Pax Visits and Family Guests Fill Pax Community Homes
A long weekend of visits and stays across Pax and nearby towns includes multiple families hosting relatives from Beckley Oak Hill Charleston and Detroit. Notable names include Holley Lively Williams Abshire Murdock and Pettry among others with guests from Columbus Cincinnati Detroit and Kingston as well as local hospital and veteran facility events.
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PAX
Tom Holley
Harry Holley
Charlton Heights
L. C. Lively Jr
Eaith Davis
Roger Jones
Farris Aide
Farris Kent
Robin
Ronda
Oak Hill
Frank Williams
Shelia
Stephnie
Charleston
Frank Winston
Theora Abshire
George Wriston
Kingston
J. R. Abshire
Wheeling
Herman Ray
Circleville
Ohio
Betty Tyree
Trenton Tyree
Detroit
Mich
Tracy Holley
Jackie Markham
Bobby Holley
Columbus
Leland Says
Nallan
Thelma Kelley
Long Branch
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
C. D.wilton
Raymond
Larry Kelley
Vickie
Sandra Jean Murdock
St. Marys School of Nursing
Huntington
Carl Murdock
Eleven Added To Tech Faculty At West Virginia Tech
West Virginia Tech in Montgomery announces eleven new admins and faculty additions this year. Billy W. Frye will teach industrial arts at the Montgomery College after earning a 1959 master’s in guidance from West Virginia University. Mrs. Elizabeth Elder becomes dormitory housemother. Charles M. Woolfolk joins as English instructor with a Tulane English master’s. Joseph M. Thorson, a Seton Hall graduate, will teach economics after a master’s in economics.
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Montgomery
RNS
West Virginia Tech
Billy W. Frye
Elizabeth Elder
Charles M. Woolfolk
Joseph M. Thorson
Frye
Montgomery College
West Virginia University
Elder
St Francis Hospital
Charleston
Woolfolk
Tulane
Seton Hall University
Thorson
Tech
Price Hill Ladies Auxiliary Holds Meet
The Price Hill Free Will Baptist Church Ladies Auxiliary met Thursday evening with topics Land of Darkness and Need For Light Bearers led by Mrs Myra Douglas and Mrs Helen Cox. They decided to sell shampoo and close their rummage sale Monday and visited Vienna Hart after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Hill
ANL
Free Will Baptist Church
Myra Douglas
Helen Cox
Charlie Massey
J. W. Berry
Dessie Cooper
Marie Cox
Shirley Magnolia
Vienna
Red Star Baptists Picnic At City Park
Members of the Sunday School Department of Red Star Baptist Church held a picnic Sunday at Beckley City Park. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Reese Fitzgerald and family, Arnett Higginbotham and family, Margie Lafferty, J. O. Evans Jr. and daughters, Margaret Edwards and son, C. R. Rodgers, Drema Ashley and family, Lloyd Phillips and family, Clinton Criss and family, D P Workman, the Rev. Cecil Perry and family, and M J Johnson of Kilsyth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Star
RNS
Red Star Baptist Church
Beckley City Park
Reese Fitzgerald
Betty Jane
Mary Ann
Arnett Higginbotham
Cindy
Zella
Margie Lafferty
Johnny Higginbotham
Gerald
David Dayton
J. O. Evans Jr
Kathy
Donna
Margaret Edwards
Marlin
Cecil Perry
David
Nancy
M. J. Johnson
Kilsyth
Ring resurfaces after 55 years of marriage in Maine
ETNA Maine AP report recounts Mrs Leighton Sylvester losing her wedding ring more than 50 times since 55 years of marriage. She first misplaced it two years after marriage while gardening. It was found by her husband twenty years later, lost again within two years, and now the ring has been recovered by a former tenant on the Sylvester farm who dug it up. A separate science line notes one horsepower as the energy to lift 550 pounds one foot in one second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etna
Maine
Leighton S. Sylvester
Bibles Presented To College Bound Guests
Kingston article notes a Friendship Hall dinner hosted by the Youth Class of Fairview Methodist Church for college bound guests. Sponsors the Woman's Society of Christian Service presented each guest with a Bible, listing honorees at West Virginia Wesleyan, West Virginia Tech, Marshall College, Concord College, Beckley Vocational, and other institutions, with proceeds of hospitality by numerous hosts and society members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
RNS
Friendship Hall
Fairview Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Tom Wriston
West Virginia Wesleyan
Bill Neeley
West Virginia Tech
Paul Wriston
Patricia Sandy
Charlene Smith
Dianna Smith
John Hall
Ronnie Wriston
Clyde Armstrong
Orville Wriston
B. J. Wriston
Emmett Wriston
Henry Legge
Glenn Wriston
Joetta Harris
Blaine Tyree
Eddy Aliff
James Hall
William Hyden
Red Star Baptist meet focuses on spiritual renewal
The Red Star Church Workers Conference held a Friday night meeting at Mrs. Cecil Perry’s Sun home themed Spiritual Renewal. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Criss, Mrs. Reese Fitzgerald, Mrs. Della Gwinn, Mrs. D. P. Workman, Mrs. James Evans, Mrs. Lloyd Phillips, and Rev. and Mrs. Cecil Perry as speakers and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Star
RNS
Workers Conference
Red Star Baptist Church
Sun
Cecil Perry
Reese Fitzgerald
Lloyd Phillips
Clinton Criss
James Evans
Della Gwinn
D. P. Workman
Toneda Missionary Society Holds Meet
The Toneda Baptist Missionary Society met Thursday evening at the church with Mrs. Otis Cook presiding. Theme Investing Life. Prayer by Mrs. Otis Cook. Bible quiz on Hebrews by Mrs. Tom Fleener. Business discussed buying a communion table and completing payment on a flavoring sales project. Hostesses were Mrs. Tom Fleener and Mrs. Roy Lester. Attending were a list of members and guests. DOUGLAS ARIZ AP sign reads Help We want to grow so children have a place to play this fall.
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Oceana
RNS
Toneda Baptist Missionary Society
Otis Cook
Roy Lester
Spiritual Life
Tom Fleener
Vernon P. Cook
Roby Lamb
Susie Brown
Virgil Lusk
Denny Walker
Tom Long
Jimmy Cook
Hurley Brown
Denny Brown
Lynn
Damon Brown
Douglas
Ariz
Oak Hill Expressway Construction Advances on Main Street
Phase one of Oak Hill's new expressway began on Main Street with a sewer relocation excavating the Pat White property at Woods Avenue corner. A Fay ette County Circuit Court jury trial seeks condemnation price for a corner and front strip of White land including shade trees. The Whites rejected a 7300 offer while the State Road Commission contests an 11500 appraisal figure.
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Oak Hill
Main Street
Route 21
Pat White
Woods Avenue
Fayette County
State Road Commission
Wyoming County Adult Education Courses Planned
Seven Wyoming County high schools will host adult education classes starting Monday at 7:00 p.m. A report from last year’s instructors suggests directing adult education into vocational channels due to cost and standards. Proposed subjects include Bookkeeping II and typing skills, with two class nights weekly and pay for teachers at five dollars per hour.
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Pineville
ANS
Wyoming County
James Pizzino
Pineville High
Kenny Hatfield
Baileysville High
Laura Hinchman
Oceana High
Robert Kuhn
Mullens High
Jesse W. Morgan
Glen Rogers
George Nolley
Herndon
Kuhn
Nolley
Conley High School
Minnie Garrett Mission Circle Meets at Baptist Temple
The Minnie E Garrett Missionary Circle of the Baptist Temple met Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Mrs Lillian Daviss home. Mrs Mabel Jenkins presided and Mrs Isabell Oschlager led the program with prayers scripture readings and talks on Why Missions and Caldor of Bible Writers. Attendees included Mrs Jenkins Oschlager Duncan Warden Salmon and Davis. Next meeting set for October 4.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Minnie E. Garrett
Isabell Oschlager
Lillian Davis
Paul
Timothy
Florence Duncan
Madge Warden
Mabel Jenkins
Freda Salmon
Wyoming GOP League Sets Meeting Series
The Wyoming County Republican League schedules a series of Know Your Candidates meetings at 8 p.m. in district schools and courthouses. Chairman Stacy Mullens will preside. Lloyd Blackburn urges prospective precinct workers to attend their district events. The McKinney Quartet provides entertainment at several venues. First meeting is Sept 13 at Herndon Grade School, with subsequent stops Sept 16 Cyclone Road Branch School, Sept 20 Coal Mountain Guyan School, Sept 23 Bailesville Grade School, Sept 27 Matheny Grade School, and Sept 30 Pineville Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Wyoming County Republican League
Stacy Mullens
League
Lloyd Blackburn
McKinney
Herndon
Road Branch
Cyclone
Guyan School
Coal Mountain
Baileysville
Matheny
Pineville Court House
Returns From Gem Hunt in North Carolina
Clifford G. Conner a Beckley Veterans Hospital laboratory technologist has returned from gem hunting in Little Switzerland North Carolina He owns emeralds mined near his hometown valued in the thousands of dollars Emeralds a rich green variety of beryl are costly forms with perfect stones rivaling diamonds The emerald is May birthstone and is noted in Revelations as part of Jerusalem's foundations He pursues the hobby in his spare time while living as a bachelor.
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Bradley
RNS
Clifford G. Conner
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Little Switzerland
N. C
Conner
Jerusalem
North Carolina
After Game Dance At Mount Hope Elementary
About 150 guests attended the dance at Mount Hope Elementary School after the football game with Sophia. Sponsored by the varsity cheerleaders, the event honored newlyweds Mr and Mrs Jerry Stover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
ANS
Sophia
W. R. Park
Judy Jones
Kitty Jo Bolen
Shiela McClung
Bonnie Vallina
Judy Park
Ella Mae Miller
Mary Bragg
Mount Hope High School
Sarah Ann Bergendahl
Bob Martin
Blanche Davis
Bennie Spadaro
Robert Evans
Blaine Tanner
Jerry Stover
Milam Birthday Dinner Guests List Oceana Residents
Mrs Bertha Milam celebrated an 81st birthday with a Sunday dinner attended by Ernest Milam of Chicago Ill Jethro Webb and family from Saxon Paty Rita and David Ray Milam and family from Saxon Della Daniell Collins and daughter Dawn Arnett Johnny Wilshire Virginia Malcom Turner Beckley and Rush June Milam of Oceana Also reported S Sgt Lee Rollins 187 Infantry Ft Bragg recently in a mass air drop injured with a broken foot and leg to hospital for six weeks Rollins age 25 has over ten years in the Army with two tours in Germany and service in Lebanon he is son of the late Lewis and Minnie Rollins of Clear Fork</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Bertha Milam
Ernest Milam
Chicago
Ill
Jethro Webb
Patty
Rita
David
Ray Milam
Larry
Janice
Kenny
Saxon
Della Daniell
Collins
Dawn
Arnett
Johnny Wilshire
Virginia
Malcom Turner
Beckley
Rush
June Milam
Johnny Aliff
Lee Rollins
187 Infantry Regiment
H. Q. Col
81St Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Rollins
Army
101 Airborne Divisions
Germany
101 Airborne Division
Lebanon
Lewis and
Minnie Rollins
Clear Fork
Aoy Aliff
Adult tailoring class starts at Mulllen High School
Mullens publication notes an adult tailoring class led by Mrs. Woodrow Cook begins Monday September 19 at 7 pm in the Mulllens High School home economics room. Eligibility requires having completed a Bishop Method basic course. After tailoring, a basic skirt and blouse course will start in October for area adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Mullens High School
Woodrow Cook
Democrats Hold Largest Rally in Baileysville
About 400 people attended the Saturday night rally of the Democratic Executive Committee at Baileysville Grade School. Co chairs Wanda Short Lester and Clifford Morgan led events with Tom Smith as master of ceremonies. The Baileysville High School Band performed and Charlotte Morgan sang as Wyoming County Democratic candidates were present.
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Baileysville
RNS
Democratic Executive Committee
Wanda Short Lester
Sample Fair Report At Assoc Meet In Mullens
Mullens Band Association held a report on the Sample Fair conducted in August by Elbert Patton, band director. The event raised 394 dollars, the association's only fundraiser. Mrs. H L Akers thanked Mullens citizens and merchants for support as Corinne Williams was elected first vice president to fill Mrs. Pritchett’s term. Chaperones were named for out of town trips in September, and the band prepared to attend the Forest Festival in Elkins October 6 7 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Mullens Band Association
Elbert Patton
H. L. Akers
Scott Hatfield
Itman
Roger Pritchett
Ted Pritchard
Alva Tilley
Itha Williams
Corinne
Elkins
Revival Opens at Sweet Home Baptist Church
A revival meeting began Monday September 12 at Sweet Home Baptist Church in Maben. Rev Roy Crumb is the preacher with services each evening at 7 o'clock. Rev Jim Bower, the church pastor, invites everyone to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Sweet Home Baptist Church
Maben
Roy Crumb
Bim
Jim Bower
Mt Hope Women Plan All Day Synodical Meeting
Mrs. W E McCormack of Beckley presides at the annual all day gathering of the Women of the Synodical of West Virginia at Mount Hope Presbyterian Church on September 21. The event includes committees, sessions, a tea, and addresses by Rev T D Bowyer and Dr J W Witherspoon with about 100 attendees expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
ANS
W. E. McCormack
Beckley
Women of the Synodical of West Virginia
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
McCormack
Concord
N. C
James Lapsley
Women of the Beckley Presbyterian Church
Synodical
Southern Presbyterian
Bluestone Presbytery
Greenbrier
Kanawha
W. J. Moore
Women of
Church of the Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
C. E. Jones
H. D. Norton
Moore
John Barnum
C. R. Harnsbarger
W. G. Callaway
E. E. Jones Jr
Thomas Howard
Lewis Kirkpatrick
P. C. Graney Jr
Jack Keatley
Ray Young
C. E. Howard
Charles Canterbury
Henry Hinte
W. C. Carter
J. E. Howard
W. A. Haslam
E. Lawton
Sam Dorado
A. C. Prince
C. R. Harnsburgler
Women of the
J.W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Relief Items Sought By Glen Rogers
Mrs Glenn Robinson led a Tuesday evening devotion at the Glen Rogers Community Church WSCS meeting. Members discussed gathering clothing and relief items, with Lilly Mae Sizemore named treasurer after Enfield Walters moved away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
RNS
Glenn Robinson
Women's Society of Christian Service
Glen Rogers Community
Hazel Dancy
Lilly Mae Sizemore
Enfield Walters
Margie Durham
Donnie Nuckols
Erma Guthrie
Dancy
Sizemore
Robinson
Emily Greer
Durham
Nuckols
Barley Home Hosts Visit From Barley and Allen Families
Recent visitors at the home of the Rev and Mrs Ernest Barley were their sons Robert and Ray of Baltimore Maryland. Mr and Mrs Richard Allen of Cleveland Ohio were guests in the home of her mother Mrs Blondine Rinehart. Mrs Allen was the former Miss Eula Rinehart.
Trouble That Seems A Mountain Is Often A Hill
A compact proverb notes that challenges distant in view often shrink upon closer approach. What appears daunting may prove minor when examined up close, prompting steady effort over fear.
Kilsyth Visitors Report Gathering of Area Residents
Recent visitors to Kilsyth and surrounding towns include Mr. and Mrs. B F Wardlaw of Columbia South Carolina and Mr. and Mrs Richard Allen of Cleveland Ohio. Also noted are visits from Miss Donna Brewer Ruth Barley of Bradley Wallace LeMaster of St Louis and several Bradley Oak Hill and Mount Hope locals with extended family in Kilsyth Bradley and Mount Hope.
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Kilsyth
RNL
Adrian Keeney
B. F. Wardlaw
Columbia
S. C
Richard Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
Wanda McMillion
Oak Hill
Eula Rinehart
Bradley
Wallace LeMaster
St. Louis
Mount Hope
Donna Brewer
Ruth Barley
Mary Cain
Mount Hope High School
Catherine Beckingham
Ed Boyd
Galen Smith
Cheryl
David
Marie Todd
Lorene Nichols
Lena Rierson
Milton Kiddy
Detroit
Mich
Carmel Fite
Sandra
Sammy
Clarence Stone
Billy Starks
Shelby
Alvin Starks
Perry, Fla
Hubert Stone
Roanoke, Va
Jack Stone
Morgantown
James Stone
Bluefield
Clifford Hornsby
Orgas
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Booker Thurmond
Pass
Annie Bragg
Delia Lively
Hazel
J O. Lively
Claudia Canterbury
J. 0. Lively
George Massing
Mack Warden
Anna Lively
Lively
Inlaw
French Davis
Beckley and
Eccles
Bob Emerson
Les Settle
Fayetteville
H. C. Windsor
T. R. Fitzpatrick
Marshall Holstein
Madge Weeks
Hattie Tyree
Bill Meador
Carl Edward
John Rhodes
Alfred Tyree
Jo Lynn
Homer Craddock
Elkton
Dana
Mable Evans
Cecil Stephens
Eddie
Diamond
Nancy J. Lively
Conley Lively
Nancy Pettry
A. W. Pettry
Buckhann
Price Hill Ladies Auxiliary
Red Star Baptists
Red Star Conference
Toneda Missionary Society
Grass Talks
Oak Hill Expressway
Mrs. White
Wyoming Gop
San Diego
Calif
Charles H. Kellestadt
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears
Gem
Assoc
Freddy
Delicatessen
Main St
Mt. Hope
WSCS
K Goetz Brewing Company
ST. Joseph
Remington
Henry Conway Hardware
Neville St
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