Six Family Reunions Scheduled Across August
Thompson and Jarrell clans gather today at Darrold's Valley marking a season of reunions. The Lilly family plans a big August 16 to 23 event at Flat Top with speeches by state officials and Abe Lilly presiding. Major gatherings include Biggs Broyles Ballard at Lindside on August 16 and Snoffers at Stevens Branch August 23. Other reunions include Hutchinsons at Crab Orchard August 30, Hollidays at Spy Rock today, and the Wiseman family reunion August 30 at Old Rehoboth church.
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Thompson
Jarrell
Darrold's Valley
Lilly
Flat Top
Biggs
Broyles
Hugh A. Dunn
K. M. Jarrell
J. Q. ‘Hutchinson
George Ballard
Beckley
Snoffers
Raleigh
Stevens Branch
Eccles
Lee Snuffer
Cyrus Snuffer
Hutchinson
Charles L.hutchinson
Raleigh County
Crab :Orchard Baptist Church
J. Q. “Hutchinson
A. Raymond Wiseman
Huntington
E. N. Wiseman
Rio Grande, Ohio
Fechner Becomes First to Occupy Watoga State Park Cabin
Col Robert Fechner, head of federal emergency conservation, arrives with a party to take a short vacation in the new state cabin at Watoga park. Workers rush to finish one cabin for his use as state conservation officials plan to open cabins to the public next spring. Also note: Thomas Masaryk once worked as a blacksmith's apprentice.
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Associated Press
Marlinton
W. Va
Col
Robert &. Fechner
Federal Emergency Conservation Work
Watoga State Park
Waorkmen
State Conservation Commission
Fechnec
Orderly Rejoins Lost Lieutenant at 80th Division Reunion
In Richmond at the John Marshall Hotel the former orderly H L Van Camp now Glen Jean high school principal found his former officer Leroy Hutzler Jr at the 80th Division reunion. Delegates toured Camp Lee and heard speeches by General Cronkhite Governor Peery and Mayor Bright.
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John Marshall Hotel
Richmond
H. L. van Camp
van Camp
Glen Jean High School
Leroy Hutzler Jr
Hutzler
France
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Signal Corps
Peery
Virginia
Bright
Numbers tickets lead to fine for Francis Wagner
State Troopers arrested Francis Wagner at South Kanawha and Prince streets Friday night after finding two books of numbers racket tickets in his possession. Wagner paid a $10 fine and costs after pleading Bailly before Squire H. F. Hancock to a charge of possession of lottery equipment.
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Francis Wagner
Squire H. F. Hancock
B. F. McLaugehtin
T. W. Harrison
Wagner
South Kanawha and
Prince Streets
Helen Residents to Attend 4-H Camp at Camp Campbell
Cleo Crews Betty Jane Blake Clara Moore Margaret Pennington Kathleen Martin and Mrs W I Green of Helen will attend 4 H camp at Camp Campbell Summers county this week.
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Cleo Crews
Betty Jane Blake
Clara Moore
Margaret Pennington
Kathleen Martin
W. I. Green
Helen
Camp Campbell
Summers County
Price Rise Prompts Potatoes Use Cutback
Charleston officials report food price hikes. state institutions told to use potatoes sparingly after farmers receive 1.50 dollars per bushel, double last year. President John Baker White notes penitentiary inmates consume 35 to 40 bushels per meal, yet they grow most of it themselves.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Control
John Baker White
Department of Agriculture
White
Penitentiary
Beckley College names new chemistry head
Dean G. E. Hartman announces Dr. John Howe Scott of Montclair New Jersey selected to lead Beckley College chemistry department replacing Dr. Harold G. Burman who resigns to join McMurray College Abilene Texas. Scott graduated in 1934 from the University of Town and was elected to all undergraduate honorary chemical societies. He is recommended by L Charles Raiford of the Iowa Institute and is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Episcopal church.
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G. E. Hartman
John Howe Scott
Montclair
N. J
Beckley College
Harold G. Burman
Dr. Burman
McMurray College
Abilene
Texas
Dean Hartman
Scott
The
University of Town
Chemical Society
L. Charles Raiford
Iowa Institution
Hartman
theAmerican Chemical Society
Episcopal Church
Alvis Succeeds To Fireco Job
Fireco West Virginia August eight Lecky Fire Creek Coal company has appointed J A Alvis store manager at the Fireco store replacing H C Whitly Alvis formerly worked at Rit ta W Va in Logan county and plans to move to Fireco once housing is available Whitly expects to move to Beckley soon
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Fireco
Lecky Fire Creek Coal Company
J. A. Alvis
H. C. Whitly
Ritta
W. Va
Logan County
Alvis
Beckley
Whitly
Sons of the American Legion to Install New Squadron
Five officers of the Sons of the American Legion's newly formed squadron will be installed in Welch on August 21 by Phil Conley. The event includes a uniform parade of 37 members, with Ed ward McGrail and William G. Stathers may attend. Membership drive aims for 100 by August 21 and eligibility includes children of World War veterans. A separate note reports Peter Olsen's home in Greeley, Ind., struck by lightning twice in ten minutes with no injuries.
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The
Sons of the American Legion
Phil Conley
Price Caffee Jr
Nicholas Kourey
Bobbie Kilgore
Edgar Parsons
David Mullins
Billie Elkin
John Faull
Arthur Goldstein
Edward McGrail
Charleston
William G. Stathers
Clarksburg
Jesse Parsons
Caffee
Peter Olsen
Greeley, In
Mines Drain Coal City Wells Spill Water Scarcity
Aug 8 residents of Coal City rely on distant water sources as mines beneath the town sink wells. An engineer from a coal company cites rapid coal extraction as the cause, not drought. Water is hauled from Beckley Princewick Lillybrook Philips land and Killarney as homeowners install cisterns.
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Coal City
Beckley
Princewick
Lillybrook
Philips’ Land
Killarney
Joe Smith
A. R. Lilly
Ithem
Workmen Demolish Oakwood Edifice Near Rectory
The condemned former Underwood Mattress Factory on Oakwood Avenue was dismantled by workmen. Earl Rogers and Frank Wiley who bought the building plan to use salvaged lumber to build a house in Mid-city addition.
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Underwood Mattress Factory
Earl Rogers
Frank Wiley
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Silly
Ballards
Snuffers
Hutchinsons
GRBEN
Col. Fechner
Thomas G. Masaryk
Zaragoza
Dia
A. L. van Camp
Brest
Berloy
Canton, Ohio
ALC
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Fooler
Sons of Legion
Welch
Bill Carroll
Oakwood Avenue
W. L. McCray
Sulte
Beckley Hote
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Bomans
Bulova
Hamilton
Elgin Gruen
Waltham
ELGIN
Gruen
Jewel Benrus
Price Man's Gladstone
Bounars
Beckley Theatre
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