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Local school and church notices from Brackettown to Vinton
The column lists numerous community updates including sickness recoveries and ailments for residents such as Mr John Bently Mrs Louisa Campbell and Miss Elizabeth Braxton. It notes school terms closing at Brackettown Big Hill Hollins and Leslie Priday and features sermons and farewells at local churches plus school programs and commencements at Gam Spring and Pot in the Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bently
A. B. Campbell
Louisa Johnson
J. W. Langhorne
Brackettown
John Blaney
West Virginia
West Salem
Hanging Rock
Jobe King
James Campbell
Burwell Street
First Baptist Church
Lizzie Campbell
Charles Radford
Big Hill
Green
Roanoke County
Second Baptist Church
Sallie Banks
Leslie Priday
South Broad Street
Alex Craig
Franklin County
Payte
Isaac D. Bradpher
Philadelphia
Elleen Campbell
James
Centers Mill
Adelina Wilson
Samuel Carrington
Hollins
Elizabeth H. Braxton
Catawba
Bettie Henderson
Free State
E. Duke Venture
Wheeling
W. Va
Griffith
Cambria
Grand Valley
Watson
Capt. Schaffer
Memorial Baptist Church
Gam Spring Baptist Church
Fannie Cain Hackley
Isaac Law
Christian Valley Chapel
Vinton Graded School
J. R. Dungee
Roanoke
Amanda James
Gilliam
Vinton
Lula V. Gibson
Sarah J. Hannah
Vintonites