Oceana observes United Nations Day with mayoral proclamation
Ocean a marks United Nations Day Saturday by proclamation from Mayor James Roberts urging citizens to observe by faith in the UN and understanding of its aims and achievements. UN committee chair Fred Lokant names members to lead field programs with local groups and school programs under principals Ronald Lee Cook and Berlin McKinney.
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United Nations
Oceana
James Roberts
Fred Lokant
Rotarians Hear Capt Summers On National Guard Work
Capt Zane H Summers, guest speaker for the Hinton Rotary Club, outlined the National Guard’s role in all 50 states and traced its history to the minutemen. He cited guard duties in disasters, described Hinton’s Howitzer Battery unit, and urged locating a new armory near Hinton. Summers, a 1948 veteran, detailed payrolls and economic impact in Summers County.
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Hinton
RNS
Zane H. Summers
National Guard
Summers
West Pointers
Ft. Knox
Infantry School
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Day Of Prayer Planned By WSCS At St Pauls Methodist
ANSTED ANS plans for World Day of Prayer observance at the home of Mrs. Fannie Mink were announced by the Women's Society of Christian Service of St. Paul's Methodist Church. Circle No 2 chair Eva Claiborne said a turkey dinner will be held November 13 in Friendship Hall with hostesses Hallie Gilkeson Elsie Backus and Olive Skaggs assisting.
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Ansted
ANS
Fannie Mink
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
St. Paul's
Methodist
Thursay
Eva Claiborne
Circle No. 2
Friendship Hall
Hallie Gilkeson
Elsie Backus
Olive Skaggs
Mine Victim's Funeral Today
Funeral services for Carl Bailey were to be held at Oak Grove Church of God Ravencliff at 2 p m conducted by Rev Cameron Lilly and Virgil Shannon of Pineville. Burial planned for Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. Bailey 35 died in a state fall at Marianna Friday with two other miners Leland Jack Moody Fannock and Randal H Lily Ghent also killed. Evans Funeral Home Oceana handled arrangements.
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Ravencliff
RNS
Carl Bailey
Oak Grove Church
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Bailey
Marianna
Leland Jack Moody
Fannock
Randal H. Lily
Ghent
Evans
Oceana
Retired Missionaries Speak At Wyo. Churches
In Oceana the Rev. Henry Erickson a retired Baptist missionary spoke on Africa and the Christian Church at First Baptist Church as his wife addressed Toneda Baptist Church. He recalled Congo service from 1921 to 1954 noting 10,000 Christians near his station and showed a cross carved by Portuguese navigators in 1491.
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Oceana
RNS
First Baptist Church
Henry Erickson
Toneda
Mr. Erickson
Belgian Congo
Africa
Congo
Erickson
Ohio Northern University
Kentucky School of Missions
Hartford
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Local Social Notes Reach From Detroit to Huntington
Mrs. Loradell Cross visits relatives in Detroit and Nallen while Mrs. Rossie Harper stays with sister in Mount Lookout. The Rev Eugene Brown and Mr Mrs George Lancaster make regional calls. Joseph R Skaggs trains in Clarksburg as census crew leader for the November 11 field canvass. Leona Skaggs returns home after week with Drenna C Skaggs in Huntington.
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HICO
RNS
Loradell Cross
Detroit
Mich
Earl Perry
Homer Amick
Nallen
Rossie Harper
Pearl McClung
Mount Lookout
Eugene Brown
Scarbro
George Lancaster
O. H. Logan
Banner Elk
N. C
Joseph R. Skaggs
Clarksburg
Skaggs
Leona Skaggs
Drenna C. Skaggs
Huntington
Reedy Church Hosts Pie Supper and Singing Convention
Reedy Methodist Church will host an old fashioned pie supper and singing convention at 7 p.m. Friday. Refreshments will be sold and fall singers will be served free. All area quartets and singers are urged to participate and the public is invited to attend.
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Simon
RCS
Reedy Methodist Church
Housewarming Honors Mrs. Mary Lou Hart
Mrs. Mary Lou Hart was honored with a housewarming at her Matheny home on Friday. Hostesses were Mrs. Virginia Stewart Matheny, Mrs. Bethel Davis, and Mrs. Juanita Toler Kopperston. Hart, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Herndon Stewart, moved back from Owosse Michigan with two daughters, Patricia and Sharon. Her husband Jack Hart was killed in an Michigan accident about a year ago. Attendees included many Matheny and Kopperston residents and families.
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Matheny
RNS
Mary Lou Hart
Virginia Stewart
Bethel Davis
Juanita Toler
Kopperston
Hart
Herndon Stewart
Owosse
Mich
Patricia
Sharon
Jack Hart
Peggy Toler
Pearl Baldwin
W. S. Easter
Marie Toler
Judy Toler
Ernie Stewart
Barbara Ann Perdue
Leona Whittington
Fatal car crash claims Rebecca Ramsey and son Vinton H
Funeral arrangements remain incomplete for Mrs. Rebecca Ann Bailey Ramsey, 78, and her son Vinton H., 44, killed in an automobile wreck on U S 19 near Summersville Sunday. The state police described the crash path from the berm to a bank and prompt burial plans for survivors include relatives in Charleston New Orleans Nitro and Portland Maine from the Coast Guard.
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Summersville
ANS
Rebecca Ann Bailey Ramsey
Vinton H
U. S. 19
South Charleston
Ramsey
Charleston
F. W. Line
Cantrell
New Orleans
Helen Johnson
Nitro
Bessie Barker Ramsey
Eugene
Coast Guard
Portland
Maine
White Funeral Home
Jackson Rites Are Incomplete
Funeral arrangements for Bishop Jackson, a Cunard resident, remain incomplete. He died in a Beckley hospital Saturday at 2 45 p m and his body lies at the Trent Funeral Home in Beckley.
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Cunard
Jackson
Beckley
Trent Funeral Home
Dorothy Church of God schedules hay ride party and revival
A hay ride and Halloween party for Dor othy Church of God youth is planned for Friday under Rev. Leonard Pugh. A revival starts November 1 with daily services at 7 p.m. led by Miss Sue Manara of St. Albans for two weeks. Elva Seacrist moves to Ameagle. Mae Kincaid hosts a party for first and second graders then Pamela and Dickie Jarrell depart for New York and Germany to join their Army father. Deborah Sue Stover born October 21 at Beckley Memorial Hospital weighs five pounds six ounces. maternal and paternal grandparents named from Artie.
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Colcord
RNS
Dorothy Church of God
Leonard Pugh
Sue Manara
St. Albans
Elva Seacrist
Ameagle
Mae Kincaid
Pamela
Dickie Jarrell
New York
Germany
Emory Jarrell
Deborah Sue
Ersel Stover
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Will Stover
Harlow Stover
Artie
Lookout Baptist Church Hosts Ap palachian Bible Institute Guests
Lookout LOOKOUT RNL reports guests and special singers from Appalachian Bible Institute attended Thursday services at Lookout Baptist Church. Participants included Jewel Kemper Covington Virginia Loretta McCutcheon Lookout and Helen McPeak Delbarton. Dollie Griener’s aunt Mrs G P Ergenbright Staunton Virginia visited last week and they stayed with Miss Griener’s mother in Huntington. Elmer Harrell and Herbert Hess are spending a week in Richmond Virginia.
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Lookout
RNL
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Lookout Baptist Church
Jewel Kemper
Covington
Loretta McCutcheon
Helen McPeak
Delbarton
Dollie Griener
G. P. Ergenbright
Staunton
Daughter Teresa June born at Oak Hill Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. James Houchins announce the birth of a daughter, Teresa June, on October 17 at Oak Hill Hospital. They also have two children, Marshall and Susan.
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Mountain Cove
Rns
Teresa June
Oak Hill Hospital
James Houchins
Marshall
Susan
Mrs Minnie Workman Funeral Today at Healing Stream
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Cooper Workman were held at 1 p.m. today at Healing Stream Baptist Church in Seth, with burial at Riverside Memorial Park in Orgas. The 75 year old, who died Saturday after a long illness, is survived by a daughter Denvis Light of Seth, brothers Hillard of Seth and Howard Cooper of Orgas, five sisters including Samantha Massey and Laverna Massey of Seth, Chloe Scott of Hansford, six great grandchildren and five grandchildren. Armstrong Funeral Home of Whiteeville handled arrangements.
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Seth
Minnie Cooper Workman
Healing Stream Baptist Church
D. C. Pachell
Riverside Memorial Park
Orgas
Workman
Denvis Light
Hillard
Howard Cooper
Samantha Massey
Laverna Massey
Ivory Hendricks
Chloe Scott
Hansford
Armstrong Funeral Home
Whiteeville
Bridge at Man Dedicated Today
Logan AP reports the $240000 Guyandotte River bridge at Man was to be dedicated today with Gov Cecil H Underwood as guest of honor. The new span replaces an old one way bridge linking South Man to Man High School a field house Miners Memorial Hospital and State Routes 10 and 80 attracting about 2000 attendees.
Norman Sparks Honored With Birthday Party
Norman Sparks, son of Mrs. Aimee Sparks of Kopperston, marked his ninth birthday with a party Thursday. Prizes went to Pam Baldwin, Larry Baldwin, and Mark Payne. Guests included Pam and Larry Baldwin, Gary Baldwin, Paul and Linda Reed, Linda Sin www leton, Lois Singleton, Robyn Schuman, Harold and Lowell Meade, Mark and C. S. Payne, Terry and Rocky Bowling, Johnny Robinson, Paul Thomas, Billy Hannon, Vickie Whitt, and Paula Leco. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Eugene Singleton and Alice and Judy Sparks.
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Kopperston
Norman Sparks
Aimee Sparks
Pam
Larry Baldwin
Mark Payne
Larry
Gary Baldwin
Paul
Linda Reed
Linda
Lois Singleton
Robyn Schuman
Harold
Lowell Meade
Mark
C. S. Payne
Terry
Rocky Bowling
Johnny Robinson
Paul Thomas
Billy Hannon
Vickie Whitt
Paula Leco
Eugene Singleton
Alice
Judy Sparks
Surprise Party Honors Lookout Residents Harrell and Tully
Lookout residents Mrs Elmer Harrell and Mrs Emory Tully were feted at a surprise party hosted by the Stitch and Chatter Club at the Harrell home. Attendees included local residents and clergy from Lookout, Smithers, Winona, and nearby communities.
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Lookout
RNL
Stitch “and Chatter Club
Elmer Harrell
Emory Tully
Harrell
Walter Kessinger
Dorothy Gilkerson
Okey Foster
A. J. McCutcheon
Mattie Walker
Smithers
Curtis Whaley
Hulda Simms
J. S. Biggers
Anne
Zimmerman returns home from Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Guy Zimmerman has returned home after a stay as a patient at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Don Gilkeson and children of Webster Springs spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Gilkeson. Her brother John Kirk and nephew J. B. Kirk of Atlanta visit, and another sister Mrs. W. R. Gwinn of Green Sulphur, plus relatives in Charleston and Fayetteville, plan visits.
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Ansted
ANS
Guy Zimmerman
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Don Gilkeson
Webster Springs
L. E. Gilkeson
John Kirk
J. B. Kirk
Atlanta, Ga
W. R. Gwinn
Charleston
Fayetteville
Heat Exhaus tion Collapse After Chamber Meeting
Phoenix Gazette reporter Lloyd Clark covered a Chamber of Commerce meeting on attracting summer visitors. Speakers argued heat wasn t as bad as claimed. Clark then left to 107 degree heat and collapsed from heat exhaustion, recovering in time to finish the story.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Phoenix Gazette
Lloyd Clark
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce I
Clark
Olden to chair WV language meeting at Clarksburg
Dr Peter Olden chairman of the modern language department at West Virginia Institute of Technology will head the language sectional meeting with the West Virginia Education Association in Clarksburg on Thursday and Friday. The program will showcase new methods for presenting foreign language studies now in use in Kanawha County schools. He also serves as vice president of the Modern Language Teachers Association of West Virginia.
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Montgomery
Peter Olden
Modern Language Department
West Virginia Institute of Technology
West Virginia Education Association
Clarksburg
Kanawha
Olden
Modern Language Teachers Association of
West Virginia
Pax PAX social notes of Huntington visitors and travels
Local column lists numerous visits and travels by area residents and relatives. Names include Honaker Ellison Kincaid McClaine Craddock Janney Holley Keffer Stover Lively Humphrey Godby Billings and others, with visits spanning Beckley Charleston Arlington and Ohio. Street and family connections feature prominently in this community roundup.
Mrs Jess Humphreys Admitted To Beckley Hospital
In hospital news Mrs Jess Humphreys a regional news service correspondent for the Beckley Newspaper Corp was admitted to Beckley Hospital on Saturday.
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Pax
Beckley Hospital
Jess Humphreys
The
Beckley Newspaper Corp
Oceana Church Circle Backs UNICEF Drive Endorsement
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Oceana Methodist Church voted to support UNICEF in a citywide fundraiser led by youth groups. Talks covered Africa, school housing, Christian social centers, and town and country missions. New member welcomed. upcoming Quiet Day services planned.
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Oceana
ANS
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Oceana Methodist Church
United Nations International Children’s Education Fund
Unicef
Jennings Barrett
Pauline Mayhew
Africa
Janet Blankenship
Art Carter
Edith Poland
E. G. Shannon
Steven’s Clinic
Welch
B. L. Mor
Gan
Circle No. 1
Circle No. 2
Morgan
United States
Pearl Wright
Ruth Atwell
Rail unions rail at ads as 1960 strike mood grows
AP report from Indianapolis quotes E. Gilbert of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen accusing American Railroads of building a strike climate with ads. He says management seeks to trigger government action and preempt bargaining, while defending featherbedding as protective, long negotiated conditions. He asserts railroads push workers toward picketing before talks start and notes Eisenhower declined involvement.
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Indianapolis
E. Gilbert
Cleveland
International
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Gilbert
Eisenhower
Birthday Dinner Honors 63rd Year for Mrs Kuhn
Mrs. Lessie Kuhn celebrated her 63rd birthday at home on Sunday after returning from Beckley Memorial Hospital where she was confined three months. Born in 1896 at Clear Creek, she has spent most of her life in the Coal River area and has endured years of illness and multiple surgeries. Attendees at the dinner included Zella Jarrell Colcord Edgar Dunbar John Caudill and sons John William and Damon, Chesapeake John Mc Neeley Marmet J W Pettry Whitesville Snoten Brown Garrison Bill Harless Long Creek Raymond Kuhn and daughter Vickie Bobby Kuhn and daughter Janie Lou Leonia Wiseman and sons Gary and Jimmie, all of Sylvester.
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Lessie Kuhn
Edgar Dunbar
John Caudill
John William
Damon
Chesapeake
John McNeeley
Marmet
J. W. Pettry
Whitesville
Snoten Brown
Garrison
Bill Harless
Long Creek
Raymond Kuhn
Vickie
Bobby Kuhn
Janie Lou
Leonia Wiseman
Gary
Jimmie
Sylvester
Passersby Free Trapped Driver Near Rhodell
Passersby rescue Leroy E. Milam after his car left a road near Rhodell and sank in a creek at about 5 a.m. Sunday. Billy Short and Clayton Wolf waded into the water, broke a window, unlocked the door, and pulled Milam to safety. He was treated and released from Wyoming General Hospital. The car was a total loss.
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Leroy E. Milam
Wyco
Rhodell
Milam
Billy Short
Soak Creek
Clayton Wolf
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Mount Hope area updates and hospital notes
Mount Hope notices report Gordon Smith recovering at home after a serious illness at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Visitors stop by Piney View as Jodie Nichols and family from Cleveland, Ohio visit Harry McLain’s household. Numerous local patients include Helen Allen Pettry’s niece Mary Dower at Huntington funeral and Effie Dower with Provie Mar chino. Other notes mention Artie Warwick with a broken leg at Beckley Memorial, H D Norton at Shepard's Charleston, and Luigi Cinotti returning home to Kilsyth after weeks in hospital. The Eder family remains at Beckley Memorial, Edward Arthur moves to Stadium Drive residence, and families adjust residences in Kilsyth and Richmond.
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Mount Hope
Gordon
Honey) Smith
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Jodie Nichols
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry McLain
Nichols
Piney View
Mary Dower
Helen Allen Pettry
Huntington
Frank Eder
Luigi Cinotti
Kilsyth
I. J. Boyd
Edward
Edward Arthur
Broad Street
Stadium Drive
Bill Graibowski
George Williams
Oak Hill
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Omega Stover
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Stea
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John Ellison
Packs Branch
C. E. Honaker
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Harry McClaine
Garland McClaine
Cathy
J. D. Nichols
George Toney
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J. E. Toney
Clear Creek
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Fred Toney
Helen Cabell
Kanawha City
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David Ray
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Willis Branch
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Cittsville
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Alice Billings
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American RR
Artie Warwick
H. D. Norton
Shepard's Hospital
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