West Virginia Red Cross drive eyes China relief quota
W. W. Jefferson of Huntington visited for hours to boost the Red Cross drive aiding stricken millions in China. He said the state quota is 6500 dollars and noted the urgency as millions in China face famine and disease threats. McDowell County quota stands at 265 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Jefferson
Huntington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
China
United States
Jefferson
Europe
America
McDowell County
Welch
Far East
McDowell County Liquor Law Violations Sentences
The report lists multiple defendants in McDowell County on liquor law violations. Fits of Welch received sixty days and a fifty dollar fine. Blackburn faced jail time and fines after pleading guilty. Pred Hancock was jailed for drunkenness with a ten dollar costs order. Harman, Sr. faced grand jury action on a felonious wounding charge after a knife incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Fits
Welch
James A. Henehey
Blackburn
A Zee L. K. Cruiseig
George J. Turner Blackburn
Pred Hancock
Keystone
W. M. Bowman
John J. Stewart
Hancock
Harman, Sr
Maybeury
W. Graham
John Harman, Jr
Welch Promotes Williams to Chaplain Major
William C. Williams of Welch and the 150th infantry West Virginia National Guard has been promoted to chaplain major. The announcement came from Adjutant General William L. Pierce. The piece also notes social events in Welch including a pre nuptial party for Eleanor Armour prior to her June 15 wedding to L. M. Gambill and a wedding for Florence Knaus and Joe Petrich at the Bland Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Slack
Welch
Woodlawn Court Apartments
Eleanor Armour
L. M. Gambill
Isadore
Bland
Florence Knaus
Cleveland
Joe Petrich
Welch Miners
Biant
A. Hardin
Ur. H. Hardin
Injured truck driver released from hospital
Henry Milam, a Weich truck driver, was discharged from Welch hospital Thursday after a collision on Welch Jaeger road left nine injured. Milam faces a June 15 bond hearing on reckless ore charges related to the wreck. Two truck passengers and six sedan occupants were treated at Grace hospital. the rest were dismissed Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Milam
Weich
Welch-Jaeger
Welch Hospital
Bond
Wneath
Grace Hospital
Theospital
Kitchen Elected Lions President at Welch Club Meeting
John Kitchen was elected president of the Welch Lions Club at a weekly gathering, succeeding R. Moore Dodrill. Officers named include O. C. Coeburn as first vice president Ralph Grimmett as second vice president E. L. White as third vice president John Davis as Lion Tamer H. Hood and L. N. Hargraves as tail twisters. The new officials will act at the first meeting in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kitchen
Welch Lions Club
R. Moore Dodrill
O. C. Coeburn
Ralph Grimmett
E. L. White
John Davis
Funeral Saturday for Roderfield Man 80
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Belcher Mountain cemetery for Allen Bell 80 a resident of Roderfield who died Thursday in a local hospital from old age complications. He leaves a widow and six children Mary Martha Bell Cox Shirley Charlotte Meadows and Sam Bell. Heat waves in England seldom last longer than three or four days according to records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belcher Mountain
Allen Bell
Roderfield
Bell
Wyoming County
McDowell
Mary
Martha Bell
Pineville
Mary Cox
Jane Shirley
Kentucky
Charlotte Meadows
Sam Bell
England
Goodwill Tour Schedule Drawn For Welch Area
The McDowell County Goodwill Tour of the Welch chamber is set for June 8 with a motorcade of 50 vehicles and sound trucks, the Welch high school band, and a Pocahontas coalfields float. It will visit Kimball Keystone Northfork Maybury Anawalt Pageton Thorpe Fy Gary Coalwood Caretta War Bradshaw Jaeger, returning for a 10,000 ticket free game between Welch and Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Goodwell
Welch Chamber of Commerce
Welch
Pocahontas
Williamson
Kimball
Keystone
eKystone
Northfork
Maybury
Anawalt
Pageton
Eeton
Thorpe
Thorp
Gary
Coalwood
Caretta
Cerretta
War
Bradshaw
Hare
Jaeger
Mrs Nelee Deel Dies of Pneumonia at 29
Last rites held for Mrs Nelee Deel 29 of War who died of pneumonia after a brief illness. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs H Atwell and survived by husband Henry Deel and four children Ralph Fern Junior and Pauline Deel. Services today at 3 at the Grundy Virginia cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Nelee Deel
Deel
H. Atwell
War
Henry Deel
Ralph
Fern
Junior
Pauline Deel
Straub Couple Rally in Welch Area for Getaway
Dr and Mrs G L Straub of Welch are spending time in the area on a leisure visit. They plan to tour local spots and enjoy the season before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Straub
Welch
Welch News Briefs Share Long Summer Visit Notes
Directors of the Business Men's Association in Versailles meet to discuss issues as students and families return home for the summer. Welch locals report visits from Dan Wells and Jeanne Davis among others, with travel plans to Lynchburg and Charleston and a noted Indian rhinoceros horn alteration in captivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Ann Straub
Margaret Hall
T. R. Crumpler
Welch
Marshall College
Joe Oe
George R. Yepsen
Charleston
Dan Wells
Texas Military Institute
Safali
Davidson College
Jackie
Lynchburg
Kor
Hazel Hicks
Irvin Daniel Campbell
Harold Repass
Chicago
This Man Joe Murray Continues On a Tangled Path
The piece portrays Joe Murray as a notorious yet unrepentant man who gambles drinks and chases races. He maintains a veneer of dignity while concealing his private life from his family as the story resumes. Terry is mentioned as part of the unraveling.
Cornwell to Speak at West Virginia Alumni Day
John J. Cornwell former governor of West Virginia and B&O general counsel will address West Virginia University Morgantown on Alumni Day Monday June 6. The College of Law sponsors the event with a reception at the Morgantown Country Club from 8:30 to 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Cornwell
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
West Virginia University
Morgantown
College of Law
M. Sanders and
Paul
Cornwell
T. P. Hardman
University
Law School
Morgantown Country Club
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Welch News Review
J Verriton
First Baptist Church
Kitchen
LIONS
C. Moore Dodrill
Goodwillers
THE
United Woolen Co
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
Directors of Business Men’s Association
Dutch West Indies
Victor Devault
Mack Eddins
Apete
Ginedeve
Muntield
Drew's
Otalize
Walt Vieginten
Test aGhe Ser
Clyde Stephens
E. W. Hankln
Pred R. Christie
Association
Wade Harry
Mack Taylor
A. J. Cole
G. H. Lawhead
Eugene Stowers
J. @ludson Hi
Joe Murray
Terry
Inna Etl
U.S
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
Lges
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