Fayette County to Study School Needs for Federal Aid Plan
Fayette County with a $76,000 federal match will upgrade mathematics modern foreign languages and science in county schools over a four year period. A committee led by Ronald A. Steele will assess needs and seek equipment and instructional supplies for approval by the State Department of Education.
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Fayetteville
Congress
Fayette County
Ronald A. Steele
Frank Shipe
H. F. Frazier
State Department of Education
Charleston
Funeral set for H E Fox in Bennett Church
Harry Euburn Fox age 59 of Elk Knob near Hinton died Sunday in a Hinton hospital from a heart attack. Funeral services are scheduled Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Bennett Memorial Church with burial in Bennett Cemetery. He leaves a wife Ida Mae and six sons, eight daughters, and two sisters. The body was moved from E M Meadows Funeral Home to his residence.
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Bennett
Fox
Elk Knob
Hinton
Sandstone
Jack
Polly Richmond Fox
Ida Mae Fox
Edward
Rio Grande
Tex
William
Joe
Hobart
Fowlerton
Ind
Roger
Paul
Louella Bennett
Gladys Bennett
Jumping Branch
Madeline Bennett
Isla Fox
Cleveland
Ohio
Alice
Pauline
Freda
Judy
Laura Bowles
Hix
Jesse Vance
Peace Springs
E. M. Meadows
Committee Will Plan Yale Event for Colcord Church
Sunday School teachers at Colcord Presbyterian Church formed a seven member committee led by Mrs. Albert Paden to craft a Christmas program replacing Nativity scenes. Mrs. L. L. Fitzwater and Mrs. S. L. Pettry will review plays or operettas, with decisions after materials are recommended. Members include Lowell Fitzwater Tommy Thompson Mrs Clyde Rhorer Mrs Roger Fraley Mrs Jack Thompson and Rev John Ralfs. Two meetings are set first at Mrs Jack Thompson's home Lawson Thursday at 7 p.m. A second meeting will occur before Thanksgiving to finalize plans and begin work after Thanksgiving.
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Colcord
RNS
Albert Paden
Colcord Presbyterian Church
L. L. Fitzwater
S. L. Pettry
Lowell Fitzwater
Tommy Thompson
Clyde Rhorer
Roger Fraley
Jack Thompson
John Ralfs
Lawson
Boone Fall Flower Show Draws 300 Attendees
The Fall Flower Show at Madison Memorial Building attracted more than 300 attendees. Garden clubs Wildwood Madison and Flowmere contributed entries in horticulture totaling 136, with 81 other arrangements entered in the artistic division by club members and the public.
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Madison
ANS
Wildwood, Madison
Flowmere
Madison Memorial Building
Garden Club
Mount Hope Seniors Present The Thread That Runs So True
Mount Hope High School seniors stage The Thread That Runs So True tonight in the auditorium at 8. Jesse Stuart’s teaching tale features L. A. Lewallen as Jesse. Director Mrs. Billye Sue Bridges leads a three act play with a large cast and student performances by the glee club and Thespian Troupe members.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Mount Hope High School
Jesse Stuart
Stuart
L. A. Lewallen
Billye Sue Bridges
Lewallen
Robert Gillespie
Robbie Robinson
Kenneth Pack
Billy Rader
Sara Bergendahl
Sharon Phillips
Linda Criss
Ray Bailey
Fayette Youth Nabbed By FBI
Vernon Douglas Maynor of Oak Hill, 23, was arrested Monday by an FBI agent and two Oak Hill police officers on charges of grand larceny and absence without leave from Fort Stewart Georgia. The stolen automobile on a government reservation led to the complaint filed in Hinesville Georgia. The arrest team recovered the car. Maynor is jailed in Raleigh County and awaits a hearing before U. S. Commissioner W. A. Riffe.
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Oak Hill
FBI
Vernon Douglas Maynor
Fort Stewart
Maynor
Hinesville
Howard Janney
Howard Tyree
Bernard C. Brown
Pittsburgh
Raleigh
U. S
W. A. Riffe
Winners Named in Floral Class Contest
Mrs Wyson Curry won first prize in Class 1 for Glorious Sunrise and Mrs Cather Mullins took Class 2 with Hazy Morning. Other class winners included Mrs Philip Hanlon Mrs Don Price Mrs George Mitchell Jr Mrs William Aruip Mrs Lester Ellis Mrs Morris Hatfield and Mrs John Callihan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyson Curry
Cather Mullins
Philip Hanlon
Don Price
George Mitchell Jr
William Aruip
Lester Ellis
Morris Hatfield
John Callihan
Library asks for 1960 census report in missing husband case
A Columbus woman with five children requests a 1960 census report to help locate her missing husband. She phoned the request, explaining her husband is missing and she needs the towns listed to search.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Library
Coal River Personal News From Colcord Community
Visiting Mrs. Snowden Thompson Saturday were grandson and wife Raymond Ice of Parkersburg and son-in-law Dewey Ice. Others included weekend guests Junior Lee Dillon and family from Dayton Ohio, and a church choir rehearsal at Pattie C Stockdale chapel. A sprained ankle sent Roger Austin to Raleigh Boone Medical Center. An 15 month old grandson of Alva Mullens is hospitalized in Denver with polio.
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Colcord
RNS
Snowden Thompson
Raymond Ice
Parkersburg
Luther Dillon
Junior Lee Dillon
David
Rodney
Robert
Dayton
Ohio
Chester Stover
Charleston
Jesse Wright
Roger
Robert Cromes
Aldine Wright
Pattie C. Stockdale
Westminster
Roger Austin
Kenard Austin
Raleigh Boone Medical Center
Emory Jarrell
Belle
Alva Mullens
Denver, Colo
Roy Angove
Denver
Weekend visitors and birth announced in Ameagle notice
Ameagle hosts weekend guests Mr and Mrs George Vermulein and Mr and Mrs Houston Lambert with son Wayne from Winston-Salem. Jimmie White visited by Pfc Delbert May of Covington Va stationed at Fort Jackson S C. Roy Smith returns to Red Dragon after visiting Clifford White. Freeman Long announce birth of second son Oct 15 at Beckley Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameagle
David Akers
George Vermulein
Houston Lambert
Wayne
Winston-Salem
Jimmie White
Clifford White
Pfc
Delbert May
Covington
Fort Jackson
S. C
Roy Smith
Red Dragon
Freeman Long
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Local Briefs From Colcord And Artie Area
Mrs. Lessie Kuhn celebrated her 64th birthday at Beckley Memorial Hospital where she has been hospitalized about four months. Clifford White of Colcord’s White’s Service Station is ill and confined to bed two weeks. Mrs. Car Dillon is recuperating after head condition treatment at Raleigh General Hospital. Aldine Wright travels from Dayton Ohio to visit relatives in Colcord. Norma Stover and son Ance from Mansfield Ohio visited Artie area relatives. Mrs. Frank Malago of Orlando Florida visits Gary Williams family. Williams grandson reconnects from Detroit trip. Deputy Sheriff H. C. Burgess of Clear Fork District is ill at home in Artie.
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Colcord
Lessie Kuhn
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Lenore Wiseman
Raymond Kuhn
Clifford White
White
Car Dillon
Raleigh General Hospital
ARTIE
RNS
Norma Stover
Ance
Mansfield
Ohio
Beulah Treadway
Junior Treadway
Frank Malago
Orlando Fla
Gary Griggs
Valley Williams
Detroit
Mich
H. C. Burgess
Clear Fork
Lew Titsworth Speaks At Muallens RC Meeting
Lew Titsworth of the American Red Cross presided at a Currie Hall gathering in Mullens and spoke on Charter Responsibilities. Other speakers included Mrs. Deane Brooke on Volunteer Recruitment and Robert West on Home Service. The group planned another meeting in Princeton in November. Attendees from Beckley were Mrs. Irene Bailey Mrs. O M Jones and Mrs. T C Moore field.
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Red Cross
Robert West
Bluefield
Home Service
H. L. (Squire) Browning
Princeton
Volunteer Blood Program
Beckley
Irene Bailey
0. M. Jones
T. C. Moorefield
Fayette School Board Names New Teachers and Transfers
The Fayette County Board of Education announces five new teachers and several transfers at a recent meeting. New hires: Mrs. Emma W. Jones Backus, Mrs. Katheran e Hoffman Cain Branch, Miss Fern Wilson Falls View Junior High, Mrs. Irene Laing Mount Olive, Mrs. Helen Kincaid Nichols Hess. additional teacher at Hess. Transfers include Franklin D. Hostein Backus to Minden, Mrs. Fannie Redman Minden No 2 from Cunard, Cordin Miller Oak Hill from Dothan, Fannie Toombs Lochgelly to Rosedale, Irene Monk Quin Nimont as principal replacing Mrs. Mabel Wauhop (deceased). Resignations: Mrs. Bonnie Masters Cain Branch, Miss Barbara Edwards Falls View, Andrew Wooten Minden, Mrs. Alice J. Clench Mount Olive, James R. L. Brooks Prudence Elementary principal, Miss Jean Sharon Frisk Rosedale.
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Fannie Toombs
Lochgelly
Rosedale
Irene Monk
Quinnimont School
Mabel Wauhop
Bonnie Masters
Cain Branch
Barbara Edwards
Falls View Junior High School
Andrew Wooten
Minden
Alice J. Clench
Mount Olive
James R. L. Brooks
Prudence Elementary
Jean Sharon Frisk
Whitlow Bound To Grand Jury In Mercer County
Frank Whitlow aged 51 of Kelleysville is bound to the Mercer County Criminal Court grand jury on a murder charge in the shotgun death of Vernon Lee Dooley age 20. Dooley died at a Princeton hospital about 20 hours after being wounded at Whitlow's home. Whitlow has pleaded self defense. A magistrate held a hearing Saturday afternoon. jail officials had said no hearing was scheduled.
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Princeton
RNS
Mercer County Criminal Court
Frank Whitlow
Kellysville
Vernon Lee Dooley
Kelleysville
Whitlow
Junior Reporter Honored By IOOF
Franklin Clay of Oceana won the Beckley Newspapers Corp Junior Reporter Contest and received a $15 check from Oleg Cook noble grand at the IOOF Hall. Other participants included S A McClelland east grand Oley Clay chaplain and Ocel Bowden warden as the lodge praised Clay for the win and a two week Switzerland vacation in November.
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Oceana
RNS
Franklin Clay
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Oleg Cook
Noble Grand
Dan Gunnoe Lodge No. 129
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
IOOF
S. A. McClelland
East Grand
Oley Clay
Ocel Bowden
Lodge
Clay
Switzerland
Yule Flower Show Slated With Garden Club Roles
Princeton area Christmas Flower Show titled Yuletide, Enchantment organized by Princeton Garden Council with duties assigned to Bud and Blossom Florabunda Matoaka Mountain Laurel New Dawn Periwinkle Princeton Tanglewood White Pine clubs. Show runs December 5 6 from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Princeton
RNS
Princeton Garden Council
Bud and Blossom
James Baker
Florabunda Garden Club
Moss Mills
Matoaka Garden Club
Claude Blankenship
Mountain Laurel Garden Club
Scott Lilly
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Mt. Hope
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Jim Bragg
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Pat Stickler
Pattie Patteson
Barbara Pack
Mona Clifton
Deanna Perkins
Sandy Murdock
Martha Pennington
Louis Corey
Pam Spessard
Alleneth Garrett
Helen Hunt
Jane Walker
Elsie Errington
Mary Fite
Eddie Baird
Ray Barley
Bergendahl
Donna Perkins
Fayette
Jonathan Blake
Life
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Coal River
Ents
Mr. and
Mrs
Lew Titsworth
Muallens RC
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Son
Travis Clay
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