Local Notices of Residents and Visitors
Ripley Tunis Athens plans Concord College attendance. Joseph Lee Hubbard will likely stay in Springton after Tuesday. Mies Zenca Worley stays with her parents D and Mrs Worley and attended Princeton School last winter. Corbett Perdue of Pineville visited relatives this week. G Rose of Mullens visited relatives here Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor Athens
Concord College
Joseph Lee Hubbard
Springton
Mies Zenca Worley
D. Worley
Princeton
Corbett Perdue
Pineville
G. ©. Rose
Mullens
Gravely
A. Rasnake
Madge and Edwards
Minnie W. Smith
Charleston
Julia Gravely
Marshall College
Athens
Concord State Normal
Miss Gravely
Hotcoal
Cincinnati
Flora Lynch
White Sulphur Springs
H. la Brewer
J. B. Johnson
Warren Roberts
Logan
Enjoyable Picnic at Rock View Celebrates Summer Fun
Mrs. W. D. Fitzhugh hosted a Sunday school picnic at Rock View swimming pool with games swimming and a bountiful ground picnic supper. Attendees included Eleanor Celeste Fitzhugh Jennie Bell Kyle June Edwards Mary Borich and many others. Odell Bowers marked sixteenth birthday with a party featuring gifts and dancing. Sagamore circle of the McComas Missionary society met for prayers and plans. Lawn party and weiner roast noted along with a planned Woman's Missionary auxiliary meeting atThomas Memorial church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell Bowers
Beulah Walker
Mildred Hurst
Viola
Alice
Katherine Hundley
Glenna Ables
Ruth Bryant
Elsie
Ethel Conner
Odell
Irene Bowers
Walter Scott
Frazier Scott
Joe Jackson
Newell
Frank Bryant
Edward Conley
Albert Marotti
Sam Pointdexter
Eugene Turley
Mr. Farmer
Weiner
Tse
Mildred Sneed
Sagamore
Weines
Eleanor Fitzhugh
Geneva Fulford
Ruth Kennedy
June Coleman
Eloise Edwards
Omhar Spicer
Verla
Verna Bell Murphy
Robert Fulford
Kenneth Murphy
Fred Shrader
Clyde Freeman
Robert Lowman
Raymond Mangus
Henry Bircham
Raymond
Charlie Lowman
W. C. Edwards
Candlelight services set at Thomas Memorial Church
On the fourth Sunday in June a candlelight ceremony will be held at Thomas Memorial church with the Children's World circle and Boys' and Girls' World club in attendance. Officers will be installed during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Memorial Church
Children’s World Circle
Boys’ and Girl’s World Club
The Confederate General Who Was Greater Than Lee Cartoon
A 19th century bequest by James Macie Smithson funds the Smithsonian Institution. Although English by birth and distant from America, Smithson left a fortune to establish a knowledge hub in Washington, shaping U S scientific life and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
James Macie Smithson
United States
United States of America
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Births and Infant Deaths in Local Families
Mr and Mrs Kent Stevens welcome a daughter named Ray Jewell born Monday June 8. They have a son. Mr and Mrs Thomas Farmer greet a six pound boy born Sunday June 7. A baby boy is born to Mr and Mrs Spurlock Mullinge on Sunday but died on Tuesday. Margaret Elizabeth born to Mr and Mrs Dawson on Sunday June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Stevens
Ray Jewell
Thomas Farmer
Spurlock Mullinge
Margaret Elizabeth
Que
John Dawson
Belts and Necklaces Debut in Midsummer Fashion
Paris reports a new midsummer fashion foible featuring belt and necklace ensembles for women. Brown wood plaque belts pair with tweed frocks while scarlet oil cloth circlets accompany white pique dresses. mauve green and rose organdy flowers finish belt and necklace sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Herndon Mtg Notes Share Local Visits and News
Mary Forbes, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Forbes, injured in a tree swing accident but X-ray shows no breaks. several local residents and visitors are listed in Community Notes including Vergil Cook family of Pineville and Miss Lora Hale McGregor heading to Peabody Institute in Nashville for summer study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
W. Va
Mary Forbes
George Forbes
Mary
Mullins Hospital
Vergil
Pineville
Grace Adkins
Boyd Green
Bull's Gap
Tenn
Lora Hale McGregor
Nashville
Peabody Institute
Clara Lee Shrewsbury
Jessie McMillion
Concord
W. B. Phipps
June
B. L. Shelae
Mullens Friay
L. H. Testerman
Junior
James Lee
Matoaka
W. R. Hall
Princeton
Margie Blevins
Meadow View
C. L. Blevins
Claude Swanson
Robert Lesler
Alen Lusk
Archie Lusk
Abel Basham
Concord Colege
C. J. Moses
Ladies' Aid entertained by Mrs Will P Cook in Pineville
In Pineville West Virginia June 13 the Ladies Aid of the Methodist Episcopal church South met at the home of Mrs Will P Cook with vice president Mrs Dott Cook in charge. The program opened with Work for the Night Is Coming, readings of the Twenty third Psalm and a solo More Like the Master by Mrs Henry Blakely. A social hour followed as Mrs Cook and daughter Miss Neta served a meal for members and guests including C W Shannon Neta and Pauline Brooks W L Smith J C Dodson Henry Blakely F H Shannon C M Wikle Dott Cook Mary K Bowman and E W Worrell. The group adjourned to meet June 25 at Mrs E B W Worrells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
W. Va
Ladies’ Aid of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Will P. Cook
Dott Cook
Wil P. Cook
Henry Blakely
Cook
Miss Neta
C. W. Shannon
Neta
Pauline Brooks
W. L. Smith
J. C. Dodson
F. H. Shannon
Wyoming Court Convenes July 13 in Pineville
The July term of Wyoming county circuit court will convene in Pineville on July 13 with Judge Howell M. Tanner presiding. Grand and petit jurors have been drawn by commissioners Frank Crowley and BE Cook, including list of jurors from Mullens, Pineville, Itmann, Amigo and other local areas. Social and bridge events are also noted in the community. Miss Thelma Green, 18, Mullens native and St Luke’s hospital patient, dies. funeral held with family cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Green
Everett Green
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Bobby Everett Jr
William Robert
Gilbert
Dorothy
Betty June Green
Mullens
D. D. Moran
Wyoming
Miss Reen
Father's Derby Design For Mother's Chapeau
The design of father's derby has been borrowed for mother's summer chapeau. The newest hats with flat round crowns and curled brims are worn with street costumes. Fashionable models use coarse chalk white straw with white grosgrain ribbon and crystal sides for wear with black wool or silk summer outfits.
Fire From Burning Trash Ruins Roof In Williamsport
Dr. A F Hardt awoke to discover a large hole burned through his roof from night trash fires. Rain during the night prevented further damage as the fire was extinguished before it spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
A. F. Hardt
Gulf drumfish photos capture anglers in Biloxi and Brownsville
The scene features Major A. B. Lambert of St. Louis and John M. Curlee of St. Louis posing with a massive Gulf of Mexico drumfish. Lambert lifts the big catch at Biloxi Mississippi while Curlee smiles with his own fish near Brownsville Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Lambert
St. Louis
Gulf of Mexico
Biloxi
Miss
John M. Curlee
Brownsville
Texas
Beckley and relay of social visits in Amigo region
Mrs Orange Snuffer and Mrs Freed Hawley with others visit Shumate family in Beckley. Several residents including T R Wilson, J W Malcolm, Dr R W Chambers and J H Ashley are noted in local visits and trips to Beckley Mullens Blacksburg and Bluefield. Julia Gravely leaves Marshall for Concord State Normal summer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kincaid
T. H. Clagett
T. C. Deaumer
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Counny
Bluefield
J. W. Malcolm
Athena
C. H. McGuire
Lena Ellis
Alien Junction
James D. White
Riley
Springdale
Ralph Little
W. P. Shumate
Stover
Charles W. Walker Cree
Beckley
T. McGuire
Parmarvenean
Mra
Joseph Wood Jr
I. E. Hurt
H. F E.ars
Blacksburg
T. J. McGuire
Lance Ture
Anna Lee Shumate
Atter
J. A. W of Pratt
Amigo C Company
Weed J. Hargrave
J. H. Ashley
Yeeney
V. L. Shumate
Citizen
Mullens
Hope
Edward O. Cole
Fred Elmandolar
George Blankenship
Madeleine
Tom McGuire
Raymond Skiles
Chester Shrewsbury
Bluff Mountain
Ronee
W. C. Jones
Winery
Rice
C. C. Wietm
Jean Freatien
L Samete
Rmbers
Birthday Party Celebrates Billy Gillepie in Tams W Va
In Tams W Va on June 13 a group of boys and girls gathered at Mrs J W Hancock to celebrate Billy Gillepie s fourteenth birthday with amusements and refreshments. A quarterly meeting followed at Union church led by Rev Guy Coffman Beckley with reports by Rev Lantz and others and plans for a union prayer meeting next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Church
Guy Coffman
Beckley
W. T. Lantz
Oliver
Virginia
Billy
Elmer Arthur
Winding Gulf
Lantz
Coffman
Epperly
Hotcoat
Pythian Sisters Host Festivities With Guests From Montgomery
Ceremonial festivities filled the Pythian Sisters hall on Thursday with Mrs. Helen Morrison and Mrs. Lucy Edwards of Montgomery as guests of honor. The Raleigh Sisters were invited and Pythian brothers joined the event for conversations and a luncheon served by the Tams Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Helen Morrison
Lucy Edwards
Montgomery
State Organization of Sisters
Sisters of
Raleigh
Pythian
Tams Sisters
TAMS PERSONALS WEEKEND VISITS AND GUESTS
In the home of Mr and Mrs H L Knapp Mr and Mrs Judson Davis of Mullene were weekend guests Mrs Mary EB Breckera of Francis is the guest this week of her daughter Mrs R Scarbro Mrs Waddie Turner recovering satisfactorily at Beckley hospital after dual operation for appendicitis and gall stones George I Gillespie of St Albans visiting Mr and Mrs L C Gillespie J Bowyer of Oak Hill brother of Mrs Robert Hughes Jr visiting Mr and Mrs Hughes Guests in the home of Mr and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eccles
J. C. Dodson
W. B. Shannon
Ritchie
Huntington
L. L. Shannon
Tracie Wyatt
Dell Cooke and
Harry W
Coeburn
A. D. Cook
W. B. Wilson
Ruby
Crumpler
Ances
Lewis W. Stewart
Mullens
F. E. Shannon
St. Luke's Hospital
J. T. McGraw
Tipple
Neta
Pauline Brooks
Smith
Everett Collins
Charleston
K. J. Klaus
Remington Typewriter Company
Beckley
Violet Lusk
W. S
G. C. Toler
Clear Fork
Glen Rogers
Co. P. Taylor
J. D. Harden
Gen Rogers
Perry Cook
Oceana
Grover
Worrell
Regal Matters
QO. McCommas
Welch
W. BE. Wall
Athens
Walter, Burdine
Robert Reed
Basin
D. D. Moran
F. N. Stewart
MaTens
A. Myers
K. Cook
Man
Madison
Lessie Dodson
C. Dodson
Eris Belva Rose
Baileysville
W. B. Corder
Marie
Maben
E. W. Worrell
R. D. Bailey
Frances
Robert
Wednessey
Omaranuntington
BE. W. Worrell Jr
Weentee
Pineville
Clyde Senter
Tott McGray
Concord College
N. Gunnoe
Toney Fork
C. J. Brooks and Son
Onnie B
Rockview
Tra P
Crawford Stewart
Jesse
Sidney Brooks
Glenrk
Elisha Brown
Cyclone
Cirée Vv. Bailey
Bluefield
Kemper Brooks
Windom
KB la Reece
St. Albans
L. C. Gillespie
J. Bowyer
Oak HM
Robert Hughes Jr
Hughes
Rock WV Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs C F Frazier of Williamson and Mrs S A Parks hosted visits in Rock while Bluefield shoppers included Mrs Hal Cooper and Mrs M C Cooper. Many relatives from Bluefield Crumpler and Welch stopped by, with university student Aubrey Bailey returning for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Galbrait
Bluefield
J. B. Neal
Mabel Lambert
Crumpler
Trene Vaughan
Labretta Jevenson
Walls Creek
G. T. Vaughan
C. E. Vaughan
Oliver Hall
Etl Ee
Local News in Alpoca and Nearby Towns
News from Alpoca West Virginia reports Jack Flagigan Jr. was seriously hurt after a porch fall requiring stitches. Several residents visit relatives in Princeton, Bishop Virginia, and Mullens. Dr. Heironimus Jr. returns from Niagara Falls trip. Sim Adams improves. families from Belmont, Crumpler and Lan sing share visits and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Alpoca
W. Va
Little Jack Jr
A. J. Flagifigan
Alpoca
Wiley
Mullens
Ruth Kidwell
Alpeca
Princeton
Mary Ritchie
F. B. Henly
Paris E. Belcher
Kathlene
Bishop
W. B. Belcher
C. M. Hill
Willie Mae
Helen
Ruth Ross
Rutherford Bailey
Baileysville
Fred Conner
Luther Bailey
Crumpler
Roy Blankenship
Amos Belcher
Vanwood
Edith
Elien Tetter
Wyco
McKinley Shrewsbury
Mullens Hospital
Mr. Shrewsbury
Aease Ae Ellison
Local Socials and Arrivals Highlight Duhring and Clift Yard News
Duhring and Clift Yard pages report a social at Mrs Sue Davis with music, wedding of J C Mitchell and Miss Beatrice Allison, and a trip to Nebo for the marriage. Other items note a mashed foot from slate at Goodwill, visits by Irene Akers, and a Delighful Dinner for multiple Bluefield and Princeton guests. Also listed are church services in Duhring and family updates including births and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Lusk
Goodwill
Andy Pickett
Matoaka
J. C. Wall
Jarius Staten
Halile Davia
Bluefield
Ethel Hurst
Delp
Rock
Irene Akers
Duhling Christian Church
H. C. Crow
Notch WV area and Montcalm social notes in brief
Montcalm West Virginia June 13 local social roundup lists Mr. and Mrs. Blonden Bailey and Billie Lawson visiting relatives in Matewan. Several residents travel to Radford and Bluefield for visits and events. Notable names include Miss Nonie Helton, Mrs. Fred Wagner, Marguerite, and G T Riggs versus Carr noted as visitors to Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcalm
W. Va
Blonden Bailey
Billie Lawson
Matewan
Henry Blankenship
Pennsylvania
Jasper Honaker
EB. E. Newson
Mullens
Mildred Morgan
Princeton
B. Leel
Buster Burgis
Radford
Hugh Harrison
B. L. Neel
Wade Looman
McComas
Kelly
Ella Dalton
Millersville
A. Lawson
Coon Fanning
Mac Wagner
Bluefield
J. C. Rutledge
Cals
Matoaka
Buzz Wagner
Concord College
Selle
Wint Carper
Duhling
Frank Shrader
Richard Kelly
Philadelphia
Brooks Hardy
Durham
N. C
John Holston
John Levern
Mr. Neel
George Fann
G. T. Riggs
Carr
Hailstones Preserved From Two-Year-Old Storm
Moundsville West Virginia man Charles F Spoon says hail fell for 15 minutes two years ago with stones as large as hen eggs. He claims his wife saved several stones and kept them in the refrigerator to prove the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
Charles F. Spoon
Spoon
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Rock, W. VA
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