U D C Session At Presbyterian Church Discusses Camp Raleigh Reading
Robert E. Lee chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy held a Monday afternoon meeting at the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. T R Ragland presided in the president's absence. A plea for fiction books for Camp Raleigh youths was presented by Willis Gunnoe, educational adviser. The camp library has 300 technical volumes, and leaders seek lighter reading for the boys.
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Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Presbyterian Church
T. R. Ragland
D. P. Griffith
Andrew Bailey
Harry R. May
Camp
Raleigh
Willis Gunnoe
Birthday celebration for Richard Bealcher at Cranberry
Richard Bealcher, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Bealcher of Cranberry, observed his seventh birthday with friends. An evening of games preceded a dainty pink and white refreshment course served to Junior Hollands Billy Harrah Harry Harrah Virginia Walker Margaret Walker Jimmy Hamilton Edith Bowles Julia Ann Bowles Freda Hylton Gordon Hylton Bert Hylton Jimmy Collins Gladys Bowles and Ray McConnell Jr.
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Richard Bealcher
Paul Bealcher
Cranberry
Junior
Tommy Hollands
Billy
Harry Harrah
Virginia
Margaret Walker
Jimmy Hamilton
Edith
Julia Ann Bowles
Freda
Gordon
Delbert Hylton
Jimmy Collins
Gladys Bowles
Ray McConnell
Carnegie Tech Student Carl W Smith Wins Engineering Honor
Carl W Smith a Carnegie Tech junior in the School of Engineering and son of Captain and Mrs John W Smith of Wilson Street has been invited to join Tau Beta Pi the national engineering honorary society. Members are chosen for scholarship personality activity and school involvement. Smith belongs to Kappa Sigma fraternity.
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Carl W. Smith
Carnegie Tech
John W. Smith
Wilson Street
Tau Beta Pi
National Engineering Honorary Society
School of Engineering
Smith
Carnegie
Kappa Sigma
Missionary Society Meeting Postponed at Methodist Temple
The Missionary Society of the Methodist Temple postpones its Thursday meeting to Thursday March 26 at 2:30 PM in the church. The change was made to accommodate the schedule.
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Missionary Society of the Methodist Temple
Beckley social notes recount visits and travel
The column lists residents and visitors in Beckley and nearby towns. It notes Fred B. McClure and L. T. Bengtson on courthouse project business, travels by Mr and Mrs Mohler to Atlanta Mobile and Birmingham, and many local engagements, guests, illnesses, and hospital stays among Beckley families and surrounding communities.
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Fred B. McClure
Fairmont
L. T. Bengtson
Charleston
Beckley
G. A. Mohler
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville
A. F. Taylor
W. W. Hume
Cincinnati
Ohio
R. L. Maxwell
Clifton
A. B. Woodrum
J. W. Maxwell
T. A. Bowles
O. R. Taylor
Cranberry
J. H. McCann
Roanoke
Lucille
Charlotte Williams
Pauline Bowles
Porter Hunt
Macdonald
Wirt Williams
Lillian Blake
Eccles
Wilda Creed
Lee Williams
Local church series to begin at Artie Log Church
Reverend H F Coats and Rev George Huffman will lead a series of meetings starting Sunday night March 15 at the Log Church in Artie. The region sees a large attendance as ministers from nearby towns conduct services and local residents return from travels and routine activities across Workman's Creek Clear Fork and Colcord areas.
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H. F. Coats
Toney’s Fork
George Toney
Clear Fork
Raland Land Co
Maxine Maynor
Helen Bacon
Fireco Quilting Party and P T A Meeting Highlights
Mrs. Della Reed hosted a Wednesday quilting party at her Fireco home with guests including Mrs. Tom Reed Woodpeck, Mrs. G W Walker, Mrs. Etta Meadows, Mrs. Bernard Walker, and Mrs. Georgia Meadow. The P T A met March 11, served refreshments by Mrs. D E Mann, Mrs. F P Terry, and Miss Kathryn Hallagher, and featured a program by Mrs. Frank Dolinger, John Fix, and Lacy Cole with piano duet by Miss Marie Smith and Miss Glenna Mae Smith, recitations by Mrs. Freeland Agee and Miss Carline Fix, and boxing by Alderson Brown, Willard Agee, Billie Mills, and Eugene Uren. Sick list includes Frankie Uren with tonsillitis, Mrs. Willie Burgess with tonsillitis, Opal Mitchem with flu, and E F Lipford admitted to Beckley hospital with pneumonia. Local visits note Aileen Burgess and daughter June at H D Clark’s in Coal City. Bernard Walker hosted relatives from Raleigh and Beaver for dinner. John Hartwell visited Whitby. Nobel Bailey visited his mother-in-law Mrs Anna Mullens and H H McVey. Frank Blevins and Edward Johnson were in Pineville on business.
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Parent Teacher Association
D. E. Mann
F. P. Terry
Kathryn Hallagher
Frank Dolinger
John Fix
Lacy Cole
Marie Smith
Glenna Mae Smith
Freeland Agee
Carline Fix
Alderson Brown
Willard Agee
Billie Mills
Eugene Uren
Frankie Uren
Willie Burgess
Opal Mitchem
E. F. Lipford
Beckley Hospital
Aileen Burgess
June
H. D. Clark
Coal City
Bernard Walker
Jess Perkins
Raleigh
Earnest Dalton
Beaver
G. W. Walker
John Hartwell
Whitby
Nobel Bailey
Frances
Anna Mullens
H. H. McVey
Frank Blevins
Edward Johnson
Pineville
Anna Lee Hedrick
Scalf's Indian River Tonic Recommended After Fall
Mrs. Daley Pittman of Fort Smith Arkansas narrates a serious fall harmed her nervous system and sleep. She credits Scalf's Indian River Tonic with restoring her health and offers it as a recommended remedy. For sale by leading druggists at $1.00 per bottle ady.
Princeton Case Charge Faces Quick Court Decision
Judge Hatcher questioned if the case is a do nothing matter as Sanders argued against it. Kenna warned the court about a hot spot while Bailey urged speedy ruling to affect Glen Rogers’ state bid. Ajax Smith sought time to file an answer. Jack Thompson built a perfect cardboard locomotive model over three months in Vancouver, BC.
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John Hatcher
Sanders
Jo N. Kenna
R. D. Bailey
Pineville
Glen Rogers
Princeton
Ajax Smith
Hatcher
Jack Thompson
Vancouver
B. C
Henie arrives in New York confirms retirement for film
Hollywood bound Sonja Henie, Norway’s famed figure skater, arrives in New York and states she has definitively retired from competition, hoping to sign a film contract. Texas deaths rose to 64,603 last year from 63,323 in 1934 while births fell to 118,666 from 121,435.
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Sonja Henie
Norway
New York
Associated Press
Texas
Suspect in poker killing captured at Wacoma
Thompson of Wacoma, wanted since Sunday for the murder of Sam Brown, a colored man of Wacoma, was lodged in the county jail last night after arrest in the Wacoma vicinity by Constable S L Dillon and Constable of the Peace Oley Mills. Brown died instantly from a heart shot after an argument over a poker game at the Thompson house. Thompson objected when Brown took two dollars. He disappeared after the shooting.
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Thompson
Wacoma
Sam Brown
S. L. Dillon
Peace Oley Mills
Brown
Apples froze on Mrs. Charles Mayo's trees in Yakima
Apples froze on Mrs. Charles Mayo's trees in Yakima last fall and now birds are drawing attention as they forage, impacting local orchards and residents. The report notes ongoing effects of the cold season on fruit and wildlife activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mayo
Yakima
Wash
Flightless on Frozen Apples Echoes of a Song
A fragment suggests a lyric about being drunk on frozen apples, implying tightness that prevents flight. The line hints at a surreal or satirical image, possibly from a poem or song excerpt. The terse phrase centers on a speaker describing a paradoxical state in vivid, compact metaphor.
Kansas City Nail Painter Turns Quilt Maker in Side Business
John Hansen, 30, of Kansas City, left his job as a nail er in a box factory to pursue quilt making. He has started a profitable side business selling quilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hansen
Kansas City
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