Special Programs Featuring Youth Set At Churches
Youth programs at What Presbyterian and First Methodist churches will feature college students in sermons talks and music on Christmas night after regular worship. Pastor Crosby, Ronald Russell, Miss Margaret Fortney, Miss Patterson Yeargin and others will participate. A 250-person supper and Elks Club dance followed, with decorations and a memorial toast by Ansel Frohberg.
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What Presbyterian
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
Byt Crosby
Princeton Theological Seminary
de Thie
Ronald Russell
North Borgia College
Margaret Fortney
Agnes Gott
Patterson Yeargin
Flora MacDonald College
Presbyterian Church
Dickey Dempsey
Emory-at-Oxford
Bobby Ackerman
Lonnie Ghead
Maxine Bruce
Barbara Kinrough
Huntingdon College
Elks Home
Elks Club
Jerry Kohler
Sol Altman
Aétarations
Fred Clements
Ansel Frohberg
Hughie Taylor
Waycross
D. L. Thigpen
Robert W. Taylor
Atlanta
University of Georgia, Fll
Cpl
Lewis Jones
Ft. Jackson
S. C
D.L. Thigpen
Julius Spelgner
Tallahassee
Jones
Louise Wildernei
George W. Law
Elwin QW. Law
University of Georpia
Athens
Betty Groover
R. H. Groover
Wesleyan College
Aldous Huxley
Pierce Chapel
Philip Jones
Myrtle Prive
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Janie Hatcher
Endicott
N. Y
Severa
Re Hart
Hart
Noy
Young Ministers Set Christmas Conference in Georgia
About 50 young Methodist ministers from southeastern states will meet in St Simons Island Georgia December 27 to 30 for the annual Christmas conference marking the 171st anniversary of the Baltimore 1784 event that organized the church. The gathering aims to renew devotion to evangelism and revive the evangelistic spirit of early Methodism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
St. Simons Island
Baltimore
Methodist Church
Harry L. Williams
Church
General Board of Evangelism
Nashville
Tenn
Pioneer Circuit
Georgians Awarded Jones Scholarships
Georgia Tech announced that two Georgians received the Jesse H. Jones scholarships honoring Gen. Lucius D. Clay. The awards went to Robert S. Adley of Augusta and William H. Tillman of Moultrie. Scholarships ranged from 300 to 600 dollars among seven Tech undergraduates.
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Atlanta
Jesse H. Jones
Lucius D. Clay
Georgia ‘Tech
Robert S. Dley
Augusta
William H. Tillman
Moultrie
Weven
Tech
Progressive Dinner Hosted by Methodist Senior Department
The Senior Department of the First Methodist Church hosted a progressive dinner with courses at Miss Gayle Arline and Miss Theresa Kindred homes and the Wesley Building. Decorations included mistletoe, Christmas balls, a decorated tree, red and white carnations, candles, pine boughs, and silver pinecones. Hostesses were Mrs. T. L. Arline, Mrs. Ames Kindred, and Mrs. Forrest Brown.
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First Methodist Church
Gayle Arline
Theresa Kindred
Wesley
Miss Arline
Miss Kindred
T. L. Arline
Ames Kindred
Forrest Brown
Fire at United Oil Refining plant kills Warren firefighter
A series of explosions at the United Oil Refining Co plant in Warren Pennsylvania killed Hartwell Willey about 55 and injured 10 others. bricks and debris showered crews as the blaze started at 3 40 a m and was controlled by 6 30 a m with two workers safe in the filter house and a reporter and photographer hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
United Oil Refining Co
Hartwell Willey
Alao Hurt
David Brown
Janestown
N.Y
Philip Coyle
N Warren
Brown
Coyle
Bathhouse Price Hike Sparks Poorhouse Fear
In Tokyo bathhouse owners raise prices by five cents to cover higher water rates. The housewives federation protests saying the move will push families toward the poorhouse and hit households hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Housewives Federation
Green Acres Club Christmas Party Held at Home
Green Acres Home Demonstration Club held a Christmas party Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Willis Thompson's home. Devotions used the nativity story with Mrs. Harold Burton and Mrs. Jey Knapp Jr. reading the First Christmas. New member Mrs. Gus Rigsby joined, and visitors included Mrs. Lucille Finley and others.
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Green Acres Home
James Knepton
Clayton. Dekle
M. C. Ball
Guy Willis
Thompson
Wayside Inn in Sudbury Destroyed by Fire
The centuries old Wayside Inn in Sudbury Mass burned to a total loss early today. Fire officials said the blaze started in the ballroom and quickly engulfed the rambling wooden structure with antiques. No one was inside at the time.
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Sudbury
Mass
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Ford
Old Boston Post Road
Longfellow
Sudbry
Ford Foundation
Wayside Inn
Ford
Grass Fire Burns Vacant Lot Here
A grass fire on a vacant lot at Spair and Monroe Streets was quickly put out by firefighters. No other incidents occurred and police reported quiet conditions with no arrests.
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Spair
Monroe
City Commission Set for Final Meeting on Holiday
The Thomasville City Commission will meet Monday December 26 for a short session then adjourn. Discussion will cover the sanitary program and sewerage disposal plant expansion with bids about a hundred thousand dollars over the allocated amount. This is the last meeting for E A Dawes and Robert S Robison before the new commission takes office and selects a mayor in January.
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Thomasville
E. A. Dawes
Robert S. Robison
Hearing postponed on Mosley trial
A Fulton Superior Court hearing on an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Frederick Mosley, sentenced to death for the rape of a white laundry worker in December 1953, was postponed until January 5. Defense attorneys allege withheld evidence. previous delays date back to appeals and pardons efforts.
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Atlanta P
Frederick Mosley
Fulton Superior Court
E.E. Andrews
Atlanta
Mosley
State Supreme Court
Board of Pardons and Parolels
North Korean East German Urge Unity Across Korea and Germany
North Korean Premier Kim Il Sung and East German Premier Otto Grotewohl called for an international conference to reunite Korea. They issued a communique after an East German delegation visit Fyongyang and demanded the simultaneous withdrawal of American troops from South Korea and West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio
Kim Il Sung
Otto Grotewohl
Korea
Red
Fyongyang
North Korea
South Korea
West Germany
Germany
Two Japanese Boys Improve Relations Visit to General
Two Japanese youngsters, hats in hand, asked to see the boss. Maj. Gen. E. J. McGaw, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, welcomed them into his office and they presented him with a 25 pound gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sendai
Japan
E. J. McGaw
1St Cavalry Division
Amnesia Victim Sells Christmas Trees in Dalton
Gerald Jerome Coin a 25 year old amnesia victim who rejoined his wife and daughter on December 8 after 18 months apart is selling Christmas trees in the Dalton area. A friend said Coin cannot recall his wife Jenet or their daughter Jackie and he could not be reached for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Gerald Jerome Coin
Coin
Witheld
Jenet
Jackie
Alabama City
Ala
Hattiesburg
Miss
Huir
Carmichael
Car
FBI
Cain
M. B. Stephens
Lindau, Ga
120 Gallons of Shine Captured on Truck
Deputies Carl Smith and Rae Cain chased a truck loaded with illegal whisky for about 22 miles near the Georgia line. The vehicle reached roughly 120 miles per hour before losing control and wrecking near Townville.
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Westminster
S.C
Here
Carl Smith
Rae Cain
Georgia
Townville
Christmas Turkey Gift to Honor Major in Post Tour
A homegrown Christmas turkey was given to a great man to improve Japanese American relations. The recipient was chosen with a note saying We picked you. After touring the post they did not walk home but rode in the generals sedan.
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Generals
Forgotten Prisoner Goes Home in Cuffs
Albert Hill, 35, slept at his Lanett home in handcuffs after being arrested during a Troup County liquor still raid. Federal officers cuffed him and left him waiting for hours while others fled. Hill walked home, then phoned police the next day to be picked up and freed.
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Lanett
Ala
Albert Hill
Troup County
Hill
Buster Daniel
Daniel
Lockheed Workers Give Yule Gift of Blood
In Marietta Georgia the Lockheed Aircraft Co plant hosted a 24 hour Christmas blood drive. Red Cross mobile unit staff nurses and volunteers collected 857 pints to boost the local blood bank.
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Lockheed
Marietta
Lockheed Aircraft Co
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