Catholic to Speak at Emory and Henry College
The Roman Catholic Church plan features Most Rev. Joseph Aloysius Durick as guest chapel speaker on April 2 at Emory and Henry College. Durick, a Nashville diocese coadjutor bishop, will discuss The Ecumenical Council. He was born in Bessemer Alabama and educated at St Bernard College Cullman St Mary's Seminary Baltimore and Urban College Rome. He was titular bishop of Cerbali in 1944 and auxiliary to Mobile's Archbishop Toolen, then named coadjutor to Bishop Adrian of Nashville in 1963. In 1965 he became vicar general of the Nashville diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory & Henry College
Joseph Aloysius Durick
Nashville
Bessemer
Ala
Burick
St. Bernard College
Cullman
St. Mary’s Seminary
Baltimore
The
Urban College
Rome
Italy
Cerbali
North Africa
Toolen
Mobile
Adrian
Tennessee
Durick
Miss Bowen Speaks Tonight at Mercer County Club
Elizabeth Bowen of Bluefield the Republican candidate for the 5th District congressional seat will headline a Mercer County Republican Club meeting tonight. Club president Earl Landers invites all Republicans and any interested Democrats to attend whether members or not. The talk starts at 7 p.m. at the Mercer County Health Center in Green Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Weegie) Bown
Bluefield
Suh
Washington
Mercer County
Republican Club
Earl Landers
Cardip.m
Mercer County Health Center
Green Valley
Sixteen Grand Jurors Named for Wyoming County Term
Sixteen grand jurors were selected to serve in the April term of Wyoming County Circuit Court. They are to report at 9 a.m. April 2 at the Pineville courthouse. Names include Luther Miller Brenton Eugene Penninger Fannock Marvin C Jennings Mildred Emanuele G W Fitzwater Alpeca Mrs Gilmer Hines Marvin Brooks Pineville Willlie McKinney New Richmond Fred Dowdy Coal Mountain Gailbger Cline Steeles Earl Cook Jr Hugh Miller Oceana Cecil Lacy Peggy Jo Hill Mullens Ed Kerns McGraws Fred B Brooks Jesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Pineville
John S. Lambert
Luther Miller
Brenton
Eugene Penninger
Fannock
Marvin C. Jennings
Mildred Emanuele
G. W. Fitzwater
Alpeca
Gilmer Hines
Marvin Brooks
Willie McKinney
New Richmond
Fred Dowdy
Coal Mountain
Gailbger Cline
Steeles
Earl Cook Jr
Hugh Miller
Oceana
Cecil Lacy
Peggy Jo Hill
Mullens
Ed Kerns
McGraws
Fred B. Brooks
Jesse
Saltville Firemen To Hold Swap Days
Saltville Virginia volunteer fire department to sponsor a Trade and Swap Day each Saturday this summer as a fund raising effort. The first event is set for Saturday April 23 at the Saltville Fairgrounds. Traders offer horses and attic surplus in an old fashioned hoss trade style. Concession stand will be open on trading days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltville, Va
Saltville Fairgrounds
Five Deeds Recorded At Mercer County Clerk Office
Five deeds were recorded in the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton on Wednesday. The transactions include William N Stadler and Betty F Stadler to Arlyne Anderson tract in Pond District for 14700 dollars. Trustees of Bramwell Methodist Church to William B Jones and Mary Ellen Jones for a Bramwell tract at 8000 dollars. E R Whitt and Virginia M Whitt to George R Whitt for a tract in East River District at 18500 dollars. J H Lilly Land Co to O Dell Hanes for a tract in Rock District for an unspecified amount. Lois Marie and Thomas V Mc Farland to Georgia C Gillespie for a tract near Ada at 700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Princeton
William N
Betty F. Stadler
Arlyne Anderson
Pond District
Bramwell Methodist Church
William B
Mary Ellen Jones
Bramwell
E. R
Virginia M. Whitt
George R. Whitt
East River District
J. H. Lilly Land Co
O'Dell Hanes
Rock District
Williams Speaker For Kiwanis Club
Glen T. Williams of Christiansburg Virginia will be the guest speaker at a Bluefield Kiwanis Club meeting tonight at 6 30 at Masonic Hall. The meeting will feature a club presentation of books to Graham High School and Graham Junior High with Graham Newman presenting to Clark M Brown and Eddie Fortune principals.
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Glen T. Williams
Christiansburg
Kiwanis International
Bluefield
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Hall
Kiwanis
Walter Pierce
Graham High School
Graham Junior High
Graham Newman
Clark M. Brown
Eddie Fortune
Graham High
Tazewell Board To Close Monday
The Tazewell County Virginia Selective Service Local Board No 120 at Tazewell will close Monday due to a conference in Richmond called by the State Headquarters for Selective Service.
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Tazewell County
Selective Service Local Board
Tazewell
Margaret D. Surface
Richmond
State Headquarters
For
Selective Service
Hospital Rates Rise At Richmond Area Hospitals
Richmond area hospitals have raised room rates by 2 to 3 dollars in recent weeks. Administrators cited rising operating costs and higher personnel salaries. The last multiple facility rate increase was back in October 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Richmond Area
Richmond
Landfill Proposal to Be Explained at Health Center Meeting
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and Mercer County Health Department sponsor a 7:00 p.m. meeting at the Mercer County Health Center auditorium to explain a proposed sanitary landfill system for county garbage. B. L. Jackson Jr. says the chamber backs the plan and hopes for countywide enthusiasm after the full presentation. State Health Department spokesmen will discuss how compacted garbage would be buried under earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County Health Center
B. L. Jackson Jr
Chamber
Mercer County Health Department
State Health Department
Jackson
Health Center
Dinner-Dance Set Saturday by Clearing House Association
Attendance for the Tazewell-Rus sell Buchanan Clearing House social near Bluefield is estimated at 250. The 6:30 p.m. dinner and dance at Bluefield Country Club will feature U S Senator A Willis Robertson. Association officers include Robert C Chapman president Lowell Compton vice president and Richard I Cooley secretary treasurer with directors Bernard Beavers and Raymond Dodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell-Russell-Buchanan Clearing House Association
Bluefield Country Club
Virginia
U. S
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Senate Banking Committee
Robertson
Robert C
Bob) Chapman
Bank of Tazewell County
Bluefield
Lowell Compton
First National Exchange Bank of Virginia
Richlands
Richard I
Dick) Cooley
Southwest Virginia National Bank
Bernard Beavers
Tazewell National Bank
Raymond Dodson
The
Bank of
Tazewell County
Tazewell
N&W In Charge Of Buchanan County Coal Meeting
The Norfolk and Western Railway will lead the program at the Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday evening. Featured speakers include W H Hunton Beckley district coal traffic manager and W O Tracy Bluefield Pocahontas Division superintendent. Aubery Garber says the event interests coal industry figures as Buchanan County boosts weekly coal shipments and Né W s role in coal traffic will be outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce
W. H. Hunton
Beckley District
W. O. Tracy
Bluefield Pocahontas
Grundy
Aubery Garber
Chamber of Commerce
Buchanan County
Né&W
Feutchenberger Elected to Marion College Board
Lloyd Feutchenberger of Bluefield was elected to the Marion College board of trustees Wednesday evening at a Virginia Synod Lutheran Church in America meeting in Staunton. Delegates will hear Thursday a report from trustees on plans to upgrade the school for accreditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Feutchenberger
Bluefield
Marion College
Th Virginia Synod
The
Lutheran Church In America
Staunton
Marion College Trivssees
Deaths At 259 Highlight Virginia Highway Toll
An Albemarle County girl nine died after being struck by a car as she crossed Va. 810 near White Hall after alighting from a school bus. Two other fatalities occurred in separate crashes in Danville and Fairfax, bringing Virginia’s highway toll for the year to 259.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albemarle County
Virginia
Charlottesville
Rebecca Diana Morris
White Hall
Crankes Branch
Stanley Winfred Payne
Danville
Charlotte County
Payne
Fairfax
Evelyn Boston
McLean
Fairfax County
Piedmont Buys Ten FH-227B Twin Propjets
Piedmont announces purchase of ten Fairchild Hiller FH-227B propjet airliners at its Winston-Salem meeting. The deal totals 14 million dollars and expands a fleet that includes eight F-27s and 29 Martin 404s as a 7,000 mile route system grows. Delivery starts December with full integration by August 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Piedmont
T. H. Davis
Davis
Fairchild
H. K. Sanders
Fairchild Hiller
Hagerstown
Interim Ministry Begins at First Christian Bluefield
Rev. J Emmett Moore, retired Gainesville Florida minister, starts an interim ministry at First Christian Church Bluefield on April 24. He and Mrs Moore will reside at 2516 Grandview Ave and are to be introduced at a Friday family night in Bethany Hall. Dr Primitivo Delgado of Bluefield College will attend as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Emmett Moore
Gainesville
Fla
First Christian Church
Bluefield
First Pro Church
Tuscaloosa
Morre Moore
Grandview Ave
Bethany Hall
Primitivo Delgado
Delgado
Bluefield College
Tools Stolen From Windmill Storeroom at Bluefield Park
Tools valued at 3.75 were reported stolen from the Windmill storeroom in Bluefield City Park Monday morning. Missing were five axes three garden rakes three leaf rakes and four shovels. Entry was gained by tearing a panel from the outer door of the men’s restroom, according to Officer R E Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield City Park
R. E. Lee
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Callie Sexton
Mrs Callie Leonia Sexton 75 of Princeton died at 3 10 am in a Princeton hospital. Survived by three daughters five sons 26 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren two sisters two brothers funeral Friday 2 pm Glenwood Park Primitive Baptist Church burial Resthaven Memorial Park. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton to notify. The body to church one hour before services.
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Callie Leonia Sexton
Wiley St
Princeton
Grayson County
George and
Marilda France Thompson
Win F. Sexton
Zenith Primitive Baptist Church
G. E. Workman
Minneapolis
Glenwood Park Primitive Baptist Church
W. E. Branch
L. B. Hylton
Resthaven Memorial Park
Memorial Funeral Directory
Funeral rites set for William Walton Dills of Virginia
Funeral services for William Walton Dills 76 of The Divide Virginia will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Mount Zion Methodist Church The Divide with Rev. George Arnold and Rev. Lee Boyce officiating Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell The body lies at Peery St Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell then to the residence of son J T Dills in The Divide and the church one hour before services Pallbearers are R W Blessing Leland Wilson Isaac Hess Ben Tom Bailey Brade Kiser and N F Mace Dills died of a heart attack at his son s home Wednesday He was a retired Virginia Highway Department supervisor and 26 year employee His wife Lillian died in 1945 He leaves two sons J T Dills The Divide and William Dills Tazewell four daughters Ora Cowan Henry Kiser J D Cooley and Mrs Hudson Roanoke nine other survivors are not specified.
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L. Jarvis
William L. Jarvis
Links Grove
Ronceverte
Paint Bank
William F
Nancy Sublett Jarvis
Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Sinks Grove
Beulah Tomlinson Jarvis
Malcolm Jarvis
White Sulphur Springs
Billy Joe Jarvis
Dinwiddie
Kenneth
Acre
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
William Walton Dills
North Tazewell
Mount Zion Methodist Church
the Divide
Bliefield
Tazewell
George Arnold
Lee C. Boye
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery- St. Clair Funeral Home
J. T. Dills
R. W. Blessing
Leland Wilson
Isaac Hess
Ben Tom Bailey
Brade Kiser
N. F. Mace
Virginia Highway Department
J. T. Gills
John T
Rebecca Browning Dills
Lillian E. Dills
William Dills
Ora Cowan
Henry Kiser
William Cooley
Richlands
J. D. Hudson
Roanoke
Mrs Espy Bell Allen Dies En Route to Welch Hospital
Mrs Espy Bell Allen 52 of Yukon died Tuesday from a heart attack while being transported to a Welch hospital. She was the daughter of the late Magellan Viers. Survivors include five daughters Wanda Long Bartley Carol Osborne Ellie Serita Brenda Kay Allen four sons James Allan Mansfield Ohio Carl Kelly and George Allen Jr at home two sisters Bertha Kibbey English and Sarah Justice Grundy Virginia. Dignified service conducted Friday at the Yukon Church of God with Rev Richard Kennedy and Rev Burl Smith. Burial at Noah Stewart Cemetery on Bradshaw Mountain. Body to be moved to the residence from O J Douglas Mortuary Welch between 11 and noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Espy Bell Allen
Yukon
Welch Hospital
Magellan Viers
Wanda Long
Bartley
Carol Osborne
Germany
Ellie
Serita
Brenda Kay Allen
James Allen
Mansfield
Ohio
Carl
Kelly
George Allen Jr
Bertha Kibbey
English
Sarah Justice
Grundy
Death of William J. Ling in Grundy Virginia
William J. Ling aged 53 of Big Rock Virginia died Tuesday in a Grundy hospital after a long illness. Survived by two half brothers Roy Ling Los Angeles and Roscoe Ling Majestic Kentucky a stepbrother Leeman Blankenship Phelps Kentucky a stepmother Mrs John Ashby Mouth Card Kentucky and several half sisters. Funeral conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at Virginia Funeral Home Grundy with burial in family cemetery at Big Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Ling
Big Rock
Grundy
Roy Ling
Los Angeles
Calif
Roscoe Ling
Majestic
Leeman Blankenship
Phelps, Ky
John Ashby
Mouth Card
Virginia Funeral Home
Death of Virgie Lambert 13 in Claymont Delaware
Virgie Louise Lambert 13 of Claymont Del died at home Sunday April 17 after a long illness. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Wesley Lambert two sisters Dora and Patricia two brothers Thomas and George both at home maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Floyd Arver Rocky Gap Va paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Wesley Lambert Bland Va. Service 2 p.m. today at Central Lutheran Church Burkes Garden Va with Rev Kenner Kitts officiating burial in church cemetery. Body to be taken from Newberry Funeral Home Bland to church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgie Louise Lambert
Claymont
Del
Dora
Patricia Lambert
Thomas
George Lambert
Floyd Sarver
Rocky Gap
Wesley Lambert
Rt. 1
Bland, Va
Central Lutheran Church
Burkes Garden
Kenner Kitts
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Balti more man Robert C. Taylor dies at 57
Robert C. Taylor 57 of Baltimore Md formerly Princeton died Wednesday at 1230 am in Baltimore cause natural. Born Princeton he was son of late A C and Ora H Taylor. Retired employee of Virginian Railway. Survived by wife Luthera Daggett Taylor two sons Billy Ray and Bobby Joe of Baltimore six sisters and four brothers. Body at Jonce Funeral Home Baltimore with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Robert C. Taylor
Baltimore
Princeton
A. C. and
Ora Hypes Taylor
Virginian Railway
Luthera Daggett Taylor
Billy Ray
Bobby Joe Taylor
Charlie Rumburg
Lloyd Griffith
Wilson Long
Ruther Rowland
Ethel Darnell
Harvey Williamson
Columbus
Ohio
Ace
Ross Taylor
Roy
Harris Taylor
Jonce Funeral Home
Henry Hammond obituary notice in Tazewell hospital
Henry Hammond of Bell Street Princeton died Wednesday in a Tazewell Virginia hospital. The body was taken to Lugo's Funeral Service of Bluefield for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hammond
Bell Street
Princeton
Tazewell
Lugo
Bluefield
Death notice for Johnny Sutherland of Haysi Virginia
Johnny Sutherland 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Sutherland of Rt. 2 Haysi Va, died Tuesday in a Lynchburg hospital after a long illness. Survived by three sisters Vickie Lynn Karen Sue Melissa Jo and three brothers Bobby Sammy and Jeffery. Services Thursday 11 a.m. at Sandlick Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev. Morecraft. Burial in Sutherland Cemetery. Body moved from Heysi Funeral Home to the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Sutherland
Johnny Payne Sutherland
Eli Sutherland
Rt. 2
Haysi
Lynchburg
Vickie Lynn
Karen Sue
Melissa Jo Sutherland
Bobby
Sammy
Jeffery Sutherland
John Belcher
Wade Sutherland
Sandlick Presbyterian Church
Heysi
Joe Morecraft
Sutherland Cemetery
Heysi Funeral
Death of Cleo Howard Gullion in Bluefield
Cleo Howard Gullion aged 60 of Route 1 Bluefield Virginia died Wednesday in Bluefield Sanitarium after an extended illness. The body is at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Howard Gullion
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Presbyterian Church To Hear Ex Minister Dr Harman Ramsey
The First Presbyterian Church of Bluefield invites the public to a family night at 6 p.m. featuring ex minister Dr Harman Ramsey. The program includes a dinner and church session and is co sponsored by the Men of the Church and Women of the Church. Ramsey will discuss Strengthening The Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman Ramsey
First Presbyterian Church of
Bluefield
Ramsey Wil
Young Democrats Set Meeting in Pocahontas Saturday
The Abbs Valley Boissevain Pocahontas Young Democratic Club plans a gathering Saturday at 7 20 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Pocahontas Virginia. Lawrence Hall will announce the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbs Valley-Boissevain- Pocahontas Young Democratic Club
American Legion Hall
Pocahontas
Lawrence Hall
Announ
Educators Fill Mercer County Posts At Spring Meeting
Elizabeth Tanner of Fairview Junior High was re elected president of the Mercer County Education Association. Officers named for 12 months include Lawrence Thorne as vice president Randolph White as secretary and Dillard Shrewsbury as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Tanner
Fairview
Bluefield
Mercer County Education Association
Beaver High School
Lawrence Thorne
Krob
Randolph White
Beaver
Dillard Shrewsbury
Matoaka
Mercer County Board of Education
Association
Harold Wood
L. C. Caldwell
Cary L. Johnson
Bob Plummer
Wilson Carter
W. R. Cooke
Board of Education
Robert L. Kight
Princeton High
Lambert Arrington
Mary Dean
Ann Porterfield
Clinton D. Lilly
Keith Thompson
Patricia Linkenhaker
Sinkler C. Martin
Dunbar School
John W. Lilly
Perdue To Attend Credit Union League Meet
Hershel D. Perdue of Bluefield will attend the West Virginia Credit Union League’s 30th annual state convention in Parkersburg April 22 23. He is an officer of the Greater Bluefield Federal Credit Union and president of the WV League. The two day meeting starts Friday at 10 am with more than 400 expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershel D. Perdue
Bluefield
West Virginia Credit Union League
Parkersburg
Greater Bluefield Federal Credit Union
West Virginia League
League
Coopers Church To Be Dedicated in Mill Creek Baptist Ceremony
Mill Creek Baptist Church in Coopers will be dedicated in ceremonies at 3 p.m. Sunday April 24. Rev. Robert M. Kinder of Rocky Gap will preach the sermon. His choir and the Upland Chorus will be featured. Rev. H B Alexander is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mill Creek Baptist Church
Coopers
Robert M. Kinder
Rocky Gap
Upland
H. B. Alexander
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Maybeury
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Lebanon
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