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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1933
Page
19
The West Side Woman's Club hosted its annual picnic at the county swimming pool with many members and guests attending. Notable attendees included Mr. and Mrs. T. McGevran, Mrs. Selah Rose, and Mrs. Rome Chandler, among others. The event featured social gatherings at various summer camps and updates on club activities and sorority meetings.
Nitro News reports a bridge club gathering on Twenty third Street with several members named. The Nitro independent baseball team travels to Ward for a return game after Ward’s 7 to 1 win in Nitro. Manager Snyder lists 12 players for the trip. A Nitro girls picnic honors Rita and Virginia Lathrop of Charleston. Viscose league action has the Yankees beating the Indians six to five with Wright and Lunsford handling pitching and catching. Street work continues on Nitro streets with ditch digging for drainage. A Boy Scout meeting at Nitro Town Hall on Tuesday at eight features 31 merit badges, two Star Scouts, one advancement, and a talk by Scout executive M H Kinsey with patriotic songs.
Mrs Emma 1 and Mrs Edwin Robinson of Fairmont preside ascorresponding secretary and treasurer at a governor’s residence tea in Morgantown. The event includes registrar Mrs Wye from Uomvon and Huntington figures Mrs View tevin Rhonburg Vickers among attendees.
The Nitro interchurch league standings show Pet Baptist, Methodist, United Brethren, and Presbyterians in top spots with two weeks left in the schedule. Nitro election day closes the bank near Nitro with polling at the town hall and Magistrate James Goodwin's office. Local social updates note Mrs Paxton's illness improving, W F Wilson visiting Grafton, and several residents traveling or relocating, including Crow's new Rubber Service Labs job and trips to Lexington and Natural Bridge.
Walter Craig 45 died at Charleston hospital after an ammonia line burst at Bik Refining Company plant Polling Rock yesterday. He was struck on the head and burned over his body. Workmen escaped as the tank burst. Fred White dragged him to safety. Funeral plans set for Hoff man cemetery, Falling Rock Creek. survived by widow Frances and six children.
The daily vacation bible school at First Methodist Episcopal church south will run through next Friday. Junior department is led by Sarita Biré Jean Fisher Frances Noell and Robert Taylor. Primary classes are directed by Virginia Sutherland Ben Davidson Virginis Crowell Nora Hickman Dorothy Gatewood Anne Shaw Watson Wilford Spencer. Beginners are overseen by Helen Rose Cunningham Aliee Witcher Thompson Anna Frances Sutherland. Recreation is supervised by Mildred Crowell Adele Hutchinson and Mrs G W Miller. Reese Punk assists with the junior boys while Mary Baxter leads music.
Mr and Mrs Ira Stone hosted a Friday evening party at East Bank celebrating their daughter Delma s eighteenth birthday. Guests included Mary Leake Rev Hi W, Misses Delma Stone Patricia Angle Catherine Hastings Grace Emma Vin Helen Huttnall Virginia Stone Reba Johnson Miamie Belle Via Evelyn Morris Regina Farry Francia Lee Christian Pauline Johnson Virginia Lyons Maxine Williams Roscille Johnson William Conklin A O Blair Clayton Hudnall Dean Lyons Higmond Hastings Kenneth Lyons James Conklin Ralph Gifford Newman Blair Leo Kppleman William Fulp Melvin Clements Orville Williams jr A Farry Eugene Keeney Ira Stone jr and Ira Stone. Also present were Mrs C H Pierson and daughter Mary from Edgewood and Mrs H M Davidson and son Howard jr of Greensboro NC, returning from a Detroit Chicago trip.
Mr and Mrs John Golden of Belle hosted a birthday party Friday evening at their home in honor of their daughter Joyce Attendees included Jacqueline and Geraldine Thornton Darel Cantner Nancy Lee Fose Helen Jones Nancy Wheeler William Holstein Betty Ritterer William Wheeler and others from Belle Also present were Mrs Clarids Thornton Mrs Less Dawson and Mrs E
E Cantner, Mrs Harry Wheeler, Mrs B Jones, Mrs R W Fox, Mrs Stephen Ritterer and Mrs Eugh Helstein listed in society notices.
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