Hinton Beckley road widening planned this summer
J C Dillon and Keith Griffith outline expansion of several road sections in Summers County West Virginia including 9.2 miles from old Hinton bridge to Raleigh line widening to 20 feet and resurfacing at 142000, 11 miles of Route 3 between Orson and Talcott resurfaced under private contract at 80000, with uncertain start dates and controversy over low bidder.
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Hinton
Raleigh
Hinton Bridge
Griffith
Bellepoint Bridge
Green Funeral Held Today in Mullens
Funeral rites for Alfred Joe Green aged 62 of South Mullens were scheduled at 11 a.m. in the Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home chapel with Rev. George Howell and Rev. C F Cooper officiating. Burial to follow at Pendry Cemetery in Keyrock. Green died Friday.
Ryder Funeral Set for Thursday
Corbitt Harrison Ryder aged 32, injured when a car on which he worked fell from a jack, will be buried at Turley Cemetery after funeral services at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill at 2 p m Thursday. Pallbearers are Oak Hill Moose Lodge No 1664. Surviving wife Lorine, brothers Ott Hollinsburg Clyde Mise and many others, three sons and seven daughters.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Corbitt Harrison Ryder
Jack
Tyree
Ernest Barley
Turley
Moose Lodge
Neola
Legion of the Moose
Charleston
Lorine
Ott
Hollinsburg
Ohio
Clyde Akron
Mise Mary Ryder
Dora Blume
Bedford
Violet Smith
Pasadena
Helen Shimberry
Grafton
Minden
Corbitt H
Beaver Jessie Lee
Harrison Wayne
Thurmond
Margaret Alderman
Winchester
Shirley Holmes
Red Star
Mildred Ryder
Ind
Nancy
Linda
Edith
Emily Joyce
Minnehaha Springs
West Virginia University Plans Summer Courses at Camp Wood
Three university departments offer term one courses at Camp Arthur Wood near Alvon Greenbrier County in 1955. Forestry field work runs June 6 to August 13 with surveying, forest measurements, silviculture and wildlife management components. Geology maps Paleozoic rock in the Camp Wood area while Biology runs eight courses in zoology and botany. Credits granted for successful completion. housing and recreation available at Camp Wood.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Arthur Wood
Alvon
Greenbrier
Duke University
Pine
Camp Wood
Dept. of Biology
Greenbrier Youth Camp Receives Leathercraft Kits
LEWISBURG W Va About $500 worth of leathercraft kits were presented to Greenbrier Youth Camp officials by the Fort Worth Rotary Club as part of its Golden Anniversary project Approximately 40 kits will be used by 1000 to 1500 campers at the non profit camp this summer Dr French W Thompson former Greenbrier College president made the presentation McVey Alderson camp trustees chair noted the kits would aid many youngsters during the season.
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Lewisburg
W.va
Greenbrier
Fort Worth
Tex
H. Rogers McVey
Alderson
French W. Thompson
Salisbury, Md
Greenbrier College
McVey
Prima Donna Entrances Yokels With Alexander's Ragtime Band
Hollywood notes recount Marguerite Piazza, Metropolitan Opera alumna turned nightclub singer, performing Alexander's Rag Time Band and other numbers. She discusses wanting to be a versatile personality across media while juggling family life, TV work, and concerts. Piazza, born in New Orleans, is married to William Condon and has three children.
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Hollywood 7
Marguerite Piazza
Metropolitan Opera
Basin Street
Ertha Kitt
Miss Piazza
Alexander
M.C
The
Met
Metropolitan
New Orleans
Piazza
Hollywood
CBS
William A. Condon
Memphis, Tenn
Gregory
Jimmy
Shirley
Marguerite
Unregistered Connecticut candidate issues a self description
Hartford AP reports Abraham J. Shermer, 40, a Connecticut General Assembly House candidate who says he is neither Republican nor Democrat, sending a biography to the secretary of state claiming he is unmarried unattached and unregistered.
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Hartford, Conn
Abraham J. Shermer
Secretary of State
Connecticut General Assembly
Berry and Baker sale of Oak Hill lot tops Fayette filings
Real estate records in Fayette County show H A Berry and Grace E Berry with J G Baker and Martha J Baker selling an Oak Hill lot to Herschel Realty Co for about 19000 dollars. Other deeds include numerous Meadow Bridge, Oak Hill, and Thurmond parcels priced mainly at five hundred dollars, with several larger entries such as a 9500 plus listing and a 11500 Oak Hill lot sale to R E Kelly.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayette County
Oak Hill
H. A
Grace E. Berry
J. G
Martha J. Baker
Herschel Realty Co
N. W
Lula Harris
K. S. Patton
Meadow Bridge
Homer F
Retha Patton
F. S
Oma Patton
Charles E. Mahan
Coalfield Land Co
Powellton
Page
McDunn
R. J. Thrift, Jr
William B. Lubonia
Homeseekers Land and Building Co
Ada Magnus
Boley
Rufus V
Lucille M. Blake
Loup Creek
O. A
Myrtle Starks
Thurmond
Jack H
Oneta Bell Henson
Springdale
Mt. Hope Investment Co
C. A. Treadway
MacDonald
New River Co
Lochgelly
Laura B. Workman
George W
Doris M. Acord
Jodie
Helen A. Campbell
Fayette Heights
Daniel B
Dorothy Neely
Homeseekers Land Co
Minden
Joseph W
Beulah Penrod
R. E. Kelly
Mary A. Goode
Guardian
Ames Mining Co
Estel E
Flossie M. Henson
Ames Heights
J. A
Mable Jones Vance
Ansel
Peggy McGraw
Jenks Frank Nuptials Solemnized In Mullens
The marriage of Jack Thomas Frank to Miss Sara Lou Jenks was solemnized at the First Church of God in Mullens by Rev. George Newell. The double ring ceremony featured orange blossoms and roses with Miss Mary Catherine Powell on piano and Miss Pat Courington singing. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Mayme Jenks, wore a white embossed organdy gown with pearls, and was given in marriage by her brother Rev. Charles N. Jenks. Attendants included Arline Whitt. best man Bill Frank. ushers Bill Wilcox and Fred Shutt. A reception followed at the Youth Center. The couple will reside at 962 12 Guy andotte Ave after a trip. The bride is a former Mullens High School graduate and hospital bookkeeper. the groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. George Frank. West Virginia population shows decline.
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Mayme Jenks
South Mullens
Charles N. Jenks
Arline Whitt
Bill Frank
Bill Wilcox
Fred Shutt
White Avenue
Vernon Lambert
R. E. Dishner
Frank
Guyandotte Avenue
Mullens High School
Miss Jenks
Wyoming General Hospital
George Frank
Mullens
U. S. Navy
Swan Cleaners
Oak Hill Man To Head Meeting
More than 250 doctors and their wives are expected to register for the West Virginia Osteopathic Society annual convention to be held at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling from June 4 to 7. Registrants will hear lectures on heart disease cancer rheumatic fever obstetrics and new diagnostic aids. Dr. Donald C. Newell of Oak Hill will preside over sessions and Dr. Joseph B. I. Bartram of Glenville is convention program chairman.
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Wheeling
West Virginia Osteopathic Society
McClure Hotel
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Donald C. Newell
Oak Hill
Youthful Explorer Fled Sheba's Capital to Save Life
New York tale of Dr Wendell Phillips a UC paleontology graduate who led a 1947 expedition to Arabia with 25 trucks 50 scientists and 12 Navy personnel. He and his team discovered local chronology tied to Christ era and a possible ancient Job translation while facing armed opposition and a forced retreat from ancient Sheba.
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Sheba
New York
Wendell Philly
Africa
Arabia
U.S. Navy
Phillips
Mother
Merilyn
University of California
Harcourt, Brace
Arizona
Utah
South Africa
Jan Smuts
Smuts
Navy
Gulf of Oman
Red Sea
Job
Queen of
Timna
St. Catherine
Mt. Sinai
Muscat
Oman
United States
Yemen
Ancient
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Ryder
Penney
Plisse
Penney's
Penney’s Basement
Dacron
Penneys Basement
W.V.U
Monongahela National Forest
Beckley
America
Eberstormatur
Penney's Basement
American Legion
Richmon Cleaners—Laundry
Berrys, Bakers
Frank Jenks
West Virginia
MR. and
Mrs
Jack T. Frank
Randall Clay
Wolfe Optical
Thompson Drug
Main Street
Beltone
Ives
Bluefield
Commercial Bank
W. Va
Charles E. Faulkner
Procter & Gamble
el Ae
Hin So
Cohen
Neville ST
Beckley, W. VA
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