Local rent office reports 1948 activity and two weekend weddings
Charleston rent office logged 21 200 inbound calls and 18 100 inquiries over the year with 910 refunds 1 000 rent increase petitions granted 420 reduction orders issued and 58 advisory board meetings. In weddings Miss Freda Edgell wed Paul Noble at Gauley Bridge and Miss Maxine Crandall wed Earl Hupp at Gauley Bridge with receptions at the Crandall home.
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The
Charleston Gazette
Freda Edgell
Maxine Crandall
Betty Jean Beaver
Paul Noble
E. T. Hupp
Paul L. Phillips
Rent
Toton
Phillips
Charleston
Parkersburg
Marietta
Pomeroy
Ripley
Charles
Gillilan-Stuart Engagement Named in Lewisburg
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gillilan of E Lewisburg announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Jane Gillilan to Capt. Kenneth P. Stuart son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Stuart of Bambers S C A date for the wedding has not been set Miss Gillilan a Lewisburg High School graduate and Coleman Pharmacy employee fiancé attended Carlisle Military School Furman University and did graduate work at the University of South Carolina Stuart spent two years overseas as a paratrooper with the Fifth Army and is an instructor at Greenbrier Military School
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G. W. Gillilan
Lewisburg
Mary Jane Gillilan
Kenneth P. Stuart
W. D. Stuart
Bambers
S.C
Miss Gillilan
Lewisburg High School
Coleman Pharmacy
Carlisle Military School
Furman University
University of South Carolina
Capt
Stuart
Fifth Army
Greenbrier Military School
Evictions Highlight Unusual Housing Issues At Regional Courts
About 9000 visitors attended hearings in Parkersburg Marietta Athens and Pomeroy. Cases included a wife seeking permission to evict her husband and tenants in a building where 70 people share one bathroom. A family facing eviction pressed for relief.
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Parkersburg
Marietta
Athens
Pomeroy
Mary Etta Brown to Wed James R Hall in Reed
Mary Etta Brown, daughter of Mary Etta Brown and Andrew Brown of Reed, will marry James R Hall son of Bertha Skiles of Greenbrier county and Robert Hall of Reed in a December 4 ceremony conducted by Rev. A G Wolfe. The bride will wear a blue gabardine suit with black accessories and a red rosebud corsage. A small reception will follow at the bride’s parents home. Mr and Mrs Hall reside at Bennett Apts North Charleston.
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Mary Etta Brown
Andrew Brown
Reed
Mary Etta
James R. Hall
Bertha Skiles
Greenbrier County
Robert Hall
A. G. Wolfe
Hall
Bennett Apts
North Charles
Tom
Notes on Social Visits and Upcoming Wedding in Town
Personal notes list multiple visits across Baltimore Washington Charlottesville Clarksburg Lexington and Boulder. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Gates Withers Underhill and others staying with relatives while Mr. and Mrs. Parson and Mr. Parson plan to return to Boulder. A wedding is planned tomorrow at Calvary Baptist Church with Mildred Wines and James E. Graham as couple.
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DeWitt Gallaher
Grosscup Rd
Baltimore
Edward Underhill
Gallaher
Alexander P. Gates
C. C. Morris
Washington
William C. Gentry
Charlottesville
James A. Bennington
Daniel Boone Hotel
George T. Price
Lexington
Caroline iHoy
Virginia St
Elizabeth Hart
Clarksburg
John McC. Wilson
Ambassador Ants
Clifford Hammel
Bradford St
New York
Mildred Wines
James E. Graham
Calvary Baptist Church
John O'Donnell
Mary Doyle
Jierman Redd
East Washington St
Jack Lee
George L. Lee
Washington St
New York City
Rita Jo Lambert Honored At Greystone Dinner Dance
Mr and Mrs J L Lambert entertained their daughter Rita Jo Lambert with a dinner dance at The Greystone attended by fifteen couples. An open house hosted by Mr and Mrs Charles F Maddox at Oak Ridge Rd drew more than 50 guests Monday night.
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Rita Jo Lambert
J. L. Lambert
the Greystone
Charles F. Maddox
Oak Ridge Rd
Pennington-Bare Nuptials In Candlelit Trinity Service
Miss Nannie Freeman Bare daughter of Mr and Mrs C F Bare of Organ Cave married Herbert M Pennington Jr Dec 23 at Trinity Methodist church Ronceverte in a candlelight ceremony read by Rev C C Lambert. Attendants wore lace pink and blue gowns and pink feather accessories as a tiered cake finalizes the reception at the Bare home.
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Ruasell Hogsets
Emily Vic Bare
Jacqueline Adams
Narrows
Patricia Pennington
Pennington
Robert Patterson
Marshall Toothman
Ken Garnett
Bare
C. A. Boone
Ray TR. Boone
Martin Rodgers
Blue Monday Wedding Details From Pennington Ceremony
The Pennington couple's wedding reception featured candles and greenery with a blue Monday theme. The bride wore a tan pale olive suit with aqua and brown accessories and a canteria corsage. She is a Greenbrier High School and Davis Elkins College alumna. Her husband, a fellow graduate, is a junior at West Virginia Wesleyan College and served with the RAF during the war. They plan to reside at 106 Camden Ave Buckhannon after January 1. An origin tale links blue Monday to naval commanders assigning punishments midweek.
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Creenery
Pennington
Greenbrier High School
Davis- Elkins College
West Virginia Wesleyan College
RAF
Camden Avy
Buckhanner
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C. Oral Lowe
Boyd Memorial
G. G. Edgell
Looneyville
W. A. Noble
Elizabeth
Lucille Jones
Raymond Grass
Noble
Charleston School of Commerce
Spencer High School
T’e United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston High School
Gauley Bridge Methodist
Stanley W. Crandall
Gauley Bridge
Earl Thomas Hupp
Bessie V. Hupp
Wheeling
Austin Bagshaw
C. W. Reinhart
Helen Reinhart
Norma Crandall
Gale Max Crandall
Crandall
Eleanor Fatigat
Paul Yaussy
Charles Young
Gauley Bridge High School
Hupp
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Dental Hygiene
West Liberty State College
Hun
Trindelphia High School
Belmont Abbey Junior College
University of Georgia
ETO
Elm Grove
Eugene Beaver
Claire St
Catlettsburg
Betty Jean
Charles Wayne Withrow
C. R. Withrow
Dunbar
O. P. Smith
Betty Shannihan
Mona Hanna
Charles Gadgley
Arville Ray
Troth
ST. Soseen
Chiedrer
F Gene Florists
Wash. ST
Slarmers
Embees
Capitol Street
W. V
Pleave
Cathscoene
Canseane
Tox
Ene
Pattern Dept
West Ith St
N. Y
Abe
Sanitary
Wame
Ott
Kentucky
Greenup
Jette Lee Scites
Clyde FE
Scites
Marmet
Omera Alumnae Assoc
E. F. Hiner
Oliver
Hagerman
Bt. Matthews Parish House
Summers
William
Robert
Maury Hagerman
Roy Parsons
Carbide Orchestra
University Club
Casa Loma
Don Osborne
VPI
Best
Net Guthrie
Kanawha Country Club
Mrembers
Bill Garten
Howard H. Cammack
Edgewood Country Club
Nancy Halsup
David Cammack
Molly Cammack
Roger Creel, Jr
James and
Willam Gordon
Daniel Boone
Shi Tau Fi Fraternity
Ruffner
Fhane
Century Naval
American Legion Armory
John Brawley
Moore’s
Gibson Greeting Cards
S. Spencer Moore
Cco
Yrake
Webi
Gibson
Your Gibson
Stationery Dept
Goa
Coats
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