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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1956
Page
3
Towering Forest Arnold, the Memphis State basketball center, rejected a pro offer from the St. Louis Hawks to remain in the ministry. He was named youth director at the First Assembly of God Church last June.
Raymond L. Jacobs arrives in Winchester to become Central Office Foreman for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia. He replaces Eldred D. Frye who moves to AT T and Telegraph in New York. Jacobs born Broad Run. MitchelLs High School class of 1940. Bliss Electrical School 1941. He is married to Lula Heflin Culpeper. they have son Allen. They reside 537 Dunlap Street. Rapidan Baptist Church members. Frye native of Winchester assumed role May 1 1955 and will relocate to New York when housing found.
London report from the British Brewers Association states that Britons drank 902 million pints in a period, highlighting a massive national beer consumption figure and its implication for industry and economy.
New York telegraph reports NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins says the Republican platform seems a shade better than the Democrats on civil rights though the difference is slight. He notes voters may decide which candidates will do the best job.
Mt Olive Evangelical United Brethren Church at Hayfield elected officers for the coming year. Re elected trustees are Ollie Clowser Milburne Willey serving with Ed Stotler W Boyd Ramey Luther Larrick and James Brooks. Mrs W Boyd Ramey was chosen church secretary with Miss Pat Rudolph as assistant Mrs George Abel as class leader Ed Stotler as treasurer and Milburne Willey as assistant Sunday School officers include W Boyd Ramey reelected superintendent and James
Calvary Baptist Church members host a dinner at 6 30 pm at the Lee Jackson Restaurant to honor Chaplain Leon Gilbert and Rev H J Davis and Mrs Davis. Gilbert has served since the church joined Shenandoah Baptist Association in 1955 and preached since founding. John Kinzie will arrive to lead as regular pastor and preach first on Sunday at 11 am.
The text notes 1955 beer totals: Britain’s Vanguard-sized ships would be buoyed by 89 times, the United States consuming 2,167,000,000 gallons, and world consumption approximated at 6,520,000,000 gallons, with the U S population about three times that of Britain.
Mrs. A. T. Baker, president of the Missionary Society, will present a report on the society’s work.
The New Mexico State Traffic Safety Commission report found Santa Fe has a higher chance of being hit by a motor vehicle than any other city in the state, causing disappointment among local residents and the Chamber of Commerce.
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