State Charity Groups Rally To Aid West Virginia's Poor
West Virginia communities mobilized Christmas charity led by the Salvation Army and local clubs to aid the elderly jobless widowed and children. Cities like Fairmont Parkersburg Charleston Wheeling Huntington and Clarksburg organized toy drives baskets and Christmas trees while Bluefield Morgantown and Weston coordinated community efforts. Donations ran strong with minimal admin costs and programs extended to many families in need.
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Civb
Fairmont
Pairmont Times
Mary” Bogress
Parkersburg
Charleston
Fife
Wheeling
Civitan Club
Batitles
Huntington
Shrine Club
Children's Hospital
McMechen
Manitow Club
Weston Club
Christmas Chief Club
Weston
Fireten
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Clarksburg
Santa Claus
Monongalia Council of Social Agencies
Morgantown
Lnt
Bluefield
West Virginiana
Lee to Speak at Mercer Bar Annual Meeting
Attorney General Howard B. Lee will be the principal speaker at the Mercer County Bar Association annual meeting to be held in Bluefield on December 27.
Funeral rites planned for Dr J G Pettit at Hopemont
Governor Conley will represent today and tomorrow at the funeral of Dr. J G Pettit superintendent of the state tuberculosis sanitarium. Dr David Liljejohn and James B Lakin will attend. Pettit died en route from Ohio to Hopemont after an operation in Clarksburg. Funeral services set for Hopemont at 2 30 pm with Rev A J Toerey in charge and Monday services at Weston state hospital.【1 line】
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Tomorow
Sndy
J. G. Pettit
State House
Clarksburg
Ohio
Hopemont
A. J. Toerey
Grattan
Eoured
Roon
Weston State Hospital
Alfrend
Waldrop
Elating
Burlat
Masonic
Weston
Pettit
Pope Marks 50th Anniversary of First Mass in St Peters
In Rome Pope celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first mass said in St. Peters. Across the globe, a grim report from Wisconsin notes three people burned to death in a farm house fire. In Canada a steamship is grounded near the Skeena river mouth. The Interstate Commerce Commission proposes nineteen trunk line systems. In North Carolina eight deputy sheriffs are acquitted in a textile strike case. In Berlin Finance Minister Hitter resigns. In Boston the freighter Santa Ana is towed after distress. In Kansas City a 63 year old man admits attacking a person under his garage. In Montgomery former congressman Henry Clayton is noted. In Huntington Abe Fleming and wife are held up at a bank in Vanlue. In Elkins land is offered to the government for a veterans hospital. In Clarsburg the body of Dr. J. G. Petit lies in state at Hopemont.
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N. C
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West Virginia
Huntington
Able Fleming
Postoria
Ohio
Wold
Vanlue
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Elkins
Grace Davila Lee
Stephen C. Elkins
Veterans Hospital
Claresburg
J. G. Petlit
Hopemont Sanitarium
Hopémont Nome
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