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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1931

Page

2

Local social roundup covers dinners parties and visits

The Gazette lists a flurry of Charleston social events including the Leggs hosting a theater party for Betty Caroline’s eleventh birthday and a rose luncheon by circle No 5 of the Soman missionary society. Guests include numerous Charleston residents and visitors from Lynchburg Nashville and Huntington with many bridges and tea gatherings noted.

Birs Vincent Legg Virginia Street Willam G. Conley Gilchrist Eleanor If Ann Harry G. Hopwood M. Conley Legend Betty Caroline Legg Mary Frances Young 2 Carroll Mary Virginia Fielding Geret Bettinger Nathalee Beall Emiy Virginia England Emily Mer- Raret Abbot Nancy DeVan Frances Benson Ant Eleanor Gilchrist Dean Jang McJunxin H. K. Black Circle No. 5 Soman G Missionary Society W. 3. Gates Betty Gates T. A Scales F. W. McConmell Martha Wylije Howard Boleclaw Alvin Hodge Harod Mathews J. BR. Surbaugh M. C B. P. Paylor R. 5. Good H. R. Eggleton Charles Mittice Walter Fisher Max Goldman B. Stanley Gill John Stover W. E. Brooks M.n Farlay G. D. Fox J. Wills Amos C. W. Dalstrom G. Tucker David Dick W. Thayer W. A. McMillan Lester Ridenour L. E. McBrores Laura H. Wood A. Cos A. W. Cox J. Cal Anderson Eleanor Woolf Virgerds Jarrett Jean Emma

Community church groups plan summer picnics and a Bible school

The First Methodist Episcopal church’s guild and the men’s Brotherhood host a picnic today at the W. L. Matheney camp. Rulier Memorial church Sunday school holds its annual picnic at Union Mission camp. Lick Branch Presbyterian church opens a two week Vacation Bible School starting Monday June 22 with Rev. B. F. Sperow in charge. Superintendents include Miss Julia Wintz, Mrs. Carrie Porter, and Mrs. Carve Rutherlane. Miss Ruby Wash is pianist. The school ends with a July 3 program.

First Methodist Episcopal Church W. L. Matheney Jon ElstTiver Rulier Memorial Church Union Mission Lick Branch Presbyterian Church B. F. Sperow Julia Wintz Carrie Porter Carve Rutherlane Ruby Washeil

Local Social Notes Reflect Wide West Virginia Travel

Miss Martha Zimmerman of St Louis visits Kanawha Two Mile with Mrs C C Beary and Mr Borden Zimmerman. families in Charleston and Huntington host guests from Lewinburg Due West Syracuse and Richmond. Attendants include Mrs Bradford Noyes Mrs BR E OConnor Mrs W Byrse Mrs P Ganova Mrs Sheffey Hall and many others.

Anne Magdalene Thompson TD. Thompson Lynchburg Bert W. Anderson Charles E. Anderson Edgewood Richmond Anderson Lynchburg College Blackstone College Blackstone Blackstone Military Academy Charleston Martha Zimmerman St. Louis C. C. Beary Borden Zimmerman B. Kemp Littlepage Kanawha Two-Mile Roanoke Bradford Noyes BR. E O'Connor W. E.R. Byrse P. J. Ganova Sheffey Hall Gordon Woody J. W. Moore Meredith Carver Garrison Arthur Eckerson Free Man Kyle Lewin Burg School of Missions Mery Meffrie Due West W. C Kanawha Street Syracuse Syracuse University Ricketts Kaenawha City Mex Jay Dane Hertford Conn John Gans South Hills Hay Jackson's Mills Agnés Noyes Kanawha Lewisbur Sadie Echols L. V. Guthrie Huntington F. Witcher , McCullough Quartier Street B. A. Agnew Virginia Retu Swampscntt, Macé Calvin Sheets Frank L. Pield Lee Street Louis Avan BD. W. Patterson Bradford Street A. &. Alexander Lenora Alexander Matthew Mann Alexander Locust Dale Alex=ander, Jr University of Virginia Selden Garnett Harry Embleton Embleton Mica Phyllis Thornhill Cincinnati Mary Elizabeth Cabel Virginia Street Parkersburg Wheeling Berhard Beard Sas Jane Gallaher Bt. Margaret's School Yahar

Five Local Theaters Showcasing Dramas and Westerns

The Front Page at Local Theaters features Adolphe Menjou Pat O Brien and Mary Brian in a hard boiled Chicago drama. The Virginian presents Big Business Girl with Loretta Young and Ricardo Cortez. The Two Gun Man offers a fast action western starring Ken Maynard and Lucie Powers. Trader Horn returns as epic jungle drama with Harry Carey and Olive Golden. The Bad Man at Greenbrier is a humorous western with Walter Houston and Dorothy Keiver. Community notices include students abroad and locals attending events at universities and sororities.

Hearse Front Page Chicago Adolphe Menjou Pat O'Brien Mary Brian Edward Everett Haeten Sim Summuerzytne Virginian Loretta Young Ricardo Cortez Frank Albertson Joan Blondel Frank Ba Rialto Ken Maynard Nighorse Tarzan Lucie Powers Nita Martan Charles King Capitol Harry Carey Edewing’ Booth Doncan Renaldo Muthy Omoali Olive Golden Greenbrier Walter Hostom Dorothy Kevier

Flying With the Navy Highlighted at Greenbrier Talk

White Sulphur Springs hosted a Navy aeronautics talk by David Ingalls at the Greenbrier with motion pictures. A wide aviation program followed at the Greenbrier airport featuring a Navy autogiro demonstration, Curtiss Helldiver, Ford plane with Col Clarence M Young, and several other aircraft. Amelia Earhart had been scheduled to participate but was not heard from in Oklahoma.

Navy Ingalls Ihs Col Clarence M. Young Bureau of Seronauties Department of Commerce Washington Travelaira Bellanca Detroit Joseph McDuffee Indianapolis Greenbrier Edward P. Warner the Navy Tor Aeronautics T. B. Jetter Amelia Earhart Oklanome

Wobble Meter Demonstration At City Field

Vincent Bendix president of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Dr George W Lewis director of research of the national advisory committee for aeronautics Washington along with Warner and Dr Fred A Moss of George Washington University attended late afternoon at City Mondag field A demonstration showcased the Wobble Meter device to measure and record nervous fatigue states of individuals also present were Charles L Lawrence of New York and the Greenbrier colony

City Mondag Vincent Bendix Society of Automotive Engineers George W. Lewis National Advisory Committee Seronautics Washington D. FP. Warner Navy Aeronautics Dow Aviation Fred A. Moss George Washington University Charles L. Lawrence New York Greenbrier

Weather Forecast For Ohio And Nearby States

Weather data from 14 U.S. cities shows fair and warm conditions across Ohio West Virginia and Maryland with Saturday and Sunday generally fair and warm. Some regions may see partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers temperatures near seasonal norms.

Ohio West Virginia Waxtern Pennsylvania Maryland Yale Virginia Kentucky

Rivers Report Falls and Tidal Levels at Dawn

Water levels and stage readings from multiple rivers listed for yesterday morning include Obie at Pittsburgh 11.4 feet falling and Parkersburg 11, Portsmouth 13.3, Allagheny at Franklin 2.9, Monongahela at Lock Seven 14.0, Muskingum at Zanesville 2.2, Tug Fork at Williamson 1.7 and other gauges across the Ohio Valley. The narrative notes various uprisings and falls with several stations showing declines while others rise. Later, a London supper party hosted by Juliet Duff honored guests after the Carnera Young Stribling bout.

Chase Yelock Ray Rumsey Lane Liberty Dows Katherine Kanewhs Tidene Greighton Staunton River Stager Prince of Wales Lord Birkenhead Primo Carnera Juliet Duff London Carnera Young Stribling

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