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Park Work Progressing Rapidly Near Airport K‘Operation Coonstlcm’ was progressing rapidly Wednesday. Above, L. S. Coleman, Jett, superintendent of the road project, confer* with ills son*, eltm. Nlr. Coleman predicts the road will be completed by Wednesday night. “If It isn't, we’ll keep working ontll It is/' he said. In the bottom picture, a welder is shown working on a drainage pipe in the park while other workers survey the road which will provide access to the beautifully-wooded county project.5?DfT,■y.ITDeaths and FuneralsTruman Playing{Continued from Page One) courses olPark Project(Continued from Page One) the afternoon still found one section impassable.With continued good weather they thought the road might be completed by Wednesday night 4Tf it isn’t/’ L. S. Coleman, superintendent, said, “we’ll keep working until it is/’After supper most ol the workers went back to their job of getting the project completed ont lime. Many of them worked until dark.And for their unselfish efforts and long hours ot labor, General Chairman Paul K. Anderson had high words of compliment Tuesday night for more than a hundred AFL worker- and Kanawha valley's contractors and equipment dealers, You have proved magnificently,” he said, that the Kanawha valleys men of the budding, construction and contracting industry have the drive, spirit, muscle and knowledge to accomplish just what we have set out lo do.“This job is going to be finished on schedule as pledged by everyone of you, By tonight, we will give to the people of Kanawha county their own Coonskin Park/' Gov. Paitcson. Mayor Andrews and Carl C. Calvert, president of the county court, are expected to be on the scene Wednesday at 1 p. in. to inspect the work being done,HUNDREDS of spectators, nameof whom were there on Tuesday, went back to the park she Wednesday to watch the big earth-moving machines in operation. They traveled largely by bus and train as private automobiles were not permitted in the area,•Concession stands were set up | in the vicinity of the work to serve 1 soft drinks and food to the visitors, They, were prepared to handle j their biggest crowds Wednesday I afternoon and evening. |A _ celebration with fireworks. I dancing, a baseball game and other ’ entertainment is scheduled for Wednesday night to signal the conclusion of ihe comm unity •wide project to build the park for public use.The Charleston Reds under j Frank Folk and the Charleston j Gazette Junior league team* meet ;on the new bait diamond Wednesday at 6 p, m, for (he kick-off Ofaction Stalin can-^* evening's entertainment program.IVcrybrctheMoFa;natlruntloiha.c1cotcuaitheICrim792me1,1.1av.thewepO]P1EwtiolfiCOtoMiVlt;CarOP,COiniirnoCOCQPCot:12thidie.teeigwatsyce503-| Harney Hall Rifs* ,bro,dFuneral services for Harvey Hall, take.151* of Handley, who died in a| t He can filt tlght and my noty, Following the game, at 6 p. m,. i Montgomery hospital Monday, wing for a whil€ lf lhe Korean Com-;concert and dance music will be ibe held Thursday at 2:30 p. in. at mLmts^ j0.se tiic war. the Kremlin!played by members of the ■ the Baptist church in Montgomery, say it had nothing to do 'Charleston AFL Musicians unionj Rev, W. W. Williams and ®BV*.with the invasion, and, in fact, I lu the dance pavilion now under j Mark Foren will conduct the serv-;didn.t ow anythinpr about it until construction, jices and burial will be in Mont-iitlt; happened. If the Korean Reds jgomery Memorial park with Hoop-;1 er mortuary in charge. The body ; is at the mortuary. /! Mr. Hall, was assistantwin. Moscow then can hail the es-Square dancing, supervised by Sally and Paul McKown of Tylerlablishment of another people’s! mountain, will be on the programEfturoru!idb-d-heceerist.esvetl-hsnsD-afcd-Ipiy*pay roll'clerk for the Cannelton Coal Co.Survivors include the widow. 'Mrs. Edith Hall, three daughters, ’Mrs. Prudence La it of Handley land Mrs. Helen Hicks and Mrs.| Bonnie Peebles, both of Fairborn, j iO.: his parents. Mr, and Mrs. Jobn■ Hall of Huntington; five sisters,■ Mrs. Nancy Graham, Mrs, Dorothy 1 Mullins and Mrs. Zelphia Simmons, :all of Huntington, Mrs, Frances Eastman of Fayetteville and Mrs.j Margaret Hines of Cincinnati. O.:; • two brothers, Hobart and Elijah; iHall of Huntington and five grand- • : children. 1and start making more;as well as modern swing music.5 Henry. Mike—S3, of Monday at home.Oak Hill,Kurzyna, Linda Louise—Infant daughter Mr. and Mrs, Charlie Kruzyna of Oak Hill, Monday in an Oak Hill hospital.republic' plans.2. Stalin can tell Mr. Truman that Russia is not involved in the war,. but at the same time send secret aid to the Korean Reds, The way that probably would happen is that some ’’volunteers” would join the fighting in Korea, They wouldn't be able to speak very good Korean, but they would know how to maneuver a Yak fighter plane and be familiar with the inside of a tank. The chances are they would speak pretty good Russian.3. Moscow could take the biggamble and throw the Red air force and the Red Army openly into the war. If that happened,World War III probably would be here. Once American and Russian pilots began falling in flames through the Korean skies, it wouldLayton, John W.—26, of Harvey,jbe almost impossible Fayette county, Monday in a-the war.to localizetod,e-a-:inofussodpseinatedtoHuntington hospital.; MLlbee. Mrs. Minnies—69. ofI Charleston, Monday at home. jSafreed, Infant—Son Mr. and Mrs. j C. R. Safreed of South Charles-t ton, Tuesday in a South Charles-• Ion hospital.j Scott, Florence—38, of Morrisville,: Boone' county. Tuesday at home.{Shaffer, Infant—daughter Mr. and ; Mrs. Dors el Shaffer of Slssonlile, j Tuesday at home.Shamblin. Infant—son Mr. and Mrs.! Edward Shamblin of near Nitro,1 Tuesday at home. iSmith. Mrs. Martha Jane—87. of’Draft DecisionnnMount Hope, Sunday at home. Stover. Thomas—70, of Packsville/(Continued from Page One! wrote earlier bills limiting presidential powers.Vc ought not to play c*t and mouse with this thing/’ Tydings told the senate. Mln view of the International situation/*Later Kem tdd a reporter he “might make a fight on this—I have not decided/’Kem objected chiefly to junking ?, senate bill provision saying thatthe President tual draftingcould not order ac-tf congress was inALVIN SNYDER. Charleston;magician, Th* Chnrlestonaires. a! Barbershop quartet, and a fire-! works display is scheduled. jR. G. LeTourrneau. - inventor of earthmoving equipment and head of the company which bears his name, is scheduled to put in an appearance during the evening.Baltimore and Ohio trains will make round trips at 6 and 8:30 p. m. with the last train leaving the park at 10:15 p. m. Busses will also make late runs to and from the park.Two bus routes were being used; from Duffy street across Kanawha airport and from the end of Bigley avenue on U. S. 119 to just beyond Mink Shoals hill where a national guard pontoon foot bridge had been placed across Elk river.Many of the spectators at the-big operation were obviously ] struck by the beauty and the po-i tenlialitics of the park area. When' i fully developed the park will un-! idoubtedly be one of the best andi most attractive in the state.Some 800 acres of park land are owned by the county. ''Operation Coonskin, the initial development in the park area, was sponsored by the following:Associated General Contractors of West Virginia. Kar.awha county members of the West Virginia Contractors Assn., the Associated Equipment Dealers, the Charleston Building Contractors Assn., the Charleston Gazette and other civic and business groups.
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Charleston Daily Mail
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Wed, Jun 28, 1950
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