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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1930
Page
4
A weekly report highlights road funding and mileage data, noting about 1,000,000 dollars yearly into the state treasury from gasoline taxes. The document lists main routes, ongoing paving and grading work, and maintenance status from Maryland to Virginia lines, including bridges, oiling, and urban segments.
Baltimore writer KEEN A. RAFFERTY reports on Miss Maris deFord Keller finishing the long labor of love portrait of Cardinal James Gibbon. After 360 years of friendship and 13 years of steady work, Keller unveils the life work finished in 1921 and shown after decades of devotion to the prelate and his Catholic era.
The notice lists several Kanawha County couples with ages who received marriage licenses amid portraits and art notes. It recounts painter Wheeler Chandler and others, and reflects on wartime delays, eye troubles, and the artist’s dedication to a lifelong portrait. Women dominate dogs in Cruft’s London show, with most attendees and owners being female.
The report details ongoing road work across multiple routes from coverte to Union and Rendolph counties, with retread and oiling operations progressing. Several sections are open to traffic though rough when wet, including Huttonsville to Huttonsville and Belington to Junior, while other segments such as Elkins to Maryland Line and state routes 42 43 54 56 62 65 progress with gravel oiling and grading.
Movements of boats on the Kana river were logged by US river engineer Keres Mitchell with entries from Lock Ten at eight o'clock and eleven o'clock for upbound craft. Downstream boats included J. T. Wilson at seven ten and Velser at twelve thirty, with other upbound vessels listed by time. River stage readings across Pittsburgh to Cincinnati show varied levels, with Pittsburgh at 11.3 feet and Cincinnati at 12.7, while several dams and towns report rising or falling stages along the Ohio, Allegheny, Muskingum, and Tug Fork rivers.
Road report lists extensive construction and paving across West Virginia routes 8 10 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 and 24. Detours and mixed surfaces described with towns such as Huntington Beck ley Charleston Peterstown Webster Springs Arnoldsburg and Rock Camp noted. traffic advisories urge caution and note portions open or closed.
J Banks Shepherd camp director arrives to prep for the 1930 season at Walhonde on Coal River. Edwin Warner reports on Middletown training and will lead Indian craft and pageantry. Aviation curriculum planned with planes built under expert guidance. H B Wise will serve as physician. Nature study emphasized with council fire nightly, stunt nights, and pageants. Staff include Harry McLaughlin and Amos Moore. Many scouts already registered and bulletins mailed in the Charleston area.
Scoutmasters in the Charleston area council will host a roundtable at the public library assembly room Wednesday at eight. The Charleston district court of honor met Monday with scouts qualifying for merit badges: Leonard Echols Lawrence Winter Malcolm Sperow James Coffin Sam McNabb Coryelle Motley William Graham Ray Biser Chaviss Hall and Charles Campbell. The hiking club had two interests.
District meetings are set across Nitro Wednesday Charleston Thursday Montgomery Friday St Albans. Montgomery district to join a safety meet sponsored by Koppen Corporation next Saturday. Charleston and Columbus region plans for a four camparall in late August with up to a thousand boys in one camp.
May figures released by Davie Boyd, divisional commander, show Salvation Army held 36 open air meetings with 6650 attendees and 22 indoor meetings with 500 participants. Two converts were recorded as workers logged 38 visitation hours and 56 youth meetings reaching 1379 attendees. Eight hours were spent visiting jails and hospitals, with 24 War Cries distributed in those facilities. Chile expects its 1828 wheat crop to total near 1,000,000 bushels.
Miss Jane Harless served as hostess and treasurer for The World Wide Guild of the Baptist temple when it met Friday evening at Mr and Mrs Set F Morris Broad street home. President Miss Mary Dunn led a devotional and business session with light refreshments and games during social hour. attendees included Mary Dunn Ruby Johnston Velma Middleton Trixie Daniels Bearl Sheets Jene Harless Kal Morris Warne Morgan Charles Middleton Bran ley Morris and Hal Morris.
Governor Conley yesterday appointed chief physicians to the state public health council for the term ending June 20 1934 He instructed George W Sharp secretary of state to issue their commissions at once The appointees are Dr R Walker Charleston Dr W Fulton Wheeling and Dr Albert A Hoge Bluefield
Bert Holmes of near Guthrie stated yesterday he was not arrested as city police reported for forgery.
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