Dunnagan Ballard wedding announced in Beckley
Mrs Ellen Dunnagan announces the marriage of her daughter Irene Dunnagan Ballard to William Ballard of Mabscott. The ceremony occurred June 15 1935 at Reverend J W Bragg's Fayetteville home. Ballard, class of Beckley Woodrow Wilson High School 1936 captain elect of football, works at Beckley Baking. The couple's future plans were not announced. Local social event details follow with church activities and guild meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Dunnagan
Irene
William Ballard
Mabscott
J. W. Bragg
Fayetteville
Ballard
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Allie Ballard
Mabsccott
Beckley Baking Company
Mission Circles Set August Meetings
The Mission circles of the Methodist Temple announce August meetings. Circle No. 1 led by Mrs. Tobin Stover meets Thursday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. R. V. Martin on East Main Street. Circle No. 2 led by Mrs. Frank M. Foote meets Thursday at 7:30 with Mrs. Robert Smith. Circle No. 3 led by Mrs. W. H. Hull will date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Temple
Tobin Stover
R. V. Martin
East Main Street
Frank M. Foote
Robert Smith
W. H. Hull
Premiere Patterns Cape Frock With Convertible Dress Design
Premiere Pattern No. 3009 offers a lace cape frock that detaches to form a tailored one piece dress. Features include crystal buttons, pin darts for a moulded fit, a separate self fabric tie belt, turned up cuffs and collar, and a chic hat. Sizes 14 through 42 with busts 32 to 42. fabric needs and hat materials listed. $0.25 pattern price. Mail orders to Premiere Patterns Raleigh Register desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
West 43Rd Street
New York
Personal mentions of residents traveling and visiting
Numerous residents are noted returning from trips and visiting relatives across Virginia West Virginia and nearby states. Updates include Miss Mary Frances Houchins from Tampa and several families visiting Chattanooga Belle Richmond Mount Hope Mannington and Huntington among others with dates and places such as Washington D C Cape May N J and Mountain Lake Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Frances Houchins
Tampa
Florida
Horace Hall
Chattanooga
Tenn
C. A. Byus
Barbara Alice
Belle
Crawford I. Reppert
Reppert
C. H. Fink
Webster Lowe
Jumping Branch
Kyle Fink
Anna Mae
Freemont
H. Mead
Washington, D. C
T. S. Tinsley
Irene Baker
Richmond
Virginia
Juanita Argenbrite
Mary Alice Wernsten
Huntington
Walter Muir
Evelyn Mae
Virginia Lee Muir
J. W. Muir
Evelyn Hamlin
Mountain Lake
Ralph Koiner
Alexandria
Cape May
N. J
Elizabeth Sturm
Mannington
Frances Sturm
Marion Bruster
Mount Hope
Mr. Bruster
M. Bruster
Claude Stone
Leonor Ramsey
Ernest
Henr
Esther Dillon
Harris
Martinsville
H. P. Stone, Jr
Earl Brown
Mildred
Spencer
Silver Springs
Andrew H. Smith
Slab Fork
Margaret
Janet Smith
Scranton
James Russell
Greensboro
N. C
Wesley Bible Class Plans Social Session
The Womans Wesley Bible class of the Methodist Temple will hold its regular monthly business and social meeting Friday at 7 45 p m. The program features group singing Work for the Night is Coming a Psalm prayer by Mrs O W Broughman a piano solo by Miss Elizabeth Stairs with hostesses including Mrs O W Broughman chairman Mrs Herbert Poore Mrs A A Potts Mrs Charles Wetzell and Mrs A Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Wesley Bible Class
The
Methodist Temple
Temple
O. W. Broughman
A. Bailey
Elizabeth Stairs
Herbert Poore
A. A. Potts
Charles Wetzell
Ann Judson Circle Meets This Evening
The Ann Judson Circle of the World Wide Guild of the First Baptist Church will meet this evening at 7 45 at the home of Miss Virginia Burleson on Woodlawn Avenue. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Anderson
C. H. Dickinson
First Avenue
C. H. Rutledge
O. J. Smith
H. C. Porter
Beckley Avenue
Ann Judson
World Wide Guild of the First Baptist Church
Virginia Burleson
Woodlawn Avenue
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Nathan S Shrewsbury
Mr and Mrs Nathan S Shrewsbury announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday July 27 at their home on North Kanawha Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan S. Shrewsbury
Kanawha Street
Local residents host weekend guests in city and beyond
Mrs James Russell of 75 Hull Street plans to return to North Carolina this evening accompanied by D B Cottingham of Greensboro who spent the weekend with him. Mr and Mrs C D Lemon and Mrs W P Wood of Roanoke, Va were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs C S Trosper of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell
Hull Street
North Carolina
D. B. Cottingham
Greensboro
C. D. Lemon
W. P. Wood
Roanoke
C. S. Trosper
Family Reunion At Shady Spring
A large crowd gathered for the Watts family reunion at the Williams schoolhouse near Shady Spring. A noon picnic preceded a day of renewing acquaintances and reminiscing with attendees including many Watts relatives and spouses from Shady Spring Hinton Coal City Beckley Cool Ridge Forest Hill and Beckley area plus friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Williams
Shady Spring
David Watts
H. F. Watts
Hinton
J. N. Hoye
Dewey
Albert Lilly
Coolridge
Wilbur Watts
Horace Clark
Coal City
Henrietta Ellison
Beckley
Tom Sheiler
Forest Hill
Hobart Lilly
Alma Lilly
Paris Meadows
Daniels
Linda Lilly
Ghent
J. M. Williams
Sam Hoye
Stotesbury
John Tolley
Elliott Parker
Glen Hedrick
Martha Williams
Ed Ellison
M. G. Phillips
Shady Spring and
Messers
Mooney and Lilly
Two Beckley men charged in farm cow theft
Warrants issued for Everett Karnes and Elmer Buchannon of Beckley for stealing a cow from Clyde Lilly’s farm near Midway School on the night of July 17. Hearings set for later this week. Magistrate Zach Petty issued Karnes’s warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Karnes
Elmer Buchannon
Beckley
Clyde Lilly
Midway School
Zach Petty
Karnes
Children Take Church Courses Climax Communion
The third annual vacation school at St Francis de Sales Catholic church on Oakwood Avenue concluded with forty children receiving their first Holy Communion. About 150 youngsters from Beckley and nearby towns attended five weeks of weekday classes taught by Three Sisters of Divine Providence from Melbourne Kentucky, with Father John Halpin also leading adult sessions. Prizes were awarded last night by Father Halpin to top students Francis Hovansky Josephine Tepina and Lucille Smith from the senior intermediate and junior classes, plus sixty students earned perfect attendance prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Oakwood Avenue
Beckley
Sisters of Divine Providence
Melbourne
Kentucky
John Halpin
Father Halpin
Francis Hovansky
Josephine Tepina
Lucille Smith
First Communion
Mary Abbate
Mary Agnes Cain
Edna Dunkley
Lillian Filipek
Angeline Fragile
Helen Lacek
Eloise Misco
Janet Misco
Mary Nagy
Doris Marie Scott
Santina Sparacina
Helen Stanaszek
Wanda
Walter Filipek
John Edward Fourney
Billy King
Jack Klaus
Chester Lynch
Leno Mar
Shady Spring District Squire Sued Over Cow Theft
A Shady Spring district squire faces a lawsuit after two boys allegedly took a cow and had it transported to New Jersey where it was sold. The case details indicate the illicit transfer and sale occurred across state lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring District
New Jersey
New Tax Scheme Publicized by House Ways and Means
The Associated Press reports the Ways and Means Committee released a proposed tax schedule targeting incomes from $50,000 upward. It would levy a 75 percent rate on income over $5,000,000, with Democrats tentatively approving the plan, shifting taxes on incomes under $150,000 and adjusting a $56,000 payer from $9,500 to $9,560 under the new scheme.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fayette Board Names School Appointments and Drivers
Doyle Wickline of Montgomery to succeed Mr Parry at Fayette Board. H E McClung to teach at Westerly. Golda Mae Dorsey transfers from Westerly to Kanawha Falls. J A Baumgartner to teach at Oak Hill High. Sue Smith Miller Fayetteville and Mrs Thelma Stanbaugh Montgomery named as board stenographers. School bus drivers named for coming year include C R Rogers Glen Jean W G Phillips Montgomery Stanton Edds Fayetteville and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Wickline
Montgomery
Parry
H. E. McClung
Westerly
Golda Mae Dorsey
Kanawha Falls
J. A. Baumgartner
Oak Hill
Sue Smith Miller
Fayetteville
Thelma Stanbaugh
C. R. Rogers
Glen Jean
W. G. Phillips
Stanton Edds
R. F. Crouse
C. E. Chapman
Gauley Bridge
Arnold Roach
M. C. Webb
Kingston
Thomas Carter
Luther Rinehart
Carlos Kincaid
Kincaid
J. D. Eppling
W. Dunlavy
Smithers
George Shelton
Winona
T. C. Syme
Mount Hope
T. T. Tincher
Bellwood
Glen Wiseman
Lookout
L. F E. Walker
Danese
Henry Gilkerson
Rainelle
J. E. Elkins
School superintendents division announced in county
Deepwater, Pax, Red Star, Clifftop and Fayetteville figures cited. E R Vawter will supervise county high schools. H F Frazier heads 10th grade junior highs and 10-room elementary schools plus some one room schools. Frank Shipe oversees 9th grade junior highs and small elementary schools. Otway Gunnee remains in charge of transportation, maintenance and supplies, L A Toney oversees all negro schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deepwater
C. A. Blake
Pax
W. L. Argabright
Red Star
Ford Crites
W. A. Saunders
Fayetteville
T. W. Jones
E. R. Vawter
H. F. Frazier
Frank Shipe
Otway Gunnee
L. A. Toney
Former Officer Involved in Slaying Investigation
State troopers launched an immediate inquiry after Mrs. Smith confessed to shooting her husband in self defense during a family quarrel. Corporal Cubbage noted she admitted the killing and the pistol was surrendered to officers. Mrs. Smith remains in Hyattsville jail for investigation. The shooting occurred around 2 to 5 a.m. at the Smith home. the victim died from a heart‑piercing wound. Dr. B. T. Towner pronounced death. Their 2-year-old son Vincent, living with grandparents Vincent Grecco in Laurel, was away at the time. Smith, who resigned from the police a year earlier at Mrs. Smith’s request, had been transferred to Randallstown. he later worked as an automobile salesman in Laurel. Markley added Smith had an excellent state police record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. Towner
Randallstown
Police Hunting House Breaker in Charleston
Police seek a man accused of battering Mrs. F. Guy Ash with an electric iron as she slept in Charleston. General Ash suspects burglary motives and the intruder may be tied to a similar assault last week. Mrs. Ash is hospitalized with three head cuts and a finger wound. City officers note a separate bottle strike on a young woman on Washington street days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
F. Guy Ash
Adjutant General
Ash
National Guard
Point Pleasant
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Tony Ciciuccio
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Louis Tepina
Margaret Pachuta
Francis Phillips
Santina
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Betty Tonelli
Billy Louis Boray
Blessed Mother
Teena Tepina
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Little May
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St. Francis de Sales Church
Agnes Cain
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Grace Fourney
Rose Kendrack
Louise Scalise
Grace
Nellie Tepina
Yvonne Souder
Mary Verduce
Delores Gill
Doris Martin
Jean Guimpalo
Kathleen Gill
Dorothy Hardesty
Elizabeth Mora
Frances Phillips
Santina Spar
Mission Circles
Wesley Bible Class
Tina
Louie Mikulic
Paul Pachuta
Mike Peluch
Joe Samanski
Lewis Tepina
John Whitman
Fayette Board
State Troopers
Keyser Funeral Home Funeral Directors
Oakwood Ave
Hurwitz Smart
Chesterfield
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Burley
Maryland
Licoerr & Myrzxs
Topacco Co
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