Farley brothers mail horned toad prank sparks desert travel tale
Beckley letters reveal Bernard and Leonard Farley of Woodrow Wilson High School sent a horned toad to a local resident. The men, vacationing in Oklahoma, claim more toads arrived en route and recount a long westward trip with stops from Ohio to Iowa. Also noted are local visits, summer travel notes, and community notices about residents and visitors.
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Leonard Farley
Woodrow, Wilson High School
Oklahoma
Oklaoma
Farley Brothers
Farley
Miss Beckley to Explore Bermuda by Bicycle and Stagecoach
A beauty contest winner will tour Bermuda aboard trains and Bermuda Line ships while avoiding motor vehicles. She will see horse drawn carriages, glass bottom boats, Sea Gardens, Crystal and Wonderland Caves, Gibb’s Lighthouse views, and vibrant flora. Voters earn 100 votes per dollar spent as the contest promotes shopping with sponsors.
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Furness - Bermuda
Bermuda
Crystal Cave
Beckley
Ebenezer Church to hold morning and evening services
The Ebenezer Baptist Church will host morning and evening services led by Rev. P. F. King with sermons titled The World's Greatest Enterprise and Your part in the Enterprise. A Monday July 18 meeting at Shady Grove Baptist Church in Eccles will discuss merging the Third and Fourth Sunday School Unions. Funeral services are planned for Alex Gunn and John Riley at local churches, with Armstead Undertaking handling arrangements. A July 18 ice cream social at New Hope Baptist Church and a First Baptist North Beckley play in Cranberry are also announced, along with numerous social notices and visits from local residents.
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P. F. King
Theopie
Winding Gulf U. S
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Eccles
H. G. Clemons
J. C. Brown
Alex Gunn
Malescott
Armstead Undertaking Company
John Rileyacill
Glen White
B. A. Mitchell
Paint Creek
al &Num
F. G. Craig
J. A. Adams
New Hope Baptist Church
Daisy Clemons
Pittsburgh
P. AL. Calloway
Peyton, Jr
Montgomery
Marion Galloway
Church Street
John Ed Williams
Hinton
A. W. Calloway
North Beck-ley
Skelton
D. G. Hunter
I P. Price
Foie Meredith
Alice Hall
Visitors and relatives fill local homes this week
Miss Kathleen Hand of Norfolk arrives to visit Miss Elizabeth Roddy while June Metcalf remains in hospital after an operation. J R Catron visits relatives in Washington and Baltimore. Earl Bannister hosts guests including Mrs C C Clark and Mrs Harold Calthan of Hinton and others from Bellepoint Charleston and Raleigh. Mrs Bailey returns from Cabin Creek flood area. Hambrick group heads to New River camp for a week. Thelma Broyles hosts Miss Lilly and Miss Lilly of Ghent. Mrs Luca Thompson hosts Mrs L A Cook of Mullens.
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Kathleen Hand
Norfolk
Elizabeth Roddy
June Metcalf
G. S. Metcalf
J. R. Catron
Washington
D. C
Baltimore
Earl Bannister
C. C. Clark
Harold Calthan
Hinton
Elizabeth
Joe Bigony
Bellepoint
John Reese
Charleston
P. M. Bailey
Cabin Creek
Clarence Hambrick
Edith Lundstrum
John Hilton
Raleigh
New River
Thelma Broyles
Mayo Lilly
Belly Lilly
Ghent
Luca Thompson
L. A. Cook
Mullens
Bar Walkathons Move Spurs Health Ordinance Debate
St Louis citizens react to two walkathons staged here prompting a movement to prohibit endurance contests as degrading to health. The Associated Press report notes local concern and calls for regulation.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Stocks Quiet on Saturday Amid Weekend Drift
New York stocks edged within reach of senior securities as profit taking and weekend drift limited gains. Rails and oils rose modestly early, but overall activity was light with 350 170 shares traded. Several leaders posted fractional losses while Union Pacific fell from an earlier gain as preferred stocks advanced.
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Associated Press
New York
Rails
American Telephone
Westinghouse
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Allied Chemical
Eastman
Corn Products
Gillette
American Can
Auburn
Peoples Gas
Union Pacific
National Biscuit
Proctor & Gamble
General Motors
Atlas Powder
Santa
Wall Street Eyes End of Congress After Turbulent Seven Months
Markets close with hopes that adjournment nears though no definite assurance existed. Wall Street reviews seven months of labor noting legislation that failed to pass and despite anxious moments the worst feared did not occur.
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Wall Street
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