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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
7
Welch progress continues with black and white night readable street signs posted at every corner. The city plans more improvements under Mayor John Plakely, including railroad crossing upgrades and the incinerator plant, while noting paved streets and good sewers.
Williams notes Morgan and others back a non sectarian Bible youth program in West Virginia. A McDowell county meeting Sunday October 25 at 10 a m at Memorial Building is to explain aims with speakers John L Dickerson Edwin M Keatley and possibly former Governor Morgan. Public attendance urged.
Welch residents and visitors frequent the area with calls on Grace Hospital patients and social events. Attendees include Mrs. Cook, Rev. Sells, Dr. Hughes, J H Grogan, Miss Mae Thompson, and others from Kimball Keystone and Bluefield. Travel spans Washington and New York trips with local attorneys and merchants making professional rounds.
D. J. F. Strother, president of the Smylie Bible Class, has mailed a letter to leading Charleston business and finance figures inviting them to a 10 o clock Sunday meeting at the Memorial Building Welch. Edwin M. Keatley John L. Dickerson and others will explain the West Virginia Council of Religious Education and urge support for youth moral and religious education. A regional plan of organization is outlined with district chairs appointed by state and county leaders to carry on the work.
Governor Gore praise noted the West Virginia Council of Religious Education as a key layman organization in the state. Mentioned among leaders are John L. Dickenson and Edwin M. Keatley, speaker of the West Virginia house of delegates.
The Welch High School eleven travels to Mercer county seat to face Princeton in a yearly clash. Both sides boast recent victories and air confident scores against strong opponents as fans look for a spirited contest.
Edwin M. Keatley John L. Dickerson and other Charleston businessmen address the public at the Memorial Building Welch on Sunday October 25 1925 at 10 o clock am. The subject is the stimulation of interest in the Bible among West Virginia youth. Meeting held under auspices of local organizers.
The county clerk’s office in Welch issued marriage licenses for George Burks and Ethel Milom of Kimball aged 23 and 17 respectively, plus other couples. Welch Drug Company advertises a one cent sale with extended hours, Medowell County National Bank adds shrubs for winter, merchants plan a Dutch lunch, and Circle No. 1 of Welch Methodist hosts a fund-raising dinner at the Appalachian Power Company building with a hearty menu. The island of Aahu in Hawaii lacks sign boards.
The Boy Scout charter presentation banquet is planned in the Gary Club house Friday evening. Bert Downs calls all interested in scouting to attend as Co. E Carmack will give the presentation speech, with his wide experience in boys work and trained leadership. Citizens from across the county are expected to attend and support the event.
Blaine Bowen was brought before an magistrate who after weighing the evidence, remanded him to the county jail in bond for the January term of the grand jury. He is thought likely to furnish bond by this morning. Local officials report ongoing complaints about certain young men in the area.
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