Sims Pressing Fund Campaign
Auditor Edgar B. Sims pressed his campaign to collect funds due the state from justices of the peace. He ordered prosecutors to collect or sue. Chafin said collections will begin soon from delinquent magistrates, whether voluntary or by court action. An Ohio county audit is nearing completion.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Edgar B. Sims
Justices of the Peace
Tax Commission
L. B. Chafin
Criminal Claims Division
Chafin
Mercer County
Roscoe Pendleton
D. T. Carr
Tax Commissioner
Social notes from Lester and Beckley weekend visits
West Virginia residents and visitors share weekend and Sunday engagements. The page lists guests and hosts including Mr. and Mrs. John Agnola in Beckley, Miss Dorothy Holmes, Alma Bridi, Elizabeth Canady, Primo Stella, Mattia Dellomea, Mr. and Mrs. John Birch, W. T. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Guy West, James Miser, Denver Griffith, Mrs. Pete Markonus, Frank Decks, Emmett Deck, Leonard Deck, Hubert Clower, Mrs. Carmella Barbutto, Frank Lottie, Mrs. Domineck Albanese, Ivan Canaday, G. C. Sweeney, Wesley Canaday, Jake Wayne, O. W. Thomas, Mrs. James Bland, Alfreda Graham, Carl Kelley, and Carl Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Agnola
Beckley
Dorothy Holmes
Eccles
Alma Bridi
Elizabeth Canady
James Miser
Denver Grifith
Lester
Pete Markonus
Frank Deck
Emmett Deck
Leonard Deck
Surveyor
Hubert Clower
Virginia
Carmella Barbutto
Frank Lottie
Ivan Canaday
Parkersburg
E. P. Canaday
G. C. Sweeney
Ghent
Wesley Canaday
Jake Wayne
O. W. Thomas
Kentucky
James Bland
Bland
Dorothy . Graham
Alfreda
Carl Kelley
Carl Johnson
Gomer Farley
Lottie Stalnaker
Beckley Social Roundup Includes Shops and Visits
Many residents headed to Beckley for shopping and business on Saturday. Several couples and individuals were listed as visitors to Beckley, Craborchord, and surrounding areas, with notes on church revivals, illnesses, and hospitality. Notables include Mildred Stalnaker, Mary Sanger, Robert Sanger, and families such as the McManins, Decks, and Litzs.
Missionary Society Met at Mrs T T Smith Home
Fireco West Virginia Missionary Society met at Mrs T T Smith's home for a Wednesday gathering. After business, refreshments were served. Personal notes mention Dale Walker and Ted Yancey visiting Beckley, Margaret Duncan visiting her parents in Glen Hedrick, and Mr and Mrs R H Bair and Mr and Mrs Frank Pritchard visiting relatives in Beckley and Prince.
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Narrows
Charles Roark
Wa L. Roark
Mountain City
Tenn
Roark
Dale
Gorman Walker
Horace Clark
Coal City
Billy Dollinger
Hazel White
Study of Biochemistry Tells of Body's Workings
Biochemist Dr Logan Clendening explains how life depends on chemistry, detailing how plants synthesize starch, how soil nitrogen supports protoplasm, and the interdependence of plants and animals in producing energy and building matter. The piece notes limited life signals and promotes Dr Clendening’s pamphlets for public health topics.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Ufc
Conley urges WV reform on taxes parks and public works
Phil Conley editor of the West Virginia Review spoke to Beckley Rotary urging a five point program for West Virginia. He called for a scientific tax plan, removal of political control from state finance, a state park and highway beautification program, an active advertising bureau, and a detailed state history. He praised the Coal Exposition and urged eliminating sectionalism, warned the county unit system as a possible political machine, and proposed ballot reforms and use of state prisoners in beautification. He supported expanding the tax limitation amendment to cover business and industry.
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West Virginia
Phil Conley
West Virginia Review
Beckley
County Unit System
Conley
Pemberton Birthday Party Highlights Local Guests
Jetta Archer hosted a birthday party Saturday October 12 with guests including Mary Frances Vaught Lera Bell Elizabeth Lawrence Elizabeth Fink Margaret Patrick Shelma Mays Louise Hatcher Alice Hatcher Rosie Alimo Mary Hunter Kathleen Waddell Leola Patrick Jean Archer Eugene Canady Fiddle Cox Ranny Fink W L Hatcher and Beatrice Miller of Cranberry as weekend guest of Aken Miller Vada Ayers of Beckley visited grandparents M L Canady Eunice Farley of Coal City visited Vada Ayers Walter Blankenship and family spent Sunday with sister L P Akers of Sophia Oliver Mills Lillybrook visited Miss Erma Shrewsbury Mrs Bill Jones visited sister Loma Thompson.
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Jetta Archer
Mary Frances Vaught
Lera Bell
Elizabeth Lawrence
Elizabeth Fink
Margaret Patrick
Shelma Mays
Louise Hatcher
Alice Hatcher
Rosie Alimo
Mary Hunter
Kathleen Waddell
Leola Patrick
Jean Archer
Eugene Canady
Fiddle Cox
Ranny Fink
W. L. Hatcher
Leslie Hunter
Setts Archer
Beatrice Miller
Cranberry
Aken Miller
Vada Ayers
Beckley
M. L. Canady
Harless
Frenchie Stover
Surveyor
Eunice Farley
Coal City
Walter Blankenship
L. P. Akers
Sophia
Oliver Mills
Lillybrook
Erma Shrewsbury
Bill Jones
Loma Thompson
Welcome to Our Community Mr and Mrs Leslie Quesenberry
A notice welcomes Mr and Mrs Leslie Quesenberry to the community from Maben. The fragment confirms their arrival and new residence as the event.
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Leslie Quesenberry
Maben
U S Diplomat Greets King of Winding Gulf
A report notes a U S diplomat greeted the King of Winding Gulf last week. Local Boy Scout troop from Penne berton hosted a pot luck supper Sunday night with a good time reported by all. Several residents, including Opal Mills of Egeria and Pearl and Loma Jones, were mentioned in Sunday visits and visits to Mabscott and nearby towns.
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Winding Gulf
Penneberton
Opal Mills
Egeria
Pearl
Loma Jones
Berton
Lawrence Young
Glen Hedrick
Nannie Lane
Jack Jones
Grandview
Otey
Affinity
Lodge Service and Banquet for Tams Oak Hill Mt Hope Raleigh
Lodges from Tams Oak Hill Mt Hope and Raleigh are invited to a service at 10:20 o clock followed by a banquet for lodge and Pythian sisters at Moose Hall on Monday night Those becoming members of the organization are also invited.
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Charlie Hensley
Maben
J. L. Lineweaver
Wade Jones
Presbyterian Church
W. L. Kincaid
Oak Hill
White Lot
Mullens
Pine Lodge
E. L. George
Pythias
Presbyterian Mather
Northfork
W. Va
C. A. Vealey
Tams
Mt. Hope
Raleigh
Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Moose Hall
Beckley Man Initiated Into Wesleyan Alpha Kappa Pi
On Tuesday night October 15 four men were initiated into Psi chapter of Alpha Kappa Pi at Wesleyan College. They are Dale Van Hyning of Kent Ohio Charles Monroe Ward of Beckley Donald Crane of Buckhannon and Browning Coleman of Buckhannon. Ward is a Wesleyan junior while Van Hyning Coleman and Crane are sophomores. Coleman and Van Hyning play football Ward tennis and Crane is an honor student and well liked on campus. The chapter formerly Chi Alpha Tau is the oldest fraternity on Wesleyan's campus and Roy Reger of Charleston is its president.
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Psi Chapter
Alpha Kappa Fi
Weslyan College
Dale van Hyning
Kent
Ohio
Charles Monroe Ward
Beckley
Donald Crane
Browning Coleman
Buckhannon
Ward
Wesleyan College
van Hyning
Coleman
Crane
Charles Ward
Don Crane
Alpha Kappa Pi
Chi Alpha Tau
Wesleyan
Roy Reger
Charleston
Lanark Teachers Association Holds Second Meeting
The Lanark parent teachers association held its second meeting of the year with a large attendance Friday evening October 18, featuring an interesting program by the second grade.
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Spon
School Event Ends With Refreshments And Talks
Parents spoke on school affairs while Miss Audry Stanley, a teacher, presided. The refreshment committee served snacks including contributions from Mrs. Maggie Martin, Mrs. Orln and Clarence Jewell, and Mrs. Dorothy Welch.
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Sored
Audry Stanley
Maggie Martin
Orln
Clarence Jewell
Dorothy Welch
Teacher Salary Checks To Be Ready Tuesday
Teachers' salary checks will be ready for dispersal from the office of the county superintendent of schools by 12 o'clock noon Tuesday. Principals of the various schools are expected to send to the superintendent's office or call there in person after that hour. Also note highway safety guidance requiring flares or red lanterns 200 feet behind stalled trucks on California roads at night.
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California
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Sims Pressing Fund Campaign
Justices of Peace
Lester, W. Va
America
Mildred Stalnaker
Tom Quinteer
A. M. McManin
Mary Sanger
Robert Sanger
Metalton
John Birch
W. W. Bowyer
Ruth Crotty
Molly Canaday
Bruno Litz
Misa Nellie Collinsworth
M. S. Burton
S Baptist Church
Levi. Cooper
Jimmy Walker
New York
Betty Compton
Vichy
France
Walker
Fireco
England
Marie Curia Hospital
London
New York City
Clendeninge
Locan Ciendening
Clendening
Rotary Club
Pemberton, W Va
Automobile Life and Fire Insurance
A. J. Britton Lilly Bidg, Becklay, W. V
Phone 960
Beckley Hardware & Supply Co
Mether S
Beckley, W. Va
U. S
T. Cook
Homer
Hayward Fink
Spanishburg
E. D. Parker
George Walker
Mabscott
Pearl Bolen
Bluefield
Alex Hedrick
Leonard Bolt
Morthfork
R. T. Cook
Cornelius van Engert
United States
Ethiopia
Haile Selaasse
Addis Ababa
Knights OF Pythias Planning Services
Raleigh Radio
Refrigerator Co
Baler
Beckley Loan CO
Fayette St
Beckles M. SY. Powers
Mgr
Adva West
Ips Kraui
Koppers Stores
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