Graham High School graduates receive diplomas in ceremony
Seventeen graduates in caps and gowns receive diplomas at Graham High School in a packed auditorium. A. B. Greever awards the diplomas, with remarks on future enrollment options at Bluefield College or the University of Virginia. The music program closes the commencement with the High School Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham High School
Johnnie Anderson
Robert Bailey
Ben T. Graham
Russell Hedrick
Hugh Morgan
Richard Pancake
Thomas Williamson
Claude Pancake
Alvin Hammed
Ruth Bane
Geneva Davis
Mildred Farris
Elizabeth Kahle
Iva Lee Patton
Nancy Richardson
Virginia Stowers
Louise Worley
A. 8. Greever
Tazewell County
Bluefield College
University of Virginia
C. I. Alexander
Glee Club
Woman Detained in Virginia After Roadside Incident
Betty Maxie is detained in Bluefield Virginia jail charged with interfering with an officer during duty. Hubert Rakes is a fugitive after drawing a gun on Officer Kelley Harvey during arrest on Hockman Road. A transfer of five gallon cans and a whiskey seizure led to their arrest. Maxie faces a hearing today.
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Betty Maxie
Bluefield
Hubert Rakes
Hockman Road
Kelley Harvey
Rakes
Maxie
Bluefield Voters Have Multiple Elections Annually
Bluefield Virginia holds one to three elections yearly with a municipal vote due in 1936 and national contests in 1935 and 1936. The piece argues candidates seldom lose, noting council incumbents face reelection and the ballot Tuesday ensured every candidate won.
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Bluefield
Congress
Tazewell County
United States
Virginia Sidelights on Worms and Vera Work
Virginia farmers report a heavy cut worm infestation this year. An old timer endorses stomping the worm as the only effective control. A vendor once sold harmless powder for worms and admits it only works by choking the pest. Vera forces progress with about forty five men on sidewalks and Ridge road blasting rocks, to two weeks work per list. Miss Margaret Sutton returns from Georgia Woman's College teaching art and visits. John D. Hooker, son of the Democratic party state chair, is named trial justice for Patrick county.
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VERA
Graham
Ridge Road
John D. Hooker
J. M. Hooker
Democratic Party of Virginia
Patrick County
Young Hooker
Rattler Bites Child in Home Near Patrick Springs
Two year old Christine Martin was bitten on the leg by a four foot rattlesnake that crawled into her home through a hole in the floor as her father Gene Martin woke to her screams. Doctors say she will recover.
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Rattler
Christine Martin
Patrick Springs
Gene Martin
Child Reunites With Parents After Night Alone in Mountains
Charles Poston, age three, spent a night alone in the mountains near Marion before being found and returned to his parents Mr and Mrs John M Poster. Local rescuers located him and brought him home safely.
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Charles Poston
John M. Poster
Marion
Child Found Safe After Night Lost in Mountains
A child wandered from Hungry Mother park Sunday and spent the evening in the mountains. Wiley Burchett, a neighbor, found the child in a laurel thicket unharmed. A state control plan is described as rapidly spreading to cover all sections. Legal liquor shipments reached Roanoke with 2,000 cases valued at $30,000 arriving Monday via Vane.
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Hungry Mother Park
Wiley Burchett
Laurel Thicket
Roanoke
Vane
Liquor Stores Planned in Bluefield and Nearby Towns
A dispatch from Richmond reports Virginia will open state operated liquor stores in Bluefield Roanoke Bristol and nearby towns. Inspectors will visit Bluefield Pulaski Norton and Bristol this week with a view to establishing dispensaries and liquor stores in these communities under the new system.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Richmond
Roanoke
Pulaski
Norton
Bristol
Virginia Side Personal Miss Fisher Returns Home
Miss Elizabeth Frances Fisher returned home Tuesday from Harrisonburg State Teachers College where she graduated in the professional course. Mise Fisher is the only daughter of Dr and Mrs CC M Fisher.
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Elizabeth Frances Fisher
Harrisonburg State Teachers College
Mise Fisher
CC. M. Fisher
1932 Soviet Coal Tax Ruled Due in US
The United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ruled that 1932 Russian coal imported into the United States was subject to a $2 per ton customs duty. The decision affirmed a judgment holding valid the collector of customs at Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Washington
United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Russia
United States Customs Court
Collector of Customs
Bridgeport
Conn
Balance of trade tax on Russian coal and midwife figures
The court affirmed that 19 cent per hundred weight coal duties applied to Soviet shipments, while 1952 imports from Germany and Britain enjoyed free entry under most favored nation terms. The 1982 revenue act exempts imports from nations with coal sales favorable to the U.S. in the prior year. England and Wales report 5,000 qualified midwives, with 14,000 regularly employed.
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Appelate
Customs
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Rotarians Name Two Delegates to Detroit Convention
Bluefield Rotary president Joseph H. Hoge and Gene Stowers will represent the local club at the Rotary International convention in Detroit Michigan later this month. W O Tracy and C G Taylor were named alternate delegates. Easley and Mahood spoke at the noon luncheon on roads progress and the municipal stadium. The planned Camp Roland picnic was postponed indefinitely. An inter city meeting with the Tazewell club is set for July 6 at 6 pm. Visitors included Stelzer Thurston Pobst and Noah Walker.
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Joseph H. Hoge
Bluefield
Rotary Club
Gene Stowers
Rotary International
Detroit
Mich
W. O. Tracy
C. G. Taylor
Frank
Easley
Alex B. Mahood
Mr. Easley
Mahood
Camp Roland
Bland County
Service Club
Bluefield Rotarians
Tazewell Club
Conrad Brevick
R. C. Stelzer
L. M. Thurston
Morgantown
Capt. Pobst
Noah Walker
Tazewell
Auto Accident Fatal to Pruntytown Boy
In Clarksburg two inmates of the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown died from a crash. Robert Ellis, 14, an orphan from McDowell County, died in a Grafton hospital after the afternoon accident. Charles Wicker, 20, died the previous night. he was the son of Edgar Wicker, a railroad engineer from Hinton.
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Clarksburg
Robert Ellis
West Virginia
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Virginia News
Public Service House
Sherwin-Williams
Georgia Lumber Company
New York
Floyd Bennett Field
Clarence McArthur
Margaret Sutton
Milledgeville, Ga
Georgia Woman's College
Miss Sutton
A. B. Sutton
Hudson and
Terraplane
A.A.A
Challenger
Hudson Motor Car CO
Hudson
Coupe Oat
Deaan Cony
Coupe
Brougham
Hudson Om
Woods-Brevick Motor CO
Bland Street
Ulcefield, W. VA
Toonerville
Fox
Simpson
Ntaine Porrete
England and
Wales
Rotarians
Joseph Hoge
Pruntytown
Berryman Cleaners
Stewart St
Chicago
Pape
W. J. Wiley
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Crisco
SCO
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Procter & Gamble Co
Mort
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