Monthly meeting and district rally highlight Parkview church life
The Gold Star Workers class of Nazarene Sunday school at Parkview held a masquerade evening hosting committee members Mr and Mrs Hugh Johnson Mrs Johnson and Hamilton Isner. Officers elected for the next year were William Glover president Gladine Kirby secretary and Edith Countryman reporter. A Blueville district Sunday school rally elected Walter W Knotts president with officers Robert Travis Florence Watkins and C B Sinsel. Numerous churches participated and temperance day featured Youth's Temperance Council. Several notices list upcoming meetings for Ladies Aid groups Missionary societies Guilds and other church bodies with dates through November seeking attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gold Star
Gladine Kirby
Edith Countryman
Fetterman
Blueville
M. E
Walter W. Knotts
Robert Travis
Florence Watkins
C. B. Sinsel
Thornton M. E
Westerman Brethren
Haymond M. E
Oak’ Grove Baptist
South Point
McConkey
Maple Run U. B
Marquess of Thornton
Durward Brown
Clarence Beirels
Don C. Taylor
Glory Dawn Choir
Ford
Helen Ford
Esther Tuner
Golden Gleaners
Elay
Temperance Council
Harry Edgar Flesher
Mary Belle Richman
Dorothy Keener
Local society notes from Fairmont concert attendance
Mrs. R. D. Stout and her daughter Virginia and son Robert with Miss Frances Leonard attended the United States Marine band concert in Fairmont Saturday afternoon. Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Graham and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Graham of Tunnelton and Mrs. Laura Baker of Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Grimes
Knottsville Road
Barbara Baker
Anna Baker
Beech Street
Katherine Gibbs
New York City
Baker
James F. Holt
Jimmy
Jeannie
Maple Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sam Taft
Holt
Hila Barber
Niles
Stella Crandon
Clara Korte
Mary Rauscher
Richmond
M . Kellegge St
John Wittman
Clarksburg
Virginia Storms
City Hospital
Norma Jean
Mary Low Dean
A. W. Dean
Frances Baker
Los Angeles
Lillian Shain
R. D. Stout
Virginia
Robert
Frances Leonard
United States Marine Band
Fairmont
J. S. Graham
Joe Graham
Tunnelton
Laura Baker
Evansville
Spy trial shifts from drama to dull courtroom routine
New York reports the spy trial progresses into its third week with diminishing audience and a pale lineup of defendants Joanna Hofmann Erich Glaser and Otto Voss. A blonde witness and casual remarks fill the scene as the case centers on messengers for higher ups rather than dramatic revelations. Voss explains his package was ice cream when visiting, cooling the courtroom heat. Miss Kate Moog faces the spotlight before Hofmann, who would prefer hairdressing on the Europa to courtroom life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johanna Hofmann
Erich ‘Glaser
Otto ‘Voss
Voss
Kate Moog
Miss Hofmann
Europa
McDaniel-Birth Announces First Daughter Born October 24
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McDaniel announce the birth of a 10 pound daughter on October 24 at their home at 45 Lincoln Street. Mrs. McDaniel was formerly Miss Genevieve Cassell. This is the couple’s first child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. McDaniel
Lincoln Strest
Ise
Thespians 10 Present Lena Rivers Play at Flemington
Flemington High School Thespians stage Mary J. Holmes tale Lena Rivers by Ned Albert. In a Kentucky plantation living room, Tempest Julia and Sunshine Fanny contend as Dick Wilmoth and Dr. Lacey vie for affection in a suspenseful plot culminating at the final curtain. The production is well directed and promises an evening well spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemington
Thespians
Ned Albert
Lena Rivers
Mary J. Holmes
Middleton
Kentucky
Joshua Middleton
Nancy
Julia
Helen Benda
Joshua
Tempest
Fanny
Ruth Sheets
Sunshine
New Orleans
Dr. Lacey
Dick Wilmoth
Flemington Thespian
82 Year Old Negro Is Given Life In Prison
In Huntington on October 31 an 82 year old man named John Winbush of Meadville Virginia pleaded guilty to a first degree murder charge for the shotgun killing of Alex Glove in Huntington four years ago. Common Pleas Judge H Clay Warth sentenced him to life in the state prison at Moundsville citing prior murder and manslaughter convictions and the minimum allowed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Moundsville
John Winbush
Meadville
Alex Glove
Common Pleas
H. Clay Warth
Warth
Winbush
B and O Engineer Dies as Train Hits Truck
Middleton Ohio October 31 Arthur Kopp 55 of Dayton engineer on a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train burned to death when the train struck a truck at Trenton south of Middleton. The truck driver was killed and Virgil Belcher of Hamilton fireman burned critically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleton
Arthur Kopp
Dayton
Baltimore and Ohio
Trenton
Here
Virgil Belcher
Hamilton
Barclay on Bridge End play signals in a complex heart diamond hand
A barclay problem discusses a bridge end play in a spade heavy deal. South opens 1 heart, North overcalls to 2 hearts and to 4 hearts. West leads spades, East overtakes with A, declarer finesses and East returns hearts. A diamond tenace plan unfolds with unblock signaling and a successful end play after the club sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
North
West
East
K. Declarer
Declarer
School Board Probe Sought in Summers County
State Superintendent W. W. Trent said affidavits from Summers County teachers and statements by a committee suggest a grand jury probe into alleged primary election intimidation. He will leave publicity to Circuit Judge Mark L. Jarrett while he forwards affidavits and refrains from detailing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. W. Trent
Summers County
Trent
Mark L. Jarrett
West Virginia
Jarrett
Hinton
C. Lawson
Dies Charges PWA Projects In District Cancelled
Chairman Dies of Texas access the House committee said two public works projects in his district were cancelled since the inquiry began. He cautioned cancellations might reflect the administration's disapproval of the committee's methods. President Roosevelt criticized the committee for political purposes. Ickes and Perkins also criticized the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dies
Tex
House
Roosevelt
Interior Ickes
PWA
Labor
Perkins
Pickens Man Killed In Fall In Helvetia After Social
Thad Feus Hicks 23 and his cousin Helen Hicks 98, both of Pickens and Monterville respectively, fell from a truck returning from a social in Helvetia. Driver Loyal Wilson 39 said he traveled no more than 15 mph. Hicks died at a physician's office. Helen Hicks injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Thadfeus C. Hicks
Pickens
Helen Hicks
Monterville
Loyal Wilson
Wilson
Helvetia
Alderman May Be Called To Give His Deposition
Ruth Etting's pianist Myra Alderman faced possible deposition after sworn denial of marriage. Attorney S. S. Hahn seeks court order to compel appearance in Alma Alderman's $150000 love piracy suit. Alderman wounded in a shooting two weeks earlier, then left hospital for a secret destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ruth Etting
Myra Alderman
S. S. Hahn
Alma Alderman
Miss Etting
Alderman
Martin
Col
Gimp) Snyder
Hendricks Residence Destroyed by Fire
Fire today swept the seven room frame house of former Postmaster C. A. Roberts in this Tucker county community. Roberts estimated the loss at 2500 dollars and attributed the blaze to an overheated flue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricks
C. A. Roberts
Tucker Country
Roberts
Fur Coat Sale Extended Through Week at Franz Store
Responding to strong demand, the Great Northern Pur Company continues fur coat sale at the Franz store through November 5. Time payments are available. Graf ton residents are urged to take advantage of the reduced prices before the sale ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Franz
Great Northern Pur Company
Franz
Grafton
Two Convicts Stand Trial in Alcatraz Escape Case
In San Francisco a court guards two convicts, James C. Lucas and Rufus Franklin, with long rap sheets, on trial for their lives in the Alcatraz escape murder of guard Royal M. Cline. Five inmates including Harvey Bailey will testify. Lucas, 26, a Texas bank robber, and Franklin, 24, Albania native, are accused of killing the senior custodian during the failed May escape. psychiatrists say Lucas was frightened, not insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
James C. Lucas
Rufus Franklin
Alcatraz
Harvey Bailey
Thomas R. Limerick
Franklin
Lucas
Texas
Albania
Royal M. Cline
Federal Judge Pleads For Freedom For Son
Oklahoma City October 31 a stern faced Federal Judge Franklin E Kennamer shed robes to plead for leniency and parole for his son serving 25 years for the Tulsa killing of socialite John Gorrell four years ago. The judge cited Mrs Kennamer illness needing her son's company while Dr John F Gorrell Sr a Tulsa dentist and father of the slain youth protested along with Tulsa County Attorney Dixie Gilmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Franklin E. Kennamer
John Gorrell
Tulsa
Kennamer
John F. Gorrell
Dixie Gilmer
Pat Crowe Death Noted As Accident In Harlem
New York police closed an inquiry into the death of Pat Crowe a 79 year old former desperado turned evangelist who died in Harlem hospital from heart disease A post mortem found a fractured skull from a fall during a heart seizure last week Crowe once masterminded the 1900s ransom kidnapping of Edward J Cudahy Jr and claimed to have earned about 700000 from crime He died destitute and alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pat Crowe
Harlem
Crowe
Edward J. Cudahy
Omaha
Three Days Cough Dangers Warned By Cautionary Advice
A fragment advises against overhasty remedies for a three days cough and urges careful treatment to soothe inflamed mucous membranes and aid natural clearance. It mentions avoiding ineffective options and stresses patience in seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Two Suspects Held Over Silk Hose Theft Case
Beckley on October 31 report says prosecutor W A Thornhill Jr states Kelly Rae Steel and John Henderson two Black men are in custody for questioning regarding 813 pairs of silk hose found in the rear of a car they rode in.
Honor roll and perfect attendance listed for Lucertia s school
Principal Walter A. Wood released the honor roll and attendance for the first six weeks of the 1938 39 term. Students earning B averages include Mary Jane Wood yard Robert Hathaway George Edgar Tucker Ruby Nestor Ruby Richman Ruby Ruth Mason Charles Kisor Bert Firkpaterick Kermit Dillon Stephen Mason Mary Bowman and others. Perfect attendance lists name many students across grades from first to seventh including Lowell Kirkpatrick Willis Nestor Bernard Wood Donald Lee Mason Betty Jean DeMoss Newton Campden Charles Kirkpatrick John Roy James Sevier Junior and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucertia S School
Walter A. Wood
Mary Jane Wood Yard
Robert Hathaway
George Edgar Tucker
Ruby Nestor
Ruby Richman
Ruby Ruth Mason
Charles Kisor
Bert Firkpaterick
Kermit Dillon
Stephen Mason
Mary Bowman
William Knotts
Elwood Martin
Betty Kirkpatrick
Elva Nestor
Sylvia Williams
Creed Richman
Maxine Cline
Lloyd Nestor
Paul Nestor
Lowell Kirkpatrick
Willis Nestor
Bernard Wood
David Woodyard
Donald Lee Mason
Robert Roy
Betty Jean DeMoss
Donald Wood
Newton Campden
Charles
Donald Pifer
Blondell Wood
Bertha Martin
Helen Miller
Billie Sevier
Billie Wolfe
Betty Joan Kirkpatrick
Elsie Mac Shahan
Glenn Apphur
Poling
Derald Poling
Creed Rich
Main
James Woodyard
Railroad suit seeks 30000 damages after train accident
Berkeley October 31. John Cook father of eight year old James Willard Cook filed suit for 30000 damages against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company claiming his son was injured in a train wreck and lost a leg in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
John Cook
James Willard Cook
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
Cook
Lee
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Cela
Annabel P. Swisher
Hussion
W. J. Husston
Lincoln Street
W. P. Cannon
L. H. Greenwald
Cannon
Greenwald
Victor Rockwell
John Bickford
W. P. Clark
Robert Wittman
Lawson DeLaney
Leo Crane
T. C. Gough
Sullivan Rexroad
Earl DeMoss
Christine Russell
Ladies’ Aid Society of
West Main Street
M. E. Church
R. L. Brand
Woman's Club Public Welfare Department
Elk’s Home
Judson Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
C. O. Shay
Willis Linn
C. P. McDermott
Ladies Aid Society of Andrews
Guild of St. Matthias Church
W. C. Pembroke
Mackin Street
J. B. Dryfield
Cozy Rest
Una
Roxie St. Clair
Court House
Simpson Baptist Church
Red Cross Pharmacy
Walnut St
May
Marina
Countess Beatty
Dorothy Sands
Britain
Duchess of Kent
Australia
Earl Beatty
Alberts
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
Ats
Features Syndicate
Ine
U. S
Redskin
Louis Martin
Toronto
Tadian
England
Summers Co
Lucretia School
Trae
E. S
Monongahela System
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