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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1932
Page
3
From India to the West Indies and Scotland, readers report global participation in George Washington bicentennial events. Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa note official and public observances, editorials, and commemorative activities highlighting Washington and American constitutional ties.
Samples of the 1932 automobile license plates were delivered yesterday to the stated commission. The figures are bright yellow with a dark background and stand out. Criticism arose last winter over Virginia Weense plates resembling those of neighboring states. The commission expects objections will be heard this year. A separate note mentions relations with South Africa as the Ulster Road is renamed George Washington Boulevard. A tree planting ceremony involved Ernest L. Ives and Mrs. Ives hosting at their residence with Pretoria and Johannesburg officials and American residents present. A cedar tree in Joubert Park was planted to honor George Washington with M. K. Moorhead the American consul general. A reception by Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead followed, well attended by officials and residents of South Africa. Newspapers and editorials praised George Washington.
General and Mrs E P Meany of New York and Paris attended an organ recital at the Greenbrier with Mr and Mrs Percival Roberts Jr and others. Mr Clark Palmer and W G Irons of Bronxville played on the links that morning alongside several other golfers including Mr and Mrs Sterling Myer, De Forrest Melton, G M Farrar, H Jacobsen, and H B D.
A jumble of names fills a Western Virginia Rd scene with guests arriving from Philadelphia New York Jersey City Bronxville Durham Narbeth Narbeth and Cincinnati. Among them Mr and Mrs John H Silver Mrs Welter Hardy and Mr and Mrs Forrest visit for extended visits.
The Omega convention from June 25 to 29 will present the National Achievement Award to Dr Florence Sabin, distinguished anatomist at the Rockefeller Institute in New York. World known women scientists and doctors are slated to attend, including Miss Elizabeth Jackson of New York, Miss Drusilla Gibson of Los Angeles, Miss Annie Whiteside of Belt Buckle Tennessee, Mrs Vesta Watson of Washington DC, and Miss Helen Nieman.
Gheer of Albany and Mrs B M Banavan of Detroit are mentioned in the notice with no further context available.
West Virginia report notes committee telegraphs from Washington approving the comptroller of the currency to open a bank to take over National Exchange Bank. Suspended plans in Glarkeburg and Hays. In others, Iion bridge snapped, and a Hartford resident found struck on railroad tracks. French Lick district man dies after train injuries. Wales census reversal yields population 2,503,014.
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