Beckley Name Ties to Beaver Creek Explored in Pocahontas Times
Long local notice records the Beckley family link to Beaver Creek, tracing Alfred Beckley and John Beckley Pyles, Beckley land ties in Raleigh County, and how General Alfred Beckley helped found Beckley city. The piece notes editor Calvin W Price’s interest and promises further inquiry, with comments from A S Dickens and others about local schooling and farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin W. Price
Pocahontas Times
Andrew Price
Beckley
Beaver Creek
John Beckley Pyles
Alfred
Beckley McComb
John Beckley
Alfred Beckley
W. P. McComb
West Point
Fayette County
Raleigh
General Assembly of
Virginia
Fayette
Confederacy
National House of Representatives
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Congress
Court House
Desk provenance and office space notes from lottery hearing
At a lottery hearing discussion covered 1911 to 1915 remarks about desk origins. It was said the desk came from a supply house, not locally made, and Gunnoe disposed of a desk to J H Gadd. Dickens recalled renting office space early in his term, with official court house accommodations beginning in 1913 as counties provided quarters for superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.S. Dickens
Burl Pettis
Naoma
Hin
Bert Gunnoe
J. H. Gadd
Dickens
Gunnoe
Fathers Day events and district notices at Beckley church
Negro Activities observe Father's Day at Ebeneser Baptist Church with morning sermon by Rev. Bl Tug on The Fathers Challenge and an evening address by Prof. Wells. Belton's Orchestra to perform with solo by Wo Dandridge. Beckley District Union meets June 29-25 at New Covenant Holiness Church for officer elections. Church Vacation School closes with Esther play. attendance up. Funeral services for Mrs. G T Wingfield at First Baptist Church North Berkley led by Rev. Munier. body to Buckham, Va. Death notice for Mrs. Carrie Abram obituary in Armstead Undertaking records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebeneser Baptist
Tug
Profs d, Jk, Wells
Negro Schools of Charleston
UL Wo Dandridge
Wwoo
Belton
Servions
Beckley
New Covenant Holiness
G. T. Wingfield
Beckley Hospital
First Baptist
North Berkley
D.C. Munier
W. C. Green
C.F. Watson
W. M. Wilson
W. S. Burton
Te Prive
Ka. Divers
H. DuBois
Carlisle
New Tope Baptist Church
East Beckley
L. J. Henry
Pocahontas
Charles Vaden
M. M. Hicks
Chicago
E. J. Morton
Fayetteville
Hattie B. Roten
G. 8. Morris
Bluefield
A. H. Brown
A. H. Brown, Jr
Ronceverte
Charleston
Sidney Dickason
A. al. Brown
Lula Park
Glen Dunied
Beltons Orchestra
W. Palm Beach
Fla
Maceo Dewey
Lexington Va
Chester Washington
Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh
George Morton
Laura Greer
Hiltop
Emma Allen
Fayette County
Misses Long
Bessie Taylor
Brooklyn
N. Y
Welcome Baptist Church
Calendar Club No. 6
Bertie Eans Reader
Ian
Modern Missionary Society
Jennie Jackson
Sarah Graves Johnson
McAlpin
Steuttenbenz Avenue Cultural Society Play in Beckley
Raleigh Pastors Aid Sewing Circle sponsors a one act comedy The Steuttenbenz Avenue Cultural Society at Faith Chapel A.M. church Raleigh, with broad community attendance and plans for a June 27 revival for charity. The event, directed by Mrs. Myers Austin Deering, featured Carrie Gravely and Helen Frye among a large cast with music by Mabscott groups and soloists Caroline Gravely and Helen Deering. Additional local and visiting figures noted. church notices follow with meetings and guest speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuttenbenz Avenue
Pastors Aid Sewing Circle
Faith Chapel
A.M. Church
Raleigh
EB. Myers
M. K. Austin
Sallie Deering
Carrie Gravely
Helen Frye
Tome Mie Elliot
Oriole Ritter Bower
James Davis
Odessa Schaffer
Bamberger
D. E. Myers
Dillenbeck
Loving Sisters
Mabscott
Rateigh Jolly Boys
Caroline Gravely
Helen Deering
Annie Crider
Athel Wall
Maggie Richmond
Devil's Brother Opens At Palace Theatre With Laurel and Hardy
In the new feature The Devil's Brother Laurel and Hardy join a bandit plot alongside star Dennis King in a stagey spoof of Fra Diavolo. King plays the Marquis de San Matteo as he woos belles while thefts occur. Laurel and Hardy drift from jovial vagabonds to comic trouble as hasty capers unfold. The mockbird is Florida's official slate bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel and Hardy
Palace Theatre
Aubers
Fra Diavolo
Dennis King
Marquis de San Matco
Laurel
Ransom Money Reported in Hamm Kidnapping Case
A $100,000 ransom was reported ready for payment to kidnappers holding William Hamm Jr., 39, president of Theodore Hamm Brewing. Police, family and attorney Charles seek to exchange the money for his release as clues point toward Verne Sankey, a year on the run, amid threats to kill Hamm’s heir and continued secrecy around the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
William Hamm, Jr
Theodore Hamm Brewing Colepany
Hain
Dh. Charles
Brewing Company
Minneapolis
Verne Sankey
Raskell Bohn
al Denver
Charles Boellcher I
William Dunn
Ham
Sankey
Haim
Hits
Pre-School Conference Offers Free Examinations for Children
A Beckley Baby and Pre-school conference on June 29 and 30 in Beckley Junior High School, South Kanawha Street, will provide free medical examinations for children six months to six years. Dr W W Hume and Dr HL Paden, with local physicians, will conduct the clinic to identify defects and diseases and advise treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Shout
Beckley Woman's Club
Beckley
South Kanawha Street
W. W. Hume
Raleigh County Health Department
HL Paden
Stile Health Department
Charleston
Hume
McCORKLE Eye Specialist Ad Promotes Reading Glasses
For next week the store runs a special on reading and distant glasses. UC DR McCORKLE Registered Eye Specialist on Main Street Backley W shows contact VA phone 412 for appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCorkle
Main Street
Backley, W
Curry Offers Suggestions For Killing Bean Beetles
E D Curry county agricultural agent outlines a spray method to curb the bean beetle in Raleigh county gardens. He urges mixing calcium arsenate with Bordeaux to spray leaves now, targeting eggs and hatched larvae, and notes the same spray helps against cucumber beetles and other garden diseases. The preparation requires copper sulphate lime calcium arsenate and water to yield three gallons for use in a hand sprayer, with thorough washing after spraying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
E. D. Curry
Curry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Harvey Address Set For Tuesday Night
Forces opposing repeal of the eighteenth amendment plan final pre election activity here Tuesday. Reverend W B Harvey, former pastor of First Baptist, will speak at the Memorial building at 8 pm in opposition to repeal. On June 22, Reverend W M Given, pastor of Methodist Temple, will speak at Skelton at 7 pm and at Cranberry at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Harvey
First Baptist Church
Memorial Building
W. M. Given
Methodist Temple
Skelton
Cranberry
Scout Taylor to speak at Pax Troop 93 cabin dedication
Alfred Taylor, Fayetteville publisher and former speaker of the house of delegates, will be the principal speaker at the dedication of the Pax Troop 93 Boy Scouts cabin named Citadel near Pax on Tuesday evening. The event includes addresses, a picnic, and Scout exercises, with 59 members the largest troop in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
House of Delegates
Citadel
Pax
Norman Baies
Tte
Pax Troop
William McKell
McKell Coal Company
J. 5. Mason
Charles Blake
J. B.bobbitt
Pax High School
James Stanley
Hazel Lively
Richard Mitchell
John B. Williams
William Harnsbarger
W. J. Pheasher
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Sunmner
Wite Mdnedon
New County Unit
Certa
Pocasontis Times
Mirlinton
Times
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
New York
Central Street
East Keckley
J. O. Payne
Queen Esther
Ing Company
East Park
Church Association Club
District Association
Johnson
Ruth Hale
Erma Lee
John Kang
Stellar
Palace Laugh
Florida
Real Estate Life and Fire Insurance
A. J. Britton Phone 960
Lily Bldg
W. Va
Wm. Hamm
Artie, W. Va
Florence Martin
Clear Creek
CQ L
Shway Creek
Artie
Martin
Clear Fork
Clarksburg
Linus Williams
Milbern Coal Company
Artic
Ameagie
Zachariah Acarontonius
Dorothy
Raleigh County
Harvey
Howard Grayson
Tanforan
Lilly
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