Mount Hope Lions mark 25th anniversary in Forest Hills
Mount Hope Lions celebrated their 25th anniversary at the club in Forest Hills with guest speaker Dudley L. Simms of Lions International. The event honored charter members, awarded 10 to 20 year certificates, and featured music by Jan Campbell. Local and international counselors attended, and numerous club presidents, zone chairmen, and guests from Oak Hill, Beckley, Fayetteville, and beyond joined the celebration.
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Mount Hope Lions
Mount Hope
RNL
Forest Hills
Dudley L. Simms
Charleston
Lions International
Ben Moore
Gus Hamrick
Clay
Roy Browder
Bluefield
W. R
Pete) Cook
Thomas D. Robertson
Don Krisher
Dunbar
Mount Hope Club
C. E. Jones
W. B. Poling
Ollie Brown
Beckley
Dick Ruff
Welch
Otis Gilmore
Huntington Club
P. H. Garrett
R. C. Simpkins
W. D. Lawton
Okey L. Patteson
W. B
Joe Lawson
Poling
Jones, Lawton
Ralph Bailey
Lions
Trina Garcia Howell
Oak Hill
Bailey
Simpkins
Patteson
I. O. Shumate
Potter
Lawton
Garrett
E. C. Amick
P. C. Graney
E. W. Dunkley
John Kody
A. H. McIintire Jr
W. C. Carter
G. G. Hodges
Don Stevenson
Bradley Club
Carl Vickers
New Fay
Mount Hope Lions Club
Mr. and
The
Wood Poling
E. C. Bur
Official Visits Mrs. Leoma Chandler At Winona Chapter
Mrs Leoma Chandler of Bridgeport spoke during an Official visit to Winona Chapter 59 on Tuesday night. She listed four main projects Cancer Research Clothes to send behind the Iron Curtain and the International Temple Fund and urged members to donate one dollar each. Her year’s special projects include Starlight subscription veterans hospital aid Eastern Star Home Milwood youth Rainbow Girls and civic youth campaigns.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Leoma Chandler
Bridgeport
Order of Eastern Star
Winonia
Charles D. Scott
Etta W. Scott
Grace L. Rohrbough
Fairmont
Gladys
Lawton
Faye Dorton
James Dorton
Oak Hill
Chandler
International Temple Fund
Starlight
Eastern Star
Fayeteville
Milwood
Rainbow Girls
Soldier Saves Life Of Layland Driver in Mountain Crash
Layland resident Layland Roscoe Caldwell, 60, was reported in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital, Beckley, after a Sunday crash on Batoff Mountain left him with a compound fracture of the right leg above the knee and a forehead laceration. An unidentified soldier at Prince Army Camp pulled Caldwell from the burning wreckage, saving his life as he blacked out.
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Layland
Roscoe Caldwell
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Caldwell
Batoff Mountain
Prince Army Camp
Mountain edge incident on Route 19 described
A fragment notes a person near the edge of a mountain as he was already going over the side of the mountain off U S Route 19. The text provides no further details on identity location or outcome.
Funeral for Child At Oak Hill Today
Funeral services for Baird Mankin Martin Jr day old son of Mr and Mrs Baird Mankin Martin were to be held at 2 pm at the Thomas Funeral Home chapel with Rev Peter Vroom officiating. Burial followed in Highland Memorial Park Oak Hill. The child died Friday at Luke Air Force Base Glendale Ariz. Survived by paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs T B Martin of Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
Rns
Baird Mankin Martin Jr
Baird Mankin Martin
Thomas Funeral Home
Peter Vroom
Hghlawn Memorial Park
Luke Air Force Base
Glendale
Ariz
T. B. Martin
Lodge officers named at Winolia meeting in Thurmond circuit
J R Taylor of Oak Hill and C O Darlington were elected to chairs for the Winolia chapter with Bertha Martin as worthy matron and Henry Tyree as worthy patron at a gathering of about 100 members. Guests from Thurmond Oak Hill Beckley and Charleston attended, including Mrs Jane Lee Graham Nell Bannister Jacquline Pugh Mammie Darlington Lena Arnold Virginia Taylor Alice Burgess Ada Burgess Lawrestine Bragg and Marion Foster.
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Tron
Winolia
J. R. Taylor
Oak Hill
C. O. Darlington
Thurmond
Bertha Martin
Henry Tyree
Jane Lee Graham
Nell Bannister
Jacquline Pugh
Mammie Darlington
Lena Arnold
Beckley
Virginia Taylor
Alice Burgess
Ada Burgess
Lawrestine Bragg
Marion Foster
Charleston
Stevens Funeral Set for Today
Mrs. Mattie Stevens 79 of Whitesville dies after long illness at Good Samaritan Rest Home Oak Hill Funeral services held at 2 p m at Valley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Mont Carr officiating Burial follows in Stamford Cemetery Survivors include five daughters Edna Wright Jessie Dean Beatrice Masin Nellie Johnson Earline Garten one sister Bell Treadway 40 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren
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Whitesville
RNS
Mattie Stevens
Valley Funeral Home
Mont Carr
Stamaford
Stevens
Good Samaritan
Oak Hill
Edna Wright
Delaware
Jessie Dean
Beatrice Masin
Beckley
Nellie
Judge Worrell Speaks to PTA on Delinquency
BAILEYSVILLE RNS Judge Robert Worrell spoke to Baileysville Elementary School PTA on juvenile delinquency on a Tuesday evening. Carl Reese chaired the meeting which selected a program committee including W. E. Trent Howard Robey and Scott Hatfield. A plan to build a concrete walk from the highway to the back entrance was discussed with many members in attendance.
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Baileysville
RNS
Baileysville Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Robert Worrell
Carl Reese
W. E. Trent
Howard Robey
Scott Hatfield
Grat Adams
Bernard Jordan
Clarence Lester
R. P. Harman
Orphin Fitch
Elbert Toler
Cecil Kennedy
Lois Berkhead
John Sepko
Elsie St. Clair
Margie Lamastus
Herman Ward
Nora Shannon
Viola McCoy
Polly Brewer
Marie Gandee
Milton Archibald
Charleen Shields
Shirley Toler
W. O. Morgan
Cathy
Raymond Collins
Nellie Bailey
Walter Prater
L. L. Walls
Edgar Spratt
Harold Griffith
Alice Deitrick Paul England
Harry Shields
Allen Wilson Edwight funeral Tuesday at Glorious Church
Funeral services for Allen Wilson 70 Edwight will be noon Tuesday at the Glorious Church of God with Elder Clifford Brooks officiating. Burial follows in Edwight cemetery. He died Friday in a Lakin hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his wife Bell a daughter Wilma Jean a son Daniel four step-sons two step-daughters and at home. The body remains at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville and will be moved to the church an hour before services.
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Edwight
RNS
Allen Wilson
Glorious Church of God
Clifford Brooks
Charleston
Halloween Masquerade Party Aims for Oak Hill Church Group
Oak Hill RNS reports a Halloween masquerade party for the Rebecca Bible Class of Oak Hill Methodist Church held at 7 30 p m tonight at the home of Mrs E E Epperly in Ford Addition.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Methodist Church
E. E. Epperly
Ford Addition
McDaniel Garten Wedding At Fayetteville Baptist Church
Reverend James F. Frame conducts a double ring ceremony uniting Mrs Clara McDaniel and Noel C Garten at Fayetteville Baptist Church. Attendants wear distinct suits, flowers include white orchids and bronze chrysanthemums, and the couple plans to reside in Falls View after a southern wedding trip.
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Wpayetteville
James F. Frame
Clara McDaniel
Noel C. Garten
Fayetteville Baptist Church
Lea Valio
Elizabeth Coleman
Richard A. McDaniel
T. C. Ryan
Fayetteville
William McDaniel
A. B. Curry
Falls View
Garten
The
Alloy Metallurgical Co
Milk price and labor time drop from 1939 to 1954 in NC
Experts at North Carolina State College found the average worker needed 21 minutes to earn a quart of milk in 1939 and only 12 minutes in 1954. This shows a substantial improvement in purchasing power and living costs over the period.
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North Carolina State College
Marie Lois Elkins Weds Gerald Bolen
Marie Lois Elkins and Gerald Eugene Bolen wed at First Methodist Church Pulaski with Rev. A L Brewster presiding. The bride, daughter of A L Elkins and Milsaps, wore ice blue Alencon lace over taffeta. the groom is son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Bolen Mullens W V A reception followed and the couple plan to reside in Mullens after November 7.
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Pulaski, Va
Rns
Marie Lois Elkins
Gerald Eugene Bolen
First Methodist Church
A. L. Brewster
A. L. Elkins
Waynesboro
R. Howard Milhaps
Pulaski
Lewis G. Bolen
Mullens
W. Va
New Orleans
Chips of 1954 Could Fill Empire State Space
A playful note compares American made potato chips of 1954 to the immense footprint of the Empire State Building, suggesting vast production or volume in a light, nostalgic tone.
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Empire State Building
Three Injured in Fayet te County Auto Crashes
Weekend crashes in Fayet te County left three people injured and two drivers jailed. Hol lie Wood, 44, was treated at Oak Hill Hospital after a collision at Fayette Station Road and Route 21. Nolan B. Bayars, not injured, faces a drunk driving charge. A second crash on U S 21 near Pete's Skating Rink injured two and jailed Albert Marshall Jr., 31, for driving while drunk. Mrs Elizabeth Jeffries and her husband Clark Jeffries received minor injuries and were treated at Oak Hill Hospital outpatient clinic.
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Fayetteville
ANS
Fayette County
Fayette Station Road
Route 21
Hunsaker
Nolan B. Bayars
Alley
U. S. 21
Pete
Oak Hill
Dean E. Lake
J. R. Lilly
B. J. Bento
Glen Jean
Albert Marshall Jr
Marshall
Virgil Lyons
Oak Hill Hospital
Elizabeth Jeffries
Clark
Jeffries
Freshman Class Party Held at Baileysville High School
Baileysville Baileysville High School freshman class held a semiannual party in the gym Tuesday night. The guest list includes Sue Lusk Carel Mitchem Lil lian Meadows Mary Green Carol Cox Peggy Bailey Pat Williams Jacob Stafford Gwenda Shields Alma Fines Franklin Lester Deana Hatfield Charles Lester Jerry Dewese Jimmy Woods Shirley Green Arnold Trent Bob Berkhead Karen Roberts Betty Pratt Billy Hatfield Wayne Bowman J W Conley French Morgan David Aliff Eddie Collins Joe Cooper Silvia Trent Charles Lockhart Diphine Sullivan Billy Miller Junior Cline David Trent Dorothy Ferguson Ladia Cline J B Morgan Bonnie Hughes Barbara Thomas Martha Whit Shelby Webb Charles Haney Ariel Jesse Millard Elswick Ronald Short Teddy Thompson Meladene Lester Bobby Blankenship Teddy Adams Barbara Lester Ardel Morgan Tennis Hatfield Drema Hall Martha Shannon Gene Fortner Ann Bailey Heidi Harvey Arnold McGlauthin Mary Meadows Sue Trent Norma Bailey Charolett Cline Doug Kerns Benny Cline Janey Roberts Patsy Shields Jayson Davis Charles Venter Phyliss Roberts Katy West Augesting Jones Bobby Woods Ronnie Lester Pat Smith Ida Mae Sargent and Charolett Adair served as sponsors Mr and Mrs De Ray Bailey and Charlie Kelly.
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Baileysville
RNS
Baileysville High School
Sue Lusk
Carel Mitchem
Lillian Meadows
Mary Green
Carol Cox
Peggy Bailey
Pat Williams
Jacob Stafford
Gwenda Sheilds
Alma Fines
Franklin Lester
Deana Hatfield
Charles Lester
Jerry Dewese
Jimmy Woods
Shirley Green
Arnold Trent
Bob Berkhead
Karen Roberts
Betty Pratt
Billy Hatfield
Wayne Bowman
J W. Conley
French Morgan
David Aliff
Eddie Collins
Joe Cooper
Silvia Trent
Charles Lockhart
Diphine Sullivan
Billy Miller
Junior Cline
David Trent
Dorothy Ferguson
Ladia Cline
J. B. Morgan
Bonnie Hughes
Barbara Thomas
Martha Whit
Shelby Webb
Charles Haney
Arve
Jessee
Millard Elswick
Ronald Short
Teddy Thompson
Mel
Bobby Woods
Ronnie Lester
Pat Smith
Ida Mae Sargent
Charolett Adair
de Ray Bailey
Charlie Kely
Baileysville WSCS Plans Dinner and Quilt
Baileysville WSCS of the Baileysville Methodist Church met in the church basement with Mrs Wayne Bailey hosting. President Mrs Vera Shields led the business and plans were made for a pot luck dinner a friendship quilt and selling Christmas cards.
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Baileysville
BNS
Women's Society of Christian Service
Baileysville Methodist Church
Wayne Bailey
Vera Shields
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Etteville Club
Fred Mariam
James H. Shelton
Jim Painter
Oak Hill Club
Jay Wood
Beckley Cleo
Paul Davis
D. W. Kinzer
Floyd Hieatt
Affinity
C. R. Bourlands
W. W. Walter
C. A. Kansalas
W. W. Pharr
Hamrick
Ray Browder
Everette Burgess
Don Krishner
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Bill Hickman
Mr. Hope Des
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Italy
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Judge Worrell
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Chariton Heston
Donna Reed
Walt Disney Feature
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Rory Calhoun
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Jeff Chandler
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Barbara Rush
Gerald Bolen
Samuel Lowman
John Thomas Bolen
T. F. Brammer
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Warner Bros
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Aim Berry Kroger
Ame Mazurki
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Gory
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Batlac
William A. Wellman
Prs
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David Farrar
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Technicolor
Hudson Valley
Cornel Wilde
Michael Wilding
Anne Francis
George Sanders
Tunney Hunsaker
Hollie Wood
Randolph Scott
Mala Powers
Joan Davis
Andy Devine
Sterling Hayden
Virginia Grey
Frankie Lane
Ruth Warren
Pineville Drive-In
Dan Dailey
Juen Haver
WSCS
Kmihope
Wiliam Holden
Jennifer Jones
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