Flower Fund Probe Asked in West Virginia Legislature
Point Pleasant Republican leader Brerton C. Johnson requests state Democratic chairman James Sprouse appear before the Joint Commission on Government and Finance to explain the Flower Fund. He cites Sprouse’s memorandum on abolishing enforced political contributions by state employees and urges transparency as public funds are involved.
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Point Pleasant
Brereton C. Johnson
House
James Sprouse
Joint Commission On Government and Finance
Jones
H. Laban White
D. Harrison
Senate
Howard Carson
Fayette
Sprouse
Hulett Smith
Flower Fund
West Virginia
Smith
White
Carson
Pet Parade Set at Mason County Fair
Mary Freendt will chair the pet parade at the Mason County Fair next week. Any pet may be entered except horses cattle and ponies. Mil ler's Supermarket New Haven donates trophies ribbons prizes. First prize a trophy and rosette. second and third rosettes. Candy given as a special prize. Class 1 best dressed cat Class 2 best dog Class 3 best cat Class 4 most unusual pet.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Freendt
Mason County Fair
Miller’s Supermarket
New Haven
Police Plan Junior Patrol Unit For Youths
Police Chief Jack Pyles and Patrolman Harold Harmon organize a junior patrolmen league for boys. Training in public relations, citizenship, and juvenile help plus supervised recreation aims to connect youths with the police and aid community goals. Applications from Chief Pyles, Patrolman Harmon, or the city police station.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Pyles
Harold
Sonny) Harmon
Pyles
Harmon
Music Box store names Patrick Petrarco manager
Patrick Petrarco, formerly of Cumberland Maryland, is named manager of the newly opened Music Box on Main Street in Point Pleasant. The store is run by G. C. Murphy Co. He previously served as Murphy’s Cumberland assistant manager after starting as a management trainee at Meadville Pennsylvania, with roles in North Towanda New York and Grove City and Sharon Pennsylvania. Mrs Petrarco will teach at the local junior high school this year.
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Point Pleasant
Patrick Petrarco
Cumberland, Md
Music Box
Main Street
G. C. Murphy Co
Cumberland
Murphy
Meadsville
North Tonawatda
N. Y
Grove City
Sharon
Breakfast To Be Held For Pilots In Beckley
Beckley flight breakfast sponsored by the New River Flying Club at Raleigh County Memorial Airport at 7:30 a m on August 13 invites pilots and families. Prizes will honor earliest arrival best landing worst landing farthest distance and oldest airplane.
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Beckley
W. VA
Raleigh County Memorial
New River
Real estate transfers listed in multiple districts with totals
A sequence of deeds shows A A and Evelyn Henry transferring property in Clendenin District to Larry and Ruth Sawyers for 1800 dollars, J H and Kathryn Somerville to Robert and Shirley Cline for 11500, and similar transfers in Hannan Lewis Bellemeade Cologne Waggener and Graham districts. A birth notice states Kenneth Humphrey and spouse announce their third son Michael Keith born July 20 at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. grandparents listed as William Humphrey and Mrs. Bertine Myers with siblings Bill Ken and Katie.
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A. A
Evelyn Henry
Clendenin
Larry and
Ruth Sawyers
J. H. and
Kathryn Somerville
Lewis
Robert and
Shirley Cline
Rosa
Duard
Orpha Boswell
Charles
Estalina Boswell
Naomi
W. P. Gainer
Donald
Donna Heilman
Cologne
Luella
Warren Keefer
Olin
Freda Wolf
Waggener
Ruth Smith
Graham
Raymond
Donna Zuspan
William and
Vaneta Clark
Harry
Maxine Miller
C. G
Vivian Conrad
Hannan
Earl and
Macie Alford
Haydenville
Kenneth Humphrey
Michael Keith
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
William Humphrey
Bertine Myers
Glouster
Bill
Ken
Kathie
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Norma Jean
New Delhi
Indian Railways
Buckeye
Buicikieye
Athens, Ohio
Women’s Department
Men’s Department
Bermudas
Cepacol
Buckeye Mart
John
Terry Beach Jacket
JR. Boys
Ulsse
Revlon
Dan River
Mason County
Florence Starkey
Forest
Katherine Thomas
Russell and
Thelma Sayre
Bellemeade
Chello O. Lisle
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