Bluefield Telephone lowers long distance rates regionwide
Last midnight Mercer McDowell and Tazewell counties adopted new long distance rates. The Bluefield Telephone Company officials say savings total about 20 percent for long distance users. The change shifts distance calculation from pale line to air line mileage, charging the shortest possible distance between calling points.
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Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Bluefield Telephone Company
Funeral for Boissevain Woman Held Today
The funeral of Mrs. Frank Smith of Boissevain is set for 2 pm at the Boissevain Methodist church with Rev. T. Glimer presiding and Rev. R. Bowden assisting. She died Monday in Bluefield sanitarium from complications. survived by husband, children Harry, Glen, Roy, Marion, Stanley, Martha June, Eva, a grandson, and her sisters Mrs. Mamie Sweett and Mrs. Johnny Groseclose and Mrs. Marvin Groseclose of Boissevain.
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Frank Smith
Boissevain
Methodist Church
T. Glimer
R. H. Bowden
Pocahontas
Smith
Bluefield Sanitarium
A& Citizen
Mamie Sweett
Johnny Groseclose
Mar Yin Groseclose
Harry Smith
Glen Rogers
Roy
Marion
Stanley Smith
Martha June
Eva Smith
Amonate Postmaster Exams Announced
Notices from Amonate Virginia announce civil service examinations for a postmaster position to be held soon. Applications must be filed on or before February 5th 1937.
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Amonate
Revival at Trinity M E Church Draws Large Crowd
Evangelist Albert Peterson led a Trinity Methodist revival morning service on loving guidance shaping character and obedience. Evening message titled That I may know Him explored servant sovereign sacrifice and savior themes. many responded at the altar. Regular services and a Sunday mass meeting at three p.m. were announced.
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Trinity Methodist Revival
Christ
Albert Peterson
Peterson
Shady Springs CCC Boys Aid in Funeral
Beckley West Virginia January 20 ccc camp Shady Springs assisted a Clyde Harmon family 13 miles away in burying Mrs Harmon roads to the isolated home were muddy six enrollees and a foreman used two trucks one a makeshift hearse carried the cortege to Low Gap read service by Rev Beryl Cochran pallbearer William Eberly led the singing earlier the camp had cleared a snow trail for a physician on an urgent birth call Mental illness description appears in the same clipping.
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Beckley
W. Va
Ccc
MercER Lodge No 160 A F & A M Notice
Stated communication of Mercer Lodge No 160 A F and A M this Thursday evening at 7 30. Nor man McDowell secretary. City and Coalfield Items mention local ads for tacos beauty salon prices and a White sale.
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Fretwell's
Dana
Mercer Lodge No
A. FP
Norman McDowell
Many Defendants Face M'Clintic Moonshine Sentences
A Virginia case batch lists defendants from Martinsville Beckley and Raleigh with moonshine and untaxed liquor charges. Sentences include two years in Petersburg and fines up to $200 plus additional terms at Atlanta Chillicothe Alderson and Mercer county jails. Names include Yancy Martin John Honnatt Mary Honwatt Woodrow Wilson Cook Webb Scarbrough Melvin Frasier and others.
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Petersburg
Yancy Martin
Martinsville
Mercer County
John Honnatt
Beckley
Mary Honwatt
Alderson
Bob Kelley
Greenbrier County
Atlanta
Webb Scarbrough
Pocahontas County
Melvin Frasier
McDowell County
Offord Carlyle Hambrick
Harvey Lee Ballay
Federal Reformatory
Chillcothe
Willie Hudging
Casey Alfred Jones
Daniel Johnson
Waldo Maddy
Wilton Proffit
Alfred Harless
Chillgothe
Everett’ Robinette
Bluefield
Harry Scruggs
Charles Scarberry
Atlante
William Mack Dile
Scarberry
Willie Hambrick
Harvey ‘Kennedy
Kimball
Allen Preston Thomas Jefferson Jones
Raleigh County
Curely Richardson
Welch
Elia Rose
Princeton
Brother of Fred Dyer Dies in Harrisonburg
Death occurred at Harrisonburg Virginia Tuesday night for Jack Dyer aged 30, brother of Fred R Dyer 33844 North Street. Fred Dyer is well known in Bluefield and coal fields and works at Haskins Meena Coal company in Hazard Kentucky, while keeping his residence here.
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Harrisonburg
Jack Dyer
Fred R. Dyer
North Street
Fred Dyer
Bluefield
Coalfield
Hazard, Ky
Haskins-Meema Coal Company
Galbraith Named to Board of Crippled Children's Group
J B Galbraith of this city was elected a member of the board of directors of the West Virginia Society for Crippled Children. A former Bluefield Kiwanis president and state chairman for the society's work among the underprivileged, he was chosen president of the Mercer county branch two weeks ago.
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J.B. Galbraith
West Virginia Society For Crippled Children
Galbraith
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Mercer County
The
Crippled Children’s Society
Colored Bethel A. M. E. Church Senior Missionary Meet
The Senior Missionary Society will meet this p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Tolbert Jones street at four o clock. Missions study will be from the first chapter of the book of Acts instructed by the pastor Kens Kez zee. All members are asked to be present. Friends are also welcome.
Sitdown Strike Hits Cumberland Tire Plant
The Church of God in Christ at 200 Wilson Street announces a Bible band meeting at Mrs. Mabel Martin's home on North Mercer Street tonight at 8. All members urged to attend. Visitors welcome. A sitdown strike at Kally-Springfield Tire plant in Cumberland, Maryland, left about 1,200 workers unemployed after production halted.
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Church OF God IN Christ
Wilson Street
Georgia Tedericks
Mabel Martin
Mercer Street
Cumberland
Kally-Springfield Tire Company
Regional Service Group Meeting In Pocahontas Division
The regional better service club committee of Norfolk and Western employees meets at 9 AM today in the West Virginian hotel. About 40 workers from across the division will discuss better railroad service and citizenship at the Roanoke conference, with J B Baskerville presiding. The session links with the Bluefield club for an evening gathering at the city auditorium and features a pocafilm All Aboard.
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Better Service Organizations
West Virginian
Better Service Club Committee
Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas
Roanoke
Portal
Ad ‘Western
J. B. Baskeville
Altcret
System Conference
Bluefield Better Service Club
City Auditorium
Association of American Railroads
United States
E L Clarks Mother Dies in Springfield
Mr and Mrs E L Clarks Fair Tax street left for Springfield Ohio to attend the funeral of Mrs W C Clark 85 who died Tuesday night of pneumonia Funeral and burial set for Friday afternoon Mrs Clark survived by three daughters and three sons Ruth Laura Gemmell Joe Fink David and H B Clark and E L Clark Her husband died about a year ago two days before their youngest son Harvey Clark
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E.L. Clark
Fair- Tax Street
Springfield
Ohio
E. L. Clark
Timo
Harvey Clark
Flood danger grows in Ohio River Valley cities
Flood danger mounts across towns along the Ohio River with several roadways blocked and 500 Evansville families evacuated. Levees crack and breach as the river nears 1913 levels, while weather forecasts predict ongoing high water for days. Emergency crews rush sandbags and coast guard boats to protect communities in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky.
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Ohio River
Chicago
Coast Guard
White River
Decker
Ind
Hazelton
G. H. Allen
WPA
Evansville
National Red Cross
Blytheville
Ark
Adout
Ohio
Huelleville
W. Va
Cairo
Tfl
Belleville
Pittsburgh
Mississippi
Portsmouth
Louisville
Rvansville
California
Billzards
Utah
Montana
Parade Honored by Rain in West Virginia Event
The rain dampened a parade honoring Senator and Mrs. Neely hosted by the McCulloughs. Gov. and Mrs. Hott attended with a long list of notables including John L. Lewis, UMWA president. West Virginians heard Misa Lausanne Fisher from Sutton sing at the inaugural concert. she is Circuit Judge Jake Fisher’s niece. Fisher debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in December 1935. Gov. Holt planned to depart for Charleston tonight, with most delegates leaving tomorrow.
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Neely
McCulloughs
Hott
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
West
Thompson William L dies at 48 near Springville
William L Thompson 48 a well known Tazewell county farmer died Wednesday morning at his home near Springville on Tazewell road after a period of ill health Funeral services will be held at 2 this afternoon from the Thompson home with Rev Elmer Dean and Rev C H Logan officiating Burial will be in a family cemetery He is survived by his mother Mrs W S Thompson wife Lois Tiller Thompson children Katherine 13 Prancey 11 and Donald 10 brothers A W Thompson of Wytheville Bam F Thompson and Mrs Chas Stevens of the Divides and a sister The deceased born July 23 1888 near the Divides was a longtime Springville resident
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William L. Thompson
Tazewell County
Springville
Tazewell Road
Thompson
Thompson Homse
Elmer Dean
Divides Methodist Church
C. H. Logan
Maybury
Chas. Stevens
Mr. Thompson
O. G. Hawke
C. J. Hawks
Walter Carter
W. W. Dilla
T. 8. Yost
Will C. White
T. W. Treson
Will Wallace
Jess Wells
Co. M. Nash
Ed Lambert
M. Hart
Gus Jones
Herbert Bowman
Fred Caldwell
J. G. Carter
Ernest Harless
Campus Queen Contest Sparks Name Confusion
An editor notes the campus queen event allows any gender and explains a male student was once assigned to a women's dormitory until the mixup was resolved. The piece hints at photo inclusion in a yearbook if elected and mentions prior name confusion involving the student.
Lawmakers Reassemble to Tackle 1937-38 Appropriation
Lawmakers reconvene today to reopen committee work on the 1937-38 appropriation bill. An early submission is unlikely this week, but a skeleton bill may be sent with recommended figures to follow.
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Commission
Resinol Ointment and Soap Promoted for Itching Relief
Advertisers tout Resinol as quick relief for eczema itch and irritation around the body and personal parts. Night application, nightly use, and Resinol Soap are said to hasten healing and soothe the skin, with a note offering free samples from Resinol, Dept. 4, Baltimore.
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Resinol
Dept
Baltimore
Turner to Speak at Scout Meet in West Virginia
Francis W Turner director of the state welfare department will be the principal speaker at the Southern West Virginia council Boy Scouts of America annual meeting to be held at North Fork High School Friday evening at 7 30 Pearle L Whitehead deputy executive region No 4 including West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky will guest of the council at this meeting About 175 scout leaders and their ladies are expected J Robert Anderson council president will preside Election of officers and awards for achievements will be announced
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State Welfare Department
Northfork
Francis W. Turner
Virginia Council
Boy Scouts of America
Northfork High School
Pearle L. Whitehead
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
J. Robert Anderson
Snd
General Motors strike stretches into new year
Scouting to various individuals, Sam Rosen of Northfork chairs the arrangements committee. Over 135,000 GM workers idle as the glass tieup ends. Sit down strikes at Boln Aluminum plant No 3 end with minimum wages of 65 cents for men and 60 cents for women. Pittsburgh Plate Glass workers win an eight cent raise. Libbey-Owens-Ford likely to settle soon at 63 cents for men and 66 for women.
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Sam Rosen
Northfork
G. M
Flint
Women's Emergency Brigade
General Motors
Boln Aluminum Company
Ford Motor Company
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Glen W. McCabe
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
McCabe
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Goofykoonts's Rock-A-Water Tablets Ad
An advertisement invites readers to visit Goofykoonts's to purchase Rock-A-Water Tablets. The offer promotes a thirty day treatment for duce pounds in 1: days at a price of $2.00, claiming guaranteed fat reduction without dilation.
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Goofykoonts's
Labor contract settles wage boost for glass workers
R L Clause executive vice president and Fred Keightley labor relations director signed the agreement ending a wage boost dispute. The pact keeps most terms similar to last year and calls for a wage conference with CIO aimed 15 days before February 1 1938. Plants involved include Creighton Ra City Clarksburg Mt Vernon and Henryetta with seniority rights and anti union discrimination assurances.
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R. L. Clause
Fred Keightley
Clause
Improw
Creighton
Ra City
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mt. Vernon
Henryetta
Okla
Philip Murray
CIO
Pittsburgh Piste Glass
Tibbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
McCabe
Black Hills
South Dakota Planning Board
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Chamber of Commerce
Frank McEnteer
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Bruceton Mills
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