Memorial service for Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters
In Rowlesburg on June 14 a memorial service was held in the lodge room with floral decorations including a six foot red roses and blue delphinium triangle. Dorothy Treutle extinguished candles as names were read, and special music featured Mrs. C Marvyn Wheeler and mixed quartets. The floral triangle was later laid to rest in Riverside cemetery.
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Rowlesburg
Knights of Pythias
Jemon Mies
Helen Knotts
Marguerite Wilson
Dorothy Treutle
Florence
Genevieve
Treutle
Helen Louise Bolyard
Norma Jean Prince
Naom McMillen
Carrie Florence Funk
Mary V. More
Sweet Peas
Betty Ashburn
Mary Frances
Shahan
C. Marvyn ‘Wheeler
R. Edward Anderson
Walter Wable
C. ©. Pollock
Walter H. Bolyard
A. A. Pickering
Annetta Howard
A. F. Cheney
M. H. Proudfoot
Riverside Cemetery
Surprise Birthday Dinner Honors Local Ladies
Mr and Mrs Frank D Funk and children Walter Glenna Ruth Ellen Blanche and Helen May plus Mr and Mrs Dewey Everly and daughter Wenda Jean return from Ellison Pa after attending a surprise birthday dinner Sunday for Mrs Funk and Mrs Everlys mother Mrs John W Shaffer former resident of Rylesburgy marking their fifty fifth birthday anniversary.
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Frank D. Funk
Walter
Glenna Ruth
Ellen Blanche
Helen May
Dewey Everly
Wenda Jean
Ellison, Pa
Funk
Local Notes on Residents Return and Illness
Mrs. J. P. Keamns has returned home from a visit in Cumberland Ma. J. H Call, local garage man, is seriously ill in his home here.
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J. P. Keamns
Cumberland
J. H-Call
Flemington Woman Named Institute Head in 1936
Catherine Potter Clark of Flemington named president of the West Virginia State Institute of Journalism at Morgantown session. C. Harvey of Morgantown named vice president and Mary A. Harvey of Wheeling named secretary treasurer. Morgan town chosen for 1936 meeting.
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Catherine Potter Clark
Flemington
Flemington High Schol
West Virginia State Institute of Journalism
Morgantown
C. Harvey
Mary A. Harvey
Wheeling
Morganmeetingtown
Court delays Kimberly murder sentence in Ritz case
In Charleston Judge Ritz denied Kimberly a rehearing and postponed his sentence to July 2 as an appeal to the circuit court proceeds. The case concerns the first degree murder of Clement Davis at City Hall basement on March 24. Several other regional items follow in the same dispatch.
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Wheeling
Joan Ritz
Howard Kimberly
Ritzz
Kimberly
Clement Davis
City Hall
Ritz
Van Loon sketches South Seas and skyline in quick lines
Hendrik Willem Van Loon travels for five months across the South Seas sketching in a method he calls pictorial shorthand. He notes the white man belongs on his own soil and reflects on climate, culture, and empire while sharing brief, nonpublication sketches and views on England’s polite authority.
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van Loon
Rader Winget
New York
Hendrik Wil Jem van Loon
South Sea Islands
Hendrik Willem van Loon
England
London
Hendrik William van Loon
Convicted jailer Thornton to be sentenced for prison escape
Coroner reports Woods told him the shooter fired several shots and soon found his son dying. Bluefield man C W Thornton, ex Mercer jailer, faces sentencing for contempt of court tied to the August 3 prison escape at Princeton. Sheriff Fanning of Mercer County was also found guilty of gross negligence, with Fanning sentenced to four months in Lee Hall reformatory. Thornton’s sentence was deferred. One escapee surrendered. the other, William Mullins, 29, wounded and captured in Bland County, Virginia, remains hospitalized.
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Bluefield
C. W. Thornton
Mercer County
George W. McClintic
Thornton
J.C. Fanning
Princeton
Fanning
Lee Hall
William Mullins
Bland County
Virginia
Mullins
Attempt to Break Out of Prison is Failure
Jefferson City July 18 Two desperate convicts failed to escape the state prison Sunday. James G. Vaughn serving a 40 year sentence from Greene County for robbery was shot twice by tower guard J L Brightwell when he and Nelson Courtney Jefferson County convict attempted to bridge the gap between the powerhouse and the northeast wall with a long board Vaughn was shot in the arm and hand.
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Jefferson City
James G. Vaughn
Greene County
J.L. Brightwell
Nelson Courtney
Jefferson County
Vaughn
Richards Family Rites Remembrance in Grafton
Obituary notice for H Richards of Fanny Street and Isaac Hugh Richards of 113 Fanny Street in Gratton and Grafton. Details include marriage to Elizabeth Mitchell, eleven children listed from first union and a son born to second marriage, with interment by Hamilton Funeral Company at Bluemont cemetery. Isaac Hugh Richards died after five weeks illness from heart disease and pneumonia. He was a stone mason by trade, born June 16 1859 in Ritchie county, lived in Braxton and Taylor areas, moved to Grafton four years ago.
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John Ray Richards
Grafton
Elizabeth Mitchell
Ann Mae
Flemington
George
Pruntytown
Edgar
Philippi
Melvin
Madline
Benjamin
Mary
Hattie
Bluemont Cemetery
Hamilton Funeral Company
Isaac Hugh
Richards
Fanny Street
Lois R. Luzader
United Brethren Church of
John
Jane McClain Richards
Ritchie County
Braxton County
Taylor
Mr. Richards
South Grafton
Hattie Whitehair Richards
Maud Nelson
Calfornia
Ezraland Coye
Tucson
Arizons
Paper Plant Explosion In Virginia Leaves Several Hurt
An explosion at the Brock Road paper plant injured workers including Brock Road residents Stanley Jones and Richard Beverly and others from Fredericksburg and nearby counties. Foreman White Payne and Albert Barnes suffered cuts or burns. Several Black workers from Guinea Summit Postoak Falmouth Massaponax were among the less seriously hurt. Plant will stay open though waterproofing department closed temporarily. operation had been on a 24 hour schedule. A Mississippi cheese production figure is noted in the page.
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Brock Road
Stanley Jones
Fredericksburg
Richard Beverly
Massaponax
Lucian Smith
Richard Payne
Stafford
Albert Barnes
Sam Norman
Guinea
Sam Brown
Summit
Louis Brown
Charles Byers
Postoak
George Clark
Falmouth
J. W. Lewis
Miss Mildred Wood Corder Betrothal Details Parade
A party at the Galt apartments announced the engagement of Mildred Lawson Strawderman and Wood Corder of Buffalo New York. The wedding occurred in Clarksburg with Rev Ray Shaffer officiating. The couple will reside in Buffalo after July 9.
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Pune
D. Galt
Galt
Mildred Lawson
Ottice Lawson Strawderman
Philippi
Edward Wood Corder
Buffalo
N. Y
Coney E. Corder
Mildred and Wood
Diana Powell
Clarksburg
Ray N. Shaffer
Duff Street
Shaffer
United Brethren Church
W. D. Gall, Jr
Philippi Methodist, Episcopal Church
South
Corder
Philippi High School
Broaddus College
West Virginia University
DuPont Celophane Laboratories
N.Y
Vivian Corder
Kathleen Corder
Etta Dunnington
Elizabeth Talbott
Lena, Switzer
Lillian Kittle
Juloise Lambert
Dora Watson of
Hinton
Bee ‘McDaniel
Marguerite Star Ee Jessie. Hedrick
Jessee Blansberry
Frankie Long
Pauline Woodford
Freda Boylen
Dailey
Holingsworth
J. W. Myers
Deward Powell
Diane
Hayward Stevens
Nellie
Mary’ Tawson
Waitman Gall
Swaitman D. Gall
Wood Corder
Two More Vacation Bible Schools Open Today
Two more Vacation Bible Schools open this evening at West Main Street M. E. church and Blueville Methodist church. Blueville teachers and attendees meet at 6 30, West Main at 8. all ages from youngest to high school invited. Directed by Rev. Harry W. Flanagan.
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West Main Street M. E
Blueville Methodist Church
Blueville
West Main Street
Harry W. Flanagan
Three Transients Ordered to Quit Town
Acting Mayor Fred V. Kunst presided over city police court. Three transients and three plain drunks faced fines. the transients were ordered to leave town while local men who overindulged received $5 fines.
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Fred V. Kunst
Kunst
Thornton Methodist Church Hosts Children's Day Program
Children were honored at Thornton Sunday, as the Thornton Methodist Episcopal church held a Children's Day program directed by Misses Hester Hargett, Dorothy Morris, Aldine Tucker, and Grace Bloom. The church featured rhododendrons, ferns, and roses in its decorations, and attendees praised the event as pleasing and well arranged.
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Thornton Methodist, Episcopal Church
Thornton
Hester Hargett
Dorothy Morris
Aldine Tucker
Grace Bloom
Sunday School Program Plans June 28 Minstrel Show
Rev Jae Batist delivers devotional and progress report as children present a program of exercises recitations songs drills and a brief address. Plans include a minstrel show by the Sunday school Tuesday evening.
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J. Ae Batis
Mrs. T. C. Maloney Returns to Ohio Home
Mrs. T. C. Maloney, who has cared for her sister Mrs. Kunst at West Wall street during pneumonia, left this morning for her home in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Mrs. Kunst is improving at her home, to the relief of many in the city.
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T. C. Maloney
V. Kunst
West Wall Street
Drought Pushes Russians Toward Ancient Faiths
Drought drives Russian peasants to prayer and old rites despite anti religious campaigns. In Dagestan Muslims sacrificed livestock hoping for rain while in Duroka a collective farm allowed water blessings to invoke showers. authorities of the Red Star organization suppress traditional rites yet peasants persist.
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Moscow
Bes~ Hozhnik
Soviet Union
Duroka
Russia
Koleneff
Sof the Red Star
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers Summary
A fragmentary crossword puzzle text lists clues and partial answers across various categories. It mentions bed canopy, symbols for calcium, window kinds, rivers, body of water, and multiple scattered hints like salutation and golf stroke, interspersed with garbled phrases and misstruck terms.
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Gopper
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Saw Mill and Timber Workers Union
John B. Easton
State Federation of Labor
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National Labor Board
Ray Ault
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Easton
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H. G. Kump
West Virginia
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Farm Women's Clubs
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Ava Stanard
Jones Cottage
Kingwood
Leo Knotts
Joseph Knotts
Victoria
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Tost
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James Phillips
Fairmont
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United States
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Salem College
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West Virginia Tuberculosis Association
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Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
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William Woods
W. F. Work
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Archie Ti
H. M. Queen
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