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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1956
Page
2
The article explains that heart attack is a misnomer for arterial disease of the coronary vessels. It discusses arteriosclerosis, intimal thickening, thrombosis, and how arteries can block blood flow without obvious prior symptoms. It emphasizes public education to reduce fear and promote understanding.
Sixty four graduates receive baccalaureate degrees at Bluefield State College morning commencement. Reverend Leon Sullivan delivers the address. Choir performs and honors are presented by Paige Woolridge and Regiswar Browne.
The regular meeting of the Bluefield Virginia Chapter 102 OrderEastern Star was set for 7 p.m. but the initiation scheduled for this date was postponed to a later date.
Clyde Austin 4-H Camp opens with 84 4H members from Lee Grayson Russell Scott Smyth Tazewell and Washington counties attending in Greeneville Tennessee. Miss Groseclose directs the encampment with James McDonald and Claude Simpson assisting. 330 white club members are eligible and will join morning classes in swimming handicrafts archery firearms safety wildlife forestry photography and song leadership. Afternoon events feature inter tribal sports with four tribes Cherokee Sioux and Shawnee and an evening program of folk games.
Tazewell Va next week features meetings of local agricultural groups. Freestone Valley Community Club meets at Tannersville schoolhouse Wednesday at 8 am with Dan Kite on hay storage and silos. Clear Fork club gathers Thursday evening with Mrs A B Montgomery giving a rural life themed talk with slides. Pocahontas Home Demonstration Club meets Thursday Baptist Church at 2 pm and Richlands Club Friday at 2 pm. June demonstrations focus on Canning and Freezing. County home demonstration agent Margaret Groseclose invites bring pressure cooker gauges for testing.
Friday marks the deadline for the annual rabies vaccination for dogs under a two year old law. Unvaccinated dogs over three months old face fines or imprisonment and possible destruction. Three veterinarians ran mobile clinics in Mercer County with light turnout in Bluefield and officials express disappointment.
Kenneth Neel son of Mr and Mrs James Neel Shawver s Mill Tazewell county delegate chosen for the Regional 4 H Club Resource Development Conference sponsored by Association of Test Demonstrations Fontana North Carolina June 6 Each TVA watershed county will send a delegate Virginia has 9 counties Several other States will send representatives for the occasion first held.
Franklin D. Brown will become assistant farm agent for Ell County effective June 16, working per diem until active. Son of D. L. Brown of Saltville, he earns a B S in animal husbandry from VPI with his class on Sunday June 10. He played tackle for the Gobblers and has moved to Cregar apartments in North Tazewell with Mrs. Brown and their son. Mrs. Brown is former Miss Rachel Arrington of Saltville.
Fort Wayne truck driver Anneth G. Hunt 27 died at Jeffersonville Hospital Roanoke from head injuries after a collision 2.5 miles south of Wytheville Va. on Friday. Hunt was delivering to International Harvester in Charlotte N C when his tractor struck a horse on a curve. The horse died. tractor damage about 700 dollars.
In Tazewell County Virginia the revenue commissioner George N Mustard and staff prepare tax books to issue tax tickets to property owners. The 30 cents per 100 dollars for school operation and deficit levies in Jeffersonville and Clear Fork districts affect residents. About 9 000 people filed income tax returns by the May 1 deadline with roughly 2 000 tardy. Assessors will check automobile records and inspect estates as six year cycles bring only minor changes since 1953.
George Peabody College for Teachers awarded degrees to about 325 graduates in its 168th commencement on June 4. Tennessee Commissioner Jim Nance McCord delivered the address. Alfred Leland Crabb presented the degrees. Violet Mae Meade of Bluefield earned an M A.
Hanna Coal Co purchases 15 700 acres of coal lands in Ohio and Marshall counties. The lands span the Triadelphia district of Ohio County and Union and Webster districts of Marshall. Hyslop says no immediate mine openings are planned.
Mrs. Cordelia Walls 65 of Warrencliff died at home after a long illness born May 23 1891 in Warrencliff. Survived by three sons four daughters four sisters and four brothers. Funeral tomorrow 2 pm Gibson Church Warrencliff Rev Julian Cline officiates. Interment Gibson Cemetery. Rev I H Hayes 79 of War died yesterday in Richland. Body to Lugo's Bluefield for funeral arrangements.
Obituaries list five local deaths with funeral times and burial details. Sylvester Willis 88 Bluefield at Hawkins Funeral Home 2 p m interment Walnut Grove Cemetery. Albert Munsey 48 Lor Tons Lick Road 2 p m Bratten Memorial Chapel Mercer interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Mary Adkins 71 Cedar Valley 1 p m Richlands Tabernacle interment Brown Ridge. Cabbie Hunter Chattahoochee Fla 2 30 p m Sea ver Mortuary Chapel Princeton interment Monte Vista. Rosie Hatfield 52 Whitecliff 1 p m Toler Church Ben Creek family cemetery.
A 4 H Club lamb show and sale at Tazewell Livestock Market in Virginia will be held Monday June 11 starting at 11 a.m. Lambs from Tazewell and surrounding counties will be judged by R C Carter of the Animal Husbandry Department at VPI. Separate auction with a $1 add on by the Virginia Sheep Association.
A three day Lions International convention in Buckley concluded with elections of three district governors. Richard Ruff of Welch won District 2 W, Charles Riemann of Bridgeport won District 29 V, and Lester Doak of Paden City won Northwestern District 29 A. Offices begin July 1 with retiring leaders Donald Krisher William Chambers and William Caldwell.
A McDowell County woman was admitted to Grace Hospital in Wech after an accidental self inflected gunshot wound. Mrs. McKinley Hess, 27, of War, was reported in good condition with a single wound through the right shoulder. Details were not learned.
Weather Bureau report covers Maryland West Virginia Virginia Ohio Kentucky Tennessee with mostly cooler to warm conditions. Showers and cloudiness flagged in several areas with scattered activity and higher mountain readings noted. Clement C Moore's poem The Night Before Christmas described as a Christmas gift to his daughters.
Commercial Credit announces sale of a repossessed 106 Tudor Motor No BILU-104058 at Thompson Motor Sales Richlands Virginia on June 15 1988 at 1 00 PM. The lien holder reserves the right to bid and purchase. Cash terms apply. Signed May 31.
In Tazewell Virginia lawmen led by Chief Deputy E L Mathena used fingerprinting with detection methods to curb moonshine production. They found a sixty gallon still and four gallons of moonshine, destroyed the equipment and mash, and lifted fingerprints for evidence.
The male kingsnake locates a mate through a keen sense of smell. The female detects his approach via a forked tongue and an organ of touch, functioning as sensitive chemoreceptors.
Moor accused Attorney General Almond of seeking a “weapon” to defend segregated schools as NAACP suits seek migration of white and Black pupils in Norfolk Newport News Charlottesville and Arlington. He urged a special session of the General Assembly amid the Gray Commission’s pending review of compulsory integration proposals.
Yaakov Sharett, 28, eldest son of Israel's foreign minister Moshe Sharett, graduates Tuesday from Columbia University in New York. The ceremony marks a notable academic milestone for the family's diplomatic ties.
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