Wyoming May Break Treaty With Raleigh
Pineville officials plan a joint Wyoming county board of public assistance and county court meeting Tuesday at 2 p m to decide moving offices from Itmann to Pineville and to discuss separating the boards from Raleigh county. The session, chaired by John S. Lambert, will cover duties previously handled by the county court.
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Public ‘Assistance Board
Itmann
Register
Pineville
Wyoming County Board of Public Assistance
Wyoming County Court
C. V. Feller
Wyoming County Board
Raleigh County
John S. Lambert
Relief Food Distribution To Raleigh County Relief Clients
Relief food will be distributed to Raleigh County relief clients from the welfare office on Elkin street this week. Supervisor H C Houchins said eligible clients may apply in the first four days Monday through Friday to receive supplies. It is essential that clients bring their identification cards, mailed to all relief clients on January 8.
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Raleigh County
Elkin Street
H. C. Houchins
Houchins
Joint Services Planned for James Hunt and Mollie Steeple
Funeral services for James Hunt 64 and Mollie Steeple 48 are planned for 2 p m today at the Baptist church. Steeple died at home after cancer illness and Hunt died Wednesday in a local hospital. Hunt worked on the fipple at Whitby.
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James Hunt
Mollie Steeple
Lest r.Baptist Church
Stepple
Raleigh Road
Hunt
Whitby
Snow Man Talks With Rip In Puddle Muddle
Rip converses with a snow man named Willy Nilly in a moonlit scene. The snow figure pleads for a mother and family as Rip promises friendship and ongoing cold weather adventures. The exchange centers on innocence and companionship in a wintry setting.
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Rip
Mary Graham Bonner
Snow Man
Willy Nilly
Students Finish First Half Tests In Mullens
Mullens students completed the first half of the term with final averages due by Monday. Report cards will be issued Wednesday. Elementary exams followed a county plan under Virgil Stewart. uniform countywide exams were used in each subject. Secondary exams were left to individual teachers based on material covered.
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Register
Wesler Mullens
Mullens
Virgil Stewart
West Virginia Dairy Convention Opens In Wheeling
The 26th annual convention of the West Virginia Dairy products and ice cream men runs Monday and Tuesday in Wheeling. Les Scarsella, Reds first baseman, works in a Pinole California dynamite factory during the off season.
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The
Associated Press
Wheeling
West Virginia Dairy Products and
Tce Cream Man
Les Scarsella
Cincinnati Reds
Pinole
Calif
Roosevelt Budget and Court Clash Dominate Capital Scene
The piece reviews President Roosevelt's clash with the Supreme Court, prospects of constitutional amendments, and ongoing policy goals. It notes his $6.16 billion 1938 budget, hopes for social security expansion, housing, tenant farming support, employment, relief, and a projected end-1937 debt of about $35 billion with a balanced 1938 budget barring further relief costs.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Wyoming County Band to Play at Charleston Inaugural
Arrangements are finished for the Wyoming county band to travel to Charleston for the inaugural ceremonies. W. C. Bailey Jr announces, with Colonel P. D. Shingleton inviting Grover C. Worrell to assist. Band members will be selected this week and rehearsals set, with buses provided. The group will march in the parade starting at 10 30 a m and play during the noon program on the capitol grounds. Charles V. Stewart and Harley Christian will accompany the band.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming County
Charleston
W. C. Bailey Jr
P. D.shingleton
Grover C. Worrell
Capitol Grounds
Charles V. Stewart
Ben Dunman Graded School
Harley Christian
Mullens basketball five gets new uniforms
Mullens team officials have ordered new satin and silk blue and ivory jerseys for the basketball five. Manager Bil Staals indicated samples were approved and the uniforms will be used soon.
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Register
Mullens
HeHseen
Bil Staals
Marriage Licenses Issued in Raleigh Beckley and Nearby
Notice lists multiple couples issued licenses including Alvis Gwinn 25 and Carnelia Edith Dehart 19 in Raleigh. Harry Ballou 26 and Leafy St Clair 21 in Beckley. Gene Davis 23 and Virginia Miller 25 in Beckley. Joe Ross 39 and Darrel Stanck 20 East Beckley. Tra Herndon 23 and Flora Slavier 44 in Decota. George Franklin 41 and Ethel Clark 39 Fireco. Charles Workman 23 Whitesville and Georgia Gogus 21 Leevale. Arthur Smith 22 Sprague and Kathleen Blake 22 Beckley. Emerson Dickens 20 and Clara Booker 17 Packsville.
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Alvis Gwinn
Carnelia
Edith Dehart
Raleigh
Harry Lewis Ballou
Leafy
Etta St. Clair
Beckley
Gene Layton Davis
Virginia May Miller
Joe Ross
Darrel Stanck
East Beckley
Tra Herndon
Flora Slavier
Decota
George Franklin
Ethel I Clark
Fireco
Charles Workman
Whitesville
Georgia Gogus
Leevale
Arthur Thomas’ Smith
Sprague
Kathleen Maye Blake
Emerson Dickens
Clara Booker
Packsville
Widow Attends Husband Found Dead in Bed
Neighbors found J. B. Sapp dead in his bed in Mullens. His blind widow sat beside the body fanning it, unaware he had died during the night. Physicians attributed the death to heart disease.
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Associated’ Press
Mullens—Nighbors
J. B. Sapp
Sapp
J S Lambert 86 Dies After Long Illness
J S Lambert 86 lifelong Wyoming county resident died Friday after an extended illness at his home. He will be buried today at Matheney's Chapel at the head of Laurel creek. He is survived by several sons and daughters and his wife.
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Register
Pineville
J. S. Lambert
Wyoming County
Matheney
Laurel Creek
Women Conduct All-Day Mission Study at Selvey Home
Thirty-two members of the Womans Missionary society of the First Baptist church met Thursday at Mrs. J. L. Selvey’s home in South Mullens for an all day mission study class. The session ran from 10 a.m. to noon, lunch followed, then resumed until 4 p.m. An entire mission study book was covered with program content, and a section on negro spirituals introduced singing a few tunes.
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Register Star
Mullens
Womans Missionary Society of the
First Baptist Church
J. L. Selvey
South Mullens
Custody Decision Delayed in Bobby Crouch Case
Judge D M Easley will render a custody ruling after two days of closed hearings. Five year old Bobby Crouch will remain with paternal grandparents and attend Beckley kindergarten while attorneys draft written arguments. The divorce case had granted mother custody with $25 monthly support, while temporary custody favored the father pending outcome.
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Jule
Bobby” Crouch
D. M. Easley
Bluefield
Ralph Crouch
Pineville
Grace ‘McMillian Crouch
C. C. Sanders
Clarence Meadows
W. H. McGinnis
Bobby
E. H. Crouch
Beckley
Crouch
Tig
Avas
Easley
C. M. Ward
Interest Grows in Better Speech Class in Mullens
The Civic club ladies report strong turnout for the Better Speech course. It advances to its tenth lesson Monday with Mrs. Tom Swope hosting on Lusk Avenue and instructor Mrs. R A Emberger in charge. A Houston man, W A Montgomery, struck a panther and drove away.
Bank deposits rise half a million in Raleigh County figures
Beckley banks show deposits totaling 52 839 66 above January 1935, led by coal business and a US deposit guarantee. Raleigh County Bank assets reach 4 185 807.39, with demand deposits up 365 061.36 and time deposits up 84 997.92 from 1935.
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Beckley
B. E. Carter
Raleigh County
United States
Sbanks
Carter
Beckley National Exchange
Principal Visits In Fayette County
W. J. B. Cormany principal of Mark Twain High School near Stotesbury and Mrs. Cormany visited Powellton yesterday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Stahl, former Stotesbury residents and once division superintendent of the C. C. B. Smokeless Coal company.
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W. J. B. Cormany
Mark Twain High School
Stotesbury
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