The Canage, Gum, and Cans In Beckley Newsroom
A column muses on gum litter in theatres and restaurants, noting a bushel of gum collected. It jokes about health risks and germ transfer, then shifts to local sports figures, Alfred White’s near perfect attendance, and the evolution of the tin can from fruit to beer. It ends with playful references to canned music, speeches, and welfare work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theatre
Beckley
P M. McDaniel
Beckley Distributing Company
Vacation Church School closes in Beckley area
Local news item reports Ebenezer Baptist Church Beckley closes two week session with a demonstration program and handwork exhibit led by Mrs. Robert Waller and assistants. Nearby Elizabeth Baptist McAlpin also ends activities with an address by a West Virginia Baptist State Sunday School Convention rep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Beckley
Robert Waller
M. Wyche Capel
Elizabeth Baptist Church
McAlpin
West Virginia Baptist State Sunday School Convention
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Moss
Jenkins
Eccles Choral Club
John Blaney
S. H. Smith
The
Missionary Society
Newman
Borders
Hilltop
M. C. Claytor
Clara Burton
Greensville
Murphy
Hettie Taylor
Manita
Virginia
Wellington Murphy
New York
Elizabeth Hairston
E. C. Murphy
Price Reynolds
Big Sum Taken From Utilities Shake Senate Probes
The Associated Press reports an accountant sold 25 million dollars from the Associated Gas and Electric system’s operating units, half profit, adding to senate lobby investigators’ record. Missing witness E V Sellers surfaced as key in the Patton Texas Power and Light case while House conferees in utilities bill details press for progress amid a partisan deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Associated Gas and Electric System
Senate
Senate Committee
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric
House
E. V. Sellers
Patton
D-Tex
Texas Power and Light Company
Senate conferees refuse to exclude aide Ben Cohen
The dispute centers on the senate conferees' stance against barring administration aide Ben Cohen from their meetings. The confrontation highlights ongoing tensions over access and influence in budget and policy negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ben Cohen
Cranberry WV Couple Wed In Beckley Ceremony
Miss Thelma Johnson and Mr. M C Fitzpatrick Jr were married Saturday at Beckley Mrs Fitzpatrick is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W S Johnson The groom is the son of Mr and Mrs M C Fitzpatrick of Sprague They will live in Cranberry where the groom works Also mentions local visits and illnesses among residents including Ralph Marks and Dorothy Clowers with appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding
Women’s Home Mission Society
Miss Davis
New Jersey
Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
W. A. Saunders
Fayetteville
Thelma Johnson
M. C. Fitzpatrick Jr
Beckley
C. R. Lamb
A. B. Cummings
C. C. Ballard
Toots
W. S. Brubeck
Nell Gilkerson
Sprague
Buckroe Beach
J. E. Burdette
Meadow Creek
James Neal
Mt. Hope
L. M. Neal
J. E. Pruitt
Whipple
Tom Creed
L. W. Phipps
Miss Opal
Oswald
Ada Brammer
Skelton
R. L. Creed
Miss Fritzi Stifel Shoots Low Golf Gross
Miss Fritzi Stifel of Wheeling posted the best low gross in the Cedar Rocks country club invitational, recording 79 for 18 holes. Mrs Jack Hoblitzell of Parkersburg was runner up with 89. About 100 women from West Virginia Ohio and western Pennsylvania competed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
Fritzi Stifel
Cedar Rocks Country Club
Stifel
Jack Hoblitzell
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Buc
R. M. I. Park
Alfred White
Raleigh
Black Knights
Alfred
Lester Activities
First Baptist Church
Sam East
Beckley Hospital
Stamford
Junior Missionary Society
Sen
Ior Missionary Society
Helen and
Wilmer Deering
Esther Hale
Ada Bailey
Evelyn Hannor
B. Hannor
North Dickerson
William Carey
W. J. Dickerson
New Era Baptist Church
Gene Brown
William Callens
Rochelle
Lego
Billy
Ronnie Michaux
Tom Harris
Ola Hoff
Eloise West
Isaiah Langhorn
William Callins
Lonnie Thornton
William Booker
Robert Holley
Flem Shields
Jonas
Jasper Muse
Thurmond Claytor
George Preston
John Henry McKeever
Chester Dozier
Charles Shields
James Whitfield
James
John Holmes
Eccles Activities
Sumlin
Bell
Davis
O. N. Pinkard
Mrs. W. M. Braxton
James Wagstaff
Paulova Velez
Pearl Caldwell
Philip F. King
Armstead Fu
ABLES
Texas
Alco
Vienna
Chase
Post’s Cereals
Comay- Chipso
Oxydol
Chuck Roast
Is. Zac
Sophia
Oak Hill
Rhodell
Hinton
East Beckley
Marscott
Eccles Glen Hedrick
Lester Fayetteville
Neral
Cranberry, W. Va
Frank Marks
Richmond
L. Grose
Dorothy Clowers
Raleigh Radio
Oakwood Ave
Oppo
Brill Motor Co
Ine
Illinois
We Weekly
Benrus
Waltham
Elgin
S Bulova
Sle Weekly
Bulova
Hamilton
Monarch
Berman
Rear Beckley National Exchange Bank
South Fayette ST
Beckley, W. VA
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