Three More Hunters Shot Accidentally In West Virginia
Three more hunters were wounded accidentally bringing to six non fatal injuries since the deer season opened. C G McKown 50 Spencer Bal lard Bailey 66 Gilmer County and James W Young 23 Ward Kanawha County were hurt. Bailey was shot while guiding a party by Archie Scarbro 60 Mount Carbon Fayette County who mistook him for a deer. Young lost two fingers when his rifle discharged while clearing snow. One hunter was fatally shot earlier and four died of heart attacks since opening. Conservation officials report 2452 deer killed yesterday led by Hardy Pocahontas Hampshire counties as warm weather kept camps and woods quiet.
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Charleston
West Virginia
C. G. McKown
Spencer
Ballard Bailey
Gilmer County
Ritchie County
Auburn
James W. Young
Ward
Kanawha County
McKown
Clarksburg Veterans Hospital
Bailey
Jesse Run
C. M. White
Archie Scarbro
Mount Carbon
Fayette County
Weston
Scarbro
Glenville
Young
David Malcomb
Hete
Braxton County
Braxton
Conservation Department
Romney
Hardy County
Pocahontas
Hampshire
Bank Hosts Dealer Customers in St Paul National Bank Event
The St Paul National Bank hosted dealer customers for an open house in the directors room. M. M. Long, the president, spoke on policies and history, followed by Miss Nola Lawson’s demonstration of the new Burroughs Sensimatic machine. A turkey dinner in the Pine Room at the St Paul Hotel capped the event with numerous guests in attendance.
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ST. Paul
St. Paul National Bank
M. M. Long
James A. Muse
Nola Lawson
Burroughs
Long
Pine Room
St. Paul Hotel
C. D. Porter
R. L. Culbertson
W. 8. Kiser
E. W. Hall
Glenn Teasley
Frank DeMoisey
George Hunnicutt
Fred Phillips
Cc. c. Burns
Charles Horne
J. N. Hilton
Bill Barker
H. I. Silcox
Lambert
Bruce Stanley
R. O. Pattisall
L. T. Phillips
J. R. Long
Five Pupils Injured On Lewisburg Bus Ride
Five White Sulphur Springs students suffered minor cuts and bruises when a school bus veered into a ditch on U S 60 near Lewisburg. They were treated at Ronceverte hospital. Geneva Lewis and Marva Robinson were in satisfactory condition. The bus was driven by Ralph Honaker of Caldwell.
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Lewisburg
W.” Va
U. S. 60
Here
Glen Seymour
Ronceverte Hospital
John Lewis
Davis Lewis
Geneva Lewis
Marva Robinson
Marva Nelson
Seymour
Ralph Honaker
Caldwell
Bishop Addresses Kiwanis on Attitude Theme
E. R. Bishop of the Bluefield Kiwanis Club spoke at the South Bluefield Kiwanis meeting at the Pinnacle Restaurant. He delivered a talk on attitude. George Hall presided as president, and Hasskel Slush attended as guest.
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E. R. Bishop
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
South Bluefield Club
Pinnacle
Bishop
George Hall
Hasskel Slush
Deaths and Funerals in Tazewell County Va. Obituaries
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Tazewell and surrounding areas. James Monroe Shelton 64 of Doran dies at Richlands hospital. Mrs Bessie Saunders 63 of Willowton. Craig Hatfield 64 of Wharncliffe. Alice League 60s of Princeton. Abner Dales 77 formerly Flatwoods. Berta Davis 68 of Austinville. other graves and services listed with locations and funeral homes.
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Abner Johnson Dales
Flatwoods
Marion
Ernest Chrisley
Galax
Carl Golden
Pulaski
Ernest
Lynchburg
James
Rustburg
Bethany Church of God of Prophecy
Church
Death of Lloyd Albert Leffel at Bluefield
Lloyd Albert Leffel 58 an employee of the Norfolk and Western Railway at 1017 Carolina Ave Bluefield died of a heart attack about 3:30 p m yesterday at his home. His body is at the Mercer Funeral Home where arrangements will be made.
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W. ¥. League
Alice Eliabeth League
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Christian Shop
Williamsport
W. F. League
First Presbyterian Church
J. M. McNair
Sarasota
Sarasota, Fla
Kathleen Garrett
Philadelphia
Seaver Mortuary
Lloyd Albert, Leffel
Norfolk and Western Railway
Carolina Ave
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Deaths and services inBluefield area obituaries
Obituaries list Wiley Addison Wolfe 73 of Rocky Gap Virginia died at Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by widow Rosa Willis Wolfe six daughters and several relatives. Services at Sunny Point Methodist Church with burial in Baptist Church cemetery. Also Dr. Rufus P. Copenhaver 40 former Tazewell resident died in New York City of a heart attack. Dana Miller Conley 39 of Yards Virginia died in Michigan. services planned at Wagner Funeral Home Chapel with Maple Hill Cemetery burial. Joe Sudor 71 of Matoaka died at daughter’s home after a heart attack. funeral set at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with Monte Vista Cemetery burial.
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James Monroe Shelton
Doran
Richlands Hospital
Tazewell County
William and
Anna Sparks Shelton
Shreve Mining Co
Lucy Baldwin
Ednad Addington
Wallscreek
Rosa Vanhooper
Cedar Bluff
Pauline Mullins
Dusta Lester
Big Rock
Jack Fuller
W. G. Tiller
Power Hill
Ill
Freelin
Stewart
Virginia Funeral Home
H. J. Wolford
Lester
Mollie Shrader
Billy Shrader
Huntington
Serena
Shrader
Jack Smith
Sandlick
Nellie Barnett
Bluefield
W. B. Hicks
Frank Butt
Johnson City
Tenn
Frank Barnett
Ninty Six
S. C
E. B. Sizemore
Princeton
Steve Smith
Sandlick Church
Memorial
Bessie Sue Saunders
Willowton
McDowell County
Beulah Pannel
Sedonia Campbell
New York City
Carl Saunders
Saunders Grove
A. M. Henry
W. J. Carter
Johnston Funeral Home
Oak
John E. Warburton
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Baptist Church
N. R. Green
Louis Turner
Joe Greenburg
Ronnie McKinney
Jim Skews
John Danko
Dempsey Phipps
Howard Dillon
Charlie Clapp
J. C. Slater
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Berta H. Davis
Berta Hartman Davis
George W. Davis
Austinville
Jocie
Walter
Kelly
Worley
Charlie
Claude
Sarah Taylor
Flora Pettet
Bethany Methodist
Wiley Addison Wolfe
Rocky Gap
George and
Eliza Wolfe
Sunny Point
Rosa Willis Wolfe
Less Kimberlin
Burkes Garden
Roy L. Acords
Luther Kinberlin
Ceres
Thurman Kell
Lorado
Ohio
Thurman Looney
Ralph G. Hale
Agnes Pruett
Fayetteville
Liza Starling
Bill Wolfe
Sunny Point Methodist Church
R. E. Hamlin
Dana Miller Conley
Martha Teaberry Hospital
Mtt. Clemens, Mich
Jack
Mary M. Bowling
Yards
Chester Kerbs
Columbus
Nora P. Williamson
Ray Dillis
St. Clair Shores
Mich
W. D. Havens
Boissevain
Mrytle Marshall
Joe Sudor
Matoaka
Rah White
Weyanoke Coal and Coke Co
Arista
Austria
Minnesota
White
Clarence Robinette
Eugene Johnson
John Tucker
Ralph Hurst
Lashmeet
Mary Smokrabich
Teresa Sutor
Hibbing
Bailey Funeral Home
Montevista Ceretery
Ben Woodring
Radford Arsenal Workers To Receive December Bonus
Hercules Powder Company at Radford Arsenal announces extra compensation for eligible employees. Payments, about December 13, total roughly two weeks base pay per worker, with Lt. Col. McInnis estimating the total program at 639000 dollars. Hercules employs about 3800 at the Arsenal. The policy has long provided December bonuses of one or two weeks pay depending on service.
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W. E. Howell
Hercules Powder Company
Radford Arsenal
Howell
Herrin E. McInnis
Hercules
Arsenal
Hercines
American Bases In Britain To Cut Flying
Dec 6 London report says Maj. Gen. Roscoe Wilson orders all US Air Force bases in Britain to reduce nonessential flying to conserve aviation fuel. A 10 percent cut in ground fuel use by the 3rd US Air Force is ordered. Gasoline rationing starts Dec 17, with US Air Force private car owners limited to 200 miles a month.
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London
Roscoe Wilson
Britain
U. S. Air Force
US. Air Force
Pearisburg Student Joins Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Andrew J. Gordon of Pearisburg Va is among thirty Virginia Tech students inducted into Phi Kappa Phi national honorary fraternity. The ceremony will be held in the Little Chapel of Squires Hall tonight.
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Pearisburg
Virginia Tech
Phi Kappa Phi
Andrew J. Gordon
Squires Hall
Symphony Group Plans New Season in Bluefield
Bluefield group elects Isadore Cohen president for 1957 and names Karl Weier vice president as it drafts plans for three winter concerts. New directors include Dick McGlothiin Frank Hancock and Dr David Bell with J M B Lewis remaining a key officer. An adult string class may form at Concord College if interest exists and a $4500 budget is approved for the season.
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Bluefield
Fine Symphony Orchestra
Isadore Cohen
Lyle Gage
Karl Weier
H. Edward Steele
Fred P. Edwards
J. M. B. Lewis
Concord College
Henry Bridges
Chamber Directors Meet On Wednesday In Bluefield
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday December 12 at 12 oclock in Parlor A of the West Virginian Hotel. President Charles E Harrell announced yesterday. The executive committee of the Bluefield Retail Trade Division will meet Tuesday at 10 am in the Chamber Conference Room to address several important year end matters.
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Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
West Virginian
Charles E. Harrell
Bluefield Retail Trade
Chamber of Commerce
L. A. Hillinger
St Paul Chamber Elects Officers At Dinner Meeting
The St Paul Chamber of Commerce held a regular monthly dinner in the St Paul Hotel private dining room. Twenty six members attended. Elected for the coming year were president Harry Deen first vice president D S Buck second vice president Win Kiser secretary Bruce Stanley treasurer S W Johnson and directors S W Puller T B Dickenson for two years and W B Barker Jr for two years with James A Muse continuing as director for the remaining year of his term.
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ST. Paul
Miss Bluefield Contest Tonight Sets Crown and Prizes
Thirty contestants vie for Miss Bluefield of 1957 at Ramsey Auditorium with Mel Barnett emceeing and Jake Evans directing the Jaycee Beauty Pageant. Rebecca Richardson of Martinsville will judge and crown the winner, who earns a television set, luggage, and a diamond ring. Attendants receive radios and leather bags.
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Bluefield
William Caruth
Concord College
John W. Gillespie
Tazewell
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Teresa Clark
Princeton
Weather summary for Virginia and West Virginia
Cloudy and mild in Virginia with a chance of showers in extremes west on Friday. High near 70. Saturday partly cloudy, cooler, with scattered showers likely in the west and north by night. In West Virginia Friday, partly cloudy with scattered showers east and south and cloudy with northwest showers. high around 70. Saturday cooler with scattered showers likely. Weather Bureau report for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m. Washington.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Washington
Weather Bureau
Jennings Signals Bid for Governor in Democratic Primary
W Pat Jennings of Virginia floated a possible run for governor at Marion amid statewide encouragement but Byrd faction backing J Lindsay Almond Jr. for the post left Jennings without solid support. Congressional colleagues respected him yet preferred he remain in Washington.
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Bristol
Pat Jennings
D-Va
Jennings
Marion
Byrd Organization
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Rep
Robeson
Ashington
del J. L. Cambles
Big Stone Gap
Pat
Congress
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Kiwanis Meeting
Lin i Inn
James M. Shelton
Mrs
Mrs. Mollie Shrader
Craig T. Hatfield
Whannecliffe
Levi Gibson
J. C. Bragg Jr
Wharnecliffe
Reuben Hall
Reuben Hall of
Capels
Welch
J. Douglas
Abner J. Dales
Davis
Charlie H
Grimsleyville
Grassy Pentecostal Church
Osborne Cemetery
Osborne Mountain
Scott
James A
North Tazewell
First Church of God
Maplewood Cemetery
Tibbs
Robert N
Rural Retreat
Kimberling Lutheran Church
Bukovich
John
Hemphill
O. J. Douglas
Woodlawn
Lloyd A. Leffel
Wiley A. Wolfe
DR. Rufus P. Copenhaver
Rufus P. Copenhaver
Taylor
New York
Inda Copenhaver
Pennsylvania
Virginia Copenhaver
Albert Phillips
Norfolk
Greever Funeral Home
Danna Miller Conley
Plaids
Nylon & Rayons
Nylon & Rayon
Bluefield, W. VA
Symphony Group
Gaylord F. Thomas
New Concord Music
Symphony
St. Paul Chamber
Weather Bureau Forecast
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