The following reports are taken from
The Calhoun Chronicle archives:
Lyle S. Ayers is making extensive
improvement around the Bridge filling station. When
completed, it will have one of the best outfits
between Wheeling and Charleston. Retaining walls
have been constructed to hold the stone fill, which
brings the lot up level with the street and a
seven-inch concrete slab will cover all around the
building.
The stone and cement work is being
done by Joe R. Janiero, master stone contractor. He
has done a lot of beautiful work in this county, but
he says this job is going to surpass them all.
A three-day special showing of the
1958 models brought large crowds each day to Burch
Chevrolet. Door prizes were given each evening and
refresh-ments were served all during the showing.
Winner of an electric clock the
first night was Miss Jean Wright. Friday night, an
electric coffeemaker was given to Donald Kelley. The
Saturday night prize, a clock radio, went to Lewis
Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith.
For the fine response to the
showing, A.G. Burch, owner, and his staff, expressed
their appreciation to the many who attended.
The Calhoun High School band will
participate in the Putnam County Invitational Band
Festival on Oct. 9. The festival is sponsored by the
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce.
The band will participate in Class B
with the number of playing members ranging from 46
to 60. There will be several awards given, one of
which is for “Best discipline and dress.”
Bill Gorrell, Calhoun band director,
said, “With the fine group of people in the band,
there should be no reason that Calhoun doesn’t come
back with this award.”
Gorrell also said that he is
“pleased to see that the public and the parents are
beginning to recognize the superb discipline of the
band.”
The band is using comments from the
last competition it attended to polish up and to
learn that a competition is fun, not just a lot of
hard work.