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SLABTOWN CONVENTION TO BE GIVEN SATURDAYThe “Slabtown Convention’' will be presented by a group of 35 McDowell county colored singers at eight o’clock, Saturday, December 17, in the Marion High School auditorium, it is announced. -Featuring favorite Negro spirituals, this program will be presented under sponsorship of the Marion Junior Woman’s Club for the colored committee. Proceeds will be contributed to the Marion Hospital Building Fund. Detailed plans are contained in an advertisement in this issue.Those taking part are giving their time as contribution toward building a new hospital for Marion.The balcony will be reserved for the colored audience.Those taking part in the one act comedy play are:Mrs. Milinda Carson, Mrs. Maude Parks.Mrs. N. B. Thalley, Miss Rena Hicks, Miss Barbara Faucette, Mrs. Emma Logan, Miss Tillie Miller.Mrs. Edna Erwin, Mrs. Margrete Ashe, Mrs. Eloi3e Moore, Mrs. Margie Carson.Miss Doris Borders, Miss Mary Forney, Mrs. Polly Denton.Mrs. Myrtle Carson, Mrs. Christian Beatty, Mrs. Clara Davis.Mrs. Odell Forney, Mrs. Emma Corpening, Mrs. W. F. Owens, Miss Mary Fowler, Miss Marion Kincaid, Mrs. Fannie Crisp, Mrs. Esther Fowler.Mrs. Celia Forney, Mrs. Katie Vaughn, Mrs. Mary Carson, Mrs. Amanda Mathis, Mrs. Nannie K. Davis, Mrs. Viola Black, Mrs. Betty Kincaid, Mrs. Lillian Borders, Mrs. Fannie Rhuffin.Mrs. Karuth Kincaid, Mrs. Margie Carsons, Mrs. Edna Erwin, Miss Bessie Montgomery Mrs. Rosa Greenlee.Will J. Crisp, Loftus Carson, Bishop Moore, Jr., Arnold Carson* Loftus Carson (Butch) Jr.Pianists: Mrs. Zelma Forney and Miss Edna K. Vaughn.Song Directress: Mrs. KatieVaughn.Directrix: Mrs. Milinda Carson* Mrs. Zelma Forney.FIRE WEDNESDAYAn electric refrigerator exploded causing fire at the residence of J. W. Forney in Black Bottom last Wednesday. Firemen reported only slight damage.
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Thu, Dec 15, 1949

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