Mark Twain Pupil Wins State Fire Prevention Award
Miss Pauline Martin of Mark Twain High School won $10 for an editorial on forest fire prevention in the Mark Twain Authors paper. The contest, run by the West Virginia Conservation Commission and Camp Raleigh’s Frank Halstead, awarded $5 to Vernon Knighton of Woodrow Wilson High and $2 to a Stoco Broadcaster reporter. Judges included Ted McDowell, O B Harris, and Harold Riffe. The winning piece urged strict laws, more forest service staff, and a fire conscious citizenry to restore forests and prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Martin
Mark Twain High School
Mark Twain
State Conservation Commission
Frank Halstead
Camp Raleigh
Raleigh County
Ted McDowell
O. B. Harris
Harold Riffe
Vernon Knighton
Woodrow Wilson High School
Stoco Broadcaster
Miss Martin
Frank Martin
Slab Fork
West Virginia
Forest Service
Beckley Social Roundup Tells Of Visitors And Guests
Charles Higgins and Mrs. Stanley Brown Serman visit at the Higgins home in Beckley. Evelyn and Frances Minter return from Lexington house party. Hopkins family guests return from Winchester Tennessee. Mrs. L. D. Bruster visits Beckley relatives. Charles Thoma and G D Conner visit on business. Mrs. W. M. McCathern plans move to Richmond. Irma Sutphin expected from Madison court. Mrs. R. L. Pugh returns to Charleston. Mrs. W. M. Riley shops in Beckley. Mrs. George Moss improves health to go out. Dr. S. A. Ford checks business interests in Edwight. Marjorie Howell visits from Roanoke. Rev. H. C. Porter and Harvey Jr visit from Charleston. D. J. Burnette guests of daughter Mrs. Mondorf. Ned Quinn visits from Belle to see Dr. Miller Quinn. Jimmy Salango returns from Union Theological Seminary to Beckley Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Higgins
Episcopal Seminary
Alexandria
C. M. Higgins
Neville Street
Stanley Brown-Serman
Higgins
Evelyn
Frances Minter
Lexington
Phi Kappa Sigma
B. H. Hopkins
L. F. Hopkins
Edith Clay
Winchester
Tenn
W. F. Hopkins
L. D. Bruster
Charleston
Beckley
Charles Thoma
G. D. Conner
Mullens
W. M. McCathern
Small Son
Richmond
McCathern
Irma Sutphin
Madison
R. L. Pugh
W. M. Riley
Lillybrook
George Moss
North Kanawha Street
S. A. Ford
Edwight
Marjorie Howell
Roanoke
H. C. Porter
Harvey, Jr
Jimmy Salango
Union Theological Seminary
Vita Salango
Beckley Junction
Home Facial Advised As Prenuptial Pick Up
A bridal guide urges relaxation before the wedding to avoid fatigue and tension. It offers steps for a home facial and stretching, plus a cosmetic tips note on a natural look and later hair waving. A line compares coal mine fatalities in 1936 to the previous year, noting 2.568 deaths per million tons versus 2.926.
Aleutians Stretch Across 1000 Miles With Bowed Chain
The Aleutians form a long bow shaped string of about seventy islands and islets spanning roughly 1000 miles from the Alaska Peninsula to Kamchatka, displaying a dramatic coastal arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleutians
Alexka Peninsula
Kamchatka
Speaker Spurs on faith and knowledge in church
The speaker argues the church lacks knowledge and faith due to missing preaching and reading. He says Christ’s knowledge surpasses past science and condemns metaphysical denial. He stresses religion as motive toward God and asserts Jesus embodied true ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
God
Christ
Cooks Hear How To Make Pies At Memorial Cooking School
Mrs Thurn and her assistant Mrs Rencler led a cooking lecture at the Memorial auditorium drawing three hundred women. They demonstrated pie making with orange filling a silken gold icing for “Queen Cake” and dishes like miniature pot roast and cinnamon croquettes as attendees asked sharp questions about improving crusts and desserts. The session, the third in the series, showcased Southern pecan pie and drew eager, detail focused questions from the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Memorial Auditorium
Thurn
Joan Mateer Celebrates Fourth Birthday Party
Joan Mateer, four, celebrated at home with parents Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mateer in John Beckley Apartments. Guests included Neil and Gene Penn and other children. Mrs. Mateer and Mrs. Leonard W. Bennett supervised games followed by refreshments. Yellow and white party colors adorned favors of toy balloons and candy baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Mateer
C. F. Mateer
John Beckley
Joan
Neil
Gene Penn
Mary Lee Smith
Shelia Phipps
Joyce Ann Blakeley
Johnnie Woods
Lysbeth Able Woods
E. H. Penn
J. L. Woods
W. T. Blakeley
R. L. Smith
Leonard W. Bennett
Mrs. J. Lewis Bumgardner Improves After Illness
Mrs. J. Lewis Bumgardner, long confined to her North Kanawha Street home with a severe cold, is reported as much improved as she recovers at her residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Kanawha Street
Margaret Bibb Engaged to Morton Johnson Honored
Miss Margaret Bibb daughter of Mr and Mrs Earle Bibb was guest of honor at a luncheon hosted by Mrs J P Nowlin on Virginia Street. The event begins a series of courtesies ahead of her early June wedding. Spring flowers highlighted the decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bibb
Earle Bibb
Morton Alexander Johnson
J. P. Nowlin
Virginia Street
Miss Bibb
Bibb Honored At Nowlin Home Bridal Shower
Bibb shared courtesy with Miss Bibb and many guests including Mrs. Earle Bibb, Mrs. J. A. Hunt, Miss Mae Bruster, Mrs. Albert Holmes, and others. C. M. Reynolds remains confined to Raleigh General Hospital by illness with partial improvement reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowlin
Miss Bibb
Earle Bibb
J. A. Hunt
Mae Bruster
Albert Holmes
Robert Yaple
C. M. Reynolds
Raleigh General Hospital
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IDA AN Shop
South
Kanawha
Wedding Day Cosmetics
Geneva Sawyer
Gira
Pnnae Ld Oy
Edward
Everett Horton
Eric Blore - Jerome
Conan Kettl
Gallian
William Brisbane
Harriet
Hoctor
Mark Sendrich
Pandra S. Berman
Raymond’s
Beauty Shoppe
Raymond's
Cooking
Raymond’s Beauty and Cosmetic Shoppe
Embee
Doan
Margaret
Mrs. Nowlin
Bibb
Betty Jordan
Peggy Earwood
Eunice Bumgardner
Mae Mabe
Bevereley Hume
Martha Cunningham
Florence Felter
Mary Cunningham
the Pastry Shop
Rahall
Rahall’s
Post-Herald and
Raleigh Register
George C. Thorn
Post-Herald
George O. Thurn
Raleigh
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Telephone
Mabscott
Loy
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