Many Present At Woods' Reunion
About 2,500 descendants attended the first reunion of Richard Wood’s lineage held on Memorial Day at the old Wood farm nine miles south of Floyd Virginia. West Virginia groups joined participants from many states. Dr J A Wood of Bluefield spoke in Wood family terms, recounting lineage research and a humorous note about a judge and an office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Qld Dickey) Wood
Old Wood Farm
Floyd
West Virginia
J. A. Wood
Bluefield
W. I. Joyce
Wood
Cockram
Brammer
Colorado
Lewis A. Wood
Beckley
Dickey Wood
Peter Wood
W. T. Lilly
C. D. Moye
Mahala Wood
Dickey
Camp Creek
Lilly Reunion Plans And Revival Services Noted
Opens revival as Lilly Reunion secretary and thanks the Woods for welcoming the West Virginia delegation. A 1936 Wood family reunion is planned with a five member arrangements committee to write minutes of the 1935 event. Next year the reunion will be at Lovers Leap near Stuart on Memorial Day. Elder S. L. Wood gave the invocation. W. G. Hylton registered visitors by family lines. The gathering closed with God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
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Lilly Reunion Association
Plat Top
Woods
West Virginia
Wood
Lover’s Leap
Stuart
S. L. Wood
W. G. Hylton
Raleigh County
W. Lilly
George Thompson
A.B. Wauhop
M. E. Tyree
Ira Whitlock
Virginia Peters
Lewis A. Wood
Bessie
Beulah Wood
Joe Weidensall
J. A. Wood
U. S. Dickens
C. D. Moye
Ethel Farley
Community Dinner Guests Across Daniels West Virginia
Local social notes list numerous Friday through Sunday gatherings in Daniels and nearby towns. Guests include families from Shady Spring Beckley Blue Jay Pluto Panther Spring Hill Glen Hedrick and Alderson with visits among Meadors Decks Farleys and Pitts families.
Good Jobs Open To Senographer
Middle aged male stenographers are wanted at the National Re employment office Memorial building Monday morning according to a Saturday announcement. Good jobs were virtually assured to all male stenographers who could qualify as to competency with the usual character requirements. Little is known about the work, and applicants will be interviewed by an examiner from the Charleston office of the reemployment organization.
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Memorial Building
Charleston
Reemployment Organization
Funeral set for Mrs. Paul K. Jackson in Kimball
Mrs. Paul K. Jackson 34 of Kimball dies after long illness in Welch hospital. Funeral at Presbyterian church today at 2 30 conducted by Dr J L Lineweaver, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She leaves husband Paul K. Jackson a son Kenneth and parents Mr. and Mrs. William Barrick plus five siblings.
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Paul K. Jackson
Kimball
William Barrick
Park Avenue
Welch Hospital
Sunset Memorial Park
J. L Lineweaver
Presbyterian Church
Jackson
McDowell County
Greenbrier
College
Kenneth
George
Joe Barrick
Frances Barrick
Beckley
W. R. Barrick
Wheeling
Travis Barrick
Birmingham
Ala
Addison Rucker
Hatfield Brubeck
Louis Brubeck
Clarence Dickinson
Chester Cook
J. W. Ward
S. C. Catron
H. L. Hunter
Walter Duncan
Gail Carter
Harold Riffe
Herbert Keene
Gilbert Gerhold
H.E. Phipps
Walter Rappold
Alvin and Luke Shaw
K. O. Pierce
Wayne Anderson
C. EB. Gillispie
Fishermen Training School Established On Ship
Altona Germany The labor front has opened a program to train unemployed fishermen in seamanship aboard a ship. The AP reports classes teach fishing techniques and related skills to help workers gain employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Altona
Germany
National ‘Labor Front
Munition WV Hosts Millers Guests and Local Visitors
Munition West Virginia sees Miss Virginia Millers as guest for an indefinite period with cousin Miss Eve Miller of Lester. Mrs Georgia Spurlock of Hazy returns home after visiting her mother Mrs Alma Hendricks. Bil Cook, once at Veterans Hospital, is back home very ill. Ruth Cox of Pineknob visits Munition. Margie Miller expects sons Virgil Miller and Sterling Miller to arrive for the summer from New River State College and Charleston respectively. Mr and Mrs Blaine McGinnis of Virginia are weekend guests. Ruby Hedrick, patient at Beckley Hospital after an operation, is improving. Vera McNeely and Byrd Petiry were recent visitors to Hazy. Mrs Pete Webber and infant
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Theo Meador
Shady Spring
Arminta Hays
Beckley
John Meador
Creed Bryant
Clyde Deck
Millicent Hatcher
John McGinnis
Blue Jay
Elinor Durham
Misses Macil
Ruby Farley
Willie Foster
Lois Lee
A. F. Deck
H. E. Brammer and Sons
Edsel and Elwood
Alice Brammer
Fred Dransfield
Gap Mills
Eva Spangler
Richwood
Eunice Pennington
C. W. Price
Panther
QueHna Meador
Gwendolyn Meador
Pluto
Marcus Walls
C. D. Ross
G. K. Lilly
Spring Hill
Inez Rakes
Gertrude Pittman
Marie Pittman
Bernice Deck
Mildred and
Ruby Wheeler
Oma
Nora Nell Neely
Mickey Cales
Mary Frances Payne
Patty McAllister
Burke Neely
Hinton
Myrtle Berkley
Alderson
Mae Clark
Zilian
Lillian Shrewsbury
Opal, Murl
Marie Hibbs
Ruby
Mackl Farley
Joy Cochran
Oren Hibbs
Harlan Mann
Jim
Mr. Grat Neely
A, F. Deck
Virginia Millers
Eve Miller
Lester
Georgia Spurlock
Hazy
Alma Hendricks
Bil Cook
Veteran's Hospital
Ruth Cox
Pineknob
Margie Miller
Virgil Miller
New River State College
Montgomery
Sterling Miller
Charleston
Blaine McGinnis
Virginia
Ruby Hedrick
Beckley Hospital
Vera McNeely
Byrd Petiry
Pete Webber
Local visiting guests listed at Pine Knob and nearby towns
Sunday guests included Helen Jean daughter of Pine Knob visiting Miss Zella Hunter. Harold Clay from Dry Creek stayed as an indefinite business visitor. Jimmy Setser of Brushton and Paul Gunnee were recent guests at the home of Mrs. Margie Miller. Mr and Mrs Aubrey Wesley also mentioned among local visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jean
Pine Knob
Zella Hunter
Harold Clay
Dry Creek
Jimmy Setser
Brushton
Paul Gunnee
Margie Miller
Aubrey Wesley
Mountain guests and local visits noted in county area
The report lists guests including Mrs. Joe Workman and Mr. and Mrs. George Workman of Kimberly, Orville Workman of Powellton, and Jimmy Acord of Naoma visiting relatives. Dorothy Jarrell of Pine knob stayed with her aunt Mrs. D. C. Hunter. A child named Wayah Bald, aged 5, reportedly fell from his parents home on May 12 at 5,400 feet on the peak of Wayah Bald, a high southern Appalachian mountain with a road to its summit near Franklin, North Carolina.
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Pineknob
Joe Workman
George Workman
Kimberly
Orville Workman
Powellton
Jimmy Acord
Naoma
Dorothy Jarrell
D. C. Hunter
Wayah Bald
Nartahala National Forest
Franklin
N. C
Appalachians
Injured in Fall In East Gulf Child Treated at Beckley Hospital
Cecil Dillon Jr. two and a half years old, son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Dillon of East Gulf, was treated at Beckley hospital yesterday for hip injuries sustained in an accident unidentified in the fragment.
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Cecil Dillon Jr
Cecil Dillon
East Gulf
Beckley Hospital
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