West Virginia State Bar Plans First Annual Meeting
The West Virginia State Bar announces its first annual meeting to be held in Clarksburg on October 2. A program and arrangements committee, led by J. Ross Hunter, will finalize details with members from Charleston Logan Lewisburg and Harrison County. Odd numbered circuits will elect Supreme Court members this year.
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Charleston Gazette
State Bar
West Virginia State Bar
Integrated Bar
Clarksburg
Sec.Trees
J. Ross Hunter
Charleston
Charles C. Wise, Jr
Charles L. Estep
Logan
Nickell Kramer
Lewisburg
Harrison County Sar Assoc
State Supreme Court
Robert S. Spilman, Jr
Charles M. Love, Jr
W. Goodridge Sale
Trail of Charleston
Hunter
Harry G. Shaffer
Madison
West Virginia
Ten-Year Terms In Auto Theft Case
Carl J. Hanshaw, 21, Reed, received a 2 to 10 year penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty to stealing an automobile from C. S. Hammack of Charleston. Harry Nelson Myers, 20, Leslie, Greenbrier County, got two years probation for involvement in the same case. Franklin Rogers Miller, 18, Valdosta, Ga., sentenced to six months in county jail as the magazine salesman who allegedly persuaded a girl to surrender six War Savings stamps. Donald F. Guthrie, 23, Charleston RFD 5, placed on two years probation for unlawful wounding of Donald Webb. Mary Diaz, 39, Ferry Road, given three years probation after recent trial for imprisoning her seven-year-old daughter in a shed outhouse. Hubert Mallory, 19, Spring Hill, placed on two years probation after pleading guilty to petit larceny.
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Carl J. Hanshaw
Reed
C. S. Hammack
Charleston
Harry Nelson Myers
Leslie
Greenbrier
Franklin Rogers Miller
Valdosta
Sheila Brown
Northrop Brown
Roosevelt
Donald F. Guthrie
RFD
Donald Webb
Mary
Diaz
Ferry Rd
Dolores
Hubert C. Mallory
Spring Hill
Incomes Jump in 1947 West Virginia Counties
The West Virginia State Chamber of Commerce reports 1947 per capita income at 1044 with total statewide income 1.83 billion dollars, up 16.5 percent from 1946 and 170 percent from 1939. Boone Nicholas and Wyoming counties gain share, Fayette Marion and McDowell decline. Highest county income in Hancock 2314, followed by Ohio 1894 and others. Two thirds of gross income comes from salaries and wages. state stores saw 58.4 percent of 1947 spendings. Birth announcements and notices follow after.
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West
Fayette, Marion
McDowell
Ohie
Marshall
Wood
Pocahontas
Ritchie
Tyler
Roane
Tucker
Pendleton
Hancock
Ohio
Brooke
Cabell
Logan
Berkley
Raleigh
Harrison
Monongalia
Mercer
Retail sales and income trends in 1947 state report
The chamber notes residents held nearly half a billion dollars more of 1947 income for investments, life insurance and other discretionary spending. State retail sales rose 14.3 percent from 1946. Kanawha County led with $171,863, six hundred and one, accounting for 15.27 percent of statewide retail volume, nearly double Cabell and Ohio volumes.
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Kanawha County
Kanawha
Cabell
Ohio
12 066 Cars Recorded In Excess Of 47 List
The Southern West Virginia Auto resub announced yesterday that 12 066 more passenger cars were registered in West Virginia last year than in 1946. The 1947 figure was 270 961 versus 258 875 the previous year. National totals show 30 750 568 registrations for 1947, up 4 percent from 28 100 188 in 1946, with commercial vehicles bringing the total to 37 683 265, up 10.2 percent. Passenger vehicles rose four percent, buses up pn percent, and trucks 342 percent from prewar figures.
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Southern
West Virginia
Morris Harvey Sorority Honors Five Graduates
A Friday night party at 1042 Garden St hosted by Miss Rosamond Gadd honored five graduates of Phi Lambda Tau sorority at Morris Harvey College. Guests included Mary Lee Warner Doris Skyles Vivian Jones Nancy Pinckwert and Eleanor Hawk with a large list of sisters and Mrs. Daryl Baker attending.
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Phi Lambda Tau Sorority
Morris Harvey College
Rosamond Gadd
Garden St
Mary Lee Warner
Doris Skyles
Vivian Jones
Nancy Pinckwrelt
Eleanor Hawk
Barbara Chidester
Eloise Riley
Betty Walters
Jackie Hunt
Betty Wooddell
Frances Beatty
Mattie Lou Young
Frances Hawkins
June Wells
Jean Wolfe
Virginia
Health and dental awards for Central pupils named
Twenty three first grade pupils at Central School South Charleston received health and dental awards from Kanawha county health nurse Mrs. R N Bayes and dental nurse Mrs Kathryn Arnold. Teacher Miss Margery Hess led the class.
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South Charleston
R. N. Bayes
Kanawha County
Kathryn Arnold
Margery Hess
Gary Garrett
James Smith
Evelyn Reynolds
Betty Fo Clark
Patty Lowe
Dayton Griffith
Sue Williams
Karleen Legg
Thomas Edwards
Daniel Evans
Roberta Shirley
Stephen Adams
Pauline Canterbury
Quentin Matthews
Judith Mastin
Edward Cramer
Kenneth Johnson
Mary Ann Blair
Evan L. Williams
Carol Shea
Venus Powers
Billie Doss
Mary Caudle
Mrs Furnell Wins In Clown Contest At Charity Cabaret
Mrs Furnell of Nancy St is declared winner in a Circus Clown contest tied to the Junior League and Chamber of Commerce charity cabaret at Casa Loma Friday night. Judge Charles Hodges of the Charles Circus was cited for best entry among many, with prizes including an ABC Auto O Matic washer and an electric blanket.
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Theddosia Furnell
Nancy St
Charles E. Hodges
Charles
Chamber of Commerce
Furnell
Casa Loma
ABC
Sim
Mons
Thor Automatic
Charleston
R. D. Griffith
Kanawha Blvd
Charles Butler
Kanawha County
Political fever and foreign policy tidbits mix in postwar notes
A composite from wartime era columns covers Truman factional moves with Pendergast ties and Binaggio rivalries, plans for Hilldring as ambassador to Israel, Yugoslav arms sales, and Haganah raids. It also notes prizes in a Charleston charity contest, Treasury funds, and upcoming political calendars and overseas diplomacy tensions.
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Truman
John H. Hilldring
U. S
Israel
Hilldring
Marshal Tito
Haganah
Italian
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