Christmas Eve Services Spark Community Observance
Grafton churches open Christmas observances with candlelit services and carols. The Evangelical United Brothers Church hosts an 11 pm candlelight rite led by Rev. C V Tate featuring readings The Savior Is Promised The Savior Is Come The Savior Is Adored with over 200 candles. St Pauls Lutheran plans three services titled Christ Christians and Christmas with Rev Raymond Gross delivering the eve sermon followed by Midnight and Sunday services as the choir and children present carols including Away In A Manger and Silent Night. The Salvation Army aids local baskets and treats during the season.
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Grafton
Salvation Army
Evangelical United Brothern Church
C.V. Tate
Yarth
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Apstor
Raymond C. Gross
Raymond &. Gross
Christ
Fe Grogs
D. Ray Withers
St. Paul's
Childrens Cherub
Rcia Fawcett
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Fragments From Crumbling Copy of Holiday News
A damaged OCR page shows scattered items from a Columbus Ohio death notice to an Oklahoma City accident. It mentions a heart attack among a travel context, a two story structure collapse in Oklahoma and a Texas week sales report, with unrelated garbled phrases about Christmas, scandals, and a prison sentence.
Christmastime at Grafton post office tradition highlighted
County public response to the department’s annual Christmas sale proceeds supports the equipment fund. The Grafton post office reported strong cooperation from the public and employees. Offices closed today with reopening Tuesday December 27. mail service will be slowed but gift parcel delivery will resume.
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Grafton
Tay- Jot
Ppro
Hoffman Ald
Tooperati
St Augustine’s Midnight Mass Set At 11:30 P M Traditions
St Augustine’s offers Christmas Eve services with a children's carol service at 11 30 led by Sister Leo Ann followed by Rev M J Hannon celebrating the High Mass. Low Masses at 7 and 7 30 and Christmas morning High Mass at 9 with Low Masses at 9 30 and 1 40 Benediction follows the 10 o'clock Mass. Men’s Gregorian choir, directed by William M. Cockrell Jr, will perform at the midnight Mass and Christmas morning with Mrs Lee Roberts at organ for all services.
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St. Augustine's
Gregorian
William M. Cockrell, Jr
Mra
Lee Roberts
White Christmas Not On Grafton Holiday Program
Weather notes indicate the forecast for Grafton and surrounding areas is mostly cloudy with some warming. Yesterday’s high reached 44 degrees and the low near 27, with a chance of rain or wintry mix possible tonight.
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Grafton
Christmas Eve Services at First Church of Christ
Christmas Eve candlelight service and choir cantata planned at the First Church of Christ at 7:30 tonight led by Rev. Ralph E. Burnette. Choir under Glenn Satterfield and Mrs Wolfe will perform carols and pieces while the Christian Youth Fellowship conducts Communion and collects missions offerings. Services Sunday include Bible school at 9:00 and a morning worship with the sermon There Is No Room In The Inn.
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Christian Youth Fellowship
John ‘White
Larry Tracy
Richard Norris
Karl Hinkins
Glenn Satterfield
Charles Hyson
Oscar Judy
Leonard White
Ohn White
Patty White
Wolfe
Nazarene Church Christmas Play Draws Large Parkview Audience
At Parkview Church Nazarene a Christmas program showcased the play In Bethlehem with roles for Thelma Apnerson Caesar Augustus Paul Boyles Herod Noah Sullivan Joseph Mary Jackie Countryman Innkeeper John T. Duckworth Shepherds Larry Gerkins Howard Lea Hereh White and others. Lina Lee Sullivan directed the program with pianist Annalee Poole and a cast including Ruth Kirby Helen Duckworth Ada Mae Breedlove Edith Countryman Roberta Glover Louise Williams. Songs performed included Get Thehernh Song in the Air Ivory Palaces Star of the East Beautiful Name O Come All Ye Faithful and Joy to the World. Following the play children gave recitations all framed in the Christmas theme.
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Parkview
the Nazarene
Bethlehem
Thelma Apnerson
Caesar Augustus
Paul: Boyles
Herod
Noah Sullivan
Joseph
Ronnie Kirby
Mary
Jackie Countryman
John T. Duckworth
Shepherds
Larry Gerkins
Howard Lea
Hereh. White
Lina Lee Sullivan
Annalee Poole
Ruth Kirby
Helen Duckworth
Ada Mae Breedlove
Edith Countryman
Roberta Glover
Louise Williams
Ivory Palaces
Christmas Greetings From The Sentinel Family
The Sentinel marks its fifth year in Taylor County with warm Christmas wishes to readers. It thanks staff members Bill Turner Lee Roberts Ken Menear Carolee Littlinger Mary Carpenter Bill Cockrell and many others including office, circulation, and newsboys for their loyal efforts, and extends blessings and joy to all families this Christtide.
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Sentinel
Taylor County
Sentinel Family
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Lee Roberts
Ken Menear
Carolee Littlinger
Mary Carpenter
Bill Cockrell
Honor Garwell
JackHussion
Betty Hayhurst
Alma Kirk
Joe Chis
Richard Robinson
John Moore
Zelda Poling
Marvin Frye
Robert Robinson
Don Frye
Flos Hall
James King
Lloyd Kirk Orville Wilt
Porter Maxwell
Clarence Losh
Newsboys
Linda Curry
Rufus Holden
Howard Paul Curry
Benny
Gerkin
Richard Kilamore
Jack Klepfel
Chuck Bolyard
Jerry Martin
Clyde Coukney
Kenneth Shingleton
Franklin
Phillips
David Shingleton
Walter Knotts
Ronnie Robinson
Jimmy Knotts
Frankie Markley
Fred Markley
Opal Kirk
Thelma Kirk
Robison
Donald Isper
Res Gattecfield
Mary Ja Dojords Kiki
Larry Travy
Robert Workman
Roy Slaton, Jr
Hithard ‘Wilson
The Story Of The Holy Night Told In Scripture
Biblical narrative recounts Caesar Augustus' tax decree and Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem. Mary delivers Jesus in a manger. Shepherds in the field witness an angelic chorus and visit the child. They return praising God for what they have heard and seen.
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Apostle St. Luke
Caesar Augustus
Cyrenius
Syria
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Christ the Lord
God
Pope Urges Global Ban on Nuclear Tests and Use
In a Christmas message, Pope Pius VII urged an international agreement banning nuclear tests and the use of atomic and hydrogen weapons. He called for an effective system of inspections and controls, describing it as a duty of conscience to prevent destruction. The appeal was broadcast in 29 languages via seven networks.
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Vatican City
Pius VII
Ontiff
West Coast Flood Toll Rises as Levee Breach Displaces Thousands
Marysville California bore the brunt as a levee breach sent floodwater through towns near Yuba City forcing evacuation of thousands. To the south Stockton and Modesto ordered evacuations as the Tuolumne River rose. By Christmas Eve relief arrived for about 25 000 homeless, with at least 15 deaths and damage around 10 million dollars along a 500 mile stretch from central California to central Oregon and Reno Nevada.
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Marysville
Calif
Yales City
Stockton
Modesto
Tuol
Tuolumne
California
Oregon
Nevada
Reno
Yuba City
U.S. Counts 111 Dead At 11 A.M. Traffic, Flames
Traffic deaths topped the holiday toll as 111 lives were lost by 11 AM across the nation with 96 deaths since Friday. Fires added four, other accidents seven. Missouri and Illinois led states. floods swelled in Oregon Nevada. Weather raged in the Rocky Mountains and northern plains with hurricane winds.
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National Safety Council
United Press
Tlinois
Missouri
Michigan
Pennsys
Vania
Ohio
New York
California
Georgia
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Rocky Mountain States
Rn Plains
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Dakotas
Plains
Great Lakes
New England
Christmas Visitors Fill Grafton And Taylor Counties Homes
Families welcome relatives from Washington D C Morgantown and Columbus for Christmas weekend visits. Military and school connections noted with many residents hosting guests from Far and near amid holiday travel and family reunions.
All Quiet at Scene of Nativity Amid Border Tensions
Pilgrims walked toward Bethlehem through Jordanian towns as Israeli and Jordanian authorities imposed a curfew. Reports say the Baghdad Pact era clashes eased, with streets calm and gates altered to allow worshippers to pass during the nighttime hours.
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Bethlehem
Prince of Peace
We Teel
Jerusalem
Otha
Res Uwaly
Jordan
Hrishman Eye
Cardinal Soellman Visits Korean Front For Christmas
Francis Cardinal Soellman, Roman Catholic military Vicar, flew to Korea for his fifth consecutive Christmas with American troops on the truce line. Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas joined on the Far East inspection tour, sharing a special military plane from Tokyo. About 50,000 soldiers and 3,000 Marines and Navy personnel remained in Korea, with helicopter hops during the war.
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Seoul
Korba
Francis Cardinal Soellman
Blake In Arctic With U.S. Airmen
New York The president of the National Council of Churches delivers a Christmas message from Greenland where Dr Eugene Carson Blake clerks the Presbyterian Church and leads services for American troops at Thule Force Base. He travels to five U S bases in Newfoundland, Labrador and Greenland to greet airmen amid Arctic night.
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New York
National Council of Churches
Eugene Carson Blake
Presbyterian Church In the
Blake
U.S
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
Weeklong WV Temperatures Dip Below Normal
Five day outlook shows West Virginia temperatures averaging 3 to 5 degrees below normal in the south and 4 to 8 degrees below normal in the north. Warmer spell weekend followed by colder conditions. Precipitation is expected midweek with totals around half an inch.
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West Virginia
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