Bug Dust and Westinghouse Prizes Highlight a Small Town
A fragment describes a vandalish display on Neville Street with a sign dear not to look, and an ad inside. It notes Wentworth Williams winning a Westinghouse lamp prize in a radio contest, the sole West Virginian winner in the second round, and perhap anecdotes about W E Minter and Greek visits. The piece adds local social notes about Bishop Cannon, June Beckner, and a ribbon display at Clytic Snead's shop with a price discussion on typewriter ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville Street
Burke
Beckley
Wentworth Williams
George W. Williams
Woodlawn Avenue
Westinghouse
Octavius Roy Cohen
Wentworth
Easter programs and church events in Fireco West Virginia
A crowded Easter program sponsored by Mrs E W Bent drew many attendees. Rev Charles Hoark delivered a sermon on The Resurrection. Prayer meetings and social visits followed in homes around Fireco with numerous locals listed among attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Bent
Charles Hoark
John Fry
T. S. McKinney
Charles McKinney
Charles Roark
Jasper Simith
Sharry Smith
Jack Smith
Mildred Smith
Nina Gross
T. T. Smith
Local Sickness and Social Visits Reported in Crab Orchard Area
Crab Orchard and Shady Spring residents are listed in a weekly social and illness note. Names include Mrs A Fink on sick list, Miss Clara Farrew returning home from Shady Spring, and several visits among neighbors such as Mrs N C Knapp, Miss Elsie Knapp, Fritz Dunlap, and the Ball couple. Community gatherings and visits to Becho deady Mauntday are also mentioned along with festival meeting attendance at Amigo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. A. Fink
Clara Farrew
Shady Spring
Daisy Sauffer
N.C. Knapp
Elsie Knapp
Fritz Dunlap
Lester Ball
J. Py Meadows
Dack Carpenter
Enis Deck
Jami
Mden Deck
Edna Benen
Mabel Wiffe
Mes
Gech
Monroe
Sune Iy
Riffe
Mabseull
Wal Riffe
Beckley
Nunelay
Cpl Hilfe
Mra HT. Meadows
Angel
Una Snitfer
Misses Maine
Audrey
Merle Hall
Viola Doris
Shirky McVey
Wemberton
Walter Farrow
Chita
Jack Carpenter
Amigo
Frank Dorcett
Bechodey Mauntday
Lester High School
Pax resident J G Brunk 81 dies at home
J G Brunk, 81, of Pax, a Blackburg native who moved to Fayette County 44 years ago and to Pax 28 years ago, died Friday at 3 15 pm. A lifelong miner and former mine foreman in the New River fields, he married Nancy M Clemmens in 1874 and had twelve children, with several surviving relatives in Beckley Pax and other towns. Funeral at 2 pm today from the home, burial in Lodge Cemetery at Pax. Tyree and new are undertakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Brunk
Pax
Blacksburg
Brink
Fayette County
New River
Nancy M. Clemmens
Montgomery County
Umeay
J. W. Dunkley
Roy Brank
Beckley
Thomas Brank
Scarbro
D. R. Morgan
Grants Pass
Oregon
Lillie M. Cole
Hattie Tyree
C. A. Blake
Maggie Shepherd
Guy Brank
Sidney Brank
Brooklyn
Mr. Brunk
Christian Church of
Lodge
Tyree and
Six Week Women Led Church Services Easter Cantata Planned
Negro church announces six weeks of Sunday services led by fourteen women with both morning Easter cantata The Resurrection and the Life by the Senior choir and evening sermon by Rev P F King Everyone invited to attend and support the Ladies first effort Death notice for Tom Oliver 84 to be followed by funeral arrangements Funeral services by Armstead Undertaking Company to be announced later Plus community events include a charity play How the Ladies Earned Their Dollar April 25 at Central Street Baptist Church and other local programs at New Hope and affiliated churches including a study club gathering and a revised date for a play at New Hope Baptist church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. King
Tom Oliver
McAloin
Armstead
Senefit
Af Beckley
Central St. Baptist Church
Gentral Mission Circle
Ebenezer Sunday School
Grandma Wise
P. FF. King
Hazel Garland
Theschool
Bessie James
Mable
Katherine Crowder
Pemberton
Georgie Hart
Mary Martin
New Mope Baptist Church
D.C. Hunter
Fast Berkley
C. W. Swanson
Gary Gghtfie
EM. Glark
Sage Williams
Penn
J. A. Releher
Sadie Manns
Andy Gein
Ais
Gertrude Beauford
Mes
Ravers
Defended Briton in Russia Attend Conference at Byrd Prillerman High
A group of Byrd Prillerman High School students headed to Fairmont for the older boys conference with Hi Y members led by Robert Mariston General Hannah James Rogers Leroy Popry and others accompanied by teachers George Foy ME Faalish 4 B Farly sed J O Smith The senior class play The Gay Pretenders directed by George Foy was a success at the Byrd Prillerman High School Friday evening The Lester School News details upcoming plays graduations and a field meet with reading of results and participant names.
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Sam Muse
Willie Brown
Harold Campbell
Earl Brown
Amos Wright
George McMillan
Byrd Prillerman
Amigo
Fairmont
Hi Y
Robert Mariston
General Hannah
James Rogers
Leroy Popry
Irvin Bowles
Vernal Wright
Sherman Taylor
John Leftvich
George Foy
ME. Faalish
B. Farly Sed
J. O
Byrd Prillerman High School
Simeny Warren
Tams
J. W. Theynes
Lester
Troy Chester
McAlpin
Nathaniel Simms
Cluefield
J. BK. Meadows
Princeton
William Wright
Tonefield
Tom Ash
Mt Tone
John L. Sullivan
Bluefield
Genow High
Lester School News
Selon
Clara Dover
Edith Warren
Bruce McCulloch
Glara
Edith
Prize Winners Named in Eccles School Event
Moore and Mable Moore led the girls entries while Sandell Reid Percy Stovall De corus Williams won first prizes for boys. First prize also went to girls Louise Borden Athleen Brown Virginia Dilliard with second prizes to boys Brown Sanne Bell Williams Nathaniel Perry Percy Stavall Sandell Reid and to girls Virginian Nash Gladys Brown. Third prizes awarded to boys Nathaniel Taylor De corus Williams and to girls Virginia Dillard Fleen Velen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester and
Eccles
Lester School
Calvin Bonds
James Moore
Overton Dooley
Clarence Lewis
Robert Dooley
Mable Moore
Ophelia Mathews
Loretta Richmond
Ernest Robertson
James Richmond
William Dooley
William Toler
Janes Richmond
Phar Brown
Nannie Lewis
Herbert Gray
George McGill
Levi White
Jac
Ob Moore
Sandell Reid
Percy Stovall
Decorus Williams
Louise Borden
Athleen Brown
Virginia Dilliard
Brown
Sanne Bell
Williams
Nathaniel Perry
Percy Stavall
Virginian Nash
Gladys Brown
Nathaniel Taylor
Virginia Dillard
Fleen
Velen
Minden Woman Nelice Love Dies in 26th Year
Mrs Nel ice Love 26 wife of Charles Love of Minden dies at Oak Hill Hospital Friday evening after a yearlong illness of myocarditis. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Bell of Anawalt she is survived by father and siblings G W Bell Bertha Hooper and Mabel Davis. Funeral from Minden Baptist Church today at 2 pm burial in Greentown cemetery under Rev H C Craig with Tyree and Dew assisting.
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Oak Fill
Nelisse Love
Charles ‘Love
Minden
Jess Bell
Anawalt
Surevives
Baptist Church
Greentown
H.C. Craig
Tyree
Dew
G. W. Bell
Lego
Bertha Hooper
Mabel Davis
Raleigh
Lillybrook Miner Dies In A Local Hospital
Lillybrook miner Bandids Truba, 32, died in a local hospital yesterday after an illness. His parents Mr and Mrs Delpin Truba reside in Spain. He has two brothers Martin Truba of Lillybrook and Louis Truba of Montana. Funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 pm with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Rose Funeral Home handling arrangements. Sao Paulo Brazil quiets after rebellion. two prisons closed and political prisoners released.
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Bandids
Truba
Lillybrook
Delpin ‘Truba
Spain
Martin Truba
Louis ‘Truba
Montana
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose Funeral Home
Shipman Buys Conley Paper in Pineville
Jack Shipman former Woodrow Wilson High School student and Wie We VOU journalism graduate has purchased the Independent Herald, Pineville Wyoming county seat, from Wat Conley who had published it for ten or twelve years. Shipman teaches at Mullens High School and worked on the Mullens Advocate, bringing his experience into the role. He is son of GM Shipman of Maben, with his father-in-law Jef Goode also from Maben assisting in the purchase.
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Jack Shipman
Woodrow Wilson High School
Wie We Vou
Independent Herald
Pineville
Wyoming
Wat Conley
Shipman
Mullens High School
Mullens Advocate
GM. Shipman
Maben
Fitzpatrick
Inedit
Young Jack
Beckley
Jef Goode
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