Methodist Class Outing At Oak Hill Weiner Roast
Members of Sunday school class No 7 of the Methodist Episcopal church met at 6 p m at the church and drove to Oak Hill for a weiner roast and outing. Attendees included Reverend Ross Culpepper, A R Davis, Misses Clela Casto Mary Lou Colburn Mary Virginia Clay Gertrude Davis Peggy Ellison Kathleen Harris Eva Harris Janice Mae McKinney Adella Stover Glenna Stroud Elizabeth Williams Lucille Williams Verna Mae Williams Alpha Wooddell Opal Toler Otto McKinney Bob McCullough Winfield McCullough Edward Maxwell Lawrence Brewer Clark Reynolds David Ross R B Colburn Elmo Lewis Carrington Lewis and Randall Wooddell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oak Hill
Ross Culpepper
A. R. Davis
Clela Casto
Mary Lou Colburn
Mary Virginia Clay
Gertrude Davis
Peggy Ellison
Kathleen Harris
Eva Harris
Janice Mae McKinney
Adella Stover
Glenna Stroud
Elizabeth
Lucille Williams
Verna Mae Willams
Alpha Wooddell
Opal Toler
Otto McKinney
Bob McCullough
Winfield McCullough
Edward Maxwell
Lawrence Brewer
Clark Reynolds
David Ross
R. B. Colburn
Elmo Lewis
Carrington Lewis
Randall Wooddell
Miss Harshbarger Weds Mr Young in Salem Roanoke
Mrs. Robert Farley announced the marriage of her daughter Anna Lee Harshbarger of Salem Virginia to Earle Millard Young Jr. of Roanoke Virginia on May 30 1936 at South Salem Virginia. The Reverend G C Zeigler pastor of the Christian church officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Farley
Anna Lee Harshbarger
Salem, Va
Earle Millard Young Jr
Roanoke
South Salem
G. C. Zeigler
The
Christian Church
Michigan Visitor Entertained at Club
A one o clock luncheon at Black Knight Country Club entertained Miss Mary Jane Danz of Detroit. Guests included Miss Madeline Patterson of Pontiac and many local and out of state friends with a centerpiece of cornucopias and blue and yellow flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Danz
Detroit
Michigan
Martha Cunningham
Mary Cunningham
Black Knight Country Club
Miss Danz
Madeline Patterson
Pontiac
Ann Willfong
Danz
Miss Patterson
Ann Williong
Margaret Bledsoe
Guest
Mary Diehl
Norfolk
Frances File
Nancy Wickham
Ann Louise File
Nancy Gregory
Marjorie Winston
Ruth Clifton
Peggy Barwood
Lucille Bair
Margaret Crawford
Betty Jordan
Louise Davis
Eileen Jarrell
Women Golfers Contest at Black Knight Club
Ladies Day at Black Knight Country Club featured a nine hole contest and putting event with a small group of women golfers. Mrs. D. D. Ashworth won low gross, Miss Fay Cooper took low net, and Mrs. Clifford Muller won the putting prize. Participants included Mrs. Ashworth, Mrs. Muller, Miss Cooper, Mrs. Bumgardner, Miss Bumgardner, Mrs. Watkins, and Mrs. McKenzie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Knight Country Club
D. D. Ashworth
Low Gross
Fay Cooper
Clifford Muller
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Eunice Bumgardner
J. W. Watkins
J. E. McKenzie
Party Given For Miss Meadows
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Meadows entertained at their Prosperity home with a birthday party for their daughter Pauline. Assisted by Mrs. Norton Giv ens, the guest list included Evelyn Underwood Charlotte Toney Doris Toney Clara McCormick June Thurmond Eileen Thurmond Kathleen Woolwine Dorothy Woolwine Evelyn Hicks Imogene Meadows Dennis Richardson French Angle Denval Lee Stover George Coley John Mitchell Bill Williams Frederick Naff Charles Berry John Steptoe Lawrence Underwood Henry Matthews Sam Short Tom Bostic Roy Lane Clyde Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Underwood
Charlotte
Doris Toney
Clara McCormick
June
Eileen Thurmond
Kathleen
Dorothy Woolwine
Evelyn Hicks
Imogene Meadows
Dennis Richardson
French Angle
Denval Lee Stover
George Coley
John Mitchell
Bill Williams
Frederick Naff
Charles Berry
John Steptoe
Lawrence Underwood
Henry Matthews
Sam Short
Tom Bostic
Roy Lane
Clyde Underwood
Party Surprise For Maynor Bride And Groom
A congenial group surprised Mr and Mrs Mitchell Lilly the Maynor newlyweds who reside there. Each guest brought a gift showering the couple with many attractive items. The party ended around a campfire roasting weiners and marshmallows with attendees including Mr and Mrs W L Jeffries Mrs Ray E Smith Miss Wylantha Byrd Miss Martha Dickson Misses Clara Bell Helen Daugherty Kenneth Mil ner Joe Black Norris Swarthout and Carrington Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynor
Mitchell Lilly
W. L. Jeffries
Ray E. Smith
Wylantha Byrd
Martha Dickson
Clara
Bell
Helen Daugherty
Kenneth Milner
Joe Black
Norris Swarthout
Carrington Lewis
Beta Theta Mu Meet Postponed
The Beta Theta Mu sorority meeting at Miss Julia Bruce's home was indefinitely postponed this morning by president Miss Eileen Jarrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Theta Mu
Beta Theta Mu Sorority
Julia Bruce
Eileen Jarrell
Personal travel notes and ill health in Beckley area
A stream of society notes lists Mrs. J B Thomas traveling to Columbus with her son John Jr and many others planned trips to Cincinnati Baltimore Roanoke and Knoxville. Visitors include Mrs M C Banks and daughter in Philadelphia and a Beckley hospital patient Mrs J W Marland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Thomas
Columbus
Ohio
John B. Thomas, Jr
Bliss College
H. K. Stairs
Cincinnati
Lucille
University Hospital
University of Maryland
Thomas H. Wickham
Nancy
Charleston
Paul Bowling
Crozier Theological Seminary
Chester
West Virginia Wesleyan
Buckhannon
J. S. Bowling
Bowling
Mary Caperton Blake
Shepherd
M. C. Blake
J. FE. McKenzie
Arlena Miller
Williamsburg
Otis Yost
Raleigh
Beckley Hospital
David G. Lilly
Beckley
E. H. Phipps
Mildred Phipps
R. L Allen
Frances Allen
C. N. Proctor
Clifftop
Aileen Muller
Wirt County
Clifford Muller
Green Gables
Robert Earley
Salem
Theo Roach
McKendree Hospital
Bonus Money Auto Wrecked
William Wade a 41 year old East Beckley colored man wrecked a new automobile bought with veterans’ bonus money. He faced Magistrate H F Hancock on a license charge and admitted crashing into William Tate’s Raleigh auto at the G street New Raleigh road intersection at 0 30 am. Wade was fined 14 11 and jailed for non payment. He said he was headed to police to get a permit and offered Tate his own damaged car to replace the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wade
East Beckley
Wade
H. F. Hancock
William Tate
Raleigh
G Street
B. F. McLaughlin
Italian Maneuvers To Be Held Soon
Reports from Rome say Italy will hold army maneuvers soon far ahead of the autumn schedule causing unease in Geneva. Some view the activity as Mussolini warning that delays in lifting League sanctions will not be tolerated amid 48 divisions mobilized in Africa and Europe. In Chicago, Steve Privichevich killed a widow he pursued and then hanged himself after bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
Rome
Italy
Mussolini
League of Nations
Il Duce
Africa
Europe
Steve Privichevich
Jugoslavia
Chicago
Chamber Seeks Beckley Bus Service Plan
Beckley region chamber adopts a resolution backing city bus service linking business, residential, and suburban areas. Proposed regular half hour routes with a five cent fare aim to ease parking and passenger transport. Ted McDowell H A Sloan and George A Watkins named to confer with bus company officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Ted McDowell
H. A. Sloan
George A. Watkins
Phone increases show prosperity in Bell system
New York June 5 There was an increase of 78 200 telephones in service in the Bell system during May The gain in May 1935 was 47 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Bell System
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Extortion Plot Aimed at Aimee McPherson in San Diego
A federal complaint charges Valentine Philip McCauliffe, 42, with using the mails to extort $10,000 from evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Crippled in an auto crash, he claimed a man named Harry Reamus possessed nude photos and fled to Mexico. McPherson called him a crank and said no such photos exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Valentine Philip McCauliffe
Aimee Semple McPherson
McCauliffe
Harry Reamus
Reamus
Mexico
Peoria man cited after zigzag drive to cure hiccups
Lewis Tucker drove erratically through a Peoria street to cure his girlfriend's hic coughs. A motorcycle officer halted him and issued a ticket. The couple thanked the officer as the hiccoughs stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Tucker
Peoria
French Premier Faces Hard Task in New Government
June 6 report outlines Leon Blum's challenge as premier with two shadow cabinets proposed from communists and labor unions. Critics warn of external pressures from Germany and Italy while domestic parties seek influence through vigilant committees and the C G T. Blum backs League of Nations and disarmament talks amid mounting political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Leon Blum
Masses
Blum
People’s Front
Confederation Generale du Travail
General Confederation of Labor
France
League of Nations
Germany
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League
Social notes from Helen to Huntington visitors and kin
Local society roundup lists visitors and guests across WVa and Va including Helen Elliott, Miss Willa Boyd, Cate Dunn, Ruth Dunn, Anna Muncey, Nan Bailey, Natalie Bailey, Mrs. Waldron Branch, Miss Minnie Smith, Orville Ross, C. Bourland, J. Crews, Peggy Yvonne birth announced for May 15, and numerous Sunday dinners and weekend trips involving families from Beckley Coalwood Slab Fork Oak Hill and Grant Town with affiliations to Wills, Haga, Ross, Burgess, and London families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cate
Ruth Dunn
Anna Muncey
Bland
J. D. Bailey
Slab Fork
Charles Hoffman
Mike Johnson
C. F. Price
Minnie Smith
Orville Ross
Beckley
C. R Bourland
Black Knight
Natalie Bailey
Mary Frances Burgess
Henry Blake
James Blake
Anne Hollandsworth
Helen Blake
Oak Hill
M. F
Eve
W. D
Ward
E. R. Hansbarger
Charleston
C. R. Bourland
Bourland
Carl Haga
Gary
E. G. Haga
T. H. Ferris
Arnold
Blacksburg
Maggie Robinson
C. S. Wills
Waldron Branch
C. E. Ross
Bryan Crouse
London
J. W. Hand
Este
Alice Craven
Treaty aims and German disarmament debate in Paris talks
The report discusses proposals to let Germany sign a treaty or face aggressive design accusations and sanctions. Communists oppose Hitler arms limits. Pacifists fault Blum for unspecified measures to curb Hitler and aid the Soviet Union if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reichsfuehrer
Hitler
Italy
Blum
Soviet Union
Congress Votes Week’s Recess
Washington reports the Senate approved a House motion for a congressional recess from Monday June 8 to Monday June 15. The motion was advanced by Senator Robinson the Democratic leader amid party proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
House
Robinson
Revis Plans For Football Red Star W Va
Sammy Revis an Oak Hill high school football star and honor student who led the student council in 1934 35 prepared for college gridiron at the University of Arizona Tucson with high hopes of continuing his career. He focused on studies in his freshman year and is likely to join the Arizona squad next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Star
W. Va
Sammy Revis
Oak Hill
Oak Hill High School
University of Arizona At Tucson
Arizona
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Methodist
Miss Harshbarger
Mr. Young
Virginia
Harper Road
Garcia
Ewe
Gode
Miss Meadows
L. L. Meadows
Prosperity
Pauline
Watsin Drug Store
Heber and
Neville Streets
Watkins
Absorbine, Jr
Jergen
Dean’s
Pinkham
Phillips Milk
Kolynos
Lyon’s
Fitch
Vick
J. & J. Taleum
Tate
Beckley Loan Co
So. Fayette St
M. W. Powers, Mgr
Chamber
Aimee
Royal Ascot
Betty Crocker
Angel Food
White Mountain
the Pastry Shop
Neville Street
Beckley, W. Va
Helen, W. Va
J. P. Tracey Co., Inc
Quarrier
Revis
Del-Mar
Mack’s
Palace Theatre
Ie Nagy
RCL Uta
Croc
Corree
Silverbrook
National Biscuit
Excel Soda
PEG
Maxwell House Coffee
Kellogg
California
Texas
IN A, & P. Meat Markets
Chuck Roast
A&p
Great Atlantic
Pacific
Cebbie
Red Cross
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