Nine County Scout Executive Chosen Shires to Lead Charleston Area Council
Henry G. Shires of Baltimore will assume as scout executive of the nine county Charleston Area Council on Feb 1. He succeeds M H F Kinney who retired Dec 1 after 28 years in the post. Shires has 35 years in scouting with leadership roles in Richmond Shreveport Baton Rouge and Tupelo before World War II. He served in the Army as a major and held posts in World War II including at Lehigh University Ft Meade and the New Cumberland reception center. He now directs organizational work in Kanawha and eight other southern West Virginia counties and has been an assistant scout executive in Baltimore. He is a former high school principal and has held civic memberships with American Legion Rotary and the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Shires
Baltimore
Charleston
Area Council
Chara
McCabe
Shires
M. H. F. Kinney
Kanawha
West Virginia
Clay
Putnam
Fayette
Greenbrier
Pocahontag
Nicholas
Webster
Braxton
Richmond
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Tupelo
Miss
Baltimore (Md
Boy Scout of America
New Cumberland
Lehigh University
ASTP
Ft. Meadead
American Legion
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Council of Social Agencies
Longer skirts in fashion say Renie predicts trends
Renie designer at Radio Studios claims dresses grow longer and the public will look odd in short skirts. She notes movie styles set by designers and urges updating wardrobes with longer hemlines and updos. Lois Leeds adds motherhood diet guidance in nursing period leaflets.
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Renie
R. K. O— Radio Studios
Lmncheon
Lota
Lois Leeds
Revercomb backs immigration curb in Senate line
Sen Revercomb of West Virginia urges restricting new arrivals from Europe and prioritizing aid abroad while warning a larger refugee influx could trigger unemployment. He aligns with Sen Thomas who favors minimal immigration until postwar economic issues are solved. President Truman aims to admit more homeless Europeans despite GOP reservations.
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Washington
INS
Senate
America
Europe
Sen
Revercomb
Wva
Republican Steering Committee
United States
Sen. Thomas
D-Okla
Thomas
Truman
Congress
Bevercomb
JGOP
Thieves Steal Whisky From Clendenin State Store
Thieves broke into the state liquor store at Clendenin between 4 and 6 a.m. yesterday and carried off thirty cases of whisky. State police were notified of the burglary.
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Clendenin
Purse Snatcher Takes $40 From Local Woman
City police report Helen Sayre of 417 Randolph St lost $40 to a purse snatcher at Fourth Ave and Stockton St Sunday night. Robert C. Rippetoe of 916 Bisley Ave told officers a camera was stolen from his car in the 800 block of Kanawha Blvd East.
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Helen Sayre
Randolph St
Fourth Av
Stockton St
Robert C. Rippetoe
Bisley Av
Kanawha Blvd
Widow Inherits Entire Glass Maker Estate
The will of John Joseph Hiersoux a retired glass manufacturer who died December 19 bequeaths the entire estate to his widow Marie Hertha Hiersoux of 909 Central Avenue. The will probated yesterday by the county court names Marie as sole heir. Elizabeth Robinson mother of Police Inspector R F Jarrett who died December 12 at her Sixth Street home also left a will naming Mary Alice McNeive as sole beneficiary.
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John Joseph Hiersoux
Marie Hertha Hiersoux
Central Av
Mary Alice McNeive
Sixth St
Elizabeth Robinson
R. F. Jarrett
Jurors Selected for January Term at Bluefield Federal Court
District clerk Homer W. Hanna announced that grand jurors will report January 21 at 1 30 p m and receive instructions while petit jurors report January 27 at 9 a m for duty as Bluefield prepares to open the January term led by Judge Ben Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Federal Court
Bluefield
Homer W. Hanna
Ben Moore
Hanna
Farm Women of Kanawha to Attend Conference Lesson Leaders Named
Farm women from Kanawha county clubs will attend a 10 30 a m training meeting at the farm bureau offices in the court house annex. Miss Lavonia Hilbert county home demonstration agent announced the program and January lesson “Home Recreation” will be taught. List of lesson leaders and clubs follows with representatives from Walnut Valley Sis sonville Saintes Kanawha Two Mile Clendenin Cross Lanes Roxalana Elkview Jefferson District Sunnyside Big Sandy Union District Belle Tyler Mountain Dunbar Mink Shoals St Albans and Elk District.
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Farm Women of
Kanawha
Kanawha County
Farm Women's Clubs
Farm Bureau
Court House
Lavonia Hilbert
W. A. Basham
Walnut Valley Club
M. ‘Wal
Sunnyside
Carl Lynch
Big Sandy
Co. B. Cunningham
Union
Cycus Howie
Belle
R. P. ‘Long
Property Transfers Across Kanawha and Surrounding Districts
A lengthy list of property transfers and grantee names across Kanawha City, Union District, South Charleston, and Charleston areas. Transactions include lots, blocks, and subdivisions with buyers such as M. B. Goldman, B. M. Pitman, J.C. Hambrick, Maurice Williams, Love, Joey Bocony Vacuum Co, Blazlo Riccarel, Nore Davis, West Virginia and Ohio Realty Co, Richard J. Davis, Belvin Parkhurst, Ofe Wolke, and others. Multiple parcels in Forest Hide, Syndicate Park, Carney Adda, and Massey Bark Adda are noted along with associated districts and street designations.
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Mr. B. Goldman
Wits
M. B. Goldman
Lot
Summers St
Raymond
Doble
B. M. Pitman
Kanawha City
James C. Hambrick
Davis
Black Ay
West Virginia
Onio Realty Co
Adda
South Charleston
Richard J
Davia
Belvin
Fi Parkhurst
Obie Really Co
Adan
Boulgharleston
G. M. Wolke
Ofe B. Wolkep
Elk Dist
Duile Stigson Valente
Pile VY
Bilson
Lois
Carney Adda
Jefferson
B.C. Livingston
George A. ‘Morrison
Melden
Huth M. Sarles
Robert
Calhoun
Massey Bark
Booth Charleston
Maude G. Harris
Bertha Lacay
Bae
Charleston
E. A. Wolfe
John ‘Bottle
Poca
Defendants Win in Two Damage Suits in Court
Joint trial in common pleas court ended in a hung jury with verdicts for the defendants in both cases. Flem Hanna doing business as the Jordan Taxi Co sought 285 dollars for cab damages from a collision with Clarence Lee Fitzgerald’s car in Charleston. Fitzgerald sought a similar amount from Hanna for his own vehicle damages.
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Flem Hanna
The
Jordan Taxi Co
Cac
Clarence
Lee Fitzgerald
Charleston
Fitzgerald
Haima
Marriage Applications From Various Localities
Marriage notices list several couples from Alexandrie Kentucky Charleston Rand and Sissonville with names including Charlies Leecher Beulab Hartley Omer Creech Lucille Banger and Marian Simmann Sera Pottar and Robert Naumann plus others. The fragmented item references multiple applicants across towns and rural routes with incomplete addresses and city names.
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Charlies Leecher
Alexandrie
Beulab Dime Hartley
RFD
Charleston
Arnold Wayne Perry
Ana Mat McNeely
Rand
Len Edward Fletda
Rudy Lorene Haynes
Sissonville
Iz Omer Ross Creech
Columbus
Lucille Banger
Virgina Bt
Thomas Jefferson Nipps
Marjorie
Pauline Meltor
Dunba
Bec McDougal
Eileen Carter
Nitra
Guer Ma
Permit Given to Build Four Center St. Homes
Davis and Moore, local contracting firm, was authorized yesterday by the city building inspector to erect four four room dwellings on Central St at a total estimated cost of 30500. Other permits granted by Building Inspector George B Andricks included Thomas W and Fred E Robertson additions to service station 1537 Fourth Ave 865 and Michael and Hyman C Cohen alterations to business building 108 Hale St 250.
State Hospital Changes Okayed By Medical Men
PARKERSBURG Dec 3 Proposed legislation would shift medical supervision of state mental and tuberculosis hospitals from the board of control to the health department. The State Medical Assoc council supported the move but urged maintaining board control over fiscal affairs. They proposed hospital licensing funding and county unit health expansion, plus a public health school at West Virginia University and a 250000 dollar indigent care program. The body also created new committees on mental hygiene and diabetes. Dr Walter E West of Huntington was reelected to the publication committee and continues as editor of the West Virginia Medical Journal.
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Parkersburg
Board of Control
Health Department
Board of Central
Health Committee
Slaw
Department of Public Assistance
West Virginia University
The
Medical Association
West Virginia
Walter E. West
Huntington
West
West Virginia Medical Journal
Navy Veteran Charged With Unarmed Robbery
Clyde Rufus Cawley a Navy veteran of 516% Lee Street was arrested by city police on a charge of unarmed robbery. The complaint was filed by Harald B. Davis a bartender from Buffalo Putnam County who says he was beaten and robbed of $59 about eight miles northeast of the city on Elk River Road.
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Clyde Rufus
Cawley
Lee St
Harald B. Davis
Buffalo
Putnam County
Davis
Elk
River J Road
New Year Church Watch Night Services Reported
Open Door Mission at 205 Brown St hosts a 9 to 12:05 service with communal worship and music led by Pastor B. G. Einsminger. Bethel Baptist hosts a 3 to 12 watch night service led by Elizabeth Caudill with Young Peoples class and deacons participating. Gospel Center Tabernacle on West Madison presents a 7:30 to midnight program led by John Baxter with music and singing. Mountain Mission watch night led by Hobson Fisher features local and out of town speakers and singing groups starting at 7:30 p m.
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Open Boor
Brown St
B. G. ‘Einsminger
Bethel Baptist Church
Elizabeth Caudill
Missionary Society
Gospel Center Tabernacle
West Madison
John Baxter
Hobson Fisher
Mountain Mission
iSheriffs Elect Marion Man As New President
John Barr of Fairmont Marion County was elected president of the West Virginia Sheriffs Association at its annual meeting. He succeeds D Earl Brawley of Kanawha County who served two terms. Harry Carter of Clarksburg Harrison County becomes secretary along with Brawley as treasurer.
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Marion
West Virginia Sheriffs Assoc
John Barr
Fairmont
Marion County
D. Earl Brawley
Kanawha County
Harry Carter
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Brawley
Suspects Freed In Plaza Theft
Two men detained for questioning in a $4,000 robbery at the Plaza sigar store on Summers Street were released for lack of evidence. William W. Cunningham and Leslie Pritt, both in their early twenties, were exonerated. a 20-year-old blond robber fled with $1,500 in cash and the same in checks.
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Plage Sigar
Summers St
William W. Cunningham
Roane St
Lesie Pritt
Hunt Av
L. B. Warren
Raymond Dickinson
Plaza
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