Canary Billy the singing canary stars in Beckley window display
A Beckley Register item notes Ronald Hall decorates Beckley Music store windows with a beer cooler display against a black and canary backdrop. The piece mentions gas claims, a Raleigh Register sales note from James Light, C. H. Deem’s department store, Rosarian club entertainment, and a singing canary named Canary Billy. It also references locals and Davis-Elkins College student Jimmy Sulango.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Hall
Beckley Music
E. A. Hall
Register
Carrrier
B. F. Stout
James Light
Stotesbury
James
Av Light
Helen
Raleigh Register
Beckley
Billy
Easter Church Services and Programs Across Beckley
Multiple local churches plan Easter events including Ebenezer Baptist morning and evening services with Rev. P F King and a cantata titled Easter Sunrise. Centre Street Baptist hosts a 3 pm Sunday Easter program for children and a 7 39 pm cantata by the Sunday school and B Y U U. St Matthews A M Church at East Park invites attendance for evening programs. Hill Grove Baptist and New Covenant Holiness church announce services and sermons. A benefit play How the Ladies Earned Their Dollars? will be staged April 18 at Stratton High School to benefit Ebenezer Baptist Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Baptist Church
P. F. King
Centre Street Baptist Church
East Beckley
Sunday School
B. Y. P UU
St. Matthews A. M
East Park
Faron MH
Hill Grove Baptist Church
Dunloop
L. HH. Moore
Louis Nichols
Beckley
Belgy Gottell
Besoca
Besaco
Tiunter Cemetery
Jackson and Son Funeral Home
Willie Spencer
Hunter Cemetery
Ebenezer Baptist Sunday School
Stratton High School
Hannah Smart
Mable Beverly
Miranda Knowall
W. C. Reid
Mathilde Thrifty
R. C. Cary
Samantha Blunt
Jewel Furgeson
Dorothy
B. J. Howard
Mile
Hermaline Francaise
Majovie Davis
Grandma Wise
Broughout
Varetta Moodley
Addie Hundley
Mt. Tape
Bertha Turner
Fayetteville
King Saul
First Baptist
Solomon
G. T. Wingfield
Nathan
Rosa Anderson
Katie Price
Zadoc
Fannie Watson
Agnes Divers
Ellen Calloway
Queen of Sheba
Thelma Dyer
Dora Ellis
Serepta Dyer
Leon Logan
Eloise Wright
Nellie
Elmer Goode
Vivian Swain
Japanese Drive Back Chinese in Manchuria Advance Reaches Tsienan
Japanese forces push south of the Great Wall of China and occupy Tsienan amid a broader advance. They control over 1000 square miles of territory and aim to create a buffer zone east of the Swan river under joint Japanese and Manchukuo authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ukden
Manchuria
Great Wall of China
Tsienan
Shihmenchai
Shankaikwan
Sahochiao
Hsifengkow
Hsifengkow. Oe
Swan River
Great Wall
Jehol
Gulf of Liaolung
Shan‘haikwan
Delaware
Manchukuo
Nouth
China
P T A Reception at Roland Hayes School Honors Teachers
The Roland Hayes school P T A held a Friday evening reception for teachers Miss Callie Jackson Miss Amanda Wright and Miss Doris Morton. G R adviser Wright and Miss Morton attended with a large turnout of parents and children. Whit Jones presides. To conclude, a dainty luncheon was served and the event ended late. Also noted, the Woodmen of America Beckley lodge plans a regular meeting Tuesday at 7:30. Peru has adopted a five hour work day in summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Jeffries
Hinton
C. H. Laws
Hoover
Albert Simmons
Glen White
J. W. Haynes
Lester
Alderson
Ronceverte
R. J. Howard
John Patterson
Fayetteville
Helen Wright
Slab Fork
Scott
Rebecca Wilson
Pearl Warton
Agnes Jones
Josephine Brown
Cleophas Campbell
Panetta Winston
Maltie Newsome
Aileen Howard
Margaret Jones
Juanita Howard
Flora Wade
Vonetha Gore
Emma Johnson
Cornelia Smith
Revell Allen
Annie France
Florence Martin
Earl France
Junior Flynn
Raleigh Jackson
Oakley Gore
Keyes ‘Breckenridge
Worsie Goard
Hosea Morton
Fred
Amanda Wright
Doris Morton
Rose Garden Inn opens as upscale West Virginia resort venue
The former Community Hall site near Beckley WV is remodeled into the Rose Garden Inn a private dining and ballroom complex with a cabaret style layout and a fully equipped kitchen. Management invites private dances banquets and events calling 9805 to arrange plans.
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Community Hall
Glen Hedrick
West Virginia
Beckley
Beckley- Princeton Road
Rose Garden Inn
Rose Garden
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Crescent Grocery
Main Street
Enowing Wisvacres
Aoil
Edgar Parsons
Colinbix
Beckleyites
Mr. Parsons
C. H. Deem
Heber
isto—ael_dudge Iarley M. Kilgore
GC. M. Ward
C. HW. Deem
Jimmy Sulango
Mary Shanklin
H. A. Sloan
Jimmay
Jimmy
Davis - Elkins College
Switzerland
Air Force
Alps
New Covenant Holiness Church
W. C. Swanson
Pageton
W. M. Beverly
J. E. Armstead
H. W. Dandridge
RB. O. Cary
J. T. Fuqua
W. M. Blakey
Ais
Bessie Young
Mae Broady
Kenneth Brooks
Ted Law
Bernard Hollis
Philip White
Lee Farrish
Whit Jones
G. R
Happy Pals Girl Reserve Club
Lucille Thom
Woodmen of
America
Peru
Raleigh County
Stephen Chikos
Rosé Garden
Beane
Harry Wright
The
Blue Devils
Los Angeles
California
Cour
Bair Brothers, Inc
DR. McCorkle
W. Va
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