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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1932

Page

4

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.

Bernard 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.

Bermuda Islands 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.

Ebenezer Baptist Church 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.

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.

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.

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.

Wall Street

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