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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1929
Page
12
State public utilities face a tax rise with total valuation at 509 732 080 and taxes due about 2 064 100.89 for the year. Auditor Edgar Dawson notes the tax will fund state and local governments, with payments due by April to avoid penalties and discounts for early payment.
South Charleston hosted a Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters Christmas party in late rooms on Montrose drive with the Pythian orchestra. Various members held gatherings at homes on Third Avenue Riverside Drive Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue.
A list of radio programs across major stations includes hours for NBC, WEAF, WIZ, and others, detailing shows from 4:00 PM to midnight. Local residents share holiday visits, church events draw crowds, and community notices list gatherings at First Baptist and related churches with Santa distribution and watch parties.
A Christmas program at Mink Shasta School Monday evening, directed by Miss Violet Lee Triplett and J. D. Neal, drew about 600 attendees. A featured Christmas tree gift distribution accompanied a student showcase with Lyerett Andrewn, Mrs. Lucy Stalnaker, Mrs. Edens, T. R. Farley, Marie Jarvis, Clara Mae Lucas, Amy Rabsom, and Ruby Berries participating.
West Virginia debates location for a federal veterans hospital. Delegate J Stanley Stephens notes the committee backs a centrally located site near Charleston, citing regional access and rail lines. A political clash ends with a $700000 hospital aid compromise.
State Trend commission approved Andrew Eye of Keyser to transfer the bus line certificate to Blue and Gray Transit for Franklin Keyser and Virginia line service Capon Bridge. A hearing on January 28 will review push permit applications for Monongahela Transportation Co Fairmont Clarksburg Cassville Blacksville War Bradshaw Bartley Susanna area and others.
An advertisement for hair waving and mer cooling services by trained operators at Picetwood Wheel and Fleetwood Hotel Ride located at 217 Capital St. Offers specialist finger waving and permanent wave treatment with prices around 0.81.00 and 6.00.
The county plans to reopen on Thursday January 2 per county superintendent Q Emerson Camp. Some reports say many grade schools resume tomorrow while city schools stay closed until January 6.
The state game fish and forestry commission announced 687 wild turkeys were killed during the November open season. Officials noted hunters have only two days left to file written reports on kills, per state law.
The article reports an optimistic banker outlook for 1936 despite a recent market decline. It cites factors supporting recovery, notes stock declines in 1929 then a crash, and mentions Hoover era policies, reduced income taxes, and anticipated early signs of improvement in the new year.
C. C. Freeman of Harvey Fayette county who was injured while employed by the Harvey Coal and Coke company of Macdonald received fourteen dollars sixty four cents per week for one hundred weeks from the state compensation department. The department also announced eighteen dollars per week for forty weeks to M. G. Rice of Garten who was injured while working for the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal company of Philadelphia.
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