Clay Family Reunion in Maben and Nearby Areas
A home coming at the Clay home in Maben honors Mr. and Mrs. Lee Clay as they mark their 59th welding anniversary on February 27. Attendees include multiple Clay relatives from Maben Soulsville Mullens and Pineville, plus Airman Robert Clay from Tyndall AFB on leave. The event also notes Idaho’s 1956 presidential election turnout surpassing the national average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Ann
Vern W. Clay
Damon
Dallas
Soulsville
Kelly Clay
Idaho
Southern District DAR Convenes State Conference in Bluefield
The 56th West Virginia Society Daughters of American Revolution state conference met in Bluefield at the West Virginia Hotel with Southern District chapters hosting. Officers elected for four years include state regent Virginia Johnson and first vice regent Carl C. Galbraith, while Mrs. V. E. Holcombe was endorsed for honorary state regent for life. The event featured a governor at the American Heritage Banquet and sessions detailing new leadership and National Defense efforts.
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Mount Hope
RNS
West Virginia Society, Daughters of American Revolution
Bluefield
West Virginia
Samuel Solins
Percy Gilley
James Martin
J. A. Hammond
W. W. McClaugherty
E. E. Bibb
Ben Williams
W. Eugene Holcombe
W. L. Davis
Hinton
DAR
Virginia Johnson
Charleston
Carl C. Galbraith
James Wood
Parkersburg
Marietta
Ohio
J. Marion Bailey
Grant Hall Jr
John J. Lane
John E. Graham
Huntington
T.W. Dulaney
Buckhannon
V. E. Holcombe
Andrew Lewis
Lewisburg
Lynn
Brussock
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John R. Kauff
Point Pleasant
James Allen
Beckley
State Officers’ Club
Mondongachate
T. B. Leith
Morgantown
John McKenzie
Floyd Sayre
J. A. Barnell
T. L. Read
A. P. Meador
National Defense
Henry Fortune
United States
Home
Oceana Camera Club Elects Offiers and Plans Parade Float
Oceana High School forms a new Camera Club with officers led by President Ronnie Gunter, Vice President Barbara Hubbard, Treasurer Carroll Scott, and Secretary Jackie Elkins. All officers are seniors. Gunter, a longtime school photographer, has worked for the yearbook and school paper, with many pictures in local papers. The club aims to teach camera operation and development, and will sponsor a float for the upcoming homecoming parade on November 4 when the Oceana Indians clash with the Mann High School Hillbillies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Camera Club
Oceana High School
Ronnie Gunter
Barbara Hubbard
Carroll Scott
Jackie Elkins
Gunter
Miley Gunter
Jesse
Oceana Indians
Mann High School Hillbillies
Stuttering Has a Message for Those Able to Hear
A separated mother asks about her son who stutters and their tense home life. The advisor compares stuttering to a writer’s block and urges the mother to move out with the boy, stressing his need for supportive, nonjudgmental caregivers and distance from antagonistic relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lawrence
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Witnessing Theme Guides Mission Society Meeting
Members of the Clear Fork Valley Baptist Church Mission Society met at the home of Mrs. Morgan Gregory. The group heard a devotional on The Sermon on the Mount and a speech on Ways Women Can Witness in homes and community. Refreshments followed as gifts and reports were shared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Clear Fork Valley Baptist Church Mission Society
Morgan Gregory
Elwyn Clay
O. C. Farren
Willard Toney
Harry Stevens
Rockcastle Baptist Church
Bruce Howard
Cook Memorial Mission Society
Pineville Baptist Church
Alderson-Broaddus College
Phillippi
Clay
Robert
Weekend visitors and travels noted in Fayetteville society
Fayetteville society items report Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ongaro and Mrs. John Coletta returning to Columbus after visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Janutolo. Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Aliff include her brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Meyer and children Karen Vicki Pat and Rusty of Wilmington Delaware. J W Deacon Jones and A E Whanger returned home after a week at Cape Lookout and Ocracoke Island North Carolina.
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Fayetteville
Rns
Theodore Ongaro
John Coletta
Columbus
Ohio
F. G. Janutolo
Harry H. Aliff
Paul E. Meyer
Karen
Vicki
Pat
Pat, and “Rusty,” of Wilmington, del. J. W. “Deacon” Jones and A. E. Whanger
Cape Oi Oe
Ocracoke Island
N.C
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Arrow Liqueurs Corp
Detroit
Mich
Washington, D.C
West Virginian Hotel
Borderland Chapter
Fayette County
J. E. Howard
Regents Club
Chester A. Roush
P. C. Graney
Borderland Chap
Regent’s Club
Howard
C. R. Hill
D. B. Kraybill
J.F
R. C. Simpkins
Fred Byset
A. L. Huffman
Friay
Oceana Camera Club
Phree
Roger Maris
Maris
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk
Harriman Railroad Safety Award
N &W
the &W
Virginia State Ports Authority
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
N&w
N&m
Muriel Lawrence
Robert Farren
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Raleigh Register
Fairdale
Glen Daniel
C. W. Walker Jr
Glen Daniel YE
Ghent
Cordie Nugen
Elizabeth Robinson
Margaret Marchio
Maple Fork
Madge Davis
Mullens
Thelma Stover
Oak Hill
Harry Gray HO
Bernard
Margie) Brooks
Maxine Tolliver
Shady Spring
Martha Lilly
Sophia
Russell Pegram
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