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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1940

Page

11

Vacation Bible school opens at Randolph Street Baptist Church

A daily vacation Bible school will open tomorrow at Randolph Street Baptist Church. Classes run daily until 2 30 p.m. Ralph T. Nordlund, pastor, leads main and junior departments with Mrs. Miler and Mrs. Cunningham as assistants. Mrs. Curtis Youn supervises the merger. several others assist.

Randalph Street Baptist Church Ralph T. Nordlund Nanwat Ip Will Save Iy Miler Mi A Cunningham Curtis Youn M Goff Helen Naree Jund Junk Mesdames Dewey Willaima Hore Newell Ta W. Sutton Daconport LB Dawley

Nitro City Election Heads Voters to City Hall

Nitro voters will choose a mayor city recorder and five councilmen for two year terms in a nonpartisan election at city hall Tuesday. Candidates include Mayor EL Hawes Lloyd M M Chipman Earl Ho Cooper former mayor and Mayor C F Lehowen. election officers named last week are R M Tormey Roy Staver and Rev A F Shomo with clerks Mrs R M Tormey Frank Grover and PB Bricker.

City Recorder Hawes Lloyd MM Chipman Earl Ho Cooper C. FL Lehowen T. AL Lewis Unoapers Iiety ~Cochrane Fred HE Henry Pauley TL. G. Gras Reynolds Frank Keener Hugh Draper R. M. Tormey Roy Staver A. F. Shomo M. Tormey Frank Grover PB. T. Bricker LL. Bets

Urgent Calls for Larger Red Cross Gifts Local War Relief

Yesterday's contributions bring the Kanawha Valley Red Cross total to 7907.72, about half the national quota. Dewey F. Kuhns urged immediate response as 5,000,000 refugees depend on relief. Local groups, William Green AF of L, and state HQ plan drives. donations accepted at 201 Duffy Street, Kanawha Banking and Trust, or The Gazette office.

Dewey FS. Kuhns Washington Kuhns William Green American Federation of Labor Total Headquarters Duffy Street P. A. Herscher Kanawha Banking and Trust Company

Charlestonian to Celebrate His First Mass Here June 16

John Elsener son of Mr and Mrs Joseph A Elsener will be ordained a priest at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Washington D C Monday June 10 He known as Father Marius of the Capuchin order will celebrate his first solemn mass in Sacred Heart church Sunday June 14 A reception will follow at 1212 Lewis street The family will travel to Washington for the ordination services Also a two week daily vacation Bible school will open at Vandalia Methodist church tomorrow at 9 am for children between the ages

John Elsener Joseph A. Elsener Lewis Street Capuchin College The Catholic University Washington, D.C Elsener Ard Catherine Washington

Outlawing of Bund Communists Is Urged

Rep Dies proposed to outlaw the Communist party and the German American Bund and penalize membership in those or any organizations controlled by them. He said new legislation would bar these groups while preserving free speech and ideology.

Washington Dies D-Tex Congress Communist Party Bund House UN American Moscow Berlin Texan France

New Library Books At Karawna County Public

New library additions include Democracy and filibuster topics as well as books by W Somerset, Erik Baranow, and Boris Souvarine. Works cover politics culture radio gardening and wilderness themes with a mix of authors and titles such as Three Years Dawn and The Cnans ing Wes.

Karawna County W. Somerset Erik Baranow

East Side Business Men Form Appointed Committees

WT Brotherton presides over East Side Business Men's association as it names standing committees with members and chairs for Publicity Traffic Speakers Reception Entertainment Auditing Finance and more. The group recently added 35 members.

WT. Brotherton East Side Business Men's Association Membershnp S.C. Hanley George Chounis Phil Barkus Charles Boland H. H. Smallridge Chaftman 4. C. Wallace K. ¥. Woodrum M. Kornstain K. Lowenstein C. R. Rohr Carter B L. L. Abbot D. Ciccarella S. H. Gambrell M.S. Harman Harry Garton Chilton Hawkins John H. Jackson L. K. Lowenstein John Amos Foster Costa Fred R. Marks F. J. Tierney J. A. Cohen

Obituary for Effie Hall Dies After Long Illness

Effie Hall, 26, died last night on Rack Lake Drive Hill after a long illness. Survived by husband C. S. Hall, daughter Joan Hall, and siblings Reba McNeely, Mary McNeely, W. H. Atkinson, Marvin Crawford, B. F. Alsinson, and Carl L. McNeely, all of St. Albans and Spring Hill.

Effie Hall Mel Rack Lake Drive Ng. Hill Barlow Mort C. S. Hall Ons Joan Hall Danas McNeely St. Albans Reba Mary McNeely W. H. Atkinson Mes Marvin Crawsford

Music Graduates to Receive Diplomas at Inez Studio Recital

Jean Meredith daughter of Mrs CW Strother of Chelgain and Norma Lee Dailey Bostic daughter of Mrs I Dailey of Charleston will be among the pupils presented with four diplomas at the Henri Sehuutee studio public recital tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Galperin auditorium on Capitol street. Other participants include Mathilde Norvell Elodie Trearigold Barbara OConnor Esther Waltare Dolores Levine Waired Joseph Josie Dailey a Lee Dailey Bostic Joan Meredith Billie Turner Melka Appleton Paley Agsten Jeanne Agsten Dean Ann Tarless Betty Agsten Vickers and Reva Selets. Admission is free.

Jean Meredith CW Strother Chelgain Henri Sehuutee Galperin Capitol Street Norma Lee Dailey Bostic I. Dailey Charleston Mathilde Norvell Elodie Trearigold Barbara O'Connor Esther Waltare Dolores Levine

Couple Welcomes Son at Home and in Hospital

Mr and Mrs Bruce Campbell of Clengenin are the parents of a son born Sunday May 26 at their home. A son was born Friday at Kanawha Valley Hospital to Mr and Mrs William Malcolm Morris of

Bruce Campbell Clengenin Kanawha Valley Hospital William Malcolm Morris

Decorations and local visits mark the holiday

Mr and Mrs George Hooper of Front Royal Virginia spent Decoration day with friends in the area. John Santrack son of Mr and Mrs J Santrack is a member of Marshall college graduation class. Mr and Mrs Bernard McGinn and Mrs J E Hartigan are visiting relatives in Natural Bridge Virginia.

Tome Twenty-fourth Street George Hooper Front Royal John, Santrack J. Santrack Marshall College Bernard McGinn J. E. Hartigan Natural Bridge

Marine Recruiting Station Planned at Mercer School

The Mercer school on Quarrier street will be turned into a U S marine corps recruiting station as Charleston district joins in a drive for 9 000 recruits announced last night Lieut Col John Doxey accompanied by Sergt William E Wichert was in Charleston two days trying to get space for his squadron of recruiters to open operations in the area

Kanawha Hotel R. A. Robertson Robertson Mercer School Morris Harvey College Doxey Guy van Horn Oval Quarrier Street U. S. Marine Corps Charleston John Doxey William E. Wickert

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