Greenbrier Valley women compete for Queen title
White Sulphur Springs contenders in the Greenbrier Valley Queen of the Valley contest seek entry to the Queen of America pageant. Candidates include Mrs. ThoR Curry of the Old White Garden Club and Mrs. James Preston for Loch House and Garden Club, with others from Ronceverte and White Sulphur Springs representing local groups.
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Charleston Gazette
Greenbrier
Old White Garden Club
James Preston
Loawisburg
Loch House
Roncecan Legion Auxiliary
Ase Gz of
White
Truck Hits Cars Injures Man in Spencer. Nichols Fined
A truck crash in Spencer injured Rufus Ellsworth Webb, 36, while police arrested Herbert George Nichols, 39, of Otto for drunken driving. Webb, a Spencer carpenter, was treated at Gordon Memorial Hospital with possible fractures and a serious head injury after Nichols’ truck struck a car Webb was servicing on Linden Hill Road. Nichols faced a $50 fine at arraignment before a justice of the peace.
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Spencer
Here
A. F. Patton
Rufus ‘Ellsworth Webb
Spencer Carpenter
Gordon Memorial Hospital
Herbert George Nichols
Otto
Gosta
Patton
Webb
Linden Hill Ro
Nichols
Physician Found Dead On Deer Hunting Trip
The body of Dr. James Guthrie a 70 year old Martinsburg physician was found on a farm about 10 miles south of here. State police say he apparently died of a heart attack while deer hunting. He set out alone yesterday afternoon and a general alarm was broadcast when he did not return by 11 p.m. A searching party of about 40 volunteer firemen found his body.
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Romney
Dee
James Guthrie
Martinsburg
Here
Guthrie
Wellsburg Woman Mary Williams Dies at 72
Mrs. Mary Williams aged 72 and mother of a local dentist died at her Wellsburg home this morning. The notice provides limited biographical details and lists her residence.
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Mary Williams
Wellsburg
Harvard Club Names Daughter of Envoy Woman of the Year
Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club honors Sharman Douglas daughter of the U S ambassador to the UK as Woman of the Year in a public letter calling her service to international goodwill. The note invites her to the 102nd annual musical production and praises her London connections and friendships with British nobility.
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Cambridge
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U. S
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Swarmy
Jetter
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Margaret Rose
America
London
Margaret Truman
Hidden Witness Sees Estranged Husband Slay Wife and Self
In New Britain Connecticut a 41 year old Carlton Phillips killed his wife Eleanor 37 then wounded himself after breaking into the Turcotte apartment where the couple lived with their six year old daughter. Eyewitness George Turcotte hid behind a chair and reported the five shots from a rifle Phillips had bought the previous day under a fictitious name. The child Alice Phillips awoke to the scene.
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New Britain
Conn
Donald Ryder
Carlton Phillips
Eleanor
Phillips
Ald
George J. Turcotte
Turcotte
Four Freed in Probe Of Mingo Fire Death
Four persons were released after questioning by fire officials into the death of 42-year-old Ballard Smith in a blaze that destroyed his father’s home. Assistant Prosecutor Mark Russell called the fire accidental after findings from fire marshals C R Cobb and M W Arthur.
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Williamson
Ballard Smith
Mark Russell, Jr
C. R. Cobb
M. W. Arthur
Smith
Rey
Russell
Police: Robbers flee after hold up at local restaurant
Burg police say owner William Donley reported his brother Harden was alone when two bandits described as Mutt and Jeff left toward Wheeling after stealing money from the cash register.
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Burg
Wiliam Donley
Harden Donley
About & P.m
Weekend Weather Outlook with Light Rain and Snow
The forecast calls for mild Saturday then colder Sunday. A system will bring rain or snow tomorrow with snow flurries in the mountains. Friday night into Saturday could drop about a quarter inch of precipitation.
Tax Official Dies in Cincinnati Hotel Heart Attack
Dee S Fi Nick Charles Prisman 57 a Pennsylvania tax examiner died of a heart attack in his Netherland Plaza Hotel room Cincinnati authorities said He was from Philadelphia and died today in the hotel room.
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Cincinnati
Dee. S—Fi
Nick Charles Prisman
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Netherland Plaza Hotel
Temperature drop forecast over West Virginia in five days
The Weather Station in Huntington forecasts temperatures three to four degrees below normal for the next five days ending Sunday. Slight warming is expected tomorrow followed by markedly colder temperatures Thursday and Friday.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Aveerage
Kidneys Must Remove Excess Acids Warns Of Kidney Toxins
Vague health ad warns kidneys fail to remove acids causing headaches dizziness and swelling. It pitches Dean’s Pills and Dolan’s Pills as relief, urging readers to consult a pharmacist for a stimulant diuretic used for decades.
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Dan
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