Twelve Thousand Cars Cross Prince Bridge in Two Months
About 15 other local Lions attended the convention alongside the main club member.
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Prince Bridge
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1936
Page
12
Police Capture Admitted Blaster in Hornell
Charles Harris thirty seven alias Chester Butts, wanted for escape after pleading guilty to conspiracy and dynamiting in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., was arrested in Hornell, N Y. Police Chief Travis said Harris fled custody on September twenty seventh, 1935. Sandridge, thirty four, a former state trooper and brother of State Senator Lee J Sandridge, died.
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Associated Press
Hornell
N. Y
Charles Harris
Chester Butts
Howard M. Travis
Wilkes-Barre
Travis
Harris
Sandridge
Lee J. Sandridge
Importance of Clifftop Road Seen in Record
Twelve thousand automobiles crossed the Prince toll bridge over a New river during May and June, with traffic rising yearly since 1931. The bridge on state route 41 links Summersville to Beckley, aiding Laurel Creek residents and potentially shortening the Beckley Summersville trip by about 40 miles.
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Prince Toll
James F. Prince
The
Prince Bridge Company
Laurel Creek
Burr H. Simpson
Beckley
Summersey
Nicholas County
Beck
Joe H. Jones
Rainelle
Simpson
Polish Shops in America Prime Market for Polish Goods
Warsaw-M. J. Sobecki reports from a U S business survey that about 40 000 shops in America are owned by people of Polish origin and could be persuaded to buy largely Polish products especially canned foods.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
M. J. Sobecki
United States
America
Parkersburg Man Elected Head of Lions
Edwin R. Kingsley of Parkersburg was named president of the International Association of Lions Clubs at its 20th annual convention in Providence. He previously served as first vice president and has long been active in Lions affairs. The meeting backed a Pan American highway plan and urged broader deportation authority for alien criminals.
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Providence
R. I
International Association of Lions Clubs
The
Association
Vice Press
Ohio born Kingsley leads West Virginia legal and Lions events
Kingsley, born in Springfield Ohio, son of Rev and Mrs Seymour D Kingsley, built a legal career across Ohio West Virginia and U S courts. He chaired West Virginia municipal code commission and previously represented Wood county in the state legislature. In Lions convention he received the presidential gavel from retiring President Richard J Osenbaugh as Melvin Jones reported gains of 10000 members and 215 clubs along with more community activities. Everett F Sayre and D E Biggs attended as Beckley Lions delegates.
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Field
Ohio
Seymour D. Kingsley
Adrian College
Michigan
West Virginia
United States
State Tax Commission of
Glasscock
Judiciary Committee
House of Delegates
Osenbaugh
Kingsley
Richard J. Osenbaugh
Denver
Lionism
Melvin Jones
Association
Everett F. Sayre
Beckley Lions Club
D. E. Biggs
The
Beck
Prepare Your Boy for the Better Job Plan
J. T. Lynch offers a plan through Metropolitan Life Insurance Office at Bair Building to help high school students prepare for better jobs and college, outlining steps to arrange or pursue further education and career readiness.
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J. T. Lynch
Bair Bidg
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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