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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1932
Page
4
A wandering Texas trader, Mr. A. H. McKenzie, visits Beckley and entertains Mr. Smith with thinning shears, Swaty stones, and travel tales. He recalls touring Europe aboard the George Washington and meeting President Wilson, while observers note vivid street advertising and local lampooning.
Local Colored News reports Ebenezer Baptist Church will host morning and evening sermons by Rev. P. F. King and Rev. D. C. Deans, with all members urged to attend. First Baptist at North Beckley also offers Sunday services, Sunday School, and a Mission Circle meeting led by Rev. J. G. Hunter. Funeral notices follow for BL Melver of Hope and Robert Cobb of East Beckley with services, burial details, and undertakers named. district rally at St Johns Baptist church Stotesbury July 10 to 12 invites all, plus birthdays and social notices across towns including Beckley and McDonald.
The Salvation Army led by Captain K FE Moss reported June relief reaching 287 families, including 1201 children and 479 adults. Meals, clothing, shoes, beds for transients, and transportation valued at 3366.10 accompanied spiritual and community work such as jail visits, hall meetings, and street outreach. Funds needed. donations payable to the Salvation Army Beckles.
The Lausanne reparations pact scales Germany's bill from 64 billion to about 712 million. Britain’s Ramsay MacDonald signals opening a world economic conference and urges United States involvement to address 811 billion in war debts. The signing raises hopes Europe can stabilize its economy with a universal framework.
Beckley group to organize a Young People's Colored Democratic club under Beckley Tiger Club No. 1. Bishop T. C. Glashen James Gray FE A DeGilbreth and Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes to guide youth through Democratic history. A baseball team under the same auspices will also form. Five new members joined Tiger Club at last week’s meeting.
Jesse Winkler of Rushville Indiana was struck on the head while walking bareheaded and went to a physician who removed a bullet from his scalp.
On Saturday the stock market opened dull with little speculative enthusiasm as bonds celebrated the Lausanne agreement. The closing average stood at 35.4 for 90 stocks, with some packing stocks showing strength and several major names advancing. U S Steel and others posted gains while Coca Cola and American Telephone lagged. Turnover was the lightest since 1924. Freight loadings also declined, signaling cautious sentiment amid the holiday period and a note on minstrel shows reflecting cultural commentary.
Cincinnati July 9 Dan Quinlan a minstrel veteran of 25 years says minstrels are far from finished and are the only truly American form of entertainment. He traces origins to the old southern plantations and asserts their cultural value.
East Beckley churchgoers will join Sunday services after morning Sunday school ending at eleven o’clock. Rev F W Allen of the ME Church South will preach the morning sermon and the communion service. Evening worship will be led by George W Bright of the Methodist Temple. Epworth League devotionals follow at 6 90 o’clock. A family dinner celebrated J F Gregory’s 74th birthday with relatives from Raleigh Winding Gulf Sullivan Crab Orchard Crab Orchard and East Beckley attending including H F Gregory C D Carey Clinton Gregory and A G Gregory and others.
A parade of local personal notices lists Patrick and family of Raleigh visiting here with Mr and Mrs O M Mills and other locals guests. Many individuals, including Miss Marguerite Rakes and Miss Helen Rakes, travel to Roanoke Bluefield Princeton and Norfolk for visits with relatives and friends during the week. R C Harvey and others are noted on business or travel. A stock car race at the American Legion meet ends with Sput Green winning. Larry Evans and Frank Hollman place second and third.
Cadiz Ohio July 9 Carl F Dawson 26 of Cambridge Ohio was killed when his racing car pitched through a fence and overran the track debris and cause unknown remains under investigation by local authorities
Funeral services are set at Coal City church at 2 p.m. for Georgia Esther Miller five daughter of Mr and Mrs George Miller who died at Terra Alta Thursday after a long illness She had been a patient at Crippled Children’s hospital Huntington before admission to Terra Alta sanitorium Burial will follow in Coal City cemetery Surviving are parents three brothers and two sisters Riley Harvey Charles Esther and Stella Foster undertakers Mabscott arranged the services
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