Senator Jennings Randolph speaks at Oceana banquet
U S Senator Jennings Randolph addressed the Oceana Woman s Club banquet at Kopperston Recreation Building. He promoted West Virginia s Centennial in 1963 and urged pride and warmth to attract newcomers, distributing his pamphlet What s Right With West Virginia. He announced a Centennial Train tour in summer 1963, with Pineville July 19 as a stop.
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Oceana
RNS
Jennings Randolph
Oceana Woman's Club
Kopperston
West Virginia
Pineville
Man
Oceana Woman’s Club
A. G. Sugar Jr
Virginia Price
Oscar Butcher
Wyoming County
Maple Fork Notes of Regional Visits and Recaps
Mr and Mrs James Givens Akron Ohio returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Grady Angle and Mr and Mrs Price Davis on Maple Fork Road Bowyer returned home from Beckley Hospital after examination Legg returned home on Maple Fork after Oak Hill Hospital stay Miss Janice Bowyer daughter of Luther and Mildred Bowyer spent weekend at home while a Concord College student Stephen and Kevin Canterbury sons of Charles and Grace Canterbury Mount Hope visited their grandmother Prudie Bowyer on Maple Fork Road
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Maple Fork
RNS
James Givens
Akron
Ohio
Grady Angle
Price Davis
Maple Fork Road
Don Legg
Oak Hill
Janice Bowyer
Luther Bowyer
Concord College
Athens
Stephen and
Kevin Canterbury
Charles Canterbury
Mount Hope
Prudie Bowyer
Counties Benefit From Forest Land Payment
Elkins United Press International reports that 11 West Virginia counties with national forest land will share 109,503 for fiscal 1962, up 12,000 from last year. Grants listed include Pocahontas 36,174 and Randolph 22,256 among others.
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Elkins
UPI
Monongahele
George Washington National Forests
West Virginia
Grant
Greenbrier
Hardy
Hampshire
Nicholas
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Preston
Randolph
Tucker
Webster
Family Dinner Honors Birthday at Glen Fork Home
Mrs. L. C. Shrewsbury hosted a surprise birthday dinner Sunday for her husband at their Glen Fork residence. Immediate family attended including David Lay and sons Daniel and John David, Clifford L. Shrewsbury and daughter Gayle with Phil, Dillard Shrewsbury and son Nee, Kevia Shrewsor, and other relatives unable to attend included Russell Shrewsbury Huntington, Rev. Wiley Brooks Keystone, Herbert Nelson Newport News, and Virgil Cox Tucson.
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Russell Shrewsbury
Huntington
Wiley Brooks
Keystone
Herbert Nelson
Newport News
Virgil Cox
Tucson
Ariz
Mullens Council Tightens City Curfew Law
Mullens city commissioners voted to extend the curfew to 11 p m for youths 16 and under citing Rebel Ree youth center and school activities. Violations after curfew trigger pickup by police with parental contact and possible welfare action. loitering charges apply to those over 16. Street work on McGraw Street approved and surveys ordered.
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Oscar England
McGraw Street
Highland Avenue
Color Bowling inventor Grunenberg aims family game debut
Donald Lee Grunenberg of Oak Hill designed Color Bowling at his home on 110 Brooks St. He is 26 and a father. The game teaches scorekeeping exactly as in real bowling by matching colored cubes to a color scorecard. Printed by Beckley Newspapers, it is sold at Tech Lanes in Montgomery Fountain Terrace Lanes in Oak Hill and New River Supply Co.
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Donald Lee Grunenberg
Oak Hill
Grunenberg
Brooks St
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Montgomery
Tech Lanes
Fountain Terrace Lanes
New River Supply Co
Religious Play to Highlight Revival at Glen Fork
Laurel Valley Baptist rally featured play Watch Ye Therefore by Ladies Missionary Society. The short evangelistic production will be shown Friday night at Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church as part of ongoing revival services conducted by Rev. Herbert C. Per. After the performance, Rev. John Caldwell of Charleston will preach. Cast includes Mrs. H. C. Perry Maybelle Mrs. French Brooks Gloria Mrs. Glen Acord Barbara Mrs. Oscar Canterbury Marilyn Lacy Brooks Martha Eleanor Elaine Lilly.
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John Caldwell
Charleston
Melvin Richardson
Glen Fork
Fundamental Baptist Church
Bolt
Ronnie Halsey
H. C. Perry
Maybelle
French Brooks
Gloria
Glen Acord
Barbara
Oscar Canterbury
Marilyn
Lacy Brooks
Martha
Clyde Ellis
Eleanor
John Mosley
Mary
Lilly
Elaine
Mullens Youths Cast in Alderson-Broaddus Our Town
Mullens students Wayne Bond and Karyl White take key roles in Alderson-Broaddus College Players production of Our Town during homecoming weekend. Bond stars as Mr Webb while White oversees makeup and staff duties, reflecting active campus leadership and theatre involvement.
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Mullens
Alderson-Broaddus College Players
Karyl White
Emory White
Bond
Trent
Student National Education Association
Miss White
Woman’s Dorm Council
Circle Kettes
West Virginia Baptist Student Movement
Mental Health Unit Plans Hospital Tour
A tour of the state hospital at Huntington will be made by the Mental Health Association of Wyoming County on Wednesday Oct. 24. Cecil Lacy, Mullens, president of the association, said any person interested may join the tour which will leave Mullens at 7 30 a m by car.
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Mullens
RUS
Huntington
Mental Health Association of
Wyoming County
Cecil Lacy
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Sen. Randolph
Spiritual Life
Maude Cozort
Model Club
A. G. Lugar Jr
Bob Branham
Otis Cook
United States
Pineville High School
Ray Eppling
Dale Cook
Don D. Cook
George W. Cook
L. M. Proffitt
Tom Long
Thomas Smith
Perry Scott
Jim Hall
Maxine Long
Earl Wilson
Andrea Kaye
Kenneth Hager
Dorothy Caton
Butch Price
Leon Childers
June Farren
Ken Maynor
Willis Adams
Lacy McMillion
Peggy MecMillion
William Lugar
Conrad Conley
Bob Crouch
Juanita Pennington
Henry Pruett
Paul Fleenor
Meara Chambers
Minnie Hawkins
Wayne Hatfield
Rueben Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Ernest Gunter
Luther Shockley
Frank Worley
John W. Woods Jr
Thomas Evans
Richard Atwell
Billy Ray Bailey
Baileysville
Jack Shipman
Bob Kuhn
Valley Drive
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Goodyear
Pac
Engineer Boots
Thermo
Pri
Valleydale
W. Va
Morrell
S&h
Tuna del Monte & Cans
Morton
Sunshine Hydrox
Clearfield
Ree S&h
Olb
Dan Libby
Kraft
Hurley Bowyer
Beckley Hospital
A. D. Marks
Beckley
East Beckley
Joseph O. Cook
Sanitary Board
Rec
Guyandotte Avenue
Pete Andrews
West Mullens
Mental Health Unit
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