Martinsville student named Phi Theta Kappa president
Henry Martin of Martinsville Virginia a Bluefield college junior and army veteran was elected president of the Phi Theta Kappa fraternity at its 21st annual national convention in Bluefield West Virginia. The three day event featured installations, multiple business sessions, and a banquet with Dusty Miller as the keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Martin
Martinsville
Bluefield College
Phi Theta Kappa
Pocahontas
Martin
Freida Aston
Wichita Falls
Tex
Leslie Kehn
la Junta
Col
Margaret Mosa
Canton
Miss
Jean Wellfolk
Little Rock
Ark
Barbara McBride
Ottumwa
Iowa
Harry Howland
National
Charles L. Harman
Colege Chorus
Leatherwood Farm
Dusty Miller
Wilmington
Bluefield College Chorus
City and Coalfield Free Termite Inspection
Free termite inspection offered by trained workers with no obligation. Local ads showcase department store promotions for apparel, furniture, and wedding items. Includes furniture sets, suits, coats, hats, undergarments, dresses, slips, and accessories at Warlicks and Bradley's with varied prices. Also a recipe tip to stretch leftover chicken using a mushroom sauce.
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Bailey Lumber Co
Deaths And Funerals In Richlands And Nearby Areas
Funeral services for Staff Sergeant Woodrow W. Poe killed in France on June 12 1944 will be at his mother’s home in Baptist Valley with full military honors. Sidney Allen Bandy killed in Normandy action will have services at his parents’ home in Bandy Virginia with American Legion honors. Other obituaries include John H. Taylor of Pocahontas, Reverend John B Creswell of Knoxville, Mrs Fannie M Davis of Glenwood Park, Dr W M Martin of Marion and Edward N Haynes of Princeton with services at local churches and family cemeteries.
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Woodrow W. Poe
France
W. H. Whitt
Baptist Valley
Richard Kennedy
Bradshaw
Noah Smith
Cline
Dry Fork
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Sidney Allen Bandy
Newt Bandy
Bandy
Normandy
Clyde Church
Swords Creek
David P. Harris
American Legion
Rites Planned for T5 Lewis Cameresi Killed in France
Last rites for T5 Lewis Cameresi, a McComas resident killed in action in France on August 23, 1944, will be held Sunday at 2 PM at McComas Catholic Church with Father Tygh officiating. Military rites by Riley West Post American Legion and Bluefield National Guard will occur at Woodlawn Cemetery after interment. Body to be moved from Mercer Funeral Home Montcalm to his mother Mrs Minnie Cameresi in McComas at 5 PM today.
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Lewis Cameresi
McComas
France
McComas Catholic
Father Tygh
Woodlawn Cemtery
Riley West Post
American Legion
National Guard
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Montcalm
Minnie Cameresi
Death of Ed Arrington of Bradshaw
Ed Arrington, born March 7, 1886, died Thursday night in a Welch hospital after a lingering illness. Survivors include wife Mae, sons Herbert Louise Charles Theodore Love all of Bradshaw, three daughters Hollie Kennedy Thelma Hilda Arrington, one brother John of Peach Creek VA. Body moved from Fanning Funeral Home to Bradshaw home. Interment in Raysal Cemetery Raysal McDowell County.
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Ed Arrington
Bradshaw
Welch
Mae Arrington
Herbert
Louise
Charles Theodore
Love
Hollie Kennedy
Thelma
Hilda Arrington
John
Peach Creek
Funeral services set for Charles Frazier of Pocahontas
Funeral rites for Charles Frazier 31 of Pocahontas killed in action overseas will be held Sunday at 1 p m at the Pocahontas Union Funeral Home chapel with Rev H A Crozier officiating. Interment will be at Saeger Memorial cemetery in Roderfield with American Legion Post No 14 in charge of graveside rites. He is survived by his wife two children at home his mother and a brother in Hillsville Va. Body arrived last Wednesday and was taken to the Pocahontas Funeral Home.
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Fannie M. Davis
Carr Memorial Church
Glenwood Park
Mr. Young
Monte Vista Cemetery
Clayton
Earl
Harry Hicks
Roy Surface
E. C. Brooks
Dexter Boyd
Charles Frazier
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Union
H. A. Crozier
Saeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
American Legion Post No. 14
Hillsville
Pocahontas Funeral Home
Rites to be held for Mrs C R Harry of Roanoke
Rites will be conducted this afternoon for Mrs. C R Harry of Roanoke Virginia who died Thursday. Mrs Harry was a sister in law of James R Harry of West Graham Virginia.
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C. R. Harry
Roanoke
Harry
James R. Harry
West Graham
Deaths mark another week in Welch and Bluefield area
Andrew England 36 of Davy dies in Welch hospital after a two year illness. Born June 9 1913 at Hensley he worked as a bus and taxi driver in Welch and Davy. Survived by mother Mrs Thomas England two brothers and three sisters. Funeral arrangements set at Twin Branch church with multiple local pastors officiating. Lula W McCroskey dies at 901 College Ave Bluefield. services planned at Hawkins chapel with Rev Eastwood and pallbearers named اخبار.
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Andrew England
Davy
Welch
McDowell County
Welch and
Hensley
Thomas England
Mr. England
Jay
Gleas
Kimball
Lewis England
Sandy Huff
Bill Greene Davy
Minnie Helmandall
J. C. Brown
Fanning
Greene
Twin Branch Church
Amos Belcher
Johnson
Waters
Mr. Brooks
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Lula M’croskey
Lula W. McCroskey
Bluefield
College Avenue
Samuel T
Belle Dennis
Harold Fox
Elkins
Loretta
Brenda Brown
Arthur Dennis
Newport
Earl Dennis
Urtu
Funeral set for PFC Robert G. Stevens of Bluefield
The body of 24 year old Pfc. Robert G. Stevens of North Tazewell Va killed in Belgium on January 8 1945 arrives at Hawkins funeral home Bluefield this morning. A service is scheduled Sunday at 2 pm at Hawkins with Rev Winton R Houck officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill cemetery in Bluefield Va with the Veterans of Foreign Wars supervising the graveside rites.
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Robert G. Stevens
North Tazewell
Belgium
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluefield
Hawkins
Winton R. Houck
Grace Methodist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Carlyle Belcher Held For Grand Jury Action
A 31 year old Bluefield man Carlyle Belcher was arraigned before Trial Justice Albert G Peery in Tazewell on an attempted criminal assault charge involving a young Bluefield child He was held for grand jury action and released on bond to await action on May 10 by Commonwealth Attorney Arch Royall
First US gas turbine locomotive to be demoed next summer
The first gas turbine‑electric locomotive to be built in the United States will run on a demonstration basis next summer. It is oil fired now, with engineers hoping it will pioneer a coal burning gas turbine in the future.
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United States
Scout Camp Plans Pushed for Bland Virginia Development
The area Boy Scout council's executive board met at J. C. Acuff's home on Cumberland road to review progress on Scout activities. Acuff said final approval of concrete plans for Camp Roland in Bland county Virginia would come within two weeks, with J Taylor Frazier and Roland C Luther named to lead expanded finance efforts. Twenty area men attended including Dewey J Bailey Noel Walker Jr Dr A B Carr W G Mason E C Luther Sam Rosen J Max Dawson George Richardson Jr C G Taylor Roland Luther Clyde J Stephens L C Fowlkes Rev J W Hobson J P Gills and A French Welch with C R Ellis McDowell county field scout executive present. Bluefield guests attended.
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Area Boy Scout Council
West Virginia
J. C. Acuff
Cumberland Road
Acuff
Roland
Bland County
Virginia
J. Taylor Frazier
Roland C. Luther
Bluefield
Dewey J. Bailey
W. B. Shuff
Princeton
Noel Walker, Jr
Tazewell
A. B. Carr
War
W. G. Mason
Coalwood
E. C. Luther
Vivian
Sam Rosen
Northfork
J. Max
J. C. Borden
G. H. Lawhead
Matewan Water Rate Increase Approved
The public service commission approved water rate increases in Spencer Matewan and the Lewisburg area. Matewan in Mingo county gains new water and sewer charges with sewer rates 1 to 3 dollars monthly and water rates scaled from 1.25 per gallon for the first 2,000 gallons to 35 cents per 1,000 gallons beyond 20,000. The six percent rail freight hike for 13 West Virginia railroads remains tied to ICC action and excludes lime stone for agricultural use.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Spencer
Matewan
Lewisburg
Mingo County
ICC
Admits Throwing Victim Into Acid
Horsham England April 1 John Haigh a 39 year old factory executive admits murdering Mrs Olive Durand Deacon 69 for her jewels and fur coat and dissolving her body in acid Prosecutor E G Robey cites 26 witnesses at a preliminary hearing to decide if Haigh will stand trial for murder He says Haigh shot her in the back of the head in a Crawley factory when she examined papers in connection with a plastic fingernails scheme.
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Horsham
Eng
John Haigh
G. Robey
Robey
Haigh
Olive Durand-Deacon
Heigh
Scotland Yard
City Churches Nazarenes and Jehovahs Witnesses Schedule
Bluefield and Bland Street venues host religious services with weekly broadcasts, Sunday schools, morning worship, and revival events led by pastors and visiting evangelists. City Nazarene bus routes serve congregants, while Jehovahs Witnesses hold Watchtower studies and Bible sessions at Kingdom Hall on Bland Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom
Bland Street
New Covenant
Theocratic Ministry
Bailey Memorial Chapel Sunday Services
Bailey Memorial Chapel on Cumberland Road hosts Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 in the morning. Evening worship follows at 7 30 p m. Albert of Bluefield College delivers sermons at both services.
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Bailey Memorial
Cumberland Road
Albert
Bluefield College
Music in the City Churches Feature Varied Choirs and Solos
The morning worship at multiple churches showcases choirs led by Mrs Elizabeth Jenkins and others with solos by Joe Taylor Betty Boothe and Margaret Ann Murphy. Organists play selections by Jones Lawrence Nordman Kohlman Lefebvre-Wely Demorest and more as choirs perform hymns and anthems including God So Loved The World and Amazing Love. Evening services feature additional anthems and preludes with soloists and organist performances across First Christian Christ Episcopal Trinity Methodist Grace Methodist First Baptist First Presbyterian Westminster Presbyterian Memorial Baptist.
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First Christian Church
Freeman
Jesus
Jones
God
Gillette
Lawrence
Nordman
Christ Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Jenkins
Lord God
Joe Taylor
Harris
Trinity Methodist Church
Betty Boothe
van DeVenter
Randolph Clevinger
Eugene Jones
Lord
Kohlman
Lefebvre
Don Taylor
George Smith
First Baptist Church
Shelley
Williams
Handel
Mozart
Roberton
Verdi
Hollaender
Charles Cassell
Faulkes
Karg Elert
First Presbyterian Church
Marth
Margaret Ann Murphy
Lutkin
Demorest
Pierne
Betty Warden
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Jarius
John Stainer
Lewis H. Reiland
Schubert
Zeitterbart
Alex Warden
Henry Fortune
Fifth Hinton accident sparks union critique
The National Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers spokesman in Charleston labeled the incident uncalled for and urged starting construction of the middle span from both ends. Rescue crews from Hinton Beckley and Giles County Virginia worked most of the day.
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National Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers
Charleston
Hinton
Beckley
Giles County
Vua
Thompson Rites Funeral Services in Princeton
Funeral services for Thompson are set for 2 o clock Sunday at First Baptist Princeton led by Rev. Denver J. Davis. Burial will be in Resthaven cemetery with pallbearers Frank Anderson Sam Burton Bob Coburn Swanson Pendleton Ben Pendleton and W A Jacobs. honorary pallbearers include Kenneth and Kyle Bailey Dr Daniel Hale Bill Rice Jack Barr and Bee Peck. Thompson leaves a widow Elsie Swim Thompson three children Hobey Allen Thompson and Mrs Gertrude Crotty four sisters and three brothers.
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Hobey
Allen Thompson
Gertrude Crotty
Jessie Thompson
Narrows
Maggie Clyburn
Princeton
Fanny Jones
Bluefield
W. Va
Dexter Brown
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City and Coalfield
Shaman’s Ladies’ Dept
Madame Schiaparelli
Waricks
Warlicks
Warlick's
Warlick’s
Bradley's
Braley's
Bradley’s
Bradley
Burns
Phi Theta Kappa National Junior College Fraternity
Margaret Mosal
Jean Wollfolk
Back Row
National Magazine
Leslie Kehl
Colo
Stevens
John H. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
James
Irvin
United States Forces
Alaska
Merrill
Detroit, Mich
Winiford Crist
Barbara Taylor
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
J. B. Creswell
John B. Creswell
Knoxville
Tenn
M. G. Creswell
Eucebia Church
Mrs. Fannie Davis
DR. W. M. Martin
W. M. Martin
Marion
N. O. Tate
Stowers Street
Abingdon
Edward N. Haynes
Edward N Haynes
Princeton Avenue
Sidney A. Bandy
the Town Club
Leo, Max
Ben Steiner
R. N. Higginbotham
Elmer N. Felts
Elmer Nathan Felts
Big Four
Lewis Farrell
Byron Kelly
Taeger
Ashworth
George E. Felts
Carlyle Belcher
Nazarene
Bluefield Avenue
Magnolia Street
Robert E. Long
WHIS
Whis-Fm
C. W. Nash
Irene Norris
J. J. Fleenor
W. F. Miller
Japan
Korea
Harold Marsh
Somerset
City Nazarene
Bland
Preston
Essex
Union
Oakhurst
Grassy Branch
Church
Army and Air Force
Army
A. E. Denny
Choi
Beethoven
Phyllis Gawthrop
Nancy Cruise
Iris Skyes
Dot Sharitz
Bettie Gearheart
Jean Hager
Bettie Elmore
Patsy Fairchild
Mary Bourne
Judy Knox
Berniece Brooks
Demerest
Doss
Lederer
Frysinger
G. E. Fickersen
Philip Lilly
Lord Jesus
Richard S. Willis
Clayton Stanley
My Creed
Richard Maxwell
Howard Meadows
Calvary Baptist Choir
Rose Sharon
Roger C. Wilson
L. Ashford
Joseph Barnby
Memorial Baptist Church
Heart of God
McAfee
Anna Harrell
Bundy Beard
Ellen Cantrell
Sally Litz Davidson
B. D. Wassum
Paul Sanders
Ery
Radford
Dyer
Bland Street Methodist Church
John Wainwright
Woods
Peter C. Lutkin
Victoria Booth Demorem
James Wooldridge, Jr
James Elmer Brown
Freeman Lewis
Charles Demorest
Light
Julian Edwards
Westinghouse
Yeryone Underwood
Tria Thea
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
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