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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
7
Bethany on May 31 reports no candidate filed for mayor five days before Bethany’s nonpartisan election. Incumbent mayor and city recorder decline reelection. Ballots ordered with blank mayor spaces. Election set for June 5 with four candidates for city council.
The Kanawha Valley Bible Conference runs Sunday through June 17 at Union Mission Memorial Auditorium with speakers Dr Sidney B E Cox from Hendersonville NC Dr Robert G Lee pastor of Bellevue Baptist Memphis and Dr Charles H Stevens of Winston-Salem NC daily June 12 to 15. Owens Trio of Burlington NC leads music. services at 7 45 p m and Bible study at 10 a m Pat B Withrow Sr mission superintendent leads.
Defense Department figures show 611 more Korean War casualties since last week bringing total to 67,427 through May 25. Breakdown includes 10,127 killed in action, 45,889 wounded, 11,411 missing. further details cover Army 58,176 casualties with 9,487 dead, Navy 721 with 115 dead, Marine Corps 9,925 with 1,385 dead, and Air Force 605 with 175 dead.
The 1951 official Catholic directory reports 28,634,878 Catholics in the United States including Alaska and Hawaii, an increase of 868,737 from the prior year. Births rise, deaths fall, and more than 100,000 converts are noted, alongside a record hierarchy of four cardinals, 24 archbishops, 156 bishops and 43,889 priests.
In Wheeling Ohio County Intermediate Court Frances Mason 81 a negro housewife drew a prison term after conviction of felonious assault for striking Lincoln Negro High School teacher Geraldine Newman with a pop bottle during a dispute over disciplinaing her child. The sentence ranges from two to 10 years based on prior arrests and was imposed by Acting Judge D A McKee.
The Woman's Exchange at 1109 Virginia Street East will open Mondays Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mrs H I Hester sponsor and Memorial Hospital auxiliary projects chair announces the shop will be staffed by Mrs Harry Davis on Mondays Mrs Arthur Greenlee on Wednesdays Mrs A J Peck on Thursdays and Mrs William B Weaver on Saturdays. Bake sales occur each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Preparatory piano pupils of Miss Marjorie Thomas from Mason College of Music and Fine Arts will present a recital at the Montgomery Woman's club at 7 30 tonight. Participants include Robert Carter Patricia Katz Mary Ann Hamblin Melford Holland Nancy Rose Sandra McBane Lawrence Blake Mary Devison Joyce Stinnett Loretta Johnson Carolyn Stevens Gail Dillard Barbara Fraiser Sararee Stevens Katherine Lynn Stevens Nancy Holland Catherine Pritt Sue Gibson Carolyn Markham Carolyn Kitchen.
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