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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1935
Page
8
A humorous patchwork column notes a New Zealand letter about placards like wasnt the slump awful and a long distance checker game mailed across the Pacific between D E Driscoll and O Muir. It recalls mountain rifles, Mayflower ancestors, and local headlines about Beckley and Beckley college expansion amid street hazards and ville counts in West Virginia.
West Virginia plans a summer film project to promote tourism and manufacturing appeal. The completed movie, due about November 1, will tour the country before the state Department of Agriculture distributes it free to schools, clubs, and organizations in the United States and Canada. Produced by West Virginia Educational Films, it will cover resources, scenery, history, education, industry, and transportation. L. B. Wills arrived in Beckley to lead local fundraising efforts this week.
Mr and Mrs Ward McMillion welcomed an eight pound baby girl born Wednesday July 24. The mother, formerly Miss Bill Ingale of Lillybrook, and the newborn are reported doing nicely. The item also notes several local visits and family travels around Lillybrook Mullens and Beckley with multiple relatives and neighbors mentioned in passing.
Numerous families gather for weekend and weekday calls from Lillybrook, Mullens, Fireco, Lashmeet, Grandview and other nearby towns. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Handy, Zelda, Jimmy, Oliver Meadows, Ruth Ann Teague, and many more. A baptism is noted in Lashmeet and a newborn Sue Carroll is announced.
Jumping Branch residents entertain visitors from Beckley Hinton and Clay county. A. H. Mann was moved to Hinton hospital for emergency surgery. Rev Eli Lilly and son Ralph Lilly attended to business in Hinton. Several residents travel for family visits and relatives in Beckley Charleston Huntington and Raleigh county areas.
The Queensland bureau of sugar experimental stations will import giant toads to combat sugar cane pests. An entomologist has been sent to Hawaii to collect specimens of toads proven effective against beetles and related pests.
Paris July 29 two swords and a sabre are up for sale from an anonymous owner hit by hard times. One sword was the honorary gift from French soldiers to Lafayette. The other sword and sabre were formerly owned by Gen. Andrew Jackson.
Professor Scott P Lowe of Fairmont State College will write the pageant for the sixth annual Mountain State Forest Festival to be staged October 3 4 and 5. He will serve as advisor. Queen Silvia VI and her court will attend with spectators from across West Virginia. The Junior Department of the Elkins Woman's Club will handle pageant details as before.
Mr and Mrs Robert Kestner announce the birth of a baby girl born July 11 at their home. Local notes list visits and illnesses including Evelyn Underwood Bobbie Bragg Anna Ruth Short Edna May James and Edna May James Mrs Lee Davis of Beckley and G F Stover guests of Mrs J P Arther Mrs Carl Evens and twin sons of Parkersburg with Mrs J P Arther. Betty Keaton underwent tonsil surgery at Beckley hospital. H O Arnett and wife visit Greenville parents. B F Moye business trip to Princeton. Mrs George Berry ill this week. Elmer Wright and Mrs John Crowder visit McAlpin relatives.
In Sianfu Shensi on July 29 the two bottle method shows promise in a women's opium treatment center. One bottle holds opium solution and the other water. after a dose is taken the opium bottle is refilled with water to reduce dependency.
Dewey Griffith of Sprague says the Kathleen Griffith who recently obtained a Fayetteville marriage license is not his daughter, challenging a Register report published Sunday.
In Wimbledon July 29 England's doubles pair George Patrick Hughes and C R D Tuckey defeated Wilmer Allison and Johnnie Van Ryn 6-2 1-6 6-8 6-3 6-3 in the challenge round doubles, delivering England the third win needed to clinch the five match series.
A fire in the Sinclair Service on Sprague Street caused about 25 dollars in damage after starting from rags under a table in the office. The blaze was put out by the city fire department before it could worsen. Ward Brubeck, operator, had closed the station after one AM. owner is S. C. Ballengee.
Scientists say ancient grains found in Egyptian tombs lose vitality quickly, with fifty years cited as the maximum time such wheat remains viable. The claim questions the idea of millennia old seeds producing sprouts when planted.
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