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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1965
Page
7
Pedestrians dodge oversized pocketbooks and purses as spring and summer fashion push about. The piece notes heavy straw bags scratching shoppers and tripping people, cites a bridge tournament anecdote with Charles Goren, and mentions a convertible gown solution by Mrs. Forest Frye for formal wear.
Marmet 4-H Club member Cassandra Berry earned a state runner-up scholarship to Camp Caesar after winning locally in the Youth Conservation Art Poster Contest. She serves as club president and is the daughter of James and Marmet resident Mrs. Berry. Randy Parsons received a Conservation Boy of the Year honor ribbon at Holly River State Park, earning a trip to Camp Virgil Tate. he is son of Donald C. and Mrs. Parsons of Marmet.
Dear Ann Landers follows letters about domestic life with humor and advice. A German American homemaker’s extreme neatness inspires letters from readers, while other readers seek guidance on teen drinking, relationships, and dating etiquette. The column offers admonitions about communication, trust, and respectful handling of sensitive family issues.
Mrs. Evelyn Shepherd chairs the Academy of Friendship event for Nitro Chapter 757 Moose Women in charge of an 8 pm Thursday program honoring coworkers who earned their friendship degree at Bluefield in May. Honorees include Ruth Taylor Violet Wendish Ruby Higginbotham Laura King Adlle Young Patricia Lickle Sarah Cline Ruby Asbury Goldie Starkie. Members asked to bring sandwiches for the hour after the meeting.
Local clubs fill the day with meetings and luncheons across groups in Charleston and nearby areas. Events include Burbank Garden Club at 10 a.m., Blue Hills at 12:30 p.m., McMillan Nurses Alumnae picnic 6–10 p.m., Energetic Grandmothers 6:30 p.m., White Shrine Patrol 6:30 p.m., Rivermeade Garden Club 6:30 p.m., Coopers Creek Home Demonstration 7:30 p.m., Highlawn Civic 8 p.m., Bona Vista Garden Club 8 p.m., and Theta lota Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Sorority executive board at 8 p.m. All venues list hosts and locations with planned activities and discussions.
The engagement of W Bernard Smith Charleston commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Welfare to DeLena Ann Powell of Fairmont is announced in the welfare department newsletter. Powell, a West Virginia University social work graduate and former child welfare worker, is a Gamma Phi Beta member and Morgantown alumnae officer. Smith, a Logan High School and Marshall University alumnus, has served in the State Tax Department and as assistant attorney general.
Miss Charlotte Ann Moore and Gary Paul Scott were united in a double ring ceremony on May 8 at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev. Tom Haynes officiating. The couple, both from local families, are connected to Stonewall Jackson High School and have careers at Shoney's and Charleston National Bank. They plan a August honeymoon to Virginia Beach and will reside on Roane Street.
The wedding of Miss Ann Elise King and Frank Staunton Harkins Jr. took place Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Attended by family from Huntington and Charleston, the couple will reside at 837 Daverton Rd after a reception at Berry Hills Country Club.
The notice lists couples with ages and addresses across Glasgow, Wellatetga Pa, South Charleston, Dunbar, and Bowman Court. Names include Joseph Farkasdi and Keren Sue Martin, Richard Fleck and Marilyn Campbell, Robert Morrow and Nancy Nunn, Warren Holbert and Elizabeth Brown, Robert Buckalow and Lille Parcell, Bernard Blake and Anne Ball, Dale Cochran Jr and Linda Casto, Harvey Leeshaw and Barbara Elawick. The document records preliminary marriage applications and residence details.
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