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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1947
Page
20
The article notes Ena, a junior manufacturing engineer at Westinghouse Electric, continuing her profile from West Virginia University and detailing her career path and background.
Miss Frances Fleshman Wilson will marry Dr James Thomas Spencer son of Mr J T Spencer of Norfolk Va and the late Mrs Spencer in St Marks Methodist Church with Rev Alfred E Bennett officiating The couple share family ties to Charleston and Huntington W Virginia and the wedding is set for August 16 Plans note her activities in Gamma Phi sorority glee club and Delta sorority while he holds a medical degree from Jefferson and Wake Forest University with ties to Norfolk and Philadelphia
In a candlelit Rainelle Methodist Church ceremony on June 21 Miss Odis Rhodes married Mr. Earl Altizer. The couple will reside in Baltimore after a honeymoon at Hathcock State Park. Attendants included the bride’s sister Mrs W H Nye and Virginia Ratz as flowergirl. Best man was Robert Altizer. ushers were Cullen Altizer Edward Zonp Orland Rhodes and Oswald Rhodes. Guests included T W Henry J F Anderson A E Ruckman Wade Rhodes and Ollie Neff among others.
A partial listing shows Kanawha and Edgewood Country clubs hosting ladies days golf breakfasts and dinners, plus garden club meetings at homes of Miss Elizabeth Kelly and Mrs. Harlan Wilson. Other items include a lake event with fireworks and a dance, a garden exhibit, and a sentencing note about a naval duty veteran.
Miss Betsy Blundon hosted an informal cocktail party yesterday afternoon at her Virginia Street home. The gathering honored her houseguest Miss Mary Craig Hunter of Vienna Virginia.
Donna Jean Whittaker daughter of Mr and Mrs W E B Whittaker of Dunbar married John Melvin Gabbert Jr at his parents home in Dunbar with his father performing the ceremony. The couple studied at Dunbar High School and he works for Gravely Motor Plow and Cultivator Co. They reside at 11302 Fletcher Ave Dunbar.
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