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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1937
Page
3
Mrs Mary Morton shares a home kitchen guide for perfect mashed potatoes with milk salt pepper and butter. She details prep cooking drying draining ricing and whisking for light fluffy potatoes and offers a Salmon and Potato Casserole variation with American cheese and butter baked until hot.
A short verse by James Jeffret Roche speaks of the law as a wide net that cannot hide sinners. It praises the intricate web that binds every misdeed, noting only the big fish escape the net.
Fire Marshall Fred B. Watkins reported West Virginia fire loss fell 80 percent in June from a year earlier, totaling 44758 dollars. Property loss valued at 165720 dollars marked a 60 percent decrease from June 1936. Of 35 fires reported during the period.
The resolution on combating Communism and other dictatorial ideologies was debated by the Lions resolutions committee in Chicago. It may be presented to about 10,000 delegates in the closing session. The Birmingham club offered the proposal and the wording could be revised if brought forward. The committee backed anti syphilis campaigns and supported a national children’s day. Parkersburg high school band won the juvenile bands contest for the second year. Henry T. Bauer of Toledo was elected chairman of the executive council. Vocal quartet prizes went to Norfolk, Parkersburg, with first and seventh places respectively.
June reports show 15 total losses with one arson conviction in Berkeley county. Investigating fire marshal details 21 fires: one in Boone, Clay, Fayette, Mercer, Monongalia, Monroe, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph counties. two in Berkeley, Cabell, Kanawha, McDowell. four in Harrison. Four people died from fire injuries. Children playing with fire blamed for several blazes.
Logan residents faced a historic municipal worry from the 1990s as horseshoe players disrupted street traffic. An unearthed ordinance fined $1 to $5 for pitching horseshoes or similar games on streets or alleys, illustrating long‑standing restrictions in local law.
Ned Quinn of Charleston is spending the weekend with his uncle Dr. Miller Quinn of Johnstown Road.
Bride elect Miss Frances File hosted a recipe shower and luncheon at the Wade home on Wilson Street. Guests brought a favorite recipe and a utensil, with summer flowers and an elegant setting featuring sweet peas, linens, silver, and crystal. Attendees included Mrs. Ashton File, Mrs. F. L. Banks, Miss Marjorie Winston, Miss Ann Louise File, and others.
Mrs. Dana M. Conner and daughter Betty accompany her father the Rev. A. E. Odell of Mount Hope on a motor visit to Nicholas County where Odell spoke at Mt. Nebo. Other relatives travel from Denver and Arizona, with plans to join family gatherings in Harrisonburg and Lynchburg as multiple residents motor to nearby towns for visits and overnight stays.
Mrs. James Madison Hayes leaves Beckley with family in August and a large formal farewell is planned next Friday at the Womans Club hosted by Mrs. G Lester Hash and Miss Inez Caffee. The North Caldwell Shaw Mi De Eca camp event is noted as a long planned outing with about 200 invitations issued tonight for friends met during her Craig Healing Springs stay.
Miss Marian Laddene Kidd daughter of Prof and Mrs H H Kidd of Lafayette Indiana married John Clifford Cunningham of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on June 26 in Lafayette. The couple, graduates of Purdue University Lafayette, reside in Swissvale Pennsylvania.
Mr and Mrs Edward McAllister announce the birth of an 83 4 pound son born Monday July 19 at their home in East Beckley.
Black Knight country club hosts a cabaret dance as part of a summer Saturday night program with Louis Kaman and his orchestra playing popular dance tunes. Tables line the side walls for members guests and committee guests. Dancing runs from nine to midnight.
Fireco residents Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Reese and Mrs. Charles Teague with children David and Ruth, Gorman and Dale Walker, and Rudolph Lytman spent the weekend with J. F. Baird in Beckley. Mrs Ruby Baird visited friends and relatives at Coal City, while Mrs Morgan Reese of Fireco visited during the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Floyd M Sayre and family expect to spend Sunday in Ripley with relatives.
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