Bluefield Plans Dairy Week Emphasizing Milk Use
Bluefield area to observe national dairy month with a week of events starting June 17. The Bluefield chamber leads the effort with support from dairymen and county agents to boost milk and dairy product consumption through talks, newspaper ads, a USDA dairy exhibit, and a luncheon with experts from VPI and WVU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
J. L. Kirk
West Virginia Dairymen’s Association
J. L. Alexander
Walton Sudduth
Walter Sanders
Clarence Caffee
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Appalachian
Revival Meeting Underway At Riley Church
Bailey Virginia June 8 A revival at Riley church led by Rev Cicero Dobbs continues through next week with Raleigh Ire son directing singing Services start at 7 30 PM The event is reported by Miss Mary E French correspondent.
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Bailey
Riley Church
Cicero Dobbs
Raleigh Ireson
Personal Notices From Bluefield Area Community
Bayford Brewer returned home Thursday after an operation in Bluefield sanatorium. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Harmon and daughter Francis of Bluefield visited Mrs. Dillie French. Mary E. French of Bluefield spent a week with her mother Mrs. Alex French. Mrs. J. E. Durham has been ill at home this week. The Community club's next meeting will be at Mrs. C. E. Summers home instead of Mrs. E. J. Dillon as previously announced.
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Bayford Brewer
Bluefield
C. E. Harmon
Francis
Dillie French
Mary E. French
Alex French
J. E. Durham
C. E. Summers
E. J. Dillon
Eye For A Gal Continued From Page Seven
Rossy McAfee seeks answers from the judge about land losses after his father’s death. He alleges Steve Hogg holds prime timber on Wild Cat Ridge and questions how ownership shifted, hinting at foul play as timbering continues.
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Rossy McAfee
Judge
Steve Hogg
Wild Cat Ridge
Daddy
Steve
Pineville to Host Mammoth Fourth of July Celebration
Pineville will host a big Fourth of July celebration announced by local resident Robert Worrell and Mullens sponsor Gene Manning. The program includes greasy pole climbing sack races fat man and fat woman races tug of war greasy pig dog calling bathing beauty parade bands quartets choirs and baseball games.
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Pineville
W. Va
Robert Worrell
Gene Manning
Mullens
Death of 77 year old Keyrock resident William Pendry
William Pendry Sr aged 77 of Keyrock died at home after a long illness. He was son of the late Morgan Wiles Pendry and Rebecca Pendry and lived mainly in Keyrock area. Funeral services were held last Saturday with ministers Will Lusk Isaac Mullens and W W Smith officiating. Surviving are his widow Mary Pendry, one son William Pendry of Glen Fork, and six daughters Rebecca Green Itmann Rosabella Ellison Maben Viola Pendry and Elsie Dewpee Florence Pendry of Keyrock
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William Pendry
Keyrock
Morgan Wiles Pendry
Rebecca Straca Cooper Pendry
Will Lusk
Isaac Mullens
W. W. Smith
Mary Pendry
Glen Fork
Rebecca Green
Itmann
Rosabella Ellison
Melvina Cox, Maben
Viola M
Elsie Dewpee
Ell
Florence Pendry
Improvement Reported for Miss Mary Lou Shipman
Nine year old Mary Lou Shipman of Wyoming showed marked improvement at Bluefield sanitarium where she was treated after illness began about a week ago. Her mother Mrs C M Shipman remained with her daughter in Bluefield while the rest of the family returned home. Initial exams indicated possible serious illness though a slight nasal infection appears to be the extent of her condition.
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Mary Lou Shipman
C. M. Shipman
Wyoming
Bluefield
Revival Series Opens Under Rev. T. M. Johnson
The Rev. T. M. Johnson of the Reformation Church of God began a revival at the former CCC camp below Pineville with services at 7:30 each evening. Sunday school is at 10 each Sunday morning. services are held in the church and all are invited.
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T. M. Johnson
Reformation Church of God
CCC
Pineville
Dan W. Cook Elected Mayor In Light Pineville Vote
Pineville residents went to the polls Tuesday in a nearly unopposed election. Dan W. Cook won the mayoral race as 133 votes were cast from over 60 registered voters.
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Pineville
Dan W. Cook
East Pineville
Local Elections Elect Open Seats in Town
In Cook precinct 33 voters wrote in C S Worrell as their choice. Unopposed were R L Cook for recorder and Walter C Byrd Garland Stewart George M Farley Virgil H Stewart and H E Crews as councilmen. Crews led with 148 votes, Stewart tied for second with 147, Farley and Garland Stewart 146, Cook 146. Officers take office July 1.
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Cook
C. S. Worrell
R. L. Cook
Recorder
Walter C. Byrd
Garland Stewart
George M. Farley
Virgil H. Stewart
H. E. Crews
Byrd
Farley
Crews
Stewart
Trachoma Unit to Visit Wyoming County for Free Examinations
D Hutchinson, local director of the Department of Public Assistance, announced the state's Trachoma Unit will visit Thursday June 13 and be open to the public for eye examinations. Dr Arbuckle leads the motorized hospital with facilities to exam and treat trachoma patients. Wyoming county shows high prevalence of the contagious eye disease, and state efforts include free treatments and public education to prevent spread.
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D. Hutchinson
Department of Public Assistance
Arbuckle
Wyoming
Nineteen Named to Explain Primary Votes
A respondent called nineteen persons named on the Communist party of the United States nominating certificate were to appear in his office on June 11 at 10 o clock for explanation why they voted in the primary.
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Communist Party of the United States
Prosecution Cites Communist Petitioners in West Virginia Vote
Prosecuting Attorney R. D. Bailey after a survey with County Clerk F. P. Cook announced that poll books showed at least nineteen of seventy four names on a Meadows supplied list had voted. The examination, requested by Clarence W. Meadows the state attorney general, follows an election issue.
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R. D. Bailey
FP. P. Cook
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia
World’s Fair Trip Reflects Local Herald Publisher
Jack Shipman publisher of the Independent Herald with Mrs Shipman and Mr and Mrs Paul Goode of Mullens left Thursday for the New York World's Fair. They will spend several days in the city, then visit Washington for a brief stay before returning home next week.
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Jack Shipman
The
Independent Herald
Shipman
Paul Goode
Mullens
Washington
Six Wyoming youths attend Boys' State trip from Mullens
Six Mullens youths depart for Jack son s Mill the capital of Boys State. William Lewis sponsored by the Rotary Club and J Al vin Morgan by the Woman's club lead the group. Others are W T Ellison William Lusk Robert Lampton and Paul Viers sponsored by local clubs.
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Wyoming County
Jackson’s Mill
William Lewis
Rotary Club
J. Alvin Morgan
Woman's Club
W. T. Ellison
William Lusk
Robert Lampton
Paul Viers
Mullens
Ellison
Mullens Rotary Club
Lusk
Lampton
Wyoming County Legion Post
Mullens Lions Club
Pineville Faces Maben in Sunday Baseball Clash
Pineville baseball hosts Maben at the local ball grounds to avenge an earlier defeat by the visiting team from the hardwood camp. The encounter sets up a revenge bid for the locals in front of home fans.
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Pineville
Singing Convention to Be Held at Pineville Courthouse
Pineville hosts a county singing convention at the courthouse Sunday with choirs from Logan McDowell Summers Mercer Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Featured groups include the Napier Glen Daniel Odell Goal City Cook Itmann Matoaka McComas Shop Cline and Pineville quartets among others. The all day event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and organizers say it draws large crowds. The public is invited to attend.
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Pineville
Logan
McDowell
Summers
Mercer
Raleigh
Wyoming
Napier
Glen Daniel
Odell
Goal City
Cook
Itmann
Matoaka
McComas Shop
Cline Singers
Clear Fork
West Virginia
Wyoming County Democrats Name Bailey to Lead Committee
With eleven of fourteen members present the Wyoming county Democratic executive committee at the courthouse organized and selected W. C. Bailey Jr local superintendent of.
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Wyoming County
Democratic Executive Committee
W. C. Bailey, Jr
Democratic Party selects 1940 state committee leaders
The Democratic committee chose Bailey as chairman succeeding Ward Wylie, with John D. Farmer as secretary and Jesse W. Morgan as treasurer elected by acclamation. The body empowered the chair to appoint vice chairs and heard speeches from notable Democrats, including Judge R. D. Bailey who gave the keynote. Two resolutions urged D. M. Easley and Ira J. Partlow to seek supreme court nominations.
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Bailey
Ward Wylie
John D. Farmer
Mullens
Jesse W. Morgan
Pineville
W. W. Lewis
Oceana
Henry Clay
James I. Harless
John W. Shufflebarger
Raymond Kennedy
Grover C. Worrell
Warren Steele
R. D. Bailey
D. M. Easley
Ira J. Partlow
Supreme Court
Cicadas Return With Loud Daylong Chorus
The seventeen year cicadas are back with loud shrill notes. Males create the sounds by vibrating membranes under their abdomens, and the chorus fills from dawn to night.
William G. Lambert Dies in Beckley after Illness
William G. Lambert, 69, a former Mullens resident and miner, died at Beckley hospital after a weeklong illness attributed to paralysis. Surviving are his wife Rebecca, four sons John Helen Walter Drewey Blaine, and daughter Mrs Willie Sizemore. Funeral services were held Friday at noon at the family home with Rev Powers officiating, burial in Lusk Cemetery.
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William G. Lambert
Helen Miner
Beckley
Mullens
Jack” Mullens
Lambert
Rebecca Lambert
Helen
John Lambert
Walter Lambert
Cooktown
Drewey Lambert
Meadow Town
Blaine Lambert
Iroquois
Srs
Willie Sizemore
Red Star
Mr. Powers
Lusk Cemetery
Wyatt Improves in Mul Lens Businessman News
J. E. Wyatt, prominent Mulllen businessman, is reported to be improving after a critical illness. He remains a patient at Wylie hospital in Mullens, where he was taken early this week.
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Wyatt
J. E. Wyatt
Mullens
Wylie Hospital
Fire Destroys House of Harrison Cook in Keyrock
A dwelling owned by Harrison Uncle Harry Cook in Keyrock burned Wednesday night around 9 o'clock. The home, occupied by Ed Hatfield’s family, was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin that spread rapidly through the structure.
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Harrison
Harry” Cook
Keyrock
Ed Hatfield
Escape Through Window Amid House Fire
Mrs. Hatfield and a child escaped a burning home when flames forced them to break out a window. Firefighters battled the blaze to prevent spread and assess damage.
Monroe Mountaineers 4 H Club Holds Wiener Roast
Lindside West Virginia June 8 The Monroe Mountaineers 4 H club held a wiener roast Tuesday night at the home of leader Mrs H E Comer. About fifteen members attended.
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Linside
W. Va
Monroe Mountaineers
4-H Club
H. E. Comer
Charity club meets for Saturday afternoon program
Mrs B J Bradley and Mrs Guy Ballard hosted the Union Charity club at the former's home Saturday afternoon. About twenty five members attended with two visitors. Mrs S P Long the new president presided. Mrs E E Comer arranged the program using Workers For Christ as the subject. Refreshments were served. Mrs M aud mie will entertain the club in uly.
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B. J. Bradley
Guy Ballard
Union Charity Club
S., P Long
E. E. Comer
Christ
Maud Mie
Uly
Local Social Notes From Beckley and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Frank McNeer spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ed Smith of Beckley. Boots Spangler returned home after days in Columbus Ohio. Miss Ruth Long and Miss Sylvia Long visit relatives in Montana. Miss Betty Jane Ballard stays with her grandmother in Waiteville. Mae Dickson left to enroll at Concord college for summer term. Thurman Comer and bride returned home after a trip on the eastern coast. Mrs R L Dickson, ill at home, is improving.
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Frank McNeer
Ed Smith
Beckley
Smith
Greenbrier River
Alderson
Boots Spangler
Columbus
Ohio
Ruth
Sylvia Long
Montana
Betty Jane Ballard
Waiteville
S. S. LaFon
Mae Dickson
Concord College
Thurman Comer
R. L. Dickson
Forty-One Concert Grand Radio Sets Show Innovations
The concert grand radio will debut in Chicago June 14 15 at the Stewart Warner national radio convention. S V Brooks Bluefield Hardware sales manager reports secrecy around the new models and hints a radical departure from standard receivers.
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Chicago
Stewart-Warner
S. V. Brooks
Bluefield Hardware Company
Stewart-Warner Radio
Brooks
Display of communications gear at Leonard Hall Bluefield
Sets equipped for frequency and modulation reception will be shown in the near future at the Leonard Hall display room of the Bluefield Hardware company.
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Leonard Hall Display Room
Bluefield Hardware Company
Sunday school and services in Littlesburg West Virginia
Littlesburg hosts Sunday school at 10 and a 3 o'clock sermon by Rev Z F Maybeury with a meeting Thursday at 7 30. Local visits include Bill Harmon returning to Welch and Eulah Taylor visiting Brush Fork. Births: Carol Lee Shrader daughter of Virgil and Mrs May Shrader and Kelly Kenneth son of Lacy and Mrs Belcher. Allen Hedrick was in Bluefield on business.
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Littlesburg
W. Va
Z. F. Maybeury
Bill Harmon
Welch
Eulah Taylor
Buddy Hicks
Brush Fork
Jackson Carr
Mary Carr
Virgil Shrader
Carol Lee
Shrader
May Terry
Dewey Terry
Lacy Belcher
Kelly Kenneth
Allen Hedrick
Bluefield
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Jim Dodd
NYA
WPA
URLS
Bendix
Warlick Furniture Store
W. G. Lambert
Wil
Thriftmaster
Littlesburg, W. Va
Bluefield Ave
Duchess Oil
Lucille Howell
Warlick’s
Warlick Furniture
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