Pawpaw Tales and County Life in Bug Dust
A county home inmate, W E Farley, carves a five pagoda wood sculpture completed May 22 after 11 days work. The Bug Dust notes pawpaw lore, local visits, and misadventures with names like Squire Ben Meadows and Miss Lucy Bailey as the author muses on county life and local characters.
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Venture Inn
W. M. Wallace
Harper Road
Frederick Bennett
Wayale County
W. E. Farley
Farley
Oak Hill
Regional Director and NeSmith References Stir Local Gossips
Roy Harvey, Beckley municipal worker, warns drivers to be cautious as Beckley schools expect record student turnout. Yellow marks and caution zones are painted to guide motorists near school buildings, amid concerns that accidents may occur despite efforts.
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Roy Harvey
Beckley
Miss Clara Johnson Visits Grand Parents at Table Rock
Table Rock West Virginia. Miss Clara Johnson of Layland visits her grand parents Mr and Mrs Bartley Redden. Numerous relatives from Beckley Camp Creek and nearby towns are listed as visiting or hosting events during the weekend and Sunday evenings.
Last Rites Tomorrow For Richardson Child
Funeral services are set for 2 30 tomorrow at Glen Rogers for Beatrice Loretta Richardson nine months old daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Richardson Glen Rogers She died in a local hospital Friday night at 9580 Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park under Foster Undertaking Company Mabscott
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Glen Rogers
Beatrice Loretta Richardson
J. L. Richardson
Sunset Memorial Park
Foster Undertaking Company
Mabscott
Iowa Site football players secure fall employment earnings
Thirty of the expected forty Iowa Site football squad members who expect to return this fall have already secured jobs earning enough to cover hooks and fees, board and room.
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Iowa Site
Moley outlines social reform at electric association talk
Raymond Moley, former assistant secretary of state, in Bedford Springs predicts a shift to public interest in private economics and urges fairness in economic life. He defends Roosevelt brain trust and argues academics provide balance in policy, not domination.
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Associated Press
Bedford Springs
Raymond Moley
Pennsylvania Electric Association
Columbia
Roosevelt
Residents Return From Visits In Crab Orchard Area
Crab Orchard West Virginia reports Mrs Hester Bennett and children return to Hinton after visiting sister Mrs J W Rice. Arlie Terry and wife with daughter Marie visit sister Mrs Jno Rice. Franklin Robinson and children Vernon Jean Robert with Christina Durham and Thomas Wilson plan Greenbrier camping Saturday. Miss Agnes Durham guests of Beckley’s Clayton Mills. A miscellaneous shower honors Mrs Virgil Riffe at Mrs C P Riffe home. gifts and refreshments served by Mrs R G Egnor and Mrs Macy Jessup. Numerous attendees listed.
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Hester Bennett
J. W. Rice
Hinton
Arlie Terry
Marie
Jno
Rice
Franklin Robertison
Vernon
Jean
Robert
Christina Durham
Thomas Wilson
Greenbbrier
Agnes Durham
Clayton Mills
Beckley
Virgil Riffe
C. P. Riffe
J. C. Hiffe
W. E. Underwood
Melia Riffe
Frank Harper
C. F. Price
Helen Meadows
A. C. Fink
N. C. Knapp
Earl Harper
J. Pettry
Agnes Treadway
Cooney
Dewey Ellison
Prince area social notes and visits in West Virginia and Virginia
Mrs W A De Hart and daughter and son of Pembroke Va visited her sister Mrs L McKinney the past days. Mr and Mrs M Armentrout and family returned from a visit to his mother in Covington Va. The infant of Tim Daniels was buried in Prince cemetery Thursday evening. Mrs Ida V King of Quinnimont was a weekend guest of her daughter Mrs L McKinney. Mr and Mrs C D Johnson motored to Sandstone Saturday to visit relatives. Miss Thelma Kincaid and Mrs Qcle McDaniels, visiting their sister Mrs D E Smith, returned to Abraham Mon. Thurmond Childress is a business visitor in Hinton. Russell McKay of Newport News Va is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Pete McKay. Jim Prince left for Chicago last week.
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Clara Johnson
Layland
Bartley Redden
Nora Richmond
Ida
Carrie
Isabel Scott
E. N. Richmond
Beckley
Newton Stevenson
Kelly Johnson
James Redden
Otis Grimm
Opal Redden
Clara Jolson
Ralph
Despart Morton
Sulphur Springs
Roy Richmond
East Beckley
Bulah Kidwell
L. B. Snead
Camp Creek
Jasper Kidwell
Bill Keesee
Kentucky
Coal River
C. T. Rogers
Herman Martin
Paul McClure
Grand View
Ada Scott
Leona Richmond
Charlie McGuire
Howard Scott
Ula Bragg
Herbert
Ida Cook
Claude Scott
W. A. de Hart
Pembroke
L. McKinney
M. Armentrout J
Covington
Virginia
Tim Daniels
Prince Cemetery
Ida V. King
Quinnimont
Markets Return to Normal as Volume Lags on Saturday
New York markets resumed their regular Saturday routine with the lowest volume in over a year as stock turnover fell to 279 110 shares, the lightest weekend since July 9 of last year. Bond activity also shrank while gold and currency prices drew attention amid a cautious trading session.
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Associated Press
New York
Sterling
London
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Sam Thomson
Bailey
Roanoke
Sam
Ben’Meadows
Slab Fork District
Owen Riffe
Owen
Slab Fork
Squire Meadws
Egad
Lucy Bailey
Bailey Plant Farm
E. Smith
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ne-Smith
FE. Smith
NeSmith
John NeSmith
RB. F.C
Arnakimbo
George W. Lane, Jr
Lewiston
Federal Public Works Administration
New England
Table Rock, W. Va
Richardson Child
Moley
C. Fleshman
H. L. Ball
D. A. Rife
P. Rife
A. C. Egnor
Macy Jessup
Leonard Hamlet
Affinity
Mabel Cooney
Dorothy Allen
McAlpin
Minor Price
Cambria
Albert Walker
Golda Haley
Robert World
Elsie Knapp
N. C. ‘Knapp
Jane Knapp
Graydon
Crab Orchard
Leonard
Hamlet
Crab Orchard Choir
Margaret Knapp
W. Va
Itometric
Lilly
Prince, W. Va
Union Pacific
Blue Jay, W. Va
Epworth League
F. ¥. Allen
Katherine Gilkerson
Cliff Top
Clay Plumley
Frances Lilly
P. G. Lynch
E. J. Fourney
Pemberton
Frances B. Lilly
Welch
McDowell Na‘tional Bank
A. Grant " Lilly
Blue-Jay
Reba Epperley
Mabel Shumaker
Grant Lilly
Bertha McCormick
Dunns
India
Jodhpur
R. H. Meador
Callaway St
ITH
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
America
Detroit
Michigan
General Motors
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