Mt Hope Junior Women pledge to cast ballots at meeting
Mt Hope Junior Woman's Club members pledged to vote or help others get to the polls at a Tuesday night session in the Lions Clubhouse. The club adopted a revised constitution, planned a PTA for the elementary school, co sponsorship of a December dance with Oak Hill, and announced a Capitol Southern district convention report plus a silver tea invitation.
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Oak Hill
Jack Vargo
Oak Hill Club
Vargo
Montgomery
Mt. Hope Club
Fred Christian
Sam Rankin
Sam Mandich
Pp. H. Garrett
William Martin
R. R. Thomas
Federated League
Mustang Corrall
Raymond Taylor
Joan King
Howard Craddock
Ralph Dorsey
Mike Bolen
Edward Martin
J. E. Huffman
Tommy Lawton
Bill Lawton
Mary Arm
Highlights Of Governors Meeting Told
MT. HOPE Highlights of the 42nd Annual Governors Conference at White Sulphur Springs were reviewed by Mrs. Rexford Funk executive secretary of Governor Okey L. Patteson as she addressed Mt. Hope Junior Woman's Club. 42 governors and wives attended and received gifts from state industries.
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MT. Hope
White Sulphur Springs
Rexford Funk
Okey L. Patteson
Alabama
Patteson
Greenbrier Green
Carnival Slated Monday by PTA at Welton School
Allen Junction residents will attend a Monday 7 p m carnival at Welton School. The event, organized by the PTA, aims to raise funds to pay for a refrigerator for the hot lunch program. Leaders include Mrs Amies Lusk and Mrs Fred Reese with principal C C Reed among organizers. Diana Sue Grubb born Oct 6 to Mr and Mrs Mack Grubb in Oceana, weighing six pounds four ounces.
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Allen Junction
Welton
Parent
Amies Lusk
Pryor
Fred Reese
Violet Caldwell
C. C. Reed
Carrie Thrasher
Sam Webster
Pineville Carnival Planned by Young Adults
Pineville Ocean area: The Young Adult Fellowship of Pineville Methodist Church plans a carnival on Oct. 29 to raise funds for a new piano. Maurice Thomas presided at the party meeting in Fellowship Hall. Rev. Samuel Hartford spoke on Functions in Family Life. A vocal solo was sung by Maurice Thomas with Mrs. W C Bailey Jr. at the piano. Refreshments were served to 15 members. The next meeting is Nov. 15 with Mrs. Howard Robey and Mrs. H H Griffith hosting. SON BORN OCEANA: A 6 pound son born Oct. 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bonham.
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Samuel A. Harford
Naurice Thomas
W. C. Bailey, Jr
S. A. Hartford
Gerald Borland
Edison Ball
Howard Robey
H. H. Griffith
Oceana
Theodore Bonham
Winolia Eastern Star Fetes Recent Bride With Shower
Winolia Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star honored Mrs. Howard Craddock formerly Betty Johnson with a wedding shower after a meeting at the Masonic Hall in MT HOPE. Invitations to the Oct 24 anniversary celebration have been accepted by Oak Hill Thurmond Rainelle Fayetteville Lawton and Beckley.
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Phyllis St. Clair
Kilsyth
Effie Dower
Leslie Craver
John Craver
M. G. Link
Helen Darnall
Olive Zimmer
Zimmer
Scarbro Girl Weds Navy Officer in Baltimore Ceremony
Miss Jacqueline Simmers of Scarbro became the bride of Matthew Lewis III at 3 p.m. Friday October 6 at Patuxent River Naval Station Maryland. The ceremony was attended by family and friends with maid of honor Mildred Wilson in blue and best man Robert Pizza of New York. Jacqueline is a 1946 Oak Hill High School graduate and worked for Fidelity and Guarantee Fire Insurance in Baltimore. Her husband to be, a Lilbourn Missouri graduate, is a U S Navy petty officer second class stationed at Patuxent River NAS and served two years in the South Pacific during World War II.
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Oak Hill
Baltimore
Matthew Lewis, III
Jacqueline Simmers
C. A. Simmers
Scarbro
Patuxent River Naval Station
Patuxent River
Margaret Sykes
Mildred Wilson
Robert Pizza
New York City
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Oak Hill High School
Fidelity and Guarantee Fire Insurance Company
Lilbourn High School
Lilbourn, Mo
South East Missouri State College
Cape
Gerardeau
U. S. Navy
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
South Pacific
Licenses Exam Failures Prompt Caution for Applicants
MULLENS reports 11 applicants failed state police operator license tests. Cpl. R. L. Tabscott urges careful study of learner permit rules before testing. Wednesday qualifiers include Hubert Singleton and several others across towns such as Hanover, East Gulf, Meade, Tralee, and Glen Rogers.
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Mullens
Cpl. R. L. Tabscott
Hubert McKinley Singleton
Herndon
Lessie Collins
Hanover
Betty Lester
Stephenson Personal Weekend Visits Across Towns
Stephenson area residents and their guests share weekend visits. Mrs. Mae Ferguson of Josephine hosts Alva Tipton of Bristol Tennessee. Cecil Dillon and Jill Dillon attend Mullens Mt Hope game. Earl Gragg and parents visit Hobart Shrader family. George Farmer Jackie Bowman and Harry Burdiss visit W Romans in Ferguson. Bill Carter family spend Sunday with Wingo family. Russell Tyree visits Bowyers in Mt Hope.
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Stephenson
Mae Ferguson
Josephine
Cecil Dillon
Alva Tipton
Bristol, Tenn
Thomas Fox
Tommy, Jr
Bramwell
Jill Dillon
Mt. Hope
Earl Gragg
Mullens
Harry Burdiss
Coal City
W. O. Romans
Ferguson
Bill Carter
Bill Wingo
Russell Tyree
Mr. Hope
Hubert Bowyer
Pie Supper Skating and Dancing Event Slated Saturday
A community youth event at Ben Dunman Elementary School will feature a pie supper, free roller skating from 7 to 8:30 p.m., and dancing after the meal. Mayor William Holroyd acts as auctioneer for pies donated by local women to fund the Woman's Civic Clubhouse recreation center. The plan was rearranged after a revival-service conflict and will be hosted by Community Recreation, Inc.
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Mullens
Ben Dunman
Community Recreation, Inc
William Holroyd
Henry Hall
Community Recreation
Father Identifies Missing Soldier Son as Prisoner
STEPHENSON November 1 1950 Father Robert L Bonar of Stephenson says his son Fvt Wetzel Z Bonar is likely a prisoner of war after recognizing him in a group photo of American POWs in Korea. Bonar entered service January 1949 and departed Ft Lewis Washington July 24 for overseas duty. Curtis Lilly 20 of Guyan treated at Stevens Clinic Welch for a foot contusion from a header. employed by Red Jacket Coal Co and discharged after treatment.
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Wetzel Z. Bonar
Robert L. Bonar
Korea
Pennsylvania
George Hollins
Nottingham
Bonar
Ft. Knox
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Guyan
Curtis Lilly
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Red Jacket Coal Company
Beckley Florist Guest Speaker at Woman's Civic Club
C L Schulte of Beckley spoke to the Fine Arts Department of the Woman's Civic Club in Mullens. He demonstrated arranging flowers and awarded orchid and rose corsages to the hostess and to Mrs. Pryor. He suggested dried leaves and flowers as winter decorations for church or home. A brief business session followed with refreshments.
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Beckley Florist
Fine Arts Department
Woman’s Civic Club
C. L. Schulte
W. W. Pollock
E. R. Pryor, Jr
New Recorder Named at Meet for Oak Hill Moose Chapter
Mrs. George Dan Blizzard was chosen as the new recorder for the Oak Hill Chapter, Women of the Moose, succeeding Mrs. Opan Mann who resigned. Five candidates were admitted for membership: Mrs. Helen Crone, Mrs. Betty Adams, Mrs. Peggy Rader, Mrs. Virginia Bragg, and Mrs. Hester Ann Layman. Plans for Moose Heart Chapter Night on Wednesday Oct 25 were discussed with gifts to be sent to Mooseheart children.
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George Dan Blizzard
Women of the Moose
Opan Mann
Blizzard
Helen iCrone
Betty Adams
Peggy Rader
Virginia Bragg
Hester Ann Layman
Moosehart
Mooseheart
Oceana Woman's Club to Meet at High School Tuesday
Oceana Woman's Club members will gather at Oceana High School Tuesday night. Landon Cox is to speak on Citizenship, and a film about the school bond amendment will be shown.
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Oceana
Oceana Woman's Club
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Landon Cox
Deposit Interest Rates Explained For Savers
A banking notice outlines two tiered yields on deposits: 2 percent on balances up to 5 000 dollars and 119 percent on amounts above 5 000 dollars. The unusual rate above 5 000 dollars may reflect a typographical error or a special promotional scheme.
Fanrock Woman Undergoes Second Operation This Week
Mrs Archie White of Fanrock is a Grace Hospital Welch patient, undergoing her second operation of the week.
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Archie White
Grace Hospital
Welch
Registered Wyoming Voters Rise in Primary Totals
Wyoming County Clerk reports 23,978 registered voters in the county, an increase of 1,367. Democrats total 15,003 (up 963) and Republicans 8,673 (up 420) with others growing by two.
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Mullens Sets 1300 Price for Land Purchase
A $1300 check was mailed by Mullens city officials to Lester Early of Salem Virginia for property on Lusk Avenue in a condemnation case. A prince ton circuit court board of appraisers set the price. Early did not appear at Wyomin g Circuit Court where the report was made. City Attorney Ray Toler said the check is mailed.
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Early
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Price Hill Man Wounded in Korea
Pvt. Frank Puntigan Jr., son of Mrs. Freda Puntigan of Price Hill, is reported wounded in action in Korea per Casualty List 123 released by the Department of Defense.
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Freda Puntigan
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