Rites Thursday For Mrs. Green
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian Green 8 Alderson will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Johnson Memorial Methodist Church Alderson. Officiating will be Rev. Ambrose Rev. Peters and Rev. Johnson. Burial in Alderson cemetery. Survived by four daughters Mildred Martin Gladys Hinkle Hogsett Daisy Lively and two sons R R Green and Dr T C Green. Her husband Robert Green died in 1928. The body to be moved to the Hogsett home at 11 a.m. today and to the church one hour before services.
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Alderson
RNS
Lillian Green
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Co. W. Ambrose
W. W. Peters
Randolph F Johnson
Alderson Cemetery
H. Roger McVey
Earl Kessinger
Richard Ford
George E. Bare
A. P. Nickell
O’dell McGraw
Bill Simmons
W. R. Ammonette
Mullens
Women of the Moose
Green
Charles N. Hogsett
Brush Creek
Monroe County
Dorenzo Dow
Mary J. Pack
Mildred G. Martin
Gladys Hinkle
Union
Hogsett
Daisy Lively
Charleston
R. R. Green
Huntington
T. C. Green
Robert Green
Lobban Funeral Home
U S to Double Rocket Program Amid Space Drive
Washington reports the United States will more than double its high altitude rocket launches in 18 months from July 1957 to December 1958. About 1.7 million dollars budgeted plus 10 million for satellite work, with rockets from White Sands Fort Churchill Greenland and ships, including Aerobee Nike Deacon Skyhook Rockoon launches aiming for 200 to 800 mile orbits.
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Washington
lIn
United States
U.S
American Rocket Society
Homer Newell
Naval Research Laboratory
Newell
White Sands
N.M
Fort Churchill
Hudson's Bay
Arctic Circle
Canada
Army
Greenland
Arctic
Pacific
San Diego
Equator
Antarctic
Deacon
Patty Ruth Bowen Weds J. C. Stanley
Patty Ruth Bowen and James C. Stanley were married November 14 at First Presbyterian Church Oak Hill in a double ring ceremony. Bowen's family hosted a reception at her parents home. The couple, living in Oak Hill, both work for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co with Bowen a former Montgomery High School graduate and Stanley a Gauley Bridge High School graduate who served in the U S Army.
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Oak Hill
Patty Ruth Bowen
Earl Bowen
James C. Stanley
Montgomery
George Hayes
Eureka
First Presbyterian Church
R. P. Robertson
Drama Perry
Charleston
Jess. Adkins
Chesapeake
Robert Bowen
R. B. Miller
Ted Anderson
Stanley
Montgomery High School
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Gauley Bridge High School
U. S. Army
Washington Ave
Violet Harrah Dies at 74 in Mount Hope
Mrs Violet Rose Harrah 74 of Mount Hope died at her daughter's home after an extended illness. Survived by a step mother four brothers four sisters two sons three daughters two and a half grandchildren and one great grandchild. Body at Tyree Funeral Home with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Mount Hope
Violet Rose Harrah
Earl Browning
Lucinda LaMaster
Route 1
Emory LaMasters
Bradley
W. G. LaMasters
Chesapeake
Russell LaMasters
Lansing
J. W. M LaMasters
Cleveland
Etta Bailes
Fayetteville
Russia Hundley
Graydon
Rosie Gifford
East Bank
Leona Fontana
Oak Hill
J. H. Harrah
Victor
Leon Harrah
East Gulf
Browning
Bertha Hundley
Welle McGraw
Smithers
Tyree
Cale Rites Set At Page Church
Funeral services for Hiram Aubra Cale, 70, Page, will be held at Page Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. John Kyle officiating. Burial follows in High Lawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill. Masonic Lodge 135 will provide pallbearers and oversee graveside rites. Cale, a retired Mary Frances Coal Co. employee, died Tuesday at Oak Hill Hospital after a long illness. He was born in Thaxton Station, Bedford County, Virginia, and survived by three brothers Harry Cale of Kincaid Sam Cale of Oak Hill James Cale of Weston. two sisters Florence Beeghley of Weston and Blanch Lemmon of Miami. and two daughters Virginia Canterbury of Kimberly and Blanch Atkins of Barnwell. The body will be removed from Tyree Funeral Home to the residence at 5 p.m. today.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Hiram Aubra Cale
Page
Page Baptist Church
John Kyle
High Lawn Memorial Park
Masonic Lodge
Cale
Oak Hill Hospital
Mary Frances Coal Co
Ingram Branch
William N. Page Masonic Lodge
Thaxton Station
Bedford County
Harry Cale
Kincaid
Sam Cale
James Cale
Weston
Flourence Beeghley
Blanch Lemmon
Miami
Fla
Virginia Canterbury
Kimberly
Blanch Atkins
Barnwell
Ella Lewis Circle Leads Oak Hill WSCS Meeting
The Ella Lewis Circle chaired the Oak Hill Methodist Church WSCS session on Women and the Church. Reports by Mary Lee Walton and others preceded a 7 p.m. exec board meeting and a December 23 bazaar in Friendship Hall.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Ella Lewis
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Oak Hill Methodist Church
G. A. Owens
Owens
R. R. Thomas
E. A. Rickard
O. S. Leete
Emmett Fitzwater
Mary Lee Walton
A. W. Burdette
E. N. Goode
R. W. Flack
WSCS
Wesleyan Service Guild
Anna King
J. W. Perry
C. G. Eastwood
Russian Pianist Sensation in U S at Carnegie Hall
The four square Russian pianist Emil Gilels, age 39, draws cheers in New York after concerts at Carnegie Hall and a U N appearance. Critics deem him very great, public opinion splits, and he notes strong education at Curtis and Juilliard. He recalls Odessa roots and family support for music.
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New York
America
Emil Gilels
Carnegie Hall
U.N
Prokofeff
Shostakovich
Madison Square Garden
Gilels
Curtis
Philadelphia
Juilliard
Odessa
Yule Dinner Plans Made by Auxiliary
Plans for a Christmas dinner and gift exchange were made at American Legion Auxiliary Unit 59 meeting. The December 12 dinner will be at Mrs J E Duncan home. The group discussed the 1956 membership drive led by chair Mrs L C Allman, aiming for 34 members with 37 current.
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American Legion Auxiliary Unit
J. E. Duncan
Qr Ville Rich
L. C. Allman
Return Home Oak Hill
Mr and Mrs H D Harvey have returned to their home at 598 Main St after visiting his sister Mrs H L Purdy Sunbury Pa who has been ill They also visited friends and relatives in Williamsport Pa.
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Oak Hill
RNS
H. D. Harvey
Main St
H. L. Purdy
Sunbury
Williamsport
0th Degree Seen For Md. Family
Princess Anne Maryland story about Grant Bartholomew Martin 21 who will be the 10th family member to earn a college degree from Maryland State Teachers College at Bowie, ending Louis Martins dream of educating all his kin. The Martins, 12 siblings with three masters, reflect a life of struggle and teamwork in pursuing education.
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Princess Anne, Md
Grant Bartholomew Martin
Maryland State Teachers College
Bowie
Louis Martin
Grant
Martins
Philadelphia
Martin
Hampton Institute
Hampton
Youngtown Arizonas retirement town grows fast
Youngtown Arizona develops as a 300 resident retirement community 16 miles northwest of Phoenix. Created by Ben Schleifer the project aims to house 1300 retirees with a 40 store shopping center city hall hospital sevenacre lake and a lake and features homes for people from diverse professions. Residents include Ferdinand Leon a former Hyndsville restaurant owner who notes relief from daily business woes while continuing work locally.
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Youngtown
Phoenix
Big Ben Schleifer
New York
Arizona
Schleifer
United States
Ferdinand Leon
Hyndsville
N. Y
Blissful Bovines Attract Gentle Music And Flowers
Franklin NC farmer R C Encloe maintains his dairy herd amid a white picket fence and blooming beds. Soft music fills the air from multiple speakers in the cow barn, though milk output shows no notable rise.
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J. C. Stanley
Violet Harrah
Mr. Hope
Page Church
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
West Virginia
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Opera House
Russia
Horowitz
Rubinstein
Moscow
Fritz Reiner
Chicago Symphony
H. L. van Camp
John Scott
Kingwood
Ruby Ward
West
P. D. Ford
Vanna Lee Duncan
Rich
First Avenue
Buick
Riviera
Bays Buick, Inc
Mountain Motors, Inc
Beckley
Wyoming County Medical Society
Mullens High School
Barbara Akers
Robert Lipscomb
Connie Foster
Wyoming
Franklin, N. Co
R. C. Encloe
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