Social News From Nearby Communities
Farmers busy with wheat ground work. Beulah prayer meeting well attended and another planned for Sunday night. About 90 people gathered at Mrs. Catherine Coffman’s home last Sunday. Milborn family called north of the river. Zed Kitzmiller and Miss Ellen Kitzmiller visited Kingsport last Saturday. Dr Isenburg family gathered at Coffman’s Sunday. J W Right visited the community last Sunday. D M took a business trip to Bristol on Monday. Mrs F D Pitts improving. David Rigsby attended the homecoming Sunday. Eleanor Hall Thacher of Dunlap visited Mrs W A Coffman Tuesday night. Iva G and Kate Hauk visiting their aunt Mrs Will Coffman. H E Norris and H W Norris visiting Logan Va. Mrs Norris to visit her parents Clark. Henry Tate and aunt Ida Norris went to Fordtown Wednesday. Henry Miles planning move to Kingsport. David Kidd of Kingsport called on W A Coffman Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah
Catherine Coffman
David Kidd
Kingsport
W. A. Coffman
Little Guy
Hubert Strickler
Woodrow
Houston Copas
Louise
Margarete Copas
Fordtown
Ruth Poore
Near Here
Ed Bacon
C. Strickler
A. A. Kidd
Gunnings
Eva Kidd
Jess King
J. M. Slaughter
Here
Blountville
Hurley Galloway
Dorothy Lee Slaughter
Holston Institute
George Slaughter
Egre Strickler
Annie Strickler
Rose Bowery
Allen Booher
John Booher
Rock Springs
Paul Roller
John Hite
Willie Galloway
James Fulkerson
Chestnut Ridge
C. C. Strickler
Georgia
Bill Hite
Washington County
Nora Martin
Cecil
Joe
John Berl
Edith
Little Orgie
Almin Hite
Rocky Point
Alice Light
Worlie
Stacie Church
Ben Horne
Sam Bailey
Charlie Moore
Kidd
Eva
Indian Springs
Guy Ford
Bill Mitchell
Emogene
Mary Bond
Eugene
A. J. Walton
Guy Slaughter
Bristol
Local Social Notes Report Quiet Weekends Near Woodrow
Residents recount visits and errands across towns including Woodrow Fordtown Gunnings and Bristol. Guests include Mrs Ruth Poore and family, Miss Eva Kidd starting school, and several trips to Kingsport Rock Springs and Indian Springs fair planning. Community members work corn, attend events, and host relatives amid routine activities.
Mrs J E Pierce Spends Weekend With Her Father
Mrs J E Pierce and her children spent the weekend with her father J M Slaughter near here, sharing family time and gathering at his residence for a brief visit.
Preacher to Speak at Rocky Point on Third Sunday
Rev William Hale will preach at Rocky Point on the third Sunday at eleven o'clock. Several local families visited relatives and dined with friends across Fall Creek Emory Chestnut Ridge and nearby areas including Chase Moody Strickler and Huddle families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hale
Rocky Point
E. C. Chase
Blountville
A. S. Jackson
William
Sallie Dillon
Fall Creek
C. R. Chase
E. W. Moody
Mrs. Hooven
Chestnut Ridge
Pauline Strickler
Leon
Kingsport
Barbara Strickler
Fordtown
Mollie Cox
W. S. Cox
Cooks Valley
G. C. Strickler
Eliza Shipley
N. D. Chase
Perry Chase
Emory Rev Goodman Completes Yearly Appointment
A large congregation attended the service as Rev Goodman concluded his final appointment of the year at Emory. Numerous locals visited friends and joined in Sunday activities with the Moody and Roller families among others.
Federal Prison to Begin Army Navy Shoe Factory
A $1 million factory inside Fort Leavenworth will start making shoes for Army Navy and federal institutions next January. Superintendent Warren F. Goldthwaite leads a 700 inmate workforce with profits going to the government and inmates’ funds. The plant aims for 2,500 to 3,000 pairs daily, expanding as skilled labor develops, with a fireproof sanitary facility and modern equipment. Five civilian foremen assist, after Goldthwaite’s 25 years in shoe making at Haverhill Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Ft. Leavenworth
Kans
Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Army
Navy
Warren F. Goldthwaite
W. S. Biddle
Goldthwaite
Fort Leavenworth
Haverhill
Mass
New Orleans Dancers Under Watch of Protective Association
New Orleans hosts six dance halls operating under the Ball Room Managers Protective Association of Louisiana. The organization, chartered by Louisiana, screens customers and dancers, taking a six cent share from each dime ticket and four cents to the dancer, with police oversight for any illicit activity. Its aims include promoting the Terpsichorean art, teaching proper dancing, uplifting morals, and fostering healthy social intercourse among young white men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Art
Harahan viaduct issue to be reviewed by highway officials
Nashville action on Arkansas Tennessee federal aid project No. 300 the Harahan viaduct and bridge costing 1 164 000 to be studied by J G Creveling and forwarded to the National Association of State Highway Commissioners. Also notes forthcoming health conference and shipment of World War relics to Tennessee museums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
J. G. Creveling, Jr
Harahan
National Association of State Highway Commissioners
Tennessee
Creveling
Congress
Mr. Creveling
R. E. Tonts
United States
Montgomery
Ala
Tennessee Highway Department
John Trotwood Moore
William C. Boyd
Washington
Historical Museum
Memorial Building
American Legion
Memorial Park
Governor Pardons Three Men In Separate County Cases
Governor Austin Peay issued pardons for George Wheeler of Dyer County who had been sentenced to three years for assault to kill. Also pardoned were Finis Curtis and Harrison Bay of Hamilton County, each previously sentenced to three months and fined 250 dollars for manufacturing liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Miller
Hudson, Mich
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Austin Peay
George Wheeler
Dyer County
Finis Curtis
Harrison Bay
Hamilton County
Scopes Case Moves to Strike Bill of Exceptions
Five days were given to Prof. John T. Scopes counsel to reply to a motion in Kronville to strike the bill of exceptions. The state hopes to file a transcript of the Dayton trial’s technical record and press review of constitutional questions. The Dayton record shows the thirty day limit dated July 21, 1925, with Judge Raulston signing September 14. Uniform tobacco tax rules discussed at a finance department meeting. The state text book commission considers drawing book selection and contract releases from book publishers facing domestication rules and bond requirements. The commission appears to favor a literal reading of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scopes
Dayton
Raulston
Department of Finance and Taxation
State Text Book Commission
Commission
Counties raise funds for state health program
Four county courts met this week and appropriated a total of 13 100 for county health units, increasing the number of Tennessee counties financing cooperative local health work to eleven. Weakley and Dyer counties budgeted 9 000 each for full time health units, while Rhea and Morgan set 1 300 for full time sanitary officers to operate under local supervision with the state health department. Dr E L Bishop, state health commissioner, called it the most encouraging sign for the public health program since his tenure began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weakley
Dyer
Rhea
Morgan
State Department of Public Health
E. L. Bishop
State Commissioner of Health
Public Health Plan Aims to Expand in East Tennessee
Dr. Bishop urges developing less populous counties along the sanitary officer plan. He notes that when counties act on the same day public health appropriations yield remarkable progress. E. C. Stoy of the U S Service, based in Bristol, oversees the plan in East Tennessee with the state health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Aginng
E. C. Stoy
U. S. Service
Bristol
East Tennessee
State Department of Health
Glib Tongue In Calling Rolls At Indian Schools
Lawrence Kansas reports on Haskell Institute where professors must master many tribal and immigrant names to call class rolls. The feature lists students and staff names reflecting Spanish French Irish Hebrew and Native American origins, with vivid examples like Babe Yazza Martha Kolomheskie Grace Kewaygeshik Lourenzo Mattwaoshshe and Edward Mjis sepe among others.
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Lawrence, Kan
Louisiana Purchase
Great Southwest Territory
Haskell Indian Institute
Diego Gor?z
Lupe, Garcia
Manuel Trujillo
Arizona
New Mexico
Eddie Archambeau
Lou’s ‘Gauthier
Madeling Jeunesse
Myrtle la Framboise
Grosventre
Montana
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Haskell Institute
Babe Yazza
Martha Kolomheskie
North Carolina
Grace
Ruby Kewaygeshik
Michigan
Kansas Potawatomis
Lourenzo Mat-twa-osh-she
Edward Mjis-sepe
Leroy Kitchkummie
Alice Wahqubb-osh-kuck
Irene Watchman
James Soldier
Angeline Whitefish
Frank Laundry
Joseph Bulleasel
Ignatius Stiffarm
Daniel Hummingbird
Robert Doublehead
Leonard Firekiller
Dora Sixkiller
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EMORY
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John Hunt
Mary
Neta
P. L. Moody
Gladys Roller
Meredith Hawk
S. E. Arnold
Dee Smith
Jess Good
Fall Creek Pike
Garland Fleenor
Leona McCrosky
Billy Fields
J. J. Phillips
Ernest Cox
John Moody
Highland Park
Welsh
T. E. Moody
Leona Mood
G. N Moody
Dorothy Roller
Carrie Weaver
D. C. Rupe
Piney Flats
Jim Horne
Ed Graham
Dr. Childres
Grover Strickler and Sons
G. N. Moody
J. S. Moody
Fred
Earl Strickler
Federal Prison
B.R. M.P.A.L
The
Times
States Public Health Service
State Chambers of Commerce Executive
Lunden
Dr. L. L. Lumsden
United
Eliza Big Pond
Dora
Joe Antelope
Mark Bear Bow
Laura White Turtle
Blanche Redshin
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
JC Ramey Y
Broad Street
Bolivias
Acsson
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