Wyoming County CCC Candidates To Be Examined
Preliminary medical exams will be held at Welch on October 7 for about 400 Wyoming county boys seeking CCC camps. Of these, 34 are expected to qualify. Candidates must be WPA or rehabilitation workers or from direct relief families and only white youths will be examined. Applications available at Simann offices.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming County
Welch
Simann
CCC Cauns
Ifmann
Dogs Bite Two Gulf Children In Local Incidents
Four year old Rhodell Bonnie Winston, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee day, was bitten by a dog Thursday afternoon while another child, William Zebrook, was also bitten after a separate incident earlier in the week. Both families report the children are recovering and getting along nicely.
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Register
Rhodell
Bonnie Winston
Mr. and
Mrs. Lee
Winston
William Zebrook
John
Relo Zebrook
The Empty House by Mary Graham Bonner
Top Notch and Willy Nilly plan a careful look at the Galumps house now owned by them. Top Notch explores the quiet grounds, gathering bits of grain and pondering the idea of naming it The Empty House, then peers into a window and recoils in fear.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Top Notch
Willy Nilly
Ty General Store
Christopher Columbus Crow
Galumps
Swope Appointed Electors Leader in Wyoming County
Register staff reports William A. Swope named chairman of the Roosevelt Electors committee in Wyoming County. Koontz, state headquarters finance director at Charleston, says Swope will raise funds locally for the campaign. Swope previously worked at a local drug store.
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Register
Mullens
P. D. Koontz
Charleston
William A. Swope
Wyoming County
Swope
Wyoming Receives State Aid for School Year
Superintendent W C Bailey estimates Wyoming county will receive 183920 in state aid for the school year. The first draft of 22990 has been received, and Bailey expects the same monthly amount for the remaining seven months.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming County
W. C. Bailey
Bailey
Mrs Stathers Appointed Boone County Health Nurse
Mrs Mary Stathers of Madison has assumed duties as Boone county health nurse succeeding Miss Ina Spangler. Stathers formerly served as county health nurse for a number of years in Whitesville Madison and Boone County are noted in the brief notice.
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Register
Whitesville
Mary Stathers
Madison
Boone County
Ina Spangler
Stathers
Kirby Accepts Belle Position
Whitesville reporter Megister Stall notes A. R. Kirby, formerly with a state agency, has accepted a position in Belle West Virginia. The move marks a career change for a veteran public service figure with local ties.
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Kirby
Belle
Megister Stall
Whitesville
A. R. Kirby
Mater Sates
W. Va
Curtain fails to thrill as 1936 campaign lags
Commentary argues the 1936 presidential race lacks clear issues and a decisive clash between Roosevelt and Landon. It traces the dull start to debates over national policy, divergent definitions of the paramount issue, and the overhyped conventions that raised expectations but produced little concrete controversy.
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Landon
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Going Tough Under Hoover But She’s for Alf Landon
Virginia McKinney of Basin, age 89, visits her son Chess R. McKinney, praising Landon as the man to restore the country after Hoover. She recalls tough times and says she will vote for Landon, claiming London will be our next president if her vote matters.
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Hoover
Alf Landon
Register
Rhodell
Virginia McKinney
Basin
Chess R. McKinney
Landon
Judge Tanner Released From Sanitarium After Auto Crash
Judge Howell M. Tanner, confined to Bluefield Sanitarium for two weeks after a Princeton Bluefield road accident, walked out Thursday. He suffered painful bruises and a severe fracture of his right arm when the car he rode in was crowded from the road. no other occupant was injured.
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Register
Mullens
Howell M. Tanner
Bluefield Sanitarium
Princeton- Bluefield
Local Residents Return From North America Vacation
Rhodell and Mrs Coley Minter head home today after a two week tour of Canada and New York with Mrs Minter’s mother and aunt Mrs E C Minter and Miss Eliza Turner of Beckley. Beckley visitors include E C Minter and others. Compton family back from Norfolk. Lance Hurt starts clerking job in Amigo drug store. Georgia Graham and family prepare new home in Ghent. several residents seen in Charleston. George Thomas and A O Kagey enjoy late week squirrel hunt in Greenbrier area.
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Rhodell
Coley Minter
Canada
New York
E. C. Minter
Eliza Turner
Beckley
E. van Dorsey
C. M. Compton
Ross Cottle
W. W. Hume
Nim Minter
Nancy Dickerson
Georgia Graham
Dorma Ryler
Claud Coleman
Buster McGill
Charleston
George Thomas
A. O. Kagey
Greenbrier County
Local residents report moves and weekend visits
Lego Mr and Mrs Heber Dews of Mt Hope moved to Lego Mrs O Ferguson returned home at Lego from Beckley hospital Garth Dillon a student at Concord Teachers college is spending the weekend with his parents here Mrs Ida Latham returned home in Alabama after visiting her daughter Ins Carl Thompson Waldo Graham of Princeton is visiting his brother Russell Graham here
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Register
Lego
Heber Dews
Mt. Hope
O. Ferguson
Beckley Hospital
Garth Dillon
Concord Teachers College
Ida Latham
Alabama
Ins
Carl Thompson
Waldo Graham
Princeton
Russell Gratham
Ambiguous 1936 Debate Frays Public Accord
The text critiques political speeches as mere restatements or attacks framed in complex terms. It notes voters feel confused and apathetic as leaders claim liberty, Landon opposing Washington meddling and Roosevelt opposing economic royalists. It questions how voters can grasp a core issue amidst parentheses and diagrams.
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Mr. Landon
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Three Men Charged With Drunkenness Jailed
Rhodell Theo Mosley C S Greer and Donald Dobbins were sent to the county jail by Justice Sam Lilly on drunkenness charges. J A Nichols paid a $13.44 fine and was released on the same charge.
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Register
Rhodell
Theo Mosley
C. S. Greer
Donald Dobbins
Sam Lilly
J. A. Nichols
Funeral services held for Massey child in Edwight
Whitesville report notes the Massey child fatally injured Thursday night was laid to rest at the family home at noon Saturday, with burial at Mt View. The item also mentions Miss Betty Cubbege, a Colcord school teacher, spending the weekend in Huntington.
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Whitesville
Massey
Edwight
Mt View
Betty Cubbege
Colcord
Huntington
Murdock Receives Evidence Against His Attorney's Advice
Evidence was shown to Mr. Murdock and his attorney Hugh A Dunn. Dunn admitted no misappropriation but refused to urge retracting statements. A quoted letter from Dunn claims genuine misunderstanding and insists there is no honest error.
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