Mullens Unit Hosts 5th District Conference of Legion Auxiliary
The Fifth District of the American Legion Auxiliary met in Mullens for fall conference at the Mullens American Legion home. Mayor Wodrow Cook welcomed delegates, praising auxiliary support for legion work. Activities included addresses by district leaders, reports on membership quotas, and plans for future events and gifts for veterans hospitals.
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Mullens
Conference of Legion Auxiliary
RNL
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Moran Avenue
Wodrow Cook
Auxiliary
Legion
Presley
Ronceverte
Montgomery
Princeton
Hinton
Bluefield
Gary
Williamson
East Rainelle
Rewisburg
Union
Pineville
Woodrow Cook
Cook
Sisk
West Virginia University students visit, guests in Mount Hope area
Freshmen Bob Martin and Eugene Gast, sons of local residents, were weekend visitors in Morgantown. Other regional guests include Miss Beverly Kermite and Miss Susie Humphrey at Roanoke and Marshall University students in Huntington. Local visits feature families in Charleston, Morgantown, and nearby towns with mentions of hospital surgery and vacations.
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Mount Hope
Rns
Bob Martin
Bill Martin
Eugene Gast
Eloise Gast
West Virginia University
Morgantown
N. L. Kemp
R. H. Neil
Leo Daniels
Durham
N.C
Beverly Kermite
Fred Kemmite
Susie Humphrey
Donald Humphrey
National Business College
Roanoke
Connie Barbera
George Barbera
Bradley
Kitty Bolen
Mike Bolen
Bunny Kennedy
Fred Kennedy
Glen Jean
Marshall University
Huntington
E. C. Amick
Charleston
L. M. Corey
Arthur
Fommy Kochinsky
Joe Kochinsky
Concord College
Athens
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Eddie Souk
Raleigh General Hospital
Jimmy Huffman
Columbus
Ohio
A. L. Huffman
John A. Dower
Point Pleasant
Efffie Dower
Park Heights
Pledge Named Song Chairman at WVU Sorority
Carol Lynn Summers of Mount Hope has pledged Gamma Phi Beta at West Virginia University where she serves as song chairman. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Summers of 201 Bluestone Road.
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Mount Hope
Carol Lynn Summers
Gamma Phi Beta
West Virginia University
Carol
Walter Summers
Bluestone Rd
Remedial Reading Discussed At PTA Meeting Oceana High
Oceana High School PTA opened the term with a devotional led by Diane Hall and scripture by Nancy Poland. Virginia Stewart presided as president as committees were named and the group discussed starting a remedial reading program with an estimated $125 in materials.
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PTA Meet
Diane Hall
Nancy Poland
Diane
Nancy
Juanita Cook
Virginia Stewart
Maxine Barrett
Stewart
Tom Smith
James Hal
Lawrence Worrell
Otis Cook
Philip Roach
Clyde Baldwin
Ralph Hannah
Hannah
Elba Glenwater
Upper Kopperston
Lower
Kopperston
Carl Smith
Toneda
Tom Fleenor
Oceana
Charles Blankenship
Lynco
Ruth Dunn
Matheny
Jesse
Rubye
Hope Gas Camp
Ralph Poland
Road Branch
Hatcher
Fisher Bottom
Ronald Lee Cook
Laura Hinchman
James Burwell
Sammy Clark
Elmer Cook
Howard Cook
Jessie Lilly
Bob Payne
Virginia Bell Smith
Cook
Oceana High School
Miss Hinchman
Speed Pendry
Red Cook
Miss Crews
Ann Pendry
Donald Abshire
Lawrence Miller
Oley Stewart
Carl Hatcher
Henry Zimmerman
Howard Pack
Nathan England
Hazel Stapleton
Mora Boggs
Hi Y ers Hold District Meet Pineville
Jeanie Houck of Pineville led a fellowship sing after 7 p m registration as the Black Diamond District Tri Hi Y and Hi Y met in Pineville High School auditorium. Randy Neal welcomed, district officers were sworn in, 96 attendees from Pineville Big Creek Gary and Welch. Sally Lucas reported on last fall conference at Jackson's Mill as plans were made to charter a bus and about 40 would attend with eight from Pineville. Rev W R McCoy and wife provided a piano accompaniment as six songs were interpreted. A social hour and refreshments followed. Royal Navy hires 30 food tasters to select sailors favorite meals in Gosport England.
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Pineville
RNS
Jeanie Houck
Randy Neal
Pam Goode
Twila Tucker
Welch
Buddy Fox
Gary
Patsy Witten
Ginger Danzler
Big Creek
Jackson's Mill
Sally Lucas
W. R. McCoy
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Toneda BYF Sets Bake Sale at Local Stores
Toneda Baptist Youth Fellowship met Sunday at 6 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Miss Phyllis Walker led the program Face Facts and conducted the business session with reports from Geral dine Cook and Jerry Cook. A bake sale is planned for Saturday Oct 28 at local stores with a committee including Geraldine Cook Phyllis Walker Judy Bowden Lois Cline and Juanita Cline.
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Oceana
BNS
Toneda Baptist Youth Fellowship
Fellowship Hall
Phyllis Walker
Lois Cline
Judy Bowden
Jerry Cook
Geraldine Cook
Juanita Cline
Juanita Chine
Edwin Cook
Larry Evans
Gerladine Cook
Fayetteville News Notes and Local Visit Updates
Fayetteville residents report a flurry of visits and travels. Dewey Osborne family and Beverly Williams return from Warren Ton Ga after a week with Lonnie Wheeler family. Seaman Darrell Myles visits Norfolk family in Fayetteville. Weekend guests Pat Henry and Priscilla Henry with Alderson ties in Abbot Addition. Local clubs hear cancer society reports as meetings proceed at the Memorial Building. Williamson, Lucas families travel to Parkersburg and Arlington VA for relatives. Betty Ashwell and Tammi Linn join Gary Ashwell at Kessler AFB Biloxi. Blanche Echols returns from Covington Va visiting Charles Echols.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Dewey Osborne
Bill Williams
Beverly
Osborne
Inlaw
Lonnie Wheeler
Warrenton
Darrell Myles
Norfolk
J. C. Myles Jr
Maple Avenue
John Henry
Abbot
Pat Henry
Priscilla Henry
Alderson
Ernest Palmer
Patty Ann
Smithers
Alfred Bibb
Palmer
Fayette County
Fayette County Cancer Society
L. D. Lucas
Parkersburg
L. D. Lucas Jr
Boyd
Cathy
W. Dale Stump
Dee
Arlington
E. 0. Wiseman
Betty E. Ashwell
Tammi Linn
Biloxi
Miss
Gary Ashwell
Kessler Air Force Base
Sheriff
P. L. Elmore
Blanche Echols
Covington
Charles Echols
Echols
Washington Patent Office Seeks Fees Rise and Reform
U S Patent Commissioner David L Ladd 34 pushes higher fees to cover costs and fund faster searches. Proposed maintenance fee 900 dollars and patent application fee 40 dollars with final patent fee 50 dollars. He envisions regional search centers and automation to handle about 200000 pending patents. The 125th anniversary week marks Congress noted milestones since 1780 and 1836. Washington faces a yearly expense gap of about 16 million dollars.
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Tom Nolan
Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
David L. Ladd
Ladd
U. S
Patent Office
Congress
Washington
United States
Baptists Plan Paint Purchase For Church Fence
At the Toneda Baptist Church Men’s Fellowship meeting the group approved buying paint for the church fence posts and woodwork. Program leaders Gilbert Cook and his son Jerry led the session with scripture reading by Gilbert Cook and opening prayer by Virgil Lusk. A trio sang two songs with Geraldine Cook on piano. President Jay Whitt Cook led the business portion. Hostesses were Mrs. Joe Brown and Mrs. Otis Cook.
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Oceana
BNS
Toneda Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
Gilbert Cook
Jerry
Virgil Lusk
Phyllis Walker
Jerry Cook
Geraldine Cook
Geraldine
Jay Whitt Cook
Joe Brown
Otis Cook
Verne Cook
Don D. Cook
Johnny Evans
Emory Justice
Denny Walker
Funeral for Sgt Joseph Doles Held in Arlington
Mrs Georgia Doles of Dry Creek attended the funeral for her son Sgt Joseph B Doles in Arlington Virginia. Also present were Mrs Mary Brown and Mrs Mae Bongolis. Doles died October 1 in Japan after suffering a heart attack while refereeing a football game.
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Dry Creek
Georgia Doles
Joseph B
Arlington
Mary Brown
Minis Brown
Mae Bongolis
Naoma
Doles
Japan
Civil Defense Program Presented At PTA Meet
Montcoal Montcoal-Stickney Elementary PTA heard Paul Fourney, Beckley attorney and Civil Defense coordinator, speak on Civil Defense with films and packets. Fire Prevention Week drills evacuated 171 pupils in 35 seconds as Dr. W. Canada led health checks. PTA membership drive tops 92 names with visitation day planned for American Education Week.
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Montcoal
RNS
Paul Fourney
Beckley
Montcoal - Stickney
Dewey Bone
W. Canada
Raleigh Boone Medical Center
Whitesville
Raleigh County
Betty Peck
Sally Irle
Bill Harris
Dewey Romine
Jeff Crutchfield
Earl_ Brock
Paul Carter
Clifford Richmond
Hinton Man Fatally Burned In Home Fire
Francis C. Pollock 50 died from burns after dozing on a couch while smoking at his Hinton home on Tuesday. His 90 year old father Sam Pollock could not aid him due to illness. Pollock was a former game warden for Summers County and worked with Beckley newspapers and the Associated Press. He lived in Hinton 31 years. Uruguay, slightly larger than North Dakota, is South America's smallest country.
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Hinton
RNS
Francis C. Pollock
Sam Pollock
Pollock
State Conservation Commission
Summers County
Alderson-Marlinton High School
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Associated Press
Firefighters in Sunne Press for New Engine
Sunne Sweden UPI report says firefighters may strike to demand a new fire engine after their antique unit boiled over every other mile and broke down midway to a burning building during the last call.
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SUNNE
Sweden
UPI
College Ability Tests Scheduled In November
West Virginia Institute of Technology will administer the College Ability Tests to high school juniors across Clay Fayette and Nicholas counties in November. The schedule lists tests at Nicholas County High School Richwood Collins Oak Hill Meadow Bridge Nuttal Lookout Fayetteville Gauley Bridge Clay Widen Montgomery Ansted and Mount Hope with about 1633 juniors expected to be tested.
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Montgomery — School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Clay
Fayette
Nicholas Counties
Annie L. Castle
Tech
Nicholas County High School
Richwood
Collins
Oak Hill
Meadow Bridge
Nuttal
Lookout
Fayetteville
Gardeners Give To Library Fund Fayetteville Club Funds Donated
Fayetteville Garden Club agreed to donate 50 dollars to the Friends of the Library fund at a Friday meeting hosted by Mrs. Frank Love. Guest speaker W Robert Abbott, local attorney, spoke on Friends of the Library. The group also voted 5 dollars to the Girl Scouts drive and formed a flower fund led by Mrs. Robert Abbot to send flowers to ill members.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Friends of the Library
Ernest Darnall
Wade Mahood
Robert Abbot
Frank McMillan
J. E. Woodfin
Glen Ferris
John M. Francesa
D. G. Hatcher
John Lee
Frank K. Mahan
J. H. White
E. O. Wiseman
Hale Morris
Ansted
A. E. Stacey
Car Stolen From Itmann Mine Vehicle
A 1956 blue four door sedan owned by Estie Edward Wiles was stolen from the Poca hontas Fuel Co. mine at Itmann overnight. The Wyoming County Sheriff's Department is investigating the theft after Bud Wiles reported the car was locked when parked and the thief forced entry to drive it away.
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Itmann
RNS
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Estie Edward Wiles
Bud Wiles
Overprotective parent obsession with excelling in care
Bobby starts second grade with daily rides and a safe return, but his mother’s anxiety reveals a broader habit of overprotective parenting. The piece argues such parents seek superiority and constant proof of devotion, risking strain on the child and self.
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Bobby
Weekend visits span Pineville families and Marshall students
Marshall University students Miss Lin da Mathena and Miss Sally Schilling spent the weekend with their families in Crowley-Worrell and Keyrock while other Pineville residents hosted relatives. Stella George of Princeton stayed with the Martins. Elio Pais and daughters Vanessa and Rosemary, former Pineville residents now in Huntington, visited family. Robe rt G. Martin and Kimberly of Princeton visited Bud Pendry in Keyrock. Okey McCourt, a former Pineville resident of Georgetown, Del., stayed with his sister and brother-in-law in Bailey-Murphy Addition. Robert Burcham of Mullens and George R. McClure of Vienna were guests of E. W. Worrell in Crowley-Worrell Addition. Donald Adams and his Charleston-based son visited his and his wife’s families in Pineville and Baileysville.
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Pineville
Rns
Linda Mathena
Marshall University
C. H. Mathena
Crowley - Worrell
Sally Schilling
B. B. Schilling
Stella George
Princeton
Jack D. Martin
Elio Pais
Vanessa
Rosemary
Huntington
Florio Pais
East Pineville
Robert G. Martin
Kimberly
Bud Pendry
Keyrock
Okey McCourt
Georgetown
Del
0. B. Martin
Bailey-Murphy
Robert Burcham
Mullens
George R. McClure
Vienna
E. W. Worrell
Donald Adams
Charleston
C. A. Blankenship
Grat Adams
Baileysville
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Mary McBride
Unit 106
Charles Mencer
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Holy City
Gene Allen
Mullens High School
Joseph Taylor
Ella Mae Short
C. V. Feller
J. R. Maddy
Fifth District
Bership
Asell
Audrey Lovell
Harry Anderson
West Virginia
R. E. Presley
Veterans Hospital
Anderson
Wai
Don Sisk
Presi
Mt. Hope
Gosport
England
Royal Navy
Toneda Byf
BYF
Ray
Woodlawn Avenue
W. VA
Vutual OF
Omaha
Mietoai Benefit Health & Accident Asociation Home Office
Omeohu, Nebreshe
Mutual OF
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley, W. VA
Rip van Winkle
Dean
Kache
Doan
Tion
Patent
PTA
Bone
Maxine Richmond
C. R. Hoover
Montreal - Stickney Pta
Harold Lambert
West Virginia Education Association
Elizabeth Kuhn
Bertha Thomas
Ruth Blackburn
Mildred Hays
Ines Mullins
Jack
W. H. Day
Murray Morgan
W. A. Dixon
Harold Metz
Mable Hale
Nutzie Murray
Clyde Boggs
Warren McGraw
Curtis Blankenship
A. E. Baldwin
James Brooks
Margie Adams
Richard L. Huffman
J. Paul England
Pineville High School
Uruguay
North Dakota
South America
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