Bluefield Eyes Water Company Purchase and Street Opening Debate
Bluefield city board approves a $10,000 survey of the West Virginia Water Service Co. to assess a possible municipal purchase, with financing via a Widman & Company loan and revenue bonds. The meeting also discusses opening Ledge Street between Oakhurst and Parkway and asks N&W to reconsider pulling a Pullman car from service locally.
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Bluefield
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Waller Company
Widman & Company and Associates
Cincinnati
Ohio
Widman & Company
Water Com
Tne
West Virginia
Jerome Katz
Arthur F. Kingdon
Richard Snelling
Randolph Walker
Ledge Street
Oakhurst
Parkway
Paulins
Ele
J. W. Eaton
N&w
Orban Western Railway
Servren Bluefield
William L. Kell
Jerome Sats
Roanoke
Woodrum Warm Air Heating Inc
Mason
High Street
Sepwie Peedee
J.B. Evans
Stovall Street
Mercer Board Approves 625 Teachers for 1956 57 Term
Mercer County Board of Education approves a 625 teacher roster for the 1956 57 year, the largest in the county. Three new schools join the system including Princeton Junior High, Melrose Elementary, and Cumberland Heights Elementary, with several assignments and resignations noted. Grand and petit jurors for the June term of the U S District Court for Southern West Virginia are summoned and listed.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Pa Se
Melrose
Athens Crossroads
Cumberine Heights
Blue
Matoaka High
Bille Jones
Princeton High
Anne Briggs
Park Central High
Wilma Toothman
Bailey Ann Mills
Meda Bailey
Nita Vermillion
Paul Chryssikos
Mamie B. Fox
Elizabeth Tanner
Juanita Lilly
Garnet White
Virgil Bailey
Jean B. Wright
Mary T. Bruch
Athens
Beaver High
Young Street
Health Gram
Mercer
Apolete Onesista Authority
Locnion
Glenwood
U.S. District Court For
West Virginia
Ralph Bolin
Highland Ave
Age Se
Allen Bluefield
D. Cannon
Visaeats
Bluefield Dg
Chambers
Harrison Ave
Wiliam V. Chappell
Ana
Bluefield
G. W. Comer
H. T. Compton Jr
George Cooper
Morton
John E. Corbitt
College Ave
C. R. Crockett
Bluefield Ave
Charles V. Davis
Duhling
Victor R. DeVault
Charles R. Famonds
Larch St
Co. W. Eubanks
Parkway
Ace Gillespie
Princeton Ave
C. L. Hash
Pineville
W. Ray Howell
Cumberland Road
J. Lake Ingles
Peterstown
R. E. Kuhn
D. T. Lowman
North St
Harold Miller
James J. Moore
Northfork
McCary
Hale Ave
Ray O. Oney
Fifth St
W. C. Robertson
Mullens
Ward Sowers
N. Walter Hyatt J. Thompson
A. T. Wheeler
Deaths and Funerals in Matoaka and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices report John W. Hall and several others dying in Matoaka and surrounding towns. Survivors include spouses, numerous children, siblings, and grandchildren. Services are scheduled at homes, churches, and cemeteries with interments in local family plots.
Funeral Notices for Herring Underwood Jessee
Obituaries list Herring Mrs Mason B 55 Norfolk Va funeral 2 30 p m Huddle Memorial Methodist Church Cripple Creek Interment Davis Cemetery Cripple Creek Underwood Jesse J 57 Premier funeral 2 p m Rodgerfield Christian Church Interment Saeger Cemetery Rodderfield Jessee The Rev William F 51 Tockland Va 19 a m Ratliff Chapel Interment Bruce Cemetery Coburn Va
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Lebanon
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Columbus
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Wiljiamina
Harry Cash
Plagler Beach
Fla
James H. Garnett
Hypoluxo
J. M. Parr
Honaker
Rose Wilson
Bristol
John M. Green
Lee Green
Wise
Mary A. Green
Hazel Vance
Millard
Sarah Sutherland
Margie Hale
Fremont
Goldie Stevens
Norfolk
June Egleston
Dayton
Sidney
Lee
Detroit
Mich
Alfred
Stratton
County Chapel
Nealy Ridge
Jack Kiser
Enoch Rose
Count
Clintwood
Banner Dunman
Yesteroe
Heldona
Etta Mae Odum
Meadowview
Allie Robinson
Coalwood
Blanche Nichols
Holston
Preston Dunman
Bravefield
William Dunman
Chicago
Albert Dunman
Paul Dunman
Kyle
Ray Wagner
Maude Spradlin
Mt. Airy
N. C
B. E. Shrewsbury
Princeton
Tomorow
Corner House
Campbell Funeral Home
Herring
Mason B
Huddle Memorial Methodist Church
Cripple Creek
Davis Cemetery
Jessee
William F
Tockland
Ratliff Chapel
Bruce Cemetery
Coburn
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
Virginia sees mostly sunny skies with a high near 75 to 82 on Wednesday. Thursday brings fair weather with little temperature change. West Virginia enjoys mostly sunny conditions Wednesday with highs 74 to 82 and Thursday turns cloudy with minimal temperature variation.
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Rosemary Clooney Show and Break The Bank on Channel 6
Rosemary Clooney and Judy Canova headline a 30 minute Channel 6 musical trip from New York to Kentucky with The Hi Lo's and Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Break The Bank returns with Bert Parks hosting a quiz show offering cash prizes at 8 30.
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Canova
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Miss Clooney
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Bert Park
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City Board Grants Thirteen Building Permits
City Board issues thirteen permits in Bluefield area including Guy C. Kelly to build a dwelling on Lot 3, Section 953 Powhatan Avenue for 11000 and Consolidated Bus Lines to alter and erect a building at Princeton and McCulloch Avenues for 50000. Licenses granted to Harry L. Dye for general contracting and others to operate local businesses.
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Bluefield
H. L. and
Leona K
Stadium Drive
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
Princeton Avenue
McCulloch Avenue
Naomi G. Mervin
Jones Street
Sylvia Smith
Hich Street
Harry L. Dye
Nancy Wood
Mom's Place
Pulaski Street
J. I. Spurrier
J. M. Knight
Spurrier
Knight Giles Street
Gulf Station
Notice of Special Commissioner Sale of Real Estate in Bluefield WV
Special commissioner sale in Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia on June 7 1956 at 10:00 AM at the front door of the Municipal Building. Real estate lot 3 quarter east Roosevelt Street fronts and depths described. Sale subject to first trust deed balance 8587.18 as of Aug 1955 and a city weaving assessment 612.44 plus interest. bond posted as required by fee. Clerk Reynokis confirms.
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Herbert Donald Crute
Aw & Commerce
Bluefield
West Virginia
Roosevelt Street
F.M.A. Vlan
Sidney J. Kwass
Tal
Reynokis
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Rosa Thompson
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Dillard Shrewsbury
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Pine Flat
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Pine Grove
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Pinnacle
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