Holston Methodist Orphanage Plans Big Homecoming
Holston Methodist Orphanage in Greeneville invites former students and region residents to a Sunday June 13 homecoming with worship at First Methodist Church at 10 30 am a lunch at 12 30 pm and a portrait unveiling of former board president Fred A Carter at 2 00 pm Superintendent Walter A Smith will preach and oversee activities on the campus Longstanding war era service by residents and ongoing community ties are highlighted as visitors return
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Holston Methodist Home
Greeneville
Virginia
East Tennessee
First Methodist Church
Walter A. Smith
Fred A. Carter
Bluefield Man Hurt In Mining Accident
Tony Berta, 38, of Bluefield, was seriously injured yesterday in a mine fall at the Carswell mine operated by Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He was taken to Stevens Clinic at Welch with crushing back injuries. doctors described his condition as satisfactory.
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Tony Berta
Bluefield
Carswell
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Governor Acts to Shield Non-Union Miners in Virginia
Governor Tuck orders augmentation of state police in southwest Virginia coal regions to protect workers rights amid union drives. He notes assault on a non-union mine operator and 170 arrests under the anti-lynch law, promising stern action against threats and violence.
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Richmond
Tuck
Virginia
Commonwealth
Guernsey Cattle Introduction in United States Early 80s
The report notes that Guernsey cattle were first brought into the United States in the early 1980s, marking the arrival of this breed on American soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guernsey
United States
Industrial Accidents Kill 27 in May in West Virginia
West Virginia reports 27 industrial deaths in May 1948 with coal mines accounting for twenty fatalities. All accidents, fatal and non fatal, totaled 4 432 for the month. April 1948 also shows 27 deaths and the prior year May toll was 40 with 25 mine related.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
E. B. Pennybacker
O. P. Frame
First Baptist Plans Home Prayer Meetings
Mid week home prayer meetings of the First Baptist church will be held Wednesday at 7 45 p m in several homes led by the pastor Rev Cecil V Cook Jr and other men of the church. Friends and neighbors are cordially invited to attend.
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First Baptist Church
R D. Pierce
Fourth Street
Scott Blankenship
Bluefield Avenue
D. M. Carroll
Union Street
Ira F. Walters
Albermarle
L. M. Carper
Edgewood Road
Cecil V. Cook, Jr
Eel Powers 300 Neon Bulbs at 1939 World Fair
An electric eel demonstrator at the New York World's Fair in 1939 supplied enough current to light 300 neon bulbs and run a radio, showcasing electrical science.
Russia's Attitude May Shape U S Purchases
Secretary Sawyer said Russia's stance will influence U S buying while rejecting any U S effort to curb foreign powers through export license denials. He noted no embargo on eastern Europe, and a State Department release detailed surplus munitions sales to Argentina and other nations including Greece and the Philippines.
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Washington
Sawyer
Russia
United States
Europe
State Department
Argentina
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Holston Methodist Orphanage
Federal ST
DIAL
Rogers AA
Oneida, Ltd
Wards
Oneida
Tel Aviv
Israel
Palestine
Nea-Acme
David S. Boyer
First Baptist
U. S
Tives
Greece
Philippines
Uruguay
Ecuador
Haiti
Guatemala
Belgium
Canada
Dunne’s Insurance Report
Tri-State
Reserve Life Insurance Co
Dept
Fourth Avenue
Huntington
Mear
Lts Big
Mercury
Lincoln - Mercury Sales, Inc
Princeton Road
Bluefield, W. VA
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