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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1939

Page

12

Allied Artists plan Silver Tea for state art exhibit

Charleston group Allied Artists of West Virginia hosts a silver tea from 3 to 5 p m tomorrow at the Hubbard mansion Broad and Washington to raise funds for the state art exhibit in Charleston next fall. The event accompanies a showing of 19 canvasses by Robert Godfrey and runs 2 to 9 p m daily.

Charleston Allied Artists of West Virginia Hubbard Broad and Washington Streets Robert Godfrey Leonard Riggleman Morris Harvey College Herman Bennett Allied Artists Henry Reil Lucina Keane Ethel Hinton Association Randolph Venable Ralph Hosterman Wilbur Frame W. E. Vellines Wallace Putnam J. D. Matlack Quincy Smith John Gallagher Loyall Gravatt

Dinner plans called off by church group chairman

S. Charleston News reports Slicer, chairman of the dinner committee for the Young Men's Bible Class at First Presbyterian, announced the dinner for tonight will not be held. Several church groups meet today in private homes and clubs across Charleston with various hosts and attendees listed.

W. T. Slicer First Presbyterian Church The First Baptist Church R. M. Durrett Second Avenue

Erudite Red Sox catcher doubles as law degree holder

A Boston Red Sox catcher is described as an educated figure with a Doctor of Laws, fluent in many languages including Sanskrit. His favorite skill remains the finger signs he uses to signal the pitcher.

Boston Red Sox

Local Moves and Visits Share Summer Plans Across Town

Families relocate homes and greet relatives in a string of summer travel announcements. Cecil Walker and son Richard head to Paris Tennessee to visit kin, while P W Hall and son David arrive from Evanston Illinois to stay with the Parlagreco family in Forest avenue. The Halls plan a Skaneateles Lake summer camp trip. Francis Clarkson relocates to Charleston from Third avenue, and Mrs. William Allen, visiting her parents, sails to Whiting Indiana with her parents.’associates. John D Bails moves to 225 Central avenue, Marjorie McCloud returns from Marshall college to spend vacation with her parents, Cebert Price returns home from Charleston General Hospital, R L Marshall’s mother-in-law is a hospital patient, and Joy Erskine hosts Miss Mary Lee Cale from Paige at her home.

Massey Circle Cecil Walker Richard Superior Avenue Paris Tenn P. W. Hall David Evanston, Ill S. J. Parlagreco Forest Avenue Hall Skaneateles Lake New York Francis G. F. McCloud Cebert Price Rosemont Court Charleston General Hospital R. L. Marshall Reed Roy E. Francis McMillan Hospital Joy Erskine Mary Lee Cale Paige Mrs. O. L. Erskine Eighth Avenue

Utility Buy Approved by Public Service Commission

The public service commission approved yesterday the purchase of part of Southern Utilities by Appalachian Electric Power for 80000 dollars in cash. The deal covers Southern properties in Hamlin Hurricane Fort Gay and Cabell county and excludes the Hamlin water plant and distribution system. Japan will revise its anti profiteering regulations.

The Public Service Commission Southern Utilities Company Appalachian Electric Power Company Southern Properties Hamlin Hurricane Fort Gay Cabell County

Debates Swirl as Townsend Pension Plan Faces Critics

The House opened debate on the Townsend old age pension bill with lawmakers praising it as a national recovery plan and others denouncing it as economic heresy. Leaders sought near mid July adjournment while neutrality law quarrels loom as a possible obstacle.

Associated Press House Congress

Monroe Clerkship Vote Up in Court

Supreme court review requested over 34 votes in the 1938 Monroe county clerk race. Democrat Fred H. Dunn seeks certification after the circuit court reversed the canvass board and ordered Arnold H. Broyles certified as winner amid an 11 vote margin.

Supreme Court Fred H. Dunn Monroe Monroe County Circuit Court Board of Canvass Arnold H. Broyles Dunn Broyles

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