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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1936

Page

3

Miss Cook Presents Spring Piano Recital at First Baptist

Miss Violet Cook will present her piano pupils in a Spring Recital Thursday at 2 30 in the main auditorium of the First Baptist church. The program features solos duets trios organ and piano duos with many named pupils and family members listed among participants.

Violet Cook First Baptist Church Rosemary Hash Doris June Hash Maurice Stanley Virginia Stanley Dorothy Stanley Bettie Hutchinson Jo Ann Griffith Becky Belle Warden Katie Jo Catron Catherine Armstrong E. D. Armstrong Jr Polly Jo McCulloch John Howard McCulloch Jr Alberdine Sampson James Sampson Evelyn Meade Agnes Frances Richardson Patty Larrick Gene Larrick Christine Ballard Carmen Jean Burke Teresa Dunkley Barbara Lou Dunkley Louise Ellison Nellie Ellison Evelyn Lemon Alma Lemon Lorena Michael Sarah Riley Hunt Jackie Jones Maxine Thabet Nancy Thompson Charles Farmer Jr Madge Jones Belva Aliff Mary Sadler Harold Hayes Harwood James Edna Lilly Greta Snyder

Maritime Motif Used Art Junior Club Dance

Members of the Junior Women's club entertained at their clubhouse with a dinner dance ending their year’s activities. The salon decked as a ship bridge featured yacht pennants and code flags. Mrs. Oppie Lee Hedrick acted as toast mistress, presenting incoming officers. Barbara Main sang, Betty Jane Meador performed as Jack Tar, and Billy Eccalono sang. The event included extended dancing after dinner.

Yacht Club Oppie Lee Hedrick Department Ted McDowell Barbara Main Betty Jane Meador Jack Tar Billy Eccalono

Meat Market Workers Enjoy Sunday Outing on the Greenbrier

Employees of the Cut-Rate Meat Markets and their families and guests enjoyed a picnic and outing Sunday on the Greenbrier. After dinner the group swam and engaged in outdoor sports with Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Coleman and Howard and Connie among the attendees.

Greenbrier H. O. Coleman Howard Connie

Methodist Temple Circle Festival Strawberry Event

Circle No 5 of the Methodist Temple led by Mrs C H Rutledge sponsors a strawberry festival Thursday evening from six to nine oclock at the Temple. The public is invited to attend.

Circle No. 5 Methodist Temple C. H. Rutledge

Personal Notices From Woodlawn Drive Guests and Relatives

A parade of social notes lists Miss Marian Fay Davis of Washington D C visiting her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs S Wasserkrug in Woodlawn Avenue after two weeks in Washington D C. Miss Mary Diehl of Norfolk Va arrives with Miss Margaret Bledsoe returned from Arlington Hall. Miss Eleanor Bannister of Thurmond undergoes appendicitis surgery at Raleigh General Hospital. Mrs George Proud with infant Murray Douglas leaves for Cincinnati Ohio, with Mrs Webster. Miss Betty Jordan of Arlington Hall plans a summer stay with her mother. Miss June Evans of Arlington Hall will spend two weeks with friends in Richmond. Violet Cook and Rev Alvin J Cook visited Logan. Mrs J W F Beckner visiting Fort Thomas Ky. Mr Liggett to join. Hume Vogt and son Virgil head to Roanoke for several days. I Goldstein and David Lilly visit Craig Healing Springs. R K Rubush returns from Richlands weekend. Mrs Wiley Bolen convalesces at home and goes out briefly. Mrs Robert R Johnson and daughter Peggy Johnson and W H Hagg of Clifton Forge were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs J A Hunt on Woodlawn Avenue. Elizabeth Lloyd spending week at Peace Springs with Girl Scouts. her niece Betty Lee McLean accompanies as mascot. James R Johnson returns to Ronceverte after visiting daughter Mrs C A Bibb. Julease de Venny and Justine Johnson accompany for visit.

Marian Fay Davis Washington D. C S. Wasserkrug Woodlawn Avenue Mrs. Wasserkrug Washington Mary Diehl Norfolk Margaret Bledsoe Arlington Hall Washington, D. C Diehl Bledsoe Eleanor Bannister E. C. Bannister Thurmond Raleigh General Hospital George Proud Murray Douglas C. C. Webster Cincinnati Ohio J. O. Freeman Violet Cook Logan Alvin J. Cook J. W. F. Beckner A. A. Liggett Fort Thomas Liggett Black Knight Country Club Hume Vogt Virgil Roanoke I. Goldstein David Lilly Craig Healing Springs R. K. Rubush Richlands, Va Wiley Bolen Robert R. Johnson Peggy Johnson W. H. Hagg Clifton Forge J. A. Hunt Elizabeth Lloyd Peace Springs Betty Lee McLean James R. Johnson Ronceverte C. A. Bibb Julease de Venny Justine Johnson

Need of Money in Ethiopia Cont’d From Page One

The article discusses a proposed large investment by Italy in Ethiopia, citing a potential half-billion dollar scheme to move Italian peasants to Ethiopia with cultivated crops. Mille argues a paying prospect for cotton coffee wheat and cattle, while Ethiopia’s subsoil wealth in petroleum platinum potash and gold remains uncertain. Rail development and colonial administration costs are noted, with France seeking to maintain its rail monopoly.

Ethiopia France Tunisia Mussolini Mille Italy

Italy Likely to Build Long Ethiopian Rail Link

Since 1925 Mussolini proposed a railway across Ethiopia to unite Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. Italians may connect Asmara with Mogadishu by rail via Addis Ababa, a route over 1200 miles long and costly due to mountain climbs, gorges, and deserts.

Italy Mussolini Ethiopia Eritrea Italian Somaliland Asmara Mogadiscio Addis Ababa

Absence notices for several Mark Twain and Old Eccles teachers

The board announced one year absences for C H Quenzel and Sarah Thornsley of Mark Twain High, Forrest Brammer of Shady Spring High, and Mrs Polly McWhorter of Old Eccles Elementary. Yesterday teachers named include a long list of Mark Twain High School and elementary staff such as Ashworth Lula Anderson W F Argenbright Juanita Agee Edith M Ashworth E M Billups John Broschick and many others.

C. H. Quenzel Mark Twain High School Sarah Thornsley Forrest Brammer Shady Spring High School Polly McWhorter Old Eccles Ashworth Lula Anderson W. F Argenbright Juanita Agee Edith M E. M Billups John Broschick Anna Byrd Elizabeth M Bradford Madalyn M Brash Jean Bramemer Forrest Bailey Wilda Batesole Thelma Beaty J. R Bostick Goldie Bryson D. W Brich Edward Cook Cecil D Chambers Herbert Norval Cormany Marguerite Compton Eizabeth Collins Maynard Crosby Eva L Caffee Doris Carrier Jacob Clay Lara Christine Edna Parle Coffman Roy Daniel Downey Sara Dillon Hazel Delp Fred L Edmundson Lois Farmer Madalyn File Lanier Gray Givens Mrs J. W Guy Katherine Ruby M Goff Ada W Harper French A Hurt Fred Fay Harrington Mary Kathryn Hull John H Harvey Huddleston Billie Hundley Garnet Hunt Kenneth Minton Catherine Lloyd Elizabeth Lilly Owen McWhorter E. E Mossburg Lucy McKinney Alma Maddy Martin C. Herman Raymond V Millican Roy D Maxwell Mary Elizabeth Ethel McDowell Meador Rachael Moss Louise Mankin Clyde G Norton Randolph Okes D. E Porter Jean W Price Lida Pauley Quenzel C. H Reynolds Marguerite N Ramsey Reckling H. E Reppert Roberts Elsie Mae Rogers Isabel Riffe Reed S. Gleason Routt Mable Robertson Hettie St. Clair Frank van Meter Worley Claude White Meredith Walker, Co. E Ward Cary Winston Clyde C Wilfong Margaret Rose Ware Gazelle Wray Ruth William B Watkins Mrs. H. L Weaver T. F Willis R. K Weeks C. C Windle Helen A Turner G. Curtis Hornbeck James L Peregoy C. G Thornsley Sarah Adair Ruby Appling Mayme Akers A. S Angle Joy Basil Mason Helen Glennis Ash Ciladys Arnott Henry Brooks Charlotte C. A Anvil Virginia H Blake Kathleen Bair Gaile S Baker Burke Biggs Oneida Butler Ada Frances Thelma Lilly Bryant Agnell Brown Sylvia Sybil Bennett Ray Barnes Bessie Bragg Burkett Pearl Nora Agnes Betts Mary Bowers Lucille Burleson Virginia Broyles Maude Barrett Lawson Jessie Burchett Chloe Bowman Bone Dewey Walter Cline Alva J. H Crotty Geneva B. W Calloway Margaret A Noah Caldwell Lela Cooper Faye Gertrude Clark Campbell Nannie Ora Lee Ila Maye Covey Sheldon Christian Hila Carr Opal Corley Frankie Cole Bess N Wanda Carter Corder Elva Clarke Marjorie Anise Collier Hattie Luther Clemens Jesse Conner Marvin Colcord Irene Daniels Cecyle E David Maxie Davenport Darling Davis Dickerson Melissa Grace Gladys Dunn Cate Deitz Edna Deck James Dixon A. H Cora Dickens Blaine Duncan Margaret Theron Ella Lou Ellison Patty Epling Lilah Eggleston Bvandell Elkin Omar Farley French Betty Freeman Feigley Ferguson Olive Fletcher A Ferrell Pauline Roberta Gatherum Green Marie Garnette Gilliam Paul Grissom Garten Herman Mae Gunter Nellie Gillespie Leona G. H Gallagher Huffman Belva Betha Houchins Hambrick Annadine Hallie Howell Eva Hopkins Maxine Leffy Hutchinson Lorena Edith Hamilton Bashin Hollandsworth Halstead Gala Hanes L. V Humphries Norma Hale Honaker Henderson Wayne Head Bess Myrtle C. L Hurst Hanna Hendrix Quincey Loving Jarrell Jennings Johnson Dorothy Daisy Kilgore Keyser Dave Kincaid Keiner Kathryn Kay Kinzer Virginia Smith Franklin Blohn Hilda Lewis Fannie Laurie Edna M Lindamood Lynch Dollie A. A C. Ray Ira Mootz Mildred Pansye McCommack McClure Mills Tessie Mitchem Lena Worthington Meadows KE. H Noel Wintford Milam Chessie McCawley Moye Mann Hope B. F Ruelma McKenzie Suzanne Miller E. T Marshall Martha McMahon Massie Muncy Anna J Morrison Launa Morris Beatrice Munson Watson McComas Cecil L Mellen Marion W Angeline W Marlowe Thelma L Elizabeth T Maples G. W Meadow Albany Polly Harter Ne- Smith Jennie Norris Luella Karl Odell Peters Willa Pollock Payne Patricia Rowena Pettry Posey Phipps Phillips Ferne Eee Mary R Swansie Perry Patterson Plants W. E Geraldine M

Patron Saint Of Local Music Club Honors First Year

A guest meeting and tea at First Christian Church will close the Chaminade Music Club’s first year, with monthly sessions resuming in October. The club, named for famed French composer C. C. Chaminade, received her autographed photo and a sympathetic letter from the composer, dated March 13, 1936, in Tamaris, War. The note praises American support and the club’s musical studies, while detailing Chaminade’s Paris birth in 1861, early church music, a debut at 18, a 1908 U.S. tour, and years split between Vesinet near Paris and Tamaris in the south of France.

Christian Church First Christian Church Chaminade Music Club Cecile Louise Stevanie Chaminade P. O. Malone Tamaris Chaminade Paris Europe United States Vesinet France

Normal College Proxy Gets Can

Central Normal College in Danville Ind reorganized its administration after the state education department disclosed false teacher training credits. President Waldo S Wood and registrar Valentine Pleasant resigned, dean N W Pinkerton was canceled, C A Griffey was named new president and Chester Elson registrar. Griffey previously led Adrian Mich and Lancaster Ohio schools.

Associated Press Danville Ind Central Normal College State Department of Education Waldo S. Wood Valentine Pleasant N. W. Pinkerton C. A. Griffey

Nelson Eddy Career Highlights Reach Across Media

Nelson Eddy, a renowned singing star, is noted for a diverse career spanning roles as a telephone operator, artist, reporter and advertising man.

Nelson Eddy

Ernie Hickson Keeps 38 Classic Music Boxes

Ernie Hickson, art director, maintains a private collection of 38 old-fashioned music boxes. The assortment showcases varied designs and periods, reflecting Hickson's interest in craft and acoustic history.

Ernie Hickson

Caucus Tonight On Tax Measure

President Roosevelt called a conference with Democratic senators on the revenue bill to discuss taxes. Chairman Harrison of Mississippi urged executive input as the finance committee debates the plan and seeks to meet the presidents goal of 620 million in permanent and 517 million in temporary revenue. A proposal to require corporations to justify surplus building was reviewed as leaders push for Senate floor action.

Associated Press Washington Roosevelt Senate Finance Committee White House Harrison Mississippi Finance Committee House Senate

Wounds On Body lead To Probe

Five stab wounds were found on Cecil Martin treasurer of Worden Allen steel after his death at home in River Forest near Chicago The knife was later found in the kitchen sink and the coroner reported possible self inflicted wounds while noting the ongoing police probe Mrs Martin cited ill health and melancholia amid business worries.

Associated Press Chicago Cecil Martin Worden-Allen Company Martin River Forest Frances Mathilda Saeson James Donaghue Donoghue

Soya Bean Growers Get Nazi Support Berlin

Berlin May 26 German farmers will receive doubled prices for soya beans from the Reich as Germany pushes for independence from foreign markets by promoting oleogenous crops. Soya beans, about 18 percent fats and 35 percent albumen, were tops in the program though low world prices kept cultivation minimal. The government now guarantees farmers six dollars and forty cents per hundred pounds if seed is bought from authorized cultivators.

Associated Press Berlin Reich

Gallipolis Man Visits Beckley

Sidney G. Lanier and Miss Marjorie Rinehart of Gallipolis Ohio visited Beckley to study the Credit Bureau here. Lanier plans to organize a similar bureau in Gallipolis and was advised by Huntington businessmen to use Beckley as a model. Rinehart will be his assistant.

Sidney G. Lanier Marjorie Rinehart Gallipolis Ohio Credit Bureau of Beckley Lanier Ohio City Huntington Miss Rinehart

Palestine in Open Conflict as Arabs and British Clash

In Jerusalem on May 26, long smoldering Arab Jewish tensions erupted into armed conflict between Arabs and British forces. After 40 days of violence with at least 50 dead, British troops dispersed a mob of about 200 Arabs in one clash and withdrew before an Arab advance in another. The Arab supreme council defied government orders as the crisis deepened.

Associated Press Jerusalem Holy Land Arab Supreme Council

Indiana Woman Admits Killing Infant in Repossession Car

In Winamac Indiana 32 year old Mrs Elbea Biffle Pennell confessed to strangling her newborn infant after the body was found in the rear seat of a car repossessed by a local dealer Prosecutor J M Nye said a murder charge will be filed though pushback may occur due to her mental condition Pennell said she gave birth May 1 and believed the baby died at birth before she tied a silk stocking around its neck and hid the body in a coal bin then moved it to the car

Associated Press Winamac Ind J. M. Nye Elbea Biffle Pennell Pennell

Arab Proclamation Calls to End General Strike and Halt Jewish Immigration

The Palor agency reported issuance of a proclamation urging Arabs to persist with their current program until Jewish immigration ends and land sales to Jews stop, while an Arab national government is formed. The conflict spread across the land as new disorder reports reached the British administration.

Palor

Grandfather guides family to better health with tonic

J F Lampkin of Knoxville Tennessee age 78 describes poor health and digestive troubles. After taking Scalf's Indian River Tonic he and his son and daughter in law improved. He credits the medicine for the entire family's regained strength and recommends it for children too. The ad notes availability at drug stores or by mail from Indian River Medicine Co LaFollette Tennessee.

J. F. Lampkin Knoxville Tenn Scalf Indian River Sam Indian River Medicine Co LaFollette, Tenn

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