Bids Open June 26 for 17 West Virginia Road Jobs
The State Road Commission will open bids June 26 for 17 road projects estimated at 1.29 million dollars with nine federally aided, pending approval by the Federal Bureau of Public Roads. Projects span Wood, Hampshire, Mason, McDowell, Ohio, Preston, Doddridge, Gilmer, Monongalia, Monroe, Tucker and Upshur counties with road widening, surface treatments, base installation, and new bridge work including several T beam spans.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Wood County
Big Run
Williamstown
Kanawha Station
Wirt County Line
Hampshire County
Sedan
Ria Bridge
Mason County
McDowell County
Ohio County
Short Creek
Preston County
Little Sandy Creek Road
W. Va
Doddridge County
Big Isaac
Taylor Drain
Gilmer County
Steer Creek
Braxton
Wardensville
Moncengalla County
Carruthers
Monroe County
Peterstown
Summers County
Tucker County
Canaan Valeley
Upshur County
Adrian‘Alton
Ws Va
Alton
Marriage of Miss Frankie Hanshaw to Bruce Burns Sheaves
Miss Frankie Lou Hanshaw daughter of Wis Isadrow Hanshaw married Bruce Burns Sheaves son of Mr and Mrs D H Sheaves at White Oak Methodist Church Rev Lucian M Legg conducted the ceremony. Attendants included Miss Dorothy Hanshaw and Mr Amar Hanshaw. Reception at the Sheaves home followed by a trip to Canada and Niagara Falls. The bride a Nuttall High School student wore a white eyelet organdy gown with red rosebuds. the groom a Beckley Junior College graduate plans to enter the USAF.
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Sheaves-Hanshaw
Frankie Lou Hanshaw
Wis
Isadrow Hanshaw
Dane
White Oak Methodist Church
Bruce Burns Sheaves
D. H. Sheaves
Lauglisburg
Lucian M. Legg
Nora Remely
Sally Ann McDaniels
Frank Hanshaw
Rand
Gay
Dorothy Hanshaw
Mr. Amar Hanshaw
Jane Smith
Carole Brooke Hanshaw
Sheaves
Mescames
Herman Flanagan
Ida Smith
Roscoe Burns
Ceril Hicks
James Burns
Canada
Niagara Falls
Nuttall High School
USAF
Beckley Junior Colles
Marshall Collee
Dogwood Contest Awards At Kanawha Garden Council Meeting
At the YWCA Friday the Elk Shore Garden Slab won first prize in the dogwood planting contest with Edgewood Garden Club second. 669 dogwood trees were planted by 16 clubs. judges included M A Mendel Brooks Daugherty and Tevin Lloyd. Virginia Boyd Connally noted 27 trees planted at Daniel Boone Park by the Kanawha Garden Club. Mrs Keenan announced 4600 pledged for Memorial Hospital grounds landscaping. two new clubs Shadow Lawn and Nitro formed. Rustle of Spring Flower Show reviewed by Mrs Lilly.
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Kanawha Garden Council
YWCA
Elk Shore Garden Slab
Edgewood Garden Club
Messrs
M. A. Mendel
State Road Commission
Brooks Daugherty
Kanawha County
Tevin Lloyd
Mendel
Boyd Conanally
Daniel Boone Park
Kanawha Garden Club
W. F. P. Keenan
Memorial Hospital
Wayne Rich
Kanawha
Club to Host Covered Dish Dinner at 6 30 P M
The Lake Chaweva club will hold a covered dish dinner at 6 30 P M Saturday at the club house. All members are invited. Mr and Mrs Olive Hageman of London Heights Rel will leave tomorrow to attend their son Maury Hageman's graduation from Philips Exeter Academy. On the way home they will visit relatives in Church Hill Maryland.
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Lake Chaweva
Olive. Hagerman
London Heights ‘Rel
Maury
hilips-Exeter Academy
Church Hill
Two Charleston Girls Elected to State Offices
Two Charleston girls were elected to state offices at the West Virginia Society, Children of the American Revolution state convention in Elkins. Alice Maynard Kuhn was elected junior state president and Helen Walker junior state treasurer, with Mrs. W. Eugene Healcombe continuing as senior state president.
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Charleston
West Virginia Society
Children of the American Revolution
Elkins
Alice Maynard Kuhn
Charles J. Kuhn
Virginia Ay
Helen’ Walker
Charles Walker
Quarviier St
Robert P Barry, Jr
Charles T. Walker
James R. Buckle
Vincent Parmesanc
Martha O'Dell
Parkersburg
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Ann Towle
Huntington
Mary Ann Tower
Martinsburg
Presbyteries Seek Closer Negro White Cooperation
Orlando report notes the Southern Negroes offered closer cooperation with white Presbyterians of the South as the 1st general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U S votes on dissolving the Negro synod. Batchelor says dissolution would not affect Negro church leadership, with leadership to be spread among white Presbyteries. Next year’s assembly will run June 6 to 10 in Charleston West Virginia.
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Orlando
Fla
South
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Alex H. Batchelor
Division of
Negro Work
Charleston
W. Va
Japanese Youths Show Strong Interest In Democracy
Japanese youths increasingly embrace democratic ideas says Miss Sayoko Kurihara, director of the national YWCA of Japan. After six weeks in Charleston for observation at the YWCA, she told the Alltrusa Club luncheon at the Daniel Boone Hotel that ancestor worship and rigid customs weaken among the young while democratic practices enter family life. Kurihara, in the U S for a year of study, formerly led Osaka YWCA education for eight years and studied at Woman's Christian College in Tokyo and Hiwa Girls High School in Yokohama where she learned from Miss Olive Hodges, cousin of Charleston Chamber of Commerce head Charles E. Hodges, who was her first Christian teacher.
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Japan
Sayoko Kurihara
National Ywca of
Charleston “Y
Alltrusa Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
Kurihara
Osaka Ywca
Woman's Christian College
Tokyo
Hiwa Girls High School
Yokohama
Olive Hodges
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Hodges
Miss Kurihara
Grannies Creek Man Charged in Slaying
Spencer report states Lewis Blosser, 25, of Grannies Creek Roane County, released on $1,000 bond pending arraignment in Roane Circuit Court on two counts felonious assault and malicious wounding tied to the death of Mrs Stacil Parsons who died in a local hospital May 5. Blosser surrendered at the county jail after being sought since his indictment May 21 by a grand jury. Trial slated for September term.
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Spencer
Lewis Blosser
Grannies Creek
Roane
Blosser
Stacil Parsons
Personal Notes From Local Social Circle Transit During Week
Personal notes record guests and travels in the area. Mr and Mrs Roy Doss left for Huntington after visiting the Earle Aldersons on South Drive during the Methodist Conference. J Lee Fox of Sutton is guest son in law of Henry Fox of Hunt Ary. Alice Machesney returns to Harrisville after a 10 day visit with Mrs C A Blaine in Jefferson Park. George B Hansen arrives from Morgantown to serve as groomsman for the Nitro wedding of Barbara Hoke and Max W Lawson. Charles C Tallman, formerly of the city, left for Richland Washington after visiting his brother and sister in law. Mr and Mrs Brooks B Tallman of Shawnee Circle. Miss Nancy Churchman of Abney will return today from Belle Rose Louisiana where she visited Miss Jo Ann Pauley. Pauley accompanies her home for several days.
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Roy Doss
Earl Alderson
South Dr
Huntington
J. Lee Fox
Sutton
Henry EK. Fox
Hunt Ary
Alice MaChesney
Harrisville
C. A. Blaine
Jefferson Park
George B. Hansen
26Th St
Morgantown
Barbara Hoke
Nitro
Max W. Lawson
Charles C. Tallman
Hame
Richland
Wash
Brooks B. ‘Tallman
Shawnee Circle
Nancy Churchman
Abney Iele
Belle Rose, S. 1
Jo Ann Pauley
Miss Pauley
Nine West Virginians among 288 dead in Korea return
Washington June 11 special nine dead West Virginians including one Kanawha Countian are among 288 American soldiers whose bodies are being returned from Korea aboard the USS Rutgers Victory. Ship expected in San Francisco tomorrow. next of kin notified. Names listed include Arroy Pvt Darrell L King from Shrewsbury and others from Huntington Huntington Parkersburg Blacksville Sistersville Glen White Manheim Preston Wyoming counties with ranks ranging from private to corporal.
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Washington
Jeanawha Countian
Korea
United States
Defense Department
San Francisco
Kanawha County
Arroy Pvt
Darrell L King
James A. King
Shrewsbury
West
Raymond J. Michael
Sisters Ville
Tyler County
Pic
Robert C. Miller
Troy E. Miller
Manheim
Preston County
Cecil E. Sommerville
Howard Sommerville
Parkersburg
David A. St. Clair
Grover St. Jair
Glen White
Raleigh County
Billy Wolford
Mary J. Wolford
Huntington
Voice of America job openings in Washington interview room
Representatives of the U S Department of State are interviewing applicants in Room 409 at the Daniel Boone Hotel for Voice of America positions. Openings include typists and stenographers with salaries from 2875 dollars annually and one month vacation plus 15 days sick leave. Davie H Schindell says 300 more recruits are sought.
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Ut. 5
Department of State
Washington, D., C
Daniel Boone Hotel
Voice of America
Davie H. Schindell
Field Recruitment
U. S. Department of State
Trotter Renamed to State Board of Control
L Steele Trotter of Charleston was renamed by Gov. Patteson yesterday as a minority member of the State Board of Control. Trotter, 54, will serve until June 30, 1957. He first was appointed by Gov. Meadows on Sept. 1, 1945. He is a veteran of both world wars and a graduate of Harvard Law School.
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L. Steele Trotter
Charleston
Patteson
State Board of Control
Trotter
Meadows
Ooth
Harvard Law School
Navy Announces Immediate Active Duty For Enlistees
The U S Navy recruiting service said all men accepted for enlistment will be assigned to active duty immediately. Recruits go to Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois or Bainbridge Naval Training Center in Maryland. The physical requirements have been lowered and details are available at Room 101 in the Federal Building.
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U. S. Navy Recruiting Service
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Navy Recruiting Office
Federal Building
All-Bran Claims Relief for Constipation in Testimonial
A Paterson New Jersey resident Victor Sands promotes Kellogg's All-Bran as a daily remedy for constipation. The ad urges eating an ounce at breakfast with water, and offers a double tour money back if not satisfied after ten days, with a Battle Creek Michigan return address.
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Victor Sands
Dundee Avenue
Paterson
N. J
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Mich
Jewelry theft at Charleston hotel blamed on guest
Mrs Nancy McCauley Gregory Hickorys Virginia reports jewelry theft from her hotel room on May 20 while she stayed as a guest. Missing items include a nine-diamond cluster ring an onyx mounted piece and several other rings. value not disclosed. A separate report notes $127 stolen from Jack Skeens in the same lodging area.
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Charleston
Nancy McCauley Gregory Hickorys
Java
Dewey Williams
Jack Skeens
MacFarland St
Peddie School Diploma Awarded to Charleston Student
John Evans Austin, son of Rev Eugene M Austin and Mrs M Austin of 313 Morris St Charleston West Virginia, graduated at Peddie School commencement yesterday. He was among the seniors receiving diplomas at the annual exercises.
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Peddie
City
Hightstown
John Evans Austin
Eugene M. Austin
Morris St
Charleston
W. Va
Peddie School
Student group roles and clubs at Jefferson and Peddie
In 1948 after graduation from Thomas Jefferson High School in Charleston the student service organizations included YMCA Glee Club Octet and Quart while at Peddie Austin joined the football team hockey club and was a member of the Gold Key Society the staff of the student annual.
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WM Thomas Jefferson High School
Charleston
YMCA
Peddie
Austin
Ajters
Gold Key Society
BC Headache Tablets and Powders Promote Fast Relief
Advertisement promotes BC headache tablets and powders offering fast relief for headaches neuralgia and minor pains. It highlights a multi ingredient formula available in califications forms and sizes including 10c 25c and family size bottles with 100 tablets.
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Welen Walker
Alice Kuhn
Tag Galyeee
Board of Control
ROY West & CO
Riverview, W. Va
National Bank of Commerce
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
City Hotel
Skeeny
Kets
Tag Galyean, Inc
Virginia and Truston
Orn Montus
Dodge
Salange
Tag Galyean
Tag Galyean Motor Co
McCorkle Ave
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