Dozen Ghay-Clad Veterans Present
Tazewell Virginia May 31 Memorial day observance included graveside rites and a high school auditorium address by Dr. Goodridge Wilson of Marion. Veterans from the Civil War and World War I joined a large crowd for a luncheon as dwindling Confederate ranks were noted. Capt. John D. Alexander and Col. W. C. Pendleton spoke briefly, stirring the audience with emotion.
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Tazewell
Goodridge Wilson
Marion
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
John D. Alexander
Col
W. C. Pendleton
Tazewell High School awards diplomas for 1929-30 term
The 1929-30 term closed with twenty-three diplomas awarded by Division Superintendent A S Greever. A post ceremony program in the high school auditorium featured Miss Nell Peery and Miss Katherine McCall among speakers and performers. Dr J T T Hundley of Lynchburg College gave the address.
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Tazewell High School
A. S. Greever
Nell Peery
Katherine McCall
Mary Compton
Mary Crockett Bowen
Catherine James
Helen
Nannie Crabtree
Helen Gillespie
Daisy Harman
Catherine Jones
Beulah Peery
Lois Peery
Janis Steele
Victor Baker
Charley Hager
Bernard Humphrey
Fred Larimer
Dan Harman
Will Mundy
Fred Stephenson
Market price disparity and railroad delivery at 25 cents
The market shows a price gap benefiting producers but remains substantially below last year. Reports indicate delivery at railroad cars fetches 25 cents per pound.
Post Office Survey in Tazewell Eyes Government Building
A postal representative spent several days in Tazewell surveying mall facilities with the aim of recommending a government building for the branch. The senate inquiry into high rents prompted consideration of owning buildings in key locations to reduce costs and improve operations.
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Post Office Department
Tazewell
Senate
School faculty return for summer and Kyle to lead
As the school year ends teachers from elsewhere depart for summer vacation while county assignments await release. Prof. C. J. M. Kyle will continue as principal after succeeding E. W. Miller who left to head Rockbridge county schools. Harry C. Stuart of Elk Garden enters hunting horse breeding, importing blood stock from Lexington to supply a niche market.
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C. J. M. Kyle
E. W. Miller
Rockbridge County
Harry C. Stuart
Elk Garden
Tazewell
Stuart
Lexington
TAZEWELL PERSONALS REPORTS REGULAR VISITS AND TRIPS
R O Crockett was a business visitor to Lynchburg this week. Numerous Tazewell residents and relatives travel to attend graduations, family events, and visits in Atlanta Baltimore Hollins Roanoke Salem and other locations. Members and guests attended a Bluefield Better Service club meeting with vice president W J Jenks speaking.
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Tazewell
R. O. Crockett
Lynchburg
J. P. Royall
Hampton
Dr. St. Clair
George W. St. Clair
Atlanta
Fred R. Steele
Janis
Hollins
Hollins College
Garland Peery
N. M. Walker
Baltimore
Examinations Close as Bluefield College Students Head Home
Examinations dominated the week at Bluefield College as many students finished work and left for home. Some secured rides with travelers or rode trains, while a large number relied on hitchhiking or the mercy of the roads to return at minimal cost. A few even attempt hitchhiking as far as the New England states.
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New England States
Tallest Bluefield College Hopeful Stretches Back Years
Bluefield College notes a unique tall man record with students ranging from Pede at 6 feet 5 inches to Season Bovard 6 feet 6 inches and James Foley 6 feet 5 inches. Kenneth Wood 6 feet 6 inches keeps the line unbroken as Shannon Carr 5 feet 5 inches briefly joined in 1926 27. The search continues for a tall man to topple the mark.
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Bluefield College
Pede
Bovard
James Foley
Kenneth Wood
Shannon Carr
Departure of Riley couple leaves Roanoke College plans uncertain
Professor C Leigh Riley head of history and Mrs Riley have left for a short vacation in Lexington Virginia. Mr Riley will teach in the geology department at Roanoke College in Alem Virginia as he did last summer.
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C. Leigh Riley
Riley
Lexington, Va
Geummer School
Roanoke College
Alem
Dr O E Sams to Leave Bluefield for Mars Hill College
Dr. O E Sams and his family depart Bluefield this week for Mars Hill College North Carolina where he will serve as vice president and join Dr Moore at the helm. The Sams family and friends mourn the farewell yet celebrate the new field of labor for the community leader who arrived in 1927.
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O. E. Sams
Bluefield
Sams
Conway
Mars Hill College
Mars Hill
N. C
First Baptist Church
Mara Hill
Oscar EK
Moore
Princeton
Dr. Stubblefield
College Avenue Baptist Church
Literature contest and declamation duel at college auditorium
Tomorrow night the literary society contest will be staged in the college auditorium at o'clock. On Tuesday night the Rev. T. S. Hamilton will deliver the graduates address. Declamation features pair Walter C. Presley Sr and Charles P. Parker with Gilmer medal past winners meeting Monday for judges decision. Three tennis courts completed by students and faculty since 1927 are opened this summer for Beaver High seniors from June 5 to September 1 except Sundays.
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Literary Society
T. S. Hamilton
Bluefield
Walter C. Presley Sr
West Graham
Charles P. Parker
Vernon Hill
Parker
Bluefield College
Beaver High School
Low Flying Ban Over Explosive Areas Implemented
Washington May 31 A new amendment to air commerce regulations requires aviators to fly at least 1 000 feet over high explosive areas. Danger zones may display day and night markings with HI X letters and chrome yellow color. Lights used at night.
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Washington
Air Commerce Regulations
1929 Passenger Totals for French Air Lines Revealed
Paris reports 25 256 passengers carried by French air lines in 1929 with 10 649 on Paris London routes. Paris Amsterdam and Paris Constantinople followed. French commercial planes totaled 1 600 594 kilometers flown. Also notes an Lister Institute kitchen feeding nearly 3 000 germ types daily.
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French Air Lines
Paris
London
Vice
Paris-Amsterdam
Paris-Constantinople
Lister Institute For Preventative Medicine
Chelsea
England
Commencement Held For Cedar Bluff Seventh Grade
Cedar Bluff Virginia May 31 seventh grade commencement held in the school auditorium. Invocation by Rev Leroy Hawkins chorus and songs high school talks and addresses. Certificates awarded for elementary five point certificates perfect attendance and five point recipients include Rena Kiser Dora Russell Phylis Luttrell Cora Bell Shamblin Adavene Childress Robert Shamblin Marvin Lester Bernard McCall Jack McCall Christina Williams plus Mary Ethel Shamblin Helen McCall Robin Goodwin Edward and Beulah Russell Jean Whitt Dorothy Lowe and Charlie Russell.
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Cedar Bluff
Leroy Hawkins
Beulah Russell
Helen McCall
Gwendolyn Humphrey
Misses Otholeen
Virginia McGuire
Alverdo Brown
Cora Bell Shamblin
Adavene Childress
Robert Shamblin
Marvin Lester
Bernard
Jack McCall
William Horton
Christina Williams
Mary Ethel Shamblin
Phylis Luttrell
Rena Kiser
Cathaleen Russell
Robin Goodwin
Edward and
Jean Whitt
Dorothy Lowe
Charlies Russell
Doak Lowe Struck By Bus Near School
A young boy named Doak Lowe of Middlecreek was struck by a bus near the school building. The driver Crockett Selfe slowed due to crowded parking on the last evening of commencement exercises. The child stepped from behind a car and could not be avoided. he was not seriously injured. Also, a Vacation Bible School will run two weeks at the Presbyterian church for ages 6 to 13, directed by Elizabeth Allen.
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Doak Lowe
Middle Creek
Crockett Selfe
The
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian
Elizabeth Allen
Presbyterian Assembly
Richmond
Bible Study Class Offered at Presbyterian Church
Miss Elizabeth Allen will teach Romans each Thursday evening at the Presbyterian church from seven o clock. The class is mainly for the auxiliary ladies but all community women are invited to attend. G B Wingo has his home painted and a new fence erected along Main Street, improving its appearance.
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Bluefield
Bluefield College
Elizabeth Allen
The
Presbyterian Church
Auxiliary
G. B. Wingo
Haseen
Main Street
Cedar Bluff Personal News Briefs Highlights and Visits
Mr and Mrs John Russell returned home after visiting their son Jeff Russell in Bluefield. Jeff Russell and family visited in New York. Mrs William Kitts and children of Richlands visited Mr and Mrs Jeff Mitchell. Albert Brown, ill at Mattie William hospital Richlands, moved to sister Mrs A J Hall's home and improves slowly. Rev Leroy Hankins will fill his...
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Cedar Bluff
John Russell
Jeff Russell
Bluefield
New York
William Kitts
Richlands
Jeff Mitchell
Albert Brown
Mattie William Hospital
A. J. Hall
Brown
Leroy Hankins
L. K. Nixon
Bobby Mitchell
G. W. Martin
Glenna
A. L. Martin
Delbarton
John Martin
M. L. Watkins
Roger Watkins
Mavbeury
W Va
Don Watkins
Gilliam
W. Va
Bernard Watkins
Alooma
Roslinda St. Clair
Tazewell
Evelyn Graybear
Eliza Shugart
Marion
Neil Porter Rogress
Evelyn Draper
F. D. Huffmann
A. L. Mitchell
Tunney presents golf trophy at Briar Hills tourney
Ene Tunney, looking healthy after illness, presents the championship trophy to Jefferson Machamer, the winner of the cartoonists' golf tournament at Briar Hills Country Club near Ossining New York, and says golf is now his favorite sport.
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Ene Tunney
Jefferson Machamer
Briar Hills Country Club
Ossining
N. Y
Local social notes and graduations from Burkes Garden and nearby towns
Sunday events include Mrs. R L Williams visiting Busthead with Miss Estella Repass meeting on June 6 at 7 30. Virginia Kitts of Richlands calls on Miss Francis Brown. Walter Hash family visit John Russell household. Local students return from Burkes Garden for vacation. Daisy Griffie earns a Richlands diploma. Teachers return from Council Pounding Mill Amonate Cedar Bluff and Berwind.
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R. L. Williams
Nancy White
George Duncan
Busthead
U. P. Missionary Society of the Methodist
Estellla Repass
Virginia Kitts
Richlands
Francis Brown
Walter Hash
North Tazewell
John Russell
Walter Fulton
Lance Luttrer
Thurman
Thornton Raines
Stu
Community Notes From Cedar Bluff Area Reach Across Towns
Local residents visit relatives in Richlands Delbarton Marion Bluefield and Belfast. School closes Cedar Bluff teachers return home and several towns send students and family members. Revival announced at Green a chapel with Mrs Leroy Hankins to lead preaching.
Berlin to Buenos Aires fingerprint radio link tested
A new crime apprehension method between Berlin and Buenos Aires was tried out using radio to send fingerprints. Receivers reported prints were clear and readily identified, marking a potential cross continental technique.
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Berlin
Buenos Aires
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