Gas shortages hit Beckley area as utilities urge conservation
Central West Virginia's natural gas deliveries return to normal as demand eases. Amere Gas Utilities Princeton and Bluefield Gas Company Bluefield report critically low supplies and urge households to conserve. A water shortage forces shutdowns along the Ohio River affecting plants like Wheeling Steel's Benwood furnace. Hope Natural Gas restored industrial service after curtailment.
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Benwood
Hope Natural Gas Company
Hope
Bluefield Gas Company
Bluefield
Amere Gas Utilities
Princeton
Sophia Installs Ten New Street Lights
Sophia adds ten street lamps bringing total to seventy as Black Diamond Power Company supplies the units. Recorder Elgie Ballard says two traffic lights are on order and will be installed on Route 16 at Riffe Street intersection and Stotesbury road junction once the second unit arrives.
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Sophia
Elgie Ballard
Black Diamond Power Company
Ballard
Route 16
Riffe Street
Stotesbury Road
Army Recruit Sent To Fort Jackson From Itmann
Winford Pore of Lester has been sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina for 13 weeks of basic training after enlisting in the regular army for three years. Captain Burns, commanding the local army and air forces recruiting station, reported today.
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Army
Fort Jackson
Beverly Hume to Head Poppy Sale Planning Meeting Sunday
Sportsmen in Wyoming County plan a Sunday meeting at the courthouse to organize a Poppy Sale chaired by Beverly Hume, son of the late Dr W Hume. Lee Anderson, president, cites plans for a permanent game land and fish rearing pond, with a representative committee from four clubs.
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Beverly Hume
W.¥. Hume
Veterans of Pineville
Will
Guy Graves
Mander
Lew Sheffler Post
Wyoming County
Stortsmen
Sun- Graves
Lee Anderson
Cour House
Tenibs
Square Circle Wildlife Club
Baileysville
Choir Honors Member With Surprise Birthday Party
The Chancel Chair of the Glen Rogers Community Church honored Mrs. Aubrey Nuckols with a surprise birthday party after chair practice. A brief social period followed before refreshments were served. The item notes Rev. J. B. Dryfield staying as an overnight guest of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Saxon in Glen Rogers.
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Register
Glen Rogers
Glen Rogers Community Church
Aubrey Nuckols
Reedster
J. B. Dryfield
Earl ‘Saxon
Business Men Name Officers For 1948 Fayetteville Association
Fayetteville Business Men's Association names Joe Nutter as president for 1948. Other officers include E. B. Eskew as vice president and Rossecl Long Jr as secretary treasurer, with a slate of directors and committee heads across public improvement housing publicity better service legislative trade relations membership and advertising.
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Fayetteville
Joe Nutter
Fayetteville Business Men's ‘Association
E. B. Eskew
Rossecl Long, Jr
Alfred Taylor
Ray Caldwell
G. Janutolo
Dan H. Perdue
J. Dodd
Public Improvement Committee
Ben Keller
James W. Ayres
J. D. Shultz
C. G. Janutolo
J. Alfred Taylor
C. H. Maxwell
J. H. Miller
George H. Moreau
Cortez Davis
Nelson Dempsey
John Settle
O. C. Propps
E. ©. Wiseman
C. E. Mahan
J. R. Caldwell
D. G. Hatcher
Ray Young
Grant Thomas
C. H. Dodd
T. A. Myles
F. J. Azores
C. L Dodd
Letcher Cook
Frank Love
E. Q O. Wiseman
Oak Hill Girls Enter DAR State Essay Contest
Three Oak Hill High School seniors Sue Creech Jean Bichon and Frances Rippetoe were chosen to enter the state DAR essay contest on Good Citizenship The top West Virginia essay advances to Washington DC for a week beginning April 19 and the Borderland Chapter will present Fayette County candidates with citizenship pins and certificates.
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Hy Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill High School
Sue Creech
Jean Bichon
Frances Rippetoe
Fayetteville
Mount Hope
George Sicms
Hope
Samuel Salins
Welch
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Borderland
Fayette County
Siems 'I
Three Pineville lots sold in Rockville Addition deeds
Three parcels in Pineville Rockville Addition were conveyed to W. W. Walker in separate transactions. Lot 62 sold by Andy and Lillian Botney. Lot 63 sold by Henry Clay trustee. Lot 65 sold by R. D. Bailey and others. Also Corrine Coal and Land Company sold lot 87 in Corinne Carter Hedrick Addition to Clarence S Caldwell and wife.
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Pineville
Rockville
Andy George Botney
Lil
Lian C. Botney
W. W. Walker
Henry Clay
R. D. Bailey
W.W. Walker
Corrine Coal and Land Company
Clarence S. Caldwell
Carter-Hedrick
Corinne
Dancers View Iron Lung Demo for March of Dimes
Miss Jean Sadler and Mrs. Virginia Jones of Mullens Junior Woman's Club inspect the sole iron lung in Wyoming County kept at Taylor Hospital South Mullens. The club sponsors a March of Dimes benefit dance at Ben Dyman School with Dr Ward Wylie officiating during the intermission as 11 year old Donald Walker watches.
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Wyoming County
Taylor Hospital
South Mullens
Jean Sadler
Virginia Jones
Mullens
Donald Walker
Carl Walker
Ben Dyman School
Ward Wylie
Leslie Mullins
New York Parents Decry Regents History Exam Toughness
New York City parents protested a state Regents history exam as too difficult for students. Assistant Superintendent William A. Hamm said students received the benefit of the doubt for reasonable answers, with credit for responses like naming Anthony and Cleopatra when asked to identify ancient spoils. Glacial action is noted as a chief force in lake formation.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
William A. Hamm
Hamm
Anthony and
Cleopatra
Parking Violators Warned to Pay Fines
Oak Hill city manager TM OAK HILL C S Waugh announced that violators of overtime parking will be arrested if they do not contact an officer and pay fines. A mailed notice gives ten days to contact a policeman or report to city hall. failure to pay will trigger a warrant and court action.
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Register
Oak Hill
C. S. Waugh
Waugh
Funeral set for Andrew Jackson Gray Saturday
Andrew Jackson Gray 65 of Bullengee died at Oak Hill Hospital after a yearlong illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Saturday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gilmer H Cross officiating. Burial at Hilltop Cemetery. He was a former Scarbro resident and a carpenter foreman for New River Company and a Scarbro Baptist Church member. Survived by widow Rit Gray and many siblings and children in Scarbro, Becketly, Philadelphia, Ansted, Beckley, Huntington, and Fayetteville.
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Register Star
Oak Hill
Andrew Jackson Gray
Bullengee
Oak Hill Hospital
Thomas Funeral Home
Gilmer H. Cross
Lilliop
Gray
R. E. Gray
Fayetteville
A. J. Gray, Jr
L. B. Gray
Scarbro
Hubert Durham Birthday Honored At Surprise Dinner
Hubert Durham was celebrated at a surprise birthday dinner hosted by Mrs. Durham in their home. Attending guests included Herbert Graham Hayden Wolfe Waldo Tackett and J L Brawley.
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Ay Register
Glen Rogers
Hubert Durham
Mother of Raleigh Countians Expires
Mrs. Ella Ballengee died in a Hinton hospital at age 63 after a year of ill health. Survived by husband I G Ballengee two sons Lessie and Junior of Judson four daughters including Mrs F C Williams and Mrs Betty Ballengee three brothers and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at Meadows Funeral Home Hinton pending funeral arrangements.
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Ella Ballengee
Oscar Miller
Beckley
Lawrence Ballengee
Stanaford
Ernest Ballengee
Crab Orchard
Hinton
I. G. Ballengee
Lessie
Junior Ballengee
Judson
F.C. Williams
Betty Ballengee
Alderson
Gussie Ballengee
Charleston
James Talbert
Chicago
Quarrie Bragg
Marion
Pete Bragg
Sullivan
Meadows Fneral Home
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Thomas J. Burns
Ruth Aint
Naomi Ruth Adams
H. H. Adams
Lucille Harvey
Marscott
Raleigh County
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Poppy
Jack Jarrell
George Lowry
C. H. Lowry
Richmond
Gordon
Maytag
Neville Maytag & Furniture Co
Neville ‘St
N. Y
Chunky Cook
Murphy’s
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Morocco
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S Hospital
Oceana
J. L. Blankenship
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh
Sanitone
WY Warren
Hash’'s
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