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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
11
Members of the Hillside Junior Gardeners met at Barbara Callicnat's home on Spring Road to discuss plans for their annual picnic. Badges were awarded to Penelope.
The Charleston Gazette reports that Norma Byrd Kay Howard Nancy Knight Ann Murphy Sandra Radcliffe and Betty Rae Sims are named. Officers elected for the coming year are Kay Howard president Sandra Radcliffe Sandre Skeen secretary and Norma Byrd treasurer.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Princess Anne Hotel in Virginia Beach with garbled phrases about spring rates, dining and a Sterling name. The readable pieces reference Southern Cooking and a likely hotel listing or advertisement from a coastal area. No clear event or date is present.
Elkins reservist Captain Raymond J. York reported for a 90 day duty tour in the West Virginia military district headquarters in South Charleston. Col. G. H. Rochman assistant district executive announced the assignment yesterday.
High school juniors from southern West Virginia attend the 12th annual Boy State at Jackson's Mill sponsored by the American Legion. The photo lists students by row and town including Charleston, Nitro, St. Albans, Dunbar, Chelyan, and others with names such as Joe Scalf Rose Sell A and James Rose Olcott.
Perrysville Pennsylvania noted Marcia Anne Lambing to wed Holden resident Arthur James Bartlett Jr. at the brides uncle Malcolm Lambing home in Ingomar. Ann Goodridge Sale of Port Hill to be bridesmaid with details of family and prior schooling for the bride and groom.
Kathleen Carey Shoemaker hosted a buffet luncheon at her Greenbrier Street home as a compliment to her daughter Nancy Shoemaker Cantrell. Twenty five guests attended the event yesterday.
Personal notes record Mr and Mrs James Kappas hosting Mrs William C Seidel of Santa Barbara Calif and Maude Smith of Swathmore Av as hospital patient at Charleston General hospital.
Miss Mary Burke, longtime principal of Upper Chesapeake School, was honored by the Parent-Teacher Association with a shower as she retires this year. The gathering treated Burke to a radio gift from the PTA attendees.
Mr and Mrs W A Dent announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Margaret Taylor to Shelba Vincell of South Charleston at Greenup Kentucky on Saturday. The bride was attended by Mrs Eugenia Martin and the ceremony was officiated by Rev W C Allen. Mrs Vincell works for United Fuel Gas Co and Shelba Vincell is with Baldwin Supply Co.
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