Grundy Graduation Honors Wide Class at Frandy High
Frandy High School awarded diplomas to a large graduating class led by Frances Anne Altizer and Bunia Bee Anderson. The ceremony honored numerous seniors including Lee Baldwin, Nancy Bevins, Alma Kay Brown, Betty Dean, Jean Clevinger, Billie Jean, Jo Ann Comer, Ima Ruth Dale, Martha Day, Chloe Deel, Mazel Deel, Norma Deel, and many others. A group photo credit goes to Ernest Rolsch.
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Frandy High School
Frances Anne Altizer
Bunia Bee Anderson
Lee Baldwin
Nancy Lee Bevins
Alma
Ape Kay Brown
Betty Dean
Jean Clevinger
Billie Jean
Jo Ann Comer
Ima Ruth Dale
Martha Ellen’ Day
Chloe Melvina Deel
Mazel Jean Deel
Norma Jean Deel
Norma Jeanette Deel
Frances Ratliff Dotson
Irene Duty
Bernice Elswick
Jackie Jean Elswick
Shelby Jean Elswick
Vivian Carol Mathena
Janice Ruth Morefield
Janice Juanita Mullins
Rachel Virginia Mullins
Dorothy V Newberry
Martha Marie Nicholls
Louis Beattrice Osborne
Helen Ruth Owens
Sherry Janice Owens
Ann Mescher Owens
Ginger Pauline Powers
Bessie Pearl Ratliff
Vivian Ratliff
Fralena Rife
Lois Elizabeth Robinson
Wilma Jean Rose
Shirley Mae Salyers
Betty Lou
Vacation by Water A Career Guide to Holiday Boating
A lively travel feature explores boating as a holiday option with tips on vessels costs gear and rental options. It highlights small boats marinas etiquette livery services and inland waterway access including Tennessee Valley Authority lakes Grand Teton National Park and U.S. Forest Service recreation areas. It notes coastal and inland boating trends and references Coast Guard training and navigation charts as practical aids.
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Coast Guard
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Washington
D.C
Sales 'i T Company
Nyc
Gulf Oil Company
Pittsburgh
Socony Vacuum Company
Broadway
Great Lakes
TVA
Tennessee
Maps and Survey Branch
Tennessee Valley Sewer
Wyoming
Grand Teton National Park
Rockefeller
U.S. Forest Service
Informacn
Ress
Bluefield Contractor Gets Dickenson Paving
State Highway Commission awards total 2,235,817 for 13 road and bridge projects from bids May 18. Major items include a 2297 foot Pamunkey River bridge at West Point and about 1.5 miles of four lane Hamilton Avenue rework in Portsmouth. Dickenson County Route 670 segment noted.
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Richmond
The
State Highway Commission
West Point
Hamilton Avenue
Portsmouth
Dickenson County
Aily
Birchleaf
James A. Mc
Piedmont Sets New Passenger Records at Mercer County Airport
Piedmont Air Lines carried 880 passengers at Mercer County Airport, setting a new daily record. Since the field opened May 16, 1954, total boarding reached 7,903.
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Piedmont
Mercer County
William C. Myers Funeral Set in Morgantown Friday
Morgantown obituary notes William C Billy Meyer died last night at age 86 87 would have been his birthday June He organized West Virginia University s first Mountaineer football team and scheduled its initial game against Washington and Jefferson in 1891 He earned a Yale Law degree in 1895 then practiced law in Spokane for 30 years before returning home 18 years ago
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Morgantown
William C
Billy) Meyer
West Virginia University
Meyer
Washington and Jefferson
Yale University
Spokane
Wash
Mounties Test Program on Alcohol and Driving
Ottawa report on RCMP testing volunteers to establish blood alcohol levels tied to driving ability. Participants simulate party drinking under controlled conditions, then undergo driving, medical, and mental exams to gauge impairment.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montreal
Ers
Canadian Good Association
Brooke Claxton
National Defense
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Canada
Claxton
Eustry
Wecker
Gordon Taylor
Alberta
The
Good Roads Association
Soviet Farm Manager Sentenced For Neglect Of Cattle
Moscow reports a Soviet collective farm manager in Lithuania was dismissed and sentenced to one year in prison for neglecting to feed cattle during winter. The May 27 Soviet Lithuania issue notes the action as the sternest yet in enforcing farm-management discipline.
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Moscow
Lithuania
N Today
Soviet Union
Stigmatist To Testify In Bavarian Wine License Trial
Theresa Neumann of Konnersreuth known for stigmata will submit testimony at her brother Ferdinand Neumann’s wine importation fraud trial near Munich. The case targets misused licenses, alleged middlemen, and funds diverted abroad with the trial slated for autumn in Trautstein.
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Munich
Theresa Newmann
Konnersreuth
Bavagan
Ferdinand Neumann
Trautstein
Miss Neumann
Augillary Agency
Germany
Josef Plonner
Plonner
But
Watermoser
Butermoser
Roseheim
Verner
Morris S. Verner
JELA
West Germany
Bavaria
Christian Social Union
CSU
Christian Democratic Party
CDU
Social Democrats
Free Democrats
Landtag
Ese Neumann
Praying Mantises Linked to Ancient Greek Beliefs
Ancient Greeks credited the praying mantis with supernatural powers, attributing mystic abilities to the insect and weaving it into myth and omen lore.
Stop That Row Campaign Cuts Paris Street Noise
Paris police report a 90 percent drop in street noise after the Stop That Row campaign. They analyzed citizen complaints and pinpointed common issues such as loud music, quarrels, door slams, screaming children, ringing phones, and noisy vacuums as the main irritants.
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Paris
Nana
Two Bluefield Men Jailed After Store Incident
James Reuble and Rey Hoops Jr. of Bluefield were jailed after a minor altercation at Cox Department Store. Hoops was stopped by store manager Robert Tabor and later arrested. Reuble fled but was captured nearby. Both men held on plain drunk charges awaiting further investigation.
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Cox Department
James Reuble
Rey Hoops Jr
Bluefield
Reuble
Robert Tabor
Bluefield Avenue
Tabor
Tabor Collared Hoops
W. A. Meadows
P. E. Oliver
Hoops
Streamline Grill
Cows Drink Water To Produce Milk
A dairy fact notes cows consume about 300 pounds of water to yield 100 pounds of milk. The finding highlights the link between bovine hydration and milk production.
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Geraldine Stiltner
Lena Stiltner
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Jeanette Stiltner
Peggy Stacy Stiltner
Sty Stiltner
Betty Jean Sump
Yvonne
Joss Lou Thornbury
Mary Lou Toler
Georgia
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Helen Page
Cora Whitt
Roberta H. Williams
Jo Mae Wilson
Thelma J Yates
James Howard Atwell
Marshall Anderson
Russell Belcher
Buddy R. Childres
Ural
Pranklin Childress
Clyde Conaway
Tex Dales
Sidney Tivis Deel
Rev Edwards
Paul Ray Griffer
Herbert Pields
Robert Lee Gillespie
William Bueford Hess
Jimmy Claude Hill
James Livingston Jones
Kenneth Ward Lambert
Emil Thurston Looney
Kendall Wayne Looney
Robert Franklin Looney
Ralph Lindle Matney
Sonny Creade Matney
James Ferrel
Midkiff
Buddy Kenneth Moore
Douglas Delano Mutter
Clifton Owens
Dewey Verne Owens
Gerald Vernon Owens
Vernon Owens
W. Thomas Quigley
Francis Wayne Ratliff
Billy Joe Rowlett
Lonzo Rife
Benny Shortridge
Dorsey Whetsil Smith
Charles Robert Spence
Fer! Stacy
Russell Keith Street
Bobby F. Viers
Ersel Eugene Webb
Billy Barnard Wright
Gene Raymond Wright
Glenn Thomas Yates
Robert Emmett Yates
Ernest Rolsch
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TC Theatre
Biuefield
Dork
Bluefield Contractor
Dickenson Paving
Ae Ce Eels
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Ea Tachary
Carole Maes
Allied Artists Picture
William C. Myer
Kaybee
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
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Whitewood High School
Harold Boyd
Shelby Cole
Clarence Fleener
Hubert Honaker
Shelby Jewell
Olin Keene
Dillig Mullins
Marvin Street
Alice Cantrell
Ethel Cantrell
Margaret Can
Trell
Ruby Cantrell
Doris Clifton
Ann Cole
Roberta Cole
Shirley Cole
Margaret Compton
Sue George
Shelby Jean Horne
Jeanette Jackson
Alice Page Keene
Eva Keene
Jean Keene
Sylvia Keene
Effie Lawson
Betty Jo Lyons
Juanita Maxwell
Elizabeth Rife
Helen Stallard
June Wimmer
Ernest Roisch
Cated
Werner
Doane
Nuremberg
Joan Greenwood
Peter Finge
Cecul Parker
Bish
Woody
Granada
America
Astaire
Caron
Tor
Fred Astaire
Leslie Caron
Terry Moore
Thelma Ritter
Ixmaster
Chicago House Furnishings Company
Bluefield, VA
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