Juke Box Bandits Loot Three Bluefield Grills
Three Bluefield Avenue grills were broken into Saturday night with juke boxes and pinball machines looted of cash. Bill and Bob's Drive-In reported missing money from the cash register after smashing doors and a side window. Police Lt. French and Patrolman Tabor investigated with fingerprint searches.
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Bluefield Avenue
Bill
Bob
Leon B. French
Homar R. Tabor
Charles Fox
Sam McKenzie
Spanish Grill
Burnett's Grill
Tabor
French
Health Department to Hold Third Class Water Operator Exams
Welch West Virginia announces third class water operator certificate exams on Tuesday July 13 at 1 PM. Tests cover chlorination and installation operation and maintenance of equipment. Oral exam option available. location is McDowell County Health Department offices behind Welch Emergency Hospital.
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Welch
W. Va
West Virginia Department of Health
McDowell County Health
Welch Mergency Hospital
CERTA-VIN touted to relieve gas and aid digestion
A Bluefield woman claims CERTA-VIN reduced gas and bloating after meals. The ad says the medicine, containing 10 herbs plus vitamin B and iron, helps digestion and energizes nerves, recommending purchase at local drug stores.
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Bluefield
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia Regions
Multiple obituary notices list Mrs. Ocie Mae Mayhew of Amonate, Mrs. Lucy Combs of Pounding Mill, and Mrs. Meade of Honaker with service details. Services set at Methodist churches in Amonate Maxwell and Honaker, with interment in Maple Hill, Maxwell, and Meade cemeteries. The Meade obituary notes birth in 1861 and twelve surviving children.
Fagan Rites Held for John Worden Fagan Ossining Youth
John Worden Fagan 18 son of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Fagan died Friday at Ossining New York The body arrives Bluefield Tuesday morning on Train No 15 and goes to Hawkins funeral chapel for committal at Maple Hill Bluefield Virginia Interment in maternal grandfather William H Jackson plot He is survived by twin brother Thomas William and his mother Mary Jackson of Elkhorn The funeral will be officiated by Father Thomas Rafferty of Powhatan.
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John W. Fagan
Ossining
N. Y
John Worden Fagan
Thomas A. Fagan
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Thomas Rafferty
Powhatan
William H. Jackson
Thomas William Fagan
Mary Jackson
Elkhorn
Funeral Rites Set for Thomas King Thompson
Funeral services for Thomas King Thompson 70 retired car inspector for Norfolk and Western who died Saturday afternoon at St. Luke's hospital will be held today at 2 p.m. from Hawkins funeral chapel with Rev. W. D. Hicks of Brush Fork officiating. Burial will follow in Monte Vista cemetery. The body was at 825 Bramwell Road and will be returned to the chapel today at 1 p.m.
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Thomas K. Thompson
Thomas King Thompson
Norfolk and Western Railway
St. Luke's Hospital
Hawkins
W. D. Hicks
Brushfork
Monte Vista
Bramwell Road
Memorial Service for Dorothy Lorraine Bowles in Houston
Last rites will be conducted today at 2 p.m. from Houston Methodist church Kimball for Dorothy Lorraine Bowles 27 wife of Basil Bowles of Saeger. The Rev C S Thompson will officiate Interment in Woodlawn cemetery. She died Saturday afternoon in Radford Community hospital after a long illness. The remains will be moved from Bennett funeral home Kimball to the grandparents residence Mr and Mrs Fugate Nance Bottom Creek and placed in the church today at 1 p.m.
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Wesley Mayhew
Methodist
Amonate
Ocie Mae Mayhew
G. W. Fox
Bishop, Va
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Basil Bowles
Houston Methodist Church
Kimball
Dorothy Lorraine Bowles
Saeger
C. S. Thompson
Woodlawn
Bowles
Radford Community Hospital
Bennett Funeral Home
Fugate Nance
Bottom Creek
Funeral service for Mrs Mary L Meade
Funeral service announced for Mrs Mary L Meade 88 who died late Saturday with services planned in the local area. Mrs Meade was a longtime resident and is survived by family members.
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Mary L. Meade
Mrs Carrie Opal Jackson Dies After Illness Near Welch
Mrs. Carrie Opal Jackson 41 wife of John Bernie Jackson of Mohegan near Welch died after an extended illness in a Welch hospital. Survived by husband mother Mrs Virgie May Sayre of Duo W Va and children Herman John William and Mary Elizabeth plus brother Charles Sayre of Duo. Body to be removed today from O J Douglas mortuary Welch to residence. Funeral Tuesday at St Peters Catholic Church with Father John A Ryan officiating. Burial at End of the Trail Cemetery Duo.
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John B. Jackson
Carrie Opal Jackson
John Bernie Jackson
Mohegan
Welch
Douglas Mortuary
St. Peter's Catholic Church
John A. Ryan
Trail
Duo
Obituary for John W. Clemons Mercer farmer dies at 87
John William Clemons 87 died Saturday evening at his daughter’s home in Elgood after a long illness. He was a Mercer county resident, Green Springs Baptist member, and East River district farmer. Funeral at Pettry church today at 2 p.m. with Rev. Z. F. Mayberry. burial Green Springs family cemetery. Survivors: three daughters Mrs. Akers, Mrs. A. F. Lambert, Mrs. D. D. Holdren. three sons A G Clemons C C Clemons J L Clemons. 20 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Wife Malinda Via Clemons died 1941, and five children preceded him. Body moved from Johnston funeral home to Pettry residence yesterday.
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John W. Clemons
John William Clemons
J. J. Akers
Elgood
Clemons
Mercer County
East River District
John and Mary Clemons
Green Springs
Pettry Church
Princeton
J. L. Clemons
Pettry
Malinda
Johnston Funeral Home
Oakvale
W R I Craft Dies After Heart Attack in Virginia
W R I Craft aged 65 brother of Mrs M M Woodyard of this city died yesterday morning at his Christiansburg Virginia home after a heart attack. He had been in ill health for some time. Craft worked for Gwinn Milling Co traveling in the area with Columbus Ohio as headquarters and earlier ran a drug business at Saeger retiring in 1930. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
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W. R. I. Craft
M. M. Woodyard
Christiansburg
Mr. Craft
Gwinn Milling Company
Columbus
Saeger
Presbyterian Church
Committee Delays Pool Site Report for City Board Meeting
The Greater Bluefield Swimming Pool committee will not report to the Tuesday city board meeting. Through legal counsel Leroy Katz the group asked for more time in deliberations after reviewing land east of the Municipal stadium and other inspected sites. A second midweek meeting is planned to study proposals with a potential site decision by week’s end. Members include Rush Mary E Porterfield Mrs J O Bell G H Lawhead Robert F McCue and Stewart Webster with Katz and Frank Smott as ex officio legal advisors.
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Greater Bluefield Swimming Pool, Inc
Leroy Katz
Municipal Stadium
Park Village
Bowenfield
Rush
Mary E. Porterfield
J. O. Bell
G. H. Lawhead
Robert F. McCue
Stewart Webster
Katz
Frank Smott
Mayor Doubling Pay Draws Reelection in Matador
Voters in Matador Texas re elected Mayor Douglas Meador who campaigned on doubling his salary. He had served his first term unpaid and continues to lead the town while publishing the Matador Tribune.
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Matador
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Douglas Meador
Meador
Matador Tribune
Methodist Mission Workers Listed Across Regions
Two Methodist church workers named for missions in Africa Latin America and domestic locations are listed among employed workers including Mabel Chapman Minnie Nay Settlement Dorothy Libby Emma Johnson Eleanor Petty Mildred Ralston and others at Amherstdale Wesley House Amerstdale Eckman Bluefield district.
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Hope Home
H. S. Myerly
Africa
H. T. Wheeler
Latin America
James H. Snedeker, Jr
Ambherstdale Wesley House
Mabel Chapman
Amerstdale
Minnie Nay
Dorothy Libby
Benwood
Bluefield Dist
Emma Johnson
Eckman
Eleanor Petty
Craft Rites Held for James Graves Craft in Christiansburg
Franklin County born James Graves Craft died aged 56. He was survived by his widow Louella Craft two sons James W. and William R. Craft Jr plus siblings J T Craft Bunyan Craft Nannie Craft Eliza M Steele and others. Funeral Tuesday 11 am at Presbyterian Church Christiansburg. Rev Cochran Smith and Dr R L Kinnaird officiated. Interment Christiansburg Cemetery with pallbearers Harold Leonard Everett G Pharis Malcolm Myers E M Richardson Nat Shifflette Wiley H Perdue.
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Glenwood Park
Bunyan Craft
Nannie Craft
Washington, D. C
Eliza M. Steele
Princeton
J. S
L. O
Mack Craft
Mary F. Colley
Presbyterian Church
Christiansburg
Cochran Smith
R. L. Kinnaird
Christiansburg Cemetery
Harold Leonard
Everett G. Pharis
Malcolm Myers
E. M. Richardson
Nat Shifflette
Wiley H. Perdue
Scout Camporee Ends At Bland Virginia
The three day Boy Scouts of America camporee at Camp Roland Bland County Virginia concluded with religious services led by J C Acuff area scout executive Bluefield and Thurman Scruggs scoutmaster Bluefield troop 21. Fred Williams Princeton inspected. Largest attendance in local camporee history. Winners include troop 76 Premier fire building and wood chopping. Chariot race won by Princeton troop 1. Stunt night and court of honor followed. Bob Snead earned star award. bronze eagle scouts went to Ray Ryan Lawrence Snead and Buddy Lambden. Executive board dinner planned at West Virginia Hotel with Howard Knepper guest.
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Boy Scouts of America
Camp Roland
Bland County
Virginia
Virginias
J.C. Acuff
Bluefield
Thurman Scruggs
Fred Williams
Princeton
Jewell Ridge
Jenkin Jones
Jenkinsones
Athens
Troop 1
Bob Snead
Ray Ryan
Lawrence Snead
Buddy Lambden
Southern West Virginia Area Scout Council
West Virginian Hotel
Lawrence E. Tierney, Jr
Howard Knepper
Cincinnati
Maj Bloom to Judge Majorette Tryouts Tonight
Major Whitey Bloom a Logan army reserve officer and former director of the Green Hussars in Fairmont will judge tryouts for Bluefield American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps. Three army officers were invited to judge applicants for the local post as young women aged 15 to 18 compete. Eligible contestants must attend all practices and travel with the corps on out of town appearances.
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Whitey Bloom
Army Reserve
Logan
Bluefield American Legion
Major Bloom
Green Hussars
Fairmont
Logan American Legion
Army
Squirrel Intrudes Santa Monica Jewelry Store
A gray squirrel eluded five pursuers for over sixty minutes in the Geneva jewelry store in Santa Monica. The rodent scampered over optical equipment displays and watchmaker tools without causing damage until clerks opened a rear door and herded it out with brooms.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Geneva
Singapore Population Tops One Million Amid Growth
An official estimate shows Singapore's population surpassing 1,001,504 at year end. The breakdown lists 775,889 Chinese, 123,771 Malays, 171,842 Indians and Pakistanis, 11,831 Europeans, 9,906 Eurasians, and 8,255 others.
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Singapore
Federation of Malaya
Have You Had Your Poison in Food and Fumes
A Savannah report cites daily exposure to chemical agents in sprays fuels and preservatives and warns of potential health hazards. CDC and AMA officials urge federal standards for tolerances and labeling while noting cases of DDT in human tissue and a shift from agene to aging agents in flour.
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Savannah
U. S. Public Service
Hitchner
Dr. Simmons
Council On Foods and Medicine
The
American Medical Association
Davis Announces GOP Bid for Fifth District House Seat
James R Davis a onetime West Virginia VFW commander and former Mingo County school superintendent declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the Fifth District. He condemned the current congressman for neglecting coal and urged a tariff on oil, pledging job programs and reduced government costs to lower taxpayer burdens.
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James R Davis
West Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mingo County
U.S. House of Representatives
Fifth
Davis
Welch man sought in Welch stabbing case
Police pursue Gilmore Richardson about 45 after a late afternoon party at Gary No 4 mine in Welch led to Ed Staple 40 from Gary sustaining ten stab wounds to chest and back. Staple admitted to Grace hospital in critical condition with oxygen therapy and transfusions ongoing.
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Welch
W. Va
Gilmore Richardson
George Elkins
Ed Staple
Gary
Grace Hospital
Gary No. 4
Staple
Adi
Hoist Rigged Up For Invalid In Chicago Home
Mrs Catherine Imhahn 65 confined to a wheelchair in a second floor apartment faced a mobility problem her husband Charles a retired engineer solved it by rigging an open cage hoist raised and lowered electrically at the rear of the building the improvised device aided her access within the home
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Chicago
Catherine Imhahn
Charles
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Amerasia Magazine
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Lucy Combs
Pounding Mill
Bluefield Sanitarium
Maxwell
W. E. Mustard
M. E. N Lindsay
Tazewell
Maxwell Cemetery
W. Z. Meade
Honaker
H. H. Mauck
W. D. Hamrick
Hattie Ball
C. H
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Bascom Meade
L. B
Lebanon
D. H Mouldin
Rocky Gap
Barbara Whitt
Glen Lyn
Honaker Funeral Home
Roberta Vincent
International Harvester Co
Appalachian Assembly Room
Carter Motor CO
International Harvester
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TVET
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Geo
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Mel Ferrer
One Mile
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W.va
Mercer Funeral Home Inc
Bland Street
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Clyde Cravens
James W. Bower
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