Poppy Sale Chairs Named For Beckley Auxiliary
Mrs. Jack Williams announces nine out of town chairmen to lead poppy sale efforts in Beckley with local workers listed for business district canvassing. Junior Auxiliary will handle home canvassing with a large roster of Misses and young women coordinating in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Williams
Beckley
James Bent
Stotesbury
Retha Tolley
Epperly
Mary Dickinson
Glen White
T. G. McConnell
Rhodell
Lyons
J. W. Ward
W. A. Harrison
Carrie Holliday Smith
Andy Cook
Wesley
Roy T. Elkins
Gratitude Subject For Ladies Aid
Members of the Ladies Aid of the First Christian church met at 2 30 p m today at the church. Mrs M F Noel led the program focusing on gratitude with devotional readings and short prayers. Members prepared articles on the topic and hosted by Mrs D P Griffith Mrs Z W Lafon and Mrs J J Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of the First Christian Church
M. F. Noel
Dance Planned At Club Saturday
The Ladies Entertainment committee of the Black Knight country club sponsors an invitation dance from 9 to 12 Saturday evening. About 200 invitations issued and must be presented at the door. Cabaret style with tables around the floor, garden flowers as decorations, a local orchestra to play, and several dinner parties planned before the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Entertainment Committee
Black Knight Country Club
Eunice Bumgardner
Mayor Harry Wooding Ed Danville VA Retires Long Time Mayor
Mayor Harry Wooding of Danville Virginia is 983 years old and has served as mayor for 45 years making him one of the town’s longest serving leaders.
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Harry Wooding
Danvill
Training costs for Pensacola aviation cadets and officers
It costs 13411 dollars to train a flying cadet and 12892 dollars to train a navy officer to fly at the Pensacola aviation school.
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Navy
Pensacola Aviation School
Prize for highest test in golf rules at Black Knight
Miss Eunice Baumgardner announces a written golf rules test for Ladies Day at Black Knight country club. Twenty problems challenge play knowledge, with a golf ball prize for the top score. The day opens with a nine hole event, low net and low gross win. A buffet luncheon follows, weather permitting. Plans are also set for Beckley members at White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Golf Association
Black Knight Country Club
Top of Boom Not Reached, Not Yet for Pittsburgh Tour
Dean Tip petts of the University of Pittsburgh told 70 Pittsburgh goodwill tourists in Fairmont that the top of a new American boom is not yet reached and there is time before brakes are needed. He cited unemployment, no labor shortage, sub peak construction, and low interest rates as factors, warning against overreliance on government aid and urging budget balance. F. Leslie Body urged investment in the Upper Monongahela Valley and a before-take-out approach. A dinner honored the visitors. the tour moved to Morgantown, Kingwood, Uniontown, and Connellsville after visits to Clarksburg, Grafton, and the Tygart dam.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
Pittsburgh
Dean C. S. Tippetts
University of Pittsburgh
Dean Tippetts
F. Leslie Body
Upper
Monogahela Valley Association
Mary Cesaratto Wins Woodrow Wilson Best All Round Athlete
Miss Mary Cesaratto daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Cesaratto of Maple avenue has been named the best all round girl athlete at Woodrow Wilson high school. The senior and Girls Athletic Association president earned the honor through faculty scoring of participation in contests and tournaments. She will have her name engraved on a loving cup.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Mary Cesaratto
J. E. Cesaratto
Maple Avenue
Girls’ Athletic Association
Florine Douglas
T. S. Williamson
Felt
Genevieve Hollandsworth
Lina Alley
Helen Kovach
Billie Reed
Elizabeth Reed
Maxine Hill
Elizabeth Kennedy
Lilea Cappellari
Lucy Irwin
Pauline Shultz
Miss Ruby Harvey Birthday Observance Highlights Local Teens
The 14th birthday celebration for Miss Ruby Harvey was hosted by Mrs. FE S Harvey on Tuesday night. Guests enjoyed a weiner roast, a hike, and a bonfire dinner at the Harvey home in Meadows Court before gifts were presented to the honoree. Attendees included Ruby and Violet Harvey, Mary Virginia Foster, Louise Gravely, Evelyn Hall, Peggy O Neal, Evelyn Lemon, Muriel Bailey, Aileen Thurmond, Betty Jo Harrison, Nadine Kendall, Percy Stover Jr, Jacque Stover, and Mrs. P H Harvey.
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Ruby Harvey
FE. S. Harvey
Harvey
Meadows Court
Ruby and
Violet Harvey
Mary Virginia Foster
Louise Gravely
Evelyn Hall
Peggy O’neal
Evelyn Lemon
Muriel Bailey
Aileen Thurmond
Betty Jo Harrison
Nadine Kendall
Fisherman Finds Corpse in River
A Charleston fisherman found a body in the Kanawha River identified as Charles Percy Butler, 25, of Bessemer Alabama. Coroner James E. Roberts said the body had been in the water two or three weeks.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kanawha River
Charles Percy Butler
Bessemer
Ala
James FE. Roberts
Public Invited Tonight To BTM Sorority Dance
Beckley Beta Theta Mu sorority invites the public to its commencement dance from 10 to 2 tonight at the armory. About 500 invitations issued with guests expected from Oak Hill Fayetteville Mount Hope Hinton Mullens Pineville. Walt Sears orchestra will perform with two male vocalists. decor features emerald and gold.
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Rosine Giesey
Beta Theta Mu
Beckley College
Armory
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Mount Hope
Hinton
Mullens
Pine Ville
Walt Sears
East Market Garden
Akron
Beckley
Cleveland Athletic Club
Babson argues wages driven by unemployment rather than cost of living
Statistician Roger Babson says wage levels are set by the number of workers ready to fill vacancies, not by changes in the cost of living. He emphasizes labor market slack as the key determinant of wage trends.
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Roger Babson
Coed Home to Run the Farm in Poland Ohio
Elizabeth Ariel, the sole agricul ture major in her class, returns to her 260 acre family farm in suburban Poland Ohio after graduating from Ohio State University. She wears whipcord breeches and boots while handling costs and soil data, grafts fruit trees as a hobby, grows potatoes due to poor orchard land, and plans to write on farm problems later.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Elizabeth Ariel
Miss Ariel
Poland
Ohio
Ohio State University
Mrs Brubeck Honored At FarewellFete
Mrs Frank Brubeck of South Fayette street was honored at a farewell shower in Harless Court hosted by Mrs Ray Spangler and Mrs Dan Evans. She plans to move to Charleston June 1 to work for a telephone company while Mr Brubeck joins Carbide and Carbon Chemicals in the safety department. Party ran from 7 30 to 11 p m with games and white snowball decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brubeck
South Fayette Street
Ray Spangler
Harless Court
Dan Evans
Brubeck
Charleston
The
Telephone Company
Safety Department of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Ross Houchins
Okey Farley
Raymond Deck
Tom Burke
S. M. Ramesh
Posey McGraw
al Hazlewood
Margaret Rappold
Ella Miller
Lillian Evans
Winnie Cox
Marie Clemens
Dora Brainard
Pauline Compton
Mary Louise Nuckols
Ennis Clemens
Anna Clay
Doan's Pills Promoted For Kidney Health
Doctor advised readers that kidneys filter blood using tiny tubes and poets urge cleansing. The advertisement claims Doan's Pills have helped millions for over 40 years to ease backache swelling puffiness and fatigue by flushing waste from blood.
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Doan
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Z. W. Lafon
J. J. Lamb
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National Distillers Products Corporation
New York, N. Y
Sentor
B.T.M
H. C. Sessions
Fairlawn Avenue
Croft Street
C. G. Hobgood
Madisonville
H. E. Melton
Mabscott
Mary Ann Hert
W. A. Waddell
H. F E. Melton
Madisonville, Ky
Peace Springs
James Bair
Harper Road
D. D. Ashworth
Calloway Street
Dick Klotz
Warren Luce
Moorestown
N. J
S. G. Nuckols
Neville Street
K. M. Jarrell
L. M. Halloran
Frances File
Charles Hodel
Emile
Rose
Mercersburg
Pa.) Academy
Hilda Powers
Arlington Hall
Washington, D. C
M. W. Powers
W. H. Chrisley
Billy
Baltimore
Chrisley
Philadelphia
Wilson & CO
Wilson
Wee Wilson
Fanela
Mrs. Brubeck
Spangler
Rome
Rinso
Honey
Loosa
Good Housekeeping Institute
America
Lever Brothers DO
Lyer
Victor Radio
Jesse French
Crosley
Brunswick
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Beckley, W. VA
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