Fitzpatrick Weds Miss Flinchem in Scarbro Ceremony
Miss Jewel Flinchem becomes bride of William Fitzpatrick in a simple afternoon ceremony at the officiating minister’s home in Scarbro. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. George Scott. Mrs. Fitzpatrick is the daughter of John and Mrs. Flinchem of Cranberry and works for G C Murphy while Mr. Fitzpatrick, son of James Fitzpatrick, is employed by New River company at Whipple. They will reside in Scarbro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarbro
Jewel Flinchem
William Fitzpatrick
J. H. Wilson
George Scott
Fitzpatrick
John Flinchem
Cranberry
Woodrow Wilson High School
G. C
Miss Collier Birthday Surprise Party at Eccles
Miss Louise Collier was surprised with a birthday party Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fleener in Eccles. The evening featured bridge and dancing with Eccles String Orchestra music, and prizes awarded for high and low contract scores. Several dozen guests attended including Miss Virginia Holt and Miss Leonora Stanley, with a late refreshments spread.
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Carl Fleener
Eccles
Louise Collier
Eccles String
E. M. Mahaffey
Carl Johnson
John Mahaffey
Frank Garrison
L. T. Gay
E. L. Bowman
Ladies Celebrate Xmas at Beckley Newspaper Party
A Sunday afternoon Christmas gathering for Beckley News papers ladies at the Sadler home on Temple street featured holly decorations a lighted tree and a salad course. Guests included Mrs. L. V. Maxey Mrs. H. C. Sessions Mrs. Leonard Withrow Mrs. Mildred McCleary Miss Anna Marie Peck Miss Lucille Miller Miss Sylvia Bolen Miss Edna May Reid and Mr. and Mrs. Sadler.
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R. L. Sadler
Temple Street
Beckley
L. V. Maxey
H. C. Sessions
Leonard Withrow
Mildred McCleary
Anna Marie Peck
Lucille Miller
Sylvia Bolen
Edna May Reid
Sadler
Holiday Social Life Promises To Be Gay
The holiday social calendar overflows with dances open houses and bridge parties. A standout is the Christmas night dance at the Women s Club sponsored by the Junior department with Wayland Redden and his orchestra playing from ten until two in a Christmas season setting.
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Womans Club
Wayland Redden
B Nai Jacob Synagogue Hosts New Year Dance
B N a i Jacob Synagogue ladies in Charleston announce hours for annual New Year Eve dance at Daniel Boone Hotel. Event runs January 31 from ten p.m. to two a.m. with popular dance music by a well known southern West Virginia orchestra. Reservations available through members or at the hotel.
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B’nai Jacob Synagogue
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
West Virginia
Personal Mentions Note Weekend Arrivals and Travel
Miss Hettie Robertson arrives from Durham to spend holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs J T Robertson. Mr and Mrs Roy Eads hear of a sister's death in Ronceverte. Mrs Dewey Combs returns to Charleston after two weeks with her mother. Mr and Mrs Roland Witt plan to leave for Bedford Virginia for holidays. Mrs Larry Davis of Washington DC visits Montgomery then heads home. Mr and Mrs J L Guthrie and Elizabeth Hunt visit Beckley en route to Danville for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Paul R Hutchinson arrive Huntington for the holidays. R D Watts returns from Cincinnati with Mrs Watts and family.
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Hettie Robertson
Durham
N. C
Duke University
J. T. Robertson
Roy Eads
Ronceverte
George Dunbar
Dewey Combs
Charleston
Fannie Walker
Roland Witt
Bedford
Larry Davis
Washington, D. C
Ben Lewis
Montgomery
J. L. Guthrie
Elizabeth Hunt
Beckley
Danville
Paul R. Hutchinson
Huntington
R. D. Watts
Cincinnati
Ohio
Winters in Cincinnati and nearby visiting kin
The item lists people spending the holidays away from home: Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Brennan hosting Mrs. J. V. Wallace and Miss Beverly Wallace from Perry and Macon respectively. Dr. S. S. Sutphin Jr visiting his mother Mrs. S. S. Sutphin. Miss Anna Marie Peck visiting Hinton. Mo Ragland visiting with his parents on Woodlawn. Misses Margaret and Rosalie Garges visiting Charleston. Kathleen Anderson visiting Cincinnati from the University of Cincinnati. Billy McClung en route from VPI to Glen Ferris. Willis Gunnee visiting friends. C. L. Allen spending holidays in South Kanawha Street.
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Cincinnati
R. J. Brennan
Baileywood
J. V. Wallace
Perry, Ga
Hinton
Mo” Ragland
Charleston
T. R. Ragland
Woodlawn Avenue
Margaret
Rosalie Garges
John Garges
Skelton
Kathleen Anderson
University of Cincinnati
Ohio
D. W. Anderson
Billy McClung
Blacksburg
Beckley
Glen Ferris
W. D. Simmons
Willis Gunnee
White Sulphur Springs
C. L. Allen
South Kanawha Street
Tragic Greyhound Bus Crash Reported on Ice Covered Bridge
Eyewitnesses describe a bus plunge into icy waters as rescue workers comb the scene. A white male victim stood upright as baggage trapped him. a woman lay upside down behind the driver. Salvation Army and Red Cross volunteers supplied hot coffee and aid to responders.
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Salvation Army
Red Cross
Bus Plunges Over Open Draw Span Near Hopewell
A bus smashed through a guard rail and tipped twenty feet into an open draw span near Hopewell as tug and barge traffic moved up the river. Bridge tender Lacy McNair described hearing the crash and witnessing passengers thrown forward during the plunge.
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Hopewell
Lacy McNair
Christmas mine blast injures three at Glen Morrison
The Wyatt Coal Sales company reports three miners injured early today at the Glen Morrison mine in Morrison, caused by a heavy slate fall in entry 15. One miner, carrying a can of explosive, was seriously hurt after contact with an electric wire triggering an explosion.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Wyatt Coal Sales Company
Glen Morrison
John Laing
Wyatt Firm
Morrison Coal Company
Local Social Notes From Prosperity West Virginia
Prosperity residents host neighbors and relatives this week. Walter Starkes and Bob Goins stayed with families on Johnstown road. Diphtheria confines Grover Davis at home. Denval Lee Stover visited his sister in Beckley. Richard Burgess remains home ill this week. Narvel Wright travels to Black Mountain North Carolina for several days. Charles William James Jr. shows improvement after illness. Mrs D B Stover and Shirley Gay visit Mrs Ollie Akers in Skelton. Mrs Ruby Douglas remains at home with unspecified ailment.
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Walter Starkes
Bob Goins
Johnstown Road
Grover Davis
Lawrence Davis
Denval Lee Stover
Lee Davis
Beckley
Richard Burgess
Narvel Wright
Black Mountain
N. C
Beckley Area Social Notes Include Visits and Illness
Mrs. Douglas rushed from Greenbrier county to Beckley hospital for an appendectomy after sudden illness. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Grubbs shopped in Beckley on Wednesday. Mrs. Joe Wright and Mrs. G. F. Stover attended Virginia Pack’s funeral in Beckley. Nell Dearing of Beckley visited her parents Friday night. Mrs. Ira Vandall spent Wednesday in Beckley with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Godby.
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J. P. Martin
Beckley Hospital
Douglas
Greenbrier County
J. E. Grubbs
Beckley
Joe Wright
G. F. Stover
Virginia Pack
Nell Dearing
F. A. Dearing
Ira Vandall
A. M. Godby
Kidnappers Fire On Detectives In Newark Escalation
Two men attempting to kidnap William Keer fired on three Newark detectives on Walnut Street near McCarter Highway. The suspects fled when pursued. police later found their car abandoned near city hall, Keer bound and gagged in the rear.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
John Sweeny
Frank Schenk
Louis Beck
Walnut Street
McCarter Highway
William Keer
City Hall
Beer
Hollandsworth Visit in Stanaford WV Hospital Scene
Stanaford visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J E Hollandsworth to daughter Mrs Jimmy Hughes a Raleigh General Hospital patient. Olivia Cash called on her aunt Mrs F B Gwinn. Boyd Neely of Johnstown Road visited his mother Mrs S L Fox. Wilda Jones called on Mrs Josephine Bailey. Frank Jenkins Jr of Logan was mentioned in the same local noting sequence.
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J. E. Hollandsworth
Jimmy Hughes
Raleigh General Hospital
Olivia Cash
F. B. Gwinn
Boyd Neely
Johnstown Road
Neely
S. L. Fox
Wilda Jones
Josephine Bailey
Frank Jenkins, Jr
Logan
Local Residents Attend Visits and Hospital Notes
Visiting lists and health updates from Beckley and surrounding towns include Arthur Jenkins and Lillybrook visitors, Mrs. Olivia Cash, and Mrs. M. H. Gwinn returning home after an operation. Hospital patients Mr. Whitther of Stamford and Mrs. John Harrah receive care, while a Beckley hospital stays notable for pneumonia and whooping cough among local families.
Local social guests and holiday visits noted
Miss Zella McGuire of Hamlet Miss Magdalene McGuire of Bluefield and Mrs Lester Martin of Maplewood attended a Thursday dinner with Mr and Mrs J D White. Vaughn Stanley a Concord State Teachers College student is home for holidays with friends and relatives while Meredith White teaches at Egeria.
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Zella McGuire
Hamlet
Magdalene McGuire
Bluefield
Lester Martin
Maplewood
J. D. White
Vaughn Stanley
Concord State Teachers College
Meredith White
Egeria
Agencies Work At Cross Purposes In Relief Drive
Washington Dec 3 One federal bureau accused another of working at cross purposes in relief. In his annual report to Secretary Wallace Jay N Darling retired chief of the biological survey said mosquito control and drainage projects were destructive to wildlife. He cited cases where waterfowl areas were drained under the guise of mosquito control, with inadequate supervision and harm to wildlife.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Jay N. Darling
Biological Survey
Darling
School Scribes Go To New York
The annual congress of the United High School Press of West Virginia will be held in New York City from April 9 to 13. Prof. William Page Pitt, head of Marshall college journalism and executive secretary, announced today. Last year a delegation of 15 attended the Huntington convention, including C. G. Peregoy, principal, and Mrs. Carrie Parker and John H. Hull of the high school faculty.
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The
United High School Press of
West Virginia
New York City
William Page Pitt
Marshall College
Feagle-Dispatch
Woodrow Wilson High School
Huntington
C. G. Peregoy
Carrie Parker
John H. Hull
Birth of Nelma Frances Pettry on December 22
Mr. and Mrs. J S Pettry of Reservoir Road announce the birth of their daughter Nelma Frances on Sunday December 22.
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J.S. Pettry
Reservoir Road
Nelma Frances
Lady Cavendish Considers Rejoining Astaire Dance Team
Former Adele Astaire, Lady Cavendish, hinted before sailing to America with her husband that she might rejoin her brother Fred Astaire to make a movie, reviving their famous dance partnership.
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Lady Cavendish
Adele Astaire
America
Fred Astaire
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Mr. Fitzpatrick
Miss Flinchem
Fred Collier
Jack Fleenor
Carl Fleenor
Hickory Town Distilling Co
Hanover
B’ Nai Jacob Synagogue
McCallum’s
Heber Street
Greyhound Bus
Prosperity
W. Va
Stanaford, W. Va
Mttrz
Turkeys
Aunt Betty
Ss. C. So
Kanawha St
Sunkist
Piggly Wiggly
Main
Ballengee & CO
Wom
Velvet
CBC
Arthur Jenkins
Neal Norcross
Lillybrook
Willard Walker
Brother Alvey
Robert Richmond
J. E. Richmond
H. R. Jones
Pittsburgh
Whitther
Stamford
M. H. Gwinn
John Harrah
Oscar Walker
Louise Cochran
Roscoe Bailey
Clarence Bailey
Jerome Clay
A. H. Clay
Welch and
Pineville
Carl Harvey
Ray Bailey
Pearl Gwinn
Elsie Warden
Sprague
Mose Warden
Margaret Richards
New York
United High School Press
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