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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1949
Page
2
A fragmented beauty column shows Lois Leeds answering reader questions on facial cleansing, hair care, rouge placement, and makeup tips. The text discusses using face cloths, rinsing with clear water, hair brushing techniques, bluing hair, and achieving a glossy look with brilliantine for a dark hair shade.
Today's Club Calendar lists Eayopa Delis Delphinn chapter breakfast bridge at 10 30 a.m. at Hom o t Mrs J L Guthrie on Kanawha Blvd. Better Mathers club of South Willy hosts dinner and installation of officers at 4 p.m. Merry Manor York schools notes the bride, a former Richman Bros. bookkeeper, is widowed. Her husband, a Charleston Dept. store partner, has a rich educational background including Salem College Ohio State University University of Cincinnati Morris Harvey and a B S in physics from the University of Arizona. He studied at Mason College of Music and is a member of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Music Players.
Miss Gloria Vigadi and Melvin Phillip Ogrin wed last Sunday afternoon at the Daniel Boone hotel with Rabbi Samuel Cooper officiating under a greenery canopy. Attendants included Dorothy Vigach and Leslie Ogrin. reception followed then a trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Officers installed for Les Chercheuses club ceremony Friday night were James Stanley Young president, Sherman Smoot vice president, William Holmes recording secretary, Clarence Mickey corresponding secretary, Charles A. Preston treasurer, Fred Page parliamentarian, Mrs. James H. Nelson welcomed as a new member.
Miss Annette Smiley returned from a 10 day stay in New York City. Mrs N.8 Louderback spent the weekend in Morgantown with her son Robert a summer student at West Virginia University. Mr and Mrs George King and sons of Ridgemont Rd returned from vacation in Denver Chicago where he attended the annual convention of the National Association of Detail Growers. Mr and Mrs Charles A Graham of Marmet Me and Mrs Leroy Snodgrass of Davis Creek spent the weekend in Virginia.
A garbled note promotes Anne Adams sewing patterns from The Charleston Gazette. It touts a sundress pattern 4629 in multiple sizes with easy-to-sew illustrated instructions and a complete fit, inviting readers to mail twenty five cents and include name, address, zone, size, and style number. It promises a summer pattern bank and a free shampoo and make up smock in the book, asking fifteen cents more for the book.
The wedding of Miss Mary Alice Goodrich and Mr. Benjamin Franklin Houston Jr occurred Saturday afternoon at St. Albans Episcopal Church in Washington DC. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Edgar Jennings Goodrich, wore lace and nylon net with a veil. attendants wore apple marquisette gowns and carried red roses. Guests included Charleston natives and family members. the couple danced at Chevy Chase Country Club reception with notable attendees.
Nancy Bell daughter of Mr and Mrs G Bell of Smithers married Kevin Owan son of Mr and Mrs Henry Rowan of Poorer at St Anthony's liturgical church on Friday. Attendants Miss Mary Jsue Rowan and John Parl Smith jr. of South Charleston. The couple plan a honeymoon in Mont Vernon and will reside in Princeton WV.
Whitesylle couple Everette and Mrs. Holsteis announce the June 1 wedding of their daughter Pauline to Marvin E. Filey son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Files of Grand Junction Colorado with Rev. Robert Guelteh presiding. The bride attended Sherman high and worked as cashier at the Abacone theater. The groom is a Navy sailor stationed at Newport Rhode Island and the bride will join him after July 1.
In Montgomery on Fahe 19 at the home of Mr and Mrs Delmay Sagraves, Miss Rowena Steele Brand wed Edward Gonano, son of Mr and Mrs Lino Gonano of Parton. Rev B W Jones officiated. attire featured aqua linen frock with rhinestone trim and white orchid corsage. The couple will reside at Carlton Heights, Montgomery after a honeymoon.
N B Cobbs hosted a dinner at their Coal Branch Road home with guests including J Tickle Hattie Ball For rest J Tedls and Forrest Feats from Washington. Eunice Burgess marries Mur rill Collins in Catlettsburg Kentucky on June 4 announced by Lewis and Eunice Burgess of Shively.
Mrs Collins, a Chaproanville Rink school graduate, works for the Atlantic and Pacific Tesco. Her husband, a Logan High School alumnus, is employed in Huntington, and they plan to relocate or wed in the near future.
Mia and Thomas Connolly of Sand Beach Toledo advocate New Perk Soap noting weekly trips to the grocer and claims of whiter brighter clothes. The family cheers the product saying Perk delivers the whitest washes and saves money.
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