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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1936

Page

7

Restaurant Men To Study Beer Regulation Meeting

Restaurant operators and employees within 25 miles of Beckley will meet at the Beckley hotel to study beer regulation and restaurant legislation. Paul C. Lehmann Jr of the West Virginia State Restaurant Association calls the gathering. A six reel film on restaurant operation faults and proper employee training will be shown.

Beckley Hotel Paul C. Lehmann Jr West Virginia State Restaurant Association Beckley

Legion Meeting in Williamson and Local Social Updates

Montroal W Va FE L Colcord attended a Legion meeting at Williamson Sunday. Clyde Harless and Ralph Dick ens have returned from a trip to Indiana. Mrs Howard Holtzclaw who underwent a tonsil operation recently in the Kanawha Valley hospital Charleston has returned home. Ralph Henderson and Miss Edna Tackett recently married in Kentucky have returned and will make their home here. A Bible school opened this morning in the church conducted by Rev and Mrs Will T Hood Miss Eunice Trumbo Paul Kopec and will continue for two weeks. Ninety one have already enrolled. Mrs David Bitzer and son David are visiting Mr and Mrs William Pettus. Ruby Humphries spent the week end at his home in Pax. Mrs Frank Carnes of Charleston was guest of friends in town on Saturday.

FE. L. Colcord Legion Williamson Clyde Harless Ralph Dickens Indiana Howard Holtzclaw Kanawha Valley Hospital Charleston Ralph Henderson Edna Tackett Kentucky Will T. Hood

Total Property Valuations Drop

The board of public works issued a recap of 1936 utility assessments showing total real property valuations at $584,664,809 and intangible property at $24,319,300. The prior year real property was $588,050,650 with intangibles $26,101,750. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad saw the largest cut, from $87,500,000 in 1935 to $85,000,000.

Associated Press Charleston Board of Public Works Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Virginia Tech Leader Affirms Fight on Communism

Dean J. FE Williams of Virginia Tech told alumni at the Beckley hotel that the school remains free from Communism and Bolshevism. He described Virginia Tech as conservative, with H. B. Redd the head football coach and several alumni also speaking at the Virginia Tech Luncheon club meeting.

Dean J. FE. Williams Virginia Polytechnic Institute Virginia Tech Dean Williams Beckley Hotel H. B. Redd

Local Families Visit and Medical Updates in Beckley Area

Mr and Mrs John McDowell visit Mrs McDowells parents in Winding Gulf as Dicky Lee son of G L Wolfe undergoes tonsil surgery at Beckley hospital. Mrs Charley Boitnott visits Dorothy and Mrs Frank Prunest had operations last week.

John McDowell

Truck Farms Sell Near County Home in Oak Hill

Lilly Land company aims to buy more truck farm tracts near the Fayette county poor farm on the Fayetteville road as the remaining parcels sell faster than nearby Bunker Hill city lots.

Oak Hill Fayette County Fayetteville Road Lilly Land Company Bunker Hill

Reds Plan General Strike Moves Highlight Communist Convention

June 26 news reports the Communist party convention shifting from politics to class struggle. Keynote speakers urged a general strike in Michigan auto plants and noted growing Communist influence among West Coast maritime workers and undermining of steel company unions. Delegates from the Alleghany Valley described organizing steel workers into Industrial unions and claimed 20 Communist delegates run steel unions.

Associated Press New York Communist Party Michigan Ovation Jack Johnstone San Francisco Jack Stachel Workers of the World Unite Madison Square

Weekend visitors and local greetings in MacAlpin area

Miss Bess Lewis of Pemberton spends the week with sister Mrs. R A Cunningham and Mr. Cunningham. Gus White of Beckley visits Edward and Douglas Crickmer. A J King of Chicago stays with family. Dr John Whitlock of Logan visits relatives Saturday night. Mr and Mrs H B Wykle of Beckley and Mr and Mrs J W Scott of Big Stick dine with Mr and Mrs J R Gilman. Misses Elsie and Iva Stump Woodrow Healey Jack Lutrell and Marvin Jameson from Stotesbury visit Misses Golds and Velva Stump Sunday. Mrs O R Hollingshead of Mullens and Mrs E E Withrow and Red.

Bess Lewis Pemberton R. A. Cunningham Cunningham Gus White Beckley Edward and Douglas Crickmer A. J. King Chicago John Whitlock Logan H. B. Wykle

Levich Spends Weekend With Mrs Laura Thompson at Nellis

Levich spent the weekend with Mrs Laura Thompson at Nellis, sharing time in the company of the host’s family and enjoying leisure activities on base grounds.

Charleston visitor A W Laing visits town this week

A. W. Laing of Charleston was in town as a business visitor this week, engaging in meetings and local commerce.

A. W. Laing Charleston

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Montroal, W. Va American Legion Roosevelt Democratic Party White Oxfords Star Brand Silk Fiore Beckley W.va Public Works Board Big Stick, W. Va Lacal All Gordon Fred Whe Array Joan Bennett ZaSu Pitts John Howard Will Rogers Phillip M. Snyder Mount Hope H. G. Kump Interstate Cooperation Committee Reds Union Store Beckley's Neville Street MacAlpin, W. Va TOM Walker, Inc Pittsburgh, PA Shantungs Beckley Department Store Eber Street Sherbrook Distributing CO Cincinnati Ohio Sherbrook Products
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