Fourth of July Drum Corps Festival in Bluefield
Over a thousand gaily decorated youngsters will participate in Bluefield's Fourth of July drum corps and band festival. Final plans were approved by the Bluefield Junior drum corps committee, the chamber of commerce junior division, and baseball club representatives. The event draws thousands from out of town for competitions and related recreational activities. local merchants and organizations endorse the program with a street parade and additional events at the city park.
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Bluefield
Business Men's Association
American Legion
Drum Corp
Legion Ton
Welch
Bluefield Drum Corps Praised After Knoxville Win
Bluefield's junior drum and bugle corps won first place at Knoxville's Wildflower festival and earned praise from the U S Veterans hospital in Mountain Home Tennessee. The unit is invited to perform on Memorial Day and Bluefield prepares for a July 4 celebration with other junior corps and bands.
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Bluefield
Crack
Knoxville
Sterday
Tenessee
pArg
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Mountain Home
Tenn
Chamber of Commerce
Oes
New Recreation
Norwegian Royal Pair to Visit White Sulphur Springs
Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha of Norway will arrive by train at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for a rest on their American tour. The royals have logged about 25 000 miles by rail and road in two months visiting 29 major cities and numerous towns.
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White Sulphur Springs
Olav
Hartha
Norway
United States
George and I
Haakon
Earhart Scholarship Award Set By Zonta Convention
White Sulphur Springs W Va June 24 A $500 award will be given annually to a graduate student in aeronautical engineering to honor Amelia Earhart. Delegates to the International Zonta convention today approved the scholarship plan and a reorganization of its distribution system. Dr Helen Pearce of Willamette University Portland Ore was elected president and her slate renamed.
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W. Va
Earhart
Organization of Women Business and
Amelia Earhart
Helen Pearce
Wilamette Versity
Portland
Ore
Expect Mountain Road Construction to Begin Soon
Survey for the first three miles is finished and construction atop East River mountain is slated to start within ten to fourteen days. The Army has approved plans, a camp will be set up, and a foreman engineer Don Tuggle will lead the crews. The chamber of commerce is securing rights of way as property owners cooperate.
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Isa
Skyline Road
East River Mountain
Freverusy
United States Army
Topper
Marion
Amherst
A. Don Tuggle
Bluefield
Chamber of
Eddie Steele
Virginia Forest Service
Concord State Teachers College News Highlights Summer Pageant
Concord College scene notes a wedding pageant by girls hall residents at 8 p m on June 27 in the Caes auditorium. Elizabeth Orton appears as the bride wearing Mrs Charles Baxter’s wedding dress amid fern and candles on stage.
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Concord College
Athens
W. Va
C E
Elizabeth Orton
Charles Baxter
Garden Club Event Aids Athens Boy Scouts
The Garden department of the local civic club sponsored a Tuesday evening event at Mrs. Smith Bradley’s home. Lantern decorations and refreshments at small tables raised funds for the Athens Boy Scouts, with sales running from six thirty to ten.
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Civic Club
Smith Bradley
Jace
Boy Scouts Organization of Athens
Holiday Schedule at Concord College
Dr D L Haught announces the Fourth of July holiday for Concord College starting Friday afternoon June 30 and ending Wednesday morning July 5. Monday classes will be made up on the Saturday after the holiday.
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D. L. Haught
Concord College
Seven named to rules committee in Sam Hol- meeting
Seven men were elected to the rules committee of the Sam Hol- organization. The vote established a new lineup aimed at guiding procedural actions and upcoming events.
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The
Sam Hol
Concord Summer Meetings Highlight YWCA and Alumni Banquet
The Concord YWCA met last Tuesday with ten sections and captains leading each group. Helen Lambert led the evening program titled Looking Forward Together with talks songs and a piano solo. The Concord Alumni Association held its annual banquet in the girls hall dining room with Ora Peters presiding in place of retiring president Irvin Maddy of Summers County and Dr J F Marsh leading as president.
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Helen Lambert
Concord Alumni Association
Girl's Hall
Ora Peters
Trvin Maddy
Summers County
J. F. Marsh
Concord College Names New Officers and Reports Summer Visitors
Newly elected officers of the association include Reese Spanly as president Virgil Bailey as vice president 5S L McGraw as secretary and F W Cooper as treasurer Dr Uriah Vermillion named chairman of the executive committee and Ora Peters named publicity director. A serious accident near Princeton Beckley injured three Concord students while F B Moye his wife and Mrs Alice Stovall were involved. Russian professor Dr B G Dressler to spend summer at Concord with Dr W Eckard. Dressler from Kiev and City College of New York graduate. John Addair, Concord alumnus and former campus tutor, will conduct summer research at Put In Bay Ohio.
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David C. Kirby
State Board of Education
Reese Spanly
Williamson
Virgil Bailey
Bartley
5S. L. McGraw
Athens
F. W. Cooper
Uriah Vermillion
Ora Peters
Concord
Princeton-Beckley
F. B. Moye
Alice Stovall
Beckley
Oye
W. Eckard
B. G. Dressler
City College of New York
Dressler
United States
Kiev Commerce Institute
Russia
Junior College of
Connecticut
John Addair
Stone Laboratory
Ohio State University
Put In Bay
Ohio
Two Caesarean Triplets Die at Arnold G Memorial
Albion reports two of a set of Caesarean triplets died after birth at Arnold G Memorial Hospital. The hospital file released today notes the deaths in a brief medical notice with no further details provided.
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Albion
Arnold G Memorial Hospital
Death of Lyndonville triplet sons after Caesarean birth
Mrs. Lloyd Jones of Lyndonville loses two of her triplet sons delivered yesterday by Caesarean operation noted as rarely used for multiples. Mother's condition listed as good. Domestic air travel in 1938 shows 110 840 flights scheduled with 104 94 started and 103 939 completed.
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Lloyd Jones
Lyndonville
United States
Pembroke seeks new softball foes for girls team
Pembroke Virginia reports a local citizen challenged Dr W C Epling to organize a girls softball team from a town with no organized squad. The town claims its nine has defeated all in the area and seeks opponents from nearby regions to conquer.
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Pembroke
Agag
W. C. Epling
Pembrook
Princeton Churches Open Doors at 7:30
Local Baptist church on Harrison Street invites congregants to evening services at 7 30 with open doors and community gathering to follow. The event highlights ongoing worship and parish activities.
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O'C Baptist Church
Harrison Street
Princeton Paragraphs TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD
Mercer county public assistance will distribute commodities to relief roll clients Tuesday on Blue North Walker street. Trooper H E Martin checked weights on Route 21 East River Mountain and five truck drivers were fined for overloading. A Copper Clad dual oven range will be demonstrated at the Virginian Maytag store with samples served. Mrs N E Lanton received citizenship papers in federal court.
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Mercer County Department of Public Assistance
Walker Street
H. E. Martin
East River Mountain
Virginian Maytag
Marvin Miller
N. E. Lanton
Examination Passes 100 Percent at Bluefield Priday
Sulit was instituted in circuit court by Nannie W. Thompson and James W. Thompson, returnable to July rules. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Martin reside in Norfolk. Cody Price visited Gay Wyatt at Beck ley for two weeks. In the U S last year 32 400 motor vehicle deaths and 1 150 000 non fatal injuries occurred.
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Sulit
Nannie W. Thompson
James W. Thompson
Ents
W. M. Martin
Norfolk
Cody
Price
Gay Wyatt
Beckley
United States
Astaire and Rogers Star in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers headline a musical at the Mercer theatre marking their eighth co star appearance. The tuneful cavalcade highlights the celebrated pair whose dance partnership defined a prewar era as America’s premier team.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
America
Vernon
Irene Castle
Mercer Theatre
Princeton Personalities and Family News Roundup
Mr and Mrs C A Workman welcomed a son Ronald born June 13 at Memorial Hospital weighing 84 pounds. Irene Hearn of this city and Mrs T H Teel of Bondurant Highland Ave are visiting New York for the World's Fair and plan to return about July 1. Emmanuel Borinsky of Mercer Street, two weeks visiting his sisters Mrs Marshall Sherman and Miss Borinsky and brother A Ro, in Chicago, will also visit friends. Mrs E Spradling and sons Jack and Lacera plan to return today from a weeks visit with her parents.
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C. A. Workman
Memorial
Ronald
Workman
Irene Hearn
T. H. Teel
Bondurant
Highland Avenue
New York
Emmanuel Borinsky
Mercer Street
Marshall Sherman
Borinsky
A. Ro
Chicago
E. Spradling
Jack
Lacera
Thorn Street
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