Weather cancels club affairs across multiple groups
Due to inclement weather, several social and charitable events are cancelled. The River Meade and Douchelie Garden clubs abort Christmas teas, the Netweomers club cancels their benefit bridge party, the River Valley Garden club Christmas party is off, and the National Society of Colonial Dames meeting at the board of managers is canceled.
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Rivermeade
Douchelie
Netweomers Club
River Valley Garden Club
Board of Managers
National Society of Colonial Dames
DiMaggio Family Citizenship Twist in San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 12 Mrs Rosalia Mercurio DiMaggio aged 66 won her United States citizenship while her husband Joseph DiMaggio aged 72 failed his citizenship test. Superior Judge George W Scone ordered him to retry in three months as the family story unfolds with mixed outcomes for the DiMaggio trio.
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DiMaggio
Papa
San Francisco
Rosalia Mercurio DiMaggio
Joseph
George W. Sconeeld
Jac
Vincent
Union Files Demurrer in DeMille Membership Case
American Federation of Radio Artists filed a demurrer in the Cecil B. DeMille case seeking dismissal of his suit to stop a union suspension. The union argues DeMille should seek relief within the union, not court, over a $1 levy tied to the right to work proposal. A temporary restraining order allowed DeMille to continue his nationally broadcast show. Court hearings set for December 15 on why the injunction should not be granted.
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DeMille
Los Angeles
American Federation of Rael Artists
Cecil B. DeMille
de Mille
Church Circles Schedule Meetings and Cantata
Boyd Memorial Church Circle No 3 meets Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mrs J E Butler 625 Malin St General council and business. First Christian girls circle postpones meeting for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the church. Elizabeth Memorial Methodist choir performs the Christmas cantata O Little Town of Bethlehem at 1 30 p m Sunday Walden VW Marrison directs the choir with Florence Pauley at the piano. Kanawha City Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary meets at 12 30 p.m. tomorrow at the church for business inspiring Christmas party.
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Boyd Memorial Christian Church
J. E Butler
Malin St
General Council
First Christian Church
Elizabeth Memorial Methodist Church
Little Town of Bethlehem
Lawrence Keating
Walden VW
Marrison
Florence Pauley
Kanawha City Presbyterian Church
Agnes Midkiff Weds Enos Christian in Dunbar Home
Mrs Agnes Midkiff of Alum Creek and Mr Enos Christian of South Charleston wed November 30 at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Witmer Griffith in Ickery Ltd Rev David Harper officiated The bride wore blue tailored suit with black accessories and a gardenia corsage The ceremony was attended by relatives and 39 guests A wedding supper followed and the couple reside at 1421 Grosscup Ave Dunbar Mr Christian is a veteran of the Spanish American war.
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Agnes Midkiff
Enos Christian
Alum Creek
South Charleston
Witmer Griffith
Ickery Ltd
David Harper
Inlaw
Harrison
Kitt
James Edwards
Christian
Grosscup Av
Dunbar
British Babies In Woods
London reports a statistic on births and illegitimate births in England and Wales. The note cites IST figures showing one in fourteen babies illegitimate, with totals 26,739 for 1928 and 43,105 for a later year, highlighting a demographic measure from the era.
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London
England and
Wales
Do You Know Fashion Tips and Grace Moore Sidelights
A collage of fashion pointers advises on skincare, accessory choices, and makeup while noting Grace Moore, the Metropolitan soprano, suffered a shoulder injury in Richmond causing her to cancel a concert and seek transport to New York.
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Richmond
Grace Moore
New York
Shue Reunites With Charleston Native in New Guinea
Cpl May H. Shue, son of Mr and Mrs D J Shue of 402 Maxwell St, told Boyd Stutler of the American Legion magazine he has spent 22 months in the islands and has seen three men from his old home town. He recalls meeting his cousin Li Dave Landeree, grandson of Mr and Mrs B S Smithers of Belle, during service at an air force base in New Guinea.
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Cpl. Shue
Charleston
Cpl
May H. Shue
D. J. Shue
Maxwell St
Boyd
Dave Landeree
B.S. Smithers
Belle
Soldier longing for Kanawha amid field hospital scene
Cpl. Shue recalls Mark Harp and a field hospital mood as he and Clarence G. Stinnette from Montgomery reflect on their arrival and the longing to see the Kanawha River again. The readable fragment hints at wartime camaraderie and displacement.
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Mark Harp
Cpl. Shue
Kanawha
Clarence G. Stinnette
Montgomery
Cpl.Shue
War memories from New Guinea to Admiralty Islands
Fragmentary wartime recollections describe extensive service in New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands. A reference to a Board of Education notice in Chungking aims to cut tuitions to the minimum possible, while a fate or SOS feeling lingers amid the postwar era.
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Ching
Board of Education
Chungking
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