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FAMOUS WOMAN WILL BE HERE AT LIONS MEETArrangements Completed For Annual State ConventionHelen Keller, nationally known blind lecturer, will be honored by the city as well as the Lions club when she appears here Friday on the district Lions club convention program.Mayor A. K. Minter proclaimed that day as “Helen Keller Day,” saving:“In acknowledgement of the splendid service to the blind of West Virginia and of the world, and the wonderful courageous spirit which she has manifested through her long and useful life,T A. K. Minter, mayor of Buckley, do proclaim Friday. June lfi. 1939. as Helen Keller day for Recklev, and request that all citizens give recognition on this occasion as they may wish.”Miss Keller will be the featured speaker of the three-dav meeting which will get under way Thursday with registration and an informal dinner in the Beckley hotel, convention headquarters.The Friday session will be taken up mostly with business, hut members will «top that night to attend a banquet and the district governor's ball at the Black Knight countrv club.Carbis A Walker, of Winston-Salem, N. C, chairman of the board of directors of Lions International, will make the main address at the banquet. Myron B Hvmes, of Buckhannon, past district governor, will be toastmaster.The Saturday meeting will be highlighted by a luncheon in the Black Knight country club, after which delegates will gather again to hear a report of the elect'ons committee on next year's officers.District Governor C. L. Kennedy, of Montgomery, and L R McClung. district secretary-treas-urer. also of Montgomery, expect to be in Bcckley for the convention.Beckley business men and Lions members are completing arrangements this week to welcome delegates from the 44 clubs in all parts of West Virginia.For several weeks the two can-
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Beckley Sunday Register
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Sun, Jun 11, 1939
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