Night Fire Lights Sophia Log House Tale and Safety Week
The funeral pyre of a log house built by Hugh Foster near Sophia lit the sky Saturday night. Ownership traces to Foster, later James Poe, and others, with the blaze seen from three quarters of a mile away. The piece urges safety week November 24 30 and discusses pedestrian and motorist duties, citing awkward incidents and advice on walking on the left. The column notes a salt and soda left at the county superintendent’s office and describes a Powellton visit to E A Miller now with Koppers Elk Ridge mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Hugh Foster
W. L. Foster
James Poe
Beckley
Raleigh County
Floyd County
N. B. Dunn
C. H. Dunn
Dunns
Ray Jessup
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Powellton
Montgomery
Charleston
E. A. Miller
Layland
New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Koppers
Elk Ridge
McAlpin 4-H Club organized in McAlpin West Virginia
The McAlpin 4-H club organized Saturday November 16 under Mrs H R Sawyers of Pemberton. Officers elected include Jean Sawyers president Raymond Taylor vice president Ruth Williams secretary treasurer Janet Williams reporter. Members listed along with meeting details and next gathering set for November 30 at the Williams home. Farewell shower honors Mrs S A Hollins with attendees named. Marriage announced for Dorothy Nowlin to Kenneth Lilly to reside in Sophia. Various local visitors and residents noted across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlpin
H. R. Sawyers
Pemberton
Jean Sawyers
Raymond Taylor
Ruth Williams
Janet Williams
Pauline Jones
Anne King
Helen Lucy Cunningham
Leslie Williams
Treica King
Phyllis Taylor
Mary Agnes Hughes
Beatrice Jones
Bob King
Allen Cunningham
Walter
Harold Crickmer
R. A. Cunningham
Geo. D. Williams
Dorothy
Kenneth Lilly
Mabscott
Sophia
Local visits noted in regional update
Mrs E E Withrow and Mrs Joe McGhee with Margarette McGhee and Clyde Daincy of Cunard visited Miss Leona McGhee Monday night. Billy Withrow and John Howell visited relatives in Charleston last week. Arthur Gilchrist and mother Janet Gilchrist of Charleston visited Mr and Mrs W A Gilchrist at Danville Indiana last week. A W Laing of Charleston was a business visitor here last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. E. Withrow
John Altman
Beckley
H. R. Sawyers
Pemberton
R. A. Cunningham
E. O. Byrd
Charleston
Woodrow Bales
Billy
G. C. Hite
E. E. Withrow
Joe McGhee
Margarette McGhee
Clyde Daincy
Cunard
Leona McGhee
Joe Scott
Big Stick
Billy Withrow
John Howell
Arthur Gilchrist
Janet Gilchrist
W. A. Gilchrist
Danville
Ind
A. W. Laing
Baptist Missionary Society Meeting in Pemberton
The Baptist Missionary Society met at Mrs. J. R. Cole’s home in Pemberton on November 18 with a business session followed by refreshments served to a long list of members and guests led by Mrs. J. R. Cole and Mrs. W. D. Jones. A miscellaneous shower for Mrs. John Cox was held at the M. E. Church with many attendees from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Missionary Society
J. R. Cole
R. P. Holt
W. D. Jones
S. A. Alford
Lee Currings
J. R. Westmoreland
Jamita Jones
Ruby Alford
J. R. Carter
Avis Jones
Dick Meadows
Belva Hall
Denver Dangerfield
Dave Mays
Lula Carter
Lois Cloud
Otis Young
Roy Penninton
J. K. Cole
John Cox
M. E. Church
Frank Adams
D. FE. Cox
G. J. Archer
Roy Pennington
Paris Lusk
G. H. Lucado
Bert Samples
Caesar Reid
O. C. Kiser
Remus McVey
John Carter
C. W. Johnson
John Johnson
Garten of
Beckley
Alec Hedrick
Vada Avers
J. C. Kiser
Sam Bryant
F. M. Snodgrass
Alex McVey
Beckley Hospital and Local Social Notes
The column lists names connected to Beckley hospital including C. H. Maynor and Mrs. John Cox. It notes presents from several women and lists the sick at Beckley hospital: Audrey Holt, Maxine Holt, and J. K. Moore. Surrounding items mention guests of local families from Surve yor, Fitzpatrick, Coal City and Lillybrook with multiple weekend and Thursday night visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Maynor
John Cox
L. J. Young
Owen Young
E. L. Jones
K. H. Fink
Sam Amato
S. G. Brooks
Ray Vance
Audrey and
Maxine Holt
J. K. Moore
Sallie Ann Canady
Surveyor
M. L. Canady
Paris Lusk
Lawrence Bowman
Fitzpatrick
Glenna Cochran
Coal
Rock collecting science teacher aids classroom work
R. R. Morgan, a science instructor at Henrietta Caroleen Avondale Tri High School in Forest Hills N C, collects rocks from every state and several foreign countries. His cataloged rocks are used in class work to enrich lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tress Forest Hills
N. C
R. R. Morgan
Henrietta Caroleen-Avondale Tri-High School
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America
U. S. Army
Lower Manhattan
Associated Press
Ohio Insulator Company
Barberton
Ohio
Pottery Workers
McAlpin, W. Va
S. A. Hollins
Frank Walters
G. W. Mooney
E. A. Cooke
W. Kirk
Dave Riddle
A. Hooker
Jack Carter
Judge Allen
T. L. Nowlin
John McClarity
M. Jones
E. S. Floyd
Ethel Now
Pemberton, W. Va
Church News
Baptist Church
E. van Dorsey
CALL
ART Dry Cleaners
E. H. Dorsey
T. B. Cain
West Virginia Business College
Bluefield
W. Va
Tee
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. C
the Beckley Hospital
Emma Jane Fink
Vada Ayers
Sue Higgins
Dorothy Kiser
Evelyn Corder
Don Adkins
Lillybrook
Mr. W. Scott Grove
J. Hofmann
Paderewski
Josef Hofmann
Scott Grove
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