Dust and Duttels in Raleigh County Tales
A fragment covers several local vignettes. Harold M. Riffe advertises the Palace Theater Hell Below, Kiwanian Fugitt speaks on guidance to Beckley Rotary, Carmichael attends, three wandering musicians perform for city workers, and a family notes ants invaded by tennis-ball hunting youths, joking the ants violate the industrial recovery act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or. Fugitt
Kiwanian
Raleigh County
Beckley Rotary Club
J. W. F. Beckner
Albert
A. Sloan
Baston
Fu‘gitt
H. E. Carmichael
Mr. Fugitt
Wilbur Stroud
Scarbro
Elmer Carroll
Perry County
Kentucky
Kelley Ritchie
Red Wing
Roanoke
Boston bean and cod rhyme sparks Cabots Kabotsky tale
In Princewick and Boston lore a tale recounts how a Polish descent family changed its surname to Cabot seeking acceptance, provoking a clash with New England aristocracy. The piece also notes wandering minstrels as a historical parallel and ends with a Lisbon Sardine trade literacy survey showing Portu gal readers illiterate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New
Rod
Kabotsky
Massachusetts
Cabot
New England
Back Bay
Don’t Forget Our Specials On Glasses at Dr McCorkle
Reading or distant glasses available at Beckley location with a visible price difference. Dr. McCorkle, registered eye specialist, offers appointments and emphasizes savings on eyewear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. McCorkle
Beckley
W. Prene
Stocks Make Little Gain In Mixed Market On July 8
New York stocks fluctuated as traders weighed profits and losses. The AP composite gained a tenth point while volume reached 3,007,560 shares, with metal and rail issues among the leaders and several big names retreating. Radio rose on buying, gold stocks gained on export hopes, and Nash highlighted gains after dividend resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Associated Press-standard
National
Bethlehem
U. S
American Can
Allied Chemical
du Pont
Case
Westinghouse
New York Central
Santa Fe
Baltimore & Ohio
General Electric
Nash
Ebenezer Church to Close Forty-Week Service Plan
A fourteen man Ebenezer Baptist church committee will end weeks of services with today’s morning sermon by Rev. PF King on The Men of Beckley A Ditosis a Prescription and a Treatment. An evening address by a lay member and special music by The Harmony Four Quartette of Hinton mark the finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King
Beckley
Harmony Four Quartette
Hinton
Snce
Varied Visitors and Local Illness Mark Weekend News
A long list of visitors and residents of the area is noted, including Mrs Rosa Anderson ill at home, Miss Maude Boxdale and Will Jones from Glen Rogers visiting G. T. Wingfield, and Bessie Taylor of Brooklyn among others. Others depart for Bucking ham Virginia or visit relatives in Martinsville and Welch. A printing press accident at Rhine lander Wisconsin injures Harland Hergren, who loses four fingers to save his arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis
Griffith
D. Breakfield
Olene
Coy
Jimmy
J. D
Billie
Winding Gulf
Edward Hall
Blue Jay
Virginia Meadows
Eloise Collison
Virgie Fleshman
Ms. Bailey
Geneva Eans
Hazel Meadows
Alfinity
Lom Reed
Elbert Meadows
Lillian Lilly
Hick Dehart
Skelton
Oakey Meadows
Beckley
Willie Pigg
Carl Maxie
Joe Dehart
Skelt
Sophia
Tom Reed
Opal Reed
Olene Breakfield
Nancy Keaton
Lynwyn
J. A. Myers
Wiliam White
Dorotha Ellen Eppard
Glen White
Lucy Wilcecer
Charleston
Hubert Daniel
Golden Meadows
Eans
Jack Reed
Mae McGraw
Thelma Curtiss
Clyde Deck
Shady Spring
Terry Richmond
Marvin
Evelyn
Pineville
Nub Kaylor
Ben Alll
Bill Martin
Mack Adkins
Jumping Branch
Lawrence Wood
Lillybrook
Jane
Golf Meadows
J.C. Beiniger
Ffor West Jefferson
Roy ‘Taylor
East Park
Veterans Hospital
Nuntington
C.D
E. Smithers
E. E. Anderson
Hinton
Juanita Howard
Mr. Thomas
Washington, D. C
W. J. Jeffries
J. C. Brown
Focie Meredith
W. S. Burton
Nathaniel Logan
W. 5. Burton
Rosa Anderson
Lucinda Goode
Lee Hawkins
Minden
Maude Boxdale
Will Jones
Glen Rogers
G. T. Wingfield
Bessie Taylor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Harrison
Edward
Vernon Taylor
Buckingham
Charlie Ayres
E. A. Ayres
J. T. Freeman
Gora Bradley
John Swain
John Hughes
Hoosier Hairston
Joseph Turner
George Dupee
Martinsville
Price. Reynolds
R. O. Carey
Inez
Fannie Cary
Marie Jackson
J. L. Tabb
Joseph Furner
W. L. Jeffries
Edna Collins
Pittsburgh
Anima Hancock
Harry Collins
Ruth Dandridge
Onion
Lawton
P.P. Glenn
West Wickham
Aretta
Keaton
EL. Young
Welch
KK. J. Howard
J. Young
Montgomery
Rev. Brown
James Wright
Anna Clark
Viola Wright
Fred Cobb
Buckroe Beach
Way
Ida Millens
Pickshin
Mary ‘Thomas
Flarland Hergren
Rhinelander
Wis
Funeral Rites Here For Mrs Mary M Lewis
Funeral services are held this afternoon for Mrs Mary M Lewis 53 of Oak Hill widow of J E Lewis a local leader in Daughters groups and church activities. The Rev W H Foglesong and Rev C Donnelly with Dr Leonard Aigleman will conduct at 2 30 pm at the residence after which the body goes to Oak Hill cemetery mausoleum. Survivors include son J E Lewis Jr and brothers and sisters F R Mahood C F Mahood Mrs J S Lewis Mrs Grace M Garwile and Mrs C E Beall.her husband died in 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Lewis
Oak Hill
J. E. Lewis
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. H. Foglesong
Methodist Episcopal Church
C. Donnelly
Leonard Aigleman
Morris-Harvey College
J. E. Lewis Jr
F. R. Mahood
C. F. Mahood
Alderson
J. S. Lewis
Grace M. Garwile
C. E. Beall
Ansted
C. R. Will
H. B. Clower
Fred McLain
W. Maxwell Harris
T. W. Gillespie
B. C
Ann Carver's Profession at Lyric Theatre Spotlight
Fay Wray, Gene Raymond and Claire Dodd star in Ann Carver's Profession at the Lyric Theatre starting today. Eddie Buzzell directs the Columbia picture based on Rules for Wives with a plot about a talented woman choosing between love and world fame. Jessie Ralph Art Hur Pierson Claude Gillingwa ter and Frank Gonroy appear in supporting roles.
Crab Orchard Community News Highlights and Nearby Visits
Local updates from Crab Orchard West Virginia include social visits by Rev. Carter and Dr. J M Henry of Bridgewater College, numerous relatives gathering for the Fourth of July, and church activities. The Crab Orchard B Y P A plans a Sunday picnic while revival services begin at the Baptist church. Travel notes mention Oak Hill, Piney View, Saxon camping trips, and visits to Beckley Shady Spring Hinton and Maple Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Henry
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Carter
A. C. Allen
Eats
Glen
Via
Sophia
Robert
Gilmer Jessup
O. P. Riffe
W. A. Riffe
Beckley
R. Riffe
Northfork
P.B. Davis
Smithers
Orvel Davis
Fayetteville
D.A. Riffe
K. C. Egnor
L. L. Fink
Glen White
C.W. Riffe
Mabscott
Elsie Knapp
Fritz Dunlap
Janet
Harless
Simmons
Madgelee
Mary Eton
Joe Earl
Alexandria
N. C. Knapp
Alfred Furhant
Liza Bucklin
Concho
Hinton
Crab Orchard
Maple Meadow
A. C. Sturgis
J.D. Sexton
Baptist Church
Saxon
Standay
Cleo Blevins
Mary Fitzpatrick
Vella Woods
Hester Riffe
Blevins
Macy Jessup
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Harold M. Riffe
Palace Theater
Princewick, W. Va
Proas
Lisbon
Setubal
Portugal
Lewis
W. L. Mitchell
Mgr
Main St
LYON
Lawrence
Glen Hedrick
W. VA
City Ave
Beckley, W. VA
Better Homes
Namily
Garner Fink
Russel Egnor
John Prence
Clyde
James Fitzpatrick
Oliver Snuffer
Ernest. Lilly
Bob Davis
Maple Fork
Mary — Fitzpatrick
Jina. Snuffer
Alonza Carter
Adolphus Khale
J. E. Crouse
Daisy Snuffer
Real Estate Life and Fire Insurance
A. J. Britton
Lilly Bids” Beckley
Iw. Va
Stanaford Transit Company
John R. Koch
LILLY
West VA
Sears- Roebuck
Raleigh
Coca-Cola
Mabscott — MacDonald — Mullens
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