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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1947

Page

3

Charleston Boy Scout expansion campaign names cochairmen

Campaign chairman Walter G Crichton announced yesterday that Thomas Benet Shepherd O J Banks Shepherd and L Newton Thomas were named cochairmen of the Charleston city division of the Boy Scout expansion fund campaign. They will direct about 400 solicitors as the Charleston Area Council seeks 204540 for program expansion and camp equipment augmentation.

O. J. Banks Shepherd L. Newton Thomas Charleston City Boy Scout Expansion Fund Walter G. Crichton Charleston Area

Aide Scout Drive Aims to Reach 34616 Local Boys

The Charleston Area Council launches a drive to bring the Boy Scout program to 34,616 boys across nine counties Kanawha Fayette Greenbrier Nicholas Webster Clay Putnam Braxton Pocahontas and two Monroe districts. Campaign workers will attend a kick-off dinner at the Daniel Boone hotel ballroom Wednesday at noon.

Charleston Area I Council Kanawha Fayette Greenbrier Nicholas Webster Clay Putnam Braxton Pocahontas Monroe County Shepherd Charleston McDonough-Caperton-Shepherd Camp Walhende

Tired and listless health advice from ambiguous text

A garbled passage suggests advice on boosting energy and immunity through diet and digestion. It mentions fatigue, blood health, infection prevention, and increasing gastric function, but the text is incomplete and混乱.

Hall Timmy

Huntington Ministers Call To End Bingo And Lotteries

Huntington religious leaders urged the police to stop bingo raffles and other games of chance fundraising. They praised Mayor Tomkies for opposing bingo and proposed sending a letter to Senator Revercomb urging a fair intake of Europe’s displaced persons while guarding immigration limits.

Huntington Vn A Huntington Ministerial Assoc Association Delclared Douglas C. Tomkies Chapman W. Revercomb R.-W. Va America Europe Revercomb Senate

Property Transfers List From Multiple Districts

Executors and couples transfer parcels to churches and individuals across Malden Loudon Charleston London Union and Hollywood Manor areas. Named parties include Arthur M. Hill Aubrey Weavers II G L Lewis C W Williams Marie Childers Ben My Bare Harry W Kelly George Selly Barcel Tenais M Fudge E Walker Debert Fisher Violet D Parsons W Moore Leslie Hale M Rhodes J A Smith and Aubrey W Gibson in various lots and parcels including block 36 and Oakwood Gap Adm.

Arthur M. Hill Aubrey Weavers II Kenawheely Renis Blake Spring Fork Baptist Church Lot Malden G. L. Lewis C. W. Wiliams Loudon Marie Childers Ben My. Bare Int Harry W. Kelly George W. Selly Charleston Volpe A.W. Gibson Barcel Jefferson Mery Edna Spitler Tenais M. Fudge Spitler Bebe Clark Huchingon Walker Oakwood Gap Adm London Debert T. Fisher Violet D. Parsons Dunbar W. Moore Leslie B. Hale Malcon M. Rhodes J. A. Smith Flock EK Hollywood Manor Union Dist Max Frankenberger Aubrey W

The Jury Proposes Streamlined Justice in Court

Signed by petit jurors the court heard a playful yet pointed board declaration urging better quarters and food, more pay, faster cases, fewer cases, more attractive witnesses, and less bank. The jurors call for streamlined justice and improved conditions.

Petit Jurora Petit Jurors

Property transfers in Kanawha and adjacent districts detailed

A sequence of land transfers and interspousal property actions is listed across Kanawha City Union and nearby districts. Transactions include lots and tracts in multiple additions, divisions, and subdivisions, with buyers and sellers such as Mas Frankenberger Aubrey W Love Herbert Snodgrass Rostoe Parsons C H Figgrtt Lawson Skers James L Plumley Edward Qverstreal Joan F Sion Millard Pauley Marjory Vo Washell Glover Daupherty Drakes Elk West Charleston Charlotte Leeg Willan Helly George Jenkins Harnald McClain Thelma Emptage Emery Woodall RR Roach Annie Turner Edna Mae McGhee and others. Several entries reference trustees and interest in undivided tracts in Washington and Elk Dist. along with corporate transfers involving Federal Building and Development Corp U S Guproe Mobier and Monier Lumber Co.

Kanawha Mas Frankenberger Aubrey W. Love Kanawha City Herbert Snodgrass Rostoe Parsons Aundy Tracts Washington Fort Bill Manor Adda McMurrer Leonard Aldridge West Sprig Hil Jefferson Dist Sharlotte Leeg Willand M. Helly End Wits Elk Dist C. Dones Pear Woodrim LeRoy Swinburn Everett E. O'Dell Elbert W. Ockerman Monier Lumber Co M. &. Saunders Fine Mobier al Prampton William Harnald McClain Mighland Adda Robert L. Fulks Tom Jattert Cabin Creak Thelma Thomas Emery Woodall RR. Roach Biltmore Estes U. S Annie Turner Lot Charlestor Annie Virner McGhree Edna Mae McGhee Wlisan Hollow

Kilgore Proposes VA Land Purchase for Clarksburg Hospital

Senator Kilgore introduces legislation to authorize the Veterans Administration to acquire the Maxwell estate in Clarksburg West Virginia for a proposed VA hospital. The bill would allow leasing the western portion to the city for a park until the land is needed for expansion by the government.

Vets Kilgore Washington Veterans Administration Clarksburg W.va Seniator Kilgore D.-W. Va

Marriage Applications List of Couples and Addresses

Marriage applications include Charles Robert Gilmore and Dorothy Arm Combs of Roush Charlester, Raymond Lee Streat and Herta Jewell Dingess of Virginia and Dunbar areas, Leonard L. Dungas with Sherlotte Gam mon of Dunbar, J James Harry Cainer Jr and Jennie Ethel Thompson of Montgomers Wittint, Arbourd of St Albans with Pearlsey Jane Pitts, William Raleigh Wyatt and Hele Parke Schrader of Walts Street.

Charles Robert Gilmore Dorothy Arm Combs Roush Charlester Raymond Lee Streat Virginia AN Herta

iPickens Firebug Sentenced for Pickens Fire and Forgery

Walter Collins of Selbyville Upshur county pleaded guilty to one forgery and three arson indictments after a jury test motion was withdrawn. He received two to ten years for forgery and two to ten, one to ten, and one to three year terms for arson. Two forgery and twenty arson indictments were held in abeyance. The Pickens blaze destroyed a main business block causing about $100000 in damages.

M. H. Caddrill Bosworth Pickens

Gasification of Coal Held Unlikely in U S

New York report quotes Alfred R. Powell of Koppers Co saying underground coal gasification has little future in the United States. He notes European savings do not apply here and doubts German and other processes are ready for U S use. Russia has long pursued the method with some success. An Alabama test reportedly gasified a small coal deposit in the ground.

New York Alfred R. Powell The Koppers Co Pittsburgh American Gas Assochere United States Russia Alabama J. Powell Europe Germany

Multiple new company charters issued in Barboursville and surrounding towns

A list of incorganic filings shows 35,000 capital authorized for Charters Issued and Co. Tuc Barboursville, others in Sutton, Shady Springs and Huntington. Incorporators include James Brady Jr Mary Lou Brady James T Brady Jr O L Giver 3 W Given Noah Crotty Luther Anderson and more. Also notes civic representation from Kanawha County 4-H camp attendees and local garden clubs.

Joseph C. Jefferds Junius ‘Tafoore, Sr Livia P Jefferds Charleston Parkersburg Lumber Co Parkersburg Warren E. Robers Dietz and M. Dietz Belpre O. Pickard Drug Co Huntingrant Huntington Preston Manufacturing Co Berdaville Preston County Philin Siegel Reidsville Frank Everhart L. F. Everhart Binewood Jackson Gyn Club Rinlee Fred Z. Lone Charles W

Elk Dismantles Lee St. Station for New Peoples store

The Elis Refining Co. obtained a city permit to remove a service station at the northwest corner of Lee and Dickinson Streets, clearing the site for a future Peoples department store building. Additional permits approved include a five-room dwelling on Center Street, a residence addition on Hudson Street, a Venable Avenue garage, a rear porch reroof on Noyes Avenue, and a cornice repair at Staunton and 54th Street.

Peoples Department Elis Refining Co City Hall Lee and Dickinson Sts Roy Crotch Center St W. E. Moore Hudson St Alice Hilliard Venable Av Eugenia B. Stewart Noyes E. D. Armstrong Staunton Av 54Th St

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