Katherine Lyons Weds Mr Harper in Crescent Road Church
Ruth Facemire of Welsh treet announces the marriage of her daughter Katherine Lyons to Alfred Lee Harper. Rev. Lewis Mauck officiated at 8 p.m. June 12 at Marple Memorial Pentecostal Church. Virginia Fink and Opal Whittington led a musical program before the ceremony. The bride wore white sharkskin with red rosebud corsage. Cedalian Lyons was her attendant. John Cook served as best man. Mrs Harper attended Dayton and Charleston schools and sang with Ghost Glee Club and A Capella choir. A shower and Homes party followed at a Crescent Road home hosted by Mrs Facemire and Mrs Whittington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Facemite
Welshtreet
Katherine Lyons
Alfred Lee Harper
John Harser
East Washington Etreet
Lewis Mauck
Apostole Gospel Church
Kanauwha City
Marple Memorial Pentecus Church
Virginia Fink
Iar
Opal Whittington
Cedaliah Lyons
Opal Frances Facemire
Messrs
D. W. Ross
John Cook
Tilly Lyons
D. Ef, Pickering
Harry Calvert
W. J. Conway
James Whittington
Alfred Harper
Shower Honors Mrs Saunders at Seventh Avenue Party
Mrs Paul Haynes and Mrs Claude Haynes hosted a Tuesday night shower for Mrs Ray Saunders at Mrs J A Haynes home on Seventh avenue. Attendees included Mrs Ted Long Mrs Harold Mulholland Mrs Jack Pile and many others with a list of guests and debutantes noted among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Haynes
Claude Haynes
Ray Saunders
J. A. Haynes
Seventh Avenue
Mary Micely
Virginia Staats
Ada Mae French
M. J. Saunders
Leote
Tores
John Frame
Jack Lawson
Lucille Mitchell
Laura Withrow
Thomas J. Osborne
Helen Horn
Anita Caehran
Marcine Harkins
Charlotte Taylor
Leatha Horn
Annie Shays
Carolyn Frame
Ruth Williams
Bernice Lemons
Visitors Honor Miss Rebecca Morgan At Edgewood Luncheon
Miss Rebecca Morgan was honored at a luncheon at Edgewood Country Club. Guests complimented Misses Margaret Byrd and Anne Kerr Russell of Winchester, Virginia, hosted by Miss Anni Fischer Payne of Virginia Street. Attendees included Miss Payne and Mrs Mary W. Kearse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Morgan
Edgewood Country Club
Margaret Byrd
Anne Kerr Russell
Wineychester
Anni Fischer Payne
Virginia Street
Miss Payne
Oontz
Bet
Hartley Child Feted On Betty Jean Hartley Birthday
Mrs Carl Hartley of Jodie honored her daughter Betty Jean on her ninth birthday with a party. Attending were Ruth Gray Gladis Keith Eleanor Gray Peggy Dotson Oralee Cowell Dolores Sims Norma Gray Norne Gray Betty Rogers Helen Hartley Doris Ann Hartley Nora Keith Karma Keith Rosalie Gray Emergene Werd Aline Ward Bobby Detzon Dana Baker Junior Keith Jerry Humphery Donald Sims Bobbie Hartley Est David Gray and Jerry Hartley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hartley
Jodie
Betty Jean
Ruth Gray
Gladis Keith
Eleanor Gray
Peggy Dotson
Oralee Cowell
Dolores Sims
Norma Gray
Norne Gray
Betty Rogers
Helen Hartley
Doris Ann Hartley
Nora Keith
Karma Keith
Rosalie Gray
Emergene Werd
Aline Ward
Bobby Detzon
Dana Baker
Junior Keith
Jerry Humphery
Donald Sims
Bobby Hartley
David Gray
Jerry Hartley
Double Wedding in Ashland for Carpenter and Sanders Couples
A double wedding occurred on June 18 in Ashland. Loretta A. Carpenter wed C Dirl Vannoy, and Inzel Sanders wed Hesiry A. Carpenter. Rev Wick Woods officiated. The Vannoys’ and Carol Carpenter’s parents are named, linking to Guthrie and the late George Sanders family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Loretta A. Carpenter
C. Dirl Vannoy
Inzel Sanders
Hesiry A. Carpenter
Wick Woods
5. Senter
Guthrie
Vannoy
Mr Carpenter
George Sanders
City
Social notes of visits and travels across states
A long list of residents and guests details weekend plans and travels. Mr C C Redden Jr and Mrs Redden of Bigley avenue head to Detroit and northern Ohio. Mr Jackson M Jarvis of Clarks hire visits Virginia street parents then to Fort Knox for military duty. The Truslow family moves from Quarrier street to Brassford street Virginia apartments. Various guests stay in Craigsville Virginia and Gloucester Massachusetts. Numerous others including Scherr, Leopold, Kleeman, Laslie, Lege, Truslow, Henson, McCaskell, Carroll, Mays, Williamson, Treadgold, Pritchard, Byrne, Caperton, Battle, Avis, Caperton jr, McFarland, Cobb, Cammack, and McAlpin are noted with travels, visits, and hotel stays across cities such as Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Atlantic City, Nashville, and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson M. Jarvis
Clarkshire
B. B. Jarvis
Virginia Street
Fort Knox
Bridge Club Meeting At Woodside Country Club Dinner Dance
Members of a bridge club will gather for a dinner and bridge session at Woodside Country Club. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Walter Cnopey Dr and Mrs Randolph Anderson Dr and Mrs Maxfield Barber Mr and Mrs Stanley Morris Mr and Mrs A G Treadgold Mr and Mrs Howard Klostermeyer Mr and Mrs Warren Miller of Mansfield and Mr and Mrs Herbert Muys of Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edeewood Country
Walter Cnopey
Randolph Anderson
Maxfield Barber
Stanley Morris
A. G. Treadgold
Howard Klostermeyer
Warren Miller
Mansfiield, C
Herbert. Muys
Justices of Peace Begin Conference in Clarksburg
In Clarksburg a few hundred justices of the peace gather for their annual meeting to oppose a proposed constitution amendment aimed at abolishing their offices. The group plans resolutions against all three November ballot changes and argues for retention of the justice system with reforms. A preliminary forum and banquet dot the program, with U. S. Sen. M. M. Neely slated to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Justices of the Peace
Montgomery Hanenel
Montgomery
Magistrates’ Association
U. S
M. M. Neely
Neely
Former Resident Will Wed in Ohio
A former resident travels to Cincinnati to attend the wedding of Ruth Leamer and Dr. Thomas Gorsuch this afternoon. Dr. A B Leamer will conduct the ceremony at 2 p.m. at the Gorsuch home. The bride elect is a Wittenberg graduate and Chi Omega alumna, now a clinician in Cincinnati. the groom recently graduated from Cincinnati Medical College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ann
Cincinnati
Oxford
Kaviz
Ruth Leamer
Thomas Gorsuch
A. B. Leamer
Gorsuch
Roy Gorsuch
Dr. Leamer
Trinity Lutheran Church
Charleston
St Mark's Wubheran Church
Quikland
Leamer
Wittensberg College
Springfield, CO
Chi Omega Sorority
Branch Hospital
Cincinnati Medical College
Kautz
New Quota Opened For Army Recruiting In Midwest
The fifth army district authorizes 3,000 more men to be recruited before August 1, in addition to the 1,75 quota already filled. Men 18 to 35 with various aptitudes are invited across Ohio Kentucky Indiana West Virginia and nearby areas. Brig Gen Campbell B Horges expects to meet the quota with continued local efforts. Local headquarters are at 11 Capitol Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virgina
Campbell B. Horges
Lora
Capitol Street
Sales tax charge leads to $50 fine for dealer
Lewis Skaff, proprietor of The it was, was fined $50 yesterday by Justice of the Peace M. G. Thayer on a charge of withholding consumers sales tax. The charge was filed by William RB Shelton Jr, deputy in the state tax department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Skaff
Justice of the Peace
M. G. Thayer
William Rb, Shelton, Jr
State Tax Department
Mrs Skuce Hosts Bridge Party in Staunton honor
Mrs Skuce entertained Mrs Thomas W Skuce at a bridge party yesterday morning at her Staunton avenue home in Staunton. The event honored Mrs Pay Lowe of Morgantown. Guests included TD As John Gown ML O'Neale Huml OW Walter King Fruink Stearns Guy Asi and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Skuce
Edo
Staunton Avenue
Pay Lowe
Morgantown
Weere
John Gown
O'Neale
Humlmeter
Wilean
Walter King
Fruink Stearns
Guy Asi
Miss Audrey Duncan to Wed Willard Fitzgerald in June
Wilfred Miss Audrey Duncan of Oak Hill will marry June 29 to Willard Fitzgerald of Fayetteville. The couple were honored guests at a miscellane ous shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James Sower in Oak Hill. The bride attended Oak Hill High School and the groom, in the contracting business at Lochgelly, attended Fayetteville High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Duncan
Frank Duncan
Oak Hill
Willard Fitzgerald
D. L. Fitzgerald
Fayetteville
Miss Genevieve Starcher Wins $10,000 Jury Judgement
A West Virginia jury awarded Miss Genevieve Starcher ten thousand dollars in her fifty thousand dollar suit against Armstrong and Company of Washington D C, for injuries from a head on collision with a truck driven by C Goff of Charleston on September 26 1938 on Sissonville road. Starcher, a state education department supervisor, suffered two broken heels and now requires leg braces and a crutch. The case previously ended in a hung jury in February before a ten thousand dollar verdict and a thirteen hundred dollar settlement finalized last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aelvonit
Genevieve Starcher
W. HH. Armstrong and Company
Washington, D. Cy
Starcher
Sons of Italy Declared First of All Americans
Curly DiTosti president of the Christopher Columbus lodge cites a Massachusetts supreme court telegram from Judge Felix Forte to show unity among Sons of Italy members. Forte’s stance, approved by lodge heads, regrets Italy’s alliance with Hungary amid a wave of national sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of
Italy
Bray resigns as state commodities director
A.W. Gurnett announced Peyton Bray, longtime head of the commodities distribution program since 1934, has resigned from state service to enter private employment. George Fisher will oversee duties temporarily as Gurnett plans an immediate appointment to fill the post. Bray hails from Greenbrier County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton Bray
A.W. Gurnett
Department of Public Assistance
Bray
Greenbrier County
State Service
Ginett Eid
George Fisher
Commodities Divie
Japan Strengthens Stand in Orient
Circles close to the government indicate a three point policy: closer relations with Germany and Italy, possible action in British and French possessions in the southern Orient, and a negative stance toward American rapprochement. Japan’s foreign policy reportedly shifts to meet rapid European events and would take a stronger hand in the southern Orient if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Italy
Orient
Europe
Church Circle Activities and Revival Events Across Town
Church circles hosted meetings and luncheons at local homes with devotionals led by Circle No 5 and Circle No 7. Evangelistic services continued at Hernshaw tent with speakers from Charleston and Sciotoville, plus a Sullivan String Band concert and a missionary from India. A revival and all day meeting were planned at local holiness camps, and the Central Methodist women observed their 60th anniversary with the Heroines of Faith pageant and future consolidation into the United Methodist Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Time Religion Tabernacle
Cooper's Creek
Earl G. Hissom
Charleston
A. L. Baldridge
Sciotoville
Sullivan String Band
Huntington
Hissom
Pennsylvania Avenue
Spring Street
Earl Dulaney
Ashland
Woman's Auxiliary
Central Methodist Church
Woman's Home ‘Missionary Society
B. B. Arnett
Rosanelle Gro
Rutherford B. Hayes
U. S
United Methodist Church
Women's Society For Christian Service
W. T. Stotherton
Normanie Holding
Woman's Missionary Society of
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Picnic Set Today By Bnai Jacob Synagogue
The annual picnic of Bnai Jacob synagogue is sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary tomorrow at the 4 H dair grounds near Dun it. Bus transportation for children from Sunday and Hebrew schools will be provided at 1 a.m. from the su.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B'nai Jacob
Dair
Dunit
Thigh Thinning and Weight Gain in Figure Types
Beauty column by Lois Leeds outlines methods for a “combination figure type” with hips and thighs fuller than arms and bust. It discusses thigh slimming via squats and leg extensions, beginner knee bends, plus weight gain strategies to reduce premature age lines on face throat and hands. It promotes exercises, body massage, and breathing and stretching routines to balance the figure and improve posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dune
Grace Bradley
Paramount Studios
Jim Davies
Eith
Wright
Pauline Elliott Heads County Directors Association
Mrs Pauline Elliott of Welch was elected president of the Association of County Directors at the group’s semi annual conference dinner at the Ruffner hotel McDowell county director she heads served as president Others elected included Robert Gibson Romney Hampshire first vice president W H Patton Huntington Cabell second vice president Mrs Mary Middleton Point Pleasant Mason county director third vice president Edward Worel Beckley Raleigh secretary Robert McMahon New Cumberland Hancock treasurer John T Morgan chaired the state advisory board Col Ames J Pratt Kanawha county director gave Garnett a wrist watch for his birthday A discussion on relief and assistance problems followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Eliott
Welch
Association of County Directors
Department of Public A
Ruffner Hotel
Elliott
McDowell County
Robert Gibson
Romney
Hampshire County
W. H. Patton
Huntington
Cabell County
Mary §. Middleton
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Edward Worel
Beckley
Raleigh
Robert McMahon
New Cumberland
Hancock County
John T. Morgan
State Advisory Board
Department
W. Garnett
Ames J. Pratt
Kanawha
Garnett
Infringement of Copyrights Charged in Damage Suit
Three New York music publishing firms sue Fred Thompson operator of Lover's Leap Inn at Ansted in federal court seeking 1000 damages for the public rendition of four copyrighted songs without permission. Plaintiffs cited Irving Berlin Inc Shapiro Bernstein and company and ABC Music through Gene Buck head of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fred Thompson
Ansted
Road House
Irving Berlin, Inc
Shapiro, Bernstein and Company, Inc
ABC- Music Corporation
Gene Buck
American Society of Oomposerie, Authors and Publishers
Terrace Tenants To Move in Today At Littlesage Terrace
Charleston Housing authorities offices were busy as the first low rent project of 170 units at Littlesage Terrace nears operation. Tenants begin moving in today while 49 on the initial list occupy by afternoon, with others next week. Contractors receive final payment as insurance coverage is arranged for the million dollar property. Moving records and CHA headquarters setup are planned for July 1 in the remodeled Littlepage mansion. Washington Manor progress, aided by good weather, targets completion before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston Housing Authority
Ihe
Littlesage Terrace
Algernon Blair
Clyde Jarrett
Jarrett
CHA
Littlepage
Skilken Brothers
Washington Manor
White End Negra
Bids Sought for Intercity Mail Delivery Route
Postmaster Julius W. Singleton announced bids are being received for delivering mails between Charleston and South post offices. The contract covers mail receipt from the Bowmont route messenger and runs on a yearly basis with bids due by July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
South Post
Julius W. ‘Singleton
Bownemont
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Harper
Mrs. Saunders
Wike Photag
Col
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
Knox
Chicago Daily News
C. C. Redden, Jr
Bigley Avenue
Detroit
William H. Truslow, Jr
Quarrier ‘Street
Virginia Apartments
Brassford Street
K. W. Edmunds
Virginia
Albert Doyle
Craigsville
Edgar Bowles
Gee Street
Gloucester
Mass
Julian Revercomb
Elizabeth Revercomb
Clifton Forge
Franklin Avenue
W. Chapman Revercomb
Clarence Meadows
Edwin G. Scherr
S12
Delaware Avenue
Washington
Philadelphia
New York City
Scherr
Harold Leopold
Youngstown
Kay
E. C. Laslie
Tuskegee, Ala
Mr. Laslie
Mrs. J. Cobb Lastie
Edgewood Drive
Betty Lege
Caroline Truslow
Frances Henson
Henson Camp
Coal River
Melvin McCaskell
Little, Rock, Ark
Charles Pell Lewis, Jr
R. J. Carroll
Anne Carroll
Herbert Mays
Bluefield
Stanley C. Morris
Linden Road
Sara Williamson
Bowling Green
Mary Lee Morris
Miss Williamson
Miss Morris
National Park College
Vanderbdjlt Hotel
Daniel H. Pritchard
Abney Circle
WE. R. Byrne
G. A. Caperton, Jr
Atlantic City
Haddon Hall
W. 0
S. B. Avis
Vern Beach
Fla
Helcombe
Quarrierstr
Ward- Belmont College
Nashville
Katharine Russel
McFar
Land of Pittsburgh
Nancy EB. McFarland
Ethelyn Codb
Frederica Cobb
Buffalo
McFarland
Maas Anne Cammick
David Cammack
St. Louis
Howard Cammack
Fort Will
Lida . Bacon
Will
George Ww. McAlpin
W. Has
Dawson
State Officers of the Loyal Order of Moose
Bridge Club
ELK Furniture CO
Kanawha Blvd
Grd Ave
Justices of Peace Begin Conference
Mrs. Skuce
Wilfred
Sons of Italy
M. M. Messner
Main Street
Circle No. 5
The
Baptist Temple
B. F. Jackson
JJ. G Kuhn
Circle No. 7
J. L. McLane
Lake Chaweva
Homer Thompson
Elizabeth Keeley
G. W. Dobpkins
Jessen
Hernshaw
Billie Holstein
India
Pilgrim Holliness Church
7Th Avenue and
Street
Tra F. Hughart
Elisview
Floyd Helmick
Webster Springs
W. B. Burford
L. S. Frame
Rev D. Stanley
Lois Hughart
Jack Hughart
Oliver Talbert
Lois Leeds
Esright
Paradox
Pauline Elliott
Kellogg's
America
Fas
Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Farm
Pennsylvania Ave
McLane
Vorace
Witvites
Ion
Tien Fae
INDAY
Specia
Were
Peut
Gularar
UCE Co
Guia
Phone Fur
Isles
Gerald R. Trimble
General Mer
Atlantic
Ams
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