Elks Lodge Holds Annual Memorial Of Sorrow
Bluefield lodge No. 269 B P O Elks plans a Lodge of Sorrow service for 310 deceased members at 2 30 p m Sunday in the lodge room linking public attendance with a formal program led by Exalted Ruler Charles C Tickle and Rev E W Hughes.
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Bluefield Lodge No. 269
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Bland
Raleigh
Elks Opera House
Elks Lodge
Charles C. Tickle
M. C. Hughes
First Christian Church
Bluefield
Lodge
E. W. Hughes
A. H. Taylor
Edwin Fox
Ruth Bodell
Mark Kincaid
Tschaiskowsky
Lee J. Barbee Jr
Auld Lang Syne
Burns
James Elmer Brown
B. P. O. BE. Elks No
J. D. Hinegardner
Bert C. Phillips
M. Crockett Hughes Jr
E. Mark Kincaid
M. K. Otel
Cecil C. Bond
Esquire
E. Bernard Jarrett
Walton J. Hutton
T. K. Wyer
C. L. Shufflebarger
W. J. Hutton
B. D. Lennet
Ben Angrist
C. W. Godsey
W. F. Sanders
T. K. Shawver
Ray Hyans
J. C. Calloway
H. B. Smith
Venerable Colored Man Simon Trigg Dies at 74 in Bluefield
Simon L. Trigg, 74, longtime Bluefield resident and Norfolk and Western retiree, died Monday after a recent stroke and decline in health. Survived by wife Mattie M. Harvey and seven children, two sisters, and numerous relatives. Services set for Thursday at 3:30 PM at Stewart Memorial M. E. Church, where he served 27 years on the board of trustees.
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Simon L. Trigg
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mattie M. Harvey
Campbell County
Virginia
Maxie
Alonzo Trigg
Williamson
Dewey F. Trigg
Cleveland
Ohio
Anna
Oulda Booker
Fenniasee Trigg
Nannie Bratton
Susian Free
Section
Ma Trigg
Tate County
Norfolk and Western
Field Lodge No. 8
Grand Lodge F
West Virginia
Stewart Memorial M. E. Churchsday
Board of
Alumni Leader Hawley Visits Bluefield for WVU Alumni Rally
Roy M. Hawley West Virginia University alumni secretary visits Bluefield to preside at a 7:30 PM alumni rally at the West Virginian hotel. An evening of university film scenes and national activity highlights will be shown. Hawley urges all area alumni to attend as university matters and alumni affairs are discussed.
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Roy M
Legs
Nine Fined in Bluefield City Court for Speeding
Nine people charged with speeding in Bluefield paid a $5 fine after conviction in municipal court last weekend. Traffic Officer Beverly Buchanan led the arrests over the past week as part of the city effort to enforce speed limits.
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City of
Bluefield
Last N
Beverly Buchanan
New Health District Proposed in Southern Counties
Charleston officials report the health department urged southern counties to form a second health district. More than 15 counties would meet at Beckley to form the new organization under Health Information HF. Hume and Dr. J H Enor of the health department will oversee the formation center.
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Charleston
W. Va
Health Department
Beckley
Res Dept of Health Informa
HF. Hume
Raleigh
Ee Clan
J. H. hEnor
Health Ee Partm Ming Center
Holiday dress and beauty services featured at Mary Lee Shop
Mary Lee Dress Shop at 408 Raleigh Street offers holiday dresses and styling including shampoos, finger waves, manicures and tinting. Mary Lee Beauty Shop promotes beauty services and laundry outsourcing by Henderson's for Christmas prep. Royal Arch Masons announce Bluefield Chapter No 20 convocation Tuesday evening 7:30 with R. D. Payne as secretary.
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Mary Lee Dress Shop
Raleigh Street
Bland and
Federal
Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Bluefield
R. D. Payne
Buchanan Man Killed in Crash Near Bearwallow
Isom Bailey, 41, of White Mountain Buchanan county died when their automobile plunged 30 feet down a mountain slope six miles from Bearwallow near the Buchanan McDowell line. Irvin Mullens, 20, escaped injury after being thrown clear when the car rolled a second time. Bailey left a wife and seven children. a brother John B. Bailey of Bradshaw died in an earlier motor crash two weeks prior.
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Isom Bailey
White Mountain
Buchanan County
Irvin Mullens
Bearwallow
Buchanan- McDowell County
McDowell County
Bailey
John B. Bailey
Bradshaw
Mrs. Eldridge's Sister Mrs W H Lawson Dies
Mrs E M Eldridge of 1212 Augusta street received news on Thursday morning of the death of her only sister Mrs W H Lawson in Richmond Virginia. Mrs Lawson widow of a well known Baptist evangelist had been in failing health and leaves two daughters and a son, all residents of Richmond.
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E. M. Eldridge
Augusta Street
W. H. Lawson
Richmond
Pair Held On Drunk Driving Count After Wreck
Henry Call was arrested by City Traffic Officer Beverly Buchanan after a traffic accident in south Bluefield. He is jailed on a drunk driving charge. Mrs Lara Watkins was also taken into custody for intoxication and sustained a head laceration needing stitches.
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Henry Call
Beverly Buchanan
Call
Lara Watkins
South Bluefield
Governor Held in Marble Savings Bank Theft Case
The governor faced trial in a Vermont case tied to a bank thefts scandal at Marble Savings. Cocklin testified the governor claimed the shortage would not be made public. The arrest sparked citywide sensation amid previous arrests of prominent locals. The scheme allegedly ran from 1923 to 1938 with losses charged to bank profits.
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Marble Savings Bank
Cocklin
Vermont
Bloomer
Seven Die In Delta Dynamite Blast At Slate Plant
The blast at a slate milling plant killed seven men including the superintendent 65 and his son Ralph Weaver 29. Also dead were Vince B. Lynn 36 Lush Lynn 22 Luther Williams 30 Roy Ayers 19 and Lee Jones 19. All residents were Delta except Williams who lived in Whitesford Maryland.
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Ralph Weaver
Vince B. Lynn
Lush Lynn
Luther Williams
Roy Ayers
Lee Jones
Delta
Mason- Dixon Line
Williams
Whitesford
Girl dies after alleged date dispute and blunt abuse
The report states a stepfather beat a girl and tied her in the woods while accusing the mother of misconduct. The mother allegedly forced to claim the child was struck by a car before being taken to a hospital. Sheriff Warren cites jealousy as a motive in the abuse case.
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Fie
Kiwanis Ladies Night January 4 Adds Officers
The Bluefield Kiwanis club announces its annual Ladies Night for Monday January 4 1937 featuring officer installation and a fellowship program. The dance is omitted for special features. Officers for 1937 include Cousins Peters Anderson Steele Gill Scott Bruch Pierce Lampton Kendrick Stephens.
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Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Russel
J. Cousins
Robert T. Peters
W. 8. Anderson
E. Edward Steele
J. P. Gills
Thomas H. Scott
W. J. Bruch
C. W. Pierce
Robert A. Lampton
Henry Kendrick
Clyde J. Stephens
Rotary, Lions and
Quota Clubs
WHIS
Community Christmas Tree Association
Ralph Smith
J. D. Dudley
Sandy Alba
Southern Baking Company
Jerome Katz
Bluefield
Harry Wilson
Pittsburgh
Crisler Names All Star Opponents Eleven
Herbert Fritz Crisler Princeton coach selects an all star opponents team for Newark including Larry Kelley Yale as captain. He praises Kelley and lists ends Kelley and Holland Cornell, tackles Kevorkian Harvard Camerer Dartmouth, guards Ferrara Navy Gaffney Harvard, center Ray Dartmouth, QB Frank Yale, halfbacks Murray Pennsylvania Ingram, fullback Kurlish Pennsylvania.
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New York
Herbert
Fritz) Crisler
Princeton
Yale
Larry Kelley
Newark
Chuck Carney
Tulonis
Benny Osterbaan
Michigan
Crisler
Kelley
Holland
Cornell
Kevorkian
Harvard
Camerer
Dartmouth
Ferrara
Navy
Gaffney
Ray
Frank
Murray
Pennsylvania
Ingram
Kurlish
Factual report of Madrid bombardment and front actions
Report describes raids on Madrid outskirts by reinforced air force with about a dozen drops. Notes heavy fighting on Asturias fronts and a strike on insurgent headquarters at Grado. Alicante governor cites insurgent seaplanes loading fuel and munitions from a German ship before bombing. Leaflet drops threaten Madrid as tomb for surrender.
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Madrid
Franco
War Ministry
Asturias
Miguel Arranda
Grado
Alicante
Madried
U S slang words trace to Irish roots says expert
Buffalo Nov 30 AP Words such as kibosh quid and smithereens may be modern slang yet stem from Gaelic. Joseph Conboy, Buffalo Irish foundation president and Gaelic hobbyist, explains origins from words like carp bais and smidiini and lists galore shanty gabby slogan puck among others.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Smithereens
Joseph Conboy
Conboy
Buffalo Irish Foundation
Ireland
Norbury
Cowboy
Sean
OnIRT FACTORY 10 BEGIN OPERATION
The Broadway Shirt company in Bluefield plans to start operation within days. With over a million yards of material on the floor and machinery installed, manager Morris Edelstein says workers are being recruited. About forty hired. 150 needed. The plant occupies part of the old handkerchief building in the northwest city section and will produce polo shirts, men's shorts, and dress shirts.
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Morris Edelstein
Richlands Fire Strikes Eagle Hotel and Midland Dollar Store
A Sunday morning blaze at the Eagle Hotel in Richlands and the adjoining Midland Dollar store caused $12,500 in losses. Twenty-five guests escaped with belongings. firefighter Robert Repass was slightly hurt. Fire started in the furnace room, gas fumes suspected. hotel damage estimated at $9,000 and store at $8,500.
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Eagle Hotel
Richlands
Midland Dollar Store
Robert Repass
R. J. Repass
Paul Jesse
Overmyer Receives Unanimous Call to Charleston Church
The Rev. Joe B. Overmyer, pastor of the First Presbyterian in Bluefield, has received a unanimous call to the Bream Memorial Presbyterian church in Charleston West Virginia. He has not decided, and the process would move from elders to the congregation then Bluestone Presbytery. The Bream Memorial church is a large Southern Assembly church with about twenty two hundred members.
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Joe B. Overmyer
First Presbyterian Church
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
Charleston
W. Va
Overmyer
Bluestone Presbytery
West Virginia Synod
Bluefield
Southern Assembly
Frank Brown
Dallas
Texas
First Presbyterian Church of
Samuel Poole
W. Moore
Legless Swimmer Reaches Shore but Fails Cross Atlantic
New York authorities prevented Charles Zimmy from swimming the Atlantic in a heated Cherbourg to New York pool due to nightly pool draining rules. The Long Beach swimmer, famed for a 1932 English Channel attempt, spent 19 hours 40 minutes in the channel but did not complete a crossing this time.
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New York
Charles Zimmy
Atlantic
Long Beach
Calif
English Channel
Cherbourg
Zimmy
Citadel and Middle Tennessee Lead S A A Standings
Citadel and Middle Tennessee Teachers topped the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association with four victories each for the best league record. Miami University and Centenary tied with two wins, Centre also with two wins, Howard had two wins and one tie. one Rollins versus Stetson game at Miami on December 4 won't affect the leaders.
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Atlanta
Citadel
Middle Tennessee
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Miami University
Centenary
Centre
Howard
Rollins
Stetson
Miami
Hhe
Tit for Tat Turns Grim in Johnstown Hunt
Johnstown, Pa, Frank Amistedi was hospitalized after a hunting mishap involving a squirrel that reportedly buried teeth in his hand. The incident highlights a bizarre and risky encounter during a local hunt.
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Johnstown
Frank Amistedi
Weekend series of thefts reported by city police
A wave of robberies occurred over the weekend with two cars, a Princeton avenue business, and a Pulaski street residence broken into. Forman’s Ladies shop lost dresses after a brick was thrown through a window. Other incidents include a home on 618 Pulaski street, a car at 634 College avenue, and items taken from a Memorial avenue vehicle.
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Princeton Avenue
Pulaski Street
Forman
Louis Forman
Graham Young
Ernest Keesee
College Avenue
J. H. Hess
Memorial Avenue
Aroused Wins Charles Town Opening Feature
Aroused owned by Mrs. B F Christmass wins the Charles Town Jockey Club feature over Enthusiasm by a neck in 1 20.0 for six and a half furlongs missing the track record by one fifth of a second. Jockey Faust guides the winner as Rough Party, favorite, finishes fourth among six. Aroused pays $15.40 straight.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Aroused
B. F. Christmass
Upper Marlboro
Jockey Club
John Hay Whitney
J. W. Christmassas
Rough Party
Faust
Bluefield Minister Consider Admission at Charleston Church
Reverend Joe B. Overmyer, a prominent Bluefield minister, has received a call to lead Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church in Charleston, one of the largest in the Southern Assembly. He has not yet made a decision.
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Joe B. Overmyer
Bluefield
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
Charleston
Southern Assembly
Overmyer
Funeral today for James Pierce in Narrows Virginia
James Burton Pierce died at age five after a weeklong illness following a stroke. Funeral services are at Hudiel Memorial Church near Ivanhoe at 2 PM conducted by Rev. G M Jordan. Burial in the family plot near the church, Ivanhoe Lodge No 234 A F and A M oversees the arrangements. Surviving children are listed in the notice.
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James Burton Pierce
C. A. Pierce
Narrows
Hudiel Memorial Church
Ivanhoe
G. M. Jordan
Eckman
Ivanhoe Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Pierce
Mirlwright
Rites Today for Mrs Graybeal In Bluefield
The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Ratcliff Graybeal widow of C J Graybeal arrives from Hot Springs Ark to Bluefield and is taken to Mercer Funeral Home for a 11 oclock service at Mercer with Rev O H Logan and Rev K B Wiley. She moved from Nemours to Bluefield six years ago and to Hot Springs two years later. Surviving are an adopted daughter Mrs Ancil Davidson and brothers W H and O W Ratcliff A G Ratcliff and Dr H M Ratcliff.
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Elizabeth Ratcliff Graybeal
C. J. Graybeal
Bluefield
Hot Springs
Ark
Mercer Funeral Home
O. H. Logan
Maybeury
KK. BE. Wiley
Trinity Methodist Church
Buria
Nemours
W. H
O. W. Rattcliff
A. G. Ratcliff
Roy, N. M
H. M. Rattcliff
New York
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Trinity Church
The
Eastern Star
W. 8. Penn
John McGuire
W. C. Slusher
W. W. Kersey
H. G. Steele
Frank Jones
Frank Mastin
Estelle Ratcliff
J. Roy Mullen
Pierces and Duttons Named in Virginia Notice
Local reading lists J Foster Pierce of Bluefield and C A Pierce of Narrows along with Robert Pierce of Max Meadows and Mrs BE Robinson of Max Meadows and Mrs C L Dutton of Fort Monroe cited among those named in a regional notice.
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J. Foster Pierce
Bluefield
C. A. Pierce
Narrows, Va
Robert Pierce
Max Meadows
BE. H. Robinson
C. L. Dutton
Fort Monroe
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Royal Arch Masons
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Kiwanis Ladies
Fritz Crisler
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St. Nicholas
Clement Clarke Moore
Chri
U. S
Onirt
Broadway Shirt Company
New Enterprise
City
New Enterprise For
Midland
United States
North America
Cape Breton Island
Qvermyer
Bream Memorial Church
Middle Tenn
James Pierce
Giles
Son
Church
Gray Beal
Mercer
Mufti
Erie Railroad Company
Chas. E. Denney
America
Morning News
Pennsylvania State College
the Daily and Sunday Telegraph
Sunset News
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