Night football brings Beckley to life with Ross Irle lead
A Beckley column recalls last year’s inaugural night football and announces a renewal tonight at 7 30 p m at R M I ballpark with junior high teams from Rosselle and Oak Hill The piece highlights the pig skin ball used for the game a white hog hide and notes Edward T Stromp will referee Accents the Beckley Beavers band and Woodrow Wilson High dumbbell duo and teases Walter Burke’s Lyric program and Mr Ross Williams origin claims in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Beckley
Ross Irle
Walter Burke
Ross Williams
Raleigh County
R. M
Ball Park
Rosselle
Warriors
Oak Hill Devilettes
Chester
Beckley Turners
Oak Hill
Edward T. Stromp
Fair and Debonair
C. and
Bluefield
Mildred Agee
Harvey Bailey
Market Week Reactionary Draws Mixed Signals
Financial markets closed a reactionary week with a downtrend still in place. Stocks found some support from selling cover but overall trading remained cautious, with notable losses in cotton and scattered declines in major shares. Bonds and currencies fluctuated as US government issues weakened and foreign money demand shifted.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S
Rai
United States Steel Common
Bethlehem
General Motors
American Smelting
Westinghouse
American Telephone
Santa Fe
Baltimore & Ohio
North American
Consolidated Gas
American Tobacco
Gase
Norfolk & Western
Paris
General Motors Corp
Nightlife of a Reluctant Sleeper in a Poet’s Voice
A narrator jokes about preferring bed to rising, noting a life led by habit and timing. They lament bed’s lure and the challenge of getting up, joking about retirement at 4 a.m. and a lunch snooze as in a film reel. The piece ends with a light nod to wash day.
Daniels West Virginia Visitors And Local Business Notes
Newton Pittman and Dr. W J Gunningham were in Daniels on business. Paris Meador reports he killed six squirrels Monday. Kirk Sneed of Flat Top visited Daniels on business Tuesday. Jordan Williams and family visited Daniels Tuesday. Mrs John Clark visited her son Mark Clark in Clarktown.
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Newton Pittman
Beckley
W. J. Gunningham
Daniels
Paris Meador
Kirk Sneed
Jordan Williams
John Clark
Mark Clark
Clarktown
Ambassador’s Revue Set for Tuesday and Wednesday
The Disabled American Veterans chapter will stage The Ambassador’s Revue in the Memorial building on Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 o’clock. Tickets cost 50 cents, 75 cents, or one dollar and are sold at White Cross Pharmacy. The show features a two part program with a railroad station opening scene, novelty skits, mirrored Diamond Patent Leather Girls, Moon Madness, and a Georgia Camp Meeting finale with Roland Hurt and Jimmy Lennon, Beune’s orchestra providing the overture.
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Beckley
Memorial Building
White Cross Pharmary
New York City
Dr. Jazz
Eton
Glen Sutphin
Gladys Wailey
Mary Moon
Punk Williams
Roland Hurt
Jimmy Lennon
Jubilee
Beune
Abney event hosts Rinky Dinky club at Thomas home
Miss Antabell Thomas hosted a Friday night gathering at her parents home Mr and Mrs W E Thomas. The party featured games and the formation of a Rinky Dinky club with guests including Pauline Martin Violet Lockard Eleanor McQuade Evelyn Beggs Agnes McQuade Ella Black Irene Jones Maud Thomas Nina Farley Dave Jones Earl Lilly George Lockard Vester Black Muriel Mood Roy Thomas Walton Black and Claud Hubbard.
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Antabell ‘Thomas
W. E. Thomas
Miss Thomas
Pauline Martin
Violet Lockard
Eleanor Mc- Quade
Evelyn Beggs
Agnes Mc- Quade
Ella Black
Irene Jones
Maud Thomas
Nina Farley
Dave Jones
Earl Lilly
George Lockard
Vester Black
Muriel
Social roundup from Beckley and surrounding areas
Mrs Noel Meadows of Crab Orchard and families attended a show in Beckley Saturday night. The Cline and Loflin families from Mabscott and Cherokee area visited Mrs Ryke Loflin. Sevier Scott and family recently returned from Montreal. Sperry family spent Sunday with J T Connor's in Cherokee. Louchard joined them. Bower of Mabscott visited relatives in Mabscott and Beckley. Less Davis of Lillybrook called on O V Lilly’s family. Meador Pogram and Hood spent last weekend hunting in Summers County.
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Noel Meadows
Crab Orchard
B.C. Beggs
Irene
Lillian Jones
Beckley
George Cline
Mabscott
Ry KE. Loflin
Loflin
Sevier Scott
Montreal
R. E. Sperry
H. R. Loflin
Less Davis
Lillybrook
0. V. Lilly
O. K. Meador
James Pogram
Hubert Hood
Summers County
Senate Candidate Admitted for Minor Surgical Treatment
Eugene Nelson seven son of Jess Nelson Hamlet admitted for minor surgical treatment. Mrs John Sundin 37 Glen Rogers examination. Mrs Pearl Hash wife of Marvin Hash East Gulf examination. Ed Burgess 22 Prosperity coal leader examination. Mrs Gladys Acord wife of Ira Acord Glen Morrison examination. Mrs Lucy Johnson Hot Coal colored woman admitted for treatment.
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Eugene Nelson
Jess Nelson
Hamlet
John Sundin
Glen Rogers
Pearl Hash
Marvin Hash
East Gulf
Ed Burgess
Prosperity Coal
Gladys Acord
Ira Acord
Glen Morrison
Lucy Johnson
Bobby Bailey
J. D. Bailey
Helen
Lee Martin
Gail Martin
Price Hill
Stanley Masko
Abney
Dan Okerchuck
Tams
Slate
May Ham
Roy Ham
MacAlpin
Sam Bryant
Tony Roquesxy
Cranberry
Douglas Christian
Pemberton Merchant
Jon Garcia
Edna Mann
Henry Mann
Sprague
Social Roundup of Skelton and Nearby Towns
Mrs E R Biggs and children visited relatives in Skelton W Va. Mr and Mrs Fred Dangerfield of Coal River dropped by. Nannie Cummings visited Fayetteville friends. Owen Fitzpatrick of Carlisle was a business visitor. M H Warden and children saw her mother M C Fitzpatrick. O S Teel of Beckley visited Friday. Tom Ball rushed to Calloway Heights due to his mother’s illness. Ora Fitzpatrick was a patient at St Luke’s Bluefield this week. Harry Lassen, a burglar from St Paul, delayed fleeing to kiss a maid but was captured by the employer arriving in time.
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E. R. Biggs
Fred Dangerfield
Coal River
Nannie Cummings
Fayetteville
Owen Fitzpatrick F
Carlisle
M. H. Warden
M. C. Fitzpatrick
O. S. Teel
Beckley
Tom Ball
Calloway Heights
Ora Fitzpatrick
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Harry Lassen
St. Paul
Hospital Notes From Beckley Area Patients
Friday and Saturday lists show many local patients including Raleigh General entries Frances Fugitt two and Griffith two and others from Beckley Ghent and Glen Morgan. Entries note examinations treatments admissions with ages from infants to seniors and injuries from slate falls and mining work.
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Raleigh
Frances Jean Fugitt
W. R. Fugitt
Beckley
W. L. Cook
Wright Miner
Frank Pierce
Glen Morgan
Paris Lawson
Killarney
T. B. McGinnis
Cleve Roy
Edwight
Demo Rally at Marfork to Feature Governor Candidate
A. T. McHale of the Marfork Democratic club announced a rally in Marfork Tuesday evening with J. Alfred Taylor, recent Democratic gubernatorial candidate, as chief speaker. Several local candidates are expected. he noted previous strong turnout at Dorothy where Harley M. Kilgore and Cam Lewis spoke.
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A. T. McHale
Marfork
Beckley
J. Alfred Taylor
Dorothy
Harley M. Kilgore
Cam Lewis
Sheriff Date Set as Thornhill and Allies Speak
W A Thornhill and supporters outline urgent platform while Marfork Roosevelt Kump club reports 178 members. A Kansas City teacher Misa Nona Quirk loses 32 school books from her parked car, including spellers arithmetic and histories.
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W. A. Thornhill
Marfork Roosevelt Kump Club
Misa Nona Quirk
Kansas City
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