Becket Beckley College Names and Pranks Shared
The piece jokes about naming a new Beckley college Clinker College to mirror the Smokeless Coal Capital. It sketches campus nicknames The Clinkers and humorous rags of aristocracy, plus a lighthearted look at local notables and a Rotary Club event with Rev Donnelly delivering stories.
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Concensus
Beckley
Clinker College
Clinkers
Mac
Clarence Shirley Donnelly
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Beckley Rotary Club
East Gulf Community Extends Sympathy to Burdiss Family
The East Gulf community expresses sympathy to the relatives of A. P. Burdiss of Fayetteville who died at Beckley hospital after an appendicitis operation. Burdiss formerly lived in East Gulf and was well known locally. The notice also lists relatives and attendees of his Beckley funeral and local social visits in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Burdiss
Fayetteville
Beckley Hospital
Burdiss
R. Smith
J. R. Brooks
East Gulf
Harless Hylton
Hilda Schofield
Keath Clark
Beckley
Vincent Edwards
Roanoke
Princewick
Sam Crews
Orville Bougess
Corinne
H. J. Davidson
C. W. Meador
Ween
Mary Lou
W. E. Reynolds
Lillian Denny
Roy Swimm
Rhodell
Jimmie Robison
Killarney
Keith Peters
Resoco
W. J. Payne
Oma
Oakey
Margaret
Backus
J. J. Martin
T. McEwan
T. C Gross
L. W. Mason
S. Schofield
W.F. Clark
W. L. Hylton
J. E. Perry
W. M. Yates
Pearl
Waster
Elizabeth Kerns
A.P. Burdiss
Bonnie
Martha
Nellie
Patrick
Bernard
Jimmie
Adrian
2. N. Smith
John Brooks
T. J. Wattis
Meade
Dave Boyd
Clifton Lilly
Juanita Perry
Kitty Clark
Floyd County
Harless
Iughes
Alfred
I. W. Yates
Pearl Yates
P. A. Bair
Bill
Odd
Mildred Moorefield
Keith Clark
W. F. Clark
Kitty
Sun West Virginia Social Notes and Local Visits
Rural society items list Miss Ruth Withrow returning from Hinton to relatives in the area. Visits include Mr and Mrs A J Lofton with Mrs Kelly Snuffer at Eccles and Myrtle Hogg with children at Mullens. Local families in Oak Hill and Dothan host gatherings while Rosa Hinte remains ill at home. a Kentucky state budget line notes 9.25 per capita for operation and maintenance in 1992.
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Ruth Withrow
Hinton
A. J. Lofton
Kelly Snuffer
Eccles
Myrtle Hogg
Mullens
C.J
Mac Fitzwater
George Cody
Carl
Dothan
Imri Roop
Minnie Poteet
Lee Rodes
Oak Hill
Kathleen Lofton
Warren Lively
Leona Edds
Virginia Pelle’ Bryant
Rosa Hinte
General Departments
Kentucky
Beclley Re-Employment Office Urges Local Hiring
The Beckley Federal re-Employment Office seeks to aid Raleigh county employers by supplying experienced local workers. It lists 2500 registered job seekers and offers free service to employers and workers, urging use of residents and calling for contacts at office 1510 to obtain suitable lists of men and women before winter.
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Memorial Building
Geo. A. Watkins
Beckley
Raleigh County
Families travel and guests visit across multiple states
East Beckley West Virginia notes a round of visits as Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hughes and son James travel to Johnson City Tennessee and Elizabeth ton Tennessee and Newland Lynville and Pulaski Virginia visiting relatives. Other locals welcome guests from Birmingham and Pulaski while Miss Vereta Vest and Mike Meadows plan a Salem Virginia stay. Also reported are hospital treatment for Mason Darlington after a mowing accident and Mrs. J E Ellison returning from a Gold Star Mothers tour via New York City and France and England aboard the S S Manhattan.
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J. C. Hughes
James
Johnson City
Tenn
W. R. Hughes
J. E. Milhorn
Elizabethton Tenn
Newland
Lynville
N. Y
Pulaski
Virginia
Floyd Utterback
Hinton
W. Snyder
Zilpah Rose
Coeburn
C. G. Jackson
Clinton
Clayton
Deloris
Dorothy Toubert
Lynchburg
Ned House
J. H. Burdiss
James Burdiss
Birmingham
Ala
A. 2. Burdiss
Burdiss
Lawrence Spencer
Columbus
Ohio
Fred Coeburn
Charleston
George Flannagan
Winona
J. E. Ellison
New York City
S. S. Manhattan
France
England
U. S
Ellison
Priests Prohibited from Cars and Golf in Ireland
In the south of Ireland several Roman Catholic bishops have forbidden priests in their dioceses to own automobiles during the depression. Some prelates also banned clergy from playing golf as part of the austere measures.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Ireland
Elephants Raid Gardens Near Mombasa Shore
Kenya elephants on summer coastal excursion trample native farms at Kilifi near Mombasa. On the route to the sea the herds raid gardens and locals beat drums to frighten the animals away.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Kilifi
Mombasa
Lilly Family Reunion Talks Echo West Virginia Ties
Mrs W T Lilly reports from Elmira about the northern Lillys attending the fourth annual Lilly Reunion of West Virginia at Flat Top next Saturday. The trip seeks to connect Lilly branches and uncover shared ancestry, with E A Lilly leading a research committee and plans for Washington records search.
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Northern Lillys
Elmira
N. Yu
John Lilly
Ireland
Nancy Smith
West Virginia
E. A. Lilly
Lilly Family Association
New York
Brand Park
Lilly Reunion Association
Washington
North
Ella H. Williams
Canton
Albert Tell Lilly
Flat Top
McGinnis Heads to Washington for Welfare Confab
Hereford McGinnis West Virginia re employment administrator traveled to Beckley en route to Washington to join national re employment officials. He will return to Charleston Monday to address Welfare Workers of West Virginia. Four offices already operate in southern West Virginia Charleston Huntington Beckley and Wayne with employment headquarters.
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I. Hereford McGinnis
West Virginia
Beckley
Washington
McGinnis
Charleston
Welfare Workers of
Huntington
Wayne
Railway to Give Grace to Counties by Highway Use
The West Virginia state road commission considers acquiring a major 54 mile Norfolk and Western branch between Wayne and Lenore for highway use after the ICC authorized its abandonment. The railroad must donate 12 miles of ROW between Missouri branch and Lowney. Negotiations proceed with action expected soon.
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Charleston
Norfolk and Western Railway
State Road Commission
Wayne
Lenore
Mingo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Branch
Lowney
Soviet Raises Submarine Tomb Under Naval Honors
The Soviet training submarine No. 9, sunk in May 1931 with 21 crew aboard, has been raised from the Gulf of Finland and towed to Kronstadt. The crew was buried with full naval honors.
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Associated Press
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Local residents travel to fairs and gatherings
Ghent, W V Miss Thelma Lilly left Tuesday to attend the Worlds Fair in Chicago. Joe Ubeda of Fireco and Misses Ora Farley and Virginia Hale went to Boomer last week. Families including the Sweeneys and Pearle Sweeney attended events in Ronceverte and Athens. Virginia Meadows visiting grandmother Mrs Londa Lilly. massie guest with Fink sisters. Lelia Sweeney visited Leona Bibb. Robert Vines family to Bluefield. Sara Francis Epperley noted.
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Thelma Lilly
Chicago
Joe Ubeda
Fireco
Ora Farley
Virginia Hale
Boomer
G. K. Sweeney
Pearle
Grover Sweeney
Baptist Association
Ronceverte
Virginia Meadows
Daniels
Londa’ Lilly
Gilmer Sweeney
Local visits and travels in community notes
Glen Hedrick spent last week at the home of G. K. Sweeney. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Meadow and sons Junior and Leslie hosted visitors. Lan don Lilly drove to Charleston on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mannie Griffith and children visited Ernest Griffith family Sunday. Mrs. LeMe Fink visited her mother Mrs. A. E. Fink on Odd Tuesday. A regional wildlife count notes sixty four timber wolves and 57 coyotes were killed in M gan last year.
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Glen Hedrick
G. K. Sweeney
C. O. Meadow and Sons
Leslie
Landon Lilly
Charleston
Mannie Griffith
Ernest Griffith
LeMe Fink
A. E. Fink
M Gan
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Barry Wyatt
Aright
Beckley College
Jerome van Meter
Woodrow Wilson
North Carolina
Montgomery
Ken Shroyer
C. Marshall Johnston
Norfolk
Gulf
J. L. Merrylees
Post-Herald
E. Winston Wagner
E. Winston
Abe Lincoln
Wagner
Abe
Edward Everett
John Yago
Robert Anderson
Chris Sarandon
Fred Kellman
Donnelly
Anush
East Gulf, W. Va
Sun, W. Va
Watkins
City
East Beckiey, W. Va
Wayne County
Soviet
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton, Pa
Beckley Hardware & Supply Company
Ghent, W. Va
Mabscott Machine & Electric Co
Armature Windina
Colla
Beckley, W. Ya
Lilly
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