Williamsburg WSCS notes and community events highlights
Williamsburg news recalls Mary Sue Lowry Circle WSCS meeting at Mrs. Jack Hobbs home with devotions led by Mrs. Don Wallace and a lesson titled The Power to Become. It covers funeral meal plans for H. C. Milliken, litany service for the 25th anniversary, and a New Year Day gathering in Herington plus various local visits, sales, and upcoming church programs led by Rev. David B. Wilson with a February to March study schedule.
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L. W. Sutherland
Jack Hobbs
Mary Sue Lowry
WSCS
Don Wallace
Quentin Roberts
Louis Coppoe
H. C. Milliken
Ernest Gentry
J. W. Bennett
Checkers
Quenemo
Williamsburg
Frank Davis
John Horne
Charlie Bush
Orlin Milliken
Grover Harris
Bill Reekie
Will Bennett
George
Ben Lewis
John Ragin
Paul Pruitt
Walter Hull
Trezise
Williams
Arza Fogle
Davis
Bush
Bennett
Henry Dehn
Leila Hegle
Tommy Allen
Herington
Homer Green
Wichita
W. I. Hink
C. N. Rima
Paola
Clyde Todd
Williamsburg Produce Co
J. E. Decker
Gary Horne
Decker
Todd
Florida
George Laws
John Clemens
Susan
Aurora
Cole
W. F. Linden
Osage City
Faye Ashcraft
Orlin
Harley Milliken
Kenneth
Mobile
Ala
Russell
Greenville
Miss
Wendell
Santa Maria
Calif
Harold
Topeka
Doris Rogers
Overland Park
Jeanine Sue Horne
George Huddleston
Etta McMillan
George Turrell
Alice Carrow
Charles Bush
Frank Stansbury
W. T. Hopkins
Lloyd Neal
David B. Wilson
Claude Smith
Maude Shofner
Worst Storm Seen Rips Essex Ocean Carrier
Captain J M West of the aircraft carrier USS Essex described the North Atlantic gale as the worst he had seen. The Essex limped into New York Harbor with a damaged flight deck, a 23-ton main mast toppled onto the deck, and 85 foot waves reported during the storm period the week of December 15.
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J.M. West
Essex
New York Harbor
West
Park Calls For Belt Tightening In Nation Address
South Korean President Chung Hee Park urged thrift as poverty stares from all sides and called for belt tightening while pledging to uphold free economy in confronting economic difficulties during his first state of the nation speech to the National Assembly.
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Seoul
Korea
Chung Hee Park
National Assembly
Park
Melvern Area News Personal notices and deaths
Mrs Hugh Whitney visits Phoenix aunt Mary Tullett. Fayette Irey dies at Hilltop Nursing Home Lyndon aged 87. Survivors include Lucille Tompkins Agnes Irey John Irey and Bill Irey. Funeral held in Waverly Dec 31. Rain and Shine Club met Jan 2 with 20 members. Get well cards sent to two women. Mrs Hazel Simms of Indianapolis visited. Anna Knight home from hospital. Audrey Osborn hospitalized in Emporia. Mary Lou Kramer left for Portland Bible School College on Jan 2.
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Hugh Whitney
Mary Tullett
Phoenix
Arizona
Fayette Irey
Hilltop
Lyndon
Lucille Tompkins
Agnes Irey
Topeka
John
Waverly
Bill
Melvern
Ivey
Rain and Shine Club
Mary Fanning
Annie Knight
Pauline Johansen
Hazel Simms
Indianapolis
Ind
Fannie Neal
Anna Knight
Fannie Curchin
Audrey Osborn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Emporia
Mary Lou Kramer
Bible School College
Portland
Oregon
Banks Cleared For 1964 Cubs Campaign
CHICAGO AP Ernie Banks is 100 percent physically fit for the 1964 season, with club physician Dr. Jacob Luker stating there is no reason he cannot play every game. Banks eyes checked out fine and he is set to return at 33 on January 31 with past slumps and 18 homers noted despite a 227 average last season. He was moved to first base in 1962 and missed the Nassau meeting.
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Chicago (Ap
Ernie Banks
Chicago Cubs
Banks
Jacob Luker
Cub
Ernie
Luker
Nassau
Assistants Step Up In Coaching
NEW YORK AP An unusual trend shows assistants filling vacant head football coaching jobs since the 1963 season ended. Nine top positions filled, seven to assistants, two from pro teams. Warren Schmakel to Boston University illustrates the pattern.
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NEW York
Ara Parseghian
Marv Levy
Parseghian
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Levy
University of California
Department Store Sales Up in 10th District
AP reports department stores in the 10th Federal Reserve District rose 12 percent last week versus the year before, with Albuquerque up 22 percent and Denver 20. Omaha 19, Oklahoma City 11, Kansas City 10, Topeka 8, Tulsa 7, Wichita 6, downtown Kansas City 6, Lincoln 4, St. Joseph down 15, and Joplin down 2.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Albuquerque
Denver
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Topeka
Tulsa
Wichita
Lincoln
St. Joseph
Joplin
Girl Killed as Bomb Explodes Outside Saigon Bar
A bomb exploded outside a Saigon bar on Thursday night killing a 13 year old Vietnamese girl and a Vietnamese man and wounding seven American service members slightly.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Calls For Gasoline Tax Increase In Kansas
Gov. John Anderson urged raising the Kansas gasoline tax by 1 1/4 cents a gallon to boost revenue for road funding. The Kansas Contractors Association praised the plan during a two day session with about 800 members present. George M. Myers was elected association president, Grant A. Stannard named vice president, and Claude Rhoades named treasurer. The Kansas Highway Commission engineering staff received the Central State Construction magazine award for highway program contributions.
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Kansas City
John Anderson
Kansas
Anderson
Kansas Contractors Association
George M. Myers
el Dorado
Leon E. Smith
Larned
Grant A. Stannard
Wichita
Claude Rhoades
Newton
Central State Construction Magazine
Kansas Highway Commission
Gifford Reappears in Seventh Pro Bowl at Los Angeles
Frank Gifford of the New York Giants returns to Pro Bowl action in his seventh game at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Named to the East squad after Buddy Dial of the Dallas Cowboys withdrew with a badly sprained knee, Gifford has a storied NFL All-Star history including Player of the Game honors in 1959.
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Los. Angeles
Frank Gifford
New York Giants
Buddy Dial
Dallas Cowboys
Gifford
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