Beaver Student Struck By Auto Remains Unconscious
A Beaver 11 year old boy was hit while crossing Bluefield avenue to board a school bus. Ernest S. Lambert of Bluestone faced reckless driving charges and was released on a $151 bond awaiting municipal court. The youth suffered fractures to both legs head injuries and multiple abrasions.
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Beaver
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ted Ray Irvin
Benjamin C. Irvin
Bluefield Avenue
R. E. Lambert
Irvin
Hale
Ernest S. Lambert
Bluestone
McLain
Colere
L. B. Sutherland
Rooth
Lambert
Santa Claus Will Visit Bluefield
Old Santa will ride into town at noon today on a city fire truck escorted by the Beaver high school band. He will stop at the Cox Department Store on Federal Street to meet Bluefield children. The Salvation Army kettle will be manned today by the Bluefield Lions Club from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with members rotating shifts hourly from 10 to 4, including Barton Baker Ralph Robinett Paul Holm Stanley Martin Bill Hendricks Gene Kidwell Charles Warren Bill McCue Fred Coffindaffer Tony Lotito Henry Fortune Jeff Gillespie Lambert Arrington A. E. Davis Buddy Sikes Harold Miller Fred Akers Ray Barnett Rolang Hudson Otis Bivens Sam Sublett Clax Houseman Sam Rush B. M. Weaver Al Nixon Buck Weaver Sam Morgan Bud Counts Carlyle Cole Mason Claytor Clyde Sykes Ralph Griffith Chelmers Bailey Hugh Watson Bill McDougie Carl Frye Frank Roberts Bill Davidson Vic De Vault Tom Honaker Bob Brooks Tom Garthrope
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Old Santa
Beaver High School
St. Nick
Cox Department Store
Federal Street
Bluefield
Yale
Salvation Army
Bluefield Lion’s Club
Lions Club
Barton Baker
Ralph Robinett
Paul Holm
Stanley Martin
Bill Hendricks
Gene Kidwell
Charles Warren
Bill McCue
Fred Coffindaffer
Tony Lotito
Henry Fortune
Jeff Gillespie
Lambert Arrington
A. E. Davis
Buddy Sikes
Harold Miller
Fred Akers
Ray Barnett
Rolang Hudson
Otis Bivens
Sam Sublett
Seven Day Old Baby Found Abandoned in Logan
A seven day old baby girl was found in a Logan apartment hallway. An armband with the name Fitzpatrick identified the infant. She was taken to Mercy Hospital in Logan, where attendants reported she is in good condition. Police pursue leads but have no clue to the child’s identity.
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Logan
W. Va
Masonic Lodge Special Communication Scheduled
Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F A M sets a special communication for December 18 at 3 PM to confer the Third Degree under W M R T Waters and Secretary L M Carver. Our Holgate Educational Toys have arrived at Gift Shoppe 404 Raleigh St.
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Masonic
Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
R. T. Waters
W. M. L. M. Carver
Holgate
Raleigh St
Obituary notices from Tazewell county and Richlands
Multiple death notices and funeral details follow for Elizabeth Elswick 105 of Jewell Ridge Wesly Green Meadows 71 of Mercer county and L A Dunn 77 of Bluefield The lines record service times locations and burial sites including Richlands Cox Dunns and Walnut Grove cemeteries with officiants named and dates implied by the copy
Freddy Panashy Rites Held For Seven Year Old
Funeral services for Freddy Panashy seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Matthew Panashy of Princeton were held this afternoon at 2 30 from Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with the Rev L L Vaught officiating Interment followed at Resthaven cemetery Survivors include the parents and the siblings Mrs Margaret Tanner Mrs Jack Swim Freda Matthew Jr Philip Betty Jean Jo Ann Linda Lou Elizabeth Carol at home and the maternal grandfather Arland Wells of Kentucky
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Freddy Panashy
Matthew Panashy
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
L. L. Vaught
Resthaven
Margaret Tanner
Jack Swim
Freda
Matthew, Jr
Tax Claim Slapped On Tucker Auto Firm
The government placed a lien on the Tucker corporation for a $49,121 income tax with holding bill. John T. Jarecki, collector, said the amount was due Oct. 31 and filed with Cook county records. A second lien for $5,861 for social security taxes will be filed Monday. Tucker, maker of a new auto not yet on the market, failed to file a withholding tax return.
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Chicago
Tucker Corporation
Cook County
John T. Jarecki
Internal Revenue
Jarecki
Tucker
Washington
Jareki
Rites for Elmer L Harris of Elkhorn set for Sunday
Elmer L Harris 64 of Elkhorn died suddenly of a heart attack at his home Thursday. Rites from Crozier Baptist Church Sunday at 2 30 led by Rev C D Sweet with Rev Edgar Sigman assisting. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Harris longtime Crozier Coal employee survived by widow Edna Wenimer Harris and ten children, plus four brothers and a sister. Body to Northfork Funeral Home. pallbearers from Worth IOOF. flower bearers from Crozier Baptist and Matoaka Baptist groups.
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Elmer L
Pat) Harris
Elkhorn
Crozier Baptist Church
C. D. Sweet
Bluefield
Edgar Sigman
Matoaka
Woodlawnemetery
Harris
Fremont
John Harris
Crozier Coal Company
Edna Wenimer Harris
Paul
Robert
Pete Semonco
Robert Sager
Arnold
Howard
Teddy
Patsy
Charles Harris
Pocahontas
Henry
Welch
Clarence
Frank Harris
Katie Martin
Bozoo
Northfork Funeral
Worth Ioof Lodge
Crozier Daptist Church
Hatred Of Pain Leads To Skin Graft Gift
George Becraft a 31 year old salesman volunteers to donate 100 square inches of his skin to help four year old Michael Rector sufferer of third and fourth degree burns. Surgeons at Casualty hospital plan to perform the graft after Becraft is anesthetized.
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Washington
George Becraft
Michael Rector
Michael
Casualty Hospital
Craft
Harvest of 1948 Largest Yet Across Nation
Final reports show 1948 crop year possibly the most remarkable in U S history with record aggregate crop volume exceeding last year by 8.7 percent and besting the 1923 32 base average by 37 percent. Grain stocks were at record levels aiding exports and domestic needs while wartime price supports are helping sustain high production into next year.
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Washington
Agriculture Departmeent
Chillicothe Boy Preacher Skips Gym Class Over Sinful Clothes
A 15 year old boy preacher John DeMint and his older brother Chester must return to a "recognized school" program by year end or face action. Judge Kenneth Stevens warned that truancy could bring penalties for John Chester and their mother. John cited religious scruples over gym attire as the cause of absences.
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Chillicothe. O
John DeMint
Ruth DeMint
Chester
John
Chillicothe High School
Kenneth T. Stevens
Stevens
Saturday Radio Schedule Dec 18 Full Day Lineup
A dense listing of hourly radio programs from five a.m. to midnight including Hillbilly shows Lonesome Pine Fiddlers Rex and Eleanor NBC News and Major time blocks, with bands and plays such as The Meet the Meeks and Dance Party. Networks NBC CBS ABC MBS provide daily summaries and sign off at 12:55 a.m.
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Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
Lilly Land
Church of God
Rex and
Eleanor
Salvation Army
Woody Williams
Crowder-Freeman
Jane Meadows
Calvary Baptist Church
NBC
Mary Lee Taylor
Pat Milk
Archie Andrews
Swift
the Meeks
Buddy Williams
J. Morrel
Hollywood Star
Abc
Cbs
Abc Sports
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Abc Lake
Harry Wismer
Jack Beall
Vic Damone
Vaughn Monroe
Cbs News
Kay Starr
Gabriel Heatter
Lanny Ross
Amazing Malone
Abec
Guy Lombardo
Cbe
Abc Chicago
News
Abc Korn
A Krackin
Abc-West
James Childers Pardoned After 20 Year Police Career
Governor Meadows grants clemency to James Childers former Ronceverte police chief amid reports of minimal further penalties for a fatal shooting. The pardon cites his clean record, length of service, and good parole conduct after a 20 year state police career. Childers had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Greenbrier county for the death of Daniel Boone during an attempted arrest in Ronceverte. He served four months before parole.
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Charleston
W. Va
Meadows
James Childers
Ronceverte
Probation and Parole Department
Childers
Princeton
Chiders
Mercer County
Daniel Boone
Boone
Greenbrier
Girl Will Have Hands Gift Of Engineer
Grace Purcell a four year old girl born without arms came to Atlanta with her parents to be fitted with artificial arms funded by engineer Henry G. Lee who has raised 2053 dollars 35 cents. He hopes to fit three pairs as she grows and plans another trip next Monday.
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Atlanta
Grace Purcell
Lovejoy
Henry G. Lee
Lee
R. R. Purcell
Grace
Engineer Lee
Lions Host Beaver Gridders at Noon Club Luncheon
The Bluefield Lions club hosted the Beaver high school football team at a West Virginian hotel luncheon. Beaver coach Lambert Arrington introduced the area championship squad with assistant Ralph Bookline, along with Dave Barnett Bill Taylor and W C Johnson as guests. New member S B Preston was welcomed.
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Bluefield Lions
Beaver
Betty Ann Parker
Lambert Arrington
Ralph Bookline
Dave Barnett
Bill Taylor
W. C. Johnson
S. B. Preston
Unwed Bluefield Baby Case Continues Public Interest
A photographer alerting Huntington police described a baby case after a woman left a $5 down payment, took a photo, and vanished. The infant, found in a rain-soaked blanket near a lot, bears a scar and shaven spot, possibly from surgery in the last 30 days, and has a slight bronchitis but is in good condition at a Charleston hospital.
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Huntington
Bluefield
Charleston
Amnesia victim identified in Huntington case
Bluefield police named Miss Minnie Alice Brewer 18 of Huntington as the amnesia patient found near Bluefield Avenue and Spruce Street. She cannot recall how or why she arrived in Bluefield and is being held for protective custody after partial memory return. Police describe her as 5'8" tall, 115 pounds, with long brown hair and green eyes, no identification found.
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Minnie Alice Brewer
Huntington
Bluefield
Miss Brewer
Bluefield Sanitarium Af Finianlea
Thirty-First Street
Hill
Fifth Avenue
Bluefield Avenue
Spruce Street
Indignant Santa Gets The Bum's Rush
In San Francisco a hotel owner ousted a visiting Santa Claus for disturbing tenants. Clifton van Meter, 55, said Miss Margaret McCullough asked him to play Santa for a six child family. he claimed Ali Mohammed threw him down three stairs and stole his clothes before police declined to intervene.
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San Francisco
Santa Claus
Santa
Ali Mohammed
Ali Hotel
Howard Street
Mohammed
Ali
Clifton van Meter
Margaret McCullough
Miss McCullough
Davy Incorporation Approved in Welch West Virginia
Davy incorporation won court approval from Circuit Judge Thomas H. S. Curd. The judge set February 1 for the town's first municipal election. About 1,500 residents voted last week to incorporate the McDowell county town.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell County
Davy
Thomas H. S. Curd
Shenandoah Ave Man Arrested for Drunken Driving
Mack Lilly of Shenandoah Avenue was arrested on Raleigh Street at 9 last night and charged with drunken driving by State Troopers Burner and Lively. He was released on a $50 bond by Magistrate W. T. Jackson.
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Mack Lilly
Shenandoah Avenue
Raleigh Street
Burner
Lively
W. T. Jackson
Inmate Nets Jail Profit of $2.60
A senior brown mule, unused by the city, was found on a vacant lot and auctioned by order of the Police Chief L J Campbell. Auctioneer E M Dupre started the bidding at $5, with two bidders judging its teeth, ending at $25 as the mule went to a new owner.
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Columbia
S. C
L. J. Campbell
E. M. Dupre
City Churches Pine Grove Church of Christ Services
Sunday school at 10:00 a m with Maurice Hylton as superintendent. The Lord's Supper follows. Morning message at 11:00 a m by Mrs Rufus Peer on The Solution. Evening services 6:00 p m Junior C E 7:00 Senior C E 8:00 Rufus Peer gives evening sermon. Christmas play Wednesday 7:30 with various classes participating.
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Maurice Hylton
Rufus Peer
C. E
Keystone Fire Burns Two Men
Two projectionists were burned in a theatre fire at the Rogers Theatre in Keystone. James William Rakes, 22, is in critical condition with second and third degree burns. Phillip Morgan Robinson, 24, suffered facial and body burns and is listed as satisfactory. Local heroes Robert Morris and a man named Cabell rescued them from the blaze. The fire started at about 8 50 p m when hot projector carbon ignited flammable film. Damages include destroyed film and damaged machinery. theatre will stay closed for several days.
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Keystone
W. Va
James William Rakes
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Phillip Morgan Robinson
Northfork
Robert Morris
Cabell
Callaway
Rogers Theatre
W. H. Rogers
Husband Sells Gold From Wife’s Teeth
In Superior Wisconsin Ernest Smith, recently divorced, was jailed for six months after pleading guilty to stealing his wife’s dentures. He admitted selling the gold from the upper plate for 75 cents, keeping the lower plate. The judge called the act a mean trick.
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Superior
Wis
Ernest Smith
Claude Ee
Smith
Ernie
Cooper
Driver's Feelings Ignored By Police
Earl Fleeger 24 said it felt good after taking an idle street car from the barn and driving for more than six miles. Police charged him with larceny of a street car and driving while intoxicated.
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Pittsburgh
Earl Fleeger
Fleeger
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