Graham High School Graduation Draws Large Bluefield Crowd
A near capacity Graham high school program honored 45 graduates with Judge N Clarence Smith giving the keynote speech on Filling Stations on Life's Highway. Garnet Beard led with a 90.75 four year average earning the Col S N Huffard medal. Ruth Beard narrowly missed due to cross school credits. Valedictory by Garret Beard and salutatory by Nelson Holbrook accompanied a brief floral program by Miss Elizabeth Steele's Glee club.
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Graham High School
N. Clarence Smith
Bluefield
Ruth Beard
Graham High
Col. S. N. Huffard
Miss Beard
S. C. Beard
Beard
Bristol
Greeneville
A. &. Greever
Tazewell County
Elizabeth Steele
Glee Club
Elizabeth Morgan
C. Beard
James
Dudley Jr
William Lambert
Robert Arms
Edward Bailey
Garriet Beard
Ottie Belcher
William Caldwell
David Crockett
Haswell Dean
Claude Fisher Jr
Ernest Gibson
Ward Goodwin
Lewis Gregory
Edwin Hedges
Nelson Holbrook
Albert Ireson
Thomas Crick Metcalfe
Bernard Smith
Tom Spence
Clyde Steele
Henry Summers
Samuel Thompson
Luther Turner
William Smith
Doris Ayere
Lorraine Crockett
Jean Havens
Marie Davidson
Doris Hall
June Hudson
Lucy Jennings
Shirley Lane
Evelyn Litz
Virginia Mae Speed
Louise Painter
Dorothy Pippin
Ruth Ramey
Don Lee Smith
Dorothy Spracher
Eleanor Thompson
Frances Washington
Elizabeth White
Elma Zane Thompson
Veteran Mail Carriers Attend Graham High Commencement
J. P. Barrett and Lee Gibson of Tazewell attend Graham High School commencement exercises on Thursday evening. Both men are R. F. D. carriers and recall delivering mail since the horse and buggy era. They report grass in Tazewell County is so tall it could hide a cow and plan to send in notes about their customers for the Rural Free Delivery route.
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Graham High School
J. P. Barrett
Lee Gibson
Tazewell
Barrett
Mr. Gibson
Bluefield
Public school support to be campaign issue in Virginia
Professor Z T Kyle urged using the fall election to shape a General Assembly sympathetic to public schools. Speaking at Graham High School commencement he noted nine month schools rely on such a legislature and stressed his long tenure as Graham principal.
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Virginia General Assembly
Z. T. Kyle
Graham High School
Kyle
Virginia
General Assembly
Roy Tickle Burned in Gasoline Blast on Bramwell Road
Roy Tickle twenty of Falls Mills road sustained a badly burned hand in a gasoline explosion while he and Arthur Webb cleaned a carburetor on their car. One boy struck a match and a blast followed. Dr. H B Frazier of Bluefield attended the injured youth.
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Roy Tickle
Falls Mills Road
Bramwell Road
Tickle
Arthur Webb
H. B. Frazier
Bluefield
Triple Celebration at St. Mary's Church
On Whitsunday June 9 a special 11 a.m. service marks St. Mary's 25th anniversary with the cornerstone laid twenty five years ago. Rev. B. E. Hughes, ordained fifty years ago, will celebrate and baptism will follow. Public invitation extended.
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St. Mary’s Church
BE. W. Hughes
Whitsuntide
St. Mary's
Young Peoples Service League Evening Service Schedule
The Young Peoples Service League meets at 7 p.m. at Trinity Church Richlands Virginia with evening prayer and a sermon at 7 30 p m delivered by the Rev H V Y Clary
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Young Peoples’ Service League
Trinity
Richlands
H. VY. Clary
Sunday services and youth league schedule
The Sunday school meets at 9 45 a m with James F Galloway as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features a sermon by the pastor. The Senior U P league gathers at 7 p m.
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James F. Galloway
U. P. League
Pocahontas Presbyterian Sunday Schedule Adjusted
Pocahontas Presbyterian notes Sunday school at 10 a m with Prof H J Davis as superintendent. Regular second Sunday evening service is canceled as the congregation joins other members for the Pocahontas high school baccalaureate in the high school auditorium at 8 p m.
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H. J. Davis
Pocahontas High School
West Graham Men to Lead Sunday Church Services
West Graham M E Laymen will lead the Sunday morning services at the West Graham Methodist church with Sunday school at the usual hour.
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West Graham M. F
West Graham Methodist Church
Our
John Tibbs III Reported Stricken At Home
John Tibbs III of Fairview street was found helpless near his residence on a Wednesday morning while tending chores. He is a section hand for the Norfolk and Western and is under medical care as officials fear a paralytic stroke.
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John Tibbs
Fairview Street
Virginia Side Personalities Visit Graham High Staff
Mrs. J. C. Jones from Clifton Forge visited her daughter Miss Bulah Jones who is a faculty member at Graham high school. The note hints at familial ties within the community and ongoing attendance in local education.
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J. C. Jones
Clifton Forge
Bulah Jones
Miss Jones
The
Graham High School For
Graham High School Diplomas Highlight Local Visits
Mrs H G Norman of Cedar Bluff attended Graham high school exercises and saw cousin Miss Lucy Jennings receive a diploma. Attending were Miss Leonie Cottle of Huntington and Miss Elizabeth Morgan among graduates. several visitors arrived from Norton, Hotcoal, Richmond, Pageton, Gary, and Durham to share in the event.
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H. G. Norman
Cedar Bluff
Graham High School
Lucy Jennings
Elizabeth Morgan
Cottle
Helen Morgan
Sara Strickland
Norton
E. B. Witten
Strickland
T. J. Brown
Hotcoal
Brown
Eva Williams
G. A. Reynolds Jr
Richmond
Reynolds
Memorial Hospital
Irene Neel
Henry Neel
West Graham
Mary
Elizabeth Lambert
Pageton
Gary
William Lambert
Claudine Peery
Margaret Tate
Charles Tate
Durham
N. C
Andre Lane
Duke University
Miss Lane
W. K. Erwin
Gelalia Erwin
Shirley Lane
Reynolds Avenue
Lot of Kidnap Bills Received in Payoff Plot
The Department of Justice identified ransom money in Bluefield from the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. Twenty, ten and five dollar bills with matching serial numbers were listed in a 30 page catalog. Agencies and newspapers received copies and the public is urged to report any suspect bills to the Pittsburgh federal building by telephone.
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Department of Justice
George Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Bluefield
Federaluilding
Pittsburgh
Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco
Serial Letter Samples Mentioned as L Codes
The line lists sample serial letters including L01153230A and L016- O784A, suggesting cataloging or reference codes. The text appears as a brief fragment likely from a larger document. No additional context or actions are provided.
Bluefielder Attends Meet at Hot Springs
Co. C Campbell of the Superior- Sterling company returned from Hot Springs Virginia where he attended the twenty third annual meeting of the Westinghouse Agent Jobbers association. Members of our group report increases in nearly all lines with some items up to 400 percent over last year. Higher sales reflect better public buying and general business improvement as lower power rates spur use of current and purchases of heavy equipment and industrial supplies.
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Co. C. Campbell
Superior- Sterling Company
Hot Springs
Westinghouse Agent- Jobbers Association
Campbell
Bright outlook as orders flow for home appliances
A supply house executive notes orders arriving in encouraging volume and ties rising purchases to education of women enabling electric servants to work at home, signaling improving purchasing power and willingness to buy household appliances.
Dry Weather Gob Topeka Navy Boat Chance
Topeka faces drought driven naval woes as Admiral Sturgis fails to locate a flagship. Flood waters force a speed boat and a damaged rowboat to rest on river floor and ocean depths, delaying maneuvers for the Kansas navy.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas “Navy
Frank Sturgis
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Kaw River
Virginia Sidelights Box Supper at Ebenetzer Church
A box supper is planned at Ebenetzer church on the Tazewell road for Saturday night, June 8. Pearisburg’s Christ Episcopal announces an evening service Sunday night at 8 o'clock with Rev. E. W. Hughes preaching.
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Ebenetzer Church
Tazewell Road
Christ Episcopal
St Marys Church Holds Whitsunday Service and 25th Cornerstone Anniversary
The Rev. H. V. Clary and Rev. E. W. Hughes lead Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and a special Whitsunday service with holy communion at 11 a.m. A corporate communion is planned for all members to mark the church cornerstone’s twenty-fifth anniversary.
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ST Mary’s Church
H. V. Clary
E. W. Hughes
St. Mary’s Church
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