Methodists Say Beckley District Conference Opens May 15
The thirteenth Beckley District Methodist Episcopal Church South session will meet May 15 at 10:00 a m in Fayetteville's Methodist church for two days. Rev. Harvey C Porter presides with 26 pastors 22 local preachers 104 laymen and several officers expected to attend. Bishop Edwin D Mouton will preach and participate in sessions May 15 16 with noted church leaders attending.
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Beckley
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Church
Fayetteville
Harvey C. Porter
Leonard Riggieman
D. D
Morris Harvey College
Barboursville
Glenn W. Stewart
Conference Board of Christian Education
W. S. Oversted
J. W. Hollister
Geo. W. Bright
A. L. Rohrer
D. Ju. Hill
G. F. Thomas
Mullens
Conference leadership named elder and host pastor
All-Smil es-Now elder will lead the conference and Rev C A Powers is the host pastor.
Barter And Trade Store to Close After Nearly Three Years
Mrs. Mac M. McGinnis announces Barter and Trade on South Fayette street will close as stock sells out and she retires from the business. For years the shop served as a clearing house for the poor allowing trade of goods and labor, reflecting a sign of returning prosperity.
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Mac M. McGinnis
South Fayette Street
Lyons Named President of Hot Coal P T A
At a recent meeting J A Lyons was elected president of the Hot Coal Parent Teacher Association for next year. A summer round-up is planned with Mr. Givens in charge. Other officers named include B J Baker as secretary and Fannie Weaver as vice president.
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J. A. Lyons
Hot Coal Parent Teacher Association
Givens
B. J. Baker
Fannie Weaver
Half Rules On Criminal Fees
Charleston opinion by Attorney General Homer Holt limits the $3 fee for justices of the peace to cases where the trial on the merits proceeds. The ruling says the fee should not apply to cases begun but not prosecuted or tried. The opinion notes exceptions for felony cases and certain hearings carried to completion.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Fred N. Fox
Holt
Car Wrecks Town Hall At South Charleston
A car driven by F A Halstead rammed the South Charleston town hall front, knocking a pillar and collapsing the brick facade. Two people injured, including Ti Hogsett, who was hospitalized. Halstead charged with driving while drunk. Mayor Oakes estimated visible damage at 1500 dollars, likely higher.
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Associated Press
Charleston
South Charleston
F. A. Halstead
St. Albans
Ti. L. Hogsett
Walstead
William Griddle
Halstead
L. H. Oakes
Jack and Jill Barbie: tiny tots model outfits at garden parties
London reports on a fashion note with children’s garden party wear in flowered organdies and frilled skirts. The U S Bureau of Mines estimates that coal mine dust explosions are reduced by 200 lives yearly due to a dust control idea using finely ground non combustible rock.
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London
Stummer
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Protecting Young Plants From Wind
Garden advice emphasizes shielding tender plants in exposed areas. Methods include 6 inch wide shingles set in the windward ground, plant forcers with a glass pane, and commercial or homemade paper protectors to reduce wind damage.
Mother's Day church services listed across Beckley area
In Beckley churches a Mother's Day program is highlighted with morning worship at Methodist Temple and special activities at Morning Star Baptist Central Street Baptist and other churches. The Beckley District Conference convenes at Fayetteville Wednesday and Thursday with Bishop Mouton preaching Wednesday evening.
Beckley Junior High graduates May diploma list
Prosperty West Virginia notes Beckley Junior High pupils who took the May 9 diploma exam: Cur rie Burnace Bailey June Thurman Harry Willis John Harbo and Pauline Meadows. Local social updates mention births visits and illnesses among Beckley residents and nearby towns.
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Beckley Junior High School
Currie Burnace Bailey
June Thurman
Harry Willis
John Harbo
Pauline Meadows
D. B. Staver
Julian Brown
John Elswick
Kilsythe
Lee Wold
Charles
Charley Elswick
Houston Holliday
Maxine
Calloway Heights
Gladys Buckland
Garnetta
Jain Cheesebrew
Edgar Arthur
Hugh Edmonds
Sand Branch
Ruth Aggey
Cranberry
Charley Crowder
Lloyd Neal
J. E. Grubb
Oliver Phipps
Wyoming County
Frederick Naff
Wilmer Lee Phipps
John Ogden
Son Forest
Beckley
Woodrow Underwood
Warren Neal
Reed
Tax
M. Woods
Filie
Annie Woods
Fred Corley
Carl Toney
Basil Bailey
Paltus
Lea
First Methodist Episcopal Church Delivers Mother’s Day Service
South Heber Street church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 morning devotional led by Mrs W Tabor pastor J E Bird preaches at 10 45 The Epworth League program led by Winfield McCullough starts at 7 30 PM with subject In keeping with Mother’s Day
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Methodist Temple Methodist Episcopal Church
South So. Kanawha
Church Street
Henry L. Clay
Women's Missionary Society
Morning Star Baptist Church
Turkey Knob
L. H. Moore
Bertray Moore
Mary Moore
Central Street Baptist Church
East Beckley
A. Abrams
Anna J. Anderson
R ML Payne
First Methodist Episcopal
HURCH
South Heber St
J. E. Bird
W. Ty Tabor
Winfield McCullough
Mother's Day Services Across Local Churches
Sunday services list Mother’s Day programs at First Christian and Community Churches with morning sermons on Christian Homes and Faith, Lord's Supper, and evening messages. Youth groups meet Monday and Tuesday, with notices for Sunday School and Christian Endeavor activities at Beckley Presbyterian and First Baptist Church and a cordial invitation to all worshipers.
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Ritchie Ware
Ware
Meetlisy
Ers
Dexecons
Young Woman's Missionary Society
Len Seaman
Harper Road
Edna Willams
PL M. Eplling
W. E. Hon
French Street
First Baptist Church
James M. Hayes
Gilbert Gerhold
U. S
U's
Christ
The
Woman's Missionary Society
Dhurel
Mother's Day Services Across Local Churches
The record lists church services on Mother's Day at Colored Churches CHURCH OF GOD APOSTOLIC Beckley with Elder M Gravely and others, Ebenezer Baptist Church with Philip F King, and UNITED HOLINESS CHURCH in Beckley led by Rev G W Hairston, noting sermon times and programs.
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Colored Churches
Church OF God Apostolic Beckley
M. Gravely
J. RB
Simac
United Holiness Church
Bockley
G. W. Hairston
Reuday
Win
Iphriam
Vi Ds Disea
Woman's Shop Bootery Move on Heber Street
Move of the Woman's Shop and the Bootery to new quarters on Heber street at the foot of Main is nearly finished with removal from the old Heber street location over the weekend. The Crescent Grocery space has been redecorated with a new interior and front, and the two shops will share common entrances. Formal openings are planned for the week’s end as the vacated space is prepared for G. C. Murphy Co. expansion from Main to Heber street.
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Heber Street
Main
Neville
Crescent Grocery
G. C. Murphy Company
Rogers Manager Ragland Concern
J. T. Rogers, former operator of the J. T. Rogers company on Neville street, has taken the management of the Ragland General Electric company in the Payne building at the corner of South Kanawha and McCreery streets. He began in Beckley with the Beckley Meadows company on South Fayette street in 1927 and later moved to Neville street operating there under his own name.
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J. T. Rogers
Goitre Warning Prompts Home Treatment Offer
Head physician of a Battle Creek goitre institution warns of goitre dangers and nerve and body effects. He cites thousands of sufferers transformed by home treatment and offers a free illustrated book to anyone writing to Physicians Treatment and Advisory Co. in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Battle Creek
Goitre
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Barbara Hutton Mdivani
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Hot Coal P. T. A
Beckley Air Transport
Tolley Field
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Lyle Talbot
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Richard Dix
Zane Grey
Guy Kibbee
Aline
Sweet Adeline
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George Wernett
Ben Lyon
Thelma Todd
Pearl Keaton
Jack and
Jill Barb
Lade Garden
Los Angeles
Adele Thomas Farnum
Melinda
Ralph G. Farnum
Winston-Salem
Valley Baptist Affinity
J. A. Jackson
Lee Richardson
NEW Covenant Holy Church
A. W. Russell
Marie Spencer
New Hope Baptist Church
J. A. Adams
L. B. Dandridge
Mouton
Prosperity
W. Va
Virginia
Billy Spencer
Marmet
Ross Stover
Denval Lee Stover
F. L
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Dsprague
Cranberr
Misty
Revir
Shelton
Beckley Presbyterian Church
L. Lineweaver
William Taylor
T. S. Willams
Teel
Stanaford
Christian Endeavor
Ndeavor
Ebenezer Baptist Chs Church
Philip F. King
Oppio
Learton
Mra. A. J, Spauldling
W. L. McCray
Osteopath
Beckley Hotel
Foster
Undertakers
Magscott, W, VA
Rogers
Ragland Concern
Neville Street
Ragland General Electric Company
Tom Gatherum
Kenneth Harris
Earl Houchins
Robert Worrell
Keyser Funeral Home Funeral Directors
Oakwood Ave
Richmondry
Cleaners Phone Ui SA A
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J.j.page
Tarper Road
Show Grounds
Neex
Ragland-General Electric CO
Kanawha and McCreery Streets
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