Bluefield Board Finalizes Routine Items in 30 Minute Session
Bluefield board approves correcting a paving levy typo on Stovall Street from Lot 24 to Lot 25. They authorize publication, honor UDC ad solicitations July 10 to 14, cancel electrician bond for R E Shipwash, and note Governor Smith’s appointment of Randel Bond to the police civil service commission. The group lauds the Garden Council’s $500 Readers Digest award and grants usage approval for Mer cer Lodge 80 FOP to use the Davidson home at City Park with upkeep responsibilities. Civic clubs attend the meeting including the Bluefield Kiwanis and Civic League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Board of Directors
Stovall Street
J. D. Stovall
Paul R
Patrick C. Adams
United Daughters of the Confederacy
UDC
R. E. Shipwash
Bluefield
Shipwash
Hulett Smith
Smith
Randel O. Bond
Bluefield Police Civil Service Commission
Edwin Elliot
David Katz
Bluefield Garden Council
City Park
City
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
FOP
South Bluefield Kiwanis Club
The
Civic League
NATO backs Israeli peace demands over Suez Canal access
NATO foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg backed key Israeli peace terms including rights to use the Suez Canal. Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged joint U S Soviet efforts to curb a Middle East arms race as ministers debated Vietnam blame and Arab Israeli war impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxembourg
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Suez Canal
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
Middle East
Child Sharon Melvin Dies From Indiana Car Train Crash
Sharon Melvin eight year old granddaughter of Mrs Pearl Davis Bluefield dies from multiple head and body injuries after a car train collision near La Crosse Indiana en route from Indiana to Bluefield Virginia. Father R G Melvin and mother Mrs Melvin remain in critical condition. Two siblings were treated and released. Eloira Melvin survived with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Melvin
Indiana
Bluefield
la Crosse
Ind
R. G. Melvin
Melvin
la Porte
Rocney Melvin
Terry Melvin
Eloira Melvin
Gary
Pearl Davis
John Sebold
Bankers Gather for 74th Virginia Bankers Convention
More than 700 bankers wives and guests will assemble in Hot Springs for the 74th annual convention of the Virginia Bankers Association. Brantley F Barr president of the First National Bank of Danville will speak at the opening session. Sen John Sparkman Democrat from Delaware will address the final session on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Virginia Bankers Association
Brantley F. Barr
First National Bank of Danville
VBA
John Sparkman
Dela
City Board Approves 23 Permits Totaling 96930
Bluefield directors approved 23 building permits totaling 96930 including a 28000 addition to Elliott Brokerage a 26003 addition to St Luke s Hospital and a 24000 store project for A D Carter and Sons as part of the Urban Renewal Bluefield Avenue Project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Brokerage
St. Luke’s Hospital
A. D. Carter and Sons
Bluefield Board of Directors
Jefferson St
Carter
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield Avenue
St. Luke's
North Street
North St
E. Kinter
American Legion
Dr. Kinter
Bland St
Dan Wells
Ramsey St
John R. Light
Corum Cunningham
L. A. Steward
Heatherwood Road
E. W. Ratliff
Hemlock Hill
Royall and Culler Attend Banking School at Rutgers
Edwin G. Royall and Robert W. Culler, both employes of Two Flat Top National Bank, are attending the Stoner Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University in New Brunswick New Jersey from June 12 to 26. Royall is entering his third year while Culler attends his first. Both men reside in Bluefield. The institute is sponsored by the American Bankers Association with more than 1000 bankers from across the nation attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonier Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Edwin G. Royall
Robert W. Culler
Bluefield
American Banker Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
NATO
Council
United States
Willy Brandt
Europe
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Manlio Brosio
Vietnam
Rusk
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Ls A
R. J. Woods
Heatherwood Rd
Wanda Eldena McGlothlin
Mason St
John A. Reed
Fairfax St
J. S. Redmond
Ridge St
Louie M. Anderson
Allen St
Janice G. Fink
Augusta St
Mainland
High St
Easley Wilson Co
Princeton Ave
Dr. P. R. Higginbotham
Douglas Roten
South St
Mary L. V. Lewis
Hale St
Amanda Jane Whitman
Preston St
Curtis Godsey
Balsam St
Mercer County Board of Education
Preston Street
Jack H
Ruth Fleshman
Parkway
Josie Head
Drake Hotel
Stewart St
W. D. Willis
College
Warrenizing, Inc
Walter Akers
East Wyoming St
Royall, Culler
Banking School
Westgate Shopping Center
Philco
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!