Area State Senators Get Committee Posts
Beckley area state senators received numerous committee assignments for the 1947 session. Ward Wylie chairs Militia and Health and Sanitation. John Bowling leads Agriculture. W. Broughton Johnston heads Judiciary. Other Beckley area appointees include Eugene L. Scott and Forest L. McNeer with Finance and Education duties. Construction bids for Harper's Ferry bridge superstructure and Kanawha Airport access road were set for January 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Stall
Charleston
Beckley
Senate
Arnold Vickers
Ward Wylie
Mullens
John H. Bowling
Lewisburg
Agriculture Committee
W. Broighton Johnson
Princeton
Raleigh
Wyoming
Eugene L. Scott
Summers
Monrroe
Mercer
W. Broughton Johnston
Forest L. McNeer
Hinton
Greenbriers
Fayette
Associated, Press
Harper's Ferry
Kanawha Airport
Pleasants County
Road Commission
Training Program Set Up For Area Reserve Officers
A reserve officers training initiative for Raleigh and Fayette counties was announced. Major Clyde G White cited improvements at McAlpin Coal Company's No 2 mine in Huntington as meeting federal safety standards. The plan includes monthly inactive duty training and a Veterans administration style program with officers from Beckley and Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fayette
Merby
Clyde G. White
Cam- 1
Alpin Coal Company
Huntington
McAlpin
Earl M. Klees
Krug-Lewis
Klees
White
American Legion Club
398Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
William F. Watts
Beckley
George Hessberger
West Virginia
Lewisburg
West Virginia Regiment
100Th
Doland ‘Adams
Louisville
Black Knight Club
Washington
Eugene Dance
West Virginia National Guard
Dance
Examinations Set For State Posts In West Virginia
A total of 401 candidates for interviewing and administrative positions in the state Department for Unemployment Compensation are set to take exams at eight centers across West Virginia. Tests occur Saturday January 18 with report times at 12:30 p.m. Centers include Beckley Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg Huntington Martinsburg Morgantown Parkersburg Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
T. H. Coates
West Virginia
Beckley
Bluefield
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Recruiters Send 5 To Fort Hayes
Five area men enlist in the Regular Army with two veterans for induction at Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio. Eugene Perry Johnson Ameagle John Maciejczyk Piney View Jacob W Thewes Mabscott Charles W Spinks Summersville and Charles Robert Moore Rhodell join units including Ordnance Department Field Artillery and Infantry with up to three years commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Snider
Beckley
Ft. Hays
Columbus
Ohio
Ordnance Department
John Makciejszyk
Piney View
Eugene Perry ‘Johnson
Ameagle
John Maciejczyk
Jacob W. Thewes
Mabscott
Thewes
Summersville
Spinks
Charles
Robert Moore
Rhodell
Infantry
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
An old advertisement urges prompt treatment of bronchitis with Creomulsion while cautioning against weaker medicines. It claims the product reaches the troubled area to loosen phlegm, soothes inflamed bronchial membranes, and helps rest and sleep with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
Peeping Tom Chased From Female Dormitory by Students
A Peeping Tom was chased by six students at the Sargent School of Physical Education for Girls in Ambridge Massachusetts. They pursued him several hundred yards over slick streets before he vaulted a fence into a backyard. One student yelled the thief would be fit for no more peeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ambridge
Mass
Sargent School of Physical Education
Wheeling Council Probes Telephone Rate Disparities
Wheeling city council opened an inquiry into telephone charges after Councilman Paul Duffy called rate differences in Elm Grove and Warwood “grossly unfair” compared with Wheeling proper.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Paul Duffy
Elm Grove
Warwood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reserve Officers of the Naval Service
RONS
Hulett C. Smith
Thomas Stafford
J. W. Walters
Charles Ross
Mr. Smith
Mr. Stafford
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
RCNS
Smith
Black Knight Country Club
Bing BakingThrift
Lipapea
McAlpin Coal Co
Fe Kinks Cohen Drug CO
Howard Camp
Cohen Drug CO
Huckies Wo
Evercordinal
Beckley’s
Neville Street
Post Office
Fort Hayes
Montgomery Ward
Florida
Texas
Pascal Celery
California
A&p
Bokar Viginius and
Winey
Wisconsin
Natural American
Fromo
Local Dairies
A&P’s
Sunnybrook
Fisk and Seafood
Tleas, Pan
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