Miss Janie West and Earl Elkins wed at Dr Bird home
Local interest wedding announced for Miss Janie West and Earl Elkins who wed July 20 1935 at Dr J E Bird residence on South Heber Street with Dr Bird officiating. Elkins to reside in Beckley where he works for New River Grocery Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie West
Earl Elkins
J. E. Bird
South Heber Street
Dr. Bird
Elkins
C. H. West
St. Albans
New River Grocery Co
Beckley
Ladies Day Luncheon at White Oak Club
At the regular Ladies Day luncheon and bridge held Thursday at the White Oak Country Club, Mrs. Frank S. Harkleroad of Harvey hosted guests including Mrs. T. R. Ragland Mrs. B. B. Richmond and guest Mrs. DeWitt Gaffney of Craig Missouri Mrs. Joe L. Smith Mrs. W. C. Griffith Mrs. John Scott and Mrs. Ross Preston Daniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak Country Club
Frank S. Harkleroad
Harvey
T. R. Ragland
B. B. Richmond
DeWitt Gaffney
Craig
Missouri
Joe L. Smith
W. C. Griffith
John Scott
Ross Preston Daniel
Local Social Roundup Highlights Fort Thomas Visitors
Personal Mention notes Miss Elizabeth Chapman of Fort Thomas Ky expected here late week to visit Mrs. Frank M. Foote on Harper road. Mrs. Robert Mustard of Mechanicsburg Va and Miss Pauline DeHart of Portsmouth Ohio guests of Mrs. R. E. DeHart on Pershing street. Additional visits include Miss Annabel Keyser with sister Mrs Arthur Snyder on Greenbrier camping trip and Janet and Ralph Berman visiting Charleston relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Chapman
Fort Thomas
Frank M. Foote
Harper Road
Robert Mustard
Mechanicsburg
Pauline DeHart
Portsmouth
Ohio
R. E. DeHart
Pershing Street
Annabel Keyser
Arthur Snyder
Greenbrier
Janet Berman
Ralph Berman
N. Berman
Charleston
Brownie Phillips
George W. Bair
North Kanawha Street
Craig Healing Springs
Roy T. Elkin
Bettye
Louis
Cincinnati
G. Lester Hash
Harwood James
Bluefield
Eva
Ethel Keyser
West
California
Washington
L. Berman
Harriett
Melvin
Arno Schneider
Cleveland
Beckley
Schneider
Old Ben Coal Corporation
Ennis Q. Bailey
New Kensington
J. W. Bailey
Prosperity
O. H. Hall
Tommy Creek
H. R. Caudill
West Neville Street
Hall
Miner’s Eye Injury Ends Up In Hospital
Sam Stovall a 20 year old Negro miner was brought to Beckley hospital after a coal fragment struck his right eye at the Glen Rogers mines yesterday afternoon. Doctors fear the injury may require removal of the eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Stovall
Beckley Hospital
Glen Rogers
University of Kentucky to build two new buildings
The University of Kentucky plans two new buildings at a total cost of 500000 dollars if a public works administration loan is approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kentucky
PWA
Mrs Lawrence Tibbett and Family Ties in Wilton
Jennie Marston mothered by Edgar L Marston a San Francisco banker is now Mrs Lawrence Tibbett in Wilton Connecticut. The couple share two children from the husband’s first marriage and three from Mrs Tibbett. Michael Edward Tibbett, born August 1933, loves a canoe on the Wilton estate. The Tibbetts prefer Connecticut but are in California for a film. Mrs Tibbett enjoys cooking golfing and swimming with a new pool planned. She is a keen listener and critic, praised by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Tibbett
Jennie Marston
Edgar L. Marston
San Francisco
Jane
Michael Edward Tibbett
Tibbett Estate
Wilton
Conn
Couple Killed In Wreck Named As Sowden Of Oak Hill
The report identifies a Mr Sowden of Oak Hill as a key deceased after a wreck. Ambulances from Tyree and Dew and Thomas Funeral Home transported the injured to area hospitals where recovery was anticipated for the three men. Funeral details for Stark and Smith are listed, with services set at churches near Sanger and Rock Lick and burials planned in local cemeteries under Tyree funeral direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowden
Oak Hill
Tyree
Dew
Thomas Funeral Home
Stark
Kentucky
Dove Stark
W. W. Forchild
Ironton
Ohio
O. A. Amick
Beard
Ashland
Mose Pickens
Zelda
Mae Scott
Hopewell
R. Wilburn
C. S. Donnelly
Sanger
Smith
Bedford
Virginia
Nancy Smith
Melvin
Maynard
Rex
Max
Marn Smith
Thayer
Margaret Reece
Minden
Mabel Tingler
Kaymoor
Myrtle Burgess
Mary Hanshaw
Landisburg
Geneva Smith
Richard Smith
Roanoke
Joe Smith
Rosie Hundley
Rock Lick
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Tyree and
Hopkins Scoutmaster For New Helen Troop
L. M. Hopkins, assistant mine foreman at Helen, selected as scout master for a new Helen boy scout troop. Herbert Jarertt chosen assistant scout master by committee G. P. Burgess Dr. W. F. Pomputius W. D. Ward and Superintendent Bourland. Meeting held last evening to restart the troop with the first meeting set for August 1 and registration to be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Hopkins
Helen
Herbert Jarertt
G. P. Burgess
W. F. Pomputius
W. D. Ward
Bourland
Troopers To Receive New Autos And Cycles
State Troopers A Scalise B F McLaughlin and C L Hawkins visited Charleston to accept new motorcycles and automobiles for use at the local headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Scalise
B. F. McLaughlin
C. L. Hawkins
Charleston
Female Husband Sheds Trousers in Annulment Case
Pretty red haired Margaret Fowler, 17, and 21 year old Alice Delores Hayes, once the groom, shed their roles and clothes after an annulment by Judge W. J. Bowersock. Hayes may continue in skirts while Fowler returns to Galena. Police chief Al Manes ordered Hayes to avoid trousers or risk arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
Kas
Margaret Fowler
Alice Delores Hayes
W. J. Bowersock
Miss Hayes
Picher
Okla
George Hayes
Miss Fowler
Galena
al Manes
George” Hayes
Beehler and the Kump Appointment Conflicts at Senate Level
Beehler holds that Governor Kump is not subject to senate confirmation while others note the new relief act requires senate approval for appointees paid 5000 dollars a year or more. FERA says funds become state money after allotment, potentially avoiding confirmation. Hopkins leaves for the west and officials deny possible relief curtailment based on the appointee’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Kump
Senate
West Virginia
Neely
Holt
FERA
Kump
Hopkins
West
Beehler
Negro Held For Robbery At City Station
A black robber entered a city station posing as a radio drama participant. He ordered Roach to raise hands after the mask over his face and a pistol were spotted. Roach was struck. the thief rifled the cash drawer, fled when an auto arrived, leaving about $25 behind. Miss Phyllis Griffith later aided police in the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple Company
L. C. Gwinn
Gwinn
Roach
Scarbro
Oak Hill
W. H. Level
White Oak Drug Company
Gray
White Oak
Lowell Davis
Helen Pennington
Lemon Oliver
Wingrove
Phyllis Griffith
Real Estate Transfers in Raleigh County Climb
County clerk records show multiple real estate transfers over the past days. Transfers include Fayetteville Building and Loan Association to Orrie Lilly for lots 23 and 24 in Hollywood addition. Elizabeth J. Shumate to George W. Willis. G H Williams and Rebecca Williams to Marsha A Curtis along Piney river and Paint Creek railroad near Combs street crossing. Floyd M Sayre as special commissioner to Beckley Building Company for a Burgess street lot. Fairview Realty Corporation to Grover C Aliff and Mamie E Aliff for lots 8-A and 8-B in Fairview addition. Raleigh County Bank to Fred B Stone for lot 9 in Beckley View near Tees schoolhouse. W A Thornhill Jr and wife to J F Vaughn and Clementine Vaughn for a Clark street lot. J Q Hutchinson as special commissioner to New River Grocery Company near Big Branch and Sulphur Springs Branch in Marsh Fork district. W H File and wife to Gladys McClaugherty for a Highland street lot. A J Gray to Harry E Fox for a tract in Lilly Land Company Truck Farms addition. Lilly Land Company to Henry Millner for lot 9 in section 10 Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville Building and Loan Association
Orrie Lilly
Hollywood
Elizabeth J. Shumate
George W. Willis
Daniel Phipps
G. H. Williams
Rebecca Williams
Marsha A. Curtis
Piney River
Paint Creek
Combs Street
Floyd M. Sayre
Beckley Building Company
Burgess Street
Fairview Realty Corporation
Grover C. Aliff
Mamie E. Aliff
Fairview
Raleigh County Bank
Fred B. Stone
Beckley View
Tees School House
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
J. F. Vaughn
Clementine Vaughn
Clark Street
J. Q. Hutchinson
New River Grocery Company
Big Branch
Sulphur Springs
Marsh Fork
W. H. File
Gladys McClaugherty
Highland Street
A. J. Gray
Harry E. Fox
Lilly Land Company
Henry Millner
Central Addition
Mules Lose Jobs at Bedloe's Island Transport
Four mules that served as the only transport on Bedloe's Island near the Statue of Liberty have been replaced by a truck. The animals provided the island's old transportation, and a motorized unit will now handle the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedloe's Island
Moratorium Declared For Mine Strike Fairdale Land Sale
H A Stansbury enacts a personal moratorium stating purchasers of lots or farms will receive extensions on principal and interest equal to the strike duration. Sale proceeds as advertised with a noon band concert and bidding at 1 30 led by Senator Grover C Mitchell of Mitchell Brothers. Prizes are offered to draw attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairdale
H. A. Stansbury
Stansbury
Grover C. Mitchell
Mitchell Brothers
Spring Surprise On Lobby Group
A witness told the senate lobby committee that Representative Patton of Texas took a small box from a power company official’s hotel room the Sunday before the utilities holding company bill vote. E. V. Cellars, an NRA employee, said he saw Patton take the box from John W. Carpenter’s hotel room, president of Texas Power and Light. A few days later Cellars said Patton showed him a bond he had just bought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Patton
Texas
Power Company
House
Utilities Holding Company
E. V. Cellars
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
County School Board to Meet in Memorial Building
The county board of education will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Memorial building. Superintendent B. B. Chambers announced the session, which will precede the fall term. The agenda includes routine business and discussion of the school building and renovating project, plus potential talks on hiring janitors, bus drivers, and other staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Memorial Building
B. B. Chambers
Coal to Fund County School Buildings Discussed
The article notes that plans may include allocating coal for the county school buildings. It discusses potential funding and distribution across schools, with officials weighing how to divide resources and responsibilities.
Pemberton Baptist Circle Holds Meeting and Socials
The Baptist Missionary Circle met at Mrs. Sam Alford s home with refreshments for many members including Mrs. Dave Mays Mrs. Ray Pennington Mrs. Bert Hall and others. A fruit shower was given to Mrs. R. P. Holt. The column also notes numerous daily visits and social calls across Pemberton with guests in Beckley Abington and Pocahontas county and travel among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Missionary Circle
Sam Alford
Dave Mays
Ray Pennington
Bert Hall
Lee Cummings
J. R. Westmoreland
Lula Carter
T. H. Parks
Basil Duckler
Audrey Holt
Lois Cloud
Mae Mack
Ruby Alford
Erma Shrewsberry
R. P. Holt
Bill Moore
W. D. Jones
Bert Samples
W. D. Meadows
Bachman Pleads In Lias' Tax Evasion Trial
Elkins West Virginia July 26 defense lawyer Carol Bachman told jurors in the federal tax evasion case of Wheeling numbers king William Lias that the proceedings are not on the square. Assistant district attorney Riley said Lias ran his numbers operation even while in a 1932 federal penitentiary for liquor offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Elkins
W. Va
Carol Bachman
William “Bill” Lias
Wheeling
Numbers King
Bachman
Robert J. Riley
Lias
Federal
Sunday Schools Rally and Picnic Planned for July 28
Sunday schools from Daniels Glade Creek Cool Ridge and Flat Top churches meet at Daniels church at nine o'clock on Sunday July 28 for a school rally and picnic They will move to Pine Grove park for the day program All attendees are urged to bring picnic lunches and enjoy an all day program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Glade Creek
Cool Ridge
Flat Top
Daniels Church
Pine Grove Park
Woman jailed for arson in divorce case in San Jose
Mrs Rafela Ferrant, 30, allegedly poured gasoline over her home and set it on fire after divorce papers were served from her 72 year old husband Dominik Ferrant. Police Chief J N Black said she signed a written confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Jose
Calif
Dominik Ferrant
Rafela Ferrant
J. N. Black
Rogers Goes Fishing in New Mexico Vacation Flight
Will Rogers Wiley Post and Mrs Post tour northern New Mexico ranch resorts for fishing and horseback riding after a five hour flight from Los Angeles in the round the world flier's new plane landing at Albuquerque airport last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Wiley Post
Mrs. Post
Will Rogers
New Mexico
Los Angeles
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Mr. Elkins
E. C. Minter Company
Big Rock
Grundy
Buckhanan County Coal Co
J. H. McCulloch
Ross Daniel
Briar Hill Camp
Brownsburg
John Howard McCulloch
Billie Lewis
Red Hill
W. B. Ware
E. J. McDonough
Rainelle
Arnold Nelson
Oswald McComas
Welch
J. O. Freeman
A. C. Sutphin
Adney Jr
Salem
D. E. Frierson
J. P. Nowlin
Virginia Street
Ethel Kinzer
Mullens
Florence Cravin
Sam Wasserkrug
Baltimore
Wasserkrug
Shoreham
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
L. T. Putman
Ava Burke
E. C. Burke
Eugene Cook
O. F. Cook
Woolawn Ave
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Leonard Clay
Milton
H. L. Clay
Wickham Ave
Frances Mae Lewis
Camp Greylock
Massachusetts
New York
Ben Lewis
G. C. Hedrick
Huntington
W. H. Chrisley
Bessie Carroll
J. F. Wehage
J. W. Lowery
White Oak Club
Miner
Vera-Rose Beauty Shop
Main
Woolworth
Raleigh County Bank Bldg
Mrs
Alfy Fami
Fe Flore
Pemberton, W. Va
J. S. Lane
Abington
John Jones
Howard Shrewsberry
Pearl Jones
Nannie Lane
James Thomason
Affinity
Nannie
W. S. Overstreet
East Beckley
J. K. Moore
Loma Jones
Winding Gulf
FE. D. Parker
Taylor
Montcalm
Paris Lusk
C. L. Greathouse
J. K
Alma Farley
Phillips
Lacy Farley
Rogers
Osteopathic
Murphys
the Quality Shop
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