Athens Christmas calm as faculty and students go home
Athens W Va December 21 Athens resembles a deserted village as Christmas holidays approach. A exodus of students and teachers with homes afar followed by a turkey dinner for all at Concord college with President Marsh speaking.
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Concord
Athens
W. Va
Nellie McComas
Roy Reger
J. Frank Marsh
Concord College
Eva Hammond
Pauline Rogers
Lucille Sloan
Hortense League
L. B. Graybeal
Musle
Dorothy Garwood
Frank Marsh
S. P. Duke
Harrisonburg Teachers College
Harrisonburg
Athenic
American Association of Teachers Colleges
North Central Association
Fort Victoria sinks after collision in thick fog
In Ambrose channel near Sandy Hook the liner Fort Victoria with 255 passengers was rammed and sunk by the Algonquin. The Sandy Hook pilot boat saved 144 people at the Quarantine station. Four investigations are opened to find who is responsible.
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Fort Victoria
Bermuda
Algonquin
Ambrose Channel
Sandy Hook
N. J
Concord College Christmas Events Highlight Week
Thursday night the hall for women hosted stockings and a tree with carols while Concord Players staged three one act plays in the college auditorium. Delta Siena Epsilon and Sigma Sigma Sigma announced pledges as holiday celebrations continued across Athens and Harrisonburg visitors toured Concord College facilities.
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St. Nicholas
College
Concord Players
Alex Thompson
Catherine Emich
Marjorie Lilly
Randolph Boggess
Dorothy Garwood
Lucile Sloan
Anton Tehekoff
Boor
Frank Jones
Thomas Vermillion
Nora Bailey
Willis Chambers
Carl Edmonds
Robbie Archery
Constance D’a
Athens
Frank Marsh
J. F. Holroyd
Dean Gatherum
H. Archer
McGuire
Miss Davie
Roy Reger
Mr. Outright
Gym Nears Completion In College Facility
The college gym progresses toward completion as favorable weather could speed work. A capsule party by the Methodist Missionary society at Mrs. H. G. McGraw’s home featured Christmas decorations, stunts, and gifts. Athens Personal items note illness, a burial, and local news. Demonstration of a hot point range by Appalachian Power and a Civil War widow’s 101st birthday are reported.
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Appalachian Power Company
Athens
Maude McCulloch
Lentennarian
George Silker
Scotland
Silker
Ayr
Andrew McCormick
Mullens Woman's Club Hosts Christmas Program and Plans Library Drive
Mullens West Virginia December meeting of the Woman's Club featured a festive Christmas program at Mrs B L Depews home. Members voted to sponsor a town library inside the high school by purchasing books and to plan a future art exhibit. Mrs D D Moran to organize the exhibit and a theatre party followed. Mrs B L Depew hosted Baptist Mission Society with a Christmas program and salad service.
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Mullens
W. Va
Mullens Woman's Club
B. L. Depew
Eason
Northcentral
D. D. Moran
Baptist Mission Society
Moran Avenue
A. C. Early
V. W. Dailey
8. P. Pear
Miss Elizabeth Whiting Hosts Social Event
Prominent among the younger set, Miss Elizabeth Whiting hosted a party at her Bud home Saturday evening. Games and music entertained guests, with refreshments served to Ruth Toler Gene Keey Annie Catherine Delp Carrie Maynor Helen Cook Mack Shumate Clarence Shufflebarger David Lucas Aldie Cook Herbert Read and Orval Goins.
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Miss Whiting
Elizabeth Whiting
Bud
Ruth Toler
Gene Ke@ey
Annie Catherine Delp
Carrie Maynor
Helen Cook
Mack Shumate
Clarence Shufflebarger
David Lucas
Aldie Cook
Herbert Ead
Chubby
Orval Goins
Mrs Porter Hosts Fortnightly Club Christmas Party
Mrs H A Porter entertained the Fortnightly club at her Itmann home for their annual Christmas party on Saturday afternoon with the house decorated festively for the occasion.
Christmas luncheon and tree display at local club
Thirteen members attended a Christmas luncheon at the club with a 1 30 carving of turkey and a decorated tree loaded with gifts. The Chinese Bridge club met at Narvia home for a dinner bridge with guests including Mr and Mrs Nash Bailey and others. top prize went to Mr and Mrs O L Collier with second prizes to Mrs Bailey and Mrs Shockey.
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Narvia
Nash Bailey
Henry Agee
Rice McNutt
O. L. Collier
Bailey
Shockey
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Mr. Graybeal
Robert Barlow
Evelyn and
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Frank Heaster
Arel Cook
Dale Ferguson
Ruth Shumate
Louise Lippe
Catherine
Axter
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Tazewell Motor CO
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W. H. Harry
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Omega Chapter
Delta Siena Epsilon
Catherine Paxton
Irene Pendleton
Princeton
Irene Crews
Binefield
Elizabeth Heermans
Mount Hope
Katherine Croft
Ansted
Katherine Durrette
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Ruth Daniels
Welch
Margaret Kell
Bluefield
Isabel Brown
Peggy Jarrett
Roanoke
Ruth Graes
Griffitheville
Mary Alice Reger
Athene
Elizabeth Shumate
Oakvale
Charleston
Margaret Rich
Concord Training School
Methodist Missionary Society
H. G. McGiraw
Rachel Myera
Archer
Giles Fink
the Missionary Society
McGraw
Mra. Gatherum
Fink
Kanode
Effie Martin
Martin
Finkhouser
Cook
Eyans
T. G. Little
Joe Lally
Jim Anderson
Tophet
Little Joe Marsh
Woman's Club
Mullens School
Mrs
R. F. Wildey
Schlossberg’s
Bluefield Furniture Co
Watson
Bland Street
Ira A. Watson
Four Corners
Tater
Boy's and Girls’ Union
Watson'’s
Watson's
Oxfords
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