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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1937
Page
16
New York reports Billy Rose presents Aquacade at Cleveland with Lake Erie as a glowing backdrop. Eleanor Holm Jarrett and Johnny Weissmuller perform a synchronized water finale amid luminous bathing costumes and bold lighting, amid debates over its scale and Canadian backdrop.
A Nicholas County report describes a grand aquatic revue titled Aquacade blending a floating stage, double decked diving towers, and athletic water formations. Notables Dick Degener Marshall Wayne and other Olympians perform bold dives as John Murray Andersen anchors with themed pageantry including A Beach In Californian Today and It Can't Happen Here. The production, starring Aquabelles and aquabeaux, is praised for its entertainment value, surpassing standard swimming meets.
Mrs Harvey L Sullivan and her son Master James Austin Sullivan of Santa Rosa California have come to Charleston to spend the summer with Dr and Mrs H H Staats of Hall Street. Mr Law Newcomer of Spring Hill is a patient at Kanawha Valley Hospital. Masters William Shrewsbury and E Mearns Jr of Montgomery visit Mrs C W Moore at South Charleston. Miss Dorothy Mae Barton of South Charleston visits at Cincinnati Ohio. Mr Leslie Price, WVU student, spends the summer with relatives in South Charleston. Mrs Nellie Glucenkamp returns to South Charleston after visiting Roanoke Virginia. Mr John Durretts, formerly a patient at McMillan Hospital, convalesces at Spring Hill. Mrs Hal W Knight of Quarter Street will return Wednesday from ...
Miss Margaret Caperton of Quarrier Street will host an open house at Edgewood country club Tuesday night honoring guest Miss Arlene Simmon of Pelham New York. Attendees include many local women and several out of town guests from Scarsdale Lexington and more.
A long list of names including Maliridge Joseph Cox Bir raham Fabler Lea Bird and many others are noted as returning to South Charleston today after spending two weeks at Daytona Beach and Orlando Florida. Updates mention Dr W P Black and Mrs Black returning from Atlantic City and Mrs T A Loy and Mrs Eugenia Summerfield heading to Columbia University for a master's degree.
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