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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1936
Page
2
The Blackwater Canyon road in Monongahela National Forest near Elkins West Virginia will open from eight to eight with access from Redhouse or Elkins via WA 5 and route 219. Built for administration and widened to ease travel, one‑way traffic from Backbone Mountain to Douglas is requested.
Seventy two children aged five to fifteen enroll in the North Charleston community vacation Bible school to run two weeks starting Monday. Four area churches sponsor Lydia Robson Presbyterian Grace M E church M E Church South and Starcher Baptist. Miss Regina Lowther of Grafton will direct. About 150 attendees expected. A morning course on new school methods runs eight to nine for teachers and helpers. Leader ship credits issued with no registration fee. Lowther will speak at Starcher Baptist church tomorrow at 9 45 Lydia Robson at 10 25 and Grace M E at 8 o'clock tomorrow night.
The subcommittees of the West Virginia chamber of commerce studying tourism development will not meet today at the Daniel Boone hotel. The session is rescheduled for next Saturday, announced A. H. Andrews, general manager of the state group.
Delegates applaud telegrams and Nixon era figures as Knox is named nominee. Landon is urged to Topeka for notification by a committee from each state. Union speakers thank Cleveland organizers and the convention adjourns as British imports loom in the closing notes.
The newly elected Republican executive committee will meet in Clarksburg today to elect a chairman and set the date and place for the state judicial convention. Possible chair candidates include George W. Sharp and Robert H. Kay amid mentions of Charles N. Kimball. The Democratic state convention is planned for August at Clarksburg.
June 12. Big detachments of the Nanking government army marched southward toward Canton and Hunan, with hostilities believed imminent. Nanking and Canton leaders show reluctance to escalate, while air power from Changsha and American built bombers and pursuit planes bolster central government defenses.
The quartet will perform at eight o clock Sunday evening at Shepherds Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church.
At the Presbyterian synod conference in Lewisburg seven classes discussed Christianity in relation to current issues. Speakers included Rev. A K Curry on personal religion and Rev. S B Lapley on helping others, with topics covering a warless world, alcohol use, Christian economy, leisure, and preparation for marriage. President Benjamin R Lacy urged delegates to study the field before choosing life work.
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The annual children's day program at Boyd Memorial Church will be presented at 10 35 tomorrow morning by the Shurele school. The pageant titled Every Hour features 12 groups representing countries where Christian work is carried on by the church brotherhood. Central Africa is depicted by Negro boys and girls from St James Protestant. A large grandfather clock, built by vacation school boys this year, will be used in the production.
A schedule outlines a program that strikes the hour as each designated group takes the platform. The plan assigns precise timing to signal changes and maintain an orderly progression through the event. It specifies which group goes on stage first and how long each segment lasts.
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