Shower Planned for Miss Board in Kanawha Park
Miss Wanda Moller hosts a linen and tea shower Friday afternoon at her Kanawha Parkway home for Miss Cora Frances Board in anticipation of her June 21 marriage to Lieut. Jack William Blair at St. Mark's Methodist church. Mrs P T Board presides at the tea table and invitations have been issued to P T Board jr. John C Bernard Board Myron Eberly Harry Marshall John Reiser M M Alexander C T McHenry Norman 8 Atwood Lawton of Martinsville and K E Ree.
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Wanda
Moller
Kanawha Parkway
Cora Frances Board
Jack William Blair
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Mra
P. T. Board
John C. ‘Bernard Board
Myron Eberly
Harry Marshall
John Rei
Surprise Birthday Party for Dora Helen Wade
Miss Dora Helen Wade was the guest of honor at a surprise party hosted by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Wade at their Nellis home. Numerous guests attended including Aileen Weekly Charlene Weekly Norma Jean Keenen Zrmalee Falks Barbara Gartson Nell Casay Shirley Williamson Kitty Lou Easter Wanda Fay Wade and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Helen Wade
Sherman Wade
Nellis
Aileen Weekly
Charlene Weekly
Norma Jean Keenen
Zrmalee Falks
Barbara Gartson
Nell Casay
Shirley Williamson
Kitty Lou Easter
Wanda Fay Wade
Messrs
Cecil E. Falks
Donald Maxey
Steve Moxey
William Craft
Jarrell Callahan
Jack Keenen
Draft Yourself for New, Clean Cut Beauty
A reader seeks advice about visiting her army husband after a quarrel at the camp. The reply urges dressing casually, avoiding high heels and heavy makeup, and adopting a simple, neat daily routine to fit the outdoor camp life and her husband’s changing views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Leeds
Lucia Carroll
Warner Brothers Star
Next Echo Announces Spring to Summer Plans
Lois Leeds has prepared a travel leaflet Travel With Beauty and urges readers to send an 8 cent stamped self addressed envelope. Mrs Carl Lawton of Martinsville Va will visit Mrs Norman Atwood of Hollyrood tomorrow. Mrs D C Wheeler of Beau Regard Street is a patient at St Francis Hospital.
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Lois Leeds
The
Charleston Gazette
Carl Lawton
Martinsville, Va
Norman S. Atwood
Hollyrood
D. C.wheeler
Beauregard Street
St Francis Hospital
Women ask editor questions on careers and history
A reader asks about Joseph A. Holmes tenure as director of the U S Bureau of Mines born 1858 died 1915 and asks if he was living. The piece notes Holmes led the bureau from its 1910 creation until his death in 1915 and provides brief biographical details. It also covers meanings of the feminine name Carin, a star name, and the marriage of President and Mrs Roosevelt in 1905 with background on Mrs Roosevelt's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Holmes
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Local Personals Noting Graduations and Travels
Dr and Mrs R H Dunn returned from Charlottesville after E T Dunn Jr graduated from University of Virginia Medical School and will intern at St Francis hospital in Pittsburgh. C Tom Garten visits Washington and Lee student plans summer with Garten family in Washington Street.
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R. H. Dunn
Charlottesville
E. T. Dunn, Jr
University of Virginia
St. Francis Hospital
Pittsburgh
C. Tom Garten
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
C. FE. Garten
Washington Street
John Belliveau
Dunn Hospital
E. T. Dunn
Herman Lory Burdette
Bliss Electrical School
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Burdette
International Business Machine Corporation
Six Charleston revenue staff to join civil service
Six deputy collectors of the Charleston office of the internal revenue bureau will become civil service employes after July 1, T. T. Rhodes announced. Under the Ramspeck act all revenue bureau workers will be covered by civil service regulations and benefits. The note mentions over 170 million American workers use cars to commute.
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Charleston
Internal Revenue Bureau
Civil Service
T. T. Rhodes
All Revenue Bureau
Author Honored Sponsoring U S S Atlanta Cruiser
Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, was named sponsor by Secretary Knox for the U S S Atlanta, the navy s newest cruiser to be launched August 9 at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Kearny New Jersey. Miss Mitchell lives in Atlanta Georgia and is married to John R Marsh. The Atlanta will be the third US warship to bear the name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Margaret Mitchell
Knox
Navy
Atlanta
America
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
N. J
Refusal of Jobless Benefits Upheld for Toy Strike
MOUNDSVILLE June 10. Trig Examiner Fred B. Haught upheld a decision denying unemployment benefits to striking workers at the Louis H. Marx toy factory in Glendale. The ruling says the stoppage arose from a labor dispute and the strike was settled in the first month.
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Moundsville
Trig
Fred B. Haught
Louis H. Marx
Glendale
Red Cross to Give Aid To Flash Flood Victims
Cameron reports the Marshall county Red Cross with national help registering families affected by last Wednesday’s flash floods. About 125 county families were found homeless or in need and will receive aid.
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Red Cross
Cameron
Marshall County
Waynesburg College conferred honorary degree on Spurr
Waynesburg Pa June 10 A C Spurr of Fairmont West Virginia president of the Monongahela elem received an honorary degree at Waynesburg College commencement exercises He was awarded the degree of doctor of laws along with four others
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Waynesburg
A. C. Spurr
Fairmont
W. Va
Monongahela Elem
Waynesburg College
Roosevelts Son Navigates Lisbon as Observer
Capt James Roosevelt son of the president is reported en route to Lisbon after touring Near East and Far East battlegrounds as observer for the U S Marine Corps. Some quarters believed young Roosevelt would arrive tonight and proceed with briefing duties for the command.
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Lisbon
James Roosevelt
Near East
Far East
U. SS. Marine Corps
Young
IOOF Lodge Plans Memorial Service
The 58th annual memorial service of Glen Elk lodge No. 95 will be held tomorrow at 1 p m at the hall on Virginia Street. Dr. Robert Cannon will speak. Five charter members of the lodge formed Oct 14, 1883 are now dead. Elkhurst Rebekah lodge No. 33 shares the service. Roosevelt met W Averill Harriman before returning to America.
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Glen Elk Lodge No
P. m
Virginia Street
Robert Cannon
Ilodge
Peter Silman
Elkhurst Rebekah Lodge No. 33
Bonds Sold Second Lowest Interest Rate Bid by Group
The second lowest average interest rate on record, 1.439 percent, was bid yesterday by Union Securities and associates of New York for 1,000,000 dollars in West Virginia Road bonds. Eleven bids were submitted. The issue matures from April 1, 1942 to April 1, 1966 and was issued from the 50,000,000 revolving bond fund. Other syndicate members were Hemphill Noyes and Company, L. F. Rothschild & Company, and G. M. Murphy & Company, all of New York.
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Union Securities Company of New York and Associates
Union Securities Company
Hemphill, Noyes and Company
L. F. Rothschild Company
G. M.P. Murphy and Company
New York
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Miss Moller
A. Dodson
W. Grady Whitman, Jr
Betty Jane Board
Fan Auld
Nancy Hall
Nancy Flournoy
Betty Kearse
Ann Stubblefield
Frances Dean Reed
Corinne Neely
Sean Miller
Mary Eloise Pierson
Virginia Teter
Aileen Wylie
Lava- Jette Dillon
Jane Walsh
Jane Campbell
Almira Hanna
Jane, Embleton
Nancy Kenna
Frances Jane Campbell
Aee
DicKinison
Nichashore
Stanley Owenette
Stanley
Joseph W. Savage
Raginia Road
Kinxton
Sarran, Io
Washington, D. Don's
Donben
Traymore
Sealife
von Were
Atlantic City
Dishn , Mason
Brookland Court
Chn A. Mason, Jr
Port of Spain
Trinidad
U. S. Elinger
Joan Jones
Marysville, C
M. M. Moorhead
South Ruffner
S. R. Abbott
Bay Ridge, Md
BE. C. Richardson
Virginia Avenue
A. A. Brown
Norfolk, Va
H. A. Yates
Oakwood Drive
H. A. Yates, Jr
L. R. Hodges
Micco, Fla
Ray Poynter
John F. Sweeney
Thomas Sweeney
Greascup Road
Wheeling
Julian Sweeney
Sweeney
Mrs
John Ratcliff
Lydia
Pinkham
U. S
Jimmy
Ioof Lodge
Roosevelt
W. Averill Harriman
President Roosevelt
Britain
Arid
American Institute of Laundering
Arrid
Cohen
United States Defense
Charleston Clearing House Association
United States Defense Bonds
Tsaac
Treasury Check
Charleston National Bank
Kanawha Valley Bank
Kanawha Banking & Trust CO
the National Bank OF Commerce
Dan J. Popp
Alderson St. Fione
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