A Night in Hollywood benefit planned by Montgomery Legion
The American Legion Kanawha Valley Post 38 presents A Night in Hollywood at Kayton Theatre for Montgomery High School band and Legion bogie corps. Directed by Harry E. Purdum, the cast features Graham Lipscomb as host with stars including George Ross Tyrone Power Shirley Temple plus numerous musical and dance acts.
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The
American Legion
Kanawha Valley Post No. 38
Hollywood
Kayton Theater
Harry E. Purdum
Montgomery High School
American Legion Bogie Corps
Graham Lipscomb
Eldridge Farren
George Ross
Wiliam Baldwin
Joel McCrea
Hal Smith
Danielle Darrieaux
Jeannette Mounts
Caesar Romero
Charles Stabit
Carol Lombard
Mary Bartswley
Stepping Along
Jackie Whitman
Jean Franks
Ine Dunne
Watkins
Clark Gable
William Brown
Judy Grrland
Sing
Jean Shrewsbury
Benita Granville
Eileene Petty
Jacket Rooney
Bob
Local Personals Highlight Yorktown Visitors and Fayette County Meeting
Billy Fosnaugh from Yorktown visits Mr. and Mrs. L R Billey and attends funeral services for Mrs. Lethal Dew in Beckley. Wm Buchanan runs for county commissioner and attends Fayette county court in Fayetteville. Runyon of Dakota visits her brother Frank Hardley with other locals at White Sulphur Springs. Eddie Thomas and Bill Jenkins plan a July 3 trip to Cincinnati for the July 4 events. A Baptist church group holds a picnic at the 4 H camp near Beckwith Monday evening. Xelma Slingo and Pauline Slingo vacation in Big Stone Gap Virginia. Charles Kinder visits Sunday.
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Billy Fosnaugh
Yorktown
Indiana
L.R. Billey
R. E._Bailey
Lethal Dew
Beckley
G. W. Spruce
Charleston
Feat
Runyon
Dakota
Frank Hardley
J. E. Burke
T. M. Bucke
Pratt
George Grater
Lillian Graief
Jellico
Tenn
White Sulphur Springs
Eddie Thomas
Bill Jenkins
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
The
Baptist Church
Beckwith
Xelma Slingo
Pauline Slingo
Big Stone Gap
Charles Kinder
Prominent Montgomery Business Leader B C Hooper
B C Hooper, long time Montgomery resident and former mayor, leads the Chamber of Commerce after moving from Meigs County Ohio in 1910. He also heads the B C Hooper Funeral Home and served as president of the state embalmers board for four years. Hooper has held two mayoral terms in Montgomery and remains active in local governance.
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Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
B. C. Hooper
Hooper
Montgomery
Meigs County
Ohio
Local residents share travels and new posts in Charleston area
Four nurses recently graduated from Laird Memorial Hospital secured positions at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Several locals report visits, vacations, and social gatherings including trips to Lynchburg Deer View Detroit and Europe. Community members also note family visits, pool party attendance, and club meetings at the Methodist church and various homes.
Paul S. McNeil Promoted to Budget Manager
Paul S. McNeil of Charleston is promoted to budget manager at the Montgomery Firestone Service store. The move places him in charge of budgeting and financial planning for the local automotive service facility.
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Inter & Demonstrathes
McNeil
Paul S. McNeil
Charleston
Montgomery Firestone Service
Cub Tango Softballers To Meet Oak Hill Team
The Club Tango softball team is scheduled to play King Coal Chev Yolet at Oak Hill Sunday afternoon. Montgomery softball league standings list Club Tango atop the table. Of 1,685 aliens refused admission to Britain last year 345 were Germans.
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Cub Tango
Oak Hill
King Coal
Britain
Local notes from Handley area and surrounding towns
Mrs. B R Matics has returned home from Laird Memorial hospital after an operation. Mrs. Fred Matics and Mrs. Ever Jett Saxton come home this week from a visit with the former’s sister in Nashville Tennessee. Thelma Tudor of Charleston visited here with her parents and attended Lofton Tudor’s wedding to Olivia Fields in Sadieville Kentucky last week. Walter Farley attended the Kanawha Valley Sunday School convention at Marmet. Jimmie Lynch of Boston visiting his brother Robert N. Lynch. George Wood visited Charleston on business Monday. Morris Morton of Charleston was a guest of his parents last Sunday. Mrs. W S White taken to a hospital in Huntington last week remains very ill. Betty June McCann of Huntington visiting relatives this week. The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal church hosted a white elephant party at Mrs. William Bondurant Sr s home Wednesday night to aid church steps and wall funding. Mr. and Mrs. H F Downey visited in Charlestown Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. A D Welch were visitors in the Capital City Thursday. Mrs Bayless Johnson was shopping in Charleston Wednesday.
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Charleston
Ous We Schoonover
Laird Memorial Hospital
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Jesse Knight
Mary Francis Zeigler
Una Miller
Freda Smith
J. L. Knight
John Hopkins
J. T. Elliott
Gene
Lynchburg
J.T. Elliott
Elizabeth Austin
T. M. Austin
Logan
David Borstein
The
Elk Furniture Company
Velma Kincaid
Detroit
Mich
M. F. Ruffner
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Ruffner
M. B. Ruffner
Ruffner
Lois Huddleston
New York City
Louise Brugh
Europe
Hugh Mearns
Mearn
Summersville
A. R. Noel
Pratt
Red Gibson
Beckley
Wfp. Buddieston
Jackie Fezelle
Princeton
Martha Backus
Francis Ann Thomas
Vera Tolley
D. B. Kiraybill
Margaret McClellan
Etta Conway
W. H. Kinder
Bartley Guy Rosenbaum
East Bank
J. J. Rowe
Fourth Avenue
B. R. Matics
Fred Matics
Ever- Jett Saxton
Nashville, Tenn
Thelma Tudor
H. L. Tudor
Lexington
Lofton Tudor
Olivia Fields
Sadieville
Walter Farley
Kanawha Valley
Marmet
Jimmie Lynch
Boston
Mass
Robert N. Lynch
George Wood
Morris. Morton
W. A. Morton
W. S
Ington
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Bondurant
H. F. Downey
Rhatlestan
A. D. Welch
Capital City
Bayless Johnson
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Montgomery Legion
By Jones
Boswell Sisters
Dane Dent
Lois Timmons
Ana Brown
Sonja Henie
Harriett Hanna
Martha Raye
Sara Lee Jenkins
Buddy Edson
Bobby Miller
Harry Cauder
C. H. Wallace
Ann Frye
Gilda Pallastrina
Clemmer Peck
City Market
W. VA
Nick Green
Lee Street
B.C. Hooper
Montgomery West
Via
F. White Montgomery
Ferry
Lewisburg
Green
Jessee Huddleston
Hansford
W. A. Kinder
Margaret Kimble
Betty
W. C. Schoonover
Lucille
Jean Kimble
C Hooper
M.G. White & CO
Fayette County
Pepperell Sheets
Withrow-Mearns Co
Montgomery, W. VA
Montgomery Softball League
Handley News
Chambray and Co
Italia
Rmat
Bamboo
Oxfords
State Road Commission
Sezor Write
R. J. Peebles
Sis
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