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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1957

Page

9

Leadership Plaque Awarded at Oak Hill Lions Club

Oak Hill Lions Club installed R W Flack as president with Dr C L Kennedy presiding. Edward Radford and Eugene Carter named first and second vice presidents, others elected or reappointed. Outgoing president William Moore announced the district leadership plaque. Red Cross official Rick De Santos warned Fayette County has not participated in blood programs for 18 months. The club moved the Bloodmobile stop to July 2 after voting previously to deploy in August.

Edward Radford Eugene Carter James Pete) Kesler Tt. E. Cavendish C. G. Herndon Milton G. Robinson W. E. (Sammy) Fox Gordon Spessard Glen Kincaid William Moore Oak Fill Lions Club Rick DeSantos Red Cross Regional Blood Center Huntington Fayette County Oak Hill Lions Club Red Cross

Rock N Roll Show Grips Municipal Auditorium Tonight

Hucklebuck Paul Williams appears with his band at Municipal Auditorium for the 1957 Rock Roll Show headlined by Ruth Brown with The Drifters The Five Latins Youngblood Coasters Bo Diddley Johnny Hartman Smiley Lewis Schoolboys Spence Twins Show starts 10 p.m. dancing to 2 a.m. Tickets at Galperin's Guthrie Beane's and the box office.

Paul Hucklebuck) Williams Municipal Auditorium Ruth Miss Rhythm) Brown Drifters Five Latins Youngblood Coasters Bo Diddley Johnny ‘Hartman Smiley Lewis the Schoolboys Spence Twins Galperin Guthrie Beane

Musicians Union Plans Two Free Concerts

Charleston Musicians' Union members will hold two free band concerts. A 40 piece group will perform at 3 p.m. tomorrow on the north side of the state capitol, with W. R. Want conducting at the capitol site, and a second performance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Mound in South Charleston. The events are financed by a grant from the Music Performance Trust Fund.

Charleston Musicians’ Union State Capitol Mound South Charleston J. Merle Hammett W. R. Want Capitol Music Performance Trust Fund Hammett

West Virginia convention and society meetings on Friday

Daniel Beene reports multiple events across Charleston and South Charleston including a Launderers and Dry Cleaners Assn convention at the Ruffner Hotel with sessions 9 a m to 5 p m and a dinner dance at 7 p m. Investors Diversified Service holds a 10 a m to 5 p m meeting with a luncheon at 1 p m. Panther Co hosts a noon luncheon and a Miss West Virginia judging contest at 8 p m with a dinner dance also noted. The 1932 class reunion at Ruffner Hotel includes a 7 p m dinner dance in South Charleston.

Daniel Beene West Virginia Ruffner Hotel South Charleston

Airline Seeks Rate Revision from CAB

American Airlines urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to raise airfares to ensure adequate earnings for carriers. President C. R. Smith argued current regulations do not reflect rising costs, citing a 1941 DC3 price and a 5 million dollar jet program, and proposed cutting family discounts, removing roundtrip discounts and stopovers, and approving a 6 percent interim fare increase.

New York American Airlines Civil Aeronautics Board C. R. Smith Smith CAB

State Beauty To Be Picked At West Virginia Pageant

West Virginia's entry in the Miss Universe contest will be chosen tonight at a beauty pageant in the ballroom of the Daniel Boone Hotel. About 75 girls compete when the show starts at 8 30. A Teen Queen will also be selected from contestants under 14. Miss West Virginia will compete in the Miss Universe contest at Long Beach California.

West Virginia Daniel Boone Hotel C. H. Beckett Tin Long Beach Calif

Woman Cabinet Post Shocks Canada In Diefenbaker Win

Ottawa June 21 The Conservatives seized control after 22 years in eclipse and elevated a woman to full Cabinet rank Ellen Fairclough is secretary for state. John Diefenbaker sworn in as prime minister with 16 others. He will visit London for a Commonwealth meeting as several ministries shift. The party holds 109 seats to Liberal 105 with a potential new election looming.

Ottawa John Diefenbaker Saskatchewan Ellen Fairclough U. S. State Department Diefenbaker Lester B. Pearson London British Commonwealth G.R. Pearkes Howard Green Donald Fleming A. J. Brooks Veterans George Hees Transport Leon Baker Gordon Churchill Davie Fulton Justice George Nowlan National Revenue Douglas Harkness Angus MacLean Michael Starr Labor William Hamilton J. M. MacDonnell New J Canada

Fort Hill Developments and Others Property Transfers

A garbled list of real estate transfers and parcels across multiple districts. Names include Fort Hill Development Co Bragg Elswick Theodera Mason Massey Wiseman Spitheon Saunders McFarland and others, with parcels in Elk Dist Union Dist Marmat London and Charleston City boundaries.

Fort Hill Development Co Gens Levoy Ace Lake Ines Homer ’. Bragg Eotetes Jefferson Mold Elswick Theodera Wich Elk Distry Iew Tyas Guendien Mar Af C. Massey Adda Bouth Kanawha Porter Properties Earl N. Jennings W. Terry ‘Young Laume R. Wiseman Jeune Bi ‘Alkée Wits Meyville D Marie Burks Tyureiin Deway E. Sand Fred Ue Jean C. Spitheon Roy MM. Sapre Belmont Tate Union Dist Oodree & Rowena Inc Daniel C. Halt Mallory Sr Leura A ‘Uly Donald O. Maliver al Oeeien C. Nicholson Frederick G. Ranverot Sherwood Forest London Dist Coerfield Land Co Sam Meng Gal E Block A Reynolds Marmat Lydia Margaret Bilen Fox Nunley Od & Block North St. Aleann Ay Charleston City Robert

Television Preview Highlights Classic Saturday Lineup

TV Key previews Saturdays top shows with cast notes and air times. The Buccaneers presents Slave Ship a daring episode with captains and lifeboats as Dan pursues renegades. Julius La Rosa Show features June Valli Everly Brothers and George De Witt in color. The Man in the Elevator opens George Sanders Mystery Theatre with Hitchcockian flair, followed by Gunsmoke at 9 p.m. on NBC.

TV Key New York Holly THE Buccaneers Dan CBS Julius LA Rosa Julie June Valli Everly Bros la Rosa George de Witt NBC George Sanders Mystery Theatre George Sanders Hitchcock Hitchcock

Today's Best TV Movies Tonight

A Yank in the RAF follows a war era romance as a man joins the RAF to be near his girlfriend. Fighter Squadron presents a wartime aerial combat film with limited action and a quick-trigger gunslinger subplot. Marshal Dillon offers a western with psychology and a solid Den ver Pyle performance.

Yank RAF Dodge City Marshal Dillon Denver Pyle CBS

Droodles and a Swim Week Project at Coney Island

A playful note for National Swim For Health Week mentions swimming at Coney Island with colleagues Dr. Schwine Dr. Kitzenger and Mrs. Schwine who arrives in a bikini made from old sheets. The piece also notes a crude joke about Mrs. Schwine’s figure and a court filing by Hershel Columbus Milter for a debt extension with liabilities of 318.43 and assets of 30.

Coney Island Sarrree Retieee Dr. Schwine Kitzenger Schwine Jackie Gleason U. S. District Court Hershel Columbus Milter MacCorkle Ave

Driver’s license test loan ends in probation

Grant Scott, 49, of 1922 12 Fourth Ave, was placed on two years probation in In termmediate Court after pleading guilty to attempted grand larceny. He borrowed his employer Cunningham Funeral Home’s car to take a driver’s license test in Elkins, where state police arrested him with a companion. Tests were not available that day.

Elkins Grant Scott Fourth Ave Clay F. Peters Scott Cunningham Funeral Home

Young Lovers Elopement Foiled by Guards in Canada Run

Washington June 21 An 18 year old ex Senate page Huw Williams disclosed he and Christina Wennerstrom 16 daughter of a Swedish diplomat were thwarted in a new attempt to run away. Police guarded Christina in front of her home as they planned to elope at four this morning. Swedish embassy said Christina should return to Sweden and resume schooling. Williams vowed to pursue marriage if money allowed, while Christina’s father Col Stig Wennerstrom a former Swedish attache was reassigned to Stockholm. The couple’s Canada trip left them nearly broke but police later returned them to parental control.

Washington INS Huw Williams Senate Christina Wennerstrom New Y York Journal-American Williams Canada Christina Sweden Pennsylvania Northland Nan Williams Hugo Lindgren Ladhe Charles Town W. Va Col Stig Wennerstrom Stockholm Wennerstrom U. S

Woman Guilty In 68-Cent Theft

A Charleston secretary, 52-year-old Bess May Good, was convicted yesterday of stealing 68 cents of merchandise from J. C. Penney Co. Police Judge James McWhorter postponed sentencing to next Friday pending background checks. Good was defended by her employer, J. Raymond Gordon, who testified for her. The trial noted the small amount and questioned why shoplifters steal such minor items.

Charleston J. C. Penney Co James McWhorter Bess May Good Miller St J. Raymond Gordon

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