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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1955
Page
4
Istanbul dispatch recalls Nasrettin Hoca as a legendary wit whose Liver recipe story and humor illustrate Turkish culture. A Parliament candidate’s heckler moment and a liver and parrot parable highlight how tradition shapes public discourse and satire in modern Turkey.
In Akshehtr a village tale recalls Nasrelt Hoca, a famed lax collector, who died laughing at a lemon relay joke. The final gag involved massive wrought iron gates padlocked at his grave, a monument still standing after 500 years in the town.
Tommy Jones a past department commander will install Legion officers at the Gauley Bridge clubroom at 8 p m Monday The slate includes Roy Young Myron Wilson A W Shaw W B Hughes Melvin Arthur Eddie Osborne and Miss Midge Crandall James Kirkwood represents the American Legion at Boys State Three Girls State delegates from Gauley Bridge High School Lynn Corbett Martha Ashley and Janice Loive attend Jackson's Mill with Auxiliary support Alumni meet at Kanuga Club host Kanuga Club Charleston Woman's Club and Charlton Woman's Club sponsor expenses
An old advertisement touts Chesterfield cigarettes as measurably smoother cooler and slower smoking with a coal mildness never before possible. The copy invites readers to smoke with a smile and claims no cigarette satisfies like Chesterfield.
Mrs Agnes McMichen and Mrs Hazel Crawford hosted the Baptist Missionary Society as the group conducted a memorial service for Mrs Leona Miller led by Mrs Ruby Vandercoy.
James Melvan Miranda, son of Mr and Mrs J E Ellman of Charleston West Virginia, has been appointed minister of the Waterford Methodist Church in Waterford Indiana. Miranda, a 1933 Morris Harvey College graduate, is completing studies at Garrett Biblical Institute and will be ordained a deacon by the Rock River Conference on June 24 at Elgin. He married Joyce Cavender in 1953. she is an assistant bookkeeper in Wilmette.
A 24 foot long log from a 1 000 year old Douglas fir on display in Rockefeller Plaza. Weighing over 22 tons and seven feet in diameter, the log from near Salem Oregon will travel 4 500 miles from Portland to Atlanta as the Oregon State Junior Chamber of Commerce float for the JCC Convention June 20 24.
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