Night Blooming Cerea Vision Sparks Beckley Columns
The column recalls nocturnal cereas blooming near Mrs. C A Davis on Main Street and Mr and Mrs George W Bright at 79 Woodlawn Avenue. It notes various local anecdotes from Beckley including Dr J A Walker’s death, Mr Bryson's jar of live bugs for identification, and a joke about Mayor Hedrick over a platform for Mrs Humphreys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Merrylees
C. A. Davis
Main Street
George W. Bright
Woodlawn Avenue
the Register
J A. Walker
Helen
Medical School
University of Louisville
George P. Daniel
Walker
Henry D. Hatfield
Chicago
C. G. Bryson
Glen Morgan
H. P. Guy
Mr. Bryson
Guyan and
Gauley
G. W. Humphreys
Long Branch
Hedrick
Murphy
Mr. Humphreys
Beckley
Publishers Fight Code Hearings Before NRA
Washington reporters argue they cannot be forced to accept a recovery code and present the American Newspaper Publishers Association code before NRA hearings. Elisha Hanson testifies for the association representing over 1,000 publishers, stressing press freedom and the need for constitutional guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Ton
Elisha Hanson
Scott Richmond and relatives gather for Shady Springs reunion
Table Rock West Virginia residents Burgess Phillips and Nellie Akers family members visited Beckley and Shady Springs as Claude Scott and Jessie Scott hosted a reunion. Ida Richmond spent time with Beckley relatives. The Morgan house in Lexington Kentucky has been turned into a museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Phillips Land
Pluto
Nellie Akers
EN. Richmond
Maargradel
E. H. Richmond
Beckley
Kelly
Richmond
Claude Scott
Mary
Edith
Isabel
Minor
Jessie Scott
Clayton Scott
Glenn
Scott, Prince and Hull
Shady Springs
Ida Richmond
Jennie Meadows
Giletfledrick
Eccles native Steve S Hill dies after long illness
Steve S Hill of Crab Orchard Improvement died in Spencer hospital Monday September 18 after a five month illness. Burial was at Mt Tabor with Rev E L Lowery officiating. Survived by widow Mossie Minor Hill of Eccles and siblings in Kentucky and Appalachia. Local notes record visitors and community events amid Obits. Notre Dame dome gold coating tale closes item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve S$. Hill
Crab Orchard Improvement, Go
Spencer
Eccles
Mt. Tabor
E. JL. Lowery
Mossie Minor Hill
Iran
Appalachia
C. 5. Bandy
Ea Wagner
Chas Hill
Ll, Hill
J. Q. Hil
Jenkins, Ky
J. P. Curry
Wayland
Wyco Miner Clarence Cataline Dies in Mine Accident
Clarence Cataline nineteen died after touching a live wire at Gulf Smokeless Coal mine Wyco Friday. Funeral at Wyeco Methodist Church with Robertson and Foglesong in Mullens handling burial at Sunset Memorial Park near Beckley. Survived by parents six brothers and two sisters. pallbearers named George Jones Joe Malay Johnny Stowers Raymond Rose Samuel Hose Augustine Flem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Wyco
Clarence Cataline
Wyeco Methodist Church
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Cataline
Johnny Cataline
Charleston
KR. Cataline
Charles Cataline
Dominick Clarline
Roy Clarline
Junior Cataline
Ernest Cataline
William Cataline
Jesse Cataline
Louise Cataline
Pauline Cataline
George Jones
Joe Malay
Johnny Stowers
Raymond Rose
Samuel Hose
Augustine Flem
Local Social Notes Highlight Wellsburg Area Visitors
Misses Betty and Katheryn Murray are mentioned along with Mrs Anna Evans returning from Salem Virginia with her son Ross Evans. Several Herndon area residents are noted traveling to Charleston for a football game and the K of P convention in Beckley. Mrs Paul W Badger and Paula Lee plan a three month Akron visit, and Rev I V Allen and daughter Rose depart for Nallen where he will serve a circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Evans
Salem
E. V. Neal
Ross Evans
James. Burdiss
Charleston
Paul West
Dennis Palmer
Huntington
W. H. Palmer
W. W. Smith
R.H. Webber
W. HH. Palmer
Beckley
Paul W. Badger
Paula Lee
Akron
Ohio
June Haley
R. L. Slack
George James
Oak Hill
James Thomason
Roanoke
I. V. Allen
Miss Rose
Nallen
Allen
Hev. Allen
Methodist
Murray
Betty
Tesday
Abilene
Randolph
R. N. Almond
Iron Gate
Rey
W. S. Overstreet
East Beckley
M. E. Church
South
Rev. Overstreet
Chorch
Missionary Circle No. 4 Meets in Beckley Home
East Beckley West Virginia Missionary Circle No. 4 of the Christian church held its regular monthly session at Mrs R E Murray home Thursday evening. A devotional program preceded refreshments served by the hostess to members and guests including Mrs L J Shumate Mrs J C Farley Mrs W A Stanley Mrs Earl Bannister Mrs J T Clay Mrs Frank Hunter and daughter Miss Mae Glen Hedrick Miss Keister Miss Phyliss Mitchell Glen Morgan Miss Fernie May Smith Miss Anna Shumate Miss Rosalie Metric and Miss Louise Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Circle No. 4
The
Christian Church
R. E. Murray
L. J. Shumate
J. C. Farley
W. A. Stanley
Earl Bannister
J.T. Clay
Frank Hunter
Mae
Glen Hedrick
Keister
Phyliss Mitchell
Glen Morgan
Fernie May Smith
Anna Shumate
Rosalie Metric
Louise Farley
Shark tooth rows renew as outer row wears out
Some species of sharks display as many as 6 000 teeth arranged in layered rows. When an outer row wears flat another row, already developed, shifts forward to replace it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Funeral Services For Ettie Maxine Cook
Funeral services are set for Ettie Maxine Cook aged 0 at 2:00 this afternoon in Pineville church with Rev. Sparten officiating. She died Saturday morning in a local hospital at 1:40. Burial follows in Pineville cemetery under Foster Undertaking Co.She survived by parents Mr and Mrs L B Cook of Killarney and brothers and sisters Atalene Charles William Ralph and Dale Cook of Killarney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Sparten
Ettie Maxine Cook
Foster Undertaking Company
Tiger Club Meeting Called For Monday
Bishop I C Glashen vice chairman of the state Democratic colored clubs and James Gray chairman of Beckley Tiger Club No. 1 summon all members to a meeting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop ‘I. C. Glashen
State Democratic Colored Clubs
James Gray
Beckley Tiger Club
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Hardy McKinney
R. H. McKinney
Lochgelly
Virginia
Glen Morrison
Oceana
Glen Daniel
Bolt
Skin Poplar Gap
McGraws
Jesse
Mr. Gook
Wyoming
Paavo Nurmi
Gales Ladoumegue
Bing Parde
Paris
Publishers Fight Code
N.R. A
Table Rock, W. Va
John H. Morgan
Lexington
Eccles, W. Va
Steve Hill
E. L. Lowery
Parkersburg
W. Va
O$ 1. Bostic
Omar Stover
C. F. Guthrie
Clinton,Guthrie
Ethel
W. C. Price
Chas
Xakie Kennedy
Mildred Haley
Wilma Biggs
Jessie
Caroline Cormack
Audrey Minor
Lowery
Lillian Cox
Bostic
Cox
Billey
Frank Elliott
Otis Minor
Elwood Bostie
Notre Dame University
Wyco Miner
Misses Betty and
Katheryn Murray
East Beckley, W. Va
W. L. McCray
Osteopath
Hash Furniture Co
Raleigh County
H. T. Caffee & Son
Wyoming County
Tiger Club
Inight
Fayette Street
James Grey
Dr. Thomson
Rhodes
Oak Hill, W. VA
Keieh
Optometric
Lilly
R.L. Polk & Company
Chevrolet
Fisher
Chevrolet Motor CO
Detroit, Michigan
General Mqidas
O.b. Flint
Michigan
M. A.C
General Motors
Lewis Chevrolet Co
First Avenue
Beckley, W. Va
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