Christmas Buying Will Liberate Millions Locally
A Beckley newspaper survey forecasts a record Christmas boost for Southern West Virginia as rising earnings and national prosperity lift shopping. The piece notes expanding gift lines from clothing to radios, new furniture and home purchases, with extra clerks hired and postal workers facing busy days. Christmas is framed as both a religious holiday and a major economic driver for the region.
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Beckley
Big Sister
Junior
West Virginia
Mc Alpin Teen Lewis Johnson Improves at Beckley Hospital
Lewis Johnson aged 16, son of Dr and Mrs G W Johnson of Mc Alpin, is improving at Beckley Hospital after a prolonged severe illness that required confinement there.
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Lewis Johnson
G. W. Johnson
McAlpin
Beckley Hospital
Lazy Days Cottage Design for Summer Getaway
A cottage concept named Lazy Days features shin gle walls with vertical siding and a wood shingle roof. It offers a large combined lounge dining area, a stone fireplace, a screened porch, and flexible sleeping for four to six with bunk beds and a studio couch. Working drawings provide an alternate layout with separate bedrooms.
Christmas Savings Will Total 25000 for Beckley Club
Twenty five thousand dollars will be distributed soon to Beckley folk, members of the Christmas Savings club run by the Beckley National Exchange club. Checks go out on the first of the month and funds are expected to circulate quickly for gifts. A surge of prosperity is anticipated with a record number of people joining as the club opens after current year checks are mailed.
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Beckley Folk
Christmas Savings Club
Beckley National Exchange Club
Letter Contest Judges Named in Beckley
Judges announced for a Raleigh Radio and Refrigerator contest in Beckley to pick a winner writing Why I want a Kelvinator for Christmas. J. W. Maxwell a circuit court judge, G. P. Stinnette head of the Credit Bureau, and Dorsey Biggs advertising manager of Beckley Newspapers. The contest closes Christmas Eve with results likely after Christmas. If the winner already bought a Kelvinator, the prize will be repurchased. Similar contests are abroad with thousands of refrigerators given nationwide.
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Beckley
Raleigh Radio and Refrigerator Company
J. W. Maxwell
G. P. Stinnette
Dorsey Biggs
Maxwell
Circuit Court
Stinnette
Credit Bureau
Biggs
Kelvinator
J. H. Huddle
Doctor predicts future of oral vaccination for children
Dr. Lloyd Arnold of Illinois University envisions a day when children will self vaccinate using a pill, introducing the concept of oral vaccination as a future standard.
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Lloyd Arnold
Illinois University
Prisoners Discover Six Foot Vein of Coal at Penitentiary
Prisoners at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary uncovered a six foot coal vein while digging. A warden stated work proceeds normally as crews assess the seam and potential uses for the found coal.
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Rhodell P T A Meets This Month In West Virginia
Rhodell West Virginia P T A held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night with a large attendance. First and second grades presented an engaging program. Plans were made for a pot luck supper at the next meeting. A shower honored Mrs. C W Fletcher, the bride, hosted by Mrs O D Compton and Mrs H E West, with many local attendees listed.
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O. D. Compton
H. E. West
West
C. W. Fletcher
K. E. Wilson
Riley Graham
G. Duppee
Kay Hatcher
Ada Taylor
Mullens
Sam Whyco
J. W. Bruffy
J. T. Meador
E. A. Bowden
Pickshin
A. H. Wood
E. A. Shutt
L B. Ritchie
Don Bare
John Gillenwater
Walter Gentry
O. C. Connor
T. A. Kower
T. J. Wattis
O. D. Duppee
E. W. Mason
Margaret
Erma Hugbert
Nancy
Sarah Dickerson
Monnie Mitchem
Ondra Gentry
Ruth Baldwin
Allie Fletcher
Hazel Eller
Tina Farley
Pansy Mitchem
Ed Farley
Went Mitchem
Cal Webb
Fred McKinney
John Dickerson
Jackie Johns
Howe Meador
Paul
New Cameraman Comes To City
Toby Adams becomes Stallard's Studio photographer in Beckley after the studio was leased by R L Nunnally of Bluefield. Adams has trained at Dean's Studio in St Petersburg Florida and will produce distinguished portraits and hand tinted work. The new management will focus on commercial work and journalism related photography.
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Toby Adams
Stallard
Beckley
R. L. Nunnally
Bluefield
Mr. Adams
Dean
St Petersburg
Florida
Lamp-Lighter Recollects Duties For Town
S S. C Edmund Rice a 70 year old lamp lighter recalls serving the town nearly five decades ago. He performed two rounds daily to tend 75 kerosene lamps changing them at dusk and just before sunrise.
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Associated Press Union
S S. C
Edmund Rice
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E. A. Bouden
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ART Dry Cleaners, Inc
Beckley Hardware & Supply CO
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Amere Gas Utilities Company
Blue Jay Lumber Company
Blue Jay
Beckley Floral Company Courteous Service
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Cole and
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Beckley College
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