
Mary Jane Belle Oliver
Gertha Jane Winston
Andrew Winston
Bertie Stover
Barbara Stover
Ollie
Arnett
Bartley
Clear Fork
Tander Branham
Febbie Hurt
New Richmond
Ronald Dunbar
Angelia
Charleston
Jerry Dunbar
Dewayne
Bluefield
Isaac Dunbar
Arnett Dunbar and Family
Estil Lilly
Rt. 1
Beckley
Our Lady of Long Ago at John McGraw fair wins blue ribbon
At John McGraw Elementary Saturday the Our Lady of Long Ago exhibit drew crowds. Marie Shumate entered the nearly century old garment into the model contest, earning a blue ribbon. Frankie Acord, another blue ribbon winner, eyed the display while Leonard McMillion held a shotgun for comic effect. The boys are Willing Workers 4-H Club members from McGraw. One line notes a fact about urban population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McGraw
Our Lady of
Marie Shumate
Frankie Acord
Frankie
Leonard McMillion
Willing
McGraws
Herndon WSCS Hears District Meet Report
Herndon Methodist WSCS met at Mrs. Curtis Short’s home for the October meeting. Mrs. Nancy presided, Mrs. Irene Winsette read scripture and led the program Our Greatest Mission Field, with participation by Mrs. Helen Clark and Mrs. Juanita Nor. The group heard a district WSCS report from Beckley and planned a turkey dinner for Nov 4. Members were urged to attend the Pineville sub-district rally Oct 23 and discuss the elephant sale fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
RNS
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Herndon Methodist Church
Curtis Short
Nancy
Irene Winsette
Helen Clark
Juanita Nor
WSCS
Beckley
Clark
Pineville
Winsette
Honored On Birthday At Maple Fork Party
Maple Fork BNS Gay Davis was honored on her tenth birthday Saturday with a party at her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Day home Attending were Donna Skeens Eddie Skeens David Cook Kay Davis Ellen Jen Jill Thompson Michel and Davis Ann Bostic Donna Loretta Pack Joadial Davis Roger Davis Gergory Skeens Jan Davis Ann Davis Helen Cook Gladys Davis and Maxine Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Fork
BNS
Gay Davis
Harry Day
Donna
Eddie Skeens
David Cook
Na Toney
Kay Davis
Ellen
Jen
Jill Thompson
Michel and Davis
Ann Bostic
Donna Loretta Pack
Joadial Davis
Roger Davis
Gergory Skeens
Jan
Ann Davis
Helen Cook
Gladys Davis
Maxine Thompson
Bradley Auxiliary Focuses On Youth Work Topics
Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Freewill Baptist Church met in Bradley to discuss youth work. The program led by Mrs. Nathan Elliott covered visions, roles, and results for youth auxiliaries, with reports on Christmas card sales and nut sales planned by members. Refreshments were served. The next meeting is scheduled for November 13 in the Auxiliary Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
ANS
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Freewill Baptist Church
Mae Renfro
Nathan Elliott
Helen Suttle
Lottie Arthur
Geneva Ramsey
Hester Holliday
R. H. Dean
Neva Ramsey
Eilene Renfro
Dre‘ma Ramsey
Juanita Ramsey
Truth About Our Feelings on a Gift from a Husband
Dear Mrs Lawrence advises a mature approach to a fractured home over a daughter's car after a promised gift. The column urges honest discussion of resentment, warns that appeasement breeds underground conflict, and stresses expressing feelings to avert manipulation and restore real peace. The piece advocates truth as the best gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MRS
Muriel Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Dollar Decline Hits Stratford Shakespeare Trade Hard
Stratford on Avon laments a 50 percent drop in American visitors as Berlin crisis and Kennedy era saving appeals curb travel. Shops report far lower US mail orders and a duty free limit cut cuts souvenir trade, while locals wait for Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary to rebound tourism and spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom A. Cullen
Stratford
Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Kennedy
Shakespeare Country
Ward House
Stratford-on-Avenue
Shakespeare
America
Warwickshire
Henley Street
Holy Trinity Church
Anne Hathaway
Avon
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
David Garrick
Stratford-on-Avon
Garrick
Dixie Moseley Honored At Household Shower
Miss Dixie Moseley bride elect was honored at a Friday household shower at 7 p m in Ravencliff hosted by Mrs Bess McGraw and four others. Games and prizes were led by Mrs Hedrith Frazier and Mrs Mildred Trump with several ladies attending the event and refreshments served to a long list of guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Brooks
Ellen Baugh
Joyce Smith
James Gentry
Recreation Needs Aired By Council
Oceana Town Council in regular session discussed using the old Oceana Grade School donated for one dollar by the Wyoming County Board of Education for recreation. A committee from the Ocean Woman’s Club outlined plans, with Council Recreation Committee to be formed, and the bridge to the building to be maintained by the town.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana Town Council
Oceana Town Hall
Eldon D. Cook
Recorder
J. C. Hurst
Finanial
Oce‘ana Woman's Club
Bob Crouch
Otis Cook
Thomas Long
Lois Beane
Wyoming County Board of Education
Woman's Club
Lively
Hassell Blackburn
Leon Childers
District Rally in Mount Hope Set for Thursday
The Beckley District Rally will be at Mount Hope Methodist Church Thursday with registration at 9 30 a m. Rev C Stanley Thoburn longtime missionary educator will speak and train Christian leaders for India as part of Leonard Theological College units and eight cooperating bodies. Mrs Norie Thompson urges W S C S members to attend and Rev George D Porter leads Mount Hope Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Fall Beckley
C. Stanley Thoburn
Indiano
India
Leonard Theological College
Theological School
Cial
Leonard
Methodist Church
Asia
Yate
Thoburn
Bareilly
Vermont
Norie Thompson
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
George D. Porter
Methodist
Achievement Day Set By Fayette Women
Fayetteville ANS reports the 1961 Fayette County Farm Women's and Homemakers Clubs will hold Achievement Day at the Fayette County 4-H Camp near Beckwith with the theme Everyone Is My Neighbor. Registration begins at 10 a.m. followed by a covered-dish luncheon at noon hosted by Oak Hill and Laurel Homemakers Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County
Farm Women's and Homemakers Clubs
Beckwith
Beatrice F. Whanger
Oak Hill
Laurel
Study Book Reviewed At Circle Meeting
Members of Circle No 2 Mount Hope Methodist Church met at Mrs R G Patteson home Monday afternoon. Mrs T M Rogers presided in Miss Belle Perry absence. Rogers led devotional and scripture from Matthew five. Mrs John Massing reviewed two chapters of Edge of the Edge about Churches For The New Times. Attendees listed include Mrs Fred Potter Miss Georgia Perry Mrs G G Hodges Mrs Bill Martin Mrs George Porter Mrs John Massing Mrs R G Patteson Mrs T M Rogers and Mrs George Gunn. A note about rheumatic fever urges learning more from the West Virginia Heart Association in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
RNS
Circle No. 2
Mount Hope Methodist Church
R. G. Patteson
T. M. Rogers
Belle Perry
Fred Potter
Georgia Perry
G. G. Hodges
Bill Martin
George Porter
John Massing
George Gunn
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Dollar
Dixie Moseley
Mary Brooks
Anne
Shelburn Brooks
Arbutus Lafferty
Violet Stewart
Nola Dorsey
Belvin Gentry
Perry
Ilene Acord
Ruth York
Margie Brooks
Walter Phillips
Pauline Burleson
Barlbara Moseley
Dilly
Elizabeth Williams
Nancy Richardson
Miss Dixie Moseley
Arthur Harold
The
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
R. C. Hatfield
Cook
MT. Tabor Baptist Church
Joe Day
Mt. Hope
Fayette
Circle Meeting
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