Fund to Aid Blind Children Urged at Huntington Meeting
Huntington West Virginia June 16 a proposal to create a fund to aid rehabilitation of blind students at the Romney State School for the Deaf and Blind was presented to the West Virginia Lions clubs by Dr David Littlejohn district governor The plan seeks about 3000 dollars to advance operations begun by Dr J E Blaydes Bluefield who performs surgeries without charge with the state covering hospitalization and transportation A committee will report to the convention tomorrow as delegates from Parkersburg Spencer Wheeling Williamson Elkins Morgantown Bluefield Clarksburg and other cities attend the opening addresses by A B E Haan and Andrew Rosenheim with responses by Jennings Randolph and Judge W Ferguson Speakers included Rodgerick Deddow and Edwin R Kingsley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
State School For Deaf and Blind
Romney
West Virginia Lions Clubs
David Littlejohn
Charleston
Littlejohn
J. E. Blaydes
Bluefield
A. BE. Haan
Floyd 8. Chapman
Andrews
Rosenheim
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Judge
W. Ferguson
Wayne
Roderick Deddow
Birmingham
Lions International
Edwin R. Kingsley
Parkersburg
Children Undergo Operations at St Luke's Hospital
Eight children remain patients at St Luke's hospital Bluefield after operations by Dr Blaydes last week. Three more children will be transported from Romney for further surgeries. Patients are progressing satisfactorily and outcomes are awaited in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Blaydes
Romney
President honors memory of Warren Harding in Ohio tribute
President Hoover and former President Coolidge led a memorial procession in Marion, Ohio, praising Warren G Harding for his leadership and optimism. The piece recalls Harding's tenure, his reforms, and the later revelations about cabinet corruption and the investigations that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harding
Widow Joy Hancock Joins Navy Aeronautics In Akron Visit
Mrs Joy Hancock twice widowed by dirigible disasters arrives in Akron Ohio by plane to inspect the navy airship USS Akron. First husband perished in ZRS 2 crash in England and second in Shenandoah crash at Ava Ohio. She was also engaged to a racing balloonist who died in Lake Erie in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Hancock
Navy Aeronautics Bureau
Akron
Navy
England
Shenandoah
Ava
Lake Erie
Memorial tribute recalls Harding influence on Hoover
The Veterans Bureau case highlighted two years of defrauding the government on hospital contracts. Mr Harding helped Hoover rise in politics by naming him secretary of commerce. In dedicating a memorial, the president quoted Harding praising Christian virtues and noting we rise to look for the good in others. He added that Hoover gave his life in that spirit as the tribute was paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fess and Bulkley
Hoover
Mr. Coolidge
Warren Harding
Harding
Marion
Ohio
Mr. Hoover
San Francisco
Daugherty
Work
Wallace
Calvan Coolidge
Taft
Albert B. Fall
Senate
Interior
Edwin Denby
Navy
Coolidge
Miller
Thomas W. Miller
Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Fail
Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Interior Department
Veterans Bureau
Herbert Hoover
Society Notes From Local Gatherings And Travel
Mrs. D T Whitlock and Mr and Mrs Z W French return from Asheville North Carolina where they attended a G R A convention. Harry Pruett son of Mr and Mrs J W Pruett spends summer at Rocky Gap Virginia with aunt Mrs W G Sword. Elwood Paul Broyles and Clifford Brown on long motor trip through the western states staying at Yellowstone Park. Frank Pruett spends a few days at Rocky Gap Virginia. A B Ratcliffe and daughters Bena Lee and Jeanette Ernestine guests of Mr and Mrs John Ratcliffe at Mt Heron Virginia for the past weekend. Bernice Akers earns master degree Morgantown West Virginia. Mary Johnston spending summer at Craig Healing Springs Virginia. June Ratcliffe returns from Yukon after a week with H L McGlothlin. Hazel Albert ill at home on South Mercer Street. Georgia Walker goes home to Limeston Tennessee after visiting Miss Margaret Jennings in Bluefield and coalfields. George R Evans formerly of this city, now of Knoxville Tennessee, spends a few days visiting friends and relatives. Margaret Jennings returns home after a stay at Gary with cousin Mrs Gaston Brown.
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D. T. Whitlock
Z. W. French
Keystone
Asheville
N. C
Harry Pruett
J. W. Pruett
Rocky Gap
W. G. Sword
Elwood
Paul Broyles
Clifford Brown
Westtern States
Yellowstone Park
Frank Pruett
A. B. Ratcliffe
Bena Lee
Jeanette Ernestine
John Ratcliffe
Mt. Heron
Bernice Akers
J. C. Akers
Morgantown
W. Va
Mary Johnston
Craig Healing Springs
June Ratcliffe
Walton Avenue
Yukon
H. L. McGlothlin
Hazel Albert
South Mercer Street
Georgia Walker
Limeston
Tenn
Bluefield
Margaret Jennings
George R. Evans
Knoxville
Teon
Minced
Babson Urges Self-Government To Curb Government
Babson declares the business bottom has been reached and urges firms to care for citizenship. He says industry must develop a higher self government and industrial statesmanship. If business complains of government, it should end attempts to shield itself with tariffs and subsidies and stop expecting government to fix its own created ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Mining Institute Program Planned
G. H. Thomas of the C. C. B. Smokeless Coal company in Helen West Virginia will lead the program for the R. M. Lambie Coal Mining Institute monthly meeting. It will be held in Mullens high school on June 20 at 7 30 p m with the event in the school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Thomas
C. C. B. Smokeless Coal Company
Helen
W. Va
R. M. Lambie Coal Mining Institute
Mullens
Wonder treatment offered for ulcers and gastritis
An offer from Laura Lee Inc Medical Dept promises a free home treatment for ulcers gastritis and related disorders with no diet required. Readers are urged to send name and address and a small mailing cost to receive a full sized $1.00 Wonder treatment and claim rapid relief and permanent recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mwe
Laura Lee, Inc. Medical Dept
Minneapolis
Minn
Hold Clinic at Tazewell Today
Parents of crippled children urged to bring their offspring to the courthouse in Tazewell today from 9 to 12:30 for free examination and possible operation under orthopedic surgeon Dr. Roy Hoover. The event is sponsored by the Tazewell Rotary Club, the Woman's Club, and the welfare board with local physicians aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Roy Hoover
Tazewell County
Hoover
Will Unveil Monuments At Peterstown Today
Pioneer days return as D A R sponsors unveiling of markers for Revolutionary War heroes Christian Peters and Henry Hull. Peters and Hull are buried in Peterstown cemetery, Giles County Virginia near West Virginia town. Notables from Bluefield Princeton and coalfield plan to attend with Congressman Hugh Ike Shott as principal speaker.
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Peterstown
Christian Peters
Henry Hull
Giles County
Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield
Princeton
Coalfield
Hugh Ike Shott
Virginia Side Personalities Report Local Delegates and Visitors
Mr and Mrs Arthur Graham and Miss Katherine McCall returned from Abingdon where they attended the Young People conference of the Methodist church Marshall Townes of Salem spent weeks in the area visiting traders Townes is J E Townes son and the former Bluefield residents now connected to Dr A B Sutton R E Baylor of Twin City National Bank returned from Virginia Beach and Charlottesville Mrs G E Searle and her husband have gone back to Chicago after visiting their parents
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Virginia
Arthur Graham
Katherine McCall
Abingdon
Young People’s Conference
The
Methodist Church
Marshall Townes
Salem
Mr. Townes
J. E. Townes
Bluefield
A. B. Sutton
R. E. Baylor
Twin City National Bank
Virginia Beach
Charlottsville
Baylor
G. E. Searle
Chicago
Officer recovers former owned car with two suspects
Virginia night officer H. D. Bryant captured an automobile he once owned and sold. Two Mercer county men, W. E. Duncan and D. Duncan, were arrested. The driver was alleged intoxicated. A quart of moonshine reportedly spilled after the car was damaged at a local garage.
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H. D. Bryant
W. E
D. Duncan
Mercer County
Bryant
Virginia Trout Closed Season Impacts Local Anglers
Virginia closes trout fishing effective June 15 with many locals not attempting or catching trout. Several streams remain closed until next year while the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries works on propagation, releasing thousands of baby trout into state streams to boost future populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Chotr to Meet Choir at Galloway Home Practice
The Graham Presbyterian choir will meet this evening at the home of Mr and Mrs J F Galloway on Embrey Court for practice A talented city violinist has joined the Presbyterian choir and will attend tonight.
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CHOTR
Graham Presbyterian Church
J. F. Galloway Embrey
Christian Church W M S Reports Meeting in Bluefield
The Christian Church Woman's Missionary Society of Bluefield Virginia met June 16 with Mrs J H Gillispie presiding. Reports covered year totals from four circles and subscriptions. new officers were elected and installation planned with Mrs O M Jennings as president. A bouquet and benediction followed a Pauli Shawver program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Bluefield
J. H. Gillispie
Benton Leffel
BB. M. Cecil
Walter Keister
EB. B.reweter
Leader
Sheb Gillispie
W. C. Witten
World Call
Sheb Gillespie
Richmond
C. Mennings
Shed Gillispie
KE. M. Cecil
Allan Farrine
Treasury
A. M. Layne
J. T. Lambert
Circle No. 4
Pauli Shawver
M. C. Hughes
O. M. Jennings
Circle No. 1
Holiness Committee Plans Camp Site for August Convention
The Pentecostal Holiness committee arranging the bicentennial meeting schedules grounds near Maple Hill cemetery in West Graham. The August 6 opening spans ten days with thousands expected, including teachers from the Middle West and evangelist Miss Gregg of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Holiness Convention
Bic
Tenta
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
Chicago
Indianapolis
Middle West
Miss Gregg
Bluefield
Flight Through Natural Tunnel Alleged by California Yarn
Crawford’s Norton weekly reports a California origin air tale claiming Ralph Dickenson flew his plane through Natural Tunnel in Scott County. The piece suggests the craft folded to form a butterfly shaped hole, debating the feasibility of the stunt if true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Norton
California
Ralph Dickenson
Scott County
Dickenson
Detroiter pilot threads tunnel crash bluff in peril
Dickenson recalled flying his Detroiter low along the railroad when Natural tunnel appeared unexpectedly. He chose the hole over a mountain crash, per the Bristol and other town papers. Also noted is a horse in Bluefield using an artificial leg with the owner’s fastened limb helping movement. Norfolk and Western water force confirmed the incident. Dr Oran K Phiegar, a local physician and former railroad telegraph operator, marked his 1540th stork visit and 25 years of medical practice after recovering from a winter leg fracture.
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Bristol
Dickenson
Bluefield
Boissevain
Norfolk and Western Water Force
Oran K. Phiegar
Phiegar
Norfolk and Western Railway
Curve
Giles County
Large Bluefield family claims largest clan in area
West Graham residents Mr and Mrs J E Patrick are believed to head the region’s largest family with fifteen living children and one deceased. The youngest, Alice Mary, was born last week, and Mrs Patrick, formerly Fannie Edna Lockhart, is 43. Mr Patrick farms. A playful note invites readers to a Fly Time contest to capture the most flies this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Patrick
West Graham
Bluefield
Alice Mary
Patrick
Fannie Edna Lockhart
Evangelist Services at Memorial Baptist Church
Dr E D Poe of Roanoke leads Evangelist services at Memorial Baptist Church with sermons on Christian Blessedness and Christian Responsibility. Choirs organized for community youths, with lawn social planned for participants. Daily services at 10 am and 8 pm.
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Memorial Baptist Church
E. D. Poe
Roanoke
R. K. Newton
Eugene Witten
Lucy Temple Willis
Poe
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Holiness Committee
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