Pocahontas Community News Highlights Local Honors
Pocahontas Legion Post reports on troop inductions and addresses to gather home contact for soldiers in all services. Includes Boy Scout sponsorship talk by J. S. Acuff and membership progress, plus Christmas charity efforts and local church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Navy
Marine Corps
C. T. Rees
Renkin
Pocahontas
Big Vein
Boissevain
Falls Mills Bluestone
Post 14
State Department
America
J. P. Curtis
Pocahon
Pocahontas News
Daily Telegraph
Edward Thomas Hankley
Philadelphia Row
Pulaski
R. H. Bowden
C. M. Fisher
Wythe County
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Pulaski Lodge
Violet Gwynn
Rocky Gap High School Fetes Boys Basketball Team
Rocky Gap Va December 6 the Rocky Gap High School faculty hosted a turkey dinner in Bluefield for the county cage champions. Coach Foglesong welcomed guests. Ernie Bivens, captain, spoke. Miss Louise Greever sang. the group later watched a film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Gap
Rocky Gap High School
Bluefield
Harry Foglesong
Ernie Bivens
Louise Gree
Fourth Birthday Party Celebrates Barbara Ealy in Washington
Barbara Sweetpea Ealy celebrated her fourth birthday on November 28 at her grandparents J. C. and Mrs Miller’s home in Washington D C. Guests included Bruce Whitworth Sammy Herald Nancy Crockett Tommy Norma French Billy Wells and many others as games were played and ice cream served. Distribution of gifts followed the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara “Sweetpea” Ealy
Washington, D. C
J. C. Miller
Bruce Whitworth
Sammy Herald
Nancy Crockett
Tommy Norma French
Billy Wells
Billy Butt
Donola French
Kitty Griffith
Carolyn Rhodes
Sandra Pedigo
Betsy Crockett
Jimmy McNeill
Judy Levi
Judy Crist
Tommy Butt
Stuart Whitworth
Natalie Crawford
Emma Sue Salt
Kay Crawford
Jerry Lambert
Norma McKinley
Fontaine Carter
Jerry Sutphin
Joe Deaton Jr
Johnny Wall
Betty Wright
Willow Dean Wall
Brenda Herald
Wilma Jean Wall
Personal notes from Bluefield area visitors and relatives
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Martin of Bluefield visited relatives Sunday. Mrs. Alvis Christian of Grat ton spent Sunday with sister Mrs. Fred. Miss Hattiers of Bastian was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tuggle. Mrs. Mary Mulkey and daughter Mary Lena visited daughter Mrs. Viola Bird at Chapel. Mrs. G. W. Musser visited son Charles Musser and Mrs. Musser in Bluefield Saturday. Population records show New Mexico rising from 423317 in 1930 to 528687 in 1940.
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Dana Beaman
Baltimore
Maryland
Jess Lambert
Bluefield Sanitarium
W. J. German
Oscar van Boening
Pekin
Illinois
Jack German
Charlottesville
Virginia
Robert Goff
Washington, D. C
M. E. White
Logan
W. Va
George Butt
Howard Butt
Greenbrier Military Institute
Lewisburg
C. C. Corner
Sam Nicewander
W. G. Forster
Florida
Havana
Cuba
Narrows
Erwin Rice
District Missionary Institute
First Methodist
Tazewell
Mesdames
L. B. Crawford
J. K. Peters
Howard Martin
P. J. Bailey
E. L. Head
W. B. Jordan
Nannie Carter
Dorothy White
C. M. Fisher
William Wann
C. M. Lester
Bishop, Va
Lula Gaffney
Mary Frances Houchins
Beckley
Mary Johnston
Teachers Club
Allen Phillips
Phoenixville
L. Magrill
J. P. Martin
Bluefield
Alvis Christian
Gratton
Fred
Miss Hattiers
Bastian
J. C. Tuggle
Mary Mulkey
Mary Lena
Viola Bird
G. W. Musser Wa
Charles Musser
Musser
Restocking Turkeys Boosts Tazewell County Wildlife Effort
Tazewell county warden Elbert W Wilson released 30 wild turkeys in two weeks with 20 sent to Freestone Valley and 14 to Cove Creek sourced from Cumberland County refuges. The restocking, begun last year, aims to restore a once plentiful game bird and includes notes on quail, pheasants, rabbits, and other species, plus local hunting regulations and road improvements.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Elbert W Wilson
Freestone Valley
Cove Creek
Cumberland Couny
West Fork
Wilson
Raven
H. Elmer Kiser
Game Department
Virginia
Board of Supervisors
Roaring Fork
Cove
Paint Lick
Burks
Atwood
Preestone Valley
Jefferson National Forest
Bland, Tazewell and
Smythe
Bland
Gilese
Clinch
Little Rivers
Albert G. Peery
R .L. Thompson
West Virginia
Judge Pery
Commission
Richlands
Jewell Ridge
Abbs Valley
Amonate Fecahaptes Puel
Chilton Ryburn
Women's Home
E. R. Beverly
Linwood Farley
County Wealth Unit
Ellen Battimore
WPA
Charles Rutherford
Elbert Wilson
Miss O Keeffe Hosts Jessie O Keeffe Circle Luncheon
Miss Jessie O Keeffe hosted a luncheon at her Fincastle Turnpike home at 1 o clock on Thursday for The Jessie O Keeffe Church Workers Circle. About 30 guests attended as Mrs T P Simms led the quiet program and Mrs George Cox read the Story of the Christ Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas High School
Evelyn Elam
Eleanor Widener
Elkhorn High School
H. L. Crowley
No Man's Land
Ec. Club
Evelyn White
Betty Moses
Betty Shell
Betty McGinnis
Palace Theater Service
John Dennen
Miss O'Keefe
Jessie O'Keeffe
Fincastle Turnpike
T. P. Simms
George Cox
W. A. Scott
R. Boyd
J. Edd Hopkins
Little Star of
Beth
E. R. Boyd
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Pocahontas Legion
Army, Navy and
Ws.c
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Isaiah
Christ
Nannie Arring
C. M. Harry
C. M
L. E Ward
W. K. Maxey
J. K. Salt
Mission Education
Mr. Fisher
Pocahontas Community Tree Pond
Volun
Christ Episcopal
Edward W. Hughes
Hampton Crawford
J. A. McNulty
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
B. Bertok
Presbyterian J
Jones of
Bramwell
H. A. Porter
H. E Love
Herbert Porter, Jr
Bus McLaughlin
Roger Tyrone Miller
Dana Miller
Jenkin Jones
C. E
Princess Pocahontas Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
J. O. Johnson
Herald Angels
H. H. Widener
Bethlehem
C. W. Hughes
William Baker
Jesus
Earth
Palestine
W. J Skewes
Southern Baptists
Syria
H. Bowden
Quate Ellett
Theorld
W. A. Miller
Frank Ellett
PF. FP. Johnson
Eugene 4. Jones
William A. Miller
Frank McComas
Junius Ellett
Eugene G. Jones
Robert Vawter
W. J. Skewes
Jack Thompson
J. C. Lesiter
Woman's Club
C. C. Haga
St. Clair Street
Pine Arts Committee
H. T. Davis
Sidney Bloch
Eugene K. Jones
Alleyn McMullin
Glee Club
Harry Garwood
re _M. Harry
C.hoffman
C. Hagatan
T. Davis
C. T. Snavely
Chor
W. E. Rhodes
Miss O'Brien
Anne O'Brien
Mildred Bishop
Dorothy Wainwright
L. Maar
Christ Church Guild
Guild of
Christ Episcopal Church
E. H. Ballard
Progaram
Covington
H. W. Pranklin
Guild
T. B. Seals
Staunton
H. H. Ballard
Edna Hughes
Stuart Hall
Hughes
Grace House
St. Paul
St. Paul's Mission
Bear Mountain
W. D. Anthony
Harry Bailey
Troy Stallard
Albert Savo
Poland
Savo
He Re. J. McNulty
Stoodlawn
Garet
Neal
Jim
Alex Rutherford
Bishop
Davy
U. S. Army
Roderfield
Pocahontas Indians
Julia (Slick) Levy
Zollie Toth
Joe Gullion
Jack French
Lee Harman
Nick Lotito
Max Young
Don Wolfe
Mike Toth
Jin
O’brien
Higginbotham
Jack Gilmore
Eddie O’brien
Indians
Harold
Graham
Herb Miller
XAMS
Christmas Tree Fund
American Legion
Penchontas
J. A. Sult
Emma Sue
Peterstown
Pocahontas Lodge No
A. F
Masonic Hall
Jim Rutherford
Lloyd Stillwell
Detroit
Mich
William Prentice
Glenn Hare
Rocky Gap Cagers
Thompson
Bivens
Pocahontas, VA
Nowhere
Shumate
C. J, McNeil
William Rutherford Jr
Twin Branch
Pocahontas Corporation
Mount Grove
S. C
Camp Meade
Camp Lov
Rutherford
South Africa
Litwar
Wiliams
Newexico
Tazewell, VA
Restock County
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