Dry Forces to Stage Rally With Dr Mary Armor in Bluefield
The United Dry Forces of Bluefield will hold the first of three rallies in the final days of the repeal campaign. Dr Mary Harris Armor of Georgia will speak at 8 o clock tonight at the Municipal auditorium after speaking at Princeton and before Welch appearance. She tours West Virginia under the United Dry Forces and will stay with Dr and Mrs J A Burrow in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Dry Forces of
Bluefield
Mary Harris Armor
Georgia
Municipal Auditorium
Armor
Firet Methodist Church
Princeton
Welch
West Virginia
Huntington
United Dry Forces
Dr. Armor
J. A. Burrow
Ben Arthur Dies of Heart Attack at 21
Ben Arthur 21 son of Mr and Mrs W T Arthur of East Wyoming street died suddenly Saturday in Maunderville from a heart attack. The body was taken to Bluefield and Hawking parlors. Funeral at J C Bailey residence near Edison at 2 pm conducted by Rev Jones. Burial at I B Winfrey cemetery Green Valley. Survived by parents and siblings Ed and Claud Arthur Premier George Arthur near Edison Mia Ethel Gillespie and Mrs Sarah Thomas Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Arthur
Mra
W. T. Arthur
Wyoming Street
Maunderville
Bluefield
Hawking Undertaking
J. C. Bailey
Edison
Mr. Jones
I. B. Winfrey
Green Valley
Mercer County
Claud Arthur
Premier
George Arthur
Near Edison
Mia
Ethel Gillespie
Sarah Thomas
Bluefield Shriners Headed to Ashland for Temple Dedication
A large group of Bluefield Shrine club members plan to travel to Ashland Kentucky next Saturday for the dedication of a new Masonic temple. Grand Master John L. Phillips of Kentucky’s grand lodge, Deputy Grand Master Judge Richard Priest Dietzman, and Grand Secretary Fred W. Hardwick will oversee the ceremony.
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Bluefield Shrine Club
Ashland
John L. Phillips
Grand Lodge of Kentucky
Richard Priest Dietzman
Fred W. Hardwick
Death of Jacqueline Halstead of Lowe at 12
Jacqueline Halstead aged 12, daughter of Mrs. Richard Halstead of Lowe, Mercer county, died at her mother's home after meningitis. A service at Matoakea Methodist church is set for 2 PM with Rev. R O Eller and Rev Bailey. burial at Woodlawn cemetery. Survived by mother, half brother Robert Odham, brothers Douglas and Kyle, sisters Mrs R O Reed and Mrs Harry Walker. Active pallbearers listed.
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Jacqueline Halstead
Richard Halstead
Lowe
Mercer County
Matoakea Methodist Church
R. O. Eller
Mr. Bailey
Woodlawn Cemetery
Robert Odham
McAlpin
Douglas
Kyle Halstead
R. O. Reed
Dott
Harry Walker
Joe Numiac
Robert DeHart
Otia Nichols
Clairs Mays
Harrell Lancaster
Menne Russo
Herbert Craft
Ripley Williams
Elizabeth
Mildred White
Ruth
Wilson Graham
Rosie
Pauline Russe
Tracy
Yolanda Arena
Bernice and
Shott
Marie Kennedy
Mary Privett
Betty Mays
Billie
Mary D. Anderson
Barrett Colvin Returns to New York to Face Old Ties
Archeologist Barrett Colvin revisits New York after four years. He reunites with half sister Marcia Radnor and learns of her troubled family secret involving a son Barrett adopted. Tutor Harold Dexter threatens blackmail over the matter, while Barrett notices Elinor Stafford, once a child, now strikingly grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Colvin
New York
Marcia Radnor
Marcia
Barrett
Mercia
Harold Dexter
Elinor Stafford
Elinor
Ella Sexton
Dexter
Barry
South America
Washington Square
Ely Child
Young Elinor Stafford Weighs Into Barrett Colvin's Plans
Barrett Colvin battles distraction as praise for his work collides with thoughts of Elinor Stafford a 19 or 20 year old ward. He questions marriage prospects while managing his desert ambitions and family matters involving Gerald and Marcia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor Stafford
Dexter
Connecticut
Barrett
Gerald
Marcia
Barrett Colvin
National Business College Faces Busy Summer
National Business College reports student activity and career progress as Priday departs for a York River sailing vacation. Robert L. Beamer Jr. leads in his absence with strong family banking ties and a string of notable alumni. Graduation records highlight high typing and shorthand scores and several graduates enter positions in James Bassett Manufacturing and other firms. The school promotes summer enrollment with a full program including swimming for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiswell Coleman
Priday
York River
Chesapeake Bay
Chiswell
Robert L. Beamer, Jr
Pulaski
Beamer
R. L Beamer
Pulaski Trust Company
Virginia
B. D. Beamer
Peoples State Bank
Galax
O. G
Seattle
Washington
Alice Zimmerman
Bluefield
West Virginia
Harley Rhodes
Banking and Finance
First National Bank
Harrisonburg
Garnett Bakter
Ghenandosh Life Insurance Company
Bassett
Figsboro
Vic
Butphin
Roanoke
Gladys Anderson
Rocky
School of
Secretarial Science
Hortense Carter
Bedford
Helen Graves
Alma Wade Tyler
Clifton Forge
Boone Mill
School of Business Administration
John Leonidas Rosser, Jr
J. L. Rosser
Jacksonville
Florida
Richmond College
Margaret Elizabeth Tinsley
M. M. Tinsley
Welch
School of Secretarial Science
Tinsley
Virginia Hazelson
T. M. Ferguson
Stewarteville
Ferguson
Barry Plans to Shift the Girl Away From All This
Elinor Stafford, shy and hopeful, navigates Marcia Radnor’s sympathy and secrecy. Marcia schemes to place Elinor in hiding with Barry’s help, fearing exposure and a possible scandal as they discuss moving the child far from their circles.
Elinor Encounters Phillip In A Dilapidated Building
A fragment describes Elinor climbing a worn stair to a third floor door where she announces her name to Phillip. The setting shows decay from hard years and discarded scraps of paper, hinting at secrets to come as the scene continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor
Phillip
Tazewell District Church Meet Planned
Tazewell Va June 12 Special A conference of Holston conference church leaders led by Bishop W N Ainsworth opens Thursday at North Tazewell church with Rev D F Wyrick delivering the opening sermon. Sessions include reports by pastors, talks by Rev F B Shelton and Dr J N Hillman with further sermons by Rev RE Woodward and Rev Sam L Jones. Bishop Ainsworth also heads to Bluefield Friday for a church address on West Virginia amendment.
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Tazewell
Holston
W. N. Ainsworth
North Tazewell
D. F. Wyrick
Ainsworth
F. B. Shelton
Board of Christian Education
Bristol
J. N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
RE. N. Woodward
Lebanon Charge
Sam L. Jones
Grundy Station
Radford
Bland Street
Bluefield
West Virginia
Marcellus Harris of Kimball Dies at 49
Marcellus F. Harris, 49, of Kimball, died suddenly Monday of a heart attack. He was found by his wife at home and pronounced dead by Dr. C R Hughes. An electrician for Koppers at the Carswell operation, he recently moved from Beckley where he worked in coal. Survived by his widow, cousins H C Harris and C W Harris. Funeral at Kimball Methodist Church Wednesday at 10, Rev. EB Cole officiating. Interment Beckley later that day.
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Marcellus F. Harris
Kimball
C. R. Hughes
Koppers Company
Carswell
Beckley
H. C. Harris
Kimball National Bank
C. W. Harris
Virginia
Kimball Methodist Church
EB. H. Cole
Clinic Seeks Milk Fund Volunteers For Infant Help
The Bluefield Baby clinic launches a campaign to recruit seventy five volunteers for a milk bottle fund. Donations cover penny a meal or three cents daily for about ninety cents monthly. A committee will collect monthly on the second Mondays starting July.
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Bluefield
A. S. Kemper
Milk Bottle Fund
Ida Mae Clark
A. B. Mahood
W. 8. Phelps
B. P. Stringfellow
H. C. Weller
D. McCue
O. M. Deverle
R. C. Pritchard
J. F. Fox
P. D. Woods
Francis W. Archer
George Dunglinson Jr
H. Goodykoontz
John Nash
G. L. Farr
E. Lilley
John T. Wilson
L. E. Tierney Jr
Huston St. Clair
Albert S. Kemper
W. A. Richards
L. E. Tierney
H. D. Smith
Houston St. Clair
Robert Moore
Betty Markle
L. B. Tierney Jr
Kemper
Honey Moon Luncheon Sets Sale and Lodge Notice
Honey Moon Luncheon sets in 3 piece pastel shades priced reg 1.95 special 1.48 at Fretwell's city phone 334. Masonic notice states Bluefield Lodge No 85 A F and A M holds stated communication tonight at 7:30 in Masonic Temple with election of officers. Visitors welcome. L M Carper secretary. Bailey Lumber ad ends.
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Honey Moon
Fretwell’s
Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
L. M. Carper
Bluefield Clinic Praised For Charity Work Seeks 100 Percent Support
The speaker urged full cooperation from organizations backing the Bluefield clinic and asked public contributions. The May report by Miss Clark showed prenatal and baby clinic activities, 22 prospective mothers served, 5 new prenatal patients, 39 old, 31 prenatal and 49 postnatal home visits, 5 deliveries, 5 Wasserman tests, 9 new baby patients, 48 old, 153 home visits, 19 toxin antitoxin doses, 2 defects, 43 garments to patients, 82 to the clinic, nurse salary $75, milk and supplies totaling $76.36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Clark
Betty Markle
Mike Flynn
A. B. Mahood
Signoretti Infant to Be Buried at Monte Vista
Sonny James Signoretti, one day old infant son of Mr and Mrs Domi nick Signoretti, died at 252 Melrose street. Burial set for 2 at Monte Vista cemetery with brief service at the grave. Mother is Miss Beula Hobson before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny James Signoretti
Dominick Signoretti
Melrose Street
Monte Vista Cemetery
Beula Hobson
Silicosis Trial Postponed in Fayetteville Suit
Nora Jones sues Rinehart and Dennis Co of Charlottesville Va for 10000. Trial postponed due to absence of the judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Nora Jones
Rinehart and Dennis Company
Charlottesville
Former Bluefield Dr. Frank L. A. Wilson Dies in San Diego
Word came from Bluefield of the death of Dr. Frank L. A. Wilson a former Bluefield druggist who died in San Diego California last Thursday and was buried there. He practiced medicine in Princeton and Bluefield and operated the Bluefield Pharmacy later moving to Portland Oregon before settling in San Diego. He was son of the late Rev M A Wilson husband of Laula A Johnston and father of Johnston Wilson and Louise Wilson. He was brother in law to Mrs A D Wood and D Howe Johnston.
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Bluefield
Frank L. A .Wilson
San Diego
California
Princeton
A. W. Cox
Portland
Oregon
M. A. Wilson
First Baptist Church
Laula A. Johnston
David &. Johnston
Louise Wilson
Mre
A. D. Wood
D. Howe Johnston
Beckley
Dr Littlejohn's Rural Sanitation Post Abolished
The state health department reorganization terminates Dr. David Littlejohn from his role as director of rural sanitation after eight years with the department. Bluefield's first full time health officer, he is noted as a former Bluefield Lions Club president and former district governor.
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State Health Department
David Littlejohn
Dr Littlejohn
Bluefield
State Department
Bluefield Lions Club
Funeral Service Held for G. W. Woodring
Funeral services were held at Bland Street Methodist Church for G. W. Woodring the Bluefield citizen who died Saturday in Norfolk Virginia during a visit to his daughter Mrs W T Routhat of 313 Ramsey Street The service was conducted by Dr Stanley W Hayne with helpers from local churches and burial followed at Maple Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street Methodist Church
G. W. Woodring
Bluefield
Norfolk
W. Trouthat
Ramsey Street
Stanley W. Hayne
Bland Street Church
Samuel W. Moore
First Presbyterian Church
Thomas 3. Hamilton
Trinity Methodist Church
Maple Park Cemetery
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Municipal
Bluefield Shriners
Roy We
Elinore
Lida Stafford
National Business College
Miss Sexton
Pocahontas Air
Marcellus Harris
Bluefield Baby Clinic
J. M. B, Lewis JR
City and Coalfield
Bailey Lumber Company
Signorett
West
Frank L. A. Wilson
Calif
DR. Littlejohn
Henry Gord Dearborn, Minh
Ford
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