Richlands Residents Reelect R O Morgan as Mayor
In Richlands the mayoral race ends with R O Morgan winning by twelve votes over G G Harris. Voter turnout was low with 135 ballots cast from 250 voters, and six ballots invalid. Morgan was absent on election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Morgan
G. G. Harris
C. C. Hyatt
Ww. F. White
George R. Meall
B. J. Cook
J. A. Pendegrass
C. T. Fields
Vansey Thompson
Morgan
Richlands Open pennant race with win over Lebanon
Richlands started strong in the Clinch Valley league by defeating Lebanon in the season opener. Lebanon scored in the first two innings, but Richlands built a five run gap by late second inning and recovered to take the lead.
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Richlands
Clinch Valley League
Lebanon
Richlanders
Richlands and Dickenson Duel in Seven-Run Stanza
After the second inning both teams used new pitchers and the game became a pitching duel. Richlands scored the only other run in five innings. Dickenson started, then Buskill, a high school pitcher, earned the win. Fans supplied support and the local club eyes additional games outside the Clinch Valley league as league interest grows and a schedule nears completion.
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Richlands
Dickenson
Buskill
Clinch Valley League
Charlie Chaplin at Star Theatre Friday and Saturday
Star Theatre hosts Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life next Friday and Saturday with Pathe Pictures also showing Black Cyclone. The program includes standard comedy and news segments, promising laughs as Chaplin stars in a tale of misadventure and a brewery line job.
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Charlie
Star Te
Charlie Chaplin
Pathe Pictures
Baby Dies After Accidental Strychnine Ingestion
James Puckett aged sixteen months of Paint Lick died minutes after admission to Mattie Williams hospital from internal poisoning. The child unknowingly took several grains of strychnine left by the mother’s physician. He became ill at 2 pm Tuesday and died by evening despite hospital antidotes. Funeral services were held at Paint Lick with interment in Paint Lick Cemetery.
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James
Robert Puckett
Paint Lick
Mattie Williams Hospital
Walter Hodges
Cedar Bluff Methodist Church
Mrs. John E. Abshire Dies at Red Ash Home
Mrs. John E. Abshire of Red Ash died last Wednesday evening at age fifty from heart disease and Bright's disease after seven months of illness. She had lived in Red Ash five years. husband a rural mail carrier. Funeral held Friday at 2 pm at the home with Rev. S. E. Brooks and Rev. C. F. Spencer officiating. Interment at Cordell cemetery.
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John B. Abshire
Red Ash
Brights
Abshire
S. EB. Brooks
Seaboard
C. F. Spencer
Swords Creek
Cordell Cemetery
Clyde Douthat Named Richlands Reporter
Beginning next week Clyde Douthat will manage the Richlands page and handle all news and advertising copy. He has past editorial experience and is manager of the Eagle hotel. Harry W. Ball retires and thanks readers and local businesses for support.
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Clyde Douthat
Richlands
Douthat
Eagle Hotel
Harry W. Ball
Richlands Bargain Store Opens Big Weekend Sale
Crowds gathered at Richlands Bargain Store Friday and Saturday as the retailer launched a large sale on all apparel and millinery. The stock is priced at substantial reductions and the event will continue through next week with store management optimistic about strong results.
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Richlands
Richlands Society Notes Highlight Two Local Weddings
Rosa Patrick married Zed White at the Patrick home with few friends present and plans to join him in Bluefield Kentucky. Temple Whaley wed Richard Lylman in Knoxville Tennessee, with both couples soon residing in Richlands and Light details on community events and club meetings following.
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White
Patrick
R. C. Patrick
Front Street
Rosa
Zed White
EB. Brooks
Seaboard
Sam Brown
R. P. Peters
Viola Brooks
Sylman
Whaley
Knoxville
Tenn
Temple Whaley
Richard Lylman
June
W. M. Akel
Yale Avenue
Knoxville High School
Richlands Sunday
West Front Street
Richlands
Charming Farewell and Social Notes From Richlands
A social calendar roundup in Richlands highlights Mrs. Viola Ratliff hosting a pink and white farewell for her母 Mrs. N. H. Gilmer who departs for Dancy Alabama. Guests enjoyed forty-two games with prizes after a 6 o'clock dinner for about forty.
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Viola Ratliff
N. H. Gilmer
Dancy
Ala
Dinner guests at Lee Street residence
Dr and Mrs George W Parsons and Mrs J F Hearn with Mrs Viola Ratliff visited Mr and Mrs George R McCall on Lee Street for a six o'clock Thursday dinner. Also present were Dr and Mrs A D Parsons and Mrs N H Gillmer.
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George W. Parsons
J. F. Hearn
Viola Ratliff
A. D. Parsons
N. H. Gillmer
George R. McCall
Lee Street
Dinner Guests From Raven Visit Local Family
Dr. and Mrs. G W Parsons of Raven were dinner guests Saturday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W R Williams in Front City.
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Junior Missionary Society
W. R. Williams
Martha
T. F. Coates
A. del Castillo
Rife Boggess
H. A. Lee
Margaret Boggess
Jeff Brown
Mrs. Brown
A. D. Parsons
G. W. Parsons
Raven
Delphian Club Holds Notable Tuesday Meeting
The Pirrian Delphian Club gathered Tuesday afternoon at 8 o clock for what attendees called a notably interesting session. The report notes engaged discussion and community interest in the club’s activities.
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Delphian Club
Pirrian Delphian Club
Local residents greet visitors and travel to events
Messrs Lacy Buskill and Lacy Morgan returned Saturday from Verda Kentucky where they had been employed. James McGuire of Princeton visited M. H. McGuire and family. Several residents traveled to Bluefield and Lebanon for shopping visits and social calls. A group planned a motor trip to Elizabethon Tennessee to study estate purchases. Multiple locals visited relatives, attended events, or hosted guests from nearby towns.
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Lacy Buskill
Lacy Morgan
Verda
James McGuire
Princeton
M. H. McGuire
Leene
I. C. Perkins
Cedar Bluff
Mable Downes
T. H. Davis
Bluefield
Charles Ascue
C. W. Jr
Roy Fitzer
East Front Street
Bert Blankenship
Main Street
Bert Wallace
Kate
Homer
Vince C. “Cartwright
C. B. Tucker
W. Maxwell
Elizabethton
Tenn
New Freight Scales Installed at Railroad Yard
New scales and concrete work for the Norfolk and Western freight scale installation are completed. Lee Gonano oversees the project as the railroad construction engineer. Richlands held cleanup daysTuesday and Wednesday, improving alleys and vacant lots as city trucks removed accumulated trash from loading stations.
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Norfolk and Western
Lee Gonano
Richlands
Mattie Brewster Dies After Short Illness at 61
Mrs. Mattie Brewster aged 61 died Thursday at 1 55 pm at Mattie Williams Hospital after an operation for cancer. A resident of the city for eleven years she moved from Virginia with sister Mary Williamson. Survived by two sons Herman and BeeBe and four brothers and two sisters. Funeral held Friday at 1 30 pm from the Christian church led by Rev John Russel.
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Mattie Brewster
Mattie Williams Hospital
Thomas Jamison
Franklin County
Virginia
West Virginia
Mary Williamson
Herman
Welch
W. Va
BeeBe
U Huntington
Christian Church
John Russel
Mrs. Brewster Remembered by Large Loving Crowd
A large crowd attended the service showing esteem for Mrs. Brewster. Burial followed at the family cemetery in Baptist Valley as local people expressed their respect.
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Brewster
Baptist Valley
Enrollment Statement Highlights School Work This Session
The enrollment and attendance statements from the last school session show the school’s work. Elementary enrollment 522, high school 149, total 671. Yearly attendance 92.1 percent overall, 96.7 percent in the high school, failures 0.12 percent, high school pupils dropped 0.09 percent.
Hopkins Honor Student Worcester W Elgin
An error in Richlands news misidentified Worcester W Elgin as a Washington and Lee student. he actually graduated from Johns Hopkins University Phi Beta Kappa with about 97 percent average and returns to Hopkins for summer courses. A Burma pagoda houses the world’s largest bell, capable of holding 0 people.
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Richlands News
Worcester W. Elgin
Washington and Lee University
Johns Hopkins University
Elgin
Washington and Lee
Johns Hopkins
Police Chief Shoots Youth After Resisting Arrest
Tobe Dye, 17, son of Mr and Mrs William M Dye of the west end, was wounded Sunday near the Norfolk and Western depot when he fled arrest after loitering in a hotel lobby. Police chief W R Kitts fired after Dye ran across the street and failed to stop, injuring his right ankle.
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Tobe Dye
William M. Dye
West End
W. R. Kitts
Norfolk and Western
Dye
Kitts
Hospital Update on Boy After Injury at Local Scene
The boy was reported improving satisfactorily at Mattie Williams Hospital this week after a leg injury described as a bad break midway between knee and ankle. Authorities noted the assailant’s intent was unclear and that frightening the boy was the primary aim, not lethal harm.
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Mattie Williams Hospital
Richlands Election Vote Acknowledgment By G G Harris
G G Harris thanks Richlands citizens for their vote of confidence in the town election held Tuesday. Harris notes he was not a candidate but received fifty nine votes with six defaced ballots intended for him discarded.
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Richlands
G. G. Harris
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