State Board Nominates Six for Fulbright Scholarships
The West Virginia State Board of Education nominates six college students for Fulbright year abroad study in fields ranging from theater arts to nuclear instrumentation and agricultural economics. Names include Cardwell Bluefield State College Joan Rubeis West Liberty and Iris Friedrichsen West Virginia Tech among others.
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Charles R. Lewis
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Fulbright Committee
S S. Cardwell
West Virginia State College
France
Joan Rubeis
Avella
West Liberty State College
Ruth Ford
Charleston
Marshall College
John S. Hill
Camdenonm Gauley
West Virginia University
Lester O. Eagle
Victor
West Virginia Tech
Australia
Iris Friedrichsen
Huron
MS. D
Agricultural Economics Cooperatives
Denmark
Kim
Ker
Baer
George E. Riday
Alderson - Broaddus College
B. C. Harrington
Davis and Elkins College
Fairmont State College
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Glenville State College
Glenville
Education Agency
Supt
E. S. Shannon
Wood County Schools
Shannon
County Boards of Education
Fairmont
West Liberty
Paul N. Elbin
Wm m. Gomes
John W. Pence
Harry B. Heflin
C. A. Raper
Kellogg Foundation
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Vicinity
Craig Tolliver Hatfield 64 of Wharncliffe died at home after long illness. Surviving are wife five daughters and five sons. Albert Reed Hatfield died in Camden, South Carolina. E Jack Lee died in Kenova. Mrs Banne Smith Eppley 64 of Pearisburg died in Giles Memorial Hospital. Mrs Bessie Saunders of Willowton died after a heart attack. John Edward Warburton 69 of Pocahontas died at home. Jerry Rudolph White 13 of Baltimore died in hospital. James Edward Tibbs 73 of Rural Retreat died in Marion. Further notices include Charles Armbrister, Dr Joseph Justice, Harry L Butler, Liburn Keen, James A Scott, Mollie Shrader. Funeral arrangements and burial details follow for each.
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Bessie Saunders
Willowton
Saunders Grove Church
Johnston Funeral Home
Oakvale
John Edward Warburton
Pocahontas
Ruth Hash
Robert Crist
Baltimore
Jerry Rudolph White
J. B
Ira Reedy White
Inda Reedy
Brown Ridge
John Buckles
Lebanon
Carol Jean
David Belford
Indaeedy
Brenanan
Jo We White
Jewel Ridge
Richlands Oe
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Reedy
Funeral services for James Parker 79 Maybeury
Funeral services for James Parker 79 of Maybeury will be held at 2 p m today at Gloria Church of God Maybeury with Bishop W O Howard officiating. Interment follows in Oakgrove Cemetery. Surviving are his widow Laura a son Junior two daughters Mrs Virginia Prunty and Miss Kizzie Parker a brother Will Parker two sisters Mrs Cynthia Hall and Mrs Gennie Ware and four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Cars for friends at 1 30 at Mrs Virginia Prunty’s home Maybeury. Body to be placed in church one hour prior to service. Washington Funeral Home Keystone handling arrangements.
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Harry L. Butler
Harry Lee Butler
Augusta St
Bluefield
Butler
Premier Pocahontas Coal Co
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Welch
Tazewell
Madison Heights
Amherst County
Virginia
Benjamin G
Ella Wade Butler
Roanoke College
Salem
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Masonic Lodge
Northfork
Charleston
Christ Episcopal Church
Katherine Hatcher
Bedford
Jane
R. K. Riebs
Rio de Janiero
Brazil
J. E. Gilley
Blacksburg
Harry Lee Jr
Augusta
James E
Winston-Salem
N. C
Bernard McClaugherty Jr
W. E. Meachum
James B. Wooldridge Jr
and William L. Kell
Liburn Keen
Rowe
Baltimore
John
Honaker
Yesterdy
James A. Scott
James Alexander Scott
North Tazewell
Scott
Iowa Mae Scott
R. T. Scott
J. H
W. L. Scott
Huntington
C. Co. Wimmer
L. B. Amburgey
Lucy
Lillian Scott
North
James Parker
Maybeury
Welch Hospital
Gloria Church of God
W. O. Howard
Oakgrove
Laura
Virginia Prunty
Kizzie Parker
Will Parker
Pulaski
Obituary notices from Virginia and nearby towns list multiple deaths
Short notices report several funeral details across Virginia and West Virginia. Names include Mrs W J Vandyke 62 Cliffield VA with service at daughter’s home and burial in Thomas Cemetery, Mary Jo Maupin 26 Harrisonburg with service at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton and burial Resthaven Memorial Park, Matt J Canak 64 Big Four with service at Pentecostal Holiness Church and burial Roselawn Memorial Cemetery, Charlie H Davis 50 Grimsleyville with service Grassy Pentecostal Church and burial Osborne Cemetery, Victor H Lenhart 75 Richlands with service First Christian Church and burial Hawkins Cemetery, George W Hicks 54 North Fork with service First Baptist Church and Oak Grove Cemetery, Victor E Pozzie 34 Twin Branch with service Twin Branch Community Church and burial Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield.
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Lenhart
Victor H
Richlands
First Christian Church
Hawkins Cemetery
Pozzie
Victor E
Twin Branch
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Two Matoaka Men Injured in Coal Mine Slide Near Springton
Two Matoaka men were hurt when a coal seam highwall collapsed at a Crozier Coal and Coke Co. strip mine near Springton Junior High School. Guy Moore freed himself with a broken knee and helped summon aid. John Woody suffered abdominal injuries. Both men were hospitalized in Princeton in fair condition.
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Crozier Coal and Coke Co
Springton Junior High
Guy Moore
Moore
Lulu Garden
Springton School
Patricia Davis
Clyde Maxey
Maxey
Carl Hale
Gene Clisso
Billy Kelly
Tom Carden
John Woody
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Bailey Funeral Home
Woody
E. L. Bazzie
Bassie
Cold Weather Sweeps Midwest and West After Warm Spell
The Associated Press reports a sharp cold snap across the Midwest after a spell of record warmth. Chicago faced a more than 40 degree drop with a forecast overnight low near 20 while Muskegon reached 51 and Seattle logged three inches of snow.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Midwest
Chicago
Mercury
Ace
Muskegon
Cutbank
Mont
Two Car Collision Injures Three Men Near Coppinger
A two car crash on Route 52 near Coppinger Machinery Service injured three men and sent them to the hospital about 9 o'clock last night. Reece and Earnest Kinder of Poe Street Bluefield Virginia suffered face cuts and body bruises, Alvin Clay of Whitman West Virginia a broken femur. Police reported Clay's brakes locked and sent his car into a Kinder brother's station wagon. Both cars were a total loss.
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Route 52
Coppinger Machinery Service
Reece
Earnest Kinder
Poe Street
Bluefield
Alvin Clay
Bluefield State College
Whitman
W. Va
Bluefield Sanitarium
Clay
Kinder Brothers
Deadline Set For Walnuts Sale In West Virginia
Charleston December 5 The deadline for sale of black walnuts at the contract price 4.25 per 100 pounds is December 11 Agriculture Commissioner John T Johnson told West Virginia farmers. The statewide price guarantee ends. The crop is reportedly light due to spring frost and wet freezing weather has damaged many nuts. Hulled nuts are received at farmers markets in Beckley Gassaway Inwood Lamberton Parkersburg and Weston.
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Charleston
John T. Johnson
West Virginia
Johnson
Beckley
Gassaway
Inwood
Lamberton
Parkersburg
Weston
Michigan Woman Is Farmer Of The Year
Paw Paw Michigan December 5 Mrs Goldin L Tapper a 68 year old grandmother of 14 has been named the Paw Paw Kiwanis Clubs annual farmer of the year for her fourteen years of managing the Paw Paw Cooperative She is described as one of two women farm cooperative managers in the United States and her club calls her their genuine sweetheart.
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Paw Paw, Mich
Goldin L. Tapper
Paw Paw Kiwanis Club
Paw Paw
United States
US Air Force Sends Suppies To UN Police In Germany
The U S Air Force reports it has delivered 237 tons of supplies to the U N police force in pemeltrian Germany. Supplies include from trucks to unearthed equipment and other logistics support.
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US Air Force
Wresbaden Germany
U.S. Air Force
U.N
Pemeltrian
Feds Creek Honors Second Six Weeks Honor Roll
Feds Creek High School announces the second six weeks honor roll under principal Nelson Hamilton Jr. Seniors on the list include Betty Lou Anderson and James Mary among others with several students noted as All A's. Juniors Sophomores and Freshmen are listed with many named students achieving high grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Hamilton, Jr
Feds Creek High School
Betty Lou Anderson
Leland Cool
Sammy Flanary
Annette Good
Juanita Griffith
Naomi Hunt
James Mary
Mildred Pugh
Genettaompson
Roy Lee Thorpe
Vivian Ward
Emiline Brown
Virgie Ellen Darnell
William Howard Justice
Wanda Lee Meade
Mildred Sexton
Bernese Slone
Phyllis Stacy
Loretta Tackett
Esther Thornsburgy
William Webb
Ruth Whitt
Laroo Anderson
Don Barnes
Phyllis Belcher
Ruby Bevins
Ola Gay Blankenship
Lola Caldwell
Nancy Childress
Bonnie Coleman
Juanita Fleming
Ruth Good
Beulah Justice
Peggy Justice
Joyce Laney
Shirley Meade
June Miller
Roberta Murphy
Clara Myers
Deloris Pu
City YMCA Plans New Membership Enrollment Drive
City YMCA to start a special membership enrollment week beginning January 27. President E. S. Douglas says all current and charter members will be contacted by mail, and lapsed renewals and prospective new members will be reached. He urged two Bluefields men to join to boost youth character programs.
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E. S. Douglas
City Young Men's Christian Association
301 North Street
Douglas
Two
Bluefields
Y.M.C.A
Frozen Turkeys Stolen From Bishop Elementary
Thieves broke into Bishop Elementary School in Tazewell Virginia Tuesday night stealing three frozen turkeys from the cafeteria freezer stocked for a Christmas feast and some milk. Sheriff E P McGlothlin's office was notified by Principal Jack Harman and Chief Deputy E L Mathena responded, finding no trace of the culprits. Entry was gained by breaking a window and a cafeteria door. the principal's office was entered but nothing else taken.
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Tazewell
Bishop
E. P. McGlothlin
Jack Harman
E. L. Mathena
Stanley Elected President of State Governments Council
Governor Thomas B. Stanley of Virginia was elected president of the Council of State Governments at a meeting of the organization's board of managers. Also chosen were Auditor Harry O. Smith and Florida's Budget Director in the session.
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Chicago
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Council of State Governments
Board of Managers
Organization of Officials of
Tor
Harry O. Smith
Florida
Weather outlook for Virginia West Virginia and Tennessee
Virginia shows cloudy warm conditions with scattered showers and moderate southwest winds through Thursday with highs in the 60s. Friday turns windy and showery. West Virginia remains cloudy and warm with scattered showers and 60s Thursday. Friday turns cloudy windy and warm east of the Appalachians, cooler west with showers. Tennessee stays partly cloudy and mild Thursday with a few showers possible. Friday mostly cloudy and mild with showers likely west and east by Friday night.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Appalachians
Tennessee
Maupin Death Probe Continues
Harrisonburg Virginia chief medical examiner Dr G T Mann said tests to determine Mrs Mary Jo Maupins cause of death will continue at the Richmond laboratory if needed. Maupin has pleaded not guilty to the charge and a preliminary hearing is set for December 13 with funeral services scheduled for today at 3 30 PM at Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel Princeton. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park with pallbearers J A Johnny Dale Carl Guy and Ben Harman and nieces and cousins as flowerwearers.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Mary Jo Maupin
G. T. Mann
Richmond
Durbin Physician George Hull Dead at 79
Dr. George F. Hull, 79, longtime Durbin physician and former Pocahontas County delegate, was found dead in bed yesterday attributed to a heart attack.
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Durbin
W. Va
George F. Hull
Hull
Pocahontas County
House of Delegates
New Key Club Organized at Matoaka High School
A new Key Club was organized at McComas High School during a luncheon meeting. Officers elected include Kenny Moses president, Kenny Beard treasurer, James Sigman secretary, and others with Alan Crotty and George Shrewsbury assisting. The club, sponsored by Matoaka Kiwanis, charter night set for January 15.
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McComas High School
George Shrewsbury
Alan Crotty
Matoaka
Ralph Bird
Kenny Moses
Kenny Beard
James Sigman
Howard Rise
Amedeo Basconi
Larry Wellman
Bill Martin
Reno Silvestri
Robert Cameresi
Jack Kennett
Richard Webb
Wayne Belcher
Douglas Drews
Roger White
Jimmie Brandon
James Martin
Ted Byrd
John Magann
Matoaka Kiwanis. Club
Court Rules Wife Cannot Be Exemption And Dependent
A U S Court of Claims ruling states that a man may not claim his wife as both an exemption and a dependent on federal income tax returns. Joe A. Dewsbury of Detroit had claimed two $600 exemptions for his wife and an extra $600 for dependency. the IRS deducted $128.95 from his 1954 refund, and Dewsbury sought that amount plus interest.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Claims
Joe A. Dewsbury
Detroit
Dewsbury
Marvin Jones
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Miner Survives 13 000 Volt Electric Shock at Coal Mine
A 20 year old Bartley miner James Lundey Taylor Jr escaped death after contact with 13 000 volts while wiring at Island Creek Coal Co Mine in Bartley around 3 p m Tuesday. He was in satisfactory condition at Grace Hospital Welch but listed in critical condition last night with burned feet a left shoulder scalp wound. Further details were not available.
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Bartley
Island Creek Coal, Co
James Lundey Taylor Jr
Grace Hospital
Welch
Taylor
Sailor Held in Bland Jail for Slaying of Guseman
Harold Ellison Nicholas, 18, a Norfolk sailor AWOL since November, is jailed in Bland County to face charges for the Friday night killing of William K. Guseman of White Gate. Nicholas confessed after arrest in Huntington and said he stole Guseman’s car, drove to Huntington, and killed him with a shotgun in his Uniontown, Pa. home.
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Harold Ellison Nicholas
Norfolk
Bland County
William K. Guseman
Dismal Forest
Nicholas
Guseman
Huntington
Bland
Navy
White Gate
Ray Guseman
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Porterfield - Minnick Funeral
Wytheville
Ferguson Funeral Home
Dale
Charles Guseman
Helen Tressler
Charles Hall
Clifford Jarrell
Industry Lashes Out At Unions At 61st Congress
Three speakers led by retiring president Cola G. Parker argued unions wield monopolistic power and hinder small businesses during the opening day of the 61st Congress of American Industry in New York. George F. Hinkle and Donald J. Hardenbrook joined Parker in criticizing unions for propaganda and limiting management authority over plant location, subcontracting, new equipment, and production standards.
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New York
Cola G. Parker
Congress of American Industry
National Assn
Parker
Kimberly-Clark Corp
Neenah, Wis
George F Hinkle
Indiana
Madison Avenue
Hinkle
Donald J. Hardenbrook
Union Bay - Camp Paper Corp
Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Loadings Rise in Week Total
Cleveland reports that Chesapeake and Ohio Railway coal loadings for the week ended last Saturday totaled 22,316 carloads. This marks a 10.8 percent rise from the prior year and a 30.2 percent jump from the previous week’s 17,145 carloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
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Craig Tolliver Hatfield
Wharncliffe
Mingo County
Sher
Albert Reed
Robert J
Louisa Collins Hatfield
Helen Belle Browning
Lula Hatfield
Marie Murphy
Virginia Nester
Norm Endicott
Gilbert
Maxine Bordelon
New Orleans
Robert
Gibbome
John T
Ewell H. D
Kenneth
Columbus
B. Lanton
Gamden
S. C
Reed
Mrs. Bane S. Eppley
E. J. Lee
E. Jack Lee
Narrows
Kenova
Mable Johnson
Narrows & Son
Robert C
C. C. Day
K. R. Shumate
Banne Smith Eppley
Giles Memorial Hospital
John E. Eppley
Walter Crockett
Pearisburg
Roy B. Richardson
New Castle
Wardless E. Eppley
Roanoke
Milton Riggs
Radford
F. B. Williams
Carrie Wilson
Luther Gautier
Charles Hollins
Bluff City
Mamie Goodwin
Charles Smith
Givens Funeral
Church of Latter Day Saints
Birchlawn Cemetery
Mrs
Jerry R. White
Robert Newberry Tibbs
Rural Retreat
Marion
Nancy Arnold
Thelma Houck
Jean Arnold
Joe
Billy
Jack
U. S. Army
Germany
Edna Dutton
Lois Hedrick
Stella Swenson
Allie Huddle
Harrington, Wash
Kimberling Lutheran Church
Church
Lindsey Funeral Home
Armbrister
Charles S. Armbrister
Portsmouth
Porterfield-Minnick Funeral Chapelville
Wytheville Fenee
J. M. Justice
Joseph Miller Justice
Methodist
Justice
Floyd Sidon
Hammond
Ind
Bennett Funeral Home
Mos Shrader
Mollie Shrader
Billy Shrader
Serena
Jack Smith
Sandlick
Nellie Barnett
Vandyke
W. J
Cliffield
Ed Richardson
Thomas Cemetery
Pounding Mill
Maupin
Mary Jo
Resthaven Memorial Park
Davis
Charlie H
Grimsleyville
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Osborne Cemtery
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Michigan
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Weather Bureau Forecast
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City Ymca
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Asheville
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Louisville
Memphis
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Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
J. A
Johnny
Carl
Guy
Ben Harman
New Key Club
Internal Revenue Laws
C&o
Dwight’s Jewelry & Variety
Dwight Perdue
Dwight
Princeton Ave
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