Lafayette Club Donates To Band Drive
Fayetteville reports LaFayette Club 49 Inc American Legion board voted 100 toward Fayetteville High School band fund drive. Band seeks 4500 for new uniforms. President John L Witt Jr led meeting. Park Board meeting noted plans for Legion and Little League programs and future discussion on Veterans Day program at next meeting Nov 7.
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Fayetteville
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LaFayette Club 49, Inc
American Legion of
John L. Witt Jr
Fayetteville Park Board
Park Board
Legion
Little League
United Fund Campaign Under Way in Mullens Bay
A house to house canvass for the United Fund starts in Mullens Bay this week led by volunteer Mrs Ralph Hypes secretary of the Wyoming County United Fund. Team captains Mrs Charles Mencer Mrs Joe Lyttle and Mrs R E Dishner receive last minute guidance as Jack Feller and John Tice direct drive in the business district. Harold Stainer won a $30 prize in a state road safety contest after drinking six 12 ounce beers in 40 minutes to demonstrate effects of alcohol on driving. He shared a $100 prize with cameraman Ed Wotlas from the San Bowernetion for Highway Safety inc.
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United Fund
Mullens Bay
Ralph Hypes
Wyoming County United Fund
Charles Mencer
Joe Lyttle
R. E. Dishner
Jack Feller
John Tice
Decatur, Ill
Harold Stainer
Illinois
Stainer
Camerman Ed Wotlas
Na- San Bowenetion
Highway Safey, Inc
Garden Club Workshop in Mullens Hears Floral Demonstration
Lorna Spillers Garden Club held a flower arranging workshop in Friendship Hall First Methodist Church Mullens. Speaker Mrs. M M Shumate of Laurel Garden Club demonstrated fall arrangements. A favors plan for Wyoming General Hospital patients on Thanksgiving was formed. Committees and attendees listed. Betsy Stewart to chair forest fire contest at Mullens Grade School.
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H. L. Akers
Wyoming General Hospital
Carrie Thrasher
R. L. Hart
J. A. Neal
Buren Toler
Virgil Conant
National Flower and Garden
Akers
Catherine Stewart
Mullens
Ben Dunman
C. V. Stewart
F. Caffee
Miss Stewart
Jack Dick
S. R. Camper
Herbert
Wyoming Suits Filed in Pineville and County Actions
Legal notices list multiple civil suits filed in Wyoming County Circuit Court. Franklin Bailey sues John and Goldin Warnix for 10000, others seek 2000 and 296, and a large land partition case involves J A Morgan et al. plus 47.84 claim from People’s Credit Store. An insurance policy dispute for 3400 and a 25acre lease dispute are included. Dr. Jack D. Burke receives 16000 from NIH for three years to study oxygen needs of different fish species in Virginia waters.
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Pineville
RNS
Franklin Bailey
Nellie Bailey
Wyoming County
John and
Goldin Warnix
Bailey
Glen Fork
Paul Viers
Ann D. Hutchinson
Stuart J. Higginbotham
Metropolitan Insurance Co
New York City
Wilma D. Hutchinson
Crowder and Freeman, Inc
Clinton Marsh
Wyoming County Insurance Co
Lewis Worledge
Waite M. Bishop
Willa Belcher
Essie Cline
Eva Bishop
Herschal Morgan
Estel Morgan
J. A. Morgan
Elmer Morgan
Robert Morgan
Lawrence Morgan
Lettie Morgan
Herbert Morgan
Elzie Morgan
Dexter Morgan
Shell Morgan
Richmond
Jack D. Burke
University of Richmond
National Institute of Health
Virginia
Scout Council Sess Course At Camp Abbott
The Fayette County Girl Scout Council will sponsor a refresher training course from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 3 at Camp Abbott. Mrs. Robert Herndon of Gauley Bridge chairs the session with assistants Mrs. Raymond S. Updike of Montgomery, Mrs. Don Sanford, and Mrs. Charles R. Harnsbarger of Mount Hope. Leaders and troop committee women who have had basic training should attend. bring notebook and cup, lunch provided. The training is required every three years.
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Mount Hope
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Fayette County
Scout
Chaiman
William B. Abele
Fire Rates Home in Naoma Sunday Blaze
Two Whiteville Fire Department trucks responded to a Naoma Saturday morning fire at about 8 a m destroying a residence. Assistant Fire Chief Clifford Hudson said crews kept the Everett Cook residence nearby from catching fire. The occupants had recently moved in and were not home when the blaze started amid limited information about those living there. Traffic was halted briefly until an electric wire was cleared from the highway.
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Naoma
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Whitesville Fire Department
Clifford Hudson
Everett Cook
Homemakers Meet In Halloween Dress in Fayetteville
Arrowhead Homemakers Club gathered at Maple Road home in Fayetteville for a Halloween themed meeting. Prizes went to Ritz Crosier Eubank Wickline. Devotion on being a good neighbor and Korea study led by Crosier. Bake sale planned for Nov 5 and November meeting will be a reorganizational session at Mrs. Davis’s home.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Arrowhead Homemakers Club
Darrell Pennington
Maple Road
W. A. Dickerson
J. Adam Ritz
Joseph A. Crosier
J. M. Eubank
DC. Wickline
R. G. Thomas
Chester Bates
Delta Harrah
Romeo Bennett
George King
Frank Spangler
Laura Frances Spangler
Cathy King
Kennedy fundraising appeal from West Virginia finance figure
A 1960s era political fundraising appeal urges voters to back Kennedy. The message cites prayerful resolve and endurance, asks for monetary contributions via checks to the Democratic National Committee, and is signed by WM. BRUCE HOFF, West Virginia member of the Democratic National Finance Committee.
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Kennedy
Democratic National Committee
P. O
Parkersburg
Bruce Hoff
West Virginia
Democratic Nat'l Finance
Membership Round-Up Set By Legion Post
Fayetteville Legion Post No.1ville asks all 149 members to attend a telephone round-up to meet a quota of 350 by November 7. Membership chairman James Bowling announced the goal and adjutant Walter Caldwell listed prospects. A party for Beckley Veterans Hospital patients was planned with the auxiliary, and a mental health committee was formed under Department Commander Robert Lester.
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Fayetteville
RNL
American Legion of
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Clifford Burdette
Department
Robert Lester
Propps
Department Committee of Mental Health
Kenneth Wood
James Burdette
John L. Witt
William R. Hesse
Witness Tells Of Oak Hill Wreck
An eyewitness recounts a Saturday Mill Creek Road crash near Mount Hope where a 1956 model car lost control while passing a truck, flipped about 16 feet into the air and landed upside down, with two men hospitalized and later listed as fair. Charles Wickline, 25, Oak Hill, owner, and Herb Settle, 68, Page Road, were thrown clear and treated by Dr. E. E. Jones Jr. at Oak Hill Hospital for shock.
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OAK Hill
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Mill Creek
Mount Hope
Demon Charles Wickline
Herb Settle
Page Road
Oak Hill Hospital
E. E. Jones Jr
Mullens Youth Named Military Policeman at Arsenal
Private first class Stuart W. Houck son of Mr and Mrs Stuart G Houck of 1002 Johnson Ave Mullens has been made a military policeman at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Base Denver Colo He is stationed there the award based on neatness knowledge of the job and performing it to the best of one's ability Stuart a 1958 Mullens High School graduate attended Morris Harvey College one year before enlisting in the service
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Stuart W. Houck
Stuart G. Houck
Johnson Ave
Mullens
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Denver
Colo
Stuart
Mullens High School
Morris Harvey College
Democratic Party Presidents Span 100 Years Totals 36 Years
The Democratic Party has furnished only four presidents in the past century, yet those leaders have collectively served 36 years in office. This compact fact highlights a pattern of relatively few incumbents yielding lengthy tenures.
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Democratic Party
United States
Tech Teacher Named To Centennial Comm
Dr. Otis K. Rice, associate history professor at West Virginia Institute of Technology, was named to the Historical and Research Committee of the West Virginia Centennial Commission. The governor formed the panel for the 1963 state centennial with members from Fairmont College West Virginia University and Marshall.
Board Meet Slated With Mission Study Review
The executive board of the Women's Mission Society of the Baptist Temple will meet in the Junior room Thursday at 6 30 p m. At 7 p m Mrs Agnes Ward will present a mission study book review on One World One Mission All members are urged to attend the meeting.
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Mount Hope
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Women’s Mission Society of the Baptist Temple
Agnes Ward
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