John Lawrence Lawrence Dies After Illness
John Douglas Lawrence 19 the beloved Bluefield youth died at St Luke s Hospital from complications after months long illness. A Virginia Tech student and Beaver High School graduate he had lived in Bluefield for twelve years and was active in Westminster Presbyterian church. Funeral services will be held at Westminster Monday at 2 30 with burial at Monte Vista park. Active pallbearers and flower bearers are listed.
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John Douglas Lawrence
Douglas O. Lawrence
Wythe Avenue
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Aken
Philadelphia
St. Luke's Hospital
John Lawrence
Sheffield
Alabama
Beaver High School
Lawrence
Westminster Presbyterian Church
C. G. Gunn
Westminster
Carey Barker
Lynchburg
Monte Vista Park
Leo Steiner
John Rodman
Raymond Chambers
Joe Phillips
Edward Knight
William Wilbur
Truxton Styles
Bill Kersey
Dan Easley
Pat Phillips
Eddie Stultz
Gordon Douglas
Bill Thomas
Ralph Humphreys
Ralph Cruise
Bradley Litton
Shell Knight
Bill Tom Watkins
Hennon Gilbert
Thomas Pearson
Jack Cartwright
Arnold Hurd
Forrest Mings
John Fortune
Henry Walker
Clyde Sarver
Jack Gillespie
James Young
Ted Deaumer
Joe Clark
Woodrow Miller
Irvin Huff
Wallace Frazier
Bert Benjamin
Woodrow Bailey
Bob Roach
Bluefield VPI Alumni Win Third McAnge Trophy
Bluefield VPI Alumni chapter wins the McAnge trophy for the third consecutive year, defeating 40 large-city chapters. The award cites vocational guidance, student recruitment help, engineering honors, and community leadership, presented at the VPI Alumni Association convocation in Blacksburg.
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Bluefield V.pi
McAnge
United States
Blacksburg
Bluefield
Secon
V. P. I. Alumni Association
W. N. McAnge
Bristol
Chicago
Richmond
Pittsburgh
Washington
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Bluefield College
Tech
Homer Holt
P. S. Barrow
Russell Cousins
Mr. Cousins
Creighton Campbell
General Alumni Association
T. J. Jackson
Nick Fuqua
C. M. Rudder
W. F. Saunders
Rites Today for Aged Tazewell Negro Woman
Funeral rites will be held at Wilbur Memorial church in Tazewell at 2 o clock for Louise Peery 79 widow of James B Peery a longtime resident born into slavery while a domestic in Isaac Chapman s household The service will be led by Rev G A Owens with white friends attending in a reserved section of the church auditorium.
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Tazewell
Wilbur Memorial Church
G. A. Owens
Louise Peery
James B. Peery
North Tazewell
Isaac Chapman
Natural Bridge Near Slade Stands 100 Feet High
The natural bridge near Slade Kentucky is estimated to be over 100 feet tall and to contain more than 15,000,000 pounds of rock.
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Slade
City and Coalfield Items
Classified notices list rental offers, job inquiries, and services. Unfurnished or furnished three room apartments for rent on High land avenue. Mary Lee Dress Shop advertises linen and dropstitch dresses. A college student seeks room and board with host family in Floyd county. Lawn mower sharpening by Arthur Harris at 517 Frederick. Bluefield Business College courses available mornings afternoons or nights at 603 Bailey Building.
Beautiful permanents at Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Doen t just happen. It is the result of long experience and careful attention. You get beauti ful permanents at Mary Lee Beau ty Shop, Phone 2760.
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Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Bible School 10 Opens Monday in South Bluefield
The first summer Bible school opens Monday at 9 a.m. in South Bluefield under three ministers. Teachers will guide ages four to twelve at Trinity and Westminster churches. No homework. rewards include stars and shapes as part of a three week, five day per week program running until 11 30 a.m.
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South Bluefield
E. E. Wiley
Howard L. Weeks
C. G. Gunn
W.W. Mer
Mary Said
Gladys Udy
J. B. Harry
M. C. Young
Greta Buckles
Trinity Church
Kathleen Peck
W. H. Hinchee
Dot Lawrence
Westminster
Church Door Padlocked. Congregation Meets on Steps
In Charleston West Virginia on June 4 the Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist church faces another service on the steps as the door remains padlocked. Rev Otis E Caldwell and two deacons sought a circuit court injunction against three trustees. Judge Bouchelle ruled lack of jurisdiction and the case may go to the state supreme court.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cedar Grove Misionary Baptist Church
Otis E. Caldwell
Julan F. Bouchelle
Bouchelle
J. T. Reynolds
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Frank L
E. W. Taylor
Caldwel
Rantis outlines platform for Bluefield city board bid
Jimmy Rantis, candidate for Bluefield City Board District 1, presents a four point platform: invite business with good roads, provide municipal parking and a park plus public pool for all citizens. cleaner streets and healthier city via sanitation work along College avenue. improve city government efficiency and share liquor store profits plus Consumers Tax with the treasury. He emphasizes thirty years of business success and asks voters to elect him. Political adv.
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Jimmy Rantis
Bluefield
College Avenue
James Rantis
Melrose Named Manager of Bluefield Imperial Ice Cream
R. L. Melrose was appointed manager of the Bluefield branch of the Imperial Ice Cream company, succeeding W. R. Dillard who moves to Huntington for a sales post. Melrose was formerly cashier at the Wheeling branch, while Dillard had served in Bluefield for six years. Aaron Russ Jr. is also added to local personnel.
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R. L. Melrose
Bluefield
Imperial Ice Cream Company
W. R. Dillard
Huntington
Melrose
Wheeling
Mr. Dillard
Williamson
Aaron Russ Jr
Funeral Service Today for Margie Sarver
Funeral services are held this afternoon at 2 30 at Midway Methodist Church for Margie Sarver two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Willis Sarver of Yards Virginia who died at the parents home yesterday morning at 2 o clock of intestinal influenza The Rev Elmer Dean of Bluefield Virginia will officiate Survivors include her parents Pallbearers are Marvin Eugene Butt Bernard McBride Junior Compton Buddy Sarver Samuel Sarver and Junior Turman Flower bearers are Lucille Sarver Marguerite Sarver Corine Sarver Cora Lawson Martha Neel June Tabor
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Midway Methodist Church
Margie Sarver
Willis Sarver
Yards
Elmer Dean
Bluefield
Voters to name candidates in Tuesday voting
City voters will name candidates on Tuesday across eight wards. Precinct sites include Bluefield Avenue store room, Municipal building, Mercer Garage, White Thorn and Fairview schools, South Side Fire Station, Lee Street grocery, Brook grocery, North Side fire station, Bramwell Road store, Hubble’s garage, Canary Wright’s garage, and Peters Paint shop with street addresses listed.
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Bluefield Supply Company
Bluefield Avenue
Mercer
Scott
Raleigh Streets
Whitethorn School
Fairview School
South Side Fire Station
Lee Street
Logan Street
North Side
F. D. Johnston
Bramwell Road
L. C. Hubble
Powell Street
Filibuster Likely Against Court Compromise
The Ways and Means Committee met with Mr. Roosevelt this morning to discuss a senate approved resolution to investigate tax dodgers. Amendments to curb publicity and treasury employee involvement may require more senate action. Johnson noted a plan to close gaps allowing tax avoidance, possibly pursued before the inquiry concludes.
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Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
House
Treasury
Senate
Jnson
Mrs Hancock Moves Antique Shop Uptown
Mrs. C. G. Hancock, longtime dealer on South Bland, has relocated to larger quarters in the Bradmann building uptown. She is known as a connoisseur of old furniture and glassware and has expanded her stock for increased patronage in the newly renovated space.
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C. G. Hancock
South Bland Street
Bradmann Building
Hancock
Britain Seeks To Save Spanish War Neutrality Pact
French naval authorities ordered warships at the Port of Saint Jean de Luz to guard fishing boats after armed Spanish insurgents boarded the French vessel Croix Du Joir twelve miles off the Spanish coast. The insurgents claimed they aimed to sink a recently built boat. bombardments and air raids harmed Basque towns, and a woman and two children were injured.
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Jer
Sain Jean de Luz
Bilboa
Mount Lemona
Curtiss
Bilboa Surburbs
German Priests Break Silence Over Nazi Criticism
German priests publicly respond to Goebbels after his May 28 tirade rebuked Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago who called Hitler an Austrian paper hanger and accused Nazi propaganda of spreading false Catholic stories. Tensions rise as Pope Pius XII earlier accused Germany of violating the 1933 Reichskonkordat limiting church and state to separate spheres.
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Ers
Goebbels
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Hitler
Pius
Germany
Ford Labor Peace Talks Hit Setback After Union Vote
Union leaders and Ford plant management faced a setback as workers rejected a return to work plan by two to one after an all night debate. Frank Slaby the UAW local president proposed resuming production within ten days while negotiations continued on pay and grievances.
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Frank Slaby
UAW
Slaby
Rockefeller 25 Million Left by Cuevas Heirs
The will and codicils span 52 typewritten pages detailing administration of the residue. It directs trustees need not post bond and taxes and administration charges to be paid from the estate. Spokesmen say Rockefeller owned real estate including homes at Pocantico Hills Lakewood and Or Beach before death.
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Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Lakewood
N. J
Or Beach
Fla
Mrs. C. W. Jackson Joins Bluefield College Faculty
Mrs. C. W. Jackson, longtime faculty member at a local school, is elected to Bluefield College as instructor in English public speaking and first year German. She holds A B from Davis Elkins College and M A from Ohio State, with Ph D studies planned this summer. Mr. Jackson previously served as Beaver High School principal and joined Bluefield with his bride.
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C. W. Jackson
Very School
Elec
Bluefield Colae
Atheancen
Eq”Arg College
Elkins
W. Va
Ohio State
Columbus
Jackson
Bluefield
Beaver High School
Bluefield Core
A Jackson
Davis-Elkins
Elkins High School
Ammar Brothers to Open Bluefield Department Store
Ammar Brothers of Williamson lease the old Honaker building at Bluefield avenue and Mercer street to open a new department store. They run five West Virginia stores including Charleston Logan and Williamson as headquarters. The Bluefield store will be modern and extensive improvements are planned.
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Ammar Brothers of
Williamson
Ammar Brothers
Honaker
Bluefield Avenue
Mercer Street
West Virnia
Charleston
Capital City Bank
Logan
A. W. Cox
Cox
Drum Corps Invited to Asheville Festival
The Bluefield Junior Drum and Bugle corps received an invitation to join the Rhododendron festival in Asheville North Carolina June 17 and 18. Dave Warden, the corps director, announced the invitation and E A Cain of Bluefield Post 9 American Legion said he sent a proposal to the Asheville chamber of commerce. Cain noted Asheville citizens asked the invitation after Bluefield’s Memorial Day showing in Johnson City Tennessee where they won top honors among many corps. Cain expects a weekend reply.
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Bluefield
Asheville
N. C
Dave Warden
E. A. Cain
Bluefield Post No. 9
American Legion
Johnson City
Tenn
Cain
Crippled Children's Society Meets Tuesday in Bemaren Memorial
Mercer county branch of the West Virginia Crippled Children's Society will meet in the Memorial building at Bemaren Tuesday evening at 7 45 to complete plans for the clinic in Bluefield on June 15. President J B Galbraith called the meeting.
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Mercer County
West Virginia
Crippled Children's Society
Bemearen
Bluefield
J. B. Galbraith
Child Shot by Stray Bullet Recovers At Home
Charlotte Fleenor of 407 Exiter Street was accidentally shot Friday evening at her home in Bluefield. The rifle bullet struck her, fired apparently by a colored youth aiming at a bottle on a fence nearby. She was discharged from Bluefield sanitarium yesterday.
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Charlotte Fleenor
Exiter Street
Bluefield
Fleenor
Fire Destroys House on Sen. Shumate Farm Near Rich Creek
A tenant dwelling on Senator A. E. Shumate’s Rich Creek area farm was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. R. L. Meadows and family, tenants of Senator Shumate, occupied the house and only a small amount of furniture was saved.
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A. E. Shumate
Rich Creek
R. L. Meadows and Family
FDR Declines Cuba Nomination for Nobel Prize
Havana reports President Roosevelt declined Cuba's nomination for the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize and asked that Cordell Hull be substituted. Subsecretary De La Campa said Cuba would back Hull and postpone its nomination to 1938.
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Havana
State Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cuba
Cordell Hull
Miguel Angel de la Campa
Roosevelt
Hull
Ponti ac dealers in confab Monday
More than 50 Pontiac dealers, sales managers and salesmen from Bluefield and nearby towns will attend a full day meeting at the West Virginian hotel. The Bluefield event is part of a nationwide series from April 21 to June 17 to update retail staff on merchandising methods.
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Pontaic
Bluefield
West
8. C. Bray
Rail Veterans to Meet at Roanoke June 12
Norfolk and Western Veterans association sets its sixth annual convention in Roanoke Virginia on June 12 drawing about 1500 railroad veterans. Dusty Miller will give a keynote address and the diamond insignia will be presented to five 50 year members with a Ruth Rodeheaver Thomas radio imitation and a stage show by 18 New York professionals. Secretary Treasurer Floyd E. Chabot announced the event and the 2220 member group will hear opening remarks by R J a president and feature visitors from other railroads.
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Dusty Miller
Ohio
W. J. Jenks
New York
Norfolk and Western Veterans’ Association
Roanoke
Floyd E. Chabot
Ruth Rodeheaver Thomas
WDBJ
R. J. A. Association
Chabot
W. B. Carter
Townsend Silent After 12 Pension Aides Quit
Chicago June 5 twelve senior officials of the Townsend national organization resigned accusing Dr Francis E Townsend of attacking the president and his administration. J W Brinton vice president announced the mass resignations and said they were effective immediately. The group criticized Townsend for funding a fight against legislation not tied to the Townsend plan and noted protests against President Roosevelt's reorganization plan.
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Frances E. Townsend
J. W. Briton
Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc
Townsend Weekly
California
Townsend National Organization
Francis E. Townsend
Old Age Pension Movement
Townsend
Gilmour Young
Gilman Beeler
Townsend National
Harry B. Presson
Townsend Club
Jeanne E. Sweeney
J. H. Hall
Townsend Recovery Plan, Inc
Arthur L. Johnson
Washington Legislative Committee
J. W. Brinton
T. W. Hughes
Walter D. Hickman
the Weekly
W. L. Stahl
Willis Owen
Townsend Brinton
Dr. Townsend
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Physic
Oil Wells Deepening From Drake to Modern Depths
The Drake well of 1859 reached 692 feet, marking the first oil drill. Since then technology and discovery have driven depths to around 10,000 feet, making such wells common today.
Insurance agents entertained at Bluefield banquet
Fifty agents of the Peoples Life Insurance company in the Bluefield district were entertained at a banquet last night at the West Virginian hotel. W. A. Compton of Washington DC, general superintendent of agencies, was the principal speaker. Agents from Bristol Norton Beckley Logan and Bluefield attended. The program included an Esther Graham school of dance entertainment.
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Peoples Life Insurance Company
Bluefield
West Virginian Hotel
W. A. Compton
Washington, D. C
Bristol
Norton, Beckley, Logan
Esther Graham School
Ene
Two youths held for grand jury charged in thefts
Robert Clendenen of Bluefield and Clarence Ford of Bluestone waived a preliminary hearing yesterday before Magistrate H. B. Kitts and were held for the Mercer county grand jury charged with robbery. Unable to furnish bail of $1 each, they were remanded to the county jail on two warrants apiece.
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Robert Clendenen
Bluefield
Clarence Ford
Bluestone
H. B. Kitts
Mercer County
Clendenen
Ford
Stolen Victrola Confession Ties Robberies to Stinson School
Police report a portable Victrola stolen from a street near Raleigh and Stewart. A suspect, Ford, allegedly confessed to multiple robberies, linking him to the Stinson School theft and a robberies pattern near Memorial School and Westminster Church.
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Raleigh
Stewart Streets
Memorial School
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ford
Stinson School
Stinson
Fox Family in Fatal Accident Shocks Mercer County
Cahriel Donald Fox former director general of the Mercer County Central was seriously injured in an automobile crash that killed his wife. Mrs Fox died from a broken neck and fractured skull as their coupe collided with a truck driven by Richard Negro on the Lee highway near Washington D C Moore the truck driver was hospitalized. A daughter from Toronto arrived to help with funeral arrangements for her mother and assist in care of her father.
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Cahriel Donald Fox
Eral
Mercer County Central
Priday
Washington
Muriel
Toronto
Ont
J. Hudson Huffard
Bluefield
Fox
Austria
Mercer County
Items of Interest From a Distant Page
A compact note highlights historical trivia from patenting a player piano in 1889 to Spruce as a top pulpwood leader. It notes Greece adopting American-made gear for a new modern garage and recalls 12 influenza waves since WWI. Butterflies beat wings nine times per second, houseflies about 330. An arch bridge defies outward thrust under load as a 1751 Pennsylvania law bans free drinks at auctions.
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Greece
United States
Pennsylvania
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