Pocahontas Institute Meets Thursday After May Postponement
The Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday night June 6 at 8 o clock in the Appalachian Assembly room. W L Osborne announces speaker Edward B Newton of B G Goodrich Akron will discuss natural and synthetic rubber production and show a rubber usage film. The event is sponsored by Superior Sterling with C F Brooks organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Byefield
Algoma
W. L. Osborne
Edward B. Newton
B. G. Goodrich Company
Akron
Appalachian Assembly Room
Superior Sterling Company
C. F. Brooks
Institute
Bluefield Distributors
Paul Thomas Jr Receives Washington and Lee Degree
Paul Campbell Thomas Jr of Bluefield earned a bachelor of arts degree at Washington and Lee University during the 197th commencement. He served three years in the army and received the Silver Star in the Battle of the Bulge while a first lieutenant of infantry. He held roles in Phi Delta Theta, the Southern Collegians dance band, varsity show, Capitlion club, Glee club, and the college annual business staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Paul Campbell Thomas
Bluefield
Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee
Thomas
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Southern Collegians
May Traffic Toll Dip In West Virginia
West Virginia motorists showed cautious driving in May producing 17 traffic fatalities, the lowest May toll since last year. The state police report five month total reached 127, up 31 from the same period in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Stolen Gladstone Bag Reported at Bus Terminal
Bernard Kaylor of Landgraff West Virginia told police his Gladstone bag was stolen at the bus terminal. The luggage contained a flannel suit a blue sports coat three white shirts and a tan raincoat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Kaylor
Landgraff
W. Va
Gladstone
Grace Robinson to Speak at Nazarene Church
The Rev Grace Robinson of Meridian Mississippi arrived in Bluefield this week as guest of the Rev and Mrs L C Miller. She will speak at morning and evening services at the Church of the Nazarene next Sunday and direct a daily Vacation Bible School from Monday June 3 for two weeks from 9 to 11 40 a m Monday through Friday. Robinson a former Moody Bible Institute student is noted as an accomplished musician who will use piano and piano accordion in her ministry.
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Grace Robinson
Meridian
Bluefield
L. C. Miller
Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
Miss Robinson
Moody Bible Institute
Kimball Junior High Promises Evening Exercises at School
Kimball West Virginia June 1 The Kimball junior high school promotion exercises were held in the school auditorium Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss June Turpin welcomed with Raymond Hamden delivering the farewell. Speakers and performers included Miss Sylvia Walls, Miss Marion Lumpkins, Miss Lora Mae Gillespie, and Francis Starling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Atkinson
George Barry Grogen
J. Will Bailey
Dora Lee Jackson
Lora Mae Gillespie
George Barry Grogan
Raymond Hamden
Marion Lumpkins
June Turpin
Betty Alexander
Ruth Anderson
Ted Belcher
Bert Bennett
Audrey Bennett
Jackie Colvard
Paul Day
Jimmy Dickerson
Florence Hendricks
Arwood Jackson
Curtis Kemp
Orise Kemp
John Kepler
Faye Klemovitch
Ruth York
Imogene Mabry
Nancy Majestro
Ruth Mitchem
Joseph Murphy
Jean Richardson
Gladys Roark
Thomas O. Lawson Receives Technician Fifth Grade Promotion
Thomas O. Lawson, son of Mrs Hallie R Lawson of Maybury, is promoted to technician fifth grade while serving with the 232nd regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division in General Mark W Clark's United States forces in Austria.
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United States
Austria
Thomas O. Lawson
Hallie R. Lawson
Maybuery
Mark W. Clarks
Dessert bridge hosted by Tidewater residents hits five tables
Mrs. Ellsworth Lynder and Mrs. Terry Chandoha entertained with a dessert bridge Friday evening at Mrs. Chandoha's Tidewater home. Five tables engaged in play with Mrs. Virginia Harris winning high score, Mrs. Woody Price of Carswell second, and Mrs. Charles Moore low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Lynder
Terry Chandoha
Chandoha
Tidewater
Virginia Harris
Woody Price
Carswell
Charles Moore Low
Ellsworth Snyder Hosts Tidewater Birthday Party
Ellsworth Snyder of Tidewater celebrated his fourth birthday with a Saturday afternoon party hosted by his mother Mrs Ellsworth Snyder and assisted by Miss Nannie Snyder. Guests included Fay Elizabeth Ockerman Kenneth Ockerman Jr Joyce Roger Belarts Jack Andy Catona Carol Jeanene Annabell Goode. Mr and Mrs Robert Charlton hosted the Young Adult Fellowship gathering Friday evening with a program by Mrs Jewell and Mrs H W Tailor. Delegates were planned for the Young Adult Assembly at Buckhannon June 21 to 23. Refreshments followed the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Snyder
Tidewater
Ellsworth Synder
Nannie Snyder
Fay
Elizabeth
Kenneth Ockerman
Joyce
Roger Belarts
Jack
Andy Catona, Jr
Carol Jeanene
Annabell Goode
Vie
Robert Charlton
Young Adult Fellowship
James Ferrell
Gary
Lovers Lane
Stuart
Patty Barr
Ashville
N. C
Coleen Ryan
Wade
Joe Watson
Eddie Dennison
Tommy Ferrell
Engagement Announced For Mary Ann McDowell and Conway Eddins
Miss Mary Ann McDowell daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Calvert McDowell of Charleston will wed Mr Conway Eddins son of Mr and Mrs George Eddins now of Huntington. The couple plans a Huntington ceremony on Sunday June 23. Mr Eddins who served in the European theater of war grew up in Kimball and is now in the family insurance business in Huntington.
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Kimball
Mary Ann McDowell
Leslie Calvert McDowell
Charleston
Conway Eddins
George ,Eddins
Huntington
Eddins
Local residents and families on travel and work changes
Rex Coon joins Welch Electric after navy service and government vocational training. Mrs. Theo Steineke and Dr. Olea Feagin return to Taunton after a visit with Mrs. W. H. Snow. Kimball relatives, Pulaski visits, and other family travels including New York, Huntington, and Marshall College events are noted along with military assignments and job moves.
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Rex Coon
Navy
Welch Electric Company
Theo. Steineke
Olea Feagin
Taunton
Mass
W. H. Snow
Steinekes
Kimball
J. Will Bailey
Pulaski
C. D. Eddins
George Eddins
Huntington
Floyd County
Bebe Hamden
Emily Brooks
New York
Florence Douglas
Stevens Clinic
Travis Parsons
Hinton
Harold Newman
Newman
Newmans
West Coast
Japan
John Stockamore
Mark
Columbia
S. C
J. C. Newman
William Alger
New London
Virgie Brown
W. H. Show
Alvin Show
Jane
Shepperdstown
John Bell
Harold Willey
Marshall College
Mr. Willey
Bids To Be Opened On Road Projects
The road commission will open bids June 18 for a bridge and highway repairs across 18 counties with an estimated total cost of 915 531 63. Four previously rejected bids for surface treatments and bridge work are included subject to Public Roads Administration approval.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Mosey- Dothan
Fayette County
Alderson Road
Ronceverte
Greenbrier
Calhoun
DeKalb
Wimer County
Latonia
Tanners Creek
Gilmer County
Public Roads Administration
Mingo
Rockhouse Fork
Elk Creek
Monroe
Raines Corner
Greenville
State
Sweet Springs
Virginia Line
Mercer
Pettry- Elgood
Cumberland Roads
Raleigh
Coal City
Fireco
Princewick
Winding Gulf
Wyoming
Oceana Junction
Kopperston
Ravensville
Massive concrete steel structure rises in Gary WV
At Gary No 2 works a vast coking coal blending bin for metallurgical coal holds 12 500 tons and will be emptied twice daily. The six by seventy two foot high unit required 2 300 cubic yards of concrete with 80 interior bins and six foot seven inch thick outer walls. Sub contracted to Rust Engineering Pittsburgh PA the project is part of McNally Pittsburgh Manufacturing. R J McMuray is general superintendent.
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Gary
Gary No. 2
West Virginia
United States Coal and Coke Company
Wilcoe
Rust Engineering Company
Pittsburgh
H. V. Arnold
William E. Barnaby
McNally-Pittsburgh Manufacturing Company
Kansas
R. J. McMuray
Final PTA Meeting at Elbert-Filbert School
The final PTA meeting was held Tuesday evening in the school auditorium. Mrs. Jim Stone presided as second vice-president during the program led by first grade pupils under Mrs. Hunt and Miss Ruth Reynolds and by Mr. Huff's second grade. New officers installed by Mrs. R. H. Moore include Mrs. Stone as president, Mrs. George Burge as vice-president, Mrs. Lucille Bingham as second vice-president, Miss Ruth Wood as secretary, and Mrs. Dalton as treasurer.
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P.T. A Elbert-Filbert
Jim Stone
Hunt
Ruth Reynolds
Huff
R. H. Moore
Gary
George Burge
Lucille Bingham
Ruth Wood
Dalton
Gary Couples Announce Two Local Weddings
Davina Louise Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Brown to H Edward Ketter will wed June 8 at First Methodist Fairmont. Ketter, a Gary engineer draftsman, served as navy lieutenant in the south Pacific. Ann Painter daughter of Mr and Mrs E M Painter married Coy Turner son of Mr and Mrs Turner of Pulaski Virginia in Chesterfield South Carolina with Judge Jack Horton officiating. Both couples are Gary High School graduates. Turner served overseas four years and now works for U S Coal and Coke in Gary.
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Gary
Davina Louise Brown
Arthur 8. Brown
H. Edward Ketter
First Methodist Church
Fairmont
Ketter
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Miss Brown
Gary High School
Mr. Ketter
E. F. Ketter
South Pacific
Navy
E. M. Painter
Ann Painter
Coy Turner
E. T. Turner
Pulaski
Chesterfield
S. C
Jack Horton
Turner
U. S.coal and Coke Company
Community Notes and Local Birthdays in Gary Area
The Gary area section reports a Youth Fellowship picnic at Sandlick Sportsmen club with about sixty attendees. It notes a quiet wedding for Miss Betty L. Jarrett and Arthur P. Day Jr. in Wilcoe and lists church services across Gary Methodist Our Lady of Victory and Ream Methodist churches with times and pastors. The page also highlights the Coaldiffer staff election at Gary High School, a fourth birthday party for Stuart Ferrell, and upcoming meetings and weekend visits from residents and relatives. It mentions several local movements, guest visits, and service events with families including Honaker, McNew, Nester, and Bingham relations, plus military notes about Cpl. David Bingham.
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Gary Methodist Church
Sandlick
No. 9
Mountain
J. P. Byrd
Yeouth Fellowship
Our Lady of Victory Catholic
M. Gleason
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Gary
Ream Methodist Church
Rev James L Williams Receives Bachelor of Arts Degree
Rev. James L Williams graduates from Johnson Bible College Kimberlin Heights Tennessee with a bachelor of arts degree He is son of Mr and Mrs James M Williams 812 Melrose Street The ceremony notes his past roles as chemical of the Johnsonian Literary society and his ordination in 1944 He plans to attend Butler University Indianapolis around June 15 Also mentions family and local residents including Wilburh Shatley and Helen Hajash and Navy staffer Steve Andrige.
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James L. Williams
Johnson Bible College
Kimberlin Heighhs
Tenn
James M. Williams
Melrose Street
This City
W. Williams
Walton Avenue
E. I. Brookey
Port Clinton
Ohio
Johnsonian Literary Society
Ben S. Johnson
First Christian Church
Bluefield
Mr. Johnson
Caffee
Princeton Road
Butler University
Indianapolis
Ind
James Caffee
Local News Briefs On Visitors And Discharges
N. C. spent a few days here as guest of friends. She returned home with her daughter Miss Mabel Crouse. Miss India Covey spends the summer at Snowville Virginia visiting her mother. Mrs A Ryan and children left for Browneville Pennsylvania to visit relatives. Pvt Samuel Thomas of Gary has received honorable discharge from Camp Atterbury Indiana. Set Benjamin F Jervis of Elbert and Pfc Patrick J Long of Wilcoe have been discharged from the army at Fort Meade Maryland recently. Andy Popp Jr WT 8 c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Roberts
Ream
M. D. Ratcliffe
Saltville
J. A. Roberts
Glade Springs
Sterling Hawks
Alliance
Ohio
Ruby Halsey
Alliance, O
E. T. Halsey
Robert Wotring
Robert, Jr
Tommy
Ed. Hyland
Christine
Mr. Duckwall
Ronnie Driver
W. Driver
Gary
Marshall College
Huntington
John Howard
Uniontown
H. A. Bingham
Beckley
Dayton
Elmer Crouse
Sparta
Navy
Charleston
Wilburh Shatley
Indiana
F. Shatley
Wilcoe
Helen Vickie Hajash
A. J. Bohinski
Grundy
Bohinski
Ann Waleski
Steve Andrige
Sapporo
Japan
Bob Powell, Jr
University of West Virginia
Robert Powell, Jr
N. C
Mabel Crouse
India Covey
Snowville
A. Ryan
Browneville
Samuel Thomas
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Benjamin F. Jervis
Elbert
Patrick J. Long
Army
Fort Meade
Andy Popp, Jr
Bailey to Receive B S Degree at Morgantown Commencement
David Bailey son of Mr and Mrs R L Bailey of Vineyard Street will receive his bachelor of science in business administration at the 79th annual commencement at West University Morgantown on June 3. He was admitted to Alpha Kappa Psi. initiation occurred at Pitt. ceremony held in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall Pittsburgh. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi and returned to school after service. He plans to enter graduate school this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bailey
R. L. Bailey
Vineyard Street
West University
Morgantown
Alpha Kappa Psi
Pitt University
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall
Pittsburgh
Bailey
Beta Theta Pi
Local Youth Completes Post Graduate Work at McCallie
Chattanooga Tenn George Walker son of Mr and Mrs W W Walker 909 Edgewood road completed his postgraduate work at the McCallie school in Chattanooga this week He served as a battalion captain and stood out in student leadership active in Y M C A circles and in the band He is a member of Keo Kio honorary leadership society at McCallie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Walker
W. W. Walker
Edgewood Road
McCallie School
Young Walker
Keo Kio
McCallie
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Paul Thomas, Jr
SSS Tonic
S.S.S. Co
Steaoy - Strons
Atlantic
New Bedford
Boston Mass
Salem, Mass
Portland, Me
Rockland Me
Chicago
Detroit
Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
New York City
Ethel Rotenberry
Helen Smith
Faye Surratt
Jack Snow
Betty Tibbs
Celia Trump
Betty Walker
Sylvia Walls
Pauline Walters
Bridge Party
Mercer Link
Williamsport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gary, W. Va
Sportsmen's Club
Chuck Rutherford
Henry Coulon
Jean Alyce Satterfield
Archie Iddings
Beverly Karr
Wallace Roberts
John Cempella
Irene Vargo
Mermory
Pearl Crowe
Robert L. Ketter
America
Patty Hunt
Mary Payne
Virginia Belchier
American Legion
Adkins
Adkins Post No. 38, Award Georgia Summers and Rudolph Sams. Before J. E. Batten
McDowell County
Charles Dean
Paul Schuller
James Cook
Otis Mullens
Joe Heizer
Robert Ketter
Glee Club
Nancy Steller
John Haynes
Adrianne Haynes
Grace Hospital
Warren Belcher
Belcher
Sadie Reynolds
Southern Office Supply
Princeton Ave
Betty L. Jarrett
Z. Jarrett
Thorpe Gau
Arthur P. Day, Jr
Arthur Day
Mr. Newton
Coal Digger
Josephine O’brochta
Sally Sparks
Mary Frances Halsey
Violet Dembey
Verna Payne
Sophie Schust
Charles Caudle
W. S. C. S. Ream
J. L. Williams
Fats
Ateae
Ayds Vitessin
Taylor’s
C & c Food Market
Paper Supply Company
West VA
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