Legendary Brick Top Recalls Youth and World Tour
West Virginia born Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louisa Virginia Smith, known as Brick Top, rose as a famed Paris Rome nightclub doyenne. She recalls early vaudeville days in Chicago and New York, time in Paris 16 years, and friendships with F Scott Fitzgerald Zelda and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She notes her life as entertainer, her faith, and a wish to return home to West Virginia.
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Brick Top
Paris
Place Pigalle
Via Veneto
Rome
Alderson
W.va
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria
Louisa Virginia Smith
Hatti Thompson Smith
Chicago
West Virginia
New York City
FPWV
New York
Champs-Elysees
Cole
Porter
Brick
Miss Otis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zelda
Cathy Wells Is Honored This Weekend
Miss Cathy Jo Wells bride elect of Joseph William Lynch TI was honored at a shower by her grandmother Mrs Harry M Payne at her Swansonville home Friday evening Co hostess was Melody Wells sister of the honoree The party featured a peppermint carnation corsage and a summer flower centerpiece with pink tapers About 30 guests attended including Mrs Randolph Wells and Mrs Joseph Lynch Jr and Sr plus Mesdames Clarence Riddle Forest Riddle Kermit Riddle Fred Riddle and Johnnie Oakley all of Martinsville
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Cathy Jo Wells
Joseph William Lynch TI
Harry M. Payne
Swansonville
Randolph Wells
Joseph Lynch Jr
Mesdames
Clarence Riddle
Forest Riddle
Kermit Riddle
Fred Riddle
Johnnie Oakley
Martinsville
Women Buying More Term Insurance in Boston AP
Women increasingly purchase term life policies with Sabino Marinella of Continental Investment Corp noting young married women are at the forefront. In 1972 over 4.3 million women in this group bought term policies, up 20 percent from 1962. Marinella cites lower premiums and full coverage as reasons, highlighting the needs of families with small children and single mothers.
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Boston
Sabino Marinella
Continental Investment Corp
Marinella
Montgomerys Visited Daughter in Wilmington and Wells Family in Hawaii
Mr and Mrs T F Montgomery of Danville Rt 4 spent a week with daughter Mrs Clyde Gardner and family in Wilmington Delaware. Mr and Mrs William Wells of Danville Rt 1 visited sister Mrs H E Bradley and her husband in Hawaii for two weeks.
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T. F. Montgomery
Danville
William Wells
H. E. Bradley
Hawaii
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the Register
Danville, Va
Charleston Daily Mai
Charleston
Duke of Windsor
Cole Porter
Dr. King
Europe
Cathy Wells
Melody Wells
Ballou Park Center
Kings Super Market
Arnett Blvd
Colorama Studios
Jersey
Barbee Fabrics
Sherwood Center
Cost Insurance
Eek Leggett
Anaglio
Intarsia
Don
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