Delightful McDowell Bridge Party and Social Notes
A social bridge evening hosted by Mrs. Mattie L. Tomlinson at Twin Branch Club House yielded high scores for Miss Mae Harman and Mrs. R. W. Harvey with R. L. Wilson and Bill Haney close behind. Guests enjoyed linen table covers and a salad course. The McDowell Woman's Club met at the Memorial building for a music program. Various hosts ranged from Mrs. W. C. Morgan to Miss Sue Douglas Swope in Asheville. Welch and Twin Branch residents attended, with club events and personal updates across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie L. Tomlinson
Twin Branch Club
Twin Branch
Mae Harman
R. W. Harvey
R. L. Wilson
Bill Haney
Clyce Payne
M. Burgess
Welch
W G. Cooper
W. Turner
N. E. Maxwell
McDowell Woman's Club
Memorial Building
L. A. Osborne
G. J. Eplite
Local News Briefs Highlight Health and Births
Reports from the region note hospital stays and recoveries including H J Tilley expected to go home today and Preston Kilby steadily improving after a serious accident. Newborns are announced with Lois Rae Goade, daughter of R M Goade, born at the Goade home, and a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs James Newton at Grace Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hospital
H. J. Tilley
Northfork
R. M. Goade
Keystone
Lois Rae
Goade
Maude Reynolds
Piuefield
James Newton
Stone
Preston Kilby
Aco
Simon Solins
Charleston
Solins
Vick
Jenkin Jones
Hugh McMillan
Cincinnati
Popling
Ben Roller
Ravenswood
Dollie Reynolds
Charlie Simpson In And Out Of Jail Again
Charlie Simpson a colored man, repeatedly jailed for drunken driving. Chief Tyree trapped him outside a hotel and arrested him as he prepared to drive. Mayor Blakely fined fifty dollars and costs and sentenced him to ninety days on the city chain gang. an appeal led to a six hundred dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Simpson
Finnegan
PR Tyree
Charlie
Blakely
Floyd Waldron
Simpson
Daily Telegraph Radio Program Highlights May 4
Compiled by Unite Press the page lists radio schedules across cities and networks for Monday May 4. It names programs, orchestras, bands, times and venues in a dense, poster-like rollout with many stations and performers such as Gypsy Orchestra and Ivanhoe Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unite! Press
WEAP
Gypsy Orchestra
WRG
the Creation
KOA
WDAP
Concert and Schedule Fragments across Multiple Stations
A garbled radio schedule lists various concerts programs and talks across cities including Cincinnati Madison Chicago and Los Angeles. Items mention orchestras student programs children's talks market news and weather with vague times and station codes rather than coherent details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KOO
Oakland
KGO
Naleteads Orchestra Klan
Hoo
M-Amercan Orchestra
Lake Merritt
KPI
Los Angeles
M.-Herald
Southwestern Music College
Murphy
Johnny Butch
Ample
Low
Portean
Oreaniet
Marwets
Simpson Pleads Guilty After Bond Denied
In a sequence of city events the colored man Simpson, previously jailed but bondable, faced a criminal court where he pleaded guilty to a charge after a denial of guilt in city court and received a light fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
Jerance
Wis
Welch Briefs: Petit larceny to 30 days jail
Herbert Jackson colored pleaded guilty in criminal court to petit larceny for selling small furniture pieces not his. W. B. Wall of Rolfe Coal Company, injured in a Friday fall, is in critical condition at Grace Hospital with a fractured back and doubtful recovery. Marriage licenses issued in the county clerk’s office include J. P. Hall to Gladys Spivey, Ralph Holton to Minnie May Stoots, and Joe Seddier to Bertha Shepe. A party from Welch, including Dave Cook and Isadore Baker, travels to Chicago and South Bend to view Studebaker models before returning next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jackson
Jackson
W. B. Wall
Rolfe Coal Company
Grace Hospital
Wall
Worth
J. P. Hall
Gladys Spivey
Northfork
Ralph Holton
Minnie May Stoots
Bikhorn
Joe Seddier
Bertha Shepe
Maybeury
Dave Cook
Carter Hotel
Isadore Baker
Andrew Scott
Gail Carter
Mountain State Motor Company
Chicago
South Bend
Studehbaker
Mesars
Cook
Baker
Welch
Sundown at Dry Fork Theatre promises westward drama
First National Productions presents Sundown at the Dry Fork Theatre on Tuesday May 6. The film follows the Old West’s decline amid ranch encroachment and features Hobart Bosworth Bessie Love Roy Stewart Charlie Murray Arthur Hoyt Charles Selton and others in a widescreen tableau of cattle drives and frontier change. The piece links to Run Down and notes 100 000 head of cattle seen in a half mile wide trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Nationals
West
Dry Fork Theatre
Southwest
Rio Grande
Mexico
First National
United States
Hobart Bosworth
Bessie Love
Roy Stewart
Charlie Murray
Arthur Hoyt
Charles Selton
Charles Crockett
Bernard Randall
Wilfrid North
Hal Wilson
Jere Austin
Thirteenth Chair receives fine performance and intrigue
The Thirteenth Chair at a local theatre impressed critics with Charlie Gerhart as the villain and Ron Tucker as the victim, while director Miss Ruby Sledge earned high praise for her relentless preparation. The cast, including Madame La Grange and Mrs Roscoe Crosby, delivered strong turns, and the audience responded with thrills and chills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Gerhart
Villian
Ron Tucker
Gerhart
Philip Mason
Mr. Tucker
Edward Wales
Ruby Sledge
Rosalie Lagrange
Will Crosby
Rachel Gravely
Helen O'Neil
Elizabeth Rhodes
Madelyn Williams
Tom Curd
Mer
D. J. F. Strother
Howard Standish
Hoge
Mike Dunn
Doolan
W. O. Riley
Welch
Five Years In State Prison For Upland Grand Larceny Attempt
Orando Banes, a Negro, found guilty in McDowell County criminal court of attempting to murder his father by blowing up his house in Upland. He received a five year sentence in the state prison at hard labor after testifying in his own defense and denouncing state witnesses as liars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orando Banes
Upland
McDowell County
Banes
Jas. A. Strother
Necro
Coalwood Stars Set for Mullens Debut Away Game
Charlie Line Weill and the Coalwood Stars travel to Mullens for their first away contest this season. Welch praises local cleanup volunteers along the riverbanks as fans recall past ball days. Charve Gearhart shines in baseball and acting, with chatter about Chick Smith joining the Big Show and questions over Riley of the Gary Coal Diggers signing a contract. Bluefield prepares to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coalwood Stars
Mullens
Coalwood
McDowell County
Riley
Gary Coal Diggers
Bluefield
Trial of Jack Fixler on non-support begins in court
The judge criticized the leniency of the punishment and immediately sentenced the prisoner to five years. The trial of Jack Fixler, charged with non-support, began around 3 o'clock with several witnesses heard before adjournment until 9 o'clock Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Fixler
Elgin Wrist Watch Gifts in a Parent’s Sacred Faith
A reflective piece on wedding gift choice, framing the wrist watch as the ultimate parental offering to a daughter. It champions Elgin as the ideal gift for its reliability beauty and value, claiming its leadership spans sixty years and that most gift watches are Elgins. The prose intertwines family sentiment with brand promotion, portraying a watch as a living, lasting message of care.
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Social News
McDowell
W. C. Morgan
W. & W. Bridge Club
Vinaparthyate
Honorer
Sue Douglas Swope
Asheville
N. C
Ro W Cullen
Elk Lick
B. O. Swope
C. F Hicks
Woodlawn
Eleanor Armour
Frances Henritze
Miss Swope
Evelyn Sale
Helen Partlow
Mary Louise Williams
Helen Royer
Violet Rees
Frances
Elizabeth Henritze
Helen Henritze
Helen Stamper
Zenith Club
C. P. Jones
Clara Fulcher
Jane Austin
Bess Hinkins
A. F. Leckie
Maple Avenue
Gail T. Carter
Boissevain Tipple
B. Hampton Gray Welch
W. Va
Charley Simpson
WAR
Tuesday
MAY Ltd
First National Pictures, Inc
Theodore Roosevelt
Canada
Civilization
Laurence Trimble
Marry Hoyt
Daily Telegraph
Pyetete
Gavin Minne
Wram
Waki Orchesportal
Tu Albu
Ieuente Manierre
Lew York
Ates
The
Times
New York
Organtal
Pecenone
Lamarque
Radiocatures
Destra
Branford
Spanih Besigeme Pingseth
Perry & Ruschi
M. Commanders
Antic Cnty
Peaties
Daddy Winkur
Altoona
Rey Eame
Lewowai
Washington
Musicair
Falk
Histord Brew
Yo Werralo
Prentley Yawan
Tatler Orchestra
Wri
Martford
Melmberger
Cistence
Wtas
Tani
River
Springfield
Phlhannonie
Tareball
Markets
Alfred Seher
Banpovet
William M . Baries
Prander
Merrit
Rseppe
Doston
Biseebours
Stafontane
Syper
Kilhion Quartette
WAM
Cleveland
Loimbardes Orcheons
WRAY
Weap Wea
Detroit
SID
Goldnette
Tam PF
Montreal
Mount Royal Orchestra
Smitth
CCA
Jefferson City
Owa
New Nsas City
Ivanhoend
Rile Willian
Ste Sme
Cer
Woaw
Omana
Bob Miller
Beye, Nastings
Basters Orchestra
New Arlington Orchestra
WMC
Mempuis
Twolk &Oo
Gaposo Orchestra
Dallas
Riwe Melody Boye
Fort Worth
Harmony Peerless Orchestra
CFAC
Calgary
CACA
Fomonpton
Childrens Stores
Erayore
Pauladeliusa
Sen
Wip
Onehall
Phil Apa
Streets
Mary Fo
We Ribbon
Ren Bernie
Kiero
Pal Adelihia
Arerdian Orchestra
Neview Stanley Theatre
Lioner Munetures
TSO
Wiltem Penn Orchestra
Unele Karber
Helen Wolfe
Wil
Tener Weariyeey
Litte Symphony Orchestre
Pew
Peature Oman
Encnee
Sheesia
ZION
Kem
T Louis
Albert Maurer
Silzite
WEA
WAY
WQS
CHRA
ONHC
ON Cnee
Vie Cnw
PW Wean
Ue Heer
Welch Briefs
Dryfork Theatre
Grack
Carter
Bert Ellis
Frank Sams
Baileysville
Frank
Fine Performance
Charlie’s
Weill
Charve Gearhart
Welch Theatre
Chick Smith
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