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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1963
Page
10
A cryptogram style puzzle page presents a list of across and down clues with numbered items and cryptic entries. It includes an instruction to solve a substitution cipher, mentions a sample cryptoquip yesterday about a streamlined dolphin, and notes an octal/letter mapping hint for October 12. It also lists several unrelated lexical clues and the puzzle’s attribution to King Features Syndicate 1983.
The Public Health Service reports 16 people stricken with botulism from smoked white fish in two weeks, with eight deaths. Most cases center in Alabama and Tennessee from a Michigan fish shipment by H. J. Dombos and Brother Co distributed via Kroger. Two Michigan cases include an elderly Kalamazoo couple who died after eating roadside white fish. FDA traces toxin in remaining fish and Knoxville family. Oceanic storage and packaging lapses suspected. One other event involves a Knoxville father and daughter who died within minutes after shared breakfast chub. Botulinus toxin forms in low oxygen. Different botulism type links to home canned foods.
Members of the Charleston Seventh-day Adventist Church will assemble at 2 p m Sunday at 622 Kanawha Blvd W to break ground for a new house of worship. Pastor N L Meager mayor Shanklin state Adventist president A P Potter architect Irving Bowman and contractor E L Harris will wield shovels. Afterwards the crowd will attend a dinner at the Seventh-day Adventist Junior Academy on Edgewood Drive and Washington Street. The church size envisions a contemporary laminated wood arch and brick walls with seating for 450 in the chapel.
Washington D C October 14 18 1963 State Health Director N H Dyer will represent West Virginia at the surgeon general conference with state and territorial health officers He calls the year crucial for health manpower facilities and cooperative planning for mental health and retardation programs.
The Wesia of Quaker life and practice speaks of conviction and unity in worship. Friends gather without priestly intermediaries and seek guidance from the Spirit in silent meet ing, reflecting a community centered on inward devotion.
The St. Albans Ministerial Association approved a resolution requesting the state attorney general to issue a directive prohibiting any antireligious instruction or expression in public schools that oppose religion or threaten religious faith. The resolution asserts such atheistic views conflict with constitutional rights to religious freedom.
The U S Secret Service reports counterfeit ten dollar notes circulating in parts of West Virginia including Huntington and Logan. Three bill types are described with distinct serial numbers check letters back plates and Federal Reserve seal letters. Investigators say the fakes show faded face print darker back color and a distinctive lower right corner check letter.
Mrs. Sarah Patton Boyle, Southern author and civil rights advocate born in Charlottesville, Va., will address Charleston NAACP at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church on Lewis and Shrewsbury streets. She wrote The Desegregated Heart and has contributed to Ebony and The Nation. Autographs will be offered after the talk.
Robert Clendenin, 25, of Brounland, injured his right leg Friday night after a fall from a carnival ride at Dunbar. He was taken by ambulance to Thomas Memorial Hospital in Keller where doctors expect release after treatment. South West Church of God names Rev Roy W Dennis new pastor succeeding Rev Walter Strang who resigns to become evangelist.
Area churches announce singing conventions revival services and Bible study courses across Kanawha and surrounding towns. Groups include Cross Lanes Quartet Choraliers Octet and local church choirs. Evangelists Lee Coffman and G Aiken Taylor are scheduled. A centennial Jay observance will follow at Levi First Baptist Rand with Rev Edward Abrams speaking.
The Kanawha Trail Club plans a Sunday afternoon hike described as very scenic. The trek runs 4.2 miles from Trace Fork to Little Brier Creek along ridges streams and woods, with George Daniels leading the group after car transport to the hilltop start point.
A reader listing shows several churches including American Baptist Convention venues with morning worship titled The Call of The Spirit, plus Sunday school times and youth programs. Redeemer Lutheran, City Bible Center Church, Bream Memorial Presbyterian, First Church, and Ruffner Memorial outline service times, evening worships, midweek meetings, and other church activities across Staunton Ava South Charleston and nearby areas.
The notice announces Emmanuel W Washington and Florida Streets Gordon and Withers D D Pastor Clyde Ferguson Jr Minister of Music present “The Compassion of Jesus” and Dr Withers at 6 30 p m Baptist Evening Fellowship “The Work of the Lord” on Wednesday 7 30 p m Midweek Prayer Service
Shrewsbury and Charleston churches list service times and events. Moses Newsome and Reverend Newsome lead sessions including The Stranger Within Thy Gates at 3:00 p.m. NAACP speaker Mrs. Sarah Patton Boyle appears 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Problem Clinic Wednesday 8:00 p.m. Morning Worship The Twelve Matthew at 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church 11:15 a.m. Evening Worship 7:00 p.m. Sr High Youth in charge Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
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