Beatrice Pollitt to Be Honored Before Marriage
Beatrice Pollitt will wed Glen K. Matthews on June 28. A miscellaneous shower honoring her will be hosted tomorrow by Mrs. Wayne Frazier and Miss Betty Lee Wood at the home of Miss Wood’s grandparents in Hallgate. Attending will include Mrs. H. D. Pollitt, Alex Pollitt, Eldon Robinson, William Mangan, Lee Wilson, Jack Custer, E. S. Woodyard, Eugene Sampson, Dick McLane, John Fisher, Harold Jackson, Maxine Hoberts, Christine Goff, Misses Virginia Barnum, Margaret Lanham, Lou Caldwell, Nellie Bartlett, Dawn Gay Huber, Kathryn Adkinson of Marlinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Pollitt
Glen K. Matthews
Wayne Frazier
Betty Lee Wood
Yard
Harry ©. Jackson
Hall Gt
Mesdames
H. D. Pollitt
Alex Pollitt
Eldon Robinson
William Mangan
Lee Wilson
Jack Custer
E. S.woodyard
Eugene Sampson
iGroup Insurance Plan Revised Affects Employees
Car bide and Carbon Chemicals Corp announced a revision to its group insurance plan providing increased health disability and life benefits for insured employees. The plan, effective June 1, continues employer premium sharing with participation high across plants in South Charleston Institute Diamond Hastings and Leach Kentucky. Trustees and officers at each plant oversee arrangements with Mutual Benefit Assoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
South Charleston
Institute
Diamond
Hastings
Leach
J. G. Davidson
Reymond Thomas
John Selenack
Joseph Doig
J. W. Chatfield
A. C. Slater
L. W. Moulder
G. J. Ratcliffe
F. C. Hawkins
J. C. Fulks
F. F. Webster
Ann Crews Marries E A Hatcher Jr in Pineville
The wedding of Miss Ann Crews and Mr. E A Hatcher Jr son of Mr. and Mrs E A Hatcher of Logan occurred Sunday at First Methodist Church in Pineville with Rev L A Steele officiating. The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Crews of Pineville, maid of honor Miss Catherine Crews of Washington DC, best man the bridegroom’s father, ushers H E Crews Jr William Lilly and John Hatcher. Mrs Hatcher a Marshall College graduate belonged to Sigma Sigma Sigma and the college Chamber of Commerce. Mr Hatcher spent two years in the ETO during the war and is now an engineering student at West Virginia University. They will reside in Morgantown after a Virginia Beach wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Crews
E. A. Hatcher, Jr
E. A. Hatcher
Logan
First Methodist Church
Pineville
L. A. Steele
H. E. Crews
Catherine Crews
Washington, D. C
Mr. Hatcher
Rebekah Lodges Hold Marlinton Convention
Delegates from lodges statewide attended the Rebekah Lodges district 18 convention in Marlinton hosted by Ruth Rebekah Lodge No. 68. Attendees included Jean Lambie of Fairmont president of the Rebekah Assembly, Hazel McHenry Parkersburg vice president, Neva Thorne Fairmont state secretary, Nettie Kennison Lobelia district 18 deputy president, E. N. Carlson Durbin secretary, and Mabel McNeel Merlinton district treasurer. Gifts of appreciation were presented to Lambie, Kennison, and McLaughlin by Viola Kennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodges
District 18
Marlinton
Ruth Rebekah Lodge No
Jean Lambie
Fairmont
Rebekah Assembly
West Virginia
Hazel McHenry
Parkersburg
Neva Thorne
Nettie Kennison
Lobelia
E. N. Carlson
Durbin
Mabel McNeel
Merlinton
Viola Kennison
Lambie
Jerry McLaughlin
Personal notes and business news from the region
Personal notes list residents traveling and visiting relatives including Miss Ann Payne Andrew Payne Jr and Margaret Lyle Smith of Kanawha Avenue. Others mention Dr. Howard A. Swart returning from Atlantic City, the Wood family from Carbon visiting Bishopville, and Pat Haynes undergoing an appendectomy at St Francis hospital. Also notes Curtis Withrow visiting Gallipolis and William G. Mathews Jr. returning from Miami Beach. a coal and lumber firm chartered in Marion and Harrison counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew A. Payne
Ann Payne
Andrew Payne, Jr
London Heights
Margaret Lyle Smith
Kanawha
Howard A. Swart
Atlantic City
American Medical Assoc
Mason M. Wood
Carbon
Bishopville
S. C
William G. Mathews, Jr
MacCorkle Av
Miami Beach
Fla
Fred Faulkner
West Virginia Faces Cuts to School Lunch Program
West Virginia faces major reductions if federal aid drops. Miss Martha Bonar notes the proposed government state match would hurt the program, which served about 100000 pupils last year. County programs, board support, and free lunches for needy children are highlighted amid funding gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Conness
Martha Bonar
Miss Bonar
Boards of Education
Kanawha
Elm Tree Obituary At Kanawha City Picnic Grounds
The Elm disease claimed the giant elm at Kanawha City where Quwens-Illinois Glass Co. employees held picnics. The plant paper notes the tree dated to 1747 and died in 1947 after years of disease. It stood about 100 feet high with a diameter around 100 feet and a trunk 58 inches wide at the narrow point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quwens-Illinois Glass Co
Kanawha City
OT Charleston Newsette
R. F P. Miller
American Tree Expert Co
Kanawha County
Educators Plan Big Workshop on School Supervision
About 125 state and county supervisors, college staff, and others will attend a July 16 18 meeting at Tackson’s Mill. The State Department of Education calls it a giant workshop to bridge elementary and secondary education and develop a 12 year coordinated curriculum with focus on supervision techniques and principal duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Planning Committee For
Tackson's Mill
State Department of Education
Road safety improves but gaps remain in licensing laws
President Truman's highway safety conference reported broader travel safety gains over the past year yet warned the seal is far from accomplished. The 1938 body noted many states strengthened traffic laws and ordinances, and two of the three states without driver licensing before 1946, Wyoming and Louisiana, have adopted licensing laws, leaving South Dakota without such enactments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Highway Safety ‘Conference
Une Conference
Wyoming
Louisiana
South Dakota
Weather Damages Crops Across Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
The weekly weather and crop report for the week ended June 14 notes flash floods and hail harming field crops and fruit in counties along the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Rain continued, corn on low ground drowned in places, while some regions saw fair to good growth. Hay yields were light due to flooding in meadows, tobacco planting progressed, potatoes grew well amid insect pressure, and fruit prospects were dimmed by hail. Temperatures averaged 75 degrees, with 1.75 inches of rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Ohio
Anniversary Dinner Honors Earl and Family
Mr and Mrs Earl Marion of 14041 Seventh Ave celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary with a family dinner entertaining their children James Robert Ernest Junior and Daniel Lee along with grandchildren last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Marion
James
Robert
Ernest
Junior
Daniel Lee
Jaycees Direct Nitro Greenbrier Man Held Scouting Drive
Nitro district gains Jaycees chair Jerome Collins announces a fund drive committee to back Boy Scout expansion. Collins notes lack of funds kept Nitro youths from Scouting as Greenbrier County pursues a separate armed robbery case against Ralph Chapman from Testa State Police. Chapman's arrest and expected municipal court arraignment are described along with a bus figure for Greenbrier County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Nitro Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jerome Collins
Pst
Collins
Howard Gandee
Vandal Lyona
Dale Curtis
M. P. Francesco
P. E. Willard
T. C. Townsend
Tom Sanders
Taycers
Greenbrier
Charleston
L. B. Warren
Ralph Chapman
Testa
Miner Alex Verdula Hurt in Slate Fall at Princess Dorothy Coal Co
Slate fall injures 23 year old Alex Verdula of Dorothy in the Princess Dorothy Coal Co mine at Dorothy. He was taken to Charleston General Hospital for skull spine and leg X rays and admitted for observation. Family listed includes Marion and their daughters Betty Jo Eva Mae and Mrs Kath leen McDougal of Charleston and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Verdula
Dorothy
Princess Dorothy Coal Co
Charleston General Hospital
Marion
Betty Jo
Eva Mae
Kathleen McDougal
Charleston
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