Barter Theatre visit and regional entertainment notes
Elsia Thomas recalls a visit to Barter Theatre in Abingdon Virginia the world’s only theatre trading produce for admission She reports on Robert Porterfield founder unavailable details Conrad Nagle Ruth Nagle and plans for Petrified Forest at Colonial theatre She notes local performances by Benny Dunbar Lilly Mountaineers and the Hillbilly Hayride with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers plus a full radio program schedule and community notices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsia Thomas
Barter
Abingdon
Robert Stunsed
Robert Porterield
Conrad Nagle
Ruth
Robert Porterfield
Hollywood
Petrified Forest
Colonial Theatre
Ruth Nagle
Virginia
Bill Blake
R. Blade
Static
Benny Dunbar
Lilly Mountaineers
Shannondale Pool
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Raze R. Blade
Lilly Gang
Gordon Q. Jennings
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
Myles Foland
Mel Barnett
Radio Round Up Schedule Preview
Morning 5:00 show round up features Kin' and Kentucky Ramblers followed by Woody Williams and Pine Fiddlers. Lilly Land and Valley Boys join at 6:00 with 6:45 slot for Judie and Julie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Ramblers
Woody Williams
Genore
We Dress Your Poultry at 201 Williams Street
Local ad offers free-phone delivery and poultry dressing services at 201 Williams Street. Includes contact line 1370 for orders. Provides quick, same day service and emphasizes free delivery.
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Williams
Apology Prompts Morning Rumpus On Frederick Street
A humorous column by Jack Dillard recalls a 4 am street disturbance caused by a car horn. Neighbors react in sleepily comic fashion with quotes from Bill Alley, Lee Wright, A L Johnston, and others while joking about rabies tests and city nuisance laws.
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Frederick Street
Gabriel
Bill Alley
Bill
Lepper
City Health Department
Wirt Bailey
Cap Roy Bond
Broadcast Schedule Fragment With Station Tags
Readable snippets show a daily schedule of radio programs across networks NBC CBS and others. Items include dance music orchestras, news comments, sports talk, dramas, concerts, and children's programs with times in the evening and late afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nbc-Red
Nbe-Blue
Cbs
Mbs
Orch
Wp Pte
Los Angeles
Dremes of
Nbcis
Art of Living
Nbered
Vass
Nbc-Blue
Elmer Davis
Paul Douglas
Edward Tomlinson
World Today
America
Wees
First Offender
Abered
Li'l Old Hollywood
Nbc-Bale
CBS Concert Orch
Wabc
cbs-Dixie
Wayne King
Cbs-West
Arthur Hale
Kaltenborn
Nbe-Red
Sam Bakter
Mbs-East
Jimmy Flynn
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs-Basic
Batavia
Nbccbs
New Civic Body Formed in Grundy
A new civic group called the Business and Pro Men's Association of Grundy was formed at a Grundy courthouse meeting. H Sollod was elected president with Pete Dixon as VP and Van B Alley as secretary treasurer. The board includes local professionals and merchants. committees on by laws and membership were named. The next meeting will review the constitution and by laws.
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Grundy
Court House
A. H. Law
W. M. Richardson
Benny Erdiey
C. H. Regan
Stafford Williams
Dick Schubert
Sid McCall
Sollod
A. 5. Richardson
Ernest Smith
Clint Sutherland
Bernard Fulcher
Frank Bundy
Clyde Ratliff
Benny Erde
Fred Woods
W. G. Burkes
H. Sollod
van B. Alley
Belcher funeral details mark Grundy services in Buchanan county
The obituary notes the death of a 30 year old Grundy resident Belcher son of B Belcher and late Mrs Belcher. Burial will be in the Belcher family cemetery. Survived by wife Gertrude Looney and four sisters and three brothers. Active pallbearers named. Funeral by Grundy Funeral Home.
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Presbyterian Church
Glade Springs
Wilson
Belcher
B. Belcher
Buchanan County
Gertrude Looney
Elmer
Earl
Tolby Belcher
Grundy
Mae Looney
Nora Belcher
James Sluss
Salem
J. 8. Elliott
Independence
Rites Today For William C Belcher
Funeral services for William Clyde Belcher are conducted this afternoon at 2 o clock. The service is held at the old Belcher home on Bull Creek near Maxie with Rev H M Wil.
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William Clyde Belcher
Miner 15 Killed by Slate Fall at Red Jacket Mines
F R Trusley age 53 died Thursday afternoon in a slate fall at the Red Jacket mines near Keen Mountain. He left a wife and several children in Pikeville Kentucky. One son James M Trusty is at Camp Forest Tennessee. Trusty was an evangelistic preacher. Body sent to Whitwell Tennessee for burial in a family cemetery.
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F. R. Trusley
Red Jacket
Keen Mountain
Trusley
Pikeville
James M. Trusty
Camp Forest
Enn
Trustye
Whitwell
Bledsoe County
Tenn
Professional Workers Council Holds Meet in Grundy Hotel Banquet Hall
The Professional Workers Council of Buchanan County held a dinner meeting at the Grundy hotel banquet hall Thursday evening with a large attendance. The program theme was discussed during the gathering.
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Professional Workers Council of
Buchanan County
Grundy Hotel
Law Enforcement panel at county trial session named
The meeting featured Clyde Dennis on the law enforcement topic with Ira Ratliff sergeant of state lands Henry Ratliff from game wardens and Commonwealth's Attorney Frank W. Smith along with Sheriff John A. Rife. Rev C M Hanna presided over the business session.
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Clyde Dennis
Ira Ratliff
Henry Ratliff
Commonwealth
Frank W. Smith
John A. Rife
C. M. Hanna
Flivver Planes Enter Broad 1940s Roles
Survey data shows more than half of 1940s light planes used across many occupations from policing to preaching highlighting the versatile civilian aviation boom.
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By Elsia Thomas
Company M
150Th Infantry
Camp Shelby
Tomchin
Princeton
United
JFG Coffee Boys
JFG Coffee Co
Llee of Happiness
Sunrise Varieties
SunRise Bottling Co
Tonic Tunes
Bird Supply Co
Mineral Springs
Howey
Chicago
Chicago House
Rev. G. C. Smith
Fred Pendleton
Lilly Land Co
Ray Black
NBC
AR America
Janie Phelps
The
AP New
Nbc—Palace Frotel
Dancing Music Orch
Abe-Red
Indiana
Wath Ha Hentucky School of the Air
York
Gordon Jenkins
Danc Music Orch
Nbe
Nbc - Blue
Guy Hedlund
Americas
Vera Brodsky
New York
RADIO
Otto Whittaker
Jack Dillard
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lee Wright
Pen Mar Grocery
Willkie
Charleston
A. L. Johnston
Water Company
Capitol City
J. Cavall
Your Marriage Club
Green Hornet
Nbeblue
Ithen
Garson
Oyle
Hawaii
Mbsee Davis
Feischmann
Council On Foods of the
American Medical Association
Abe
Lala Ith
England
Feuchtenberger Bakeries
Business and Professional Men’s Association
H. Solled
Buchanan County Coalfield Bureau
Rites Today
William C. Belcher
Professional Workers Council
Drina Superfine
S$ Weed
Kroger's Country Club
Kroger’s
Avondale
P&g Soap
Avalon
LLO Peg
Tetley’s
Ibs
Kroger
Heinz Baby Foods
Clapp’s Baby Foods
Chipso
LUX Soap
Pelihe
Calif
Sunkist
Ade
Kroger's Food Foundation
Westinghouse
Mellon Institute
Kroger's
Bacon
Ikroger
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