Legion Pays Tribute to Fallen Comrades in Memorial Day Service
Pocahontas Post No. 14 American Legion held Memorial Day ceremonies with open air concert, prayers, and a principal address by Rev. Wm. Burleigh. The event included music by a quartet and piano, services at the dugout, cemetery rites for Protestant and Catholic soldiers, flag-raisings, flowers, a volley, and taps.
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Pocahontas Post No. 14
American Legion
Legion Band
F. B. Shelton
Methodist Church
Messrs. Ward
Gillis
Salt and Daugherty
Thelma Whitehead
Rogers
Wm. Burleigh
The
Christian Church
America
Szegby
Music at Tazewell Street Presbyterian Church
Unusually fine musical numbers are planned for both morning and evening services at the Tazewell Street Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Fred Petty and Mrs. Richard Cubbedge join the choir in the morning for Te Deum, and Mr. Lovelace and Mr. Waterman present a duet. The evening anthem is I Sought the Lord by Frederick Stevenson, with Mr. Lovelace singing Prayer Perfect by Nevin after the opening. Worship with the congregation is invited at 11 a.m. and 7:46 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell Street Presbyterian Church
Fred Petty
Richard Cubbedge
Lovelace
Waterman
Lord
Frederick Stevenson
Pocahontas Personal News and Family Travels
Mr and Mrs Stuart Mitchell with Samuel and Margarite Mitchell traveled to Charleston on Tuesday and Memorial Day. Edwin and Virginia Koontz of Salem are visiting their aunt Mrs Dc T Rees. Dr G G Rhody goes to Roanoke to join Ka rim Temple Shriners bound for Washington for the Imperial Shrine meeting and will be away until June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Mitchell
Samuel
Margarite Mitchell
Charleston
Pocahontas
Edwin
Virginia Koontz
Salem
Dc. T. Rees
Rees
West Hampton School For
Richmond
Gladys Rees
G. G. Rhody
Roanoke
Karim Temple Shriners
Washington
Imperial Shrine
Rhody
Graham Red Sox Schedule for Away Games This Week
The Graham Red Sox plan two road games this week in Athens on Wednesday and Princeton on Thursday. No new players have arrived yet. Bluefield players will fill gaps. Dick is set to play shortstop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Sox
Graham Red Sox
Athens
Princeton
Shriners Convention Draws Grahamites to Washington
Many Grahamites leave Carterton to attend the Shriners convention in Washington while others follow later. Wiley Osborne and the family are among those moving to participate in the event.
Graham to be well represented at big event
TRR Smoot G C Callaway and family leave today with others to follow tomorrow. Grahamites, especially movie fans, regret Baba Little’s departure from Palace Theatre as he moves to Northfork. Mr Rowan from Bramwell becomes Palace manager. Little Miss Lorene Callaway marked her tenth birthday with a large party. Legal holiday Monday commemorates Jefferson Davis birthday with observed observance.
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Trr. Smoot
G. C. Callaway
Graham
Virginia General Assembly
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Davis
New Orleans
Richmond
Local visitors arrive in Graham for family and shrine events
Mrs D V Hazeld and niece Miss Hazel Hudgins are visiting relatives in Graham. Mrs C A Ralston visits friends at Roanoke. Mr and Mrs J E Greever of Logan arrived in Graham and will depart tomorrow for Washington to attend the Shriners convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. V. Hazeld
Hazel Hudgins
Graham
C. A. Ralston
Roanoke
J. E. Greever
Logan
Washington
Shriners
Splendid Success in Falls Mills Meeting
Rev. Wm. Burleigh reports a splended success in his Falls Mills meeting now in its third week and set to close today. He plans to spend most of next week in Washington and return to Pocahontas for regular appointments next Sunday. Regular Sunday school and communion services are held at the Christian church today, with the afternoon service canceled due to the Falls Mills meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Burleigh
Falls Mills
Sunday church services and league installations announced
Sunday school begins at 9:45 a.m. led by J. K. Salt, with preaching by Rev. F. B. Shelton at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. A church wide communion will be held in the morning. Evening topic questions Christianity’s application to daily life. Newly elected League officers to be installed. Big Vein Sunday school in the afternoon. Epworth League at 6:45 p.m. led by Atwood Pugh and Charlie Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Salt
F. B. Shelton
League
Big Vein
Epworth League
Atwood Pugh
Charlie Carter
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Tazewell Street
Presbyterian
Heffener & Pugh
Pocahontas, Va
H. G. Mulholland
Pocahontas, Virginia
California
Theantasy Company
Ocean Park
Calif
J. Grat Gillespie
Clear Fork
Amos Wade
J. J. Farley
West Graham Methodist Church
BE. L. McConnell
E. H. Cole
W. K. Graves
Lovers Lane
Monroe
Kentucky
Edward Hughes
Russell County
First National Bank
Bank of Personal Service
W. R. Graham
Jas. H. McNeer
H. W. Hicks
Carterton
Lorene Callaway
Graham Personals
Telegraph
Dodge Brothers
Mercer
Tazewell
McDowell
Butt Motor Co
Exide
W. E. Jenkins
Virginia
the Bloch Company
Hoover
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