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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1932
Page
4
A Beckley piece humorously lampoons weather forecasts while recounting odd local episodes. A young man’s laundry bag misadventure in a Fayette Street apartment building prompts farcical social scenes with visiting ladies and a chorus of shrieks from an astonished hostess.
A reported fatal scene on a stairway results in a police and state response during a snow day. An official bulletin identifies the deceased as a laundry bag filled with laundry. Community notices include Montgomery events with Jubilee Singers, school contests with medals awarded, and various local meetings and social gatherings across Beckley and Montgomery.
Ebenezer Baptist church announces regular Sunday services. Rev HOE Wright will deliver the second sermon in the “Lots of Ebenezer” series, with Rev 2, EF, King preaching at the evening evangelistic service. AP members and friends urged to attend these services. Funeral notices follow for James Justin son of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Austin and for Miss Olie Bel Pit, with detailed remembrances and interment plans.
Rallying call to players to seize the upcoming meeting opportunity. The excerpt conveys urgency and team spirit with a motivational prompt to perform at a decisive event. No specific names or dates are provided in the fragment.
Thousands of buyers are seizing the low priced Series 32.50 Buick line of eights. Sales reports from Nal eish Sales Service Co show steady volume as spring nears. The 32-57 five passenger sedan, the series feature, surged fifty percent in retail deliveries in the second ten days of February versus the first ten days. The lowest priced Buick sedan since four cylinders, it reaches a new buyer class previously hesitant about Buick ownership.
Helen West Virginia area notes a surprise party for Barbara Gallo with dancing and games. Guests from Berkley Beckley and Peterstown attended, including Lotuco and Hugbert families. Amigo PTA plans 7:30 p.m. meeting with Rev Sterne leading devotionals and a talk on standardization by Gallo faculty member CM Whittaker. Kobe variety of Tespered hayper acres highlighted from North Carolina field trials.
Cora Sue Collins, four, from Beckley, rises in Hollywood after appearing in The Unexpected Father at the Palace Theatre. Her mother, Mrs. Y. C. Goillins, once sold hosiery in Beckley and entered Raleigh Register subscription contests. Director Thornton Freeland praises her as unusually talented and appealing, noting a stark scene from the film.
In Hollywood circles she is asked about failure but offers a poised smile. The discussion centers on the pressure of rising height in fame and how she maintains composure amid intense scrutiny. Her stance signals resilience.
Miss Edna Wills and Eddie Mohor motored to Beckley Saturday. Among those on the sick list are Mrs. Sam Dwnorick Mrs. Charles Traybor Mrs. Margaret Mentz and Sidney Mead OWS. Miss Millie Meadows was visiting friends in Fairmont. Cody Garnett moved his family here last Monday. Elizabeth Traybor was the Sunday evening guest of Edna Wills. Clyde Wills and Steve Harris were visiting in Pemberton Saturday night. H E Carmichael of Beckley visited our school Tuesday. Sophia Smith had as her Sunday evening guests Lora Demarick Annie Harrison George Ridd Steve and Frank Harrison. Mrs. T W Wills and Mrs. Elsie Lego were shoppers in Beckley Saturday. Elizabeth Traybor and Annie Harrison visited Pemberton Thursday. Clyde Early was visiting in Links Grove Saturday night. Marshall Moses returned from Blacksburg Va. Horton Smith scored 73s early in season at Springfield Mo.
An examination of inflation and buying power shows dollars buy more goods today than in 1929 or 1916. Food and clothing costs are down, but local rents have not fallen to match wage cuts in Beckley. Merchants face high overhead with static rents, urging property owners to reduce rates to prevent business failures and vacant storefronts.
The editorials from Poste Herald urge fair pricing. Raleigh county undertakers announce ownership of their firm, lower prices by about fifty percent, and promise no hidden overhead. They claim to provide value by selling only what customers need at a live-and-let-live rate.
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