Federal Group To Tour New River Gorge Area
A cross agency task force will tour Fayette Raleigh and Summers counties October 24 to 26 to explore establishing a national park at New River Gorge. The effort involves the Area Redevelopment Administration the Interior Department and Rep Elizabeth Kee with local leaders coordinating. The group includes US Corps of Engineers Housing and Home Finance US Interior and SBA among others. The tour follows years of local drive for park status aided by Fayette Development Corp and Dr Warden Lane and Rep John Slack with a preliminary coordination in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
New River Gorge
Fayette
Raleigh
Summers
Earl Vickers
Fayette Development Corp
Area Redevelopment Administration
Department of the Interior
Elizabeth Kee
Fifth Congressional District
Washington
Three County
Vickers
Robert K. Holliday
FCDC
Kee
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Housing and Home Finance
US Department of Interior
Small Business Administration
Gorge
Warden Lane
Department of Natural Resources
John M. Slack
West Virginia
Charleston
Lane
Kent
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Reported in Kanawha Area
Numerous families from Coal City to Oak Hill and Long Branch hosted visitors from Toledo Chicago Rand and beyond over the weekend. Attendees included Hart Lively family from St Albans Norton and Kanawha City, and entries noting hospital stays and a funeral in Clear Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond
Biddie Williams
Long Branch
Elizabeth Lafferty
Oak Hill
Winifred Pettry
Bill Clark
Kanawha City
Ed Harless
Hart Lively
Nancy Jane
Stewart Wayne
St. Albans
Ord Lively
Ioie Webb
Oak Hill Hospital
Webb
Jimmie Sparks
Chicago
George Sparks
Horse Creek
Ernie Stover
Lively
Okey Brown
Theoria Abshire
Jim Stover
Beckley Memorial Hospital
J. E. Lively
Weiner
Thomas Brown
Ed Brown
Sue
Rand
C. D. Brown
C. D. Jr
Kenny
Packs
Plattsburg Air Force Base
N.Y
Jack Penn
C. J. Leah
Jeff
Sidney James
Sid Humphrey
Houston
Tex
Philadelphia
Lonnie Williams
Laura Tucker
Joseph Ayers
Charleston
Billy Tucker
Charleston General Hospital
Nancy Pittsenbarger
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Mary Jo Ayers
St. Frances Hospital
Betty Morgan
George Humphrey
Donald Humphrey
Mount Hope
W. E. Lively
E. W. Lively
Wallowa
Ore
Scott Tolbert
Oak Grove
Fayette Case Brings Polio Total To 23
Fayette County reports West Virginia's only new polio case last week, raising the year to date total to 23. Influenza cases statewide remain well below 1960 levels, with 701 new flu cases last week and a season total of 12,762 versus 77,071 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Fayette County
West Virginia
State Health Department
Opinion Handed Down On Election Duties
The Ohio state attorney general's office said county election officials must perform duties in a county bond election as in a general election. Mercer County ballot commissioners must provide ballots for the No 7 bond election to decide if $500000 in bonds can be issued for airport runway and other improvements. Other designated county officials should perform statutory duties as in general elections, as applicable to a bond election. The opinion was requested by Mercer County Prosecutor William O. Bivens Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Attorney General's Office
Mercer County
Benjamin F. Yancey
William O. Bivens Jr
County School Improvements Highlighted at PTA Meeting
John W Saunders superintendent of Raleigh County schools told Marsh Fork High School PTA in Montcoal that steady progress has been made in the counties schools due to planning. He cited the ungraded primary block testing and guidance programs supported by National Defense Education Act, and advanced algebra and integrated geometry in high schools. Saunders noted cuts in frills and the need for more money to build programs for two thirds of graduates not going to college. The meeting included a PTA prayer, flag salute, singing, and a council report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcoal
RNS
Raleigh County
John W. Saunders
Marsh Fork
National Defense Educa
Saunders
Coe Mdae
Carl G. Jarrell
Raleigh County Board of Education
Archie Hopkins
PTA Pres
Sident
PTA
Hopkins
Earl Brock
Gail Parolari
Dennis Mooney
Edna Deitz
PTA Council
Claude Worley
Harold W. Scott
Inez Webb
Raleigh County Council
Montreal-Stickneyton
Congress of Parents
Neo Man
Huntington
Jackson’s Mill
Ralph S. Webb
Seniors Prepare for Wyoming Band Festival in Mullens
Four Mullens High School band seniors from the drum section Nelson Short Cecil Wyatt Donald Snow and Donnell Shumate will take part in the Wyoming County Band and Majorette Festival Saturday at Mullens athletic field. The parade starts 6 30 p m followed by a 7 30 p m festival. Tickets available from participating bands or at the gate. Other bands include Pineville Oceana Baileysville Conley and Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Mullens
Mullens High School
Nelson Short
Cecil Wyatt
Donald Snow
Donnell Shumate
Pineville
Oceana
Baileysville
Conley
Driver Cleared In Glen Fork Accident
Pineville police report no charges against Gene Roger Brown 19 after his car struck Mrs. Rose Morgan 61 as she stepped from behind a parked vehicle near the Independent Baptist Church in Glen Fork. Morgan suffered broken legs and other injuries and is in critical condition at Wyoming General Hospital in Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
ANS
Rose Morgan
Glen Fork
Roy C. Stover
Plaster Enrolls In Dell School of Technology
Larry Michael Plaster of Oceana has left for Dell School of Technology in Asheville North Carolina after a 1961 Oceana High School graduation. He also graduated from Wyoming County Trade School in Pineville to train as a machinist and belongs to Toneda Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Larry Michael Plaster
Millard Plaster
Dell School of Technology
Ashville
N. C
Oceana High School
Wyoming County
Pineville
Toneda Baptist Church
David Long
Genevieve White
Charleston
Ana
Future Homeers of America
Chorus
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Oceana First Baptist Church
Shumates and Relatives Visit. WVU VPI Game Attended
Mr and Mrs Ernest Shumate visited her brother Dr H D McGraw in Beckley over the weekend. BlankenShip son of the Shumates stayed with cousin Luther Carl McGraw in Pennsylvania while attending the WVU VPI football game. Dinner guests included Mrs Donnie Nuckols and family in Norton. Garfield Price hospital stay at Wyoming General continues. Blankenship and wife plan to move soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Brooks
Donnie Nuckols
Jackie Canteret
Randy
Norton
Garfield Price
John Stacey
Piney View
Cash Brooks
Corliss
Mary Boshell
Mallory
Wyoming General Hospital
J. Blankenship
Wilda Shumate
Isoon
Oceana
RNS
Don D. Cook
Asher Robinette
Regina
Barrett
A. L. Cook
Logan
Danny Long
Concord College
Thomas Long
Otis Cook
Donnie L. Cook
Kee Cook
Marshall University
Lottie Brooks
Sophia
Ronald Lee Roach
Mullens
Philip Roach
James Hatfield
Kopperston
Millard Plaster
Welch
John Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Durham
N.C
Jack Cooper
Timmy
Cleveland
Ohio
Quentin Cooper
Toneda Community
Ott Osborne
Elory Toler
Emerson Stewart
Ralph Stewart
Matheny
Patricia Blankenship
Riley Blankenship
Toneda Baptist Church
Herndon Cook
Jerry Bailey
Washington, D.C
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Pineville Seventh Grade Officers Named at School
Pineville seventh grade officers are announced with Judy Small Wood serving as president and vice president to assist. Darrell V Mc Graw acts as school principal overseeing activities and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Judy Smallwood
Darrell V. McGraw
Pineville Grade School No. 1
Creek Stocked Pineville Trout: Closed Now, Open Saturday
Pineville conservation officer Ivan Pizzino announced Pinnacle Creek was stocked with trout on Wednesday. The creek remains closed but will reopen for fishing Saturday.
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Pineville
RNS
Ivan Pizzino
Pinnacle Creek
Jubilee Service Planned by Sun church Leader
The Rev Lawrence Gibson pastor of the Church of Jesus Christ in Sun announces a Jubilee Service to be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gibson
Church of Jesus Christ In Sun
Hunter Fined and Jail Time for Squirrel Hunting Violation
Clinton England, Hensley were arrested by Conservation Officer Ivan Pizzino for hunting a squirrel in a closed season at Skin Fork near Wyoming. He faced Magistrate Ward Shepherd in Pineville, fined 75 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail. An invitation extended for all to attend. singers and musicians welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Clinton England
Hensley
Ivan Pizzino
Skin Fork
Wyoming
England
Ward Shepherd
Water Utility Ordered To Provide Service
The Public Service Commission ordered Kanawhalls Public Service District of Fayette County to seek funds and extend water service to about 100 families at Deepwater after a complaint alleging lack of service. A Wednesday hearing heard the cost could reach $300,000 while potential revenue would be about $300 monthly. The company was urged to explore financing options to undertake the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleton
UPS
Public Service Commission
Kanawhalls Public Service
Fayette County
Deepwater
Vandals Target Mount Hope High School in Paint Attack
Paint filled two and a half foot high letters along walkways and building areas at Mount Hope High School on Wednesday night. Police investigate, noting a similar incident at Woodrow Wilson High School the same night as WWHS matches Mount Hope football at 7:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope High School
Fayette School
Henry L. Danner
Woodrow Wilson High School
WWHS
Sabine Panthers Form 4-H Club In Sabine
In Sabine a 4-H Club was organized at Sabine Elementary School with 38 boys and girls attending. Leaders named were Mrs. Pauline Burleson and Kyle Peck. Officers include George Phillips president Joan Reid vice president Danny Ray Frazier secretary Drema Canna da treasurer Darlene Francis reporter. Cooking and sewing promised for the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabine
RNS
Wedao
Roscoe Plumley
Pineville
J. Ernest Shumate
Pauline Burleson
Kyle Peck
Plumley
Wyoming County
Burleson
George Phillips
Joan Reid
Danny Ray Frazier
Drema Cannada
Darlene Francis
Coy Frankis
Betty Ellis
The
Sabine Panthers
Weekend Guests Visit Homes Across Bluefield Area
Bradley and Myles families hosted visitors including Cecil Sawson Nan cy Vannetter and children Gail and Becky at Oak. Robert Beverley of Washington, D C., visits his relatives. John H Myles and children joined Beulah Price’s Bland Mountain retreat with extended family in Bluefield and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Myles
Rainelle
Walter Bailey
Mount Hope
C. T. Skaggs
Joyce
Charlton Heights
Roy LaFrantz
Louisville
John Spade
Allen Messer
Elkhart
Ind
Carlos Carlos Suttle
Suttle
Daniel Legg
Bertha Cochran
Stadium
Annie
Petersburg
Terrace
Fred Blackburn
Oak Hill station owner wins service station of the year
Clarence J Epperly of Oak Hill received a service station of the year award at the West Virginia Petroleum Association convention in Charleston. Glenn Triplett of St. Marys was honored as Oil Man of the Year. he is general manager of Quaker State Oil Refining Corp Sterling Oil Division. Gov. W W Barron delivered a highlight speech at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Clarence J. Epperly
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Charleston
Glenn Triplett
St. Marys
Triplett
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Sterling Oil Division
W. W. Barron
Weekend Visitors and Students Come and Go in Oceana Area
Oceana and surrounding towns hosted a string of weekend guests and student visitors. Droll nephews and nieces joined families. Concord College and Marshall University students checked in from Logansport to Beckley, with trips to Toneda Church homecoming and local hospital visits noted.
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Jeanette Vaught
Willing Workers
McGraws
H. B. Thomas
Raleight County
Mali
Teressa Flannagan
Dana Hosch
Larry Morgan
Hunter
Lihe Church
Dukes of Rhythm
Green Room
OWLS
Herbie and the Condons
Glen Jean
Mountain Air Drive
Gold OF the Seven Saints
Clint Walker
Roger Moore
Robert Preston
Dorothy McGuire
Zorro
Dr. In
Yul Brenner
Steve McQueen
David Niven
Mitzi Gaynor
Beast OF Hollow Mount
Technicolor
MT Hopes
Danny
Kaye Wynter
Panavision
Mr. Hope
Germany
H'ers
Bradley
Greenbrosco
Phila
Te HK Ly
Teele Theatre
Paris Blues
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
Sidney Poitier
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