Commencement Reflections For Woodrow Wilson Graduates
The Woodrow Wilson high school graduates 137 as commencement exercises begin tonight and continue through the week. Shady Spring high school adds 63 graduates and Raleigh County high schools together turn out more than 100. The piece urges graduates to apply old fashioned virtues and begin at the bottom rung to build lasting success in life.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Shady Spring High ‘School
Raleigh County
Suspension of Raleigh Charity Relief Tied to Aid Dependence
In Raleigh County the relief work of Associated Charities halted largely because a growing belief formed that too many regulars depended on aid rather than themselves. Abuses surfaced during drives as critics demanded “no share,” harming the charity. Yet widespread destitution remains in many areas, with press inspectors finding hungry men, women and children.
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Associated Charities
Raleigh County
The
Register
Rebuild Raleigh County Lives By Home Land Schemes
The piece urges creating a volunteer committee to fund small homesteads for destitute Raleigh County families. It argues that land and mining work offer lasting security, not transient aid, and outlines a repayable materials pool to launch self sufficiency amid prolonged hard times.
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Raleigh
A Changed Attitude in Temperance Movement
The Men's Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlantic City adopted a resolution declaring prohibition a failure and urging a revitalized crusade of education to preserve true temperance. It warns that keeping prohibition in the constitution amid public opposition risks political debacle and asks for alternatives to sustain the temperance cause. A New York club sponsors a humorous hat dance, and a remark about Empress Eugenics appears in a dismissive aside.
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Men’s Council of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlantic City
United States
George Croft Cell
Boston University School of Theology
Dell
Healthy sign of party principles at Chicago meeting
A Washington correspondent notes a growing belief that the Chicago convention will pit party principles against the presidential nomination. The remark suggests conventions usually keep principles in the background, and the forecast is seen as a healthier sign for political life.
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Washington
Chicago
Sun' Jset News
Comment and Criticism Observations and Quotations
A four column page features opinion pieces and criticism with quoted authorities. Readers are invited to weigh observations on public affairs, culture, and daily life through questions and reflections from columnists and commentators.
Friday Brings Trouble for Chief Sterne and Local Quips
Friday proved rough for Chief Harry Sterne with a home brew raid mishap and busy duties. The humorist notes shifts in city life from Capone's move, to schooling, employment, and local shop talk amid a humorous collage of jokes and social quips.
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Harry Sterne
Shine Boy
Sunday School Attendance Dips In Helen W Va Due To Measles
Our Sunday school attendance in Helen W Va fell to a low point over several months as an outbreak of measles kept children from classes. Residents hope for swift recoveries and a return to regular attendance. Weekend visitors span Troutdale Virginia and Page County residents Mrs N J Noble, Miss Dorothy Sheppard, Miss Lillian Sheppard, Miss Ethel Blackwell and others.
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Willie Pennington
Dean Hofman
Mr. Church
Troutdale
Virginia
Barney Williams
N. J. Noble
Page
Ethel Blackwell
Beckley
Herbert Blake
Lillian Sheppard
Dorothy Sheppard
Oak Hill
George Cole
Huntington
Mra
G. G. Burnette
Local Social Ties Highlight Succession of Visits
Last week Miss Kathleen Ross Ella Blackwell and Orville Ross joined a party at the home of Mr and Mrs Alvin of Sophia. Saturday night Mr and Mrs Henry Blake were Sunday guests of her brother at Prosperity.
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J. A. Welker
Kathleen Ross
Ella Blackwell
Orville Ross
Sam
Williams
Alvin
Sophia
Henry Blake
Prosperity
Scholarship for Miss Stinnette at Eastman School
Miss Henrietta Stinnette, valedictorian of 1932 Mark Twain High, earned an audition for a scholarship at Eastman School of Music University of Rochester. The award exceeds 310 dollars yearly and honors her versatile talent in cello and clarinet plus an outstanding academic record and local state recognition.
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Henrietta Stinnette
Mark Twain High School
Eastman School of Music
University of Rochester
Miss Stinnette
Mark Twain
Local Residents Share Visits Across Towns
Calloway Heights Mrs. Tom Ward of Huntington was guest of Mrs. Mat Radford. Mrs. W. P. Barbour and son Earl of Oak Hill visited Mrs. Wilson Smith. Lottelle Lafferty of Pax stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Daniels. Mrs. W. G. Boswell of Norfolk overnighted with Miss Lois Radford.
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Tom Ward
Huntington
Mat Radford
W. P. Barbour
Earl
Oak Hill
Wilson Smith
Lottelle Lafferty
Pax
Lee Daniels
Lawrence Smith
Orville Smith
Sprague
W. G. Boswell
Norfolk
Lois Radford
Harry* Williams
Frank Williams
Ragland
Charles Tolliver
Lanark
C. F. Williams
Andy Caudill
Waterloo
New York
Homer Cook
Betty Lou
Ury
George Warden
Emerson Williams
Beckley
Lea Daniels
Daniel Building Rebuild Plan Set For July Completion
Dr. George P. Daniel of Glen Daniel says the Neville street Daniel building destroyed by fire will be rebuilt and the street floor completed by July 1. He notes upper floors may take longer and he did not reveal future occupants. A new aluminum-iron method is mentioned as a side note.
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Daniel
Neville Street
Stanley
George P. Daniel
Glen Daniel
Night clubs lose glamour as patrons crave real fun
By William Gaines New York May 21 A warm evening prompts a group from out of town to seek the city’s famed night life. They attend a show presided over by an eccentric master of ceremonies. the experience proves costly and crowded with scant enjoyment for the visiting party. The piece notes costly drinks and extortionate charges, dense cigarette smoke, and a sense that most tables fail to deliver genuine fun while some celebrities mingle. The writer laments the fading era of fashionable night clubs and recalls a few exceptions in Broadway venues that learned lessons from a broader revolt.
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New York
Lorelei la Lumbagoski
Bud Tomgtosoan
Dog Soap
Broadway
Bread and Cheese and Kisses Chapter Teems with Uncertain Loyalties
Eddie Townsend pressures Georgie Revell to choose between love and job security as she balances marriage, savings, and a looming threat from her powerful employer. Georgie insists she cannot quit her job, even as Eddie contemplates a year apart and a fresh start. The couple wrestles with honesty, sacrifice, and fear of poverty as they face an uncertain future.
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Eddie Townsend
Georgie
Jenny
Eddie
Mexico
Ile
Garth Aveney
Abe
Miss Revell
Jen
Julia Cleft-Addams
Sucker Cards and Hot Spots in the Club Scene
The passage laments how clubs fail to sustain year-round draw as trendy venues rise and fade. It notes a once broad set of popular spots shrinking to a few and asks readers to empathize with operators burdened by dwindling loyal patrons.
Nephew of McKenzie Heads Senior Class in Lake View
Thomas Carlyle Hawkins of Lake View South Carolina was elected president of the senior class. The selection highlights Hawkins as a leading figure among the student body and signals a new stage of student leadership for the school year.
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McKenzie
Thomas Carlyle Hawkins
Lake View, S. C
USC student Hawkins earns O Kent medal for oratory
The University of South Carolina senior, a nephew of Dr. J. E. McKenzie of Beckley, will graduate in June after winning the O Kent medal for oratory in a university contest attended by several students. He visited his Beckley uncle last year.
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University of South Carolina
Hawkins
J. E. McKenzie
Beckley
O’ Kent
Injuries Prove Fatal To Martinsburg Man
Harvey Scott Stephens a 68 year old Martinsburg mountain farmer died in a hospital after nearly a week unconscious from injuries when struck by a automobile Garland Bowers of Martinsburg is held on bond charged with failing to stop after an accident.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
W. Va
Harvey Scott Stephens
Mountain Farmer
Garland Bowers
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Hoover
Alphonso
Russia
Helen, W. Va
Stinnette
Calloway Heights
William Gaines
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