Women in Court and Parliament and Sport Figures
18 year old Mary Glory Perry of Oakland won a guardian appointment from Judge Peter Crosby after her parents forbade lipstick. Florence Horsbrugh of Dundee became the first woman to open the British House of Commons speech from the throne. Helen Hull Jacobs, Wimbledon champion, left for London to write a novel. her mother in Palo Alto announced Jacobs published a reminiscence of her tennis career. Isabel Jewell and Owen Crump called off their engagement over her screen career, saying she could not make that sacrifice now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Glory Perry
Oakland
Calif
Peter B. Crosby
Florence Horsbrugh
M. P
Dundee
House of Commons
Helen Hull Jacobs
London
Palo Alto
Miss Jacobs
Owen Crump
Actoss
Isabel Jewell
Will Validity Be Decided Before Jurist
Executors of Charles Vance Millars estate bring a court challenge in Ontario to the validity of the will gifting 500000 to Torontos top mothers with nine children each. Six mothers attend with relatives and government representatives as questions arise on the mothers clause entitlement and possible replacements if invalid. Lily Kenny says she would claim all if necessary and notes her 12 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Toronto
Charles Vance Millar
Ontario Supreme Court
Ontario
W.N. Tilley
Lily Kenny
Sunday School Class Selects New Officers
Miss Martha Dickinson was elected president of the S. W. and L. Sunday School class of the First Baptist church in a meeting held Wednesday evening at the home of their teacher Mrs. G. A. Massing on Murray street. Other officers are Miss Alice Beard vice president and Miss Etta Marie Godbey secretary and treasurer. A refreshment course was served to the officers and several members, and the next meeting will be held November 23 with hostesses Misses Mary Holliday Alice Beard and Ruth Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Dickinson
S. W
First Baptist Church
G. A. Massing
Murray Street
Alice Beard
Etta Marie Godbey
Mildred Agee
Margaret Carter
Dorothy Bazzarre
Ruth Smith
Mary Holliday
Ollie Burnett
C. H. Deem
Grafton
The
Baptist Church
Assembly Hall
My Little House
J. C. Mabe
Carolina Thompkinson
Bessie Carroll
Inez Caffee
W. S. Beavers
Draper Lewis
Jane Bryant Lewis
T. L. Maynor
Carmel Rembout
Glenn Sallack
Alfred Truman
J. C. Bailey
Lula Hall
A. R. Eckle
G. Lester Hash
H. L. Mondorf
Nan Monroe
L. G. House
Executors of Millar Estate Go to Court
A group of relatives and friends attend a bridge luncheon in Mullens. Contents cover travel between Mullens, Morgantown, Holden, and other towns as residents return home from visits and plan trips.
Social Visits and Homecoming Travel Highlight Weekend List
Personal mentions include Mr and Mrs Cecil Norton of Lizacre and Mr and Mrs Porter McKean with Nell Jean of Gallipolis Ohio spending Sunday with the Hanshaws in Mabscott. Several locals depart for West Virginia University homecoming and WVU Georgetown game, others plan trips to Lexington Virginia and Charleston for weekend visits. a bee color blindness note closes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Norton
Lizacre
Porter McKean
Nell Jean
Gallipolis
Duff Hanshaw
Mabscott
K. Douglas Bowers
Hal M. Scott
J. B. Bonner
Grover Trail
J. P. White
Morgantown
West Virginia University
W. V. U.-Georgetown
Margaret Bibb
Morton
Mr Eugene Biggs Weds Mildred McCleary
The wedding of Miss Mildred Farr McCleary and Mr Eugene Biggs took place Thursday afternoon at the groom’s sister’s home on the Johnstown road. The bride wore spruce blue with du bonnet accessories and Hollywood rose corsage, and the couple plan a south honeymoon before settling in Lochgelly Fayette county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Farr McCleary
Eugene Biggs
Leonard L. Withrow
Johnstown Road
Hollywood
Mrs. Biggs
South
Lochgelly
Fayette County
Local Residents Attend Meetings and Visits in State
Mrs. and Mrs. Ross P Daniel left for White Sulphur Springs for a C and O surgeons meeting. Mrs. Roy Pelfrey of Charleston visits Judge and Mrs. J W Maxwell. Several residents from Glen White Beckley and Poca hontas county plan hunting trips this week. Mrs A A Tieche Mrs C E Mc Culloch Mrs J A Hunt and Mrs R P Daniel visited Charleston Wednesday. Dr L A Martin, home ill for ten days, expected to return to duty at his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross P. Daniel
White Sulphur Springs
Roy Pelfrey
Charleston
J. W. Maxwell
Thomas Morgan
E. B. Wray
E. B. Wray, Jr
Tom Wray
Glen White
D. A. Blankenship
Clyde McDowell
Beckley
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. K
Edward
Ir Sldg
Pereya
Charles Millar
Joe Wood, Jr
G. G. Burnette
Charles Rubush
Mullens
O. L. Bowyer
Mary Ann
South Charleston
C. M. Bright
Toledo
Ohio
R. B. Yaple
Milton Pickus
W. L. Long
Emma Lou
Holden
Bob
Bill Long
Baltimore
Yaple
F. L. Banks
Lexington
M. B. Smith
Bethany
Kitty Smith
Marion Smith
Bethany College
Rowena Peters
Roanoke
iVa
Mildred McCleary
Miss Burnett
Summerlee
Raymond Foster
Melba Ann Hayes
Torso Tau MO Anc
Tee
DCU
Amit
NTSCO
Ckle Fruit Market
Neville St
Andy Boy
U. 8
Michigan
Nancy Halls
ROTEX
da West
Janis Sea
Hlovacrina
PD & CO
Phillips
Jergen
Mennen
Pupsgvent
RADIO
Dee'daaa
Dilustlv
Vitaly
Saeee
Detrola World-Wide Radio
England
Germany
France
Spain
RCA
Westinghouse
General Electric
Italy
World Wide Radio
Cupid
WATKINS _DRUG STORE
Watkins
New River
del- Mar
Beauty Shop
Raleigh
H. G. Farmer
Raleigh County
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