Marriage of Nina Hollandsworth and James Hughes
Miss Nina Mildred Hollandsworth of Stamford and James Davis Hughes of Killarney wed on June 3 1935 in Alderson Presbyterian Church. Bride wore white crepe with pink accessories and pink rosebud corsage. She is a Woodrow Wilson High School and West Virginia University graduate, a teacher in local high schools. Hughes is a West Virginia University alumnus and theatre manager in the county. They honeymooned in Washington and Baltimore and reside at Mullens La Pinsky Apartments. Beckley residents and other local visitors are noted, with several trips and visits mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Hollandsworth
Stamford
Nina Mildred
James Davis Hughes
Killarney
Holliday
Presbyterian Church
Alderson
Hughes
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
Stoco
Mark Twain
John S. Hughes
Stoco High School
Washington
Baltimore
la Pinsky
Mullens
Birthday Party Honoring Winifred Arnold
Mr and Mrs Albert Arnold of Maynor hosted a Sunday afternoon birthday celebration for their son Winifred Arnold. Guests included M H Gates of Beckley Deriford Arnold and family of Sanger Pansy Tocado of Maynor Clinton Stover of Edwight Flora Arnold Edith Arnold Paul Daniel Dorothy Arnold Pauline Arnold Bessie Arnold of Sanger and the Arnold family themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Arnold
Maynor
Winifred Arnold
M. H. Gates
Beckley
Deriford Arnold
Sanger
Pansy Tocado
Clinton Stover
Edwight
Flora Arnold
Edith Arnold
Paul Daniel
Dorothy Arnold
Pauline Arnold
Bessie Arnold
Mrs
Baptist Circle Meets With Mrs Argenbright
Baptist Circle No 6 met at Mrs W A Argenbright with ten members. Mrs O S Jones led the group and a devotional on Faith was given by Mrs Harry R May. Mrs Argenbright presided over the business session planning the year and the Bible course. A refreshment course followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs May's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
O. S. Jones
W. A. Argenbright
Harry R. May
Argenbright
Miss Cooper and Mr Allen wed in simple nuptial
Miss Eudora Cooper of Thayer and Mr George Allen of Elverton were united in marriage Sunday in a simple home ceremony on the Johnstown road. Rev G C Hite officiated, reading the single ring rite in a small church setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora Cooper
Thayer
George Allen
Elverton
G. C. Hite
Johnstown Road
Hite
Lookout Host Welcomes Friends At Sunday Dinner
Wannis Gunnoe of Lookout acted as genial host at the Gladys tearoom Sunday evening. Guests included Ernest Hogan and Willis Gunnoe of Beckley, D. T. George and C. B. McChesney of Camp Beaver Clifftop, with Mr Gunnoe noted among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wannis Gunnoe
Lookout
Gladys
Ernest Hogan
Willis Gunnoe
Beckley
D. T. George
C. B. McChesney
Camp Beaver
Clifftop
Mr. Gunnoe
Personal mentions and visits across Charleston area
Local society notes list C L Allen of Charleston visiting at home for the weekend. Several women return from Weston after attending a W W G Baptist convention. Guests include Mrs Norman File of Lynchburg VA and Mr and Mrs Ashton File of North Kanawha Street. Additional social mentions cover shoppers, Sunday visits, and vacations at Virginia beaches plus out of town guests and travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Allen
Charleston
Sylvia Bolen
Rosalind Carroll
Ferne Shumate
Marguerite Rakes
Weston
Community Notices From Mt Tabor West Virginia
Social rounded up with neighbors sharing visits and small gatherings around Crab Orchard Eccles Table Rock and Dry Hill. Names include Godby Campbell Harper Tolbert Lickliter Landreth Pettry Stanley and Stan ley with others visiting relatives and helping with farm work and strawberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Plough
James Godby
Rilla
Georgia Stanley
Jim Campbell
Campbell
Crab Orchard
Myrle Harper
Walter Franklin Harper
Scott Tolbert
Frank Harper
Eccles
Joe Lickliter
Hazel Landreth
Snowden Pettry
Son Milburn
Beckley
Daniel Phipps
Sam Brown
Smith
Dry Hill
Ross Harper
Virgil Riffe
Ruth Snuffer
Will Carter
Robert Stanley
J. D. Stanley
Clarence Stroud
Glenna
Carl Phipps
Thedford Stanley
Ennis Phipps
Anita
Mabel Godley
Joseph Boland
Table Rock
Rainelle Social Notes From West Virginia Tumbling Town
Rainelle residents announce visits with relatives in Parkersburg Elkins and Davis Washington and Johnson City. The Ladies Garden Club held a benefit bridge with twelve tables to beautify local spots while the East Rainelle Business Men's club planned regular meetings after a Rebekah Lodge supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jarrett
Parkersburg
G. B. Lanham
Helene
Elkins
Davis
Reba Dent
Bobby Jack
George Dent
Washington, D. C
Dent
Washington
Earnest Cooper
Fonda Morrison
Charleston
Charles Morrison
Lara Dickson
Rainelle
Hughart
East Rainelle
Maude Grannertte
Johnson City
Ladies Garden Club of
E. C. Simpson
M. C. Whitlock
Business Men's Club
Rebekah Lodge No
Hugh Brown
J. E. Hanner
Smaldi Smith
E. D. Hedberg
Morgantown
Williams
California highway dept uses hydraulic mining for road building
Adaptation of hydraulic mining methods to road building enabled the California highway department to excavate 1,500,000 cubic yards of earth at a tenth of the cost of excavation by mechanical or power means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Highway Department
Credit Men see recovery as worst days pass
The Associated Press reports from Pittsburgh as Fred Roth president of the National Association of Credit Men opens its 40th annual convention with over 2,000 delegates. Roth says lo mood has passed and improved agricultural prices fuel a rural revival despite drought. He cites NRA Supreme Court rulings as beneficial to recovery alongside Henry H. Heinmann. Marriner S. Eccles and other leaders are due to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Fred Roth
National Association of Credit Men
Roth
Supreme Court
NRA
Henry H. Heinmann
Association
Heinmann
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Joseph B. Eastman
Federal
Transportation
A. W. Robertson
Westinghouse Electric and
Post Back To Bartlesville After Winnie Mae Crashes
Pilot Post, upset but composed, landed the Winnie Mae on her belly at Bartlesville after a broken piston forced a return from Davenport Iowa during a transwest coast flight. He spoke of continuing to set records with the ship despite the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Bartletsville
Burbank Field
California
Frank Phillips
Bartlesville
Phillips
Davenport
Iowa
Five Women Held for Scanty Attire in Yonkers
Five young women from Brooklyn and New York City were rounded up for wearing scanty outfits and were marched to the police station. A movie camera recorded the spectacle as Alderman Slater warned Yonkers against improper dress, calling the women examples to deter others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Kohn
Shirley Friedland
Brooklyn
Jean Schneider
Rose Sherman
Esther Kaplan
New York City
Alderman Slater
Yonkers
Roosevelt vetoes bill aiding loan association tax refunds
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill that would grant tax refunds to a limited group of building and loan associations that missed filing deadlines. He said the bill favors a small class of taxpayers and discriminates against the broader federal taxpayer body. The measure was pushed by Senator Bulkley of Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Bulkley
Ohio
Hoover Warns Stanford Grads On Freedom And Recovery
Former President Herbert Hoover told nearly 1,000 Stanford graduates that freedom is the first social security and must be guarded. He warned economic security is lost when freedom is sacrificed and criticized hot house methods and the economy of scarcity. The speech touched on NRA changes, new advisory council members, and the transfer of personnel to other government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stanford Uniiversity
Cal
Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
O'Neill
NRA
Coonley
Marshall
Recovery Board
National Recovery Administration
Charles Edison
Howell Cheney
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Emily Newell Blair
Walton H. Hamilton
Consumers
Consumers Advisory Board
Hamilton
Skeleton Nra
Roosevelt extends NRA role amid possible codes return
President Franklin D Roosevelt orders a new NRA setup aimed at preserving the recovery administration structure and key personnel while awaiting possible further legislation. He announces continued operations in Washington and field offices and names George L Berry as assistant to ONeill to represent labor, with Berry, head of the International Typographical Union, serving since early NRA days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRA
Roosevelt
Washington
Supreme Court
White House
George L. Berry
O'Neill
Berry
International Pressmen’s Union
Man killed in Beckley shooting as son flees scene
A man died after being shot in Beckley as two boys on Woodlawn avenue saw a “highly excited” Negro drive away in a car later found on New Raleigh road. The victim Thomas died at Beckley hospital. Houston Thomas was arrested and Perry Thomas surrendered a .32 revolver claimed taken from Herman as he fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn
Pickus
Raleigh
Thomas
Beckley Hospital
Houston Thomas
East Beckley
Perry Thomas
Herman
Enacting Price Cuts Hinder Wage Talks Between Operators and Miners
The article notes 14 months of code price cutting and enforcement failure, leading to renewed wage scale disputes. Operators insist on not negotiating a scale as efforts to renew the wage agreement that expired April 1 have failed, returning to red figures.
Court hearing on Guffey-Sadyer bill wage talks
United Mine Workers officials and operators debated price controls in the Guffey-Sadyer bill as a path to stabilizing the industry. Henry Warrum, counsel for the United Mine Workers, argued the measure affects interstate commerce and does not delegate executive powers, defending its constitutionality amid wage and hour demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Henry Warrum
Warrum
Supreme Court
State Relief Leaders Meet With Hopkins
State works progress directors gathered to learn how the Roosevelt administration plans to spend 4 billion dollars on the work relief program. They would hear about state allocations, pace of employment, and project types as plans for both extensive and expensive initiatives were drafted. Also on the agenda were 1,270,602,600 dollars worth of projects already approved for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Stock Market Shows Steady Undertone At Opening
Wall Street opened with a steadier undertone as trading stayed fairly active. Most price moves were fractional and many issues unchanged at the start. Small gains appeared for American Telephone, Santa Fe, Case, Dupont, General Electric, Pennsylvania, United Aircraft, Radio preferred D, and U.S. Steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
American Telephone
Sante Fe
Case
Dupont
General Electric
Pennsylvania
United Aircraft
Radio
U.S. Steel
Westinghouse Chrysler and Con Solidated Gas Easier
Business brief notes Westinghouse, Chrysler and Consolidated Gas reported easier operations and smoother logistics in market updates. No specific dates or figures are given, but the item highlights reduced friction among the three companies and improved efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Chrysler
Consolidated Gas
Cunard Hosts Monday Evening Outing In Kaymoor
Mrs. Luther Mann was hostess to an outing on the old Kaymoor lot Monday evening with Dr. and Mrs. John McGraw, Luther Mann and family, many Perry and Mann relatives, Miss Wilda Garvin headed to Morgantown for university summer session, Mrs. Charles Knoules of Charleston visiting Perry family, Charles Garvin returning from Morgantown school term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Mann
Kaymoor
John McGraw
Clara
Opal
Edith Perry
Virginia
Anne
Mary Wire
Mildred Mann
Ethel Sowers
Ruby Smith
Merl Howard
Charles Beary Jr
John McGraw Jr
Kyle
Kenneth
Dewey
Alfred Mann
Donald Lively
Marvin Leffen
Martin Rodes
Wilda Garvin
Morgantown
Charles Knoules
Charleston
C. E. Perry
Charles Garvin
Brooklyn WV Residents Progress in Local News
Brooklyn West Virginia: Charley Cheslock of Scotia Coal and Coke leaves for a one week vacation. Julia Wire visits Florida with Kenna Moore couple from Pemberton. Lee Roy Pittman loses a finger in a Coal Valley hospital mine accident. Ruth Fox and Mrs Fox drive to McKendree hospital. Ruth to enter as patient. Virginia Wire and Edith Burgess depart to Charlottesville Virginia for University of Virginia enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Cheslock
Scotia Coal and Coke Company
Julia Wire
Florida
Kenna Moore
Pemberton
Lee Roy Pittman
Coal Valley Hospital
Colbert Fox
Ruth Fox
McKendree Hospital
Virginia Wire
Edith Burgess
Charlottesville
Virginia
University of Virginia
Birth of daughter Frday to Beverley Hume in 1935
Mr and Mrs Beverley Hume announce the birth of a daughter born Friday June 14, 1935. The item notes the first dwelling in Birmingham Alabama was built in 1835 and remains standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley Hume
Frday
Birmingham
Ala
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Miss Hollandsworth
Mr. Hughes
E. S. Ames
Salem
Francis Flint
Hallie Kendall
Glenn Sutphin
Resaco
A. C. Sutphin
Wickham Avenue
Larry Davis
Montgomery
Ben Lewis
Woodlawn Avenue
Lewis
Sam Wasserkrug
Pocahontas
Baptist Circle
Miss Cooper
Mr. Allen
Mt. Tabor
W. Va
Rainelle, W. Va
Tommy Armour
Amy Lou Oliver
Eliahaa
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Stubby Kruger
Lester Stoefen
Pete Knight
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Stanford U
Melvin Ott
N.Y. Giants
R. J. Reynolds Tob. Co
Lester R. Stoefen
U.S
Bill
Hopkins
Cunard
Brooklyn, W. Va
Beauty Services
Vera - Rose Beauty Shop
Woolworth
Stussy Kruger
Stor
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