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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1955

Page

2

Morris Harvey Hosts 2d Annual Forensic Meet

Morris Harvey College hosts the second annual forensic meeting with 13 schools competing. Teams from Morris Harvey and the University of Notre Dame will attend a public warm up, debate topics include the national collegiate guaranteed annual wage, and finals and after dinner speaking follow the schedule through Saturday noon awards.

Morris Harvey University of Notre Dame Bob Barron Bob Johnson Mary Lee Smith Jim Smith John Hunter Ed Maslow Vincent Thomas Weal Shahan Ray Holdren William Lay Jean Parkins Judy Melfords Morris Harvey College Audi

Mountie Uses Body to Save Life at Quarry Wall

In Windemere British Columbia a Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable shielded a trapped man by spreading his body against a gypsum and ice wall for over an hour. Albert Portman, 50, was freed after forty men labored. Bowyer, 22, suffered exposure but survived.

Windemere B. C Royal Canadian Mounted Police Albert Portman H. D. Bowyer Portman

Cutcheon College Debating Meets and Property Transfers

The text lists college debate divisions for several schools including Notre Dame West Virginia University Marshall College and others with oratory and impromptu events noted. It also lists property transfers with buyer seller and parcel descriptions across Union Dist Jefferson Dist and St. Albans. A PTA meeting is scheduled for 7 30 p m Monday at Arbor Day observations with refreshments after the program.

Notre Dame West Virginia University Marshall College Baldwin Wallace University of Pennsylvania William and Mary Washington and Lee Kenyon College University of Pitts Burgh Denison University Frank C. Haymond State Supreme Court of Appeals K. K. Hall 25Th Judicial Circuit Robert Worrell 27Th Judicial Circuit Rtoberta B. Eberbaugh Elen Carper South Charleston Cynthia Page Jrm Ellis Varcel Union Dist Plorence Evelyn Hurley Wanda June Waldron Lot i Florence Hurley Proparty Cross Lanes Wilbur M. Cavender Killen der Clendenin Uth White Mowery Rank Quinton Kincaid Acrea Jefferson Dist Gerald Bower Robert K. Walker Re Tract

Jury Expected Verdict in $200000 Damages Suit

A verdict is likely today in the $200000 damage suit filed by Lorne Keith Phillips of Sugar Creek. The case, which began last Thursday in Common Pleas Court, names Long and Fisher morituary as defendants. Herman J. Legg was dismissed yesterday. Phillips sustained two broken legs and a fractured left hip in a February 15, 1953 ambulance collision involving Long Johnson and Fisher.

Lorne Keith Phillips Sugar Creek Common Pleas Court Long and Fisher Morituary Long, Johnson and Fisher Herman J. Legg Sugar Creek Dr Phillipe Long Johnson Fisher

Greatest Christmas story ever told on a train

Jerome Weidman recalls a Christmas Eve train ride when a stranger reads a worn book about Joseph and Mary. The moment reframes the holiday as shared humanity and faith, a memory Weidman has carried since.

Jerome Weidman Joseph Mary Reader's Digest

Car crash case tests funeral home and ambulance drivers

Phillips sued the Harrison funeral home and Legg alleging negligence after a crash that killed Ed ward BR Harrison. He claimed ambulance driver William Edward Lasure and other driver Linden Fisher were negligent and that Legg blocked the Harrison car from passing. Judge Staige Davis ruled Phillips failed to prove Legg's fault.

Legg Phillips Harrison Staige Davis

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