Hawk's Nest Tunnel Declared Engineering Masterpiece
Gauley Bridge West Virginia June 20 Water pours through valves at a rate over a billion gallons daily filling the Hawk's Nest tunnel on the New River The 167 foot drop and three and a half mile bore will power four turbines generating 140000 horsepower The project faced long litigation and involved 5000 workers 30 months with a dam near Hawk's Nest rock and a 31 to 46 foot diameter tunnel holding 11220000000 gallons of water A truck can pass through and it will serve the Union Carbide and Carbon plant at Alloy The work is praised by engineers including Hugh Cooper
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Gauley Bridge
W. Va
New River
O. M. Jones
Electro-Metallurgical Company
West Virginia
Hawk's Nest Rock
Supreme Court of the United States
Hugh Cooper
Muscle Shoals
Union Carbide and Carbon
Alloy
Paris Night Promises and Hidden Jealousies
In late spring Paris, Marcia and Bob grow closer while Camilla and Rosita loom as temptations. A night on Montmartre reveals flirtations and doubt as Marcia wrestles with love, trust, and a mysterious letter from Venda that hints at past events and future consequences.
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Marcia
Rosita
Pierre
Paris
Jimmy
Count von Wormstedt
Luxemburg
Rue de la Paix
Phil
Camilla
Bob
Manhattan
Bob É
Montmartre
Fragmentary Wake Memoir Teases a Deeper Past
A fragmentary line from a memoir hints at a wake that follows a departure. The speaker vows not to inquire about the subject’s nerves or the progress of a paste pot and broken illusions as the narrative continues.
Mrs Houtcher Hosts Summer Bridge Party in Maybery
June 20 notes Mrs RK L Houtcher entertaining her bridge club and guests at her home. Three tables played with summer floral decor. High score went to Mrs H M Nickols. second high to Mrs L V Hedrick. A party plate followed for the guests listed.
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Maybeury
W. Va
RK. L. Houtcherson
H. M. Nickols
L. V. Hedrick
Walker Nickola
Warner
Miller
Clartz, Wyrick, Moore, Hedrick, Coeburn
Brageal
Virginia Noel
Edna Mae Hutcherson
Maybeury Pythian Sisters Attend District Meeting
Members of Maybeury Pythian Sisters attended the district meeting of Pythian Sisters in Crumpler West Virginia on Wednesday. Everyone reported a wonderful meeting and a good time.
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Maybeury Pythian Sisters
Pythian Sisters
Crumpler
W. Va
Meeting of Native American Fraternal Order Held at Maybeury
A special Sunday session of the Improved Order of Red Men Wam pum Tribe 67 met at Maybeury to discuss affoption of pale faces. Attendees included members from four tribes with sixteen from Wahoo 28 Crumpler and fourteen from Tuxedo 56 Crumpler plus one from Red Cloud 14 Bramwell and one from Calumet 58 Bluefield. Seven candidates were raised to the chief degree amid talks from lodge members and refreshments served.
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Wampum Tribe
Maybeury
Wahoo
Davy
Tuxedo Tribe
Crumpler
Red Cloud
Bramwell
Calumet
Bluefield
Eighteen Members Attend Masonic Lodge Meeting in Mullens
Eighteen members of Maybeury lodge 46 K of P attended a special meeting in Mullens last Sunday. The group decided to hold a similar gathering in Maybeury on Sunday June 28. A delicious dinner was served to the guests.
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Maybeury Lodge 46
Mullens
Maybeury
Local Visitors and Family News Update
Pocahontas residents Mike Magrill and Miss Evelyn Peters visited Friday. Andrew Bastone cut his hand badly at work this week. Dayton Belcher suffered facial and head cuts when his car veered on Simmons Mountain. J. P. Curtis of Pocahontas was a Friday visitor. D L Slusher of Baltimore visited Taft Slusher. A son, William Howard, was born to Jim and his wife on June 15. Charles Butt and family visited their daughter Mrs L V Derick this week. Nannie Craft hosted her mother Mrs L M Craft of Princeton. Mr and Mrs Barnes Gillespie returned from a North Carolina honeymoon. Mrs S T Peters returns today from Huntington visit. Ted Hedrick spent days with his aunt Mrs Violet Burnett in Anawalt. Deacon Shea Drowne of Boston is noted as the first professional artist in America on record.
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Mike Magrill
Evelyn Peters
Pocahontas
Andrew Ebastone
Dayton Belcher
Simmons Mountain
J. P. Curtis
D. L. Slusher
Baltimore
Jim Copolo
William Howard
Charles Butt
L. V. Derick
Nannie Craft
L. M. Craft
Princeton
Barnes Gillespie
North Carolina
S. T. Peters
Fire destroys two story dwelling in Pearisburg
In Pearisburg Virginia a two story house owned by Mr and Mrs J J Craft east part of town burned completely early Tuesday night. Firefighters arrived as part of the house collapsed and contents were lost though partly insured. Origin believed kitchen stove or faulty wiring. Also Virgil Albert narrowly escaped a landslide wreck that damaged the Pembroke Limestone Company train. Democratic delegates elected Delegates to Philadelphia convention with Roosevelt renomination urged.
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Pearisburg
J. J. Craft
Craft
Gilea County Motor Company
Virgil Albert
Pembroke Limestone Company
Mr. Albert
Road repairs continue on route 8 from Brush Mountain to Hoge's store
The state highway department uses trucks to place stone along route 8 from Brush Mountain to Hoge's store and will surface that section soon. Asphalt work also advances near Blacksburg toward Hoge's store, with Pembroke Limestone supplying the stone. The project should finish within ten days. Mr. C A Lucas, Bank of Giles County president, and Mrs Lucas attend the State Bankers convention at Virginia Beach. Lucas sits on the executive council.
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State Highway Department
Brush Mountain
Hoge’s
Blacksburg
Hoge's
Pembroke Limestone Company
C. A. Lucas
Bank of
Giles County
Giles County Trustee Elects School Board for Four-Year Term
The Giles County trustee elects a four year school board at the courthouse meeting last Saturday. Elected were Jacob F. Williams Pembroke R K Shumate Pearisburg district H M Reynolds Newport district and F R B Strader Walker's Creek district Strader replaces W B King who was named postmaster at Poplar Hill Existing board members include E L Buchanan Bane George L Phiegar Ripplemeade and John Duncan Rich Creek.
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Giles County
Court House
Jacob F. Williams
Pembroke
R. K. Shumate
Pearisburg
H. M. Reynolds
Newport
F. R B. Strader
Walker's Creek
Strader
W. B King
King
Poplar Hill
E. L. Buchanan
Bane
George L. Phiegar
Ripplemeade
John Duncan
Rich Creek
Miss Eva Pugh Takes New Health Duties in Several Counties
Miss Eva Pugh tuberculosis field worker for the state board of health is assigned to Giles Henry Franklin Floyd and Craig counties. She will likely reach the new duties by mid July after resigning as health nurse of Henry county on June 30 to rejoin the state organization.
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Eva Pugh
State Board of Health
Giles
Henry
Franklin
Floyd
Craig
Pugh
Miss Pugh
Henry County
Ghost clinic for adults at Pearlsburg High on June 24
A ghost clinic conducted by a state health department specialist will be held in Pearlsburg High School on June 24. The event is in cooperation with local county physicians and requires written request to be examined.
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State Health Department
Pearlsburg
New W P A Appointment Shifts District Supervision
W K Cunningham of Bluff City named supervisor of engineering and construction projects for the Sixth district with Pulaski headquarters. Counties listed include Montgomery Giles Floyd Pulaski Carroll Bland Wythe. Also notes a bridal shower for Miss Mary Bailey Hill and engagement to James Stegar with a June 23 wedding planned at Judge and Mrs Mason's home.
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Christiansburg
Works Progress Administration
W. K. Cunningham
Bluff City
Pulaski
Montgomery
Giles
Floyd
Carroll, Bland and Wythe
C. A. McClaugherty
D. H. Walker
W. P. Stafford
Mary Bailey Hill
James Stegar
Bernard Mason
Circuit Court Opens June Term in Giles County
The June term opened with the grand jury presenting fourteen indictments. Hayden Wheeler pleaded guilty for breaking into Narrows high school and received four years imprisonment. George Spencer was ordered confined in an industrial school until age 21. Oscar Mann admitted felonious assault on Mason Carter, sentenced to eighteen months. Charlie Williams and Nellie Draper and J. E. Sibold storehouse break ins led to six months jail each. Frank Hodge pled guilty to statutory rape with one year in prison. Jim Medley and Porter Medley faced varying fines and jail terms for malicious assault.
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Hayden Wheeler
Narrows
George Spencer
State Board of Tage Welfare
Oscar Mann
Mason Carter
Charlie Williams
Nellie Draper
J. E. Sibold
Frank Hodge
Jim Medley
Porter Medley
Local Court Opens as Docket Set for Next Week
Judge A C Buchanan presides as a small crowd attends a session with visiting attorneys on day one. The docket is scheduled to begin next week. The piece lists several personal notices from residents visiting kin, attending events, or ill and hospitalized, with multiple names and towns in the region.
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A. C. Buchanan
Virginia Pharmaceutical Association Sails On Steamship Reliance Cruise
The Virginia Pharmaceutical Association chartered the steamship Reliance for its cruise. Mr H K Miller and son Harry King of Nitro West Virginia visited Mr and Mrs Andrew Farrie and Mrs James F Strother and daughter of Welch WV, spent Tuesday with her sister Mrs A E Dinsmore. Mrs C G Green and daughter, who had been visiting Mr and Mrs A F E Dinsmore, left Sunday to visit Mrs Green's relatives in West Virginia.
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Virginia Pharmaceutical Association
Reliance
H. K. Miller
Harry King
Nitro
W. Va
Andrew Farrie
James F. Strother
Welch
A. E. Dinsmore
C. G. Green
A. FE. Dinsmore
Concord College Social Calendar Details Summer Dates
Miss Dorothy Dillar announces Concord College events for the summer session. Coed format dances, alumni dance in the college gym, the he mens dinner, informal dances for students, and a July 22 Lake Shawnee swimming party with a steak roast from 4 to 9 p m.
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Dorothy Dillar
Lake Shawnee
Concord President Likely At Rotary Convention
J Frank Marsh president of Concord will probably attend the Rotary International convention in Atlantic City next week. An informal reception was hosted in the social room last Thursday afternoon from 8 to 5 honoring the faculty and student body. Three teams Ferrers Bozoes and the Juniors are tied for first in the I M softball league with two wins each.
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J. Frank Marsh
Concord
Rotary International
Atlantic City
I M
I. M
Ferrers
Bozoes
Lyman Resigns to Join Tulane Woman's College
Dr. Dean B. Lyman head of Concord's English department will resign at summer end to take a position at Tulane University's Woman's College in New Orleans. He will be replaced by Dr. W. D. Robertson from Athens High School, holder of a PhD from Cornell and regarded as a top educator in the state.
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Lyman
Dean B. Lyman
Concord
New Orleans
Woman's College
Tulane University
W. D. Robertson
Athens High School
Robertson
Cornell
Concord Enrollment Average in 1935 Sessions
During the summer session of 1935 and the 1935 36 regular term Concord averaged 820 students. The total includes extension and regular students.
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Concord
Concord to gain new campus property valued at $250000
When the WPA projects are finished on the campus Concord will obtain additional college property valued at 250000 dollars with no extra cost to the taxpayer.
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Concord
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Boston
America
Pearisburg, VA
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Correspon
A. E. Shumate
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
James I. Price
W. C. Caudill
Frigidaires
Prune Mailer
Pea
Burgess Electric Co
Bland ST
General
Electric
Top Models
General Electric
W. H. Harry & CO
Princeton Ave
Giles County Clefeuit
F. B. Miller
Frank Miller
Gearheart
Richmond
Radford State Teachers College
W. P. Haney and Son
E. D. Woodyard
C. M. Camper
W. R. Walker
J. M. Chariton
R. H. Brotherton
Misa Annie Brotherton
Catawba Sanitarium
Lillie Thompson
Roseland
N. J
Coc County
Dowena Wodds
Ann Deeds
Cincinnati
Ohio
Norfolk
R. F. Witten
Violet Moye
C. L. Cornett
L. C. Austin
Northfork
Carroll Caudill
Concord College
James Stinnette
Mercia
Enna
Alte
Voiles
Dimity
Batiste
Seersucker
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