Bluefield Faces Deep Freeze As Snow Storm Looms
Bluefield endures record chill with 20 degree low and 1.71 inches of precip. O. C. Keeney notes if all snow fell it would add another 18 inches to streets. Weather bulletin warns of more snow. roads mostly clear but drivers told to proceed with caution. Precipitation for the year totals 56.71 inches, above average. Keeney calls the pattern the most unusual of his 40 years here.
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O. C. Keeney
Totel
Mercer
Tazewell
Bland
Buchanan
Highway Department
Keeley
Keeney
Bluefield
Chicago Livestock Prices Hold Steady Amid Mixed Trade
Chicago market report shows salable hogs 16 000 with slow to strong oats and higher weights lifting prices. Cattle and calves strong with steers and cows up to 50 cents, vealers 32.00 down, sheep and lambs higher with woolskins at 31.50 and mixed western ewes at 16.75. Trade remains active with broad price ranges across weights and classes.
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Chicago
USDA
Northfork Chorus Yale Concert Set
The Northfork Community Chorus will hold its second annual Christmas Concert at Northfork High School auditorium at 8 p m Sunday December 17 with Professor Wilbur Held of Columbus as a guest. The program features Handel Messiah excerpts along with Beethoven Bach and Saint Saens works and popular tunes. Lectern notes mention acoustical shed innovation and solos by Midge Osbourne Eleanor White Robert Dye and Wallace Pennington among others. Admission will be by ticket for the public.
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Wilbur Held
Ohio State University
Northfork
Northfork Community Chorus
Northfork High School
Agnes D. Dorton
Columbus
Beethoven
Bach
Saint-Saens
Berlin
Accom
Purcell
Poister
Clokey
Mr. Held
Frank van Dusen
Chicago
Marcel Dupre
Andre Marchal
Paris
Midge Osbourne
Caruth and Steiner
Concord College
Louis Capaldini
Rites Tomorrow For Mingo Coal Operator
Thomas Alexander Shewey 72 a prominent Mingo county coal operator dies. Retired for two years he managed T Shewey and Sons and Chafin Branch Coal Co with gas holdings in the state and Kentucky. He once led the Kermit state bank and served on the Mingo county board of education. Survivors include his widow a son a daughter a brother and a sister.
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Kermit
Mingo County Board of Education
New Stamp Issues Honor Latin American and European Figures
Venezuela issues five stamps for Francisco de Miranda bi centennial and two stamps honor Jon Arason of Iceland. Other new issues include Switzerland Pro Juventure set and Saar religious stamps. Liechtenstein issues ten bi colored official stamps. Luxembourg four semi postals for Jean Antoine Zinnen. Boston Philatelic Society ends male only rule, admits women, boosting membership.
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Venezuela
Francisco de Miranda
Jon Arason
Iceland
Arason
Iceand
Switzerland
Theophil Sprecher von Bernegg
Saar
New York Stamp Co
St. Lutwinus
Mettlach
Lutwinus
Rheims
People’s Aid Society
Luxembourg
Jean Antoine Zinnen
Zinnen
Romain Fournelle
St. Louis
Obituary notices and services in Bluefield area
Mrs. Rena Cora Page of Mc Comas died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a short illness and funeral arrangements will be announced later. Lonnie Hunter of Princeton dies last week. funeral Thursday at Union Baptist church with Rev. Frank Thomas. Interment Oak Grove cemetery. Survivor Rosa Stuart of Cleveland Ohio and Rufus Hunter of Princeton. Body to be moved from Bluefield funeral home at 1 pm. Flowerbearers Missionary circle Union Baptist. pallbearers Deacons Union Baptist. Community notices include Cradle Roll Mothers meeting, John Stewart church gathering, Senior Usher Board at Katherine Blackstone home, Pastor's Aid club musical program with Pocahontas Virginia choir and Israel singers. Services begin nightly at 7:30.
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Rena Cora Page
McComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lonnie Hunter
Princeton
Union Baptist Church
Frank Thomas
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mr. Hunter
Tuscaloosa
Ala
AF and
AM Masons
Fairfield
United Steel Workers of America
John and
Hearley Hunter
Rosa Stuart
Cleveland
Rufus Hunter
Bluefield
Missionary Circle
Union Baptist
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Katherine Blackstone
Greenbrier Street
Pastor's Aid Club
The
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Pocahontas, Va
Singers of Israel
Revival meetings led by Elder Edward F. King at Refuge Church
Elder Edward F. King a New York University graduate conducts revival meetings at the Refuge Church of Christ on north Mercer street. The speaker has held similar campaigns in metropolitan cities.
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Edward F. King
New York University
Refuge Church of Christ
Mercer Street
B n ai B rith Drives Gift Campaign for Wounded Servicemen
The Bluefield Princeton lodge of B n ai B r i th launches a Buy a Christmas Gift for a Wounded Serviceman drive. Merchants assist by selecting and wrapping gifts with donor cards, then lodge members will deliver to Veterans Administration hospitals in Huntington Martinsburg Beckley and Clarksburg before Christmas.
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Bluefield
Princeton B'nai B'rith Lodge
Republic
Princeton
Abe Angrist
Veterans Administration
West Virginia
Angrist
Huntington
Martinsburg
Beckley
Clarksburg
Lodge
Roads in State Reported Closed by High Water and Snow
Charleston West Virginia December 4 Some roads were closed by high water others by snowdrifts the road commission said many passable under a few inches of water while others were treacherous from ice and snow. Emergency notices urged freight users to ship only minimum loads. Northern panhandle hardest hit with new Ohio River flood effects. Some roads expected to reopen tonight while others remained blocked by flood water or earth slides.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Panhandle
Commission
Preston County
Lewisburg
Belva
Princeton
Keyser
Elkins
Kins
Weston
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Clendenin
Tax Deadline Set For Today in Bluefield Virginia
Town Treasurer C. P. Painter says today is the deadline for real estate and property taxes by Virginia Siders. Midnight is the deadline and the office closes after 5 pm. Mailed payments with a postmark before noon are accepted as paid on time. penalties apply for late payments.
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C. P. Painter
Bluefield
Virginia Siders
Painter
Symphony To Meet Tonight And Thursday
The Bluefield Symphony holds two rehearsals before Friday's 8 p.m. concert in Ramsey auditorium. Tonight and Thursday both start at 8 o'clock, with the curtain rising Friday evening on Copland Outdoor Overture and Delius pieces Walk to the Paradise Garden and La Calinda. Conductor William Caruth praises the enlarged talent and scholarship system.
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Bluefield Symphony Orchestra
Ramsey
Aaron Copeland
Frederick Delius
Paradise Garden
William Caruth
Marland and Ansel List Campaign Expenses in West Virginia
Charleston December reports show Attorney General William C. Marland spent 1420.31 for his reelection campaign and the post election filing totals 1300 in contributions. William Ansel Jr. final accounting lists 840.62 campaign expenses and 830 donations after his reelection as state treasurer on the Democratic ticket.
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Charleston
W. Va
William C. Marland
Secretary of State
William Ansel, Jr
FASTEETH Denture Powder Advertises Comfort
This ad promotes FASTEETH a non acid alkaline powder that stabilizes false teeth ensuring they stay firm and comfortable. It claims to prevent slipping and wobbling, masks denture odor and has no gummy taste or nausea. Available at drug stores.
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