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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
11
Civitan Club heard J Horner Davis outline a United Fund as a cure for funding chaos. Panelists Charles Rogers and Fielding K Woods cited benefits and objections, noting 1900 US communities use federated giving and 821 employ United Fund.
A list of church activities and services across Charleston area. Includes times for Sunday School Morning Worship and Evening Worship at First Church of Christ Scientist Boulevard Church of Christ Park Ave and Main St and other congregations. Also notes midweek prayer sessions and radio broadcasts with various ministers and speakers nearby.
Woods reports that communities switching from Community Chest to United Fund saw larger donation gains, with eight cities failing to show increases. In the first year after the change, the average donation rise is 16 percent, while areas using Community Chest showed smaller gains.
In Columbus on June 22 authorities report curious radio signals received at Ohio State University appearing to originate from Venus. Dr. John D. Kraus noted the signals were complex and distinct from terrestrial crackling, only detected when Venus was in the antenna beam, ruling out earth reflections. The signals were recorded over the past two months in brief periods.
Six West Virginians will depart Charleston today for the National Federation of the Blind convention in San Francisco from June 30 to July 3. Attendees include David Powell and Allen Slater of Charleston, C. C. White and Betty Jo Warner of Huntington, and others from Charleston and nearby towns. The group lists ages and hometowns for participants such as William Clede Dawson, Patricia Lauigy Reten, John Robert Lofflin, Eric Gibson, Bill Wee Burford, Dennix Hickman, Charles William Register, Marie Jane Dennison, Keith Priddr, and Frances Maria Sigmon II.
A 3500 fire in a Dunbar attic at 137 Dunbar Ave yesterday forced firefighters to lay hose for the first time in 17 months. Fire Chief Dana Thumm said the last such operation was Jan 3, 1955 at a church. The blaze in Delbert R. Whited’s home started about 2 am. two patrolmen alerted responders and no one was home.
Willie Joe Saunders, printing instructor at West Virginia State College Institute, earned a Master of Arts in Educational Guidance from Marshall College. A West Virginia State College alumnus, he previously taught at Douglass High School after earning a BA in Mechanic Arts. Saunders holds memberships in several educational and fraternal organizations.
Hong Kong report cites Public Security Minister Lo Jui ching telling Peiping's National People's Congress that spying and sabotage are widespread and that the state must be safeguarded by fighting counterrevolutionaries to the end. In Greenstown a homecoming service at First Baptist Church features sermons and singing with dinner to follow. Dr John Pennington, son of Mrs. Jesse Pennington of Washington, D C, is noted for graduation as valedictorian from Georgetown University in 1942.
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