Giant Flying Boats To Fly Passengers Across Seas
The Associated Press reports preparations for Atlantic passenger service by large flying boats. Imperial Airways plans 29 craft with 24 day passengers and 16 night, captains on board, five decks, kitchens, lounges, bunks, and a captain’s bridge. Newfoundland Port Botwood and Bantry Bay Ireland eyed as terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Dee
Eric Geddes
Imperial Airways Limited
Britain
Air University
Nambles
England
Empire Air Services
Africa
Egypt
India
Australia
Atlantic
Port Botwood
Newfoundland
Bantry Bay
Ireland
Necro Activities League Meeting With Beckley Group
The Necro Activities League will meet with the Woman's Improvement League of Beckley and vicinity on Thursday evening December 12 at 2 30 at the home of Mr and Mrs Matthew Langhorn. Mrs Rosa Mitchell prepared the program and Christmas holiday arrangements will be discussed. All members are urged to attend. Funeral services for Mrs Sallie...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Improvement League of
Beckley and Vicinity
Matthew Langhorn
Rosa Mitchell
Mabscott School
Whitestick Lodge No
C. F
A.ray Fink
T. BR. Cooper
Cline
Robert Scott
Sorrel
Stanaford
B. P. Farley
East Beckley
Stack
Beckley
Charm Circle
Raleigh
Pythian Sisters
Rites for Griffin Held at East Park Church This Afternoon
Obituary notices report Griffin dying at her East Park home Thursday. Funeral services will be at Welcome Baptist Church at 2:00 PM with Rev. Samuel A Abram officiating and Armstrong Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers include Frank Jackson John Eans Nolan Napper John Noel D W Jones and M L Lendy. Flower bearers named. Additional church services noted at St Pauls AME with Rev E T Crawford and two more services at New Era Baptist. State Baptist meeting held at Hilltop to outline objectives. Ebenezer Baptist Beckley to hold December anniversary services and a cantata The Worlds Redeemer. Local clergy visitors listed and community notices. Funeral services for Viola Redd to be held at Mt Joy Baptist Fireco with Rev J R Redd officiating. Will Harris funeral at Kimball. Various visits and lodge events reported around Beckley Mabscott and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Divers
Eddie Dobbs
R. L. Booze
Jennie Jackson
Emma Lee
Annie Gover
Mattie Stillman
Rosa Graves
Mary Reaves
St. Paul's A. M. E
E. T. Crawford
Kingdom of God
Thorns
The
Baptist Church
Charles Daniel
Troy Claylor
Samuel Lovelace
Herbert Johnson
W. M. Roberts
U. c. Bratcher
New Era Baptist Church
Stan_aford
FE. M. Hannar
Philip F. King
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Beckley
Mlissionary Society
Ebenezer Baptist
D. C. Hunter
East Beckley
A. L Peck
Huntington
Hamp Hughes
Lula Reid
Viola Redd
J. R. Redd
Mt. Joy Baptist Church
Fireco
J. C. Brown
C. D. Trent Undertaking Company
Joe Peoples
Miss Savannah Peoples
Lofton
Freeman
Garfield
Salem
Alabama
Will Harris
Beckley Hospital
Kimball
Jackson and Son Funeral Home
Dean H. L. Dickason
Rol P. C. Johnson
Bluefield
King's Sister Dies and Community Notices Pack Local Life
Community notes report the King's Sister Dies event and a Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge reception for 175 attendees. Birth announced for a 9 pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Graveley, with relatives named and place given. Church activities, illness updates, visits, and out of town relatives fill the local society recap with numerous names and locations.
Community Mourns Death of Frank Fadeley
Nancy Ann and Mrs. Lawrence Smith of Sprague visited Mrs. Eldridge Bolt Friday. The community extends sympathy to the prereaved Fadeley family after Frank L. Fadeley died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday. Fadeley was a town leader and well regarded. A Christmas program by the second grade and a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Alex McVey were noted. Numerous local residents, church groups, and families are listed as present or involved in varying social events and visits across Sprague and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Ann
Lawrence Smith
Sprague
Eldridge Bolt
Frank L. Fadeley
Fadeley
Sam Amato
Earl Spradlin
W. J. Hatcher
Paris Cusk
Charlie Mullaney
Beckley Hospital
Audrey Holt
Jean
Elizabeth Massey
Alva Smithson
Long Branch
Alex
Alex ‘McVey
C. H. Maynor
Roy Canne
Affinity
Barnett
Phillips
Raymond Gabbie J
E. A. Carpenter
Mullens
A. D. Simpson
Dorothy Kiser
Jesn Archer
Claudine Ellison
A.D. Simpson
J. C. Kiser
Summertee
M. L. Canady
Edith Hunt
Ben Canady
Woodpeck
Herman Smith
Beckley
L. W. Lane
Lane
Hawks Nest
Orothy Kiser
Jean Archer
Evelyn Corder
Elva Corder
E. D. Parker
G. J. Archer
Jena
Alex McVey
Ed Shultz
Bobby
Montgomery
Christian Rites at Tabor Today
Funeral services for R French Christian who killed himself at his home near Dry Hill schoolhouse Wednesday night will be held at Mount Tabor church at 2 30 this afternoon with Reverend Paul Smith of Beckley conducting. Burial will follow at Mount Tabor cemetery under Caffee undertakers. The body will lie in state at the Skelton home of L L Wood until the rites. Pallbearers chosen are John Arthur Earl Arthur Frank Arthur Tom Arthur Woodon Dehart and Joe Dehart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Stover
Dunbar
Dewey Combs
Combs
Harry Smith
Harriet
Charleston
M. J. Foster
M. B. Light
Hinton
Mr. Light
D. T. Hundley
R. G. Beather
Charlottesville
E. Cutlip
Jackson
W. H. Davenport
Lula Thomas
Oak Hill
Maizie Talent
Jimmie
Mace Lewis
Verna
T. W. Lemon
Bill Wardinsky
Stanaford
Annie Thompson
J. T. Robertson
E. W. Robertson
Frank L. Fadeley
Bessie Lynn Rallins
George S. Herschel
John Fadeley
Freida Fadeley Warden
Stacie Thomas
Elizabeth Stokes
Lynn Stalnaker
Henry Zable
Som Clarence
North Charleston
Robert J. Fadeley
John
Eugene
Bill Fadeley
New Cumberland
Biddie Newland
Columbus
Ohio
John Black
Mayo Miller
Small
R. French Christian
Dry Hill Schoolhouse
Mount Tabor
Paul Smith
Beckley
Caffee Undertakers
Skelton
L. L. Wood
John Arthur
Earl Arthur
Frank Arthur
Tom Arthur
Woodon Dehart
Joe Dehart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Necro
Sallie
Kiwanis Club
Beckley Hardware & Supply Co
West Virginia Baptist State Convention
Mabscott, W. Va
Golden Gate Rebekah Lodge
William Graveley
L. E. Fincoul
Luther Fink
George Gadd
Junior Davis
Daugherty
Raleigh General Hospital
Verner Gwynn
A. W. Gwynn
University of Wisconson
Milwaukee
J. B. Kirk
G. K. Basham
Christiansburg
Carlyn Lilly
J. C. Hutchinson
B. C. Walker
Victoria
George
Europe
Inver
Pemberton, W. Va
Tabor
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Delta
Heber St
Siecmientis Lane
Beckley, West Va
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