Meet Frank Lee the old-line press agent of show business
A portrait of Frank Lee, a veteran public relations man and showman, who sells Jimmy Drew's World Fair Shows with simple sincerity. Born in 1889 in Rockford, Illinois, he calls San Antonio home and narrates showbiz lore with era-draped flair. He boasts a storied career promoting Buffalo Bill Cody, Clyde Beatty, Hopper, and Raven, while sharing anecdotes of Prohibition Chicago, Khrushchev, and wartime service in his own colorful, carny-tinged voice.
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Frank
Francis
Lee
Jimmy Drew
James H. Drew
St. Albans
American Legion Post
Dupbar Fairground
Frank Lee
Rockford
Madison
Wis
San Antonio
Texas
Buffalo Bill Cody
Clyde Beatty
Sheen
de Wolf
Hopper
Frank Raven
Khrushchev
Doctor Clubmen Hear Talk on Health by Grade
DuPonts Dit Bella physician Dr Ryan warned about the unhappy results of hasty marriages and broken homes. He cited cases of children seeking affection and the impact on families, noting overprotective and neglectful parenting alike harm mental health. He urged taking responsibility and action to strengthen moral fiber.
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Ryan
Comenie
duPont
Bella
Charleston
Charleston Kiwanis Club
Catholic High School
Eugene Ryan
Korea
Juvenile Court seeks $187,470 for next year
Kanawha County Court asks for 187,470 to run Juvenile Court and county Child Shelter for the coming fiscal year. Judge Elizabeth V. Hallanan leads the request with a 101,700 base for the court and 85,770 for the shelter, plus major salary increases and staff expansion to meet National Probation and Parole Association guidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Elizabeth V. Hallanan
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Hallanan
National Probation and Parole Assn
Parole Board Post Given To Teacher
A 27-year-old college teacher, John F. Callebs of English, McDowell County, was appointed by Gov. Underwood on Tuesday to the three member State Board of Probation and Parole. He fills the unexpired term of Robert L. Galvin through June 30, 1965. Callebs, a Welch native, taught at Waynesburg College’s Uniontown center while pursuing a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh. He is Republican, joining Chairman John S. Holy and J. Alexander Creasy on the board.
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Underwood
State Board of Probation and Parole
John 5. Callebs
McDowell County
Callebs
Uniontown
Waynesburg College
University of Pittsburgh
Calfebs
Robert L. Galvin
Galvin
Department of
Mental Health
John 8. Holy
J. Alexander Creasy
Welch
West Virginia University
Boys Nabbed After Chase Through City Streets
Two youths aged 19 and 20 identified as James Buckholt and Edward Hancock were arrested after a car chase through West Side streets. Buckholt faces charges of petit larceny destruction of city property running stop signs red lights reckless driving and speeding. Hancock faces petit and attempted larceny. The pursuit ended after two shots fired by vice squad officers halted the car, injuring no one, with Patrolmen Ray Reed and Bernard Settle making the arrests in Municipal Court today.
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James 8. Buckholt
Edward Allen Hancock
RFD J. Belle
Buckholt
Hancock
West Side
Ray Reed
Bernard Settle
Review Sought In Mercer Suit
Carl Still seeks Supreme Court review of a Mercer County Circuit Court ruling ordering a verdict for Norfolk and Western Railway in his damage suit. Still, a brakeman injured January 23 1958 in Bluefield yards, alleges permanent back injuries after an empty coal car was struck by a train. He contends the court erred by not allowing the jury to weigh evidence.
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Supreme Court
Mercer County
Norfolk & Western Railway
Carl Still
High Court
Bluefield
Still
Letter on Huntington sign paints over Charleston claim
A Charleston editor letter signed by the Charleston Student Billboard Painting Commission alleged sloppy lettering on a Huntington billboard. The big sign intended to read West Virginia's Largest City had a blob of paint where the word second should be, making Huntington no longer the state's largest city per 1960 census data showing Charleston as the largest.
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Charleston
Huntington
West Virginia
Soni
Pilot suspended over Kanawha Airport mishap in 30 days
FAA announced Captain Merle Walker Black of Glenshaw Pennsylvania will lose command pilot rating for a month starting June 13 while serving as co-pilot. He supervised Capital DC3 during August landing that struck grass and taxied off runway, injuring no one though aircraft damaged and later sold.
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Kanawha
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Washington
Merle Walker Black
Glenshaw
Black
David Walchli
Florida
Capital
Eighteen Enter State Music Competition
Eighteen contestants are entered in the seventh annual statewide talent contest of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. The event, set for Saturday at the West Virginia Education Association building, features amateur and Open classifications with cash prizes of 50 and 100 dollars. Judging will be by out of state professionals, with co chairmen and volunteers coordinating the event.
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Charleston Symphony Orchestra
West Virginia Education Assn
Quarrier St
Robert E. Witschey
Robert Martens
Robert Bierman
Harvey M. Davis
Laurence Kaufman
Henry Sloman
Robert P. Geife
Welch Youth Receives AFL-CIO Scholarship
Welch High School graduate Travis Ashby Meredith has won a four year college scholarship from the AFL-CIO. Miles C. Stanley president of the West Virginia Labor Federation presented the certificate here Monday. The award was won in a nationwide competition and enables Meredith to attend the college or university of his choice.
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WELCH
Afl-Cio
Travis Ashby Meredith
Miles ¢. Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
Meredith
Volkman to Study in Guatemala on AFS Program
Nancy Volkman a senior at Stonewall Jackson High School will join a student exchange in Guatemala this summer through the American Field Service. The 16 year old daughter of Rabbi and Mrs Samuel Volkman of 892 Poplar Rd will leave June 27 for the Central American country to live with a Guatemalan family and observe the education system. She will return to Charleston in September on an AFS and Stonewall Jackson Student Council scholarship.
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Nancy Volkman
Stonewall Jackson High School
Guatemala
American Field Service
Samuel Volkman
Poplar Rd
Miss Volkan
Charleston
Miss Volkman
Africa Riots Erupt Again Near Natal Border
Die Vaderland reports 300 Afrikaners rioted Tuesday in Lusikisiki near Natal. Police used tear gas from helicopters and planes. rioters reportedly fired on aircraft. Lusikisiki, a Negro-majority area, has long seen African agitation over government changes to farming methods.
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Johannesburg
Lusi-kisiki
Natal
Die Vaderland
Durban
Lusikisiki
Pullen Jury Fails To Reach Verdict
A Charleston jury failed to reach a verdict after almost three hours in the trial of Lee Pullen 38 charged with the February fatal shooting of Gusty O'Dell outside the New Diamond Billiards on Summers Street. Pullen testified self defense claiming he fired four times after O'Dell advanced with a pipe. the state pressed first degree murder, death penalty waived. Jurors were ordered to report back today after re reading instructions and remaining in disagreement.
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Lee Pullen
Charleston
Augusta
Gusty
O'Dell
Summers St
Pullen
O’dell
Thut
Panels Named to Study Discriminatory Practices
The Kanawha Valley Council on Human Relations appoints three committees to examine racial discrimination in housing employment and public facilities in Charleston area. A fourth panel will study religious instruction in public schools to protect Jewish and other non Christian beliefs. Members urged to push civil rights planks with party platforms.
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Kanawha Valley Council On Human Relations
Charleston
Charles W. Wilson III
Wilson
Council
Bers
Cour la Ener
Five to Face Theft Hearing
Four juveniles and one adult were arrested Monday night in connection with thefts of automobile accessories. They confessed to stealing hubcaps generators a radio and fender skirts and to burglarizing a service station for a battery spark plugs and oil. The group had operated in the city and surrounding areas for about two months.
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Kanawha County
Dallas
Carlyle Gordon
Alpine
Bidg
Seventh Ave
Virginia St
Arlie Robinson
Juvenile Bureau
Robinson
House Votes to Give Haddad Day in Court
Washington story describes a House vote to allow Haddad to seek a hearing in tax court. A committee report notes an accountant acted with Haddad’s consent and knowledge in pursuing a tax liability, resulting in a $53,918 judgment Haddad disputes the amount but wants a chance to prove his case. Treasury opposes the bill citing precedent.
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Haddad
Washington
Nineland
West Vic
House
Edwin A. Haddad
Charles
Senate
Treasury Department
Governor appoints Mrs. Regis Heinzer as alternate delegate
Governor Underwood named Mrs. Regis Heinzer president of the Charleston City Council as his alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. The governor led the May 30 primary for at large delegates. Heinzer also serves as president of the West Virginia Federation for Republican Women's Clubs.
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Regis Heinzer
Charleston
Underwood
West Virginia
Heinzer
Federation For Republican Women’s Clubs
Miss America Contest Entries Being Accepted
Entry drive opens for Miss Charleston pageant with winner advancing to Miss West Virginia. Knapp urges Charleston residents to enter by June 17 at the Kanawha County Intermediate Court probation staff as new leadership, with prizes including a thousand dollar scholarship and wardrobe.
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Charleston
Clylg Center
Kervin D. Knapp
Kanawha
Clarksburg
Post Office Recruitment Ends Tuesday in WV
The Post Office Department ends recruitment Tuesday for substitute clerk carrier positions across 21 southern West Virginia counties including Boone Clay Fayette Jackson Lincoln Logan McDowell Mason Mercer Mingo Nicholas Putnam Raleigh Roane Simmers Wayne Wet Wood Wyoming Cabell Calhoun. Jobs in first and second class offices pay 2 dollars per hour with third class at 1.69. Examinations are held in Charleston Berkley Lewisburg Parkersburg Williamson Bluefield and Huntington.
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Boone
Clay
Fayette
Jackson
Lincoln
Logan
McDowell
Mason
Mercer
Mingo
Nicholas
Punts Nam
Raleigh
Roane
Simmers
Wayne
Wirt
Wood
Wyoming
Cabell
Calhoun
Charleston
Berkley
Lewisburg
Parkersburg
Williamson
Bluefield
Hunlington
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Gene
Europe
Capone
Chicago
Lawless
Frank J. Lee
Little
Parole Board
Wiss Volkman
Africa
Sam D. Lepinsky
Fress
Robert Massey
Piedmont Rd
Opell
Gusty O'Dell
Massey
Clethe Kanawha Grill
Reta
Clyde O'Dell
Charles M. Walker
Massey Hadjle
Lepinsky
Walker
Pulan
Knapp
Parole Council
John W. Whiting
Robert Oa
Charleston Jaycees
James McCullough
Kana- Charleston
I Wha
Betion
Post Office Department
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