Plenty Grand Nominated In Rural Horse Race
The horse Puffy s riding is named Plenty Grand and his owner calls him the pick of the land. They warm up as Puff fears in the race though Plenty Grand may be passed. Visitors over Memorial Day include Mrs Ruth Brooks Miss Julia Wells Miss Hattie Wells Mr and Mrs Alonzo Wells of Beckley and Mrs Mary Roberson of Lynchburg Virginia due to her sister Ruth Austin s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puffy
Plenty Grand
Ruth Brooks
Julia
Hattie Wells
Alonzo Wells
Beckley
Mary Roberson
Lynchsburg
Ruth Austin
Becket Flight Delays and Local Weather Notes
The author recalls not riding the big tri motor Ford plane due to weather between Beckley and Bristol. He and guests search the skies, describe May rainfall totals near 30 inches, and reflect on April’s record cold. Also features community notes on a schoolboy’s prizes, an elderly woman’s airplane ride, road-improvement pleas for Laurel Creek, and salutes to transcontinental transports over Beckley.
Slanaford Man Jailed on Destruction Charge
Joe Shrodo of Slanaford was arrested yesterday and jailed by Conservator T. W. Harmon on charges of destruction of property and drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Shrodo
Slanaford
T. W. Harmon
Stocks Rally After Early Decline In Mining Lift
New York June 1 Traders reversed early selling and bought stocks, led by mining shares amid hopes the administration may raise silver prices to offset deflationary NRA shock. Investment demand for equities also grew on expectations of post NRA dissolution recovery. Automobile output fell sharply, with three day trading amid holiday effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Supreme Court
NRA
Washington
Paris
Fernand Bouisson
Cram’s
Wall Street
Negro Activities and Raleigh Area Social Notes
The column lists Black community figures and events from Beckley and Raleigh. Notes include Mrs. R. O. Carey traveling to Kanawha City for her aunt’s illness, social visits in Charleston, college students visiting home, and various church and social group activities. Funeral plans for Mrs. Milton Alexandria are announced, with service details and survivors. The report also mentions road construction updates on a federal cut off highway project near Beckley and local civic engagements.
Ebenezer Baptist Church Observes Children Month
June is set as Children’s Month at Ebenezer Baptist Church with special sermons by Rev. P F King and a Children’s Day program. The pastor will preach morning and evening services with Sunday and communion at the close of the night service. Excelsior Club hosts a Monday social at Mrs Cora Claytor’s home to raise funds for treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Pp. FP
King
P. F. King
Excelsior Club
Cora Claytor
Sermons at Shady Springs and local notices fill Sunday
Rev Till Cochran preached two well attended sermons at Shady Springs West Virginia. A fatal accident occurred Thursday night when a cow was struck and killed by a car. Numerous local residents visited relatives and hosted guests ranging from Charleston to Crab Orchard. Several Burdens and deaths are noted, including Aden Harris of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Till Cochran
Steve Farrow
Lacy Lilly
Coal City
Overton Lilly
Claude Skaggs
Myrtle Hudson
Maggie Griffith
Lola Bosher
Lou Vogt
Garnet Reed
Charleston
Creed Bryant
Daniels
Gertie Rakes
Nellie
Blue Jay
Vella Skaggs
Margaret Spangler
Katherine Phillips
Janie Skaggs
Crab Orchard
E. E. Lilly
Virginia
Martha Dobbins
Charlie Dobbins
Charles
Chester Waddell
Ansted
Blanch
Dominec Onori
Mabscott
Frate Harris
Aden Harris
Harris
Joe Cooper
Roanoke
Lottie Goss
Whitby
Lewis Green
Johnny Richardson
Lake Dobbins
Freda Campbell Thursay
Oak Hill News Highlights Local Routine Notices
Miss Ruth Myers recovers well after appendicitis operation at Oak Hill Hospital. She is a member of Oak Hill High School graduating class. Rev. C S Donally to deliver baccalaureate at Concord State Teachers College on Sunday June 2. Mr and Mrs C P Wilson of Philadelphia guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Titlow. Mrs Malcolm Roop returns home to Paige after visit with sister Mrs T H Mason. Mrs Frances Kessler, Mrs Margaret Klapp, and Miss Aileen James visited Charleston. Mrs Waldo O Neal of Phillips and Mrs Wm Perkins of Charleston visit grandmother Mrs A H Huddleston. Garden Club meets at Mrs Frank Titlow’s on Summerlee St Tuesday afternoon June 4. Edwin Thurmond, visiting his mother Mrs Albert Thurmond, returns to Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Carey
Kanawha City
Elizabeth Hunter
W. L. Jeffries
Charleston
Charles Page
Jean Bayes
Loraine Spencer
Logan
R. J.howard
Mr. Fairfax
Glen Jean
Hugo Payne
Hampton Va
Attornaey
B. W. Payne
W. A. Holly Jr
E. L. Morton
Theodore Gottrell
Winding Gulf
L. R. Marshall
Josephine Marshall
Institute
Demina Marshall- Haress
West Virginia State College
Bernice Hill
Bluefield State Teachers College
Thelma Hargrove
C. H. Hargrove
John W. Brown
Wyco
J. W. Brown
the Beckley Hospital
Robert Redd
Helen Deering
W. A. Holley
Bramwell
James Deering
W. ©. Moore
McDowell
St. Luke's Order
D. E. Myers
St. Lukes
Raleigh
Moore
Pemberton
Lilly Missionary Society
B. Calloway
W. J. Clark
M. J. Wilson
Gracie Wilson
Collie
Anna Wilson
C. A. Clark
Annie Roberts
Minnie Young
Lilly Jones
Anna Kenney
Estella Mae Wilson
Mary Christian
C. L. Brown
Greene
Ruth Brooks
Beck
Mamie Young
Alexandria
Oscar Alexandria
Leonard
Lenny Alexandria
James
Mahan
Jackson and Son Funeral Home
All Mission
Sullivan Will of Beckley
Ruth Austin
Skelton
Beckley Hospital
Hatfield
Sny
C.C. Clark
Ruth Aus
V. J. Clark
Ruth Myers
Oak Hill Hospital
Miss Myers
Oak Hill High School
C. S. Donally
Baptist Church
Concord State Teachers College
C. P. Wilson
Philadelphia
Frank Titlow
Malcolm Roop
Gatewood West Virginia Party Hosts Friends
Miss Grace Coulson hosted a home party in Lansing on Saturday night with attendees Emma Linkswiler Lucille Linkswiler Evelyn White Stella Fox Emma Withrow Lewis Dancy Albert Tilley Ernest Richards and Kenneth Dooley. Also noted are illness at Charleston General Hospital and various social calls including Grace Coulson and Emma Withrow in Fayetteville and Beckley business calls. Reverend R H Kahle preached in Princeton at the Brethren church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Coulson
Lansing
Emma Linkswiler
Lucille Linkswiler
Evelyn White
Stella Fox
Emma Withrow
Lewis Dancy
Albert Tilley
Ernest Richards
Kenneth Dooley
Ed Mitchell
Charleston General Hospital
Grace Collison
Fayetteville
Irene Clower
Beckley
Elizabeth Epperley
Graduates Hear Marsh Address at Beckley College
Dr. J. Frank Marsh, president of Concord State Teachers college, addressed 48 Beckley college graduates in the Memorial building Friday evening. He urged “Let There Be Light,” calling for broader light and higher education in West Virginia and predicting that within ten years boards of education will require college degrees for teachers. Dr. J. L. Lineweaver awarded diplomas in the absence of the college president, and honoured Tom Hedrick with the Bendrat biology prize for the top scholastic average in Beckley college biology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Marsh
Concord State Teachers’ College
Beckley College
Memorial Building
West Virginia
Boards of Education
J. L. Lineweaver
Ldiplomas
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Bendrat
Tom Hedrick
Lineweaver
Dawson Captured After Charleston Gambling Raid
Governor Dawson of Charleston was captured today in Gallipolis Ohio after a year jail sentence for operating a gambling house and a $1000 fine. He failed to appear for commitment following a supreme court denial of appeal. Police and officers had previously arrested 125 people in downtown Charleston raids on numbers game gambling rooms. Deputy sheriffs were en route to Gallipolis to return him to Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
C. L
Gallipolis
Dawson
Boone Services Held Today for J. A. Boone
Funeral services conducted by Reverend J. M. Hayes at the First Baptist church today at 2 30 for J. A. Boone 80 who died Thursday in a Weston hospital Burial in the family cemetery at Lookout with Rose Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Hayes
First Baptist Church
J. A. Boone
Weston
Lookout
Rose Funeral Home
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Harold M, Biff
Bristol
Herbert Sessler
Miss Beckley
J. B. Robertson
Mab Scott
L. A. Mauck
Mr. Mauck
U. S
Government Weather Bureau
Clarence Whitecotton
H. M. Whitecotton
Tams
Anna J. Muncey
Mary Davis
Lucian H. Davis
John Henry
Louise Davis
Tolley Field
T. K. Scott
Laurel Creek
Fayette County
Quinnimont
Prince
Bair Bros
Pacific Coast
Jess Lordly
Shrodo
Shady Springs, W. Va
Oak Hill, W. Va
Gatewood, W. Va
The
Gallipolis, Ohio
Mrs
Katie Levels
Nin
Mount Jupe
Beckley Loan CO
Fayette St
M. W
Oxydol
T-Bone
van Camp Pork & Beans
Dolly Madison
Congoleum
Ste
North Kanawha Street
Glen Rogers
Ravencliff
Pemberton-Sophia Roads
Allen Junction
Stanaford
Boone
J. Watts
Main Street
Foster Hardware
Cab Calloway Club Orchestra
Beckley Armory
Web
GAB
Morton Drug
Tom Ashe
Mr. Hope
Laws
Minton
Alberta Fullen
Winding Gui
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