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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1934

Page

8

Class Day Honors National Honor Society at High School

Charlestown High School held a class day assembly to announce selections for the national honor society based on scholarship character leadership and service. Members include Dorothy Bek William Graham Virginia Kelley John Lataria Robert Noel James Rippetoe Janet Shute and others across 12-A 12-B and 11-A classes.

Charleston High School Honore Avyarided Dorothy Bek William Graham Virginia Kelley John Lataria Robert Noel James Rippetoe Janet Shute Mary Elizabeth Bibby Charlotte Hager Willem Hutchinson Jeanne Zegiston Louella Kelley Lorman Levinson Margaret Lightman George Mendenhall Philip Lowe Lillian Pennington Francis Noel Hughes

Local Theater Listings and Celebrity Contest Highlights

The Capitol presents The This Man and The Big Ides with a noted cast including Willan Powell and Myrna Ley. Greenbrier features Meet the Baton and Lightning Rouge with James Durante and Lock Peart. Rialto screens Spitfire with Katherine Hepburn. The Hearse shows The Trumpet Blows starring George Raft Adolphe Menjou Frances Drake and Sidney Tolec. At the Virginian plays Smarty starring Joan Blondell Warren William Edward Everett Horton Frank McHugh and Claire Dodd. Also notes a nationwide athletic scholarship society list and a campus memory book style contest with many student awards and reflections.

Capitol Willan Powell Myrna Ley Menreen O'Sullivan Remue Greenbrier Baton James Durante Lock Peart Buddy Roose Dove George Raft Adolphe Menjou Frances Drake Sidney Tolec Virginian Smarty Joan Blondel Warren William Edward Evecctt Horton Frank McHugh Claire Dodd

Loval Q S 8 Members Meet Tonight for Talks on Trade

Quality Service stores members and families meet at the Daniel Boone hotel in Roanoke Virginia at six o'clock to hear Henry T. Swoon general director of Quality Service stores of America discuss Developments in Retailing Under the Code. W E Clayton of Lauvel Biscuit company Dayton Ohio will speak. Prizes in the coffee gelling campaign will be awarded. Whiteners listed and refreshments planned.

Quality Service Daniel Boone Hotel Henry T. Swoon Roanoke Quality Service Stores of America W. E. Clayton Lauvel Biscuit Company Dayton Frizes Charleston Cash Market Crescent Road B. Mace Corn Street W. J. Maynor Blue Creek L. H. Campbell R. FD James Lucenti Washington Street

Red Cross Announces McFarland Transfer

Charles H. McFarland, a West Virginia native, will serve as Red Cross field representative for northern counties, succeeding Harold B. Nearman now assigned to northern New York. McFarland has guided Red Cross work in Alabama for five years and is a West Virginia University graduate. Miss Katherine Myers of Charleston will continue as general field representative in southern West Virginia.

Charles H. McFarland West

European Trip Planned for Miss Marion Silverstein

Miss Marion Silverstein of Kanawha Street sails Saturday on the Aquatants for a six week European trip. Harry Silverstein and mer

Marion Silverstein Kanawha Street Harry Silverstein Mer

Court of Common Pleas Announces Dates For Trials

The June term docket for the Court of Common Pleas was released by Clerk M H Hix. Trials begin June 25 with juries, after a June 18 convening. List includes numerous civil cases against firms and individuals, with dates from June 24 to July 19 and defendants such as Bay Stone, Sussex Fire Insurance, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad among others.

Court of Common Pleas Common Pleas Court M. H. Hix Kanagha Valley Lumber Company Mansour Warnberger St. Albans Machine Works, Inc National Bank of Commerce Edgewood Realty Company K. L. Wehrle J. Stanley Stephens Charles BE Ity James Lower Falls Beach, Inc Charles B. Bohnert Charleston Beatrice Burns Cecil Burgess Eulah Evelyn Stainaker Lincoln National Life Insurance Company of Fort Wayne Ruby L. Crowder Georg M. Jones Basil Withrow C. H. Jones Arnold Snodgrass George R. Justice Norma Alice Godbey H. H. Stants Lissie Barron Evans Lead Company J. K. Armstrong Cox-Morton Company Roy C. Dixon McKinley Norman Mildred Jackson Atlantic Greyhound Lines Citizens Musual Trust Company Charleston National Bank Clyde W. Eubanks New York Central Railroad Company Leo Milam United Pipe and Supply, Company T. S. Davidson Virginia Savings and Low Company Arthur L. Feat Chesapeste and Ohio Railway Company Lois Fitzgerald Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Allen Gaston Mart Jarrett Beth ©. Blaker Gleesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Pearl Martin Young Gay Summers Alice Mallett Ray Newhart M. A. McGraw V. Morris Ruby Storer Hugh Campbell Luther Hudson Joseph Casey

Residents Protest Removal of Midway Junior High

A Malden district taxpayers group passed a resolution asking the Kanawha County Board of Education not to move Midway Junior High from Coal Fork. The document was sent to the state superintendent of schools and signed by O. G. Epling E. Wilblan B. C. Blount and C. S. Belcher.

Board of Education of Kanawha Country Nct Midway Junior High Coal Fork Malden State Superintendent of Schools O. G. Epling E. 5 Wilblan B.C. Blount C. 5 Belcher

Negro Democrats to Convene County Meeting Friday

Negro Democrats, under the West Virginia Negro State Democratic League, call a county wide rally Friday evening at the courthouse. Prominent speakers will discuss what the new deal has accomplished for African Americans.

Court House West Virginia Negro State Democratic League

Fatal and nonfatal accidents in West Virginia May report

The monthly West Virginia compensation department tally lists 26 fatal accidents in May with 4 147 injuries. Fatal causes include coal mining 21 and metal, lumber, public utilities and contracting one each. 21 widows and 41 fatherless children. Nonfatal cases by industry include coal mining 1825, lumber 104, mining excluding coal 33, clay products 907, metal working 1608, and others across public utilities, contractors, textiles, warehouses, and more.

West Virginia State Compensation Department

Howard Dennis Will Wed New York Girl

Mr and Mrs Roy Ballot White Plains announce the engagement of their daughter Hurgene to Howard Dennis son of Mr and Mrs T H Dennis of Charleston. The wedding is set for July 23, anniversary of the bride elect's parents. Mr Dennis is on the staff of the Daily Reporter. Miss Hall is a talented violinist who has gained recognition in Atlanta before moving to New York.

Roy White Plains Hurgenie Howard Dennis T. H. Dennis Charleston Dennis Daily Reporter Miss Hall Atlanta New York State

Man Fatally Injured Train Accident Near Station

Manning 31 of Porters below yesterday suffered amputation of his right foot at Kanawha Valley Hospital after a freight train struck him near the Chesapeake and Ohio railway station. Lieut Frank Westfall said Manning was believed asleep across the track when hit. He also had severe injuries to his left foot and facial lacerations.

Guy Manning Porter's Below Kanawha Valley Hospital Chesapeake and Ohio Frank Westfall Manning Freicht

Hiner and Herold Visit Charleston for Talks

Ralph M. Hiner speaker of the house of delegates was in Charleston on business and called on friends. He declined to discuss politics. State Senator A C Herold of Bras Tor county also visited Charleston and avoided political talk.

Ralph M. Hiner House of Delegates Charleston A. C. Herold Brastor County

Four Optometry Board Members Named by Governor

Governor H G Bump announced four appointees to fill vacancies on the state board of optometry. Named were Noble D Whitacre of Martinsburg C Cole of Huntington C C Wilson of Clarksburg and L G Shire of Paint Pleasant, to join the board.

H. G. Bump State Board of Optometry Noble D. Whitacre Martinsburg C. Cole Huntington C. C. Wilson Clarksburg L. G. Shire Paint Pleasant

Girl in Wreck Pleads to Die

A northbound Pennsylvania Railroad train plunged from a trestle at Graystone Station Baltimore County. Miss Margaret Frederick, 20, died in hospital from steam scalding after a boiler explosion. Engineer T F Bossom and Fireman J C Blauser were missing, believed buried beneath debris. The wreck, blamed on spreading rails, sent cars into the Little Gunpowder Falls. The victim was the daughter of railroad watchman Charles Frederick.

Baltimore Hoth Beltmore Git Charles Frederick Whitehall Price Ford William Staler

Train wreck halts express. two men missing after bridge collapse

A railroad bridge failure halted a passenger car, injuring no one and leaving two conductor crew members unaccounted for among the wreckage. Miss Frederick survived as an express train was signaled to Parkton. Spectators searched the scene while crowds rushed toward the river valley.

Bridge Frederick Parkton Hunt

Garnet School to Hold Exhibit and Style Show

Garnet School presents an eight o'clock exhibition featuring work from domestic art typewriting woodwork printing and fine arts. The domestic art classes will stage a style show in the school auditorium.

Garnet School

Autos Auctioned in Liquor Case Seizure Sale

The government seized three automobiles in liquor cases and sold them yesterday at the post office auction for a total of 120 dollars and 50 cents.

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