Y W C A Activities Update and Club Plans
The Y W C A dining room opening is postponed to fall though facilities are ready. Gifts include a crocheted mat from Miss Capito George and an electric percolator from Wm. McCue. A glee club was postponed to the third week of September. The Christian Endeavor Society and Seven Leaguers Club announced activities and hikes with meeting details. Soldiers in England abandoned their pigtails in 198.
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Capito George
Wm. McCue
Gertrude Watts
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Christian Church
Christian Endeavor Societ
Presbyterian Church
Seven Leaguers Club
Stony Ridge
Mercer ‘Street Bridge
Matoaka and Vicinity Town Council Meeting
The Matoaka council discussed water supply to the schoolhouse and Baileytown patrons, and directed the board of education to secure better water before fall. The town will place trash cans on main streets, bids for sidewalk paving were not reported, and the bridge by the Bank of Matoaka will be rebuilt. Governor Cornwell is to visit on Labor Day with Mrs. Cornwell. Senator D E French will introduce him. J J Long returns from a long trip with Norfolk and Western.
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Water Works Company
Baileytown
Board of Education
Mercer
Valley
First Streets
Matoaka
D. E. French
Labor Day Plans and Local Happenings Highlight State News
Section foreman returns from an eastern trip with daughter Emma May and reports a good time. Norfolk and Western funds widening Widemouth with major concrete abutments and a projected 1 000 000 spend. Excursion participants include J N Taylor BE L Re Sam White W H Reynolds and B Bailey. Mrs W P Haller and children camp at Red Sulphur Springs with Mrs W J Haller joining for fishing and cooking with Sarah. Charles Wheeler honored at 65th birthday dinner. Labor Day plans include potential first aid teams from Thos Stockdale of the mine department and other committee members.
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Norfolk and Western
W. P. Haller
Red Sulphur Springs
Monroe County
W. J. Haller
Wytheville
Sarah
Charles Wheeler
Thos. Stockdale
Mine Department
Social notes from the week include birthdays and gatherings
A picnic at Glenwood Park on Wednesday evening gathered families including H F Jamison, Capt Pyles, J A Kennedy, and Mrs Roy T Wright with young folk. Lena Dingman hosted a nineteenth birthday party on Thursday with friends and relatives. Dot, a sister, was to take a vacation with June Bailey serving as telephone operator for a time.
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E. C. Wright
H. F Jamison
Capt. Pyles
J. A. Kennedy
Roy T. Wright
Glenwood Park
Lena Dingman
Anna Peters
Bernice Wright
Helen Foley
L. A. Wright
Messrs
Arch Williams
P. M. Chrisman
Jas. P. Webb
A. H. West
June Bailey
Rock
Dot
C. B. Taylor
M. R. Dodd
Charleston
Jagee
Jay
Chas. Nash
Bluestone
Panama Mines
Cory, Pa
Walton Caldwell
Foley
Foley Is A War Bride, Having Married the Day Before Mr. Foley
Akers
Bluefield
Rosa Burton
Preston Burton
West Virginia University
Belgian King Albert Accompanies General Sherman at Verdun
King Albert of Belgium, guided by Joseph Ravenel who served as a Blue Devil in France, joined General Sherman and ascended Drupeak near Verdun during a wartime visit. The scene reflected a historic meeting as Allied leadership coordinated around the Verdun sector.
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Geneva
Albert
Belgium
Joseph Ravenel
France
Verdun
Drupeak
King's Summit Exchange On War Record With Newspaper Man
The king and a soldier stayed on the summit for half an hour while a discreet guide tried to prompt the king about his war record. The king refused to discuss his war experiences and later, speaking to a newspaper man, referenced Sherman’s famous line about war in three words.
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Sherman
Albert
Bluefield Man Recounts Church Attendance Memory
In a reflective reminiscence a Bluefield resident recalls a church sermon and a moment involving his mother’s neighbor. The tale turns on attendance proof and a memorable, humorous remark about holding a baby during services.
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Bluefield
Early Styles Offers Fall and Winter Woolen Wear
The shop advertises new Fall and Winter suitings and overcoatings in guaranteed woolens. It invites customers to view the latest patterns and notes reasonable prices.
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England
Matoaka and Vicinity
J. J. Long
Emma May
Widemouth
Business Men
King Albert
General Sherman
Isacoff
Princeton Avenue
Coats
Ness
Tug River Hotel
Welch
Bluefield, W. VA
Northfore, W. VA
Gary, W. VA
Cincinnati
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