Fayette County Fair slate with agriculture focus Aug 17 19
Fayetteville announces the Fayette County Fair will run August 17 to 19 at the Memorial Auditorium. J H Allen, manager, hopes the local American Legion post helps with policing. the Fayetteville Junior Women's Club will run a concession stand. The pamphlet emphasizes agriculture and a back to the farm trend with local land and incomes in mind. Directors include Orval Kessler and Charles W Neal. fair manager is Don Payne. division chairs cover farm garden 4 H arts crafts home economics and entertainment.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Memorial Auditorium
J. H. Allen
The
Fair Association
Allen
American Legion Post
Fayette Mountains
Ross A. Dever
Ansted
Ruth B. Dodd
Orval Kessler
Victoria
Charles W. Neal
Herbert Riggle
Robert Akers
Eddie Collier
Wallace Bennett
Oak Hill
Ross Denver
John L. Holliday
Don Payne
Ward Ashford
John Cutlip
A. W.burdette
Thelma Burgess
Lawrence Kessler
Florence Croft
Clergyman Cancels U.S. Preaching Tour Over Riots
Rev. Clifford Magadi of Durban said he called off a preaching tour of the United States on Sunday due to ongoing race riots. He cited safety concerns and the unrest affecting travel and speaking engagements.
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Durban
South Africa
UPI
Clifford Magadi
United States
Miss Thompson Becomes Bride at Oak Hill
Miss Beverly Frances Thompson and Pete John Francesa married Aug. 5 at 7 30 p m in Oak Hill Baptist Church. The bride daughter of Dr and Mrs James B Thompson Oak Hill. Groom parents Mr and Mrs Z I Francesa Fayetteville. Double ring ceremony by Rev Randolph Johnson. Brides gown white lace over satin square neckline long sleeves. Bride wore veil from white satin bow and carried Bible covered with white lace. Maid of honor Mrs Michael W Montgomery. best man Richard McDaniel. Francesa to graduate from Morris Harvey College in Jan and will teach in Beckley. Francesa emplo yed as sales representative.
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Oak Hill
Beverly Frances Thompson
Pete John Francesa
Oak Hill Baptist Church
James B. Thompson
Z. Im. Francesa
Fayetteville
Randolph Johnson
John Carroll Estes
Michael W. Montgomery
Richard McDaniel
Collins High School
East Carolina College
Greenville
In. C
Beckley
Francesa
Morris Harvey College
Driver Benny Philyaw Fined for Reckless Driving at Glen Fork
Benny A. Philyaw was fined 100 dollars plus court costs after a Saturday hearing in Magistrate Jack Pizzino's Glen Fork court. The reckless driving charge stemmed from a single vehicle collision in the Sabine area on July 16.
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Glen Fork
RNS
Jack Pizzino
Benny A. Philyaw I
Sabine
Winding Gulf District Choir Honors New Robes at Mullens Church
A dedication service for the Winding Gulf District Choir robes was held at Mullens First Baptist Church with Rev. N C Lewis officiating. Members across six steps posed with robes and the choir’s headquarters are at 1607 South Kanawha Street, home of Mrs. W H Law, dean of music.
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South Kanawha St
Law
Sls
Winding Gulf District Singing Convention
Bluefield State College
West Virginia University
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Gwinn Salisbury Vows Exchanged At Red Star Church
Miss Sherry Lee Salisbury and Thomas Stanton Gwinn wed July 30 at Red Star Baptist Church Hill Top. Rev. Cecil Perry officiated. Maid of honor Jan Caye Gwinn and bridesmaids Brenda Salisbury Vonda Gail Phillips wore empire waist dresses. The couple plans to live in Ridge View Apts Perkasie PA.
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Hill Top
Red Star Baptist Church
Sherry Lee Salisbury
Thomas Stanton Gwinn
Emery Salisbury
Ray ‘Gwinn
Red Star
Rev
Cecil Perry
Mary Jean Dorsey
Jan Caye Gwinn
Brenda Salisbury
Vonda Gail Phillips
Ruyy Criss l
Kathryn Phillips
Harvey
Gwinn
Mount Hope High School
Alpha Omega
Future Business Leaders of America
Girls Athletic Association
Mount Hope High
Ridge View Apts
Perkasie
iPa
Python slithers off during TV show search
An on air master of ceremonies asked viewers to search under chairs for a 15 foot python owned by a guest big game hunter. The audience searched the studio and found the snake asleep under the dais about forty minutes later.
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Isnake Search
London
UPI
Master of Ceremonies
British adventurer Alec Rose reports all well at sea
British sailor Alec Rose said all well in a radio message after vanished earlier while attempting a solo circumnavigation in a seven ton sailboat to duplicate Sir Francis Chichester’s voyage from Madeira.
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Funchal
Madeira
Relieved as Sureties in Wyoming Court Bail
Effie Estes and Mary Ellen Estes appeared to be relieved as sureties on Harley Lester Jr.’s $5 000 bail bond amid ongoing criminal proceedings. The court discharged the Estes sisters and remitted the defendant to custody. Indictments and appeals for numerous defendants were continued or dismissed through the session. a jury found Darrell Lane Moye not guilty and discharged him.
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Pineville
Effie Estes
Mary Ellen Estes
Wyoming
Harley Lester Jr
Larry
Mackie Lester
Johnny Anderson
McKinley Woodley
William Anderson
Paul Clay
Paul Anderson
Teddy J. Blankenship
John Bailey
Kenneth Carl Bailey
Frankie Cline
Clara Clay
Albert N. Dale
Eugene Dorsey
Barney Dancy
William Alfred Darrell
Paul Evans
Ronnie Darrell Lester
Darrell Lane Moye
Moye
Gill Massey
Elgie Mathews
Ralph Mangus
Bobby W. McCarty
Leonard McCoy
Gayle Spears
Ottie (Audie) Short
Linda Woolum
Arley
Glen Rogers family visits and travels across states
Mr and Mrs Clyde Walters spend two weeks in Glen Rogers with grandson Scott Walters in Sabine. Linda Sizemore returns from Kansas City to Glen Rogers home of the Sizemores. Grandsons Tommy and David Jones visit from Kansas City after summer with the Sizemores. Roy Allen visits Glen Rogers on way from Baltimore. Margaret Fournier returns to her parents after a Baltimore visit. Hayden Wolfe and family travel to Drakesboro Kentucky to visit Beulah Wolfe.
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Glen Rogers
Clyde Walters
Arlington
Scott
Terry Walters
Sabine
John Canada
Soulsville
Linda Sizemore
John Sizemore
Kansas City
Inlaw
S. Set
Raymond Jones
Sizemores
Tommy
David Jones
Sgt
Harvey York
J. Allen
Fairdale
Roy Allen
Baltimore
Margaret Fournier
Roger Fournier
Hayden KX. Wolfe
Jerry
Cindy
Cathy
Drakesboro
Beulah Wolfe
Fund Drive Set In Fayette For Mental Health Aids
Fayetteville hosts the Bell Ringers fund drive for the Mental Health Association from August 4 to 11. Fayetteville Junior Women's Club assigns sections across town with noted coordinators and a final collection by August 11 under organizing chair Shirley Wilson.
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Fayetteville
Bell ‘Ringers
The
Mental Health Association
Charlene Boyd
Oak Ridge
Ann Goldizen
Second Avenue
Barbara Jones
Garten
Belva Kenina
Sarah Street
Sandra Riner
Eavetts Avenue
Yvonne Wilbur
Dummitt Avenue
Huse Street
Nancy Young
Keller Avenue
Martha Bocock
Grace
Largest bells world claim and metro bell facts
The article notes Russia’s Tsar Kolokol cast in 1739 weighs 193 tons and is over 19 feet in diameter. It mentions fire damage in 1737 and states the largest bell now in Moscow and the Metropolitan Life Insurance tower in New York houses the tallest bells heard 28 miles away.
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Russia
Moscow
Metropolitan Life Insurance
New York City
Encyclopaedia Britannicy
British climber Kenneth Standard dies on Mount Bispen attempt
In Randalsnes Norway authorities report Kenneth Standard, a young British climber, fell to his death while attempting to scale the dangerous east wall of Mount Bispen. The incident occurred Sunday during the ascent.
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Randalsnes
Norway
UPI
Kenneth Standard
Mount Bispen
Unday
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