West Virginia VFW elects new commander at Welch session
The West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars held a record convention in Welch. H J Dollinger was unanimously elected state commander for the coming year with other officers chosen including George Crumrine Morgantown and G A Shuttleworth Clarksburg. A banquet followed the installation and a swimming party at Ballieyville. The group endorsed Boy Scout expansion and welcomed new Cootles initiates.
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West Virginia
George B. Crumrine
Morgantown
G. A. Shuttleworth
Clarksburg
Harry Hill
Frank V. Lalley
Wheeling
Hobble
White
Gary
BE. G. Ocheltree
Council of Administration
Dr. W. May
Rksburg
Balleyeville
Guyan
Armory
Fries
R. Hart
E. G. Ogletree
Guy A. St
Welch Briefs and Local News Roundup
Welch briefs cover a July chatauqua booth with refreshments, a McDowell Teachers Institute late August, and June 26 27 teachers exam at Welch High. Included are vehicle mishaps on Court street, a severe wrist laceration at Keystone Bottling Works, a moonshining arrest with a whistling suspect, a Kentucky suspect awaiting federal court, and two county baseball games Coalwood vs Bluefield and Poca Bramwell vs Gary with strong attendance expected.
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Ct Ae
Coalwood
Bluefield
Poca-Bramwell
Gary
Gary Pupils Perform Recital Under Miss Caro lyn Le
A Friday evening piano recital in Gary featured twenty five pupils of Miss Caro lyn Le. Prizes were awarded by Miss Eagle.
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Carolyn le
Gary
Tweny
Eagle
Nell Gay Speery
Hemphill
Grace Hospital
J. H W. Barker
Cincinnatti
James O'Toole
Memorial Building
Monday Radio Program Highlights Across Nation Networks
United Press compiled schedule lists numerous stations and programs for Monday June 15. Highlights include classical concerts, dance orchestras, educational programs, and weather segments across WEAO WJY WQI WLS KYW CNBA CNRW and others with time slots from afternoon to late evening.
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United Press
WEAO
WJY
WQI
WLS
KYW
CNRBA
CNRM
Cnrc Nat
NET
Cnrw
CNR
Memorization prizes awarded at school program
A school program awarded three memorization prizes for measures recited from a book. Miss Ann tz earned the top prize with 743 measures, Miss Martha Louise McKinley received 632, and Miss Ruby received 619 measures. The event listed numerous piano pieces and performers, followed by local notes about baseball, town life, and upcoming games.
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Rize
Ann Tz
Martha Louise McKinley
Ruby
Wes Sentinel Merch
Ugleman
Mary Hopey
Jolyne
Ene
Englemann
Mildred Hoffer
Paderewski
John Jastrzemski
Annykoontz
Read
Ruby Rich
Fearis
Thomas O'Toole
Kern
Olga Gundell
Bilbro
Franklyn
Ann Goodykoonts
Tschaikowsky
Mary Barber
Mary Harris
Laura McParland
Dorset Mulkey
Issando—Mazurka
Bohn
Anna Louise Petty
Periwinkle
Huerter
Mary Barker
Kusshandchen
Heins
Dorothy Mulkey
Bliss
Olga Guidell
Ellen Witten
Veterans of Foreign Wars convention notes and local social chatter
The piece covers VFW events, idle chatter about a Reo car, Welch's lively group, and plans for dances and outings. It mentions a few casualties at a Friday dance and debates over which ball game to attend with talk of Baileysville swimming and city directors.
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Baileysville
Funeral for R. M. Brewer at Welch Church in the Morning
The funeral for R. M. Brewer who died Thursday evening will be held at 9 o'clock this morning in Welch Methodist church. Rev. B. T. Sells of Kimball will officiate. After the service the body will be sent to Bluefield Virginia for burial. Active pallbearers include Fred Kirchner J Harvey Williams L J Smith J W Wedgewood M W Hudson and F B Smith. Honorary pallbearers are W B Lovette Charles G Walker L E Gowin A C Hufford J G Sharette Ellis Freeman and J S Royer.
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R. M. Brewer
Welch Methodist Church
B. T. Sells
Kimball
Bluefield
Fred Kirchner
J. Harvey Williams
L. J. Smith
J. W. Wedgewood
M. W. Hudson
F B. Smith
W. B. Lovette
Charles G. Walker
L. E. Gowin
A. C. Hufford
J. G. Sharette
Ellis Freeman
J. S. Royer
Welch Personalities Note Local Week of Travel and Visits
Local society items list residents and guests visiting Welch and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. C. D. Stamper heading to Richmond, Maude Frazier returning from Virginia vacation, and many others visiting Grace hospital, Cincinnati, Princeton, Bluefield, and Charleston.
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C. D. Stamper
Richmond
Maude Frazier
Frazier
Valley
Virginia
D. L. Anvil
Jaeger
T. T. Lawrence
Keystone
Grace Hospital
Charles Campbell Morfit, Jr
Kenyon College
H. T. Graham
Anawit
William J. Hatfield
Eugene H. Lopinsky
Madison
Charleston
Charles C. Hatton
John Collins
Baileysville
Hobart Payne
Princeton
Jack Craft
Red” Corey
Portsmouth
Ohio
Corey
L. A. Jaffee
Bluefield
Jaffee
Carter Hotel
Harry Walker
Stuart
Joseph M. Sanders, Jr
Mra. Sanders
Franklin K.day
Coalwood
David E. Houston
Kimball
Cincinnati
Col
Harry Bank
Reford Walker
Williamson
Welch
Baltimore Land Company
John Simpson
University of West Virginia
A. G. Rutherford
Welch Hospital
I. B. Hale
War
Georgia Clybourne
Ohio State
Dre CoHeale
Mae Carter
S. C. Sells
Falmouth centenarian mocks nostalgia as he proclaims today best
William Jenking, a 100 year old resident of Falmouth England, rejects the notion of the old days being better. He calls the past rotten and asserts that the present era is the best ever. The remark reflects a rare upbeat view from a long-lived local.
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Falmouth, Eng
William Jenking
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