Coal Mines Run One Extra Day In W. Va. Fields
Miners in the New River and Winding Gulf regions worked an extra day under a special UMW convention authorization from Washington and a telegram from District 17 president Van A Bittner. Mines at Eunice Ameagie and Cabin Creek reportedly operated as well despite national coal shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River
Gulf
NRA
United Mine Workers Convention
Washington
van A. Bittner
Homer Alley
Sion
Tower
Eunice
Ameagie
Cabin Creek
Emma Jane Fink Birthday Party in Pemberton WV
Mrs. Ben Fink hosted a birthday party Saturday night in honor of daughter Emma Jane. Dancing continued late with refreshments served to a line of guests including Virginia Bowling Kathleen Samples Audrey Holt Pearl Jones Loma Jones Helen Samples Maxine Holt Sue Reid Dorothy Mentz Esta Reid Elizabeth George Muriel Holt Vada Ayers and many more. Church News notes preaching services to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Fink
Emma Jane
Virginia Bowling
Kathleen Samples
Audrey Holt
Pearl
Loma Jones
Helen Samples
Maxine Holt
Sue Reid
Dorothy Mentz
Esta Reid
Elizabeth George
Muriel Holt
Vada Ayers
Guy Amato
Rhea Waddell
Dener Meadows
Dale Jones
Hina Lusk
Heath Bell
Richard McVey
Charlie Cassity
Orville Dangerfield
James Cassity
Omra Miller
Less Reid
Lewis Mentz
Dana Jones
Hayward
Homer Fink
O. C. Kiser
Frenchise
Harless Stover
Harry Milam
Lester
Sybil
Sherman Shumate
Corbet Holt
Surveyor
Kelly Milam
Glenn White
Dewey Farley
Eunice Farley
Coal City
Mary Jane Shawver
Marscott
Cletis Cassity
Earnest Lane
Fayetteville Community Notes and Family Updates
Birth announced for Bert Samples and spouse a baby girl. Local sick list updates include Billie Lawrence and others. Numerous personal visits, church auxiliary meeting, funeral attendance, and residents traveling to Florida and other Southern states are noted along with several town business visits and hospital recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Samples
Sassafras Tea Hosts Welcoming 27 New Members at Oak Hill
Oak Hill hosts a 6:30 P.M. sassafras tea at the Methodist Episcopal Church South led by Mrs. R N Good to greet 27 new members received Sunday. Church families brought covered dishes as Howard Mahan A L Harvey C Neal Ray Watkins and Rice Scott gathered sassafras roots for the event.
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Sassafras
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
R. N. Good
Howard Mahan
A. L. Harvey
C. €. Neal
Ray Watkins
Rice Scott
Good Samaritan
Church of God
Bryan Martin
Woodlawn Avenue
Mahe Baye
Grace Bayts
Nilah Rostian
Agnes Miller
Helen Basham
Helen Treadway
Wal Tresidiway
Oak Hill
Pecumenia
Ikill
Russ Parson
Oak Wil
Huntington
Cole
Oak Hill High School
Raleigh County Girls Enrolled at Pence Springs Institute
Thirteen Raleigh county girls are enrolled in the West Virginia Health Institute at Pence Springs. The program is run by the National Youth Administration with Mrs. Hazel Smith as superintendent. Enrollees come from Beckley Maynor Dry Creek Artie Sprague Glen Daniel and other areas.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Health Institute
Pence Springs
National Youth Administration
Hazel Smith
National Youth Administration Committee
Raleigh County Relief Office
Louise Kayser
Evelyn Lower
Katherine Hill
Virginia Withrow
Sybil Bair
Beckley
Etta Godbey
Verna DeWitt
Maynor
Daisy Richardson
Dry Creek
Rubye Moses
Artie
Beulah
Ethel McKinney
Sprague
Lona Blevins
Genevieve Miller
Glen Dante
Puff News of Mars Sparks Crowd of Winged Reporters
Puff, an inspirational figure, becomes the focus as reporters with winged shoes flood Mars for photos. Headlines shout bold, quirky claims like MAN COMES FROM THE FARTH while locals and visitors share visits and gatherings with East Beckley Daniels Oak Hill Beckley Lester and others.
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Puff
Mars
Puffy
Beaver Births and Local Visits Highlight West Virginia Notices
Beav er West Virginia announces births for a Barley son and a Gross son both born February 3 at home. Personal items list visits from Ellison of Crab Orchard to Massie, McMillion’s return from Durbin, Hogan from Charleston visiting Wigley, Scarbro family weekend with Williams, Moyé from Beckley visiting Hall, Bennett family and Snead with Goddard and Gilbert Smith visiting Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Barley
Bill Gross
Dewey Ellison
Crab Orchard
W. F. Massie
C. A. McMillion
Durbin
Carl Hogan
Charleston
Beacher Wigley
Glenn Scarbro
Jerry
Beckley Piano Accounts for Settlement
Advertisement notes a Beckley piano store sold one small upright and a Baby Grand now to be reclaimed for non payment. Kimball pianos with full guarantee offered. buyers can take over accounts via Park Hotel Charleston W Va with minimal down and three years to pay.
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Beckley
Park Hotel
Charleston
W. Va
Kimball
Local Social Notes and A Congress Cost Figure
Wonder of Oak Hill Mrs Preston Crosby returns home. Mrs Lonnie Redden visits Mrs Henry Lilly Sunday. Pike Summers visits Bluefield Thursday at the Diltons. Clifton Lilly Harry Jay Grime attend Beckley Bluefield game in Bluefield. Miss Margaret Radford to spend weekend with sister Mrs Fay Harper Lego. Congress costs about 20 million dollars yearly regardless of session length.
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Ter Bessie Mae
John Lemon
East Beckley
O. A. Lilly
Margaret
Bill Parr
Daniels
Lula Snead
Anise Trail
James ‘Trail
Lester
T. E. Cox
Lymetta
Forest Cox
Oak Hill
Flora Cox
Beckley
Anise Lilly
Minerva Lilly
W. J. Williams
Owen Williams
Helen Martin
Mynnard Collins
Greenville
Collins
Dora Stiener
Dora
Wonder
Preston Crosby
Cliffrop
Lonnie Redden
Henry Lilly
Pike Summers
Bluefield
Robert Dilton
Clifton Lilly
Harry Jay Grimet
Margaret Radford
Fay Harper
Lego
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Pemberton, W. Va
Ae Keyser Funeral Home Funeral Directors
Oakwood Ave
Beckley Loan Co
Fayetta St
Powers, Mar
Pete
Leo Tet Itera
E. H. Ritchie
Billie Lawrence
John Lawrence
Frances Hunter
James Denny
Mary Ella
M. C. Hamm
J. P. Wood
Buck Wood
Raymond Hunter
Fleete Allen
Woodpeck
Less Hunter
Mabscott
Emma Jane Fink
Fred Patrick
Fred Lilly
Springdale
Ohio
Ben Allen
Princewick
C. H. Maynor
M. L. Canady
Cather Kiser
Joe Peters
Virginia Cloud
Sim Canterbury
Whitby
Fayetteville Presbyterian Church
L. Scully
W. N. Haines
Robb Gover
L. L. Deihl
Clyde Warner
E. H. Botkin
W. C. Neel
FE. O. Wiseman
B. K. Hesse
C. E. Mahan
Coal Valley Hospital
Montgomery
Harry Pirring
Carl Warden
J. Alfred Taylor
Jean
W. A. Soyer
Florida
Messrs
Robert Miller
W. P.gregory
Ed Casey
Fayetteville
Arnold Dempsey
Rainelle
Paul Mansour
Pete oyrunUusuay
Goldsmith of Beckley
Joe Dempsey
Marda Liggett
Wallace
Minneapolis
Isadore “Kid Cann” Blumenfeld
Walter Liggett
Associated Press
Oak Hill, W. Va
Fayetteville, W. Va
Homer MM. Commings, Jr
Beth Cecran
Ernest Darre
KF. Whatiger
J. Hanker
Dargell
John Lee
I Health Institute
Beaver, W. Va
Charles Goddard
Gilbert Smith
Jesse van Camp
Kimball Adjuster Care Park
Abe Lincoln
Ilinois
New Salem
Lincoln
Sangamon County
Beckley Newspapers
Congress
W. L. McCray
Osteopath
Beckley Hotel
Dickson’s
Hershey
NAVY
Dan Bee
Pekoe
Lee
Zee
Labee Crisp
Ned Carton
Pato Zie
Stanaford
Kanawha Street
Rhodedt
SirLayland
Neville St
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