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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1950

Page

8

Riley West Post To Elect New Officer State Tonight

Riley West American Legion Post No. 9 will elect new officers tonight at 8 o clock. Current officers include Edmund C. Stone Jr commander M M Woodyard first vice commander H Howard Steele second vice commander and other posts such as Page Wooldridge Americanism officer R A mtne an PO Oneiriey hisvorian Keagy Vovum finance officer C D Coffey service officer Edwin D Wells Jr judge advocate H C Grubb adjutant J C Wall chaplain C O West sergeant at arms plus executive committee members Herbert Light Lee F Anderson and Harold Hagg. A social hour will follow.

Riley West American Legion Edmund C. Stone, Jr M. M. Woodyard H. Howard Steele Page Wooldridge R. A mtne _an Oneiriey Hisvorian Keagy Vovum C. D. Coffey Edwin D. Wells, Jr H. C. Grubb J. C. Wall C. O. West Herbert Light Lee F. Anderson Harold Hagg

Hearing Friday In Pulaski Death

Pulaski Va June 7 Authorities set a Friday prelim in Pulaski county trial justice court for two men charged on a homicide technical charge in the death of Red Patterson Wytheville. William Jones released on 2500 bond Ayres remains jailed autopsy pending Patterson died from a swollen bruised face and fractured jaw after a drinking party near the Wythe county line.

Pulaski Red Patterson Wytheville William Jones Pulaski County Patterson Wendell E. Nalin Wythe Russell Cline Ayres Jones

Most Beaver Grads Pick Bluefield College Concord

Beav er graduates from June 189 high school plan to attend Bluefield College or Concord College. The list includes names and residences of many students choosing Bluefield Bluefield college or Concord college and other schools such as WVU VPI Tulane and more.

Beaver Grads Bluefield College Concord Ver High School Bluefield Concord Colleges Concord College Ralph Jackson Bailey RFD Princeton Donald Eugene Browder Cumberland Road Ralph Arlington Brown Bramwell Road Arthur Gene Goforth College Avenue Ivan Vincent Houchinas North Street Franklin Morrison Linkous Gilmer Street Hulbert Hudson McClung, Jr James Street Wade Hufford Miles Princeton Avenue Buford Eugene Painter Rogers Street Bruce DeVault Palmer Carl Orrin Yates Frederick Street Marshall Donald Richard Bailey W.V Mt. View Avenue N. C. University Harold Franklin Willison Parkway WVU Joan Paisley Bibb Cumberland Rd McClains Mary Evelyn Burgess Rt. 3 Va. Baptist Hospital Mary Foote Burgess Monroe Street Stephens College Sandra Lew Burris Augusta Street Univ. of Va Jane Winifred Christopher Marshall College Rozalia Ann Cruise Sullins Delores LaRue Davis Lois Marie Denny Anderson College Janet Marlene Doss Elm Street Constance Louise Evans Beech Street Dorothy Ludvina Gerdetz Hancock Street Virginia Intermont June Spotts

Four- year- old dies in Kingwood house fire

A fire in Kingwood West Virginia destroyed a three room frame house shared by a family of ten. Four year old Nellie Moats died in the blaze while her parents Harvey and [unreadable] Moats guided seven other children to safety.

Kingwood W. Va Nellie Moats Harvey Moats

Pocahontas Operators Report Coal Output Drop

The Pocahontas Operators Association reported a week ending June 3 coal production drop of more than 40,000 net tons from a year earlier. Slack coal markets were cited as the cause, with the 1950 total for the week at 511,465 tons.

Pocahontas

Record of 1949 561,446 ton figure and 1950 totals

The 1949 figure stands at 561,446 tons. By the end of 1950 the accumulative total reached 8,847,855 tons, compared with nearly 11 percent of a million tons at the same point last year.

Shoe Company Moves Site Opening Friday

The Four Shoe company completes removal of the company store from the Joseph Lisagor building on Mercer street to E. K. Ketron's new building on the north side of Mercer. The new store opens Friday on the first floor with offices on the second floor occupied by Dr. W. Epling Dr. W. Lilly and Dr. Paul Champion.

The Four Shoe Company Joseph Lisagor Mercer Street E. K. Ketron Mercer W. <. Epling W. Lilly Paul Champion

Myers To Attend Banking Institute

William W. Myers assistant cashier at Princeton Bank and Trust will attend the Banking Institute as a delegate to the convention of the American Institute of Banking.

Myers Banking Institute William W. Myers Princeton Bank & Trust Company The American Institute of

Miss Clifton Dotson to Attend National 4-H Meet

Mercer county 4-H agent Miss Clifton Dotson will join the executive committee of the National Association of 4-H Club Agents in Washington D C to attend June 12-13 meetings. Dotson, elected second vice president at Chicago last November, will be joined by officers and directors from Connecticut Michigan Minnesota and others. The committee plans the Chicago November meeting and the group formed in Chicago December 1946 to promote county 4-H club agent work nationally with USDA extension support. The executive committee will also attend part of the National 4-H Camp activities in Washington June 14-21.

Clifton Dotson Mercer County Washington, D. C Dotson Chicago Robert Dyer Connecticut Andrew Olson Michigan Clara Oberge Minnesota Henry Krebser Edna Coulson National Association of USDA National Committee On Boys and Girls Club Washington

Princeton Personal Notes Mention Visitors in Hinton

Mrs. H. L. Spotts and Mrs. J. E. Stafford visit their sister Mrs. Clyde Dillon in Hinton.

H. L. Spotts J. E. Stafford Clyde Dillon Hinton

Bank move: figure to depart Minneapolis on Friday

The article notes a banking figure will leave for Minneapolis on Friday to handle city matters.

Minneapolis

Elks To Hold Open House Saturday Night

The Princeton B P C Elks invite members wives and girlfriends to an open house Saturday night June 10 with square dancing entertainment and refreshments provided by the lodge entertainment committee.

Elks Princeton B.P.C. Elks Lodge

Driver Injured In Truck Wreck Near Kegley

Leroy Williams of Detroit Michigan was hospitalized with severe lacerations after his truck loaded with beans overturned on Route 1921 near Kegley. Williams drove off the road when brakes failed while descending a hill, hitting a culvert and crashing, with a boy companion escaping to safety. The wreck blocked the highway for four hours. Williams remained in Memorial hospital for treatment.

Leroy Williams Detroit Mich Memorial Hospital Kegley Williams

Phone Service Talk Tonight in Spanishburg Kegley Area

A meeting of Spanishburg Kegley area citizens interested in telephone service will be held at the Spanishburg school building tonight at 8 o clock. The event was called by citizens cooperating with the Rural Planning Council telephone committee.

Spanishburg-Kegley Spanishburg Rural Planning Council

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