361 Boys Enroll In Scout Troops Campaign Progress
The Boy Scout Red Eagle achievement campaign, opened April 2, reports 961 new recruits with none under 12, and a goal of 400 by June 15. A Camden Gauley institute drew forty five leaders for discussions. next in Montgomery June 13 with speakers including Dr. J. Ross Hunter and Paul McKinney. Troops 14 and 32 in South Charleston built a 60 by 25 foot headquarters in three months, aided by logs, hardware donations, and 6500 in cash. Mayor C. B. Oakes participated in the dedication. George Wood named district commissioner. Kenneth Pratt promoted to Scoutmaster of troop 10.
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Scout
M. H. F. Kinsey
Camden
Montgomery
J. Ross Hunter
J. A. Poe
South Charleaton
Locke White
W. J. @reham
Albans
B. Morris
Avsted
Paul McKinney
Page
George Wood
Kanowhs
Charleston
Kenneth Pratt
Lacy Gibson
Chicago
Summer Music School Announcement in City
A special summer program by the Mason School of Music, Detroit, offers piano, voice, violin, band and orchestra instruction. The venture aims to help parents assess talent and allow talented students to advance without disturbing regular classes. Information available at the Mason school.
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Mason School of Munic
Music Exit Bureau of
Detroit
Mason School
Dorothy Dix on Girls Choosing Careers Over Romance
Dorothy Dix argues that educated women pursuing careers risk becoming spinsters as they shift focus from marriage to ambition. She cites independence, salary, and status as alluring, but notes many will still marry while some become career-driven. The piece contemplates how business life reshapes romance and domestic happiness.
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Cupid
Crisen
Eve
Miss Smith
Sbe
Tha H
Glass Arm Injuries Highlight Baseball Pitching Risks
A discussion on arm injuries in pitchers notes how bone and tendon damage can be misattributed to sprains. It cites shoulder pain from bone fragments and tendon outgrowths, and warns amateurs neglect injuries until they disable performance.
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Ja Ukely
Scandal and Hollywood Leftovers at Pickfair
The piece recalls bygone Hollywood glamour at Pickfair, noting bemused margins of scandal, beauty parlors and staff quarters, with former residents like Will Hoge, Tom Mix, Buster Keaton, Norman Kerry and George Young fading from the scene as remnants linger in the area. It mentions old memories of hardwood floors, Orientalia, and a past fashion for floats, while hinting at broader 1930s world events as Japan accelerates toy shipments to the United States.
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Beverly Reach
Will Hoge
Tom Mix
Tom
Buster Keaton
Araby
Buster
Norman Kerry
Kerry
Rivers Employ Over Eleven Hundred Men in Federal Projects
A federal engineers bulletin from Huntington shows 1153 workers on Kenawha, Ohio, and Muskingum river projects. London dam uses 168, Gallipolis 393, Marmet 30, Lock No. 5 Muskingum 196. inspections of many river locks were completed. Garson of Montgomery seeks permits for Kenawha river bank revetments.
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Kenawha
Ohio
Muskingum
United States Engineers
Huntington
London Dam
Winfield
Gallipolis
Marmet
Muskingum River
Kasnawhe River
London
Ohin
Kanawha
Fanawha
Pt. Pleasant
Marietta
Ohio River
Allegheny
L. W. Garson
Montgomery
Kenawhas River
Osteopaths Meet At Hotel Today
The thirty second annual conven tion of the West Virginia Osteopathic society opens today at the Daniel Boone hotel, drawing about 100 from West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. Dr A H Smith of Fairmont opens with welcome. Dr George Rothmeyer of Philadelphia speaks on osteopathic technique. Banquet tonight. Closing sessions tomorrow feature an illustrated lecture by Dr Clybourne. State officers include Dr R W Eschenauer of Point Pleasant vice president and Dr Guy E Morris of Clarksburg secretary treasurer.
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West Virginia Osteopathic Society
Daniel Boone Hotel
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
A. H. Smith
Fairmont
State Association
George Rothmeyer
Philadelphia
W. F. Whit i Right
J. J. Henderson
Public Library Adds Notable New Books List
The Charleston Public Library announces receipt of a long list of new titles across fiction and reference. Notable items include The Future Comes, Peace by Revolution, Here Today and Gone Tomorrow, The Nine Tailors, and The American Year Book 1933 among others from editors Beard Smith Breckenridge and authors such as O Neill Lewis Hurst and Bromfield.
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Yash Young
Soviet Russia
Stuart Chase
Charles A. Beard
G. H. E. Smith
Paul Elnzio
Withiney A. Kelly
Sophonishe P. Breckenridge
Flora Blickmann
Elena Erving Williams
Bnd
Eugene ‘O'Neill
Pelham Edgar
Frank Tannenbaum
Barbara Peart
Charles Phillips
Alexandr
Grand Duke of
Russie
Louis Bromsfield
Sinclair Lewis
Dorothy Lelgh Sayers
Anita
Fannie Hurst
James Shore
Stephen Vincent Benet
G. A Stevens
Radio Highlights Time In Esclera Standard Daylight Time
Radio highlights report a United States broadcast of a Finnish concert from Queen's Ball London via WEZ NEBC and CBS networks with varied program notes and a final line noting France tax revenue 611,384,000 less than estimates.
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France
Elk District School To Graduate 46 Seniors In 1930s Exercises
Forty six seniors, the largest class in Elk District high school history, will graduate at the regular exercises on Thursday, June 14. Principal K. Fauss announced a ten annual commencement week program with the baccalaureate sermon by Dr. A. J. Walton of Motria Harvey College on Sunday evening June 10. The class night play, June 12, is by Marie Stump with speaker Dr. Richard Aspinall of West Virginia University for the commencement on June 14. The graduating class includes Gordon Boggs, F. Brown, Garnet Bragg, Ruby Canterberry, Ivory Carpenter, Lee Carte, Donald Chandler, Kathleen Lemanters Clark, Paul Couch, Edna Crouch, Elmer Davin, John Dawson, Earl Dodd, Virginia Finney, Robert Flint, Filler Frasher, Herbert Halstead, Jane Hammack, Garnet Hughes, Harry Hunt, Ruth Hunt, Sadie Melton, Virginia Melton, Earl Miller, Charles Mullins, Phyllis Moales, Virginis Myers, Eleanor Nayler, Maxine Norman, Addlai Pauley, Fred Pauley, Lahoma Pauley, Thelma Quigley, Janet Samples, Fred Shamblin, Virginia Shank, Kerneth Smith, Byron Stewart, Hazel Stricker, Edison Stump, Marie Stump, Orrin Thaxton, Flory White, Frank Williams, Ruth Williams and Dorothy Wis.
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Elk District High School
K. ©. Fauss
A. J. Walton
Motria Harvey College
Marie Stump
Richard Aspinall
West Virginia University
Gordon Boggs
F. Brown
Garnet Bragg
Ruby Canterberry
Ivory Carpenter
Lee Carte
Donald Chandler
Kathleen Lemanters Clark
Paul Couch
Edna Crouch
Elmer Davin
Hazel Stricker
Edison Stump
Orrin Thaxton
Flory White
Frank Williams
Ruth Williams
Dorothy Wis
Miss Lazetta Rogera of Clendenin Reported as Sister to Mia
Miss Lazetta Rogera of Clendenin identified as sister of Mia. Edward Malone of Charleston is listed as seriously ill at Charleston General Hospital. About 100,000 people have settled on farms in Canada over the last three years.
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Lazetta Rogera
Clendenin
Mia
Edward Malone
Charleston
Charleston General Hospital
Canada
Birthday tribute to John A Field of Thomas Field and Company
The Gazette extends congratulations to John A Field president of Thomas Field and Company on his birthday. Field has 33 years in wholesale dry goods, previously with Noyss Thomas and Company, and six years at Kanawha Valley Bank. A Kanawha Valley Bank director and community advocate, born in Malden to John A Field and Helen Triplett Field, he studied in Charleston public schools and remains active in civic affairs.
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John A. Field
Thomas, Field and Company
Field
Noyss. Thomas and Company
Kanawha Valley Bank
Mr. Field
Malden
Helen 8
Triplett) Field
Charleston
Kanawha ‘Valley Bank
Memorial note on Field family and community roles
The text details Mr. Field a local figure in Southern Hardware and Mescis lodge with Shriner and Rotary ties. It notes his marriage to Mise Mayme Butler on April 15, 2006, and two children John A. Field Jr. and Lucy Frances Wildman, living at 2016 Kanawha Street. It mentions arts, sciences, and literary ability and briefly lists Fung George Tit of England as born on this date.
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The
Southern Hardware Company
Mescis Lodge
Is & Shriner
Bream
Memorial Churen
Republican
Mr. Field
Mise Mayme Butler
Shay Bhava
John A. Field,Jr
Lucy Frances Wildman
Kanawha Street
Midh
Daxiery
Fung-George Tit
England
Charleston Red Cross Chapter Receives Honor Certificate
The Charleston chapter American Red Cross was awarded an honor certificate for distinguished achievement in the 1938-1984 role call. Dr. B A Swint received the letter from John Barton Payne praising chapter leadership and community service and extending warm congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
American Red Cross
B.a.swint
John Barton Payne
Red Cross
Payne
Urbana West Virginia Graduates From Urbana College
Two local students graduate from Urbana College in Champaign Urbana Tennessee. Mise Lease Graves of Brodka Street and J Chesley William of Washington Street Charleston Levy E Bary Ansted Eleanore Huron Saint Misse Frances Huson Huntington and William Taylor of Spencer are listed as graduates.
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West’ Virginia
Urbana College
Champaign
Mise Lease Graves
Brodka Street
J. Chesley William
Washington Atreat
Charleston
Levy E. Bary
Ansted
Eleanore Huron
Frances Huson
Huntington
William 3. Taylor
Spencer
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