Lashmeet Men Held In Maiming Case
James H. Huffman and Nathan Blaine Huffman of Lashmeet were arrested on a maiming warrant issued by Magistrate Frank Gibson of Matoaka. Constable James Millis and Deputies C. T. Swim and Earl Rose booked the brothers for allegedly breaking the jaw of their brother-in-law Joe Ernest Crotty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Huffman
Nathan Blaine Huffman
Lashmeet
Frank Gibson
Matoaka
James Millis
C. T. Swim
Earl Rose
Joe Ernest Crotty
VFW Post and Auxiliary Schedule Tuesday Meeting
Mercer Post No. 2703 VFW will meet Tuesday night at the Memorial building. State encampment delegates to Clarksburg later month will be named and reports heard on the district conference at Bluefield Sunday. The post auxiliary is also slated to meet.
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Mercer
VFW
Memorial Building
Clarksburg
Bluefield
Post
Fourteen Persons Booked At Jail In Weekend
Fourteen persons were booked at the county jail Saturday and Sunday morning. County and district officers accounted for mine on Saturday and Princeton police booked five. All but two were charged with misdemeanors.
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Princeton
Woman's Red Coat Stolen From Auto on Sixth Street
James Gearheart of McComas reports to city police that a woman's red coat was stolen from an automobile parked on Sixth street Saturday evening.
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Sixth Street
James Gearheart
McComas
Four State Mines Get Safety Awards
Four West Virginia mining sites earned U S Bureau of Mines safety certificates after meeting a 30 000 plus man hour without a lost time injury standard. The winners include Thacker mine in Williamson operated by Pond Creek Coal a Norfolk and Western unit, Winifrede mine Williamson also Pond Creek, Manheim Cement Rock mine Manheim Preston County by Alpha Portland Cement and Inwood Limestone quarry Inwood Berkeley County operated by J E Baker Company.
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Washington
West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Mines
James Boyd
Boyd
Thacker
Williamson
Pond Creek
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Winifrede
Manheim
Preston County
Alpha-Portland Cement Company
Inwood
Berkeley County
J. E. Baker Company
Attractive 5 Room Stone Home in Princeton Area
Subfloored Athens location with unfinished basement and furnace heating. City water lights and sewerage. first floor living spaces with neat layout. Priced at 14 500 contact Lilly Land Co Princeton Office in printer Bank annex T115 Princeton W Va for details.
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Athens
Princeton
Prinerter Bank & Trust Company
W. Va
Vote Canvass Planned By Princeton City Council
The Princeton city council will meet Monday night to canvass the vote cast in the city elections last Tuesday.
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Princeton City Council
Five Yanks Convicted Of Black Marketing
Five American soldiers were jailed for black marketing in Korea with sentences up to 30 years. The group, including a Korean officer and more than 30 civilians, stole about $72,000 of army property in February. $8,000 was recovered. Names and sentences: Earnest S. Eakin 30 years Ralph J. Clark 30 years Ira F. Bynaker 20 years Jose A. Romo 10 years Donald H. Roberts 10 years.
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Tokyo
Korea
Eighth Army
Earnest S. Eakin
Ireland
Ralph J. Clark
Paris
Ira F. Bynaker
Rockville
Jose A. Romo
Detroit
Cpl
Donald H. Roberts
Quincy
Mass
Fire Wipes Out Bothel Family in Elderton Pennsylvnia
Fire killed four members of the George A Bothel family and left them in the ruins of a five family apartment building in Elderton near Indiana Pa. The victims were George 29 Betty 25 and children Raymond 8 Susan 5. The postmaster J Frank Mulgerger and his family escaped as firefighters saved the Elderton post office. The blaze apparently began in a drugstore on the building’s first floor.
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Indiana
George A. Bothel
Yesterday &E
Elderton
Bothel
Betty
Raymond
Susan
J. Frank Mulgerger
Bluefielder To Receive Diploma On June 15
Miss M Elaine McMullin daughter of My and Mrs W L McMullin 212 Maple street will receive a master of religious education degree at the June 15 commencement at the College of the Bible Lexington While studying she worked on the education staff of Central Christian church Her thesis focused on children s work She is a Beaver high school graduate and earned an A B from Lynchburg College in 1948 She taught at Madison Heights Virginia before entering the college
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M. Elaine McMullin
W. L. McMullin
Maple Street
College of the Bible
Lexington
Lincoln Memorial Marble Statue Construction
Twenty eight blocks of Georgia white marble formed the Lincoln Memorial figure of Abraham Lincoln in Washington D C. The statue stands 19 feet high and the sections join so perfectly they appear as one piece.
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Georgia
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D. C
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Gary residents share vacations and health notes
Gary area residents report summer travels with many heading to Florida California and Kentucky. families visit relatives attend graduations and care for illness as several members prepare school and church plans. bulletins note chicken pox flu and a car accident death in Detroit affecting former Gary residents.
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H. A. Bingham and Sons
Louis
Richard
Beverly McCormick
Pikeville, Ky
Ira Collins
Dan Nester
Johnny Drosick
Los Angeles
Calif
River
Jarius Kelley
Cynthia Jean
Grundy
Gary
Duncan
Kelly
Bernard Cempella
Joe Lopez
Andy Shylock
Douglas Lester
Charles Lovelady
Bill Bingeham
Boys State
Jacksons Mill
L. E. Crowson
Charleston
Billy Hawks
Asbury College
Wilmore
Richlands Personal Notices Move Among Families and Students
Richlands residents report visits and vacations across states with excursions to Hot Springs Arkansas and Nags Head North Carolina. The group includes Mr and Mrs Thomas Hagy visiting Mrs Hagy's parents and relatives from Richlands attending Fork Union Military Academy graduation for Curtis Mullins. Other locals travel to Florida Indiana and Maryland for vacations and family events.
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Thomas Hagy
Bob Mullins
Arnold Robinette
Stella Rose Mullins
Pack Goodwin
Cedar Bluff
Richard Dalton
Greenbrier Military Academy
Grady Dalton
H. G. McGlothlin
John McGlothlin
Hot Springs
Ark
Joe White
Joe Bill Jimmy
Paul Letcher
Florida
Joe Bill
Hampden- Sidney College
Hilda Myatt
Barbara Myatt
Baltimore
Beatrice Locke
Bill Thompson, Jr
Bill Maynard
Indianapolis
W. L. Padbury
Roanoke
James McFarlane
McFarlane
Sallye Sue McFarlane
Eldridge Brown
Nags Head Beach
N. C
Anne Hoback
Sydneysville
Edna Beavers
Lois Steele
Kentucky
Local Pounding Mill Residents Share Weekend Visits
A long list of visitors and guests frequenting families in Pounding Mill is recorded. Mrs. Mattie Altizer and others from Beckley Wheeling Farmville Draper Roanoke Kingsport Bluefield Roanoke Fort Gay Jaeger etc attended or hosted relatives this past week. Bernard Massie returns from Virginia Medical College for summer vacation. A note on brassards closes the item.
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Mattie Altizer
Beckley
W. Va
George Pelts
Farmville
Longwood College
Virginia Pelts
C. H. Trayer
Draper, Fries
Roanoke
Alma Ann Duncan
Kingsport
Tenn
H. T. Ringstaff
Judy Carbaugh
Bluefield
Cheryl Carbaugh
Gus Crouse
Sayersville
R. H. Elswick
Naomi
Clyde Elswick
North Tazewell
M. E. Thomas
Cecil Tatern
E. G. Tatem
Steelesburg
Brown Rosenbaum
Fries, Va
W. K. Lowe
Carl
John Ringstaff
Fort Gay
Charles Ringstaff
C. H. Carbaugh
L. H. Carbaugh
T. D. Duncan
H. G. Gillespie
C. H. Robinett
David
W. A. Asbury
Andy Mulkey
Jess Woods
Bradshaw
Harry Brewster
Sherry Williams
Camp Campbell
L. W. Ringstaff, Jr
Harriett Ann
Jaeger
L. W. Ringstaff
James Steele
Sarah Gillespie
Richlands
A. H. Pitkin
John Flower
Varney
W. H. McGee
C. M. Hunter
Gordon Asbury
Kay, Norma
Tommy
Ncinnati
Virginia Coal War Flares In Wise County Strike
In Wise Virginia a prolonged clash between the United Mine Workers and about 30 non union coal mines threatens violence as state police patrols patrol picket lines. Each side accuses the other and the police of bias while operators claim losses from union demands and the UMW asserts higher living standards possible under union contracts. The conflict shows no clear end in sight.
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Wise
Virginia
United Mine Workers
UMW
Norton
Troubles
Union Hall
Ira Ratliff
Wise County
Sgt. Ratliff
State Police
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Lilly Land CO
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Forrest Tucker
Wdele Mara
Frent St
Prison Bank & Trust
Princeton W Va
News Allegany Insurance Agency, Inc
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Martford
Pennsy
F.H.A
Lucas Brothers
Mercer ST
Betty Jo McCorpin
Edgar Clayton
Norfolk
Mrs. W. 8. Clayton
Richlands Personals
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Old Bluefield
Printon Road
Jeanne Crain Eirel Barrymore
Ethel Waters
William Lundigan
Olonial
PRG
MGM
van Johnson
TAL
Coal War Brewing
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Clay A Pollan
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Frank Sinetre
Esther Williams
Betty Garrett
Edward Arnold
Ockvale Road
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Pasion
Bluefield Ave
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Treasure Island
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Barbara Stanwyck
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