Christmas Party and Vacation News from Mount Hope Troop
The Mount Hope Girl Scout troop held a Christmas party at their Mill Creek Road cabin on Tuesday afternoon with a decorated tree and gift exchange. The Mount Hope schools will have a Christmas vacation from December 20 to 30, and the high school assembly on December 20 features four one act plays by the Junior Class, including More Blessed and Christmas at Casey's with named cast members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Creek Road
E. M. Harris
Ann Graff
Edwina Graff
Lois Bailey
Dorothy Muir
Mary Jane Snyder
Margaret Duncan
Edith Simpkins
Mary McIntire
Sugar” Givens
Dorothy Kirby
Nancy Ellen Feazelle
Marjorie Wonder
Betty Chandler
Ruth Figgatt
Jane Norton
Mary Jane Secrest
Charlotte Blanchard
Betty Brock
Geneva Madison
Betty Thompson
Viola Burr
Mount Hope
Mrs. Prescott
James Thomson
Mr. Prescott
Cherry Cinotti
Joan Prescott
Nino Gregory
Bob Prescott
Cecilia Roberts
Hilary
Frances Dixon
Casey's
Virginia Kirby
Mrs
Margaret Darnall
Patricia
Alene Devenport
Emerline
Lorrains Sawdey
Silence of
God
Frank Orren
Baron
The Old Home Town Church Play and Social Notes
A Mount Hope Christian Church meeting led by Jenning Helton featured a playlet with Margaret Warren, Margaret Higley, Jennings Helton, and Lyndell Bennett, plus solos by Thelma Orre and various Bible readings and prayers. The column also lists numerous local visits, family news, and upcoming events among Mount Hope residents.
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Otto von Kassel
Lacy Anderson
Joseph
Carlton Webb
Hans Weiners
Tom Anderson
Fritz von Handleman
George Sparacino
August Feldman
Kurt von Schliemann
Buddy Bookman
Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Society
Jenning Helton
A. R. Warren
Mount Hope
Margaret Higley
Jennings Helton
Lyndell Bennett
Thelma Orre
College Vacation Starts On Friday
Beckley College will dismiss Friday December 20 for the Christmas holidays. The break lasts seventeen days, reopening January 6. Faculty members plan varied travel from Norfolk to New Orleans, with some visiting Bowling Green Kentucky or staying in Beckley. Many out of town students return home. in town students may attend dances. absences the day before and after holidays carry double cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
G. E. Hartman
D. K. Shroyer
Norfolk
Virginia
New Orleans
Louisiana
Louisiana State
Texas Christian
Flora Mae Jones
Bowling Green
Kentucky
Topsy O'Dell
H. G. Berman
F. L. Shannon
Ted McDowell
Beckley
T. A. Bendrat
Hinton
Laurine Haines
Caro
Students Serving Under N Y A Now
The scholarship students shift from F E R A to the National Youth Administration. The N Y A covers a broader field and lasts for two years. Each college receives scholarships based on 12 percent of its enrolled students from the previous year.
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National Youth Administration
Toy Fund Donations Announcement
Joseph Gallaher announces the Toy Fund donations should be given to Mr. McDowell or Cecil Stafford as soon as possible. The notice urges timely contributions from anyone wishing to support the toy charity.
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Joseph Gallaher
Toy Fund
Mr. McDowell
Cecil Stafford
Plan Party December 26 by Collegiate Coeds
The Collegiate Co-eds announce an invitational party at the Pleasant Inn on the night of Thursday December 26 for club members and friends. The girls social club, formed by the women’s physical education class, aims to foster congeniality. Officers: Julia Bruce president Marjory Groves vice-president Blythe Clay secretary-treasurer.
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Pleasant Inn
Julia Bruce
Marjory Groves
Blythe Clay
Coffin Box Used as Temporary Telephone Booth
A coffin box was set up at Snake Creek Florida as a makeshift telephone booth during the September 1935 hurricane, providing a shelter and communications link for residents and rescuers amid the storm damage.
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Snake Creek
Fla
The Flight of the Blue Hawks headlines
The official Beckley College newspaper lists staff editors and reporters for the Thursday issue. The publication is by the Journalism Department, noting editors Louise Sheffler James Herring Lacy Warden Edythe Gallaher George Blevins and reporters Lettie Thompson Elizabeth Reed Ruth Myers Opal McKinney David Farrow Corwin Bragg Clifton Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Sheffler
James Herring
Lacy Warden
Plan Your Work Secret to College Success
A campus editorial urges tight study habits and regular planning to avoid all-nights and cramming. It cites Dr. Edward Menge on note taking, daily mental exercise, and the need to know and remember material clearly. The piece critiques Beckley students for lax attitudes toward work.
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New River State Collegian
New River State
Beckley
Edward J. Menge
Miss Flora Mae Jones Hosts Sorority Dinner
Miss Flora Mae Jones sponsor of Beta Theta Beckley college sorority entertained Friday evening December 13 at the Pleasant Inn. A large banquet table was lavishly set with linen and silver and a centerpiece of evergreens and tall red tapers. Attending were Miss Marjorie Graves Miss Edythe Galla her Miss Pauline Lilly Miss Eileen Jarrell Miss Mae Hollandsworth Miss Bobbie Barr Miss Marge Dwyer Miss Betty Mayhew Miss Kathryn Totten Miss Julia Bruce Miss Jean Givens Miss Betsy Herring Miss Lois Heatherlin Miss Rosine Giesey Miss Sarah Mead Miss Thelma Batésole Miss Margaret Bledsoe Miss Phyllis Christian Miss Lucille Foster Mrs Norris Guthrie and host Miss Jones.
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Flora Mae Jones
Beta Theta
Beckley College
Pleasant Inn
Chatter Box Echoes School Laughter and Holidays
A year end column mixes high school gossip and holiday wishes with light social scraps. The piece notes various students and teachers, flirtations, teasing, and a few playful threats of social mischief. It also mentions profits and a final note on Kashmir as a health resort in India.
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Kashmir
Punjab
India
Commercial Club To Dine Friday
The Beckley College Commercial Club will hold its banquet on Friday December 20 as Mrs. Weaver at the Pleasant Inn serves the Lions Club on Tuesday night. Members and guests should meet at the Pleasant Inn at 7 30 or by 8 p m. Bring presents and place them under the tree.
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Beckley College Commercial Club
Holiday Plans Of Local Residents Listed
Miss Bert Meadows plans to spend the holidays at her Matoaka home. Miss Pauline Lilly to Jumping Branch. J C Montgomery to spend holidays at his Penbrook Virginia home. Miss Elizabeth Reed visited Powellton Sunday as a guest. Miss Lorina Wallace to the holidays at her home and Miss Frances Kish to spend the holidays in Kentucky. Warren Hancock to spend Friday December 20 in Charleston. Miss Eileen Jarrell able to be out again after influenza confinement on North Kanawha street. Miss Lucille Stephens was overnight guest of Miss Edna Crysel Monday night.
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Inson
Charleston
Harry Clark
Huntington
Golda Graves
Mount Hope
Beckley Hospital
Harry Maroney
Miss Graves
Alex Thompson
Berkley
Calfornia
A. G. Thompson
S. D. Olwin
J. E. Howard
William Schilling
Ottaway Gunnee
Fayetteville
Bernie McCutcheon
Lansing
J. B. Helton Jr
Beckley
Arthur Spinks
J. M. Spinks
Nancy Ellen Feazelle
T. L. Feazelle
Mounainah Hotel
Ethel Brown
Daniels
Louise Harrick
Glen Hedrick
E. W. Dunkley
Daugh
Bert Meadows
Matoaka
Pauline Lilly
Jumping Branch
J. C. Montgomery
Penbrook
Virginia
Elizabeth Reed
Powellton
Friends
Lorina Wallace
Frances Kish
Kentucky
Warren Hancock
Eileen Jarrell
North Kanawha Street
Lucille Stephens
Edna Crysel
Beckley College Tales Prompt Curiosity and Romance
A collage of campus anecdotes hints at student mischief and charm. Richard Cooper, Beckley College athletics chief, is rumored to be falling in love while students scribble notes during class. A co ed yells for her father as a boyfriend misbehaves and a boy arrives with his shoes early in the morning. Jimmy is seen at the college entrance with a girl’s fur coat and books. Bill Greever is identified as a poet.
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Richard Cooper
Beckley College
Jimmy
Bill” Greever
The Lament of Bill Greever Read by Readers Clash
A reader asks whether an appeal to hear The Lament of Bill Greever would persuade him. The statement implies doubt about convincing the subject and awaits a response or outcome.
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Bill Greever
Library Books To Be Returned Now Beckley College
Beckley College librarian Miss Topsy O'Dell urged all students to return library books by Friday December 20 at 3 00 p m for a complete inventory. Books not returned will incur fines when classes resume after the holidays. Donations of usable books or magazines are welcomed and can be arranged by contacting Miss O'Dell. Holiday shelving updates are planned in the library's vacant corner.
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Topsy O'Dell
Beckley College
Miss O'Dell
O’dell
Ross Irle Named Beckley College Basketball Coach
D Ken Shroyer announced that Ross Irle will have full charge of Beckley College basketball for the coming season. Irle, a 1928 Illinois coaching graduate, has coached Beckley Junior High for seven years and produced two state championship teams. The squad began practice December 17 in the junior high gym, with all home games at Woodrow Wilson High School gym.
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D. Ken Shroyer
Beckley College
Ross Irle
Irle
University of Illinois School of Coaching
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College Variety Show Cements Annual Status
Red Keaton educated banjo entertained as Haven F Allen announced the show will likely be an annual event with a larger future program and more contestants. C G Peregoy awarded trophies to Miss Herring, saluting contestants for Miss Beckley including Alice Le Jeune Selana Bazzarree Imogene Armentrout Louise English Noka Fay Garten Myrtle Stewart Sylvia Dutton Myrtle Massey Bo Herring Margaretta Blake Betty Mayhew.
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Red” Keaton
Banjo
Haven F
Haven F. Allen
C. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Miss Herring
Miss Beckley
Alice LeJeune
Selana Bazzarree
Imogene Armentrout
Louise English
Noka Fay Garten
Myrtle Stewart
Sylvia Dutton
Myrtle Massey
Bo Herring
Margaretta Blake
Betty Mayhew
Film Folk Step Out for Anna Jane in Beckley
Beckley residents report social outings with Anna Jane and Mrs Maude Roby along with Mrs Harry Clark shopping Saturday. Visitors include Joe Wightman of Cincinnati as guest of Mr and Mrs W B Hisey. Kathleen Carson to depart for Louisville for Christmas holidays. Coast by line notes Djibouti harbor capacity for ocean steamers at all wind and tide conditions.
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Anna Jane
Maude Roby
Harry Clark
Beckley
W. B. Hisey
Joe Wightman
Cincinnati
Kathleen Carson
Louisville
Kentucky
Djibouti
French Somaliland
Local Notes From Kathryn And Lawton Visiters
Kathryn West Virginia announces Mr Callahan is out again after illness. Miss Edythe Warren of Lawton spent Wednesday night with Evelyn Alley. Evelyn Alley visited Miss Martha Hatcher of Edmond Thursday night. Mrs Morris Harrah and child are mentioned in local notes.
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Mr. Callahan
Edythe Warren
Lawton
Evelyn Alley
Martha Hatcher
Edmond
Morris Harrah
Little
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