Missing Hinton Girls Reported On Parkersburg Road
Chief E B Fox said two Hinton girls Mary Cales 14 and Marguerite Meador 14 were seen on the Charleston Parkersburg road en route to Charleston. They left Wednesday and were last seen crossing the New River bridge with state police and Charleston authorities alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Haught
Charleston
Fox
Hinton Bridge
New River
William A. Cales
Summers Street
Frank Nabors
Jumping Branch
Beckley
Dinner Party Honors At Purvis Apartment
Mr and Mrs N F Dortch and Patrick Gragnon were honored at a gay informal dinner party in the Bowling Haynes building hosted by Mrs Harold Purvis with Mrs Seibert Gay. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Karl Wilson and Mrs D Carthon Haythe. A DAR chapter meeting at Mrs Haythe home was presided over by Regent Mrs W T Fredeking with readings by Mrs J M Roles and Mrs W C Morris on Indian problems and Indian women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seibert
Gay
Harold Purvis
D. Carthon Haythe
Leonard Ferry
Mondongachate
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. T. Fredeking
H. G. Humphries
R. L. McKinney
Dan Mayer
G. L. Pence
W.C. Morris
T. L. Read
T. N. Read
W. O. Robertson
J. W. Carman
S. J. Graham
Henry Bright
Mary Kesler
Shumate Heads to State Assessor Meeting in Charleston
Hinton Henry A Shumate Summers county assessor will travel to Charleston for a three day state assessors meeting starting Monday. He will join about 141 assessors directed by Acting Tax Commissioner Ernest K James. The gathering extends from two to three days with a banquet Monday and a reception planned by the board of public works. A Missouri Howard county farm group has formed a cooperative to promote rural electrification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Henry A. Shumate
New Summers
Charleston
Shumate
Ernest K. James
Board of Public Works
Religious notices from several churches in Beckley area
A compact listing of Sunday School times morning and evening services at First Christian, First Baptist, Methodist Temple, St Stephen's, Community Churches including Sprague Skelton Cranberry and local revival notes. The notices invite the public to worship and note sermon topics and weekly activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Ritchie Ware
Jesus
Christan
F. L. Shannon
Mine Mary Davis Harner
Sprague
Skelton
F. M. Dick
Serman
Flar Dick
Cranberry
Various Beckley Churches Schedule Sunday Services
Colored Churches North Beskley led by Rev DO Hunter hosts 11:00 am sermons and 7:30 pm evening worship. Beckley area churches list Sunday School times sermons and activities with pastors Rev Gravely Harris Hairston King Jackson Adams Montgomery Sennett and others. Public invited to services across Ebeneezer Zion St Matthews Ethiopian United Church of Christ and related congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church
Co. W. Sydnor, Jr
Miniater
W. F. Burke
Moore Parish
Campbell County
Virginia
First Baptist Church
North Beskley
DO. C. Hunter
Church OF God Apostolic Beckley
Fd. Gravely
Smoot
Henry Harris
Harris
United Holy Church
Beckley
G. W. Hairston
Lewia Howard
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Philip F. King
Butts
Meeting of Missionary Society
Valley Baptist
Smurghee
J. A. Jackson
Hte
New Hope-Baptist Church
East Beckley
J. A. Adams
L. B. Dankridge
M. Missionary Society
J. B. Huff
ST. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
W. Va
OM Jackson
Montgomery
Jesus
Ethiopian United Church OF Christ Zion
E. Glashen
K. Evers
ST. Matthews A. M
East Park
Geo. L. Sennett
Gospel Healing School Services at Sam Amato’s Store
Services at 2 09 p m with sermon by the pastor and receiving of testimonies suggestions and requests. Evening services at 7 30 p m Saturday January 16 with services by the pastor and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gospel Healing School
Sam Amato
Pemberton
W. Va
Beckley Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
The Beckley Presbyterian Church announces minister L Linaweaver D D and superintendent Wm MacTaggart with organist Mrs William Taylor and choir director S Williams. Sunday schools at 9 55 a m church service 11 00 a m vesper 7 30 p m Raleigh Christian Endeavor 6 45 p m. Woman's Auxiliary Inspirational Meeting with pot luck supper Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Bill Barret& Leader
Woman's Auxiliary
Negro Held For Theft of Mail in Local Station
Eddie Davis alias Jones, 34, described as a Negro transient, was held on $2,500 bond after a preliminary examination for stealing a sack of mail from a truck at the railway station. He confessed a criminal record across several states, including a New York forgery term, and said he is from Des Moines Iowa, having come from Charleston weeks ago. A search for the missing sack continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Charleston
Tobacco output in Kentucky 1936 falls three percent
Kentucky produced an estimated 219,410,000 pounds of all tobacco in 1936, down three percent from 1935. The figure reflects overall tobacco farming activity across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Business Men Observe CCC Camp Bluestone Activities
Hinton and Summers County educators plus a state education rep toured Camp Bluestone Thursday night. Over 100 enrollees gathered as Captain A. S. Anderson and staff led tours of the library workshop and dispensary. Miss Margaret Nicely praised the program and urged continued effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Margaret Nicely
T3 Clinic to Be Held Soon in Hinton
Miss Mary Virginia GH of the West Virginia Tuberculosis association announced a semi annual clinic at the Elks club in Hinton on January 19 and 20 with patient reception from 9 30 a m to 12 noon and 2 to 4 p m. The second day afternoon is for negro patients only. Skin tests are free to determine TB infection reactions. Dr J C Ford of Huntington will lead, replacing Dr George E Gwinn. Skin tests in schools start January 11 at Hinton High School under Dr A C Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Ford
Huntington
George E. Gwinn
Pinecrest Sanitorium
Beckley
Hinton High School
A. C. Chandler
Chandler
Gill
Camp Bluestone praised for educational program and leadership
Miss Nicely introduced J E Nelson who called Camp Bluestone's education setup very excellent and urged full cooperation. Dr O O Cooper of Hinton commended the camp officials and Captain Anderson for a 100 per cent record. Attendees included W A Brown P J Carr L C Halloran Carl Hinton and others. Blackeyed peas emerge as a crucial canning crop in east Texas after a strong season.
Social Security Cards Returned To About 500 Hinton Workers
Postmaster Carl Hinton said about 500 social security account numbers have been returned to Hinton business firms. Roughly 700 more filings are expected to be resolved in the next several days as cards arrive daily at the post office and are mailed to employers. Quick action is anticipated on rate forms sent to national offices due to the heavy influx earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Carl Hinton
New Mexico State Flower and Farm Revenue Note
A fragment notes yucca as New Mexico state flower. It mentions farm marketing cash income and government payments in 1936 estimated at 7.8 billion dollars by the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics. It also cites American Samoa population 10 055 chiefly native from the last census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
U. S. [Bureau ] Agricultural Economics
American Samoa
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Parkersburg Road
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D.A.R
Haythe
Hinton Society
Myrtle Maddy
Elizabeth
Chambers
W. Tanner Lewis
W. E. Lewis
Zanesville
Ferre) Malin
Ethel Hamer
Christine Cameron
Marshall College
W. G. Cameron
R. L. Womack
Hinton Hospital
W. A. Flippin
Farm Is
Howard County
Missouri
Cooperative Association For Promotion of
House of Representatives
Nan‘w. Honeyman
D—Ore
Caroline O’da
D—N.y
Mary T. Norton
D—Nwj
Virginia EB. Jenckes
Nourse Rogers
R.—Mass
Associated Press
Dames
M. Hayes
E. Bibb
Methodist Temple Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Henry L. Gray
Church School
FP. Cooper
Young Peoples
Young People's Choir
Boy Scouts
Love
God
Methodist Church
Heber Street
Ross Culpepper
Tha Cheron
Friendly Family
Epworth League
Mare
Renecaf
CCC
East
Texas
Automobile Life and Fire Insurance
A. J. Britton
W. V
Larro Dairy
Urbana
Beckley Ice Cream CO
City Ave
Beckley, W. Va
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Washington
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
City Avenue
Hooser Company
Emir
Beckley, W, VA
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