Christmas program recounts at First Baptist Church
Li Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wise Man was read by Mrs. Hubert Bolyard for the Young Adult Class Christmas program. Mrs. Lillie Adlington led devotional time and a brief business session. luncheon followed with decorations of grad pine and red candles. A gift exchange occurred and Roy Newton received a pen and pencil set. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Adlington, Mr. and Mrs. Newton, and numerous members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van Dyke
Hubert Bolyard
First Baptist Church
Lillie Adlington
Heavening
Kenneth Wyckoff
Josephine Bolyard
John Murray
Latimer Bradley
Adlington
French War Bride Discusses Christmas in France Talk
Mrs. Junior Paul Jones a French war bride spoke on Christmas in France to the Elizabeth Cummins Jackson chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Hotel Grafton. Regent Mrs. C.V. Miller welcomed attendees. invocation by Mrs. Florence Wilkinson. two vocal solos by Richard Avey. list of members and guests follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Paul Jones
France
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hotel Grafton
C.V. Miller
Florence Wilkinson
Richard Avey
Allie “Chamberlian
Carrie Sellers
Elizabeth Handley
O. J. Fleming
C. F. Shafer
Mary Hines
Rhea Fisher
Barbara
Elizabeth Cather
Mary V. Sellers
Z.L. Dean
Rosalyn Heironomus
T. H Cather
Virginia Hood
Barbara Cather
Local Club and Society Meetings Account
January events list for Quota Club Grafton Hotel at 6 30 p m TC will meet at Lowell Mason home January 2 Judson Missionary Society First Baptist church meets 7 30 p m speaker Mrs Roy Keys Burma clothing for Mather school Mountaineer Council No 44 meets Daughters of America Hall 7 30 p m officers installation January 9 Women Hospital Auxiliary hospital 2 p m executive board 1 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Hotel
Women's Hospital Auxiliary
T.C
Lowell Mason
McGrax Avenue
Judson Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
Roy Keys
Clarksburg
Burma
Mather School
Mountaineer Council
United American Mechanics
Daughters of America
East Main Street
Women's Hospital Auxiliay
Tax Changes Could Expand Payroll Levy Scope
The House plan extends payroll tax coverage to domestic servants, self-employed workers, and local government employees, applying to the first 3600 of income up from 3000. The Federal Security Agency expects about 2.424 billion in payroll tax collections next year, with 1.68 billion in the prior year and 688 million paid out in benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Security Agency
Nation's leaders plan defense trip amid silent Asia note
Continued from page one, officials say the joint chiefs will defend the nation while the Defense Department notes the trip has been planned. The statement avoids any explicit reference to Communist developments in Asia as the mission proceeds.
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Joint Chiefs
Asia
Defense Department
Birth and hospital notices from a Morgantown brief
Brief items report a Shahan family visit from Morgantown and a broken heel recovery for Mr Peters, a birth of Jane Lucille Humphrey on December 21 with details on family locations, Christmas visits from Baltimore, and hospital admissions and discharges for several local residents. News also cites a government tax outlook suggesting a potential multi billion deficit absent spending cuts or new taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Shahan
Sandra Lee
Morgantown
James R. Humphrey
Ross Street
Janet Lucille
Velma Wilt
Wesley Wilt
Bluemont Street
John R. Humphrey
Lincoln Street
Spitz
Congress
Overseas inspections spark tense midterm balance
The report notes routine inspection trips to overseas commands amid a China crisis. It highlights a National Strategy Council meeting where State and Defense Departments proposed actions to block Communist expansion in the Far East, and the Navy’s plan to add a carrier and two destroyers to the Seventh Task Fleet cruising Asiatic waters. Joint Chiefs include Bradley Collins Vanderberg Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
National Strategy Council
Far East
State and Defense Departments
Truman
Navy
Asiatic
Joint Chiefs
Omar N. Bradley
Army
J.J Lawton Collins
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Navy Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
President seeks 1951 budget balance by July 1
The presidential adviser said all three messages express Mr. Truman’s hope that Congress will balance the 1951 fiscal year budget starting July 1. The president reportedly believes the subject is central and that Congress faces a tough task in trimming the year’s expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Tritton
Polio Drive Volunteers Gear Up for Street Dime Board
Polio Quota club will help run a dime board on Main Street for two Saturdays in the campaign. The polio epidemic hit Taylor county children last year and funds from the prior drive covered medical expenses. Mr. Knotts said the drive will likely surpass its goal again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Taylor County
Knotts
Lewis Targeted in Coal Wage Contract Talks
LEWIS pressed by mine owners as talks continue on replacing expired contracts. Some small mines reportedly sign an agreement with a $15 basic daily wage and a 25 cent per ton welfare royalty, based on 18,295,752 tons per year, shifting to a five day week. The broader soft coal industry faces uncertainty over continued production after Lewis ended a 52 day strike with a three day week. Rumors circulate of further shutdowns for non under contract mines. Anthracite operators also negotiate with about 80,000 Eastern Pennsylvania miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
Comes to Dixie Sunday with union in New York City
Reported progress noted in their NLRB complaint as soft coal operators accuse Lewis of lacking concrete proposals and refusing to accept extending the old contract for two years while marching armies and cannon sounded. Georgia cities collect 6.9 million from alcohol beverage taxes in 1948 and liquor retailers must secure local licenses before state licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
NLRB
Lewis
Georgia
Mason and
Forties gave birth to a new world in the Fifties
The excerpt recalls the Forties as a war torn decade shaping postwar life with themes of romance, money, returning soldiers, international cooperation, refugee aid, and the emergence of television and the United Nations. It notes mixed prospects for the future with cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TO Mance
Europe
United Nations
Having Wonderful Wish Song Hits In Hope Film Sorrowful Jones
Song by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans features in Bob Hope picture Sorrowful Jones. Lucille Ball performs Having a Wonderful Wish in a nightclub sequence. The duo previously created Buttons and Bows for The Paleface and other hits. The Damon Runyan story arrives next Sunday at the Dixie Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hope
Lucille Ball
Damon Runyon
Paramount
Dixie Theatre
William Demarest
Bruce Cabot
Thomas Gomez
Little Mary Jane Saunders
Walter Winchell
Hollywood
Jay Livingston
Ray Evans
Jones
Bob
Livingston
Evans
Buttons and
Hope
Mary Jane Saunders
Damon Runyan
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Robert Bolyard
Ann Jones
Rose Lee Jones
Arlean Murray
Eva Evans
Billy Alice Reece
Emma Jean Smith
Lillian White
Bernadine Dury
Jean Stilwell
Nacomi Lawson
Mary Hanleither
Irene Corey Diller
American Association For Advancement of Science
New York
Cancer Research Institute
Philadelphia
International
Loyal Order OF Moose Dance
Willie Bowman
Stevens Bros. Garage
Front St
Doris
Sharle Thompson
Atherton
Cal
Stanford University Chapel
Sherman Leavitt
Sharle
Robert Kleifgen
Cleola Black
Exayah Seigle
Baltimore
Maryland
W. H. Canfield
Maple Avenue
Hospital
Ralph Miller
Thornton
Okey B. Stemple
Philipp
Genevieve Strawser
Tunnelton
Lulu Smith
Don Williams
Otis Latham
East Main
Jane Proudfoot
Beech Street
Lela Sheets
Newburg
Robert Lee Smith
Bibiana Waters
West Main
Rosella Shriver
Gary Cooper
Joan Crawford
Errol Flynn
Sydney Greenstreet
Patricia Meal
Eleanor Parker
Ronald Reagan
Edward C. Robinson
Jane Wyman
U. S
Alvin E. Sandroff
U.S. Marshal
Chicago
Sandroff
Dress Institute
Round
Willett Quartet
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Paramount Presents
Qucille Ball
Damon Runyons
Sorrowsull
Damon ‘Runyon
Bruce Thimas Demarest
Cabot G Gomez A
En Ay Obert
Welch Sted
Sidney Lanfield
Eagles
Dixie
Prospect
Soquthee
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