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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1962
Page
2
Army planners propose extending some volunteer reserve training from six to up to ten months for youths in complex specialties. Others in less demanding posts could be released early. The plan would cut total service obligation from eight to six years and needs congressional approval.
The Veterans Administration study shows 249000 living veterans in West Virginia. Of them 160000 served in World War II, 65000 in the Korean War, 22000 in World War I, and 2000 from Spanish American War and earlier conflicts. As of 31 December 1961 nationwide totals reach 22338000 veterans.
The West Virginia State Dental Society will hold its annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs from July 29 to August 1. Gov. Barron and WVU President Paul A. Miller will attend along with several technical speakers. Renowned dental educators Floyd A. Peyton John F. Johnston and John T. Welch will lead clinics. Harold H. Golz of American Cyanamid Co. will also speak. he formerly practiced medicine in Clarksburg.
Members of the Deborah Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Ollie English on Vine Street.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces subscription rates for carrier delivery across West Virginia and other zones. Includes establishment date, address, and Associated Press membership note.
Ninth graders at Anawalt Junior High School in McDowell County received special awards and diplomas during promotion exercises. Diana Sluss and Jimmy Bradley earned the American Legion Award, Carolyn Moore and Arnold Butler the Sportsmanship Award, with many students receiving perfect attendance and other recognitions. Diplomas were awarded to a long list of students including Thomas Lee Barker, Dale Howard Bledsoe, James Gordon Bradley, Mary Maxine Breeden, Arnold Franklin Butler, and others.
Keystone Rotary Club members completed several programs in the past fiscal year reported at Ladies Night near Bluefield. Projects include a recreation room, free library space for McDowell County Public Library, expanded Rotary Park kitchen shed, new rest room, more kitchen utensils, and ongoing Little League sponsorship.
A revival service will start at Matoaka Church of God in Mercer County on Monday June 4 at 7 30 p m and continue nightly at the same time until further notice. Rev Mrs Minnie Tibbs pastor announces. Rev Clifford Funk of Princeton First Church of God will be the evangelist.
The Associated Press reports widely scattered thundershowers in the southern portion this evening, then fair and cooler tonight with lows 45 to 55. Sunday will be partly cloudy and cooler with a chance of scattered afternoon thundershowers in the southern portion. highs in the 70s to 80s.
Eugene E. Ross, longtime Tazewell High School principal, is selected for inclusion in Who's Who in American Educators for the South and Southeast Region. The Lynchburg native, a former Harper's Ferry principal, has guided Tazewell High for a decade and holds a master's from the University of Pittsburgh. He and Mrs. Ross have three daughters, Mariana, Nina, and Betsy.
The Bethel Methodist Church in Bluefield Virginia will honor Rev A R Fleshman Sunday at 7 30 p m The sermon will be delivered by Rev James A Palmer moderator of the Flat Top Baptist Association and pastor of the Tabernacle Church The Tabernacle Baptist Choir and Midway Christian Church choir with Mrs J H Joyce Mrs Viola Clark and Mrs H Boyd will provide music A fellowship hour will follow the program.
The nuclear submarine Thomas Edison launched a Polaris missile from beneath the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Canaveral. The weapon rose to the surface after 90 feet depth and traveled more than 1500 miles downrange, marking the Edison’s third consecutive successful firing and the eighth Polaris sub to conduct firings at the site.
Bluefield area students received Emory and Henry College degrees at a record graduation in Martin Brock Gymnasium. Senior Oration by Nancy Jean Wilkinson of Bluefield led to a BA, with other BA recipients from Bluefield Princeton Marion and Lebanon. A BS went to Kenneth Mink of Marion and BE to James Brewster of Bluefield.
Virginia's University of Virginia will establish a pediatrics chair in memory of Benjamin Armistead Shepherd and his grandson. Mrs. Malcolm W. Perkins of Asheville, North Carolina, granddaughter and sister of the men, donates 235000 dollars to create the endowment. The 1947 50000 dollar fund she set up for her brother will be absorbed into the new fund.
The University of Virginia will graduate about 950 seniors in ceremonies Sunday at 3 30 p m. The day begins with an academic procession on the lawn. Dr Theodore F Adams will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at Cabell Hall and Lord Kilmuir the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain will speak at the commencement.
Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Fass USNR commander of the U S Naval Reserve Training Center in South Charleston will inspect Composite Company 5 10 of the Naval Reserve Bluefield Monday night. The unit commanded by Comdr. Oscar W Adams USNR Princeton meets in the Federal Building on Bland Street at 7 30 p m for a two hour training period each Monday evening. Fass will review records and performance and provide personnel updates on Naval Reserve matters.
In Chicago, grain markets ended the week with wheat firm on bullish winter crop reports and tight new-crop offerings. Weather damaged hail and winds across the Southwest boosted bullish sentiment while Santa Fe Railroad warned yield in Kansas Oklahoma Texas Colorado and New Mexico could fall due to hot dry May. Corn and soybeans advanced on rapid planting rains, with government surplus corn sales ending without much market impact. July wheat finished higher while other grains declined in late-week trading.
The dedication of the New River Valley Airport at Dublin will be held at 2 30 p m today with speakers including Rep W Pat Jennings T H Davis Piedmont Aviation president and Judge Jesse W Dillon. Radford attorney John M Goldsmith will be master of ceremonies and a fly over by military planes will cap the event. Sight seeing flights over New River Valley in Piedmont Martins 404s or Fairchild F 27s will be offered.
In Athens Ohio Sheriff Harold Shields ruled the death of Warren Tabler a homicide after an autopsy. Merl Thomas Roberts 68 and Percella Roxanna Schumann 58 are in custody for questioning. Tabler was found dead at Roberts rural home about 15 miles east of Athens. Neighbors reported their attempt to hire a undertaker. autopsy cited head blunt force trauma as cause of death.
A 100 member health and welfare committee named for West Virginia's 100th birthday year in 1963 will meet Monday in the House of Delegates chamber. State Health Director N. H. Dyer says the group will discuss a first aid program environmental sanitation and a general clean up plan covering restaurants and rest rooms.
Mrs Josephine Sutherland Carico 40 of Sacramento California died Wednesday evening in a Sacramento hospital She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs S H Sutherland of Clintwood Virginia Surviving are husband James H Carico two sons James and Joseph five brothers and three sisters and the maternal grandmother The funeral is set for Tuesday at Clintwood Methodist Church with burial in Clintwood Cemetery The body to arrive at Miller Funeral Home Clintwood about 2 p m Monday and be taken to the parents residence
Funeral services are set for L Fred Snead Sunday at 2 30 p m in Princeton First Methodist Church with burial in Resthaven Park. Snead owned Snead Department Store 21 years and served on the Mercer County Board of Education. Also included are notices for Cynthia V Davis Rosa Browning and a Gilbert service at Church of God with burial in Accoville Cemetery.
Marion Beverly Griffith 73 of Jewell Ridge Virginia died Saturday morning in Richlands hospital after a lingering illness. He was born in Russell County and worked for Jewell Ridge Coal Co. He is survived by his wife Sarah Christian Griffith two daughters Exie Anderson and May Ratlif two sons Cecil and Irvin Griffith a brother Hubbard Griffith and 28 grandchildren. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Griffith Cemetery Stinson Ridge with Rev. H D Hampton officiating.
Mrs Chloe L Sally Griffith 66 wife of Joan W Griffith of Jaeger died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a lingering illness. Born in Pike County Kentucky she was daughter of the late Nathan and Melissa Allen Mc Coy. Surviving besides her husband are daughter Marie Trail of Milan Michigan a niece reared in the Griffith home Mrs Louise Jennings of Beckley two half brothers Ben McCoy Indiana and Chris Mc Coy Garden Creek Virginia five half sisters Evelyn Smith Liney Campbell Woodman Kentucky Sally Justice Stopover Kentucky Lena Riffe Hurle Virginia Polly Dotson Toledo Ohio and five grandchildren. The body remains at Fanning Funeral Home at Jaeger pending arrangements.
Mrs. Mattie Gwinn 58 of Gilbert died Saturday at Beckley Hospital after a brief illness. A Gilbert resident 18 years she belonged to the Church of God at Baisden. Survived by husband Walter Gwinn two daughters Lilly Mitchell Clearwater Florida and Jean Mahler Anaheim California three sons Joe Duty Seattle James Gwinn South Shores and Charles Gwinn Starrett two sisters Winnie Crum Tilda Brooks Barnabus two brothers Moss Duty Gallipolis Walter Duty Barnabas and 14 grandchildren. Body at Adams Funeral Home Gilbert pending funeral arrangements.
Funeral services for Robert Haglish Catron of Roanoke Virginia will be conducted Monday at Oakey's Funeral Chapel in Roanoke with burial in the city. Catron died Thursday at Lewis Gale Hospital in Roanoke. A former resident of Bluefield he was the father of Mrs. J D Long Jr of Doubie Gates Virginia.
Funeral services held for Luther Lee Hughes James Gordon Stone Roy Langdon Stewart and John Washington Holmes with burial at Maple Hill Monte Vista Park Roselawn Memorial Gardens Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery and Rife Cemetery Details include service times at Dudley Memorial Hawkins Chapel Nazarene Church and Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel and pallbearers names and officiants. Mercer and Grundy Funeral Homes in charge Survivors include Mrs I G Neal of Portsmouth Va Keen Mountain may be referenced.
Thomas C Wyatt 68 of Estep Ridge Paynesville died after a long illness. Survived by Millie Horn Wyatt four sons Kermit Troy Loyd Roy three daughters Lola Rowe Mary Minnick Leona Stone. brother Albert Wyatt 18 grandchildren five great grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 00 am at Paynesville family cemetery conducted by Elders Owens Collie Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger in charge. Also Chief Petty Officer Jack Smith 38 Princeton Navy veteran of 19 years died in Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Survived by wife Chicko three sons James William Jack R Smith parents Mr Mrs Russell Smith. brothers Jay Smith Tommy Smith. Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton handling arrangements.
Word reached here of the death of Rev. Paul Giffin last Monday in Mansfield Ohio where he was pastor of the Methodist Church. He was the husband of the former Miss Essie Hicks of Bluefield and a niece of Mrs. W R Sprinkle of 1316 Franklin St., where the couple have often visited. Final rites were held Thursday in Mansfield.
The Bluefield Branch of the NAACP will meet today at 3 p.m. at the First A.M.E. Zion Church on Pulaski Street.
Bradley's Bridal Shop advertises a wide stock of wedding services and apparel including Thermo Jac drop tops Elisabeth Stewart Cole of California Roxanna Cabana bathing suits and built in bras. It highlights white hats gloves bags and a range of dresses sweaters and cotton dresses with new shipments arriving daily.
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