Table Rock Blasts Dismantle Niagara Gorge Feature
A July Fourth blast at Table Rock, Honey Moon Point, near Niagara Falls Ontario, toppled 6,000 tons of rock as 40,000 spectators watched. The rock removal aims to make the cliff safe after a 200 foot long crack appeared 40 feet from the edge, marking the park commission’s ongoing works.
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Associated Press
Niagara Falls
Table Rock
Honeymoon Point
Niagara Gorge
Horseshoe Falls
Niagara Parks Commission
Negro Activities Choir To Meet In Beckley
The Ebenezer Baptist Church members form a choir to complete its organization at 8:00 pm at the church. Earlier revival at First Baptist Church ended with fourteen attending, ten confessing faith. Baptismal services set for the second Sunday in July at 2:00 pm. Rev. C. M. Ellis led the revival with help from community pastors. The Help and Aid Missionary Society met at Mrs. Stephenson’s home for a business session and refreshments. Next meeting at Rev. and Mrs. Brookens. Mrs. Fannie Willis ill from a stroke. Mrs. Beatrice Brown recently returned after stroke treatment. Mr. is improving at home. Miss Gertrude Young of Marytown visits Rev. R. G. Berger. Mrs. R. J. Walthall confined.
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Ebenezer Baptist Church
Beckley
First Baptist Church
C. M. Ellis
Help and Aid Missionary Society
Carthorn
McCary
Holland
Davis
Brooks
Hearn
Jackson
Stephenson
Carter
Brookens
Beckley Area Church Gatherings and Obituaries Notes
A local update lists illnesses and visits as Rev G D Anderson and Mrs Mable Green visit relatives in Pax. Mrs F B Watkins stayed with Mrs Annie Hancock in Beckley and visited Mrs J O Payne in East Beckley. Several Beckley residents travel to Mt Hope for Association events while others attend church services and summer school. Mr John DeHaven of Columbus Ohio dies. he was sister to Mrs Emma Booze and Mrs Belle Green. Nannie Nicholson dies, services at High Street Baptist with Jackson and Son Funeral Home.
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G. D. Anderson
Mable Green
F. B. Watkins
Annie Hancock
Beckley
J. O. Payne
East Beckley
Bessie Harris
Philadelphia
John Woodson
S. W. Williams
Alexander
Patsy Hudson
Ricardo B. Booker
Glen Rogers
Mt. Hope
First Union Baptist Church
John Reaves
West Virginia State College
Sarah Johnson Braxton
Hilltop
John Wright
Alfred Wright
Alfred, Jr
New River Association
John DeHaven
Columbus
Ohio
DeHaven
Emma G. Booze
Belle Green
Elizabeth Merrett
Bluefield
Augusta Falls to British in 1779 During Revolution
Although neighboring towns around long had been in British hands, Augusta Georgia did not fall until the year 1779 as the American Revolution unfolded.
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Long
Augusta
Local Social Notes From Gatewood Area
Gatewood West Virginia and Charleston visits pepper a weekend roundup of residents. Mr and Mrs Clarence Epperly visit daughter Katherine at Charleston General Hospital where she shows slight improvement. Many others share travel visits to Oak Hill Fayetteville Beckley Beckwith and Beckley relatives among extended family and friends. The community also extends sympathy to the Matheny family in their bereavement.
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J. C. Gibson
J. Davis
Virginia
Henry Burton
Salt Creek
F. L. Burton
Beckley Hospital
Carla Jean
Washington, D. C
Eula Clower
Beckley
Ermine Clower
Charleston
Elbert Clower
Okey Hall
Killarney
Charlie Tolbert
Mr Tolbert
Buster Matheny
Community notes from Cunard and surrounding towns
Cunard West Virginia resident John McGraw Jr returned home from a Greenbrier camping trip. Beckley resident Paul Leffew visited his father Tom Leffew on Tuesday. Charleton guests Mrs Charles Knowles and sons Charles Edward and James Stanford returned to Charleston. Edith Perry visited friends in Charleston. Dr and Mrs John McGraw were motor visitors to Charleston Saturday. Penn Newman, Mrs Carper, Lula Beckley and Syrus Lilly returned from Bedford Virginia. Anne Wire and Charles Beary were major visitors to Helen. Baseball game attendees at Helen included Tuck Sowers family, Clet Sowers family, and J H Boyd. Russell Morton visited Fayetteville Tuesday. Paul Jamison and children Billy and Joan visited Oak Hill Sunday.
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S. Goff
Charleston
Clarence Epperly
Katherine
Charleston General Hospital
Martin Rhodes
Fayetteville
Clifford Hall
Irwin Tollbert
Oak Hill
Carl Jones
Gauley River
Paul Brown
Anne Wire
Brooklyn
Hobart Buckland
Milton McClung
Nicholas County
Ira Rhodes
Samuel Parkens
Edward Mitchell
Clara Riner
Glendon Riner
Lena Wire
Ruth Fox
Leona Wilson
Beckwith
Edmond Hitchcock
Beckley
Rel
John McGraw Jr
Greenbrier
Paul Leffew
Tom Leffew
Charles Knowles
Charles Edward
James Stanford
Edith Perry
John McGraw
Penn Newman
Carper
Lula of
Syrus Lilly
Bedford
Virginia
Charles Beary
Helen Sunday
Tuck Sowers
Joe
Clet Sowers
Clet Jr
J. H. Boyd
Russell Morton
Luesday
Paul Jamison
Billy and
Joan
Girl killed in Culloden machine collision
A 13 year old girl, Charlotte Geene of Charleston, died from a fractured skull and ten others were injured when automobiles collided at Culloden on July 4. The AP report notes the fatality and injuries resulting from the crash.
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Milton
Culloden
Charlotte Geene
Charleston
Workmen uncover skulls of 25 ancient Indians in Colusa
Workmen digging ditches at Colusa California uncovered the skulls of 25 ancient Indians. Authorities began mapping the find and planned careful excavation for preservation and study by archaeologists.
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Colusa
Calif
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Lewis Berger
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Clarence Gross
Rubin Peters
Ellen Calloway
Pinkard
Ethel Calloway
Joseph Woody
D. Belk
John Mar
Glen Jean
McDawson
Greenville
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Louise Minnis
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Martha Wood
Clifton Forge
Sorrell
Mister Blunder
Mrs Buzzard
Oswald Blunder
Lape
Remington
Remington Portable
Ern
Commercial Printing Department
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Gatewood, W. Va
Dorothy Bennett
Ethel Michael
Ethel Rhodes
Vernon Hitchcock
Robert J. Ashworth
McGinnis, Ashworth and Mann
Raleigh County Bank Bldg
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Ring Lardner
Ike
Caliente
Ans Cugainset
Neville Street
Masland
Argonne Rugs
DM Mt Me
Ceac
H. Masland & Sons
Carlisle, PA
Cunard
W. Va
Mrs. Charles Perry
Mrs. Lee Porter
Beckley National Exchange Bank
West Virginia
Comptroller of Currency
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F. Lucas
T. R. Ragland
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