State purchases push lumber standardization guide
Thon F Stallord Saff Weller report the state purchasing division advances standard specs with a Lumber Buyers' Guide to unify lumber purchases valued at millions yearly. The effort aims to curb favoritism, improve price quality, and aid state agencies including the Road Commission and Natural Resources in acquiring lumber.
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Thon F. Stallord Saff Weller
Curtis 5. Wilson
Statehouse
Dale Curry
Wilson
Illinois Lumber Dealers Assn
Robert E. Mahaffey
Western Wood Products Assn
W. B. Parrish
West Virginia Lumber and Builders’ Supply Dealers Assn
State Road Commission
Department of Natural Resources
City Student's Work Honored
Miss Carol Green of Charleston West Virginia was named among 11 University of Illinois art students honored as outstanding in art education. She earned a departmental merit award and was listed among the university's top 100 students. A separate note mentions state vendor pre qualification rules effective 60 days after March 4, aimed at eliminating dummy corporations and requiring detailed officer and stockholder information.
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Urbana
Carol Green
Sheller Drive
Charleston
W. Va
University of Ilinois Department of Art
Green
Manuel
Smith
Mvest
Freshmen at UC San Diego crown water melon queen incident
On the new UC San Diego campus freshmen elected Elizabeth Heller 19 of Pasadena as water melon queen. She escorted to a seven story roof and dropped a two pound melon over the side. The melon splattered on a patio below creating a 91 foot spread of rind pulp and seeds.
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San Diego
Calif
University of California
Elisabeth Heller
Pasadena
Smoldering Chesapeake Controversy Persists After Election
Campaign tension in Chesapeake continues as Mayor-elect Bury White of the Citizens party disputes a statement by Mayor S. Sidewalk McConihay. White challenges figures on a $772.01 sanitary system construction and related assessments cited by McConihay, arguing the progress claim is inflated.
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Chesapeake
Bury White
Citizens Party
S. K.sidewalk
Ofthee
White
McCanthay
Meloni Thay
Miss Priestley Earns Medical Technology Degree
Miss Anna Ruth Priestley daughter of Mr and Mrs William P Priestley of 4521 Kanawha Ave South Charleston received a BS degree in medical technology from the Medical College of Virginia on Sunday. She completed premedical technology training at Morris Harvey College. The article also notes a city budget remark about revenue bonds totaling 203000 dollars plus 21000 more than previously stated and a quote from Mayor-elect White saying this is definitely no gravy train.
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Richmond
Anna Ruth Priestley
William P. Priestley
Kanawha Ave
South
Charleston
The
Medical College of Virginia
Priestley
Morris Harvey College
White
Ohio Valley to Craft Centers on a Weekend Drive
A travel piece outlines a weekend driving itinerary from Charleston through towns like St Albans Winfield Gallipolis and Parkersburg to explore George Washington landmarks West Virginia craft centers museums and parks. It highlights stops such as Mount Vernon Dairy Farm Tuendie Weir Park Gallipolis Mansion House Blennerhasset Island Cedar Creek State Park and Cedar Lakes and notes the trip concludes with Huntington or Charleston return.
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George Washington
Charleston
St. Albans
Winfield
Mount Vernon Dairy Farm
Washington
Kanawha
Beech Hill
Southside
Point Pleasant
Tuendie-Wei Park
Ohio
Lord Dunmore
Virginia
Cornstalk
Parkersburg
Blennerhasset Island
Aaron Burr
Southwest Territory
Williamstown
Fenton Art Glass Company
Marietta
Campus Martius State Museum
India
William PB Snyder, Jr
Muskingum River
Newark
Cisco
Rowe FL
Carre
Plarksville
Harn
Linn
Ripley
Tin Mountain
Cedar Lakes
U.S. 24
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Ken Tucker
Trater
Buckeye
Ohio Valley
City of
Gauls
Hills
Ohio River
West Virginia
Om. Huntington
Gallipous
Gallipolis
America
O. O. McIntyre
Court Street
Lafayette
Jenny Lind
Middleport
Ravenswood
Waiser Aluminum Works
Western
Alabama
Weston
U.S. 19
Jacksons Mill
Boyhood
Stonewall Jackson
US. 33
U.S. 119
Glenville
Cedar Creek State Park
Spencer
U.S. 33
Huntington
Magic Valley
American Petroleum Institute
Tage
True
West Bergin
Department of Gammerce
State Capitol
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Marietta, Willian
Cait
Swark
Larrisville
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St Albans
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