1958 Congress Faces Pace To Pass Major Bills
The 85th Congress shows promise of productive output with bills advancing on defense reform Alaska statehood a civilian Space Agency and labor welfare safeguards. A broad agenda includes reciprocal trade extension education aid Hawaiian statehood and vice presidential disability procedures remains uncertain.
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White House
Alaska
Senate
House
Defense Department
America
Spencer Man Named WVU Alumni Head
F. F. McIntosh Jr. of Spencer, a 1921 WVU graduate and former WVU Board of Governors member, was elected president of the West Virginia University Alumni Association. New officers include Dale G. Casto, J. Ray Fredlock, W. Lyle Jones, Paul Summers, and Okey B. Glenn, with David W. Jacobs named to his 21st term as executive secretary.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
F. F. McIntosh Jr
Spencer
Okey B. Glenn
Williamson
McIntosh
WVU Board of Governors
Dale G. Casto
Charleston
J. Ray Fredlock
W. Lyle Jones
Clarksburg
Paul O. Summers
Lewisburg
Glenn
David W. Jacobs
WVU
Georgia Tech Alum L. L. Antle to Speak at Bluefield Chamber Meet
L. L. Antle of Atlanta will be principal speaker at the Bluefield Virginia chamber meeting at noon Monday in the First Methodist Church. The manufacturer and former Georgia Tech faculty member joins a dinner event with the Bluefield Sales Executives Club and is praised as an outstanding speaker.
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L. L. Antle
Atlanta
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
First Methodist Church
Antle
Georgia Tech
Bluefield Sales Executives Club
OES Chapter Meets Tuesday At 8 P.M
Members of Princeton Chapter 53, Order of the Eastern Star, meet Tuesday at 8 p m at Masome Temple for officer elections and a general business session. A note mentions filing applications to join the force.
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OES
Princeton Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masome Temple
Hats for sale at Thrift Rummage Shop
Ethel's Hat Shop transfers remaining hats to 622 Federal Street thrift shop. Hats priced at $1.00 each.
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Federal Street
Ethel
Deaths and Funerals in Princeton Area
Obituaries and funeral notices announced for multiple residents including John Jacob Harman of Princeton aged 43 and Boyd W. Crouch of Princeton aged 67. Details cover survivorships, funeral times, burial sites, and arranging funeral homes across Virginia and West Virginia communities.
Obituary notices from Bramwell and surrounding areas
Obituaries list multiple local figures with funerals and interments today. Mrs Mattie Lambert 65 Freeman at Bramwell Methodist Church with burial in Lambert Cemetery. Charles S Maxwell 49 Litwar at 11 30 am from home, interment Mullens Cemetery Paynesville. Sam E Jones 83 Avondale 11 am at Vance Cemetery Paynesville. Joel A Johnson 78 near Wytheville Va 11 am Dockery Seventh Day Adventist Church Wilkes County NC interment there. Rev A Rachal former Bramwell minister 2 pm Shawsville Va funeral today.
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Jesse James Palmer
Roanoke
Ohio
McComas
Lillian A. Palmer
L. C. Hayes
W. B. Hendrick, Jr
Marion
J. A. Palmer
Summit
N .J
D. H. Palmer
William Sisson
P. O. Palmer
Boone's Mill
Oakey's Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Arthur Lee Faulkner
Robert M
Ida Aldrich Faulkner
Vera-Poca Coal Company
Landgraff
Nazarene Church
Princeton
Fannie Lou Jackson
McDowell County
Gladys McClure
St. Albans
Alice Williams
Lucille Perdue
Keystone
Hazel O'Hara
Baltimore
Andy Faulkner
Lawrence Faulkner
Boissevain
Princeton Nazarene Church
Vane Anderson
Robert Thomas
Monte Vista Park
Seaver Mortuary
Wille Henry Wall
Bernard Clowers
Otis Strough
Wade Taylor
Jack Cozart
Edmund Wall
Boyd W. Crouch
Prince Street
Beckley
Mercer County
Cordie S. Crouch
Louise Collins
Salem
Mildred Crouch
Margaret Lynch
Alma
Bonnie Stratton
Milton, Fla
Memorial Funeral Home Chapel
Crouch
Beeson
Lambert
Mattie
Freeman
Bramwell Methodist Church
Lambert Cemetery
Maxwell
Charles S
Litwar
Mullens Cemetery
Paynesville
Johnson
Joel A
Wytheville
Dockery Seventh Day Adventist Church
Wilkes County
N. C
Rachal
Rev. A
Bramwell
Shawsville
BSC Holds Baccalaureate Address With Notable Clergy
Rev C Shelby Rooks of Lincoln Memorial Temple in Washington will deliver Bluefield State College's baccalaureate address at Arter Hall at 3 p.m. The 34 year old veteran and NAACP leader studied at Booker T Washington High Norfolk and Union Theological Seminary. Dr E W Anderson of Ohio State will give the commencement address at 10 30 a.m. Monday for 54 graduates.
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C. Shelby Rooks
Lincoln Memorial Congregational Temple
Washington, D.C
Bluefield State College
Arter Hall
Rooks
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
Booker T. Washington High School
Norfolk
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Union Theological Seminary
New York City
Teachers College
Columbia University
Union Seminary
NAACP
Commission On Community Life
Council of Churches
National Capital Area
Committee of Equal Employment Opportunities
Washington Association of Congregational Christian Churches
C. H. Patterson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
R. A. Lewis
Bethel A.M.E
Ippolitof Ivanof
Dawson
Gilead
E. W. Anderson
Department of Education
Ohio State University
Summer Vocational Classes Open Monday at 9 A.M.
Summer classes at Mercer County Vocational School Glenwood Park start Monday June 2 at 9 a m and run through July 31. Six hours daily five days a week offered courses include sheet metal machine shop electricity radio and welding. Eligible students from ninth grade age 14 may enroll bus routes available for county and city riders with possible changes based on enrollment. One unit awarded upon completion.
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Mercer County Vocational School
Glenwood Park
Bluefield
Princeton
Arista
Springton
Giotto
Matoaka
Lashmeet
Kegley
Glenwood
McComas
Montcalm
Bramwell
Bluewell
Lorton Lick Road
Sandlick
Al Modena to Speak at Y's Men's Dinner
Al Modena, West Virginia Outstanding Jaycee of the Year, will be the special guest at Bluefield Y's Men's Club dinner Tuesday at 6 p m. The meeting at Pinnacle Restaurant will feature Goodman Jones and Dennis Clark discussing swimming pool plans and summer issues.
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al Modena
Bluefield
Rocky Gap High School Names Co-Valedictorians 1958
Ollie Mae Kitts and Julia Ann Kidd named co valedictorians of the 1958 Rocky Gap High School graduating class. Both maintain straight A averages and have active records in FHA Beta Club FBLA Student Council and related honors.
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Ollie Mae Kitts
Kenner Kitts
Bastian
Julia Ann Kidd
Marie C
E. H. Kidd
Rocky Gap High School
Rocky Gap
Ollie Mae
FHA
American Legion
SCA
FBLA
Radford College
Julia
Future Business Leaders of America
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
The forecast calls for Sunday variable cloudiness warm and humid with showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and early night. Highs reach 85 to 90 degrees in lower elevations and around 80 in higher mountains. Monday turns cooler and cloudier with a few showers and scattered thundershowers, especially in the western areas.
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West Virginia
Virginia
West Portion
Presley Leaves Ft Hood After Basic Training
Elvis Presley completed eight weeks of basic Army training at Ft Hood and will take two weeks of leave in Memphis before returning for final stateside duties. He will eventually ship to Germany with the 3rd Armored Division as a tank crewman.
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FT. Hood
Tex
Elvis Presley
Memphis
Tenn
Elvis
Germany
3Rd Armored Division
United States
New York
Princetonians On Historic Tour To Jamestown Trip
A group of 44 Princeton High School students with A grades in United States History will tour historic Jamestown Virginia. The three day trip leaves Princeton Monday at 5 a m with lodging at the Jefferson Hotel Richmond Warwick Hotel Warwick near Jamestown. Chaperons listed. attire guidelines given for bus dining hotels.
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Princeton
United States
Jamestown
Virginia
Matthew French
The
DAR
Virginian Hotel
Charlottesville
Richmond
Jefferson Hotel
Warwick Hotel
Warwick
Owen Hutchenson
Owen Flaherty
Conley Snidow
L. W. Doggett
Bristol and East Tennessee Bus Route Reopens Plans
The company that ran the short route into Bristol and East Tennessee halted service forcing riders to cross into Wytheville Virginia and down UV 11 to reach Tennessee. Fitzpatrick said one schedule would start from Bluefield on Monday, two on Tuesday, and eventually restore the original five daily schedules.
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Pany
Bristol
East Tennessee
Wytheville
Tennessee
Fitzpatrick
Bluefield
Swim Classes Begin June 16
The 1958 Red Cross summer swimming program starts Monday June 16 and runs eight weeks. Courses teach lean to swim beginner through lifesaving across age groups with two weekly sessions per two week block. Enrollment requires Red Cross registration, a doctor’s certificate, and pool access. Fees of 15 to 25 cents cover daily pool use.
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Red Cross
Coal and Coke
Multiple Virginia traffic and water deaths reported in May
The record lists several May fatalities across Virginia and nearby areas. Fol lowing incidents include Pocahontas resident injured May 15 and died May 21 near Hampton, a 17 year old drowned May 24 in Falls Mills, a 36 year old in Albemarle County traffic crash, a 34 year old killed in Gastonia after auto crash, and other drownings and a child burn death in Richlands.
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Pocahontas
Hampton
Adam Nogosky
Abbs Valley
Tazewell County
Falls Mills
Earl J. Arnold
Abingdon
Charlottesville
Albemaine County
June Runyon
Bradshaw
McDowell County
Gastonia
N. C
Federal Bureau of Identification
Defense Department
Spice Creek
Irvan Irkhiewskij
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Old Dominion
Big Stone Gap
Phyllis Kay Brown
Richlands
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Harold W. Kelly
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National Electric Coil Company
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Raymond
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Delaware
Ethel Cooley
Eunice Kelly
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Clarence Anderson
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