Credit Bureau of Beckley Plans Membership Drive
The Credit Bureau of Beckley launches a three month drive to raise members from 63 to 100 or more. Manager G I Stinnette notes the bureau covers Clinton to Fayetteville Whitesville and Pineville with 20 to 60 reports cleared daily. It maintains files on about 20,000 locals and links with 1,500 agencies nationwide, aiding credit checks and aiding in apprehending fraud.
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Credit Bureau of
Beckley
G. I. Stinnette
Clinton
Fayetteville
Whitesville
Pineville
Raleigh County Bank
Bureau
United States
Een
Stinnette
Valentine party at East Gulf draws society crowd
The Womans Missionary Society hosted a costume and tacky Valentine party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Clark in East Gulf with about thirty guests. Prizes went to R. O. Smith, Mrs. Stanley Schofield, and Mrs. W. Reynolds, with additional prizes for Mrs. Robert MacNeish and Mrs. Schofield. Refreshments followed, and many local residents attended the event and related gatherings in Mullens and nearby towns.
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Valentine
W. F. Clark
Womans Missionary Society
R. O. Smith
Stanley Schofield
W. In. Reynolds
Robert MacNeish
W. L. Hylton
John Clark
BR. N. Smith
J. R. Brooks
Riley Graham
H. M.armbrister
D. W. Richmond
Russell Meader
W. G. Meade
W. &. Reynolds
C. W. Meader
Thomas MacKawadn
P.M Stone
T. C. Gross
Tracy Bowden
F. FE. Perry
Susan
Killarney
Keith Clark
Robbie Schofield
Little Kitty Clark
W. PF. Clark
H. M. Armbrister
East Gulf
John Tolliver
Mullens
John Calhoun
Glen Sparks
Beckley
Mildred Morefield
Pearl Yates
Stoco
W. E. Reynolds
C. W. Meador
Jack Clark
Ke' Clark
Hilda Schofield
Anna Mills
Stolesbury
Schofield
Harless Hylton
Munps
Mro
L. W. Richie
Betty
Jimmie Robison
Mutfred Moorefield
Ruth Tolliver
Pineville
R. N. Smith
Minttens
Negro Church Services and Leadership Training Schedule
Ebenezer Baptist Church holds morning and evening services with Rev King and Rev Turner preaching. Stratton High hosts the Standard Leadership Training for church workers with sessions 6:40 PM Sunday and daily 7 to 9:10 PM, auditors allowed. National Negro History Week program at Lester Junior High features student addresses and musical numbers, with a concluding remarks by Principal W. Haynes.
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Ebenezer Baptist Church
King
Turner
Montgomery
Stratton High School
Hwork
Lester,Junior High School
Cleo Blakey
Ruth Sanders
Essie Lewis
Lacy Turner
Geraldine Mitchells
Nannie Lewis
Alice Richmond
Mahalia Dickerson
Booker T. Washingto
Clarence Lewis
Eleanor Wright
Nat Turner
James Hichmonds
Sallie Gwynn
Sehoors
Raby Dixie
4. W. Haynes
Valley town notes show visits and social calls
Social rounds list callers visiting families in Rhodell Mullens and Beckley. Local events include a minstrel at Stace High school and a Happy Pals Girl Reserve program at Holald Uayes school. PT A meeting set for Sept 20 with a third to eighth grade program led by Miss B Doris Marlon.
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Velma Farley
Rhodell
J. C. Gross
H. W. Yates
Beckley
Sabine Meade
Ward
Madeline
Don Bair
Eules Mason
J. G. Reed
Carroll Dillon
Mullens
Stace High School
Corabelle
Reed
Pearl Yates
Keith Clark
Oma Payne
Elva West
Elizabeth MacEwan
Messers
Jack Clark
Herman Jackson
James Edmondson
Killarney
L. W. Mason
Virginia
Clark
Willy
Happy Pals Girl Reserve Club
Holald Uayes
Roland Rayes
Slab Fork
Alttend
B. Doris Marlon
G. Jackson
W. Jones
W. M. Cooper
North Beckley
Junes ‘Thompson
Logan
Tlrs
Cooper
Moore
Dorothy Penn
Joseph Mgough
Glen White
Spears
Viola Spears
McAlpin
Bernice Dobbs
Amigo
Corellia Galloway
Shub Fork
Laura Nowlin
Hot Coal
J. A. Robinson
The
Missionary Society
Moonshiners Surprised In Isolated Section
Police surprised a father and son moonshining duo in an isolated area between Crab Orehe ard and Eccles. Re Craighead and Donnie Craighead are jailed in Raleigh County awaiting a hearing before Magistrate HL Stone at Eccles on the moonshine charge. They were captured with a small still and five gallons of liquor by Trooper A Svalise and Constable McDonnell.
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Crab Oreheard
Eccles
Raleigh
HL PL Stone
Re Craighead
Donnie Craighead
Serge L. Martin
A. Svalise
Pale McDonnell
HL. Py Stone
Hares
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East Gulf, W. Va
Douglas Dannan
Florida
F.C. Gross
Elizabeth Kerns
Helen Jennings
C. G. Andson
Jerry Roy
Charlie Campbell
Ora
Dew A.D. Bellon
Toland Taxes School
Dody
Charles Boattcher II
Denver
Hie
Associated Press
McCorkle
Main St. Beckley
W. Vay
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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