City Director Seeks Recreational Center With WPA Aid
Mrs H D Odec director said Beckley needs an indoor recreation center and the county recreation department is doing all it can to obtain one. WPA leaders direct after school games in seven areas while Miss Gill and John McKinney split Institute School hours for morning to evening play periods. After school programs run at Lincoln and Bolt and Daniels schools with staff directing activities. Arden Maynor leads an evening gym project in Cirtsville. Dear Creek hosts a Wednesday sewing club and community programs. The Raleigh project for African American youths includes sewing and mothers’ homemaking groups plus band hall meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
County Recreations Department
H. D. Odec
WPA
Mary Gill
John McKinney
Institute
Melba Washington
Raleigh
Two Red Cross Meetings Called in West Virginia
West Virginia Red Cross will host two state conferences next week, drawing representatives from all 62 chapters. The meetings will review the past year including spring floods that aided over 26 000 residents, and will feature keynote remarks from James L. Fieser on The People's Red Cross. The Clarksburg session opens September 22 with W A Buchanan presiding as Charlestown hosts the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Red Cross
West
Two Trips Required for Just One Block of Ice
Coal City resident W. V. Nugen reports he bought 100 pounds of ice in Pemberton and found the ice missing on arrival home. He retraced toward Pemberton and found a block of ice on an automobile after failing to stop. He bought another 100 pounds and finally reached home with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Nugen
Coal City
Pemberton
Pemberton Hill
Nugen
County seeks federal funds for new Negro high school
After two years of planning, county school officials await final action from national PWA on a grant of about 48 373 dollars to build a 107 495 project for 420 high school pupils. The three story brick campus will sit at G street with Raleigh road, featuring science and home economics labs, a gym auditorium with stage, and an on site amphitheater turned athletic field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Pwa
Wr,fugitl
Fugitt
John B. Elliott
Tte
G Street
Raleigh Road
Elliott
Stratton High
Surgrintendent
Family Receives Community Aid After House Fire
George W. Blevins notes the Good Samaritan spirit as Crab Orchard and Beckley merchants and individuals donated cash food clothing and furniture valued at about 250 to a Wet Clinton family after a September 12 fire destroyed their home and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Blevins
Clinton
Umiwa
Blevins
Beckley
Beckley Negro High School Plan Advances With Old District Funds
Since 1934 state experts and the Guggenheim Foundation urged a negro high school in Beckley area. The legislature allowed old district funds to be used to match federal grants. The county court issued an indebtedness certificate to cover old balances, enabling immediate grant matching. Officials said Washington gave early consideration to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
State Department of Education
Guggenheim Foundation
Beckley
Washington
Miner Hurt, Quote From Patient on Spine Injury
Joe Gurack a 23 year old Beckley hospital patient says he doubts his recovery after a bullet was removed from his spine causing partial paralysis for over two months. He recalls seeing his son Billy Joe Jr but cannot recall his age while the man opposite mentioned about four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gurack
Terry Miner
Beckley Hospital
Gurack
Billy Joe Jr
Hidden Guitar Identity Check Sparks Tennessee Singer
Sam McGee of Tennessee, a famed mountain ballad singer, was stopped by highway patrol in Daniels. He searched his pockets for a registration card, then explained he feared a wreck and thought officers might think he was fleeing. He revealed a guitar with his name, easing the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam McGee
Tennessee
Mr. McGee
Ohio
Daniels
McGee
Farmers praise crops in Coal City reports
Farmers in the Coal City community declare this year’s potato crop the finest in years. Waldo Farley calls the Guest potatoes the best he ever saw. Claude Dehart J. W. Peters J. W. Cooper and Joe Thompson describe crops as bumper and extra good. Tomatoes also show strong potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
Waldo Farley
Claude Dehart
J. W. Peters
J. W. Cooper
Joe Thompson
Beckley Briefs: Federal Motor Carrier Regs Spread
George E. White of Charleston, West Virginia, appeared in Beckley to explain the Interstate Commerce Commission's motor carrier bureau created by the 1935 act. He noted registration requirements for interstate transporters and that tariffs, schedules, and hours of service are regulated to assure safe, continuous highway transportation and coordination with other transport modes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. White
Charleston
West Virginia
Beckley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Motor Carriers
Congress
White
Melody Boys Win Coal City Meet
The Mountain Melody Boys won an amateur contest at Coal City. The Lilly trio from Coal City placed second, with Harvey Strings of Pineville and Pineville quartet taking third and fourth. Winners include Maynard Mooney Fred Lilly Bevis Whitt of Lillybrook and Ed Gillespie of Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Melody Boys
Coal City
Lilly
Harvey Strings Band
Pineville Quartet
Pineville
Maynard Mooney
Fred Lilly
Bevis Whitt
Lillybrook
Ed Gillespie
Merchant Moves to Turtle Creek
Miller a Coal City merchant relocates his store to Turtle Creek Boone County and a Turtle Creek operator plans to reopen the Coal City shop. White notes new regulation aims to protect shippers and preserve operator rights with ICC registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant
Turtle Creek
S. Miller
Coal City
Booney County
E. Billups
Club to Sponsor Collins Series Returns This Fall
The Kiwanis club repeats the Collins Entertainment Festival to aid its underprivileged children's fund with the first show set for October 19. A committee on arrangements was named: W. R. Fugitt, T. S. Rice, Fred Rosehi, J. L. Huffman and Bwy Hopkins. The club asked local stores and offices to close October 9 for the Beckley Charleston football game. North Carolina farmers received 1 543 718 in cotton price adjustment payments on August 20 per NC State College figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Kiwanis Club
W. R. Fugitt
T. S. Rice
Fred Rosehi
J. L. Huffman
B. Wy. Hopkins
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
Isibold Dies of Heart Disease
Earl Sibold, 23, nephew of Mrs. George M. Parker of Beckley, died Friday morning at his Clover Hollow home in Giles County Virginia. The Virginia Tech electrical engineering graduate was a cousin to J. W. Givens of Beckley and had many Raleigh County acquaintances from visits here. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sibold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Sibold
George M. Parker
Beckley
Clover Hollow
Giles County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
J. W. Givens
Raleigh County
Edward Sibold
Make Your Money Count with Metropolitan Income Plan
A brief insurance notice advising that lump sum life insurance may not be the best option and inviting inquiry into the Metropolitan Cle Insurance Company Income Plan offered by J. T. Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Lynch Metropolitan Cle Insurance Company
Dieting’s The Thing For Fat Folks
Medical authorities say excess fat burdens the heart and dieting helps. Cut fat meats butter and cream eat more fruit and vegetables. Take Kruschen Salts each morning to aid elimination and bowel action without harsh laxatives. A jar lasts weeks for a few cents.
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Alexander George
Oma
Giéon
PWA
Baby Son
Geo, EK. White
Melody Boys
Automobile Life and Fire Insurance
A. J. Britton Lilly Bldg
W. Va
Isibold
Otter
Ad. Hares
Jae
Elgin
Manufacturers Co-operative
Beckley Theatre
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