Pocahontas Pastor Szechy Leaves for Ministry
Pocahontas Virginia on June 10 reports the farewell of pastor John B. Szechy who will depart to serve in the ministry after a fruitful pastorate. He engaged in community betterment, supported American Legion activities and held roles in Masonic and Pythian Lodges. His farewell sermon is set for Sunday at 4 PM at Hungarian Presbyterian Church with a Pythian Lodge turnout and bilingual delivery to include Hungarian and English.
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Virginia Side Items Mention Elections and Local Happenings
A number urged votes for Bailey despite not all names appearing on ballots. F M Neel received strong support though unlisted. T J Ashworth hobbling home on crutches after a creek incident during election returns. Mrs J C McAlister seriously ill in Bluefield Sanitarium. Dr Lewis McNeer and family en route from Huntington to Dante visited, joined by Miss Mary Callaway. Friday service at Flat Top Yards at 8 pm led by Rev Herbert H Young. Public invited.
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Huntington
Dante
Gaston Callaway
Mary Callaway
Flat Top Yards
Herbert H. Young
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Death comes suddenly to Lawrence O Murray
Elmira New York June 10 Lawrence O Murray assistant secretary of commerce and labor in the Roosevelt era and former comptroller of the currency died suddenly at his Addison home after returning from the Holy Land where he sought health Two years earlier he hunted big game in South Africa the path he followed echoed Roosevelt’s 1910 trip In 1917 he was production expert in the accounting section of the US Army Signal Corps and later served in Europe as a Knights of Columbus field secretary until becoming chairman of the World War work committee of the American Red Cross
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Sorrow and Joy Mark Payne Birth Anniversary
The article recalls John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home, on the 214th birth anniversary. It notes his Georgia days tied to Cherokee removal debates, his arrest and imprisonment, and a 1836 visit to Athens with Gen. Edward Harden, where he pursued a betrothed affection for Miss Mary Harden, details of which remain unknown.
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Georgia
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New York
trans-Mississippi
John Ross
Edward Harden
General Harden
Old Harden
Athens
Miss Mary
Ringers in Italy Invite National Basketball Bids
Turin hosts a national basketball bid event inviting fifty clubs to participate. Last year about 2,000 members received cards entitling them to championship games.
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Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, W. Va
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