Attorneys Select Madison Lawyer To Head State Bar
The West Virginia State Bar was created by about 300 attorneys who elected Harry G. Shaffer of Madison as the first president. George Richardson Jr of Blufield was chosen vice president as an executive council of 24 circuit representatives was formed. Joseph Ross Hunter Jr of Charleston was named secretary treasurer to establish the office and collect dues due July 3. The council will meet again to name an executive committee within two months. The bar has disciplinary powers and can disbar for malpractice. attendance at the bar is mandatory to practice. Names of council members from various circuits are listed.
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Associated Press
West Virginia State Bar
Harry G. Shaffer
Madison
George Richardson, Jr
Blusfield
House of Delegates
Capitol
Joseph Ross Hunter. Jr
Charlestor
Hunter
Fred L. Fox
State Supreme Court
Tudge Fox
Dames Kay Thortras
Charleston
M. M. Neeley
Wright Hugus
Wheeling
Thomas J
Lewisburg
A. N. Breckenridge
Summersvale
Charles C. Wise
Arch M. Cantrall
Clarkshore
Frank R. Amos
Finrmost
Donald G. Lazzelle
Morgantown
Ith
Frank 3. Parrack
Kingwood
John Burdette
Grafton
Lester Reynolds
Suit Filed Against Driver of Car In St Albans
Bell Plumley a St Albans taxi driver filed a 15000 damage suit in common pleas court against J Gandee Beat Bison Robers bath of neta Ch Flumley for negligent driving that allegedly caused Plumley to be hospitalized with a fractured left leg after being struck by Gandee’s automobile while placing a spare tire on a St Albans street. I. E. Gandee listed as owner of the car.
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Common Pleas
Bell Plumley
St Albans
Gandee
Bison
Robers Bath
Neta Ch
Flumley
Robert Gandee
Jett
Gandee Automobile Amie
St. Albans
E. Gandee
Permits Granted For 8 Dwellings In Kanawha City
Aubrey W. Love, local builder, won city permits for eight dwellings on Warrington and Verrible Aves in Kanawha City, cost about 57000. Everett W Morris and Margie Ellen Morris approved to build a 400 residence on Jold Adele St Peebleshire Adda. Other permits issued include alterations and repairs for properties on Clendenin St Kanawha Flyd Bigley Av Green prier St Hunt Av Brown St with amounts ranging from 78 to 880.
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Aubrey W. Love
City Nail
Warrington
Verrible
Kanawhs City
Ates
Everett W
Margie Ellen Morris
Jold
Adele St
Peebleshire Adda
Egataing
Ambrose Wearle
Brown St
Charleston Police End Private Duty Work for Off-Duty Officers
Police Chief Harvey Rexroad ordered all Charleston officers to stop private duty policing for pay. The general order bans off duty officers from guarding private property or accepting money for police services and notes bonds do not cover private employment.
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Charleston
Harvey Y W. Rexroad
Legion Chief Visits Eastern Panhandle
National American Legion Commander Paul Griffith of Uniontown and State President Edmund Jones of Wheeling visited Martinsburg and the Panhandle for speeches and tours. They inspected the Charles Town post athletic field, visited Newton D. Baker Veterans Administration hospital, and Griffith planned a WEPM broadcast and a banquet before continuing to Scotland Pennsylvania Charlottesville Virginia and Jacksons Mill West Virginia for Boys State opening.
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Martinsburg
National American Legion
Paul Griffith
Uniontown
Edmund &. Jones
Wheeling
Griffith
Washington
Jones
Panhandle
Land
Charles Town
American Legion
Newton D. Baker Veterans Administration Hospital
Jockey Club
WEPM
Opequon Golf Club
Scotland
Charlottesville
Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Phone Pioneers to Meet at Jackson's Mill Today
The 24th annual meeting of West Virginia Chapter No 42 Telephone Pioneers of America will be held today in Jackson's Mill. President Horace A. Pierce of Charleston announced speakers including J B B Crigler the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co West Virginia vice president and general manager and W H Trapnell vice president in charge of personnel.
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Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Telephone Pioneers of America
Horace A. Pierce
Charleston
J. B. B. Crigler
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
W. H. Trapnell
PSC Considers Logan Pure Water Co. Purchase
Public Service Commission heard Logan Pure Water Co. seek approval to buy a water distribution system from Island Creek Coal Co. Decision pending. Also discussed was Wheeler Werkle’s bid to operate Greenbrier Air Service for hire charter flights and other hearings include Standard Gas Co. in Jane Lew Lewis County seeking authority to raise rates.
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PSC
Logan Pure Water Co
Pure Water Co
Logan
Island Creek Coal Co
Public Service Commission
Wheeler
Gag Ca
Jane Lew
Lewis County
Nelson killer ruled insane by Kanawha jury
Jester Clarence Pomeroy, 52, of Dry Branch in Cabin Creek district, indicted for slaying his brother in law Inet March 11. An intermediate court jury found him insane and Judge Cyrus W. Hall ordered commitment to Weston State hospital. Pomeroy shot William Woodrow Nelson, 42, of Dry Branch, after a series of altercations beside their homes.
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Clarence Pomeroy
Dry Branch
Cabin Creek
Inet
Cyrus W. Hall
Weston State Hospital
Pomeroy
William Woodrow Nelson
Nelson
Webster County Boy Scouts Form New District
G W Shreiner of Webster Springs is elected chairman of the Webster County district committee of the Charleston Area Council Boy Scouts of America. Sam Clarke as vice chairman, and an operating committee with Burton Bessegger Jorshie Moore Yaneris Frazee plus others named. Jack Levis supervises as field executive with headquarters at Summersville.
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G. W. Shreiser
Webster, Springs
Webster County
Charleston Area
Boy Scouts of America
William Woodroe
Sam Clarke
Jack Burton
C. C. Bessegger
Joe Jorshie
Joe Moore
Cytio
Joe Yaneris
Arvid Frazee
Long Alive
Jack DL. Levis
Summersville
Kanawha Valley Dental Assistants names new officers
Mrs Olive Steinbecl of Kana wha Blvd was installed as president of the Kanawha Valley Dental Assistants at a meeting at the Daniel Boone Hotel this week. Dr R Ny Fraime, president of the Kanawha Valley Dental Society, installed her. Other officers are Mrs Grace Parcel, vice president, Mrs Blanche Carte, secretary, Mrs Bonnie Asnmort, treasurer, and Miss Mary McCarthy, librarian. Plans were made for a June 18 dinner for all dental assistants.
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Olive Steinbecl
Kanawha Blvd
Kanawha Valley
Daniel Boone Hotes
R. Ny
Denial
State Merit System seeks social workers for welfare jobs
Supervisor T. H. Coates announced that applications would be received until July 9 for positions in the public assistance department. The openings include child welfare and social workers under the state merit system council.
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T. H. Coates
Jstate Merit System Council
Public Assistance Department
Pere Marquette Joins Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Special to The Gazettes Cleveland June The Pere Marquette Railway Co merges into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co after a filing with the Michigan secretary of state and Virginia state commission. Robert J. Bowman, president, signs the agreement uniting the lines to form the seventh largest U S railroad by operating revenues. The merged system runs about 5 008 miles from the eastern seaboard to Michigan and Ontario gaining coal and industrial regions. Completion entitles Pere Marquette stockholders to C and O shares under exchange terms.
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Robert J. Bowman
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette Railways
Mr. Bowman
Cleveland
Jeth Krigh
William H. Wenneman
Henry &. Lobmeyer
J. C. Kagtlman
Zenarai
Pere Marquette Railway Co
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Anarger
Michigan Secretary of State Aid
West Virginia
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Michigan
Toledo
la Cross
Ind
Flissemger
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Peru
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Five Roads
Pere Marquette
O. Convertivbie
Stork
Pere Marquette Preferred
O. Converi
Jble
REA Grants $100,009 To Harrison Company for Rural Electrification
Washington June 6 The Rural Electrification Administration approved a loan totaling 100000 to Harrison Rural Electrification Asset Inc of Clarksburg West Virginia and two cooperatives for extending electrical service to rural areas. The fund supports rural electrification projects with a 100000 loan.
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Harrison Company
Washington
Bono
Harrison Rural Electrification Asset, Inc
Clarksburg
W. Va
United Fuel Co Plans Major Improvements Hearings Set
United Fuel Gas Co seeks approval before the Public Service Commission to spend nearly 29 million dollars financing two large transmission projects. One 49 mile 11 inch line would boost main service from Cobb station to the West Virginia Pennsylvania border across Monongalia and adjoining counties. A second 27 mile 2 inch line would run from Roane county to Carnegie station in Wetzel county.
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Public Service Commission
al Wiecapito
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Monongatias County
Roane County
Carnegie
Stallon
Wetzel County
Columbia
Gas & Electric Corp
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Ravoush Kanawha
Roane, Gilmer
Deddridge
Wetzel Marion
Monongalia
Permic ‘Sion
Cereda
Ohio
Mike River
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Burtington
Coat Ward
Winch
BSC Authority
Ecomomy
Lhage Sims
Licquid
From New Lands to Old Europe Asia Film Show
Prose Club members and guests will view two color films titled From New Lands to Old and This To Louisiana. The episodes feature Europe and Asia landscapes with music and dance, plus sequences of Istanbul and a Turkoman caravan, and a tour of New Orleans French quarters ending at Mardi Gras. Shown under courtesy of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey.
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Asia
Louisiana
Snc
Bess Club
Balkans
Theough
New Orleans
Lion Louissina
Qourtesy al Jag Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
National League of Women Voters Opens State Convention
Delegates gather at Edgewood Country Club for the state convention of the National League of Women Voters. Miss Virginia Strauss presides as president and new state officers are announced. Addresses by Miss Anna Lord Strauss and Mrs. Charles Peters highlight opening sessions.
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Mocracy
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Daniel Boole
Ings
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Anna Lord
Strauss
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Aledl
Leaigue
Women Voters
del Jati
Charles
Weski Peters
Miss Virginia League
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Strauss Apne
Reiss Heit
State Council
Edgewood
Charleston le Country Club
Oon
Agia
Gazette
Va Manufacturers Plan Meeting Series
Virginia Manufacturers Association announced a series of industry meetings in West Virginia over the next two weeks. Arthur Shoffstall, president, said the aim is to complete plans for member firms to participate in the treasury department option enabling payroll savings bonds. The first meeting will be at the U.S. Rubber Co. plant led by G. A. Grit.
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Moemers
Virginia
Muanfeciwers Assoc
West Virginia
Duiha
Jamoumeed
Arthur
Shelfstall
Treasury Department
Lu. S Rubber Co
G. A. Grit
Two Candidates Seek Recount In Town Voting at Sophia
Two of three candidates separated by a single vote have requested recounts of Tuesday's municipal election ballots. Henry Smith and James Akers, Progressive party aspirants for council, sought the recounts as Akers and Raul Harper were tied for the fifth seat and Smith trailed by one vote.
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Sophi
Sophia
Mergin
Henry Smith
James Akers
Progressive Party
Akers
Raul Harper
Smith
Legal notice in Kanawha Circuit Court West Virginia
Public legal advertisement from Kanawha County West Virginia. Notices heirs and defendants in chancery. Court to hear return on July 10 1947 at 3 PM and September 1947 hearing dates. Requires attendance with books papers and evidence to support the return and conveyance authenticity.
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Sponfawall “Rice
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Rgkt
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Ershine
Glinors
Wernice Lifscomb
Quentin Erskine
Kermit Erskine
Ant Carreid Erskine
Helen Smith
Ness
Hosny Ershine
Aqlure
Machiin
Washington
Harry Erskine
Seemad
Wonderful Opportunity To Sell And Train On Self Sustaining Basis
Opportunity to earn up to 10000 dollars yearly by selling with our proven method. Previous selling experience not required. on field tested plan, guided selling, and hours expected. Veterans welcome for better prospects. include vehicle details, personal contact, and Box GBI c o Gazette.
Clerical Jobs Ad From West Virginia Area
A damaged classified notice describes clerical and general newswork positions. It mentions evenings and test entries, wages, and an address in Charleston VA, inviting applicants to send details to Armour & Co. PO Box 7an7 for consideration.
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EADY
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