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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1952
Page
3
Economist Wilson Wright addressed Charleston Rotary Club predicting another period of belt tightening for consumers with 60 percent of expenditures funded by cash. He warned of slower retail trade in late 1953, skepticism about sustained postwar growth, and persistent high taxes despite federal defense spending.
The Charleston National Bank honored 17 veteran employees at its annual dinner for 25 plus years of service. Nearly 175 guests attended as Dr. George H. Vick delivered the principal address. Watches were awarded to long-serving staff including J. L. Rover 35 years Clyde Carte 35 years P. P. Wilson 34 years and J. G. Wilkerson 34 years among others. President Mason Crickard presided and spoke at the Ruhter Hotel.
Enter my decoration in the overall doorway division. Please check one option. Mail or deliver this coupon to The Charleston Gazette before midnight Friday December 19.
The West Virginia Safety Council in Charleston announced new open hours for Area No 1 stores from 9 tonight to accommodate Christmas shoppers. Petrie of Huntington becomes committee chair, guiding plans through Dec 23 with extended evening hours and a shortened Dec 24 closure. Assistants include Linkous Holden Price and Azel McCurdy to support county coordination and the annual safety conference.
Enrollment deadline for the January women Marine officer training class is December 20. Eligible graduates ages 21 to 27 may attend a 12 week course at Seattle Corps School with Quantico assignment, leading to reserve second lieutenants. Contact nearest recruiting station or the Commandant in Washington DC.
George Daugherty of Elkview is an eight member of the West Virginia University debating team that won all four contests at the Mount Mercy Debate Tournament in Pittsburgh. WVU defeated Pittsburgh Duquesne Geneva and Mount Mercy among ten district schools. Daugherty is the son of Mrs Albert Connolly of Elkview.
Athens teachers approve weekly art and music clinics sponsored by Concord Callega. Eighty nine educators urge continued similar sessions and suggest extending clinics to speech English arithmetic reading and West Virginia Club work. Concord plans more clinics in another county in Fall 1953.
The Fioneer Five quartet from Lo rgan will perform at 3 p m tomorrow in Gantt Chapsi A M E Zion Church Rand Rev J B Bramley serves as pastor.
Capitol building workers report several Capitol squirrels have been killed by dogs as the Charleston Humane Association urges East End residents to keep dogs off the property. The association says dogs chase and harm community pets and calls on owners to control their animals.
Morgantown December 12 More than one third of freshman housing space at West Virginia University for the 1953 54 year is already spoken for with early applicants Mayme E Waddell director of residence halls says filing early is essential Despite capacity for 875 students only five sixths of the student body live off campus and on campus housing is tight for the fall term
Lloyd M. Bavis of Charleston has been elected editor of Monongahela, a new campus literary magazine at West Virginia University. The publication will appear in January and include short stories operas music and book reviews along with editorials and humorous essays. Two Charleston students, William French as literary editor and Henry Weiss as art editor, also were elected.
Elizabethtown New York December exhibition selection highlights Mrs A Maser of Charleston West Virginia painting chosen for display at Wayman Adams Old Mill Art School annual show in Town Hall Club New York City following a prior hang in the club lounge.
Charleston NAACP branch meets tomorrow at Young Street Baptist Church under Les Cherchillères Club auspices. Officers to be elected. public invited to attend.
Mrs. J. B. Goldsmith of Charles City will address the International Relations Club at West Virginia State College at 7 p m Monday in the college library. She will discuss her travels in Spain and other European countries she visited last summer.
Kans Wha Valley Bank vice president and trust officer Earl L Thomas will address the December Charleston Chapter West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. Meeting at 7 40 p m Monday in the Daniel Boone Hotel. Visitors welcome. Glendale Temple No 26 Pythian Sisters hold a dance tonight at CIO Hall Kanawhaj City. Stonewall Jackson Dance Band to play. tickets at the door.
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