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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1946
Page
19
Beckley city council passed an ordinance for a gross sales tax on all local businesses. The move faced protests from merchants and businessmen who estimate the annual yield at about 55,500 in revenue. The tax targets gross sales and includes rents and royalties, aiming at roughly one third of the state tax.
Thelma Shafer daughter of Albert and (Drs.) Shafer of Blue Creek married Robert J. Brown in a ceremony last night at the groom's mother's home in Chesterfield Ay. Rev. W C Stearn presided. Attendant Phyllis Brown wore a yellow eyelet dress. Earl F. Shafer attended. The couple will reside in Kansas City Missouri where Brown will study at Central Radio and Television school. The bride attended Capitol City Commercial College after Elkview High School. Brown, formerly of Hawarden Iowa, studied at Western Union College. discharged RAF staff sergeant after five years, with 32 months in the MTO.
Belisa McClung daughter of Mr and Mrs Harley D McClung of Fenwick married Walter Lee King Jr at Baptist Temple with Rev James Harvey officiating. A reception was held at the bridegroom’s parents home in Dunbar. The bride wore a powder blue frock and pink rosebud veil. Mrs King is a Richwood high school graduate employed at Mountain State hospital. Her husband, a Stonewall Jackson HS graduate, is a Morris Harvey College student after four years in the Marine Corps. They reside on Roxalana Road in Dunbar.
Sgt Claude L Walker of the state police Co B HQ in South Charleston was among 84 officers who graduated from the FBI National Academy in Washington. The 32d session ended after 12 weeks of training in law enforcement police administration and modern investigation methods with remarks from Francis Cardinal Spellman and Sen Styles Bridges.
Miss Martha Frances Nester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Nester of St. Albans, married William Russell Morris Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Morris of Pennsylvania, at the First Baptist Church in St. Albans. Rev. J. B. Myeride officiated. The ceremony featured a white eyelet frock and white accessories for the bride, who carried a white Bible with an orchid marker. Geraldine Nester, sister and maid of honor, wore an aqua lace frock with a talisman corsage. John D. Hammack served as best man.
The couple will spend their cymoon in Miami Beach Florida. Miss Nancy Pierce of Sharpsville, a sorority member of Phi Kappa Sigma, is visiting for several days with the Waves. Mr J B Pierce Jr, son of Mrs J B Pierce, has spent years with the RAF and now works at Camp Sunset Edinboro Pa. His brothers Thomas Pierce a student at Hyde Park-on-the-Hudson and J B Pierce OT were visiting in New York Maine and New Hampshire. Andrew 8 Thomas of Kanawha Blvd returned from a business trip to New York City.
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