Senate target on July 1 postal funding to avert cuts
Virginia senator J Len Robertson said the Senate may speed action on Postmaster General Summerfield’s request for 149% million dollars more to prevent postal service cuts starting July 1. He declined to state his stance on the extra money. Summerfield warned cuts would occur if funding isn’t restored, noting mail volume exceeds projections.
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Girls State Opens At Jacksons Mill In West Virginia
Third eight staff members arrive to direct the Rhododendron Girls State event at Jacksons Mill. Three hundred thirty five high school juniors will check in tomorrow for a week of citizenship training run by the state American Legion auxiliary. Governor Nancy Erskine presides at the opening session.
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W. Va
American Legion Auxilry
Nancy Erskine
South Charleston
Oak Hill
In. Ohy
Virgil Carr
Genevieve Plantz
Cameron
Vesper Service
Virginians Attend Medical Conference On Nursing Shortage
More than 250 Virginians gather in Richmond for an all day meeting sponsored by the Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care to address statewide nurse shortages. Keynote speaker is Dr. J. K. Merton of Columbia University with an afternoon talk by Dr. Byrd S. Leavell of the University of Virginia. An awards dinner closes the program.
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Slide Blocks Highway In Giles County Virginia
Heavy rains triggered an earth slide on US 40 in Giles County between Rich Creek and Glen Lyn. One lane traffic moved for about an hour as crews removed toppled trees and debris from the roadway. The same stretch previously slid onto the highway months earlier.
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The Little Man
The piece argues the outcome of a Tuesday vote hinges on turnout. It contends the "little man" can prevail despite opposition from wealth and power, if he votes, since those for daylight time will mobilize and a heavy turnout favors him.
Deaths and Funerals In Wythe and Bluefield Areas
Henry Clay Smith 89 of near Wytheville Va died in a Wytheville hospital survivors include wife six daughters and four sons with 23 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren body at Porterfield Minnick Funeral Home for arrangements. Rosa Wimmer of Jolo died Friday in Welch survived by daughter Emma Jane Wimmer and foster son Eli Allen husband Dave Wimmer preceded in 1954 body at O J Douglas Morwary Welch pending arrangements. Mrs Betty Gray Woods 30 of Pearisburg died from a gunshot wound found in her car near Biggleston service today at 2 pm Pearisburg Presbyterian Church burial Birchlawn Burial Park pallbearers listed. John Henry Arnold 56 of Seaboard died in Richlands hospital after one day a retired miner with four daughters and one son and many siblings. George Champ 80 retired dame nete Princeton Ingleside Road died Friday Huntington hospital survivors include sister and two brothers funeral 2:30 pm Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel. Eli Preston of Bluefield died suddenly at home body at Linksford and Richardson Funeral Home.
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Joe Neighbors
Alexandria
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Douglas Jones
Lela Blake
Chicago
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Shreveport
Paul Doss
Dublin
Volney P
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Poanoke
James H
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Willem F. Smith
Porterfield-Minnick Funeral Home
Rosa Wimmer
Jolo
Welch
Emma Jane Wimmer
Eli Allen
Dave Wimmer
O. J
Betty Gray Woods
Pearisburg
Pearisburg Presbyterian Church
John W.W. Sherman
Birchlawn Burial Park
Givens Funeral Home
Frank Wilkinson
T. G. Woods
John Hopkins
T. F. Gearheart
Pearisburg Lions Club
J. M. Hale
R. C. Friend
C. C. Linkenhaker
E. *. Johnson
Virgil Bailey
É. . McClaugherty
Jack Strike
Herold Hale
Bruce Hardwick
C. R. McKinley
E. P. Dayton
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F. Howard
G. C. Larkin
D. A. Powers
D. W. Mason
J. Livingston Dillon
Herbert Saint
Ere Johnson
C. J . C. Newton
W. Re- Devin
Dr. B. Dutton
H. C.sexton
H. H. Brown
C. R. Adair
Frank Meredith
Emory Meredith
P. H. Hale
Sam Martin
R. B. Smith
Birchlawn
Givens Puneral Home
John Henry Arnold
Seaboard
Ln Richlands
Buchanan County
Emmett
Sonia Cole Arnold
Jewell Ridge Coal Co
New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Berwind
Nr&p
UMWA
Dela Goss
Doris Stinson
Helen Lowe
Frankie Stinson
Indianapolis
Ind
Virgie Oat
Lawrence
Board
Nan Gross
Richlands
Myrtle Altizer
Stephens City
Close Gilbert
Jewell Ridge
Andy
James
Keen Mountain
Wiley
Hurst-Se
Pichlands
George Champ
Princeton-Ingleside Road
Huntington
Princeton
James and Cosby Calvin Champ
Wythe County
Ligzie
Stewart
Him
Champ
Prince
Funeral services set for James H. Mandeville of Princeton
Funeral services for James Henry Mandeville 76 of 405 Straley Ave Princeton will be at 2 30 p m today from First Methodist Church Princeton with Dr McClung officiating. Burial at Resthaven Cemetery with Princeton Masonic Lodge AF AM in charge of committal rites following a long illness.
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Straley Ave
Princeton
First Methodist Church
McClung
Resthaven
Princeton Masonic Lodge
Af&am
Mandeville
Memorial Hospital
Seaver Mortuary
Funeral Rites for Luther C. Thomas Held at Ada Methodist
Funeral services for Luther Claude Thomas 74 of Bluefield will be held today at Ada Methodist Church at 2 p m with Rev Haywood Price officiating Interment follows at the church cemetery He died Friday at 9 50 p m in Bluefield Sanitarium He was a longtime employee of R G Love Plumbing Company A Bland Virginia native he was the son of the late Doc and Nannie Thomas Survivors include his wife Montrey Thompson Thomas three sons Ralph Thomas Hoge and James all of Bluefield Cleveland Ohio and others including daughters and siblings The body was moved from Hawkins Funeral Home to lie in state in the church one hour prior to the service Flower bearers will include church members
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Princeton Road
Ada Methodist Church
Haywood Price
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R. G. Love Plumbing Company
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bland Va
Doc
Nannie Thomas
Montrey Thompson Thomas
Ralph Thomas
Hoge
James Thomas
Cleveland
Ohio
Nita ,Schroeder
All
Lena MaeGuire
Pickaway
Willie Carroll
Pulaski
Mary Lester
Piuefield
Betty Sue 'Tho
Mas
Mae Byrd
Roanoke
Albert Thomas
Frank Thomas
California
Hawkins Funeral Home
Clarence Trump
W.R. Grant
James French
Ralph Wimmer
Mowery Maybeury
Burnley
Dee) Thorn
Pettrey
Princeton
Davis
Palma Stinson Thorn
C & O Railway
Russell
Kee Street Methodist Church
Carman
Russel
Annette Martin
Kee Street
Richard L. Crickhard
Ghorys
Roselawn Memories Gardens
Funeral notices from Bluefield and Grundy area
Funeral services are listed for Shady James Tackett 65 of Bluefield died Friday in Bluefield Sanitarium with Rosary tonight at 8 15. Mass Monday 10 a.m. Sacred Heart Church interment Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Also Mrs Susie Keen 78 of Oakwood Va funeral 11 a.m. from daughter’s home Keen Mountain Antioch Cemetery Grundy Va. Survivors include daughter two grandchildren and siblings. MALCOLM CLARK 56 Bluefield Va funeral 2 30 p m Dudley Memorial Chapel interment Maple Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters brothers sisters and a son. Pallbearers named. Memorial Baptist Church flowers carried by Fidelis class.
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Shady James Tackett
Glendale Avenue
Bluefield
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
George Burke
Monte Vista Park
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Bluefield Sanitarium
Mercer Funeral Home
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T. McPeak
W. A. Burroughs
V. C. Clark
N B. Gordon
J. H Litchford
C. R. Harmon
C. P Harmon
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Oakwood
Mary Blankenship
Eugene Evans
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Keen Mountain
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Malcolm Edward Clark
Dudley Memorial Chapel
L. G. Moseley
Clarence Smoot
Maple Hill Cemetery
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Decia Anderson Clark
Graham Christian Church
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
H. W. Shrewsbury
Cincinnati
Ohio
Hugh Falls
Bluea Va
Eons O ‘ Tampe
H. L. Clark
Washington, D.C
Ray Trayer
Russell
John Hearn
R. L. Sarver
Claude Chambers
George Miller
Leonard Kitts
J. A. Painter
Fedelis
Memorial Baptist Church
Obituary Notices for Mammie Cannady and Elias A Preston
Mrs. Mammie Cannady wife of Poseydy of Anawalt died yesterday in Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch after a long illness. Elias A Preston died suddenly Friday night at his home 119 Allen Street Bluefield resident for three years. funeral 3 p.m. Monday at Chestnut Knob Baptist Church Martinsville Va burial near Martinsville. Survived by daughter Armelia and son Preston both of Gilliam. stepchildren Rosalee Geraldine Johnson Kyle. Robert Walter Johnson Kyle. sister Roxie Preston Gilliam. brothers James Gilliam and George Martinsville. Body at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home. friends may call after 3 p.m.
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Poseydy of
Anawalt
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Lugo
Elias A. Preston
Allen Street
Chestnut Knob Baptist Church
Martinsville
Preston
Bluefield
Armelia Preston
Gilliam
Rosalee
Geraldine Johnson
Kyle
Robert
Walter Johnson
Roxie Preston
James
Gillam
George
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Obituary notices from Mount Tabor Beckley and nearby towns
Obituaries list multiple local residents with service times and burial sites. Dessie R. Kidwell 71 Mount Tabor near Beckley service 2:30 p m Mount Tabor Baptist Church interment Prosperity Cemetery. Sidney A Harris 91 Honaker service 11 a m Honaker Chapel interment Brick Cemetery. Doris Jean Pruett four-year-old of Bluefield service 2 p m Seventh Day Adventist Church interment Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Howard Lee Rise 16 Mc Comas service 2:30 p m Riverside Methodist Church Chatham interment Charles Cemetery Kelsa. Granville Charles 23 Kelsa service 2 p m Monday home of parents interment Charles Cemetery Kelsa.
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Dessie R
Mount Tabor
Beckley
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Prosperity Cemetery
Harris
Des Sidney A
Honaker
Honaker Oral Chapel
Pruett
Doris Jean
Emory Pruett
Carolina Avenue
Bluefield
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Ue Street
Monte Vista Park
Rise
Howard Lee
William Bise
McComas
Riverside Methodist Church
Chatham
Bluefield Chapter Wins AIB Display Award in 1956 57
The Bluefield Chapter of the American Institute of Banking won first prize for chapter publicity in group C at the 1956 57 National Convention held in Richmond Virginia. Ripley F Williams, chapter president, accepted the award from Ron Randhan chairman of the National Publicity Committee. The exhibit featured 62 scrapbooks with clippings and photos.
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Virginia
Louis A. Capaldini
Holston Conference raises pastor salaries in historic vote
The Holston Methodist Conference in Knoxville voted to raise minimum salaries for pastors by 300 dollars annually, boosting regulars from 2700 to 3200, supply pastors to 2700, and new degree holders to 3500. The move aims to improve living wages while the annual meeting of about 650 delegates hears additional announcements and gifts totaling over 150000 for college buildings. Leroy Martin cites 50000 for Tennessee Wesleyan College, and gifts over 109000 support Emory & Henry College chapel construction.
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Tenn
W— Holston Methodist Conference
East Tennessee
Virginia
Iain Short
Lee
Aia
Leroy Martin
Tennessee Wesleyan College
Athens
Emory & Henry College
Emory
Crusade for Christ Conducted in McDowell County Area
The Church Army of the Episcopal Church conducts a Crusade for Christ in McDowell County and nearby areas. Capt Raymond Lewis, assistant national director, serves as guest minister at the 10 30 a m service at Christ Church. The campaign began last Wednesday under a lay Episcopal evangelist group. A six man team leads Bible School at 8 00 am daily and outdoor services in a traveling chapel.
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Raymond Lewis
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Capt. Lewis
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Newrokee
Aan Howard
Deer Park
John
Governor To Welcome Mine Inspectors Convention
Huntington June 8 Gov Underwood will welcome about 500 delegates and their wives to the opening of the 47th annual convention of the Mine Inspectors Institute of American tomorrow Delegates come from every mining state in the U S and from Canada Mexico Nova Scotia and Newfoundland War eranst welcom ing will be others by ca guerche Shahenan James Trotter Morgantown president of the Northern Coal Operators Assn The four day meeting will end Wednesday with election of officers
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Huntington
Underwood
Mine Inspectors Institute of American Tomorrow
U. S
Cyd Charisse Named Sweetheart of the Navies for Norfolk Visit
Norfolk officials announced Cyd Charisse as Sweetheart of the Navies for the International Naval Review. She will visit June 7 for a world premiere of Silk Stockings, meet sailors, and receive a replica mace from Mayor Duckworth.
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MIGM
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Virginia Looters Damage Station In Cradock Incident
Thieves entered a Craddock service station through a broken window early today. They pried open a cash register and a second safe, causing about 125 dollars in damages. They reportedly took pennies and a jar of wing gum.
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Cradock
Graham asserts trust faith over understanding in Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham told 19 000 people at Madison Square Garden that Christianity rests on repentance faith and rebirth not intellectual understanding. He urged faith trust believe as essential and noted four TV programs would cost about 225000. About 519 decisions for Christ were made onsite, with thousands more conversions reported via letters from viewers.
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Bluefield Police Raid Three Establishments For Gambling
Bluefield police conducted three raids and charged Eddie Powers of Bath Street, Areh Hare of Brunswick on Princeton Avenue, and James Alexander of Yadkin Street with possession of baseball and tip tickets. Each man posted $105 bond and was released for a Monday hearing. Charges were filed by Lt. Charles Fox, Patrolmen Paul Oliver, Ted Land, Frank Palmer, J E Myles, and Andrew Dodson at locations including The Hub on Bland Street and Central Smoke House on Princeton Avenue.
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Bland Street
Charles Fox
Paul Oliver
Areh Hare
Brunswick
Princeton Avenue
Ted Land
Frank Palmer
James Alexander
Yad
Burglars Smash Hood Plant Safes and Start Fire
Burglars smashed into the H. P. Hood & Sons ice cream plant office in New Haven. They ripped open two safes and set a fire causing about $1,500 in damage. They left with nothing.
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Virginia and Maryland Weather Outlook This Weekend
Sunday brings cloudy cool conditions with showers in Virginia and Maryland. Highs reach the 60s to 70s in western areas, with likely heavy rain Sunday night into Monday in some spots. Monday remains clouded with showers and little temperature change.
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Maryland
Virginia University names new Clinch Valley College director
The University of Virginia announces Joseph C. Smiddy as director of Clinch Valley College at Wise effective July 1. He will replace Samuel R. Crockett, who will focus on University Extension work in Roanoke. President Colgate W. Darden Jr. praises the college and notes a dean will be appointed later.
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Clinch Valley College
Clinch Valley Advisory Committee
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