President's Commission Reports Today on Status of Women
The President's Commission on the Status of Women will present its 22 month study with major recommendations to expand opportunities for women and end discrimination. It urges Kennedy to designate a cabinet officer to oversee implementation and calls for legal reforms and test cases leading to Supreme Court review.
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President’s Commission
Commission On the Status of Women
Kennedy
Eleanor Roosevelt
United States
Supreme Court
Weston Woman's Club motorcade celebrates National Business Woman's Week
A Weston Business and Professional Women's Club motorcade will arrive in Charleston on October 19 to mark National Business Woman's Week October 6 to 12. State President Miss Pearrett and Second Vice President Miss Catherine Castro will join, touring the capitol and promoting education, employment equality, and women’s rights across home, labor, and civic spheres.
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Weston
Weston Business and
Professional Woman's Club
Charleston
Capitol
Huntington
Miss Pearrett
Catherine Castro
Congress Roadblock or Transmission Belt Inspires WV Huguenots
Mrs Howard Swart spoke to West Virginia Huguenot Society urging defense of the Constitution and Founding Fathers guidelines. She warned against zealots seeking to alter or erase precepts and urged redoubled efforts to keep constitutional ideals from being relegated to history. Mrs Virginia F Kuhn presided at the luncheon.
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Republic
West Virginia
Manakin
Colony of
Virginia
Howard Swart
Congress
Virginia F. Kuhn
World Challenges topic of International President
Mrs. Helen Prater of Kansas City is international president of Rebekah Assemblies and arrived in Charleston as a guest for the joint Rebekah and Odd Fellow lodges convention. She spoke on World Challenges and discussed international projects including a world Eve Bank, a visual research center at Johns Hopkins, gates to the Peace Garden, tombs for Unknown Soldiers, and a youth program. Two state projects support the initiatives with donations to the Odd Fellow Home for the Aged and cancer fund.
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TWA
Helen Prater
Kansas City
United States
Charleston
Rebekah
Daniel Boone Hotel
Grand Arena
Civic Center
Edward L. Bradley Sr
South Charleston
Genevieve Anderson
McMechen
Odd Fellow Home For the Aged At
Elkins
The
Cancer Fund
Rebekah and Odd Fellows Joint Convention Guests Arrive
The international president of the Rebekahs plus Mrs Helen Prater of Kansas City arrive as official guests for joint Rebekah and Odd Fellows conventions. State Rebekah president Mrs Genevieve Anderson of McMechen points out Charleston on a state map in the staff photo.
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Rebekah Assen
Helen Prater
Kansas City
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows
Charleston
Rebekah
Genevieve Anderson
McMechen
Spaghetti Dinner Planned by St Luke's Women
The Women of St Luke's Episcopal Church will host a spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the parish house, 821 Edgewood Dr. Mrs Denver Haynes serves as chairwoman. Proceeds benefit the women's missionary fund and the public event features spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, bread, fruit pies, coffee, tea and kool aid with free parking on Somerset Drive and half price for children.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Edgewood Dr
Denver Haynes
Women's Missionary Fund
Somerset Drive
Harvest of Gifts sale set at Charleston Memorial Hospital
The Hospital auxiliary schedules a two day pre Christmas sale titled Harvest of Gifts with men viewing Oct 29 night and women shopping Oct 30 31 in the hospital assembly room. Stock includes toys gadgets antiques jewelry clothing cards and crafts with proceeds aiding hospital equipment and services totaling over 140000 raised since 1952.
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Charleston Memorial Hospital
E. Dana Smith
Harvest
Santarama
Couples Night Party Planned by St Albans Club
Mrs John Tosloskey announced the St Albans Newcomers Club will sponsor a couples event at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Parish Hall of St Francis Catholic Church with a pat luck supper and then bridge and canasta. Bridge and canasta winners were named and new officers will be elected in November. New members introduced include Mrs William Graf Mrs David Humphreys Mrs Barry Smith and Mrs Ray Wilson guest. Hostesses were Mrs Rupert Spencer Mrs Raymond Newman Mrs Bill Conner Mrs Charles Miller and Mrs Thomas Weisbecher.
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John Tosloskey
St. Albans
William Graf
David Humphreys
Barry Smith
Ray Wilson
David Higgins
St. Mark's Parish House
Rupert Spencer
Raymond Newman
Bill Conner
Charles Miller
Thomas Weisbecher
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President's Commission On the Status of Women
Washington
D. C
Penn. Avenue
Norpole
Pepperell
Frankenberger's
Charlestonce
We. Ve
Norpele Parkas
Frankenberger’s
United Nations
Styles
Hollywood
Sorority
Beta Mu
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Mary Jane Dorsey
Lakeview Dr
Mary Ann Romagnoli
Martha Bradley
el Rancho
Wren's Nest
Jeanetta Suller
Greendale Dr
Erma Deahl
Norma Hobbe
Wilson’s
Pillsbury’s Best
PICK
Hlt Poe
Pillsbury
Bailor Biscuits
U. S
Mae
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