Sophia High Musicians Give Concert Tonight
Sophia High School presents a mid winter concert at First Baptist Church Sophia at 7 30 p m directed by Mrs Paul H McClure with Mrs B H Winter as accompanist and Miss Idella Woods as organist Students from seventh to 12th grade perform in four parts including vocal and instrumental solos trios and the Glee Club Highlights include Winter Wonderland Holy City Ave Maria Gavotte dances and Hallelujah Chorus The program closes with the concluding song by the opening trio and the Sophia High School Band.
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Sophia High School
First Baptist Church of
Sherman McKinney
Kay Rider
Pat Carnahan
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
Rodger Ayers
Alta Hughes
Gladys Wilson
Kay Lawson
Alice Brown
Okey Mills Named Association Head
Okey A. Mills Raleigh County Sheriff was chosen as head of the West Virginia Sheriffs Association board of governors. The group met in Charleston with area sheriffs named to the board including C. C. Elmore Mer cer C. W. Reinhart Fayette John C. Bell Nicholas and James J. Dean Greenbrier. The meeting featured two resolutions including support for federal and state governments and for Adj. Gen. Charles R. Fox as state director of Civil Defense.
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Charles R. Fox
Blizzard Honored At UMWA Dinner In Beckley
George W. Blizzard 68 of Oak Hill was honored at a Beckley dinner as he retires from his post as field representative of the United Mine Workers of America in West Virginia and Kentucky. About 50 District 29 officials, representatives, and office staff attended at Lenos Diner. Blizzard spent 41 years in coal mines and began with the UMWA in 1933 in the New River Field.
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George W. Blizzard
Oak Hill
Beckley
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Kentucky
District 29
UMWA
Leno
Blizzard
United Mine Workers
New River
Miss Evans Weds Thomas Loving Jr in Pax Branch
RED STAR Miss Louise Frances Evans and Thomas Hazelwood Loving Jr of Harvey wed in a double ring ceremony at 6 p.m. Saturday conducted by Rev J T Shu mate. The couple, graduates of Mount Hope High School, live with the bride’s parents in Red Star. Loving is a World War II veteran employed by New River Company in Mount Hope.
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Register
RED Star
Louise Frances Evans
Thomas Hazelwood Loving, Jr
Harvey
J. O. Evans
Loving
T. H. Loving
J. T. Shumate
Pax Branch
J. O. Evans, Jr
Ae William Evans
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Mount Hope High School
The
New River Company
Mount Hope
Hadacol praised for old fashioned meals and health ease
Mrs. Leo Picard of Church Point Louisiana extols Hadacol showing how vitamins B1 B2 Niacin and iron boost energy appetite and sleep. She claims old fashioned cooking beats modern stoves and urges trial with money back guarantee from The LeBlanc Corporation Lafayette Louisiana.
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Leo Picard
Church Point
Louisiana
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corporation
Lafayette
The
Scout Program Set For Dec 28
All Piney River District Boy Scout troops and leaders will attend a training program at Beckley Recreation Building on Thursday December 28. Scout executive Gus F. Walker said Joseph E McMahon district commissioner and Guy P. Amato training chairman will lead. A Court of Honor for boys completing rank requirements will precede the training. McMahon will oversee the Court. The article notes tartan wearing was illegal in Scotland two centuries ago as a symbol of clan authority.
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Piney River District
Beckley Recreation Building
Joseph E. McMahon
Guy P. Amato
McMahon
Scotland
Mrs Walker Injured In Automobile Wreck
Mrs C E Walker confined to Laurel Terrace home with leg injuries after a Sunday automobile crash on the By Pass near Raleigh. Car operated by her husband the Rev C E Walker pastor of Memorial Baptist Church plunged over a 50 foot embankment. Another passenger was Mrs William Engwall of Chicago.
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C. E. Walker
Laurel Terrace
Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh
William Engwall
Chicago
Four Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in Sophia Beckley Glen White
Four couples headed to marriage license proceedings include Edward Mann Jr. and Norma Yates both of Sophia, Edward Richmond of Baltimore and Joann Coleman of Beckley, Glenn Charles of Glen White and Emma Deck of Glen White, and Charles Parsons of Sophia with Maude Parsons. The report also notes Leona Payne and Ora Margaret Payne of Sophia as another pairing. The text mentions a missionary to the Congo with a broken arm and an unrelated Tibet population claim.
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Dewey
Edward Mann, Jr
Sophia
D. E. Mann
Norma Evelyn Yates
Robert A. Yates
Edward Lee Richmond
Baltimore
Luther H. Richmond
Joann Victoria Coleman
Beckley
N. R. Coleman
Glenn Lee Charles
Glen White
R. C. Charles
Emma Jean Deck
Emmi C. Deck
Charles Edward Parsons
J. F. Parsons
Maude Parsons
Leona Jean Payne
B. F. Payne
Ora Margaret Payne
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Beckley Music
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South Fayette Street
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