Christmas Pageant Planned for Final Wilson High School Meet
Miss Jean Porter at Woodrow Wilson High School leads a Christmas pageant titled Yuletide In Other Lands at the final assembly. Students with speaking parts include Gail Riggs Bill Covey Roy Wray Vernon Knighton Geraldine Wheeler Lilea Cappellari. Cast features Swedish and other nations with listed names, Nativity scene roles, and a Glee Club singing carols under director Glenn Sallack.
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Jean Porter
Woodrow Wilson High School
Yuletide
Gail Riggs
Bill Covey
Roy Wray
Vernon Knighton
Geraldine Wheeler
Lilea Cappellari
Ava Holmes
Sara Lou Merrylees
Robert Scott
Fenton Cox
Helen Maddy
Rosemary McQuade
Billie Roddie
Evelyn Stover
Jack Burke
June Dickson
Betty Jane Yoak
Nellie Noce
Gladys Lawrence
Walker Jordan
Mary Dickinson
Glenn Donaldson
Billie Hunter
Margaret Reynolds
Glee Club
Eleanor Smith
Ronald Wood
Jack Greene
Tom Garrett
Henry Herring
The
Maroon and White
Glenn Sallack
Federal Court Reverses Lower Court in TVA Impersonation Case
The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions of J. E. Pierce and E. H. Roach for impersonating federal officers in TVA unit sales. It remanded for retrial while ordering their release on bail, citing claims of unfair trial and upholding TVA as a separate corporation from the federal government. Pierce was a Huntsville publisher and early U S Good Roads founder.
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Associated Press
Covington
J. E. Pierce
E. H. Roach
Sixth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
United States
Circuit Court
Pierce
R. G. Draper
John D. Martin
U. S. District Court
Western District of Tennessee
Martin
Whitby Miners Commit Fully to Red Cross
Whitby Sterling Smokeless Coal company workers enrolled 100 percent in the American Red Cross, contributing 154 dollars. All 100 men joined under the leadership of Chairs W. J. Tolley and Paul Warden. This marks the second consecutive year of full participation.
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Mary Shrewsbury Held in Odd
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Shrewsbury who died at her home in Odd of brights disease were held at 11 this morning. A Raleigh County native born 1857 she was the daughter of Berry and ? Anderson. Surviving husband Edward five sons J J Shrewsbury Beckley J W and C L Shrewsbury both of Kentucky L L Shrewsbury Iroquois and W L Shrewsbury Helen one daughter Mrs Aden Mills Crumpley twenty five grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
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Mary Shrewsbury
Helen
Aden Mills
Crumpley
Social Roundup Of Local Holiday Visitors
Mrs. John Whitlock of Logan arrives to spend holidays with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Holmes in Raleigh. Stuart Dupuy of Virginia Medical College heads to spend holidays with Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Dupuy. Marion Smith travels to Pittsburgh to visit a Bethany College classmate. Numerous local residents travel or host guests for Christmas season visits with family in Beckley Charleston Roanoke and other nearby towns.
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John Whitlock
Logan
R. B. Holmes
Raleigh
Stuart Dupuy
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
E. S. Dupuy
Marion Smith
Pittsburgh
Bethany College
Fred Wood
Amigo
Beckley
Will Mackey
Fairlawn Avenue
Margatet Mackey
Ned Quinn
Belle
Miller Quinn
Johnstown Road
H. W. Shawnan, Jr
Charleston
Ernest Turner
J. T. Lynch
Muncie
Indiana
Warren Mankin
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Eugene Mankin
W. G. Caperton
E. J. McDonough
W. H. File, Jr
University of Virginia
Ann Louise File
Randolph Macon College
W. H. File
Pat Leary
Belmont Abbey
Belmont
N. C
D. M. Leary
FE. J. McDonough
Mary Austin
Slab Fork
K. Douglas Bowers
Woodlawn Avenue
Lydia Sessions
H. C. Sessions
Polly Jo McCulloch
J. H. McCulloch
George E. Sutherland
John L. Middleton
Josephine Middleton
Middleton
E. B. Hawkins
Oak Hill
E. B. Hawkins Jr
Young Lawyer Opens Offices in Beckley Bank Building
Kenneth Cunningham, recently admitted to the Raleigh County Bar at the Beckley criminal court session, opened law offices in the Raleigh County bank building. A University of Richmond College of Law graduate, Cunningham joined a Richmond firm before returning to Beckley.
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Raleigh County
Kenneth Cunningham
Beckley
Raleigh County Bank
University of Richmond College of Law
Cunningham
Richmond
Discovery of Collodion in Paris and Boston in the 1840s
The compound colodion or collodion was discovered first in Paris in 1846 and again in Boston in 1848, marking early breakthroughs in chemical science with two regional origins.
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Paris
Boston
Kiwanis Club Marks 16th Year With Reflective Birthday Program
The Beckley Kiwanis Club entered its 16th year with an address by Kiwanian W A Billy James urging aging in peace and serenity. The 15th birthday program featured reminiscences by past members and talks by George Watkins Dr K M Jarrell J Lewis Bumgardner and Al Cadwalader.
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Beckley
Kiwanis Club
Billy” James
George Watkins
K. M. Jarrell
J. Lewis Bumgardner
al Cadwalader
Glen Sallack
W. R. Fugitt
Walter Muir
William MacTaggart
Bumgardner
Staunton
Memors
Doctors Elect Officers Tonight
Raleigh County Medical Society to elect officers for 1937 at a dinner meeting in Beckley Hotel at 7 30 p m. Dr W W Hume president will preside and Dr Archer Wilson Charleston neurologist will speak on Aspects of certain head injuries.
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Raleigh County Medical Society
Beckley Hotel
W. W. Hume
Archer Wilson
Charleston
Glamor and Femininity in New Resort Wear Fashions
The article reviews resort wear trends with glamor and femininity in new gowns. It notes seven to nine grade declamation winners Adolph Binderman Martin Pollock and W A Davis Jr at Central Junior High, judged by Woodrow Wilson High School Public Speaking Club.
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Adolph Binderman
Martin Pollock
W. A. Davis Jr
Central Junior High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Young Binderman
A. Binderman
D. B. Pollock
W. E. Davis Jr
W. E. Davis
Wharf Destroyed In 750000 Fire At San Francisco Wharf
A two hour blaze destroyed most of the Panama Pacific Steamship company wharf in San Francisco causing an estimated 750000 dollars in damage. Firemen suffered minor injuries. no ships or cargo were harmed. The fire origin remains undetermined and thousands watched as flames rose high. Separately South Dakota opened a new aquarium at the statehouse displaying 20 or more native fish varieties.
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Associated Press
New York
South
Florida
Miami
San Francisco
Panama-Pacific Steamship Company
South Dakota
Beachwear trends spark a winter fashion bid
Entertains Edward notes a fashion shift with men wearing slacks and plus fours as beach attire. Flannel or linen plus fours paired with mess jackets and sharkskin or alpaca slacks with jackets will be common on beaches this winter, signaling a bold style statement.
Berwind-White Mine Halts Herminie Operations
Herminie residents in Westmoreland County face job loss as the Ocean Coal company announces all operations will cease after December 31. Berwind-White plans to relocate Herminie miners to other Berwind-White operations where possible.
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Associated Press
Hermonic
Westmoreland County
Hermenie
Ocean Coal Company
E. J. Newbaker
Berwind-White
Will of steel executive leaves son and grandchildren fortunes
Willis L. King, longtime Jones & Laughlin Steel executive, died at 85 last week. His will discloses a $1 650 000 estate to his son Willis L. King Jr four grandsons and a daughter in law with charitable bequests noted.
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Associated Pross
Pittsburgh
Willis L. King
Willis L. King, Jr
King
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Merchant Admits Tax Evasion In Restaurant Scheme
Theo dore Kokis confessed to deputy tax commissioner C E Laughlin that he evaded sales tax by keeping dummy books in his restaurant. He was arraigned before Squire Finley Arbuckle with two partners and admitted defrauding the state of 541.13 dollars in 1935 and 1936. After paying the sum he was released.
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Theodore Kokis
C. E. Mel Laughlin
Hinton
Squire Finley Arbuckle
Factory Workers Receive Pay Raises at Rome and Hopewell
New York Tubize Chatillon Corp. announced a general 5 to 10 percent wage increase for all factory workers at its Rome Georgia and Hopewell Virginia plants. The raise applies to every employee in both sites.
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Associated Press
New York
Tubize Chatillon Corp
Rayon
Rome
Hopewell, Va
Ohio Ratifies Employment Act
The Ohio House concurred with Senate amendments to an unemployment insurance bill. The act becomes effective immediately upon Gov. Martin L. Davey's signature and ensures Ohio's share of the federal payroll tax, set to take effect January 1.
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Associated Ross Columbus, O
House
Senate
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
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