State Route 26 improvements planned in Preston County
Officials let a contract for four lane immediate approaches replacing two lanes on state Rt 26 between Kingwood and Tunnelton. Bids will be accepted for stone leasing and bituminous surfacing of three miles. PRA approval is required for both projects amid heavy coal traffic. Sunspots are tornadoes lasting up to 18 months.
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Public Roads Administration
Kingwood
Tunnelton
Preston County
PRA
Needlecraft patterns offer mail orders and catalog
Pattern 646 Crom WhatOen for a smartly styled dress features an embroidered border and a flared skirt. Laura Wheelers improved pattern simplifies needlework with charts and photos. Send twenty cents for pattern, address a list of names and zones, and learn about a 1947 Needlecraft Catalogue with crochet knitting and embroidery designs. A piano recital at Riverside Baptist church will feature several local pupils in the evening.
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Jr. Misa
Laura Wheeler
Charleston Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
Needlecraft
G. Harmon
Red House
Riverside Baptist Church
Faye Sigmon
Betty Smith
Ann Harmon
Jane Gatens
Judith Shank
Clarence Parkins
Billy Harmon
Tommy Moffsinger
Frances Harmon
Maxie Thornton
Ruth Anna
Hon‘aker
Crops Said Good In Most Sections Weather Report
West Virginia weekly weather and crop report for the week ended May 31 notes rains in the northern panhandle slowed field work while southern areas stayed dry. Corn planting nearly finished except northern panhandle. alfalfa first cuttings high quality. clover and grasses grew well where rain fell. Gardens grew luxuriantly where rainfall existed. tomato plant supply short in some locales. Potatoes being cultivated with early dusting and flea beetle damage reported. fruit crops growing satisfactorily though apples and peaches show spotting. Northern panhandle expected fair crops. some eastern areas hit by early May freezes. Milk and egg production rising with summer approach. Week average temperature 65.9 F. rainfall about normal.
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Panhardle
West Virginia
Panhandle
Panhangle
Arly
Sammer
Two Suits Seek Eighty Thousand In Damages
Two civil actions filed in circuit court seek a total of 80000 in damages. J W Beavers of Coal River road sues Earl E Simmons of East Nitro for 50000 claiming a broken leg after being struck by a car driven by Simmons in Dunbar. Beavers alleges Simmons drove onto a sidewalk striking him in a vacant lot. The Town Tops Taxi Co of Charleston faces a 30000 damage suit by Madeline Lively of Gherry Street after a May 26 pelvic fracture when a cab driver started up suddenly as she was alighting, throwing her beneath the vehicle.
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J. W. Beavers
Coal River Road
Earl E. Simmons
East Nitro
Dunbar
Beavera
Simmons
Town Tops Taxi Co
Charleston
Madeline Lively
Gherry St
Vacation Bible Schools Register Many Charleston Children
Several Charleston churches report strong enrollments for daily Vacation Bible Schools during the first two weeks of the month. Bream Memorial Presbyterian and its missions total 245 children aged 4 to 13, Humphreys Memorial Methodist 87, Baptist Temple 49, and Weekley Memorial Evangelical United Brethren 63. Directors and helpers from multiple churches coordinate the programs with Miss Ruth Gilbert leading at Bream and others assisting across Bream, Humphreys Memorial, Week Joy Memorial, and Papist networks.
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Clarleston
Bream Memorial Presbyterian
McKinnon Gind Hilldale
Humphreys Memorial Methodist
Baptist Temple
Weekley Memorial Evangelical
United Brethren Church
Ruth Gilbert
Bream
W. S. Sipes
Humphreys
Mesdames E. P.O Burdette
C. E. Smith
Ralph McDowell
James E. Jarrett
Joy
Mesdames J
Clyde Giaas
Jerry Mitchell
Maude
Eileen Skeens
Nist
Women Attend Synodical Training School at Davis and Elkins
Several women from the Bream Memorial Presbyterian church attend the Synodical Training School this week at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins. The group includes Miss Betty Jones Mesdames Clark Ault Robert Saladin J H R Richardson C A Keller Kenneth Andrews Paul Kincaid O F Light C G Snyder F J Kincaid and L J Ferry.
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Bream Memorist Presbyterian Church
i\Davis and
Elkins College
Elkins
Betty Jones
Mesdames Clark Ault
Robert Saladin
J. H R. Richardson
C. A. Keller
Kenneth Andrews
Paul Kincaid
O. F. Light
C. G. Synder
F. J. Kincaid
3. L. Ferry
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Rt. 2
Ohio-Brooke County Line
State Road Commission
Lowe Hote
Betsy Ross
Wilson
Rogers
Wilson’s
Gentry Furniture Company
Capitol Street
Charleston, West Virginia
Wilon's
Wilson Milk Company
P.O
Hanepatts
Beckley
B. C. Jennings
Staford Baptist Church
Heroriie
Mt. Tabor
Raleigh
District Federal Court
Charles Melvin Lindsey
Seventh Av
Vacation Bible Schools
E. F. Collins
Metrists
Quartier St
Medi Arts Hig
Century Aye
Bellows
Company
Colorado Springs
Chleape
VO Billa
Exper
Somownstairs Store
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Enquis Opening
Fifth Fleet Credit Department
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