Electricians at Mt Hope November 19
New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute members meet at Mountainair hotel November 19 at 7 30 pm Virgil Snead of Beckley will present shop practices in the mining industry E D Bader of Fairbanks Morse company Cincinnati will discuss alternating and direct current motors Officers for 1937 were nominated at Beckley meeting and will be voted on December pavetas of the executive committee
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Mt. Hope
Otor
New River
Winding Gulf
Road Work Breaks Bridge on Old Minden Road
Hill-State road crews engaged again in improving the Old Minden road broke down a wooden bridge over Arbuckle creek at the upper end of neighboring Foal Town. A truck loaded with red dog rammed the span Monday afternoon. A temporary road is now usable around the water gap while crews lay red dog and regrade the road.
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Hill
Minden
Arbuckle Creek
China imports thirty five percent of food from abroad
An agricultural nation for centuries, China now buys 35 percent of its foodstuffs from foreign countries, signaling a shift in trade reliance and domestic production balance.
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China
Ambulance driver urges safe driving in winter scenes
James Alexander, veteran ambulance chauffeur with 100000 miles over three years, recalls icy winters and blocked routes from Carwile Hollow to Oak Hill hospital. He warns against speeding, notes dangers on New River road to Thurmond and to Sanger, and shares a birth tale where cautious travel helped a mother and newborn reach hospital safely.
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Oak Hill
James Alexander
James
Carwile Hollow
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
Alexander
New River
Thurmond
McKendree State Hospital
McKendree
Alexader
Sanger
New Economics Agent Is Born In Fayette County
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Whanger of Fayetteville was born Wednesday at Oak Hill hospital. It is likely she will follow her mother, former home demonstration agent for Fayette county, rather than becoming a football coach.
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Oak Hill
A. E. Whanger
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Cleaning Plant At Long Branch
Long Branch washers are being installed by T. Smithson of Montgomery at the Koppers Coal company tipple here. Water will be pumped from the old creek pond. A new pump house is also being built with new pipe lines from the tipple to the building.
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Long Branch
T. Smithson
Montgomery
Koppers Coal Company
Humphries Flock To Be Increased At Oak Hill Farm
Oak Hill Mrs Edith Humphries a Salem poultry raiser plans new buildings and expanded stock this winter She will add a 50 by 19 foot breeder house run pen and expect to stock about 3500 birds in the winter and spring compared with 2800 sold this year
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Oak Hill
Edith Humphries
Salem Poultry Raiser
Oak Hill marks first anniversary of Perry Business School
Oak Hill Brunswick Ga teachers and pupils observed the first month’s anniversary of the Oak Hill branch of the Perry Business School. Miss Carrabelle Maultsey Rae ford N C led the event in a ranch school setting. Courses offered include shorthand typing filing bookkeeping English arithmetic and spelling.
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Oak Hill
Perry Business School
Brunswick
Carrabelle Maultsey
Raeford
N. C
Minden Man Burned In Mine Motor Blaze
Oak Hill hospital treats Oak Hill worker Walter Crouter aged 57 after a mine motor he operated ignited and caused severe burns to his legs. His condition is listed as serious.
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Oak Hill
Walter Crouter
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
Crouter
Revamping WPA Setup Rumored in West Virginia
Rumor of a broad WPA overhaul in West Virginia gains partial support from reports. Teachers in the emergency education program are being reinterviewed by a federal re employment division official from Charleston. Recreation leaders may face similar re interviews, with educators to be fully classified by Friday. China orders ballot sheets to be made of paper produced in China to ensure elections are 100 percent Chinese and aid native manufacturers.
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Fayetteville
WPA
West Virginia
Charleston
China
Nanking
Aarons Move to Huntington West Virginia
Oak Hill couple Mr and Mrs James Aarons return to Huntington for the winter after a summer at Grafton. Mrs Aarons was Miss Julia Bibb, daughter of W E Bibb. The move follows health concerns from the damp Grafton climate.
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Oak Hill
James Aarons
Julia Bibb
W. E. Bibb
Huntington
Grafton
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Virgil Snead
Beckley
E. D. Bader
Cincinnati
Cae
Ls Aia
Crab Orchard
W. VA
Carnation
NEW Economics
Koppers
Tipple
Humphries
Minden Man
Motor Blaze
Aarons
Huntington, W. VA
White Cross Pharmacy
Oldsmobiles
Beckley Auto Sales Corp
Ldsmobile
McCreery Street
Oldsmobile
Fisher
Lansing
General Motors
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