Young Man Plans 40 Day Westward Trip From Charleston
Edgar McCullough of 140 MacCorkie Ave. will depart June 22 on a 40 day tour across 20 western states. The Charleston Gazette carrier earns a $475.50 savings check from L. M. Steele. He just finished his junior year at Charleston High School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McCullough and will be led by Mrs. D. C. Dorsey.
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Edgar McCullough
L. M. Steele
Charleston Gazette
the Gazette
Young McCullough
D. C. Dorsey
McCullough
BE. J. McCullough
Charleston High School
Boy 15 is shot and killed while shown gun
Huntington police report a 15 year old boy Lloyd Greer was fatally shot in the chest when a companion who was showing him a gun accidentally fired. The wounded youth died today. the companion is held at the Cabell County detention home as the investigation continues.
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Huntington
Lloyd Greer
F. X. Schuller
Greer
Cabell County
Pencl
Playground season opens with city staff meeting
City marks start of a 10 week summer playground program sponsored by the City Park and Recreation Commission. It lists operated playgrounds with supervising staff at each center plus five new city wide supervisors including Clyde Hutson, Jeanette Johnson, Sylvia Price McCormick, Reuben Carp and George Rayford.
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City Park and Recreation Commission
American Legion
Barbara Chidester
Littlepage Terrace
Orval Chidester
Tiskelwah
Susie Gott
Betty Graham
Dunbar
Clyde B. Hutson
Commission
Jeanette Johnson
Sylvia Price McCormick
Reuben Carp
George Rayford
PSC Weighs Monongahela Power Purchase of Stock
The Public Service Commission considered petitions by Monongahela Power Co to buy 5,800 shares from two subsidiaries Monterey Utilities Corp of Highland County Virginia and Marietta Electric Co of Marietta Ohio. The plan aims to repay parent company loans totaling 331,086 and 185,000 and refinance to fund expansions and repairs.
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PSC
Monongahela Power Co
Public Ceice Commission
Monterey Utilities Corp
Highland County
Marietta, O., Electric Co
Monongahela
City Recreation Leaders Plan 10 Week Summer Playground Program
City recreation chiefs met in the council chamber for a staff briefing before the city’s 10 week summer playground program. The gathering included Eleanor Brenman Maude Arnette Olive Pyles Betty Graham Adell Heavener Orva Chidester Josephines Davis Katherine Robyunds and others in front rows with leadership teams and city officials.
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Clty Council
Eleanor Brenman
Maude Arnette
Olive Pyles
Betty Graham
Adell Heavener
Orva Chidester
Josephines Davis
Katherine Rob
Ring Thefts Charged To Spring Hill Man
A 44 year old Spring Hill handyman, James Howard Tyler, was jailed awaiting grand jury action after a preliminary hearing for the alleged theft of two diamond rings from his employer, Dr. R G O Dell of St Albans. The rings, valued at $100 each, were recovered from two Charleston pawnshops.
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Spring Hill
W. 5. Webb
South Charleston
James Howard Tyler
R. OG. Odell
RFD 1
St. Albans
Tyler
H. G. Thayer
Charleston
Webb
Dr O'Dell
Three Teens Held for Breaking and Entering at Dunlap Grocery
Three teenage boys from Alum Creek area were arrested by state police for breaking and entering at the Dunlap Grocery on Alum Creek late Sunday. South Charleston and Trooper H. M. Starbuck turned them over to juvenile authorities at the Dunbar Child Shelter. Loot recovered includes more than $2 in small change and cigarettes.
St Albans Man to Receive M D Today
Lowell Berry of St Albans graduates today from the Medical College of Virginia with the doctor of medicine degree and will begin internship at Charleston General hospital July 1. A Huntington native, he earned a B S magna cum laude at Marshall College in 1939 and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha. He worked as a chemist for Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. for four years. He is married and has a four month old daughter.
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Lowell Berry
St. Albans
Medical College of Virginia
Charleston General Hospital
Huntington
Marshall College
Alpha Omega Alpha
E. L. Berry
National Medical Honorary Society
Phi Beta Kappa
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Marial
Morton Jr to chair Life Week at West Virginia University
William E. Morton Jr of Webster Springs is named chairman of Life Week at West Virginia University for the next academic year. Life Week is sponsored by campus religious groups and aims to promote student spiritual activities.
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Life Week
Morgantown
William E. Morton, Jr
Webster Springs
West Virginia University
Piano Pupils Recital At St John’s Parish House
Piano pupils from Mrs. Lucille D. Diddle’s class present a public recital today at 3 p.m. at St. John’s Parish House. Performers include Ann Morgan Ruth Thorson Carolyn Halley Jacequeline Childress Lynn Farley Marybelle Brewer Mary Jo Merideth Alice Ann Klostermeyer Nancy Brewer Ruth Ritter Lynn Sleeth Joan Spillers Helen Thorson Richard Rice Gordon Lee Gittl ey Neil McDowell and Edward Pappas.
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Fiano
Lucille D. Diddle
St. John’s Parish House
Ann Morgan
Ruth Thorson
Carolyn Halley
Jacequeline Childress
Lynn Farley
Marybelle Brewer
Mary Jo Merideth
Alice Ann Klostermeyer
Nancy Brewer
Ruth Ritter
Lynn Sleeth
Joan Spillers
Helen Thorson
Richard Rice
Gordon Lee Gitlley
Neil McDowell
Edwardi Pappas
Marriage Applications List Mixed Couples Across States
A long list of marriage applications shows numerous couples with ages ranging from 19 to 43. Names include William Becher and Joanne Greider, Roger Hiersoux and Mary Davis, James Butcher and Mildred Young, and others from Charleston, St. Louis, North Charleston, and nearby areas.
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William John Becher
St. Louis
Joanne Prichard Greider
Ruttner
Roger Joseph Hiersoux
Coastal
Mary Elizabeth Davis
Glenwood
James M. Butcher
Dixie St
Davis Mildred Young
North Charleston
Danley Cuzzort
Lynchbure
Faith Copen
Ea Quarrier
Willard E. White
Mary Jean Burdette
Dunbar
Bierids
Bennett Isetes
Blaley
Bad Bae
Frengex Belcher
RFD
Carl Nathan Walker
Fimberly
Nancy Joan Burface
Sith
Joe Cephas Thompson
Grace Frances Peterfield
Charleston
Wiliam Ramsey Johnson
Kanawh
Bivd
Frances Sidnor Carver
Virginia At
Mishaps Involving Two Girls And A Boy Hart
Three children were admitted to Charleston hospitals after falls and bicycle accidents. Frank Adkins 13 of Ashford Boone county injured left elbow when his bicycle skidded and he fell. Janet S Braden 5 of 303 Mary St suffered a concussion after being struck by a bicycle near home. Judy McClure 7 of Sumeree Lincoln county sustained a concussion from a swing fall. All conditions not serious.
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Charleston
Frank Adkins
Frazier Adkins
Ashford
Boone County
Charleston General Hospital
Janet S. Braden
Robert E. Braden
Mary St
Staats Hospital
Judy McClure
Okey K. McClure
Sumeree
Lincoln County
Wind Storm Destroys Beech Fork Church
Wayne June 7 The Holiness congregation at Beech Fork near Wayne will rebuild after a powerful wind and rain storm yesterday destroyed the church. Only the foundation and floor remained with a battered piano upright amid scattered lumber and debris across several hundred yards.
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Wayne
Beech Fork
Huntington Man Named U S Jaycee Treasurer
W Gwynn Edmonds of Huntington is named treasurer of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce. Edmonds was appointed by Paul D Bagwell of East Lansing who defeated Edmonds for the presidency.
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Huntington
U. S. Jaycee
Philadelphia
W. Gwynn Edmonds
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Edmonds
Paul D. Bagwell
East Lansing
Mich
Marmet Fire Doused at Chesapeake Home
Fire damaged the residence of Mrs. Louise Leonard in Chesapeake for about 30 dollars. Marmet volunteer firefighters, led by Chief EC Burke, blamed a wiring defect and extinguished the blaze.
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Marmet Department
Chesapeake
Louise Leonard
Marmet
EC Burke
Marmet Volunteer Fire Department
SSS Tonic Promises Energy From Red Blood Strength
The ad claims low blood count saps energy and appetite and promotes SSS Tonic as a remedy. It attributes improved digestion and vitality to the tonic’s activating ingredients, urging readers to start using it for stronger, healthier blood and body.
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Avery
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