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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1956

Page

2

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.

Bluefield West Virginia Water Service Co 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.

Mercer Education Board 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

Emma Hubbard Swords Creek Gig Wilson Peery Herndon Lebanon Arnold Harold Columbus Ohio L. W 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.

Virginia West Virginia

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.

Rosemary Clooney Judy Canova New York Kentucky Channel 6 Tonight At 9 Mary Gu Manhattan Miss Canova Clooney Canova Ae Bob Memr Skylark Miss Clooney Nelson Riddle Bert Park Whis-Tv Parks

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.

Lishy 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.

Mercer County West Virginis Robert H. Powell Herbert Donald Crute Aw & Commerce Bluefield West Virginia Roosevelt Street F.M.A. Vlan Sidney J. Kwass Tal Reynokis

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