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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1950
Page
7
G. L. Lewis of South Charleston was fined $50 and costs after pleading guilty to drunken driving. Judge Cyrus W. Hall ordered a six month revocation of Lewis' driver's license.
West Virginia Tech prepares for its 50th annual commencement in Montgomery with 112 graduates 100 earning AB and BS degrees and 12 receiving two year certificates. Dr. L Curtis Talmage will deliver the baccalaureate sermon and Dr Carl G F Franzen will give the main address tomorrow evening.
The piece notes that less than half of U S counties have juvenile probation officers and many rely on untrained part timers. It highlights the Big Brothers of America as a private aid group with strong results, while FBI data show rising juvenile delinquency in 1949. It ends with reflections on human conversation versus automated chatter.
A reader asks how to remove poison ivy in alleys and vacant lots. The street department sprays ivy on city rights of way and the health department will require property owners to clear ivy nuisances, guiding neighborhood action.
The Summer Players of Charleston announce a return to St Matthews this summer after an inactive year. The company led by Charles G Peters Jr will stage a new play weekly in July and August with six evening shows per week. Cast will mainly feature New York professionals in lead roles and Kanawha Players filling minor roles. Season tickets, directed by Douglas Martin, go on sale immediately.
Quin Morton Mrs. Picker ing and E. J. McDonough head the patron membership drive for The Summer Players Inc. at 608 London Heights Rd Charleston. Miss Ruth Miller directs program advertising sales.
Several Charleston women will attend the Blundon Woman's Relief Corps and Daughters of Union Veterans annual meeting in Wheeling from Monday to Wednesday. Headquarters will be at the Windsor Hotel. Delegates include Miss Clara Mc Gloin, Mrs Maude McVey Zell, Mrs Harry G. Thompson, Miss Addie Allen, and Mrs Alice Hilliard.
Dr Milmer L Henderson of Louisville Kentucky president of the American Medical Assoc will address the 88th annual meeting of the West Virginia State Medical Assoc in White Sulphur Springs July 27. Henderson will discuss the topics facing medicine today and outline future professional priorities.
Dr Charles E Watkins of Os Hill president of the state association will deliver the presidential address. Meetings of the House of Delegates are scheduled for July 27 and 28 with officers to be elected at the second day meeting.
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