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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1944

Page

9

Miss Nancy Ellen Dunn Bride in Church Wedding

The ceremony conducted by Rev. Paul Kellogg featured a four o'clock service with tapers in seven branched candelabra and bouquets of dioli and asters. Bridesmaids wore aqua crepe and pink eye tae organdy, while attendants carried colonial roses. the wedding party included Lt William C. Kincaid as best man and several groomsmen. The reception at the duPont hotel displayed white flowers and a tiered cake surrounded by gardenias. After a short wedding trip the couple will live at 44 N State and Fulton Sts Dover.

Paul Kellogg Jacque Dine Windsor Pt. Pleasant James Cooper Birmingham Ala Keith Anderson Dunlap Misses Windger Jane Curtis Richmond Va William C. Kincaid Huntson Harold Carlson Youngstown, C Franklin Johnson St. Petersburg Fla Grooms- Oer duPont Hotel Jay Frantz Shinnston W. A. Windsor N. State Fulton Sts Blond South ‘Charleston Fairfar Hall Faynesboro Ander Mary Clute Order @ Rainbow for Theta’ Ea Delta Marshall Phi Taumpha Freeanfield Seymour Ind Dover

Miss Hilda Wiggins Is Officer's Bride

Miss Hilda Frances Wiggins married Edwin Mitchell son of Mrs Emma Mitchell of Kennebunkport Maine July 24 at Congregational Church in Kennebunkport. Rev Donald Scanlin officiated. Mitchell a University of New Hampshire graduate and naval officer reported to Hollywood Beach Florida for indoctrination training. Mrs Paul N Wiggin of Pennsylvania Avenue announced the wedding.

Hilda Wiggins Hilda Frances Wiggins Arthur “Edwin Mitchell Emma di Mitchell Kennebunkport Ralph P. Mitchell Haseen Paul N. Wigging Charleston High ‘Chool Charleston Mitchell Ford, Bacon Ed Davis, Inc University of New Hampshire Alpha Tau Omega University of Bennester Hollywood Beach Fla

Shower Honors Bride-Elect Alma Ford in Washington Street Home

A personal shower was given Friday night by Miss Alberta Doyle at her Washington Street East residence for Alma Ford, bride-elect of Sgt. Montague Harrison. Guests included Mesdames Morgan, Lowe, Lurber, Crawford, Redd, Doyle, and many Misses, plus Dorothy Stevens of Parkersburg and Ensign Edward Charles Stansbury visiting from Daytona Beach. Ensign Stansbury is enroute in San Diego, California.

Alberta Doyle Washington St. E Alma Cford Sgt Montague Harrison Robert M. Morgan Jesse Lowe Ralph Lurber W. F. Crawford Herman Redd Marty Doyle Peggy Sue McMullen Frances Schweizer Jane Denning Virginia Ramsey Dorothy Keeler Rebecca Stump Patricia Ann Craft Mary Catherine Goshorn Betty Peyton Pauline Hardman Helen Hunt Esther McBride Ann Richardson Mildred Knight Dorothy Stevens Parkersburg Edward Charles Stansbury Daytona Beach, Fla Harry A. Stansbury Helley Rd Ensign Stansbury San Diego Cal

Social notes and travel plans from Fontana to Brownsburg

Mrs Willard W Mason of Fontana arrives to join daughter Miss Jane Mason visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Emmett McCabe in Dalgain South Hills. Miss Mason engaged to Sgt Brooks Fleming McCabe. Numerous other departures and visits across Virginia, Maryland, New York and Ohio for weddings, family gatherings, and military assignments.

Willard W. Mason Fontana Calif Jane Mason Robert Emmett McCabe Dalgain South Hills Miss Mason Sgt Brooks Fleming McCabe Joseph W. Savage Lon H. Kelly Virginia Kelly Quarrier St San Marcos Tex Mas. Savage William L. Cooke Salle Ann Roller Rd Rosnoke W. W. Boxley William, Jr Boxley Cooke Camp Briar Hills Brownsburg John Williams Wilmington Del Frank Hegner Charlotte Allemong Virginia St Warm Springs Lindsay Stevenson Towson C. B. Fitzgerald Jr Alderson St Douglas Guess Inlaw Henry L. Forbes, Ds Oakwood Rd Tuncay Columbia

Engagement announced Miss Carroll to wed Mr Kennedy O Keefe

Miss Anne Carroll and Mr Arthur Kennedy O Keefe plan a August 19 wedding at Sacred Heart church with Frmund Murphy of Washington DC officiating. A reception will follow at Edgewood Country club. Attendants include Matron of honor Mrs Walter F Kirk Jr and bridesmaids Miss Ellen Swearingen Miss Peg BY Thayer and Miss Joan Weber. Best man will be Mr Charles O Keefe. Pre nuptial events are planned by families and friends. O Keefe is assistant production superintendent at U S Rubber Institute plant.

Anne Carroll Arthur Kennedy O'Keefe Sacred Heart Church Edmund, Murphy Washington, D. C Edgewood Country Club Walter F. Kirk, Jr Ellen. Swearingen Peg- BY Thayer Joan Weber Glen Head Charles O'Keefe Fall Hiver Mass Miss Carroll Richard J. Carrroll Virginia St Mr. Carroll A. G. Swearingen Ellen Swearingen Alfred Swearingen Charles K. Payne Preston Champe, Jr Margaret Blaine Champe A. T. Crane Harriet Brumwelier Margaret Stubblefeld Charles E. O'Keefe Pali River U. S Institute

Miss Martha Ann Riggs Engaged to Lt Carl Carey

Miss Martha Ann Riggs fiancee of Lt Carl Carey plans for a wedding are indefinite as Carey serves with an infantry unit in the European theater. Riggs attended Winthrop College and was rated in May from the College of Charleston. Carey, a Citadel graduate, is from Charleston, with his father a district rent executive for West Virginia.

Martha Ann Riggs Carl Carey Carey Miss Riggs Winthrop College For Women Tad College of Charleston Citadel Charleston S. C State of West Virginia

Pop Concert Wednesday Features Viennese Music at Casa Loma

A 2:30 p.m. Wednesday pop concert at Casa Loma features Strauss and other Viennese airs in a program drawn from semi classical works. Sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi chapters, proceeds go to the Charleston Service Center and Salvation Army club. Proceeds may be bought at the door or from sorority members, with reservations via Gulperin's.

Strauss Casa Loma Alpha, Alpha, Omega Theta Iota Beta Sigma Phi International Social and Cultural Sorority Waiperuts Charleston Service Center Salvation Army Military and Naval Club Gulperin's Preswar Vienna John Philling Backone Barbara Jean Pierson Elizabeth Embleton Studio

Joyce Burlingame Engaged To Wed

Mr and Mrs H N Burlingame of East Washington St announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce to Flight Officer Walter F Freeman son of Mr and Mrs J A Freeman of Lynchburg Va No plans have been made for the wedding A Charleston high school graduate Miss Burlingame attended Comptometer school and works in Libbey Owens Ford Glass payroll Freeman a Lynchburg E C Glass alumnus trained at Childress Texas earned wings in April He is stationed at Westover Field Mass and recently visited Miss Burlingame and her parents

John S. Barnette Ruth Robert J. Thomas Verne E. Thomas Glasgow Miss Barnette East Bank High School West Virginia Institute of Technology Beta Kappa Chi duPont Sgt. Thomay Great Bend Kan J. H. Patton Rovery Mount George Lee Roane St John A. Parsons Virginia Clarksburg Harold M. Parsons Shirley Ann Jaffee Sc Seaman Washington, D. C L. Aj Jaffes Venable Av W. A. McMillan Tia St Jacquet River M. B Can Marjorie Gavins Franklin Ay Lake Forst Ywca Professional School R. L. Mitchell Randolph Arcadia Fla CM. Mitchell Quarrier St J. W. Conner Clearwater William H. Truslow Bridge Rd J.B. Conner Oakwood Rd Elizabeth Jones Long Island, N W. H. Patrick, Jr Darst St

Cookes Host Picnic Supper for Pvt Hill Before Transfer

Cookes Entertainer and Mrs. Paul H. Cooke hosted a Thursday night picnic supper at their Second Ave home for Pvt. B. F. Hill who has been stationed at Camp Blanding Fla and is to be transferred to Camp Butner N C. Guests included numerous Cooke family members and friends.

Paul H. Cooke Second Av Pvt B. F. Hill Camp Blanding Fla Camp Butner N.C W. Cooke My Ross George Irving Graves George Byers J. M. Cooke Huntington Jan Bend Elizabeth Cooke Mary Elizabeth Cooke Thomas Hill

Virginia Williams to wed Ensign Chamberlin in Clarksburg

Mrs. G Alvin Williams of Clarksburg announces the approaching marriage of her daughter Virginia Lee Williams to Ensign Joan R Chamberlin Jr USNR son of Mr and Mrs J R Chamberlin of Denver Col The wedding is planned for late August at Christ Episcopal church Clarksburg Virginia is a Stuart Hall alumna 1941 Brenau College student and Alpha Delta Pi member Chamberlin a Denver North High School graduate and former pre medical student at Denver University who joined the air corps in 1943 and serves as a flight instructor at the naval air station Ft Lauderdale Fla

Virginia. Williams John R. Chamberlin G. Alvin Williams Country Club Addition Clarksburg Virginia Lee Williams Joan R. Chamberlin, Jr USNR J. R. Chaimberlin Denver Col Christ Episcopal Church Miss Williams Misa Lee Johnston John A. Kennedy Stuart Hall Staunton West Virginia Business College Brenau College Gainesvile Alpha Delta Pi Chamberlin North High School Denver University Air Corps Kappa Sigma Naval Air Station Ft Lauderdale Fla

Pre Nuptial Events Planned This Week For Miss Pierson

Miss Barbara Jean Pierson bride to Lt. Robert E. Agsten Jr receives multiple pre nuptial courtesies this week. Mrs. O W Woodard hosts a Tuesday personal shower at her parents home with an array of guests and a Thursday bathroom shower and bridge party follows at Miss Elizabeth Penhale’s home in South Kanawha Ave with Mrs. L W Barkley Jr as hostess. Guests include Mesdames Pierson Craddock Reynolds Jackson Eilis Parsons Harrington and Misses Austen Cavender Breckman Price Martin Cavender plus many others. A Friday dinner linen shower at The Terrace was hosted by Frank Hostettler and Miss Sara Austen. Further entertainments by Mrs Mayme McClure Mrs K B Dean and Mrs C H Osborne are planned for Miss Pierson at a later date.

Pierson Barbara Jean Pierson Robert E. Agsten, Jr O. W. Woodard O. L. Parsons Anaconda Elizabeth Penhale South Kanawha Norman Knapp John Brumbaugh William A. Rice Samuel Richard L. W. Woodard Richard Nichols Betty Lowery Anne Carper Katherine Kessel Lois Jean Wallers Frank Hostettler Sara Austen Lt. Austen Miss Pierson L. W

Five New Members Join Cotillion Club

Miss Hawes Brown president of the Charleston Cotillion club announces five new members: Mrs. Christian S. White Mrs. Neil Robinson Mrs. Frank O'Brien Mrs. RC Osborne and Miss Margaret Connell. Mrs. Herbert M. West chairs a dance set for Saturday night at the North Charleston Recreation center with the Colonels orchestra playing 10 p.m. to midnight. Mrs. L. M. Diles has returned home in Middleport after visiting Mrs. Thomas Ferguson and Miss Lila Hundley.

Cotillion Club Hawes Brown Charleston Cotillion Club Christian S. White Neil Robinson Frank O'Brien RC. Osborne Margaret Connell Herbert M. West North Charleston Recreation Center Colonels L. M. Diles Middleport Thomas Ferguson Lila Hundley

Miss Jean Griffith Weds St Charles Mitchell Jr

Miss Jean Griffith marries St Charles Mitchell Jr with Dr Hoffman officiating after an eight o clock service. nuptial music by Betty Jo Burgess, organist Mrs Selma Asbury. bride in white satin with long train, seed pearl bodice, orange blossom tiara and white rose bouquet. best man Walter Mitchell USNR. groomsmen Howard Lowe and William Stogden. reception at home. out of town guests listed. couple to live in Brown's Mill New Jersey.

Dr. Hoffman Joseph Clare Hoffman Betty Jo Burgess Selma Asbury Jack E. Kempton James A. Stogden l Dorothy van Winkle Lite N. J. Taffeta Ban‘deaux A C Walter Mitchell USNR Messrs Howard Lowe William Stogden Griffith Kay Kaufman David Kauffman Indianapolis C. E. Whiteneck Lexington Oscar Diehl Montgomery John Kauffman Edward Woody Alvin Lilly Helen Betty Kauffman Mitchell Mason College of Music and Fine Arts Charleston High School Mary Baldwin College Staunton Smith-Hetzel Co, Inc Kentucky Array Signal Corps Camp Edison Sea Girt N. J Misa Griffith Brown's Mill

Williamson Announces Daughter Ernestine to Robertson

Mr and Mrs George A Williamson of Flatwoods Kentucky announce the marriage of their daughter Ernestine to George W Robertson AMM fc son of Mr and Mrs C G Robertson of St Albans on July 27 with Rev Harold Deitch officiating. Mrs Robertson a Rusell high school graduate is employed by Sylvania Electric Products Inc. her husband has two years in the navy and attended St Albans high school.

George A. Williamson Flatwoods Ernestine George W. Robertson AMM Fc C. G. Robertson St. Albans Harold Deitch Russe Robertson Sylvania Electric Products, Inc St. Albans High School

Week's Red Cross and club events calendar

Readable portions show Red Cross sewing and knitting sessions at Masonic Temple and chapter house on Duffy Street with nurse's aide registration, plus surgical dressings groups at Charleston high school. Society groups include British War Relief, Beta Sigma Phi pop concert, Violet Club, Sigma Phi Gamma, and Charleston Cotillion Club dance at North Charleston Recreation Center with Colonels Orchestra.

Ulualendar Red Cross Masonic Temple Pth Daify &T Red Cross Surgical Charleston High School British War Relief Society Kanawhs Bly Phoenician St. George's Auditorium Duffy St B. C Edgewood Country Club Charleston Kanawha Blvd Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Casa Lome Muale Charleston Pops Orchestra Violet Club Sigma Phi Gamma International Daniel Boone Hotel Fourth Moor C. m Ghetisston Alpha Lota Daniel Booneotel Margaret Corey Jackson St A& m Red Cross Surgical Dressings Group

Parties Planned for Mrs Peterson Before Departure for Topeka

Mrs V L Peterson will leave soon to join Cant Peterson in Topeka and is to be honored at a Friday luncheon at Edgewood Country Club hosted by Mrs B K Buford. A Tuesday breakfast at Mrs O H Bobbitt’s Jackson Street home will honor Mrs Peterson and guest Mrs Enejl Shinn of Borger Texas.

V. L. Peterson Cant.Peterson Topeka Kes Edgewood Country Club B. K. Bueford O. H. Bobbitt Jackson St Peterson Enejl Shinn Borger, Tex Fred. Engstrom Meadames Peterson, Shinn Oscar Nelson Mary Stitt A. A. Wilson George S. Engle G. H. Barksdale R. K. Buford William Blue P. A. Tuckwiber G. G. Irwin Horace Engel J. E. Rucker Harry Baldock Philip Zier W. E. Hottman Henry Capito E. W. Squire

Also Mentioned on This Page

Nancy Ellen Dunn KTM Philip Arthur Blond Army Air Force Arthur C. von Blond Batesville, Ark South Charleston Raymond H. Dunn Mint Windsor Voralist Jean Arthur Jafilyn Starch E Bailey J. C. Blair Barbara Blair Grasscup Rd Frank Tukey Marion Blair New York City Quin Morton Af Druid Pl Morton Betty Corrie Kanawha Av Virginiia Beach Princess Anne John H. Culliney Quartier St Mary Margaret School of American Ballet Patty Lou Mairs Margaret Matheny Noyes Av Cleveland Matheny Mary Frances Vineyard Main St Lake Chautauqua N.Y Frank Crispen Pittsburg Carolyn Frizzell Waukegan Stevens College Mary Margaret Green Gordon Dager Lorentz R. Hodges Elsie Ann Brittoff Abney Tircle Asbury Park Ensign John L. Purdom Bliss McCrum Henry Payne Palmer Frederick Bannerot Charles Dickinson Thomas and Henry Battle Robert Longley William Smith Thomas Ziebold Charles Howard John Nelson William Knight James Coyle Mra Mary Carroll William and Alfred Swearingen, Jr White Sulphur Springs Broad St Eien Swearingen St. Vincent's School of Nursing James C. Fielding J Jean McClung Thomas S. Riggs A. Carl Carey, Jr USA A. Carl Carey East Washington St William R. Wiant Charleston Paps Orchest Romberg Algeria Rossini Vienna Woods Mascagni Lehar Elizabeth Neal Virginia Jansohn Evelyne Davis Virginia Whiteman Rochester Minn J. T. Pierson Highland ‘Av Louise Maxwell Beckley J. W. Maxwell C. Langdon Campbell C. J. Campbell Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Jesse Hawkins. Jr Stephanie Osman Swartz Linden Rd Jesse Hawkins Ironton Lois Silverstein Eastman Conservatory Charles P_ Or Wynnewood A. S. Alexander Kemp Morton, Jr Clark Ra George Jenkins G. A. Stuart Jean Stuart Raymond H. Smith Monongalia St Joyce Burlingame Jean Griffith Charles Mitchell, Jr T Eim Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church Jean Elizabeth Griffith Charles Tompson Mitchell R. Jack Griffith Sixth St C. T. Mitchell Frankfort Chapter House Musi Colonels Orchestra Mrs. Peterson
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