Rail Decline After Authorized Passenger Fare Cuts
New York February 9. Transportation stocks faced pressure in a short market session led by rail shares down on the impact of authorized passenger fare reductions. Rail equipment makers fell while some industrials held, utilities and motors mixed, and Greyhound sank 6 percent as coach rates neared schedules.
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Associated Press
New York
Greyhound Bus
American Car & Foundry
American Locomotive
Baldwin
Lima Locomotive
General Railway
U. S. Steel
Beth
Winding Gulf Missionary Circles Hold Meeting And Socials
The Winding Gulf West Virginia Missionary Society reports Circle No 1 met at Mrs Charles Lilly home with refreshments served after business. Circle No 2 met at Mrs E R Cook home. Several members and visitors are listed. multiple illnesses and hospital notes are noted. A birthday party for Dora Liddle and Gene Tolley took place at the Liddles home with games and gifts. Personal notices mention returns from visits and guests staying with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Peters
Joe McElye
C. D. Cary
John Hedrick
Lacy Fleshman
R. D. Lawson
Circle No. 2
E. R. Cook
Local Visitors and Family Trips Dot Weekend Socials
Residents and relatives from Huntingon Beckley Princeton Princeton area visited hospitals and relatives over the weekend. Guests included Mr and Mrs Jay Walker and Brian Woods, Mrs Tucker, Miss Ann Smesaky, Sonny Peters with grandmother in Coal City, Hazel Southern and Ruby Blankenship, George Bowman family, Burgess family, Grandma Carter of Pemberton, and the C D Cary household visiting Ashland Kentuck y and Ironton Ohio.
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Ars End
Huntingon
Uke Martin
Lynvil
Bobby
Beckley Hospital
A. J. Walker
Brian Woods
Odd
R. L. Barlow
Tucker
Princeton
Cecil Travis
Bill Akers
Charleston
Ann Smesaky
Woodpeck
Sonny Peters
Coal City
Warren Farley
Hazel Southern
Ruby Blankenship
Newhall
George Bowman
James
Burgess
Grandma Carter
Pemberton
C.D. Cary
Thelma
Evelyn Mae
Clarence
Ashland
Ironton
Ohio
Sunday School Class Entertainment in Sophia West Virginia
Miss Mary Tosh entertained her Sunday School class number 3 at Mrs. William Campbell’s home with games and songs. Attendees included Georgia Mae Bragg Lucy Geaheart Teresa Milazzo Rose Milazzo Margarette Bailey Christine Cox Freda Tosh Erma Jeane Martin and Kermit Lovell who is due home soon from Beckley hospital. Various local visits and guest appearances noted.
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Mary Tosh
William Campbell
Georgia Mae Bragg
Lucy Geaheart
Teresa Milazzo
Rose Milazzo
Margarette Bailey
Christine Cox
Freda Tosh
Erma Jeane Martin
Kermit Lovell
Beckley Hospital
Sam
Bob Hancock
Tosh
Harry N. Lovell
Pemberton
Millie Meadows
Affinity
Joe Carnahan
Ironton
Ohio
Sophia Drug Store
L. L. Mills
Corinne
P. A. Lovell
Lonnie Hays
Ruby Abrams
Mildred
Dorothy Minnicks
Helen
John F. Hall
Florida
Ed Martin
West Virginia Pythian officials visit Oak Hill Lodge
Hon E Clark and Oak Hill Lodge 17 host visiting grand lodge officers from Terra Alta Wheeling and Elkins for page rank initiation. O G Sanders R R Ambrose J Gibson Van Meter expected to attend with Lodge 42nd District members bringing candidates.
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Ira E. Clark
Ira EK
Clark
Minneapolis
Grand Lodge
West Virginia
Oak Hill
Knights of Pythias
Pythian
O. G. Sanders
Terra Alta
R. R. Ambrose
Wheeling
J. Gibson van Meter
Elkins
Family Notes and Local Departures in Sophia News
Illness slowly improving as Ed Williamson of Charleston spends the week in town on business. Mrs Earnest Millsap of Helen visits her aunt Mrs Lonnie Hays. Jack and Lillian Hayes return from Virginia to enroll in local school. Sophia community offers sympathy to Minnie Bell Hatcher on the loss of her mother.
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Ed Williamson
Charleston
Earnest Millsap
Helen
Lonnie Hays
Jack
Lillian
Lonnie Hayes
Virginia
Sophia
Minnie Bell Hatcher
Raleigh County Scout News District Committee Meeting
Raleigh County district committee will meet Wednesday at 7 30 in the chamber of commerce office to discuss summer camping plans and hear standing committee reports. Ted McDowell will preside. Training School participants will hike March 8 meeting at Eunice store at noon to cover second class outdoor work. Plans for a leadership course in Beckley late March are underway.
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Raleigh County
Chamber of Commerce
Dis_trict
Ted McDowell
Montcoal
Eunice
Beckley
Scout
Blue Jay
Carl Okes
C. A. Toner
Jim McQuade
John Okes
Arthur Okes
E. J. Fourney
Stanaford
Ed Garnett
John T. Peyton
Garnett
Stamford
Scout Troops Hold Tenderfoot Investitures in West Virginia
Beckley Troop 98 led by John E. Bridge held an Investiture ceremony after St. Francis De Sales church services as ten scouts received tenderfoot badges. In Montcval, Troop 81 of Montcoal saw six scouts invest with tenderfoot rank at the Montcval Y M C A with J A Hornbeck as scoutmaster. C. W. Pender of Ameagle spoke on Living the Scout Oath, with committee members K L Colcord F C Colcord S M Foresman Okey Cantley and W A Colcord in attendance as parents and friends watched the ceremonies and ensuing games by Troop 81 Eunice and Troop 80.
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Beckley
John E. Bridge
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
J. S. Higgins
Montcval Troop
Montjcoal
Montcval Y. M.C. A
Homer Perry
Leo Milam
Billy Colcord
Dempsey Ferrell
Frank Webber
Sammy Tellarico
J, al, Hornberk
C. W. Pender
Ameagle Presbyterian Church
K. L. Colcord
F. C. Colcord
S. M. Foresman
Okey Cantley
W. A. Colcord
Eunice
J. L. Hornbeck
Negro Activities Leadership Training School at Stratton High
A standard intensive leadership training school will run at Stratton High School Beckley from Sunday March 15 to Friday March 20. Five courses will be led by Beckley and Raleigh county religious and educational leaders with Rev J J Turner of Montgomery as dean. The event was postponed to the fifteenth due to various reasons. The Owls club met at East Park at Mr Ellis Mitchell’s home Wednesday evening for a short meeting and supper.
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Beaver
Association
Everett Lally
Charles E. Wood
M. H. F Kinsey
Charleston Area
Raleigh County
Stratton High School
Beckley
J. J. Turner
Montgomery
Owls
Ellis’ Mitchell
East Park
Everett Price
Willie Vaden
Booker Hill
William Burns
Eugene Scott
Raymond Young
Ellis Mitchell
Philip F. King
Armstead Funeral Home
Laura E. Hall
Linwood Baptist Church
James Johnson
Miss Hall
Roland Hayes
Parent-Teacher Association
S. W. Willams
Wallace Triggs
Zebedee Spencer
Ray Hoover
Esther
Odessa Staunton
William Staunton
The
Missionary Society
Re Election Bid From SQUIRE ZACIL A PETTY
Zach A. Petty, four-year Town district Democratic magistrate, announces he will seek re election. He pledges equal justice to all and no special privileges if nominated in the primary and elected in November. The report mentions funeral notices and local school and community activities in Beckley and surrounding areas.
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Squire Zacil A. Petty
Zach A. Petty
Petty
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