West Virginia Civil War Governor Henry M Mathews
Henry Mason Mathews of Greenbrier County rose from lawyer to politician after the Civil War. He faced voting disqualification due to a test oath, helped repeal it, and became West Virginia attorney general in 1872 before a landslide win as governor in 1876. His tenure included rail freight-rate probes and he died in Lewisburg in 1884 at age fifty.
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Union
West Virginia
South
Libby
Republican Party
Confederacy
Henry Mason Mathews
Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Mathews
Thomas Mathews
Virginia
Germantown
Greene
Georgia
Congress
George Mathews
James Mathews
Mason Mathews
Greenbrier
Lewisburg Academy
P. M. Custer
University of Virginia
John Brockenbrough
Lexington
Lucy Fry
Joseph L. Fry
Wheeling
Fry
William and Mary College
Allegheny College
Blue Sulphur Springs
Democratic Party
State Senate
Flick
Nathan Goff
Major Nathan Goff
Clarksburg
Major Goff
Court House
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Area servicemen named in home and overseas postings. Pvt Herbert L. McKinney of Slab Fork and Lt Bobby J. Clay of Stanford among recruits and graduations. Bernard Humphrey Jr. visited Pensacola for air indoctrination. Michael J. Streho Jr. attends accounting and finance school at Sheppard AFB. Marine Sgt Marvin G. Stover serves at El Toro MCAS with wife Demma Lovejoy. Pvt Russell R. Harris completed advanced training at Fort Hood. James S. Hicks Jr. participated in Operation Inland Seas aboard USS Torsk. Cpl Lawrence Harville re-enlisted in the Marine Corps. stationed at Portsmouth Naval Retraining Command in New Hampshire.
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B. W. Humphrey
M. J. Streho
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Michael J. Streho Jr
Maude Streho
Valley Drive
Sprague
Trap Hill High School
Lackland Air Force Base
Third Marine Aircraft Wing
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
Calif
Marine
Marvin G. Stover
Roscoe Stover
Route 1
Beckley
Demma C. Lovejoy
Scott Depot
Great Lakes
Torsk
James S. Hicks Jr
James S. Hicks
Ewart Ave
Beck
Marine Corps
Cpl
Lawrence Harville
Bascom Harville
Princewick
Phyllis C. Gross
Coal City
U. S. Naval Retraining Command
Portsmouth
N. H
Stoco High School
Radio shop burglary prompts city police probe
Police investigate weekend theft at Powers Radio and Television located at 1717 South Kanawha Street after three radios were stolen. Authorities are reviewing surveillance and canvassing the area for witnesses.
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Powers Radio and Television
S. Kanawha St
Two Teach Positions For Beckley College Students Miss Oakes and Rhodes
Miss Willa Oakes and Miss Marye Frances Rhodes, Beckley College students, accepted teaching posts. Oakes will teach second grade at Rhodesfield in McDowell County and report for workshop August 27. Rhodes will teach second grade at Leivasy in Nicholas County and report for Summersville workshop August 28.
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Willa Oakes
Cool Ridge
Marye Frances Rhodes
MacArthur
Beckley College
Miss Oakes
Clyde Oakes
Rhodesfield School
McDowell County
Miss Rhodes
S. C. Rhodes
Leivasy
Nicholas County
Police Lt Ballengee Attends FBI School in D C
Beckley city officer Lt Earl Ballengee is in Washington D C for a 12 week FBI training course. The city pays his room board and travel. He left Beckley Friday and will return in mid November. He will teach classes for other department members upon his return.
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City Police
Earl Ballengee
Washington, D.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beckley
Ballengee
The
Deepartment
New 3 Layer Tablet Brings Hay Fever Relief
Chicago observers hail a three layer tablet called Cristan that de congests the nose sinuses from the blood stream, opens blocked passages, and relieves sneezing watery eyes and itching. Marketed as Dristan Decongestant Tablets available without prescription with a satisfaction guarantee.
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Chicago
Ill
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By Phil Conley
Baltimore &Ohio Railroad
Camden Oil Company
Lothley
Donald G. Pendleton
Stalist
Erwin Pendleton
Beaver
Gener
Dans Ponbane
Sourse Bt
Vel Jecksut
B& We
Is Pvt
Herbert L. McKinney
Slab Fork
the Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Bobby J. Clay
Gladys Boblett
Stanaford
Patrick M. Guy
Ella E. Guy
Stamford
Bernard Www. Humphrey Jr
Bernard W. Humphrey
Stickney
Pensacola, Fla., Naval Air Station
Naval Academy
Pensacola
Second Armored Division
78Th Artilery
Fort Hood
Pvt
Russell R. Harris
Tom G. Harris
Army
YeLlowstone
Kentucky
Yellowstone, Inc
Louisville
Summersville
FBI
SAS
Bryant
Bryant Cooling
Amere Gas Utilities CO
Beckley, W. V
Clifford
Heber Street
Rambler
N.A.D.A
Ramey Motors, Inc
Sours Oakwoop Avenue
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