Princeton Council Accepts Bids For Paving Five Streets
Princeton city council accepted two bids for paving five streets with Haynes Construction Co. the low bidder at 59 868 80 dollars and Anderson and Anderson at 61 480 15 dollars. The panel delayed awarding until affected property owners are advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Court House
Haynes Construction Co
Bluefield
Anderson and Anderson
Butler
Center Street
Straley Avenue
Jefferson Street
Third Street
Fourth Street
College Avenue
Walker
Forest
Circle
North Walker
Honaker
Hale
Haynes
Anderson and
Anderson
Weather Across States Sees Warm Humidity With Showers
Virginia reports warm humid conditions with scattered afternoon thundershowers and high 80s, mostly cloudy. West Virginia stays cloudy with showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday partly cloudy. Ohio sees mostly cloudy skies with possible storms and 70s. Kentucky forecasts considerable clouds with showers mainly eastern Tuesday and highs near 76 to 82, cooler at night. Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer west with a chance of late showers.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Argentine Army Establishes Antarctic Base Claim
The Argentine army announced a new base on the Antarctic continent to reinforce sovereignty. Disputes exist with Chile and Britain over claims in the far South Atlantic and Antarctic regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
Britain
Antarctic
Deaths and Funerals in Glade Springs and Matoaka
Isaac Caywood 61 of Glade Springs Va died in Jefferson Hospital Roanoke. Survived by wife Ruth Beagle five sons Howard Lawrence Earnest Edward Raymond. daughter Mrs Leon Venable. brother Robert Caywood. sisters Mrs Joe Johnson and Mrs Mary Helton. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm Glade Springs Baptist Church Rev John Chellew Rev E A Valiant. Burial Presbyterian Cemetery. James Marshall Smith 81 of Matoaka funeral today Mt Olive Methodist Church 2 pm Rev Ben Woodring. Burial Mt Olive Cemetery. Pallbearers named Ray Brown Burley Lane Guy Moore Coba Bobby Shrader. Body at Cravens Funeral Home Montcalm until service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Caywood
Glade Springs
Jefferson Hospital
Roanoke
Ruth Beagle
Leon Venable
Howard
Lawrence
Earnest
Edward
Raymond
Damascus
Robert Caywood
Joe Johnson
Mary Helton
Abbington
Glade Springs Baptist Church
John Chellew
E. A. Valiant
Presbyterian Cemetery
James Marshall Smith
Matoaka
Mt. Olive Methodist Church
Ben Woodring
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Ray Brown
Burley Lane
Guy Moore
Coba
Bobby Shrader
Cravens Funeral Home
Montcalm
George W. Edmonds
Piney
Elsie Meredith Edmonds
Minnie Combs
Emma Edmonds
Pulaski
Ernest
Wytheville
Joseph
Robert
Garnett
Max Meadows
Graham
Sylvatus
Harry
Ohio
Adare Mabry
John
Porterfield- Minnick Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Lilly Lilly Taylor Bowman Edmonds and others
Multiple obituary notices and funeral announcements from Camp Creek Princeton and Bluefield areas. Mrs Mollie Lilly Epling Lilly 82 of Camp Creek died Monday at Memorial Hospital Princeton after a months illness, funeral at Missionary Baptist Church with burial Camp Creek. Pearl Taylor 59 of Abbs Valley died Sunday night at home, heart attack, services at Valley Baptist Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Daniel P Bowman 90 of Horsepen died Monday, cerebral hemorrhage, services at Horsepen Christian Church. Mrs Mary Rebecca Farmer 47 Bluefield died yesterday at Bluefield Sanitarium, funeral at Bratton Memorial Chapel with Monte Vista Park Cemetery burial. Other notices list George W Edmonds 81 Piney, Mrs Oakey S McGraw 42 Bluefield, William Phelps 67 Bluefield with related funeral arrangements and survivors.
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Oakey S. McGraw
Lewis St
Bluefield
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Mercer Funeral Home
H. H. Mauch
Walnut Grove Cemetery
McGraw
William Phelps
Carroll St
Mr. Phelps
Frances M. Spencer
Pittsburgh
Roy L. Phelps
Lugos
Funeral services held for James F Bowling in Princeton
Funeral services for James F Bowling 59 of 601 Washington Ave Princeton were conducted at 2 30 p m in the First Presbyterian Church Princeton with Rev Don Erwin and Dr Edward Stubblefield officiating Burial was in Rest Haven Cemetery Bowling died at 1135 p m Saturday in Memorial Hospital Princeton Pallbearers included Glenn E Pennington Howard Caldwell C Winfrey H M Strong Jr Willard Johnson Phil H Frye George Wingate and Alex Johnston Flower bearers were the Douglas Bible Class and Circle No 3 The body moved from Seaver Mortuary Chapel to the home Monday and will remain until 130 p m today when it was taken to the church for services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mole Epling Lilly
Camp Creek
Missionary Baptist Church
Don Erwin
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Newport
L. A. and
Eilen Vaught Epling
James F. Bowling
Washington Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Edward Stubblefield
Resthaven
Bowling
Glenn E. Pennington
Howard Caldwell
C. Winfrey
H. M. Strong Jr
Willard Johnson
Phil H., Frye
George Wingate
Alex Johnston
Douglas Bible Class
Seaver Mortuary
Last rites for Ada E. Hern don in Montgomery
Mrs Ada E Herndon 79 of Charleston and mother of Mrs W E Cowling of Bluefield will be laid to rest at Combs Funeral Home Montgomery at 11 am Interment follows at 3 pm She was predeceased by her husband R S Herndon and by son Victor who died in Charleston Saturday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada E. Herndon
Charleston
W. E. Cowling
Bluefield
Combs Funeral Home
Montgomery
Monte Vista Park
R. S. Herndon
Victor
Funeral services for Charles P Smith in Richlands Va
Funeral services will be held today at 2 p m at the First Baptist Church in Richlands Virginia for Charles Paris Smith six year old son of Paul and Louise Smith of Lewisburg Ohio. Rev Nelson Barker will officiate with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. The body was moved from Farmer Funeral Home to the grandmother’s home in Richlands yesterday after he was killed by an auto in front of his Lewisburg home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Paris Smith
Paul and Louise Smith
Lewisburg
Ohio
First Baptist Church
Richlands
Nelson Barker
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
C. C. Smith
Sullins and Cole Obituaries From Saltville and Marvin
William T. Sullins 88 of Saltville Va died in a Kingsport Tenn hospital. Survived by three sons John N D and E M and a daughter Lucy Mullens. 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Church of God Saltville with burial in Elizabeth Cemetery. Lydia Belle Cole 32 of Marvin Va died after illness. Survived by parents Marshall and (missing) Cole. six brothers and three sisters all of Marvin. Funeral 1 p.m. today at Antioch Church Keen Mountain Va with burial in Cole Cemetery Marvin.
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William T. Sullins
Saltville
Kingsport
Tenn
John
N. D. Sullins
Roanoke
E. M. Sullins
Cattlesburg
Lucy Mullens
Church of God
Jack Woody
Neal Perkins
Francik Maiden
Elizabeth
Henderson Funeral Home
Lydia Belle Cole
Marvin, Va
Marshall Cole
Dewey Cole
Pilgrim’s Knob
Victor Cole
Clyde Cole
Andrew Cole
Stewart Cole
Dennis Cole
William Breeding
Nora Cole
Marvin
Virginia
Grundy
Antioch Church
Keen Mountain
Grant Horton
Richlands
Square Horn
Patterson
Cole
Funeral services announced for George W. Gross and Sarah Copenhaver
Funeral details list George W. Gross 56 of Seager with services at 11 p m tomorrow at Matt Crockett home North Taze well Va burial in Roderfield Cemetery. Died May 31 in Prescott Arizona. Also announced death of Sarah Elizabeth Copenhaver 83 of Crockett Va. Survives include husband Sanders Frazier, four sons and four daughters. funeral Tuesday at Mt Ephrim Methodist Church with Rev W O Webster officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Gross
Seager
Matt Crockett
North Tazewell
Carl Earls
Rev
Fowler
Roderfield Cemetery
Prescott
Arizona
Sarah E, Copenhaver
Sarah Elizabeth Copenhaver
Crockett
Wytheville
Sanders Frazier Copenhaver
Herman
Marion
Lawrence and
Walter
Speedwell
Lester
Hugh Kincer
Elkwood
E. J. Dickson
Gibson named president elect of Scarritt College for Christian Workers
Scarritt College in Nashville announced the election of Dr. Faye G. Gibson as president elect. Gibson has led Emory and Henry College since 1941 after missionary work in Poland and prior service as pastor in Pulaski Virginia. He will succeed Dr. Hugh C. Stuntz who retires in July 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Faye G. Gibson
Emory and Henry College
Emory
Scarritt College For Christian Workers
Gibson
Vanderbilt University
Hugh C. Stuntz
Methodist
Roy H. Short
Scarritt Board of Trustees
Emory and Henry
Poland
First Methodist Church
Pulaski
Stuntz
Searritt
India
Philippines
Latin America
Scarritt
Egypt Rejects UN Aid On Gaza Clash
Cairo reports Egypt rejects UN proposals for a conference of Egyptian and Israeli officials to ease tensions from Gaza clashes. Col Salah Gohar says negotiations continue via the UN armistice commission while Israel accuses Egypt of bad faith. Egypt opposes talks at premier or cabinet level until Israel accepts repatriation of about 800,000 Palestine Arab refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
U. N
Gaza Strip
Salah Gohar
Moshe Sharett
Jerusalem
Dag Hammarskjold
Sharett
Hammarskjold
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
Gohar
Israel
Burns
Middle East
Selassie Government Hires Norwegians to Organize Navy
A dispatch says Emperor Haile Selassie hires Norwegian naval officers to build and command a national Ethiopian Navy. A Norwegian admiral will head the force with ships and yards sourced from Norway. The move follows Britain's postwar influence and Italy's former holdings granting Red Sea access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nana
Dagens Nyheter
Stockholm
Norway
Abyssinia
United Nations
Addis Ababa
Lion of Judah
Red Sea
Britain
London
Two Cars Collide at College Avenue Intersection
Two automobiles collided at the Bland Street College Avenue intersection near 5 p.m. yesterday. Ernest R. Boyd of Ridgecrest Road and Paul Veneri of McComas, each driving toward a service station, sustained about 275 dollars damage to Veneri’s car and 75 dollars to Boyd’s. Patrolman R. T. Brown reported no charges.
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Bland St
College Ave
Ernest R. Boyd
Ridgecrest Road
Paul Veneri
McComas
Veneri
Boyd
R. T. Brown
Funeral service for Miss Mary Jackson of Bluefield
Funeral services for Miss Mary Jackson 1890 01 04 Dublin Virginia will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. Mt Olive Baptist Church Dublin va with Rev M C Kay and Rev Henry Dews officiating. Interment Lincoln Park Cemetery. Ms Jackson daughter of John and Mollie Jackson a long time Bluefield resident. Survived by sister Evelyn Miller Bluefield. Floral bearers and pallbearers named. Body to be moved from Lagos Funeral Service to the church one hour prior to service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary R. Farmer
Mary Rebecca Farmer
Lyndale St
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Maxwell
John B
Martha A. Barrett
Jackson B. Farmer
Maybeury
Bernard R. Farmer
Billy Lane Farmer
Ora Lee Farmer
Berle Farmer
Merle Farmer
Washington, D. C
Ida Hinkle
Viola Barrett
Cedar Bluff
Rufus J. Farmer
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Mercer Funeral Home
H. Clay Dunaway
Monte Vista Park
First Church of God of
Mary Jackson
Nelson St. Bluefield
Julia French
Dublin
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
M. C. Kay
Henry Dews
Lincoln Park Cemetery
Miss Jackson
Dublin, Va
John Jackson
Mollie Clark Jackson
Mt. Olivetist Church
McDowell County
Evelyn Miller
W. Va
Friends of
Lagos
Wheeling City Returns Eight Incumbents. Mayor Loses in New Round
Wheeling voters re-elected eight incumbents in municipal balloting while Mayor Charles J. Schuck lost to Charles E. Petty, a school teacher. New council members include Thomas J. Committe and Albert D. Howe, with a potential recount over a 24 vote margin for incumbent Jack R. Adams. A ballot change to Tuesday elections was approved. Jessie Layne, 16, died in a highway crash near Grundy Virginia, with driver Roby Bostic charged with drunken driving and involuntary manslaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Charles J. Schuck
Schuck
Charles E. Petty
Thomas J. Committe
Everett W. Miller
Albert D. Howe
Jack R. Adams
State House of Delegates
James L. Haranzo
Adams
Edward W. Driehorse
Joseph J. Dailer
William C. Dannenberg
Indict Kluckhohn For Murder After Accidental Shooting
Wake County grand jury indicts Richard Kluckhohn 21 of Evanston Illinois for murder in the May 13 shooting that killed Bernice Seawell 33 Arlington Virginia. Trial set for next Monday as defense weighs postponement. Kluckhohn said his pistol fired accidentally in a hotel room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Wake County
Richard Kluckhohn
Kluckhohn
Evanston, Il
Harvard University
Bernice Seawell
Arlington
Lester Chalmers
Howard Manning
Evanston
Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn
Cambridge
Mass
University of Chicago
Miss Seawell
Princeton Holds First Non-Partisan City Election Under New Charter
Princeton voters elect three councilmen at large and one Ward 2 councilman in the first non-partisan city election under the new charter. Ballot also asks whether to adopt a zoning ordinance akin to Bluefield’s. Polls open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Court House Ward 1 Princeton High School Ward 2 Knob School Ward 3 Thorn School Ward 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bluefield
Court House
Princeton High School
Knob School
Thorn School
Mercer County Dogs Vaccinated in Rabies Clinic Drive
Dr. Jim Bailey reports about 1500 dogs vaccinated in Beaver Pond and Rock Districts with mobile clinics and the animal hospital. Dr. Lucian Bailey inoculated 1207 dogs in Rock District. Dr. G Walter Hambrick cites 1100-plus vaccinations across East River Plymouth and Jumping Branch. A final Princeton clinic is planned next Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Beaver Pond
Jim Bailey
Rock District
Lucian Bailey
East River
Plymouth
Princeton
Mystery Plane Disappears After Windmill Gap Crash
A yellow Piper Cub that crash landed at Windmill Gap Saturday reappeared Sunday morning in Bluefield. Police searched for the plane amid moonshine evidence and reports of theft by two truckers who claimed they were taking the craft to Galax Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windmill Gap
Bluefield
Kelly Sawyers
Bass Texaco
Bluefield Ave
Sawyers
Galax
Este Mabes
Herbert Walker
Mabel
Dane
Princeton
R. M. Fizer
J. F. Wynne
Emerson McNeal
Sheriff's Office
Alcohol Tax Unit
Roanoke
W. R. Wrenn
North Carolina
Alcohol Unit
Hat Top Agency And Thompson Honored For 50 Years Of Service
The Flat Top Insurance Agency and Roy S. Thompson were honored at a Bluefield Country Club dinner for 50 years representing Home Insurance Company. Thompson began in Tazewell in 1905 and has been Vice President since 1943. Attendees included West Virginia Home Insurance manager Richard W. Mercer and officials Parker H. Brady Sterling R. Chapman, plus several officers and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top Insurance Agency
Roy S. Thompson
Bluefield Country Club
Thompson
Home Insurance Company
Robert F. Ruskin
Tazewell
Richard W. Mercer
West Virginia
Parker H. Brady
Southern West Virginia
Sterling R. Chapman
A. M. Long
Noel F. Wickham, Jr
R. B. Taylor
Harold D. Moore
William Eepenser
A. H. Worley
D. E. Walters
Jack W. Webb
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Princeton City Council
North Walker Street
Tri-City Traction Co
A. E. Dangerfield
H. E. DeJarnette
Thorn Street
Athens Road
Wickham Avenue
Douglas Street
A. L. Inge
Princeton Elks Lodge
A. R. England
God Avenue
Washington
Weather Bureau
Chicago Dallas
Denver
Jacksonville
Ear
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
New York Richmond
San Francisco
Caning Penton
St. Lawrence River
Massena
N. Y
Hawkins Point
Earnhardt Island
Barnhardt Island
James M. Smith
Mollie Lilly
Pearl Taylor
Abbs Valley
the Valley Baptist Church
David Prusett
Woodlawn Cemetery
Frank Taylor
Jenkin Jones
Joe Taylor
Pineville
Lawrence Taylor
Butte, Mont
Bill Taylor
Wilmington
Del
Dan
Aubrey
Robert Taylor
Jack Creasy
Christina Myers
Valley
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
A. F. Tobler
Barnetts Funeral Home
Daniel P. Bowman
Horsepen
Albert Phillis
Tazewell County
Andrew Jackson
Sarah Bowman
Allen
Paris
Beckley
Gene
Abingdon
C. T. Bowman
A. L. Murray
Russell Fryant
Albert Phillips
H. N. Dalton
Radford
Grady Baugeguiss
William &E. Bowman
Jack Bowman
M. E. Benson
South Boston
C. H. Shannon
Williamson
Sally Doss
Elvira
Horsepen Christian Church
Charlie Sublett
Maplewood Cemetery
Oakey
Charles P. Smith
Scarritt College
Gaza
Gerald Paul Troiano
John C. Keaney
Margaret Gormley
Portland
Keaney
Troiano
Margaret
Buchanan
Jessie D. Layne
C. D. Layne
Harman
Buchanan County
Hoot Owl Mountain
Layne
Roby Bostic
Bostic
Ishmael Pfetcher
Co. H. Combs
James
Bobby Lee
Nell
Jane
Edith
Judith Ann
Betty Lou
Sarah Ellen
Joyce Gay
Grundy Funeral Home
Battle Creek Mich
Chyron
Hat Top Agency
Bankers Pure Rubber
Commerce
Dial
Bluefield, West Virginia
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