Special Services and Picnics Planned at Area Churches
In Friendsville area churches announce upcoming events over the next two weeks. The Methodist Sunday School hosts an annual grounds picnic on August 27 after Sunday School. A revival starts tonight at 7 20 at Assembly of God with Dorsey Sullivan as guest speaker. Memorial Christian Church schedules a Memorial Christian Youth Service on August 27 at 7 PM led by Delmas Friend with youth in charge and music by the youth choir. Danny Lake of Hopewood is to speak at Grace Brethren Theological Seminary in Winona Lake Indiana, after attending Memorial Christian Church service. U S Picnic Grace Lutheran hosts a Town Park picnic with noon dinner. Selbysport W S C S meets at Mrs Cecil Ross home with Mrs Paul Fisher presiding and Mrs George Love lace leading the program and visitors from Pittsburgh and nearby. Funeral services held for Harvey Wakefield age 50 after truck accident near Laurel Run. Reunion notices for several families. Friendsville Coop board elections. family reunions at Pleasant Valley and Laurel Run Church with large turnouts. W.O.W. meeting notes and a birth announced for Kristina Lynn Spear. Rotary Club program featured Edward Grose on electronic accounting programs. visiting Rotarian John R Hershberger.
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Memorial Christian Church
Delmas
Danny Lake
Hopewood
Grace Brethren Theological Seminary
Winona Lake
Ind
Nic
Town Park
Selbysport
W.s.cs
Cecil Ross
Selbysport W.S.C
Paul Fisher
George Lovelace
Macie Goebringer
Pittsburgh
Sarah Pitfer
Helen
Minnich
Harvey Wakefield
Laurel Run
Friendsville
John Wakefield
Myrtle (Savage) Wakfield
Sarah (van Sickle) Wakefield
Kenneth
Goldie’ Clark
Uniontown
Hazel Nugent
Dorothy Coddington
Helen Benson
Bruceton
Troy
Fellowsville
Carl
Dewey
Frazer
Samuel
Friendsvill
Blooming Rose Cemetery
Friendsville Coop
Southern States Advisory Board
Reuben Friend
Stanton Friend
I. William Umber
G. Emmerson Biscoff
Hayes Run
Charles Enlow
Ross van Sickle
Markleysburg
Man
Clarence Friends
Southern State Cooperative
Loustville
William Umbel
Bruce Friend
Pleasant Valley
S. E. Ryan
Brandonville
Laurel Run Church
Roy Wheeler
Lines
Sylvanus Fike and
Frank Teats
Rotary Club
Aarph Murphy
Edward Grose
Cranesville
W. Va
John R. Hershberger
Grantsville
Broadcasters Plan Meeting in West Virginia
The West Virginia Broadcasters Association holds a three day fall meeting in White Sulphur Springs starting August 25. Principal speaker John Hurlbut will discuss Broadcasting Can Be Fun as experts address industry problems. Officers will be elected and events include a men’s golf tournament and a ladies bowling tournament.
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White Sulphur Springs
Ww. Va
UPI
West Virginia Broadcasters Association
John Hurlbut
Carmel
Lucretia Water Project Nearing Completion in Grafton
The Lucretia water system moves toward final approval from the State Road Commission. C B Henderson says construction should take about a month and will serve over 100 families. The report also covers Taylor County Scholarship Fund drives by the Grafton Jaycees and activities of local auxiliary and clubs.
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Grafton
Lucretia
C. B. Henderson
State Road Commission
Lowell Mason
Grafton Jaycees
Taylor County
Arthur Yates
P.O. Box
Gratton
Tygart Lake
Gene Riley
Ted Stevens
Daughster
Lillian Reed
Dor
Route 119 Work Planned by SRC in West Virginia
The State Road Commission said bids will be opened September 6 in Charleston for 5.28 miles of Route 119 from the Pennsylvania border to Morgantown. Morgantown firm General Paving Co. wins a surface improvements contract for 47 miles of W V 73 from Monongalia State Local Service Road 69 to the Preston County line at a bid of 16 915.80 financed entirely by the state.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
Pennsylvania
Morgantown
SRC
General Paving Co
W. Va
Monongalia
Preston County
Assumption Greek Orthodox Picnic At Mason Dixon Club
The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church holds its annual picnic today at the Mason Dixon Rifle Club off Tyrone Road. Grounds open at 1 p.m. A single Greek meal is served from 3 to 5 p.m. There will be games and Greek and American dancing throughout the afternoon.
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the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church
Mason Dixon Rifle Club
Tyrone Road
Grafton Calendar Week Of August Events
The week lists meetings for Quota Club at Mark Anthony Restaurant on Monday at 6 15 p m Kiwanis Club at Four Corners Restaurant Tuesday at 6 15 p m Grove No 6002 Woodmen of the World meets in the I O C F Hall Wednesday at 8 00 p m Royal Neighbors Lodge meets at 10 OF Hall Friday at 7 30 p m
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Quota Club
Mark Anthony
Kiwanis Club
Four Corners
Grove No. 6002
Woodmen of the World
C.F
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Hall
Christian Men To Hear Emery Breakfast at Holiday Inn
The Morgantown Christian Business Men's Committee will hold its breakfast Tuesday morning at 7:00 at the Holiday Inn. Speaker will be Lewis Emery of Buckhannon a Texas Refinery salesman for West Virginia and vice president of West Virginia Baptist Men. The public is invited.
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Morgantown Christian Business Men’s Committee
Holiday Inn
Lewis Emery
Buckhannon
Texas
West Virginia
West Virginia Baptist Men
Songwriter Jimmy Campbell Dies at 44 in London
London obituary notes songwriter Jimmy Campbell died Saturday at age 44. He rose to fame after writing Show Me The Way To Go Home on a train in 1927, which became an overnight hit and earned him over $56,000. He also penned Good Night Sweetheart and Try A Little Tenderness.
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London
UPI
Jimmy Campbell
Campbell
Roberts Promoted to Army Captain at Fort Sheridan
Roberta L Roberts age 25 son of Mr and Mrs Carl L Roberts, assigned to headquarters of the Fifth US Army. He is stationed at Fort Sheridan Illinois Meade Maryland Morgantown College Ave Morgantown a 1950 graduate. He was promoted to captain after entering the Army and later received a degree in music. He studied at West University in 1963 and Sart from Feney.
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Robert W. Guminey
Dachau
Germany
Henry W. Guminey
Richard
Morgantown High School
Sart
Feny
Ft Sheridan
West University
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Mrs
Margaret Shoemaker
Methodist Sunday School
Assembly of God Church
Dorsey Sullivan
U. S
Grace Lutheran Sunday School
Shoemaker of
Gaithersburg
Bethesda
W.O.W
Birthe
W. Jove Os
Wom
Richard Spear
Frazee
Owensville
John Ernest Savage
Door Spear
Ivan Humbert
Kristina ‘Lynn
Kelly
Timonium
William
Baltimore Grove
Cabana Club
Cai
Stephanotis
Teleflora
Gutta 'S Florist
Sun A Sr
Grafton News
Lucretia Water Project
Genevieve Kerns
Sey Reed
Beryl Johnson
Marcella’ Lee
Gaye Casio
Ann Digman
Larry Rusk
Claude Roger
Bob’ Skiles
Tim Cumpston
Charles Cumpston
Bob Beitner
Terry Peters
Bill Grimm
Charles Walls
Mary Anne Miller
Betty Gibson
Clarksburg
Vancouver
British Columbia
Grace Marie Bartlet
Helen Church
Bessie Davis
Mildred Debendarfer
Rhea Fisher
Leotta Griffith
Ada Haller
Lym- Cris
Katie Gerard
Miran Nester
Doris Corio
Letitia Spadafore
Norma Robinson
Dorothy Hardman
Nancy Tingler
Rosalee Barrett
Mary Humphreys
Dorothy Jennings
Norma Jaco
Elizabeth Wolfe
Martha Ann Jennings
Connie McDaniel
Martha ‘Hanabarger
Route 119
Emery
Dominion and Post
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
New Freedom Shares
Vayrou
USS
Freedom
America
Greer‘ Gasusi
Greer
Masontown
W.va
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