Miners Take Accident Prevention Classes at Amonate
About 2 000 Pocahontas Fuel Company miners will gain access to the United States Bureau of Mines Accident Prevention Class as the program moves from Bishop to Amo nate and then Itmann. Lloyd G. Fitzgerald leads the course following a deadly December explosion that killed 11 men and spurred on safety measures.
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
United States Bureau of Mines
Itmann
Lloyd G. Fitzgerald
Mount Hope
Bishop, Va
Amonate
Woodrow Evans
Sparks
Evans
J. Louis Roncaglione
Tazewell Tabernacle All Day Service Today
An all day service with dinner on the ground will be highlighted at the Tazewell Gospel Tabernacle in Tazewell Virginia. The Billy Sunday Club is in charge of arrangements and the public is invited to attend.
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Tazewell
Roy Scott Post Convenes Today at Legion Hall
Roy Scott Post 39 American Legion meets this afternoon at 2 p m at the post home. An auxiliary meeting follows at 5 30 p m. The item notes that about 95 percent of U S farms now use electricity.
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Roy Scott Post
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
United States
Doctorate Conferred Today On Eades
James B. Eades Jr. son of Harriet B. Eades and the late Dr. James B. Eades of 107 Virginia Court will receive the Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute graduation exercises today. He has taught at VPI since 1948, earned his masters there, and now serves as professor of aeronautical engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in Virginia and West Virginia and a Lt. Commander in the Naval Reserve. He leaves for Langley Field for six weeks of NRCR research before returning to VPI in July to resume duties.
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James B. Eades Jr
Harriet B. Eades
James B. Eades
Virginia Court
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Eades
VPI
Virginia
West Virginia
Naval Reserve
Naval Research Reserve Unit
Blacksburg
Langley Field
Sleepy Fostoria man awakes to mattress burning ambush
In Fostoria Ohio Cletus Stuckey woke when a cigarette set his mattress ablaze. He carried the burning mattress outside and remained sleeping on the bedsprings until police arrived to investigate the incident.
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Fostoria
Ohio
Cletus Stuckey
Richlands High School Grads 209 Students in Commencement
Richlands Va 209 students graduated from Richlands High School in an 8 p m ceremony at Ernie Hicks stadium attended by parents and friends. Five honor students spoke and received scholarships while principal Bill Powers announced awards for English social studies mathematics science citizenship school spirit and other honors.
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Richlands
Richlands High School
Ernie Hicks
Owette Stinson
Barbara Ann Buskill
Sandra Witt
Doris Ann Crouse
Barbara Sue Buskill
Bill Powers
Alice Regan
Robert Jones
Eulis Patrick
Fay Wyatt
Joan Whitt
Ronnie Cordle
Martha Ann Vermylia
Elizabeth
Powers
Virginia Adair
Geraldine Arnold
Jacqueline Arnold
Brenda Ball
Janice Ball
Travel Right With Samsonite at Alfred Land
Alfred Land sells Samsonite luggage at $15.95 up with no money down and payments as low as 50 cents per week. The jeweler promotes easy terms and wide selection for travelers seeking durable travel cases.
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Alfred Land
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Amonate No. 31
Claud B. Mutter
Cedar Bluff
Albert E. Sparks
North Tazewell
W. C. Carico
Foreman
George D. Sparks
Albert E. Myers
Mitchell
Harris
Robert Buskill
Ezra Preseley
Putnam
Reese Jackson
Albert T. Cook
Herbert Gravely
Boissevain
Paul Thompson
Thomas Pruitt
George Sparks
W. H. Harry & Co
Bluefield
QU Pond Paints
Tazewell Tabernacle
Associated Hospitals
Surgical Service, Inc
Commercial Bank Bldg
W. Va
James Mason
Barbara Bel Geddes
Robi Ryan
Bailey Lumber Co
Gayle Shortridge
Carolyn Short
Doris Ann Short
Norma Jean
Stephen Brewster
David Brooks
William Bryant
Wade Bush
Jack Butcher
Peter Campbell
John Combs
Ronald Jackson
Don Cox
James Cox
John Crabtree Jr
James Crouse
Edward Deboarder
Dunford
Gerald Bre
Billy Curtis Elswick
Elmer Gayness
Joseph Gilbert
Kennith Griffo
Everett Harrison Jr
Harrison
Billy Don Haynes
Revi Hess
Kennith Hynks
David Horman
Claude Honaker
Danny Horton
Eugene Jennelle
Robert Jones Jr
Frank Keene
Keith Keene
Gene Lawson
James Lawson
Earl Lowe Jr
George McGaffee Jr
Randall McGlothlin
Sandy Marrser Meadows
David Lee Mitchell
Billy Leland
Ralph Nearhood
Clinton Nelson
Joy Roy Nicewan
Arnold Watson
Joseph Webb
Johnny Whittaker
Robert DeWitt Williams
Charles Williford
James Wingo
Jackie Young
Jeweler
Dean & Barry
Impori
Ramsey Paints & Wallpaper CO
Bird. Ave
Bird
W. Vo
Maytag Appliance CO
Virginia AvenUe
Bluefield, Virginia
sTey Giant
Fraser
Bland Market
Bland, Va
Bluefield Furn. CO
Bluefield, W. Va
Bowling Furn. CO
Princeton, W. Va
Bray Furn. CO. Grundy, Ve
Charles Budnick Keystone
Clark Stores
Northport
Beckley and
Mullens
Carden Maytag
Peterstown, W. Ve
Coker Grocery
Princeton
Honaker Supply CO
Honaker, Ve
G. L. Kanode Pembroke, Va
K-P Furn. CO
Mouthcord
Shumate Furn. CO
Tazewell Supply CO
North
Taxewell, Va
Welch Electric CO
Welch
W. B. F. White & Sons
Richlands, Va
Meadow’s
Kellysville
Narrows Furn. & Appliance CO
Nerrows
Parker Brothers
Athens
W. Ve
Riverside Block & Supply CO
North Taxewell, Va
Bluefield Supply Company
Huntington
Charleston
Kingsport
of Automobile Financing
the Commercial Bank
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Wide Wide
Dave Garroway
Gary Cooper
John Wayne
Gene Autry
James Arness
Ward Bond
James Garner
Maria Schell
Whis-Tv
NBC
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