Wyoming Education Project Shows Record Progress
Pineville August report on the Works Progress Administration Educational project in Wyoming County highlights support from the county board of education. Superintendent W C Bailey Jr directs diverse programs including music instruction, literacy for adults, and agriculture training. The project employs 12 paid teachers serving over 250 people with payroll around 700 to 800 dollars monthly.
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Register
Pineville
Works Progress Administration
Wyoming County Board of Education
W. C. Bailey Jr
F. Staats
James T. Harold
Clyde Morgan
Baileysville
Elsie Swope
Lura McKinney
Basin
McKinney
McGuffy's
Eight Yards to Make One Dress in West Virginia
WPA sewing workers claim the largest dress sewn in West Virginia for a 375 pound woman. The gown required eight yards of cloth, more than the usual three yards, and was size 78.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
WPA
West Virginia
Pineville Choir Heads to Beckley Singing Convention
The Pineville Methodist church choir will travel to Beckley for a regional singing convention with choirs from Raleigh Mercer Summers and Wyoming counties. The 10 a.m. event features a large, well balanced group praised by director Emes Harold and invites to the Lilly Reunion August 15 16 at Flat Top.
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Pineville
Berkley
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers
Wyoming
Emes Harold
Jim Blankenship
Eldon Cook
Geo
M. Farley
Lilly
Martha Raye and Bob Burns Reunite in New Film
Martha Raye, eccentric comedian and singer, teamed with Bob Burns, the Bazooka hero from Arkansas, in a vaudeville act years ago and were reunited in a recent film project.
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Martha Raye
Bob Burns
Arkansas
Hawker Without License Fined in Coal City Court
Mullens August 8 D. C. Lilly of Coal City paid a fine and costs totaling $29.10 in Squire C. E. Rutherford's court after arrest on a charge of peddling without a license. He was arrested by State Trooper Roy Platt.
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Mullens
D. C. Lilly
Coal City
Squire C. E. Rutherford
Roy Platt
I Miss Bailey Is Bridge Hostess
Pineville August 8 Miss Kathleen Bailey entertained the Pineville Bridge Club at her sister Mrs Pete Morgan home Three tables played with prizes awarded Mrs Theodore Bailey high prize Miss Pauline Brooks low prize and Miss Ethel Cook guest high prize An ice cream course was served to guests Mrs P A McDaniels Beckley Miss Mabel Goode Maben Miss Ethel Cook Mrs Toney Morgan Miss Betty Clark Bluefield Members present included Mrs Frank Shannon Mrs Lon Shannon Mrs G A Brooks Miss Pauline Brooks Mrs Margaret Sutherland Mrs W C Bailey Jr Mrs Theodore Bailey Mrs John Bowman the hosts Miss Bailey and Mrs Harper
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Register
Pineville
Kathleen Bailey
Pine Ville
Betty Clark
Bluefield
Frank Shannon
Lon Shannon
G. A. Brooks
Pauline Brooks
Margaret Sutherland
W. C. Bailey Jy
Theodore Bailey
John Bowman
Miss Bailey
Harper
County Band to Play for Lillys in Aug Festival
The Wyoming county band will perform August 15 and 16 for the Lillys scene presenting marches waltzes national airs and overtures. R A Emberger directs a 50 to 60 member unit in $1 700 uniforms with shako helmets. Bano Gero likely leads as state drum major 1932 champion and Concord Bluefield roles.
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Wyoming
Lilly Scene
R. A. Emberger
Bano Gero
Bluefield
Concord Band
Gero
West Virginia
Huntington
Personal Mention From Pineville and Vicinity
Aug 8 notes list Mrs Kellan d Culbertson visiting in Hinton with her parents Mr and Mrs H F Altare. Mr and Mrs W H Stewart and family return today from Parsons after a week there. Harry W Cooke of Charleston visits his parents in Pineville. Cecil Cook of Baileysville was in Pineville on business. Mr and Mrs A B Shannon in Welch yesterday shopping. L C Shrewsbury and Felt Acord of Glen Fork in Pineville on business. J C Wittenberg leaves for Huntington to visit his mother. Mrs Latha Cook and children spend weekend at Basin.
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Pineville
Kelland Culbertson
Hinton
H. F. Altare
W. H. Stewart
Parsons
Harry W. Cooke
Charleston
del Cook
Cecil Cook
Baileysville
A. B. Shannon
Welch
J.C. Wittenberg
Huntington
Agnes Wittenberg
Latha Cook
Basin
Stones link an empire bond through donated fragments
London blocks of stone with sentimental value are used to cement ties across the empire. Ceylon will soon have fragments of the house of commons set into its state council building as part of a symbolic link donated by the empire parliamentary association.
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London
State Council
Ceylon
House of Commons
Empire Parliamentary Association
Skeeters and Morgan Return to Duty and Travel
Whitesville notes a family vacation in North Carolina for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Skeeter and their children. Horace Morgan resumes as manager of Martin and Company store. The Morgans recently visited Tennessee. Mrs. John Facinoli left for Princeton to meet her daughter Anita and they will travel to Durham, North Carolina for the weekend.
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Register
Whitesville
J. C. Skeeter
North Carolina
Horace Morgan
Martin and Company
Mrs.Morgan
Tennessee
John Facinoli
Princeton
Anita
Durham
N. C
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McGuffy
Itmann
Ira Wyatt
Staats
Hofffman
Ellis Parker, Jr
New York
Harold Hoffman
Trenton
N. J
Parkers
Pineville Choir
Beckley
James Harold
Ors Oy
Netaz, Motors
Beckley Hardware & Supply Co
Heber Street
Main
Hawker
Bailey
Lillys
Lionel Barrymore
Cookson
Eureka, California
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
Wy Ford
Makric
Ame
Yours Very Truly
Maytag
Newtorm
Lowa
OAK Hill Maytag CO
Main ST
Oak Hill
W. VA
Hill Wotel
L. B. M. Maytag CO
Fayette ST. Beckley
Ford
U. S
New Universal Credit Company
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