Roads in Good Condition With Ongoing Repairs Statewide
State road commission reports roads generally in good condition while detailing ongoing tar applications and structural work. Major projects include U S 30 between Wear Union and Smithburg, U S 52 near Delbarton, and bridges at Romney and Philippi with one way traffic or detours. Several routes list short delays from tar priming, grading, surfacing, or under construction.
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State Road Commission
Birch River
Braxton
U.S
Romney
Delbarton
Mountain View
Huntington
U. S
Norway Avenue
Smithers
U.S. 119
Taylor County
Une
Madison
Ramage
U.S. 218
Beverly
Lewisburg
Ronceverte Road
Hardy County
U. S. 20
Marshall County
Fairmont
Taylor County Line
Route 77
Philippi
Buckhannon
Norton
Proctor
Harper
Harman
Seneca
Ciling
Sargent
Great Cacapon
Mid-kitt
Harta
Tum Creek
Man
Mullens
Clay
Kanawha
U. S. 19
Craigsville
Ivydale
Calhoun County
Big Fuapisens Creek
Tyler City
Troy
Jacksonsburg
Smithfield
Wellsburg
Springfield
Romoey
Hopeville
Pendleton County
Hungertaville
Old Bridge
Dennur
Brown's Creek
New Era
Ravenswood
Hurricane
Lincoln County
Glenvilley Rock Cave
Ireland
Newton
Clay County
Hancock Bridge
Veteraburg
Maysville
Athens
Summers County
Forks of
Caca
Free Trial Hay Fever and Asthma Treatment Offered
An ad from Mants Kan-D Dr Lane and associates at 1658 Lane Building Marys Kansas promotes a free trial of an asthma and hay fever remedy. It claims strong confidence in the product and asks readers to mail for a 91 25 bottle with payment upon satisfactory results judged by the user. It invites correspondence and requests addressing concerns to settle disputes.
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DT. Mants
Kan
D. J. Lane
Lane Building
Marys
Mall Ya Payans
Morris Harvey Opens Summer Registration Today
Registration for Morris Harvey college summer school starts today with a newly expanded staff. Dr. Morris P. Shawkey, the school director, announces four additional instructors including Dr. Mary Swan Carroll teaching history and journalism, Christine L. Johnson teaching music, Lucine Lewis teaching public school art, and four practice teaching instructors from Zogg-O'Dell, Tiskelwah, Elk, and Mercer schools.
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Morris Harvey College
Morris P. Shawkey
Mary Swan Carroll
Mary Baldwin College
Christine L. Johnson
Charleston
Lucien Lewis
Huntington
Mary F. Shaffer
Zogg-O'Dell School
South Charleston
Bessie A. Stewart
Tiskelwah School
Laura Singleton
Elk School
Ruth Tucker
Mercer School
State University Opens Exercises at Morgantown
Commencement activities for 378 West Virginia University students began with Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes delivering the baccalaureate sermon in Morgantown. A reception at Elizabeth Moore hall followed, with tomorrow’s lineup including an alumni luncheon at the men’s dormitory and notable guests Gov. Holt, university President C. S. Boucher, and Joseph Warren Madden.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Edwin Holt | Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Gov. Holt
C. S. Boucher
University
Joseph Warren Madden
Inbar Relations Board
Law School
Robert G. Kelly
Charleston
Alumni Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Mountain
Holt
Kiwanis Luncheon Sees Musical Program At Daniel Boone
The Kiwanis club at the Daniel Boone hotel will feature a musical program by Rilas Charlotte Hager violinist and Miss Dorothy Dolson pianist at tomorrow's weekly luncheon. A directors meeting is set for tonight at 7 30 o clock at the same hotel.
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Rilas Charlotte Hager
Dorothy Dolson
Kiwanis Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
Board of Directors
Bible School to Open Across Local Congregations
Two week session of Bible school hosted by First Presbyterian and Emmanuel Baptist opens today. Travel routes include Winchester Virginia or Berkeley Springs. Various state road notices report bridge washouts, detours, and traffic restrictions affecting 55, 62, 73, 88, 91, and 92 with delays and load limits in effect.
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First Presbyterian Church
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Winchester
Virginia
Berkeley Springs
Siding Hill
New Haven
Graham Station
Broad Run
Wheeling
Newburg
Gladesville
State College To Confer Degrees
West Virginia State College will grant diplomas and confer bachelor degrees for 98 graduates at 2:30 p.m. (EST) during its 42nd annual commencement. Dr. Julian H. Lewis of the University of Chicago will deliver the address, sharing a distinguished record in medical pathology. Graduates listed include William Armstrong, John Bates, Bernardine Bayes, Lewis Rickett, Norman Bowles, Dorothy Bradshaw, and dozens more.
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West Virginia State College
Julian H. Lewis
University of Chicago
Lewis
University of Miinois
Rush Medical College
Ricketts
Benjamin Rush
William Armstrong
John Bates
Bernardine Bayes
Lewis Rickett
Norman Bowles
Dorothy Bradshaw
B. Louise Brown
William Orlando Brown
Charles Burns
Leonora Byers
Earl Carter
William Caves
Frederick Chiles
Creoln K. Coleman
Thelma Conway
Alice Cooper
Toma Cox
Lera Cralphead
Wiliam Crawford
Grace Crichton
Oscar Criner
Marie Cunningham
Sumter Davis
Louise Deans
Dorothy Drew
Dixon Edwards
Local Citizens Named in Community Roster
A long list of residents including William Evans Katherine Gambie Carlyle Harris Daisy Hawkins Christine Haynes Evelyn Hewittte Harlan Hicks Thelma Hightower Carolyn Will Esther Hodges Ruth Holmes Minnie Holley Inez Jackson William Jackson Rollins James Jr Robert Jeffries Walter Johnson James Kidd Ruth Langhorne Vivian Lee Horatio Leftwich Mary Lipscomb Catherine Maxwell Mary McClain Carl McDonald Floyd Meadows Mary Merriwether Mollie Miller Clarence Morgan Emma Morgan James Napper Curtis Norris James Over Ye Sebastian Owens Mary Pate Iris Palmer Dorothy Pate Lilia Paxton Eleanor Phillips Archer Pickens Eleanor Pitts Homer Price Rod erick Price Harold Randolph Edna Redd Marvin Richardson Stanley Toss Nathaniel Robbins Will Robinson William Ruffin Grace Sanders Ercelle Saunders Rubye Smith Ethel Spencer Valerie Spencer Eddye Stubbs Francis Thompson John Thompson Julius Thornhill William Turner Mary VanBlake Marguerite Warwick Aileen Washington Inez Watson Ralph White Heston Williams Sara Williams Knute Burroughs John Pleasants.
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William Evans
Katherine Gambie
Carlyle Harris
Daisy Hawkins
Christine Haynes
Evelyn Hewittte
Harlan Hicks
Thelma Hightower
Carolyn Will
Esther Hodges
Ruth Holmes
Minnie Holley
Inez Jackson
William §. Jackson
Rollins W. James, Jr
Robert Jeffries
Walter D. Johnson
James Kidd
Ruth Langhorne
Vivian Lee
Horatio Leftwich
Mary Lipscomb
Catherine Maxwell
Mary McClain
Carl McDonald
Floyd Meadows
Mary Merriwether
Mollie Miller
Clarence Morgan
Emma Morgan
James Napper
Curtis Norris
James Over
Sebastian Owens
Mary C. Pate
Iris K. Palmer
Dorothy Pate
Willia V. Paxton
Laura Pedkrew
Eleanor Phillips
Archer J. Pickens
Eleanor Pitts
Homer Price
Roderick Price
Harold Randolph
Edna Redd
Marvin Richardson
Stanley Toss
Nathaniel Robbins
Will J. Robinson
William Ruffin
Grace Sanders
Ercelle Saunders
Firettis Get Contract For Brick Veneering Project
The Firetti and Sons firm at 410 Carolina Street received a permit from the building inspector’s office on Saturday to install brick veneering at Mrs. Nannie Schaffer’s home located at 1528 Lee Street.
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Firetti and Sons
Carolina Street
Nannie Schaffer
Lee Street
Lodge Will Meet At Revercrest Lawn Tonight
A meeting of Kanawha lodge No 76 Degree of Honor Protective association will be held tonight at 6 o'clock at the home of Mrs J M Pennell at Revercrest Lawn.
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Kanawha Lodge No. 76
Degree of Honor Protective Association
J. M. Pennell
Revercrest Lawn
Mountaineer Boys State Opens With 350 Teens Studying Government
At Jackson's Mill on June 6 the 1937 Mountaineer Boys State began with 350 high school youths learning government procedures. Candidates for the primary were to be chosen by Federalist and Nationalist parties tomorrow, with a general election slated for Tuesday. Governor Holt, Judge Joe N. Kenna, and officials addressed the camp as Leslie G. Reed of Clarksburg was noted as last year's governor.
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Jackson's Mill
Mountaineer
Charles E. Booth
American Legion
Edward McGrail
Holt
Joe N. Kenna
Te Supreme Court
Bay
Leslie G. Reed
Clarksburg
Veterans Will Meet Lane S Anderson for VFW Post
Veterans for Foreign Wars will hold a post meeting for Lane S. Anderson at the Armor school tonight at 6 o'clock.
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Lane S. Anderson Post
West Virginia Briefs From Associated Press
County commissioners call for a referendum on the proposed 950,000 bond issue for a new county courthouse. Grafton reports Ale Sevanage of WVU receives the John Barton Payne scholarship for the year. Morgantown notes 18 year old Kenyon fractures skull after diving into the Monongahela River. Laughter joins West Virginia University summer session as it opens tomorrow with registration. Welch reports Earl Freeman fined 25 dollars for assault and battery against A Rodrigues of Welch, AFL organizer. Preston county Civil War veteran John Calvert, 91, dies at his home in Independence of illness.
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Point Pleasant
Court House
Grafton
Ale Sevanage
West Virginia University
John Barton Payne
Taylor Countlan
Red Crows
Welch
Frank D. Wright
Earl Freeman
War
Waller Freeman
A. Rodrigues
American Federation of Labor
Welch Central Labor Union
John Calvert
Preston County
Independence
Shert
Woman Hurt in Wreck at Point Pleasant
Mrs. Matilda Carder of Point Pleasant, mother of O H Carder, sustained minor injuries in an automobile wreck. Summer session opens in Huntington as the town marshal reports.
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F Pleasant
Matilda Carder
O. H. Carder
Weston convention opens at Weston church Tuesday
The forty third annual West Virginia Christian Endeavor union convention will open at the Weston Methodist Episcopal church Tuesday and will close Friday. A county sportsmen banquet led by Maj. N. W. Shawhan of the state conservation commission is planned at CCC Camp Berwind tomorrow night, sponsored by the Dry Fork Skeet club.
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Weston
West Virgina Christian Endeavor Union
Weston Methodist Episcopal Church
Welch
Maj. N. W. Shawhan
State Conservation Commission
CCC
Berwind
Dry Fork Skeet Club
Fall Fatal to Worker at Theater Vent Shaft
Frederick Compston Huntington died from injuries after falling through a ventilating shaft while installing an air conditioning system at a theater. The incident underscores workplace safety concerns during maintenance work on building systems.
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Huntington
Frederick Compston
Oldsmobile Unveils Automatic Safety Transmission
Oldsmobile introduces a new Automatic Safety Transmission promising safer simpler driving with no gear shifts, steering wheel control for neutral reverse or two forward ranges, faster getaway and fuel savings of about 18 to 20 percent. It eliminates clutch use except start and stop and offers improved engine efficiency and longevity through lower engine speeds.
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