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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
8
Members of the Mother Craft club and their children were entertained at a Christmas party one afternoon at Brzam church. Mesdames Annabelle Hart Eloisa Smith Katherine Ball and Cela Zelglieia attended. Mr M S Connor provided music.
Lt Newton Webster Allebach USNR will wed Miss Sheila Rosemary Jameson daughter of Dr and Mrs James E Jameson of Marbleton Marsh Gloucestershire England at Grace Church New York City at four o clock Saturday The ceremony will be by Dr Louis W Pitt rector followed by a reception at the Cosmopolitan Club The bride will be given in marriage by Dr Davis and attended by Elizabeth Porter Wyckel George Curran Lt William Davis and Pvt Thomas White The couple plan internships and active duty in the Navy medical corps after marriage
Mrs Willam Ix Coote and children of Roller Rd plan to spend Christmas with her mother Mrs W W Boxley in Roanoke. Capt M L O Neale and Dr Willarm O Neale from New York city will visit their parents in Noyes Ave. Lt and Mrs John S Naht arrive from Philadelphia to visit Mrs WT Haight. Lt and Mrs William Brinkley from Washington DC visit Staunton Ave. Mrs Emery W Hamilton returns from Louisville after visiting sisters Nora and Josephine O Connell. Mr and Mrs Thomas Fleeson visit Pittsburgh after staying with Mrs FR Merrill on Staunton Rd. The Misses Lois Andrews, Carolyn Frizzell, Nancy Palmer, Frane...
Heavy snow temporarily disrupts a mechanized unit from Fort Hayes near Columbus, aided by state radio and road crews to recover a stranded army truck. The piece also lists numerous West Virginia University students and locals returning home for the holidays, with several staff arrivals and visits noted, plus a wartime awards photo highlighting citations for Ernest Bailey and Clare Hess for distinguished service in the war finance program.
A Christmas play He Who Walks in Love by Elizabeth Berg haul Hellier will be performed at 8 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church. The Minnie Argetsinger circle sponsors the event and Mary Frances Baker directs.
Mrs Abe Gardner of 3 Lee Street told police thieves entered her home under renovation and took a camera cornet ring and two lockets. Lionel Bradley of Marmet reported a watch theft and Mrs C Fred Woodrunvel of Tennessee Avenue reported a sled theft.
Mr and Mrs William Labow of Virginia Ave host a Saturday night dance at the Charleston Boat Club in honor of their daughter Marilyns fourth birthday. Over three guests invited. Mr P H Roberts of Kanawha Bird will leave Friday for New York City to spend the holidays. Mr and Mrs John K Harvey of Merdow Brook Vid will visit relatives in Cotum us O in April.
Mrs George A Graham and Mr and Mrs Graham of Abney circle host a dinner dance at Edgewood Country Club on Friday night in honor of their daughter Lynn Graham Other guests include Frances Thompson Mary Field Isabel Charnock Mary Boling Davis Lois Follett Ashton Gallagher Carolyn Hatch er Joan Shamblen Janice Turner Masters Thomas Battle John Bennet William Bracket Philip Brawner James Coyle William Davis Bills McCrum Albert Schwabe Ralph Webb Harry and Maurice nat
Mr William J Hinzman Sr son of Mr and Mrs W H Hinze of Dunbar will wed Miss Patina Kuhn daughter of Mr and Mrs Faink Kuhn of Baltimore Md The ceremony by Father Joseph Woldentan will be at 4 PM at St Hitas Rec tory in Baltimore Miss Kuhn attended Seton High School Baltimore The groom attended Dunbar High School and works for the Social Security Board in Baltimore Lt James W Graham USMC recently overseas duty will visit his wife in Virginia Street
Miss Mary Frances Watts wed Cpl Charles W. DeWitt USMC in a St. Albans ceremony officiated by Rev W C Bowle. Her aqua suit and gardenia corsage matched the bridal party including Miss Dorothy Watts and Mrs William Brown Dunlap. After a Watts home reception the couple planned a honeymoon to Cincinnati and New York City with a visit to DeWitt’s mother Mrs Florence DeWitt.
A terse wedding notice from Lexington Kentucky records that a corporal and a captain recently returned from active duty. The fragment indicates family ties and a formal union sentiment in a local notice style.
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