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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1951
Page
3
More than 200 boys and girls were expected to attend the ninth annual West Virginia Conservation Camp opening today at Camp Ceasar in Webster County. The event is hosted by state conservation officials and aims to teach youngsters about natural resources and outdoor skills.
The column rafts of social chatter report Rita Hayworth being courted for a Folies Bergere premiere on Oct 1, Anita Loos in hospital with flu, Susan Peters planning a second baby, and Maney Caffee praising Ralph Kiner. It notes Peggy Lee Davey, Jack Astor divorce rumors, Eileen Barton beer contract trouble, Laurette Taylor memoirs edited by Dwight, reissues of old films mislabelled, Rosalind Russell hat riot at The King and I, a discount in a New York record store, Milton Holden joining Cinderella, Honey Child Wilder Hohenlohe mink coat rumors, Macy’s price-cutting humor, Joe Sullivan wooed by Don Jacobs, and Berle’s social moves with Shor’s circle.
Greenbrier Military School held its 139th commencement in Lewisburg with Cadet Staff Sgt. Robert M. Harris Jr. delivering the valedictory and Cadet Robert A. Worsing of Pittsburgh as class orator. About 43 high school graduates and 15 college department graduates were recognized. The cadet battalion wore dress whites for the final review while awards were given by State Adjutant General Charles R. Fox. Samuel M. Cassidy and Louis E. Longacre received medals from the West Virginia ROA, and Company B under Cadet Capt. Samuel Stewart was named honor company for next year.
Davis Hazelwood a 24 year old Huntington Black man died after injuries from a fall sustained yesterday in Huntington. Police report indicates the accident occurred in the city. further details were not immediately released.
The Fifth District Democratic Committee fixed June 16 as the Welch nominating convention date with 144 delegates allocated by county based on 1948 gubernatorial vote. Mercer County Sheriff C. C. Elmore was elected committee chairman, with Mrs. Mabel Alley as secretary, Jack Shipmen as vice chairman, J. C. Dillon as treasurer, and D. Grove Moler named temporary chairman for the start of the convention.
West Virginia readers learn that storage ware houses fall under CPR 34 services regulation with OPS guidance available at 601 Virginia St. East Charleston. The piece lists 1948 Democratic vote tallies by county and notes Dr. Carl L. Dove withdraws from the Republican nomination race leaving Cyrus H. Gadd and Sherman H. Ballard as the remaining announced candidates with Dove backing Gadd.
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