January 8, 1932 -- Pounding Mill Mr. and Mrs. P.F Howell and
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Glover, Tazewell, visited Dr. and Mrs. Rex Steele here
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. McGee and
son, Billy, spent the holidays with parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Foster in East Radford. Their relatives, Mrs. D.L. Basham
and Miss Elizabeth Gillespie of Roanoke returned home with them for a
visit.
A large number of Moose
Lodge members from here attended the burial of Henry Yates, Russell county
deputy sheriff, at Honaker, recently. Among those who attended from here were:
Mr. and Mrs. Clabe Cochran, Mr. and Mrs. C.H.
Robinette and sons, David and Samuel, Raymond and Fred Johnson, Tommy and
Willis Ringstaff, A.O. Hilt, S.E. Sykes, Mr. Elswick, Clytus Elswick and family, Andy and Tom Mulkey
and Bill Mack Sparks, and perhaps others.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thomas
gave a shower at their home Wednesday night of last week, in honor of their
nephew and his bride, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith, of Portsmouth, Ohio, who were married at Greenup, Ky., on Dec. 5th. There was a large
crowd at the shower and many beautiful presents were received. The bride was
Miss Sallie Sayler before marriage
Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Trayer and Kitty, Bluefield, Va. spent the day recently with Mr. and
Mrs. C.H. Trayer
Mr. and Mrs. James Mulkey and son Opie, Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis McGee have returned from a visit to their daughter and sister, Mrs.
Earnest Jones and family.
Jan 8, 1932 -- Paintlick
Pounding Mill, R.F.D, Jan 7 - Mrs. R.M. Mulkey and
daughters, Ruth and Evelyn, Mrs. Hunter,
Bluefield, W.Va., and Mrs. Jane Green were dinner guests Wednesday of Mrs. W.S.
Witt and daughters.
Mrs. Georgie Ascue had as
her dinner guests Tuesday, Mr. and MRs. J.L Ascue and family, Mrs. Margie Ascue
and daughters, Mrs. J.A. Vernon and sister, Gladys Payne.
John Alec Steele has returned to school at Roanoke, after spending the holidays with
homefolks.
Mrs. W.S. Witt and two daughters, and grandson spent Friday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Puckett, Thompson Valley.
March 11, 1932 --
MRS. LEFFEL PAINFULLY
BURNED -- Mrs. Leffel, mother of Mrs. Grat M. Mullin, and who is making her home here with her
daughter, was painfully burned Wednesday morning when her clothing caught fire
from an open stove. The lady was standing with her back to the stove and
apparently closer to the burning coal then she thought. It is said that the
lower part of her body was parched before the fire could be extinguished. Her
condition is giving her family and friends much concern.
Update - As the news is put to press Thursday at 2 o'clock, reports from the bedside of Mrs. Leffel indicate that she is in a dying condition and may
not survive the afternoon.
March 11, 1932 -- Raven
Mrs. W. Arnett McGlothlin, West Raven, who was seriously injured by a cow
rearing upon her, crushing her to the ground last week, is reported some better
at present, but still unable to walk or use her lower limbs.
July 18, 1932 -- Healing
springs
Mr. Kelly Wright and family were in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Troy wright, Sunday
Mrs. Austin Peery is quite ill.
Mrs. Galate, of Bluefield, was a recent visitor here.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Connelly's great grand child, of Yukon, died there last week. The
funeral service was conducted in the M.E. church on Stony Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Stafford, also Mr. and Mrs. Fred Connelly, of Roanoke, were visiting the home of their
parents, last week.
Aug 5, 1932 --
Emma Younce, fourteen years old, of Cavitts Creek, committed suicide Monday afternoon by
shooting herself through the abdomen. Death came instantly. She was
a sister of B. Younce, who met a tragic death some
months ago. So far as is known there was no cause for Emma Younce killing herself. She
was a student here the past year at the Tazewell High School, and was well liked by her
associates. The funeral service took place Tuesday afternoon, and was in
charge of Dr. Arrowood, of the Presbyterian church.
J.W. Gillespie, of Burke's Garden, is in the Bluefield Sanitarium suffering
from knife wounds said to have been inflicted by Roach Pauley who is in jail
here charged with the crime. From information coming to
officials here it is believed that Gillespie's wounds resulted from a general
fight in the Garden, and that liquor was probably the cause of the difficulty.
Mont Bolt shot and killed Otis Coleman in Abbs Valley Saturday afternoon. Little
information on the shooting is available here. So far as is known no
causes have been assigned. Coleman was a brother in law of Bolt and both
resided in the house.
Claude Nipper is alleged to have shot Jeff Myers just outside the church at
Pounding Mill, the shooting being the outcome of a dispute between the men over
alleged remarks one of them made about the other's sister. Myers is in
the Richlands hospital. Dr. Williams thinks he
will recover from his wounds.
Sam Hammet was given a preliminary hearing Monday,
charged with shooting john Boling. The affair occurred at Dry Town several weeks ago.
Henry Neal, of Bluefield, Va. was held for the grand jury in a preliminary hearing
given here Wednesday. He is charged with setting fire to the house of C.
L Munsey.
Sep. 16, 1932 --
MRS. J.W. Guillion -- The death of Mrs. J.W. Gullion occurred at her home near Tip Top on last
Thursday evening, after an illness from complications. Her husband
preceded her to the grave several years ago. She is survived by three
daughters and two sons, Mrs. Dora Proffit, of Independence; Mrs. Mae Catron and Mrs. Maude Puckett, Otto and Kelly Gullion, all of Tip Top. Interment was made in Maple
Hill cemetery.
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