Winfrey Ambrose Wedding In Winfrey Home Today
Miss Mary Virginia Winfrey, daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Matthews Winfrey, will wed Eugene Russell Ambrose of New York City at 9 30 this morning in the Winfrey living room at 1309 Virginia Street East Rev Wallace M Alston of the First Presbyterian church will perform the ceremony. The couple will depart for Sea Island after a New York City flight and a boat trip.
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Winfrey-Ambrose
Mary Virginia Winfrey
Claude- Matthews Winfrey
Eugene ‘Russell Ambrose
New York City
Winfrey
Virginia ‘Street
East
Alston
Wallace M. Alston
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Blackwell Samworth
August Ralph Barlow
Pittsburgh
Allen Munroe Ambrose
Clarksburg
Sea Faland
Miss Winfrey
Milan
Huntington High School
End of Marshall College
Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority
Charleston
J. B. Ruby Motor Company
Ambrose
Engineering College
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
American Gas and Electric Company
Springfield Avenue
Birthday Party List of Guests At Henley Gathering
A lengthy social note lists numerous couples attending a birthday party for a husband at a nigh avenue home. Names include Mr. and Mrs. George Milam, J W Gandy, M A Flowers, D P Simmons, Van Canterbury, Curtis Halstead, M E Flowers, W E Braze, N L Bonham, Amos Lowe, the Kiger pair, M R Carte, GE Carte, J E Carte, S T Flowers, Delbert Taylor, P Covanbiver, Betty Lowe, E Carney, Roberta Carte, Alma Hunt, Mildred Hunt, Pauline Flowers, Norma Bragg, Betty Ann Lowe, Beulah Mae Bonham, Myrtle Cavender, Chester Field, Fred Carney, Wilford Roach, Leroy Flowers, John Flowers, Leo Bonham, Calvin Flowers, Edward Bragg and J F Holbrook.
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George Milam
J. W. Gandy
M. A. Flowers
D. P. ‘Simmons
van. Canterbury
Curtis Halstead
M.E. Flowers
W. E. Braze
N. L. Bonham
Amos Lowe
Aise
Kiger
M. R. Carte
GE. Carte
Ae J. E. Carte
S. 7. Flowers
Delbert Taylor
J. D. Canterbury
P. Covanbiver
Betty Lowe
E. Carney
Roberta Carte
Alma Hunt
Mildred Hunt
Pauline Flowers
Norma Bragg
Betty Ann Lowe
Beulah Mae Bonham
Myrtle
Cavender
Chester Field
Fred Carney
Wilford Roach
Leroy Flowers
John Flowers
Leo ‘Bonham
Calvin Flowers
Edward Bragg
J.F. Holbrook
Mrs Abbott Honored At Surprise Birthday Party
Mrs G I Abbott was the guest of honor at a surprise birthday party hosted Friday night at her home on Pennsylvania Avenue. Attendees included relatives and friends from Columbus Ohio and local Abbott family members. The event followed an automobile accident in which Ruby Browder is recovering at Staats Hospital.
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G. I. Abbott
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. Henry Harper
Anna Abbott
D. C Hoylman
Ruth
Columbus
Donald Abbott
Daniel Abbott
C. EB. Abbott
C. H. Abbott
J. B. Hoylman
E. W. Higginbotham
Randall Burgess
Dick Storm
A. Miller
Walter Lynn
H. 5. Whitehurst
Jean Bartley
Anna Ort
Kate Ort
Marguerite Conner
Nancy Abbott
Barbara Abbott
Messrs
J. H. Harper
Ruby Browder
Staats Hospital
Miss Louise Hall to Wed Hubert A. Dawson at Baptist Church
Miss Louise Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs E L Hall of Alley will wed Mr Hubert A Dawson son of Boomer at 10 am Saturday at Montgomery Baptist Church with Rev Leonard Stagg officiating. The bride elect is a Ginley Bridge high school and Charleston School of Commerce graduate employed at Electro Metallurgical Alloy. Mr Dawson attended Concord College and graduated from West Virginia Institute of Technology. The couple will reside at Glen Ferris after their marriage.
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Louise Hall
E. L. Hall
Alley
Hubert A. Dawson
Boomer
Montgomery Baptist Church
Leonard Stagg
Ginley Bridge High School
Charleston School of Commerce
Electro- Metallurgical
Alloy
Dawson
Concord College
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Mammoth Birthday Party for Richard Merritt
Mr and Mrs Areel Merritt of Mammoth hosted a home birthday party for their son Richard on his seventh birthday. Attending were Eugenia Lee Edens Barbara Ann Hammonds Joyce Ash Ann Nester Elizabeth Ann Backus Nadine Lackey Doris Jean Merritt Eula Del Hager Charles Franklin Coleman Jerry Fox Paul Hurley John Paul McCoy Robert Eugene Coble Bobby Bagley Dan Coble James Allen McCoy Jimmy Ash Richard Martin Carl Mace and Richard Coble.
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Areel Merritt
Mammoth
Richard
Eugenia Lee Edens
Barbara Ann Hammonds
Joyce Ash
Ann Nester
Elizabeth Ann Backus
Nadine Lackey
Doris Jean Merritt
Eula del Hager
Charles Franklin Coleman
Jerry Fox
Paul Hurley
John Paul McCoy
Robert Eugene Coble
Bobby Bagley
Dan Coble
James Allen McCoy
Jimmy Ash
Richard Martin
Carl Mace
Richard Coble
Mrs Dupuy Heads to Evans ton for Weekend Visit
Mrs. James N. Dupuy of South Ruffner left Saturday for Evans ton to spend a week with her husband who graduates next Saturday from the traffic institute of Northwestern university. They will return to Charleston June 1%. Mrs. M. L. O'Neale returned yesterday to Reeves from St. Francis hospital after a 10 day stay. Mrs. Lacy Daniel left yesterday for Birmingham after an extended visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. Kemp Marton of Virginia Street So
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James N. Dupuy
South Ruffner
Evanston
Traffic Institute
Northwestern University
Charleston
M. L. O'Neale
Reeves, Place
St. Francis Hospital
Lacy Daniel
Birmingham
Als
R. Kemp Marton
Virginia Street
Shapero Wins $1000 American Academy Prize
Harald S. Shapero of Newton Mass wins the $1000 annual prize for musical composition from the American Academy in Rome for his Nine Minute Overture. The Harvard Swing Orchestra member submitted the work and learned of the award in New York announced over CBS by conductor Howard Barlow.
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New York
INS
Harald S. Shapera
Newton
Mass
American Academy In
Rome
Shapero
Harvard University
Swing Orchestra
Columbia Broadcasting System
Howard Barlow
Laymen's League Plans Ladies' Night Thursday
The Laymen's League will observe a ladies night with a chicken dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday in St Matthews Parish house. Plans for two South Hills playgrounds under WPA supervision to open about June 18 will be discussed.
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St. Matthews
South Hills
WPA
Georgetown to confer LL B degree at 142nd commencement
John Bright Fisher of Charleston is a candidate for an LL B degree at Georgetown University in Washington D C during the 142nd commencement exercises. About 600 graduates will hear Gov. Herbert O Conor of Maryland deliver the address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree, conferred in 1929.
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John Bright Fisher
Charleston
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Herbert O'Conor
Maryland
Plane Crash Kills 2 In Waterloo
Walter Fox and Clifford Craft, both 28 of Waterloo, were killed when Fox’s plane spun out of control and crashed into a field five miles northeast of the city. Witnesses said the motor failed before the spin occurred. The other sentence about malaria is unrelated and omitted.
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Waterloo
INS
Walter Fox
Clifford Craft
Fox
Here
Mexico
Anti-Strike Vote Today in Congress Sparks Debate
Washington to vote on two anti strike measures with administration backing one. Senate may amend the selective service act to empower seizure of plants showing production delays due to disputes while the House considers penalties on defense workers on strike for ten days. Byrnes says act not about strikes, but powers are misunderstood.
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Washington
Congress
Nother
Senate
Pavy
Selective Service Act
House
Rep. Starnes
D.-Ala
War Department
Byrnes
D.S.C
Bethany College Dean Granted Leave of Absence
Trustees announced that Dean Forrest T. Kirkpatrick received a leave of absence through June 1942 to develop a new personnel program for RCA Manufacturing plants in Indianapolis and Bloomington Indiana. He will begin the assignment in July.
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Bethany
Bethany College
Forrest T. Kirkpatrick
Indianapolis
Bloomington
Ind
RCA Manufacturing Company
Kirkpatrick
Original Composition Promises Showcase at Recital
Charles C Greybill presents a group of piano students at Galperin music hall tomorrow at 2 p m featuring a new composition Datse Moderne by 14 year old Ben Baer son of Frank A Baer. The program includes Mendelssohn Bach Chopin Sibelius Paderewski and works by Susan Hamilton Toan Galperin Martin Goldfarb and others.
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Charles C. Greybill
Galperin Music Hall
Ben Baer
Frank A. Baer
Greybill
Susan Hamilton
Toan Galperin
Martin Goldfarb
Charles Walworth
Ellen Fielding
Wilson Campbell
Evelyn Goldfarb
Malcolm Allock
Betty Ann Smith
Jean Given
Arnold Jeffers
Florette Bloomberg
Harriett Bloomberg
Hetty Goldburg
Jenny Lee eKasel
Gauley Bridge to Graduate 52 Seniors in Annual Commencement
Gauley Bridge high school will award diplomas to 52 seniors at 8 p m Friday for the lth annual commencement. Salutatorian is John Girimont and valedictorian is Jacqueline Burford. Claude L Smith St Albans attorney will deliver the keynote address. Other graduates include Palamina Altelli Melvin Arthur John Abshire Donald Baker Earl Bryant Jackie Berry Rowland Birckhead Hilda Brown Mary Burdette Barbara Crandall Ide Bell Clark Kathleen Clark Ned Coleman Charles Clark Mary Cimming Eloise Dunbar Colombina Dalporta William Grose Marjorie Gunnoe Noris Garten Doris G arten Mario Grisati Margaret Ann Hill Glenna Hensley Mildred Hensley Betty Lee Johnson Calvert Johnson Garling Johnson Edgar Kitchen Fannie Penton Evelyn Kincaid Mildred Knight Meredith Long Joe LeRose James Mooney John Mattera Alice Montgomery John Newell William Nutter June Norman William Parsons Martin Pollock Rex Patterson Jean Fitzenbarger Sue Reed Harriet Smarr Edward Stinnett Edmond Slater Marjorie Slater Roderic Tyra.
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Gauley Bridge High School
Lth
John Girimont
Jacqueline Burford
Claude L. Smith
St. Albans
Palamlnia Altelli
Melvin Arthur
John Abshire
Donald Baker
Earl Bryant
Jackie Berry
Rowland Birckhead
Hilda Brown
Mary Burdette
Barbara Crandall
Ide Bell Clark
Kathleen Clark
Ned Coleman
Charles Clark
Mary Cim
Jean Fitzenbarger
Sue Reed
Harriet Smarr
Edward Stinnett
Edmond Slater
Marjorie Slater
Roderic Tyra
Pay Rise Granted to 300000 Textile Workers
Washington June 8 71 A wage increase of 5 cents an hour is announced for 300000 textile workers under the wage hour law by Gen Philip B Fleming. Effective June 30 minimum pay rises to 87 cents an hour raising the 40 hour week from 13 to 15. About 650000 employed in cotton textiles towels sheets and other products.
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Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Barbers Postpone Price Hike Action
Charleston barbers at a meeting yesterday indicated near ly unanimous desire to raise prices of haircuts to 65 cents and shaves to 35 cents but postponed definite action until another meeting Wednesday night. Masters and Journeymen gathered, representing about half the shops, with efforts planned to gain wider support this week. Tom Cairns, state AFL chief, addressed the group.
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Charleston
Tom Cairns
AFL
Negro Boys State Camp Opens June 18
In Bluefield on June 8 officials announced the third annual Negro Boys State camp for youths 16 to 23. Sponsored by the American Legion, the program mirrors the Jackson Mill outing for white youths. Leonard Barnett of London returns as chief counsel. Registration is Sunday with Boys State to begin functioning Monday.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
The
American Legion
Jackison
Aviation Cadets Get Uniform Allowance at Army Cadet Level
In Columbus on June 8, officials announced new benefits for aviation cadets after the creation of the aviation cadet grade. The measure includes a uniform allowance and other program enhancements for cadets entering military aviation roles.
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Columbus
Army
Army aviation cadets to receive uniform pay and allowances
The Fifth Corps Area headquarters announces new regulations under wartime legislation. The secretary of war will grant uniform pay and allowances to flying cadets in the army air corps and related services. A $180 uniform allowance will be paid when an Aviation Cadet completes training and is commissioned as a second lieutenant.
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Fifth Corps
Secretary of War
Flying Aaldiers
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Sir Corps
Australia Receives Ten Douglas DC-2 Transports
Canberra announced that Australia will receive all ten Douglas DC-2 transports bought by the British mission from a U.S. airline last year. The DC-2s, similar to aircraft in inter capital service, will serve as flying classrooms in the Royal Australian Air Force. They will mainly train wireless trainees in the initial phase of air instruction as Australia opens its first air school for the blind at Hobart.
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Canberra
INS
Air
McEwen
Australia
Canada
Judge Rose Breaks Silence On Windy Speakers
In a retro scene echoed from Huntington to Hundred, Judge Herccles Rose recalls an old theater of political showboating. Governors and judges faced an overlong speech, as two co speakers signaled five minutes and then walked off the rostrum to preserve decorum.
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Harry Ball
Judge Rose
Halliwick
Mysterious rally ends with unanswered questions
A veteran speaker recalls a rally that ended without its key figure present. He notes the judge Rose, once prolific, has delivered thousands of speeches yet shows no surviving manuscripts or notes. The speaker mentions school days when memorization was required.
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Rose
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