First policy issued by West Virginia Fire and Marine Co
W. A. Thornhill of Beckley obtained the first policy issued by the West Virginia Fire and Marine Co a unit of the West Virginia Insurance Management Corp The policy numbered One covers a Herber Street Professional Building Fire and related perils in excess of 100 000 issued by the R D Watts Insurance Agency Huntington WV Thornhill is president of Professional Realty Co and a director of the WV Management Corp The event was witnessed by William F Watts and others in Beckley and Huntington June 15 events noted.
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West Virginia Fire and Marine Company
West Virginia Insurance Management Corp
W. A. Thornhill
Beckley
William F. Watts
R. D. Watts Insurance Agency
Herber St. Beene
W. Va. Fire and Marine Co
Honw
Huntington
West Virginia Insurance Management, Corp
West Virginia
West Virginia Life Insurance Co
Thornhill
Professinal Realty Co
West Virginia Fire and Marine Co
William L. Branch
Fire and Marine Co
The
Management Corporation
Herber St
Year end honors at Terraced Hills school noted
Barbara Terry led the first honors program earning the Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship for top freshman. Maggie Earle received the Allen H. Brown Chemistry Award. James H. Foote graduated summa cum laude, among the top four in school history. James Richardson magna cum laude and Delores Houston cum laude also recognized. Sidney Lewis served as a commencement marshal. Grades and Dean’s List prospects linger as summer begins.
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Barbara Terry
Delta Sigma Theta
Maggie Earle
Allen H. Brown
James H. Foote
Mullens
BSC
John T. Flippen
Beckley
Patricia Barbour
McDowell County
James Richardson
Delores Houston
Princeton
Sidney Lewis
Laster
West Virginia Forest Fire Prevention Conference Set
West Virginia will host a Forest Fire Prevention Conference from July 6 to 8 at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. Governor Cecil H. Underwood called the meeting to spur local action against forest fires and reduce debris burning. In 1957 the state reported 86 fires with 300 started by incendarism, 14 by smokers, and 123 by debris burners.
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West Virginia
U. S. Forest Serv‘live
Forest Service
New Orleans
American Forestry Association
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier Hotel
Cecil H. Underwood
Final Report On Survey Not Due Until This Fall
Dr. W. M. Metzler of the U S Department of Agriculture says a Rural Development Program Survey in Raleigh Fayette and Summers counties will finish around June 1 or 165 and be tabulated at West Virginia University this fall. Final findings will follow. The survey indicates city income exceeds rural income, while many farm families supplement cash income with farming and social security.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Summers Counties
W. M. Metzter
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ancient Loveland Ordinance Demands Annual City Work
Police Judge Ernest Hartwell uncovered a relic city statute requiring every male resident to labor a day and a half on streets each year or pay a 1.50 fee or provide a substitute. The ordinance surfaced during statute recodification in Loveland Colorado.
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Loveland
Colo
Ernest Hartwell
Gl Home Activity Surges With Higher Appraisals
April saw a 195 percent jump in appraisal requests for proposed GI homes to 24 800 from March 8 406. Existing home appraisals rose HT percent to 6 726 from 5 095. GI housing starts climbed 55 percent to 4 785 from 3 002. VA received 5 44 thousand home loan applications, down 9 6 percent from March 6 573. VA faces staffing delays as GI activity revives.
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Sunyner G. Whittler
Signing of Veterans Affairs, Sa
Whittler
Hampton earns bachelor of divinity degree at Drew University
Lynn J. Hampton son of the Rev and Mrs T W Hampton of Crab Orchard received a bachelor of divinity degree from Drew University Madison New Jersey The degree is a professional degree for three years of study in Drew University Theological School Hampton earned a bachelor of arts degree from West Virginia Wesleyan in 1955
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Lynn J. Hampton
T. W. Hampton
Crab Orchard
Drew University
Madison
N. J
Hampton
West Virginia Wesleyan
Drainage Will Increase Output At Flat Top
A district reports completed tile ditching at Flat Top to drain fields used for pasture and grain. Harold Wood laid 1,642 feet of tile, Fred Bowling 100 feet, and James Rose 1,000 feet, with the project expected to boost output by drainage.
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Hutchinson
Harold Wood
Fred Bowling
James Rose
Rites Held Saturday For Beckleyan's Kin
Funeral services were held in Winston-Salem North Carolina for Charley W. Hutchins 85 father of Charley L Hutchins and grandfather of two Beckley residents. Hutchins worked on survey and ditching projects with son and grandson roles noted. The family attended the funeral along with Mrs Damon Setliff and others. Workers faced delays on jobs including a broken water line and a junk-dump obstruction.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Calves Run Wild Through Elk City Streets
About 50 head of calves broke loose from a sales barn in Elk City Oklahoma. They trotted through town for hours before a roundup brought them under control.
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Elk City
Okla
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Primo Molonart
Sam Molonari
Stab Fork
Joseph Herald
Joseph
Ore
Sophia Highh
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Camera Corner
Neville St
Beckley Place
Kodak
American Optical Co
Isthony J. Sparacino
W. E. Webb
Estel Wills
United States
Southbridge
Mass
Allen
Charles House Motor Motel
S. Heber Sr
W. H. Sheffield Jr
Phillips-Wiliams Construction Co
Raleiga General Hospital
Martina Tile Co
Vance Drive
C. C. Drewry
William Klein
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Americana
Miami
Fla
President Club
Klein
Ray
Bluefield State College
Robert E. Garrett
Wilson
Wilson Milk
Hash Furniture Company
Third Avenue
W. Ve
Witton's
Beckleyan’s
Charley W. Hutchins
Main
East
Rainelle
Temple Street
Hinton
Howard Aveny
Oak
Oak Hill
the Complete Variety Stores
Main Street
Richwood
Murphy
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