Local Marriage Announcement Highlights Leesber Little Rite
Miss Izabeth Lucille Leeber and Mr. Howard Emerson Little wed July 6 at the Johnstown road home of Rev. and Mrs. G C Hite. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Leeber of McAlpin, is Mark Twain High School class of 1933 alumna. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. J C Little of McAlpin, is a 1932 Mark Twain graduate and works for McAlpin Coal Company. They plan to make Beckley their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izabeth Lucille Leeber
Howard Emerson Little
G. C. Hite
Johnstown Road
Hite
Little
James Leeber
McAlpin
Mark Twain High School
J. C. Little
McAlpin Coal Company
Beckley
Guest Of Honor At Birthday Party
Mr. Cecil Via celebrated his birthday with a dinner at his Miller street home hosted by his mother Mrs. R. A. Arms and sisters Mrs. W. W. Farley and Mrs. J. B. King. Attendees included relatives from Coal City Sullivan Quinni mont Beck ley and others, with songs led by Waldo Farley and instrumental music by Mrs. J. W. Hall and Herman Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle
Margaret
Norma Lee
Coal City
J. B. King
Jean
G. C. King
Quinnimont
I. R. Meadows
Gagonell
Billy
Damon
Sullivan
J. E. Miller
J. W. Hall
F. W. Trent
Anna Lee
E. T. Miller
Herman Hall
Beckley
Waldo Farley
Herman
Via
Auxiliary Members Urged to Attend Evening Meeting
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary are urged to make a special effort to attend the meeting this evening at eight o'clock in their club room in the Memorial building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Prosperity Hosts Delightful Thurman Party
At Prosperity home of Mr and Mrs T N Thurman Misses June and Eileen Thurman hosted a social evening for a congenial group. Guests included B Y P U members such as Demma Jean Neal Josephine Moodespaugh Kitty Akers Beulah Moodespaugh Anna Ruth Moodespaugh Patty Ann Thurman and many others as gifts were showered on honorees Earl Riner and James Neal with games and a refreshment course to conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. N. Thurman
Prosperity
June
Eileen Thurman
Earl Riner
James Neal
The
Prosperity B. Y. P. U
Demma Jean Neal
Josephine Moodespaugh
Kitty Akers
Beulah Moodespaugh
Anna Ruth Moodespaugh
Patty Ann Thurman
Carl B. Short
Lester Neal
Altar Guild Plans Regular Meeting at St Stephen’s
The Altar Guild of St Stephen's Episcopal church will hold its regular meeting Thursday afternoon at two thirty. Mrs A K Canterbury will host at Casa Loma. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altar Guild
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
A. K. Canterbury
Casa Loma
Ladies Guild Meeting Planned at St. Stephen’s
The Ladies Guild of St. Stephen's Episcopal church will convene Thursday afternoon at 2 30 at the church on Woodlawn Ave. A full attendance of members is requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Guild of
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Woodlawn Ave
Personal mentions of visitors and relatives across towns
Local notes record Miss Daisy Spahr of Bristol visiting the Mellen family in Granville Avenue while many others travel and visit kin in Bedford Charleston Huntington and Danville. The piece lists guests and travelers including families of Gulley Willis Compton Peters Frierson Putman and Gwynn with trips to Huntington Charleston Bedford and Danville among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Spahr
Bristol
Mrs. Norvell Mellen
Granville Avenue
Ada B. Willis
Roland Witt
Bedford
D. F. Gulley
Margaret Gulley
Huntington
East Main Street
Beverley K. Peter
D. C. Ashton
Charleston
C. M. Compton
First Avenue
J. W. Johnson
Billy
J. D. Hambrick
Chester
Compton
M. E. Johnson
Stanley
Princeton
Harry Thompson
Jackie
Thurmond
E. Maher
Philadelphia
H. B. Waddell
Glen Hedrick
C. W. Peters
Mullens
W. J
Mary Hall
Flora Bowman
Williams
Sylvia Robertson
Mt. Calm
Joe Barlow
Bluefield
Clyde White
Matoaka
C. M. Munsey
Rock
Estill Munsey
A. J. Robertson
Robert Lyle, Jr
Minneapolis, Minn
Joe Jabers
Ida Ann
Leo
Mary Alice Tieche
Mary Beth Caton
E. G. Grogan
Mrs Toscanini: Carla de Martini Behind Maestro’s Spotlight
Carla de Martini, now 60, wife of Arturo Toscanini for around four decades, is not a musician but has deep music and drama knowledge. She advises her husband occasionally, has three children Walter Wally Wanda, and cherishes grandchildren and Piccino the Belgian griffon who attends Toscanini concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arturo Toscanini
Carla de Martini
Walter
Wally
Wanda
Piccino
Toscanini
Local Social Notes From Martinsville and Pembroke
Martinsville and Pulaski residents travel for visits and vacations. Lacey Lilly heads to Newport and Pembroke with family. J C Montgomery and brother Alfree return from Pembroke after weekend with parents. Mrs John King shows improvement after six weeks in Beckley hospital. Katherine Simons visits cousin Jean Porter in Hemlock Street. D A McDevitt returns from Kentucky weekend visit. Crawford Reppert and Mrs Reppert stay with Byus family in Belle. Emmett Britts family guests of J M Busham and J W Fuller. A A Liggett and Kathleen arrive from Fort Thomas and join Martha Sanford at Black Knight Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Pulaski
Lacey Lilly
North Oakwood Avenue
Newport
Pembroke
J.C. Montgomery
Alfree Montgomery
John King
Beckley Hospital
Katherine Simons
Frostburg
Jean Porter
Hemlock Street
D. A. McDevitt
Park Avenue
Kentucky
Crawford Reppert
Belle
J. M. Busham
J. W. Fuller
A. A. Liggett
Kathleen
Fort Thomas
Washington, D. C
Black Knight Country Club
Martha Sanford
Liggett
Truck Collision Near Pine Grove Park Reported Injuries
A man named Connor parked a Man And Woman beer truck and exited as brakes slipped causing a collision with Cook's truck. An X-ray was set for Cook's injuries this afternoon. Mrs Causby Mills of Sophia was admitted with chest injuries from a wreck near Pine Grove Park shortly before 11. No details on the latter crash were available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
Cook
Causby Mills
Sophia
Pine Grove Park
Youths Roasted In Chair After Murder at 66
Three East St. Louis youths died in the electric chair for the murder of 66 year old street car conductor W. C. Moss. The trio were John Krul 21 Edward Balling 19 and Van Burean Dedmon 25 leader. Dedmon opened fire during the holdup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chester
Ill
East St. Louis
John Krul
Edward Balling
van Burean Dedmon
Dedmon
W. C. Moss
Third Party to Elect President Townsend predicts third party rise
Dr. F E Townsend, originator of the old age revolving pension plan, told a mass meeting in Greeley Colorado that a third party will elect a new president and congress in the 1936 election. He called the old age security bill a silly and insulting gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Greeley
Colo
F. E. Townsend
Congress
Local National Parker and Thomas Walker Roll Call
Names listed include Parker and Thomas Walker with wide roster of soldiers from Corporals Banks Blair Campbell Diehl Hale Rice Rose Stover through Privates Deck Deck Hale Pettry Pugh etc, plus service company officers Jenkins Bary Thomson Riner and others from Welch Blue Jay Gary Raleigh and surrounding areas. The long muster spans multiple units with ranks from Corporal to Master Sergeant and First Sergeant, naming dozens of personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Banks
James H. Blair
Robert A. Campbell
Wallace Y. Diehl
Chalmer N. Hale
Ray J. Rice
Starnes A. Rose
John Q. Stover
Tom Brown
Clovis M. Canterbury
James E. Deck
Edward W. Deck
Icen J. Hale
Chester D. Pettry
Joe Pugh
Bill S. Richardson
John L. Rutherford
Martin Sanchez
Pete Sgro
Lawrence H. Small
William R. Wills
Nick Arcadia
James M. Berg
Elmer N. Blair
Keyless M. Blake
Bernard R. Brisendine
Ernest Brown
John Coley
Harold J. Cook
Joe W. Cooper
George E. Daniels
Archester H. Farrell
Robert P. Fisher
Elbert T. Harris
Floyd D. Heatherly
James D. Lilly
Merrill R. Lilly
Clifford W. McKinney
Doyle Minter
Russell W. Miller
Charley
William R. Greever
James H. Welsh
Albert E. Withrow
Woodrow J. Canterbury
Quilla E. Crook
Sammie B. Dearmond
James R. Dorsey
Charles A. Harris
Robert L. Hatcher
William P. Hatcher
Earle R. Keaton
Irvin S. Maddy
Doc M. Meador
Charles L. Nolan
Lemuel B. Pack
Tom H. Pet
Air Shaft Construction Deepens Oakwood Mine Work
A new air shaft 570 feet deep begins above Oakwood mine workings near the New River company's site. The shaft will halve the current fan load by supplying air to a distant location and exhausting through the present fan. Expected five month completion with about $75,000 expenditure and timber lining. Air will flow one way through dedicated air courses bypassing existing routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakwood
New River Company
Ruins of Mill Fire Destroys Machinery and Lumber
Flames tore through a long one story shop building near Mill injuring a nearby residence of T. P. Roach as volunteers and firemen fought the blaze under threat of turpentine cans and live wires. The woodworking machinery and a large stock of machined lumber were destroyed and about three thousand spectators watched the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widensall
T. P. Roach
Roach
Fire at milling yard sparks crowd and smoke eaters praised
Fire Chief J E Aliff could not determine the cause after a blaze at the planing mill. A blue flame on an electric wire sent the crowd fleeing toward railroad tracks. J T Houchins praised the firefighters, saying their daring prevented greater damage at the Crouch fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Aliff
J. T. Houchins
City Civil Service Commission
Raleigh Register
Crouch
School board room and extra classrooms planned for several schools
Proposals call for a Stamaford white School room, Lanark two rooms first floor, and an outside stair at the plant. Fitzpatrick gets a one room addition as a cheaper alt to a three room rebuild. Skelton may gain one to two rooms. Painting is deemphasized but includes many interior and exterior jobs at multiple schools and specific areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamaford White
Lanark
Fitzpatrick
Skelton School
Hogan
Bacontown
Pemberton
Buffalo
Caperton
Killarney
Skelt
Stratton School
Sophia
Borah Nominated as Presidential Candidate by Conference
About 1,000 delegates from Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia attend the two day Republican conference. William E Borah is urged for president amid acclamation while Charles W Carroll criticizes party leadership and demands closer ties to Lincoln era principles. George H Bender chairs the opening session and the group adjourns for an all star baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Morgan
William E. Borah
Charles W. Carroll
Philadelphia
Republican Crusaders
Republican Party
Carroll
Pennsylvania
Young Republican Movement
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennesse
West Virginia
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Actress Dorothy Appleby Sues Spiegel for 250000
Dorothy Appleby filed a $250,000 heart balm suit against Sidney Spiegel Jr as Illinois courts shut the door on breach of promise actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Appleby
Sidney Spiegel, Jr
Mlinois
Bids Open For Beckley College Building Project
Bids were opened today for Beckley College's 25000 dollar plant on South Kanawha Street. Architect S H Bridge announced bids are due by Friday to G C Hedrick at Raleigh County Bank Building. Ten percent certified checks are required, refundable if not awarded. Seven weeks for construction with 50 dollar daily penalties after due date. Payment schedule set at four equal installments plus 30 day post completion payment or upon acceptance. The college reserves right to reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Kanawha Street
S. H. Bridge
G. C. Hedrick
Raleigh Couny Bank
Bridge
Quarantine Fails To Thwart Cupid
In Butler Pennsylvania a quarantined tourist camp hosted a triple wedding as 225 visitors, under a 10 day quarantine imposed after a scarlet fever case in a Memphis family, witnessed by many Holidaying tour ists. Names of the newlyweds were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Butler
Bridget Costello
James Costello
Memphis
Tenn
Methodist Training School Opens in West Virginia
Jackson's Mill West Virginia July 9 The annual Methodist Protestant conference and leadership training school opened last night with 206 registered The Rev Ralph Richards of Weston is dean of the conference which will remain in session for one week He will be assisted by the Rev Frank L Shaffer of Morgantown and an instruction staff including Dr C E Forline of the Westminster Md Theological Seminary Dr Frank Stephenson of Pitts burgh executive secretary of the board of directors of the church and Betty Brittengham of Pitts burgh associate executive secretary of the board of missions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Ralph Richards
Weston
Frank L. Shaffer
Morgantown
C. E. Forline
The
Westminister
MD.) Theological Seminary
Frank Stephenson
Pittsburgh
Church
Betty Brittengham
Board of Missions
Only Child Of Famed Compose Succumbs
Mrs. Marian Foster Welch 83, sole child of Stephen Collins Foster, the famous composer, died in Foster Memorial Home Pittsburgh after a heart attack caused by asthma. She had asked doctors not to prolong life, wishing not to be helpless or ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Marian Foster Welch
Stephen Collins Foster
Foster Memorial Home
Truthful but tactless man counsels wife on wellbeing
A man urges his wife to change mood and try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after she describes being tired with poor appetite. Mrs Barbara Spears of Akron Ohio reports the product revived her energy and spirits. He believes many American women have benefited from the remedy and encourages a purchase at the drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Spears
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elma Street
Akron
Ohio
Three Firms Sign Up With Silicosis Fund
Charleston West Virginia July 9 A G Mathews compensation commissioner said only three firms have subscribed to the silicosis fund. They are The Owen-Illinois Glass Company of Charleston The Jeffrey Dewitt Company of Kenova and W F Patterson an Ohio contractor Dr R D Roller of Charleston was named chairman of the Silicosis examining board at the organization meeting yesterday Joining him are Dr W L Patterson of Charleston and Dr R H Boyce of Parkersburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
A. G. Mathews
Owen-Illinois Glass Company
Jeffrey Dewitt Company
Kenova
W. F. Patterson
Ohio
R. D. Roller
R. H. Boyce
Parkersburg
Weather Hampers Search For Plane In Alaska
Bad weather hampered the search by sea and air today for a seaplane missing on a flight from Cordova with four aboard. The missing are Pilot M. D. Kirkpatrick his wife Lemuel G. Wingard Alaska agent of the bureau of fisheries and A. A. Hawkins assistant agent. No word had been heard since Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Juneau
Alaska
Cordova
Lemuel G. Wingard
Bureau of Fisheries
A. A. Hawkins
New Tax System To Be Explained In Charleston Meet
Morgantown officials prepare for Charleston gathering July 18 where Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox will explain the new system. Elmer W. Prince Morgantown city manager and league president said the discussion covers city budget making and the approval role for levy estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Ford Apartment Nears Completion
City records show W. H. Ford received a permit for a two family frame apartment on the rear of South Heber street. The project, priced at about $5,000, is nearing completion as municipal data note roughly twenty dwellings authorized in four months totaling about $75,000 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder
John T. Hollandsworth
W. H. Ford
Ford
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M. Thurman
June Ellison
Bill Williams
Baren Williams
Howard Creed
Ellsworth Hicks
Frenchie Angle
Dennis Richardson
Walter Cragen
Denzil Stover
Tom Bostic
Glenvin Stover
Billy Spencer
Teddy Thurman
Ladies Guild
Vera-Rose Beauty Shop
Main
Woolworth's
Marguerite
Oak Hill
Townsend
Parker and
Thomas Walker
Cupid
Methodist Training
Compose
Silicosis Fund
Elmer W. Prince
League
E. Bennette Henson
Pede Ey
Old Day
Piame of
Town Rats
Whitesville
Hintonse
Montgome
Lewisburg
Welch Aiderson Gauley Bridge
Rainelle Ronceverte
Crisp
J.c.penney Company
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