Orndorff Engaged to Wed Divita Jr at Smithers
Smithers announces the engagement of Miss Mary Cecilia Orndorff to Anthony Marion Divita Jr. Miss Orndorff, daughter of A. C. Orndorff of Fayetteville, attended Montgomery High School and works for the West Virginia Department of Employment Security in Charleston. Divita, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Divita of Smithers, is a Montgomery High School alumnus (1956) and a Jimmy Divita Mobilgas Service Center employee at Boomer. Wedding plans are incomplete.
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Smithers
Montgomery High School
Jimmy Divita
Mobilgas
Boomer
Pineville Personal Guests Gather at Lusk Home
Mr and Mrs Robert Britton and daughter Bonita Lynn of Pineville visited Mr and Mrs Clarence Lusk of Fannock Sunday. Also present were Mr and Mrs Chester Britton and children of Kopperston Mr and Mrs Cecil Kennedy and son of Hanover Raymond Lusk and John Altizer of Fannock. Mrs Nina Lusk visited her daughter Tuesday evening in Pineville while Britton and Clarence Lusk attended Pineville High School classes.
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Pineville
Rns
Robert Britton
Bonita Lynn
Clarence Lusk
Fannock
Lusks
Chester Britton
Kopperston
Cecil Kennedy
Hanover
Raymond Lusk
John Altizer
Nina Lusk
Britton
Pineville High School
Ima Blankenship Weds E Lester in Baileysville Ceremony
Ima Jean Blankenship of Marianna became the wife of Elva C. Lester of Keyrock in a ceremony Thursday at 6 p.m. in Edgar Beverly’s Baileysville home. The Rev. E Beverly officiated. The bride wore a blue dress with black accessories and left for Chicago with her husband to set up residence. he is employed there.
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Baileysville
RNS
Ima Jean Blankenship
Marianna
Elva C. Lester
Keyrock
Edgar Beverly
E. Beverly
Frank Blankenship
Chicago
Dennis Cooper Birthday Party in Baileysville
Dennis Cooper was honored with a surprise birthday party for his 12th anniversary at the home of Mr and Mrs Rodney Lester in Baileysville. Hostesses were Mrs Fred Lester and Mrs Jean Rose. Games included a hula hoop contest won by Linda Fitch Dale Cooper and Eddie Avant. A pantomime of Bird Dog entertained the children.
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Baileysville
BNS
Dennis Cooper
Rodney Lester
Fred Lester
Jean Rose
Linda Fitch
Dale Cooper
Eddie Avant
Mike Cooper
Charles Fitch
Janet Cooper
Brenda Hatfield
Jimmy Lester
Butch Lester
Linda Dabucks
Rhonda Lester
Edith Ann Daniels
Steve Bishop
Owen Toler
Steve Toler
Eddie St. Clair
Gary St. Clair
Mike
Pamela Cooper
Rodney Grieg Lester
Jennifer Meadows
Roger Clay
Funeral Today For Mrs. Lewis
Funeral services for Mrs Ruby Alice Lewis were to be conducted at 2 pm in the home of her daughter Mrs Patricia McGraw Fayetteville Burial was to be in Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville Mrs Lewis of near Lewisburg died Monday in a Ronceverte hospital The Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Ronceverte had charge of arrangements.
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Lewisburg
RNS
Ruby Alice Lewis
Patricia McGraw
Fayetteville
Huse Memorial Park
Lewis
Ronceverte
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
Coal River Personalities Visit in Coal River Area
Mrs Boots Chambers and her children Carol Delmer Sue and Charles arrived from Cleveland Ohio to visit her sister Mrs Charlotte Douglas in Colcord and her parents Mr and Mrs James Honaker of Dorothy. Mrs Hubert Carter of Colcord hospitalized at Charleston Memorial Hospital since last Thursday was moved home Wednesday and is convalescing. Mrs Maude Foster of Dorothy left Saturday for an indefinite visit with daughter Betty in Pontiac Michigan.
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Colcord
Boots
Carol
Delmer
Sue
Charles
Cleveland
Ohio
Charlotte Douglas
James Honaker
Dorothy
Hubert Carter
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Rns
Maude Foster
Betty
Pontiac
Mich
Miner Injured In Slate Fall At Mullens Mine
F H Chapman a 32 year old Mullens man was injured in a slate fall at the Mullens mine of the R and A Coal Company. He was admitted to Wyoming General Hospital for possible fractured vertebrae after being struck on the shoulder and buried face down in coal in a doubled up position under slate weight.
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Mullens
RNS
F. H. Chapman
R & A Coal Co
Wyoming General Hospital
Chapman
Review Of Book Set In Oak Hill Oct 28
A DAR chapter hosts a review of Augustin G. Rudd’s Bending the Twig at Oak Hill Baptist Church at 7 36 p m on Oct 28. The plan was finalized at a Borderland Chapter meeting at Mrs J E Howard's home with plans for flag sales and eighth grade participation in the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Essay Contest.
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Oak Hill
RNS
C. E. Mahan
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Borderland
Daughters of the American Revolution
J. E. Howard
Augustin G. Rudd
J. M. Francesa
C. R. Hill
W. C. Bishop
Eugene Vawter
Fayette County
Theodore Roosevelt
Historian General of the
National Society
Continental Congress
Constitution Week
Mount Hope
Fayetteville
Fletcher Arritt
Joyce Hairston
Robert Brinkley
Betty Henry Society of
D.A.R
J. C. Gwinn
Jennifer Jarrett
Patty Patteson
Johnny Gwinn
Tom Swift Gwinn
Barbara Carter
DAR
Huntington
F. A. Guffey
I. O. Shumate
A. M. Patteson
J. B. Thompson
W. E. Lawton
C.R. Hill
J. B Long
O. F. McCoy
A. M. Gray
Frank Graff
R. L. Hughes
Howard
Oceana High and Jr. High Cheerleaders Named
Oceana High and Junior High selected cheerleaders will perform daily over WWYO Pineville for four weeks. High School picks Brenda Keys Barbara Mathis Carolynne Evans Lynda Hall and Peggy Terrell. Junior High picks Judy Hicks Iris Pennington Carroll Scott Sonja Blankenship and Pamela Goble.
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Oceana
RNS
Brenda Keys
Barbara Mathis
Carolynne Evans
Lynda Hall
Peggy Terrell
WWYO
Pineville
Sports Review
Joe B
Judy Hicks
Iris Pennington
Carroll Scott
Sonja Blankenship
Pamela Goble
Miss Hicks
Miss Scott
Oceana Elementary School
Ralph Hicks
Perry Scott
Miss Pennington
Miss Blankenship
Miss Goble
Kopperston Elementary School
Reece Pennington
Wyoming Hospital Admits 36 Patients
In the Wyoming General Hospital weekly list, 56 patients are named as admitted during the week ending Saturday. Entries include residents from Mullens, Itmann, Lynco, Raleigh North and other towns, with names such as Eliza Grose, Helen Parker, Corinne Semenske, Tammy Cline, Frances Blevins, Shirley Ellis, and Lillian Mullins among many others.
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Mullens
ANS
Wyoming General Hospital
Eliza Grose
Helen
John Parker
Corinne
Stephen Semenske
Ollie Dotson
Tammy Cline
Lynce
Dennis James Gilbert
Alpeca
June Blankenship
Coney McAlister
Pineville
Clarence Gentry
Ravencliff
Carrie Nicholson
Amigo
Debbie Ruth Wass
McGraw
Liza Pearl Lambert
Lynco
Jack Law
Allen Junction
Charles Short
Tralee
Ruby Cox
Velva Perdue
Maxine Thornton
Covel
James Brewster
Josephine
Joe Ellis Burnette
Alpoca
Josephine Walker
Dewayne Trent
Brenton
Donna Whitt
Basin
Estel Chaffin
Wall Street Bulls See Gains Amid Slow Public Trading
In New York the stock market excites bulls and brokers with prospects of gains and sizable commissions. Yet most stockholders keep shares in strong boxes, watching paper profits or losses as public trading stays thin. Volume reached 4.61 million on Friday, the busiest since year end, while turnover lags historical levels, highlighting a slow market and price swings driven by scarce shares.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Exchange
West scrapbook chronicles birth and world events
Mr and Mrs James West in Commerce Texas began a scrapbook for their baby son Mike collecting birth notices world events business news and baseball scores with some comic strips included to amuse him as he grows.
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Commerce, Tex
James West
Mike
Pancake Sale A Success At Beckley Lions Club
About 600 people attended the Beckley Lions Club pancake sale on Tuesday at El Chico. Chairman O F Cain called the event very successful. proceeds fund help for the blind and glasses for the underprivileged. Lions members cooked and served with two Quaker Oats representatives assisting.
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Beckley Lions Club
el Chico
O. F. Cain
Cain
Quaker Oats Co
Lions
Virginia Campbell Honored at Dothan Shower
Mrs. Virginia Faye Campbell was honored at a miscellaneous shower Friday at the home of Mrs. Phyllis Toney in Dothan. The event was attended by 36 guests with co hosts Mrs. Ellen Roope and Mrs. William Campbell assisting.
First Lady Hosts Open House for West Virginians
Mrs. Cecil H. Underwood welcomes all West Virginians to the Governor's Mansion on October 23 1958 from 2 to 5 30 p m to view the home she shares with Governor Underwood. No invitations issued dress informal. Since October 1957 more than 5 000 visitors have attended.
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Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Governor Underwood
Mental Health Association
Miss West Virginia
Junior Chamber of Commerce
King’s Daughters
Conference On Youth Fitness
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Chi Omega
Kanawha Valley
Daughters of American Revolution
Anne Bailey
Burke Funeral Set On Thursday
The Rev S A Abrams will conduct funeral services for Mrs Minnie Catherine Burke at 1 9 p m Thursday in the Central St Baptist Church. Mrs Burke died Saturday in Floyd Va. Survivors include stepson Alexander Burke and sisters Ella B Burke and Fannie Alderson. The body will be taken from C D Trent Funeral Home to the church one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.
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S. A. Abrams
Minnie Catherine Burke
Central St. Baptist Church
Jones Memorial Church Vespers Promised for October
Jones Memorial Church of Beckley will conduct vespers for October at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday at Dry Hill Prosperity Community Building directed by Rev. Roy Coe. Theme Our Social Relations. Special music by Zion Men's Quartet of Zion Primitive Baptist Church and interwoven solos and duets by the Mitchem and Hedge families.
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Dry Hill Prosperity
Jones Memorial Baptist Church
Beckley
Roy
Two Prisoners To State Penitentiary From Camp
Two escapees from the State Forestry Camp at Davis, Donald Griggs 20 and Jimmy Adkins 18, were taken to the State Penitentiary after being sentenced by Judge Robert Worrell. Wyoming Deputies James Gibson and Bud Daniels escorted them from Parsons. It was their second escape in two weeks. first capture occurred near the camp. Also bound for the penitentiary Wednesday are parole violators Eugene Cozort and Robert Earl Daniels, with Cozort jailed for breaking a man's jaw and Daniels having parole revoked after a coat theft.
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Pineville
RNS
Davis
Wyoming
James Gibson
Bud Daniels
Parsons
Donald Griggs
Jimmy Adkins
Robert Worrell
Teddy Shumate
Shumate
Wyoming County
Griggs
Adkins
Worrell
Eugene Cozort
Robert Earl Daniels
Daniels
Judgment Suspended After Patton Faints In Court
Elizabeth Patton, 21, appeared in Municipal Court for sentencing on a petty larceny charge. The judge lectured on the evils of crime, then announced a 180 day jail term but, after Patton fainted, suspended the sentence.
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Washington
Elizabeth Patton
Devious Bureaucracy Noted On Dayton Street Mailboxes
On a Dayton street corner two mail boxes labeled out of town mail and local mail share a single bag. Three times daily a mail truck arrives and empties both boxes into the same bag.
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Dayton
Ohio
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