Bluefield Blues Stop Pulaski 7-4 on Rainy Night
Bluefield Blue Grays rout Pulaski Counts 7-4 in seven innings as Bob Bush earns his fifth win with a homer and Homer Moore adds a roundtripper. Lacy drives in three with a key third inning triple while Al Mean may start next game against Kingsport. Ed Leathe injures his arm earlier after five scoreless frames.
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Pulaski
Bush
Homer Moore
Bluefield Blue Grays
Lacy
Velmuld
Bluefield
Kings
Bob Bush
al Mean
Guard
Kingsport
Ed Leathe
Lenthe
Flink-Rawls Power Unit Uses Across Industries
The Flink-Rawls is promoted as a versatile power unit for high schools, farms, estates, institutions, transit, and factories. It tows, cuts, grades, plows, and hauls with 3 mph operation and 13 mph highway speed, claiming 8 hours of operation on 1% gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flink-Rawls
Aower
Princeton Defeats Seanad in One-Hit Show 6-0
The guard pitched a one hit game to power Princeton to a 6-0 victory over Seanad as part of a Sunday set including Maybeury over McComas 1-4 and Ashland beating Peckess 9-8. Tito Wood led Princeton with multiple RBIs while Thorn and Guard scored key runs.
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Seanad
Joop
Heese
Princeton
Maybeury
McComas
Ashland
Peckess
Matoaka
Gilliam
Princeton Northfork AB HO al Abhroa Brediey
Crotty
Marriottis
Thorn
Cthusa
Yueneess Wood
Quard
Johnson
X- Walker
Oeomwe
Hero of Iwo Jima Awarded Doctor of Military Science
Gettysburg Pa June 2 Lt Gen Keller E Rockey USMC commanding general of fleet marine forces in the Atlantic area received the degree of doctor of military science at Gettysburg College commencement. Rockey a Gettysburg alumnus is a Norfolk native.
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Gettysburg
Iwo Jima
Gettysburg College
Keller E. Rockey
U. S. Marine Corps
Fleet Marine Forces
Atlantic
Won
Norfolk, A
Gary native Corporal Forgacs on furlough from Army Air Corps
Corporal Zana Forgacs of Gary and Orpe visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Forgacs. He recently traveled by air from Glenna A air base near Spokane to Paterson Field Ohio after enlisting August 30, 1946. He trained at San Antonio and Geiger Field, graduated finance clerk school at Towry Field April 18 with high marks, and was promoted at Towry. He is the fourth Forgacs son in military service.
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Post Finance Office
Tonnfield
Colo
Finance Typist Clerk School
Towry Field
Joseph Forgacs
New River Red Defeats Welch in Narrow Victory
New River Rebels defeated Welch 14 to 8 at Narrows Virginia, led by big second inning runs and strong hitting against Welch pitchers. Welch manager Youse was banished in the fourth inning for disputing the umpire, while Star players included Unstead, Buckholt, Davies, and Weigle contributing RBI and runs. The win came as New River tallied early and maintained offense through the game.
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Narrows
New River
Rebels
Welch
Appalachian
West Virginia
Youse
Seasman
Strone'y
Sucesss
Danieleth
Pirice
Weigle
McL'n.rf
Cline
OlCallisonp
Vintsilff
Kakareha
Daniels
Weiels
Davies
RBI
Unstead
Buckholts
Lucas
Surber
Davis
Daniels Poltroch
Myers
Ib—Weiels
Carline
Pirri
Welele
Cain
Call
Reha
Callison
Treadway
Puckett
P T A Picnic Sponsored By Gary High School
The P T A of Gary High School held a picnic last Tuesday at the Sportsmen's Club No. 9 Mountain honoring the Gary band and leader John Cem Pella with about five hundred attendees. Games and long-table refreshments were featured and Prank Watson arranged the event.
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P-Ta
Gary High School
Sportsmen's Club
No. 9
Mountain
Gary
John Cem- Pella
Bryant Family Welcomes Sixth Pound Daughter at Grace Hospital
A six pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs D Bryant of Gary at Grace hospital Welch on May 21. Both mother and baby are reported to be doing nicely. The bulletin notes the newborn’s healthy arrival and parental joy.
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D. Bryant
Gary
Grace Hospital
Welch
Memorial Service Honors at Filbert Church and Essay Award
A DAR contest honoring Colonel Andrew B Donnally chapter and Miss Margaret Stacks was celebrated at Charles B Houston home. Miss Sabol read her winning essay and received a cash prize. Miss Stacks also earned an award. Adkin Post 38 American Legion held its annual Memorial service at Filbert Methodist Church with Rev. L EB Crowson delivering the sermon.
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Andrew B. Donnally
DAR
Jgaret Stacks
Cha
Charles B. Houston
Sabol
Society
Stacks
Adkin
American Legion
Filbert Methodist Church
L EB. Crowson
Minister Advocates Salary Scale At Jacksons Mill
The Rev. L. E. Crowson of Gary Methodist spoke to laymen meetings in Jackson's Mill W Va on Sus tention What Is It and What It Does He urged higher pay for lower bracket ministers and allowances for education experience and family size proposing a sliding scale based on a church's means.
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L. E. Crowson
Gary Methodist Church
Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Methodist Church
Marriage Announced Miss Modena Newton Weds Roy Coleman
The Rev and Mrs Ancel Newton announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Modena Newton to Mr Roy Coleman both of Wilcoe on May 24 at 10 o clock in the Church of God Wilcoe. The ceremony was performed by the bride's father with Miss Gladys Coleman as maid of honor and Harold Roland as best man. Mrs Coleman is a Beeville Tenn Bible Training School graduate class of 1946. Mr Coleman is a Gary high school graduate who served in the ETO and now is in business in Wilcoe.
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Ancel Newton
Wilcoe
Miss Modena
Roy Coleman
Church of God
Glayds Coleman
Coleman
Harold Roland
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Smith
Warren
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Kinzer
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Sheridan
Leveille
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Portsmouth
Newport News
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Lynchburg
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Baldwin
O'Neill
McCoy
Gound's
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Flint
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McNeal
Zunk
Leathe
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O/Henson
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Wee
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Kappa
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Thorne
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Wade
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Pais
Constantino
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Dudley
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Pimmino
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Gillenwater
Sb—Cstantino
J. Rhodes
Hattehko
Bukovich
LOB
Taylor
Howard Camp
Urtone
Cohen Drug Co
Club
el Dorado
Princeton, W. VA
Dorcas Lehman
York
Gary, W. VA
E. Clemens
E. Conner
Vancouver
Wash
Eubanks
Howard Conner
F. Ketter
Gladys Belcher
Bert Monette
Julia Blasher
Washington, D. C
Monette
U. S. Navy
Seattle
St.Jose
Buckley's Pharmacy
Bland ST
Taylor’s Drug Store
Princeton Ave
New River Red
Howard Worman
Meen
John Mitchell
Logan
J. B. Mitchell
Boston
Charles Collins
Lynch, Ky
James Mitchell
Knoxville
Tenn
A. P. Mitchell
Mary Franklin
Huntington
Marshall College
Franklin
Arthur Belton
Fairmont
Edward
Miss India Cover
Snowville
Raymond Short
Frank Watson
Chi Pils
WSCS
Thorpe
Glen Harris
Jeff Jarrett
Jarrett
Mesdames
John Sells
Martin Mitchem
Hattie Brazeel
John Smith
Bob Cooper
P. A. Wiley
Spencer Landreth
Henry Rush
James Kelley Raleigh Davis
William Boardman
Violet Domby
Elbert
Sallie Sparks
Verna
America
Social Science
R. H. Moore
W. Boardman
Bertha Nesgoda
Irene Tudor
Anna Sabol
Music Box
Cherry St
Gary Chargs
Rev. J. Priestly
Anti-Saloon League
Ream and
Pilbert
Aluminum
Keys Planing Mill CO
Bluefield, Va
Ford
P.S
Mercer Garage
Bluefield, W. VA
Scott & Raleigh
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