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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1965
Page
5
The article notes students in Mrs Navy Gee Grade School homeroom staged a realistic display of American life in costumes from the era. The service is described as a Thanksgiving event to be held Thursday night at 7 30 oclock at the school.
In Oceana the Baptist Women's Day of Prayer gathered at Toneda Baptist Church with missionary societies from area churches. Mrs. Jay Cook chaired. readings, hymns, solos, and prayers followed the program with participation from numerous church members and visiting societies.
The article discusses creating civic loyalty in Thai Binh and Tay Ninh within South Viet Nam, debating federal aid versus civic action by the military, and the role of political parties, emperors, and unions. It notes the challenge of centralized governance, student mobilization, and national unity amid foreign influence and historic conquest.
In Athens the fifth district held an all day workshop on the Community Development for the 1965 act at Concord College. Congressmen Kee and Randolph, Sen Byrd, Gov Smith and others led sessions on public works, economic development, and local planning. Officials from West Virginia and Fayetteville focused on municipal facilities, water and sewer systems, and financing.
Mrs Leslie Stephenson presented a Thanksgiving program at the Brooke Cooke Circle of First Methodist Church in Pineville. Chairman Mrs John Thomas urged members to bring Christmas gifts to Wi by Dec 9 for Huntington State Hospital while duties and floral assignments for December were announced.
Mount Hope area notes a string of family visits and illnesses. Mrs Forest Ogden undergoes major surgery at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley. Donna Mae Gibson visits Kilsyth relatives while W L Haynes visit Maryland. M Page Humphrey confined at home. Louise Hess recuperating after Oak Hill Hospital observation. Perry Lay ill at home. John Jenkins and J E Richeson visiting Marion Jenkins Painter in Philippi for Thanksgiving. Frank Souk, WVU freshman in Morgantown, spends holidays with Eddie and Ma Souk.
Bud and Budd Daniels celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the home of son William T Daniels in Matheny. Married November 20, 1915 by Rev William Stewart the couple have eight children, twenty two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Attendees include Greg Danny Joetta Daniels and Ricky Hickman.
Ravencliff residents and kin gather for holiday visits. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pizzino and Mrs. Olen Sizemore host relatives including Anita Carol McGraw and the Sizemore family in Charleston. Mrs. Garner Bailey and Mrs. Cabell Payne host John Dunn and John Dunn Jr and Stanley Gibbs Dayton visiting from Dayton. The group plans deer hunting and a visit to Rev. and Mrs. Carl Payne Bob. Aden Tilley and his wife expect Thanksgiving guests their son-in-law and daughter, Mr J Freeman Byars.
Basin youths formed a Basin 4-H Club for the coming year. They met in the old school building and cleaned the bus, decorating walls with posters as a community project. Officers include Eddie Mills president and Kenneth Cook vice president with Oma Lee McKinney secretary and Ivan McKinney treasurer.
In Mullens West Virginia Susie Huffman daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon Han was honored with a birthday party at home on her eighth birthday Relatives and friends attended including Mrs Barbara Farley Mrs Pauline Bowden Mrs Sue Winfield and numerous guests with assistants noted.
Mildred Shumate, senior and member of the honor society student council and Future Teachers of America, is named school historian at Glen School with a permanent appointment. Her duties include compiling records on current and former students, their activities, and this school year's events plus coverage with photos and clippings.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe early clocks from the 13th century showing a primitive form without hands or faces. The text hints at the technology's infancy and the crude mechanisms of the period.
Reverend James D Lowe Jr of Mount Zion Christian Church spoke at the Mount Hope Presbyterian Men of the Church gathering. Circle No 3 served dinner, L G Fitzgerald gave invocation, and C E Jones welcomed members. A projects committee was named including George Coleman and Thomas W Howard. next meeting set for Fellowship Hall 10. Ralph Dorsey introduced Lowe on Different Spirits.
Mr and Mrs Olen Sizemore host their son Daniel visiting for the holidays after basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky He toured Glen Rogers High School where he graduated Before returning to Enon Maine for special training he will report there after leave.
A Thanksgiving essay recounts the city’s holiday quiet as people flee to family gatherings and the writer laments turkey traditions. The piece blends personal anecdotes about resisting turkey meals with a wry look at liberal and Democrat party lines and the constant holiday menu.
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