Merchants Vote By Oct 8 On Mercantile Board Fate
Beckley merchants vote by October 8 to decide whether to dissolve the Mercantile Board after a meeting disruption and walkout. If dissolved, the Beckley Chamber of Commerce retail division would activate. The board, formed a decade ago to improve business relations, counts 67 of 95 members also in the chamber.
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of Mercantile Board
Beckley Mercantile Board
Owen Rickard
E. M. Payne, Jr
Rickard
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Mercantile Board
Beckley and Vicinity
Chamber of Commerce
C. C. Maples
E. M. Payne
Robert Foster
Robert Kamp
Holt Kester
A. S. Bair
Walter Duncan
Mother Drowns Baby in Bathtub Tragedy in Chicago
In Chicago, 39-year-old Mrs. Ann Brunn drowned her seven-month-old son Robert in seven inches of bathwater saying she could not care for him. She later drank washing bleach, called police, and was held for an inquest. Her husband Joseph, 44, was away. older children Laura and Jane were in school.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ann Brunn
John T. O'Malley
O'Malley
Jane
Town of Sophia Wins Condemnation Suit
The Town of Sophia won a condemnation suit after the plan was dismissed by Circuit Judge Ben H. Ashworth on motion by the plaintiff. Defendants delivered a deed conveying enough real estate for public use, per plaintiff’s counsel George L. Ballard.
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Sophia
Frank J. Stokes
Mary Stokes
Faye Farley
Ben H. Ashworth
George L. Ballard
Beckley Theatre Conference Draws Regional Leaders
Beckley College and Delaware Dramatic Association join ANTA to host a regional gathering on October 18 and 19. Representatives from West Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia plan to discuss unifying American theatre. D. K. Shroyer or Dean George Hartman from Beckley College are expected to attend.
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Beckley College
American National Theatre and
Academy
The
University Dramatic Center
Delaware Dramatic Association
ANTA
West Vir
Ginia
New Jersey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Delaware
District of Columbia
Conference For Unification of the American Theatre
D. K. Shroyer
George Hartman
Teacher Undergoes Hospital Observation
Mullens Mrs. P Earl Mc Graw a teacher at Itmann Elementary School is under observation at Raleigh General Hospital Beckley. She has been ill for two weeks.
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Register
Mullens
P. Earl McGraw
Church Street
Itmann
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Air Forces Group Seeks New Members at Beckley Dinner
The Beckley squadron of the Air Forces Association will start a membership drive with a 7 PM dinner at El Chico Cafe. After earning high praise at a Columbus Ohio meeting for Beckley’s Air Force Day on August 1, the group aims to grow from 45 to 100 members.
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Beckley
The
Air Forces Association
el Chico
Columbus
Ohio
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