Welch girds city with underground telephone wires
Bluefield Telephone Company has rapidly buried most underground cables in Welch McDowell County. Street widening and alley paving progress, reducing wires and poles. Clubhouse work continues for golf pool and tennis facilities opening July 4. Directors named and finances urged to fund the project while tests of city growth and civic improvements proceed.
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Bluefield Telephone Company
Welch
McDowell
Wyoming
McDowell County
TUBES IT BY CRANE AND CITY NEWS ITEMS
Several days intake in a city as M W Doggett and other figures are noted. Church services list morning and evening worship with topics on All Things Are Yours and Why Men Commit Murder. Salvation Army street service and county jail incident described. A car crash near Black Wolf injures two men. both under influence, minimal car damage reported. Local civic notes cover resignations, court of honor shifts, and charter applications with plans for a forthcoming presentation.
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M. W. Doggett
Christian
Deaver
Edward O'Toole, Jr
That& O’elock
Woodlawn Court Apartments
Helen
Christiansburg
Methodist
Epworth League
B. T Sells
Kimball
Black Wolf
McDowell County Country Club
Welch Hospital
Gary
Downe
Womack
Downs
Court of Honor
J. Harvey Williams
Thea
Carmack
Charley's Aunt to Play at Dry Fork Theatre War WV
Famous farce with Syd Chaplin to debut on June 24 at Dry Fork Theatre War WV. The long celebrated play hoists on screen rights acquired by Ideal Filme with an all star cast including James E Page Priscilla Bonner and Lucien Littlefield. Scott Sidney directs the production presented by Christies Hollywood and Ideal Filme Ltd in London.
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Syd Chaplin
Beun
Crandon Thomas
Ideal
Dry Fork Theatre
War
W. Va
London
Christies of Hollywood
Ideal Filme, Ltd
James E. Page
Phinips Smalley
Eulatis
Jensen
Ethel Shannan
Mary Akin
David James
Priscilla Bonner
Jimmie Grrtigon
Lucien Littlefield
Scott Sidney
Money Now Needed To Maintain Country Club
The McDowell County Country Club held its first annual meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Memorial Building. Edward O'Toole Jr. chaired the building committee and reported on the clubhouse grounds progress. The golf course and swimming pool excavations are finished, water line installation is underway for sprinkling and pool filling, and tennis courts have been laid out and will be ready.
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Finance
Treasury
I. J. Ithodes
J. D. Jennings
W. S
Frank Houston
McDowell County Country Club
Memorial Bulldfox
Edward O'Toole, Jr
Golf Courage
Bluefield Baseball Rivalry Rumors Stir Local Heat
Local chatter in Mercer County notes Gary backing a Bluefield win as the Coalwood crew faces a hot afternoon. Town columns ramble through car rides, dances, club dues, and a moving Jones-Cornatt Electric Co. into Elkhorn Street as betting odds and social life mingle with baseball talk.
Welch Churches Account of Sunday Services
Fragmented notices describe Saint Peter's Catholic and Kalgaia calambus communion at 9 o'clock with benediction at 10. St Luke's Episcopal and Trinity Sunday services follow with holy communion and evening prayer. Presbyterian and Moralug services listed with morning and late offerings.
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Petar
Mgea
Kalgaia
Episcopal
Funday
Sid Serio
Moralug
Rey
Thrills at Hemphill Dance End in Foot Race Disturbance
A Hemphill Friday night dance for colored citizens ended after Willia Brown and Jasa Meyers clashed at about 2:80 a m as they returned home. Deputy Henry Cravens reports the quarrel culminated in a foot race in front of Lewis Furniture Co store amid prior squabbles between Brown and Meyers.
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Hemphill
Willia Brown
Jasa Meyers
Willie
Henry Cravens
Jess
Lewis Furniture Company
Wyoming Votes Road Bonds Second Time
Unofficial returns from Wyoming county show a road bond issue carried in three districts Saturday. The plan funds a road from Pineville via Brown's Creek to the McDowell county line. This second election follows a first result of 7 to 1 and early reports suggest a similarly large majority.
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Wyoming County
Fron Pine
Brown
Creek
McDowell
Two Men Thrown From Ford Touring Car
J. J. Clark of Sand Lick and Shockley Hite were ejected from a Ford touring auto in an incident reported with their names and residence. Details on location and outcome are limited in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Clark
Sand Lick
Shockley Hite
McDowell County Boy Scout Movement Surges Ahead
The McDowell County Boy Scout Movement reports strong support, with districts Northfork and Welch showing active fundraising and high committee engagement. Bert H. Dawns resigns Welch district chair as Edward Womack takes Rotary board seat. regional executive BH Carmack notes unity and countywide interest in the drive.
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McDowell County
Boy Scout Movement
Northfork
Welch
BH. Carmack
Boy Scouts of America
Bert H. Dawns
Rotary Club
Edward Womack
Welch Briefs Uncle John Wade Run Down on Ilkhorn Street
Welch brief reports Uncle John Wade an elderly colored man injured when struck by a car on Ilkhorn Street near Judge Counts home. Driver a woman possibly linked to Bill Falke of Superior. Wade crawled away with bruises not expected to be serious. A warrant issued for the car owner. a confrontation over operator likely. Also notes Kimball Kiwanis meeting next Tuesday at 6 pm in Houston M E Church with Mayor Turner in charge and prize donation by Dr C R Hughes. Kiwanis International night planned for June 22.
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John Wade
Welch
Ilkhorn Street
G. L. Counts
John
Bill Falkce
Supérior
Kimball Kiwanis Club
Houston M. EK
George Turner
Ran
C. R. Hughes
Kiwanis International
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