Community Christmas Activities and Death Notice
The Scarbro Consolidated School P T A meets Wednesday at 6 p m with a gift exchange. Central Street Baptist Church hosts a church at work session tonight and plans a Christmas party. Affinity School presents Santa's Helpers and The Empty Room with a community tree. Mrs Ollie Gibson of Carlisle dies at home. funeral arrangements pending.
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Central Street Baptist Church
Patsey Hudson
Affinity
Morning Star
Gibson
Ollie Gibson
Carlisle
Marriage Applications Listed for Four Couples
Four couples filed marriage applications. Charlie William Griffith 20 of Eccles and Joan Arlene Price 20 of Beckley. Everett Keith McCoy 27 of Noma and Reba Jean Brown 16 of Birchton. Allen Clay Patrick 21 of Corinne and Margaret Mitchell Frady 26 of Rhodell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie William Griffith
Eccles
Henry Cleveland Griffith
Joan Arlene Price
Beckley
Walter Otto Price
Everett Keith McCoy
Noma
Alfred McCoy
Reba Jean Brown
Birchton
Harley Brown
Allen Clay Patrick
Corinne
R. B. Patrick
Margaret Mitchell
Assembly of God Church Plans Special Services
The Rev. Paul Miller nationally known Sunday School promoter will conduct special services at First Assembly of God Church on Valley Drive Monday night. Pastor T. M. Waldron and Miss Johnnie Bachhofer will also participate in the evening service. Miller has spoken across the United States and Canada and helped organize a 1952 Springfield convention of 10 000 ministers and delegates.
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Paul Miller
Assemblies of God
Assembly of God
Valley Drive
T. M. Waldron
Johnnie Bachhofer
Appalachian
Miller
United States
Canada
General Council of Assemblies of God
Springfield
Josephine Resident Emma Lilly Dies at 79
Emma Lilly 79 of Josephine formerly Bluestone died in a local hospital at 5 50 am Survivors include two daughters Sibyl Lilly Beckley Nellie Lilly Glen View two sons Boyd Carl both of Josephine three sisters Stella Hedrick Links Grove Rosa Dodson White Oak and Dana Lilly Nimitz one brother W G Lilly Baileysville eight grandchildren five great grandchildren Body remains at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor Hinton pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Emma Lilly
Josephine
Bluestone
Sibyl Lilly
Beckley
Nellie Lilly
Glen View
Boyd
Carl
Stella Hedrick
Links Grove
Rosa Dodson
White Oake
Dana Lilly
Nimitz
W. G. Lilly
Local book store refuses to sell revised Bible
Rev. B C Jennings proprietor of the South Heber Street shop announced the store will not stock the National Council's Revised Standard Version. He also pastors Mt Tabor Baptist Church and says the King James Bible is clearly understandable and no change is needed. He condemns the National Council as evil.
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Christian Book Store
National Council
B. C. Jennings
South Heber St
Jennings
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Federal Council of Churches
Local Redmen to Initiate Three New Candidates
Three new candidates will be initiated into the Great Raleigh Tribe No. 18 of the Improved Order of Red Men at a district meeting held in Beckley lodge hall. The Mohawk Tribe No. 1 of Huntington will perform the ritual work and initiate the candidates. Local members L. C McClure, W. T. Dingus, and J. C. Arbogast attended a Huntington dinner marking the Golden Anniversary of the Great Council, Degree of Pocahontas of West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Council of
West Virginia
L. C McClure
Regular Beckley Jaycees Meeting Time Moved
The Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet at 6 p.m. at El Chico instead of 6 30 p.m. A buffet dinner is planned. The change allows Jaycees to attend the House of David Pinecrest basketball game they sponsor at Beckley Recreation Building at 8 p.m.
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Beckley
Magistrate Thurman Stable After Hospital Admission
Magistrate T Noel Thurman is in good condition at Beckley Hospital this morning after a Saturday admission for four blood transfusions and treatment. He was stricken at his Prosperity home, a family member said he was suffering from ulcers.
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T. Noel Thurman
Beckley Hospital
Thurman
VFW Changes Meeting Dates
Beginning next month Lew Shefler Post No 4469 will hold VEW meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Post home on Main Street Commander Emmett W Williams announced yesterday. The change was approved after a trial of Sunday meetings.
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Main St
Emmett W. Williams
Lew Sheffler
Tuesday Services Slated For Mrs Annie Guthrie
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Lee Guthrie 77 of Eccles will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Caffee Funeral Home chapel with Rev J W Witherspoon officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Born June 6 1875 at Tonys Fork she was daughter of Adam and Mahala Snodgrass Toney. Surviving are three sons Norris Clinton Felix a sister and brother and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
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Annie Lee Gutherie
Eccles
Beckley Hospital
Caffee Funeral Home
J. W Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Toney's Fork
Adam and
Mahala Snodgrass Toney
Raleigh County
Special Committee Named by East Gulf PTA
A committee to select playground equipment was named at an East Gulf Parent-Teachers Association meeting. Rev. Lucian Saunders of Glen White spoke as guest. Films The State of New York and Our Capitol Washington DC were shown. A safety first play by third to fifth graders. Each member donated a kitchen utensil for the kitchen shower. Refreshments were provided to 3 attendees by hostesses Mrs Herald Holley, Mrs Frank Helvey, and Mrs Reid Daniel.
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East Gulf
Parent- Teachers Association
Lucian Saunders
Glen White
State of
New York
Our Capitol
Washington D. C
Parent-Teachers Association
Herald Holley
Frank Helvey
Reid Daniel
Kiwanis and Key Club Hold Joint WWHS Meeting
Beckley Kiwanis Club joined Woodrow Wilson High School Key Club for a combined weekly luncheon in the school library. James Lucas presided the program while William Lazenby outlined Key Club history and Robert Pulliam delivered the oration that won a recent contest.
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Beckley Kiwanis Club
CC. G. Peregoy
Key Club
Woodrow Wilson High School
James Lucas
William Lazenby
Robert Pulliam
Ladies Missionary Group Plans Christmas Programs
The Ladies Missionary Society of the First Church of God schedules a 7 30 p m Christmas program tomorrow with a talent service and birthday offering for foreign missions. They will assemble baskets for needy families and the church youth plan an annual Christmas party at Rev A J Cain's home Friday with games and gift collection for Pine Forest patients.
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Ladies Missionary Society of the First Church of God
Alfred J. Cain
Pine Forest
Mable Burke
Mary Fleming
Geneva Martin
Thelma Wheller
Tralee Boy Admitted After Head Injuries at Grace Hospital
Traile Mack Hooper, 10, of Tralee, was admitted to Grace Hospital Welch for possible skull fracture and deep head cuts after an accident.
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Tralee
Mack Hooper
Grace Hospital
Welch
Princewick Youth Stabbed, Condition Reported Good
Phillip Sheridan aged 20 of Princewick is listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after a stabbing to the back. He was admitted Saturday night and details of the incident are not yet available.
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Phillip Sheridan
Princewick
Beckley Hospital
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P.T.A
Scarbro Consolidated School P.T.A
Trent Funeral Home
Assembly of God Church
Redmen
VFW
Annie Guthrie
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Kiwanis
Ladies Missionary Group
Crab Orchard Fin Town
Melrose
Melrose Distillers, Inc
Vn, Y
Lnost
America
F.C
Toledo
Ohio
Ward-Evans Motor CO
Oakw Beckley
Rupert, W. VA
Oak Hill, W. VA
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