Longtime West Virginia educator seeks extended term
A 43-year-old high school teacher and coach from Wetzel County announced his bid for a sixth term in the West Virginia House of Delegates. An active member on the penal and correctional institutions committee, he spoke as the teachers retirement system ballots were tallied. The biennial vote totaled 11,184 ballots sent to county superintendents and state schools staff. The board’s election committee, including Arthur Upton and Budget Director D L Gainer, handled final tabulation with other members including Gov. Patteson and Supt. W W Trent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
House of Delegates
Wetzel County
Patteson
W.W .Trent
Eliza Wyatt
Bluefield
Robert A. Crichton
Hyde
Butch Hardman wins Teen Talent Time in Charleston
Butch Hardman of South Charleston High School won first prize in the Teen Talent Time contest held at the Thomas Jefferson Junior High auditorium. He earned an 8,000 savings bond and an audition for the Arthur Godfrey radio show after singing A Little Bit of Heaven on WCHS. Miss Bess, a Charleston High School student, received a 1,000 bond. The event was sponsored by Frankenberger and May Harriett Bess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butch
Hardman
Reeet Fiarlin
Butch) Hardman
South Charleston
Arthur Godfrey
WCHS
Max Frankenerger
Presi
Bond Dent
Frankenberger
May Harriett Bess
Rmney- Jooks
Miss Bess
Charleston Hight School
Sim Bond
Thomas Jefferson
Frankenberger’s
Gazette
Fugitive Impersonator Charged With Robbing Marshall County Store
MOUNDSVILLE June 1. Marshall County Prosecutor J K Chase announced Robert Edgar Shipley 18 of Fish Creek is charged with armed robbery and impersonating one of the escaped convicts during a brief prison breakout period. Two customers and the store owner identified him at Garrett Corfectionery and the robbed shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
Marshall County
J. K. Chase
Robert Edgar Shipley
Fish Creek
Chase
Shipley
Garrett Corfectionery
Prison Break Inmate Linked To Double Robberies
Witnesses recall a robber entering a store and declaring I am one of the convicts. The suspect wore denim trousers, not prison garb. Ship-Jey faces charges for two robberies, the first about two weeks before the prison mass break. One of 14 breakout participants remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tasker
Chase
Ship- Jey
Five Years Given In Bad Check Case
Pleading guilty to passing three bad checks Gladyis Stumbo 29 of McDowell Kentucky was sentenced to 1 to 5 years in the state penitentiary and fined 200 by Intermediate Judge Cyrus W Hall State police say Stumbo practiced posing and would buy equipment for an officer then pay with a bad check the articles were pawned Two others Everett Ray Hayes 49 of South Charleston and Ernest William Light 27 of Falling Reels were placed on probation for two years for attempted burglary and assault and battery respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladyis Stumbo
McDowell
Cyrus W. Hall
Stumbo
Proparion
Everett Ray Hayes
South Charleston
Ernest William Light
Directed Verdict in Charleston Fire Negligence Suit
Judge Bouchelle directed a verdict for defendants in a $4,500 lawsuit brought by William Aman da Martin of Charleston. The jury was instructed to find for A C and J E Moyer doing business as Moyer Bros and Pat Beard Jr., after the plaintiff presented evidence alleging negligence caused a house fire on November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeig
Willia Amanda Martin
Charleston
Julian F. Bouchelle
A. C
3. E. Moyer
Moyer
Flying Parson Busy Buzzin to Services
Wellsburg June 13 Frederick G. Weber known as the Flying Parson used rapid travel to keep three distant commitments. He delivered a morning sermon at Christ Epiphanes, officiated a wedding at St Marys, and led a Sunday night service at Fellanshee. He flew Wheeling to Parkersburg then drove to the wedding and returned to Wheeling for the Fellanshee service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
Die Rey
Frederick G. Weber
St Marys
Fellanshee
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Aulo
Follanshee
Out-of-Town Visitor Struck by Automobile
A Barbour county woman, Mrs. Mattie Payne, 58, of Philippi, was seriously injured after being struck by a car driven by David Riley Baker, 25, on Washington and Summers Streets in Charleston at about 10 a.m. She suffered possible skull and spine fractures, according to Waharieien General Hospital. Police report she walked into the path of the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour County
Charleston
Waharieien General Hospital
Mattie Payne
Philippi
Trubert Woodall
Payne
David Riley Baker
East St
Washington and
Summers
New Firm Chartered In Wheeling Construction Co Formed
The state granted a charter yesterday to the Halbert and Coulter Construction Co of Wheeling. Capital is $50,000 with Kenneth A Halbert Clarence R Coulter and Henry B Kloss as directors, all of Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halbert and Coulter Construction Co
Wheeling
Kenneth A Halbert
Clarence R. Coulter
Henry &. Kloss
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herbert Schupbach
Teachers’ Retirement Board
New Martsville
Sista Teachers’ Retirement Board
Richard E. Hyde
Schuphach
Fema Maple
Brooke County
Everal
Schupbach
Virginia ‘Beach
Sb. F Sterling
Scott Sterling
NEW York - 2
Babe Ruth
Sultan of Swat
Baba Ruth
Fainstairs Store
Jynar
Kil Worms
Gulf Trak
TRIAK
Cohen’s
NSS
Charlesian Dutle
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!