Resignation of Bluefield Episcopal leader Dr Hobson announced
Dr J W Hobson rector of Christ Episcopal church Bluefield for 32 years resigns effective June 30 due to ill health. He will also leave his role at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in Princeton and will take a year’s leave from the West Virginia Diocese. His son Jennings Wise Hobson Jr named assistant minister.
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Jennings Wise Hobson
Christ Episcopal Church
Lewis C. Tierney
Hobson
Bluefield
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Princeon
Jennings Wise Hobson, Jr
Christchurch
West Virginia
Abingdon
Tierney
Alaska
Tanana
Two Drunks Hear Court Docket Before Judge Sutherland
The smallest municipal court docket in weeks met yesterday with two drunken defendants. One received a 15 day suspended sentence while the other faced a $20 fine or 20 days in jail.
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L. B. Sutherland
Icy Roads Trigger Two Auto Crashes In Area
Police report two icy road accidents yesterday afternoon injuring two people. Mrs. S J Kell of Bluefield was admitted to St Luke's hospital with lacerations and bruises while Virginia Fogelsong rode with Kell and remained uninjured. In the second crash on route 52 near Freeman Mrs Guy Kelly sustained minor injuries and was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium. the Kell car collided with a coal truck and a following car rear ended the Kelly vehicle. Total damages were about 1200 dollars. the Kell Ford 1946 was nearly demolished.
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S. J. Kell
Augusta Street
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
E. O. Burner
Princeton
State Police
Richard Davis
Columbus
Lincoln
Anthony Kell
Beckley Road
Davis
Kell
Virginia Fogelsong
Guy Kelly
Freeman
Route 52
Bluefield Sanitarium
E. D. Bazzie
Kelly
Ellis Neal
Ada
Charles M. Wysons, Jr
Ft. Washington
New York
Bazzie
Jeep Accident Claims Life of Richard Hildreth
Fairmont West Virginia December 28 A jeep rollover on state route 73 near Meadowdale Marion county killed Richard Hildreth 1918 a Morgantown resident and former student. Coroner D E Kidd said the vehicle skidded on ice and overturned down an embankment.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Richard Hildreth
Morgantown
Meadowdale
Marion County
D. E. Kidd
Sleighing Plan Backs Police and Recreation Control
Bluefield city fathers approve police and recreation oversight of sleighing after a fatal Christmas Night accident. Designated patrol areas include Wythe avenue, Lee street, Logan street and Third street with 7 to 10 pm hours Sunday through Friday.
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Bluefield
Bill Grace
Arnold G. Porterfield
Tony Lotito
Wythe Avenue
Shenandoah
College Avenue
Lee Street
Giles Street
Princeton Avenue
Logan Street
Norfolk and
Wayne
Third Street
Tyler
Thomas Streets
Porterfield
Lotiie
Police and Recreation
Coast Guard Cutter Towes Severed El Capitan Stern Tow
The coast guard cutter Cherokee tows the stern of the El Capitan near Norfolk Virginia as two tugs assist. Sixteen crew from the bow and two from the stern were rescued earlier by the Cherokee and Agassiz. The bow is en route to Baltimore with the Tern aiding the towing effort. The Capitan, built in 1945 and formerly SS Klickitat, broke apart in heavy seas.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
el Capitan
Baltimore
Savannah
Agassiz
Gulf Stream
Tern
Klickitat
West Virginia Heart Association Receives Charter
Charleston West Virginia Dec 28 The West Virginia Heart Association long a limited physicians group is reorganized for public participation and received a charter today as a non profit organization.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Heart Association
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and Nearby States
Obituaries report Andy E Simmons killed in 1945 over England. Services set at Raven Virginia with military honors. Coy Brown Claude Osborn and Charles Mathena also noted with graveside rites. Norris Bennett and Thomas Dayton further honored in Summersville Pocahontas Princeton and Bluefield. Funeral preparations listed for Ida Gillespie Stone Preston A Lester and Preston Lester with family survivors named.
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Andy E. Simmons
Andy Elmore Simmons
Mary Jane Simmons
Raven
England
Richland
Tomorow
Farley Beavers
Montcalm Man Hurt As Autos Collide
A 1948 DeSoto driven by Paul Grose 36 Crumpler collided with a 1933 Chevrolet belonging to Edsel Taylor 20 Montcalm around 615 PM near Brush Fork. Cpl. Sherill Taylor 23 Lowell Taylor 18 and Philip S. Taylor 58 were in the Chevy. Cpl. Taylor was hospitalized for observation. Grose treated for a lacerated chin. Chevrolets occupants released after examination. Grose said he was about 40 mph and did not see Taylor's rear lights before impact.
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DeSoto
Paul Grose
Crumpler
Edsel Taylor
Montcalm
Brush Fork
Chevrolet
Cpl
Sherill Taylor
Lowell Taylor
Edsel
Philip S. Taylor
Cpl. Taylor
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
St. Luke's Hospital
Grose
Taylor
Taylors
Bluefield
Taylor Auto
One Way Sign Triggers Driver’s Dreadful Mistake
In Trenton New Jersey on December 28 motorist Andrew Dorchy 35 of Hopewell misread a one way sign and drove onto a bridge in the wrong direction colliding with a vehicle traveling the correct way. He testified he cannot read and cannot drive. his license was suspended 30 days pending a new examination.
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Trenton
N. J
Andrew Dorchy
Hopewell
Dorchy
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Christ Church
DR. Jennings Wise Hobson
Adel
America
Warlick Furniture Store
Horse Show
Kiwanis Club
Municipal Stadium
J. C. Buckley
Luther G. Scott
Albert A. Bartley
Welch
T. Courtney Tanner
Scott
E. H. McGhee
Grat Gillespie
Ailen Street
E. P. Mitchell
Tanner
George WD. Blevins
Stadium Drive
New Paddock Grill
James K. Anthony
Shenandoah Avenue
Jimmy’s Place
Bland Street
A&p
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N. Y
Smithfield
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Lyn Springs
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Davy
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Saeger
Osborn
Fredeking- Seaver
Veteran's Hospital
Z. F. Mayberry
Rest Haven Cemetery
Charles Mathena
Lewis
Sam
George
Sidney
Minnie Brown
Ida Stone
Ida Gillespie Stone
New River
A. Carr Jones
J. P. Whitt
Sunrise Burial Park
Pulaski County
Norris Bennett
Nicholas Enterprise Coal Company
Summersville
Summersville Methodist Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Masons
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Tommy Reese
Thomas R. Dalton
Thomas Raymond Dayton
Pocahontas
the Baptist Church
J. A. Crosier
Dalton
Frances Spurlin
Wesley
Walter
Abbs Valley
Maude Nooncaster
Frank Reedy
Kyle
J. W. Dalton
Therlow Reedy
Wesley Edwards
Claude Dalton
Everette Reedy
Pocahontas Union
Maple Hill
Robert E. Hazelwood
Robert Earl Hazelwood
Goodwill
Mercer Funeral Home
Preston A. Lester
Preston Andrew Lester
Wardell
Richlands
Little River
W. A. White
Belfast Mills
Lester
Will
Amanda Asbury White
Tazewell County
Uae
the Distillers Co., Ltd
Ae Eee
Bluefield & Montcalm
W.va
Bluefield, Va
Mercer Funeral Home Inc
P. D. Bratton
Mer
Clyde Cravens
Asst
Mgr
Matoaka
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