Clendenin Plans West Virginia Day Anniversary Event
West Virginia celebrates its 88th birthday tomorrow in Clendenin with an open air program for about 3000 spectators at the football field. The event includes a 15 member enlistment ceremony for Army and Air Force volunteers, guest Del George A. Rairden, a fireworks show by the 425th Army Reserve Band, and a 6 p.m. dinner at American Legion hall.
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West Virginia
Clendenin
American Legion Post 61
Clendenin Lions Club
Scott Young
Army
Air Force
Rairden
Del
George A. Rairden
Mason County
Mountaineer
425Th Army Reserve Band
Julian Spencer
American Legion Hall
Wiliam C. Marland
Gov
Patteson
Young
Camp Bill Grady Opens Ninth Season At Fort Lee
Camp Bill Grady launches its ninth annual session Monday at Fort Lee on the 44 Fairgrounds. Boys eight to 18 will attend a three week session, followed by a similar session for girls. The non profit camp charges 12 dollars per child weekly and accepts applicants statewide.
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Bill Grady
Fort Lee
Fairgrounds
Dunbar
Cc. F
Mickey) McDade
Charleston Catholic High School
Charles Lochtefeld
D Jr
Catholic High
Notre Dame University
McDade
C. F. McDade
W. F. Grady
Charleston
Grady
Freedom
Five Regular Army Men Receive Promotions
Five Regular Army soldiers in the Charleston area were promoted. Lt. Col. Otway P. Binns noted master sergeant Roy E. Litton of St Albans and four others rising from sergeant to sergeant first class. The promoted include Jewett J. Smith, Sterling A. Webster, Herbert J. Goff, and Maynard R. McClain. Most veterans served in World War II, with Smith and Litton having European theater service.
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Charleston
Otway P. Binns
West Virginia Military District
Roy E. Litton
Park St
St. Albans
Jewett J. Smith
St. St. Albans
Sterling A. Webster
Truslow St
Herbert J. Goff
Valley Bend
Maynard R. McClain
Parkersburg
Goff
Smith and
Litton
Phillips Exter Academy graduates list two city youths
In Exter New Hampshire 223 seniors completed graduation at Phillips Exter Academy yesterday. Among them are city youths Robert M. Carter Jr and Maury S Hagerman.
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Exter
N. H
Charleston
W. Va
Phillips Exter Academy
Robert M. Carter, Jr
Maury S. Hagerman
State observes 88th birthday celebration in Clendenin
June 20 a legal holiday in the state. A celebration at Clendenin Wednesday marks the state’s 88th birthday. In the photo, Mayor John D. Kennedy of Clendenin and S/Set. Regis F. Cole stand behind the calendar, with Scott Young chairing the special program committee and M/Sgt. Edward Sweeney nearby. Capt. Charles C. McKinnis, head of Army and Air Force recruiting in Charleston, appears at far right.
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Clendenin
John D. Kennedy
Regis F. Cole
Scott Young
Edward Sweeney
Charles C. McKinnis
Army
Air Force
Charleston
Gazette
Three Die As Highway Crash Near Dickson Tennessee
A three-vehicle crash near Dickson Tennessee killed three people including the wife and 14 month old son of Air Force sergeant T. F. E. Riggins who is serving in Korea. Two automobiles collided then a truck struck the wreckage injuring seven. The victims include Mrs. T. F. E. Riggins 25 of Stewart Air Force Base and her son Thomas Dale Riggins and Mrs. Dorothy Smith of Memphis. Riggins’s wife and child are being sent to Bluefield West Virginia for burial.
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Korea
Riggins
Alma C. Shute
Bluefield
W. Va
House Rejects Lawyer To Probe Ohio Election
The House voted 164 to 120 against a bill to appoint Washington attorney Robert T. Murphy to lead a Senate investigation into the 1950 Ohio senatorial election. Rep. Brown of Ohio led opposition to the measure while Sen. Taft’s campaign ties were noted. The Senate had approved the legislation May 4 at the Rules and Administration Committee’s request.
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Washington
INS
House
Robert T. Murphy
Senate
Ohio
Rep. Brown
Sen
Taft
Committee On Rules and Administration
Roll Call Machine for Congress? Edison Tried It
An 1869 Edison patent for an automatic roll call machine is recalled as Marshall F. Thompson and Charles F. Thompson demo the system in the Senate caucus room. They note 25 states use such machines, citing cost and slow voting as key reasons for adoption.
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Congress
Edison
Senate
House
Charles F. Thompson
Wisconsin
Maryland
Nas Cottonea
Phillips
Thomas Jefferson
Unromantic hot foot tale ends in police case
Willie Gerro and his girlfriend Carrie Carrington quarrelled over love in Oaklans. Carrie drove away with Willie clinging to the door handle as the car sped. After 13 blocks his feet burned, he was treated at Emergency Hospital and charged under a statute forbidding riding on vehicle parts not designed for passengers.
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Oaklans
Val
Willie Gerro
Willie
Carrie Carrington
Carrie
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Howard A. Swart
Medical Arts
Continental
America
Stone & Thomas
Charleston, W. Va
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Segar
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