Students Give Amateur Hour at Memorial Building
The Commercial club staged an amateur hour on Friday November 4 at 1 am in the Memorial Building. James Hatcher announced acts including Toots Ballard piano and vocal solo And Then Some, J C Montgomery solo We Got Love and A Dime, Beckley Teckers String Band with Farrow Patton and Brunk, a Beginners tap dance by Ruby Armstrong and Lucille Stevens, Betsy Herring solos, and a saxophone group with George Ballard and Toots Ballard. Curtains by Boyd Carper and David Meadows. Faculty announcements followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hatcher
Toots Ballard
J. C. Montgomery
Beckley Teckers
David Farrow
Orel Patton
Robert Brunk
Ruby Armstrong
Lucille Stevens
Betsy Herring
Robert Cook
Boo Peep Pe Doop
George Ballard
Boyd Carper
David Meadows
Beckley Alumnus Enlists in the Marine Corps
Williard R. Greene former Beckley college student and Woodrow Wilson High School graduate enlisted in the U S Marine Corps on November 15 and reported to the Marine Barracks Parris Island South Carolina for boot camp. In high school he was active in student clubs and worked for the federal government before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williard R. Greene
Beckley College
Woodrow Wilson High School
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Parris Island
South Carolina
Greene
Welch And Hedrick Earn All A Grades First Nine Weeks
Thomas Hedrick and Elizabeth Welch are the only two students with A in every subject for the mid-semester. Betty Mayhew closely follows with A in all but one. Hedrick, a pre medical sophomore, takes seven subjects totaling 18 hours and serves on Student Council. Mayhew, a postgraduate, carries four subjects totaling 11 hours with 10 hours of A. Mid semester grades were mailed to parents Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Hedrick
Elizabeth Welch
Betty Mayhew
Mr. Hedrick
Miss Mayhew
Beckley College Social Committee Seeks Student Ideas
Beckley College social committee held its first meeting of the year in classroom 5. Warren Hancock, business manager, presided. Plans for dances, parties, outings, or unique events were discussed but not decided. Students may submit ideas to any committee member for the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Warren Hancock
Sophomores choose Mrs Oppie Lee Hedrick sponsor
Mrs Oppie Lee Hedrick was unanimously elected sponsor of the sophomore class at Beckley college in a Monday meeting. She belongs to the Hedrick family with ties to the college, being daughter in law to vice president G C Hedrick and sister in law to student council member Tom Hedrick. She also teaches at Beckley Junior High and serves part time in the college commercial department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Beckley
Beckley College
Hell Week Opens For KTP Pledges
Kappa Theta Phi Fraternity of Beckley College began Hell Week on Monday November 18 as part of pledge initiation. Pledges must fulfill tasks set by members to qualify for membership, representing the final test of attitude toward the fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Theta Phi Fraternity
Beckley College
Burman Named As Sponsor Of Freshman Class
Dr. H. G. Burman was elected class sponsor of the freshman class at a meeting held yesterday afternoon at three o'clock at Beckley College. He is in charge of the chemistry department and was teaching during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Burman
Dr. Burman
Beckley College
Beckley College School of Commerce Becomes AACC Member
The Commercial school of Beckley College has been accepted for membership in the American Association of Commercial Colleges after a Waterbury headquarters certificate. The association regulates 150 member colleges in the United States and Canada, guaranteeing modern teaching, tuition fairness, upright dealings, and strong job prospects for graduates. Beckley College School of Commerce was approved after rigorous educational, financial, and social tests by the AACC Board of Governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial School of Beckley College
American Association of Commercial Colleges
Waterbury
Connecticut
United States
Canada
Beckley College School of Commerce
Board of Governors
Hotcoal School Presents Three One Act Plays Tonight
Hotcoal school audiences will see three one act plays tonight at 7 45 for the school fundraiser. The bills include Jumbo Jum The Ghost of Deepdene and Good Morning Judge as the program concludes the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotcoal School
The Flight College Newspaper Staff Credits
Beckley College announces editors and reporters for The Flight with Louise Sheffler as editor in chief James Herring as associate editor Paul Lilly as sports editor Edythe Gallaher as society editor George Blevins as exchange editor and reporters Lettie Thompson Elizabeth Reed Ruth Myers Opal McKinney Lacy Warden David Farrow Corwin Bragg and Clifton Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Sheffler
James Herring
Paul Lilly Society
Edythe Gallaher
George Blevins
Lettie Thompson
Elizabeth Reed
Ruth Myers
Opal McKinney
Lacy Warden
David Farrow
Corwin Bragg
Clifton Lilly
Respect for the flag and its care guidance
A brief note urges proper flag etiquette including raising at sunrise and lowering at sunset, except at Francis Scott Key’s grave. It highlights perpetual display over the Capitol dome, replacement when worn, and compares folding in a drawer as more patriotic than improper display. The Boy Scouts’ flag history education is mentioned as teaching citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key
Capitol
Washington
Organization
The
Boy Scouts of America
College Raising Ranking In State
The College of Beckley, a junior college and commercial school, earned higher standing by state authorities and joined the American Association of Commercial Colleges. It was accredited by the West Virginia State Board of Education last year and remains a member of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Commercial Colleges
Beckley College Commercial School
West Virginia
Still Typing By David Meadows
A poem expresses frustration with slow typing progress. The speaker worries about being left behind, notes repeated errors and self criticism, and longs to improve to the point of typing their name with confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Meadows
Beclley College Campus Fraternity and Sorority Overview
The Beckley college campus hosts three fraternities and one sorority. The group includes a local social fraternity, a national journalistic fraternity, a national debating fraternity, and a local social sorority. Also listed is archival patronage by associations and the Smithsonian Institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Junior Colleges
West Virginia Association of Colleges
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
The
Times Research Bureau
Smithsonian Institution
Beckley College
Freshman Class Plans Dance After Thanksgiving
Burman named for his first year. Freshmen discuss a Friday after Thanksgiving dance in honor of the sophomores. The event requires fifty cent class dues by Monday and would be at the Park avenue Womans clubhouse with faculty as chaperones. If not possible, a later dance is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans
Park Avenue
Marine Corps Institute shapes aviators and radio men
Greene joined at the Baltimore recruiting station and pursued aviation and radio through the Marine Corps Institute in Washington. The piece notes the corps maintains the program for mental improvement of personnel. Charles Ruggles likely owns about 100 dogs in Hollywood, a hobby that proved profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps Institute
Washington
Corps
Greene
Marine Corps Recruiting Station
Post Office
Baltimore
Maryland
Charles Ruggles
Hollywood
Mount Hope Church Groups Hold Busy Monthly Meetings
Mt Hope West Virginia reports detail the Business Girl's Circle of Mount Hope Presbyterian Church hosting a Monday gathering with co hosts and a program led by Mrs Charles Evans and Miss Kathleen Craver. Other circles plan Christmas drives, Bible lessons, and social hours as city officials discuss marble and slot machine ordinances and possible armory projects. Local residents attend missions events, birthdays, and various club activities while the Chamber of Commerce notes state chamber talks and street decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
L. P. Tracy
Lincoln Street
E. C. Burgess
Charles Evans
Kathleen Craver
Fred Fink
C. E. Jones
Fayeke
Iva Mae
Norma Hogg
Virginia Graves
Carolyn Allea
Katherine Moore
Mary Curry
C. R. Harnsbarger
Oswald Walker
Russell Patteson
Charles Smith
Roy L. Houchins
W. W. Hunter
Circle No. 2
The
Presbyterian Church
W. B. Poling
E. M. Tutwiler
J. E. Howard
Davis Stuart
Lewisburg
W. E. Lawton
George Siems
Ronald Snyder
John Sneddon
E. M Tutwiler
William White
William Ward
Cc. L. Alford
James White
R. W. Bridgett
George
Mount Hope
Black Draught Relieves Digestive Sluggishness Quickly
The popular vegetable laxative Black Draught is praised for relieving constipation and postmeal discomfort. Mrs. Eugene West of Dothan Alabama reports cleansing her system and regulating bowels with Black Draught, with her husband also finding it helpful. Sold in 25 cent packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene West
Dothan
Ala
Former Teacher Weds in St Marys Monastery
Miss Martha Heath and Mr. John Wingenach, both of St Marys Pennsylvania, were married on Saturday November 2 at the Monastery in St Marys. Mrs. Wingenach is a Sargents School for Physical Education graduate and sister of Mrs LeRoy Smith. She previously taught at Beckley College. Mr. Wingenach works for Stackpole Carbon Co in St Marys. They will honeymoon in Pittsburgh and reside in St Marys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Martha Heath
John Wingenach
St. Mary’s
Pennsylvania
Saint Mary’s
Father Haeherl
Wingenach
Sargents School For Physical Education
Boston
Mass
LeRoy Smith
Stackpole Carbon Co
Pittsburgh
Local People Attend Beckley Bluefield Football Games
Multiple residents, including Warren Hancock and Bill Ford, attended the Beckley Bluefield football game in Bluefield Friday. Others listed include Lacy Warden Russell Feazelle Miss Betty Mayhew Miss Louise Sheffler Jimmy Bair accompanied by B M Weaver Miss Lettie Thompson Pauline Lilly Corwin Bragg Thomas Hedrick Robert Hatcher Julia Bruce Wanda Cook Lois Heatherlin Marjorie Graves Kathryn Totten Edna Crysel George Evans Joe Gargas and more, with several visiting others at Besoco Shady Springs Mt Hope Mullens Oak Hill Montgomery and Besoco prior and after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Hancock
Charleston
Lacy Warden
Russell Feazelle
Bluefield
Betty Mayhew
Louise Sheffler
Jimmy Bair
Mayhew
B. M. Weaver
Lettie Thompson
Pauline Lilly
Jumping Branch
Corwin Bragg
Mullens
Thomas Hedrick
Mt. Hope
Robert Hatcher
Julia Bruce
Wanda Cook
Lois Heatherlin
Marjorie Graves
Kathryn Totten
Shady Springs
Katherine Gebhardt
Lois Tirey
Earley Wiley
Bob Lively
James Rowe
Besoco
Edna Crysel
Bill Ford
Wayne Waybright
Price Caffee
George Evans
Joe Gargas
Montgomery
Gallaher Hedrick Named To Council For Sophomores
Joe Gallaher of Stamford and Tom Hedrick of Beckley, both second year students, were elected to represent the Sophomore class on the student council in a class meeting held in the college building on Monday November 18. Gallaher is noted for his high scholastic standing and leadership in the Commercial club. Hedrick is described as a model student with straight A grades and a Woodrow Wilson High school graduate active in Beckley social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gallaher
Stamford
Tom Hedrick
Beckley
Gallaher
Beckley College
Joe
Commercial Club
Tom
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College Chatter Sparks Campus Whimsy and Gossip
A lively campus chatter column riffs on grades, pranks, fraternities, crushes, and social life at Beckley College. It ribbingly notes a new hire at Affinity, a surprising clean-up after a rough night, a sought after steady date, and cheers for a lively chapel talent show.
Visitors and travel notes from Charleston and Beckley
A local visitor list notes Mr and Mrs W C Griffith of Beckley spent Monday in Charleston. C E Jones called to Gate Wood by the death of his mother Mrs Julia Jones. C L Cooke and Dan Covey of Beckley were in Mount Hope on business. James Webb tours Monroe county for a hunting trip. Mrs E L Bailey and Mr and Mrs J B Hylton Jr visited John Maschal in Glen White for his sixty sixth birthday. C Lance Marshall family and Lena Hummell visited Summersville Sunday. Bill Howard, at Virginia Tech, returned home for the weekend. Yield figures from Valleys on the eastern slopes of the Andes show 638 pounds per acre in soil samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Bailey
Prosperity
Bailey
W. L. Bailey
Frantz
Huntington
Mount Hope
J. O. Stover
J. O. Jr
Dora Farley
Lee Dora
Clarabell Miller
Oscar Mashall
Lively
Melvin
Ralph
Maggie McMillian
Merle
Beckley
C. C. Bailey
Doris
Stamford
Farley
Norris and Thompson
E. L. Norris
John Thompson
Ruth
Louise Givens
New York City
J. E. Smith
Evelyn Bowles
Tom Craver
E. McK. Hardesty
Dotty
Bby
Memphis
Tennessee
Mary Katherine Patteson
Marshall College
E. W. Dunkley
Charleston
W. C. Griffith
C. E. Jones
Gatewood
Julia Jones
Jones
C. L. Cooke
Dan Covey
James Webb
Monroe County
E. L. Bailey
J. B. Hylton, Jr
C. Lance Marshall
Lena Hummell
Summersville
Bill Howard
Blacksburg
Virginia
J. E. Howard
Bolivia Tries Cotton Crop Initiative
La Paz reports the Bolivian government is seeking to boost cotton cultivation in the lowlands by promoting new programs and incentives. Officials aim to expand production, support farmers, and diversify the national economy amid agricultural efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
la Paz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Major Bowes
Chapel
Betsy
Memorial Build
Marine Corps
Williard Greene
Leatherneck
Welch
Hedrick
SOPHS
Mrs. Oppie Lee Hedrick
Hell
Burman
Fresh
Hotcoal Plans
Blue Hawks
Mt. Hope, W. Va
Business Girls Circle
Council
P. H. Garrett
Roosevelt
McCarl
Circle No. 3
McIntire
H. B. Maroney
A. H. McIntire
H. D. Norton
E. L. Roberts
Minnie Burr
J. H. Coleman
Maggie Gilles
Ann Harnsb
Baptist Temple
Gilliam
Kenova
S. C. Higgins
C. E. Howard
W. B. Hisey
C. E. Hogg
H. Pettit
Carl Gwinn
A. M. Evans
Fred Morgan
Buren Jones
R. W. Bailey
Thomas Struthers
W. C. Thomson
C. E. Young
Carson
R. A. Welch
L. J. Walker
Edward Graff
D. J. McCoy
W. R. Gray
Okey Patteson
Leslie Sydnor
Katharne
Vothaa
Stuwl
Alice Adams
Fred Macmurray Fres Stone
Evelyn Vewagle
Dionne
Yvonne
Annette - Cecile Emelie - Marie
E. van Dorsey
CALL
ART Dry Cleaners
E. H. Dorsey
U.S
Patent Office
Stanley
Dec
SzaNa
Central Press
St. Mary
Kappa Theta Phi
Affinity
Becky
Lew
Bolivia
Sindh
Valley
Dee
Hanes
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Saem, N. C
Hanes Union
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