Mount Hope Bride Iola McIntire Weds Emory E. Jones Jr
A Mount Hope wedding announced the engagement of Iola McIntire, daughter of A. H. McIntire, to Emory E. Jones Jr of Mount Hope. The ceremony occurred Saturday July 21 1934 in Pearlsburg Virginia. Iola is a State Teachers College graduate and Mount Hope schoolteacher. Jones is Dr E. E. Jones's son and Johns Hopkins student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kley
A. H. McIntire
Iola
Emory E. Jones, Jr
Pearlsburg
Mount Hope
Beverley Hume
Mr. Jones
E. E. Jones
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Mrs James M Henderson Honored At Afternoon Bridge
A Thursday party at Judge J W Maxwell home on Beckley avenue honored Mrs James M Henderson, a Duke University student visiting from Durham. Eight tables played bridge with prizes to Mrs Shirley Banks, Mrs T Allen Gatherum, and Mrs Russell Rader, followed by a salad course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Maxwell
Beckley Avenue
Maxwell
Virginia Maxwell
James M. Henderson
Henderson
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Enoch Edward Ellison
Washington, D. C
Ellison
E. L. Ellison
Shirley Banks
T. Allen Gatherum
Russell Rader
Mary Elizabeth Ballengee
Eunice Bumgartner
H. Nathan Divvens
H. E. Ames
Oppie L. Hedwick
Mary Adiee-Bruster
Edith Bruster
William R
Mrs Waddell Is Guest At Delightful Party
Mrs Charles Waddell of Bloomfield New Jersey was guest of honor at a bridge party hosted by Dr and Mrs J H McCulloch on Woodlawn Avenue. Five tables of bridge were set with garden flower decorations. Prizes for high scores went to Mrs K Douglas Bowers and to Dr Ross Preston Daniel. Mrs Waddell received a guest gift and a salad course was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Waddell
Bloomfield
N. J
Ross Preston Daniel
J. H. McCulloch
Woodlawn Ave
K. Douglas Bowers
Waddell
Recent Bride Is An Honor Guest
Mrs Jack Collins, whose marriage to Mr Collins was recently announced, attended a bridge shower hosted by Mrs Lee Holliday at the home of Mr and Mrs W A Thompson. Summer flowers decorated the rooms as guests played bridge with prizes for high and low scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Collins
Collins
Lee Holliday
W. A. Thompson
Helr Ward
Paul Thornton
Local social notices list numerous women attendees
A roster of names appears including Mrs. N. R. Craven Mrs. Paul Thornton Mrs. Robert Long Mrs. Hulbert Meadows Mrs. Lawrence Eppard Mrs. Edgar Crouch Mrs. Earle Ricker Mrs. Clarence Smith Mrs. Wade Bailey Mrs. Jimmy Lemon Mrs. Alfred Gwinn Miss Grace Thompson Miss Helen Ward Miss Mae Hollandsworth Miss Dorothy Bazzarre Miss Ruth Wauhop Miss Wilda Lemon Miss Juanita Williams Miss Virginia Hedrick Miss Henrietta Lemon Miss Louise Williams Miss Hazel Waddell Miss Wilma Lilly Miss Helen Farley Miss Julia Wray detailing attendees at a social gathering in a historical column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Williams
Hazel Waddell
Wilma Lilly
Helen Farley
Julia Wray
Methodist Circle Pot Luck Supper At Temple
Methodist Circle No 2 of the Methodist Temple met at Mrs Frank Foote s Harper Road home last evening for a social pot luck supper. Supper was served at six followed by a social hour with no business. Attending were Mrs E C Hern Mrs J A Brubeck Mrs E S Pugh Mrs Tom Lewis Mrs O W Broughman Mrs Charles Wetzel Mrs Andrew Bailey Mrs J Merritt Gooch Mrs A A Tieche and guests Dr H L Clay and Mrs Clay Mrs J A Brackman president of the Missionary Society and Mr Brackman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Temple
Frank Foote
Harper Road
E. C. Hern
J. A. Brubeck
E. S. Pugh
Tom Lewis
O. W. Broughman
Charles Wetzel
Andrew Bailey
J. Merritt Gooch
A. A. Tieche
H. L. Clay
Temple
Clay
J. A. Brackman
The
Missionary Society
Brackman
Personal Mentions from a West Virginia Community
Personal notices list George W. Bair traveling to Craig Healing Springs Virginia for two weeks. H. F. Willfong accompany daughter Margaret Rose Willfong home from the University of Kentucky. Other locals returning include Gazelle Ware Lanier File and Henrietta Koiner. Guests visit Miss Martha Cunningham with Mildred and Josephine Huffman of Charleston and Margaret Hunt of Tyler Texas plus Margaret Crichton of Washington DC. Ruth McMahon to return from Western State Teacher's College Bowling Green Kentucky. Beverly Watts to spend weekend with Seth friends. Beckley attendees at Joe Shumate funeral at Salt Sulphur Springs include Frank Lemon family and others. Mrs. W. B. Ware returns from Red House Virginia with Caroline Faris. Mrs. R. E. Harlow of Richmond arrived to visit. Mrs. Roy D. Milliran returning from University of Kentucky. Guy Amato of Pemberton mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Bair
Craig Healing Springs
H. F. Willfong
Lexington
Margaret Rose Willfong
University of Kentucky
Gazelle Ware
Lanier File
Henrietta Koiner
Martha Cunningham
Mildred and
Josephine Huffman
Charleston
Margaret Hunt
Tyler
Texas
Margaret Crichton
Washington, D. C
Ruth McMahon
Western State Teacher’s College
Bowling Green
Beverly Watts
Seth
Beckley
Joe Shumate
Salt Sulphur Springs
Frank Lemon
W. B. Ware
Martha Teel
Red House
Caroline Faris
R. E. Harlow
Richmond
W. A. James
Roy D. Milliran
Guy Amato
Pemberton
Local notes from Beckley area residents and visitors
Pendicitis case at Beckley hospital is reported as progressing well. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Dickinson and son Gene visit Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lilly. Doris Caffee, University of Kentucky student, expected home tomorrow for summer term. Bernice Christian and grandson Gene Koontz return from Toledo where Mrs. Escue remains ill after major surgery. A. S. Presser of Charleston visiting William Klein family will return home today. A. K. Canterbury family and mother plan Myrtle Beach vacation starting Sunday. Oppie Lee Hedrick to spend weekend with relatives in Huntington. L. W. Webb of Huntington visiting A. R. Summers. Mrs. John Earle Lilly and Ross Meadows called to Huntington due to sister Mrs. Paul R. Hutchinson’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
F. W. Dickinson
Gene
W. T. Lilly
Doris Caffee
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Bernice Christian
Gene Koontz
Toledo
Ohio
George B. Christian
Escue
Christian
A. S. Presser
Charleston
William Klein
North Fayette Street
A. K. Canterbury
Ann
Virginia
Ernest Chilson
Myrtle Beach
S. Co
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Huntington
L. W. Webb
A. R. Summers
John Earle Lilly
Ross Meadows
Paul R. Hutchinson
Dry Question Drives 1936 Political Realignments
In a Kentucky context for the 1935 election year voters face the wet and dry issue as counties shift toward dry majorities. Likins predicts old parties will falter on the dry cause, a realignment forming next year with a possible dry ticket for president and new parties, notably Huey Long’s, rising strong in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Likins
Ciry l Caders
Huey Long
South
Confessed killers tied Lang to a rope in fatal assault
Authorities say the confessed killers described a grisly crime in which Lang was seized, his legs severed from his torso, and his neck bound with rope. Further arrangements were reportedly discussed by investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang
Dunkel plot to kill Lang over marriage plan unearthed
Prosecutor says Mrs Dunkel, Lang's mother-in-law by his late wife Mallie, plotted the murder after learning of his plan to wed Josephine McKinley. Lang’s refusal to sever ties with McKinley sparked the scheme. Chief Sullivan reports Mrs Dunkel conspired with an unnamed white woman to hire Chinese-led killers for 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkel
Lang
Mallie
Sullivan
Fortune Found Victoria Sisters in Oklahoma City Estate Mystery
The O Donnell sisters heirs of Mrs Mary O'Donnell contest a will of Delaplaine after his widow married Henry Hazlett. A secret attic at a Graysville farm reveals three brass chests with silver and gold sets and a pearl inlaid cabinet. The treasure is to be shipped to Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
O’donnell
Oklahom City
Deleplaine
Mary O'Donnell
D. W. Osterfund
Christine Cramer
Oklahoma City
Winiffred Abbott
Tulsa
Preston la Bau
Hollywood
Calif
Clift
Delaplaine
Henry L. Hazlett
Wheeling
Hazett
Graysville
Ohio
Delapline
Queen Victoria
Senators Oppose Fort to Get Measure Onto Floor
Senators oppose a fort proposal to move the measure to the floor during the day as the resolution is recommended by a committee.
President seeks to shield government from gold loss lawsuits
In a special message President Roosevelt proposed closing courts to damage suits against the government for losses borne by gold clause bond holders due to dollar devaluation. The plan aims to close loopholes identified by the Supreme Court in its landmark gold decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Coal region leader argues WV energy cheaper than TVA output
Edmiston told the house that if TVA power cost included fair dam costs and a fair interest rate, West Virginia could manufacture electricity cheaper than TVA by using local coal. He said he represents a large coal district and opposed the bill in the district’s interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Valley Authority
West Virginia
Tennessee Valley
Edmiston
House
Local Woman Returns From Attending Funeral
Mrs Hobart Wood of this city returns from Princeton where she was called by the illness and death of her aunt Mrs Belle Caldwell 67 of the Athens Princeton road She formerly resided in the county and is survived by seven children and three sisters with ties to Mercer county and Camden New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Wood
Princeton
Belle Caldwell
Athens
Caldwell
Wilene Wiley
East Main Street
Chapman Farley
Pipestein
Mercer County
Brocky McClung
Addie Williams
Muriel Carbaugh
Paueline Caldwell
Howard Caldwell
Bettie Lovern
Carl Caldwell
Camden
N. J
C. C. Lilly
Dunns
Maggie Neely
Serena
Viola Spencer
Vicious Criminal Is Under Arrest
J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of Alfred Otto Wagner a 38 year old ex convict in Brooklyn after a ransom scheme totaling 465000 targeted seven families of missing or kidnapped persons. Wagner tried to collect 75000 at a rendezvous but failed in every case while his letters terrorized victims and hindered investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alfred Otto Wagner
Brooklyn
Hoover
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Iola McIntire
Robert Yaple
Erskine M. Caperton
Frances Minter
A. Chilton Farmer
Mary Elizabeth Maxwell
Louise Moss
Helen Moss
Lillian Schwank
Elizabeth Schwank
Robert H. Jordan
Roy Gray Foster
Mae Payne
Alma Davenport
William B. Ware
T. A. Gatherum
K. O. Pierce
Robert Miller
Elinor St. Clair
Haynes Martin
M. M. Ralston
William McCathern
Ada A. Henderson
R. P. Hogan
Mary Emyl Stanley
Mrs. Waddell
Pastry Shop
Neville St
Oppo. Baptist Church
White Mountain
Methodist Circle
Harrison Turner
Pax
Martha Katherine Thompson
David J. Buchanan
Bradford Street
June
Joyce Davis
Marguerite
Mary Ann Davis
Shirley Faye Winston
Mildred Turner
Nell Aliff
Freda Mounts
Freda Aliff
Madge Aliff
Turner
Buren Davis
Hurwitz Smart
Neville Street
Beckley, W. VA
Harwood James
W. Va
Murphys
Fashion Shoppe
Chuck Roast
Hamburger
Crescent Grocery
AAA
Paradise Shoes
Patricia Pat
Catalina
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