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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1948
Page
13
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered names, times, programs, and locations, with references to speakers and shows. It mentions dance, news, variety, and a Capitol context but provides no coherent event or outcome.
Negro Activities N BSA girls share the New Homemakers of America Christmas meeting exchanging gifts. Gifts arranged in beautiful settings. A brief program of carols and refreshments featured Christmas sandwiches and cookies from the Home Ec class. Community guests attended a Holy supper at Church of God of America of Metalton with Elder Robertson of Mt Hope as speaker.
The Church of God founded by Jesus Christ will host a special service by the Stamaford Prayer Band with Elder Buford Moore delivering. Sun light Harmonizers and the Thormp son Brothers will sing Thursday night, and Friday night Elder W M Neal of Sullivan and the Golden Harps will perform. The Mt. Vernon Deacon Board and Trustees meet Saturday at 7:50 p.m. The pastor Rev J Andrew Thompson was given a Christmas purse of 36 dollars, and the missionary society surprised its president Mrs Mabel Crife with 21 dollars. Sunday is a regular preaching day. John Scott Lodge 1010 holds a meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. R Thompson Exalted Ruler. Miyeo Treme. The Mt Grove Baptist Church will hold a business meeting Friday. The Senior Missionary Society meeting was postponed due to church events. Mr and Mrs William J Porter of Detroit, Mich visiting relatives here. Curtis Porter of Howard University visiting grandparents here. Oceana Athletic Group receives a state charter to promote athletics in Ocean Wyoming County High. The non profit organization’s incorporators include T A Jenkins Kopperston and Landon Beand GE Minns. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs J Mooney of Kingsport Tenn on Christmas Day at Holston Hospital. mother is Johnnie Mae Kidd. They have a son, Teddy III.
The AP reports Britain’s free health service spurring a wig surge as 200 or more wigs per week are sought by both bald men and women. Wigmakers estimate demand could reach 100,000 wigs yearly at about $40 each, with costs to the government for cleaning and dressing at roughly $400,000 annually. Government officials express concern over the sudden, satisfied demand and the shift from single to double wig use.
In Friedberg Germany ex Nazi Dr Otto Strasser now living in Canada writes to friends claiming a third world war would strengthen Germany. He envisions millions dying as Russians Americans French and Poles fall and sees himself leading a new party called Union of Germanys Renewal aiming for Germanys Reich.
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