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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1925
Page
13
Charleston society columns list residents and visitors with travel plans and hospital stays. Dr James Putney attends AMA convention in Atlantic City while Mrs Draania recovers from surgery and Miss Williamson suffers from Kanawha Valley hospital illness. Various locals plan calls and trips to New York Chicago Indianapolis and Philadephia, with several weddings graduations and births noted.
A list of Beckley High School graduates names officers and members of the class with roles such as president vice president secretary treasurer and valedictorian and includes numerous student names and scattered titles throughout the page. The fragmentary text shows misspellings and truncations but preserves the structure of a commencement class roster.
Florida lawmakers consider a bill that would grant state citizenship to any person who files an affidavit of intent and maintains one year of residency. The measure aims to ease naturalization for Alabama pardons and others who previously held citizenship in another state.
The Charleston Gazette invites residents of Charleston and Kanawha County to submit a one side story about how The Hunchback of Notre Dame affected them. Entries must be between 200 and 400 words and arrive by midnight June 25. Prizes include First through Sixth and exclude Gazette staff and Rialto Theatre or Universal Pictures personnel.
London May 20 The British broadcasting company plans a rural outreach this summer to bring city and country closer together. The idea features farmyard sounds such as birds cricket roosters and other outdoor noises to entertain city dwellers.
Troop 23 and Kanawha City Girl Scouts present an operetta titled Yank San at the high school auditorium on Thursday evening. Proceeds go to buying uniforms. The cast includes Amelia Schymint, Mildred Michela, Virginia Lae Miller, and others led by Ming Tee Eperthener, scout music trainer.
The U S Department of Agriculture forecasts warmer midweek weather for West Virginia and many regions. Scattered showers and thunderstorm activity are expected today through midweek, with normal to warmer temperatures rising by the middle and end of the week across the South Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes, Midwest, and Rocky Mountain areas.
A Wormwood Scrubs parolee, Henry Cunningham, attended his child’s funeral then returned directly to his cell. In another incident Mrs Madeleine Brodrick was saved after a fall into water when a shirt inflated with an agent kept her afloat until rescue.
On Friday morning more than a hundred Girl Scouts attended homemaker testing at Charleston High School. The event featured a real estate map exam and an architecture lesson led by local specialists. A June 17 boat trip up the river is planned for those who wish to participate, weather permitting. Troop 23 Kanawha City prepares a three act operetta at the high school auditorium with 24 girls in the cast and Harriet Knickerbocker returning from Training Week. Troop leaders note changes, including Mrs. Charles Cole stepping down as captain.
Memorial services will be held at Big Chimney beginning at ten o’clock this morning. The committee includes J G Bulmer R Li Mamey Harry Seafier Frank Palkovich Pauley John Hogue and B Hene bon. Speeches by Rev White Mayor W W Werts G B Grabham John Gillispie and others. Knights of Pythias plan program music and cemetery decorations. One American railroad spent 709.00 in the past year fighting malaria bearing mosquitoes.
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