State To Honor Authors Poets June Centennial Dinner
West Virginia plans to honor native authors and poets with a June 6 Centennial dinner in Charleston. Nobel laureate Pearl S Buck will be guest and speaker, with proceeds aiding Sunrise cultural center. Bucks week in WV includes talks at State College Bethany College and region visits June 3-9.
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UPI
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette
W. E. Chilton III
Chilton
Pearl S. Buck
The
Gazette
Centennial Commission
Sunrise
South Hills
W. W. MacCorkle
Kanawha River
Buck
Hillsboro
Pocahontas County
Pennsylvania
West Virginia State College
Bethany College
Pocahontas
Nicholas County
Wheeling
Most Decorated Nurse Retires
SPENCER (UPS) Col. Ruby C. Bradley, the most decorated woman in military service, retires after 29 years in Army nursing. She served from 1934 to WWII as a prisoner for 37 months, performed 200 plus surgeries, delivered 13 babies, and rejoined combat in Korea with the 8th Army. She led nursing at Brooke Army Medical Center since 1961 and holds multiple honors including Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, and Florence Nightingale Medal.
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Ruby C. Bradley
Col. Bradley
8Th Army
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
U. N
Three Conventions At Parkersburg Canceled
PARKERSBURG West Virginia. The West Virginia Human Rights Commission and the Mayor s Commission on Human Rights told reporters at a joint meeting that three state conventions scheduled for Parkersburg were canceled due to racial segregation. The Welfare Conference Nurses Association and Mental Health Association conventions were moved to other locations because housing for all races could not be secured. The commissions said integration progress is evident though discrimination remains in some hotels and motels. Dr John L Wolfe, chairman of the local agency, noted local gains in desegregation with some holdouts still in business.
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UPI
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Mayor’s Commission On Human Rights
West Virginia
John L. Wolfe
School Leader Resigns From Putnam County Post
PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CARSON L. COTTRELL HAS resigned. resignations accepted by the county school board. He has served since last summer and will become assistant director of teacher preparation and professional standards for the State Education Department. Previously he coordinated field services for Glenville State College.
DIY boom drives 3 billion home projects in US
Big business surrounds do it yourself trends with about 90 percent of projects done by owners of one family homes. Allied Chemicals Barrett Division reports a growing market as homeowners undertake home improvement tasks.
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New York
UPI
Allied Chemical
Barrett Division
Death notices for Shelton and Pittman In Calloway Heights and Beaver
Nathan C Shelton aged 69 of Calloway Heights dies. Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday at Calloway Heights Community Church with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Cecil Owen Pittman aged 70 of Beaver dies. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday April 23 at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel, Rev E W Powers officiating, burial in Beaver Cemetery. Arrangements by Calfee Funeral Home.
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Nathan C
Calloway Heights
Calloway Heights Community Church
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Pittman Pittman
Cecil Owen
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E. W. Powers
Beaver Cemetery
FLOOR SANDING AND CARPENTRY SERVICES OFFERED
Classified notices include John Persinger advertising floor sanding refinishing and carpentry with free estimates in Mabscott plus contact 252 7804. Also lost and found reward for information leading to conviction of theft of newspapers, contact Robert L. Amick at Beckley Newspapers, phone 253 3321.
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