Mrs Mary Davis Honored On 78th Birthday Luncheon
Mrs Mary Davis celebrated her 78th birthday with a surprise luncheon at her son Lucien H Davis's South Kanawha street home. The gathering included many friends and a centerpiece of yellow daffodils, with attendees listed by name and relation to the honoree.
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Mary Davis
Lucien H. Davis
Kanawha Street
Davis
Lucien Davis
Robert Winston
T. K. Scott
W. H. McInnis
John Anderson
Betty Beckley Campbell
Mary Ellison
M. P. Anderson
Harvey Bailey
R. T
Miss Melba Pickle Hosts Dance For Virginia Guests
Miss Melba Pickle entertained Tuesday evening at her parents home in Sophia with an informal dance honoring Miss Thelma Spangler of Marion and Miss Lela Hensley of Castlewood Virginia. The hostess with her mother served a party plate at a late hour. Guests included Edith Brewer Anne Blevins Bernice DuJone Elva Hancock Ray Johnson Clarence Hancock Andy Sotak Si Brewer Mason Janey Joe Johnson Bill Hancock Raymond Law Kenneth Smith Johnny Brazofsky Mason Evans Rheba Duncan Jack Martin Vincent Shumate George Brumfield and others from Stotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Spangler
Marion
Virginia
Lela Hensley
Castlewood
Melba Pickle
Sophia
J. E.pickle
Edith Brewer
Anne Blevins
Bernice DuJone
Elva Hancock
Mssrs
Ray
Methodist Circle Meets At Mays Home On Stamford Road
Members of Circle No. 6 of the Methodist Temple hosted by Mrs. O J Smith and Mrs. W C Mays gathered last evening on Stamford road for a devotional led by Mrs Clyde L Brown. They planned their annual Mother's Day luncheon at the Temple on Thursday May seventh, the circle's main project. Refreshments were served to listed members and guests including Miss Nora Phillips and Miss Reba Epperly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 6
Methodist Temple
O. J. Smith
W. C. Mays
Mays
Stamford Road
Clyde L. Brown
Jesus
Smith
H. E. Ames
T. J. Bowling
Larry Jarrett
Hume Vogt
Ruth C. Brill
C. L. Brown
Carl C. Drewry
D. C. Lynn
Dora
Legion Auxiliary Plans National Youth Week Parade
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary are urged to join the National Youth Week Parade meeting at Woodrow Wilson athletic field Saturday at 12 30. The group will march in a body from the athletic field in the parade announced by president Mrs Garland C Buchanan
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American Legion Auxiliary
Woodrow Wilson Athletic Field
Garland C. Buchanan
Ladies Day at Black Knight Club Opens Season
Perfect weather opened the first Ladies Day season at Black Knight Country Club. Ladies arrived at 9:30 for a nine hole golf tournament and putting contest. Mrs J Lewis Bumgardner and Miss Eleanor Payne tied for honors in gross net and putting and received prizes.
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Black Knight Country Club
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Eleanor Payne
Personal mentions of visitors and travelers in Charleston area
Reverend Ross Culpepper and family are motor visitors to Charleston today along with Mrs. Culpepper and their son Marvin. Mrs. J. H. McCulloch and others are motor visitors to Bluefield today. Mrs. K J Klaus and children depart Cincinnati visit return today. R B Yaple and son Robert returned from Wheeling after attending a Retail Grocers Association meeting. Mr. and Mrs. M Rahal were guests of relatives at Flat Top yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W A James Jr. were noted in the same brief notices.
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Ross Culpepper
Retail Grocers Association
M. Rahal
Flat Top
W. A. James Jr
Visitors and guests notable in Princeton area society
The local social column records multiple visitors and guests including Margaret Robert and her brother visiting Princeton for business, Mrs. Harry Norburn of Charleston and Mrs. Gordon H. Thompson, Mrs. T. S. Noffsinger returning to Clifton Forge, Albert Holmes Mae Bruster and Herbert Keene heading to Huntington for a weekend with the Hutchinsons, Ray Kessler leaving for Blacksburg to visit VPI, Mrs. Carl G. MacAndrews of Charleston with H. D. Everett and Scott Hall, George Raney planning a Pulaski weekend, I. C. Prince and Helen Marilyn Martin visiting Prince with Leta Prince and J. F. Prince, Nancy Mae Wood recovering after mastoid operation in Beckley, Peter Zanella of Helen visiting Beckley on business.
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Margaret Robertson
Princeton
James
Harry Norburn
Charleston
Gordon H. Thompson
Thompson
Woodlawn Avenue
T. S. Noffsinger
G. A. Mohler
Oakwood Avenue
Clifton Forge
Virginia
Albert Holmes
Mae Bruster
Herbert Keene
Huntington
Paul Hutchinson
Ray Kessler
Blacksburg
V. P. IL
Carl G. MacAndrews
W. W. Kite
H. D. Everett
Scott Hall
New York
George Raney
Pulaski
I. C. Prince
Helen Marilyn Martin
Haynes Martin
Prince
Leta Prince
J. F. Prince
Nancy Mae Wood
Ernest Wood
Glen White
Beckley Hospital
Peter Zanella
Helen
Beckley
Italian Column Moves Toward Addis Ababa In Far East March
Haile Selassie era reminders frame a wartime trek as three columns of Italian troops press toward Addis Ababa. A thousand truck–driven main force, plus Askaris marching along the imperial highway and a cut‑through column through hills, encounter wild terrain, light resistance, and friendly natives while planes drop supplies and soldiers bathe in the Robi river mud.
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Addis Ababa
Askaris
Galla
Robi
Senate Tax Plan Faces Unified Graduated Tax Schedule
Senate debate centers on simplifying revenue figures by asking experts to draft one unified graduated tax schedule. Critics say the current house bill has multiple tax tables, while supporters push for a single scale applicable to all corporations, aligning thresholds and rates across the board.
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Harrison
Minstrel Will Feature Frolics at Memorial Auditorium
A novel minstrel scene will lead the American Legion Springtime Frolics at Memorial Auditorium on May 4 and 5. Students in Heidelberg garb perform militant songs amid a medieval courtyard set, with barmaids serving and couples at table’s edges. End-men include Ames and Foster, while ballad singers and a long cast fill the show, with W. C. Mullins as interlocutor. Reserved seats go on sale at White Cross Pharmacy at 9:00 AM.
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American Legion
Memorial Auditorium
H. E. Ames
James Foster
Leo Harvey
Bob Long
H. L. Austin
Buck Ross
Maurice McCollum
IC. E. Waterman, Jr
Grace
Gladys Davenport
Wilda Ganneau
Charline Moore
Nell Shanklin
Noka Fay Garten
Ruth Bailes
Hazel Meade
Thelma
Jeanette Williams
Harold McClung
Milton Rosamond
Irene Bostick
James Wyatt
Clela Casto
Margaret Ward
Minnie Lee Ward
Eleanor Smith
Floreen Clemens
Virginia Rawn
Thelma Shackelford
Ruth Kellman
Elizabeth Williams
Sophia Leach
Leslie Tolley
Juanita Jones
W. C. Mullins
White Cross
Business Seen the automobile industry outlook
He added that Bethlehem could average 65 percent of capacity in the second quarter, up from 45.3 percent in the first quarter. He cited progress in miscellaneous activities, including apartment houses and bridge projects, as favorable indicators for the year.
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Bethlehem
Revenue bill details and local community notes
The article outlines corporate tax scales proposed to tax dividends and retained surpluses, with rates rising to 29.5% under $10,000 and 42.5% above that, plus a surplus exemption for small firms. It also lists Rhodell West Virginia school activities, frequent church events, and a long roster of local personal notices and visits, including a birth announcement and multiple shoppin g trips and visits around Mullens Beckley and Itmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Harrison
Confidence in Private Capital to Restore Building Industry
He urged private capital investment as essential to revive the building industry. He noted steel price structure is firmer than two months ago and said the period of anxiety over prices has passed.
Attendees at Helen Sunday baseball game and Beckley show
Among those who attended the baseball game at Helen Sunday were Eugene West, Harold Nicely, Lawrence Bruce, Homer Saunders, Alex Hugbert, and James McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Lester were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Roger Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Buford Tudor attended the show in Beckley Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruen Wiley
Ruth Davis
Mullens
Kid Kagy
Mary
Wilda
Beckley
Lontie Harvey
Naomi
Dalene
Lillybrook Sunny
Buford Tudor
Claude Kogar
Jean
Lucy Koger
H. F. Peery
Virginia
B. W. Lilly
Billy
Dalene Harvey
Ondre
Jo Ann Gentry
Wilda Kagey
Mary Kagey
George Thomas
Frank Saunders
Killarney
Margaret
Emma Huybert
Helen
Stephen
Stephens
Pat Powell
Eugene West
Harold Nicely
Lawrence Bruce
Homer Saunders
Alex Hugbert
James McCoy
Millard Lester
T. A. Roger
Johnson services held in Fayette
Funeral services for Donald Johnson age 19 who died of pneumonia after a four day illness were held at the Quinnimont residence by Rev J D Harrah. Burial was arranged by Wallace and Wallace Undertakers at Smith Ridge Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs George Johnson and four brothers.
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Donald Johnson
McKendree Hospital
Quinnimont
J. D. Harrah
Wallace
Family Ledger of Quin Nimont Area Fragments
A fragmentary obituary listing include s the names Emil Johnson Roger Johnson Weston Johnson and Thomas Johnson all of Quin nimont a sister Miss Geneva Johnson of Gauley River also living.
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Iers
Emil Johnson
Gauley River
Roger Johnson
Weston Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Quinnimont
Geneva Johnson
Four climbers expelled for not aiding dead companions
Four young climbers in the Young Communist League are expelled as a warning to cowards. They are held for trial on charges of failing to perform duties as Soviet citizens after two companions perished crossing a dangerous ridge in the Caucasus mountains.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Young Communist League
Caucasian
Pilot Jack Porpoise Guides Ships Into Wellington Harbor
A famous porpoise nicknamed Pilot Jack escorted ships into Wellington harbor in New Zealand for years, a practice once prospected by law, reflecting long standing maritime lore and local customs.
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Wellington
New Zealand
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Swagger
Heber Street
Main
Legion Auxiliary
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Haile Selassie
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Heidleburg
Rhodell, W. Va
Rhodell School
Overstreet
The
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Milt Belcher
Sylvia
Jerry West
B. M. Hall
Mr. Hall
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Douglas Roak
Edd Roak
Clif Lilly
Joyce
Vilda
Rondey Mayes
Ruby Lilly
Dewey Harvey
Buddy Graham
W. J. Whitman
Edith
Edd
Janette
Walter Yancy
Affinity
John Bruffy
Mittle Mae
Claude Roger
Beckley Thursdy
Naomi Harvey
Nora Roberts
Lucille Jones
Tams
Sontie
Dorothy Gray
Belcano
Whitman and
McPhail Camottos
White Cross Pharmacy
Ers
Jaepane Store
AIR Buildin
Edgerton
Bowling’s Shoe Store
Johnson
Fayette
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Peoples Credit Store
Heber St
Light Company
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