Robert F. Boyd to Preach at Presbyterian Sunday
Dr. Robert F. Boyd, professor at the Assembly's Training School, will serve as guest minister at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. A Raleigh native and Columbia Seminary graduate, he earned a 1949 doctorate at Union Seminary and has pastored in D C, Britain, and Charlotte's St Andrews.
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Robert F. Boyd
Assembly
Raleigh
N. C
Columbia Seminary
Nion Seminary
D. C
Borgia
St. Andrews Church
Charlotte
Columbia Seminar
Queens College
Bernard Bain
Presbyterian
Lynchburg
Church of
VDC Honors Name Of Jefferson Davis
Old Point Comfort, Virginia. The biannual convention of the Missouri Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy concluded with officer elections and reports. Members visited Fort Monroe casemate where Davis was imprisoned and held a memorial hour for deceased members.
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Old Point Comfort
Moiia Division
United Daugters
Confederacy
Jefferson Avis
UDC
Fort Monroe
Davis
TV Franchises Spark Public Confidence Warning
The National Appliance and Radio-Tele- AAssociation cautioned that awarding TV franchises to many diverse retailers in new Denver markets could erode public trust. President Mort Parr noted paint shops, up stores and antique shops selling sets, with many displays not offering inspection or genuine product access. There are about 600 dealers in Denver, roughly one per 650 residents.
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New York
Pblic
Nanal Appliance and Radio-Tealers Association
Mort Parr
Deneral
New Market
Veryone
Farr
Denver
Fourth Road Death In 12 Hour Period Near Williamsburg
Newport News woman Edna M. Moore died after a non collision wreck on Route 168 nine miles west of Williamsburg. Two other occupants were injured and taken to a Newport News hospital. The incident marked the fourth death on Route 168 in 12 hours amid a spate of Peninsula traffic fatalities totaling 43 for the year.
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Newport News
Rt. 168
Williamsburg
Edna M. Moore
Route
Wiliam R. Hubbard
Warwick
Moore
Williamsborg
Robert Winston Harris
Wayne Carvett McKinney
Brookneal
McKinney
Harris
Fort Eustis Hospital
Peninsula
Hampton
Dr William Cabell Moore Honored by Washington Medics
Dr William Cabell Moore of Washington formerly Berryville was honored by the District of Columbia Medical Society at its annual banquet. He and Dr Frank D. Costenhacher received the Society's Certificate of Meritorious Service. Moore, from Berryville, is a long time general practitioner and diagnostician in Washington.
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William Cabell Moore
Washington
Berryville
District of Columbia Medical Society
Frank D. Costenbacher
Moore
A. Moore
Virginia Democrats Raise Over Thirteen Thousand in JJ Dinner
More than 13000 has gone into Virginia Democrats campaigns from this year’s Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner receipts, party officials said today. A spokesman noted 1000 went to the State campaign committee and State Democratic convention, 4000 for congressional campaigns and 7000 to aid in qualifying voters.
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Richmond
Virginia
Democrats
Clarke Polio Drive Opens December 11 Dinner Fundraiser
The 1953 Clarke County Polio Pond drive starts December 11 with a public dinner in the Berryville Community Building from 5 to 8 pm. Home Demonstration Clubs sponsor the event, now in its third year, with all proceeds to the fund and meals donated. The fund has grown by over $500 from each of the prior dinners.
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Clarke County
Home Demonstration Clubs
Berryville
Mazura Names K of C Officers in Winchester
At a Knights of Columbus meeting in Winchester Grand Knight Frank Mazura announced Rev. Robert O. Hickman as chaplain and Edward Startzman as lecturer. The by law and screening committees were formed with multiple church and council members including Rev. Carl Zeterberg, John Wanner, Michael Grow, Donald Provincher and others. Chester Hobert serves as Recorder for the organization.
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Knights of Columbus Council
Winchester
Frank Mazura
Robert O. Hickman
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Edward Startzman
J. Grove White
Carl Zeterberg
John Wanner
Michael J. Grow
Donald Provincher
Startzman
Zeterberg
William Thomas
Pred Sturm
Grow
Mazura
Chester Hobert
Bloodmobile to Visit Clarke County on October 21
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Berryville October 21 at the Berryville Community Building. Clarke County Blood Donor Project chair Edward P. Berlin aims for 144 pints with 100 new donors. Call the Red Cross office in Berryville at 216 to make appointments.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Berryville
Edward P. Berlin
Clarke County
Berryvile
Berryville VFW Forms Skywatch Team For Aircraft Vigilance
Berryville Post 1760 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars voted October 3 to form a skywatch team. Captain William M. Rhoden Jr led, with Brig. Gen. Pleas B. Rogers and Col. Graham Dougherty speaking on 24 hour aircraft watch. New joiners listed include William H. Kerfoot, Jet Spates, Fred Baker, William E. Palmer, LeRoy Allen, and Pleas B. Rogers. An entertainment shrimp feed followed.
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Berryville Post
William M. Rhoden, Jr
Pleas B. Rogers
Col
Graham Dougherty
Rhoden
William H. Kerfoot
Jet Spates
Fred Baker
William E
Photographer injured in grenade blast at village fight demo
Associated Press photographer Harvey Georges sustained minor injuries when a grenade exploded during a village fighting demonstration at the A P Hill Reservation near Bowling Green Virginia yesterday.
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Bowling Green
Harvey Georges
Associated Press
A. P. Hill Reservation
SPCA Show Nets 316 for Shelter Fund in Winchester
Final reports from the Winchester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals show the dog show on September 12 netted 316.98 for the shelter fund and the fund has tripled in the last year. Plans proceed for an animal shelter on Route 50 east between the ball park and Abraham's Creek. Irvan T. O’Connell chairs the shelter committee. The November 12 by law vote for the 8. P. C. A. is set for 7 30 p m at the George Washington date. The agent Ervin Cleveland’s report covers the first three quarters of 1952 with calls 1576, complaints 82, homes 192, destroyed 279, deserted dogs 272, county mileage 1492, contributions 5350. Prominent contributors to 1952 include Lola G. Fowler and many others listed.
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Winchester Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Ball Park
Abraham's Creek
Irvan T. O'Connell
Lola G. Fowler
White Post
L L. Shreck
Chariton Crenshaw
R. O. Daugherty
Theodore Kanatus
G. W. Riley
James Haymaker
Baker Soper
John Shaw
Fred W. Cunningham
Miami
Fla
Charles Catshire
C. R Keeler
Frank Bowers
Mary Sibert
Catherine Kern
William Heckrott
Ruth Sheetz
Marie Verci
B. Grayson
Margaret Hodgson Goss
Walter Huntsberry
Grange Delegates Meet in Richmond Convention
Z M K Fulton Jr, master of the State Grange, warned Richmond delegates that rural youth must be educated in religious precepts to resist communism. He cited colonial farms as sources of leadership while stressing education for all American children to guard against Soviet influence.
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Richmond
America
Z. M. K. Fulton Jr
State Grange
Fulton
Grange
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Skywatch
SPCA
Nets
Hodgson & Brown
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Miller
Citi
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