Dust Column Ends Year With Wry New Year Note
The author notes this is the last column of the year and jokes about delaying next year's length. He riffs on time, calendars, insurance men, railroads, and a Red Cross calendar gift. Mentions J. D. Watts A. J. Britton Gilbert W. Gerhold and John Barlow Payne, with reflections on investments and government subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Watts
A. J. Britton
Gilbert W. Gerhold
Annie Kondy
Moire
Iatdine
Samuel
Lillybrook
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
John Barlow Payne
Hobert Rince Bat
New Year Reflections From Heber Street Fruit Man
In a festive year end note Frank Albanese, the Heber Street fruit man, lends a charitable touch by sending oranges, apples, coconuts and other fruits. The writer looks forward to a fresh start with the new year, expressing weariness with the old year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Albanese
Heber Street
Christmas social and visits mark Sullivan community
A Christmas program by local youths sponsored by Mrs. Clyde Gregory and Mrs. Zion Lilly drew a large crowd in Sullivan. Residents and visitors including the Gregory family, the Treadways, the Lindsays, the Owes, and many others spent the holidays visiting relatives across nearby towns and farms.
Christmas and visiting news from Mead West Virginia
Mead West Virginia residents share holiday visits with relatives in Beckley Kerndon and Raleigh General hospital reports. Families including Huffman Perkins Hall Charles Reece and Drumheller hosted guests from Beckley North Carolina and Devils Fork. Northwestern University football honors note 23 of 49 freshmen from Chicago area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Huffman
Beckley
Henry Cook
C. By
Gentry
Kerndon
J. E. Perkins
Pineville
Mack Plymar
Raleigh General Hospital
John Hall
Page
Margaret Charles
Bobby
Wiley Reece
North Carolina
G. C. Drumheller
Button Kidd
W. W. Walton
Devils Fork
Beckley Moving Frenzy Prompts City Directory Update
Beckley residents speed removals with 94 moves in two weeks. Mrs. C A Bross notes few vacant houses push renters to seek better quarters and owners scarce. Directory editors urge residents to leave old and new addresses at Beckley Newspapers to ensure accurate listings in the Polk city directory set for March delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Christmas and church notices from Beckley area
The Ebenezer Baptist Church, Sinkay, led by Rev. P. King, will hold morning and evening services with themes Enduring Unto the End and Fighting The Good Fight and watch night at 10 30 p m. The Missionary Circle of St Johns Baptist Raleigh meets Monday at 10 20 a m at Mrs Eva Timbers home. A Christmas party for East Beckley younger set was hosted by Mrs Bertha Jones with numerous attendees listed. A joint birthday program and several social gatherings filled the holiday scene, with many local residents visiting relatives and attending church events through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Sinkay
P. King
St. Johns Baptist Church
Raleigh
Eva Timbers
East Beckley
Bertha Jones
Creola Claytor
Gladys Craft
Christine Lawrence
Madeline Burkes
Nellie French
Alberta Harrston
Bernice Wade
Nathaniel Craft
Wyehe Capel
Drewery Jenkins
William Capel
Alfred Penn
Curtis
Alphonso
Hamiton Walton
Morning Star Baptist
Church
Turkey Knob
Anna Brown Clark
Hillgrove Dunloop
Morning Star Sun
Mary Moore
Dorothy
Bertha
Mary Edna
Morace Banks
Everett Price
Paul Wilson
FE. C. Mur- Inhette
William Rorne
Connie Rayford
Mt.Hope
Lloyd Margrove
Florence Clayborne
Hot Coal
Georgianna Powell
Mae Evans
Huntington
Victoria Robinson
Chester Peyton
Glen Ferris
W. M. Robinson
S.A. White
New York
Defora Langhorne
Newton Harris
East Park
Beckley Hospital
Skelton
Rey
J. H. Moore
Mandie Tunes
Dalphus Brown
Missionary Circle of the Morning Star
Baptist Church
L. H. Moore
Treatment for Raleigh coal loader Doc White at Beckley hospital
Doc White, 50, a Raleigh colored coal loader, was admitted to the Beckley hospital yesterday for treatment. The Connecticut Hotel Association petitioned Governor Cross for a special session of the assembly to enact legislation permitting them to sell hard liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doc White
Raleigh Colored
Beckley Nospial
The
Connecticut Hotel Association
Governor Cross
Assembly
Fog Causes Plane Crash Near Bruges In Fog
The Imperial Airways Apollo bound for London crashed near Ruysfelde Bruges after fog from the coast. Ten killed including eight Britons two passengers listed names plus captain Gittins and flying engineer H G Loch. Five air station staff burned rescuing victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Brussels
Imperial Airways
Apollo
Ruysfelde
Bruges
Osten
Cologne
Miss Dismond
Louis Grein
London
Perry Or
Perri
Brown
Halperin
Schroeder
A. Young
Holidays Trace Through Pemberton Dawes Area
Mrs J D Province of Dawes visits her daughter and son in law the Williamses for holidays. Sue Carter stays with son Jennings Carter in Gatewood. Alma Shumate visits Audry Holt. Earl Wiseman of Elton alongside Flossie Martin at Price Hill with her mother. Paris Lusk and family spend Christmas in Laurel Fork Virginia. Ticklers and Cather Riser motor to Radford with daughter Sid Shumate returning home. Ruth Williams visits Dawes relatives. Larey Harnsbarger and Kathryn spend holidays with Grotoes relatives. Luther Wickline and daughters with Bob King in Mullens. M A Canady with Vada and Beulah Ayres visit Whitesville. Jack Beckenham and kids visit Bill Ramsey. Alice Wiseman and Alma Shumate guests of Girthleen Jones. Etta Anderson visits Quin Namont relatives. Rosco Westmorland visits Green Sulphur relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Province
Dawes
J. E. Williams
Sue Carter
Jennings Carter
Gatewood
Alma Shumate
Audry Holt Earl Wiseman
Elton
Flossie Martin
Price Hill
John Robertson
Paris Lusk
Laurel Fork
Charlie Tickler J
Cather Riser
Radford
Sid Shumate
Alma Mae
Bill Ramsey
Alice Wiseman
Girthleen Jones
Etta Anderson
Quinnamont
Rosco Westmorland
Green Sulphur
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Edward
Fitzgerald
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Zion Lilly
Loretta
Jewel Marie
Aden Treadway
Fitzpatrick
Elbert Todd
Doris
Louise
Abraham
Lotta Rice
Frank Treadway
Glen Hedrick
Harold Lindsey
Sophia
Frank Maden
Shin Alderman
Phillips
Mr. Wooldridge
Bedford
Ss. R. Carney
Gladys Wooldridge
Ruth
Billie” Eller
Sulphia
Ira “Buddie” Lindsay
Mamie Lou Owen
Coal City
J. B. Owen
Lester
C. E. Lindsay
Owen
Graham Moore
Slick” Pucker
Dan Wright
C. E. Wright
Beck
Northwestern
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Smuch
Lathia Shannon
J. W. Preston
Lawrence
Burger
Slab Fork
Pollie Shannon
Leon
A.D. Clark
Nora Brown
Naamon
Clark
Abraham, W. Va
C. C. Smith
Robert Perry
Flora Mae
Russell Arthur
Harry
Billy Richmond
Pluto
Berman ‘Adkins
O. B. Arthur
Herman Garten
New
Ernest Arthur
Dorma Jean
GF. Arthur
Franklin
Muth
Noel Dean
Johnson
Meadow Creek
Minnie Bragg
Marshall Plumley
M.A. Plumley
Pear
Jake Todd
Ota Smith
Ray’ Smith
Grover
Plumley
Hamlet
Abraham Plumley
Violet Bragg
Bragg
Squire J. A. Meadows
Yric
Four Marx Groucho
Chico
Harporn
ID Zepp
Cen
Foster
Mabscott, W. Va
Pemberton, W. Va
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