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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1936

Page

9

Cunard Group Begins Second Boy Scout Training Troop

Fayetteville report details the Cunard county training night with eighteen men forming the Cunard Patrol and Blue Eagle Patrol. A knot tying Champ-nit test favored slower entrants while Oak Hill attendees joined for troop program planning and session planning for the next meeting.

Register Fayetteville Payette County Cunard Boy Scouts Cunar Patrol Blue Eagle Patrol Blue Eagles Garten W. J. Robinson Jack Bibb Russell Neely Willard Martin W.T. Howard C. L. Garvin F. H. Daniel Blue Eagle Woodrow Garrett Herbert McGhee Frank McGhee L. Cotcamp Everett Garrett Ira Howell M. M. Pashion Fred Coleman C. 5. Jones A. A. Peterson Hobart Garvin Ben Jennings Oak Hill Clarence Brown Harvey Raymond Faukus Summerlee Fred Brooks

Pure Water Conference to Be Held in Charleston

W E Holy West Virginia Water Service chair announces annual West Virginia Water Association meeting in Charleston next month. The event will serve as a clearing house for ideas and a school for waterworks engineers and operators. Dr John D Moore of Knoxville notes children tolerate mass vaccination in groups.

Register Oak Hill West Virginia Water Association Charleston W. E. Holy West Virginia Water Service Company Holy John D. Moore Knoxville City

Uniform Fuel Pressure Sought in Oak Hill

W E DeVol Wak company manager says a regulator will provide uniform gas pressure in Oak Hill within a week. The upgrade ties the 18 mile main linking Mt Hope distribution with Slab Fork wells, allowing two way circulation through the system.

Register Oak Hill W. E. DeVol Wak Company Mt. Hope Slab Fork DeVol

Simms Named Claim Agent for Associated Adjusters

R L Simms formerly store manager at Terry is appointed representative of Associated Adjusters of Milwaukee Wisconsin, acting as claim agent for insurers. Simms and his family have recently moved to this city.

Vandals topple scales at Kelly Drug Store

Oak Hill police searched for vandals who overturned and smashed two weighing scales in front of Kelly Drug Store last night. No attempt to loot the money box was noted as authorities investigated the incident.

Register Oak Hill Kelly

Green Defends Oyster Action at AFL-TU Meeting

Colorado Springs, Colo. Wil lam L. Green, president of the AFL, told the International Typographical Union that unions suspended from the federation in an industrial unionism dispute chose that suspension. He defended ousting ten unions earlier this month and accused the steel workers of being won to the committee on industrial organization by a $500,900 offer, calling the steel workers now vassals under the committee’s control. Lewis’ organizing work is said to have blocked similar action by the federation.

Associated Press Colorado Springs Colo Willam L. Green American Federation of Labor International Typographical Union Green Lewis Federation

WPA to stage county playground ball games in Fayetteville

WPA recreational department plans a series of county wide ball games between Fayetteville Lookout Mt Hope and others with a playground leaders conference upcoming at the county 4 H camp where J Haynes Miller will teach chair and basket weaving. Later notes recount a historical courthouse tale with stone sills reused in renovations and a 1890 remodeling project.

Register Fayetteville WPA Raleigh County

Happy Days for Governor Landon at Kansas fair

Governor Alf Landon and wife Mrs Landon visit the Kansas State Fair with children Nancy and Jack. They ride a merry go round and hear the 1932 campaign tune. Landon plans a Des Moines speech and 14 rear platform talks in Missouri Iowa and Minnesota.

Associated Press Topeka Kas Alf M. Landon Kansas Fair Landon Nancy Ja Jack Fairgrounds Des Moines Missouri Iowa Minnesota Clifford Hope Kansas Republican National Committee Earl H. Taylor Hope

WPA Schooling Begins Monday at Central Junior High

Mrs. Myrtle Amnett announced WPA emergency education classes to start Monday at 7 p m in Central Junior High. Open to any non enrolled person for fall term, courses in shorthand typing business English and spelling offered free the first four nights each week. About 44 have started already.

Myrtle Amnett WPA Central Junior High

Miner Killed in Pocahontas Mine Fall

Patton Bishop 32 died in a state fall at Pocahontas Fuel Company mine. Firemen valued damage at 25 cents after an automobile fire in Boston Massachusetts cost taxpayers 100 dollars.

Bluefield Hagan Patton Pocahontas Boston Mass

Father and Son Swap Pulpits at St Stephen’s Parish

The Rev. Willam Sydnor Jr. of Pulaski Virginia will lead morning services at St Stephen's parish Sunday. His son, serving Beckley church since June, will preach at his father's Putaski congregation.

Willam Sydnor Jr Pulaski St. Stephen’s Beckley Church Putaski

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