Congregation Moves into New Relief Church
Ground broke for the Relief Methodist Church on the Middle Road July 12 1959 and services moved to the new sanctuary. A consecration is planned this month with cornerstone set for October. Completion costs total 32000. a three year fundraising drive begins next year. The sanctuary is furnished from the old church and two years more are expected to finish the main auditorium. The L shaped concrete block church includes a new sanctuary educational wing social hall kitchen heating plant rest rooms. The land was donated by Clarence Racy Mrs Racy and George Wigginton beside the 1891 church. Reverend Josiah Andrew leads the church and the thirty first annual homecoming is August 28 hosted by Rev J S Peebles.
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Relief Methodist
Middle Road
Alfred Snapp
Clarence Racy
Racy
George Wigginton
Josiah Andrew
J. S. Peebles
J. Calvin Dugger
Methodist
Mr. Snapp
Colon B. Lowe
Shakespeare Town Still Draws Crowds Four Centuries On
Stratford on Avon remains Shakespearean central as hundreds of thousands visit annually. The town benefits from tours, hotels, theater, and gifts tied to the Bard with 25 000 visitors from most states and notable foreign guests each year. The Memorial Theater enters its 101st season exploring Shakespeare’s comic to somber tonal shift.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Will Shakespeare
Henley Street
Britain
Shakespeare
Stratford
Memorial Theater
West Virginia Delegate to Meet Kennedy for Campaign Plan
Alfred F. Chapman, a WV Democratic delegate and Kennedy backer, said Kennedy asked to meet to discuss plans for the November election in West Virginia. The meeting follows Kennedy's victory in the May 10 West Virginia primary and his nomination at the Democratic convention.
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Los Angeles
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Alfred F. Chapman
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Chapman
Three Die Two Missing In Niigata Rain Floods
Tokyo AP reports heavy rains lash Niigata prefecture since Tuesday with over ten inches recorded in the north. Police say three people are dead and two remain missing as the region endures ongoing flooding.
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Tokyo
Niigata
Kennedy Triumph as Democrats Crown Him Nominee
Kennedy won the party's nomination by acclamation as delegates cheered. Big-state tallies carried his total while some Southern states balked, signaling possible party splits and cautious support from Texas and South Carolina leaders.
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Kennedy
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
California
West
Johnson
South
Gladiator
Tan
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Alabama
North Carolina
Price Daniel
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Daniel
House
Sam Rayburn
White House
Ernest F. Hollings
Ross R. Barnett
United States
Fall Campaign Promises Victory Says Speaker
A political figure vows victory with the line we shall win as autumn votes approach, signaling ongoing campaign confidence and public rallying tone.
Kennedy Faces Virginia Split in Nomination Tally
Virginia factions debated Kennedy's acclamation versus a continued vote count as delegates pressed for a wire fight. Almond Blanton and Switzer signaled unity while Jennings urged a poll. Kennedy entered to a Virginia banner display as leaders planned a caucus to consider Hodges as a potential running mate.
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Kennedy
Virginia
Eisenhower
Thomas H. Blanton
Sidney S Kellam
ati-Kennedy
Almond
Blanton
Fred Switzer
Johnson
W. Pat Jennings
Jennings
Battle
South Carolina
Mississippi
Peyton B. Winfree
Virginia Standard
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Hodges
Mecklenburg County
Kennedy Tide what caused it the Kennedy drive to the nomination
A Washington AP report chronicles Kennedy’s path to the Democratic nomination. It notes Kennedy’s appeal as a war hero intellectual and religious Catholic, his organizational strength and momentum through primaries, and the pivotal endorsements and vote shifts that carried him past the 761 delegate threshold at the convention. It details delegate counts as the balloting progressed from Saturday to Wednesday and highlights key endorsements from Daley Brown Loveless Docking and Humphrey’s votes moving toward Stevenson.
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John F. Kennedy
Whitney Shoemaker
Washington
Kennedy Camp
LOS Angeles
Kennedy
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Joseph P. Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Johnson
Richard Daley
Chicago
Illinois
Edmund G. Brown
California
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa
George Docking
Kansas
David L. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Stevenson
New Jersey
Nebraska
Humphrey
Hollywood
U.N. Security Council approves Tunisian resolution on Belgian Congo force
The council voted 8 to 0 with 3 abstentions to back a Tunisian resolution for Belgian troop withdrawal from The Congo without a fixed date and to authorize Hammarskjold to dispatch the U.N. force. Belgium will withdraw once the force is present and able to restore order, with troops mainly from African nations. The session featured sharp exchanges between the Soviet and U.S. representatives.
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U.N
Hammarskjold
Britain
France
China
United States
Soviet Union
Ceylon
Ecuador
Italy
Poland
Argentina
Walter Loridan
Congo
Loridan
Belgium
Arkady A. Sobolev
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Sir Winston Churchill
London
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Aristotle Onassis
New Relief Church
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Francis Bacon
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Wilson
Aschein
Scholemaster
Cinthia
Plumly
W.va
Winchester
Jefferson School of Commerce
Civil Service
Jefferson
Monmouth Street
Harry McDonald
Harry McDonald Jefferson
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