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The Charleston Daily Mail from Charleston, West Virginia • Page 6

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CENTENNIAL TRAIN MAKING ITS FIRST AREA STOP IN ST. ALBANS Residents St. Albans loday were Uie. first In Kanawha County to le officially visited by centennial train. The "Centennial Special." dialing three month, lour West Virginia, gave the vlaitora the opportunity lo take a quick lour of the state throuch pictures and One of the most popular of all the eihiblta has been the official proclamation OF ALL THINGS By SOL PADLIBSKY The scene: A downtown cafe.

The curtain rises on vivacious blonde Jean Carson, munching a sandwich and sipping iced lea. Sie reflected on her theatrical career, dating back lo her lead role in "Kempy" as a Charleston High School Junior in 13J9. "Things are slow now In Hollywood, but I have my fingers crossed," said Miss Carson, who Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Alex Carson, low Summit Drive, Edsewood. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH TV? What about the new TV shows! She paused, remarked: hi In trouble.

That's why jeru'll hate shows stretched la aa hoar, 90 minutes and two hours. The reason is simple. Many ol (he half hour shorn en't been able lo hold viewers' laterrsl." Miss Carson is a TV pioneer. She appeared In the Martin whodunll scries when Iho title roles were handled progressively by It 1 1 1 Gargon, Lloyd Nolan. Leo Tracy and Mark Stevens.

Her early TV participation was In the original Dean Martln Jrny Lewis shows. Miss Carson appraised the new season: "Jerry Lewis is (slag to da hour weekly show. Thai's man killer, hut he may pull II eft. Thai's the kind ol worker Jerry The publicity says he JEAN CAHSlW won't rehearse his part. That's a lot Junk.

He Is a most his shows. I know, I worked meticulous man for detail In alt wllh him." SHOWBOAT BRINGS BACK MEMORY Miss Carson will leave Ihls week with her two sons, Carson Alexander Parian. It. (by a former husband I and Tracy Leo MeGraw Smith. 7.

She was married a seevnd lime to ten Smith, a director producer. They live in Pacific Palisades, near Los Angeles. Tub years ago Smith received an Emmy for his production of a documentary on alcoholism. "I'm rnosl uahappy i a I wasi'l able la see a show on Ihe shotihoat Rhododendron," said Mlis Can on. It war on Hilly Dry ant's showboat that she made her "professional" llaer debut at Ihe age at 11 In a rorntull version of "Carmen." She got $10 for a wrck ol Ihrspianlag.

SHE ACTED WITH BIG STAGE NAMES With the Kanawha Players she had a principal role in "Charley's Aunt." Then came drama study at Carnegie Tech. "I have at gotten rich on the stage, but I lore etery minute of it." said Miss Canon. "I have been lucky lo have worked with such grand people as Martin (label (Ark ae bus band Zaru Pitts, Charlton Union, Mclvin Douglas. Carol Oanouig, Gloria Swansoa, Bud dy Kbsra, Cameron Mitchell and mmj others." Her longest stage stay on Uroadway was in a top supporting role (a four time divorcee I in "Anniversary Waltr." Marring Kitty Carlisle and MncDon ald Carey. She was wilh the company for a year.

It was this role which got her a part in Ihe motion picture, "Phcnta City." It was one of the (ilm's highlights. ANDY GRIFFITH HER FAVORITE The Andy Griffith show Is among her TV lavoriles. She had comedy roles in pair of them wilh another West Virginian. Don Knotts. "Andy is a great guy.

It's a pleasure to be in his show. Everything moves so smoothly. have prospects ol getting more roles in Ihe new season." Miss Carson feels she's much wiser for personally going through some of the domestic situations in the soap operas in which she played. She was featured on ABC's "My True Story" and "Whispering Street." "I love lo act In stage plays," she satrh "There is something about the stage that isn't found in TV and motion pictures," she remarked, "When you're on the stage there are people watching Ihe performance. There's something electrifying in hearing applause, an element missing in TV and the films." ROLE IN NEW FILM NEXT FOR HER She said she'll always remem ber the stage play, "Melrrjpole." Lee Tracy and Arlene Francis were the stars.

It folded after two nights, but for Miss Carson It was a distinctive triumph in critics' appraisal. One reviewer wrote: "Neil lo Lee Tracy, the most effective player is Jean Carson, who is both attractive and lay. What's in the otting for Ihe woman with the "signature" deep down voice. Miss Canon said she'll wit be seen on the screen In a new Columbia picture depicting the life ot Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

She amplified: "I play a murderess In the segment which deals with Dr. Prate's early life as a newspaper reporter. Again I'm typecast aa mean woman. But, lhat doesn't matter I'm doing what I lire for acting." Spoilt To Open America Museum MADRID The new America Museum will open this fall In Madrid's University City. It will contain an unusual collection of 15th and Itth Century artifacts brought back from the New World by Spanish explorers.

The opening will take place during a meelliuj of the 'Ibem American Congress in Madrid. Art Shown In Sky PAWS One airline operating between the United States and France displays color slides of the Mona Lisa and 33 other master pieces of the Louvre collection1 Is whet passengers' interest la' seeing the originals. with which President Uncoil) made West Virginia a state. In the first photo, Tpr. L.

Fittwater standi guard over the proclamation, one of many state policemen who have kept constant watch over the valuable document. The second picture shows portion of another exhibit with the spinning wheel representing acme of West valuable history SECTION TWO Deni Kcdcm Shrincrs may have new home near Charleston's ivie Center. Trustees of Ihe Masonic alfill alcd order have filed a petition with City Council for a loning change on property at tjuarricr and Hcynolds tweet. The building committee, neadoo bv C. Leon Mcintosh, has been' given authority to proceed wilh purchase if ail legal onsiacies are 'cleared.

Options given to Jesse Asoury. Anay Angcw ana lladford, owners of the three dc ALSO FINED Grounded Driver Jailed Driving on a suspended license; cost one man 30 class in ihe coun ty jail and a tSO fine in a recent session ol South Charleston Municipal Court. man is Charles K. King, Bos aiA, Mission Hoad, Charles ton. Harrv J.

Simmons of Davis Street. Huntincton. who original ly was charged wilh drunk driv ing, was permitted to plead guilt ty to the reduced charge of reck less timing, tic paid a line. Disorderly conduct cost Charles Perkins of Eleanor (ID. Jack K.

Kelly of Virfiinta Street. Charleston, paid for speeding and t6 for expired registration plaits, rut on we open flockci were charges of eiplrcd operators' license and inspection sticker. placed against Larry K. Jenkins! of Hrst Street, Charleston, Charred with soceduii were James E. Goodwin.

Boxwood Drive. Charleston, Floyd 0. Dan cerficld. Troy flood. Charleston, Jand Charles 13.

Miles, Higley Ave nue. Charleston, all of whom pain JOT: Charles 0. Hartley, lllhl Sired, N'ilro, Joseph Di viia. Biccv Avenue. Charles ton, S10; nnd James It.

Carpen ter, Violet Street, Charleston, open docket. Running red lights were Wil laim M. Cojhorn, Fort Hill Drive, Charleston, Herman II. Ilocrne man, St. Louis, Drcxel Cum mines.

Adams Avenue. St. Al lans, and Wilbur G. Southern. Carroll Street.

St. Albans. J15: Walter L. Moore Fifth Ave rue, Charleston, and John M. Lor ing.

St Albans Route I. 110. Clarence W. Hancock Manic Avenue. St.

Albans, paid tfi lor a neipired inspection stick cr. State Optometristi Gets High Award William Greenspan. Bluelield optometrist, recently was awarded the profession's highest award for distinguished service at the Uih annual congress of the Amer ican optcmelrlc Assn. Greensnon. brother of Alan A.

of Charleston, has1 ibecn an optometrist lor years. He received the special award at a surprise "Apollo Awards" luncheon at which former Con grtssman Walter Judd of Minne sota was the principal speaker. Creecipos hat served as president of the West Vlrctnla Ootonv elric West Virginia Hoard of Optometry. Southern Counsel of Optometry and International Board Examiners in Optame iiry. gaily Sflail and methods used In the past.

It is a feature of the History and Heritage car. An overall view ol one of the eight display can Is given in the third photo, this particular one being the Tourism and Itecreatioi car. In the fourth picture, some of the train's workers put up the exit ramp while a few resi CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, to property would ironi 320.5 feet a one liesno us street, with depth of 160 feet along Quanier Street. City Council, at its Aug. 5 meet ing, will refer the mailer lo the Municipal Planning Commission' for hearing and recommendation.

Shrincrs have been looking lor a new temple location since Scot tish Ilrte bodies last year pur chased Iheir headquarters at Capitol 5U imrcnase price 1350,000. Since that lime, several sites: have loen suggested, hut none has received majority r.iii"n. at one lime, the Municipal Audi torium was under consideration atonS with properly adjacent to federal building at Court and Quamer Street. Members declined to accept an oiler lo lake over tir Ituffocr Hotel at Kanawha Boulevard and Hale iStrcel. Some of ihe members fa vor construction of a hcadqi tcrs at the rear of Ihe present Scollish Bite Temple, and facing Dickinson Street.

Officers say Ihe biigcst Stacle to any location is the lack 01 parking facilities. Nori parking requirements are than 1M a day. During Uie lall and spring ceremonials, however. the demand rises to almost 1, OW. The nrowrty under oation ex tends along Keynoids Nreet al most to Whittaker Street.

Sup porters of this temple location say Ihrrc wnulil lie no parking proa at any time. Playful Campers Lost Boys Hunting Turtles Found After 30 Hours In Woods It probably will be long time before Glen Schoolcraft and Mike Canllcy go hunting for turtles lo put Into their fellow campers' beds. That was Ihe boys' mission Friday morning when they stole away from Iheir church camp and got lost in the woods, the Schoolcrart hoy's mother said today. The boy.s, were atlcnd ing Camp Whilney, an Advent Sunrise To Show Poetry, Folklore A one weck showing of ihe West Virginia Centennial Poetry and Folklore Exhibit will begin Aug. IS at Ihe Charleston Art Gallery al sunrise.

Poems, mounlcd on heavy cards, will be displayed on easels, and there also will be clipped poems hi scraplmnlis. loiaiore and roik songs, including which were not published. The president of the West Vir ginia Poetry Society, Ann S. Siestling Wheeling, also a mcmher of the centennial poclry committee, ill be on hand during live cilubit. Christian Camp on Thoroughfare ItoaJ above Clcndcnin, were found 30 hours later.

were so dirty, tired and hungry," Mrs James Schoolcralt of Central Drive. St. Albans, said. It was lo be their lart night in camp, mj the boys Ihoiight 3 fine joke would be (a capture some turtles and put them into the beds ol the other campers. They crossed a fence and got lost in the dense woods.

They told Iheir families that they ate supper about 6:30 Friday nighl with a Mrs. Virginia Hoggs, but apparently out of fear they had left the camp against instructions not lo they didn't tell her they were lost. It got dirk and they went back into Ihe woods. In the meantime a search had been started for the boys, and ihey were found Saturday evening walking down a road. Both boys ate and haic! heen attending ine camp ror five years.

Cantley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olio Cantley of Coopers Creek. Did ihey gel any lurtlcs, Ihe original purpose of their mission? "I never thought to ask Cornered By The Camera GUIDES AND TELLS Larrr Starcher Is a summer Slate house guiile and also works in the capitot rotunda Informa lii! I Hon renter. He lives at Spencer and is a senior political science major at Weit Virtinia University.

Lt Ihem." Mrs. Schoolcraft said, "but ihej didn't bring any back with Ihem. Cleanup Group Maps Attack The West Virginia Community (CIeanup Program will launch an all out barrage Aug. I against the' state's dilapidated, unoccu pied shacks that sit as scars upon West Virginia's scenic beauty. Bay George, the program's di rector, said a meeting of cleanup chairman and beautification spon sors trom throughout the state the Capitol to outline tbe attack.

The subject, he explained, is to. get local people lo contact the owners of vacant structures lhat have gone into dcrcpair and obtain Iheir permission lo tear them down. As an incentive, priie cups will lie awarded to counties in three categories targe, medium and small that eliminate the largest percentage of shacks by Oct. 15, In addition, the county wilh the best overall record and which shows signs of the best con tinuing program will receive ISM priie. George and Bonn Brown, state cleanup chairman, said they hope the persuasion method works ith shack owners, and lhat workers will appeal to Ihe Individuals' pnde in Iheir stale.

They abi anticipate asking Gov. Barron to include in his call la Ihe January Legislature a measure to enable shacks outside city limits lo be condemned and torn down. Kanawha County, wllh 509. stands high on the list wilh abandoned, dilapidated structures, Ita lelgh County leads wilh £30. audi Pendleton County hat the least.j J3.

The figures were ilelrrmined, during the two census. George said. Vandals Get Money From Candy Machine A randv machine at the Rdce wood swimming pool eff Price Mreei was pried open and an undetermined amount of money tak. rn sometime over the weekend. Police takl entry to the pool area was gained dunning an elgnp itooi main ma fence.

dents watch and wait until they can enter. The train was Is St. Albans for today only. It will be in Clay tornorrow, Gassauay Tuesday, Gilmer Station near Clenville Thursday, Cowen Friday, and nichwooi Saturday and Sunday. Its three day visit in Charleston will he on Aug.

7, 1 and 9, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1963 Reynolds Street Site Sought By Shriners I sired tracts, will expire Sept. 9. LOCAL NEWS CLASSIFIED ADS LONG INACTIVE UNIT HOLDS FIRST SESSION It took a while, but after six years a state government committee decided to meet. The 10 man advisory council to the Department of Finance and Administration was created in 1957 when the department was established by the Legislature. The committee, consisting of six legislators, the governor, attorney general, treasurer and state auditor was called to meet at 1:30 p.

m. today by Finance Commissioner Truman Gore to advise on a number of fiscal matters. 5 KILLED OUT OF STATE 4 Lose Lives In Accidents By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic; accidents and drownings took four lives in West Vininia lover the weekend while five West Virginians died in highway Two auto fatalities in West Virginia raised Ihe traffic loll for Ihi year to compared lo 234 on this date last year. William Robert Plum, 9. and his cousin, Jerfrey Lynn Prilt, ft.

drowned in Cheat Itivcr in Tucker County as they were wading on I their grandfather's farm ester day afternoon. The Plum boy uas Ihe son ot Mr. and Mrs. Walter I'Uim of Parsons. W.Va., and young Pritt: was 01 ana Mrs.

fin IN Un Wilson Pritt of Akron. Ohio. uii vjiu jiiauu Cleveland Boyd Yoho. ofl Silver Hill, Wclrcl County, killed yesterday when his car left the road and crashed on W.Va. 2 near Moundsvillc.

Charles Hummel. of Mounds. Ville. died Saturday when a car in which he was riding slid otf Peters Road near Mounds vule and crashed. In Kentucky.

Joyce Elaine Campbell. 22. of Charleston, was Ikilled Friday night when her cari a tire and overturned on has been scheduled for July 31 at Interstate 63 near Elizabcthlown. Handy Lcc Milam, month oki in of Sir. and Mrs.

Donald (Milam of Genoa, Wayne County, jwas killed in a head on collision jSaturday in Chillicothe. Ohio. near Poinl Pleasant. Pa. They! were iiaipn muson, 17.

his brother Itohcrl, 22, and Iheir cousin Allen Dale Gibson, 13. Dem Club To Meet FOR PROMOTION 2 Women Hurt In Auto Crash After Funeral Two women who were tt from the funeral of one of two oung men who were shot and killed early Saturday morrunj were slightly injured in an auto mobile wreck yesterday afternoon 1 boulh Charleston. They are Mamie Shouldis. 30. ol 556 lah Dunbar, and Ella Shouldis, 64, of 4JS I Ith Dunbar.

They were rayed al Thomas Memorial Hospital and released. 1 The younger Mrs. Shouldis and her mother in law had been to the funeral of Omel Harold Larch They are his relatives. mcy were in a car driven by David Shouldis. Mrs.

Mamia Shouldis' husband. Police said a tractor trailer ran inlo the back ot their car on U. S. 60 arai Three Morgantown youths died 1 a tar driven by 1 a inrcc car collision aunaav iWoodrow Fields of Falling Rock. llw truck was driven by Cecil Clyde Milham of Siepbcnson.

Parks, Recreation Groups Will Meet a joint meeting 01 the Dunbar The K6 Democratic Club will P. iric meet tonight at at Ihe Kan sions will held (oday at 7 p. m. County Courthouse. A mem in Dunbar City Hall.

of the governor's stall Sam Sajre. parks chairman, urges all members lo attend. 9S.C. Policemen Ask Completion Of Test South Charleston patrol men have signed a letter asking city's Police Civil Service Commission that they be allowed to complete the testing required lor promotion to sergeant. Half of the test, written exam ination, was given May 1J.

The other half. Ihe interviews with the applicants, has not bconl given. The pohcemens letter was dressed to James Oliver, senior member of the commission. The officers wrote they "hereby request that Ihe commission fin ish grading the applicants and post the eligible list as soon as possible. We leel thai two months is adenvate lime for the commis sion to finish Ihe esaminatlon and certification SingTj were Patrolmen If.

C. Ilarbert, II. W. Parkins, A. B.

lknt. A. S. Williams C. n.

CtiiAfurd, C. n. Bragg, IL L. Williamson. J.

C.Miller and G.L. ilrlt. It. tVWees. who was on vacation, did not sign.

II known ihM the 00 ictrr.cn have become irritated because cf ihe delay. Normally only or liure weens drlay is incurred. Oliver loM the Daily Mail oday lhal the commission will "drfi silely" meet Aug. 7 and lhat the r.iatter will discussed then. earlier said the delay was caused by the expiration of the term of former chairman Charles hams.

However, Williams has since been reappointed by Gov. Darren..

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