Missionary Society Reports Interesting Meeting at Temple
The Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Temple held a well decorated session on South Kanawha Street with yellow coreopsis. Mrs. George Williams led a devotional, a vocal solo by Mrs. R. A. Boyd, and an introductory talk by Mrs. D. W. Duke followed by a play “When Custom Binds” featuring multiple members, and a business wrap with a lengthy refreshment list.
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Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Temple
Emple
Kanawha Street
George Williams
R. A. Boyd
D. W. Duke
Marie Hern
George W. Bright
D. B. Jarrell
Jordan Williams
Virginia Cooper
Lucille Hamlin
Patty Ashley
Beulah Beasley
Tobin Stover
Morning Party At Beckley Hotel A Charming Tea
Mrs. Earle Ricker and Miss Wilma Lilly hosted a morning party at the Beckley hotel with con genial friends. The private dining room featured a yellow and black color scheme with Black-eyed Susans in black vases. Guests enjoyed bridge, prizes awarded for high and second high scores, and a four course luncheon served at one o'clock for a long list of attendees.
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Beckley Hotel
Earle Ricker
Wilma Lilly
Lee Holliday
Edgar Crouch
Jack Collins
Paul Thornton
Wendell Harvey
N. R. Craven
Robert Brennan
Clarence Smith
Hulbert Meadows
Margaret Louise Williams
Hugh Copeland
Mae Hollandsworth
Helen Ward
Fred B. Watkins
Juanita Williams
Mission Circles Hold General Meet At First Baptist
The Mission Circles of the First Baptist Church met last evening at the church with a brief devotional led by Mrs. J. es Caffee and a vocal solo "Give Me Thy Heart" by Mrs. J. C. Mabe. Miss Ollie Burnett and Mrs. J. C. Wauhop summarized last week's Baptist House party at Huntington. Mrs. D. O. Totten chaired the business session which closed the evening as about forty members attended.
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Ted
The
First Baptist Church
J. Es Caffee
J. C. Mabe
Ollie Burnett
J. C. Wauhop
Huntington
D. O. Totten
Society Meets At Home Of Its Leader
Group No 3 of the Young Women's Missionary Society of the First Christian church held its regular monthly meeting last evening at the home of leader Miss Vollet Feazelle on School Street. After a devotional period and routine business a refreshment course was served to members including Miss Hila Shumate and many others.
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Young Women’s Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Vollet Feazelle
School Street
Hila Shumate
Dan Covey
Everett Smith
P. A. McDaniel
Josephine Harshbarger
Garnette Harvey
Brooks Adair
Charles Rakes
J. W. Kennison
E. M. Meadows
H. D. Brown
J. R. Williams
Feazelle
Putting Contest Is Won By Miss Payne
The regular Ladies Day activities at Black Knight Country Club include a nine hole contest won by Miss Eleanor Payne. Winners also include Mrs. D. D. Ashworth for low gross and Mrs. Tandy of Glen Ferris for low net. Luncheon was served at 12:30 to many participants.
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Black Knight Country Club
Eleanor Payne
D. D. Ashworth
Low Gross
Tandy
Glen Ferris
Low
Personal mentions from a Charleston society page
Mrs A S Johnston Jr returns from a month long trip through Boston New England states Canada Virginia Beach Richmond and more accompanying relatives to attend State Newspaper Council. Numerous visits and social guests include Mrs Ross Irle Mrs George W Bair Jr Miss Ethel Bair Mrs Bessell Bair Porter Mrs D M Butts Miss Davie Rhea Butts and others at Craig Healing Springs and Clifton Forge.
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A. S. Johnston Jr
Boston
New England
Canada
Virginia Beach
Richmond
Johnston
Malcolm Johnston
Union
Elkins
Ross Irle
George W. Bair Jr
G.e.honts
Charleston
M. C. Banks
J. W. Banks
Camp Walhonde
Coal River
Blanche Ferrell
C. L. Taylor
Clifton Forge
Virginia
W. H. Kester
Holt Kester
Craig Healing Springs
M. F. Odell
John Earle Lilly
Huntington
Paul R. Hutchison
Hutchison
Allen Pack
H. L. Lucas
Lucas
Charles
St. Louis
T. R. Ragland
R. E. Craighill
Lynchburg
S. H. Meem
Bluefield
Tom Ragland
Izzie Johnston
Beckley Social Roundup Moves Between Cities
Mrs Andrew H Smith of Slab Fork underwent a serious operation at Mercy Hospital in Scranton and visits relatives there. John Henry Vance of Abraham visited Beckley on Thursday. Mrs Cecil L Miller returns today from Concord College Ath ens after summer term. Mrs F C Concord of Montreal is a Beckley visitor. Marshall Johnston plans a Sunday departure for Norfolk with two daughters to stay at Mrs Johnston s home of her parents. Dr Harwood James will spend two weeks in Cleveland at clinics and osteopaths convention. Mrs R J Burmeister and son Ray, with Mrs John Beckley Campbell and John Beckley 2nd, leave tomorrow for Greenbrier camp.
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Andrew H. Smith
Slab Fork
Mercy Hospital
Scranton
Burmeister
Greenbrier
Tom Quinteer
Fred Quinteer
Cooktown
W. W. Bowyer
Billy Sue
Beckley
G. C. Herdick
Lester
John Birch
Max Augustine
Rhodell
Shirley Hawley
Sams
Cranberry
Rosa Quinteer
John Agnola
Frank Lotti
H. J. Oram
Iowa
John Bridi
Leo
Edith Zinzarella
New York City
Mt. Carmel
Bridi
H. L. Akers
Whitesville
Edward
Alma Brrch
Concord College
Sherman Trail
Morgantown
Trail
Hubert Clower
Eccles
A. M. McMullin
Oak Hill
F. M. Morris
G. C. Hurt
Sprague
Lowell Lilly
Coal City
Mr. Thompson
Crab Orchard
E. M. Canaday
Clyde Mankin
University of Ohio
Paul Shaffer
Glen Ferris
Edward Birch
Dee Shaffer
Alvin McMullin
Alvin Walls
Pence Springs
Local social notes from Lester West Virginia area
Widespread visits and guests noted in Lester and nearby towns with residents from Beckley Cranberry Oriskany and Morgantown making calls hosting and staying. Families including Quinteer Bowyer Birch Bridi Mankin and Shaffer appear among travel and hospitality reports across Cooktown Rhodell Slab Fork and Oak Hill during the week.
Local drinkers held for federal court in liquor case
Posey C Eads Eugene F Powers and 65 gallons of illicit liquor were captured near Bluefield by officers last Monday. They were taken before U S Commissioner E C Eagle at Hinton and held for federal court after a preliminary hearing by Commissioner Thomas H Scott at Bluefield. C T Griffin formerly with the tax unit has been transferred to Charlotte N C effective July 15. No successor announced.
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U. S
E. C. Eagle
Hinton
Posey C. Eads
Eugene F. Powers
Bluefield
George W. McClintic
Thomas H. Scott
Atluefield
C. T. Griffin
Lawyers foresee political crisis on debt issue
The American Bar Association committee on commercial law and bankruptcy warned that the government avoids addressing excess debt through moratoria and conciliations. It warned of potential constitutional changes to curb collectivism in wealth and debtor creditor relations, and cautioned inflation as a dangerous recovery tool.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
American Bar Association
Committee On Commercial Law
Supreme Court
NRA
Man with spinal condition built his own cabin and violin business
Lives about 25 miles away, once carved and sold 19 violins from 2.50 to 15 dollars. He kept a small farm, built a 16 by 18 foot cabin with his own hands, and now seeks direct relief as his right arm weakened. He has fought illness, relied on neighbors, and traveled to Hinton and Montgomery for care.
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Beckley
Hinton
McKendree Hospital
Montgomery
Lutherans Gather for 49th Reunion in Shady Pen-Mar Park
Nearly 3,000 Lutherans attended the 49th annual reunion sponsored by the Maryland and West Pennsylvanian synods in Shady Pen-Mar Park. Visitors came from Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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Associated Press
Waynesboro
Maryland and
West Pennsylvania
Shady Pen-Mar Park
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Camp Wyoming CCC school of forestry instructors train amid field projects
CCC teachers conduct lectures on project management, safety, and explosives use at Camp Wyoming. Officials from five CCC camps and Raleigh County residents attend sessions, detailing reports, inventories, equipment, and fire prevention with a tour of completed area projects.
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Wyoming
Griffin
Camp
J. N. Wittenberg
Pocahontas
Army
C. O. Nutter
CCC
Harbeson
Inspector Cloud
Cloud
Camp Wyoming
Wittenberg
Raleigh County
Rush Cozort
W. F. Blankenship
Preston Brown
J. I. Inscore
Charles McGrady
K. H. Nestor
William H. Pryor
I. H. Johnson
Central Office
Barnes E. Hall
Zebb Stafford
Miles NeSmith
S. H. Womelsdorff
R. O. Lively
Cecil Powell
M. R. Gillespie
J. P. Jamison
Mining Course Students Take Examinations
Fifty young men from the New River and Winding Gulf coal fields are finishing the Six Weeks Short Course in Mining at West Virginia University Beckley campus. Most plan to take the annual mine foreman's exam in Charleston. successful candidates receive foreman certificates and all completing the course receive certificates of completion.
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New River
Winding Gulf
Department of Mining Extension
West Virginia University
Charleston
West Virginia Department of Mines
Beckley
W. B. Talbott
Beckley School
Beckley Field
D. L. McElroy
University
Walter Steen
Logan
G. R. Spindler
W. B
Beckley Youth Held For The Grand Jury
Herman Thomas, 19, accused of shooting his father J. W. Thomas, 54, in East Beckley. He waived examination and was held for grand jury action on a murder charge. J. W. Thomas died after being shot three times. Herman Thomas fled, then was captured near his home by Chief Richard Lewis.
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Herman Thomas
J. W. Thomas
East Beckley
Squire Zach A. Petty
Richard Lewis
Condemned Man to Get Chicken and Tea
Moundsville July 19 Robert Branch, sentenced to hang at 9 tonight for the murder of Brady Hill, will eat his last dinner at 6 pm. It includes fried chicken and gravy, mashed potatoes, coconut pie, cantaloupe, ice cream, cake, and ice tea. No relatives have visited or inquired about him. He has seen only the prison chaplain Reverend Francis Sigler and a Negro quartet since death row placement.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
Robert Branch
Brady Hill
Francis Sigler
Plans for County Courthouse Bond Issue Publication
Abandoned premature publication idea cited to allow public input. Government potential to fund remodel with agencies agreeing to proposed plans. If funded, only a few thousand dollars needed to reach 210000 dollars total, the minimum sum required.
Inventor Helmar George Builds Cloud Projection Ray
A machine developed by Helmar George in Chicago emits a powerful ray that can cast an image onto clouds about one mile above the earth, showcasing early optical display technology.
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Helmar George
Chicago
Earth
Goodrich Pleads Guilty in Detroit Child Murder Case
In Detroit on July 19 Merton Ward Goodrich pleaded guilty to the murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The plea followed the third day of his trial after psychiatrist Dr. David R. Clark testified Goodrich was not insane. The confessed slayer had said it must have been the other side of my nature. He enticed the girl to his apartment last September 20, where she was attacked and killed.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
David R. Clark
Goodrich
Birth rate rises in 1934 across the country
The 1934 birth rate in the United States edged up to 17.1 per thousand. New Mexico recorded the highest rate at 27.9 per thousand, while California stood at 17.7 per thousand, the lowest among cited states.
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New Mexico
California
Parrot Reported Kidnapped From Des Moines Golf Course
A parrot known to perch atop a tree near the No 1 green of a Des Moines golf course has been missing after its owner told officers it was "parrotnaped." The incident prompted police to investigate as a missing pet case.
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Des Moines
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C. H. Dickinson
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Harwood James
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Miss Payne
Vera-Rose Beauty Shop
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Raleigh Register
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W. T. Henshaw
Frank H. Meredith
John Basham
F. W. Bensford
Hinton Greer
William M. Bolt
C. C. Harvey
R. G. Beard
William Osborne
Camp Anthony Wayne
Daniel K. Flynn
Camp Twelvepole
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