"Old times there are not forgotten"
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon visited the Soviet Union and Soviet Premier Nakita Khrushchev visited the United States. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra toured Europe. The United Steel Workers struck steel mills for 116 days, the longest such labor stoppage in American history.
New book titles: Advise and Consent and Breakfast at Tiffany's.
At the movies: Anatomy of a Murder, Ben-Hur, Room at the Top, The Diary of Ann Frank and The Nun's Story.
Television premiers: Adventures in Paradise, Bonanza, Rawhide, The Many Loves of Dobbie Gillis, The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
At college, in military service or at work we listened to: Mack The Knife, Battle of New Orleans, Venus, Lonely Boy, There Goes My Baby, Personality, Three Bells, Put Your Head On My Shoulder, Sleep Walk and Come Softly To Me.
March 14
Classmate Sue Ellen Redden married Fred Walters of Sophia, West Virginia. The wedding ceremony was performed in Tazwell, Virginia. Sue Ellen was working in the accounting department of Higgens Grocery Supplies at Beckley Junction attending Beckley College. Fred had employment pending in Washington, D.C. at the time of the marriage.
April 24
Classmate Barbara Lee Warden married classmate Richard Allen Grubb.
June 6
Classmate John Gray Pruett married Shelby A. Callahan of Daniels, West Virginia. The wedding ceremony was performed in the Daniels Baptist Church.
June 20
Classmate Richard William Highlander completed a one year college prepatory course at Greenbrier Military Academy.
August 19
Jerome Van Meter was named principal of Beckley Junior High School, succeeding Charles D. Munson.
September 4
Classmate Judith Ann Shumate married classmate James Lee Broome.
September 23
Classmate Patricia Ann Patrick married classmate John Griffin Roles.
October 23
Classmate Patricia Ann Maxey married classmate Larry Eugene Stafford.
October 29
J.B. Cole made an untimley departure from this life. James (P.A.) Hatcher learned of the tragedy in a letter from home, written by Elizabeth Gayle Mount.
November 22
Classmate Lynda Sue Oscar married classmate Glyndon William (John) Sawyers, Jr..
November 22
Classmate Ernest Wayne Tucker married Gloria Vila, WWHS 1954. The wedding ceremony was performed at St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church in Beckley. Wayne was working in sales at George's and Gloria had an administrative position with United Mine Workers in Beckley at the time of the marriage.
December 29
Classmate Mary Louise Smith married James R. Roser of Dayton, Ohio. The wedding ceremony was performed in Dayton. Louise was just out of beauty school and Jim was a firefighter in Dayton at the time of the marriage.