Neighborhood News From Nearby Point Delivers Local Updates
Local residents report health, housing, and social news from nearby Point. Notable items include R Roberts returning from Johns Hopkins for treatment, a new two story twelve room dwelling, remodels by Akers, and visits among families such as Mills, Ham, Martin, Basham, and Hiams. Several residents travel for visits or host dinners, with Henry Clays and others noted as unchanged or recovering. Community events include a camping trip, a church gathering, and a Wednesday prayer meeting at Posey school house with many neighbors mentioned by name.
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R. Roberts
John Hopkins 2
Baltimore
Daniel
Akers
Bobby Mills
Walter Hiams
Br. J. Martin Hobart Basham
Sunday School in Posey and Local Visit Notes
The Posey Sunday school is singing well as Rev. F P Cook attends a Whitesville meeting this weekend. Raymond and Susie Hurst visit Munition, Miss Murl Hurst was a caller in Beckley last week. Mrs Bert Milem and children stayed overnight with Mrs Bob Milem Thursday. G Hurst was in Beckley on business. Basil Hawley and Delbert Webb of Beckley visited Sunday. Visitors to Miss Quinnie and Pearl Webb included Gay Webb Cresa Webb Effy Webb Otha Laverty Doff Young Millard Wess Ordie Cook Arthur Milem Ray Milem Aldie Cook. Ruby and Della Milem of Saxon visited Mrs G F Milem Sunday. Aldie Cook, formerly at Pemberton, returned home Sunday. Dar Cook is employed at
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Pemberton
Ballard Massey
Arnett
Cressa
Quinnie Webb
Pem Webb
Bert Milem
P. M. Combs
JF. R. Combs
Velma Daniel
Marl Hurst
Sydney Hurst
Jethro Webb
Franklin Dickens
Miss Marl Hurst
Saxon
Pearl Webb
Posey School House
F. P. Cook
Whitesville
Raymond
Susie Hurst
Murl Hurst
Beckley
Bob Milem
G. €. Hurst
Basil Hawley
Delbert Webb
Quinnie
Gay Webb
Cresa Webb Effy Webb
Otha Laverty
Doff Young
Millard Wess
Ordie Cook
Arthur Milem
Ray Milem
Aldie Cook
Ruby
Della Milem
G. F. Milem
Dar Cook
Local residents share weekend plans and visits
Odd WV residents Edith Wood and Miss Vivian Hall travel within the region for family care and business. Wilbur Paisley visits from Keystone. Robert Smith calls from Rhodell. Others attend to errands in Beckley and Lake Shawnee trips are planned for ginseng gathering and Alleghanies travel.
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Edith Wood
Amigo
Fred Cole
Robert Smith
Rhodell
Mattie Smith
Vivian Hall
Rheda
Aisley
Beckley
Wilbur Paisley
Keystone
Richeba Paisley
Grant Logan
Dora Meadows
Henry Wood
Miss de Lilly
Cora Bell Akers
Fitzpatrick
Harry Spangler
Lake Shawnee
Carlos
Y Spotts Lilly
James Akers
Josh Manay
Alleghanes
Hue
Charles Carver
Joby Marshel
Avery County
N. Y
Emmitt Smith
Mrs Thumm Testifies in Death of Husband
Mrs Henry Thumm widow of Kanawha county justice Henry Thumm testified in Charleston about his murder on July 24. She described events leading to the death and the return to the scene from the church, but she became overwhelmed on the stand.
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Henry Thumm
Kanawha County
Charleston
Thumm
Trial of Lewis Edens Proceeds Amid Tense Mood
Charleston reports a robust case against Lewis Edens as the first to be tried. Friends of the deceased remain menacing, though no violence is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Edens
Charleston
Fayette County Agrees to Pay Route 4 Awards
Fayette County settled the Route 4 dispute by promising to pay about $18,000 in property-damage awards and allow highway work to proceed. The county court and Col. Fortney had earlier delayed payouts, prompting legal review. a yesterday morning conference led to the unexpected pledge to fund the awards and secure the necessary right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Col. C. P. Fortney
D. Dennis Steed
Fayetteville
Gauley Bridge
Belva
Pont-Remsmission
Fayette
Road Commission
Dennis Steed
Fortney
Steed
County to pay Route 4 compensation and rebuild
The county court would pay awards to property owners for Route 4 damages, with the road commission to rebuild to the county. Bids were received and contracts likely soon, aiming to place final construction progress. One claim of about 14,000 dollars is slated for acceptance. a smaller 4,000 dollar claim may be contested, but a jury trial would not affect the right of way, only total damages.
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Road Commission
Thompsons Reunion Brings Raleigh Family Together
The Thompson family of Alfred Thompson, a long established Raleigh County line, held its first reunion in Colcord last Sunday in 15 years. Attendees included 12 mature children and numerous relatives and friends, with no deaths reported in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Raleigh
Colcord
Alfred Thompson
Clear Fork District
William Thompson
Wiley @ Thompson
Whitesville
Thomas Gillie
Roscoe
Ethel McCorey
Charleston
Bess Harrison
Luther Dillon
Hoyt Thompson
Elmer Stover
Dorothy
Beulah
Ruth, Howard
Woodrow Wilson Thompson
Pilot Wins Second Prize But Receives Only 25 Dollars
Capt. Paul Schluter, navigator of the monoplane Alpha, claimed the second prize of 10,000 dollars in the recent Dole flight over the Pacific but was paid only 25 dollars for his trip. The discrepancy surfaced as reports highlighted delays and incomplete settlements in prize distributions among crew members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schluter
Alpha
Dole
Pacific
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