Image of Pearl Buck and other odds in Kanawha Valley
Riveting snippets from local life include Pearl Buck delivering a WV State College commencement address and a reporter's quip about her husband the famed hunter. West Virginia notes recount a PA insurance commissioner election, balloon centennial plans, and a Bowling Green like weathered tale of a physician injuring his hip at a Beaux Arts ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Pearl Buck
Miss Buck
Pocahontas County
West Virginia State College
Italian Flag Flies at Half Staff in Charleston
The Italian flag hung at half staff at the Italian consulate in Charleston for Pope John XXII. Honorary consul Anthony Giudice said the flag would remain lowered for three days by order of the Italian Embassy. A Pontifical Mass for the Pope was planned at Sacred Heart Church.
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John XXII
West Virginia
Anthony Giudice
Washington
National Bank of Commerce
Lez Street
Capitol
Giudice
Charleston
Sacred Heart Church
Goodrich Gulf Invests $1.2 Million In Waste Plant Start
In Institute the Goodrich Gulf Chemicals Inc announces a $1.2 million waste treatment plant to serve two synthetic rubber plants. The project aims to remove solids and neutralize effluent to meet Kanawha River standards, with full operation targeted for early fall and five new full time jobs. Separately in Eskdale a jury convicts Emil Maywood Thompson of robbery by violence and a 16 year old girl pleads guilty to unarmed robbery. sentences deferred.
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Emil Maywood Thompson
Sharon
Slyman Joseph
Eskdale
Pegay Lou] Welch
Thompson
Joseph General Store
Goodrich Gulf Chemicals Inc
Institute
E. Mitchell
Kanawha
Mitchell
West Virginia Water Resources Board
Goodrich - Gulf
Blaw - Knox, Co
Pittsburgh
Goodrich + Gulf
Roy F. Weston
Philadelphia
Schurman Co
Huntington
Schoolfield - Harvey Electric Co
Charleston
Muehilman Engineering Service
rich-Gulf Chemicals Inc
Blaw-Knox Co
N&W Loadings Hit a Record
Norfolk and Western Railway reported a record monthly coal car load of 122 662 cars, the highest since 1883, beating the prior peak of 113 510 cars set in August 1961.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Smokestack Chasing Experts Teach WV Industry Leaders
About 150 business and industrial leaders from across West Virginia attended a one day Industrial Conference in Huntington. Four experts spoke on adapting education to technological change and the need for more technical schools. Participants noted communities must “sell their strengths” including schools, hospitals, and recreation to attract new plants. Former Gov Cecil Underwood chaired the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Virginia
Lawrence H. Rogers
Taft Broadcasting Co
Cincinnati
Lloyd
Jack Lloyd
Roanoke
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Hulett C. Smith
West Virginia Department of Commerce
Myles Robinson
National Coal Association
Otto W. Pongrace
New York Central Railroad
Cecil Underwood
Island Creek Coal Co
Marshall University
West Virginia University
Morgantown
West Virginia Chambers of Commerce
West Virginia writers honored at centennial dinner tribute
Pearl Buck leads a list of ten West Virginia born or resident writers to be honored at a 6:30 p.m. dinner in the Daniel Boone Hotel ballroom. Tickets eight dollars available at multiple local stores. Proceeds benefit Sunrise and the West Virginia Centennial Commission. Classic Pare Lorentz films will be shown, including The River and The Plow That Broke the Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Diamond Book Store
Capitol
Washington Streets
Galperin Music Co
Capitol St
Major's Book Store
Hale St
Pearl
Oxford
Ohio
Charleston
W. Va
Miami University
Martha Blackburnjy
Oglethorpe Rd
Bacher
Ruth Elaine ‘Thorson
American Sinia Ave
Legion Armory
Ture
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Sunrise
The
Gazette
Clarksburg
Pare Lorentz
Lorentz
U. S Department of Agricuture
James Joyce
Miss Buck
Nicholas County
Miss McNeill
Concord College
Frank Wilkin
State Streams Cleanup Nearing First Deadline
The Kanawha River faces lower pollution targets with a June 30 deadline for a 40 percent reduction based on 1958-59 waste data. Goodrich Gulf Chemicals plans a 1.2 million waste treatment plant at Institute, while 43 plants already treat wastes or discharge cooling effluent. Gillenwater notes ongoing DO and TO challenges and warns 1963 targets will not be met.
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George Lawless
Kanawha
State Water Resources Division
Lyhle
Gillenwater
Water Resources Board
Kanawha River
Goodrich Gulf Chemicals, Inc
West Virginia
Department of Natural Resources
Episcopal Ordination Set Today in South Hills
An ordination ceremony at St. Matthew's Church in South Hills will elevate six new Episcopal clergymen. Rev. William H. Kieldsing will become priest. five others will be deacons. Speakers include Rev. Henri A. Stines and Bishop Wilburn C. Campbell.
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St. Matthew's Church
South Hills
Henri A. Stines
Grace Church
Detroit
Haiti
St. James Church
Charleston
West Virginia State College
Institute
Wilburn C. Campbell
State College
Northern
Panhandle
Wilson H. Willard Jr
Episcopal Canterbury House
Paul H. Moser
New York City
Wheeling
Burk S. Stathers
Clarksburg
St. David's Church
Cross Lanes
St. ‘Nmoihy's
Valley
Hurricane
Voting Charge Trial Delayed In Charleston Election Case
Dana Embleton a deputy city collector faces vote buying charges in Charleston Precinct 123. Trial delayed to Tuesday as noted by Intermediate Court Judge William J. It cites a relative’s death of one attorney as postponement reason. Embleton residing in Putnam County worked for the city. He challenges indictment sufficiency.
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Dana Embleton
Depuy
William J. Thompson
Embleton
Putnam County
Charleston High School
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