Sewing winner attends Copacabana Club in New York
National Sewing Contest winner Mrs. Roger D. Griffith enjoyed a three day all expense trip to New York climaxed by a dinner at the Copacabana Club with Billy Eckstine. The Griffiths luncheon at Hotel Pierre featured pheasant and teals followed by window shopping and a fashion show of eight winning garments by Margaret Arlen.
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Jerry Sraden
The
Gazette
New York
Roger D. Griffith
Copacabana Club
Billy Eckstine
Eckstine
Roger Griffith
Mission Rd
Hotel Pierre
G. House
Wichita
Kan
Robert. E. Sanders
Baltimore
Irregularities Void Girls' State Voting at Camp
At Jackson's Mill the citizenship training camp for high school girls voided the federal election due to voting irregularities. Mrs. B. D. Ward of Kingwood reported two extra ballots and a missing candidate name. The election will be redone after breakfast with the governor race contested by Nancy Cubbon and Virginia Kemp, amid calls for greater morality in public life by speaker Rush D. Holt.
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Jackson's Mill
Aederal
B. D. Ward
Kingwood
Ward
State Senate
Nancy Cubbon
Charleston
Virginia Kemp
Berkley
Rush D. Holt
Weston
Holt
No Closed Season on Big Mushrooms
A nostalgic ad style piece extols canned BiB mushrooms, praising blue brown hothouse varieties broiled in butter, and promotes Domino Sugar and Cinnamon for toast and desserts. It markets convenience and thrift with cheerful, overconfident product hype.
Driver of Cheese Truck Plunges Over Mountain After Brakes Fail
A tractor trailer carrying 25,000 pounds of cheese toppled from U S Rt 118 at Lens Creek Mt after a brake drum broke. Driver C E Shaw 36 of Kannapolis NM said he steered over the mountainside to avoid oncoming vehicles. He reportedly jumped clear as the truck went over.
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U. S. Rt. 118
Lens
Morris
Shaw
Two Plead Guilty In DPA Shortage
BLUEFIELD June 1 Two persons pleaded guilty today in federal district court to charges of swindling $15,000 from the Department of Public Assistance by setting up fake accounts. Volney Wade Hash Athens 38, and Inez Elizabeth Horton Bluewell 42, sister of Harve Phelps Gibson 42, pleaded innocent to similar charges. A fourth co defendant Everett Glenn Horton is held in Detroit. The group is charged with false claims for dependent children benefits, cashing checks at post offices, and sharing the proceeds. Indictments were returned by a federal grand jury. Sentencing for several defendants deferred or scheduled for later hearings.
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Bluefield
Federal District Court
Department of Public Assistance
DPA
Volney Wade Hash
Athens
Inez Elizabeth Horton
Bluewell
Mercer County
Harve Phelps Gibson
Detroit
Mich
Everett Glenn Horton
Horton
Federal Grand Jury
William Oscar Meredith
Preston Haynes
Bluefeld
Vir
Lloyd Ritter Young
Welch
Young
Billy Joe Turpin
Ethel
Logan County
Camp Breckenridge
Logan
Greenway Wolford
North Matewan
Mingo County
South Webster
Binefield
Franklin David Miller
Raleigh County
Beltimore
Sophias
Beckley
Westvaco Grants 10 Cent Pay Hike
Westvaco Chemical Division workers at the South Charleston plant voted for a 10 cent per hour raise in a contract negotiated by UMW District 50. The agreement, effective Monday, includes holiday pay not worked and a new insurance program. This marks the Kanawha Valley area seeing multiple recent wage increases.
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South Charleston
Westvaco Chemical Division
Food and Machinery Corp
UMW
District 50
A. Mooney
Kanawha Valley
Electro-Metallurgical Co
Alloy
$15,000 Damage Suit Filed by City Woman Against Transit Co
Mrs. Hazel Ann Saba of Charleston sues the Charleston Transit Co for 15000 in Common Pleas Court claiming torn tendons in her ankle and shoulder after a bus jerked and stopped suddenly while boarding at Central and Russell Streets. The suit cites injuries suffered as a result of the bus action.
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City Woman
Transit Co
Charleston Transit Co
Common Pleas
Hazel Ann Saba
Charleston
Central and
Russell Sts
Thirsty Thieves Lift 230 Bottles From Liquor Store
State police reported the theft of about 230 bottles of whisky from a Clendenin liquor store during the night. Entrance was gained by breaking a front window, with about 10 bottles left inside. The robbery is believed to involve more than one person. Four cases were recovered on top of the Clendenin Post Office, leaving 128 bottles still missing.
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Loyal
Assad
Henry Davis
Williams
Corinne
Wyoming
Noah Averill Daniel
Clifford Daniel
Harper
Raleigh County
Ralph Meadows
Roy Anna Meadows
Mercer County
Bill Bronce Sampson
Welch
Coal Run
Richard D. Jenkinson
Hinton
Albert Andrew Tilly
Freeman Stones
Catlettabuzz
Herbert ‘Turpin
Chesapeake
Bloomfield
Huntington
State
Clendenin
J. A. Wendley
South Charleston
Wheeling Steel Co Dared to Negotiate
CIO district director Paul Rosen challenged Wheeling Steel Corp to enter immediate negotiations to resolve wage and benefits disputes. He accused board chair W. Holloway of misrepresenting facts and urged Holloway to personally engage in talks with Wheeling Steel negotiating committees.
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Wheeling
CIO Steelworkers’ Union
Wheeling Ster
Wheeling Steel Corp
Paul Rosen
W. W. Holloway
Congress
Rosen
Holloway
Washington
Wheeling Steel
Ohio Wesleyan Professor to Speak at Buckhannon Conference
Dr. Richard Gaye of Ohio Wesleyan University will address the twelfth Methodist Young Adult Conference June 14-22 at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon. He directs religious activities and teaches religious education. formerly pastor of First Methodist Church in Pittsburgh. The program includes Bible history seminars, Methodist doctrines, young adult action, and Christian teaching for children.
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Ohio Wesleyan
Buckhannon
First Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
Miss Laura Sue Glenn Chairs Camp Caesar Visit Plan
Chairmen named by Mrs. George Miyakawa include James J. Preston Willy program W N Stoops membership B R Louft drive project A Wilson Small Park George Heffner exhibits Fred Hammond Girl Scouts Speakers Bureau Ralph McLaughlin librarian W W Goldsmith H M Carson properties Fred Thabet budget Charles Groff publicity and Miss Mary Musser telephone.
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Laura Sue Glenn
Edgewood Garden Club
Suzy Chef's, Inc
George Miyakawa
James J. Preston Willy
W. N. Stoops
BR. R. Louft
4. A. Wilson
George Heffner
Fred Hammond
Girl Scouts
Ralph McLaughlin
W. W. Goldsmith
H. MM. Carson
Fred Thabet
Charles Groff
Mary Musser
Morris Harvey College Opens Summer Session Registration
Morris Harvey College closes registration tomorrow for early Summer classes with no late fee today. Dean Ashby C Blackwell notes an extra charge after today for glasses courses. Open terms include physics fundamentals in room 108 from 10 30 am to 22 50 pm for those with algebra and trigonometry, Monday through Thursday.
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Morris Harvey College
Ashby C. Blackwell
Gary Youth Elected Eleventh Governor of Negro Boys State
Daniel Heirston of Gary was elected governor of the 11th Negro Boys State representing the Federalist Party. Winifred Stone from Pax won the office of Secretary of State in a close unofficial tally. The canvass confirmed Stone’s slim majority over Stuart Wright of Beckley for the role. Others named include Howard Heath of Gary as auditor James Braxton of Berkley as superintendent of schools Paul Kane of Keyser as attorney general William Terry of Harper Heights as commissioner of agriculture.
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Clifftop
Daniel Heirston
Federalist Party
Gary
Winifred Stone
Pax
Stone
Stuart Wright
Beckley
Howard Heath
James Braxton
Berkley
WVU agronomist wins education scholarship for training
Anderson, administrative assistant at West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service, was chosen for a human development education scholarship. He will train at the University of Maryland Institute for Child Study, a six week program from June 23 to August, under the National 4-H Club Foundation.
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WVU Agronomist
Morgantown
Anderson
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
E. W. Alor
National
H Club Foundation
University of Maryland Institute For Child Study
Shower Planned for Bride Elect Miss Conway
Miss Shelia Daly will host a variety shower today at her Noyes Avenue home honoring Miss Mary Alice Conway, June 20 bride elect of Charles Lee Gentry. Guests include Mesdames Conway, Gentry, Bordas, Kimble, Wipner, Bills, Wilson, Rade, Burton, Heindl, Sinar, Witmershaus, Hale stead, Milam, Jones and Misses Neensa, Rowan, ONeal, Tallerico, McCurdy, Maires, and Daly.
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Conway
Shelia Daly
Noyes Av
Mary Alice Conway
Charles Lee Gentry
Mesdames
T. J. Conway
C. W. Gentry
James Bordas
Robert Kimble
Bernard F. Wipner
Henry Bills
Hubert Wilson
Edward Rade
William Burton
W. Heindl
John J. Sinar
Gerhardt Witmers
Landlords and Tenants Use Conference Plan in Charleston Area
Charles M. Walker, area rent director attorney, noted 27 landlord tenant conferences were held in May on overcharge and illegal eviction cases. Sessions occurred at branch offices with a rental staff member as umpire. The process aims to harmonize disputes with help from a federal employee aware of the Rent Stabilization Law. In Parkersburg, 4 B. Stith leads as associated director, while Fred C. Wells handles Charleston conferences.
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Charleston
Equitable Renital
Charles M. Walker
Walker
Parkersburg
4. B. Stith
Associated
Fred C. Wells
Firemen Free Boy Trapped In Tree Response
Firemen freed an unidentified little boy stuck in a tree in the 500 block of Central Avenue around 445 p.m. yesterday. After being rescued, the boy ran away before expressing thanks, as the firefighters noted he moved away as fast as his legs would carry him.
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Central
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