City Council to Review Mercer Street Paving
Huntington VA rep answered no to maintaining Mercer Street after paving until the Veterans Hospital is completed. The VA will not take responsibility, leaving maintenance to the city. Bid for paving called after VA urged quick surfacing. Ross Construction won grading work.
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City Council
Mercer Street
Huntington
Veterans Administration
Beckley
Veterans Hospital
Grover C. Hedrick
Hedrick
Ross Construction Company
Council
Home Makers Camp July 10 14 at Washington Carver 4-H Camp
The Home Makers encampment at Washington Carver 4-H Camp in Clifftop runs Sunday July 10 through July 14. Members are asked to bring bed linen a blanket and scissors for crafts. Dr. Roscoe C. Brown of Washington will be the guest speaker July 13 at 8 o'clock. Visitors are invited to attend and hear the speaker.
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Washington Carver
Roscoe C. Brown
Washngton
West Virginia Unemployment Fund Rises to $91 Million
The unemployment compensation fund in West Virginia grew to $91,294,980, triggering an automatic payroll tax reduction next year for qualifying employers. The June payout totaled $1,382,825 in benefits, up from $1,201,030 in May and $273,064 the previous June, with veteran readjustment allowances also increasing to $760,780.
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Associated Pres
Charleston
West Virginia
Gribes
OCO
State Chamber of Commerce
Whitesville Names New City Policeman
Boyd C Hitchinson has assumed duties as city policeman in Whitesville after Herbert Christian resigned last week. He served as Statenth County radar and deputy sheriff and stands about 3 feet toanches tall and weighs 214 pounds. A citizen quipped he should handle roughnecks in town as Major J. B. Murray awaits City Council approval.
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Wexister
Whitesvelle
Boyd C. Hitchinson
Rolmah Cephicmy
Herbert Christian
Statenth County
Sheulf
J .B. Murray
City Counce
Big Youth Center Dedication Planned in Morgantown
A $224000 youth center, built by Wesley Methodist Church, will be dedicated in Morgantown with Bishop Lloyd Co Wacko delivering the address. The facility, donated in part by Re M. R Davis and Frank Christopher, includes a gym, auditorium, rooftop picnic area, and seats 300.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Cero
Wesley Methodist Church
Lloyd Co Wacko
Ue Methodist Cireet
Prtssinagh
M. R Davis
Morgan Town
Davis
Frank Chistopher
Snorker Mary Atallong Coal
West Vienna University
Appeal Stays Life Prison Term For Webber Murder Conviction
Martinsburg reports an appeal from a denied motion for a new trial has stayed the 60 day life sentence of Leon Franklin Webber, convicted of killing Homer Church, a city worker. The stay follows the defense counsel's filing and a judge's action after a first retrial ended with a hung jury.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
Leon Franklin Webber
Homer Church
Jidee D. Ho Rodgers
Whibng C." Fawkier
Webber
Healing Church
Covemt
Goetze Named VP for Personnel at Telephone Firms
Arthur B. Goetze, longtime Bell System official, named vice president in charge of personnel relations for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies serving Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Washington DC. He succeeds Frederick G. Macaron and began as a draftsman with Western Electric in 1912.
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Ell System
Chesapeake and Potowac Telephone
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
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Frederick G. Macaron
AT &T
Hecktey Telephone Company
Mlinois
Bell System
Western Electric Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York
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Ile
Western Electric
Baltimore
Tonawanda
Alientown
Bluefield Pastors Talk Series Highlights Local Events
Bluefield pastor Rev. Hernan H. Mauch will speak at 7 30 pm Saturday at Beckley Youth for Christ at Central Junior High. A color film of WEC camp activities will be shown and camp applications are available for local youths. John son Mawry Evangelistic Company opens a new series with Which and Where is Heaven Sunday night, part of a world wide missionary effort. The event features music by The Shepherds Heralds and concerted singing.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Bluefield
Beckley Youth For Christ
Central Junane High School
Oine
Carl Johnson
Luval Myouth
Christ Careerer
Johnson-Mawry Evangelistic Company
Thalding
Two Lots Bring About $10,000
The listing notes multiple property transfers in Naoma and Beckley. Iere Workman and Na oma wife sell Sundial land to Sylvia R. Jarrell in Coal River area. Additional deeds record transfers to Marie Jones, Dewey Dixon, Earl Williams, and others in Lincoln Willians addition with no stamps.
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Iere Workman
Na‘oma
Sylvia R. Jarrell
Sundial
Coal River
Naoma
Sexton A. Smith
Tne
Marie Jones
Lester
Rale
Clorx
Eida Ervin Dixon
Dew
Mike Sorak
Seana Wallams
Ey Dixon
Earl ‘Williams
Earl Forest
Lincoln Willians
Beckley
Coal City Man Assigned To Army Post in Japan
Dallas Barker of Coal City, son of William Barker, has arrived in Japan to serve with the Seventh Infantry Division. He is assigned to Company E, 32nd Infantry Regiment for training and occupation duties after training at Fort Knox.
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Japan
Seventh Infantry Division
Dallas Barker
William Barker
32Nd Infantry Regiment
Stoco High
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