Name/Title
Newspaper Articles, $5 Banquet - 1956Entry/Object ID
2020.01.343Description
News articles of the year 1956 from different papers from different papers in WV i.e. Parkersburg News, Point Pleasant Register, Times WV, Shinnston News, Post Herald - Beckley, Herald Dispatch - Huntington, Clarksburg Telegram, Dominion News, Morgantown. Also, Sandy Exponent - Clarksburg. Also, The Ravenswood News and The Jackson Herald - Roane County Reporter, W.V. News, Charleston Daily Mail, Mason County News, Williamson Daily News. Most articles inform about the $5 banquet - yearly event in Ravenswood, where all food is donated, all program printing is no cost, and everyone including speakers but tickets for $5. Prominent members of the community and business leaders are invited. Proceeds from the banquet were used to benefit Jackson County Schools. Even those from other states were invited. Some invites include: Philip Sport, Dr. Irvin Stewart of WVU, Walter J. Purdy - Ravenswood Hardware - Ford Morrow - operations manager for Kaiser Aluminum. Robert Cole - President of Ravenswood School Improvement Association.Acquisition
Accession
2020.01Source or Donor
Miscellaneous FICPublication Details
Publication Type
NewspaperDate Published
1956