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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1950
Page
8
Rexall Dew Co announces Veriloid a prescription medicine that lowers blood pressure by dilating small vessels. Rexall subsidiary Rike Laboratories developed the drug after pharmacologic studies of a plant root native to the Indian plains.
A curious note recalls Pepys as the king of wits and his reputed daily coffee intake of about a0 cups, illustrating a famed literary figure’s habits and legend.
Loretta Hundley of South Charleston is betrothed to Robert Samples son of Clarence and Ethel Samples of South Charleston. A late August wedding is planned. Hundley is a South Charleston High School graduate and Samples is a Clay High School alumnus employed by Carbide. They will reside in South Charleston after marriage.
Miss Georgia Howard married Friday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Ray Howard in Indianapolis Indiana to Mr Richard A Perkins son of Mr and Mrs Richard Perkins of Glasgow The couple will reside in Indianapolis where she works for Lane Bryant Mail Order Co and he for Bryant Healing Co She is a graduate of East Bank High School
Personal notes reveal Mr. and Mrs. James A. Whitlock of Amity Drive hosting brother-in-law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hutt of Fort Pierce Florida formerly of the city. Other mentions include returns from Fayetteville Hill family reunion and travels to San Francisco for a medical society convention. Nina Whitehurst returns from a month in Mexico joined by Mrs. Provence Shultz of Louisville. Mary Louise Barnette spends weekend with Miss Emma Lee Straughan in Virginia Street.
City police reported a West Virginia National Guard truck stolen from a parking lot at Lee and Goshorn Streets. Lt. Col. C. E. Wright described two trucks, one with a canvas tarp and a large tarpaulin on the back, missing since about 9 am Sunday.
Opal Mace and Clinton Hackney married June 3 in a ceremony at the home of Opal’s brother in Spring Hill officiated by Rev. R S Berry. Opal, daughter of Rev. and Mrs C C Mace of Quelley, is a Stonewall Jackson High School graduate employed by Midwest Produce Co. Clinton is from Sissonville, a Morris Harvey College alumnus and Kanawha County teacher. They reside with Opal’s parents.
Dortha Mae Wandling wed Arthur Kay Morris on June 7 at her parents’ Nitro home. Rev. Melvin M. Hayes officiated with attendants Miss Lillian Runyon and Clyde Raynes. The couple, Nitro High School graduates, live at 3207 38th St Nitro. Wandling works for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Morris is employed by Kroger Co.
Alpha Chi Omega Alumnae selected Is. D. L. Desbach as president at a Saturday dinner in Lawson's. Also named were Mrs. Edward C. Frank secretary and Leonard Nussbaum treasurer. Honor guests included husbands of members Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Millington and Mrs. Elizabeth Brant of Lawrence Kan. Afterward Mr. and Mrs. John L. Goshorn hosted at their Cherokee home.
Grand Jury orders lifting of knife slaying charge against Thomas Wesley Crim 29 of Cedar Grove in the Spurgeon Leo Inard 45 of Chesapeake case. Crim awaited preliminary arraignment before Justice Frans Durrett at Chelyan. Inard died after stabbing at Cabin Creek Junction during an argument near Charleston hospital.
A business meeting led by chairman Harry Thompson will follow in Atlanta. Reatha Sweeney presides asMarch Maker discusses plans for sweet potatoes and starch production with emphasis on commercial yields.
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