Princeton Council Accepts Bids For Five Streets Paving
Council accepted two bids for paving five city streets at the courthouse meeting with Haynes Construction Co. of Bluefield as the low bidder. Total bids ranged from 59 068 80 to 61 480 15 with alternate bids up to 62 828 65. City engineers would determine homeowner costs before awarding.
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Princeton
Court House
Haynes Constriction 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 Construction Co
Haynes
Anderson and
Anderson
North Street
Walker Street
Lee
Tri-City Traction Co
A. E. Dangerfield
H. E. DeJarnette
Court’ House
Thorn Street
Athens Road
Wickham Avenue
Weather Digest Virginia and Kentucky Forecast
Virginia will stay warm and humid with scattered thundershowers at night. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies with moderate temps and lower humidity. Kentucky shows considerable cloudiness with showers in the night and early week, a high of 80 to 84, cooler Tuesday night, and Wednesday partly cloudy with showers possible in the far west.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Argentine Army Establishes New Antarctic Base
The Argentine army has set up a new base on the Antarctic continent asserting sovereignty. Disputes with Chile and Britain over claims in the far South Atlantic and Antarctic regions persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ies
Chile
Britain
Antarctic
Deaths And Funerals In Glade Springs And Princeton
Isaac Caywood 61 of Glade Springs died at Jefferson Hospital Roanoke. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm Glade Springs Baptist Church with Rev John Chellew and Rev E Vale rant. Burial Presbyterian Cemetery. Panera] James Marshall Smith 81 Matoaka funeral today Mt Olive Methodist Church 2 pm. Burial Mt Olive Cemetery. pallbearers named. James F Bowling 59 Princeton funeral 2:30 pm First Presbyterian Church with Rev Don Erwin and Dr Edward Stubblefield. Burial Rest Haven Cemetery. Flower bearers from Douglas Bible Class Circle No 3. Body moved from Seaver Mortuary to home for viewing.
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Isaac Caywood
Glade Springs
Jefferson Hospital
Roanoke
Ruth Beagle
Springs
Leon Venable
Glade Gavinge
Howard
Lawrence
Earnest
Raya
Raymond
Dmascus
Robert Caywood
Joe Johnson
Mary Helston
Abbington
Glade Springs Baptist Church
John Chellew
E. A. Valerant
Presbyterian Cemetery
Panera
James ‘Marshall Smith
Matoaka
Mt.Olive Methodist Church
Ben Woodring
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Ray Brown
Burley Lane
Guy Moore
Coba
Bobby Shrader
Cravens Funeral
Montcalm
James F. Bowling
Washington Ave
Princeton
First Presbyterian Church
Don Erwin
Edward Stubblefield
Resthaven Cemetery
Bowling
Memorial Hospital
Glenn BE
Duaphine H. M. Stro Jr
Willard Johnson
Phil Frye
George Wing
Dated Obituaries From Camp Creek And Bluefield
Funeral notices list Mrs. Mollie Epling Lilly 82 Camp Creek burial in family cemetery after death at Memorial Hospital Princeton from heart condition. Also Mrs Pearl Taylor 59 Abbs Valley funeral at Abbs Valley Baptist with burial in Woodlawn. Daniel P. Bowman 90 Horse Den cerebral hemorrhage burial Maplewood. George W. Edmonds 81 Piney died at home. Mrs Mary Rebecca Farmer 47 Bluefield died at Bluefield Sanitarium with service at Bratton Memorial Chapel.
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Mollie Epling Lilly
Camp Creek
Missionary Baptist Church
Don Erwin
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Newport
L. A
Ellen Vaught Eppling
Dolly Lilly
Flat Top
Zora Lilly
Crab Orchard
Clara Maxey
Lilly Brook
Cap Creek
Last rites for Mrs. Ada E. Herndon in Montgomery
Ada E Herndon 79 of Charleston 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 preceded in death by husband R S Herndon and son Victor who died in Charleston Saturday.
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Ada E. Herndon
Charleston
W. E. Cowling
Bluefield
Combs Funeral Home
Montgomery
Monte Vista Park
R. S. Herndon
Victor
Funeral Services for Charles Paris Smith in Richlands
Funeral services for Charles Paris Smith six year old son of Paul and Louise Smith of Lewisburg Ohio will be held today at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Richlands Virginia with Rev Nelson Barker officiating. Burial will be in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. The body moved from Farmer Funeral Home to the paternal grandmother Mrs C C Smith in Richlands yesterday. He was killed by an auto in front of his Lewisburg home Saturday.
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Daniel P. Bowman
Daniel P. Bownan
Horse den
Albert Phillis
Tazewell County
Andrew Jackson
Sarah Bowman
Allen
Horsepen
Paris
Beckley
Gene
Abingdon
C. T. Bowman
A. L. Murray
Russell Fpryant
Albert Phillips
North Tazewell
H. N. Dalton
Radford
Grady Baugoguiss
Bluefield
William E. Bowman
Jack Bowman
M. E. Benson
South Boston
C. H. Shannon
Williamson
Sally Doss
Elvira
Horsepen Christian Church
Charlie Sublett
Maplewood Cemetery
Ewell
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Allen Bowman
Charles Paris Smith
Paul and Louise Smith
Lewisburg
Ohio
First Baptist
Richlands
Nelson Barker
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Farmer Funeral Home
C. C. Smith
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
Square Horn
Patterson Va
Cole
Funeral notices for George W. Gross and Sarah E. Copenhaver
Funeral services for George W. Gross 56 of Seager will be held tomorrow at 11 p m at Matt Crockett home North Tazewell Va. Burial will be at Roderfield Cemetery. Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Copenhaver 83 of Crockett Va died Monday in Wytheville convalescent home. Surviving husband Sanders Frazier Copenhaver and numerous children, grandchildren and siblings. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 p m at Mt Ephrim Methodist Church with Rev W O Webster officiating.
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George W. Gross
Seager
Matt Crockett
North Tazewell
Carl Earis
Fowler
Roderfield Cemetery
Prescott
Arizona
Sarah E. Copenhaver
Sarah Elizabeth Copenhaver
Crockett
Wytheville
Sanders Frazier Copenhaver
Herman
Marion
Lawrence
Walter
Speedwell
Lester
Hugh Kincer
Elkwood
E. J. Dickson
J. B. Calahan
Dewey Willard
Rural Retreat
John Umberger
Simon Umberger
Steward Wolford
Fort Deposit
Mad
E. G. Sparker
Crocket
W. L. Crigger
Roanoke
Mt. Ephrim Methodist Church
W. O. Webster
Last rites for Oakey 8 McGraw in Bluefield
Oakey 8. McGraw 42 of 106 Lewis St Bluefield dies after long illness. Services set for 2 p m today at Bratton Memorial with Rev H H Mauch officiating and Walnut Grove Cemetery interment.
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Oakey
McGraw
Lewis St
Bluefield
Bratton Memorial Pel
Mercer Funeral Home
H. H. Mauch
Walnut Grove Cemetery
William Phelps
Carroll St
Mr. Phelps
Rustbury
Campbell County
Jack
Emma Phelps
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Pocahontas
UMW
Union Baptist Church
Mary Phelps
Robert
Frances M. Spencer
Pittsburgh
Roy L. Phelps
Lugos
Gibson named president of Scarritt College for Christian Workers
Scarritt College announces Henry Gibson of Emory and Henry College Va will be elected president. He will succeed Dr Hugh C Stuntz who retires in July after serving since 1943. Gibson previously led Emory and Henry from 1941 after missionary work in Poland and pastored Pulaski First Methodist 1937–41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Emory
Scarritt College
Gibson
Vanderbilt University
Hugh C. Stuntz
Methodist Institution
Roy H. Short
Bealnies Board of Trustees
Emory and Henry
Poland
First Methodist Church
Pulaski
Stuntz
Scarritt
India
Philippines
Latin America
Egypt Rejects UN Aid On Gaza Clash
Cairo reports Egypt rejected UN efforts for a conference of Egyptian and Israeli officials to ease clashes along Gaza. Spokesman Col. Salah Gohar cited preference for negotiations within the UN sponsored armistice commission. Prime Minister Moshe Sharett accused Egypt of bad faith for rejecting the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Salah Gohar
Moshe Sharett
Jerusalem
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Sharett
Hammarskjold
Edson L. M. Burns
Canada
Gohar
Israel
Burns
Selassie Government Hires Norwegians to Organize Navy
A dispatch reports Emperor Haile Selassie hires Norwegian naval officers to organize and command a national Ethiopian Navy. A Norwegian admiral is to head the force, with ships and equipment from Norway’s naval yards. The move follows Ethiopia’s access to the Red Sea after Britain’s postwar actions.
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New York
Nana
Haile Selassie
Dagens Nyheter
Stockholm
Norway
Abyssinia
United Nations
Addis Ababa
Red Sea
Britain
London
Two Cars Collide On College Avenue
Two cars collided at the Bland Street and College Avenue intersection about 5 p.m. yesterday causing about 275 dollars damage to the Veneri car and 75 dollars to the Boyd car. Patrolman R. T. Brown reported no charges were pressed.
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Bland St
College Ave
Ernest R. Boyd
Ridgecrest Road
E Ave
Paul Veneri
Veneri
Boyd
R. T. Brown
Funeral for Miss Mary Jackson at Mt Olive Baptist Church
Miss Mary Jackson of 313 Nelson Street Bluefield dies after a long illness and will be laid to rest at Dublin Virginia's Mt Olive Baptist Church. Rev M C Kay will officiate with Rev Henry Dews assisting. Interment in Dublin. She lived in Bluefield forty years and belonged to Mt Blivetist Church. Surviving sister Mrs Miller of Bluefield. Flower bearers and pallbearers requested. Body from Lagos Funeral Service to church an hour before service. Cars to depart at 2 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jackson
Nelson St. Bluefield
Julia French
Dublin
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
M. C. Kay
Henry Dews
John Jackson
Mollie Clark Jackson
Bluefield
Mt. Blivetist Church
McDowell County
Miller
W. Va
Friends of
Lagos
Wheeling Election Brings New Council Members and Mayoral Defeat
In Wheeling eight incumbents were reelected to the city council while Mayor Charles J. Schuck lost to Charles E. Petty. New council members will be Thomas J. Committe and Albert D. Howe, with council terms starting July 1. A recount was possible as incumbent Jack R. Adams narrowly beat James L. Haranzo by 24 votes. The election also approved moving election day to Tuesday in future years. Nearby, 16 year old Jessie Layne died in a highway crash in Grundy Virginia, along with driver Roby Bostic who faced drunken driving charges. Layne’s body rests at Grundy Funeral Home.
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
William C. Dannenrg
Jessie D. Layne
C. D. Layne
Harman
Buchanan County
Grundy
Layne
Roby Bostic
Bostic
Ishmael Fletcher
C. H. Combs
James
Bobby Lee
Nell
Jane
Edith
Judith Ann
Betty Lou
Sarah Ellen
Joyce Gay
Grundy Funeral Home
Battle Creek Mich
Indict Kluckhohn For Murder After Accidental Shooting
Wake County grand jury indicted Richard Kluckhohn 21 of Evanston Michigan for murder in the May 13 shooting that killed Miss Jomes Seawell 43 in Raleigh. Kluckhohn held on 12000 bond since May 20 and claims the German luger pistol discharged accidentally in a hotel room.
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Raleigh
N. C
Wake County
Richard Kluckhohn
Kluckhohn
Evanston
Harvard University
Jomes Seawell
Aiie
Lester Chalmers
Howard Manning
Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn
Cambridge
Mass
Princeton Holds First Non-Partisan City Election
Princeton voters will elect three councilmen at large and one Ward 2 councilman under the new charter. They will also vote on adopting a zoning ordinance like Bluefield's. Polls run 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m at the court house Ward 1 Princeton High School Ward 2 Knob School and Thorn School.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Court House
Princeton High School
Knob School
Thorn School
Mercer County Dogs Continue Rabies Vaccination Clinics
Dr. Jim Bailey reports about 1500 animals vaccinated in Mercer County mobile clinics and at the animal hospital. Dr. G Walter Hambrick notes over 1100 vaccinations across East River Plymouth and Jumping Branch districts with East River the best turnout. A makeup clinic in Princeton is set for next Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm.
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Mercer County
Beaver Pond
Jim Bailey
Rock District
Bluefield
Walter Hambrick
East River
Plymouth
Jumping Branch
Princeton
Mystery Plane Crash and Moonshine Ring Across Counties
A yellow Cub plane crash landed at Windmill Gap on Saturday noon and disappeared by Sunday morning after sightings in Bluefield. Police found moonshine at the scene and later reports describe a maroon truck with the plane lashed in the bed driven toward Galax Virginia. Investigators say the plane was damaged only slightly on landing, the pilot uninjured, and the interior reeking of alcohol. Police and the Alcohol Tax Unit traced ownership to Roanoke then a prior sale to a North Carolina resident, with officers continuing the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Kelly Sawyers
Bass Texaco
Bluefield Ave
Sawyers
Galax
Windmill Gap
Herbert Walker
Mabel
Mabes
Princeton
R. M. Fizer
J. F. Wynne
Emerson McNeal
Sheriff's Office
Alcohol Tax Unit
Roanoke
W. R
North Carolina
Police
Alcohol Unit
Flat Top Agency And Thompson Honored For 50 Years Of Service
The Flat Insurance Agency and Roy Thompson, executive vice president, were honored at a Bluefield Country Club dinner. Plaques were presented recognizing 50 years of continuous representation for Home Insurance C Suacher AW iey C. E. Walters, Jack W. Webb, D. M. Kersey, Brand Whitlock, W. G. Combs.
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Flat Insurance
Roy Tompson
Bluefield Country Club
Agency
Thompson
Home Insurance
C Suacher
AW Iey
C. E. Walters
Jack W. Webb
D. M. Kersey
Brand Whitlock
W. G. Combs
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Princeton City Council
Douglas Street
A. L. Inge
Princeton Elks Lodge
A. R. England
Orce
Mahood Avenue
We Weather Bureau
Asheville
Chicago
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
Ec York Richmond
San Francisco
St. Lawrence River
Massena
N. Y
Hawkins Point
Earnhardt Island
Barnhardt Island
James M. Smith
Mollie Lilly
Pearl Taylor
Abbs Valley
Abbs Valley Baptist Church
David Prusett
Woodlawn Cemetery
Frank Taylo
Jenkin Jones
Joe Taylor
Pineville
Lawrence Taylor
Butte
Mont
Bill Taylor
Wilmington
Del
Dan
Aubrey
Robert Taylor
le Jack Creasy
Christina Es
Valley
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
A. F. Tobler
Barnetts Funeral Home
George W. Edmonds
Piney
Elsie Meredith Edmonds
Minnie
Emma Edmonds
Ernest
Joseph
Garnett
Max Meadows
Graham
Sylvatus
Harry
Adare Mabry
John
Porterfield- Minnick Funeral Home
Mary R. Farmer
Mary Rebecca Farmer
Lyndale St
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
H. Clay Dunaway
First Church of God of
Charles P. Smith
William T. Sullins
Saltville
Kingsport
Tenn
N. D. Sullins
E. M. Sullins
Cattlesburg
Lucy Mullens
Church of God
Jack Woody
Neal Perkins
Maiden
Elizabeth Cemetery
Henderson Funeral Home
Gaza
Gerald Paul Troiano
John C. Keaney
Margaret Gormley
Portland
Keaney
Troiano
Margaret
Buchanan
P.wefield
Recuraca Caanes
Flat Top Agency
Bankers Pure Rubber
Commerce
Dial
Bluefield, West Virginia
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