Bowl of Rice drive raises funds for Bluefield relief
More than 200 dollars has been raised for the Greater Bluefield Bowl of Rice party sponsored by the United Council for Civilian Relief in China. Local groups from B'nai B'rith to Kiwanis and church classes contributed, with a Friday West Virginian hotel dance planned to boost fundraising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Bluefield
Emloyes
Colonial
Rialto
Matz
Ten Dollar Club
Max Matz
Harry W. B. Herbert Markle
C. S. Cheyney
C. G. Taylor
Carroll R. Woods
Samuel Turk
West Virginian
Arnold Porterfield
Dick Morgan
Greater
Bluefield
Cricket Tavern
J. S. Phillips
Ruth Bartlett
Biggs
R. L. Longworth
Wm. C. Snyder
Bluefiled
W. Va
Virginia
C. G. Gunn
Westminster Presbyterian Church
WHIS
Snyder
Kiwanis Club
C. I. Cheyney
Fred R. Christie
Bluefield Business Men's Association
Chicago House Furnishing Company
J. M. B. Lewis, Jr
Rotary Club
Uefield
W. C. Pollock
First National Bank
Robbers Enter Bill's Toggery in Early Night Break-In
Robbers forced entry at Bill's Toggery on Eton Avenue using a brace and bit to cut a back door panel. The total value of merchandise stolen was not yet determined by management last night. Police found the break-in before 11 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Eton Avenue
Congress Debates Relief Funds and Rail Unemployment Bill
The House approves a unemployment insurance bill for railroad workers with benefits up to 3 per day and 240 per year. Opposing treasury and carriers concerns about social security alignment are noted. The measure would be funded by rail companies contributions, affecting relief and work program funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Crosser
Ohio
Chapman Funeral to Be Held Today
Orlando Ernest Chapman 63 shop foreman and Bluefield resident for 45 years died suddenly Sunday. Funeral at his Dearborn Street home conducted by Rev. William Crowe Jr. Burial in East Hill Cemetery Salem Va. Survived by wife Lucy Mundy Radford two daughters Mrs M Lusion and Mrs Thomas Pond two grandchildren Bobby Ferguson and Dottie Pond and brother J T Chapman of Emigrant Mount.
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Orlando Ernest Chapman
Bluefield
Dearborns
Dearborn Street
William Crowe, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Salem
East Hill
Cha
Ste's Hospital
Chapman
Orlando B. Chapman
Lucy Mundy
Radford
M. L.uson
Thomas Pond
Bobby Ferguson
Dottie Pond
J. T. Chapman
Moo Ul
J N Humphreys Dies After Brief Illness
J N Humphreys age 84 died yesterday after a brief illness. He was the father of Mrs Claude Taylor of Bluefield and had spent summers with another daughter in Huntington. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Taylor Mrs John Blanchard and Miss Louise Humphreys. Funeral services planned in Huntington.
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J. N. Humphreys
Claude Taylor
Bluefield
Huntington
Taylor
Budiel
John Blanchard
Louise Humphreys
Rufus Thompson Dies at 70 in Pocahontas Home
Rufus spemgem Thompson 70 died at 4 30 yesterday morning at his son's home in Pocahontas from complications. Survived by wife and numerous children including Mrs John Cartwright Leckie Mrs Romi Moore Pageton and Greever Thompson Pocahontas. Funeral 1 pm Wednesday at Boissevain Methodist Church with burial in Tip Top Va. Active pallbearers listed.
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Rufus Spemgem
Greever Thompson Pocahontas
Thompson
John Cartwright
Leckie
Romi Moore
Pageton
Lon Whitt
Boissevain
Jack Robinson
Rocky Mount
Bessie Kranig
Dorothy
S. G. Thompson Clayton Aoemgeen
James Thompson
Vain
Greever Thompson
Pocahontas
Boissevain Methodist Church
E. T. Gilmer, Jr
R. H
Pone
Pocahontas Baptist Church
Tip Top, Va
Jimber Baker
Frazier Saunders
A. B. Cowell
Oscar Wolfe
W. B. Rose
D. C. Slater
Parsley Tot Swallows Tack Taken to Hospital
Eight year old Jackie Parsley of Memorial Avenue was taken to the Jackson Clinic in Philadelphia Sunday to have a thumb tack removed from his lung. He was accompanied by his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Parsley
Luke Parsley
Memorial Avenue
Philadelphia
Jackson Clinic
Pocahontas Mine Dedication Draws Coal and Rail A-List
Officials from Pocahontas Fuel and the coal industry prepare for a major dedication ceremony in Pocahontas. Col John J Lincoln and W M Loomis will attend with leaders from Norfolk and Western railway and other industry figures. A publicity push includes newsreels, a large luncheon, and statewide chamber involvement.
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National Coal Association
Bryan Beard
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pocahontas
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
National Editorial Association
Paramount
Washington
Max Matz
Colonial Theater
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
W. J. German
Joe Bowen
Col
John J Lincoln
Elkhorn
Operators’ Association
W. M. Loomis
LaGrange
W. J. Jenks
Herbert Markle
Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
Flag Day Talk and China Relief Highlight Kiwanis Meeting
The Bluefield Kiwanis club held a weekly luncheon with Douglas Rice as Flag Day speaker. Cliff Sykes introduced him and highlighted Boys State activities at Jackson's Mill. Harry W. Biggs urged support for the Bowl of Rice Chinese relief drive, noting five cents feeds a child two days and one dollar a month for an adult.
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China
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Douglas Rice
Cliff Sykes
Jackson's Mill
Harry W. Biggs
Biggs
United States
Young Rice
American Legion
Hudson Huffard
Tommy Pearson
C. A. Pearson
Tommy
Annapolis
Newsmen Arrive for Pocahontas Operators Dedication
The vanguard of newsmen newsreel men and trade editors began arriving in Bluefield for next Tuesday's dedication of the Pocahontas Operators association show mine. Ralph Mulligan of Washington was among those noted yesterday.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas Operators Association
Ralph Mulligan
Washington
Aged man found after all-day absence on berry trip
"Uncle Jimmie" Calfee, a pioneer Bluefielder, vanished while berry picking from Walton avenue around noon. After a search by family, neighbors, and five city police cars, he was found around 9:30 pm perched high on East River mountain, barely weak. He had gathered about a gallon and a half of berries. He quipped his bucket went one way and he went the other.
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Jimmie” Caffee
East River Mountain
Walton Avenue
Calfee
Jimmy
Edward Cooper Jr Returns to Bramwell From Florida Trip
Edward Cooper Jr of Bramwell and Pass A Grille Florida has returned via a new 84 mile route in two days, tracing through Ocala Jacksonville Waycross Augusta Mayberry Jonesville Galeny Luca Morgantown Lenoir Blowing Rock Boone West Jefferson to Independence. He offers Pass A Grille fishing trips aboard Pocahontas I II III with 6 per person eight hours fishing, tarpon season priced at 8, with meals and tackle provided. tarpon season ends July 1. He will send folders and harpon gear for devil fish.
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Edward Cooper, Jr
Bramwell
Pass-A-Grille
Fla
Savannah
Mr. Cooper
Ocala
Jacksonville
Waycross
Augusta
Mayberry
Jonesville
Galeny
State 18
Luca
Morgantown
Lenoir
Blowing Rock
Boone
West Jefferson
Independence
Cooper
Elkin
St. Petersburg
28Th Street
Union Fraud Hearing Addresses Communism Question
At a hearing the relevance of whether the man was a communist was dismissed as immaterial. Armstrong stated that communism aims to incite revolution and to pit workers against each other over their bread and work, framing it as a political strategy within the dispute.
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Armstrong
Jane Figh
Local Market Notes and Upcoming Events In Bluefield
City and Coalfield Items list furniture sale prices and job offers while noting a town visit schedule for Harry Haffen. Includes a Masonic notice for Bluefield Lodge 85 and a church school session with a Bible course for youths.
District Group 10 Meet Opens in Bluefield
The Bluefield district conference, presided by Rev. C. G. Eastwood, convenes Thursday at Kimball 9:00 a.m. with delegates from thirty six charges. Rev. J. C. Patty leads 11:00 a.m. service Thursday. later events include lay activity reports and a young people's rally.
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Bluefield
Kimball
C. G. Eastwood
Holston
J. C. Patty
Athens
W. Va
Jenkins Jones
Adminster
J. P. Byrd
Enroll 91 Children in Summer Bible School
Ninety one children from nine churches were enrolled yesterday in the College Avenue Baptist Westminster Presbyterian summer Bible school. A fine faculty of seven trained teachers led the classes.
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College Avenue Baptist-Westminster Presbyterian Summer Bible School
Howard L. Weeks
College Avenue Baptist
C. G. Gunn
Westminster Presbyterian
Summer Bible School
College Avenue
Baptist-Westminster Presbyterian Summer Bible School
Lilly Reunion Dates Fixed at Flat Top
The Lilly Reunion will be held at Flat Top on August 20 and 21. The grounds are leased for ten years and a permanent site will host the remains of Robert Lilly and his wife, moved from the mouth of Little Bluestone. Old officers were re-elected. two vacancies filled by Scott Lilly and Cecil Lilly. An accident near Bramwell injured Graham Lilly, expensive amputation required, investigation by Deputy Sheriff L H Cook noted sideswipes between Graham's car and Walter M Cornett's. no charges yet. England reports 15,000 registered foster mothers caring for other women's children.
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Lilly
Flat Top
Beckley
Robert Lilly
Little Bluestone
Jonathon Barker
Albert Lilly
Scott Lilly
Bluefield
Cecil Lilly
Crab Orchard
Bluefield Sanitarium
Graham
Bramwell Road
Bramwell
L. H. Cook
Walter M. Cornett
Hemphill
Cornett
Duard
England
J W Graham Patient at Pocahontas Fuel Company
J W Graham age 32 serves as secretary to the general manager at Pocahontas Fuel Company and is reported as a patient in stable condition.
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J. W. Graham
Pocahontas Puel Company
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Congress
Roosevelt
Conference
Rufus Thompson
Earl C. Baker
Montgomery Ward
China Relief Kiwanis
Warlick
Harry Haffen
T.oanoke
Lvl
Bland Street
Care EB. & Bailey
Fretwell’s
Bluefield Lodge
L. M. Carper
Dimity Bastiste
Bradley's
John Breth
Chrysler
Santa Claus
Twin States Motor CO
Plymouth
Bland ST
W. J. Graham
Steckler
Federal ST
Bluefield, W. VA
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