Proud Young Buchanan County Is 100 Years Old
Buchanan County marked its centennial with more than 20 000 people in Grundy Virginia for a day of parades beauty contests and games. Rail officials and regional business leaders attended as residents enjoyed a southern fried chicken dinner and a beard contest finale. The event culminated with a large stag party by the Buchanan Chamber of Commerce tying into the centennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Ratliff
Clyde Ratliff
Royal
Buchanan County
Kathy
Grundy High
Grundy
Virginia
South
Harry C. Wyatt
Norfolk and Western Railroad
P. C. Wingo
Pocahontas Division
Bluefield
Richlands
Tazewell
Buchanan County Cavalry
Cumberland Mountains
Buchanan Chamber of Commerce
Buchanan
Preachers to Lead Choir at National Methodist Convocation
Nashville ministers will form a 1000 voice choir for the National Methodist Convocation on local church evangelism in Washington July 3 to 6. The church announced recruitment of clergy to sing at the event.
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Nashville
Tenn
Washington
Kennedy unsure about 1960 presidential bid
Sen John F Kennedy of Massachusetts said he does not know if he will seek the presidency in 1960 and will decide after his Senate reelection bid this fall. He stressed work in Massachusetts as his immediate task and noted he faces an opponent.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Russell B. Long
D-La
WDSA
New Orleans
Congress
Democrats Blast Administration Over Farm Policy in House Report
The House Agriculture Committee Democrats accuse the Eisenhower administration of splitting farmers and warn of declining prices and incomes without a new farm program. They push a comprehensive farm bill to tackle price supports, planting limits, and programs for cotton, wheat, feed grains, and milk amid a looming election-year battle. The report accompanies Benson’s attack on the bill as an unattractive package likely to face a veto.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
House
Benson
Harlan Hagan
California
Charles M. Teague
Istic
Rce
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Marion
Big Rock
Mell Ratliff
Mell
Scarlet
Grant
Richmond
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Buchanan County Belles
Lemon
By Russ Lemon
Ball Park
Sen. Kennedy
Demos
Teague
Indonesia
Alfred Land
Kammer
Bland Street
Kroehler
Wayneline
Dinette
Simmon
T Pc. Kroehler
NORGE
Dixie
H.P. Briggs-Stratton Motor
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