Oceana High Names Toma hawk Times Editor In Chief
Carol Grosse named editor in chief of the Oceana High School newspaper Toma hawk Times becoming the first junior to hold the post. She serves as journalism student, holds Quill and Scroll membership, and participates in Tribal Council majorettes band reporting and Future Nurses of America.
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Oceana
RNS
Tomahawk Times
Oceana High School
Carol Grosse
Arvil Grosse
Grosse
Quill and Scroll
OHS
Future Nurses of America
Tri-Hi-Y
Jim Jewell
Buford Brown
Bride-Elect Judy Goodman Honored At Pineville Shower
Miss Judy Goodman of Pineville was feted with a bridal shower at the Presbyterian Church in Pineville. She is the bride-elect of Lee Schilling, with hosts from the Presbyterian Senior Fellowship. Decorations featured white silver and pink, including a white satin umbrella with silver bells. Attendees included Darlena Sizemore Karen Smith Betsy Ross Patty Valentine Wyladean Schilling Barbara Henkins Sharon Collins and Janicee Speer.
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Pineville
BNS
Judy Goodman
Presbyterian Church
Goodman
Lee Schilling
Presbyterian Senior Fellowship
C. W. Andrick
Darlena Sizemore
Karen Smith
Betsy Ross
Patty Valentine
Wyladean Schilling
Barbara Henkins
Sharon Collins
Janicee Speer
Sue Stewart
Mission Circle Officers Named
The Laurel Grove Mission Circle met at Mrs. Maggie Lively’s home and elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs. J. E. Lively, Vice President Mrs. Rosa Holley, Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Grace Pyle, Assistant Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. Goldia Hyden, with sick committee members Mrs. Violet Williams, Mrs. Maggie Lively, and Rosa Holley. A covered dish dinner followed for members and two new members Mrs. Rosa Holley and Mrs. Grace Pyle. five visitors attended. Next meeting at Mrs. Sam Hyden’s home on Nov 19.
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PAX
RNS
Laurel Grove
Maggie Lively
J. E. Lively
Rosa Holley
Grace Pyle
Goldia Hyden
Violet Williams
Goldin Hyden
Erma Murdock
Mamie Lively
Eunice Dangerfield
Bertha Lively
Betty Tyree
Claudia Canterbury
Bert Wriston
Howard Wriston
Roxie Ellison
Sam Hyden
Thunderstorms Crack Across Earth Each Year Says NG Society
National Geographic Society estimates around 16 million thunderstorms form globally annually, highlighting lightning activity and atmospheric dynamics. The figure underscores widespread thunderstorm frequency impacting weather patterns and research.
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The
National Geographic Society
Clifford Powers Dies In Church
Clifford B. Powers 53 a retired chemist for Union Carbide Metals Co died of a heart attack Sunday while attending services at Gauley Bridge Baptist Church He was a deacon and Sunday School superintendent Surviving wife Burdetta a son Robert Huntington mother Mrs W R Powers and brother Harry four grandchildren Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Gauley Bridge Baptist Church Rev P E Vandercoy with burial Montgomery Memorial Park London body to be moved from Combs Mortuary Gauley Bridge to the church one hour before services
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Clifford B. Powers
Union Carbide Metals Co
Alloy
Powers
Walton
Burdetta
Robert
Huntington
W. R. Powers
Harry
Dunbar
Gauley Bridge Baptist Church
P. E. Vandercoy
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Combs Mortuary
United Fund House-To-House Drive Set For Sunday
Wyoming County United Fund prepares a house to house canvass starting Sunday with plans spanning November. kickoff dinner planned in Pineville and radio messages by local groups and church officials to promote the drive. billboard and posters to raise awareness across Pineville Mullens Oceana and other towns.
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Pineville
RNS
United Fund
Wyoming County
United Fund Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Mae S&s. Belcher
Minnie Lusk
Red Cross
Wyoming County Ministerial Association
D. Grove Moler
Cecil Robinson
Heart
Claude Pancake
D. K. Shields
East Pineville
Mullens
Patriotic Education Week in Fayette County Observed
Mt Hope area observes Patriotic Education Week from today through Oct 25. Yorktown Day marks Cornwallis surrender and Oct 23 United States Day in Fayette County. Citizens urged to fly American flags. Theme is Values of American Liberty. Girl Scouts and schools incorporate patriotism into programs. Constitution Bill of Rights and flag topics distributed for use.
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Yorktown
Cornwallis
United States
Fayette County
Revival Under Way At Church Of The Nazarene Pineville
Rev. Dayton Lockard and his wife conduct evangelistic services at the Church of the Nazarene on Route 10 East Pineville. Services began Wednesday. Lockard trained at Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville in 1949 50 after serving as pastor in Alderson.
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Pineville
Rns
Dayton Lockard
Charleston
Church of the Nazarene
Route 10
East Pineville
Kenneth Maze
Lockard
Trevecca Nazarene College
Nashville Tenn
Alderson
Hunters Chicago Tissues Offer Red Pack for Deer Nose Blasts
In Chicago AP reports a tis sue maker releases a hunters pack of red tissues to prevent a hunter blowing his nose with a white handkerchief from being mistaken for a deer's tail.
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Chicago
Eee
Textbook Study Given At DAR Chapter Meeting
Mrs J B Thompson presented A Study of Our Textbooks at Bord erland Chapter DAR in Fay etteville. She outlined the National Society DAR study 1958 59 judging textbooks as satisfactory or unsatisfactory and noted bias toward religion, economic determinism, fused disciplines, and mislabeling of forms of government. She warned of aims to foster one world and possible communist sympathy, urging critiques of heavy volumes and cost. Regent Mrs J M Francesa led the meeting with a report planned for November 11 at Oak Hill.
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Mount Hope
RNS
J. B. Thompson
Oak Hill
Borderland
Daughters of the American Revolution
A. M. Gray
Fayetteville
Thompson
United States
Soviet Russia
Communist China
Mrs. Thompson
DAR
Mount Hope Obscure Notices Quiet Weekend Gatherings
Dr. C G Anderson ill at home on Madison Ave. Leo Morelli and family visited relatives in Cadiz Ohio while W C Bishop family seen in Arlington Virginia. Harvie Stark ill at home. Alex Napier Sr improving. Nurse Julian Viar attended State Nurses Convention in Charleston. Ralph Bailey plans winter in Sarasota Florida. Ersil Wright a patient at Beckley VA Hospital. Tom Swift Gwinn suffering poison ivy at home. John Sears employed at Canterbury Motor Co Mount Hope previously with Bill Jones Ford Oak Hill. Charles Sanford and family visited Don Sanford’s home in Glasgow. George Williams remains a patient at Oak Hill Hospital. Riley Manderville seriously ill at Oak Hill Hospital. George Lawton Jr Chicago visited relatives here. J E Bergendahl Huntington visited last week. C R Hansbarger ill at home.
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Harvie Stark
Alex Napier Sr
Julian Viar
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Charleston
Ralph Bailey
Sarasotta
Fla
Ersil Wright
Veterans Administration Hospital
Beckley
Tom Swift Gwinn
J. C. Gwinn
John Sears
Price Hill
Canterbury Motor Co
Mount Hope
Bill Jones Ford Inc
Oak Hill
Charles E. Sanford
Martha
Debbie
Glasgow
Don Sanford
Fred Wygal
Barbara
Tommy
Carol Lynn
George Williams
Oak Hill Hospital
Riley Manderville
George Lawton Jr
Chicago
Mike Bolen
J.” E. Bergendahl
Huntington
C. R. Hansbarger
Award Presented To Rebekah Lodge Member
Oceana Rebekah Lodge No. 61 received a white Bible from State President Irene Sturm at the 72nd annual assembly in Clarksburg. Mary Bowden accepted the award and a membership gain certificate, with Oley Clay accompanying her. Bowden reported to the lodge meeting hosted by Ruth Conley, as plans formed to sell fruit cakes for Thanksgiving and Christmas with Dan Gunnoe Lodge No. 129.
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Oceana
RNL
Rebekah Assembly
Irene Sturm
Oceana Rebekah Lodge No
Clarksburg
Mary Bowden
Oceana Lodge
Bowden
Shower Honors Mrs. John Short in Pineville Plant
A stork shower honored Mrs. John Short in the Pineville Coca Cola Plant reception room on Thursday. Hostesses included Mrs. Lou Fullier, Mrs. Kat Conley, Mrs. Macey Miller, and Mrs. Janet Barber. Games and refreshments accompanied attendance by a list of guests led by Miss Karen Hughes and others.
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Pineville
John Avis
Lou Fullier
Kat Conley
Macey Miller
Janet Barber
Karen Hughes
Janey Allen
Hilda Brooks
Roxie |Davis
Lloyd Goode
Ella Bailey
Kat Beckelhimer
Ray Banicki
Minnie Stewart
Louise
Lester
Goldie Hurley
Francis Cooper
Pamela
Short
Debbie Brooks
Bob Allen
Mary Ann Banicki
Vivian Brooks Returns Home After Surgery
Vivian Brooks of Sand Branch Road has returned home following surgery at Oak Hill Hospital last week.
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Mount Hope
Vivian Brooks
Sand Branch Road
Oak Hill Hospital
Wreck Victim Rites Tuesday
Funeral rites for Marshall E. Pitzer set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Memorial Methodist Church Alderson with burial in River View Cemetery He died after a car drove off a 40 foot embankment near Fort Springs Police report he was alone and 70 years old a former Alderson councilman survived by his wife a son two daughters and eight grandchildren The body lies at Lobban Funeral Home until an hour before services Pallbearers named.
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Alderson
RNS
Marshall E. Pitzer
Johnson Memorial’ Methodist Church
Paul H. McKain
River View
Pitzer
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Fort Springs
B. E. Kirtley
Lewisburg
Chesapeake and Ohio
Creamery
Rufus
Ann Murdock Pitzer
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Methodist Men’s Fellowship
Grace Hoke Pitzer
Harold H
Madison
Robert Gwinn
James E. Johnson
Lobban Funeral Home
Richard Ford
Leonard Knopp
L. C. McClung
Bill Simmons
Reginald Reed
Ike Mitchell
C. E. Hawks
Steve Bostic
Grimmett Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Emmett Junior Grimmett will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday in the Pentecostal Holiness Church White Sulphur Springs with military rites at the grave He was 31 and fatally injured Sunday when his jeep skidded on gravel and struck a tree near his home Surviving are two brothers six sisters and several relatives An employe of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway the NOK is requested to remove the body to his parents home Tuesday or Pallbearers are listed in the notice
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White Sulphur Springs
RNS
Emmett Junior Grimmett
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Marvin Richardson
Houston Hall
McCreery Cemetery
Grimmett
Tuckahoe Road
Randolph
Dolphus Alexander
Russell Grimmett
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ronald
Edward
Paul Burdette
Ray Edward Brier
Joseph Bostic
Philip Bostic
Tommy Bostic
Calvin Martin
Freak Accident Claims Life of E Ball at Lumber Yard
Logan officials report Elzworth Ball 70 of Mill Creek was killed at Staley Lumber Co when a heavy timber swung from a backing truck and struck him on the head. He died from a skull fracture. Funeral services were held today in Mill Creek.
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Logan
Elzworth Ball
Mill Creek
Staley Lumber Co
Ball
Emerson Family Reunion Held at Pax Home
Emerson family gathered Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs Bob Emerson in Lively to celebrate a reunion. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Robert Ford and son Robbie of Wilmington Del and other relatives from Whitby Beaver Pax and Scarborough.
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Bob Emerson
Lively
Emersons
Wilmington
Del
Robert Ford
Robbie
Robert Saye
Whitby
Clayton Lilly
Butch
Sammy
Mona
Beaver
Hughie Windsor
Scarbro
Clare Williams
Sharron
Pax
Fayette Circle Hosts Fayetteville Methodist Circle Meeting
Miss Laura Neal chaired the Hilbert Circle Tuesday gathering at Fayetteville Methodist Church with Ann Judson Circle co hosting. Guest speaker was Mrs. Henry Erickson, retired American Baptist missionary now in Fresno California, attending were Mrs. Harrison Bryant and others.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Laura Neal
Hilbert Circle
Sydney Kincaid
John Settle Sr
Boston Dempsey
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Oceana High
Margaret Hicks
Ronald Samples
Donnie Cook
Ronald Cook
Doug Bailey
Judy Barber
Gary Birley
James Britton
Clayton Brown
Alice Cline
George Conley
Patty Burchett
Jewell Cook
Mike Daniels
N. D. Darnell
Martha Manning
Jerry Mathews
Charles Kirk
Danny Long
Fairley Lusk
Geraldine Norman
Douglas Perdue
Marcia Rankin
Donald Samples
Emerson Stewart
Alvin Stines
Brenda Myers
Brenda McClung
Charles Short
Bonnie Bowling
Richmond
Ichmon Cleaners
Neville Street
Dial
WARDS
Mission Circle
Clifford Powers
Margaret Hypes
Mt. Hope
National Society, Children of the American Revolution
Betty Henry Society
Neek
Miracle Sandran
Burlington House
Mit
Hope Personals
Rebekah Lodge
John Short
E. Ball
Emerson Family
Fayette Circle
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