Country Doctor talk praises vocation over wealth in Athens
Dr Samuel R Holroyd a leading Athens figure and former West Virginia Medical Association president urged Concord State College Y M C A members that doctors should pursue service not money. He described the rewards of rural practice including community respect, broad knowledge, and even political support, noting financial gain is secondary to helping humanity.
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Samuel R. Holroyd
Athens
West Virginia State Medical Association
Concord State College
Methodist Church
Holroyd
Dr. Holroyd
Gain Beauty With Edna Wallace Hopper Youth Cream
Edna Wallace Hopper trumpet a beauty regimen promising perpetual youth. She credits scientific care and a special Youth Cream with lemon and strawberry extracts, sold by druggists and cosmetic counters, available in cold cream night use and vanishing day form.
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Edna Wallace Hopper
Trip re Paganta at Southern Commercial Teachers' Assn meeting
Mrs Igi McCoy head of the Concord State College commerce tech department attended the third annual Southern Commercial Teachers Association convention in Atlanta Georgia. She was the only West Virginia delegate as a large attendance filled the hall and sightseeing included Stone Mountain sculpture work by Gutzen Borglum.
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Re. Paganta
Igi” McCoy
Tech Department of Commerce
Concord State College
Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Commercial Teachers’ Association
McCoy
West Virginia
Stone Mountain
Gutzen Borglum
Rape Mountain Confederate Memorial
Thanksgiving Week Personalities at Concord State College
A look at college life and local figures during Thanksgiving week at Concord State College. Notables include faculty and staff health updates, guest visits from Bluefield and Beckley, and a Y M C A meeting featuring Dr S R Holroyd on the business of being a doctor and the ministry as a life work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
S. R. Holroyd
Phipps
Presbyterian Church of Princeton
Glen White Mining Institute Welcomes Young Members
Glen White West Virginia the Glen White Mining Institute meeting on Thursday November 28 drew many high school boys making their first appearance and pledging to become full members and attend all meetings Store Manager Pauley praised their interest and hoped affiliation would lay foundations for useful mining industry lives William Bent discussed various opportunities in mining.
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Glen White Mining Institute
Pauley
William Bent
Mining discussion sparks debate on mine supply and timbering
Foreman contributes to miner contentment with full car supply ideas. Mr Bent showed thorough knowledge while noting solutions depend on local conditions. E E White Coal Company members and leaders debated timbering and roof support methods amid varied experience from the United States and England.
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Bent
Bents
E. E. White Coal Company
United States
England
Jones
Dixon
Mercer County Poultry Show Set in Bradmann Room
The Mercer County Poultry and Fanciers Club holds its second annual show in a vacant Bradmann building room across four days next week. Over 500 birds are expected with exhibits plus a radio concert each night by Bluefield Welding Company, ending with a high bid auction. Merchants and dealers add premiums to support the event.
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Mercer County Poultry and Fanciers’ Club
Bradmann
Bluefield Welding Company
December Event Grows Into Top Southern Show
An annual December event expands each season and rises to rank with the best shows in the south. Admission is free to all spectators.
Bland Street Ladies Plan Annual Bazaar
The Bland Street Methodist Church Bible class arranges a December 11 bazaar at Hamilton Hall with booths displaying fancy work and gifts. Home made candy cakes pies and bread will be sold, plus a turkey dinner starting at noon for one dollar.
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Bland Street Methodist Church
Hamilton Hall
Soi Iteu
Unemployed Build 1500 Concrete Houses in Leicester
In Leicester England the entire pool of unemployed is assigned to construction of 1500 concrete houses. The city organizes the effort to provide shelter and employment through a large public works program.
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Leicester
Eng
John Otis Goforth Dies of Tuberculosis at 27
Funeral services for John Otis Goforth were held at Brush Fork Church after his death Friday at 1 30 pm at his parents home. He was 27 and worked as a pipe fitter for the Northfork and Western Railroad. Survived by a wife, two children, mother, father, five brothers Henry Clyde Arthur Sherman and Carlis, and two sisters Mrs Robert Brown and Mrs R H Carter, all of Bluefield West Virginia. Interment followed at Bluefield cemetery in Virginia. Rev W M Sneed and Rev Mr Ayers conducted the service.
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John Otis Goforth
J. H. Goforth
Brush Fork
Bluefield
W. M. Sneed
Ayers
Northfork and Western Railroad
Goforth
Henry
Clyde
Arthur
Sherman
Carlis
Robert Brown
R. H. Carter
Bivefield
W. Va
Four Double Funerals In Hadleigh Over Three Months
In Hadleigh England four double funerals of aged couples occurred within the last three months. Local residents note a pattern of paired losses among long married couples.
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Hadleigh
Eng
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Edna Wallace Bower
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
Auburn
L. N. Coffey
Disciples Church
New York
College Chapel
Rachel Myers
Joanna Gallagher
George West Kiehl
R. S. Gatherum
W. J. McClougherty
J. F. Holroyd
Mae McCoy
A Lura Sarvay
Charles Anthony
J. A. Meadows
Portsmouth
Charleston
Huntington
Department of Rural Education
Virgil Hardy
Maben
Thelma Kinzer
Princeton
Isses Evelyn Derfater
Kitty
Evelyn Weaver
C. B. Thornton
Williamson
Charlotte Berryman
Charlie Zink
R. R. Sage
Joe Speed
John Erkins
Madge Hunter
Bluceld
C. E. Collins
H. G. McGraw
Beckley
Jesse and
Barger Lilly
Richmond
Hygeia Hospital
Hadley Lilly
Jewell Williams
May Foster
Miss Griffith
McComas
Asel Sisson
Branham Sisson
Laura Sarvay
Harold Riffe
Glen White
Mangus Phillips
Mangus Phillips Shoe Co
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
Institute
Poultry Club
Bradmann Room
Bland Street
Hiawley’s
Simply
Pune
Gosepeins
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