Lee And Jackson To Ride In Tazewell Sesquicentennial Parade
The Tazewell county sesquicentennial parade on June 26 will feature reenactors Buford C. Tynes and Robert S. Graham as Generals Lee and Jackson. The piece notes Tynes is a Huntington attorney and state senator, son of Major Achilles J. Tynes, while Graham is the Norton attorney with ties to Judge Samuel C. Graham of Tazewell. The report also recalls local Civil War service by their forebears and recounts a separate incident in which a mayor was humorously briefed in a mock kangaroo court.
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Tazewell
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Buford C. Tynes
West Virginia
Huntington
Robert S. Graham
Norton
Tynes
Achilles J. Tynes
8Th
Virginia Cavalry
Quartermaster Corps
Senator Tynes
National Sons of the American Revolution
Graham
Samuel Co. Graham
16Th
Moorefield
Brown-Harman
United Confederate Veterans
T. C. Bowen
Court House
G. R. Brittian
Jim Harman
Commonwealth
Wade Coates
Bowen
Harman
Brittain
Kiwanis Hears Scott on U S Flag Observance
Kiwanis members heard Thomas H. Scott discuss the U S flag at a weekly West Virginian hotel luncheon on Flag Day eve. He outlined the flag’s evolution and adoption, gave display rules, and urged residents to fly the flag Wednesday. Jim Nabors announced horse show committees for the June 29 to July 1 event with several Bluefield and regional guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Scott
West Virginian
Scott
Jim Nabors
Wree O. B. Yost
F. H. Daniel
J. Isacson Huffard
Bluefield
B. F. Jones
Guy H. Hefner
George Hanshaw
Huntington
Charles R. Bowling
Louisville
Two Virginia Military Institute 1950 graduates named
Cadet Robert Norman Smith of Bluefield and Cadet Thomas Altizer of North Tazewell, both awarded BS in civil engineering at VMI. Smith commissions infantry reserve, Altizer into field artillery. Each veteran with prior service in Europe. Class address delivered by General George C. Marshall to 183 graduates in history milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Robert Norman Smith
N. Clarence Smith
College Ave
Bluefield
Virginia Military Institute
Thomas William Altizer
Claude E. Altizer
North Tazewell
Smith
Infantry
Altizer
Field Artillery
Italy
Alaska
VMI
American Society of Civil Engineers
George C. Marshall
Virginia
Military College
Welch Rotarians Hear Roy Shrout at Noon Luncheon
Roy B. Shrout leads the Welch Rotary Club program at the regular luncheon meeting in the Appalachian community room in Welch West Virginia scheduled for Tuesday at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Roy B. Shrout
Welch Rotary Club
Appalachian Community Room
Masonic Notice Stated Communication at Blue Field Lodge
Blue Field Lodge No. 85 A F and A M holds stated communication tonight at 7 30. Annual election of officers to be conducted. Visitors welcome. W M 8 P DeBusk. Secy L M Carper.
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Bluefield Lodge No
P. DeBusk
W. M. L. M. Carper
Secy
Welch Church to Consecrate New $200000 Building
Welch West Virginia June 12 considerable interest centers on the Wednesday night consecration service for the First Methodist church on Virginia avenue. Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke will preach assisted by Dr. R H Daugherty of Bluefield in the event. The Gothic brick edifice replaces the 1904 frame church two doors away. Pastor C R Bright will deliver his first sermon in the new church next Sunday. The final service in the old building was led by Rev L W Pierce of Gate City Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R. Bright
West Virginia Conference
L. W. Pierce
Gate City
Welch Church
C P Phone Co Surveys in Wise Virginia
Engineers from the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co began a survey of Big Laurel in Wise County Virginia on Monday for about thirty days. After surveying, wires will be strung from the Wise Pound line with takeoff at the intersection of State 626 US 23, two miles east of Big Laurel. Big Laurel will be attached to the Wise exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Laurel
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Wise Pound
US 23
Big Urel
Wise Exchange
New Delhi Keeps British Statues Despite Inquiry
The New Delhi municipal committee decided to retain statues of four British viceroys Lords Hardinge Chelmsford Reading and Irwin along with other monuments to British rule. One member objected citing a bitter past while Old Delhi retains its own British statues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Hardinge
Chelmsford
Reading
Irwin
Old Delhi
Canterbury 88-year-old restores wartime stained glass
Samuel Caldwell, 88, works six days a week with five helpers to restore Canterbury Cathedral's stained glass damaged by wartime bombing. In five years the crew has replaced most of the ancient glass from 61 windows, some from the 12th century, stored behind crypt walls. The cathedral dates to earlier centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
England
Samuel Caldwell
Caldwell
Anglican
Ancient skeleton found in Ireland near Morenane site
A worker uncovering a sandpit site at Morenane, Ireland, found a skeleton estimated at over 5,500 years old. Experts date the burial to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, indicating a very ancient grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Morenane
Olga Coal workers seek back pay in chancery case
Twenty four Olga Coal employees from Welch West Virginia claim 25000 dollars is owed under a union contract for a paid half day lunch period. They allege denial from November 7 1947 to July 5 1949 and were made to work. The suit Pettus et al versus Olga Coal Company was transferred to chancery in McDowell Circuit Court for hearing by a commissioner in chancery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Olga Coal Company
Chancery
McDowell Circuit Court
Garnet S. Pettus
Walkouts Hit Radio and TV in New York
June 12 reports describe walkouts at a Columbia broadcasting system and WMGM in New York. AFL IBEW members walked off at 5 p.m. evening shift while AFTRA picketed WMGM after announcers were fired. CBS said operations were not affected and supervisors filled in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
AFL International Brotherhood of Electricial Workers
WMGM
AFL American Federation of Radio Artists
CBS
Reds outfielder Litwhiler hit in head by pitched ball
Cincinnati outfielder Dan Litwhiler was struck in the head by a pitch from Detroit right hander Paul Calvert in an exhibition game in Detroit. He was unconscious, taken to Henry Ford hospital with a slight concussion, and listed in good condition awaiting release to rejoin the team. Calvert had beaned another batter in a prior game, injuring Bob Porterfield.
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Detroit
Cincinnati Red
Dan Litwhiler
Detroit Tiger
Paul Calvert
Litwhiler
Henry Ford Hospital
Boston
Calvert
Yankee
Bob Porterfield
New York
Porterfield
VPI Star Considers Minor League Offers
Blacksburg Virginia Tech slugger Ralph Beard, a .397 hitter with six errors and seven stolen bases, weighing 200 pounds at six foot two, weighs minor league offers. He plans a visit to Atlanta to discuss joining the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Ralph Beard
Virginia Tech Gobblers
Beard
Atlanta
Atlanta Crackers
Southern Association
Pancho Segura Wins National Pro Tennis Title by Default
Pancho Segura of Ecuador won the National Professional Tennis championship in Cleveland after Frank Kovacs quit in the fourth set due to leg cramps. Segura led 2-1 in sets with the fourth set tied at 4 games apiece when the match was called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Francisco
Pancho) Segura
Ecuador
Frank Kovacs
Oakland
Calif
Segura
Pancho
Deaths and Funerals in Keystone Area
Aubra Fred Byrd 49 of Elbert died after a brief illness. Funeral at Gary Methodist Church Thursday at 2 with Rev L E Crowson. interment Thorpe cemetery. Carrie Opal Jackson 41 of Mohegan near Welch died Saturday. funeral 2:30 at St Peter’s Catholic Church. burial End of the Trail cemetery. Neita Hatcher Brown 34 of Ky Mount Va died yesterday after lingering illness. funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. Rocky Mount Methodist Church. burial Hatcher Cemetery.
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Aubra
Fred Byrd
Elbert
Welch
Gary Methodist Church
L. E. Crowson
Thorpe Cemetery
Mr. Byrd
Simmons
Robert
Roberta Byrd
Julia Wadsky Byrd
Clarence
James
Billy
Jackie
Carrie Opal Jackson
John Bernie Jackson
Mohegan
St. Peter’s
John A. Ryan
Trail
Duo
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Neita Hatcher Brown
Ky Mount
Fred M. Brown
Neita Beth Brown
Richard Eugene Brown
Ora L. Hatcher
Funeral rites held for W R L Craft 65 in Christiansburg
Funeral services for W R L Craft 65 brother of Mrs M M Wood of Bluefield were held at the Presbyterian church in Christiansburg Va with Rev Cochran Smith and Dr P L Kinnaird. Burial followed in Christiansburg cemetery. Craft died of a heart attack at his Christiansburg home after ill health. He had worked with Gwinn Milling Co in Columbus and earlier owned a drug business in Saeger. He was a member of the Presbyterian church Knights Templar Shrine and United Commercial Travelers. Born March 10 1885 in Franklin County Va he was the eldest son of James Graves Craft and Lucinda M Craft and was twice married, his first wife Elizabeth Hodnett having died in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R.L. Craft
M. M. Woodyard
Bluefield
Christiansburg
Presbyterian Church
Cochran Smith
P. L. Kinnaird
Christiansburg Cemetery
Harold Leonard
Everett G. Pharis
Malcolm Myers
E. M. Richardson
Nat Shifflette
Wiley H. Perdue
Mr. Craft
Gwinn Milling Company
Columbus
Saeger
Knights Templar
Shrine
United Commercial Travelers
Franklin County
Virginia
James Graves Craft
Lucinda M. Craft
Elizabeth Hodnett
Obituary: Mrs Alice McPherson 63 at Peterstown
Mrs Alice McPherson 63 died at home in Peterstown after a weeklong illness. Survived by husband Dela, mother Mrs Sally Thompson, four sons Ray James Robert Edward, four daughters Myrtle Elsie Virginia Margaret, two brothers George Lewis Bishop and George Bishop, a half brother J W Thompson, two sisters Ida Colly and Luenda Witt. Body at Broyles funeral home until noon Wednesday, service at Speedway Church at 2 pm. Reverend Maybeury officiating. Burial in nearby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice McPherson
Peterstown
Dela McPherson
Sally Thompson
Princeton
Ray
James
Rock
W. Va
Robert
Edward
Callaway
Myrtle Bechner
Elsie Preeley
Gary
Virginia Blankenship
Maybeury
Free Book on Arthritis and Rheumatism Announcement
June 12 Excelsior Springs Missouri announces a free book offer from The Ball Clinic. The booklet explains why drugs only provide temporary relief and outlines how to obtain lasting relief from rheumatism and arthritis without obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Dept
Missouri
Funeral rites for Slemp Bascom Puckett held at Pleasant Hill
Funeral services were held for Slemp Bascom Puckett 38 of Wardell who died from injuries after being struck by a 1941 Chevrolet near Claypool Hill Saturday night. Rev. Carl Robinson and Rev. W A White officiated at Pleasant Hill Methodist church with interment in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Buck McGhee suffered a punctured eye and was hospitalized at Mattie Williams hospital. State Trooper G McAllister said an arraignment for man slaughter is set for June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slemp
Bascom Puckett
Claypool Hill
Pleasant Hill Methodist Church
Carl Robinson
Wardell
W. A. White
Belfast
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Puckett
Ralph Herrdon
Sword’s Creek
Mattie Williams Hospital
G. McAllister
Alion
Buck McGhee
K 9 Vet Slain In Tragic Mistake
Knoxville incident reports the death of Psyche a K9 veteran of the World War II era after a shotgun blast. Dr R L McReynolds says a neighbor mistook her drooling state for madness as she neared children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Psyche
Vinmscher
R. L. McReynolds
Anawalt man treated for stab wound
Welch West Virginia June 12 Cramer Grubb thirty one of Anawalt was reported in good condition at Grace hospital today from a single stab wound in the chest He told attendants he stabbed himself accidentally when he fell on a knife No arrests had been made and authorities knew nothing about the kn ifing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Cramer Grubb
Anawalt
Grace Hospital
Grubb
Mine in Wise Halts Operation in Virginia Valley
Bolling coal mine at Big Laurel in Wise County suspended operations Monday for the first time since it opened. Owned and run by F. A. Bolling for two years, the shutdown cites current market conditions with expectations of a quick return. The mine is a major truck operation in the Hurricane region, leased from Dale Ridge Coal of Toms Creek, which buys all output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Laurel
Bolling
F. A. Bolling
Hurricane
Dale Ridge Coal Company
Toms Creek
Army Secretary Sees Strong Peace Chance
Louisville reports Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr. expressed optimism about global conditions saying the world has the greatest opportunity for peace since the last war. He spoke before delivering the University of Louisville commencement address and warned there is no immediate prospect of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Frank Pace, Jr
Pace
University of Louisville
Kingdon Admitted To McDowell County Bar
A R Kingdon of Bluefield was admitted to the McDowell county bar in Welch. Circuit Judge Ira J. Partlow presided as W H Ballard presented Kingdon. Morgan, a June graduate from West Virginia University law school, was also brought before the court for future admission.
Alaska Contiguity Question Sparks U.S. Debate
A reader notes Alaska lies on the same continental landmass as the United States but is not typically labeled continental. The remark prompts discussion on geographic naming and regional classification.
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Alaska
United States
Wasted Energy in Plow Formations on Two Bottom Gang
Farmers note that four abreast on a two bottom gang plow wastes horse energy due to excessive side draft. The observation suggests adjusting team lines to reduce drag and improve efficiency in tillage operations.
Masons in Bluefield Host Royal Arch Assembly
District 12 Royal Arch Masons meet at Bluefield Virginia Masonic Temple with John Lewis Gibbs as guest speaker on capitulatory masonry. About 125 Masons attend a banquet where Wade Frazier receives a past high priest jewel. entertainers from the Eastern Star chapter perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lewis Gibbs
Staunton
Grand
Royal Arch Masons of Virginia
Wade Frazier
Gibbs
RAM of Virginia
Virginia Side
W. G. Bettimore
Frazier
J. W. Pero
Baltimore
Robert T. Waters
Bluefield
West Virginia
John Horton Gillespie
Tazewell
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons of
Virginia
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Masonic Dining Hall
W. G. Battimore
Order of Eastern Star
Peggy Shupe
Earl Scott
Nancy Richardson
O'Keeffe
Pearisburg
J. Olin Austin
John W. Pero
Battimore Lodge
Agnes Smedley Dies After Ulcer Surgery in London
Agnes Smedley a 56 year old American author and newspaperwoman died May 6 two days after surgery for stomach ulcers Harold H Welds said in Peoria that she may have been silenced to prevent testifying about Soviet espionage before the House American Activities Committee He urged British authorities to investigate her death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Agnes Smedley
Harold H. Welde
R Iil
Peoria
Ill
Miss Smedley
House
American Activities Committee
Dixie Presbyterians Spurn Jap University
Massanetta Springs Virginia June 12. Southern Presbyterians as a denomination declined to give active support to the International Christian University of Japan. Commissioners to the ninetieth general assembly of the Presbyterian church U.S. voted overwhelmingly in support of the board of world missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massanetta Springs
Southern Presbyterians
International Christian University of Japan
Ninetieth General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Sapere
Board of World Missions
Hadacol and FASTEETH Advertisements Mixed in One Page
An advertisement touts FASTEETH powder for denture grip and Hadacol tonic claiming vitamin and mineral benefits. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Thelma Elder of Atlanta and notes a money back guarantee with prices for trial and hospital sizes. The date and source are unclear.
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Tarce
LeBlanc Corporations
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Lee
Jackson
Tazewell County
SAR
W.va
America
Sloe
Mr. Boston Dist. Inc
Kiwanis Club
U.S. Flag
Va. Sider
Monogram Club
France
Germany
Elay
Salera
Welch Rotarians
City and Coalfield
C&p Phone Co
Wise
St. Joseph
Lily
Paper Supply Company
Liga
Reds
VPI Star
Pancho Segura
John B. Jackson
Neita H. Brown
W. R. L. Craft
Mrs
Della McPherson
B. Puckett
Kingdon
McDowell
Artie Shaw
Casto
Thur
Colonial Record Shop
Masons
Dixie Presbyterians
Spurn
Jap University
Elder
Thelma Elder
Byroh Street
Georgia
Hadacol
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