First-Aid Meet Tomorrow Attracts Ten Thousand Expected
The Kana wha Valley Mining Institute safety meet is set for Montgomery with about 10,000 visitors and teams expected. A. G. Matthews will deliver the main address, with N. P. Rinehart and Arnold M. Vickers also on the program. Winners advance to the Mount Hope state safety contest in October. The event finishes with prizes in the New River State College auditorium.
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Montgomery
Kanawha Valley Mining Institute
A. G. Matthews
Mount Hope
N. P. Rinehart
Department of Mines
Arnold M. Vickers
New River State College
Alternating Strips Aid Erosion Control on Ottawa Farm
A photo from the P. K. Beck farm near Ottawa Kansas shows an even-width corn strip with an irregular width oats strip above it. The combination promotes erosion control, soil retention, and moisture conservation on contour-filled fields.
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P. K. Beck
Ottawa
Kas
Endeavour Fate Still Unsolved
London awoke to a setback in the Endeavour mystery as the Amastra captain denied sighting the missing British yacht near the Azores. Lloyds underwriters, initially reassured by a safety report, faced renewed anxiety as the denial arrived after earlier announcements.
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Associated Press
London
Amastra
Azores
Lloyds
T. O. M. Sopwith
Endeavour
England
Todlesbury
Rev J N Laper Appointed Pastor at Lillybrook Charge
Rev J N Laper former M E Church South pastor at Stone Ky was named pastor of the Lillybrook charge on upper Stonecoal replacing Rev R G Ellis sent to Greenland Ky. Lapers circuit includes Lillybrook Besoco Pickshin and Tommy Creek churches. He and his family moved into the former telephone exchange building this week.
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Besoco
J. N. Laper
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Stone
Lillybrook
Upper Stonecoal
R. G. Ellis
Greenland
Laper
Pickshin
Tommy Creek
Colees Move Into Compton House In Compton
Mr and Mrs B C Cole recently relocated to the dwelling formerly occupied by Mr and Mrs O D Compton who have moved to Tommy Creek Mrs Cole works at the E C Minter Coal company office here and Mr Cole serves as a mine foreman.
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Frances
B. C. Cole
O. D. Compton
Tommy Creek
Cole
E. C. Minter Coal Company
Mr. Cole
Straughs Move to Beckley After Coal Board Job
Register staff writer reports Bill Straughs family relocates to Beckley on Tuesday after accepting a post with a coal board. Straugh previously worked as a preparation engineer with C. H. Mead Coal Company.
Overstreet To Keep East Gulf Pastor Three Years
Rev W S Overstreet has been reappointed for a third year as pastor of the East Gulf charge in Huntington. He serves East Gulf Mead Killarney and Rhodell churches on lower Stonecoal. Services will be held at Rhodell Sunday at 7 30 p m and at Killarney Mead Sunday at 11 o clock.
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Rhodell
W. S. Overstreet
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Fayett eville man pleads guilty in petty larceny case
Fayetteville Eugene Barry pleaded guilty to petty larceny before the circuit court yesterday and was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail and directed to pay costs of court expenses, according to the prosecuting attorney's office in Fayetteville.
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Fayetteville
Eugene Barry
Booker Treated for Broken Leg at Oak Hill
Whipple Elwood Booker lies in Oak Hill Hospital being treated for a fractured leg from an accident here.
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Booker
Register
Whipple
Elwood Booker
Oak Hill
Harris Speaker At PTA Meeting At Stoco High
Stoco High School PTA met Monday night with about 55 members and visitors. Lacy Wood presided. J M Jessup led the program. O B Harris game warden spoke on highway safety and school boy patrols, with Lieut F C Crawford and Attorney Fletcher Mann adding talks. Refreshments by hospitality committee followed. Next meeting set for October 18 at 7 30 p m.
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LEGO
Stoco High School
Lacy Wood
Lillybrook
J. M. Jessup
Stoco
O. B. Harris
F. C. Crawford
State Police
Fletcher Mann
Beckley
J.B. Brooks
Clarence Wickle
Covey
Pichardson
Scarlet Fever Threat Hits Fayette County Pupils
Health officials report scarlet fever and outbreaks of whooping cough and measles among pupils as schools reopen in Fayette county communities along the Kanawha river. Most cases affect children under 12 in Fayetteville Boomer Powells ton Winona Minden and Mount Lookout with an infantile paralysis case linked to a Sewell classroom. The department is maintaining full effort to suppress spread after last year saw about 1000 Fayette students ill with whooping cough.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Kanawha River
Health Department
Sewell
Boomer
Powelston
Winona
Minden
Mount Lookout
Fayette School
Conrad Coleman Freed by Jury in Drunken Driving Case
Fayetteville court opens with Conrad Coleman acquitted by a jury after only a brief deliberation on drunken driving charges. Co-defendant Carl McCoy pleaded guilty and was released after paying fines and costs.
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Fayetteville
Conrad Coleman
Carl McCoy
Man jailed in theft of caps at filling station
Carl Blake was sent to jail yesterday after a conviction for stealing radiator caps worth $10 from a filling station. Magistrate W. H. Level tried the case and fined Blake $10 for petty larceny.
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Oak Hill
Carl Blake
Here
W. H. Level
Graves at Legion Convention in New York
Senator Dixie Graves of Alabama and her husband Governor Bibb Graves attend the American Legion convention in New York. Bibb Graves has drawn attention for appointing his wife to the Senate seat vacated when Hugo L. Black joined the Supreme Court. Alabama delegates Walter Buck and Trotter Jones observe.
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American Legion
New York
Dixie Graves
Alabama
Bibb Graves
Hugo L. Black
U. S. Supreme Court
Walter Buck
Trotter Jones
Canning Exhibit At Hodges Home
Salem reports a farm women's club canning event at Mrs. Eva Hodges home on Thursday September 16. Contest entrants included Mrs. J A Duncan Mrs Raymond Fox Mrs Orval Stevens Mrs George Morton and Mrs Eva Hodges with winners announced by official judge Mrs A E Whanger of Fayetteville.
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Salem
Farm Women’s Club
Eva Hodges
J. A. Duncan
Raymond Fox
Orval Stevens
George Morton
John Toney Hurt in Slate Crash near Oak Hill
John Toney suffers a fractured leg after a slate fall in a local mine near Oak Hill. He is being treated at the hospital, and attendants report his condition as favorable.
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Oak Hill
John Toney
Here
Oak Hill Couple Wed At White Sulphur Springs
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Vonah James Elliot and Herbert Lee McLain at White Sulphur Springs on Sunday September 5. Rev S C Tompton officiated. Both are Oak Hill social figures and graduates of Oak Hill High School. McLain works with his father in the family mercantile business.
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Oak Hill
Vonah James Elliot
Evelyn Elliot
Herbert Lee McLain
J. R. McLain
White Sulphur Springs
S. C. Tompton
Methodist Episcopal Church
McLain
Callison Heads Oak Hill Class at Methodist Church
J. W. Callison was elected president of the Men's Bible class of the Oak Hill Methodist church Sunday. He succeeds Dr. B. C. Burnside. Officers elected include C. E. Whitney as vice president F. C. Shuck as secretary and A. B. Harvey as treasurer.
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Oak Hill
J. W. Callison
The
Methodist Church
B. C. Burnside
C. E. Whitney
F. C. Shuck
A. B. Harvey
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