Deeds, Wills, Fiduciaries at Mercer Courthouse Sale Ongoing
Six deeds filed two wills probated two fiduciary matters settled and two marriage license applications in Thursday’s Mercer County Courthouse session in Princeton. Deeds include transfers involving Beaver Pond District East River District and Bluefield properties with values from 2 000 to 11 000 dollars and a 5 500 Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority sale. Fiduciaries Beatrice Richardson administratrix for Ida Mae Cole and The Fidelity and Casualty Co. as surety bond 500. P T Moses R. Smith Hank Smoot Carlyle Cole Preston Warden Dyer Baldwin appraisers. Wills of Ruth Byrd and James Wyrick admitted to probate. Marriage licenses requested by John Houchins Brenda Brooks and Robert Martin Glenna White.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Frank B
Daisy Queen
Garvis L
Della M. Walker
Log
Beaver Pond
Beatrice D. Richardson
Ida Mae Cole
Fidelity and Casualty Co
New York
Hank Smoot
William O. Bivens Jr
P. T. Moses R. Smith
Clarence L. Hunt
Carlyle Cole
Preston Warden
Dyer Baldwin
Ruth Watson Byrd
James Henry Wyrick
John Ryan Houchins
Brenda Joyce Brooks
Bluefield
Robert Luther Martin
Glenna Marie White
Princetonian To Get Degree At Cincinnati
Selig son of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Selig of Hinton Street to graduate in Cincinnati. Phillip affiliated with Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity as vice president this year. After a home vacation he and sister Francis depart for Los Angeles for a position with Douglas Aircraft Company. Mr. and Mrs. Selig and Miss Frances Selig will attend the graduation exercises Sunday.
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Selig
I. E. Selig
Hinton Street
Phillip
Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
Francis
Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Company
Frances Selig
Singing Convention Planned Sunday
The 44th annual tri state Singing Convention runs Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Bullitt Park in Stone Gap Virginia. Officers include Sylvan Wilson as President Paul Harry Miller as vice president Guy Stone as secretary and W M business manager. Committee members are George Dalton Georgia Yost Roy Kelly Grover Jackson and Claude Akers. Gospel singers are invited to sing and refreshments will be served. The Kiwanis and Lions Clubs will handle concessions.
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Bullitt Park
Stone Gap
Sylvan Wilson
Paul Harry Miller
Guy Stone
W. M
Geoge Dalton
Georgia Yost
Roy Kelly
Grover Jackson
Claude Akers
Kiwanis and
Lions Clubs
Deaths and funeral for Nancy K Payne of Jolo
Nancy Katherine Payne 78 of Jolo died after a two year illness at a daughter's home in Lex. She survived by her son Rev John D Payne and three other children, two daughters, two sons, a sister and a brother. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Full Gospel Tabernacle with Rev Hansel Childers and Rev Berlin Smith. Burial in Keene Cemetery at Paynesville.
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Nancy Katherine Payne
Jolo
Mary Bell Davis
Lex
Buchanan County
John and
Plynne Childers Bales
Jim Blaine Payne
Full Gospel Tabernacle of
John D. Payne
Edna Keene
Ethel Bales
Edgar
Isaiah Payne
Sarah Smith
Joe Bales
Bradshaw
S. N. Shortridge
Full Gospel Tabernacle
Hansel Childers
Berlin Smith
Keene
Paynesville
Hartwell and Hawkins Fatally Noted in Local Obituaries
Oscar David Hartwell 64 of Princeton area dies. memorial funeral home in Princeton invites callers after 2 p.m. today as arrangements are incomplete. Horace Howe Hawkins 76 of Bluefield dies at home. native of Mt. Airy Virginia. Wesleyan Methodist Church member. survivors include wife Nellie Hutchinson Hawkins and one grandson. body at Hawkins Funeral Home with arrangements pending. visitation after 6 p.m. today.
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Oscar David Hartwell
James D. Hartwell
Princeton
Thomas W Friends
Horace Howe Hawkins
Magnolia St
Mt. Airy
Timothy
Laura Musser Hawkins
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Nellie Hutchinson Hawkins
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Local Funeral Notices for Dale C Walker and Victor A Fletcher
Dale C Walker 78 of Yards Va died Saturday. Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Va services with Rev James Howell officiating burial Big Branch Cemetery Falls Mills Va. Friends may call at the funeral home after 11 a.m. today. Victor A Fletcher Princeton Va funeral today at Pisgah Methodist Church 2 30 p.m. Thomas Cicero Thompson 83 Bland Va funeral Friday 3 p.m. Newberry Funeral Home Bland burial Monte Vista Mausoleum.
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Walker
Dale C
Yards
Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
James Howell
Big Branch
Falls Mills
Thompson
Thomas Cicero
Bland
Newberry Funeral Home
C. V. Duff
Monte Vista Mausoleum
Newhall Church Plans Two Week Revival Start
The Newhall Advent Christian Church will begin a two week revival Monday night at 7 30 o clock. The public is invited to attend as services commence.
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Newhall Church
Newhall Advent Christian Church
City Committee Lacks Members Remain Vacant for Bluefield Elections
City Executive Committee must fill many posts after a sparse primary turnout. Democratic and Republican wards show multiple unfilled committeewoman and committeeman slots with several ties unresolved. Ward results include Dudley and Lovell ties in Ward 1 and no women candidates in several wards.
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Bluefield
Maxine Holm
E. N. Dudley Jr
T. H. Lovell
J. Spenser Thompson
Homer Brown
A. N. Thornhill
John Ward
William B. Houston
David L. Sims
Mary Tibbs
Fred Welcker
Martha Martin
Alumni Affairs Head Speaks on Family Security at Kiwanis
South Blue Kiwanis Club held its weekly meeting at the Pinnacle Restaurant with Ralph Patsel, Bluefield College alumni affairs director, as main speaker on Family Security. Guests included Jess Ramsey, Adrian Vance, Winford Dillard, E. C. Rector, and Harry Parks from nearby clubs.
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South Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Pinnacle
Jim Compton
Ralph Patsel
Bluefield College
Patsel
Jess Ramsey
Adrian Vance
Anawalt Club
Winford Dillard
E. C. Rector
Harry Parks
Northfork
Boy Loses Custom Arm After Sack Theft
Olathe Kansas AP report tells of Terry Nalley a six year old born without a left wrist who hoped to learn baseball with a glove attached to an artificial arm. His family fetched the equipment in Kansas City but a thief stole the sack containing the hand and glove.
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Olathe
Kan
Terry Nalley
Terry
Neal Nalley
Civil Service
Olathe Naval Air Station
Kansas City
Freeda Smith
Building Permit Rule Applies Across Tazewell County
The county Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance May 4 requiring building permits for new structures with a $5 fee and a daily penalty up to 250 dollars. It aims to notify the tax assessor for proper yearly assessment, even in towns with own ordinances. Exemptions include about 500 dollars annual work not in town limits.
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Graham Hedrick
County Board of Supervisors
Bluefield
Enon
Board of Supervisors
Feud Threatens Anced Diets in Four Southern Counties
The dispute delays extending food stamp program to about 50 000 people across Kanawha Boone Fayette and Raleigh counties. Smith defends past administration and argues for a permanent system while Agriculture officials fault loose procedures. Eligible families pay about six dollars for ten dollars of food in participating stores.
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McDowell
Mingo
Wayne
Kanawha
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Raleigh
Smith
Robertson
Agriculture Department
Soggy Midwest Pelted By Rain
Relat ed spring rains with severe thunderstorms drenched the Midwest region. Kansas towns faced flooding with Newton evacuated and two flood related deaths reported. Weather Bureau warned continued rain and storms for 24 hours as officials feared repeat of 1951 flood damage along the Arkansas River tributaries.
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Midwest
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Newton
Wichita
Kan
Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas City
Low Bid Reported for Pineville Federal Post Office
The R F Creson Co of Memphis Tennessee submitted a bid of 222900 to build a federal post office in Pineville West Virginia. Senator Byrd said the GSA will study the bid and noted Congress has appropriated 30300 for the construction work.
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Washington
Pineville
W.va
R. F. Creson Co
Memphis
Tenn
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
General Services Administration
Congress
Lions Club Installation Dinner Set for West Virginian
The Lions Club plans a 6:30 PM installation and banquet at the West Virginian Hotel followed by a dance. The usual Friday noon business meeting of the unit will not be held today.
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West Virginian
May Tax Receipts Rise Above 1964 For Princeton
May 1965 sales tax receipts in Princeton reach 11 742.60 up from 9 523.90 in 1964 and 7 941.42 the year before. Building permits total 36 650 while bank debits per account hit 9 676 compared with 8 442 in 1964. Region Three retail sales, including Mercer County, rise 12.1 percent.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Military Bases Bill Approved Seeks Say Over Base Closures
The House approved by voice vote a $2 billion military construction bill authorizing congressional oversight of base shutdowns. The measure raises questions about its impact on bases already ordered to close, including the Brooklyn Navy Yard, despite signs the veto would be unlikely.
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Washington
House
Congress
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mercer County West Virginia flood control pipeline action
Legal notices in Mercer County West Virginia detail civil actions 13757 13759 and 13763. The cases involve Fannie J. Bailey Helen Flippan unknown parties and Ethel Neal York Edgar York related to ingress egress flood control work on Bluestone River near Montcalm Mercer County with hearings set for July 5 1968 at 9 30 A.M. in Mercer Circuit Court.
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Mercer West Virginia
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Mercer County
West Virginia
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Merceree Saar
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Fred’ C. Blue
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Agen
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Montcalm
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Virginia
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Edgar
York
Ethel Neal York
Edgar York
Bluestone
Mercer
Montoate County
Senate Defeats Move To Cut Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate blocked a direct cut to the 3.44 billion dollar foreign aid bill after voting to speed action. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana cautioned only a slim chance for final action by Friday night, with prior plans for mid next week. A time limit on debate begins Friday, capping each amendment at one hour and four hours for closing remarks.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
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