Sophia Water Trouble Settled by Mayor Tosh
Sophia’s municipal water friction ended Friday when Mayor J. K. Tosh, acting under a public service commission order, restored service to his brother M. L. Tosh’s apartment building. A hearing on complaints, set for April 27, will address the dispute over the town’s water rate and enforcement, with Tosh asserting the rate is legal and uniformly applied to all residents.
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Char- JoHon
Sophia
M. L. Tosh
Seid Beza
Negro Church Activities And Revival Services Today
Today at Central Street Baptist East Beckley young people host AM day services with Rev L R Robinson and Rev Eddie Lowe leading sermons Youth With a Vision and Youth in Christian Service No 2 choir from McAlpin and Silver Leaf quartet perform Music and an address by attorney Brown W Payne Rev Philip F King leads Ebenezer Revival with Rev James A Austin Charleston assisting The Joy of Salvation morning sermon and evening sermon by Rev Austin Funeral services for W M Otey at Morning Star Baptist Skelton at 2 00 pm E M Hannar presiding Deacon H Reid to read resolutions by Ruth Mae Brown and Deacon Board extra solo“
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Central Street Baptist Church
East Beckley
L. RB. Robinson
Eddie Lowe
Samuel A. Abram
No. 2 Choir
McAlpin
Silver Leaf Quartet
Austin
W. M. Otey
Morning Star Baptist Church
Skelton
E. M. Hannar
W. L. Brown
Ruth Mae Brown
H. Reid
Solo
Beckettsburg Funeral Rites Featured In Beckley News
Funeral services for Mrs Cinthia Smith held at Glen Rogers with Rev S W Williams officiating. Pallbearers named Felix Vaughn B G Hughes W M Daniels Marcus Gamble Charles White H Reid. Burial at Carlisle by C D Trent Undertaking. Also reports Wednesday service for Mrs Carrie Smith at First Baptist North Beckley with Rev D C Hunter officiating. Surviving Smith family listed. Pemberton Church notes report Missionary Society West Virginia club baptisms and local visits. Several local residents ill or visiting. Jewels of the Desert to be staged May 1 at Stratton High School auditorium with Stratton dramatic club and glee club.
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Pinkle Daniels
Felix Vaughn
B. G. Hughes
W. M. Daniels
Marcus Gamble
Charles White
H. Reid
Cinthia Smith
Glen Rogers
S. W. Wiliams
Robert Smith
Maggie Redford
Hattie Taylor
James Fancher
Johnnie Fancher
Lucille Hudson
Laurel Creek
Carlisle
Pemberton
The
Missionary Society
M. J. Wilson
West Virginia
B. L. Zeigler
Ed Christian
Cecil Austin
C. C. Clark
B. J. Clark
Ruth Austin
Beckley
East Park
Annie May Zeigler
Mary Hannar
Evelyn Hannar
Elsie Persinger
Stanford
Emma J. Allen
Esther J. King
Bessie L. Cozart
Bluefield
P. P. Glenn
West Wickham
James A. Austin
Charleston
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Stratton Dramatic Club
Stratton Glee Club
Stratton High School
Mystery Plot Involving Police Across Continents
A thrilling alert mystery spans two continents as police forces team to outwit a band of desperadoes. Detectives collaborate across borders to close in on the fugitives. suspense builds around cross continental chase and procedural twists.
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Lert
School Pupils to Enter Tests in General Election
Beckley and Raleigh County pupils prepared for a general election at Woodrow Wilson High next Tuesday to select officials. A primary yesterday narrowed Democratic and Republican nominees including John Douglas for sheriff and numerous candidates for mayor city recorder councilman prosecuting attorney assessor board of education and county commissioners. The general election will be held at the high school next Tuesday.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Raleigh County
John Douglas
Elizabeth
Ann Vent
James Hayes
Blaine Kinzer
City Recorder
Edward Foster
Jack Thornton
Leslie Gates
Lew Sheffler
Maxine Peck
Bill Ballard
Marie McGuire
James Matthew Hudson
George Ramey
Board of Education
Ralph Wheeler
Anne Tucker
Randall Woodell
Billy Brubeck
Aubrey Halstead
Ray Wray
Virgil Miller
Matthew Ellison
Charles Stansbury
Henry Herring
Benny Binderman
Bob Huffman
Glen Webb
Walker Jordan
G. W. Rosamond
Morris Higginbotham
Joyce Radford
Brammer Names Deputies for Raleigh County Sheriff Ticket
George W. Brammer of Cool Ridge, Democratic sheriff candidate for Raleigh county, unveiled a deputies list to serve if nominated and elected. The lineup includes L. H. Williams Beckley Everette Pittman Shady Spring Hollie Walker Sleb Fork Milton Snuffer Trap Hill Rome Rader Marsh Fork Johnny Bailey Clear Fork George W. Warden Beckley and R. L. Allen Beckley as sailor. Brammer seeks the county post after campaigning across Raleigh. a pioneer family background and decades in mining, farming and lumbering mark his profile.
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George W. Brammer
Cool Ridge
Raleigh
Brammer
L. H. Williams
Beckley
Everette Pittman
Shady Spring
Hollie Walker
Sleb Fork
Milton Snuffer
Trap Hill
Rome Rader
Marsh Fork
Johnny Bailey
Clear Fork
George W. Warden
R. L. Allen
Sailor
Raleigh County
J. H Hale
Stamford
U D C to Meet Obert E Lee Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold its April meeting Monday at three o'clock in the Presbyterian church. Full attendance of members is urged. The piece also notes Venezuela has 20 states two territories and a federal district with an estimated population of 3,000,000.
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Obert E. Lee
United Alers of Confederacy
Presbyterian Church
Venezuela
Beckley Churches Offer Drunken Driving Warning Play
The Beckley churches report a full Sunday with multiple services at First Methodist, First Christian, Methodist Temple, and First Baptist. Notable events include Rev. Culpepper preaching on God Out of Chips and Splinters, a poetry interview with Wade, and a temperance play at First Baptist to warn against drunken driving.
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First Methodist
Heber Street
Ross Culpepper
Rose Culpepper
Epworth Teague
Bili
Wade
Beckley
Culpepper
First Church
First Baptist Church
Church Schedule Listings for Beckley and West Wickham
Church notices list service times and pastors for Colored Churches West Wickham Ebenezer Baptist New Hope Baptist East Beckley and Turner Memorial A M E Winding Gulf with Sunday school start times and sermon topics including The Need of the Christian Religion and The Power of Prayer as well as revival services and Bible classes led by Rev. W M Garrett Rev G W Hairston Rev M Gravley Rev A Austin Rev T A Martin and Rev C H Edwards with coordinators J R Smoot Lewla Howard and Mrs Beatrice Ciphas among others.
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First Baptist Church
West Wickham
A. &. Anderson
Maya
W. M. Garrett
Garratt
Church OF God Apostolic Beckley
M. Gravley
J. R. Smoot
Beatrice Ciphas
George Bowles
Rehearsals For Frolics Begin As Director Arrives
The American Legion Springtime Frolics rehearsals start this afternoon at 2 30 p m in the Memorial building with Director Geo L Stevens arriving in Beckley last night. Rehearsals run daily toward the May 4 5 show dates. The first half features a new minstrel style set in a Heidelberg Beer Garden with customers replacing circle men end men becoming waiters and dancing girls becoming bar maids.
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Geo. L. Stevens
Beckley
American Legion
Memorial Building
Heidelberg
Death Notice for G A Mason of Lynchburg and Rustburg
Word received here yesterday of the death in Lynchburg Virginia of G A Mason formerly of Wilson Street and connected with the C H Mead Coal Company. Funeral services were held Friday at Rustburg Virginia.
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G. A. Mason
Lynchburg, Va
Wilson Street
C. H. Mead Coal Company
Rustburg
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Butts
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T. A. Martin
C. H. Edwards
Bama State
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