Public discourse on bridge sale and walnut farming tutelage
In Beckley a constituent mocks a Charleston cloud and questions a $325 000 purchase of the Hin ton toll bridge by the state bridge commission. He jokes about walnuts and the bridge deal while noting the costs and asking what fraction of 325000 equals fifty cents in a satirical riff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Bobbitt Jr
Elkins
Charleston
State Bridge Commission
Hinton
Bridge Commission
Hinto
Commission
Hinton Bridge
Ebenezer Baptist Church to continue series on Prayer
Ebenezer Baptist Church will hold Sunday services as part of a sermon series on Prayer with Rev. P. F. King delivering The Meaning of Prayer in the morning and The Call of Peter in the evening. All members and friends are urged to attend. Funeral services for Wylie Davis and Sam McKeever will be held Sunday at local Baptist churches with designated pastors officiating. The Armstead Undertaking Company and Jackson Funeral Home handle arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer
Baptist Church
P. F. King
Peter
Wylie Davis
Baptist
Eccles
Armstead Undertaking Company
Sam Mc
Keever
Central St. Baptist
J. T. Bennett
Jackson Funeral Home
Memorial Service Planned by Beckley Woman's Club
Members of the Woman's Club of Beckley will gather at the new clubhouse on Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 for the annual memorial program honoring departed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Beckley
Rail scheme support questioned in eastern consolidation hearing
Pennsyl vania Railroad President Atterbury testified before Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Claude Porter on the four system plan for eastern railroad consolidation. He warned changes would reopen negotiations and risk eight years of work, endorsing joint control to prevent single-party takeover of the Delaware and Hudson line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Tress
Washington
W. W. Attterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Claude R. Porter
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Eastern Trunk Lines
Atterbury
Delaware and Hudson
New England
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Willard
Pennsylvania
New Raven
Red Thornhill Recovers From Beckley Fire
Obituary and community notes highlight Red Thornhill, Raleigh County lawmaker and former delegate, resuming work after a Beckley fire destroyed his library and papers. The item includes local social visits, illnesses, and regional updates, with Minnesota farm auto and telephone stats at story end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red” Thornhill
Beckley
Virginia
University of Richmond
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
Woodlawn Avenue
St. Louis Woman Sentenced to Prison After Second Theft
Anne Culver of St. Louis, who served a year for a prior theft as compulsory church attendance, has been caught and sentenced to prison for a new crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Culver
St. Louis
Local hospital notes list Friday and Saturday admissions
Hospital notes report multiple admissions Friday and Saturday at Raleigh General and Beckley Hospitals. Names include Raleigh General patients A C Blevins 29 shop foreman admitted for a severely injured finger and A J Williams 54 farmer with a dislocated knee. Beckley patients Hallie Farley sd admitted for treatment and Goldie Lilly wife of S C Lilly admitted Friday. Additional cases include Oscar Yon seven and Eric Olsen Jr. 11 undergoing treatment or surgery, Tony Baroni 46 and Homer Gunter 32 with injuries from mining and machinery, and several others with injuries or examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh General
A. C. Blevins
Oak Wood Avenue
Beckley Machine and Electric Company
A. J. Williams
Clear Creek
C. C. Snuffer
Florence Snuffer
Bolt
Bill Williams
Skelton
Beckley Hospital
Hallie Farley
Lester
Goldie Lilly
S. C
Beckley
Eric Olsen Jr
Eric Olsen
Okey Mills
R. G C. Mills
H. J. Gale
Riley
Tennis Austin
Lillybrook
Dewey Canterbury
Fire Co
Robert Bright
George B. Bright
Mike Konroe
I'sms
Garmela Cochario
Paul Cochario
Minnie Young
Fragmentary Schedule Fragments From Beckley and Nearby
Fragmented timetable lines show times for Ly Beckley Alderson Ronceverte Lewisburg Read Up and Ar details. Partial entries list morning and afternoon slots with scattered times such as 5 00 6 00 9 50 2 00 8 00 9 00 and 7 10 6315 6 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
HintOn
Alderson
Ronceverte
Lewisburg
Market Rise Ends after Profit-Taking Drive
The stock market halted by profit-taking as a three day rally faded. Major leaders slipped fractionally to two points while United States Steel showed a small backlog, and unfilled orders dropped to 2,735,353 tons. American Telephone and Allied Chemical fell two points, with rail shares quiet as 1,154,230 shares changed hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Germany
China
United States Steel
Youngstown
Bethlehem
General Electric
American Can
Woolworth
North American
Consolidated Gas
International Telephone
U.S. Steel
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
West Virginia residents visit and return from Hinton
Glen Morgan and Mrs. Harry Noel returned to their Hinton home after visiting guests of R. R. Noel and Mrs. C. F. Noel. Mrs. C. KF Jackson of Beckley and others stayed with local families for short visits. Jimmie McVey remains home ill with mumps while several others hosted relatives and friends in Hinton and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefloidl State Teachers College
Horace Clark
Mary Price
W. M. Daniels
Skelton
Frank Jones
W. M. Rembert
Margaret Ellis
Beatrice
Thelma
Dorothy
Alex Williams
Emmett Goode
C. F. Watson
Gertrude Jackson
Lelia Swain
Edna Collins
Washington, D. C
Sarry Collins
New Glasglow
Harry Collins
C. A. Rogers
Bluefield
William Hairston
RB. J. Howard
A. W. Froe
Robert Early
Huntington
Bluefield State Teachers
Hazel Mitchell
Affinity
Wayne
Lincoln University
Alice Curtis
Institute
Curtis
New York
Evelyn Wells
W. Va
Richmond
P. G. Johnson
Harry Noel
Hinton
R. R. Noel
C. F. Noel
C. KF. Jackson
Beckley
L. P. Jackton
Curtis ‘Taylor
Scarbro
T. E. Cox
Mrvo
Afvs
Marlin Lester
Mrs. George, Cole
Coolridge
Jimmie McVey
Cincinnati
James Dawson
R. Rogers
Hingston
Anna Marie Starr
Thelma Noel
Beulah “Bonylin
Doris Hatcher
A. A. Tetehted
Mrs
A. Thompson
Mountview
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Harold M Riffe
Bridge ‘Commission
Raleigh
Hittle Marsh
Coal’ River
B. I Burns
E. H. Bobbitter
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hot Springs
Bath County
Burns
Bolar
Bath-Highland County
Highland
Bobbitt Jr
Odessa Calloway
Ellen Calloway
Grace Brown
Serepta Brown
Alice White
Mary Dewberry
Carrie Calloway
Naomi Gray
Ellen Wilson
Lewis Brown
James
Lewis Motley
Walter Dobbs
Earl Reaves
Iskimo Coleman
Mable J. Thomas
Cathleene Austin
Paul Wright
Raymond Green
Raymond Young
Ernest
James Fallon
Henry Young
Neely
William Hamilton
Robert Glasco
Alphonzo Edmonson
Aron Hamston
Wootsie Herris
Major Swain
James Chambers
George Washington
Frances Calloway
Laura
Ruth
Naomi Hall
Leona White
Katie Arnold
Robert Toney
Johnny Lawson
Willie Chambers
Harry Washington
Dames Williams
ML Hope
Mable L
Hall OF Fame
Minnesota
W. A. Thornhill
Csessze Sone
B.C. Jennings
Main St
Gulf Transportation Co
Glen Morgan
M‘corkle
Giftes Aals
Commercial Printing Department
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Main Street
Beckley, W. Va
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