Auxiliary Plans Centennial and Candy Drive in Fayetteville
Fayetteville American Legion Auxiliary Unit 149 met in the Chestnut Room with Mrs. A. Gray presiding. Minutes were read, and Neale Clark’s second place in the Americanism essay contest earned a $5 award. A Fayetteville Legion Conference set for November 11 at the Legion Home was discussed along with candy sales, Centennial tags, and a tennis court project note. The group approved candy orders and named chairmen for the candy project and next month’s hostesses. A balance of $180.56 remained in the general fund as program plans for Education and Scholarship were outlined. In Chicago, the South Shore YMCA reported 32 tons lost in weight by reducing-course participants.
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Fayetteville
ANS
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 149
Chestnut Room
Legion Home
Maple Avenue
Alex Gray
Porter Lewis
D. E. Brown
Neale Clark
John Witt Jr
Oscar Henderson
Nannie Beck
Brown
Louis Rahall
Gray
West Virginia Tech
General Fund
Henderson
James EU
Chicago
UPI
South Shore
Jeffrey Walls Wed In Oceana Ceremony
Jeffrey Walls and Joyce Walls united in a double ring ceremony at Rev. Wayne Rollins home in Oceana. Joyce wore white chiffon over satin. she received Austrian crystal jewelry and a red rosebud corsage. Jeffrey, a 1959 Oceana High School graduate, works for American Finance Corp. They will reside in Kopperston with family attending.
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Oceana
RNS
Joyce Walls
Rush D. Walls
Simon
Paul Jeffrey
Earl Doak
Jeffrey
Baileysville High School
Oceana High School
American Finance Corp
Kopperston
Viola Lynn
Rollins
Gamma Xi Chapter Beta Sigma Phi elects new officers
In Pineville Gamma Xi Chapter elects seven new appointments at its bi monthly meeting led by Mrs Eugene Graham. Appointments include Mrs John H Martin ways and means and Mrs Jack D Martin civil defense publicity committee, plus Mrs Robert Adams Mrs David Wilson and Mrs Sam Lambert on other posts. A rushing party set for October 8 at Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church will be a hobo theme. Fifteen prospective members named by Lam Lambert’s committee. The state convention is scheduled for November 24 at Wheeling. A pink and blue shower honored Mrs Wilson with host Mrs Graham serving refreshments.
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Pineville
RNS
Gamma Xi
Beta Sigma Phi
John H. Martin
Ways and Means
Jack D. Martin
Civil Defense Officer
Robert Adams
David Wilson
Sam Lambert
Wilson
James Lyons
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Lam Lambert
Eugene Graham
Wheeling
Graham
Lambert
Lyons
Adams
J. Martin
Jim Franklin
O. E. Wilks
Local Social News From Ravencliff And Nearby Towns
Guests included Ravencliff Kopperston visitors and relatives from Pineville and Newport News. Aden Tilley improving at Wyoming General Hospital after a heart attack, with Earnest and Mrs. Freeman Byers visiting. Pearl Lafferty ill at the same hospital. Cabell Payne family returned from Galax after a relative’s critical illness, visiting Clifton Easter and Lula Tilley in Fancy Gap. Garner Bailey expected home from Beckley Hospital.
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Kopperston
Wade Pinson
Mary Ann Massey
Cather Stineck
Haven Gunnee
James C. Goddard
Roy Goddard
Pineville
Glen Acord
Frankie
Flossie Acord
Newport News
Willard Ownby Jr
Donald Mann
Ownsby
Timmy
Ricky
Lori
Aden Tilley
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Earnest
Freeman Byers
Hampton
Pearl Lafferty
Cabell Payne
Galax
Flora Easter
A. Payne
Winston McBride
Alvin Payne
Carrol Payne
Elbert Payne
Fancy Gap
Clifton Easter
Lula Tilley
Virginia
Mt. Airy
N. Co
Garner Bailey
Beckley Hospital
Cook Daughter Born in Mullens Area
Mr and Mrs Albert F Cook of Green Acres City Florida formerly Mullens announce the birth of their first child a daughter Kelly Jane at 1 pm Sept 22 in Lake Worth General Hospital Lake Worth Florida The baby weighed seven pounds 12 ounces The mother is Bethel Becky Simmons of Mullens daughter of Jim Simmons Pineville and Mrs Mary Runion Levittown Pa Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Clifford Cook 125 Eleventh Street Mullens
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Mullens
RNS
Albert F. Cook
Green Acres City
Fla
Kelly Jane
Lake Worth General Hospital
Lake Worth
Bethel
Becky) Simmons
Jim Simmons
Pineville
Mary Runion
Levittown
Mrs Sizemore Feted At Shower In Oceana
Mrs Anna Lou Sizemore received many gifts at a household shower hosted Friday night at the home of Mrs Pearl Stafford in Oceana. Games were played with prizes awarded to Mrs Gran Jones and Mrs Early Stafford. Additional hostesses included Mrs Earl Pritchard and Mrs Bell Stafford. Many attendees listed include Mrs Ruth Ratliff, Mrs Deanna Gibson, Mrs Dora Stafford, Mrs Betty Blankenship, and numerous others.
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Oceana
ANS
Anna Lou Sizemore
Pearl Stafford
Gran Jones
Early Stafford
Earl Pritchard
Bell Stafford
Ruth Ratliff
Deanna Gibson
Dora Stafford
Betty Blankenship
Carrie Harvey
Lois Blankenship
Ethel Massey
Bill Blankenship
Raymond Cline
Guy Brunty
Flowetta Foster
Helen Belcher
Betty Foster
Delma Jean Pritchard
Cora Pettry
Anna Mae Dancy
Oliver Maynor
Bobby Ratliff
Lynn Stafford
Billy Massey
Donnie Stafford
Johnny Massey
Diana Stafford
Junior Pritchard
Michael Pritchard
Reba O’neal
Calvin Cook
Roy Trent
Lillian Elkins
David Cook
Wallace Breeden
Loraine Brown
Wayde Cook
Fidgar Maynor
Earnest Belcher
Weekend visitors and guests across Kopperston area
A long list of weekend guests includes Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boone in Taylors Valley Virginia with Gayle Pennington and children Donna Terri Rae and Shelly visiting. Iris Pennington and Mrs Reece Pennington also visit from nearby families. Additional gatherings involve Emory Lusk Debbie Clyde Nicely and Bobby Cheryl, and Billy Baldwin en route to Turkey on 15 month duty after training in New Jersey.
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Kopperston
Gayle Pennington
Donna
Terri Rae
Shelly
Robert Boone
Taylors Valley
General Lewis
Florida
Iris Pennington
Charleston General Hospital School of Nursing
Reece Pennington
Penningtons
Bill Loudermilk
Bobby
Cheryl
Oak Hill
Clyde Baldwin
Billy L. Baldwin
Prince
Richmond
Clyde Jr
McGuire Air Force Base
N. J
New Jersey
Turkey
George Giardella
Jerry
George Jr
Lewisburg
Greenbrier Military School
Homer Stable
Chuckie
Pocahontas County
L. M. Platt
Kimberly
John Paynter
Donald E. Edwards
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
John Edwards
Edwards
Europe
Ancient canal linking Nile and Red Sea by Darius
Britannica notes that around 510 B C Darius started a canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea. The project served as a precursor to the Suez Canal and inspired similar undertakings by the Romans.
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Darius
Nile
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Britannica
Haiti Declares Independence on January First, 1804
Haiti, second oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere after the United States, proclaimed its independence on January 1, 1804, marking a defining moment in its history and the broader Caribbean region.
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United States
Haiti
Naoma Little Leaguers Host Watermelon Feed at Park
Naoma Little League managers A L Shorty Shelton and William Brown led a watermelon feed at Walhonde Park Saturday. Attendees included Lewis Dickens Freddie Aliff Clyde Stepp Roger Clay Eugene OBrown Jerry Shelton John Paul Shelton William Cameron Joe Cook Terry Combs Roger Dickens and Ronald Dickens.
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Rock Creek
RNL
A. L. (Shorty) Shelton
William Brown
Naoma Little League
Walhonde Park
Lewis ‘Dickens
Freddie Aliff
Clyde Stepp
Roger Clay
Eugene O Brown
Jerry Shelton
John Paul ‘Shelton
William Cameron
Joe ‘Cook
Terry Combs
Roger Dickens
Ronald Dickens
Baby Stephen Scott Hayden Born in Pineville Hospital
Matheny couple Mr. and Mrs. Owen Andrew Hayden welcomed seven pound two and a half ounce son Stephen Scott Hayden at Pineville Maternity Hospital on Tuesday.
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Matheny
Pineville Maternity Hospital
Owen Andrew Hayden
Stephen Scott
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Walter Pickett
Selvey
Maude Hess
Tunney Hunsaker
Lewis
John Tamplin
Eubanks
Ada Nichols
D. C. Wickliner
Witt Jr
Jeffrey Walls
Ravencliff
Mrs. Sizemore
Naoma Little Leaguers
Dan River
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