Fayette farmers join soil conservation program totals exceed last year
Fayette farmers exceed last year in joining the agricultural soil conservation program with over 1,100 participants and 166 already reported by field workers. Basil Stinnett says checks will likely be mailed by November first and most work should be finished by year’s start. The county program is larger this year than 1935 when 567 joined, with a expected at least 70 percent payment compared with 52 percent last year.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette
Basil Stinnett
Sanger
Stinnett
National Debt Shows Increase
Treasury figures show a temporary debt drop to 36.86 billion on September 18 after retiring 350 million in maturing bills. The government plans further borrowing next month with studies on new securities, while the budget gap narrowed to 284.1 million as income taxes rose 58 percent in the first 18 days of September.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Mount Hope High to Install Educational Movie System
Principal E W Dunkley announces Mount Hope High will install government and educational films in classrooms within a month. A loud speaker network will broadcast announcements and be used at football games. A year round camera will record school events for coaching and archiving. The junior high already has a similar amplifying system.
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Register
Mount Hope
E. W. Dunkley
Bartrug
Mrs Wright Visits Brother During Weeklong Stay
Fayetteville reports Mrs Neal Wright of Baltimore Maryland visiting her brother Dan Brackett caretaker of the courthouse this week. She plans to return after a fort nights visit.
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Mrs. Wright
Register
Fayetteville
Neal Wright
Baltimore, Md
Dan Brackett
Court House
Beef Stew Tradition at Fayette County Jail
Saturday meals at the Fayette county jail feature Ross Rupert’s beef stew served to inmates. Forty pounds of beef and proportional vegetables are prepared weekly in specially designed plates for the meal.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Ross Rupert
Trusty
Thomas Returns to Studies at Carnegie Tech
Oak Hill Joe Thomas son of R R Thomas starts senior year at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh to study architectural design. He recently designed the theatre building his father is having built on Main Street in Oak Hill.
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Register
Oak Hill
Joe Thomas
R. R. Thomas
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Main Street
Garretts Visit Cincinnati Kin
Mount Hope Mr and Mrs Paul Garrett are in Cincinnati visiting her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs James Ashman Mr Garrett is a teller at the First National Bank here and Mrs Garrett is the former Miss Katharine Donahoe
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Mount Hope
Paul Garrett
Cincinati
James Ashman
Garrett
First National Bank
Katharine Donahoe
Grand Jurors in Two-Day Session
Fayetteville September term grand jury completed a two day session and returned indictments yesterday afternoon. No list announced yet. a full list will be provided once officially prepared by the prosecuting attorney.
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Register
Fayetteville
United Brethren Discuss Plan to Aid Retired Clergy
WINCHESTER Va The Virginia conference of the United Brethren church indicated its intention to appoint committees to raise a million dollar fund for retired clergymen. College presidents will be drawn into the effort as authorized by the general conference last May at Chambersburg Pa. The plan was discussed today by Bishop G D Batdorf and Dr Clyde A Lynch president of Lebanon Valley college Annville
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Associated Press
Winchester
Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church
General Conference
Chambersburg
G. D. Batdorf
Clyde A. Lynch
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, Pa
Walker Is Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail
Fayetteville magistrate H S Walker of Lookout was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 50 dollars plus costs for drunken driving after Judge H E Dillon Jr refused to set aside a jury verdict from last term. A 60 day stay of sentence with bond under 1000 dollars was permitted, and Walker was released pending state supreme court action.
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Fayetteville
H. S. Walker
Lookout
H. E. Dillon, Jr
Fayette County
Walker
Dillon
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Marine to Fly China Clipper from Norfolk to Honolulu
Eddie Rice of the United States Marine Corps at Norfolk Virginia visits his mother Mrs R E Rice and plans to board the China Clipper in San Francisco for Honolulu. He expects to stay two years. Rice is a Stoco high school graduate and enlisted in the navy five years ago.
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Register
Amigo
Eddie Rice
United States Marine Corps
Norfolk
R. E. Rice
San Francisco
Cal
Honolulu
Rice
Stoco High School
Navy
Miss Burruss Takes Nursing Training at Logan
Oak Hill notes Nora Burruss, a graduate of Oak Hill high school last year, left last week for Logan to begin hospital training in preparation for a professional nursing career.
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Oak Hill
Nora Buruss
Oak Hill High School
Logan
Watkins Drug Ad Claims Dr. Thomas As Aid
An old advert promotes Dr Thomas As asthma relief from Watkins Drug Store claiming a bottle costs 50 cents and guarantees to help every case regardless of severity.
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Watkins Drug Store
Dr. Thomas
Mount Hope High Band Drills For Tough Grid Season
Bandmaster Bill Garuth leads 70 musicians through three weekly practices aimed at public appearances this grid season. They’ll perform at home games in full uniform, with 18 new senior members and 40 beginners joining as they qualify. Lions Club and others seek funds for new uniforms and a bass horn replacement. The band, grown from a dozen players to a regional force, started by Lions Club support and now sponsors an annual concert at the local Y M C A, boosting school morale and drawing bigger crowds at games.
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Register
Mount Hope
Bill Garuth
Garuth
Lions Club
West Virginia
Board of Education
Mount Hope High School
END-O-CORN Cure Ad at Beckley Drug Co
A vintage advertisement claims END-O-CORN removes corns quickly with no pain. It urges readers to buy at Beckley Drug Co or White Cross Pharmacy, touting a value of 50 cents. The copy emphasizes ease of walking and warns against other so called corn cures.
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Beckley Drug Co
White Cross Pharmacy
Daughter born to Thompsons in Whitby
Word arrives of an eight pound girl born to Mr and Mrs James Thompson of Whitby. Thompson works in the engineering corps and formerly lived in Mount Hope where he attended high school. Mrs Thompson is the former Miss Freda Adams and sister to Mrs E W Dunkley wife of the local high school principal.
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Register
Mount Hope
James Thompson
Whitby
Two Lots Sold for Creditors in Mount Hope Auction
Two lots on block five in the Warner addition of Mount Hope were sold for creditors yesterday in front of a local bank. Auctioneer and Fayetteville attorney R L Ryan said the properties sold for 1995 dollars to Sam Diochorado of Macdonald after an hour long sale.
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Mount Hope
Warner Addition
Macdonald
R. L. Ryan
Fayetteville
Sam Diochorado
Town has One Child Per Four Residents, School Enrollment
A local population statistic reports that the town maintains a ratio of one schoolchild for every four inhabitants, suggesting steady enrollment pressure and planning needs for the educational system.
Watkins Adverts for Catarrh Linex Treatment
Guaranteed relief for catarrh sinus and bad head colds with prompt action. $100 for 60 days. Go to Watkins and get a bottle of treatment.
Miss Welch Appointed Clerk’s Office General Stenographer
Elizabeth Welch of Macdonald has taken a post in Fayette county clerk L. S. Tully's Fay etteville office as general stenographer and assistant. Miss Ann Tully, daughter of the circuit clerk, has returned to college, creating the vacancy filled by the local young lady.
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Register
Mount Hope
Elizabeth Welch
Macdonald
L. S. Tully
Fayette County
Fayetteville
Ann Tully
Louisiana sugar industry investment tops two hundred million
The Louisiana sugar industry represents an investment of more than 200 million dollars, highlighting its scale and economic importance for the state. The figure underscores the sector's financial footprint and potential impact on local employment and regional commerce.
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Louisiana
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