Thursday, July 20, 1961

Post Office Open House

Hillsboro's new Post Office will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. on July 22, 1961, Postmaster W. D. Workman announces.
The new facility is part of the Post Office Department's unique commercial leasing plan, where the facilities remain under private ownership, pay local taxes to this community and are leased to the Federal Government. At the same time large outlays of Federal money for construction purposes are eliminated.

Camp Meeting
The White Pine Holiness Camp meeting will be held at Arbovale July 20 to July 30. 
The public is invited to come and hear the old-time preaching and singing.

Ordained
Basil Price Sharp was ordained as a minister of the Presbyterian Church in the United States on Sunday evening, July 16, 1961. The ordination service was held in the Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, Hazard, Kentucky, by a Commission of Guerrant Presbytery. The ordination sermon was preached by the Rev. Roger P. Melton, of Montgomery, under whose pastorate Basil became a member of the Marlinton Presbyterian Church.
Attending the service from West Virginia were his grandmother, mother and sister, Mrs. Calvin Price, Mrs. Basil Sharp and Jane Sharp, and Mrs. Roger Melton and Lawrence Melton.

FFA
Steven Moore, of the Green Bank Chapter, Future Farmers of America, will receive the State Farmer Degree this Sunday, July 23, 10:30 a.m. at Jackson's Mill at their 33rd Annual State Convention.  The Green Bank Land Judging Team will also compete for State honors on Friday.

Weddings
Friel - Fitzwater
The Slatyfork Methodist Church was the scene of the wedding of Miss Audrey Carol Fitzwater, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Fitzwater, of Slatyfork, and Mr. George Edward Friel, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Friel, of Marlinton.
Miss Allene Fitzwater was maid of honor for her sister.
Miss Jacoba Friel, sister of the groom, served as bridesmaid.
Robert Mann served as best man for the groom.
The bridegroom is now serving with the United States Army and is stationed in Alabama, where the couple will reside.

Galford - Friel
The Marlinton Church of the Nazarene was the setting Friday evening, July 14, 1961, for the wedding of Betty Jo Friel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Friel, of Marlinton, and Joseph E. Galford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Galford also of Marlinton.
The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. James O. Shank, Jr., in the presence of the immediate families.
They will make their home in Marlinton, where both are employed.

BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Taylor, of Dunmore, a son, name Bruce Allen
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warrick, Jr., of Marlinton, a son named Timothy Lee.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Lane, of Beard, a daughter named Cynthia Jane
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Patton, Jr., of Hillsboro, a daughter named Charlotte Lee
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnett, of Mace, a son named Robert Charles

DEATHS
Lawrence Anderson Buzzard, aged 67 years, 11 months and 11 days, son of Robert Asberry and Maggie Kelly Buzzard. He was a veteran of World War I.
His wife, Hallie, was killed in an automobile accident September 28, 1953. He remained on the farm, serving as father and mother both to his young children. He hoped to and succeeded in keeping them together until they were able to maintain the home themselves.
Funeral serevice was held Father's Day at the Mountain Grove Presbyterian Church.

Samuel Oliver Painter, aged 61, a retired miner of Conley Run, near Valley Head, died July 4th, 1961

ALPINE THEATER

"Little Rascals Varieties"
"The Sundowners"
Glynis Johns - Dina Merrill