Prominent Acme Finishing Dept Star Mrs Cruise Opens Up
Mrs J V Cruise a long time Acme finishing employee and former high school basketball star from Pulaski shares her personal history. She was born March 10 1911 and grew up in Dublin with five brothers and one sister. She enjoys basketball tennis and swimming and jokes about getting rich while seeking happiness beyond wealth. She worked at a Pulaski five and ten before joining Acme nearly two years ago and is active in Baptist church.
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Acme
Mary Surface Chase
Myrtle Webb
Cruise
Pulaski High School
Monogram
J. E. Surface
Dublin
The
Baptist Church
Mrs. Cruise
Acme Woman Added to News-Worker Boarding Department Staff
Mrs Edrie Bishop of Acme has been added to the News-Worker correspondence staff reporting on boarding department activities. She was recommended for the task and is believed to have retired in 2008. she may have other duties. Her efforts are urged to align with the paper’s reporting goals.
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Edrie Bishop
Acme
Bishop
Boarding Department News Highlights Local Visits
Ola Williams and Pauline Swain visited Saltville on Sunday. Miss Elsie Dalton hosted Shirley, Isabelle and Sarah Black, Minor Kirk and Noah Hancock. Frances Jarrell returns to work after several weeks absent. Tom Thornburg visited Ruth Funk. Frances and Betty Jarrell plan to visit their parents in Hiawassie. George Laxton attended a Salem baseball game. Foy J. Howard and Jordan Howard with Willie Long spent Sunday with A. C. Journey near Statesville North Carolina.
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Elsie Dalton
Shirley
Isabelle
Sarah Black
Minor Kirk
Noah Hancock
Foy J. Howard
Jordan Howard
Willie Long
Mrs
A. C. Journey
Statesville, N. C
Finishing Department News By Mrs Guy French
Miss Helen Clement of Radford and Miss Eula Kennedy of Welch W Va were guests of Margaret Gaylor Tuesday night. Misses Sue Hutchens Rosa Lee Grubb Janie Via Hazel Webb and Bessie Grubb attended the finals at V P I Blacksburg Sunday afternoon. Mrs Jeff Cruise spent Monday in Mount Airy. Miss Myrtle Webb and Miss Wilma West spent Monday in Roanoke. Mr and Mrs Brown Cummings and daughter Elizabeth spent Sunday with Mrs Cummings mother Mrs L A Cummings at New River. Mrs Clara Byrd spent Tuesday night with her mother Mrs J W Inman at Max Meadows. Mrs Burton Morris and Mrs S B Hager of Princeton W Va were guests of Mrs Clara Byrd this week. Mr and Mrs Carl Smith Mr and Mrs Garnett Byrd Myrtle Heath and Bertha Meredith motor to Chilhowie Sunday.
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Helen Clement
Radford
Eula Kennedy
Welch
W. Va
Margaret Gaylor
Sue Hutchens
Rosa Lee Grubb
Janie Via
Hazel Webb
Bessie Grubb
Blacksburg
Mings
Elizabeth
Mr. Cummings
L. A. Cummings
New River
Clara Byrd
J. W. Inman
Max Meadows
Carl Smith
Garnett Byrd
Myrtle Heath
Bertha Meredith
Chilhowie
Al Simmons Shines in First Pulaski Sunday Contest
Al Simmons of Acme Dye Plant led Virginia Oak Flooring to a 7 2 win over Narrows Delanese with 13 strikeouts and solid pitching for nine innings. Haney and Midkiff sparked four double plays as Oak prepares to face Bramwell in W Va on Saturday. meanwhile Mrs Max Smith departs for Newport News.
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Acme
al Simmons
Pulaski
Virginia Oak
Virginia Maid Indians
Rivermen
Delanese
Vinton Blues
Virginia Maid
Haney
Midkiff
Virginia Oak Boys
Bramwell
W. Va
Hard Luck tale of Dave and a payday joke
A humorous poem contrasts a brother named Dave who slips into a coal pile and receives ten thousand dollars for a minor injury. The speaker uses the episode to mock his own misfortune and the ease of others in a lighthearted, bittersweet tone.
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Dave
Hard Luck Ballad of a Fatal Night Fracas
A grim verse narrative recalls a man jailed for coal theft after a deadly chain of events. He recounts misfortune from a hole incident to a fatal brawl in a beer hall where his brother Jim is shot by a stray bullet. Authorities sentence him despite the chaotic sequence.
An Unholy Gang of Murderers in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn scene features a band of killers with odd nicknames as the question turns to whether the district attorney will gain a name for his pursuit. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
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Brooklyn
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J. V. Cruise
P.hls
Duce
Mrs. Bishop
Ola Williams
Pauline Swain
Saltville
Frances Jarrell
Tom Thornburger
Ruth Funk
Frances
Betty Jarrell
Hiawassie
George Laxton
Salem
Guy French
Jeff Cruise
Mount Airy
Wilma West
Roanoke
Mr. and
Mrs. Brown Cum
Burton Morris
S. B. Hager
Princeton
Max Smith
Cecil Richardson
Newport News
Merle Porter
Jefferson Mills
Jim
D. A
Norfolk
Virginian
Porter Patton
Frigidaire
Wysor Motor Co
Jim’s
W. Main Street
Harris Motor Company
Chevrolet
Virginia
Leum Craftsman
Rufus
Richardson
Donard Chitwood
Mgr
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