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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1947
Page
7
Estimates show U S recreation expenditures range from two billion to around twenty billion dollars annually in recent years. Major categories include travel entertainment and leisure activities impacting consumer spending and economic indicators.
Gov. Meadows will preside over several sessions of the 38th annual meeting of the Governors Conference July 13-14 in Salt Lake City Utah. Governors from 48 states will discuss major state problems, with topics including tax and fiscal policy education housing and labor legislation. Mrs Meadows will accompany him.
Russell Patterson, president of the Mount Hope Lions club, announced seven members named as delegates to the state Lions convention at Bluefield on June 15 to 17. Delegates include Fred Frisk, Walter Summers, Andrew McIntyre, Charles Harnsberger, Charles Evans, George Williams and Garland Potter. Alternate delegates are Wood Fooling, Ivan Shumate, C. B. Jones, Lloyd Fitzgerald, Tom Rogers and Sanford Fox.
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Memorial Methodist Church Roane Street and Maryland Avenue closed Friday with 120 enrollments. Pastor Dr. Rowland Aspinall spoke on Jesus and the Children. An exhibit by children was shown and refreshments served. Superintendent Mrs W S Sipes led, with department heads Mrs Raymond C Stead Mrs R A Ralston and Lester Woodrum.
Winners in the Kanawha county 4 H style revue who will represent the county in the state contest to be held in August at Jackson's Mill are pictured. Janet Grose of Elkview Cherokee 4 H club Wilma Lenghee of Elk Mountaineer Virginia University and Miss Anne Betticrew home economist of Appalachian Electric Power Co. The revue was held Friday at the recreation center in North Charleston with 22 girls participating including 13 who carried complete costume projects.
Belle-Maiden Girl Scout leaders meet at Mrs. Nancy B. Martin home in Belle Monday at 7 30 p m. to discuss plans for Rand Day Camp development. Hetty Lestich, secretary, announced the gathering. All day camp workers are requested to be present.
Miss Catherine Mickey was elected president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Beta Beta Omega chapter with officers including Mrs. India Harris vice president and Mrs. Maude Clark treasurer. The group supported Memorial Hospital fund Shrewsbury Day Nursery and Salvation Army Maternity Hospital fund totaling about $200. Catherine Tibbs received a $25 honors award.
Midge Charles Ritchie will open the June term for Common Pleas Court at 10 a m tomorrow to set the docket for original jurisdiction and appeal cases. Attorneys with cases on the docket are asked to attend.
The piece notes a modified P-80 Shooting Star engine aiming to break the 618 mph world speed record within a week. It mentions airborne radar for Navy transports, potential refueling in flight for BOAC, and non-stop Lancasters London to Bermuda. Budget Bureau economist Louis H Beam urges steel capacity rise to 110 million tons by 1950, opposing some industry leaders.
Eik Kanawha Unit 11 of the American Legion auxiliary sponsors high school girls for Girls State at Jackson's Mill. Irene Jewel Thomas Audrey Ann and Eleanor Lou Whiteman and Helen Wood from Charleston High and Patricia Ann Griffith to Ann Gott and Edith Lilian Thompson from Stonewall Jackson High are named by Mrs Clyde Tallman unit chairman.
The Oil Workers International Union CIO had petitioned the NLRB for a nationwide bargaining unit linking about 30 Texaco locals across producing refining marine sales and two pipeline affiliates. The board ruled a single unit would be inappropriate, citing existing organizational structure and geographic operation.
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