Wyoming Demos Plan Rallies and Luncheons for Motlohan
Wyoming County Democrats announce two major events as the 1956 campaign nears its peak. On Oct 27 women will attend luncheons honoring gubernatorial candidate Robert Motlohan and Mrs Nantey Sendegar at Krotty Pine near Oceana and Cow Shed near Pineville, starting at 1:00 pm and 12:30 pm respectively. Motlohan will speak at the Wyoming County Courthouse at 2:00 pm. A second event on Nov 3 will welcome home a Favorite Son.
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Pineville
Motlohan
Wyoming County
Willian’ G. Marian
Talent Parade of 1956 Slated at 8 p m Today
Oak Hills residents will host the Talent Parade of 1956 at Fayetteville Memorial Building featuring 36 acts from Fayete, Raleigh and Kanawha counties. 12 year old Sophia Spriggs will tap dance, Mike Zastawniak will perform accordion pieces, and Acson Zaslawniak will appear on local TV. First through third prizes include a potential recording with a major company and a Ted Mack Amateur Hour audition. The show coincides with political rallies as Democratic events are planned in Pineville and Mullens on October 23 through October 26.
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Oak - Hills
RNS
Fayettevillé Memorial Building
Joyce
Spriggs
Mike Zastawniak
Fayete
Raleigh
Kagawha
Hobart Spriggs
Sophia
The
Beard School
Mike
Collins High School
Acson
M. Zaslawniak
Minden
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Lions Clubs
Fayette County Fair
Ted Mack
Recalled: Bowman Recalled to Special Duty at Fort Washington NY
Commander Marvin K Bowman USN, formerly of Pineville, is recalled for special duty at the Special Devices Center, Fort Washington, Long Island, New York, starting October 15 1900. Bowman, Pineville High School class of 1923, began service in 1932 and retired in 1955 after 23 years of service.
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Pineville
RNS
Marvin
K.” Bowman
USN
Buckley, Wash
Special Devices Center
Fort Washington
Long , Island
NewYork
Bowman
Fred
Whitesville Chamber Luncheon Opens to Guests
The Whitesville Chamber of Commerce will hold a luncheon at Raleigh Grill Thursday at 12 50 p m with full membership expected to attend. Reports from committees will be heard. Guests of members may attend. Bill Mooney, senior with the Colorado College football team, comes from Regina Saskatchewan, halfback Garry Hughes is from Red Deer Alberta.
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Whitesville
RNS
Whitesville Chamber of ‘Commerce
Raleigh Grill
Bill Mooney
Colorado
Regina
Sask
Garry
Hughes
Red Deer
Alta
Dr Duncan Wins $10 000 On Show
Oak Hill dentist Dr Marty A Duncan won $10 000 on NBC TV during Break the Bank. He answered World Religions and the Bible questions and was joined by his daughter Mrs Raymond Thomas of Oak Hill. He will return next Tuesday for questions worth $25 000. He is nearly 79, a longtime Oak Hill dentist.
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Oal Hill
Marty A Duncan
Oak Ii
NBC
Oak
New York
Raymond Thomas
Oak Hill
Boone Services Slated Friday
Funeral services for David Wallace Boone will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at his residence in Lookout. Burial will follow in the Boone section of Jeannelle Cemetery. Boone, 89, lifelong Lookout resident, died Tuesday evening after an extended illness. Surviving is his wife Mayme Hart Boone. The body will be moved from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, East Rainelle, to the residence at 12:30 Friday.
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Lookout
BNS
David Wallace Boone
Boone
Jeannelle
Mayme Hart Boone
East Rainelle
Iroquois Stephenson PTA October Meeting Held
The October meeting of the Iroquois Stephenson Parent-Teacher Association was led by vice-president Mrs. Frank Morris in Fox's absence. Rev. C. D. Walker gave the invocation. Dues totaling 21.75 were turned in by the membership committee. first grade pupils named the largest turnout and received a library book donated by Mrs. Okley Graham. W. C. Worrell spoke on the Taxation and Finance Amendment to be voted on November 6-7. Special music was provided by first and second graders, and refreshments followed.
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W. C. Worrell
Wyoming County Schools
Oak Hill Civic League Ends Calendar Sales Friday
Oak Hill Civic League will end its calendar sales this Friday. The 1957 calendar features Oak Hill Elementary School with proceeds directed to community youth and school programs. The group has funded playgrounds, a flag pole, library donations, band uniforms, journalism dept. gifts, and community fund drives while supporting Girls State and Pinecrest patients.
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Oak Hill Civic League
Oak Hill
RNL
Collins Junior High
Collins High School
Civic League
Pinecrest
CAP Schedules Meet In Madison On Sunday
The Madison Civil Air Patrol Squadron will hold a 7 p.m. meeting inviting cadets seniors and youths aged 14 to 18 along with interested parents. Lt Thomas Mullins will lead a radio equipment demonstration and answer questions about CAP work. Refreshments will be served after the gathering to encourage attendance.
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Madison
RNS
Civil Air
Thomas Mullins
Squadron i
Mullins
Clear Fork Boosters C Sub States Meeting
Stover president announces Clear Fork Boosters Club will meet at the high school at 6 p m Thursday. Plans will be formed to construct scaffolding needed to repaint the school's recreation room. All interested men invited. Future meetings set for second and third Thursdays each month.
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Clear Fork
Freetan
Stover
The
Clear. Fork Boosters Club
Layland Man Held On Grand Larceny Charge
Layland man Clayton Ray Redden posted bond on a prior grand larceny charge and was held to the grand jury on a new grand larceny count. Magistrate Virgil Lyons set bond at 1000 dollars after Redden allegedly stole 104 pounds of copper bond wire from Branch Fuel Company Laurel Creek valued at 62 dollars. Deputy L W Fox reported Redden was on probation at the time of the first arrest.
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Fayette
RNL
Virgil Lyons
Clayton Ray Redden
Branch Fuel Company
Laurel Creek
Lyons Court
L. W. Fox
Fox
Redden
Boy Scout Drive Underway in Boone County
The Boy Scout drive in Boone County is underway under chairman Harry Green of Madison and co chair Charles Holland of Whitesville. Kick off dinner in Madison drew 100 plus attendees with Judge C C Chambers of Logan addressing the group. The drive for Chief Cornstalk Council aims for 34979 with Boone District set at 8008 and over 3000 already raised. Two big drive days occurred midweek with ongoing solicitations. Captains for communities include Hiv ons Snodgrass Racine Perry Dolin Foster Rev Kelly Smith Julian Fred Burnside Danville Glenn Bagwell Wharton Jack Saunders Ottawa Carl Bragg Jeff Trey Richard Brown Whitesville Boots Nelson Fosterville Bot Peal Sylvester Harold Bowne Sethy and Rev V A Venezia Comfort. Chambers urged investing in boys as a lasting good.
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Whilesville
Rna
Boone County
Harry Green
Madison
Charles Holland
Whitesville
C. C. Chambers
Logan
Cornstalk Council
Boone District
Bane
Hivons Snodgrass
Racine
Perry Dolin
Foster
Kelly Smith
Julian
Fred Burnside
Danville
Glenn Bagwell
Wharton
Jack Saunders
Ottawa
Carl Bragg
Jef
Trey
Richard Brown
Boots Nelson
Fosterville
Bot ‘Peal
Sylvester
Harold Bowne
Séthy
Rev. V. A. Venezia
Comfort
Chambers
Terrell Case Continued in TESVILLE Court
Magistrate Gene Daniel reports Scott Terrell of Edwight has a continuance on reckless driving charges until month end. Terrell appeared Saturday and received the continuance. Also Saturday Harold Dickens of Pine Knob pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined. Dickens was the driver in a recent accident.
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Tesville
RNS
Gene Daniel
Sundial Today
Scott Terrell
Edwight
Terrell
Harold Dickens
Pine Knob
Dickens
Mrs. Weaver Elected White Shrine President
Mrs Maybelle Weaver of Mount Hope was elected president of the West Virginia White Shrine during a Mount Hope meeting. About 70 members attended a luncheon at White Shrine Hall, with decorations in yellow and white and souvenirs from local businesses. Parkersburg delegation invited the group to meet there in April 1957, as other officers and delegates from Bluefield Parkersburg Beckley and Charleston participated.
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West Virginia
White Shrine Club
Jackie Peck
South Charleston
Sveretarge
Maybelle Weaver
Mount Hope
RNS
West
Wifetta Waite Shrme
Chicone Wention
Oak, Hill, Mount Hope
Deckley
Parkersburg
Supreme
Isabelle Bower
Mabel Gano
Mariella
Oho
Supreme Credentials Committee
Beckley
Oaks Hill
Bluefield
Charleston
Leburg
Logan
Hinton
Fayetteville
Mollohan Set to Speak at Oceana Democratic Luncheon
About 312 invitations went to Oceana District Democrats for a Saturday luncheon at Knotty Pine Restaurant three miles east of here on Route 16. The event launches Robert H. Mollohan's gubernatorial campaign in Wyoming County. He will receive an autographed football from leading Democratic women. arrangements chair Mrs. Garnet Herndon will present it. Judge R. D. Bailey of Pineville and Mrs. Nunley Snede gar, Democratic National Committeewoman for West Virginia, attend.
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Oceana
RNS
Robert H. Mollohan
Knotty Pine
Here
Wyoming County
Garnet Herndon
Seven Parishes Represented At Leadership School
Seven of eight Madison sub-division pastoral parishes Barrett Bald-Krabs Beaston Mahone Jeffres Madison Madison Circuit Sylvester and Van Robin Hood sent delegates to a Madison Methodist Church leadership school during the week of October 8. Sixty two Methodists attended from the seven locations. forty completed four of five sessions and earned course cards.
Essay Contest Judges Selected in Boone County
Whitesville and Madison based judges named for United Nations Day Essay Contest. Fifteen finalists from Sherman Seth Scott Madison and Van high schools will be judged for a $23 prize at a Friday program at the Madison La Fiesta Room. Public invited to attend with special guests who have visited UN headquarters.
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Whitesville
RNS
Ralph Holtle
Whitesville State News
Luther
Jones
Coal Valley News
H.G. Shaffer
Madison
Boone’ County
Boone County Association For
U. N
Civic League and International Relations Committee
Boone County Classroom Teachers Association
United Nations
Boone County
Sherman High
Seth
New York
Candidates Initiated Into Oak Hill Moose
A class of seven candidates was initiated by Loyal Order of Moose Lodge No. 1661 at the Moose Home in Oak Hill. The event honored James J. Davis, Mooseheart founder, and marked the 30th anniversary of Moosedom 1905 1936. Participants included John Zelek and James Terry of Oak Hill, and Roland Daniels Romal Larese Angelo Pecora Eldridge Wood of Fayetteville, plus Ottis Derossett of Smithers.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Home
James J. Davis
Mooseheart
John Zelek
James Terry
Roland Daniels
Rand
Romal, Larese
Angelo
Pecora
Eldridge Wood
Fayetteville
Ottis Derossett
Smithers
State Conservation
Cather Jones
R. Mills
A. W. Shaw
Moose’ Fraternity
Shaw
Gauley Bridge High School
Women of the Moose
Pythian Club Elects Officers for New Year
Phythian Club selects officers at the season opening dinner in Hill OAL HILL. HM Tolley is president R W Williams secretary and Andy Weghdy treasurer. Two guests J O Moore and Robert Oatridge attend. Oatridge earns Page rank soon. District 12 meeting set for Nov 10 with 6:30 p.m. dinner at Mall.
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Oal Hill
RNS
Pythian Club
HM. Tolley
R. W. Williams
Andy Wegh Dy
J. O. Moore
Durcan Ave
Pocahontas-Virginia
Knights of Pythias Lodge No
Robert Oalridge
Garlen
Haven
Stevens
Glen Kincaid
George Snyder
Ed Hall
W Gwinn
Charles Reid
HL. van Camp
Lewis Argabrigit
Frank Simms
Paul Boland
Lok
John W. Perry
Wilebur Williams
Pegram
Wale Lace Eyats
Harold K.fall
H. Haynes
G. Steele Callison
Wa. Price
KP. Lodge No. 17
Robert. Oatridge
Page
Navy,6
Head On Wreck Kills Arthur Clay Mayor of Meadow Bridge
Arthur Clay, 1 year old mayor of Meadow Bridge, Fayette County, was killed instantly in a head on collision two miles north of Hinton. The accident involved W O Walkup 62 and Ralph Halsey 49 from Meadow Bridge in a car that crossed into oncoming traffic to avoid Keller’s vehicle from Dublin Va. Keller 39, manager of Barger and McClintic Coal Co., was treated and released after hospital care. Walkup was hospitalized with possible skull fracture and Halsey treated for head injuries. Clay, Meadow Bridge official since 1932, was married to Nora Walkup and left four children.
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Minton
Arthur Bryan Clay
Fay Jette
Meadow Bridge
TIS Am
Hinton
W. O. Walkup
Ralph Halsey
Glen Starcher
Summers County
E.L. Hellems
Norman Herbert Keller
Dublin
Keller
Springdale
Fayette County
Barger and McClintic Coal Co
Emmett Fox
Headon
Nora Walkup
Pineville Personal Notes from Weekend Guests
PINEVILLE residents share weekend visits with family and friends across Roanoke Virginia Bluefield Beckley Mullens and Charleston. The list includes Azel Brown Roy Y Thomas and Terry Lee, Don Finley and Steven, Charles R Waugh, A B Shannon J E Stone Elma Hayhurst and Donald Saunder, Roy Goddard, E I Hill and family, and others visiting relatives and attending local social visits.
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Pineville
Azel’ Brown
Roy. Y. Thomas
Terry Lee
Art Glover
Roanoke
Cand
Don H. Finley
Steven
Charleston
Irs Lane Cooke
Charles R. Waugh
Clairton
A. B. Shannon
J. E.stone
A.B. Wilson
Wilcon
Elizabeth
Klara Wilson
Bluefield
E. I. Hill
Roy Goddard
Key Rock
Hy. Conley
Vaughan Stewart
Floyd Rose
Elma
Hayhurst
Donald
George Saunders
Man
Fred H. Shannon
Beckley
A. R. Young
J. G. McDermitt
Ruby Lambert
Mullens
Roles Reversed At Mont. State ROTC Instructor Now Platoon Sergeant
In Missoula Montana, former ROTC student Paul D Hensen recalls Sgt 1 C Shipley who three years ago taught at Montana State University. Shipley has recently been assigned to a unit in Lewistown as platoon sergeant with his former student Paul D Hensen serving as platoon leader.
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Lewis, Wash
Robert Shipley
Montana State ‘University
Paul D. Hensen
Missoula, Mont
Shipley
Paul D.hensen
Colcord Child Diana Lynn Dillon Celebrates Third Birthday
Diana Lynn Dillon Colcord was honored with a birthday party at her home on Saturday for her third birthday. Attendees included Donna and Kerry Petry Henriette Pettry Pay Thompson Vicki Jarrell Bo Ditton Gary Dillon Rebecca and Jimmy Belcher Jerry and Leslie Dillon Chelsea Mullens and Nancy Pettry. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by all.
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Colcord Ians
Diana Lynn Dillon
Colcord
Donna
Kerry Petry
Henriette Pettry
Pay Thompson
Vicki Jarrell
Bo” Ditton
Gary Dillon
Rebecca
Jimmy Belcher
Jerry
Leslie Dillon
Chelsea Mullens
Nancy Pettry
City Council Issues Paving Certificates in Oak Hill
Oak Hill residents will face assessments on Gray Street Bibb Street and Central Avenue from Main to Virginia Street after a special session where the City Council approved paving certificates for three of four streets under the Oak Hill paving project. Action on Virginia Street was postponed to the next meeting and the November session shifted to the 13th because of elections.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak “Hil
E. N. Goode
Gray. St
Bibb St
Central Ave
Main
Virginia St
W H Petry Birthday Dinner Observed in Colcord
W H Petry of Colcord observed his birthday with a family dinner at his home. Present were Mrs and Mrs Doyle Dillon and sons, Mr and Mrs WD Rowe and children Ronnie Petry and son, J E Petry and Mrs Nicke Petry and children, Mrs Marrillia Workman and Mrs ow 1H Petry.
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Colcord
BNS
W. H. Petty
Doyle - Dillon
Rowe
Ronnie’ Petty
Nicke
Petry
Marrillia
Foy Manns Fined For Reckless Driving
Foy Manns of Mullens Maine was arrested and jailed by state police on a reckless driving charge. He paid a fine and costs totaling 31.30 after arraignment before Magistrate Bill Houck on Monday. Suiffers visit Pineville noted as visitors to local residents Neal Mullen and Jens Mullehs and Mrs Myrtis Mullehs.
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Mullens
RNS
Foy
Maine
McDowell
Bill Houck
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White Shrine Hall
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Robert Mollohan
Leadership School
Mollohan
Underwood
Cecil Underwood
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Ammori Creas
Phythian Club
Arthur Clay
W.H. Petry
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