Mercantile Board Split as Group Protests Wednesday Half Holiday
Beckley Mercantile Board faces possible dissolution after a protest group walked out during debate on delaying a Wednesday afternoon closing. Members voted to mail ballots to 96 members to decide if the board should dissolve and reconstitute via the Chamber of Commerce retail committee.
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Beckley Mercantile Board
E. M. Payne, Jr
Beckley
Perne
Chamber of Commerce
Mercantile Board
Payne
Owen Rickard
Warren Williams
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rickard
Mountain State Orphanage
Community Chest
Reading Linked With Good Study in Raleigh County
Miss Virginia Rider of Marshall College told Raleigh County teachers that reading education is the responsibility of every teacher across all grades. She said reading forms the basis for forming proper study habits and must be applied to all subjects.
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Raleigh County
Teachers Association
Woodrow Wilson High Schoo
Miss Virginia
Rider
Marshall College
Huntington
Miss Rider
United States ‘of America
Beckleyans Form New Sales Firm Beckleyans Form New Sales Firm
Beckley based Blue Flame Equipment Company organized by F. S. Tinder Jr W L Foster Jr and W C Mitchell all of Beckley and James C Wood of Princeton. It will start Sept 15 with $25000 charter and plans to sell gas and electric fixtures appliances including Teppan stoves. Tinder to be president Foster vice president Mitchell secretary treasurer. A store is to be located on Barwood Street by Nov 1 but operations may begin without a fixed location before then.
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Anew
Amere Sales
Tan
Barwood Street
Woodlawn
Heber Streets
Whitby Woman to Be Buried Today
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Adkins of Whitby, who died at her home yesterday, are set for 2 p.m. today at Cal Lily Cemetery in Cool Ridge. She leaves father Ammon Adkins, sister Evie Lilly of Flat Top, and brothers Cyrus and Bill Adkins, both of Whitby.
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Elizabeth Adkins
Whitby
Cal Lily
Cool Ridge
Ammon
Adkins
Evie Lilly
Cyrus
Bill
Medical Society to Meet Next Thursday
Dr. W. L. Peterson a Charleston radiologist will present the scientific program at the Raleigh County Medical Society meeting on September 25. The gathering will take place in the El Chico dining hall, announced Secretary Dr. Fred Richmond.
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W. L. Peterson
Charleston
Raleigh County Medical Society
el Chico
Fred Richmond
West Virginians Buy 40 Million in E Bonds
State Savings Bond Director Bernard S. Payne reports West Virginia purchasers bought 4 million dollars in E bonds in August, pushing the yearly total past 40 million with a monthly average near 5 million. Individual buyers supplied about 71 percent of annual sales, with August at 73 percent.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Bernard S. Payne
West
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