Advent Christians Arriving for Biennial General Conference
Hundreds of delegates gather for the 33d biennial meeting of the Advent Christian General Conference of America. The conference runs through Wednesday with sessions devoted to committee work and missionary activities led by Beulah Rediker and Margaret Metzler from Japan.
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Advent Christian General Conference of America
LUA
American Advent Missionary Society
Beulah Rediker
Margaret Metzler
Japan
First Advent Christian Church
Randolph St
World Council of Churches
Evanston
Randolph Street
J. E. Baker
General Conference
Camp Whitney
Clendenin
Aurora College
Aurora
J. Howard Shaw
The
College Church
General Conference Board of Missions
Joe Tom Tate
Bellingham
Wash
Carrip Whitney
American Advent Mission Society
Philippines
Board of Christian Education
Gordon O. Reed
Live Oak
Fla
Ivan Adams
Hartford, Conn
West Virginia Winners Head for International Trade Contest
South Charleston pipe fitter Lloyd Vaught and Parkersburg plumber Harley Heflin won West Virginia’s state apprentice contest and will go to the AFL union international finals August 10 to 12 at Purdue University. Vaught, 26, and Heflin, 24, received engraved watches from the West Virginia Pipe Trades Association. Pershing Butler, 32, was runner up in plumbing. Judges included B. W. Stonestreet and Robert Handley.
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South Charleston
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Unnion
Charleston
Purdue University
Lloyd Vaught
Kennan Homes
Harley Heflin
Parkers-burg
Secretary of
Martin P. Durkin
AFL
United Association of Journeymen
Vaught
Heflin
E. K. Crislip
West Virginia Pipe Trades Assn
Pershing Butler
Wheeling
B. W. Stonestreet
Kanawha County
Conference Of Syrian Orthodox Youth To Meet In Charleston
More than 1,000 Syrian youths from seven states converge on Charleston for the seventh annual Mid West Sector SOYO meeting at the Daniel Boone Hotel. The four day event features a choir contest, panel on Orthodoxy, grand ball, and a Sunday Divine Liturgy with Bishop David and Bishop Bashir in attendance. Lester Haddad Jr. passes presidency to Paul Saba as the conference runs through Sunday with sessions, meals, and entertainment scheduled.
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Charlestson
Daniel Boone Hotel
Samuel David
Toledo
Anthony Bashir
New York City
Lester Haddad Jr
Paul Saba
Cleveland
America
David
Bashir
Shrine
General Assembly
St Albans Trio Face Felonious Assault Hearing
Justice of the Peace T F Mitchell schedules Saturday morning proceedings for three St Albans residents Jack Reise 57 Kathleen Humphreys 30 and Rachel Graham 31 charged with felonious assault on 18 year old Harvey Ward. Ward's father H L Ward filed the warrant. incident allegedly involved a club and shoes in Fairview Addition. The three are held in Kanawha County jail.
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Justice of the Peace
T. F. Mitchell
St. Albans
Jack Reise
Kathleen Humphreys
Rachel Graham
Harvey Ward
Kanawha County
H. L. Ward
Ward
Mitchell
Reise
Fairview Addn
Margaret Truman to Lead in Autumn Crocus at Lakewood Theater
Former President Truman's daughter Margaret Truman will star as Katie in the Cody Smith comedy Autumn Crocus at Lakewood Summer Theater the week of July 19. She portrays a vacationing school teacher in the Lakewood production announced today.
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Lakewood
Maine
Truman
Margaret
Autumn Crocus
Katie
Cody Smith
Prison escape trio ends in fatal posse shooting
A federal prisoner from Princeton, West Virginia, Frank S. Moxley, 22, was fatally shot after he ignored commands to halt during a posse pursuit near White Deer in Union County. His companion Richard F. Schriver, 25, of Baltimore, surrendered after eluding the posse. Schriver was jailed for auto theft. both men escaped Lewistown Penitentiary work detail in a prison truck. Fluoridation move advances in Chicago with the council voting 37 to 0 to add fluoride to public water, likely starting next year pending budget sessions in October 1955.
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Lewisburg
Princeton
W. Va
Lewisburg Penitentiary
Chicago
City Council
Weeeee Vee
Franks
Moxley
Richard F. Schriver
Baltimore
Shriver
Ray J. Abbotticchio ,Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philadelphia
FBI
Schriver
White Deer
Union County
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Advent
Durkin
Margaret Truman
Posse
U.S
Superba
Erneta
Dad
Ernie Saunders
SPORT
Arazephyr
Arrow Ardsley
Arrow Belmont
Frankenberger
Maen
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