Bluefield College Holds Twelfth Annual Commencement
The Bluefield college auditorium overflowed as 28 graduates received diplomas at the 1934 commencement. Dr. J F Hicks delivered the baccalaureate, with Dr Edwin C Wade as new president urging broader support for a regional school. Diplomas were awarded to graduates from the academic, engineering, and business departments, with several medals and awards announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
J. F. Hicks
Bristol
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
C. G. Gunn
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Edwin C. Wade
Greater Bluefield
Wade
H. A. Williams
Memorial Baptist Church
Bluefield
R. H. Bowden
Pocahontas
Martha Jeter Lazenby
G. T. Thornhill
J. Taylor Stinson
Joyce Jewelry Company
Alfred Glen Edmonson
Henry Rodgin
Virginians
Glen Edmonson
The
B A. Leonard Jr
Merle Margaret Levine
J. W. Waters Company
Jack Dillard
Richmond College
University of Richmond
Julian Mangus
D M. Easley
Frank S. Easley
Katherine Cook
Easley
Dr. Stinson
D. M. Easley
Baptist Church At
Lebanon
Mother of Local Woman Dies in Charleston
Mrs. Clara Virginia McIntyre mother of Mrs. EB L Albert Ramsey junior high school faculty member died Sunday evening at 408 Morrin Street Charleston after a lingering illness. Mr. Albert and daughter Virginia Lee were at her bedside. Funeral services and burial set for today at Stringtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Virginia MelIntyre
EB. L. Albert
Ramsey
Morrin Street
Charleston
Albert
Mr. Albert
Virginia Lee
Charleton
Princeton Man Held On Driving Charge
A. P. R. Harris, 31, of Princeton, was arrested yesterday on the Hast River mountain road by Constables J. Earle Bailey and J. A. Tabor for driving while under the influence. His car collided with a machine driven by M. B. Postlethwaite, former city treasurer. Harris is held in the city pending trial before Magistrate W. McNeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. R. Harris
Princeton
Hast River Mountain
J. Earle Bailey
J.A. Tabor
Harris
M. B. Postlethwaite
W. McNeal
James E. Hall to be buried in Ferrum Virginia
The body of James Edward Hall aged 67 formerly of Matoaka and an employee of a coal company at Hiawatha West Virginia was sent to Ferrum Virginia for burial after dying last Wednesday at his rooming house. Relatives could not be located easily and are listed as Mrs. W. H. Love of Roanoke and Mrs. Callie Moore of Ferrum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Hall
Memorial Funeral Home
Ferrum
Hall
Hiawatha
W. Va
Matoaka
W. H. Love
Roanoke
Callie Moore
Accused Forger Trapped in City Held for Grand Jury
James Moore 24 alias George O Sullivan waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate H B Kitts and is held for grand jury on passing worthless checks. Bond set at 2500. he cannot meet it and is jailed in Princeton. He passed 20 40 checks at J C Penney and Harry Hardware disguised as a plasterer. A NRA sign and Lilly Brothers Constr checks stamped Lilly. Detective McCue alerted Scott Lilly. Moore caught at Harry Hardware. Police found check protecting machine stamps and multiple checks in his room. sixteen dollars recovered as change from a cashing incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Moore
George O'Sullivan
Washington, D. C
H. B. Kitts
Princeton
Moore
J. C. Penney
Harry Hardware Company
Lilly Bros. Contr’s & Builders
Scott C. Lilly
NRA
Eureka Hardware Company
J. C. McCue
Scott Lilly
Mr. Lilly
Woman Sought in Axe Slayings
Kenneth Williams, noted psycho analyst, described the accused youth in this case as morose after a car crash two years ago. Dr. James T. Fisher, who lives nearby, found the grisly scene in the Paynes home and labeled the resident a “mental case and potentially a murderer” after examining Ruth Snyder and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Williams
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Winnie Ruth Judd
Payne
James T. Fisher
Paynes
Beckley Junior High Coach Loses Arm After Car Accident
Beckley junior high coach Ross Irle had his left arm amputated after being crushed between his car and a passing vehicle between Camp Creek and Flat Top. Sam Cohn and Herbert Stansbury, Beckley residents, stopped the car from wrecking after aiding Irle during the Sunday incident following a tennis match in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Irle
Beckley
Camp Creek
Flat Top
Ire
Sam Cohn
Herbert Stansbury
Bluefield
Cohn
Stansbury
Funeral of J. W. Akers in Princeton
John W. Akers aged 72 father of B. E. Akers of the City warehouse was buried at Oakwood Cemetery Princeton after services at his home 501 Princeton avenue He had long resided in Mercer county and left many relatives in the area.
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John W. Akers
B. E. Akers
City Warehouse
Oakwood Cemetery
Princeton
Princeton Avenue
Akers
Mercer County
Birch rod revived in Hall to curb juvenile crime
In Hall, England, the birch rod is being revived as a punishment for juvenile crime amid a recent rise in youthful malefactors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Minister decries crime and calls for police reform
Dr. Howard L. Weeks at College Avenue Baptist denounces Bluefield crime conditions and liquor and gambling activity near the church. He urges sharper police protection, clean streets, and a broader spiritual vision, warning that life without God fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Weeks
College Avenue Baptist Church
Bluefield
Weeks
College Avenue Church
God
Local Lad Fractures Arm In Street Crash Near Monroe and Princeton
Cabell Payne aged 12 of 1013 Wayne street was struck by a car turning from Princeton onto Monroe street Sunday night at about 9. The boy sustained a fracture to his right arm and facial lacerations. The unidentified driver helped transport him to the Bluefield sanitarium where he remains hospitalized.
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Monroe Street
Princeton Avenue
Cabell Payne
Wayne Street
Young Payne
Bluefield Sanitarium
Unemployed Dig Gold in Santiago Program Growth
The Chilean government's gold mining program for the unemployed produced 9 350 pounds of fine gold last year, up 267 percent from 1932, signaling a strong rise in output and employment aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
House of Chemistry opens in Paris research center
The House of Chemistry blends science, art and history in a new international center for chemical research in Paris on rue Saint Dominique. The government bought the mansion from the Rochefoulac family, owners since 1820.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saint Dominique
Rochefould
Washington frames vast aid program for drought area
Assistant secretary of agriculture and Mr. Roosevelt discuss relief plans totaling about 475 million dollars, with expectations of rising beyond 500 million. Work relief projects will expand to resemble the Civil Works Administration, with officials estimating at least 100 million dollars to be spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
Man Killed and Man Crippd by Trains in Two WV Incidents
A Norfolk and Western railway pair of accidents on the Pocahontas division left Ribble Musick 45 of Isaban West Virginia dead after being struck while sleeping beside the rails at War Eagle. Robert Lipford 21 of Raven West Virginia lost both legs when thrown under a train at Raven and is hospitalized in Richlands with doctors hopeful for recovery.
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War Eagle
Raven
Norfolk & Western
Pocahontas
Ribble Musick
Isaban
W. Va
Robert Lipford
Mattie Williams Hospital
Richlands
Thieves Loot Garage on Frederick Street
A Philco automobile radio, flash light, goggles, and radio tools were stolen from W. K. Pendry’s garage at 413 Frederick Street late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, according to a police complaint. The note about a submarine in 1776 appears unrelated to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philco
W. K. Pendry
Frederick Street
Pendleton recalls Piedmont battle and Civil War service
Col William C Pendleton Virginia editor recounts his 1864 Piedmont battlefield morning, capture at Staunton and subsequent parole. He notes his age 87, later legal career and long newspaper work. Pendleton highlights family links to battle lands and mother watching from a hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Pendleton
Virginia
Colonel Pendleton
Augusta County
Piedmont
Staunton
Pendleton
Richmond
Letcher
Lee
Bluegrass Empire
Stated Convocation of Bluefield Chapter No 20
Bluefield Chapter No 20 holds a stated convocation this Tuesday evening at 7 30. An annual election is planned. R D Payne serves as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
R. D. Payne
Condition of Local Lumberman Improves After Illness
C A Ralston, long ill at the Bluefield sanitarium, shows marked improvement after a heart attack last week while driving between Princeton and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Ralston
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ralston
Princeton
Bluefield
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Donald Henderson
Herman Hill
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Mable Henderson
Woodrow Jarrett
Emily Kell
William Lester
Robert Newman
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Donald Schimke
Fairview
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Ernest Taylor
Irondo
Ce Warren
Danville
Herbert Willis
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Beckley Junior High
J. W. Akers
Pop
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New York
Uncle Sam
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New York Harbor
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American College of Surgeons
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