Raleigh Four PTA Leaders Plan School Improvement
Six Raleigh county PTAs announced plans to resume meetings and push improvements this fall. Central Jr High, Mabscott, Institute, Lincoln, Sylvia, and Raleigh PTA groups will rally under recently chosen officers to expand libraries, fund playground equipment, and support lunch programs, with events like carnivals and operettas aiding funding.
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Raleigh County
Central Junior High Organization
Mabscott
Institute
Lincoln
Sylvia
Raleigh
Dan Covey
Central Junior Hi Pta
D. W. Bryson
Lucille Williams
Rainelle Fair Opens Monday in September Event
The Rainelle district fair runs September 14 to 19 with opening Monday evening. Press day is Wednesday, inviting neighboring editors to a luncheon at King Coal hotel at 1 PM. Donkey softball games are scheduled for 2 PM and 8 PM with many exhibits expected.
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Register Stam
Rainelle
King Coal Hotel
J. Alfred Taytop
BSE
Reeser Reported Doing Nicely After Surgery
W. M. Reeser district manager of the Amere Gas company was reported doing nicely by an attaché at Beckley hospital last night after an emergency appendicitis operation last week.
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W. M. Reeser
Amere Gas Company
Beckley Hospital
Reeser
Beckley Man and Virginia Girl Do Bedrock Union
Miss Mary Miller Thompson of Palmyra Virginia marries Herbert Charles Lawson in a August 14 1936 ceremony at First Christian church Beckley Dr Ritchie Ware reads the single ring rite in the presence of Mrs Ruth Glenn The bride is daughter of Mrs J Frank Thompson and the late Mr Thompson of Palmyra A Valley High graduate and Memorial Hospital Lynchburg nurse Mr Lawson son of C A Lawson of Oakwood Avenue a Woodrow Wilson high school graduate and Beckley Lions Club member He worked at Beckley Newspapers before joining Pemberton Coal and Coke at Affinity The couple plan to live with his parents on Oakwood Avenue and are active in local social circles.
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Mary Miller Thompson
Palmyra
Herbert Charles Lawson
First Christian Church
Ritchie Ware
Ruth Glenn
Lawson
J. Frank Thompson
Thompson
Valley High School
Hot Springs
Memorial Hospital
Lynchburg
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
C. A. Lawson
Oakwood Avenue
Woodrow Wilson High School
New River State College
Montgomery
Beta Kappa Chi Fraternity
Beckley Lions’ Club
Pemberton Coal and Coke Company
Affinity
Prohibition discussed by First Baptist Circle No 4
Mrs M F Barksdale hosted Circle No 4 of the First Baptist Church at her South Oakwood home Thursday afternoon. A discussion on Prohibition followed readings by Mrs E G Kent and Mrs Barksdale. Plans were made for the next meeting at Mrs W M Crawfords Harper Road home.
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M. F. Barksdale
Circle No. 4
First Baptist Church
South Oakwood Avenue
E. G. Kent
Barksdale
W. M. Crawford
Harper Road
Harper Road. In Concucting Mrs. Barksdale Served Refreshments To Mrs. E. G. Kent
Richard Lewis
G. M. Powers
S. S. Gore
QO. C. Young
Griffith
F. C. Burchette
Price Hawley
Garnette
Ruth McRoberts Weds Vance Ross
Announcement of marriage between Ruth McRoberts and Vance Ross in September 1936 at Fayetteville. Officiant Rev M Homer Cummings presided. The couple, now residing in Brooklyn, has not announced future plans.
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H. E. McRoberts
Ruth
Vance Ross
Glen Sean
Fayetteville
M. Homer Cummings
Ross
Brooklyn
Hitler Voices Continued Amid Nazi Rally Praise
Hitler urged conquest of Russia before 50,000 cheering Nazis, declaring Soviet symbolry to be inferior to the Nazi swastika. The article notes 224 families settled on the Pine Mountain Valley rehabilitation tract near President Roosevelt’s Warm Springs cottage in Georgia.
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Hitler
Pine Mountain Valley
President Roosevelt
Warm Springs
State King's Daughters Plan October Convention in Charleston
The state convention of the King's Daughters will be held October 27 to 29 in Charleston. A Parkersburg luncheon preceded meetings where plans include a Governor's mansion reception and a buffet supper at the Methodist Episcopal church. Guest of honor will be Mrs. H. S. Ely of Suffolk, Va. paving the way for hostesses Charleston circles. Board members attending include Mrs. William Taylor Beckley and others from Wheeling Charlesto Parkersburg.
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King's Daughters
Charleston
H. S. Ely
Suffolk
William Taylor
Beckley
Jacob Brittingham
Charles Proudfoot
Wheeling
J. Maurice Botkin
Ella T. Matheson
Charles M. Slack
H. Rus Warne
E. F. Phillips
W. R. Thompson
Parkersburg
Randolph Ricker Observes Birthday
The youngest social set celebrated Randolph Ricker turning two at his parents home on Church street. Guests enjoyed directed play and an ice course in yellow and white. Favors included candy baskets and horn toys for each child, with several local families attending.
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Randolph Ricker
Ricker
Earl Ricker
Church Street
Jimmy
Joy Mahood
Eva Mahood
Jimmy Dayt Meadows
Hulbert Meadows
Carol Sue Truman
Alfred Truman
Robert Trail
Grover Trail
Robert Lynch
Buddy Carter
Dickie Bill Larrimore
William Larrimore
Virginia Foster
Shirley Ann Sicora
John Sicora
Clarence and Bernice Bloch Host Residence Dance
Clarence and Bernice Bloch hosted a social evening at their Cranberry home with dancing as the main diversion. Eight refreshments were served to a list of guests from Oak Hill Mount Hope Beckley and Cranberry, including Miss Nancy Pat Hamilton Miss Hazel Wilburn Miss Betty Williams and many others.
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Bernice Bloch
Clarence
Cranberry
Nancy Pat Hamilton
Hazel Wilburn
Oak Hill
Betty Williams
Margaret Williams
Mount Hope
Pegey Barwood
Blanche Hutchinson
Jerry Wheeler
Hilda Powers
Charlotte
Teachers Enroll Tomorrow Night at Beckley College
Beckley college holds registration for teachers tomorrow night at 7 30. The work offered this year counts as residence work and is fully accredited and transferable to other institutions or directly to the state board of education.
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Beckley College
State Board of
Marshal Loses Pistol During Court Visit
A. M. Rowe, U. S. marshal of Fammant, returned home from court and found his pistol missing. Deputy Clerk Robert Permar organized a search and recovered the weapon from a desk drawer where Rowe had left it.
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Associated Press
A. M. Rowe
U. S
Fammant
Robert Permar
Permar
Rowe
Courses Offered for Normal Certificate Holders
Education notice lists several courses available to all holders of the standard normal certificate and three additional courses specifically for those with the standard normal certificate aimed at completing an elementary A or B credential.
Miss Hamlin Weds Paul Rowles in Quiet Home Ceremony
Lucille Hamlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Hamlin, married Paul Rowles of Sophia yesterday at Rev. H. L. Clay's Wickham avenue home. The bride wore a green silk sport dress and is a Woodrow Wilson high school graduate. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rowles, finished at Woodrow Wilson in 1935 and studied at West Virginia University for a year. he works as a salesman. Attending were Mrs. Frank Hoffman and Misses Virgie and Marie Rowles.
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F. K. Hamlin
Lucille
Paul Rowles
Sophia
H. L. Clay
Wickham Avenue
Woodrow Wilson High School
J. R. Rowles
Woodrow Wilson
West Virginia University
Frank Hoffman
Virgie
Marie Rowles
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WPA
Olga Bonke-Booker
Mabscott Pta
William A. Fadeley
Fadeley
McKinney
Ida Walker
Jack Hartstung
George H. Foresman
Leslie Carter
K. D. Bowers
A. K. Canterbury
Lincoln Isaac McKinney
Lincoln Pta
Thelma Massey
F. W. Trent
Frances Bailey
Cecil Miller
W. Miller
B. T. Farley
Frankie Corley
PTA
John Wade
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Sunday Register
W. VA
Be Bee
Parent- Teachers Associations
Berlin
Glenn Morris
Charlotte Edwards
Sterling, Colo
Virginia
Mary Thompson
Ibaptist Circle Talks
Ruth McRoberts
Marguerite
Koppers
New River
Crab Orchard
Laurel Creek
Union Shop
Main St
Vera Baxter Watkins
School of Ballet
Morris Bros
Heber Street
Methodist Church
Marshal
Miss Hamlin
Morgantown
Maple Valley
Joseph P. Tyree
Deck Davis
Whlour Tyree
Committee
Ae En
Optometric Eye Specialist
Lilly Building
Pihione
Tantene
Lasca
Foster Hardware
Vera-Rose
Woolworth's
Ortona
J Patel
Rahall
Purple
Raleigh County Bank
Dobbs
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