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!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1928
Page
3
U S Chamber of Commerce Manager and Fortney are chief speakers at the opening day of the session as oil men convene for the fifth annual meeting in the city.
The annual banquet of the West Virginia Oil Marketers Association opened the convention at Kanawha Country Club. Walter McKee of Charleston, former president, was expected to succeed himself. the meeting featured addresses by Walter McKee, S. B. Potter, C. P. Fortney, and John Matter, with Matter’s speech focusing on reducing selling costs and ensuring lubricants meet high speed machine demands. The event included golf and tennis, with delegates hosted by Charleston oil men.
About 130 delegates attended the fifth annual convention of the West Virginia Oil Mattcketers' association at Hotel Kanawha yesterday. Chairman Fertney opened speeches with notes on completing the state road system at an estimated 37.7 million dollars. The highway department chairman reviewed road financing since 1922, noting 57.47 million spent through a revolving fund and federal aid, with 3,244 miles of the 3,819 total mileage currently active.
Mr Fortney outlined 573 miles of unimproved state roads and 278 miles graded or under contract awaiting hard surfacing. He urged voters to approve a 35000 bond issue in November to accelerate road construction, predicting four construction seasons if ratified and years of delay otherwise. He warned about service stations too close to roads causing traffic issues and urged stations off the traveled roadway for safety and convenience.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.