Minter Seeks Chamber Advice On Beckley Parking Plan
Mayor Elect A. K. Minter asked Beckley’s chamber for advice and sympathy as members debated parking on courthouse square. Proposals split between grass and shrubbery versus converting space to a parking lot, with widening Heber and Fayette streets offered as a solution. Chamber approved a farewell for J. A. Cunningham and announced October Trade Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Minter
Beckley
Courthouse
George Watkins
Fletcher Mann
Chamber
E. D. Armstrong
Beckley Mercantile Board
Heber and
Fayette
Charles Hodel
J. A. Cunningham
Cunningham
Armstrong
L. H. Davis
West Virginia
Evolution Trial in Greene County Focuses on Teacher’s Dismissal
Ira June Bailey, 12, a pupil at the school near Waynesville, testifies that Mrs Laura Elms Morris struck another student with a baseball bat and a board while disciplining him. Friends of Morris argue the charges conceal anti evolution aims to remove her for discussing evolution in class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Elms Morris
Greene County
Pennsylvania
Waynesville
Ira June Baily
Morris
Carrie Burr Marries Raymond Knapp in Pearisburg
Announcement from Mr and Mrs G A Burr of Talcott celebrates the marriage of their daughter Carrie Nation Burr to Raymond Knapp of Alderson. The ceremony was conducted by Rev H M Early in Pearisburg Virginia on Saturday June 26 1936. Mrs Knapp graduated Hinton High School and attended Capital City Commercial College. Mr Knapp is the son of Mrs Andrew L Miller of Alderson and a graduate of Alderson Junior College now employed by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. The couple will reside in Alderson. Also noted is a Summers County Principals Association meeting in the library with officers elected Mrs Ruby Williams president Eugene Zickafoose vice president and Mrs Addie Gooch secretary. The library committee led by Mrs Hazel Deeds will report a survey of instructional material and plan further book acquisitions and discussions on History Study and spelling teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderson
Summers County Principals Association
Ruby Williams
Eugene Zickafoose
Addie Gooch
Williams
Hazel Deeds
National Educational Association
Mission Group Hears Talk On Charleston Convention
Mrs Dan Covey reported yesterday's Charleston convention of the Christian Church at the Young Women's Missionary Society meeting last night at 7 30 o'clock. Leaders led devotional and mission study Rebuilding Rural America with talks on leisure hours world highways social influences and more. Refreshments served by Group 1 to a large group of members including Mrs Ray Bailey Mrs Ray Button and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Covey
Charleston
The
Christian Church
Young Women’s Missionary Society
O. C. Smith
R. R. Noel
Covey
M. F. Noel
America
Josie Harshbarger
Lee Porter
Hobart Price
Brooks Adair
W. A. Burke
Ray Bailey
Ray Button
Robert Dillon
Har
Immunizations Report From Raleigh County Health Dept
Immunizations were given to 3,442 persons during July to September by Raleigh County Health officials. Of these 2,617 received smallpox vaccines, 1,819 typhoid fever vaccines, and 1,623 diphtheria vaccines. There were 140 communicable disease cases reported in the quarter. Weekly clinics treated 1,315 for venereal diseases and 76 new patients enrolled. Dr. W. W. Hume and nurses visited 114 schools and gave 29 health talks attended by 1,914.
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Raleigh County
Frances Coleman
W. W. Hume
J. E. Erwin
Inspector Reports Food Establishments Inspected and Instructed
Jor announced he had inspected 125 food handling establishments during the three months period, inspected 65 dairies, and 216 other establishments. He has given instructions to 170 food handlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jor
Budget Meals Highlight Easy One Dish Dinners
Inexpensive meals feature hearty options like deep dish tuna pie and vegetable pot pie with hard cooked eggs. These budget friendly mains emphasize simple ingredients, straightforward prep, and comforting flavors for busy households.
Dishes Listed Include Noodles Ham Beans and Veal Stew
A historical menu item lists dishes such as noodles and ham cooked together baked lima beans with fresh pork kidney beans and celery spaghetti and cheese veal stew and a lamb pot pie with vegetables plus scrambled eggs and minced ham for variety and nourishment.
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Minter
Chamber of Commerce
Harwood James
W Va
Murphy’s Office
Ila
Hinton Society
Stone Haven
Tone Haven Sli
Century Distilling CO
Peoria, Ill
Mission Group
Ry Hershberg
Roy Millican
T. S. Price
A. S. Putnam
Lilly Bailey
M. C. Fleshman
P. M. Epling
Carol Hutchins
Emory Smith
Harry Anderson
J. E. Murdock
John Scott
Lynn Freeman
Maddry
Lora Freeland
James Guthrie
Mary Bond
Ritchie Ware
W. P. Darling
G. L. Lipscome
L. A. Glean
Carl Willis
A. O. Smith
Lara Clay
Reb Cash
H. H. Evans
Harry Meade
Harry Sterne
W. B. Wheeler
J. R. Williams
J. R. Beatty
Clyde Cook
Anna Kennison
Ethel Martin
W. B. Ware
Frank Clements
C. M. Doss
Ane
American Radiator
Stannard Sanitary Cosporation
West 40Th Street
New York
N. Y
Newark Shoe Store
Newark
Beckley’s
Oxfords
Off
Main ST. Beckley, W. VA
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