Three to Receive Chevalier Degree of DeMolay
The Chevalier degree of the Order of DeMolay will be conferred at 7 30 p m Saturday at the Shrine Mosque in a public ceremony. It honors outstanding service and will go to Kent Daniels Cecil Keener Jr and Paul Wickert. The event is led by Roeco J Gorman with Carl Gusikey of Wheeling.
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Order of DeMolay
Shrine
Kent Daniels
Cecil Keener, Jr
Paul Wickert
Roeco J. Gorman
West Virginia
Carl Gusikey
Wheeling
Clarence Ogle
Herbert H. Jarrett
James Spencer
West
John M. Kay
South
Charles Stouch
Mr. Gorman
Sphinx Club
de- Molay
Paul Kautz
MacArthur Pays 14.90 Daily for Waldorf Suite
The New York Post reports General Douglas MacArthur now pays 14.90 dollars per day for a 10 room Waldorf-Astoria presidential suite. The hotel declined to comment. Initial reports in April said 130 dollars daily, with a yearly lease later disclosed and a reduced rent amount not revealed.
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New York
New York Post
Douglas MacArthur
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Far East
MacArthur
Marmet Recreation League Seeks Funds via Porchlight Parade
The Marmet Recreation League announces a membership drive starting June 29 with a porchlight parade to raise playground funds. Homeowners are asked to keep porch lights on and have contributions ready as the league expects about 200 attendees and notes the equipment is in poor repair due to Marmet's reduced income.
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Marmet
Marmet Recreation League
Recreation League
Birth Announcements from Town and Surroundings
A series of birth notices from Richwood and nearby towns lists newborns by sex and parental names with dates in late June. Names include Brenda Leed, Frances Perrine Borden, and multiple families from Richwood, Charleston, Nitro, Elkview, and surrounding communities, noting hospitals and home addresses. A closing line promotes enriched breakfast cereals highlighting iron thiamine and zinc.
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Brenda Leed
Thomas Lee Borden
Richwood
Sacred Heart Hospital
Borden
Frances Perrine
Pvt
Camp Gordon, Ga
Army Captain Receives 25th Medal of Honor for Korea Charge
Captain Lewis L. Millett of South Dartmouth Massachusetts earned the 25th Medal of Honor for leading a 25th Infantry Division unit in a bayonet charge on a fortified enemy position in Korea. He bayoneted two foes and urged his men forward with grenades and shouted orders, inspiring a hill assault that drove the enemy from the position. Millett, 30, was battlefield commissioned in 1944 and has many decorations.
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Washington
Lewis L. Millett
South Dartmouth
Mass
Korea
Millett
25Th Infantry Division
Follansbee Steel to Close for Summer Vacations
Follansbee Steel Corp announced the plant will shut down next week for vacations. Older employees will receive their second and third weeks of vacation at later dates, with a Sheet subsidiary affected.
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Follansbee Steel Corp
Follansbee
Sheet
Metal Specialties to Close Pits Two Weeks in July
Metal Specialties Co plans a two week shutdown of pit operations in July affecting about 1,000 hourly production workers. The move aims to align with ongoing process changes and scheduling needs across the plant.
Marshall Plans Tour For 100 Young People
Huntington residents learn that 100 young people will depart August 25 for an eight day eastern seaboard vacation tour. The trip, sponsored by the Marshall College journalism department, is open to those at least 18 years old recommended by a Marshall student or faculty member. This marks the 19th annual tour with reservations required.
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Huntington
Eastern
Seaboard
Marshall College Journalism Department
Marshall
Journalism Professor Pitt Outlines 100 Reservation Trip
Journalism Professor W. Page Pitt said more than half the 100 reservations are taken. The voyage will be by train and cover New York Philadelphia Atlantic City Washington and West Point.
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W. Page Pitt
New York
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Washington
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Veteran lawmaker Enrolls in Purdue Extension Shop Course
Bedford Indiana June 27 Elza Van Briggle 72 year old retiree returns to study in a shop management course offered by Purdue University extension center.
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Bedford
Ind
Elza van Briggle
Jschool
Purdue!s University Extension Center
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