Series of Entertainments by Mrs Hume at Hume Villa
Social and personal news describes January and February teas hosted by Mrs W W Hume culminating in a Monday afternoon party at Hume Villa. Jonquil and snapdragon decor sets a spring mood with a 4 to 5 salad and ice course. Hostesses included Mrs Charles Hodel Fred Wilfong John Hoskins Burwell Ware Mollie Hume Farmer Jack Freeman Z A Petty C W Binford George Moss and Paul Barwood. Guests of honor were Mrs Charles L Allen of Mordue and Mrs Stuart, guest of Mrs Thomas Wickham.
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Fred Wilfong
John Hoskins
Burwell Ware
Mollie Hume Farmer
Jack Freeman
Z. A. Petty
C. W. Binford
George Moss
Paul Barwood
Charles L. Allen
Mordue
Stuart
Thomas Wickham
Baptist Girls Meet on India Progress Topic
The W. W. G. Girls of the Baptist church met Monday evening at Mrs. B. Lacy Hoge's home. The program studied Progress of Christianity in India, then held a brief business session. Refreshments were served by hosts Mrs. Hoge and Miss Dommie Bowyer to members including Mrs. James Crockett, Nettie Hoge, Mildred Bibb, Nan Monroe, Mary Gatherum, Jess Gatherum, Dot Ball, Augusta Mills, Irma Sutphin, Gladys Caffee, Polly Coffman, Hilda Tubb, Mabel Hendrickson, Ruth Gumm, and Demmie Bowyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. G. Girls of the Baptist Church
B. Lacy Hoge
India
Dommie Bowyer
James Crockett
Nettie
Mildred Bibb
Nan Monroe
Mary
Jess Gather
Cake Sale Hosted by W. W. G. Girls at Bank Building
The W. W. G. Girls of the Baptist church will hold a cake sale Saturday morning at 10:00 o clock. The event takes place at the Raleigh County Bank building and aims to raise funds for church activities.
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Raleigh County Bank
W. W. G. Girls of the Baptist Church
Local residents and visitors return from trips and events
W A James returns from Richmond with daughter Elizabeth. Misses Con way and Craver visit family and friends from Mount Hope to Becket area. Mrs. Allen from Mordue and Mrs. Hunt from Roanoke Danville Columbus and Charleston. Invitations issued for sixty eight bridge guests as Dollar Day bargains entice shoppers at Watkins Drug Store on February 24. Willis Mauck Verne Tucker plan Huntington trip. Several residents travel to Charleston St Albans and Athens for business and leisure with multiple locals hosting and visiting around the city.
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W. A. James
Richmond
Elizabeth
Mary V
Florence Conway
Jessie May Craver
Mount Hope
Eula Givens
C. L. Allen
Mordue
Irene Hunt
Roanoke
Danville
Columbus
Charleston
J. A. Campbell
Hettie J. Naysmith
Francis
E. S. McNear
Eleanor
Princeton
Mable Hendrickson
H. B. Nicely
Huntington
Alex Hoylman
Edna Roles
Mullens
Beckley Hotel
W. D. Wren
Irene Logan
F. Brammer
Barn
A. the Robertson
Willis Mauck
Verne Tucker
Wenesday
R. Moss French
St. Albans
Joe Solaski
Tams
J. D. Jarrett
I. Lazarus
Lazarus
Bealington
Wilbur Cox
Watkins Drug Store
Notice to traveling public resumed service Beckley Amigo
Regular automobile service between Beckley and Amigo will be resumed as soon as road conditions permit. Schedule of runs will be about the same with somewhat lower prices. Same careful driving and regular service. Respectfully, Robert D. P. Wood.
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Beckley
Amigo
Beckley Sunday School Attendance Breaks Records
Beckley churches report record turnout for Patriotic Sunday with 12 schools totaling 1,729 attendees, a 36 percent rise from last year and 458 more than the prior week despite dreary weather. Eldredge notes goal of 2,500 yet to be learned.
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Beckley
J. Wm. Eldredge
Raleigh County
Greater Beckley
Eldredge
First ‘Baptistee
First Christian Eee
Mabscott, and Sprague
Pairings listed by town in local community notice
The notice lists couples from various towns including Sophia Eccles Cameron Bluefield Maben Shady Spring Artie Clear Creek Princewick Lillybrook and Lillybrook with partners aged from 18 to 47. Names include Samuel Wran Wheller Arinnie McKinney John Baptist Galligno Annie Roberts Gracie Cook Ethel Price Marvin Harrison Grace Frazier Charley Jonas Breeden Emily Kate Lilly Wayburn Williams Lennie Dunbar David Mays Zena Carter Albert Farley and Clarissa McKinney.
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Samuel Wran Wheller
Arinnie McKinney
Sophia
John Baptist Galligno
Annie Roberts
Eccles
Gracie Cook
Cameron
Ethel Price
Bluefield
Marvin Harrison
Grace Frazier
Maben
Charley Jonas Breeden
Emily Kate Lilly
Shady Spring
Wayburn Williams
Artie
Lennie Dunbar
Clear Creek
David Mays
Zena Carter
Princewick
Albert Farley
Clarissa McKinney
Lillybrook
Bible school class growth plans detailed in Raleigh county notice
Instruction outlines how to form a church Bible school class with roles, book orders, and payments to Eldredge. It lists strategies for recruiting members, scheduling regular meetings, and launching teacher training across seven schools including Killarney Vanwood Francis Tommy Creek and Lillybrook. Community visits on February 19 and local services at Lego with about 100 attendees are noted.
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Sec.treas
Eldredge
Francis
Tommy Creek
Amigo
Vanwood
Killarney
Besoco
Lego
Grace
Lillybrook
Beckley Sunday Schools
Trial near end in Walter Romine dynamiting case
The Fayetteville trial of Walter C. Romine for the Willis Branch substation dynamiting is nearing a decision after the state rested and the defense began its evidence. A key witness testified Romine confessed inadvertently after the blast, saying he had the material to do it. The night of February 15 1921 and February 19 were cited in the testimony as part of the incident.
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Walter C. Romine
Willis Branch
Fayetteville
Lee Donald
Romine
Donald
Banquet honors Young Men Sunday School class in Helen W Va
Hometown notes show H L Mondorf, organizer of a new Young Men Sunday School class, held a Friday banquet at the club house. E E Dillon visited Beckley, O W L Arrington is back from Beckley Hospital and will resume teaching. R T Halsey is ill, with Cole substituting. Deputy Cole reports raids, while planning ahead, unsuccessfully. Jessee plans to organize a local boy scouts troop. Thomas, the superintendent, acknowledged.
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H. L. Mondorf
Mondorf
E. E. Dillon
Beckley
OW. L. Arrington
Beckley Hospital
R. T. Halsey
Hallanan Reports 1921 West Virginia Property Tax Rise
Walter S. Hallanan state tax commissioner announced 1921 valuation rose 7.4 percent to 1 579 594 399 dollars with a tax increase of 116 659 939 dollars. Real estate led gains at 78 023 707 dollars, or 9.7 percent, while personal property rose 24 914 557 dollars and public utility property 13 718 678 dollars. Total taxes 38 187 900 dollars, average levy 2.54, up from 33 371 568 dollars and 2.39 in 1920. Increase over 1920 stood at 2 816 332 dollars or 7.9 percent. Commissioner notes trend in levy ratios since 1912.
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West Virginia
Walter S. Hallanan
Hallanan
Local Teams Lose Big To Alderson Baptist Academy
Alderson Baptist Academy defeated the local American Legion squad 37 to 22 after a hard fought game played last Saturday night.
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Alderson Baptist Academy
Amercan Legion
Alderson Boys Win Lead Throughout Close Battle
Alderson boys dominated from start to finish holding a steady lead. The Legion outfit never gained the lead though they kept a close follow up score. In the same night Princeton high school girls defeated the Women’s Auxiliary of the Legion 27 to 5. Alderson plans to play Mount Hope Y M C A at home Wednesday night.
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Alderson
Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
Princeton
Mount Hope Y. M. C. A
Sermon of a Shepherd Politician in Troubled Times
A satirical verse imagines Harding as a shepherd guiding a nation through recession and political strife. It portrays park benches as resting places and soup houses as sustenance, criticizing Republican politics, taxation, and economic hardship within a prophetic, liturgical voice.
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Harding
Republican Party
Fate of Bars and Fixtures After Prohibition Raid
Dozens of mahogany walnut and teakwood bars tables and fixtures seized in Detroit since prohibition era may be chopped into firewood and given to the poor or converted into benches for judges or pulpits for clergymen as part of a shifting fate for gaudy saloon furnishings once polished by attendants.
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Detroit
Mahogany dump prompts city wide debate over disused tavern wood
In a city facing prohibition enforcement, confiscated liquor fixtures are piled outdoors near a police station, attracting rats and stoking debate. Judge William M. Heston proposed burning the wood for charity or salvaging it for pulpits and benches, but officials say cutting cost exceeds value and the plan is not adopted. The property owner demands removal for space and rat control.
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William M. Heston
Recorder’s Court
Heston
Community
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Robert DP. Wood
S. S
E. E. Criswell
Helen
Helen, W. Va
Dollar Day
Singer
W. H. Corkrean
Sewing Machine CO
Raleigh Register
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