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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
2
A series of ten dances for disabled service men and veterans in vocational training will be held Wednesday nights this summer on the roof garden of the Ohio Mechanics Institute. Mrs. Thomas J. Embry will finance the scheme and fifty girls from Community service will be invited.
At the state D A R meeting in Lexington at the Phoenix hotel Mrs Paul Burnam was appointed to the committee on education. Mrs J M Arnold the new regent presided over the session.
Lynch near the Harlan county border will see a new telephone line extend up the Cumberland river into the Letcher county headwaters, linking the new city with regional networks.
An advertisement claims Danderine stops hair loss and dandruff after a few cents’ purchase. It says after application no hairs fall, each hair shows new life, vigor, brightness and more color and thickness.
Delayed letters and weekend visits fill social pages as Burlington visitors see kin in Waco Elkin and Lancaster friends travel. notable death of Tom Challas near Waco June 6 followed by funeral at Flat Woods church Interment at Challas burying ground. Local church services by Rev Smith and district conferences near Mt Sterling. Country Club entertainment on Dix river rounds out Garrard county social life.
Miss Candace Ashcraft returns to Heidelburg after visiting relatives. Mrs. Dora Lamb of Fairfield Ohio will visit her father Clifton Benze. Rev. Van Winkle led services this weekend. Miss Catherine Puckett hosted a social for young folks. Eva McNeilly visited Mrs. Maude Ruble. Rev. Freeman to preach Saturday and Sunday. Gladys Jones of Danville spent time with cousin Tres sie Jones. Clinton Lunsford of Lexington stayed with family over the weekend.
Ten more counties join the 24 that pooled wool and refuse selling at offered prices after a Lexington meeting. About 600000 pounds plus 408000 pounds yet to pool will be concentrated in state under state central wool committee led by Dr. R R Stevenson and Walter Meng with Lyman Yancey as members. They plan to ship to Chicago markets amid buyer rumors denied. Growers expect about 60 cents a pound average, higher than the 53 cent top bid.
Traffic Officer Wade Golden guided more than 300 vehicles in about an hour at Second and Wailer streets. Drivers readily followed his directions despite a temporary closure on Lancaster avenue. Golden praised drivers for obeying orders, noting delivery wagon operators are often in a hurry.
A reader notes no trouble or congestion so far at the Chautauqua and praises careful drivers, though some are careless as machines approach from other directions. The special service continues through the event with Officer Golden on duty in the afternoon and evening.
Notice is given that the Madison Electric and Plumbing Company has formally dissolved as of July 1, 1920. Creditors must settle at once and claims should be presented immediately. Joe Bender and Fred Davison sign as secretary and treasurer. Joe Bender will continue plumbing as Joe Bender, Plumber, and F M Davison will run Madison Electric Co with Delco Light.
Richmond youths end a YMCA summer session at Camp Daniel Boone along the Kentucky river. They report strong athletics and a plan to expand with new camps at Bowling Green and Mammoth Cave. Prizes were won by Shelton Saufley Earle Jones Burnelle Martin Lafon Wilson and Edgar Higgins. Swimming instruction and an active corps of coaches are noted. The camp runs until July 28 and Henry S Caywood bought a saddle horse for 7996 dollars.
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