Rain Delays Progress at County Memorial Airport Project
Weather disrupts clearing and grading for east west and northeast south west runways delaying paving. Engineer Robert L. Davis cites 90 day grading target if weather improves, with about 45 percent of contract completed and road work largely finished to airport.
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County Memorial
Rae
Robert L. Davis
Paling and Son
Eastwest
State Road Commission
Beaver
Davis
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Beckley Fifth in State In Planned Building
Beckley ranked fifth in the state for June building activity, with permits totaling 276200, a sharp rise from last year and a notable state lead by Charleston. Huntington, Parkersburg, Wheeling, and Hinton followed as Bluefield and Logan also showed changes, while the state total hit 3625634, up from 2816985 in 1949.
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Beckley
Vogme
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
Huntington
Parkers
Conbury
Wheeling
Hinton
Bluefield
Logan
Richwood
Property transfers recorded total in Beckley and district
The Raleigh County Clerk's office lists several land transfers including Felix Gartusiak and wife purchasing Lot 54 in the Anderson Subdivision for about 5000 dollars from Harry E. Anderson and wife. Other transfers include Wills to Rothlisberger for about 500, Marion Drewry Forren and Harry B. Forren to William C. Kautz for about 2000, and several parcels in Shady Spring, Maple Fork, and Town Districts with values ranging from 500 to 1500 dollars.
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Felix Gartusiak
Iave
Anderson
Thomas Warden
Harry E. Anderson
Raleigh
W. M. Wills
Floyd F. Rothlisberger
Beckley
Lester Ash
Fred Wilfong
Peachtree Creek
Coal River
Marsh Forks
Marion Drewry Forren
Harry B. Forren
William C. Kautz
St. Francis
W. C. Stover
Nellie Briz
Uglio Parisi
Joseph Parisi
Luigi Briguglio
G. L. Athey
Dorothy Canterbury
Shady Heights
Shady Spring
Deck Davis
Rubs FL Weese
Davis
Maple Fork
D.C. Wane
C. HL ‘Gunter
Prefab Outfits Fail to Produce Alls fastern
Experts urge mass market prefab homes as a solution to high costs and financing hurdles. William H. Kapple argues designs must be simplified and priced to appeal to buyers, noting RFC capital as a partial fix and highlighting National Homes Corporation’s low priced model with tripled profits. Timber shortages threaten 86,000 five room homes this year due to careless fires.
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AP News
York
Man York
Keno Ave
Hollis
RFC
Rapple
Jlaxe
Kappel
National Homes Corporation
Lafayette
Ind
Four Beckley Avenue building permits issued this week
City Record lists four permits totaling Beckley Avenue for new construction. approvals include a five room frame dwelling with full basement, a six room frame house, and a five room frame home on Vine Street. Costs range from about 5 000 to 6 000 dollars with various plastering and basements and a separate project for a fireproof business kit building on Johns Town Road.
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Beckley Avenue
City Record
William P. Laren
Harvey Marten
J. C. Painter
Vine Street
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Associated Press
Avio Glass
And
Mirror, Inc
Beckley Ice Cream Plant
GAR
Uves
Y Hay
Kel Wall
Sophia Lumber Co., Inc
Sophia, W. Va
Us-Mankin Lumber CO
N. Kanawha St
Johnstown Road
H. B. Atkinson
James
Suechinson
National Association of Ome Builders
Beckley Lumber and Supply Company
Piney Ave
T&g
Gray Lumber & Supply CO
Crab Orchard
Willys
Ye-Ton Willys
Modern Auto Sales & Service
Oak Hill
W. Va
Ward-Evans Motor CO
Oakwood Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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