Secret Service Expert Warns Banks on Counterfeiting
Julian T. Baber of the United States Moniet Service speaks at the West Virginia Bankers Association urging bank tellers to act as Secret Service agents in spotting counterfeit currency. He details methods, notable cases, and the push to include currency education in schools while noting declines in counterfeit seizures and ongoing plant busts nationwide.
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Julian T. Baber
United States Moniet Service
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Baber
New York
Secret Service
Tony Spinelli
Tony
Gers
Jim
Wee
Ian
Pees
Missouri
Kansas City
United States
Raphael
Rembrant
Remington
Atlanta
Pacific
Seattle
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Europe
Pittsburgh
Algar
Michigan
Counterfe
Federal Reserve
Tate
Rover Ai
Oliver Cate
Hialeah Park
Yey
San Jose
California
Mrs Tragey Hosts Daughter Marions Eighth Birthday
Mrs W D Tragey entertained several children Tuesday at her Herndon home for daughter Marions eighth birthday. From 2 to 5 p m the group played games and were served sandwiches ice cream jello cake to Nellie Mae H Coffee Gunell Mabel McKinney Gay Artie Cunningham Jean Jimmie Nelley Bernice Lila Green Irene Blank and Junior Hylton of Trallee
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Herndon
W. Va
W. D. Tragey
Marions
Nellie Mae
H. Coffee
Gunell
Mabel McKinney
Gay
Artie Cunningham
Jean
Jimmie Nelley
Bernice
Lila Green
Irene Blank
Junior and
Hylton
Trallee
Local Personal Notices From Athens and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Archie Lusk visited Mrs Lusk mother Mrs Mace in Athens last weekend. Mr and Mrs sn on spent the weekend with Leslers and Mrs Wilms in Prince on. Miss Reba Kelley of Chesseston visited her parents Mr and Mrs Kelley for several days. Miss Ruby Potare of Ohio visited her sister Mrs Tracey. Vivian and Reba Kelley of Charleston are visiting relatives in Princeton and Prince ton. Mr and Mrs C L Blevins and daughter John were visitors in Princeton Friday.
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Archie Lusk
Reba Kelley
Charleston
Princeton
C. L. Blevins
John
Boone Advances to State Bankers Association Presidency
Charles A. Boone of Huntington was advanced to the presidency of the State Bankers Association during the closing session of the annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. The retiring vice president position was noted in the report.
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White Sulphur Springs
Te Uings
W. Va
Charles A. Boone
Huntington
State Bankers Association
Boone
Bowie
Whodine
Foreste Baa Field at Fork dam fishing club progress
William C. Snyder reports Fork dam Paris Mill Fishing Club improvements at the resort with new boat house dressing rooms for men and women and extended shore work. The dam water level and access roads updated as bass season approaches with more cottages and active maintenance noted.
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Falls Mills
Mills
Paris Mill Fishing Club
Twins Born As Eckman Church Hosts Revival
Born Tuesday in Eckman to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shannon, a seven pound boy and eight pound girl, unnamed at present. A two week revival opened last Monday night at the Eckman Methodist church led by Rev. G. T. Jordan and others. Local visitors include the Jordans and Gene Stratton at Bristol, with several area families visiting or returning from trips and illness noted among residents.
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Eckman
W. Va
Eckman Methodist Church
Dia
G. T. Jordan
Assis
Lotspeich
Rolfe
Moreland
Jenkin Jones
W. 8. Barbery
Crumpler
Mr. Patty
Welch
O. H. Hogan
Maybeury
Mr. Bird
Kimball
Gene Stratton
Bristol
L. T. Punk
James Marshall
Salem CCC
Haseen
Dwight Baine
Stevens Clinic
Viola West
Newark
Ohio
W. H. Hukill, Jr
Edwin Stapleton
McComas
V. A. Christie
Sinks Grove
Whitehead
Ida
Carl
Martha White
Princeton
T. Bowman
Tip Top
Everette Clark
Bill Richardson
Keystone
Jess Linkous
Landgraff
Salem
N. C
Gary
John Hill
Williamson
Boyd Roberta
Seattle
Local Visitors Post Summer Plans and Visits
Before returning, he will visit Hollywood and Los Angeles. Leo and Earl Crisco will spend their summer vacation in Roanoke with their grandmother. Mrs George Deboard and children of Marion Virginia spent last week here with Mr and Mrs C B French. Charles Hall of Jenkins Jones is visiting Mr and Mrs C Miss Eva Sikora attending Duke University at Durham N C
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Leo
Earl Crisco
Roanoke
George Deboard
Marion
French
Charles Hall
Jenkin Jones
Eva Sikora
Duke University
Durham, N
Miss Blue Bennett staged at Carr Memorial church
A large audience witnessed the play Miss Blue Bennett at Carr Memorial church in Princeton on Friday night directed by Miss Helen Gose with Wayne P. Sewell Publishing company. Local players performed all roles except one by Miss Monnie Ellis of Tennessee. The event was hailed as a huge success.
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Princeton
Blue Bennett
Carr Memorial Church
Wayne P. Sewell
Helen Gose
Monnie Ellis
Tennessee
Epworth
New Bird Refuge Established At Mouth Of Savannah River
The Tybee Bird refuge near Savannah is established by executive order and supervised by the War Department and Commerce Department with secondary oversight by the Biological Survey. The island serves as a nesting site for black skimmers least oyster catchers willets and terns and hosts herons egrets and ducks during migrations. Sea turtles nest on its eastern shore and the area lies within 20 miles of the Savannah River refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanah River
Savannah
Tybee
War Department
Department of Commerce
A Faithless Cowbird Described in Nature News
The article portrays the cowbird as untrustworthy, laying its eggs in other birds nests and leaving the hatchlings to others. It notes the cowbird female seeks multiple suitors, marries, and is abandoned by husbands, then continues laying eggs from April to June across miles.
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National Nature News
Byrd Rites Held For W H Byrd Of East Pineville
Funeral services for W H Byrd 67 longtime East Pineville resident were conducted at Pineville M E church with interment on Byrd Mountain. Survived by widow four brothers three sisters and six children, he died after a paralytic stroke while awaiting hospital transport. The article lists surviving children including Reese Luther Garner and Wylie. Also notes a former wife Emma Byrd and current wife Goldie Barber. A later item mentions Maben tennis club electing Eddie Pryor Jr president and Lee Hodson manager seeking matches.
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Pineville
W. Va
W. H
Houston
Maben
Eddie Pryor Jr
Lee Hodson
Hodson
Bathing Beauty Contest To Highlight Pineville Fourth
Pineville officials announced a bathing beauty contest as a main event of the Fourth of July celebration. Jesse W. Morgan, chairman, said Goetey coming county’s batcdentins would attract visitors and add excitement to the holiday activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Jesse W. Morgan
Mullens Woman Honored in Wyoming County Local Spotlight
Mrs Harve Mee was celebrated at her Mullens home in Wyoming county as a former Pineville resident born about 1855 to Calvin and Mary Sizemore. The family relocated roughly twenty years ago.
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Harve Mee
Mullens
Princeton
Calvin
Mary Sizemore
Pineville
Telephone line proposed to connect Oceana Pineville and Kopperton mines
Local men form a company to construct a telephone line from Oceana to Kopperton mines via Pineville. No line currently exists and residents in Pineville and Oceana see great community benefit in building a connection.
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Logan County
Oceana
Kopperton
Busa
Pineville
Farmers fear flood damage after week of heavy rains
County farmers report ruinous crop losses from repeated storms with a recent Baileysville hailstorm damaging crops, auto tops, and house roofs amid persistent wet weather.
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Baileysville
Deer Found Dead Near Highway In West Virginia
A large buck was found dead near the highway at the edge of the woods with speculations it died after a motor vehicle strike or from unlawful hunting. Meanwhile a travelogue lists locals visiting relatives and mentions residents from Brooklyn and Mullens visiting Richwood and Pineville during the period.
Elgood Woman’s Club Hosts Community Roast
In Elgood West Virginia on June 25 the good farm woman's club held a roast on the school grounds. Husbands of club members attended as guests for the occasion, and a sizable crowd gathered despite rainy weather.
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Elgood
W. Va
Good Farm Woman's Club
Club Oneness
Athens and area chatter row of visits and injuries
Mrs c Cheatwood of Atlanta Ga visited relatives in this area including her brother Ray and sister to Mrs Thiorenes White of Athens Ga Charles Powell once ill for over a year shows little change Sam Powell broke his foot at a skating rink a week ago and recovers at home Fred Cheatwood has a cistern built at his remodeled home Mrs Mary Rogers and Mrs Nan Thornton spent Friday in Princeton weaving rag rugs under Mrs Kyle Farley supervision
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C Cheatwood
Ae Lanta
Cheatwood
Bro Ray
Thiorenes White
Athens, Ga
Charles Powell
C. Thornton
Elizabeth Thornton
Greenbrier
Sam Powell
Fred Cheatwood
Mary Rogers
Nan Thornton
Princeton
Kyle Farley
Chandler Opens Senate Campaign in Hopkinsville
Gov. A. B. Chandler formally opened his campaign for the United States Senate in Hopkinsville Kentucky declaring support for President Roosevelt. He urged Democratic voters to choose between him and Senate Majority Leader Alben W Barkley based on their records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Senate
Hopkinsville
A. B. Chandler
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Singing School Concludes With All Day Service at Bluewell
Bluewell West Virginia closes a three week singing school today with a daylong service. Union of Christ hosts sessions at 9 a.m. on the grounds followed by a lunch at noon. Attendees are urged to bring lunch and join the closing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluewell
W. Va
Bluewell Union of Christ
Local Visitors Share Weekend in Lexington and Nearby
Mrs. Gertrude Williams and children Earl and Margaret visit Lexington with Mrs Beulah from Glenwood Park. Guests include Mr and Mrs J E and Mrs J M Fox and children, Mrs Mary Cline, and Mrs E Mibgon visiting relatives. Others: M Lion, R E Guilion, Vernon Gibson, I A Luke and Saul family members also spend time with local households.
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Gertrude Williams
Earl and
Margaret
Lexington
Beulah
Glenwood Park
Hal
J. E
J. M. Fox
Mary Cline
E. Mibgon
M. Lion
R. E. Guilion
Vernon Gibson
I. A. Luke
Saul
Canebrake Junior Bensey Hosts Weiner Roast
Canebrake West Virginia on Tuesday night a group of young friends gathered for a weiner roast. Attendees included Kert Clyde Mildred Ray As bury Jimmy Harold Ross Randall Marrs Graham Eddy Donald ine Davidson Howard Lenard son Mary Ellen Marrs Junior Hawkins Hager. Chaperones were Margie Aj tizer Tot Chauck Jewell Altizer and Alfred Marrs.
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Canebrake
W. Va
Junior Bensey
Weiner
Weiners
Kert
Clyde
Mildred
Ray Asbury
Jimmy
Harold Ross
Randall Marrs
Graham
Eddy
Donald
Ine Davidson
Howard and
Lenardson
Mary Ellen
Marrs
Junior Hawkins
Hager
Margie Ajtizer
Tot Chauck
Jewell Altizer
Alfred Marrs
Local residents visit friends and relatives across towns
A flood of short, names and places shows Red Jacket and nearby communities hosting weekend visits. Steve Bensey and many families from Berwind, Squire, Poca and Cedar Bluff spend time with relatives, including the Altizers, Wingo Geman, and Somoskey, with several trips to Berwind and Big Rock.
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Ashington
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Janec
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Grant
Franklin
McKinley
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Chase
E. L. Shelton
Foreste Baa
William C. Snyder
Sena
Pennsylvania
Alaska
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Idaho
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Michi
Mic
Canada
U. S. Biological Survey
The
Biological Survey
Robert McClanahan
Mississippi
N.C
Pamlico Sound
Pen Island
North Carolina
Sound
Pea Island
Iran
U. S
Helen Tabor
Martin West
C. B. Smith
Mary Ellen Miller
Grace Stone
Point Pleasant
Miss Miller
R. W. Faulkner
Arnold Hager
Ruby Reed
Jack
Tommie Neeham
War
Justin Sackett
W. R. Harmon
Virginia Malcolm
Margaret Hager
Oklahoma
Pineville, W. Va
Walter C
Wyoming County
Marvin Bowman
Brooklyn
Bowman
Mary K. Bowman
John Bowman
Navy
W. B. Wilson
W. Preston Wilson
Richwood
Roy Hoover
Robert Shumate
H. Page
Bluewell, W. Va
Canebrake, W. VA
Steve Bensey
Red Jacket
Margie
Jowell Altizer
Carl Harrison
Week Ison
Squire
Earl Belcher
Berwind
Susie Somoskey
Howard Altizer
Jo Anne
Visi
H. D. Altizer
Geraldine Davidson
Pocaomens
Ve Va
Moody Wingo Geman
Mary Jane
Witten
Wellas Mande Buckland
Sse c Millis
Meda Brewster
Lacy Robinett
al Altizer
Douglas
Big Rock
Paul W
Bishop
K. Dc. Wilson
Eldridge Davidson
Pace
Bn Teaser
Georgia Tolly
Hartwell
Bill”Cummings
Cummings
L. J. Russell
Cedar Bluff
Homer Brewster
C Bluff
Tives
Dra "Park
Uae
Josephine Smith
Roderfield
Eugene H. Farley
Physical
Ist National Bank
Bluefield
Dupont
Bluefield Supply CO
Bluefield, W. VA
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