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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
3
George W. King West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers executive secretary left Charleston with Mrs King for the National Association of Retail Grocers convention in San Francisco June 22 26. Also traveling are Harry Kinnaird state president and Mrs Kinnaird E M Tutwiler Mount Hope board chairman Mrs Tutwiler and their children.
West Side Business Men's Association discussed plans to improve Charles ton at a ladies night dinner at Humphrey's Memorial church Tuesday. Proposals included a city market parks by pass road to ease traffic and relocate smaller plants in the Kanawha valley. O W Vandelinder spoke.
City police report a theft at Samuel Case jewelry store 24174 Capitol St after a hole was smashed in a display window and five watches valued at 266.75 were stolen. Bonnie Grey, 713% Lee St, reports 250 dollars in property stolen from her room. Mrs J C Cummings, RFD 2, outlines association plans with Lee Johnson and J G Hall assisting.
Police logged several theft complaints reporting items stolen from private homes and vehicles. Louis McQuaide reported a spare wheel and tire missing from his station wagon on Venable Avenue. John Mazzella said two cases of paint were stolen from a car on Fry Street. W Victor Ross reported battery and cable stolen from his car on Venable Avenue. C M Waller reported a lantern taken from a brick pile at Washington and Brooks Streets. Total values not fully specified.
Personal notes report departures for Wichita Falls Texas and Paris Kentucky for weddings and bridesmaids roles. Miss Nancy Dixon plans a Washington DC visit and Philadelphia debut party attendance. The item mentions Mr and Mrs J W Dixon Jr and A J Merrill with family comments.
Mr and Mrs W G Hudson of St Albans announce the June 7 marriage of their daughter Sybil Smith to John J Lehr son of Mr and Mrs J J Lehr of Ridgewood N J Rev Robert Kirkpatrick officiated at the First Presbyterian Church St Albans Attendants were the bride's sister Mrs R J Picklesimer and Mr R J Huling Mrs Lehr formerly held a secretarial position in the local office of the American Rolling Mill Co and her husband is an engineer with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp They have returned from a worldling trip and are residing in Virginia Heights St Albans
Mrs Charles Buchanan hosted a Saturday gathering on Bream Street honoring J W Sprigle on his 84th birthday. Guests included S L Bailey Bather Crites James Holmes Hubert Roberts and many others with teens Richard Peter Clendenin and Richard Lee Carroll among attendees. A Palomar telescope mirror note closes the item.
A fuel oil tractor-trailer collided on State Rt 3 near Comfort Boone County. Driver Ralph D Vineyard 28 Walton Roane injured. A L Adkins family in adjoining house slept as tank rack smashed porch and kitchen. Charles Gelhe driver of Tank Lines Inc left curve after flat bed truck skid.
Club members will be entertained at a picnic supper from 6 30 to 9 p m Saturday with Richmond Houston and his string ensemble providing music Reservations are being taken at the clubhouse
Kenneth Watson, chemical engineer for the West Virginia Water Commission, will address the quarterly meeting of the Master Plumbers Association of West Virginia tonight at the Ruffner Hotel. His topic is Stream Pollution in the Kanawha Basin and he will outline three phase.
The plan outlines classifying every mile of major state streams into four water quality zones, a cooperative program to reduce industrial pollution via treatment units, and an education drive urging municipalities to pursue sewage treatment in partnership with the Division of Sanitary Engineering.
A business meeting of the plumbers association will follow the address with T. A. Fitze gerald of Charleston acting as chairman.
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