Coalwood Notes: Local Sports and Community Gossipy Update
This unsigned column blends local sports chatter with social jests. It mentions Coalwood, Gary, Poca-Bramwell, Bluefield, and McDowell County teams, players, and fans, plus travels of Humpty Wilson, Billy Wagner, Buck Ferguson, and Isadore Baker. It hints at camp life, attendance at games, and bets on a Coalfield League pennant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Coalwood
Bluefield
Gary
Poca-Bramwell
Coalfield
Blue-Grays
Gary Coalwood
Athletics
Princeton Society Visits Roanoke and Virginia Landmarks
Local notes report Reid Duncan and family visiting the Downey home in Roanoke. Mr. Duncan, athletic coach at Lee High School, accompanies Evangeline Killian of Cincinnati. Various residents travel or recover, and church events at the Heavenly Rest include services, sewing circle, G F B group, Girls Friendly Society, and choir practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
Lexington
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Reid Duncan
Roanoke
Downey
Hale Avenue
Duncan
Lee High School
Giles Lily
Serena
W. Va
W. G. Sweeney
Gardner Junction
G. E. Howling
G. P. Hylton
Margaret Ruth Roberts
Norfolk
G. B. Halstead
Virginia
George Mae Anderson
Errey
Air
J. W. Arington
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest
J. Edmund Thompson
Sewing Circle
G. F
College Avenue
Girls’ Friendly Society
Local clubs prep for Tuesday baseball game in city
Civic groups from Welch Rotary and Welch Kiwanis stage a practice and plan the Tuesday match at the Gary pers, with Grahame Sale and Spot Gilmer debating positions. Managers argue over shortstop and outfield spots, while ticket sellers pace the street amid talk of a lively contest and local bets. Police last night confiscated a car and thirty two pints of Mountain Dew after a confiscation incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs
Gary Pers
Welch Rotary Ub
Welch Kiwanis Club
Russell Woody
Graham Sale
Rotary Club
Hugh Sharp
Kiwanians
Spot Gilmer
Cam Morfit
Jess Stultz
Jess
Hunt
Liquor Found in Car Leads to Arrests and Fines
United States Marshal John Hunt and State Enforcement Officer Dave Scarberry arrested George Williams and Oliver Lockart after spotting a Dodge near a hiding place. Williams was fined 300 dollars and 90 days on county roads, Lockart 100 dollars and 30 days on the roads. Both fled on Belcher mountain as officers pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Williams
Oliver
Shannon
United States
John Hunt
Dave Scarberry
Squire A. C. Hufford
Williams
Lockart
Belcher Mountain
Scarberry
Marriage Licenses and Local News From Dewey County
Yesterday in the county clerk's office Welch briefs list licenses for Welch and Wagoner of Paynesville and Reeves of Gary. A felonious charge suspect, Green, was arrested by U S Marshal Hunt and held on $1000 bond for Bluefield federal court. Collier returns with a carload of Chrysler Fours. Two boys, Billy Lackle and Sam McCulloch, wandered seeking sights with about five dollars, returned home after being found. Spanish warships have disrupted sardine fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Bluefield West
Cokeloy E. Sepatagee
Eckman
Pulaski
Floyd Waldron
Welch
Charleston
Ll. A. Osborne
Eugene H. Lopinsky
Baltimore
William Davis
Red Jacket
Grace Hospital
Yester
Harry Budnick
Merrill
Keystone
Cay
Robert
William Benson
Thorpe
Harry Bank
Bernard
Kimball
J. J. Devine
J. J. Rhodes
Catherine
Elizabeth
Bluefield
Sawyers Harmon
Yukon
Harry Chafin
Huntington and
Williamson
N. H. Franklin
Cincinnati
Edward O'Toole
Gary
Edward O'Toole, Jr
Andy Thorne
Roanoke
Warren A. Wilson
Parkersburg
Mises Jane Cunningham
Tom Edwards
E. B. Kitts
Dewey Horn
Grace Wagoner
Paynesville
Mathew Reeves
Edna Reeves
William Green
United States
John Hunt
Green
E. L. Collier
Chrysler
Maxwell
Mr. Collier
Homer
Roy Shuffelbarger
Billy Lackle
Sam McCulloch
Northfork
Thunderbolt 10 Face Keystone Liquor Conspiracy
James Thunderbolt Smith and three others were examined in a liquor case before U S Commissioner Waldron. Evidence shows Thunderbolt arrived with two trunks of liquor for Ade McDaniels to store and Charles France to sell. Staples reportedly moved the liquor to a garage as officers closed in. Thunderbolt allegedly cooperated, leading to conspiracy charges held under bond for federal court in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Thunderbolt) Smith
States
Waldrom
Thunderbolt
Charles France
John Staples
Ada McDaniels
Waldron
Underbelt
Charlie France
Keystone
Detroit
France
Taylor and Lambert
Bil Watkins
John Stuart
Cinder Bottom
Ade McDaniels
McDaniels
Staples
Bluefield
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Mildred Hutchison
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P. W. Jones
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Blanche Hutchison
Johns Bowman
MecNiel
James Vermillion
Jo Brannigan
Ohio
Charlotte
W. Kiler
R. Buford Williams
A. Halmaggi
Solainson
W. Frazier
Elsie Hedrick
F. Gillespie
Mildred Crane
E. Allen
Weiner
Lover's Lane
Rose Robinson
Hazel Smith
Bridge Party
Agnes Nunan
Mr. and
Mra
William Idman
K. Buford Williams
Iliam Frazier
Mary Scott
Swan
Eiste Hedrick
Angard
EF. Rider
Ella Wiley
V. Klier
Beth Mears
A. Halmagy
R. W. Hodson
Katherine Hammond
Filizabeth Rice
Ben R. Roller
J. B. Davis
J. E. Preston
Hazard
Sunshine
Dorothy Brewster
Preston
J. W. Blakely
Charlie
J Allian Counts
Laltian Bingham
Reta Brewster
Paul Cornett
Morgantown
LaNelle Agge
H. J. Dollinger
Betty Kline
Umberger
Ross B. French
Virginia Avenue
Elizabeth Umberger
Greensboro
N. C
Ruth McNeer
Sue Hall Morfit
Helen Eichert
Mary Louise Williams
Sarah Seeger
W. W. Henritze
Isses Elizabeth
Frances Henritze
Pinkie Hutton
Glade Springs
RL. Wheeler
BE. Vermilion
Watermplon
Epworth League
the Methodist Church of
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Coalwood Mountain
Rev
Woolwine
Frank Sams
Frank Houston
Foster Memorial Home
Huntington, W. VA
Ada van Ness
Huntington
Henry Ford
Europe
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Cops
Humpty Wilson
Billy Wagner
Yellowstone Park
Coney Island
West Virginia
Buck Ferguson
Florida
Camp Charnock
Kanawha
Welch Drug Company
Mecklenboure
Littl
Asid
Reaoer
Milnefield
Board of Directors
Curbstone Um Wnee
Eddy
Joe Hart
The
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Haas
Fred Mitchell
Capitol
Bob Powell
Isadore Baker
Mercer County
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Harris
Gary Ball Park
Princeton Society
Ging Club
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Maers
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Ewens Thornee Eecooers
Gilmer Galllett
Howard
OGG
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Virginian
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Lester Tucker
L. C. Davis
Sec. & Treas Bluefield
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Matoaka
Claude M. Bare
Princeton
Princeton Furniture Company
Clifton Forge
Covington
T. M. Brookie
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