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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1948
Page
3
W. W. Hendrick, 82, of Bailey's Crossroads, claims 62 grandchildren and 68 great grandchildren after eight children and three adopted orphans. He notes the total is unofficial, and yet his family remains a dominant presence in the household. Despite illiteracy, he stays informed on world events and current affairs.
Harmonica, a four year old chestnut filly, led from the start to beat Stymie and four others in the Suburban Handicap before a record Belmont Park crowd. Jockey Warren Mehrtens guided her to a two length victory as Stymie finished second. Harmonica paid $28.60 $7.30 and $3.20 with the longest shot at 13 to 1.
In Tampa Florida on May 31 Tyrone Power the film actor was awarded an honorary doctor of humanities degree by the University of Tampa. The report notes erosion formed pinnacles in Sand Creek ey Oregon as a separate mention.
John E. White 30 died at Grundy hospital after a shooting outside a service station near Oakwood. David Strunk, about 35, was charged with murder. a murder warrant was issued and Strunk surrendered to authorities. White, a Jewell Ridge motorman, leaves a wife Olive Compton and four daughters. Funeral plans set for Pilgrim Knob with burial in Ward Cemetery.
Camden N J May 31 A five year old mare once highly rated and a two year old colt with great prospects won the day in the Garden State Park closing program The Honeymoon bred by W L ranch Hollywood owner Harry Warner ran to victory in the Vineland Handicap over Elpis earning 25000 In the Garden State Stakes Peter home bred son of Blue Larkspur outsped rivals to win by four and a half lengths in the muddy mile and one sixteenth in 145 The crowd of 34848 watched Douglas Dodson keep Honeymoon near the early pace before challenging late The story notes a color eye device touted as a key aid for color matching in paint and textiles.
Memorial Day services were held at Monte Vista Park cemetery and Woodlawn cemetery under cloudy skies. The American Legion Riley-West Post No 9 hosted with Col. F F Fainter delivering the address. VFW Pinnacle Post No 3856 participated and planes from Princeton airport dropped flowers.
Glen Webb of Beckley, post commander of the Raleigh post of the American Legion, spoke to Bluefield Kiwanians on American Opportunity at a Memorial Day meeting yesterday afternoon. Ernest Keesse was introduced as a new member. The club noted birthdays for Bill Grouch, Cecil Cook, Greenspon, Jess Michelson and Bob Peters. The program was presided over by Clyde Stevens, with George Foreman as program chairman. It was noted that exchanging eggs on New Year’s Day in Paris is a custom symbolizing life’s beginning.
Funeral services were held for William Leonard Surbar at Midway Christian church with American Legion in charge. Mary Alice Dye, 22, dies at home. service at First Baptist Richlands with burial in Hawkins cemetery. Mrs D. L. White, 60, dies in Elgood. funeral at Elgood Methodist church. Henry Dew Kean Yawter, 67, dies in Bramwell area. funeral at Tazewell Presbyterian Church. Double funeral for Mr and Mrs Allen P Steele of Detroit near Wayne. interment in Woodlawn and Miami burial for Mr Steele. Oscar Brown Kelly, 68, of McDowell, rites at grandson's home. burial Woodlawn. survived by wife, four children, eight stepchildren, and three brothers.
A Memorial Day weekend crash in Giles county Virginia killed Clyde Fletcher 28 of North Carolina the truck driver in a collision with a 1947 Mercury sedan near Rich Creek West of the corporate limits on Route 460 Injuries also occurred to C C Howson 23 a VPI student in Blacksburg the car owner’s son from Pikeville Kentucky and several others in Mercer county and nearby areas.
The body of Ewell J. Lytton, formerly of Bluefield, who drowned in Cherokee Lake near Knoxville, Tenn., Sunday, has not been recovered. Lytton, former manager of the coal commission office here and later with the Clinchfield Coal Corporation at Dante, Va., drowned during a fishing trip.
Thousands flee as Red Cross reports dozens missing amid floodwaters from the Columbia. Vanport lies in ruin with water towers standing. Portland Meadows evacuated as dikes crack and water halts trains and air travel. National Guardsmen reinforce dikes while residents race to safety along elevated highways.
Monte Jones a 39 year old escaped convict from Huntington Prison farm was captured Sunday afternoon at his home on East River mountain by state police and Bluefield officers. He is held in Mercer county Jail to await transfer to Moundsville penitentiary. Jones escaped May 21 while serving a one to 15 year sentence for burglary in a break in at a home on East River mountain. A Mercer county jury convicted him in April 1947.
The notice distributed by Vanport housing authority to every household urged calm and stated warnings would come if needed. Refugees filled hundreds of Portland homes and crowded public centers as Red Cross and Salvation Army provided food and shelter while they awaited news of the missing. The article also notes Boston's North Church bells, the oldest in America, chiming eight bells first rung in 1744.
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