Flood Threatens Central Mountain Roads and Coal Barges
Rivers across the central mountains rose and blocked roads forcing detours. Ice jams broke in the Tygart valley and Kanawha region, sinking coal barges and closing routes near Clarksburg Fairmont Marmet and Charleston.
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Associated Press
Tygart Valley
West Fork
Monongahela
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Road Commission
Tucker County
Harewood
Kanawha
Kanawha and Hocking Coal and Coke Company
Ipples
London
Weston
Middlebourne
Tyler County
Marmet
Kanawha County
Midland
Charleston
Elk Creek
Harrison County
Funeral attendance for Jasper Miller in Scarbro
Relatives from East Beckley West Virginia attended Jasper Miller’s funeral in Scarbro on Tuesday. Attendees included Mrs Beulah Treadway Mr and Mrs J W Harvey and sons Charles Donald Morris and Join and Wayman Starr Mrs Fennie Taylor and James
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Jasper Miller
Scarbro
Beulah Treadway
J. W. Harvey
Charles
Donald
Morris
Join
Wayman Starr
Fennie Taylor
James
Local visits and health notes fill Montcalm area update
Hart of Montcalm family returns home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hart. G. C. Burchette remains at Raleigh General Hospital after a serious fall. Greta Jean Beaver from Bristol and Ar. and Mrs. Martin host visitors. J. H. Burdiss treated for influenza at Raleigh General. Rev E H Ritchie to lead an evening M E South service with the monthly Lord’s Supper observed.
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Shirley Gwinn
James Gwinn
Miami
Florida
J. H. Burdiss
Raleigh General Hospital
Denzel Palmer
Barbara Lee
Mt. Hope
L. G. Davis
Harold Cottle
Zella Cottle
Forest Hill
Douglas Lucas
Bluefield
R. C. Harvey
Elizabeth Harvey
E. H. Ritchie
M. E. Church
South
Funeral for Roy Ferguson Draws Fayetteville Attendees
Extensive attendance marks Roy Ferguson's funeral in Fayetteville with Dr O E Wiseman H E Dillon T A Myles and Henry Propps among mourners. Local residents report illnesses absences and social visits as the community resumes after the service.
Regular meeting of ladies group reviews Faith of Our Fathers
The group held its regular monthly meeting focusing on the auxiliary study book Faith of Our Fathers. Attendees included Mrs. W. H. Haynes, Mrs. W. C. Neel, Mrs. E. M. Darnall, Mrs. J Alfred Taylor Jr., Mrs. Je Ye Deshl, Mrs. Clyde Warner, Mrs. R. J. Thrift Jr., and Mrs. L. S. Tully. Delicious refreshments were served at the end.
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Faith of Our Fathers
W. H. Haynes
W.C. Neel
E. M. Darnall
J, Alfred Taylor, Jr
Je Ye Deshl
Clyde Warner
R. J. Thrift, Jr
L. S. Tully
Naval Bill Moves Through Congress With Record Peacetime Spending
The naval appropriation bill heads to the House Naval Appropriations Subcommittee for hearings, totaling 549,591,299 dollars, 67,859,920 more than the prior fund. Combined with the War Department 545,226,318 dollars, overall defense spending nears 1.1 billion for the next fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Cary
D-Ky
House
Naval Appropriations
War Department
Army
Navy
Senate
Education class to start Monday at Beckley Junior High
Miss Lorena Munsey will open an adult emergency education class in Beckley Junior High school building tomorrow evening at 7 oclock. Thereafter the class will meet nightly from 7 to 9 oclock. Instruction is free to all who desire it and will cover reading writing arithmetic spelling English health and government
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Lorena Munsey
Beckley Junior High
Negro Activities Anniversary Party Highlights Beckley Club
The Maids and Matrons Social Study club celebrated its second anniversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Dandridge in Beckley with red and white Valentine decor and pink tea rose club flowers. Members and escorts enjoyed refreshments. honorary members were present including R. O. Cary and J. O. Smith. Also noted were a Valentine class party for Ebenezer Baptist Sunday school and a surprise birthday gathering for Mr. Frank Green with green and white decorations and a large guest list.
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H. W
Dandridge
Beckley
Ltutbs
Majorie Davis
Philip White
Jewel Ferguson
Raymond Green
Helen Cooper
Russell Wright
Martha Cooper
Theodore Morris
Josephine Wright
Thomas Ashe
Correlia Galloway
James Scott
Inez Becks
Alfred Carey
Carey
Hazel Garland
H. W. Dandridge
Jeyrel Ferguson
Ebenezer Baptist Sunday School
J. S. Butts
Church Street
Ethel Wright
Inez Armstead
Sallie Edwards
Cornelia Green
Ophelia Penn
Lucy Brooks
Mary Brown
Betty Wright
Esther F. King
Frank Green
EB. L. Gordon
F. J. Green
Thelma Cosby
Louise Thompson
Alice Banks
Geneva Rainey
Juanita Johnson
Eva Taylor
Frances McMillan
Helen Griffin
Louise Carter
Virginia Vaughn
Elizabeth Taylor
Beulah Green
Vernice Shannon
Ida Cunningham
Pauline Gordon
Little Freida Mary Green
Andrew Penn
Jack Howard
Ernest Neely
James Thompson
Richard Plant
Elmer Merritt
William Duren
James Pointer
Ebenezer Baptist Church Addresses Racial Advancement Theme
The Ebenezer Baptist Church in Beckley holds a third Sunday service on interracial themes with morning topic Ambassadors of Goodwill and evening message Racial Advancement Through Spiritual Leadership. Funeral notices follow for LeRoy Branch, J C Russell, Fred White, and Thurmond Branch with local ministers officiating. Local obituaries, personals, and church notes precede a busy social and civic scene.
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Ebenezer
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Beckley
Goodwil
Finneral
LeRoy Branch
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
G. L. Bennett
C. D. Trent Undertaking Company
Mies
Henrietta Branch
Robert Gray
A. L. Jones
Rosa Gray
Mary Brown
Sophia Clark
Fred Morgan
Sam Madison
Sam Motley
John H. Rice
Noland Napper
Hunter Cemetery
J. C. Russell
Stotesbury
W. M. Freeman
Armstead
Barber Charged With Murder in Lawyer Couch Death
Charleston West Virginia February 18 Prosecutor J Blackburn Watts charged barber 5 B Young with murder in the death of George Couch prominent lawyer Couch died after a Thursday night skull fracture Young had been held on manslaughter charges since the collision between his car and Couch's downtown in the street scene Watts based the charge on a state police investigation Young claimed the other driver who hit his car approached the rear and began to say something but the statement ends abruptly.
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Associated Prose
Charleston
W. Vian
J. Blackburn Watts
George
Couch
B. Young
Watts
Young
Local Businessman Couch Dies After Ice Fall
Chief Tully described an ice slip that caused the death of 55 year old Couch, partner at Brown Jackson Knight. Witnesses allege two men fought behind the cars after the accident. Couch denied touching Young. Young, implicated, has a hearing on Wednesday.
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Tully
Young
Couch
Way
Brown
Jackson Knight
University of Virginia
Princeton
Three Months Old Girl Succumbs To Pneumonia
Shirley Elbert Smith, threemonths-old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Smith of Price Hill, died in a local hospital yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock from pneumonia. The body was taken to Rose Funeral Home for burial prep. Funeral services will be held at the family home tomorrow at 10 o'clock by Reverend Harry Peyton, with burial in Price Hill cemetery. Siblings John Harry Jo Ann Robert and Patricia Smith survive.
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O. E. Wiseman
H. E. Dillon
T. A. Myles
Henry Propps
Roy Ferguson
Ansted
Seth Dempsey
Elton Decker
Layland
New River Coal Company
Robert Legg
K. B. Richardson, Jr
Charleston
Gauley Mountain
James Tully
Fayetteville
Philadelphia
C. H. Mahan Maxwell
Alex Gray
Montgomery
Gray
C. R. Summerfield
Blaine Hesse
Carl Hanson
Presbyterian
Robb Gover
Bill Daugherty
Kyle Lashain
Hinton
Robert Koiner
L. N. Graviey
Bu Iness
J. S. Daugherty
Shintington
Dewey Davis
Dunbar
Daugherty
Marvin Stepp
Glen Rogers
FP. L. Fadley
Harry Smith
Lucy Richards
S. W. Stewart
Winding Gulf
W. A. Ford
Paul Gwynn
Bluefield
A.W. Gwynn
Cleve Lilly
Carlton
Glen He
Shirley Elbert Smith
John Smith
Price Hill
Rose Funeral Home
Harry Peyton
John Harry
Jo Ann
Robert
Patricia Smith
Goitre Not a Disease Claims by Specialist
Milwaukee expert Dr Rock argues goitre is not a disease and not to be treated as one. He promotes a new method of treatment, opposes operations, and offers a free book detailing his approach to anyone interested.
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Milwaukee
DrsRock
Goitre
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