Bluefield Stag Club Prep Picnic at Dills Spring
The Bluestone Stag club plans its 22nd annual picnic at Dills Spring on Bluestone near John St. Clair with a 7 30 dinner. Lt. Breckenridge leads a 7 o clock motorcade as speakers include Dr Hamilton attorney Crockett and Rev Hughes. Women are barred from participation.
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Bluestone Stag Club
Bill Witten
Witten
Jim Burton
Bluestone
John St. Clair
John
Frank St. Clair
J. K. Routh
J. W. Shannon
Dr. T. 8. Hamilton
Bland Street Methodist Church
Bluefield
W. Va
George P. Crockett
Chicago House Furnishing
W. C. Breckenridge
Breckenridge
Stag Club
Italian airmen set endurance flight record over Rome
Maj Umberto Maddalena and Lieut Fausto Cecconi piloted atop. They stayed aloft over ancient Rome for 67 hours 15 minutes before a descent to Monticello air field. The prior record of 65 hours 25 minutes was held by Johann Ristics and Wilhelm Zimmerman.
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Umberto Maddalena
Fausto Cecconi
Ancient
Rome
Monticello
Johannm Ristics
Wilhelm Zimmerman
Washington Papers Name Shaffer GOP Candidate
Washington writers again pick Joe C Shaffer as the G O P congressional nominee in the ninth district this fall and note secretary Roy Wolfe spends all his time in the district. They agree the party will field a candidate to match the Cyclone of Clintwood in 1930.
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Washington
Joe C. Shaffer
Shaffer
Roy Wolfe
Clintwood
Fruitful Abbs Valley apple tree linked to Moore lineage
Report says the old apple tree set out by James Moore of Indian captive fame in Abbs Valley is loaded with fruit this year. The tree grows in Oscar Moore’s meadow near the Moore family monument and has seldom failed to bear fruit, according to Mr. Moore.
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James Moore
Abbs Valley
Oscar Moore
Moore
Frazier Won’t Fill Robertson Post in Motor Bureau
Richmond dispatches say T. McCall Frazier motor vehicle commissioner announced that Bernard KH Robertson’s vacancy after eleven years as cashier won’t be filled by a new head. The position will be absorbed by the department staff. the job pays $3,000 annually. Frazier reportedly requested Robertson’s resignation last Saturday.
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Richmond News Dispatches
T. McCall Frazier
Bernard KH. Robertson
Frazier
Robertson
Richmond
Town election nears as voters urged to decide soon
The article notes only a few days remain before the town election next Tuesday. It encourages residents to confer privately to decide how to vote, aiming for decisions in the best interest of the country, with polls opening at sunup and closing at sunset.
Virginia Sidelights on Frost Pauses and Bluefield College Commencement
Clinch Valley farmers replant corn after five frosts since May 24 nip and cut down early crop. Bluefield College earns broad praise from Virginia Side residents for Tuesday commencement diplomas. Local observers praise the program as exceptionally intelligent and dignified, noting yearly improvement.
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Clinch Valley
Bluefield Colege
Virginia
Bluefield College
Garden Club Inspects Quiet Yard With Wild Flora
A summer inspection by the Garden club will visit a back yard untouched all season. The space hosts blackberry briars wild plum and crab apple bushes wildflowers Virginia creeper and a cherry tree. Wild creatures roam daily including rabbits bobwhites cardinals and robins while an old hen sits on pheasant eggs nearby awaiting hatch.
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Garden Club
Movement for Osborne Inked as Justice of the Peace Pick
Citizens launch drive to appoint T. A. Osborne to the office with petitions addressed to Judge A. C. Buchanan. It is reported every signer endorses Osborne and prominent women assist. Petitions expected to reach Judge Buchanan today. Osborne known locally as Honest Tom.
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T. A. Osborne
Justice of the Peace
A. C. Buchanan
Osborne
Buchanan
Honest Tom
Virginia Side Personal Notes Highlight Local Students
Miss Katherine Hardy will attend the University of California summer session and tour Canada before returning. Howell Hardy is home from William and Mary College. Miss Elizabeth Tanner has been offered an athletic director post in a midwest camp and will depart soon. Dr. M. J. Alexander and C. A. Dennen of Pocahontan visited, praising Fil's Mills road east of Flat Top Yard. Virginia Wagner, a Marshall College student, heard Vice President Curtis speak and said he made many friends in Huntington. Crockett Hughes is back from Washington and Lee with high marks in law. His brother James graduates from Lynchburg College this week. Mrs. Mary Davidson of Tazewell visits. Mrs. Fisher and Miss Miller hosted visitors from the Davidson family in Abbs Valley. Graham high graduates enjoyed a large outing at Shannondale Tuesday night.
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Katherine Hardy
University of California
Canada
Miss Hardy
Bramwell
Howell Hardy
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
Elizabeth Tanner
Miss Tanner
College of William and Mary
M. J. Alexander
C. A. Dennen
Pocahontan
Mills
Flat Top Yard
Virginia Wagner
Marshall College
Charles Curtis
Huntington
Crockett Hughes
Washington and Lee University
C. M. Fisher
Dr William Cooper to Address Morgantown Summer School
Dr William Cooper United States commissioner of education will give the principal address at West Virginia University summer school convocation in Morgantown on June 10. Officials announced a record enrollment for the term as registration starts Friday.
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Morgantown
W. Va
William Cooper
Washington, D. C
United States Commissioner of Education
West Virginia University
Duchess of Atholl Attends Columbia University Honorary Degree
The Duchess of Atholl, famed British peeress and former parliamentary secretary of the British Board of Education, is pictured arriving in New York. She is honored by Columbia University with a Doctor of Laws degree and is described as a member of the House of Commons.
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Nolumbia University
Duchess of Atholl
New York
House of Commons
British Board of Education
Glendale recount sought after close Glendale mayoral vote
Glendale West Virginia citizens faced a tight mayoral race as J Caldabaugh of the People’s party led Jefferson D Holder of the Citizens with five votes. Holder filed today for a recount after unofficial totals showed Caldabaugh 274 to Holder 269.
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Glendale
W. Va
J. Caldabaugh
People’s Party
Jefferson D. Holder
Citizens’ Party
Holder
Caldabaugh
Couple Discuss Age Gap in Tit-Bits Quip
A humorous exchange from Tit-Bits notes a ten year age difference as a wife remarks on her husband's youth, while another challenges her claim and she replies with a lighthearted retort. The vignette captures playful social chatter on aging and appearance.
Extradition sought for Keyser driver in fatal Maryland crash
Maryland authorities seek to extradite John Kiener a Keyser car salesman from West Virginia after a highway crash near the state line killed a mother and two children and injured seven others including several in critical condition. Police report fragments on the driver s car and a missing child. The victims are all Keyser residents. The father is serving time for a liquor-law violation.
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Keyser
W. Va
Alleghany County
Maryland
John Kiener
West Virginia
Kiener
Faye Walker
Barbara
Junior
Edith Walker Johnson
James Walker
Michael Walker
State Penitentiary
Four federal prisoners shipped from West Virginia to Atlanta
Four inmates from Wheeling and one from Parkersburg were moved to the Atlanta penitentiary to begin sentences after U. S. district court actions last month. Virgil Wilmoth, 24, of Gilmer County, receives the longest term at 15 years for possessing and passing counterfeit twenty dollar bills. William Fane, Morgantown resident and member of the group, faces a three year term for violating the Jones Law.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Parkersburg
U. S. District Court
Atlanta, Ga
Virgil Wilmoth
Gilmer County
William Fane
Morgantown
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Woods-Brevick Motor Company
Bland Street
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Rupy Vallee
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