Park Officials Back Additions at Pinnacle Rock State Park
West Virginia conservation officials toured Pinnacle Rock State Park and endorsed expanding facilities to handle greater patronage. They considered a passageway between the two rocks, an observation tower, new outdoor fireplaces and picnic areas, and development of the upper rock area owned by the state for ten years. Local chamber leaders and Kiwanis representatives joined the tour and breakfast briefing.
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Pinnacle Rock Park
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Pinnacle Rock State Park
Kermit McKeever
Division of State Parks
John A. Bourgois
Pinnacle Rock
H. Edward Steel
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Conrad Brevick
Chamber’s Park Committee
D. B. Bonebrake
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
McKeever
Burgess
West Virginian Hotel
Steele, Brevick
Bonebrake
Five Year Old Presents Tooth to Santa
Richmond child Frankie Hooks, holiday mood, hands Santa a tooth gift after spotting him at a city department store. She asks Santa to keep the tooth and notes she now needs a replacement, the scene capturing festive wishful chaos.
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Richmond
Frankie Hooks
Frankie
Santa Claus
Santa
Look For The Liver In Christmas Turkeys
Charleston West Virginia December 21 labor commissioner Charles J F Sattler today advised buyers of dressed Christmas fowls Look for the liver inspectors have found dressed chickens sold without livers which bring high price when sold separately sometimes with necks in their stead Sales of whole chickens under such circumstances constitute mis representation and sellers are liable to prosecution He also noted short weighting in sacked coffee as prices rose and urged customers to have coffee weighed before leaving the store
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles J. F. Sattler
Sattler
Vecellio Elected WV Contractors Chief in Charleston
The West Virginia contractors association elected Leo Vecellio of Beckley as president. Officers named include A. B. Osborn of Clarksburg as vice president Miss Maude Fling of Charleston as treasurer and P. J. Walsh of Charleston as executive secretary.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Contractors Association
Leo Vecellio
Beckley
A. B. Osborn
Clarksburg
Miss Maude Fling
P. J. Walsh
Deaths And Funerals In Mercer County Area
Several obituaries and funeral notices from Mercer County and surroundings detail services for Ruby Evelyn Reed, James H. Hurt, Mrs. Dorothy Rayfield, Leonard Allen Pennington, Mrs. Rachel Evans Blier, Mr. Cokialis, and E. M. Tartar. Services span Pentecostal Holiness, Tazewell Christian, Rich Creek Baptist, Elgood and Mercer funeral homes with interments at Cone r, Maplewood, Green Springs, and Woodlawn cemeteries.
Funeral service for Welch restaurant owner Pete Cokalis
Funeral services for Pete Cokalis 57 Welch businessman and restaurant owner are set for 2 o’clock this afternoon. The obituary notes his role in the local dining scene and his passing.
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Pete Cokalis
Welch
Read This Booklet on Investment Companies Now
An advertisement urges readers to invest in diversification through shares of investment companies. It touts the expertise of managers and promises different goals from capital appreciation to better returns, urging reading of the booklet for guidance and options.
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America
Mrs B M Carter Dies At 67 In Childress Texas
Mrs B M Carter 67 of Childress Texas sister of Gus Knight of this city died Monday at her home after several months illness. Mr Knight was called to her bedside last month but returned home when notified of her death.
James Gentry 45 Dies at Litwar Home
James Gentry of Litwar aged 45 died Wednesday morning at his residence after a period of illness. He was born Sept 15, 1904 in Smithville Tennessee, son of Walter and unnamed Gentry. Survived by widow Lucy Perry Gentry four sons Harry Donald Franklin and Danny all at home a daughter Beatrice Jones and two brothers L A Gentry Huntsville AL V D Gentry Smithville and three sisters Hallie The veapt Viola Cantrell Nannie Walls. Funeral 1:30 pm Friday at Church of God Johnnycake burial Saeger Memorial cemetery Roderfield. Fanning funeral home in Saeger in charge. Also noted William Wesley Mathena 85 of Tip Top in Tazewell County Virginia died yesterday at Bluefield. Body to remain at Pocahontas Union funeral home pending arrangements.
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James H. Hurt
Tazewell County
North Tazewell
Mr. Hurt
Wittens Mill
Marion
Laura Harman Hurt
Gray Tartar
John B. Kahle
West Graham
D. W. Peery
Lansing
Mich
Morris Ferrell
Tazewell
Jim Bo Hurt
Frank M
John Hurt
John W. Williams
J. B. Rayfield
Dorothy Rayfield
Corrine
Wyoming County
Thomas Jenkins
Lashmeet
Rich Creek Primitive
Rich Creek Baptist Church
Darrell Stovall
Glen White
Rufe McComas
Pinoak
Bailey Funeral Chapel
E. M. Tartar
Mercer Street
Lillie Lyons Tartar
John L. Crockett
Bluefield
J. H. Hurt
H. A. Tartar
Richlands
J. W. Tartar
Rebecca
Robert Tartar
Bland Street
Roy Phillip
Glen King
James Gentry
Litwar
Mr. Gentry
Smithville
Tenn
Walter Gentry
Lucy Perry Gentry
Harry
Donald
Franklin
Danny Gentry
Beatrice Jones
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
William Wesley Mathena
Tip Top
Virginia
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Tragic death of William Lowe in Florida auto wreck
The body of William Bill Lowe age 23 of this city lies in St. Augustine Florida where he died after sustaining injuries in a Sunday night automobile crash. He had been hospitalized since Monday.
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William
Bill) Lowe
St. Augustine, Fla
Civitans Honor Bluefield Fire Department Toy Project
Bluefield Civitan Club honored three fire department members E. E. McClure J. W. Donaghue and James Lindamood at a weekly meeting at the Pinnacle restaurant. They reported toy collections greatly exceeded previous years with surplus to store for next year and thanked Bluefield firms for paint lumber and supplies.
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Bluefield Civitans
Bluefield Fire Department
Pinnacle
Civitans
Bluefield
E. E. McClure
J. W. Donaghue
James Lindamood
Stewart Webster
Civitan Tov
Bluefield Supply Company
Georgia Lumber Company
Cole Baking Company
Morris Steiner
Stockman Tire Service
Appears As Witness Ends Up As Prisoner
In Hinton West Virginia Magistrate J W Cook ordered two men held for grand jury action on malicious wounding charges after one witness became a prisoner. William H Underwood of Bea ver appeared as the complainant in a hearing against B J Edwards of Hinton. Edwards posted 500 dollar bond and was freed while Underwood remained jailed for failure to post bond.
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Hinton
W. Va
J. W. Cook
William H. Underwood
Beaver
B. J. Edwards
Edwards
Underwood
First National Bank Fetes Women Employees
Seventeen women employees of the First National Bank attended a Christmas turkey dinner at Pete's Grill. Each recipient received a miniature rose corsage and gifts included china pieces stationary silverware lapel pins earrings handkerchiefs and pen and pencil sets. Miss Dora Liddle and Miss Lena French led arrangements.
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First National Bank
Pete’s Grill
Dora Liddle
Lena French
Funeral services for C B Lowe held Friday at Hawkins Chapel
The funeral for C B Lowe of Ridge Street, salesman for Progressive Sales in Philadelphia, was held Friday morning at Hawkins funeral chapel with Rev. Winton R Houck officiating. Burial followed at Monte Vista. He leaves his widow Blanche, two children Gary Lee and Darlene, a sister Virginia Mae Lowe and brothers Jerry Roy Buster Okie Kenneth and Harold. Pallbearers included Sam and Joe Tatum James and Okie Lowe Lag Linkous and Jesse Scott.
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Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral
Winton R. Houck
Grace Methodist Church
Monte Vista Cemetery
Lowe
Progressive Sales Company of
Philadelphia
C. B. Lowe
Ridge Street
Blanche Lowe
Gary Lee
Darlene
Virginia Mae Lowe
Jerry
Roy
Buster
Okie
Kenneth
Harold Lowe
Sam
Joe Tatum
James
Okie Lowe
Lag Linkous
Jesse Scott
Funeral service announced for Mrs Lillie Compton Richlands
Funeral services for 69 year old Mrs Lillie Josephine Compton of Richlands Virginia will be held Friday at 1 pm from Laymans Chapel Richlands with Reverends Albert Ball of Raven and Joseph Hawkins of North Tazewell officiating. Burial will follow in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. She died in a Richlands hospital after eight months of declining health and had been living with her daughter Mrs Byrd Gilbert. Surviving are two sisters Mrs Elizabeth Justice and Mrs Ida Lowe and a brother Henry Compton. The Hurst Scott Funeral Home will deliver to the Gilbert residence Wednesday afternoon for the funeral.
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Pentecostal Holiness Church
Thomas
Ruby Evelyn Reed
William L. Reed
McComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
D. E. Howell
Kelley
Conner
Ella Robertson
Beulah Ann Reed
Louie Marie Reed
Helen Montrose
Piedmont
Clifton Reed
Norfolk
John D., Lacy
William Levi, Jr
Stewart Franklin
Cecil L. Lowe
John C. Harman
Randolph Carr
Everett
Mitchem
Edgar Carr
Paul O’dell
Bill Spicer
Luther Huffman
Mercer Funeral Home
Montcalm
Lillie Josephine Compton
Richlands
Albert Ball
Raven
Joseph Hawkins
North Tazewell
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
John
Juda Byrd Compton
Byrd Gilbert
Elizabeth Justice
Honaker
Ida Lowe
Cedar Bluff
Henry Compton
Short Gap
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Gilbert
Bluefield Supply Hosts Third Annual Christmas Party
About 440 people attended Bluefield Supply Company's third annual Christmas party at the Bluefield Country Club last night. Festivities began at 8 with a cocktail hour followed by dancing to the Merry Makers and a midnight supper. Local Bluefield Supply employees joined personnel from allied companies Risk Equipment Dixie Appliance and Counts Automotive. The ballroom was richly decorated and committees were staffed by company workers. Similar celebrations were planned this week by Risk Equipment at its plants in Charleston Clarksburg Richmond Roanoke and Cincinnati.
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Bluefield Supply Company
Bluefield Country Club
Merrymakers
Bluefield Supply
Bluefield
Allied Companies
Risk Equipment
Dixie Appliance
Counts Automotive
Country Club
Rish Equipment Company
Charleston
Clarksburg
Richmond
Roanoke
Cincinnati
Santa Claus Poem From North Pole Rush
Venice California December 21 The Venice post office received an unstamped airmail envelope addressed Santa Claus North Poal Rush Inside a handwritten note from Jimmy Pam seven asking for a pony. He plans to feed the pony with grass saved by the post office lawn man and to keep it in the basement as a warm stable awaiting Christmas night.
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Venice
Calif
Santa Claus North Poal Rush
Santa Clas
Jimmy
Pam
Community Events and Obituary Notices From Genoa Area
The American Federation of Musicians funds teen dance music at Genoa Junior High on December 26 from 9 p m to 1 a m with free admission for teens. Rites for Norfolk and Western worker Jake J Jones, found dead of heart disease, set for Friday at 2:30 p m at Scott Street Baptist Church with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. survivors include sisters Grace Seay Jennie Pate and brother Frank Jones.
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American Federation of Musicians
Bluefield
Genoa
Edward G. Watkins
Louis Jones
Department of Musicians
Jake J. Jones
Norfolk and Western Railway
Scott Street Baptist Church
W. C. Ray
L. B. Allen
W. T. Norman
J. C. Henderson
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Jones
Maybeury
B. J. Jones
Laura Jones
Grace L. Seay
Jennie Pate
Bramwell
Frank Jones
Columbus
Scott Street
Norfolk Street
Big Hearted Cop Saves Life Of Injured Deer
Patrolman Thomas Flaherty of McKee Township Pennsylvania spared a deer named Stumpy from euthanasia after a leg injury. He alerted a veterinarian, who helped set the leg with aluminum splints, avoiding a fatal shot and earning praise from his family.
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Stumpy
The
Game Commission
Flaherty
Rudolph ‘the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Detective Work Finds Letter's Goal
Martinsburg West Virginia post office staff cracked an unaddressed card bearing an urgent message to Esther from Matilda. Postmaster Eckerd checked local undertakers and unexpectedly located the sender at a funeral home, learning of a death in the family and the funeral time.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Esther
Matilda
Marlin S. Eckerd
Johnson Warns Against Defense Skimping
New York December 21 Secretary of defense Johnson warned against penny-pinching on defense outlays and urged military security first economy second. He said trimming preparedness funds too deeply would be disastrous to security and help the cold aims of potential aggressors in a speech prepared for the annual association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Johnson
Inflation Fueled Purchase of Virgin Islands and Alaska
The United States paid 25000000 for the Virgin Islands, about three and a half times Alaska’s price. Island area totals 133 square miles, while Alaska spans 586400 square miles.
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United States
Virgin Islands
Alaska
Islands
1949 Yule Mail Rush Exceeds '48 at Bluefield Post Office
Bluefield post office reports a one third rise in Christmas mail with 106212 letters and 3500 parcels outbound in one day, versus 76205 letters and 2500 parcels the prior year. 24 temporary workers were hired. total permanent staff reach 51. Eldie Caldwell and Dinah Meadows are long-time employees.
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Bluefield
Charles C. Tickle
Tickle
Post Office
Eldie C. Caldwell
Dinah S. Meadows
Christmas Party For AEP Employees Delightful Evening
The annual Christmas party for over 250 Appalachia Electric Power company employees will be held in the assembly room at 7:30 this evening. A turkey dinner will be served and Santa Claus will make his yearly visit. Gifts will be presented to all. Following the party a dance will be held at the Country club.
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Appalachia Electric Power Company
Santa Claus
Country Club
Catholics Lead Austria Population Edge
Approximately 94 percent of Austria’s people are Roman Catholics. The remainder includes Lutherans Calvinists and Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
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J. H. Hart
I. A. Pennington
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Mercer County
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Z. F. Mayberry
Princeton
Green Springs Cemetery
Pennington
Malinda Meadows
T. H. Patterson
Nellie Clemons
Ed Pennington
Pulaski
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Charlie Eller
Rachel Evans Blier
Boissevain
Church of God
Abbs Valley
Cc. H. Vance
R. C. Bailey
Pocahontas
First Baptist Church
Carl Voures
John Roy Wolfe
Baptist
Woodlawn
Masonic Lodge
Cokialis
Welch Hospital
K. M. Tartar
D. Asst
Whitman
ARICO
Paris
Coty
Yardley
Parker
LARGE
Taylor’s Drug Store
Princeton Ave
Jim Twohig
A. Scott
L. & C. Bldg
Enterprise, Inc
W. V
B. M. Carter
William W. Mathena
William Lowe
Fete
Lillie Compton
Terre Haute, ID
Yule Party
Colored News
BTU
H. O. Shade
Mae Mahaffy
Grace Seay
Sarah Snade
Reginia Parker
Missionary Society of the Church of God Apostolic
Nannie Young
Church Street
Union Baptist Church
Mckeet
Thomas Flaherty
Renziehausten Pars
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Yule
AEP
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