Tokyo Shimmers With Christmas Cheer In Busy Stores
Tokyo gears up for a big Christmas as Dakko chan dolls appear in sidewalks garb of Santa. Jingle Bells and Silent Night fill streets while arches and vast evergreen displays brighten Ginza. Merchants push year end sales as shoppers flood escalators and stations glow with holiday signs and decorations.
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Tokyo
Dakkochan
Dakko-chan
Japan
Ginza
New York
Fifth Avenue
Thieves Break Into Pax Grocery Steal Merchandise
Fos ter's Grocery Store in Pax was broken into Friday night. $100 in merchandise and cigarettes were taken while cash remained untouched. Entry gained through a side window. investigated by Deputy Sheriffs O. B. Legg, Buddy Crouch, and Pete Withrow. Store owned and operated by Sherman Foster of Long Branch.
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PAX
RNS
Foster
O. B. Legg
Buddy Crouch
Pete Withrow
Sherman Foster
Long Branch
Christmas program set by Pax BYF at Packs Branch Church
Pax BYF of Packs Branch Baptist Church hosts its annual Christmas program Sunday at 7 30 p m Three plays will entertain with cast including Rita Scott Pasty Cochran Mary Allen Rejana Arbogast Francis Bolen John David Lewis Johnny Boley Brenda Morgan Karen Williams Sue Bolen Wilda Ruff Hilda Ruff Roger Elswick Robert Morgan Ruth Davis Mrs Charlene Pishner leads and directs. Rev Alexander Pishner pastors the church with musical selections by Gay Pishner.
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PAX
RNS
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Packs Branch Baptist Church
Rita Scott
Pasty Cochran
Mary Allen
Rejana Arbogast
Francis Bolen
John David Lewis
Johnny Boley
Brenda Morgan
Karen Williams
Sue Bolen
Wilda Ruff
Hilda Ruff
Roger Elswick
Robert Morgan
Ruth Davis
Charlene Pishner
Gay Pishner
Jane Arbogast
Alexander Pishner
Mullens Circle Christmas Program Presented at First Christian
Mullens Circle No 1 of the Christian Women’s Fellowship met at the First Christian Church. Mrs W F Moore led the program with the Luke reading of the Christmas story. Mrs Taylor Leonard and Mrs H C Hilliard sang Tell Me the Story of Jesus. Mrs Moore accompanied at the piano and a general CWF meeting was announced for Thursday at 7 30 p.m. Secret sister pals were revealed. Attending were Mrs Essie Kemp Mrs Lacey Hight Mrs Edith Cook Debbie Sheffield and Rev H C Hilliard pastor.
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Essie Kemp
Lacey Hight
Edith Cook
Debbie Sheffield
H. C. Hilliard
Mrs Carol England Honored With Shower
Mullens West Virginia Mrs Carol Sue England was honored with a bridal shower at her mother in law Moran Avenue Mullens Co hosts were Mrs Ray Spillers Mrs Bill Clay Mrs Alva Tilley and Mrs Bernard McGraw Guests included Mrs Earl Wingate Mrs Bill Buckhannon Mrs Lee Levert Mrs Margaret Tilley Mrs Carl England and many others A note mentions Betelgeuse and a joint church meeting Fayetteville Baptist Woman s Mission Circles and General Mission Circle hold a covered dish dinner at 6 pm today
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Shirley Morgan
Roxie McKinney
Fannie Corker
Bob Schular
George Jenkins
Tracy ‘Hylton
Lynn Goodwin
Zora Goodwin
Bill Prentice
Arlin Cook
Charlie Dixon
Jean Woods
Mary Gill
Dora Wood
Anice Spillers
Carl Tilley
Margaret Stewart
Ury Cook
Curtis Hale
M. J. Warden
Ike McGlouthin
R. J. Kessler
Alice Wood
Alice Reed
Billy Cook
Paula Hale
Virginia McGraw
Barbara Tilley
Peggy McGraw
Sandy Spillers
Jean Dixon
Anna Lou Taylor
Diane Akers
Donna White
Frances Thompson
Charlene Hughes
Patty Jones
Sharon Hudgins
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville Baptist Woman's Mission Circles
General Mission Circle
Ann Judson
Hulbert
Hilltop Committee Plans First Youth Camp
Fayetteville reports the Hilltop Camp Project Committee approves plans for WV Baptist youth camp on Hilltop site. Mary E. Henry chairs, Cordelia Toles named camp director, Rev S A Abram co editor, with extensive committee leadership and a tentative schedule to be announced.
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Fayetteville
RNS
West Virginia Baptist State Convention
Hilltop Camp Project Committee
Central Baptist Church
Beckley
Mary E. Henry
Woman’s Baptist State Missionary and Educational Convention
Baptist State Convention
Cordelia Toles
S. A. Abram
Corey C.mitchell
Pax PAX social notes from Pax area county paper
Mrs Ray Thompson returned home Saturday after visiting son and daughter in Baltimore due to daughter Donna Rae illness who is improved. Gene and Billy Stover of Willoughby Ohio stayed with grandmother Ada Dotson. Mrs Frank Akers admitted to Laird Memorial hospital for observation. Mr and Mrs John Rhodes of Bradley visited Hattie Tyree. Miss Beatrice and Hazel Lively were Charleston visitors. Bill Tyree and son Mark Allen spent weekend with grandmother Alice O’Neal. Ernest Billups of London visited. T R Spears family visited Wright home. Jess Humphrey of Searbro Rt 1 visited Saturday.
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Pax
Ray Thompson
Tommy Thompson
Baltimore
Donna Rae
Gene
Billy Stover
Willoughby
Ohio
Ada Dotson
Frank Akers
Laird Memorial Hospital
Oleta Shumate
T. R. Spears
Dianne
Denise
Lessie
Tommy
Wilfred Wright
Danny
Jess Humphrey
Searbro Rt. 1
Hylbert Circle Hosts Mount Hope Christmas Program
The Hylbert Circle of Mount Hope Baptist Temple met at Mrs. Robert Lilly's home. She presented a Christmas program from Christ and the Fine Arts with I Wonder as I Wander as the program title. A brief business session followed with refreshments served to several members.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Hylbert
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Robert Lilly
Lilly
Illy
J. C. Gan
L. A. Lewallen
M. L. Parker
C. E. Clapper
Birth announced for Thomas John in Fayetteville
Mr and Mrs Ermel J Wilson of 508 W Maple Ave Fayetteville announce the birth of a seven pound thirteen ounce boy at 348 pm December 6 in Oak Hill Hospital The baby is named Thomas John They have an eight year old son Michael The mother is Betty J Dempsey daughter of C L Dempsey of East Oak Hill The father is the son of W T Wilson of Fayetteville
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Ermel J. Wilson
W. Maple Ave
Oak Hill Hospital
Thomas John
Michael
Betty J. Dempsey
C. L. Dempsey
East Oak Hill
W. T. Wilson
Notable Washington and international obituaries across several fields
U S Representative Keith Thomson of Wyoming dies at 41, reportedly of a heart attack, shortly after his election to the Senate. In Paris, famed soprano Mado Robin, 41, dies after a long illness, leaving a legacy from the Paris Opera Conservatory and a U S debut in 1954. Frank Coffyn, 82, Wright brothers pioneer and aviation aid developer, dies in California. Frederick Brown, 90, Manhattan real estate figure linked to two billion dollars in transactions and civic service, dies in New York. Col John F Ehlert, 70, former Wisconsin military district chief, dies after brief illness.
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Thomson
U. S. Senate
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Coffyn
Orville Wright
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Reserve Officers Training Corps
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Iowa
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Tex
Dooley, Narragansett Racing Assn President, dies at 74
James E. Dooley, age 74, longtime president since 1938 of the Narragansett Racing Association which operates Narragansett Race Track, died Saturday in Pawtucket Rhode Island.
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Pawtucket
R. I
James E. Dooley
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Doctor Hewitt, 77, Indiana Missouri Physician Dies
Washington AP report notes Dr. John H. Hewitt died Friday after a 50 year medical career in Indiana and Missouri. He served in the 1920s as president of the
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Washington
John H. Hewitt
Indiana
Missouri
The
Department stores spend 91 percent of ad dollars on newspapers
The merchant class historically directs most advertising funds to newspapers with current data showing 91 percent of department store advertising spending occurs in print. The figure spans department stores of all sizes and underscores the newspaper’s dominance in promotional budgets.
Courthouse Employees Luncheon Planned in Fayetteville
Fayetteville gathered female current and former courthouse workers for an annual luncheon at Blume Tea Room. Attendees listed include Elizabeth Simmons, Maurice Reynolds, Lillian Smith, L. S. Tully, Harriett Thompson, Irene Johnson, Lacy Neely, Phala Johnson, Pearl Long, Daisy Ingles, Emily Hoffman, Ethel Radford, Betty Blizzard, Patsy Wendell, Lorena Stone, Ruth Nelson, Edith Radford, Opal Thrift, and Ruth rk.
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RNL
Fayette County
Blume Tea Room
Elizabeth Simmons
Maurice Reynolds
Lillian Smith
L. S. Tully
Harriett Thompson
Irene Johnson
Lacy Neely
Phala Johnson
Pearl Long
Daisy Ingles
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