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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
3
A parenting column by Joan Moore Rhodes offers practical tips for adjusting family life after a baby arrives. It urges mindful communication, suggests kinder phrases, and discusses discipline approaches, including avoiding anger and using gentle consequences.
New York previews of fall collections show women wrapped from chin to shin in luxurious hides. Designers, led by Arnold Senasi, push bold fur and vivid fabrics with three piece tweed, chinchilla, mink, sable coats, and sparkling gowns. Mermaids emerge from light-hued dresses with disc-like reflectors, while dramatic shawls and chiffon skirts add stagecraft to daytime wear.
Dear Ann Landers shows readers debating trust and temptation in marriage and dating. A plumber’s wife worries about infidelity risks from work, while other letters discuss teen discipline, age gaps, and a divorced woman's love triangle. Ann Landers offers guidance and encourages sending questions.
Fashion notes describe Sarmi’s knee length pink dress with teardrop crystals and a white satin coat lined in sable, along with a charcoal weed suit and ermine vest. Teal Traina favors oblique waists and V necklines, flat fronts, mink and ermine trim, Voluminous cape sleeves, and knee to intermission length gowns.
Ronceverte couple announces engagement of Penny Ann Boone and Ronald Lewin Stallings of Newport News Virginia. Penny Boone, a Greenbrier High and St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing alumna, worked at St Luke's Hospital and Beckley Memorial Medical Center. Ronald Stallings, Lincoln Memorial University alumnus, attended Medical College of Virginia and belongs to Xi Psi Phi and Sigma Tau Beta fraternities.
Meadowbrook Women’s Golf Association hosts 9 a.m. low gross medals with Mrs. D R Saunders and Mrs. Harry Stanton as hostesses. Sleepy Hollow hosts a 9 a.m. tee-off for Women’s 45sn three-club event with Mrs. Ruth Cottrell as hostess, while Berry Hills hosts a 2 a.m. guest day with prizes for low gross and low net. Edgewood holds Ladies Day at 9 a.m. with coffee and prizes for low net and gross, plus women's championship first round. Kanawha hosts 9 a.m. stroke event with Mrs. Walter Evans and Mrs. R D Jackley as hostesses. Southmoor Ladies Day tee-off at 9:30 a.m., luncheon at 1 p.m. Also listed are multiple club meetings and civic events including the Darlington Methodist Church institute luncheon, DAR dedication at South Charleston Mound, Kings Daughters home event, wills workshop, and various club social activities.
Sally Boggs daughter of D L Boggs of Frankford wed Roger Lee Martin son of Carl A Martin of Warsaw New York in a double ring ceremony at Frankford Presbyterian Church officiated by Dr James W Wright. Brides party wore mint green and white eyelet, reception followed at Frankford High School. The couple plan to live in Denver Colorado after a wedding trip.
Minerva Jane Crowder daughter of Mrs Mary Crowder Sharon wed David Dean Ferrell son of Mr and Mrs Danton Ferrell Syracuse Ohio in Sharon Methodist Church June 9. Officiant Toy W A Brus provided nuptial music with Louise Crowder and Charlotte Williams assisting. The bride wore family bonds and was attended by her sister Louise with ushers John Franklin James Edmond and Kenneth Halbrook. Best man was Damon Ferrell. The couple will reside in Washington DC.
Whitesville Mr and Mrs William Hornsby announce the marriage of their daughter Wanda Hornsby Massey to Virgil Dean of Fosterville. Rev A Venezia performed the double ring ceremony June 14 at Comfort Presbyterian Church. The couple resides in Fosterville.
Mrs. T. L. McElfresh told Elkiney Homemakers Club that only 20 percent of West Virginia women have wills and urged making or updating them. She advised consulting a lawyer, understanding will terms, and keeping plans current. The group planned a July picnic at Timberland hosted by Carbide families and voted to donate to the Army Maternity Hospital, with twelve members attending at Mrs. Charles Paisley’s home.
Mrs. Joseph D. Noell recently left Ka nawha Blvd to return to Washington D C after visiting her niece Miss Elizabeth Hubbard. Mrs. Jouts Atha of St Louis Mo visits Staunton Hill. Dr. and Mrs. John Marquis of Staunton Ave return from travels in Boston New York City and Chestnut Hill Pa visiting Mr. and Mrs. George P. Scurria.
Miss Joan Marquis, recently graduated from Smith College, accompanied a bed bound relative home. Mr. and Mrs. Page Henley returned to Charlottesville after visiting his parents on Chestnut Road. Charles Johnson of Cincinnati spent the weekend with his parents on Walnut Road. Mrs. Thomas L. Horn Jr. and infant Ann Hollister left Charleston Memorial Hospital for Edgewood. Beverley Broun returns from Sea Island Georgia.
Constance Jean Boggs and Cecil Thomas Hill the third. Dunbar residents. marriage officiated by Rev. George R. Pauley at First Baptist Church of Dunbar on May 27. Bride wore nylon tulle gown. bridegroom is Navy serviceman. Sister Sally Ellen Bors maid of honor. several bridesmaids and attendants named. Groom’s cousin Thomas W. Hill best man. Couple to Myrtle Beach for wedding trip. later plans given. Mrs. Hill graduated from Tos gan Mich Schaal. employed at Miller Drug Store in Dunbar. Groom a Dunbar High School graduate. electronics trainee in Memphis. en route to Hawaii for two years. Mrs. Hill to accompany on leave.
A list of names and ages shows marriage intentions or licenses for multiple couples. Among those named are Thomas Car of West Virginia Street East and Betty Raekins, 23, of 1578 Connell Place. Edmond Joney Jr. and Mary Ann Andrews. James Martin Karnes, 70, and Judith Ann Hoffman, 20. and several other pairs with addresses in Edmond, Charleston, and nearby areas.
Paul Botarsky, speaker at the West Virginia Federation of Women's Club mid-year meeting, was misquoted as citing tourism among emphasized fields by the new Department of Commerce. He noted other listed areas like planning and distribution concerns for the state's brochure.
Pillows should be cleaned periodically to stay sanitary and restore fluff. Feathers are cleaned and put back into new feather proof ticking. Charleston pickup station listed with phone number Ri 4.1491.
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