Local men in armed forces receive commissions and assignments
Marine 2nd Lt. Joseph T. Long and Marine 2nd Lt. Fred McCoy, sons of Bluefield and Sarfield residents, were commissioned May 27 after completing the Officers Candidate Course at Quantico. Several area servicemen gained training, assignments, or promotions at bases including Camp Lejeune, Fort Knox, Annapolis, and Norfolk, with postings in the Sixth Fleet, Strategic Air Command, and Navy ships such as USS Rankin and USS Arneb amid Cold War operations and SEATO exercises.
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Quantico
Marine
Joseph T. Long
Allen M. Long
Parkway
Bluefield
Fred ‘. McCoy
Red 9
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Second Marine Division
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
William C. Spears
Earl Speers
Maxic
Antartic voyage ship Arneb returns after Deep Freeze '61 cruise
The USS Arneb arrives home from a four and a half month Antarctic cruise conducted under Operation Deep Freeze in 1961. The veteran ship and its crew from Montcalm are noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Arneb
Antarctic
Charles C. Farley Jr
Seaman
USN
Charles C. Farley Sr
Montcalm
McMurdo Sound Naval Air Facility
Cape Hallett
Antarctica
Leader Named By Methodists
W A Byus Jr of Charleston was re elected for another year as lay leader of the West Virginia Methodist Conference. The lay organization elected Joseph A Bragg secretary John Lacaria treasurer and Paul King field director. The session at West Virginia Wesleyan College drew about 500 ministers and laymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckhannon
W. Va
W. A. Byus Jr
Charleston
West Virginia
Joseph A. Bragg
John Lacaria
Paul King
Ripley
Wesleyian College
H. Paul Shaffer
Wesley Methodist Church
Morgantown
Beta Eta Announces Scholarship Winners
Beta Eta Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority names Claudia Swayne winner of the Iota Business Education Scholarship to Bluefield State College with alternates Patricia Haden and Ada Parsons. Transcripts from area high schools determine qualification. if the winner does not attend Bluefield State this fall, the alternates are considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Eta Chapter
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority
Iota Business Education
Bluefield State College
Claudia Swayne
Elkhorn High
Patricia Haden
Park Central High
Bluefield
Ada Parsons
Kimball High
Bluefield State
Wombat Mother Bears Single Joey in Pouch
A female wombat mothers a single joey at a time, carrying it in her pouch until it is fully furred. The reproductive cycle centers on one offspring each season, reflecting the species' marsupial development.
Wassum Retires From Air Force at Indian Springs
Lt Col Porter M Wassum Jr retires after a parade at Indian Springs Air Force Base Nevada and relinquishes command to Maj Roy H Marks after two years. A WWII fighter and bomber pilot he also served in Korea and earned 14 decorations and nine campaign stars. He plans to visit Bluefield relatives in June before moving to Orlando Florida.
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Indian Springs Afb
Nev
Porter M. Wassum Jr
Springs Air Force Base
Desert Base
Roy H. Marks
Wassum
Louella Wassum
Mulberry Apartments
Bluefield
Air Force
Soviets Push for Foreign Language Education in Schools
The Soviet government directed that foreign language instruction be improved with emphasis on Asian and Latin American languages. Tass reported a cabinet ruling mandating all school children learn a foreign language and that graduates of higher education should have full command of a foreign language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Heart illness blamed on living conditions in Poland
In Warsaw a medical specialist says 40 percent of Communist Poland's patients suffer heart conditions. Dr. Tadeusz Frackowiak argues overcrowded housing bureaucracy and excessive noise drive the problem, as reported in Zycie Warszawy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Tadeusz Frackowiak
Zycie Warszawy
Local Air Force enlistments announced by Sgt McClead
Twenty one area youths were enlisted or selected for appointment into the U S Air Force at the Bluefield recruiting office according to Sgt Everett McClead. Retha M St Clair of Pipestem and Mary A Martin of Athens qualified for Officer Training School after graduating Concord College this year. Wade H Ballard of Peterstown was chosen as Captain USAF Reserve JAG. Eighteen men enrolled for technical training and begin Basic at Lackland AFB Texas. Names and hometowns include Bluefield Terry Gaither Alvin Chilco John Billy Jr Donald Stevens Princeton James A Hodges Jack Quesenberry Charles Hight Athens Joseph Harmon William Mays Matoaka William D Williamson Bramwell James A Bai Rock Histon Peterstown Howard Page Bobby Harvey Charles McCallister Jr William J Miller Vernon Stith Eugene Bowers Pocahontas Va. McClead said there are immediate openings in all technical training fields and interested persons can contact him at the New Federal Building. The Airman Qualifying Test is given every Thursday at 10 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Air Force
Blue
Everett McClead
Retha M. St. Clair
Pipestein
Mary A. Martin
Athens
Concord College
Wade H. Ballard
Ill
Peterstown
Usaf Reserve
Malcolm Cray
Japan
Lackland Afb
Texas
Bluefield
Terry Gaither
Alvin Chilco
John ‘Billy Jr
Donald Stevens
Princeton
James A. Hodges
Jack Quesenberry
Charles Hight
Joseph Harmon
William Mays
Matoaka
Vernon Stith
Eugene Bowers
Pocahontas
McClead
Federal
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Robert McNamara
Robert A. Fisher
Virgil A. Fisher
Route 1
Box 45
Pearlsburg
Third Battalion
Second Marine Regiment
Barksdale Afb
Tex
Russell D. Childress
Floyd T. Cothtrens
Bluefield Ave
Strategic Air Command
Childresss
Rocky Gap High School
Fort Knox
Bennie D. Cox
Winton B. Cox
Route 42
Ceres
United States Army Training Center
Armor
Pvt. Cox
Ceres High School
Labador
Herman H. St. Clair Jr
Herman H. St. Claire Sr
Union St
American Aerospace Force
St. Clair
Keesler Afb
Miss
Beaver High School
U. S. Air Force
John T. Bowers
James Bowers
Box 410
Bowers
United States Army
Annapolis
Bernard W. Humphrey
Stickney
U. Naval Academy At
U. S. Navy
Midn
Humphrey
Marsh Fork High School
Montreal
Marsha College
Huntington
Philip A. Goins
Philip C. Goins
Oceana
U. S. Naval Academy
Goins
Oceana High School
Boston
Luce
Naval Shipyard
Mass
Harold F. Kirby
M. M. Thornton
Oliver Ave
Stephen B. Luce
Charleston Harbor
General Sherman
Savannah River
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
Thomas E. Hodge
Lewis Hodge
Boissevain, Va
303Rd Transportation Squadron
Davies-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Ariz
Onslow Beach
R. L. Dawson
John R. Dawson
Bramwell
Rankin
Danny W. Vincent
Minnie Vincent
Freeman
Elhhorn
FHTNC
John R. Baker
Frank Baker
Elkhorn
Sixth Marine Regiment
North Borneo
Orville W. Lehman
W. A. Lehman
Mascott
Marine Pvt
Earnest T. Fields
Mary Fields
Wilson St
Spain
Rota
Donald K. Green
Walter F. Green
Davy
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four
Route 3
George N. Rutherford
Augusta St
U. S. Naval Receiving Station
Rutherford
Bartley Sailor
Western Pacific
Lexter C. Bailey
L. C. Bailey
Bartley
San Diego
Calif
USS McMorris
China
U. S
Greenbrier
Ladies Plain Wedding Band
Philco
America
Dixie Appliance Co
Bluefield, W. Va
Belmont
Wheeling
A. T. Artzberger
Beta Eta
Wombat Young
Sir Walter
Ocean
Ames M. Powell
Mer
Lucy F. Traften
Commie
K. R. de Vault
de Vault
Carolyn
Robert
St. Clement Danes
Royal Air Force
Britain
Springdale Ave
London
England
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Petrigerr
Peay
Ford Rae Ete
Western Auto Assoc
Pier Ee
W. Vaee
Hostess
Cannister
Columbus Electric
1 Furniture Co
Bland ST
Phowe
W.va
Bluefield’s Popular Furniture Store
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