Picnic at Rock View marks Sunday school outing
McComas West Virginia report details a lively Rock View swimming pool picnic hosted by Mrs. W. D. Fitzhugh for her Sunday school class and guests with games and swimming followed by a bountiful ground picnic supper. Odell Bowers celebrated sixteenth birthday with a party featuring gifts and dancing attended by local friends and relatives. Additionally, brief notes mention anglers seeking paper photo opportunities and local residents visiting or returning from area towns.
Sagamore Circle Meets at Mc Comas Missionary Society
The Sagamore circle met Wednesday afternoon with eight members present. Plans were made to aid needy families after investigation. Mrs. Albert Goodmin was chosen secretary pro-tem during Mrs. Wolfe's summer absence. Devotional used Luke 20 read by Mrs. Cox, prayer by Mrs. Fender. Mrs. Bird read an article on home life from the Voice. The next circle meets the second Wednesday in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagamore Circle
McComas Missionary Society
Wco. Edwards
Albert Goodmin
D. J. Wolfe
W. J. Cox
F. E. Fender
Claude Bird
Bud Davis
Lawn parties honor Miss Elizabeth Evans and Miss Mildred Sneed
A Friday lawn fete at Elizabeth Evans home featured games and a plate for Geneva Fulford, Eleanor Fitzhugh, Ruth Kennedy, and others. On Saturday Miss Mildred Sneed hosted a weiner roast above the Sagamore sawmill with a crowd of local friends and relatives including Robert Fulford, Verla Murphy, Kenneth Murphy, and Omhar Spicer.
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Elizabeth Evans
Geneva Fulford
Eleanor
Celeste Itzhugh
Beatrice Blackwell
Ruth Kennedy
Leonard Bailey
George Shoda
Robert Fulford
Wugene
Weiner
Mildred Sneed
Sagamore
Weines
Eleanor Fitzhugh
June Coleman
Bloise Edwards
Omhar Spicer
Verla
Verna Bell Murphy
Kenneth Murphy
Fred Shrader
Clyde Freeman
Robert Lowman
Raymond Mangus
Henry Bircham
Raymond
Charlie Lowman
W. C. Edwards
Society to Meet in June at Memorial Church
The auxiliary of the Woman's Missionary society will hold their monthly meeting at Thomas Memorial church on Wednesday June 17. The Pinnacle circle is to be in charge.
Candlelight Services At Thomas Memorial Church
On the fourth Sunday in June a candlelight ceremony will be held at Thomas Memorial church by the Children's World circle and the Boys' and Girls' World club, with officers to be installed. Bridge Club Entertains At Calvin Shockey Home three tables played with high scores to H F Warden and Mrs M R Million.
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Thomas Memorial Church
Children’s World Circle
Boys’ and Girl’s World Club
Guy M. Yeager
Guyandotte
Local Social Roundup Brings Bluefield Visitors and Shifts
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Marshall with Miss Beulah Evans and Miss Ernes tine Cooper visited Bluefield Monday evening. Families and friends gathered as John Sanders family and Miss Elizabeth Evans visited John Kennedy in Matoaka Sunday. Wednesday guests at W R Sheets home included Mrs Cabell Blackstock and Mrs John Witt from Bluefield, Mrs Grace Tanner of Richmond, Mr Shaughin of Pocahontas, and Raymond Mangus of Rolfe. Claude Bird, Crane Creek store clerk, was home ill with influenza. Mrs W D Fitzhugh and children shopped in Bluefield Friday. Advisory board meeting and reception in Welch drew Mesdames Fitzhugh Parcell Bird Sanders Hall S Cooper Edwards. Warry Yowell of Pocahontas was in town Tuesday. Calvin Shockey spent days with his son J P Shockey in Red Ash Va. Thelma Burks of Ashland visited Mr and Mrs W Sneed. L B Smith of New Market Va and son Robert, student at V P I Blacksburg, visited the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth. Marshall
Beulah Evans
Ernestine Cooper
Bluefield
John Sanders
Elizabeth Evans
John Kennedy
Matoaka
W. R. Sheets
Cabell Blackstock
John Witt
Grace Tanner
Richmond
Shaughin
Pocahon
A. P. Thompson
J. P. Shockey
Red Ash
Calvin Shockey
J. P. Jr
Frazier Edwards
Dan Frazier
Princeton
J. H. Evans
Kenneth Marshall
Keystone
Wiley Lowman
Amonata
Wade Lowman
Mary Bess Fitzhugh
West Virginia Business College
Jenny Bell
Betty Kyle
Charleston
Will Austin
H. Roupe
Floyd
F. E. Fender
S. S. Fender
Raymond Fender
Independence
Calvin Dotson
Bluefield Sanitarium
June Samonis
Tams
Howard Burnette
Martha Bledler
Jack Smith
W. J. Cox
Douglas
Craddock
Terry
Lynchburg
Albert Goodwin
O. E. Mangus
Bishop
Bill Bard
Mise Naomi Cruff
S. H. Winesette
Bill Garlic
Shawsville
Irvin Bircham
Bill Burgess
Lorene Moore
Weynoke
J. H. Robinson
P. R. Fox
Confederate General Greater Than Lee Cartoon Explanation
The cartoon notes James Macie Smithson an Englishman who never visited the United States leaving over 500000 for founding the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. It highlights the extraordinary impact of a foreign donor in establishing a premier American knowledge institution.
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Lee
James Macie Smithson
United States
United States of America
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Weekend Social Notes From Local Families
The column lists numerous weekend visits and visits to relatives in Keystone Princeton Floyd Independence and Bluefield including Mrs W R Sheets Mrs A P Thompson J P Shockey and families Miss Mary Bess Fitzhugh and Jenny Bell among others. It notes travels to Floyd Va and Bluefield sanitarium and a funeral in Shawsville with several local residents visiting relatives and attending events.
Local couples welcome newborns and death noted
Mr and Mrs Kent Stevens welcome a daughter Ray Jewell born Monday June 8. They have a son. Mr and Mrs Thomas Farmer celebrate a six pound boy born Sunday June 7. Mr and Mrs Spurlock Mullinag note a boy born Sunday with infant passing on Tuesday Margaret Elizabeth born to Mr and Mrs John Dawson on Sunday June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Stevens
Ray Jewell
Thomas Farmer
Belts and Necklaces New Midsummer Foible
Paris fashions showcase belt and necklace ensembles in brown wool and scarlet oil cloth. Matching accessories accompany tweed street frocks white pique and cotton gowns in mauve green or rose hues.
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Paris
Mary Forbes Injured in Tree Swing Accident
Herndon West Virginia June 13 Mary Forbes daughter of Mr and Mrs George Forbes was injured Wednesday afternoon after a large swing broke free from a tree limb. She was taken to Mullins hospital where X rays showed no broken bones though she had severe bruising to her arm and side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
W. Va
Mary Forbes
George Forbes
Mary
Mullins Hospital
Elde
Herndon Personal Notes From Pineville Area
Vergil Cook and family visited in Pineville on Sunday. Local residents and visitors travel to nearby towns, attend summer schools, and conduct business. A Frenchman recently wrote 23,000 words on a single postcard.
Ladies Aid entertains at Methodist church gathering
Pineville West Virginia June 13 The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Episcopal Church South enjoyed an afternoon program hosted by Mrs Will P Cook with vice president Mrs Dott Cook in charge The event included singing reading of the Twenty third Psalm and a solo More Like the Master by Mrs Henry Blakely A social hour followed and guests included Mrs C V Shannon Miss Neta and Pauline Brooks Mrs W L Smith Mrs J C Dodson Mrs Henry Blakely Mrs F H Shannon Mrs C M Wikes Mrs Dott Cook Mrs Mary K Bowman and Mrs B W Worrell The group adjourned to meet June 25 at Mrs B W Worrells home
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Pineville
W. Va
Ajd
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Will P. Cook
Dott Cook
More Ike
Henry Blakely
Wyoming County July term court opens in Pineville
Mullens June 18 The July term of the Wyoming county circuit court will convene in Pineville on July 18 with Judge Howell M. Tanner of Bluefield presiding. Grand and petit jurors were drawn by commissioners Frank Crowley and B. G. Cook. Social functions include bridge parties at Amigo and Corrine and a bridge luncheon in Mullens. Thelma Green, 18, Mullens alumna, dies at St Luke's Bluefield. funeral held with obituaries noting family survivors.
Father's Derby Design Influences Mother's Chapeau
Paris reports a design trend where the father's derby style inspires the mother's summer hat. New hats feature flat round crowns and side-curled brims in coarse chalk white straw, banded with white straw and grosgrain ribbon, finished with crystal sides to pair with black wool or all summer tailleurs.
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Paris
Fire Destroys Roof Hole in Home. Rain Quells Blaze
In Williamsport, Dr. A. F. Hardt found a large hole burned through his roof after trash flames. The fire spread little as rain during the night drenched the scene and stopped further damage.
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Williamsport
A. F. Hardt
Local Notes From Amigo West Virginia Society Gossip
Amigo West Virginia reports a string of visits and travel. Residents including Mrs Orange Snuffer Mrs Freed Hawley and families from Beckley are noted guests with local residents like Mr and Mrs W L Shumate and relatives in Beckley Athens and Mullens. Several business visitors from Pocahontas Bluefield and Pratt are listed along with travels to Parkersburg Blacksburg and Charleston. Weekend visitors include Warren Roberts of Logan and Dr R W Chambers entourage.
Billy Hancock’s Fourteenth Birthday Party at Home
A Bay party of boys and girls joined Mrs. J. W. Hancock Monday evening in Ti Ti Tams W Va to celebrate Billy’s fourteenth birthday. After games and amusements the group enjoyed refreshments and Billy received many attractive and useful presents.
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Odell Bowers
Beulah
Walker
Mildred Hurst
Viola
Alice
Katherine Hundley
Glenna Ables
Ruth Bryant
Elsie
Ethel Conner
Odell
Irene Bowers
Walter Scott
Frazier Scott
Jos Jackson
Newell
Frank Bryant
Edward Conley
Albert Marott
Sam Pointdexter
Eugene Turley
Mr. Farmer
Tams
W. Va
J. W. Hancock
Billy
TAMS PERSONALS AT KNAPP HOME
In the home of Mr and Mrs H L Knapp Mr and Mrs Judson Davis of Mullens were week end guests Mrs Mary HE Breckers of Francis is the guest the week of her daughter Mrs R Scarbro Mrs Waddle Turner who underwent a dual operation recently for appendicitis and gall stones is recuperating satisfactorily at the Bokley hospital George I Gillespie of St Albans guest in the west of Mr and Mrs L C Gillespie J Bowyer of Oak Hill brother of Mrs Robert Hughes Jr is a guest this week of Mr and Mrs Hughes Guests in the home of Mr and
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St. Albans
Mra
L. C. Gillespie
J. Bowyer
Oak HM
Robert Hughes Jr
Mrs. Hughes
Rock West Virginia Social Notes Selections
Mrs C F Frazier of Williamson visits sister Mrs S A Parks. Names ADOPTING in Bluefield include Mrs Harry Cooper and Mrs M C G Cooper. Glen Sparks of East Gulf visits parents Mr and Mrs W F Sparks. Various Bluefield visitors call on Mrs J B Neal and family. Local residents visit relatives in Montcalm Bramwell Welch and Gil liam.
Local notes from Alpoca and Mullens area headlines
Widespread community entries from Alpoca Mullens and nearby towns recount a serious head injury to Jack Plagenti gan son of A J Plagentigan after a porch fall and multiple stitches from Doctor Wiley Mullens. News includes visits, travel notes, recoveries, and local social updates among residents of Bishop Princeton Lan sing and surrounding counties.
Duhring social and local wedding near Nebo
In Duhring West Virginia a social at Mrs Sue Davis's home featured music as the evening's highlight. John Garrison and Beatrice Allison wed at the Nebo parsonage and returned to the groom's home near Charleston after the ceremony and reception.
Miners Hurt as Slate Falls on Paul Lusk
Paul Lusk suffers a badly mashed foot after slate fell on it in the Goodwill mines on Saturday. The report lists other local notes: Andy Pickett visiting Matoaka, Mrs J C Wall Jarius Staten and Hallie Davin shopping in Bluefield, Mrs Ethel Hurst and children with her mother at Rock, Irene Akers of Bluefield visiting relatives, and a Duhring Christian church service at 11 AM and 7 30 PM led by Pastor H C Crow.
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Paul Lusk
Goodwill
Andy Pickett
Matoaka
J. C. Wall
Jarius Staten
Hallie Davin
Bluefield
Ethel Hurst
Delp
Rock
Irene Akers
Duhring Christian Church
H. C. Crow
Delightful Dinner Guests from Bluefield and Nearby Towns
A social gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Reece brings Rev. W. M. Sneed and wife Rev. Ada Williams Clarence Sneed Frank Perrey from Bluefield to Sunday dinner. Attendees include families from Montcalm Princeton Crystal Welch and Bramwell with several relatives and visiting nurses. ocal reports note travel to Welch on business and school plans for local youths.
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Reece
W. M. Sneed
Ada Williams
Clarence Sneed
Frank Perrey
Bluefield
Mra. Fox
Juanita
Montcalm
A. W. Wood
Clyde
Duhling
Cynthia
Barbara Osborn
Princeton
Oscar Nester
Carl Barger
Leonard Taylor
J.W. Taylor
J. J
Roscoe Taylor
Crystal
Wily Loman
Amonate
F. E. Macer
Charley Hurst
Dave McNew
Welch
Frazier Shrewsbury
Addie Saddler
Flat ‘Tap Yard
W. A. H. Moore
Hilla Scott
Edwin
Douglas
Vacation and family visits span several states
GOODWILL Mr. and Mrs. Bingham have gone on a two weeks vacation visiting in Appomattox Va and in Indiana. Mrs. Mary Scanlin and children of Bluefield were visiting Mrs. Scanlin's sister Mrs. Bert Hurst recently. Miss Hazel Murray of Simmons visiting her sister Mrs. Colen John. Mrs. Ernest Dillon is very slowly improving at a Bluefield hospital where she has been a patient for some time.
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Goodwill
Bingham
Appomattox
Indiana
Mary Scanlin
Bluefield
Scanlin
Bert Hurst
Hazel Murray
Simmons
Colen Johnson
Ernest Dillon
Mullin family notices include birth and visits
Frank Mullin visited relatives in Pulaski while Mrs. C B Mullin spent the weekend with daughter Mrs. Roy Lusk in McComas. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kelley Dillon.
Montcalm and Matewan Weekender News in June
Montcalm West Virginia notes report Mr and Mrs Blonden Bailey and Billie Lawson visiting relatives in Matewan over the weekend. Several locals including Mrs Henry Blankenship and Miss Mildred Morgan join trips to Radford Bluefield and Princeton areas with family and friends.
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MonTcalm
W. Va
Blonden Bailey
Billie Lawson
Matewan
Henry Blankenship
Jasper Honaker
Newson
Mullens
Mildred Morgan
Princeton
B. L Ae
Buster Burgis
Radford
Hugh Harrison
B. L. Neel
Wade
Wint Carper
Dubling
Frank Shrader
Richard Kelly
Philadelphia
Brooks Hardy
Durham
N. Y
John Holston
John Levern
Mr. Neel
George Fanning
Concord Summer School
G. T. Riggs
Minnis. Carr
Bluefield
PRESERVED HAILSTONES IN REFRIGERATOR CLAIM
Moundeville West Virginia reports hailstones that did not melt quickly after a 15 minute storm. Mrs Charles Fv Spoon claims the stones were saved in her refrigerator as proof of the unusual weather event.
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Moundeville
W. Va
Charles Fv Spoon
Spoon
Everalong
Frigerator
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