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Social Life at Pocahontas Sees Parties and News
Postmaster change at Pocahontas announces Homer P. Brenneman resigns to become assistant postmaster. The column details social events including a party hosted by Miss Gertrude Blackburn for Miss Ryanza Scott, and a Miss Alice Dennen gathering with numerous local youths and families. It lists numerous visits, engagements, and household arrivals across Pocahontas society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Blackburn
West Church Street
Ryanza Scott
Ashland
Rea Goodman
Lena Walters
Bertha
Sadie Deaton
Virginia Brockwell
Essie Graybeal
Lillian Hensley
Messrs
Christie Dennen
Claude Stump
Julian Baber
John L. Baber, Jr
Clyde Coffer
Davis R. Cooke
R. M. Wolfenden
Wytheville
John P. Haller
Curtis Walters
Coopers
John H. Cooke
Bluefield
S. B. Cooke
Solon Street
W. L. Mustard
Mary
Elizabeth
Monroe County
C. M. Galway
Miss Whitman
Nelson Goodman
Augusta County
James F. Ward