Denial of Bidless Equipment Sales Ties to Virginia Beach Politics
Virginia Beach purchasing agent Carol G. Clough denied a claim that the city bought truck bodies and equipment from A Wrenn and Sons without competitive bids. The $168 467 in four years purchases were said by Andre Evans of the United Candidates Ticket as part of a Kellam dominated setup. Clough said purchases were competitive or by negotiation and noted Emrhae Ford also supplied trucks.
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Virginia Beach
Carol G. Clough
State Highway Commission
Richard S. Holland
Andre Evans
United Candidates Ticket
Virginia Beach Commonwealth
Evans
Sidney Kellam
Holland
A. Wrenn and Sons, Inc
Emrhae Ford, Inc
Rhos Adams
United Candidates
Adams
Clough
Kellam
Greatest Fleet Posts World War II Shipping Prowess
The United States boasted the largest merchant fleet at war’s end with 36 million tons gross, accounting for more than half of the world’s total tonnage.
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United States
Needlecraft pattern sales offered by Alice Brooks
Alice Basel advertises Pattern 7385 featuring Crosés-stitch vegetables with gingham flavor and six motifs sized about 6.5 by 7.5 inches, priced at 35 cents plus 15 cents for first class mailing. Mail orders to Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept New York address, with ads touting Needlecraft Designs catalog and several pattern books priced from 25 to 50 cents.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old
Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Museum
Outstanding Mother of the Year Named at Sunday School
Mrs Shirley Snapp Williams earned the Outstanding Mother of the Year in Youth Fellowship and received a white potted plant during Sunday School services last Sunday. Also noted: Sp4 Frankie Fiddler returned home from two years in Viet Nam, and Mary Roberts improved after hospital treatment.
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Shirley Snapp- Williams
Ridgeway
St Louis Harmonizers Sing at Mt Carmel for Men’s Day Rally
The St Louis Harmonizers will appear and sing at Mt Carmel Baptist Church tomorrow at p.m. A silver offering will be taken for the benefit of the Men’s Day Rally.
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St. Louis
Mt.Carmel
Hints from Heloise on sewing and home tips
Heloise offers practical advice on unpressed pleats using steam, peeling oranges by blanching, firming a sagging mattress with plywood under the box spring, removing stamps from envelopes with a folded wetted towel, and repurposing plastic baby bottles as measuring cups.
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Heloise
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