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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1956
Page
6
A Christmas play titled A Child Shall Lead Them will be presented at Wesley Methodist Church at Aleatha Street and Bigley Avenue. The Berea Class will perform a three act play directed by Simon Bailey and Edward Bragg.
The Glen Ferris Choir at Method Church will present portions of Handel’s Messiah during the Sunday morning Christmas service. Soloists Barbara Lance and Raymond Taylor will perform He Shall Feed, with Corbitt and Corbitt participating in the Rejoice and other selections.
A Charleston, West Virginia boy, Philip Baldwin, 12, receives a 13 volume Compton’s encyclopedia set from Andy for asking about falling stars. The piece explains stars are suns in the galaxy with vast spaces and strict cosmic “traffic rules,” and that stars cannot fall from the sky.
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