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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1947

Page

25

Community Notes From Local Church and Club Meetings

The Women's Society of Christ Methodist and related groups meet across town with devotionals and installations. Mrs Ruth Nelson, Mrs Belle Assembly No 7, Rainbow for Girls, Belle Lions, and Baptist and Nazarene church groups host gatherings, luncheons, and ins talls. Parents and leaders, including Mrs Erwin Casto and Mrs John Smithers, attend days at the Legion hall and Daniel Boone roadside Park. Several troops and circles plan outings and showers, with members from Kanawha St, 7th St, and 4th Ave involved.

Women's Society of Christ Tian Ruth Nelson Church Faye Burdette Ruth Spradlin Reba Brown Belle Assembly Ida Ferguson C. D Legion Hall Thompson Aera Baptist Church Belle Lions Club Legion Hail Women's Federation of the Wesley Fellowship Class of Methodist Church Alent Daniel Boone Philathea The Erwin Casto John Taied WSMS Nazarine Smithers

Quest Deodorant Powder Ad Urges Fresh Appeal

New York advertiser Nancy Sasser touts Quest Deodorant Powder as the solution to underarm odor and body freshness amid rising temperatures. The unscented powder is pitched for underarms feet girdles and even monthly feminine issues and is priced at 35 cents.

New York N. Y Venus de Milo

Big Car promises luxury at low price with safety features

An advertisement extols a Chevrolet styled vehicle with Unisteel body, safe brakes, safety glass, and performance. It invites contest entries postmarked by June 15th and promotes Pepsi Cola price comparisons and smart drink marketing in a bustling retail pitch.

Chevrolet Nancy Sasser Madison Ave New York N. Y

RESINOL Ointment and Household Cleaners Ad Offer Quick Relief

A vintage advertisement promotes RESINOL Ointment for minor skin mishaps and ivy rash with claims of fast soothing relief. It also highlights RESINOL Soap, SERGEANTS Disinfectant, OLD DUTCH cleanser, DIAMOND Tints and Dyes, and a home tips piece encouraging clean, fragrant rooms and budget-friendly dyeing options for summer wardrobes.

Bella Lise

Community notes and social updates from Belle

The column records charity poppy sale thanks by American Legion Auxiliary Unit 35 and upcoming Vacation School at the Methodist church. It lists judges for the Belle flower show at the legion hall and joint memorial services by Veterans groups with speaker Elliott Nefflin of Charleston. Numerous personal notices cover visits, travel, and gatherings across Circleville, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, and beyond.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 35 The Legion Hall Mesdames R. H . Walker M. D. Lite Charles Kuhn Waldo Craig Veterans of Foreign Wars and Elliott Nefflin Charleston

Robert H C Kay Heads U Alumni

Robert H C Kay was elected president of the West Virginia University Alumni Association at Morgantown. He succeeds Charles P Mead with W Holt Woodell as first vice president and Dr N H Dyer as second vice president. The event kicked off the university commencement with over 700 seniors set to receive degrees.

Milford L. Gibson Kingwood Russell P. Bailey Wheeling Fred ~. Fox State ‘Supreme Court University Charles B. Jollifee Radio Corp. of America WVU Univn

Club News U S Army Mothers Post 2 to Meet at VFW Hall

U S Army Mothers Post 2 schedules a 8 p m business meeting at the VFW hall on Quarrier Street with a covered dish supper for members. An executive board meeting will follow. Mrs Dorothy Eggleston of Seattle national grand regent and Women of the Moose visitors spoke on plans for next year.

Dorothy Eggleston Seattle Wash The College of Regents Women of the Moose Montgomery Thurssday Edith Blater Charleston Ella Grangier

Moose chapter invites June 8 meeting with dignitary visit

Nitro chapter extends invitation for a June 8 meeting as Mrs Tyra Magnusart, Washington DC grand recorder of the Women of the Moose, plans to attend. North Dakota farmers use dehydrated potatoes as sheep feed. Australia’s Transcontinental Railway holds the world record for 322 miles of straight track across the Nullarbor plain. In the US the Seaboard Airline Railway runs 7 miles of straight track between Wilmington and Hamlet, NC.

Nitro Tyra Magnusart Washington, D. C The Women of the Moose North Dakota Australia Nullaroor ‘Plain United States Seaboard Wilmington Hamlet Noc

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