Giles County Circuit Court to Convene with Prohibition Docket
Giles County circuit court will convene Tuesday June 16 with several cases set for trial including prohibition matters. A marriage license was issued to Jane George Parrett and Ella Mae Scott, with the ceremony at the Savoy hotel conducted by Rev. Charles C. Fulton. The American Legion Post No 68 of Giles County will meet at Beagleston on Monday night June 15 at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peariebore Va
Circuit Court
Giles County
Jane George Parrett
Skelton W. Va
Ella Mae Scott
Oak Hill
W. Va
Savoy Hotel
Charles C. Fulton
American Legion
Beagleston Va
Willing Workers Council No. 537
W. C. Moore
Auxiliary Meeting and Local Social Notes at Pearisburg
The Woman's auxiliary of the Presbyterian church will meet at Mrs. Hale's home with Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Kelly as hosts. U. D. C. members hosted by Mrs. Bernard Mason and Mrs. W. P. Miller at Mason residence with plans for tea and refreshments. A long list of local residents and visitors from Newport, Bluefield, Pearisburg, and nearby towns are noted for gatherings, hospital updates, travel, and upcoming weddings and visits through Pearisburg and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
I. C. Hale
U. D.C
Bernard Mason
W. P. Miller
McComas
Charles Dick
Bluefield
Mason
Clay Mason
Newport
Blacksburg
Mason Miller
Billie Miller
Floyd Price
Martin Farrier
Virginia Gwinn
Maxine Erwin
Fort
Ruth the Moabitess play by John Stewart choir
The Junior choir of John Stewart Methodist church presents Ruth the Moabitess at the city auditorium tomorrow at 8 15 pm. Directed by Mrs. G H Higginbotham with Mrs. B H Martin and Miss M W Wood as stage manager and pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
John Stewart Methodist Church
City Auditorium
G. H. Higginbotham
B. H. Martin
M. W. Wood
Morning worship and church activities across Scott Street area
Church notices describe Sunday school at 9 30 and 9 45 a m services at Scott Street and nearby churches. The Scott Street pastor preaches Thy Kingdom Come with Y M C A notes and Missionary society meetings set for week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake Chapel
A. M.E. Zion
J. A. Walker
Henry Holmes
Buds of
EB. George
Christian Endeavor
B. Carson
Carl G. Rollins
Women's Missionary Society
Scott Street
J. I. Sullivan
J. H. Thomas
Jones Street Christian
C. M. Dickerson
Charlies Thompson
Miss Mattie Richardson
Belion's Syncopators to Perform at Stovall's Dance Casino
The Belion's Society Syncopators from the sunny South will perform at Stovall's Dancing Casino tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. They headline Bluefield's first band from that region, featuring Mood Indigo and Black and Tan Fantasy. Joe Fatio and T. Hound Slim will present the Florida Break-Away and other novelty numbers. After the show, fans can dance on Wilson Street to enjoy the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
City Hall
Wilson Street
Bluefield State Teachers Open Summer Session With 250 Students
About 250 to 300 students register for the nine weeks summer session at Bluefield State Teachers College as faculty members stay for summer instruction. President R P Sims leads a varied team including Miss Alberta Calvin and Miss Lillian Washington with departments covering mathematics biology home economics and music. At White Sulphur the women’s federation heard talks with Miss Skinner addressing home economics and solos by Mr Moore and Mr Walton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Maybelle E. Smith
Samuel L. Wade
B. L. Walton
Trixie J. Warren
Lillian A. Washington
Helene P. Wilson
Alice Rucker
Atlanta
Willie P. Russell
Waukegan
Ill
W. A. Robinson
Knoxville
Julia L. Skinner
Alberta Calvin
Lillian Washington
J. A. Moore
Bernard L. Walton
Women's State Federation
White Sulphur
Miss Skinner
Mr. Moore
Mr. Walton
Choir and church activities enliven Princeton area meeting
Miss Sinkford and Miss Viola Slash led musical programs at church gatherings as Rev W W Wingfield preached at Radford and other services. Attendance at Mt Calvary Baptist for the G O O Fellows council and various society meetings filled the week with sermons, songs, and new memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. O. of Fellows
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Princeton
Bramwell
Viola Slash
Local Ills Reported on Hight Street
William Johnson has improved at home on Hight Street as W M Hye Mrs Emma Corner and Mrs Neda White remain ill in the area with health concerns noted by readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Johnson
Hight Street
W. M. Hye
Emma Corner
Neda White
Navy to Seek Faster Aircraft with $250000 Research Grant
The U S navy will start speedup work on its aircraft in July with a $250000 research appropriation. Assistant Secretary David S. Ingalls says current speeds compare well with foreign equipment but further improvement is desired. A separate note states that a man's brain reaches maximum weight at age twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Navy
Navy
David S. Ingalls
Ladies' Aid Society Publishes Local Paper in Pageton
The Pageton West Virginia Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. Robert Hedrick's home with Tal Murray in charge. Members contributed sections for a local paper including editorials poetry and a funny column. Next meeting at Mrs. W B Cook with a picture gallery planned using members youngest photos. Rev Davis absent, services led by C A Murphy drawing a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of the New Century
M. E. Church
Bentley Baxter
W. B. Page
Margaret Clark
W. R. Burger
Solo
Josephine Christmas
Emma Henderson
Rosa Burger
Elizabeth Chambless
8. B. Freeman
Mra Tal Murray
W. BE. Cook
Pageton Defeats Jenkin Jones In Local Baseball Game
Pageton won 7 to 2 over Jenkin Jones on the Pageton ball diamond Monday evening at 2 o'clock. The match featured Pageton’s offense and solid defense against the visiting team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pageton
Jenkin Jones
Betsy Cook to Attend Summer School in Bluefield
Mrs W E Cook Betty and Margaret Cook and Mildred Osborne motor to Bluefield Friday where Betty will stay with Mrs C F Wilson on Tyler Street and attend summer school. Other notes include visits to Welch Crumpler Marion and Sugar Grove with many relatives and a hospital admission for Mrs Charlie Bostick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Cook
Betty
Margaret Cook
Mildred Osborne
Bluefield
Betty Cook
C. F. Wilson
Tyler Street
Roy Mitchell
Evelyn Parsons
Welch
Joe Turner
Stevens Clinic
Bill Shumate
W. S. Fine
Beckley
Gilbert Boggs
Charleston
W. A. Hendricke
Willie Presley
Walter Presley
Kimball
Bane Brooks
Jenkin Jones
Arthur Johnston
Katherine Ganano
Morgantown Tor
John Ganano
Bernard Johnston
Goodwill
Jim Lester
Romney
Edd Lester
Harold Hicks
Earl Lester
Woodrow
Johnston Wilson
Ted Sage
Marion
Sugar Grove
Gracie Mercer
Stella Phipps
Lillian
Myrtle
Mae Scott
Betty Jones
Rhoda Duncan
Havace
Selma Hendricke
Denver
Colo
C. Shumate
Helen
Mra
C. F. Kingrea
Gon. Buster
Indian Ridge
Charlie Bostick
Community Visitors and Travel Notes Across The Region
Local residents traveled to nearby towns for visits and family gatherings. Names include Mrs. W A Johnson Mrs Tom Cooper Fritz Lebroski and children Eric and Julia Mrs James Brodnock Thelma Crozier Mrs Walter Robinson Mra Riedsaw Jenkin Jones M F Thompson Jack Sundera Bluefield Jim Henry Ray Elmer Upland Robert Sage Raymond Dietrich Glen Hughes Keystone Ray Smith family Athens summer school Elizabeth Gabrocki Mattoka Virginia Painter Matoaka Northfork Bill Boone Mayberry Pocahontas Homer Rorrer Crumper Kimball Rosette White Bill Hendricks L H Hendricks Selma Hendricks Guy Bird Aloma Crigger Lillian Wite W P White Garnet White O Toole J W Duncan Myrtle Scott Loie Robosky Havace Northfork Franckville Keystone Jim Mercer Welch John Garlic Clarke Hughes Ernest Clarke Boissevain Wysor Cobb Marion Pearis Near presents a steady stream of visits and weekend trips among families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Clinic
Welch
W. A. Johnson
Tom Cooper
Mallens
Fritz Lebroski
Eric
Julia
Troutdale
James Brodnock
Thelma
Crozier
C. M. Thompson
Walter Robinson
Mra. Riedsaw
Jenkin Jones
M. F. Thompson
Jack Sundera
Bluefield
Jim Henry
Ray and
Elmer
Upland
Robert Sage
Raymond Dietrich
Glen Hughes
Princeton
Ray Smith
Keystone
Elizabeth Gabrocki
Athens
W. K. Wyear
Gean
Lebanon
Harry Cruise
Kimball
G. R. Rorrer
Dave Stoots
Mack
Austinville
Mias Rosette Whiteen
Gary
Bill Hendricks
L. H. Hendricks
Selma Hendricks
F. B. Hendricks
Vivian
Guy Bird
Algoma
Jim Mercer
John Garlic
Clarke Hughes
Ernest Clarke
Tazewell
W. K. Wysor
T. L. Cobb
Boissevain
Blanche Freman
Marion
Jim Wilson
Roanoke
Pearis
Vehicle Skids On Oiled Road, Wilsons Escape Injury
In a curve on an oiled road a car skidded and overturned. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson sustained only cuts and bruises and, after repairs, returned home. Miss Mary Gebroski visited Coalwood Thursday. Bill and Charlie Cummings traveled to Logan to see relatives. Bill Abel of Pocahontas visited friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Dietrich returned from Marion and Roanoke Virginia. Miss Dora Hughes spent the past week in Northfork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gebroski
Coalwood
Bill
Charlie Cummings
Logan
Bill Abel
Pocahontas
Wiley Dietrich
Marion
Roanoke
Dora Hughes
Northfork
Circle No. 1 Meeting Updates Vivian Woman's Auxiliary
Vivian West Virginia June 13 Circle No 1 met at Mrs W H Lambert’s home. Program and business followed by a social hour. A Daily Vacation Bible School opens at the Presbyterian church for five mornings weekly starting Monday at 9 AM for children six and older. Local residents and attendees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian
W. Va
Woman’s Auxiliary
W. H. Lambert
The
Presbyterian Church
Woman Struck By Auto After trolley alight incident
Miss Ola Moore of Cincinnati Ohio was struck by an automobile driven by A L Wagner deputy sheriff of Montcalm as she alighted from a trolley at Beech Street and Bluefield Avenue. She suffered injuries not believed serious and was taken to Bluefield sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Moore
Cincinnati
Beach Street
Bluefield Avenue
Ohio
Beech Street
A. L. Wagner
Montcalm
Miss Moore
Wagner
Bluefield Sanitarium
Eight Stills Seized by Prohibition Men in Va Raids
In ten days raids across Tazewell and Bland counties officers Gravely Bana of Bluefield and federal agents seized eight stills of 100 and 75 and 55 and 35 gallon capacities. Several hundred gallons of mash and liquor were taken. Seven arrests were made with more expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Bland
T. M. Gravely
S. C. Bana
Bluefield
Federal
Prohibition
W. Va
Funeral of Mrs Laura Dickason Revered Aunt of Dean Dickason
Dean H L Dickason travels to Lindside to attend the funeral of his aunt Mrs Laura Dickason who died at her home. The obituary notes she was mother to the late Sidney Dickason a Bluefield Institute graduate and a daughter who also attended the institute. Frances Elizabeth Sinkford, daughter of Mr and Mrs G H Sinkford and Bluefield Institute alumna, impressed at a Washington D C recital earning high praise from critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Holt
Lucelia B. Holt
Laura Holt Phillips
West Virginia State College
Bluefield
Alpha Kappa Sorority
Dean
Dean H. L. Dickason
Lindside
Laura Dickason
Frances Elizabeth Sinkford
G. H. Sinkford
Blefield Institute
Washington, D. C
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St. Elizabeth General Hospital
Petersburg
C. K. Lambert
Irie Johnston
L. A. Finley
Mis
Mary Finley
D. H. Finley
Salem
W. C
R. L. Rosenbaum
St. Elizabeth's General Hospital
Kate Simpson
Tenn
G. A. Heilman
C. L. Fisher
J. T. Franklin
Rich Creek
Robert Davis
Randolph-Macon College
Julian Davis
Frank Easley
Tyler
A. E. Shumate
Chas. C. Fulton
W. Mason
Binefield
Bernard
Mr. Angel
W. C. Cauill
Carroll
C. L. Cornett
Galax
Katve Dickenson
Hale Knuckels
White Gate
S. Hoge Jr
S. S. Hoge
Louisse Painter
Ann Witten
Frank Miller
Boston
Mass
Bentley School of Accounting
A. Mann
James F. Strother
Sue French
Dowie L. Cockill
A. E. Dinsmore
Roy Witten
Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
State Board of Pharmacy
Gonarered
Theyburn Miller
Johnston
News of the Colored People
Vacation Bible School
North Side
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Ministerial Alliance
John Stewart M. E
Scott Street Baptist
Community Bible Clase
Ministerial
Thomas T. Lewis
Mehany Medical Colege
Nashville
M. D. Lewis
Medical College
Genoa Streets
H. P. Heath
C. A. Rogers
L. ©. Smith
Junior Missionary Society
Bethel Methodist Church
Holley
Louise Painter
Samuel Trigg
Isabell Witherspoon
Annie Griffin
William Higginbotham
Phillip Painter
Saunders and McGee
Thelma Magon
Ruth Tiffany
Louise Ferrell
Samuel Richardson
Gertrude Bowens
B. J. Morton
Billy Austin
High Street
Rosa
Pete Johnson
Geraldine Robertson
Irene Marshall
Evelyn Thompson
Margarett
Chrotephs Coles
Clarice Brown
Edna
Lilly Roy
Lillie Mae Hayes
Euzeka Smith
Fannie Jones
Mary Toler
Zelma
Elizabeth Toler
Walter
Willie
Earl Person
Thomas Washington
Henry Thomas
Nelson Page
James Hobby
Junior
Henry T
Josephine Alexander
Winifred Page
Sarah
Ora Austin
Lucile
Emma Tolliver
Christine Muse
Hazel Glasco
Elizabeth Cisco
Evangeline Pryor
North Side Holy Church
Mary N. Glenn
M. S. McCue
Church OF God
Lawson and
Nash Streets
T. J. Cox
H. C. Hairston
Henry Evans
John Stewart
Tor
H. Sinkford
Crozer Temple
Josephine Liggon
Denmar
Toric Plymouth Congregation
Miss Sinkford
Sims
State Board of Education
ODD Fellows Meeting
Radford
Ada Bohama
Eliza Damerd
Louise Swann
W. H. M. Society of the Methodist Church
Golden Gate Baptist
T. Royster
W. W. Wingfield
Savannah Davidson
Bertie Green
Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Davis
Methodist Church
Wight
C. A. Murphy
Pageton Personals
Amazing Features
Majestic
Lewis Furnitore
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield, W. Va
Bible School Planned
J. O. Williams
T. W. Kitchens
South Carolina
Georgia
Son Pierce
Elizabeth Noel
Paul Noel
Valparaiso Ind
Lillian Gregory
Forrest Hardee
Pauline Nance
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Eleanor Williams
Peterstown
George Leedy
Dorothy Sullivan
Relaves
BE. N. Watson and Son
Emily Overstreet
Mye Field
W. G. Williamson
J. C. Killey
Mieses Ernestine Brown
Thelma Hardee
Enna Jettick
Brannock Scientific
Inna Jettic
NBC
Alwyn Bach
American Society of Arts and Letters
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