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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1960
Page
8
A Europe based reader blasts Ann Landers for publishing issues seen as trashy while Landers defends her column as addressing universal human problems. The page also prints reader queries about neighbors and lawns, marital sleep arrangements, and hotel room planning, with brief advice responses.
Anna Marie Mehalko daughter of Mr and Mrs George R Mehalko of Suffolk Virginia married Gillie W Runyan son of Mr and Mrs YT J Runyan of Huddy. Rev Edward A Griffin officiated at Blessed Sacrament Church South Charleston. The couple reside at 424 17th Street Dunbar after a Detroit honeymoon.
Mrs. John W. Hash installed new Shawnee Garden Club officers at the Army Navy Club following the annual luncheon. Elected were Mrs. Vernon Frazier president and Mrs. J N Staton first vice president, with others serving as second vice president secretary treasurer librarian and committee heads for programs yearbook finance civic improvement social and hospitality exhibit horticulture conservation membership telephone publicity.
Rev Willie August officiated a double ring ceremony uniting Miss Jean Varney and Frank Beard at Eunice Baptist Church on Friday June 17. The bride wore a white lace over satin ballerina dress with bow, gloves, a white bible with an orchid, and seed pearl headpiece. Maude Beard served as maid of honor, Virginia Cornett as bridesmaid, and Diane Peitry and Pamela Lyon Hensley as flower girls. David Lynch was best man with sender ushers.
A long list of birth notices from Charleston area homes, naming parents, addresses, and newborn sexes with May and June birth dates. Notable entries include multiple Charleston and Dunbar families, with several twins and a few girls and boys born between May 7 and June 30. The text also notes a June marriage ceremony of E. E. Varney Jr. and Charles Beard with pre-nuptial music and an Evangeline Theta Rho Girls Club connection.
Rev. Howard Franklin Jr. officiated as Loretta Flint and Donald L. Smith exchanged vows at Handley Baptist Church on Friday June 10. The couple, daughter and son of Cecil and Erma Flint Standard and Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Smith Hansford, will reside at Handley after a brief wedding trip.
An old age colon weakens peristalsis causing dry hardened waste and constipation. The ad promotes COLONAID as a three part solution improving lubrication bulking and nerve reflexes for gentle overnight relief. It claims hospital safety for expectant mothers and no vitamin absorption interference. Introductory size offered.
Miss Anna Mae Smith wed James P Ballengee in a ceremony at the Meadows home in Spring Hill. Attendants included Mrs Meadows and A Kyle Levin. Rev Harold Runyan officiated. The couple, Gauley Bridge High alumni, reside in Falls View after a southern honeymoon. Ballengee works at Union Carbide Metals in Alloy. Smith trained at Charleston General Hospital School of Nursing.
Announcement for patrons that Miss Haslacker, a popular Charleston hairstylist, has relocated to Linda's New Beauty Salon in Kanawha City. The shop offers air conditioning, a casual atmosphere, and free parking at 308 41st St. Phone WA 5-4734.
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