The following reports are taken from
The Calhoun Chronicle archives:
A.E. Weaver, owner of Grantsville
Lumber Co., is engaged in a work in off times that
deserves the hearty commendation of his fellow
townsmen. At his own expense and unaided by the town
or county, he is paving, with stone base, Market
Street from Wiant & Barr Store to his mill entrance
and Simon Street along the front of his warehouses.
He is doing an A-number one job and
it will add greatly to the appearance of that end of
the town. The town should take steps to connect
Simon Street with River Road and also pave from
Market to the new water station.
Richard Plant, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Plant of Elkins, formerly of Grantsville,
now employed as personal representative for Howard
Hughes Tool Co. of Los Angeles, Calif., has been
promoted to district manager in charge of the
Sacramento territory. He will move to Sacramento
next month.
He received a degree in business
administration from Davis and Elkins College in
1956. He is a U.S. Marines veteran of the Korean
War. He is the grand-son of Dora Plant and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Morrison of Grantsville.
West Virginia Telephone Co. will
soon begin work on a $525,000 construction project
that will do away with 10-party telephone service in
the county.
Quality Contracting Co., the firm
that received the job contract, will begin work
soon, according to Bobby Greathouse, local telephone
services super-visor.
Construction will affect about 450
customers living near Orma, Minnora, Chloe, Stinson,
Nicut, Euclid and other areas southeast of
Arnoldsburg.
“This project culminates a four-year
program begun in 1979 to eliminate 10-party
telephone service in Calhoun county,” said
Greathouse. “In 1981, we did away with 10-party
service in the Grantsville exchange and this year
our customers in the Arnoldsburg exchange will be
able to select from either private line or 4-party
service.”
The project involves replacing older
telephone cable and open wire with new,
larger cable that is capable of serving more
customers and providing better grades of service.
Since 1979, the company has spent about $2 million
on related projects.
“Our customers should see a noticeable
improvement in the quality of their telephone
service,” said Greathouse, “with less noise and
fewer troubles on the line.”