Lee Willis taken by death in Crab Orchard
Funeral services for Lee Willis a 68 year old Crab Orchard farmer who died at his home Friday evening follow a paralytic stroke. He will be buried at Mt Tabor cemetery the body having been returned to the Crab Orchard home. He is survived by his widow five children twenty three grandchildren a brother a sister and numerous relatives.
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Lee Willis
Crab Orchard
O. C. Sturgill
Mt. Tabor
Blacksburg
Albert L
Mary Martin Willis
Katherine Cole Willis
J. 2B. Wilson
A. C. Allen
C. W. Farley
J. A. Wills
Goff Willis
Giles‘ A. Willis
Charleston
J. W. Smith
Herbert Riffe
Duffey Riffe
Kenna Martin
Dewey Elson
Marlin Smith
Fred Covey
James P. Meadows
Clifford Lilly
John Hornbrook
R. C. Egnor
Dave Miller
A. C. Sutphin
Charles Stroud
I. W. Doolittle
Raleigh General Hospital
Anda Moran
Stotesbury
S. A. Beaver
W. Z. Snyder
Oren Richardson
Prosperity
W. S. Overstreet
Frances
Meadow Creek
Charles Gwinn
Roy Cawley
Clinton Gregory
J. T. Dixon
Sprague
Clyde Gregory
Raleigh
C. M. Compton
Okey Compton
Stanley Johnson
Basil Hounchins
David
Pineville
Paris Sutphin
Luca Thompson, Jr
Walter Goff
Oak Hill
Roy Rice
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
East Beckley Church Social Honors Rev and Mrs Ritchie
A surprise reception at the M. E. Church South in East Beckley honored Rev E H Ritchie and his bride on their marriage. About fifty members and guests attended after a program by Sunday school classes.
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M. E. Church
South
E. H. Ritchie
Shady Springs preacher to fill regular church services
Rev Elmer Scarbrough of Tamroy will fill his regular appointment at the church in Shady Springs Sunday and Sunday evening after missing last month due to bad weather. The pie social at the church Tuesday netted 44.25.
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Elmer Scarbrough
Tamroy
Wilmer Snuffer
Camp Lee
Pete Moorefield
Pulaski
Stanton Griffith
Clacy Maddy
Beaver
Richmond
Madeline Epperly
Gilmer Sweeney
Ghent
Frank Meadows
Beckley
Edith Griffith
Cool Ridge
Ethel Mae Farrow
Erma Lee
Loraine Griffith
Clyde Law
Chisville
Frank Skaggs
Frate Harris
Mae Alice
June
E. E. Lilly
Oak Vale
John Griffith
Frank Willis
Lelia
Lester
E. H. Williams
Silas Summers
John R. Smith
Jack Bolen
Williamson schools stay open after blizzard holidays
Schools remain open in Williamson West Virginia as Superintendent C O Batson orders no closure for the annual teachers round table convention. Some lines formed for a fire department exam with 1132 applicants including midnight arrivals to take the test.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
C. O. Bat~son
Milwaukee Fire Department
Tragic encounter on a quiet train to Iris Lane
Sforgan Black meets a very young girl with armful laburnum branches. their chance dialogue reveals class tension and dreams of wealth. Iris, nineteen, recalls poverty while imagining fairy gold and a life with Uncle William, Aunt Ella, and Lanning family luxuries.
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Sforgan Black
Trandom
Armaely
Ella Lancing
Sforgan
Uncle William
Kila
William
Ella l
Morgan
Daddy
Uncle Wil
Ike
Wil
Grandin Lane
Washington
Lansing
Persia
Ella
Iris
Toro
Lanning
Galshing School
Ailis
Mrs. Oliver
Margaret WidZake
Iris Getew
Weekend social notes from Beaver and surrounding towns
Beaver and nearby communities report a string of weekend visits and family gatherings. Guests include Miss Dexel McMillion and Ovid McMillion of Athens at the Lilly home, and the Wiley and Christian families visiting in Hinton and Beckley. A funeral service for Miss Nellie Phillips in Shady Spring is noted with several attendees.
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Dexel McMillion
Ovid McMillion
Athens
A. Lilly
Beacher Wiley
Rose Lee
Jimbob Christian
Hinton
Dora Steiner
Joseph Kaiserman
Beckley
W. A. Fisher
Blanche Snead
David Lilly
Lu Na Akers
Nellie Phillips
Shady
Sara Frances Epperly
Ghent
Clembell Lilly
James Wilburn
Isabell Rogers
Maddy
Greenville
Mynard Collins
Mr. Collins
Cecil Lilly
Sam Smith
Redpotar
Joseph Smith
Glen Jean
Earnest Smith
Anise Trail
Jamies Trail
Lester
Japan Opens Trade Office in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro. Morio Ohno director of the Economic Association of Japan arrived from Tokyo to implement a trade program from a Japanese mission that visited Brazil last year. He opened an office and announced Japan's intent to buy raw materials and sell manufactured products.
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Associated Dress
Rio de Janeiro
Morio Ohno
The
Economic Association of Japan
Tokyo
Sput
Brazil
Japan
College Group In Two Debates At Bluefield Athens
Beckley college debaters met Bluefield college at Bluefield and Concord State Teachers college at Athens in two debates. The Athens sessions were no decision affairs. Beckley negatives George Blevins and David Farrow lost to Bluefield affirmatives Emme Sue Phelps and Marvin Singer. Beckley affirmatives Corwin Bragg and Malcolm Murray were defeated by Earl Chase and Sam John at Athens.
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Beckley College
Bluefield College
Bluefield
Concord State Teachers College
Athens
Beckley
George Blevins
David Farrow
Emme Sue
Phelps
Marvin Singer
Corwin Bragg
Malcolm Murray
Earl Chase
Sam Johnson
Norway Plans First Official Art Exhibit in U S
Oslo announces the first official Norwegian art exhibition to be staged in the United States. The arrangement is led by Nordic organizer John Hf. Langaard, with preparations underway for the showcase in an American venue.
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Associated Press
Oslo
United States
John Hf. Langaard
Norwegian Art Galleries Tour to New York Roerich Museum
An exhibition of 60 paintings will be staged at the Roerich Museum in New York. Afterward the show will embark on a five months tour of American cities.
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Roerich Museum
New York
Ehanles
American Federation OF Lator
Concen
Remenyi Plans Big Masquerade Ball in Beckley
Remenyi of the Remenyi school of dancing traveled to Cleveland to buy scenery and equipment for a Mardi gras masquerade ball at his Main Street ballroom Friday night from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Guests must wear masks, and he says this is Beckley's first such event in the city’s history.
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Remenyi
Cleveland
Main Street
Remenyl
Beckley
Swedes Expand Air Services by The Associated Press
Stockholm plans daily air connections expanding transport links as Sweden broadens national air services under Associated Press reporting.
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Bres
Stockholm
Summer Flying Season Opens Across European Hubs
The notice lists Warsaw Vienna Zurich Paris London Copenhagen Helsingfors Hamburg and Amsterdam as key airports for the upcoming flying season. The flying season opens about July 1.
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Warsaw
Vienna
Zurich
Paris
London
Copenhagen
Helsingfors
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Eton Dormitories Limited Baths For Large Student Bodies
At Eton College in England the historic dormitories are extremely crowded with some houses sharing a single bath for twenty boys highlighting the scarcity of modern facilities at the famed school with roots reaching into the fifth century.
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Eton
England
Kelvinator Promotes Low Cost Certificate for 1936 Fridges
The 1936 Kelvinator offers a Certificate of Low Cost claiming it uses half of one third as much current as many older refrigerators. The savings may justify replacing old units.
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America
Kelvinator
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