Statehood Day Plans for Charleston West Virginia
The West Virginia Centennial Commission released a full Statehood Day schedule for June 20 in Charleston. Events center on Capitol Street and the statehouse Washington Street side, including a parade, an ox roast, a centennial spectacular, and a 2:30 p.m. ceremony featuring Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
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West Virginia Centennial Commission
Post Office
Capitol Street
Washington Street
Statehouse
35Th Star
Laidley Field
U.S. Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
U.S
Robert Kennedy
Rose City
Lee Street
Civic Center
Legislative
House
Senatos
Bill Brotherson Bombers
Ward Wylie Wizards
Watt Powell Park
State Supreme Court
Army Field Band
Old Post Office
Bluestone Boat & Sportsman's Club
Kanawha Boulevard
Elk River
World Need of Unity Cited In Pearl Buck Finals Talk
Pearl Buck urged unity amid world diversity during the 68th annual West Virginia State College commencement in Charleston. She received an honorary Doctor of Humanities and donated 150 dollars to the college scholarship fund, aiming to leverage 1,500 more in federal support. Buck praised non-violence and cosmopolitan ideals while stressing individual groups’ value in a changing global landscape. Rev. Leon H. Sullivan received the honorary degree alongside Buck. Buck planned a two day visit to Hillsboro and Greenbrier Pocahontas area before returning for a centennial dinner honoring regional writers born in West Virginia.
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Miss Buck
Aad
West Virginia State College
India
Great Britain
Charleston
Leon H.sullivan
Sullivan
Zion Baptist Church
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Dr. Commager
Amherst College
Pearl $. Buck
Institute
Athens
Brooks Hays
Kennedy
Concord College
Hays
Davis and Elkins College
Bluefield State College
Shepherd College
West Lib
Jerry State College
Commager
Fairmont Native John Knowles to Attend Centennial Dinner
West Virginia honors 1960 notable first novel award winner John Knowles born in Fairmont. The author of A Separate Peace and Morning in Antibes will attend a centennial dinner with other nationally recognized writers born or living in the state before departing to Greece for Horizon magazine work.
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Fairmont
John Knowles
America
William Faulkner Foundation
Rosenthal
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Antibes
MacMillian Co
Knowles
New York City
West Virginia
Greece
Horizon Magazine
James M. Knowles
Phillips Exeter Academy
Yale University
Barnard
Rural legislator’s downtown hotel room tale and other local notes
An amusing rural legislator story recalls a crowded downtown hotel and a room without bath with a 60 day stay. Also noted are a welfare office encounter, school attendance by Michael Looney, a Stonewall Jackson High School diploma for Larry McClurg, and a singing career rumor for Paul Santo.
Dinner honoring West Virginia writers drawn at centennial event
Bethany College president Dr Gresham cannot attend the centennial dinner in Charleston but three Stonewall Jackson High School seniors will represent him. The event at the Daniel Boone Hotel begins at 6 40 p m with about 350 attendees. Pearl Buck is a featured speaker and proceeds benefit Sunrise and the Charleston cultural center. Tickets remain at eight dollars.
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Perry Gresham
Bethany College
West Virginia
Stonewall Jackson High School
Charleston
Stonewall
Stonejwall
Daniel Boone Hotel
Pearl 8
Buck
Diamond Book
Capitol
Washington Streets
Galvalss
Helper In Music Co
Capitol St
Land Major
Rabies Vaccination Clinics in Kanawha County Today
Three rabies vaccination clinics for dogs will be held in Kanawha County today. At the Smithers post office shots run from 4 to 5 p.m. At Grant School in London from 5:30 to 6 p.m. And at the coal company office in Mammoth from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
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Kanawha
Smithers
Grant School
London
Coal Company
Mammoth
West Virginia graduates in drizzle at six colleges
Young men and women in caps and gowns listened to six words of challenge from graduation speakers and marched across stages to receive degrees Monday in commencement exercises at West Virginia University and six state colleges. Traditional processions occurred in drizzle across campuses including Morgantown where Henry Steele Commager spoke of the explosion of knowledge being more compulsory today than the population.
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Associated Press
West Virginia University
WVU
Morgantown
Henry Steele Commager
27 Years as City Cop Ends Captain Williams Now Mr Williams
Longtime Charleston detective Dewey I Williams retires after 27 years in the force leaving No 4 squad car for the last ride home at 4 30 p m He rose from patrolman in 1936 to head of the detective bureau and acting police chief from 1953 to 1956 He contemplates pension eligibility and a future in private investigation or another police post.
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Ralph Tearner
Dewey I. Williams
Mr. Williams
Williams
Charleston Police Detective Bureau
Dewey E. Williams
Boone Dawson
Detective Bureau
Charleston
Theo Williams
Supreme Contr
Dewey EB
State Supreme Court
Marmet Plans Centennial Show Meeting and Awards
Marmet organizes a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday meeting of the Marmet Centennial Committee at the Marmet Woman's Club to discuss a town centennial celebration. WVU awarded the Order of Vandalia scrolls and medallions for distinguished service to Kemble White of Clarksburg and Dr. Oliver P. Chitwood, with White unable to attend to receive his awards.
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Marmet Woman's Club
WVU
Kemble White
Clarksburg
The
Hope Natural Gas Co
Nand
Oliver P. Chitwood
White
Fayett e Man to Lead WVU Board President Thompson Chairs Board
The West Virginia University Board of Governors elected Montgomery attorney William G. Thompson as president. Okey B. Glenn of Williamson was named vice president and Charles C. Wise Jr. of Charleston as secretary at a weekend meeting, succeeding James H. Swadley of Keyser.
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Morgantown
Montgomery
William G. Thompson
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Okey B. Glenn
Williamson
Charles C. Wise Jr
Charleston
Thompson
James H. Swadley
Keyser
West Virginia pupils end term dates vary across counties
West Virginia public schools wrap up for the term with 446,000 students. May 31 or earlier closes in thirty counties, while Monongalia finishes June 10 and Mercer and Hancock extend to June 12. Greenbrier through June 15. 190 days per term. Fall reopenings span Aug 26 to Sept 4 across counties.
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Greenbrier
State Education Department
Calhoun
Gilmer
Jackson
Lincoln
Raleigh
Roane
Summers
Taylor
Wayne
Wirt
Monongalia
Promenade Event Canceled Delayed to Next Week on Capitol Street
Promenade was washed out and rescheduled for 8 p.m. next Monday. Co chairs Roger McElroy and Betty Light said the entire program will be held next time even if it rains. The Centennial Barbershop Quartet sang briefly on the Old Post Office steps Monday night before the rest of the program was canceled. Health services in the Nanawha Valley invited to a health fair Sept. 6 at the Charleston Civic Center organized by Kanawha Welfare Council Health and Medical Care Division to inform residents of available facilities.
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Capitol Street
Roger McElroy
Betty Light
Charleston Civic Center
Hf. C. Chitwood
Kanawha Welfare Council Office
Kanawha Welfare Council
Kanawha Valley
Publisher's Will Filed for Probate in Huntington
The will of William J. Birke, late president of Huntington Publishing Co., was filed for probate. Birke died Thursday at 53 leaving personal property to his widow Ellen Morse Birke and naming his aunt Blanche Gideon his mother Sol Birke and daughter Julia Blanche Birke as beneficiaries.
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Joseph H. Hodges
Catholic Diocese of
Wheeling
Fred G. Holloway
the Methodist Church, West Virginia Area Conference
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G. Wayne Smith
James B. McIntyre
Stars and Stripes
Gov. Barron
Virginia
Robert Y. Burton
Mordecai Johnson
Emiritus
Howard University
Washington, D. C
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Goldberg
Oak Hill
U. S
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Michael Looney
Big Chimney
James Looney
Roy Cummings
Belle
Larry McClurg
Lillian McClurg
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Larry
Washington
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Paul Santo
South Charleston High School
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Walter Hamack
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Lawless
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Noel Beard
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Frank C. Haymond
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