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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1927

Page

8

Society Notes From Elkins and Charleston Gatherings

Residents and guests attend visits and trips across West Virginia and Georgia. Notables include Mar Jennings Randolph returning to Elkins from Charleston, F W Crotty of Philadelphia visiting in Charleston, and Mrs Walter B R Fumes hosting at Quatch er Street. Visitors Mr Walter P Andrews of Cocke Tennessee and Mr Frederick Prichard plan to travel to Chattanooga. May J T Sharp and others travel to White Sulphur Springs. Mrs Ina T Sayre and Mr Fepton Jones tour Atlanta. Scottish Highland reunion attendees from London join in. Community groups plan fund drives for Mississippi flood victims, and Eastern Stars hold officer installation.

Mar. Jennings Randolph Elkins W. Va Visting Charleston Eloise Noyes W. W. Noyes F. W. Crotty Philadelphia Wal‘tar BR. Fumes Quatcher Street J.T. Sharp White Sulphur Springs George Merriam Irs Ina T. Sayre Hugh Fonami Fepton Jones Atlanta Questa of Friends Lloyd E. Smith Peibert T. Robinson William Lively CG. B. Trenor Loxon Woman's Settlement Association Union Bission

Social hour, showers, and parties across communities

A lively series of social events is reported. Mrs Roy B Rollins hosted a surprise stag dinner for her husband’s birthday at McClung retreat. Ruby Sizer left for University of Virginia art work and later attends a Virginia house party. Miss Fairfax and Miss Azine Debelle travel to Richmond Washington Atlantic City and New York for visits. Mrs Harry Canterbury and Mrs George Midkitt attended a Whiteville dance and a shower for Mrs Jones sister Alisa Mac Knott at Columbia Boulevard. The guest list includes numerous local residents and relatives with a June 25 wedding for Claude E Davis’s fiancée. Additional showers and entertainments are noted at Oakwood Heights Bow.

Misa Ruby Sizer St. Albana University of Virginia Virginia Mrs. Jones Columbia Boulevard

Party Honors Mrs. Lewis Meador Attends Training School

A social gathering honored Mrs. Lewis Meador formerly Miss Gladys Figatt with many guests including Verna Kerr Ruth Vandal Peggy Bing Eunice Wehrle Elva Young Katherine Gusenkamp Kitty Ancion Margaret Martin Dorothy Ymal lips Leonora Payne and numerous families. Messages note Gordon B. Graham returning home after Broaddus College and Fontaine Broun Jr. returning from the University of Virginia for the summer.

Lewis Meador Gladys Figatt Sueste Verna Kerr Ruth Vandal Peggy Bing Eunice Wehrle Elva ‘Young Katherine Gusenkamp Kitty Ancion Margaret Martin Dorothy Ymallips Leonora Payne J. W. Bracey Gharles Jackson Cecl Elking Orland Dewey Jimmie Jackson Joe Brown Harald Long Bernard Figgatt Alien Temple George Barlow Joe Williams Silas W. Meador Harry Settle Dewey West Bishop

Local visitors and gatherings across Ohio Shenandoah trip

Mr Bernard T Leach and family tour Cheriottesville and the Shenandoah valley visiting friends. Miss Sara Spencer, a Vasser College student, spends summer with her parents. Mr Charles T Burdette and party and Mr Hubert Kidd and party from Charleston visit Kenne Gardens in St Clairsville. Mine, Bila Chambers and Miss Laura Chambers host a bridge party in Leeatheet as a compliment to Mrs Thadeus Pritt of Elkins and other guests listed.

Bernard T. Leach Cheriottesville Shenandoah Valley Sara Spencer Vasser College J. Spencer Charles T. Burdette Hubert Kidd Charleston Kennel Gardens St. Clairsville Ohio Bila Chambers Laura Chambers Leeatheet Thadeus.Pritt Elkins

Pretty baby contest honors UNC alumni families in Charleston

June 6 selections named Kenneth Lassiter Coghill of Charleston and Norris Argentina Rodriguez Dine of Cubs as prettiest baby boy and girl among alumni held at the University of North Carolina. Coghill son of Julian Baxter Coghill, grandson of Henry Putney, while Rodriguez Dine is daughter of Dr. and Mrs Adolphe Rodrigues of Sagua la Creida Cuba, father a 1920 graduate. Over 300 contestants sent photos, with the Coghill boy winning easily. Members of the Fast Matrons and Patrons Association led the event and the contest committee received the entries.

Kenneth Lassiter Coghill Charleston Norris Argentina Rodriguez Dine Cubs University of North Carolina Julian Baxter Coghill Bile Henry Putney Brooks Street Adolphe B. Rodrigues Sagua Jacreed Cuba Tole

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