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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1956
Page
12
A new oven cleaner labeled YTS promises release free restoration of oven surfaces without scrubbing. The product is brushed on allowed to stand and then rinsed with water. Available at The Diamond Downstairs Store for 31 including a plastic broth.
Special report from Boston notes the May 30 marriage of Miss Beatrice Joy Harold of Clark Mills New Mexico to Charles Arthur Walworth of Charleston West Virginia at the First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian. Rev. Wilburn B. Miller presided. Attendants included Patricia Ami Walworth and John Bunting. The bride wore an organza lace bodice gown with veil and carried roses and lilies of the valley. The couple plan a Boston honeymoon after a Berkshire wedding breakfast hosted by the Harold parents.
The Canary Stripers, junior aides of the Women's Auxiliary at Charleston Memorial Hospital, will meet Friday at 11 a.m. in the assembly room. Department chairmen will outline volunteer work in pediatrics, dietary, snack bars, shops, admissions, and crucial supply. Girls ages 16 to 22 may attend to learn about hospital volunteer roles.
Chicago report cites Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association predicting a sharp decline in domestic servants by 1960. Market studies show 173,674 domestics employed in 1930 with 386 thousand families relying on them, while 1950 figures suggest a dramatic drop in share per 100 households.
Miss Phyllis Jane Hill and Joseph Eward Zimmerman were married yesterday at St Andrew Methodist Church St Albans. Rev Mallory officiated. The couple will reside at 143 Darsey Ave Morgantown.
In Morgantown on June 5, Miss Karen Constantine married Thomas M. Howes son of Mr and Mrs Martin Howes of Charleston. The ceremony at Trinity Episcopal Church was performed by Rev Edwin G Bennett followed by a reception at Strider Hall. The bride wore a Chantilly lace wedding gown with a fingertip veil and gardenias, with maid of honor Miss Jane Clark and bridesmaids in coral organza. Attendants included Harvey Louderback David Frierson James Follmer Raymond Bodley and Miss Constantine. After a short wedding trip the couple will resume studies at West Virginia University.
Members of the Syringesice Homemakers Club of South Charleston vote against buying folding chairs for the Mound Civic Center during a Monday night meeting at Mrs. J. H. Rhyne’s home on Beech Woali Drive. The group also approves financial support for the roadside park project on Summers Ave and Spring Drive. Gregory chairs the committee and sets Friday as a work day, requesting members and families to bring plants and tools.
Miss Julie Ann Wertz will wed Edward Barrell Skaggs son of Mr and Mrs Howard Skaggs of Charles Town West Virginia. The ceremony is not set for August 3 at the First Presbyterian Church in Ashland.
Charlestonians depart for extended trips including Mu and Mrs Gerald Ecwards and son Jerry leaving for Mexico with a stop in Long Beach California to visit relatives. Others host guests from St. Petersburg Orlando and Hollywood before plane departures.
William Griffith named director with Nel Franzier narrating the second annual talent show. The event, titled Remember When, features songs and scenes from the early 1800s. Participants include Lynn Wooffsinger Ann Smith Carroll Blackburn Gandee Jr Julia Fuller Edith Rhule Nelson Steven Parker Martie Wolford and a student group led by Kenny Bradley Bill Morton Charles Miller and Billy Williams.
Miss Sue Kish celebrated a forthcoming marriage to Tommy Given with a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Altha Parish at the bride’s Preston 31 home. Twenty guests attended the event in anticipation of the June 22 wedding at Calvary Baptist Church.
Ridge Road heads to Lexington Virginia for son Jack’s graduation at Washington and Lee University. E M Dobbs to attend Charles Dobbs graduation at the same university. Mrs Edwin Patrick remains in Buena Vista with daughter Ann Patrick recently graduated from West Virginia University and Mary Elizabeth Patrick a Southern Seminary graduate. Bliss MacCrum visits from Blue Hill Missouri, will spend weekend in Norfolk and Cleveland. Andrew Walter family to St. Petersburg Florida on vacation at Castaways. Charles Lewis Johnson motor trip to New England sailing from Quebec June 13 on the Homeric. Cynthia Daley from Centenary College to summer with Forest Road parents. Robert Daley Jr. arriving from Ft Belvoir. Bert Bradford Jr. arrives from Yale for the summer.
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