Route 16 Relocation Proposed to Governor
Beckley city officials told Governor Clarence E Meadows in Charleston that Route 16 should be surveyed for improvements. Proposals include extending the highway from South Oakwood Avenue through Valley Drive to Sprague with a new connection to US 1821, a bridge from Route 16 at Mabscalt to Cove Street, and widening plans discussed with E L Worthington and C and O Railway engineers.
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Beckley
Clarence E. Meadows
W. A. Burke
Burke
Fecomer
Willam P.laren
Wiliam H. File
Charleston
Oakwood Avenue
Valley Drive
Sprague
U. S. Highway
Mabscalt
Cova Street
E. L. Worthington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Stratton students donate funds for football field lights
The Stratton High School class of 1947 contributed £106 to the Stratton Supplementary Athletic Association fund to install lights on the football field next year. Dr Hargrove praised the students and noted the effort of President W A Nelson Jr and every donor. In other notes, Mrs Emma Hoston of Whipple died, services set for Friday, and other community items include poppy sales by the American Legion Auxiliary and local church events.
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H. C. Hargrove
Stratton Supplementary Athletic Association
Stratton High School
Hargrove
W. A. Nelson, Jr
Emma Hoston
Whipple
Shelton Hoston
New Hope Baptist Church
C- M. Ellis
Carlisle
Wousesus
W. H.hoston
East Beckley
Shelton
C. D. Trent
Virginia Walker
Alaska
Elmer A. Ward
Adak
Sam Ward
City Pays Heirs of Kidd Property
Final legal steps authorize widening North Oakwood Avenue between Neville and Sisson Streets. Circuit Judge Ben H. Ashworth orders city to acquire an 18 foot strip for 9650 dollars from Sallie Kidd and other Kidd heirs. Defendants McCutcheon Wrake Motor Co Evans Jr and Walter Crook receive no payment as they held no real estate interest.
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Oakwood Avenue
Neville
Sisson
Ben H. Ashworth
Sallie Kidd
Grace Kidd
Daisy Kidd Cook
Letie Kidd
McCutchean and Wrake Motor Company
John Evans, Jr
Walter Crook
Beckley Wrecking Company
Wedding Ceremony Brings Palmer Family Together
In Oak Park at Judson Baptist church Rev Elmer W Palmer will officiate as his two daughters Dorothy Jean 21 and Phylis Eileen 20 wed. Dorothy Jean will marry John C Lobos 23 of Shamokin Pennsylvania with her father escorting. Phylis Eileen will marry Clifford Raad 23 of Chokio Minnesota with her brother Paul 15 escorting.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Elmer W
Palmer
Judson Baptist Church
Oak Park
Dorothy Jean
Phylis
Eileen
Paul
Phyllis
John’ S C. Lobos
Shamokin
Phyllis Eileen
Clifford Raad
Chokio
Minn
More Persons Seek Raleigh County School Posts
Raleigh County sees a rise in teaching applications as D W Bryson reports steady demand and salary boosts for certified teachers. Pay scales will rise from first grade certificate with no experience to master of arts with 16 years experience, with maximums set by state legislation and county levy.
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Releigh County
D. W. Bryson
Raleigh County
Bryson
Raleigh
Prize Catch On Same Fish Hook
Two 13 year old boys from Belvidere Illinois hooked a fish simultaneously from opposite banks of the city park millrace during a fishing contest. Clarence Countryman and Clark Wylde yanked their poles and the fish dangled. Sponsors awarded duplicate prizes though the fish was claimed by a coin flip and later sold to a sportsman for a trophy.
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Associated Press
Belvidere
Ill
City Park
Clarence Countryman
Clark Wylde
Wide
Pvt Stevens Spending Furlough With Mother
Pvt Maxwell L Stevens son of Mrs Erma Fink spends a 10 day furlough with his mother at Hill Top Oak Hill. He enlisted June 26 1946 in Columbus Ohio, trained at Camp Atterbury and San Antonio, served at Boca Raton and Lowery Field, then stationed at Selfridge Michigan as a lineman. He attended Oak Hill High School and was active in sports.
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Oak Hill
Maxwell L. Stevens
Erma Fink
Hill Top
Young Stevens
Columbus
Ohio
Camp Atterbury
Ind
San Antonio
Texas
Boca Raton
Fla
Lowery Field
Col
Selfridge
Mich
Stevens
Oak Hill High School
Nurses' Library to Be Started at Pinecrest
Police in Shawneeblown Illinois report a hearse stolen during a joy ride from a general hospital. A $100 donation aided establishing a nurses library at Pinecrest Sanitarium under Mrs Lillian Monroe, directed by Dr G E Gwinn. The institution will operate as a clinical study center for nursing staff. Greenland reports 18,000 residents with no police, and Denmark lacks commercially usable coal or iron deposits.
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Associated Press
Shawneblown
Ill
Lillian Monroe
Harris- Pinecrest Sanitarium
Jed
West Virginia
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Berber Brothers Quartet
R. J. Howard
William Merner
Stone Coat Gospel Singers
R. L. Wright
Berger Brothers
Ivan Wright
Young Smoot Studio
Central Street Baptist Church
Alabama
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Layland
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Forest
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Claudia Jackson
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Morton Reaves
Triumphant Service Orchestra
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Billy Barnes
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