Virginian proposes ending last West Virginia passenger trains
Charleston June 2 hearing set for next Wednesday by the Public Service Commission on the Virginian Railway plan to discontinue its final West Virginia passenger trains. A New York Central request to curtail four Kanawha County locals during summer school vacation also docketed for June 19. Trains 641 643 and 6H between Charleston and Kanawha County would run only Tuesdays and Saturdays in summer.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Virginian Railway
West Virginia
Pa Psc Od
New York Central Railroad
Kanawha County
New York Central
Virginian
Page
Fayettety
Virginia Line
Hales Gap
Mercer County
West Vir
Roanoke
State Corporation
Virginia
West Vinenia
PSC
Princeton
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Removal Of Houses On Tazewell Parking Lot
Bluefield plans to remove four houses from the Tazewell and Duhring streets parking lot site, with Lac Burkett handling house removal and Mercer Construction Co. doing grading. Deeds must be delivered to the city, work could start Monday and the lot may open by mid July or early August depending on weather.
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Bluefield
Tazewell
Duhring
Parking Facilities Commission
Lac Burkett
Mercer Construction Co
Elmer C. Barton
Burkett
Burket
Barton
William Lively Sr Dies in Charleston
William Thompson Lively Sr. 64 prominent Charleston attorney died of a heart attack today at Kanawha County Hospital. He was the son of the late Frank Lively a state Supreme Court judge from 1921 to 1932 and a native of Hinton. A son, William T. Lively Jr., is assistant district attorney here.
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Charleston
William Thompson Lively Sr
Kanawha Country
Prank Lively
Supreme Court
Hinton
Wiliam T. Livey Jr
Baltimore Livestock Market Prices Report
Baltimore livestock sales on June 2 show cattle and calf prices with varied grades. Slaughter steers mostly 12.25 to 25.25 per hundredweight, heifers 18 to 20, cows 13.50 to 15.50, feeders and stockers 16.50 to 25, calves around 23, hogs and sows at 4.50 to 21, bulk weights 190 to 220 pounds for barrows and gilts, and sheep and lambs at 24 to 92 per hundredweight with scattered good lots.
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Baltimore
USDA
Catte
Grain Receipts and Stocks Reported for Baltimore
Baltimore reports Wheat receipts 3 704 100 bushels with 449 860 bushels received and 7 480 stock. shipments 142 590 bushels. Oats stock 444 bushels. Rye receipts none with 1 007 bushels on hand.
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Baltimore
City and Coalfield Bluefield Commandery Meets Tonight
Bluefield Commandery No. 19 E. T. holds a special communication with officers in uniform for annual election and installation. Mercer Lodge No. 160 AF AM will conduct grave side services for Bro. Robert S. Campbell at 1:00 p.m. June 3. Bluefield Lodge No. 85 members asked to assist and meet at the temple with cars.
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Bluefield Commandery
E. T
A. Bruce Aker
Mercer Lodge No. 160
AF & AM
Robert S. Campbell
Bluefield Lodge No. 85
Temple
Vukojevich
W. M
Double funerals for Bluefield sisters amid tragedy
Two sisters Mae Brooks West and Lee Brooks Vickers, both Bluefield Va residents, will be laid to rest in Maple Hill Cemetery after a Powhatan Arrow collision near the YAW station on the Virginia side. Services are 2:30 p.m. at the Church of God in Bluefield with interment to follow. Survivors include Mae’s husband, Curtis West, and Lee’s husband, Douglas Vickers, plus eight brothers and two sisters, with many other relatives in Bluefield and surrounding areas.
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Lee Brooks Vickers
Mae Brooks West
Church of God
Bluefield
Burrows
Maple Hill Cemetery
William Curtis West
North College Ave
A. G. West
Curtis West
Mae
Douglas Vickers
Virginia
Henry
Jim
Bill
Armistead
Donald
Clarence
Raymond
W. Va
Harold
Washington, D. C
Grat Gillispie
Blaine Brinkley
West
Jessie
Bobby Ray
Dorothy Ann
Brenda
Vickers
Ronald Ray
Darrell Lee
Yaw Station
Ernest Thompson
Otis Thompson
Edward Millsap
Charles Hall
LeRoy Sebel
Dick Millsap
First Baptist Church
Rockingham
N. C
John T. Henry
Laurjinburg
MN. C
East Side
Frank Hunter
Martha Cole Henry
George P. Cobb
Rock Hill
James T. McLaughlin
West Jefferson
John T. Henry Jr
Warwick
Arthur M. Miller
First Methodist Church
A. B. Wing
Maple Hill
Frank
Laura Bagwell Lawrence
Arthur M
J. R. Lawrence
George P. Crockett
J. Hudson Huffard
Jack Litz
Welsh
George A. Reynolds
Jesse S. Gillespie
Bill Whitten
Benjamin E. Bates
Harry Burton
Joseph 8. Tibbs
Curtis L. Shufflebarger
Armed trio eludes police in Princeton post office trap
Virginia authorities sought Frank Alfred Cowan and two alleged accomplices James Duton Smith and Robert Champ on armed robbery charges. At Princeton post office Cowan entered to claim mail prompting a trap. he fled, others waited outside, and officers failed to net them as crowds blocked pursuit. Later sightings at Lee store prompted renewed but unsuccessful searches.
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Virginia
Princeton
Frank Alfred Cowan
Cowen
James Duton Smith
Robert Champ
Cowan
J. Pettrey
A. E. Johnson
Johnson
Pettrey
Pettey
Lee
Seventh and
Mercer Streets
Hit-Run and Thefts Reported in Bluefield
Bluefield police reported a hit run damaged a car owned by J B Farmer of 615 Bluefield Ave with a left side scrape on Raleigh Terrace between 8 a m and 5 p m The incident caused about 75 in damage Bicycle thefts were reported by R A Galbraith Dennis Brazy of 901 Albemarle St and Bill Dillon of Woodland Manor Apartments A laundry bag theft from a truck was also reported Vandalism involved three tires punctured on a vehicle parked on Mulberry Street reported by L A Barnhill West End Grocery
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Bluefield
J. B. Farmer
Bluefield Ave
Raleigh Terrace
Palmer
Ycle
R.A. Galbraith
Dennis Brazy
Albemarle St
Bill Dillon
Woodland Manor Apartments
L. A. Barnhill
West End
Mulberry Street
Weekend Weather Across States Forecast
Virginia expects Friday highs 70 to 78 with west pair and east cloudiness. Saturday looks fair and warmer. West Virginia shows Friday highs about 76 with mountains near 70, Saturday generally sunny and warmer. Kentucky sees Friday highs 80 to 84, Saturday partly cloudy and warm. Tennessee reports Friday highs around 84 with some cloudiness, Saturday cloudy and warm. Maryland fairs west and partly cloudy east Friday with temperatures in the 70s. Saturday brighter and warmer.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Maryland
Methodists Propose Bluefield Boundaries Change
Delegates at Buckhannon WV vote to petition the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1956 to recreate the conference along state lines. The motion also contemplates a presiding bishop within the conference as pool of candidates for General Conference delegates is chosen. The vote tally was 307 to 18 in favor of proceeding with the plan.
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Buckhannon
West Virginia Methodists
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Garrett County
West Virginia
Wheeling
Panhandle
Contematanes
Minneapolis
T E. Campbell
Marinet de O. Law
B. Carr
Woman's Society of Christian Service
B. W. John
Bluefield
Chester Comption
Keyser
Ocean Grove
N. J
Manetta Named Assistant Superintendent at Norfolk and Western
E A Manetta named to succeed O F Hark as assistant superintendent of the Norfolk and Western Railway in Roanoke Virginia He has five years as personnel assistant in the motive power department and a long history with the Roanoke Shops Shaffers Crossing Lamber's Point and the Portsmouth Ohio machine shop
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E. A. Manetta
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Roanoke
O. F. Hark
Manetta
Georgia Tech
Shaffers Crossing
Motive Power
Lamber’s Point
Norfolk
Portsmouth, Ohio
Presbyterians Plan To Add Two Units At Center
Area church leaders at Pinnacle Restaurant discussed completing two more units at the Serence Center on Bluestone Lake near Hinton. Rev. Lawrence Davis said the center would expand from 65 to 200 capacity with two additional cabins and lodge space costing about a quarter of a million dollars. Churches at the dinner included First and Westminster Bluefield Bramwell Princeton Welch and Mullens.
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Serence Center
Bluestone Lake
Pinnacle
Lawrence Davis
Huntington
Hinton
Davis
Eddie Steele
First
Westminster
Bluefield
Bramwell
Princeton
Welch
Mullens
Dayton Rubber reports six month income up 19 percent
Dayton Rubber Co. earned 933,558 for the six months ended April 30, or 1.5 a share, up from 327,326 or 48 cents a share a year earlier. The report notes increases in net income and earnings per share. The item also briefly mentions color causes in marble, attributing brown and yellow hues to iron oxide.
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Dayton
Ohio
Dayton Rubber Co
Concord Host To WVPA Outing Delivers Convention Tours
The West Press Association three day meeting at Con Bluestone region opened with 75 to 100 editors writers and publishers attending. A motorcade tours Princeton and Athens industrial plants with lunch at Glass House Snack Bar. Beckley Beckley's Black Knight hosts an awards dinner at the conclusion.
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West Press Association
Con
Bluestone
Beckley
Black Knight Country Club
Princeton
Athens
Glass House
Bluestone Gorge
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Hinton
Wytheville Church Welcomes Summer Assistant Batman
The Wytheville Lutheran churches hire Richard Franz Batman to assist Rev. Alfred Shumate at Holy Trinity St Luke and Holy Advent. Batman, a Newark New Jersey native, will help with services this summer after earning a BA in English and a drama minor from Roanoke College.
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Silver Springs
Bair High School
Roanoke College
Batman
Seminary
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Baltimore Livestock
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Robert 8. Campbell
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Monte Vista
James B. Lawson
Wyoming Funeral Home
Sam McClure
Still Run
Melfa
John Henry
Howard H. Richards
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J. M. Dunn
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Claude Talley
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New River Pocahonttas Fuel Co
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Beatrice Miller
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Ine Hall
Clara Vicars
Kingsport
Tenn
Maxine Morgan
Oakland
Fla
Millie Billips
Balls Creek
Matt Crockett
North Tazewell
Lou Pruett
Warrior
Sissie Queen
Arch Creek
Fannie Whittaker
Paul Crockett
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Elizabeth Scott
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
A. L. Polk
Oak Grove Cemetery
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Walter Scott
Robert Scott
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William Ziegler
James Huff
Clarence Mustgrove
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A. W. Willis
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Harvey College
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Handen
Conn
Tony
Alfred Land
China
Cite
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Dorothy Gray
Valve
Taylor's Drug Store
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Marble
Concord
WVPA
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Memorial
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