Social Notes Show Travel and Alumni at Virginia Events
Society keeps busy with motor trips to Washington and visits to Baltimore and Florida. Alumni attend finals at VPI and Washington and Lee, while others travel to Greensboro and Bristol. The piece highlights Mrs. McMullin, Missie Sterne, Miss Ellen Perry, and Prof. Carver, noting awards and a slave-born origin.
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Washington
Florida
Ellen Perry
Tazewell
C. W. Kelly
Richmond
C. O. West
Prince Avenue
W. L. Byrd
Victoria
G.obell
S. N. Huffard
Helen
Lexington
John Staley
Bristol
C. W. Dickey
Billy
Wilson Phelps
Margaret Hager
Dickey
W. T. Dickey
L. J. Dillon
Balmer Hill
Birmingham
Edwin L. Dillon
Dillon
Ruth Potts
Edna Mae Bradley
Abingdon
P. I. Dudley
College Avenue
Hugh Potts
Thomas Settle
Roanoke
Margaret Henry Walker
Cathran Calhoun Graves
News of Colored Folk CLOSED SUCCESSFUL TERM
The Springton school closed with both colored and white audiences, teacher Grace Vannoy praised for her work and reappointed for the next term. Other notes include local visits, club meeting, new cafe, church sermons, and Dr. George W. Carver honored at the Atlanta exposition.
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Springton
Grace Vannoy
Vanney
Bluefield
DR. Carver
Atlanta
George W. Car
Boy Scouts to Meet Tonight at American Legion Dug-Out
All members of Boy Scout troops four and five will gather at the American Legion Dug-Out tonight for an important meeting.
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Sphynx Club
John Stewart Memorial Church
Jones Street
BOY Scouts
American Legion
Meeting Scheduled Promptly At 7 30 O Clock
A meeting is set for 7 30 promptly on the occasion, with attendees expected to arrive on time for the scheduled discussion.
Leroy Broyles to Be Laid to Rest Today
Funeral services for Leroy Broyles, 75, who died on his farm, will move from F. P. Hipes residence on Highland avenue at 1 45 PM to his Bramwell Bluefield road home for burial near the house. Rev. W M Ayers will preach with Rev. Frank Y Jackson assisting. twenty men helped open the grave yesterday.
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Leroy Broyles
F. P. Hipes
Highland Avenue
Brushfork
Bramwell-Bluefeld Road
W. M. Ayers
Frank Y. Jackson
Grace Methodist Church
Neighbors Gather for Leroy Broyles Memorial
Yesterday neighbors assembled to honor Leroy Broyles, recalling decades of friendship and esteem as they remember his life and impact on the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Broyles
Bureau of Mines Moved to Commerce Department
Washington June 4 The bureau of mines and the division of mineral resources are transferred from the Interior department to the Commerce department. Secretary Hoover will consult with mining representatives on the bureau's future and name a new head after H Foster Bain resigns. Work says the change reduces duplication and costs. The patent office has also moved to the Commerce department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Division of Mineral Resources
The
Geological Survey
Interior Department
Commerce Department
Hoover
Bureau
H. Foster Bain
Work
Patent Office
Interior
Jury Selected to Try Fortunato Calabra
A federal court in Pittsburg selected a jury to try Fortunato Calabra of Johnstown on charges of possessing and circulating counterfeit United States war savings stamps. Testimony begins tomorrow in the first prosecution linked to a nationwide counterfeiting ring based in Chicago. Seven other men have been indicted locally for distributing the stamps across western Pennsylvania, with about forty thousand dollars' worth circulated in Pittsburg, Johnstown, Uniontown and nearby towns.
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Pittsburg
Fortunato Calabra
Johnstown
United States War Savings
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Jealous Husband Held for Coventry Murder
Coventry England Howard Ball aged 60 is held for the murder of 19 year old James Rice. Rice was killed after allegedly flirting with Mrs Ball 47 the wife of Ball. The case centers on alleged jealousy and a fatal attack in Coventry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Coventry
Howard Ball
James Rice
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Tuckegee Institute
Grand Palace
Carver
Tutankh-Amen
Spingarn
Royal Society of Great Britain
Moses Carver
Missouri
Maggie Miller
Switchback
Venora Harris
C. E. Yancey
Northfork
Bluefield Ee
Tivous Woods
West Wiveriie Collegiate Institute
Lucy Hairston
Virginia
Charles H.harris
Church Street
Bluefield Institute
Drewry Building
Wilson Street
Spurgeon A. Smith
A. M. E. Zion Church
Harrison Hazzard
Jenkin Jones, W. Va
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Mines Bureau
Eve Blue Serge
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Anaiuanasaree Comrani
Ircola
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