Regulations On B Girls Upheld By Virginia High Court
The Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a Richmond Circuit Court ruling upholding ABC Board anti fraternization rules. Regulations bar bartenders from free drinks and bar girls from urging customers to buy beer, aiming to curb B girl operations in the Tidewater area.
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Virginia High Court
Richmond, Va
Richmond
ABC
State Supreme Court
High
E. W. Hening Jr
Virginia
ABC Licensees Association
ABC Board
Tidewater
Hening
Supreme Court
James E. Fields
Bedford County
McDowell Gals Vie In Benefit Pageant
Thirty contestants from McDowell County compete in a bathing contest to raise funds for a Welch Salvation Army bus. Sponsored by Welch Kiwanis Club, the event starts at 8 p.m. at Welch National Guard Armory with Mayor W. B. Swope presenting awards.
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McDowell County
Welch Salvation Army
Welch Kiwanis Club
Welch National Guard Armory
W. B. Swope
Representatives Of Nine Area Churches Meet Sunday
Representatives of nine area churches will meet Sunday at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Community Church on the Brushfork Littlesburg Road. The session is a monthly gathering in its third year. Rev. Roy Lacy of Mowles Chapel will be the guest speaker. Rev. Dewey Lacy is host pastor. The meeting is open to the public.
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Oak Grove Community
Brushfork-Littlesburg
Roy Lacy
Mowles Chapel
Dewey Lacy
Rev Stevens to lead revival at Elgood June 21
The Rev Theodore Stevens of Mt Calvary Baptist Church will evangelize at Thompson Memorial Chapel in Elgood. The revival runs from June 21 through June 25 with nightly services.
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Theodore Stevens
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Elgood
Local Newspaper Snippet From West Virginia Daily
Fragmentary text references a publication and publication costs with mentions of Meekins and a representative named Kay. The readable bits point to a local West Virginia newspaper context including daily and Sunday editions and yearly rates.
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Sant Ras Ses
Iocaret
Meekins
Enkind
West Virginia
Space Fliers Describe View and Voices From Mission
Astronauts recount stepping from the spacecraft and speaking to 194 million viewers. White describes seeing city lights, coastlines, and Texas lakes from orbit, noting the gun helped him maneuver. McDivitt and White praise the mission, discuss reentry flames, and the mystery objects seen near Hawaii.
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MacDivitt
McDivitt
Hawaii
Surplus Food Delivery For Head Start In 41 Counties
Federal surplus foods will be sent to 41 counties for Project Head Start lunches next week through the State Welfare Department. The delivery targets about 14 000 children from impoverished families in the summer program and includes sugar cheese flour lard meal dried milk margarine and dried split peas. Commodity Division Director Clarence Johnson notes some counties will use foods already on hand for regular lunch programs. Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith says one truck will pause at the Governor's Mansion for inspection by Mrs Hulett Smith who leads Head Start in West Virginia.
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Charleston
State Welfare Department
Commodity Division
Clarence Johnson
W. Bernard Smith
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
Che Guevara Replaced as Cuba Industries Minister
Havana reports say Ernesto Che Guevara has been replaced by Arturo Guzman, deputy minister, in the Fidel Castro regime. Guevara has been absent for over a month and officials will not discuss the matter. Guzman’s appointment is said to be official though not formally announced.
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Ernesto
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Fidel Castro
Arturo Guzman
Guevara
Guzman
Alexander Memorial Methodist Church to Open Sunday
The Alexander Memorial Methodist Church at Tip Top Virginia will open Sunday at 1 pm for worship hour Sunday school and worship services. A report from the annual conference in Nashville Tennessee will be presented. Clarence W. Tiffany serves as minister.
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Alexander Memorial Methodist Church
Tip Top
Nashville, Tenn
Clarence W. Tiffany
Parking Fines Enforcement Warned By Bluefield Police
Bluefield Police Chief William J. Winters warned that the department can impound vehicles with unpaid parking violations and hold them until fines are paid. He noted difficulty collecting meter fines, especially from non residents who work or trade in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
Florida Man Held In Theft
A Florida man, George H. Settles, 25, Panama City, was arrested in Tazewell Virginia after police spotted a suspicious driver. He lacked registration papers and driving papers and was found with names in the car’s dashboard. The stolen vehicle was traced to Fleming Law in Panama City and Settles was turned over to federal agents for return to Florida.
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Rufus Hagg
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Panama Ciy
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Gentry Blackwell
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Settles
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Fleming Law
Panama City
Teacher Workshop Set at Bluefield State College
A three week summer mathematics workshop begins June 14 at Bluefield State College. The program highlights geometry and is run with the State Department of Education. Public school math curriculum materials will be shown and used. Ralph Bird of Matoaka High School leads as part time instructor, having directed two prior seminars.
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Mathematics Institute
State Department of Education
Ralph Bird
Matoaka
Bird
Arts and Crafts Class Cake Sale at Bluefield Center
The Bluefield Community Center Arts and Crafts Class will hold a cake sale today from 10 a.m. to noon. Proceeds fund class supplies. Call 327 8076 to buy a cake.
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Bluefield Community Center
Two Showings Of The Bluefield Story At Granada
The Bluefield Story will be shown at Granada Theater this morning in two sessions at 10 and 11 a.m. The free tickets come from local merchants and enter attendees for door prizes including a 19 inch portable TV. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce as part of All-America City Sunday activities with remarks by ministers and civic leaders. A large rally is planned next Wednesday at Mitchell Stadium for the Victory Day celebration with Vice President Hubert Humphrey and other dignitaries.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
All-America City Planning Committee
West Virginia Methodists back state right to right to work
The West Virginia Methodist Conference adopted a resolution urging states to enact right to work laws while deploring the National Council of Churches position. The measure, sponsored by Rev. L. E. Crowson and Rev. John Yoak, states joining a union is a basic human right and calls for public clarity on the issue. The conference continues through Sunday in Buckhannon.
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South Charleston
John Yoak
St. Albans
National Council of Churches
Congressional Committee
West Virginia
National Council
Methodist Church
Berwind Students Receive Legion Distinguished Achievement Awards
Ninth grade Berwind Junior High students Douglas O'Dell Puckett of Squire and Florence Perry of Wallscreek were honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award from American Legion Post No. 43 of War. The awards were presented at graduation exercises before they proceed to Big Creek High next fall.
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Squire
Florence Perry
Wallscreek
Berwind
American Legion
Big Creek High
Bluefield Considers Quarantine Rules for Dogs and Cats
City ordinance makes roaming dogs and cats illegal even if licensed or vaccinated and authorizes police to shoot animals that appear rabies suspicious or sick. A resident with unlicensed dogs threatened responders, prompting officials to pursue warrants and court action. Clinics planned for June 20 to immunize pets with a 50 cent owner fee or city-covered cost.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
Whittle
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local Obituaries
Multiple obituaries from Bluefield and surrounding areas report deaths of Charlie C. Lee 65 of Bed ford Street Bluefield Emmett Worrell 58 of Camp Creek Loraine Lang Whittaker 35 of Pearisburg Virginia Mrs Jackie Cecil Uhlhorn 40 Harlingen Texas Ida C Williams 83 Peters town Leroy Lane 48 North Welch. Services and burial details listed with clergy and funeral homes. Residents named among survivors include Ossie Johnson Lee Geraldine Saunders Pauline Chambers Virginia Joyce Worrell Mary Kay Whittaker Richard Whittaker and others. Burial sites Lincoln Park Cemetery Gordon Cemetery Harlingen arrangements pending final notices.
Obituaries for Reid, Thomas, Musick, and Smith recipients
Walter Scott Reid Jr aged 60 of Princeton died in Roanoke after a month illness. He was a native of Bluefield, a retired Celco Plant worker, and husband of Clare Reid with son Walter III. Other survivors include three sisters and one grandson. Blanche Charlton Thomas widow of Clarence A. Thomas died in Pearisburg hospital. Tolly Musick of Cleveland Va died after a lengthy illness with funeral plans pending. R Guy Smith of Largo Fla a former Norfolk and Western machinist died in Largo hospital. services arranged at Largo.
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Walnut S&st
Princeton
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Roanoke
Bluefield
Celco
First Christian Church of
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Maude Virginia Errs Reid
Clare Elizabeth Sluss Reid
Walter Scott Reid III
Orlando
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Roy Tuggle
William Johnston
Louisville
Seaver Mortuary
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Cleveland
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Ellis Musick
Elkins
H. R. McGuire
Pinoak
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Abingdon
Dewey Musick
Lebannon
G. C. Musick
Meadow Bridge
Bruce Gilbert
Lebanon
Alfred Johnson
Richlands
R. Guy Smith
Largo
Fila
Norfolk and Western Railway
Sadie Smith
Bouchard Funeral Home
Obituaries for Hartwell Hawkins and Walker service notes
Obituaries report Oscar David Hartwell of Hiawatha died with services Saturday at Burns Warner Chapel Princeton conducted by Rev Paul Hall with burial in Roselawn Memorial Cemetery Pallbearers named L S Griffith T R Dunagan C D Brad berry Carl Bish Moody White and Ernest Pettrey Horace Howe Hawkins 76 of Bluefield died Sunday service at Hawkins Funeral Chapel conducted by Rev Jack Hill with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Dale C Walker 78 of Yards Va died Saturday service at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Va with burial in Big Branch Cemetery near Falls Mills Va
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Bedford St
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ossie Johnson Lee
Henry and
Louise Coles Lee
Mercer County
Geraldine Saunders
Newark
N. J
Pauline Chambers
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Clarence W. Tiffany
Carrolton Jackson
Lincoln Park
Princeton Road
Joe Neal Watkins
Frank Burger
Dennis Preston
Arthur G. Miller
William Saunders
John Hawkins
Lugo
Hartwell
Oscar David
Hiawatha
Burns-Warner Chapel of Memorial
Princeton
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial
L. S. Griffith
T. R. Dunagan
C. D. Bradberry
Carl Bish
Moody White
Ernest Pettrey
Walker
Dale C
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Big Branch
Falls Mills
Fines and Forfeitures Totals From City Court Session
Municipal Court in Bluefield levied fines and bond forfeitures totaling 206 dollars on Friday. Drunkenness fines of 24 dollars each carried the option of 24 dollars or ten days in jail and remained unpaid. Other penalties included assaults, traffic violations, improper passing, tailgaiting, and parking meter warnings with assorted bond forfeitures and small paid fines.
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Bluefield
Backfiring Truck Catches Fire in Bluefield
A motor backfire started a truck fire Friday at 4 37 p m at a Cherry Street filling station in Bluefield. Fire Chief Gordon Damron estimated $400 damage as flames spread to the engine and dashboard before firefighters doused it. The truck was driven by Fred Anderson of Brushfork.
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Bluefield
Gordon Damron
Cherry Street
Fred Anderson
Brushfork
Ex-Resident Dies In Brazil After Car Accident
Wayne Rogers Carlson 13 died in a Sao Paulo hospital from injuries after being struck by a car. He was the son of former Bluefield residents Rob ert W Carlson and Elizabeth Ann Rogers with a Bluefield connection to Arthur Young Co. He attended Whitethorn School. Surviving are his mother, sister Nancy, paternal grandmother Rose Carlson, two uncles in Rockford Illinois, and relatives in Bluefield. Funeral and burial set in Sao Paulo.
No March Is Planned Here
Howard McKinney of the State Human Rights Commission says there are no certain plans for a racial march in Bluefield during the All America City celebration next Wednesday. He notes the possibility remains and cites discussions with Bluefield's Human Rights Commission as speculative. Vice President Humphrey is set to speak at the ceremony recognizing Bluefield's award.
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Charleston
Howard McKinney
State Human Right Commission
Bluefield
McKinney
Hubert Humphrey
Human Rights Commission
Bluefield Commission
Humphrey
Billy Sunday Club to Speak at Coaldale Church
Members of the Bluefield Billy Sunday Club will be at Coaldale Free Will Baptist Church for two programs Sunday at 11 am and 2 pm. Dinner will be served after the 11 am meeting. Rev. Virgil Smith is host.
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Bluefield
Billy Sunday Club
Coaldale Free Will
Proclamation Declares Clean-Up Week in Bluefield Virginia
Mary Francis Patton of the Junior Women's Club cleanup committee announced a week of cleanup and fix up projects. Mayor J Hudson Huffard Sr signed the proclamation Friday afternoon officially sanctioning Clean-Up, Paint-Up, Fix-Up week in Bluefield Virginia.
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Bluefield
Mary Francis Patton
Junior Woman’s Club
J. Hudson Huffard Sr
Bluefielder Receives Purdue Master of Science in Education
Thomas R. Pearson of 2129 Washington St Bluefield earned a master of science degree in education from Purdue University Lafayette Indiana. Commencement ceremonies awarded 38 master degrees.
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Thomas R. Pearson
Washington St
Bluefield
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Womanless Fashion Show Tonight at Northfork Club
The Maybeury-Switchback Club presents a Womanless Fashion Show and variety show tonight at 7 p.m. in Northfork. Tickets will be sold at the door.
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Club of Maybeury - Switchback
Northfork
Clude
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