Pocahontas Miners Union to Dedicate New Building at Meet
Pocahontas miners union plans a dedication ceremony this afternoon with William Hynes of Uniontown Pa and D M Stamper of Bluefield W Va presiding. A memorial service precedes the meeting, with ministers of the town and mayoral welcome. Local 6050 officers and a three story brick building completed in 1937 are noted along with multiple community updates and hospital and school references.
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William Hynes
International Board
Uniontown
D. M. Stamper
Bluefield
W. Va
Stamper
Butler Hammitt
L. B. Crawore
Tanner Price
H. L Shell
Sam Berbert
Tom Johnson
R. P. George
J. H. Mason
E. L. Jackson
H. L. Shell
J. C. Stith
Local Red Cross seeks twenty five seamstresses for pajama project
Volunteers with sewing skills are urged to call Mrs. Frank Wood or Mrs. C. G. Hoffman. Material will be furnished, and at least twenty five sewers must produce one pair of pajamas each in this emergency. In other items V I graduate Mary Louise Ellett received a diploma in home economics from Via Mont College Bristol Virginia.
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Red Cross
Frank Wood
C. G. Hoffman
V. L
F. C. Ellett
Dotty
Via Intermont College
Bristol
Mary Louise Ellett
Dr. Noffsinger
Pocahontas Woman's Club to Meet Thursday Evening
The Pocahontas Woman's Club will gather Thursday night at six o'clock with Mrs. C. M. Harry presiding. No program is planned, but several matters of importance will be presented to the club.
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Woman's Club
Pocahontas Woman's Club
Eign
C. M. Harry
Church and legion group notices on week Wednesday schedule
Christ Episcopal Guild meets Wednesday at 2 30 in the rectory presided by Mrs Sanders Baptist Missionary Society gathers Wednesday at 3 00 pm at the church Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist holds its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at 2 30 pm Legion post 14 Pocahontas announces a meeting Monday night June 5 at 8 o'clock
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Christ Episcopal Guild
Sanders
Wil
Baptist Missionary Society
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Ular
Hal Renkin
Pocahontas
Amerian Legion
Legion
Memorial Day Observance in Pocahontas Post 14
Post 14 of the American Legion held its 23rd Memorial Day service with a parade by veterans, Boy and Girl Scouts, and Mil ler’s eight piece band. A big show is planned for June 12 at the ball park. Charles D. Scott, carnival operator for 29 years, died in Rochester Minnesota. Sid Bloch and Mrs E W Alley support a charity playing card fund for service members.
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Pocahontas
Post 14
Renkin
Shorty
Miller
Post
Ion
Charles D. Scott
Rochester
Minn
Scott
Roanoke
Evergreen Cemetery
Sid Bloch
E W. Alley
Jenkin Jones
Bain
HM Eel
Junges
Duhring and Cliff Yard News Roundup
Local notices from Duhring West Virginia recount Pfc Floyd R Hess returning from South America for a 20 day furlough with family. Other items include hospital stays, visits, defense work in Norfolk, travel to Erie and Princeton, plus multiple residents and relatives mentioned in brief community notices.
Wool Crop Sold To Philadelphia Dealer In Tazewell
Tazewell County farmers shipped three loads of wool by rail to A. J. Higginbotham in Philadelphia. He has served a broad region including Virginia Tennessee North Carolina and West Virginia and will handle about a quarter million pounds to be paid on a graded scale with penalties for lower grades under government marketing rules.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Philadelphia
A. J. Higginbotham
Higginbotham
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
West Virginia
OPA
AMA
Tazewell Livestock to Auction First Lamb Batch Soon
The Tazewell Livestock market plans its first lamb auction of the season at the Fairgrounds on Monday afternoon with about 1,000 lambs expected. About six packers will be present and a slightly higher price range is anticipated, as sheep rank second to cattle in local livestock production with 17,500 ewes yielding over 100,000 pounds of wool. Winter conditions delay lamb arrivals. few lambs reach marketable size before June 1.
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Tazewell
Fairgrounds
Tazewell County
TVA fertilizer distribution advances farmers under Huff program
Two more cars of fertilizer were distributed this week to county farmers under the TVA demonstration program directed by Assistant County Agent E. M. Huff.
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TVA
E. M. Huff
Tazewell Study Club closes season with guest speaker
The Tazewell Study club wrapped its season with a Tuesday meeting at Mrs. Henry Preston Jr s home. Rev Warren B Gaw spoke on Biblical Archaeology. New officers Sammy Scott Elizabeth Lacey Jane Phiegar Nancy Ward Amella Greever were installed and form the executive committee.
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Tazewell
Sammy Scott
Ethel Litz
Nancy Ward
Amella Greever
Tazewell Scout Jamboree Planned at West Tazewell Field
The Tazewell District Boy Scouts of America prepares a jamboree at the West Tazewell athletic field next Friday. Five troops attend with assembly at Tazewell High School at 1 30 p m. The event features demonstrations, charter presentations, and Scout Leaders Training certificates. Rev. T Freeman leads campfire badge awards. New principal Prof J Leonard Walthall will lead Tazewell High School, succeeding Ensign Conley T Snidow.
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Tazewell
Boy Scouts of America
West Tazewell
Eehipehe i
Tazewell High School
Thirtic Field
Rev. T. Freeman
Advancement Renal An
J. Leonard Walthall
Lebanon High School
Conley T. Snidow
Naval Forces
Walthall
Edith Crockett
Joseph A. Crockett
Plan Bond Drive Aims to Raise 1.4 Million for Fifth War Loan
In Tazewell county staff led by Aaron Russ of Farmers Bank Clinch Valley prepare the sale campaign opening June 12 to meet a 1.4 million quota. Mrs. A. Higginbotham chairs the ladies division and predicts the opening date as a morale boost for local enterprises and workers. Solicitations will use clubs, business, and industrial groups to back the loan. Only about 10 percent of county bank deposits invested in bonds would meet the goal.
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Tazewell County
Aaron Russ
Farmers Bank of
Clinch Valley
Higginbotham
Tazewell County Ee
North Tazewell Woman's Club May Meeting Highlights
The May meeting convened Friday evening at president Mrs. Sidney Peery’s home with hostesses Mrs. L. E. Anderson and Mrs. S. F. Whitley. Program leader Mrs. O. K. Nelson presented a paper on Robert Louis Stevenson and, alongside, Mrs. Peery and Sallie Ire son sang of songs and recited poems.
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North Tazewell
Power outage announced for several towns in Tazewell county
Appalachian Electric Power warns that due to maintenance work, Tazewell North Tazewell Tip Top and Clear Fork will have no electricity Sunday from 2 to 5 PM.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Tazewell County
Tazewell
North Tazewell
Tip Top
Clear Fork
Virginia Highways Revenue Surplus Triggers $1.2 Million Allocation
For the first time, the Virginia Department of Highways reports revenues above estimates and allocates a supplemental $1.2 million to the secondary highway system for the current fiscal year ending June 30. The distribution uses the four-factor statute: vehicle miles, rural population, rural area, and rural secondary mileage. Tazewell County receives $20,352 for maintenance only.
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Virginia Department of Highways
Tazewe! County
Miss Harry Lee Thompson Arrives Home From College Visit
Miss Harry Lee Thompson returned Tuesday from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton where she studied this session. She was joined by Miss Gladys Vasquez of Barranquilla Colombia and Miss Carolyn Vogt of Maryville Kansas for a brief visit and will reunite at school in September. Mrs. Azele Bowen and daughter Margaret of Maiden Springs left for Mitchell Va to visit Bowen’s old home. Mrs. Rhea F. Moore spends the weekend in Washington with her son Rhea Jr who trains in the navy radio branch.
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Tazewell
Harry Lee Thompson
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Gladys Vasquez
Barranquilla
Columbia
South America
Carolyn Vongt
Maryville
Kans
Vogt
Vasquez
Thompson
The
Cove
Rogersville
Tenn
Azele Bowen
Margaret
Maiden Springs
Mitchell, Va
Bowen
Rhea F. Moore
Washington
Rhea, Jr
Navy
Warren Gaw
W. E. Thompson
Thompson Valley
Farmville
Farmville Stae Teachers College
Lyde Thompson
Marie Tyler
Richlands
Irene Peery
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Margaret Hedrick
Falls Mills
Peery
Glenn M. St Clair
H. Stuart
Roanok
Robert H. Heltzel
Bobbie
Richmond
Heltzel
J. Vernon Johnson
Naval Forces
Surface
B. E. Dobyns
Jimmie Miller
Kingsport.Tenn
P. F. Howell
Mas
Homer B. Key
Norfolk
Mas. Key
J. Z. Cleveland
Hendersonville
N. C
Carolinas
Carter
R. O. Vandyke
J. W. Whitley
Richlands Hospital
Floyd P. Repass
Sue Peace
Radford
Community notices and personal travel updates in Tazewell area
North Tazewell Community league schedules a 3 p m meeting at the Methodist church on Friday June 9 with full attendance urged to review the year’s work and plan upcoming months. Lodges announce meetings, Daughters of the Confederacy postpone June gathering, and local residents make visits to family in North Carolina and Florida.
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North Tazewell
Zickafoose Returns to Active Duty After Pacific Missions
Technical Sergeant Quincy L. Zickafoose of Landisburg West Virginia has resumed active duty after a rest period in New Zealand. A radio operator and gunner on a 13th AAF B 24 Liberator he has completed more than 50 bombing missions against Japanese forces in the South Pacific and earned the Air Medal for actions aiding the Solomons Rabaul and Kavieng campaigns. He trained at radio and gunnery schools after joining the RAF and left the U S for overseas duty on April 25 1943. His wife Beulah Minton and daughter Virginia Lee Zickafoose reside in Corinne West Virginia.
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Quincy L. Zickafoose
B. M. Zickafoose
Landisburg
W. Va
Beulah Minton
Corinne
13Th Aaf
New Zealand
Zickafoose
South Pacific
Solomons Islands
Rabaul
Kavieng
RAF
United States
Virginia Lee Zickafoose
Tazewell Draft Board Calls 29 for June Induction
Tazewell County Draft Board No 1 issued call to 29 registrants who have received fitness certificates for army service. They must report June 12 for induction and will proceed to Camp Lee for training. Registrants include Lambert Richlands Salvers Raven Robinette Pounding Mill and others across Richlands North Tazewell and surrounding areas.
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Tazewell County
Richlands
Davie Robert Shamblin
Tannersville
Robert Columbus Dye
William Blankenship
North Tazewell
Sam Graham Whitt, Jr
Jewellie
Roby Cecil Dye
Raven
William Earl Stinson
R . Monroe
William Burnett Richlands
Pruett
Bishop
Clyde Willard Cox
John Pruitt
Kenious Roscoe Young
Thompson Valley families across region at local activities
Mrs Thompson travels to Farmville for her daughter Lyde Thompson’s Farmville State Teachers College graduation. Several residents recover from surgery, visit relatives, or host guests as American Legion auxiliary plans a meeting and others receive furloughs and hospital notes.
West Virginia Circle to Meet in Amonate Home
Amonate Virginia June 3 the West Virginia circle meets Tuesday night at the home of Mrs Pauline Morefield with Mrs Kyle Tibbs as leader.
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Amonate
West Virginia
the Society
Pauline Morefield
Kyle Tibbs
School clinic set for June 8 in Dr Jackson office
The e school clinic will be held Friday June 8 in Dr Jacksons office from 9 30 to 11. All children from six months to seven years who have not had diphtheria toxoid and who have not been vaccinated for smallpox or who will start to school next fall are expected to attend.
Big Creek Graduates Named From Idwin School List
The Idwin School announces graduates including Ronald Morefield Frankie Morefield Donald Spears Melva Bilanken Johnny Williams Shirley Pauline Ramsey Jimmy Morefield Buford Jessee Donald Sargent Jackis Sizemore Lewis Stillard Dorothy Martin Donald Young Douglas Mullins Buddy Sargent Johnny Stevenson Shirley Brewster Betty Sue Buddy Dorney Ford Spears Midge Williams Judy Spears Helen Beaners Claude Ireson Dale Williams Bill Stevenson. Big Creek graduates from Amonate include Bobby Hundley Barbara Agnew Billy Agnew Lillian Roncoghione Mildred Rasnake Irelene Young.
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Idwin
Ronald Morefield
Frankie Morefield
Donald Spears
Melva Bilankenfap
Johnny Williams
Shirley Pauline Ramsey
Jimmy Morefield
Buford Jessee
Donald Sargent
Jackis Sizemore
Lewis Stillard
Dorothy Martin
Donald Young
Douglas Mullins
Buddy Sargent
Johnny Stevenson
Shirley Brewster
Betty Sue
Buddy Dorney
Ford Spears
Midge Williams
Judy Spears
Helen Beaners
Claude Ireson
Dale Williams
Bill Stevenson
Big Creek
Amonate
Big Creek High School
Bobby Hundley
Barbara Agnew
Billy Agnew
Lillian Roncoghione
Mildred Rasnake
Irelene Young
Berwind High Grad Names From Amonate Berwind Junior High
Berwind high school graduates from Amonate include Edwin Bird Edith Large Charlie Large Emma Lynn Betty Mathena Patsy Williams as listed by local records.
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Berwind High Grads
Amonate
Berwind Junior High School
Edwin Bird
Edith Large
Charlie Large
Emma Lynn
Betty Mathena
Patsy Williams
Local Women Attend District Conference in Bluefield
Mrs J H Barlow Mrs W L Lowman Mrs Elza Sizemore and Mrs Herman Pruett attended the district conference in Bluefield West Virginia on Wednesday.
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J. H. Barlow
W. L. Lowman
Elza Sizemore
Herman Pruett
Bluefield
Youth Meeting Attendees From Amonate Listed
Residents of Amonate attended a Youth of Beating meeting on Wednesday night. Attendees included Rory Hundley Rodney Brewster Johnny Roncaglione Margaret Sargent Hedley Peters Jr Margaret Clark Betty Roncoglione and Mrs Louis Roncoglione.
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Amonate
Pays
Ry Hundley
Rodney Brewster
Johnny Roncaglione
Margaret Sargent
Hedley Peters, Jr
Margaret Clark
Betty Roncoglione
Louis Roncoglione
Local Social Notes From Welch and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Harold Roncaglione visited sister Mrs Bob Marrs at Welch last week. Mrs Amoth Monk left Monday for California to spend summer with husband Setya and Williams family. The Williams clan visited relatives in Beckley over the weekend. boys to stay with grandparents. Roy Minton, injured in local mines, returned home after twelve weeks in Roanoke hospital and is improving. Ira Wilson on furlough from overseas visits relatives here and at Richlands. Mrs P L Jackson a patient in Clinch Valley clinic. Miss Mildred Hundley visiting her brother J J Hundley at a Tennessee camp. Miss Billy House of visited here over weekend.
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Duhring
W. Va
Floyd R. Hess
South America
Carrie Spence
Dewey Hess
Hess
Ralph
Clarence Whittaker
Frank Conlee
Conlee
Dorothy
Bluefield
Billy Sexton
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Orate
W. A. Moore
Mr. Moore
Samuel W. Moore
Cherry Point
N. C
Claude Clark
Porter Davis
Cleti Shernsbury
Gerald Scott
Beckley
Beathes
Sandra Sexton
Roy Sexton
Billy
Pansyana
Hazel Nester
Pulaski
Kenneth Shrader
Jessie Shrader
McComas
Frances Sexton
Ella Scott
Ieee
Lovell
Nellie Grace Munsey
Jean Bolen
Albert Fares
Charmee
Connie Meade
Resaca
A Sr
J. C. Wall
Shephenson
Mary Lou
Will
Petie Cheer
Ronnie Snyder
Winding Gulf
Ruby
Made
Aoa
Crane Creek
H. P. McKinney
Stephenson J.C. Wall
Mr. Wall
Harold Roncaglione
Bob Marrs
Welch
Amoth Monk
California
Setya
B. Williams
Marco, Dele
Johnny
Williams
Roy Minton
Roanoke
Pic
Ira Wilson
Richlands
P. L. Jackson
Clinch Valley Clinic
Mildred Hundley
J. J. Hundley
Tennessee
Billy House
Society of Christian Service meets in Abbs Valley church
Abbs Valley Virginia June 3 The Society of Christian Service met Tuesday night at the church Several members were present The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs H R Morris
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Abbs Valley
Society of Christian Service
H. R. Morris
Weiner Roast Sparks Laughs at Baptist Young People
The Young People's class of the Baptist church enjoyed a weiner roast with cheerful conversation and community fellowship, sharing food and stories in a casual church gathering.
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Weiner
The
Baptist Church
Roast at the Overflowing Well Wednesday Night
A roast was held Wednesday night at the Overflowing Well, featuring a set of sharp jests aimed at a local figure. Attendees enjoyed drinks and a lively, informal entertainment atmosphere.
Surprise Birthday Honor For Mrs. Lillie French
Mrs. Lillie French was honored with a surprise birthday party on Thursday May 25. Guests included W. H. Dillon Charles Sraeeee Pay Carrico Annis Dillon Mack French Walter Nipper Mary Matherne Frank Brown Crocket Murphy Howard French Jim Brown Jettie French and Bernard Jennings. The honoree received many useful gifts.
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Lillie French
W. H. Dillon
Charles Sraeeee
Pay Carrico
Annis Dillon
Mack French
Walter Nipper
Mary Matherne
Frank Brown
Crocket Murphy
Howard French
Jim Brown
Jettie French
Bernard Jennings
Local People News: Social Visits and Injuries Across Town
Mrs Taft Hart returns home after visiting her sisters and neighbors. Miss Frankie Hypes visits her parents and works in Tennessee. Miss June Gentry is a patient at Bluefield sanitarium. Mr and Mrs Joe Wright of Pen Grove NJ visit Mrs Wrights mother and her brother in Horsepen. Miss Bett Taylor has a broken arm at home. Mrs Jim Murray and family move into their Horsepen home. Mrs Elizabeth Williams leaves Page for Newport News. Mr and Mrs Scott Lilly and son visit Mrs Charles Jennings.
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Taft Hart
Jim Cole
Nicklesville
Frankie Hypes
Walter Hypes
Miss
Tennessee
June Gentry
Bluefield Sanitarium
Joe Wright
Carolyn
Pen Grove
N. J
Wright
Horsepen
Bett Taylor
Jim Murray
Elizabeth Williams
Newport News
Scott Lilly
Scottie
Charles Jennings
Mills Circle and Phillips Circle Meet in Bishop
In Bishop Virginia on June 3 the Mills circle met at Mrs. Barnes Mustard’s home with Mrs. Mills delivering the devotional and leading Bible study. The Phillips circle gathered at Mrs. I. W. Clark’s home with Miss Francis Clark as joint hostess and Mrs. Roxie Phillips guiding study. Twelve members and one visitor, Miss Margaret Lea gen, enjoyed refreshments. The July sessions will be hosted by Mrs. Slades and Mrs. Goodwin in the Mills circle and by Mrs. Neel and Mrs. Eubanks Neel in the Phillips circle.
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Bishop
Local Social News and Visits Report
Mrs. Tabor's circle met at Mrs. Harley Vance's home with Mrs. L. R. Shutt as joint hostess. The next meeting will be at Mrs. C. M. Lester's home with Mrs. Bob Johnson as joint hostess. Eleven members and one visitor shared a salad plate. District conference attendees included Mrs. J. M. Crouch Mrs. E. W. Knight and Miss Gene Jordan at Bluefield Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Brazeal and family from Mt. Airy visited this week. Kay Scott a student nurse at Lewis Gale hospital Roanoke is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Calvan Scott. W. K. Peters has returned home after a sanitarium stay. Miss Ruth White of Rawan Virginia is visiting her sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Crouch
E. W. Knight
Gene Jordan
Bluefield
H. L. Brazeal
Mt. Airy
Knight
Kay Scott
Lewis Gale Ghospital
Roanoke
Calvan Scott
W. K. Peters
Local Visit Among Families During Leave
Ralph Allizer completes boat training at Great Lakes and visits family. Mr and Mrs John Rat Cliff host. L B Smallwood and H P Venable of Gate City Virginia are weekend guests of Mr and Mrs J R Reed and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ratcliff
R. Edwards
Ralph Allizer
Great Lakes, Til
L. B. Smallwood
H. P. Venable
Gate City
JR. Reed
Pounding Mill Church News Highlights Local Visits and Travel
Regular church meeting notes seven members and four visitors. Elizabeth Monday plans to move to Baltimore to help her sister. Jim Hunter hurt his foot Tuesday and broke two toes. Sam Gillespie receives treatment in Richmond hospital for two weeks. G A Riley visited Richlands. M Zigiar stays with daughter in Richlands. Various locals attend graduations and visit relatives in Harrison, Richlands, and Baltimore. The Rev George Doyle of Boston visits en route to Bluefield revival. June Beavers visits with Pound ing Mill parents. Catherine Asbury returns to Baltimore for work. Nepma Elswick visits Richlands Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. & i
Elizabeth
Baltimore
Sesmiere
Jim Hunter
Sam Gillespie
Richmond
G. A. Riley
Richlands
M. Zigiar
J Scilespie
Gill
T. Sparks
Tom Harris
John
Axhur Bi Heck
M. H. Christian
Harrison
Musickoe
Tannersville
Visiere
Julie Williams Reenaea
Bud
Stewieliams
Honaker
Jennie Robinette
Lucille Lovell
Ee Yone
Mulkey
Rich
George Doyle
Boston
Bluefield
June Beavers
Homer Beavers
Mill Branch
Therine Asbury
Nepma Elswick
Sevastopol Battle Casualties Report From Pressed Paper
A century old tale recalls a Sevastopol engagement where an Allied army led by English forces attacked. Casualties over two days totaled 58 officers and 422 privates killed as carnage mounted.
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Esther Magrill
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Butts’ Garage
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