Red Cross Reports 62 April Cases In Raleigh County
Mrs. T. C. Moorefield executive director of the Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross says 62 cases were handled in April. Services included 39 telegrams 14 leave verifications nine military service reports and 28 miscellaneous ABC cases with four government benefits cases and three disaster cases. Caroline Douglas Home resigns as lady in waiting to Queen Mother to aid her father Alec Douglas-Home in politics.
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T. C. Moorefield
Raleigh County
The
American Red Cross
ABC
Father London
UPI
Caroline Douglas - Home
Alec Douglas-Home
Queen Mother
Behind the Scene Heroes Shape May Playhouse Production
The Playhouse Curtain Callers prepare for The Man opening May 19 with a Broadway-size set scaled to fit, aided by set designer Dr. Chuck Nelson and crew members Jim Wheeler and Muriel Hodel. The team solves running water for a sink using a plastic bottle and garden hose while crafting a cluttered old mansion stage setting.
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Playhouse
Chuck Nelson
Melson
Playhous
Jim Wheeler
Frankie Wheeler
Nelson
Wheeler
Chuck Dowdy
Howard Monroe
John Rist
Don Hawley
Clint Sampon
Danny Saks
Muriel Hodel
A Wheeler
Annabel Frien
Dorothy Ellenbogen
Lou Culp
Bette Snyder
Robert Cunningham
Prorams
Dorothy Rist
Ed Warfield
Veterans groups push 15 percent service-connected benefit raise
Hearings by the House Veterans Affairs Committee last week featured testimony from the VFW The American Legion AMVETS Veterans of World War I and the Disabled American Veterans urging across the board increases to service connected compensation. Leaders argued current rates lag behind living costs with a possible 15 percent rise and added dependents provisions for those under 50 percent ratings. Observers expect Congress to act in the current session.
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House Veterans Affairs Committee
VFW
The
American Legion
Amvets
Veterans of World War I
Disabled American Veterans
Francis Stover
John Corcoran
Corcoran
Earle Picard
Washington
Pole Being Deported Attempts To Escape
A Polish deportee aboard an Atlantic airliner became violent as eight people including crew restrained him after he tried to open a window. Police at Orly met the plane and escorted Januz Wasniesky to a Polish flight to Warsaw.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Atlantic
Januz Wasniesky
Orly
Warsaw
Local church dinners and speaker lineup on weekend
The First Methodist Church hosts a 6 30 p m dinner with Dr W H Griswold and church leaders honoring graduating seniors. Special music by the Silhouettes follows brief devotions by Carl Rhody and James Vanover. Regular Baptist Church hosts a Friday Saturday Sunday School Conference led by Rev Fred M Barlow and Rev Peter H De Graff with workshops, exhibits, panels, and multiple sessions. The Beckley Presbyterian Church greets Dr James Witherspoon after a recent board meeting and notes his roles with the college. A Synod Men’s Conference is planned at Blue Stone Center with Dr Frank H Caldwell and Rev Fred C Holder as speakers. A Raleigh County BYF rally at Shady Spring Baptist Church recognizes seniors with vocational speakers and musical acts.
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First Methodist Church
W. H. Griswold
First Christian Church
Methodist Men’s Club
Carl Rhody
James Vanover
Silhouettes
Linda Collier
Judy Cox
Vicki Alderman
Regular Baptist
Fred M. Barlow
Chicago
Ill
Peter H. DeGraff
Montville
N. J
Beckley Regular Baptist Church
Johnstown Road
The
Evangelical Gospel Fellowship
Barlow
Baptist Press
Scripture Press
DeGraff
Carl Baukema
Melvin Seguine
Regular Baptist Press
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Washington
D. C
Canada
Sword of the Lord
West Virginia
Baptist Bible Seminary
Johnson City
N. Y
Patterson
N.J
Northern New Jersey
Sunday School Association
Beckley Presbyterian Church
James Witherspoon
Davis and Elkins College
United States
Presbytery of
Winchester
Synod of Virginia
Witherspoon
Synod of
Assembly
Shady Spring Baptist Church
Raleigh County Baptist Youth Fellowship
Oral Cochran
George Parker
Shady Spring High School
Kermit Locke
Beckley
Joan Farley
Shady Spring
Ghent
Ray Walls
Raleigh County
Food Service Assn Meeting Set for Campus Caesar
About 450 members of the West Virginia Food Service Association are expected for the annual convention at CAMP CAESAR, focusing on management and school lunch programs. Addresses by several authorities in the school lunch field will be delivered Friday and Saturday.
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Camp Caesar
UPI
West Virginia Food Service Association
National Anthem designation by Congress in 1931
United Press International reports that The Star Spangled Banner, penned by Francis Scott Key in 1814, was designated the National Anthem of the United States by an act of Congress in 1931.
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United Press International
Francis Scott Key
United States
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Food Service Assn
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