WSCS Plans 7:30 P.M. Week of Prayer Program
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church in Mullens will hold a 7:30 p.m. program in the sanctuary as part of the Week of Prayer and Self-Denial. Mrs. Vance Thompson calls worship, with scripture read by Mrs. Virgil Conant and opening prayer. Discussions cover Foreign Fields including Cuba Mexico and Bolivia, plus Home Fields, with meditations and song.
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O Zion
A. L. Robertson
Frank Holland Jr
Carl Moran
Eliza Bowman
Cuba
Harry Houck
Mexico
John Brooks
WSCS
Bolivia
Thomson
Joe Lyttle
Harry Pennington Injures Left Hand
Eight year old Harry Pennington of West Mullens was treated at Wyoming General Hospital for the loss of the first joint of his left index finger and cuts to his left thumb and middle finger after his hand was caught in a power saw he had converted into a planing machine. The Virginian railway brakeman, who builds houses in his spare time, had just acquired the equipment and was testing it.
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Mullens
Rns
Wyoming General Hospital
Harry Pennington
West Mullens
Pennington
Teaching in Oceana Pineville
Fred Shannon Jr of Pineville has taken a teaching post at Oceana High School, marking a new assignment in the local education scene.
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Pineville
RNS
Fred Shannon Jr
Oceana High School
Pineville Woman's Club Meeting Led by Mrs McGraw
Mrs D V McGraw presided at the Pineville Methodist Church for the Pineville Woman's Club gathering. Leaders are sought to replace resignations from Jean Campbell and Velma Pais while the group backs the 1959 Heart Fund Drive and notes river pollution actions by the State Water Commission. Students reported on camp activities and Carole Collins attended Rhododendron Girls State along with other attendees. November meeting slated for the Cow Shed.
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Pineville
RNS
D. V. McGraw
Claude Pancake
Orville Wilks
State Water Commission
Guyandotte River
Pineville High School
Carole Collins
Rhododendron Girls State
Linda Shepherd
David Johnson
Charles Porter
Camp Horseshoe
Ed Hawley
Youth Will Initiate New Halloween Concept
Mullens WV United Christian Youth Movement plans a constructive Halloween. On Halloween night volunteers will canvass 7 to 8 PM to raise funds for SOS Share Our Surplus to feed overseas hungry through Church World Service. They meet at First Methodist at 6:30 PM to view the SOS film and receive leaflets before visiting homes.
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Mullens
ANS
United Christian Youth Movement
Angels of Mercy
Church World Service
The
National Council of Ac Oe of Christ
S.A
UCYM
First Methodist Church
Church World Service Program
Council of Ministers
Church Youth Advisers
First Methodist
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
First Christian
First Church of God
Pilgrim Holiness
Pentecostal Holiness
All of
Welton Chapel
Allen Junction
Legg family returns from Bridgeton visit
Mr and Mrs Henry Legg and son Donald visited their daughter Miss Wilma Legg in Bridgeton New Jersey over the weekend. They also called on Miss Sylvia Stover. Both Wilma and Sylvia are employed by Owens Illinois Glass Co in Bridgeton.
Rites Thursday For B. Yoder
Funeral services for Barbara Elizabeth Yoder 18 will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Valley Funeral Home Chapel Whitesville with Rev. Jack Weller officiating. Burial follows at Cunningham Memorial Park Charleston. She died from a heart condition Monday in Henry Ford Hospital Detroit. She was Marsh Fork High School valedictorian and National Honor Society member. Survivors include two sisters Eloise Chapman Montreal and Hildia Withrow Columbus Ohio. two brothers Hansel Mobile and Marvin Columbus. paternal grandparents T. A. and Mrs Yoder Hurricane.
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Montcoal
RNS
Barbara Elizabeth Yoder
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Jack Weller
Cunningham Memorial Park
Charleston
Miss Yoder
Franch Yoder
Henry Ford
Detroit
Mich
Marsh Fork High School
Eloise Chapman
Montreal
Hildia Withrow
Columbus
Ohio
Hansel
Mobile
Ala
Marvin
T. A. ‘Yoder
Hurricane
Hula Hoop Contest Set At Herndon Carnival
Herndon High School hosts a Halloween carnival in its gym at 6 30 p m Thursday featuring a hula hoop contest. The event is sponsored by the Herndon Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association.
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Herndon
RNS
Herndon High School
Herndon Elementary School
Two-Week Singing School Scheduled In Mullens
A two week singing school starts November 4 at 7 30 p m daily in Lusk Avenue Church of God with Mrs Ralph Williams Beckley teaching basic music. She will also speak at a Mullens District Youth Rally November 3 at Pierpoint Church of God. Revered Louis Beard oversees the Mullens District and pastors Mullens Pierpoint Allen Junction Iroquois Rhodell Coal City Jonben and Josephine churches with district youth director Charles Sanger.
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Mullens
RNS
Lusk Avenue
Church of God
Ralph Williams
Beckley
Williams
Pierpoint
Rhodell
Louis Beard
Mullens Church
Oran White
Beard
Tommy Sizemore
Allen Junction
Vernon Roop
Iroquois
T. S. Ellis
Charles Sanger
Coal City
W. G. Byers
Jonben
Paul Kade
Josephine
G. E. Bleyer
Oak Hill Civic League Completes Plans For School Closet Project
Oak Hill Civic League selects Mrs. Virgil Burgess to chair a committee to finalize plans for a school closet project at the elementary school. The group met at Hotel Hill with a Civil Defense program and a slide presentation by J P Cashion highlighting the local Women's Rescue Corps as the first in the state and third in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNL
Virgil Burgess
Oak Hill Civic League
G. J. Thomas
Burgess
Hotel Hill
D. P. Lively
H. R. Cole
Hortense Callawn
John Donachy
Andrew Easton Jr
L. E. Greene
J. P. Cashion
Nancy Hannabass
The
Civic League
United States
OHS Business Class Adds Five New Machines
Oceana High School business machine class receives a 10 key adding and listing machine a full keyboard adding and listing machine and three manually operated calculators. The class now includes an electric calculator two 10 key adding and listing machines a dictaphone an electric typewriter and a mimeograph machine. Twelve students are enrolled taught by Robert Knight with training in filing procedures and machine operation.
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Ocpana
BNS
Oceana High School
Robert Knight
Shrewsbury Rites Thursday For Straley Shrewsbury
Funeral services for Straley Shrewsbury will be held at his residence Thursday at 3 p.m. Rev. Leslie Duncan will officiate. Burial in the family cemetery near Matoaka. Shrewsbury, 76, died Tuesday after a two week illness at his home in Matoaka. Born Oct. 13, 1882, near Matoaka he was son of Reece and Almedia Thompson Shrewsbury. Survivors include his wife Billy Howery Shrewsbury two sons Emery G and Daynard two daughters Art Thompson and Mable Moye a sister Latha Shrewsbury of Rock and two half brothers Aaron Bartrum of Matoaka and Zida Bartrum of Ansted. Body to be removed from Bailey Funeral Home at Matoaka to residence at 4 p.m. today. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
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Matoaka
RNS
Straley Shrewsbury
Leslie Duncan
Shrewsbury
Reece
Almedia Thompson Shrewsbury
Billy Howery Shrewsbury
Emery G
Daynard
Art Thompson
Mable Moye
Latha Shrewsbury
Rock
Aaron Bartrum
Zida Bartrum
Ansted
Bailey Funeral Home
Funeral Thursday For Mrs. Hannah
Mrs. R. P. Hannah of Oak Hill dies after a short illness at 57. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church, with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. She owned Hannah Jewelry Store on Main Street and was active in several local groups. Born June 7, 1901 in Cass, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
R. P. Hannah
Presbyterian Church
Randolph Johnson
E. E. Hale
High Lawn Memorial Park
Hannah
Main Street
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church, Order of Eastern Star
White Shrine
Cass
W. A. Brill
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill Sorority Card Party Report
The Xi Alpha Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority met for a card party at Mrs. Ray Ellison's home. Ways and means chair Mrs. R. R. Thomas announced pecan sales as a major project. Mrs. Mitchell Aide spoke on the Beck ley state convention held Friday through Sunday. The next meeting is set for Nov. 11 at Mrs. Louis Hussar's home with a program on the sense of hearing from Festival of Life. Others present were Mrs. William Moore Miss Ruth Easton Mrs. John Duda and Mrs. Hussar.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Xi Alpha Theta
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ray Ellison
R. R. Thomas
Ways and Means
Mitchell Aide
Beckley
Louis Hussar
William Moore
Ruth Easton
John Duda
Hussar
Cub Scouts Meet In Kopperston
Pack No 119 Cub Scouts held a 6 pm meeting at Kopperston Presbyterian Church with about 530 parents and scouts. Awards included Bobcat pins for Paul Thomas Larry Cook and Paul Hood Wolf Badge for Damon Brown Bear Badges for Tommy Poland and Wavell Powell. Den 1 members presented a skit Donald Duck Buys Candy and a Goldilocks puppet show aired by Den 5. Prizes went to Roger Ford Clinton Reed and Paul Hood. The honor pennant went to Den 1 and plans were made for a Camp Thomas E Lightout trip on Nov 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
KNS
Kopperston Presbyterian Church
Darrell Lester
C. R. Rankin
Paul Thomas
Larry Cook
Paul Hood
Damon Brown
Tommy Poland
Wavell Powell
James Rankin
Mike Baldwin
Den 1
Donald Duck
Den 5
Cubs
Goldilocks
Three Bears
Larry Evans
Darrel Lester
Roger Ford
Clinton Reed
Thomas E. Lightout
PTA Painting Rooms In Glen Rogers School
Glen Rogers elementary PTA volunteers paint walls in the school kitchen and dining room after a PTA meeting. Participants include Enfield Walters Hazel Gentry Daisy Foster Grace Bailey Betty Vince Helen Kuklish and Valentine McDaniel. Principal Kelly Sizemore praised the cooperation from parents.
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PTA
Glen Rogers School
Enfield Walters
Hazel Gentry
Daisy Foster
Grace Bailey
Betty Vince
Helen Kuklish
Valentine McDaniel
Kelly Sizemore
Officers Elected By Maben PTA
MABEN RNS Officers of the Maben Elementary School Parent Teacher association were elected at the first meeting of the year. Jesse Durham is president, Bob Sizemore vice president, and Mrs Bill Miles and Mrs E R Tyree were asked to serve as reporter. A delegation will seek a school water system fix and cesspool correction, teacher rest room, fencing, and other repairs. next meeting is November 10 at 7 p.m.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
PTA
MABEN
Maben Elementary
Jesse Durham
Bob Sizemore
Bill Miles
E. R. Tyree
Board of Education
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Harley Christian
Oceana
Mossy Personals
B. Yoder
Toppie
West Bend, Waring
Proctor
Dormeyer
Casco Portaine Electric Grill
Westinghouse Electric
Prince St
Leecy L
B. F. Puckett
J. S. Trump
J. C. Estes
Katherine Jones
N. M. Steen
C.P. Anderson, Jr
Otis Morton
C. P. Anderson Jr
Othis Morton
Clayton Barnhart
Clarence M. Bruffey
Margaret Bundy
Virgil W. Burgess
Andrew Easton, Jr
James B. Hess
Fred Jasper
Frances Jobe
Theresa Jobe
Margaret D. Jones
J. Edward Lewis
Joe Lilly
Arnold McPherson
Erwin Matheny
Roy H. Scott
James Shelton
J. 8. Trump
C. E. Watkins
Margaret E. Whitehead
J. R. Woods
Juanita Swanson
OHS
Mrs. Hannah
Oak Hill Sorority
Cub
Maben Pta
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