Funeral for Mrs Margaret Eva Johnston at Grace Methodist
Mrs Margaret Eva Johnston 68 of 1316 Highland Ave dies Sunday morning after paralysis. Funeral in Grace Methodist Church at 2 pm with Rev E H Cassidy officiating. Burial at Monte Vista Park. She lived mainly in Bluefield from Pearisburg, Va. Widow of P F Johnston. Survived by sister in Staffordsville and two daughters Ellene Johnston and Mrs Claude Lireson.
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Margaret Eva Johnston
Highland Avenue
Grace Methodist Church
E. H. Cassidy
Surial
Monte Vista Park
Johnston
Ellene Johnston
Oak Hill
Pearisburg
Bluefield
PF. G. Johnston
E. B. Eaton
Staffordsville
Claude L. Ireson
Wiliamson
R. Lazenby
A. M. Wilburn
J. My Hicks
H. J. Tabor
J. W. Whitaker
H. Belcher
T. F. French
W. Bowman
The
State Advertises Bonds to Purchase Toll Spans
Charleston West Virginia June 14 AP The state called for bids today for 1 460 000 dollars in bridge bonds to pay for two Ohio river bridges bought two weeks earlier by Road Commissioner Burr H Simpson The bridges span the Ohio at Parkersburg and Williamstown The last five years gross earnings were 211 818 annually The state can operate the bridges for 24 000 a year leaving 187 818 for bond retirement and interest Required amortization 100 000 a year and 51 000 interest Retirement period 14 years Total principal and interest will amount to 1 715 360 dollars
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio River
Burr H. Simpson
Ohio
Parkersburg
Williamstown
Simpson
Peony Bud Refuses to Open at National Show
A yellow seedling peony in Lincoln Nebraska failed to open during the national show due to stage fright. Exhibitors urged it to bloom, but after two days it remained shut and could not be judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bub Lincoln
How To Relieve Neuralgia In A Hurry
Quick relief for neuralgia and related aches is advertised for the BC formula. It claims rapid easing of muscular head and back pains, nervousness, and aches from colds with several common ingredients. Available in 10c and 25c sizes or by the dose at fountains.
Conquerine Promise Refund If No Help in Three Days
Get a bottle of Conquerine at any drug store use as directed and if you do not feel much better in three short days your druggist will gladly refund your money.
Rev George Earle Owen resigns pastorate for graduate work
The Rev George Earle Owen resigns from Tazewell Christian church effective October 1 to study at the University of Chicago with a fellowship and a $50 monthly allowance from the Disciples of Divinity House. He planned a three year stay for graduate work.
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Tazewell
George Earle Owen
Burkes Garden Flank Seeks Quality Sheep Stock
George W. Litton county agent Alex Meek and Paul Swaffer returned from Pennsylvania visits to sheepfolds to seek breeding stock. Meek bought a lamb from Buck and Doe Valley Run farm, a son of an imported ram that placed second at the English Royal show and first at the Ohio State fair. The Burkes Garden community, led by Meek and neighbors, has raised fine flocks earning the nickname The Hampshire Thorne of Virginia.
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George W. Litton
Alex Meek
Burkes Garden
Paul Swaffer
Pennsylvania
Mr. Meek
Buck
Doe Valley Run
America
Meek
Hampshire Thorne
Virginia
Percheron Stallion Arrives to Boost County Stock
A fine Percheron stallion from Ohio arrived Saturday brought by W H and J S Moss. It will stand at the Gillesipe farm in Pounding Mill to serve local breeders and improve county stock.
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Ohio
W. H
J.S. Moss
Gillesipe
Pounding Mill
Wool Shipped From County Pool Sells At Auction
Bulk county wool production was shipped to East manufacturing centers. The cooperative pool led by County Agent George W. Litton sold at Blacksburg by competitive bid for 40 to 75 cents with a 15 cent handling charge, yielding about 40.60 dollars per hundred. Remaining wool sold to A J Higginbotham at 37 cents per pound, with later market upticks noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Litton
Blacksburg
A. J. Higginbotham
Tazewell County 4-H Plans Second Bi County Camp
Fifty four H club members from Tazewell County prepare for the Bi County 4 H camp at Bluefield College the week of June 21 the event drawing Wythe County youths to join in under Miss Vivien Waters and George W Titton with staff and club leaders.
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4-H Club
Tazewell County
Biuefield College
Wythe Courte
Entleee
Tazewell Cnunty
Vivien Waters
George W. Titton
Orinde Ascidant Eounty
Ada Mitchell
Titton
Bluefield
Miss Waters
den Kite
Wythe County
Bove
Prinde
Ned Jones
Wythe County Farm Event
Buete
Peters
Chilton Rayburn
Wyethe County
Mitchel
Camn
Sidney Shell
Dorothy Hughes
Sammie Scott
Tizewell
Evelyn
Movement of Tazewell County lambs opens with 900 shipped
Four double deck cars, about 900 lambs, were shipped and sold to two leading New York packing firms. Blue circles brought 12.30 and red circles 11.80. Two hundred head at the Tazewell Livestock market sold around 11.50 with tops near 11.75. Mild weather kept mortality low this season.
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Tazewell County
New York
Blacksburg
Tazewell
Home Building Boom Drives Hardware and Furniture Trade
In the Tazewell area a brisk demand for home building materials and builders supplies emerges as new modest cost homes rise. Mining developments attract new families, prompting active construction of business facilities and office spaces in the region.
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Tazewell
North Tazewell
Taze
Farm bureau and Federal building progress in Tazewell
Development continues on the Federal building on Main Street to house the Tazewell post office with plans praising its public utility and street beautification. The nearby Vandyke building nears completion to host coal sale offices on the top floor Candlewax Smokeless Fuel company will occupy the rest with a street level storeroom and a bottom floor residence.
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Well Farm Bureau
North Tazewell
Federal
Main Street
Tazewell
Vandyke
Post Office
Coal Sale Agency
Candlewax Smokeless Fuel Company
Social Notes From Tazewell and Nearby
Visiting and family news from Tazewell Virginia and nearby areas include Mrs. B G Harshman hosting in Connelsville. Guests include Mrs. J P Surface of Roanoke and Miss Marguerite Mullin in Blacksburg for Robert Spencer Mullin’s M A at V P I. The Elmore family from Gretna travel to visit relatives in Virginia and Arizona.
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B. G. Harshman
Connelsville
R. Steele
J. P. Surface
Roanoke
Grat M. Mullin
Marguerite
Blacksburg
Robert Spencer Mullin
Harry Elmore
Gretna
Elmore
J. P. Royall
Phoenix
Ariz
R. E. Elmore
R. P. Copenhaver Jr
Chicago
Dental School
Northwestern University
Paul Swaffer
Tazewell
Louis Georgeton
Jimmie
Betty Jo Howard
New York
Bane G. Peery
Caroas
Mary Davidson
Greenbrier County
W. Va
Charlottesville
Barbara Moore
Mary Marshall
S. A. Moore
North Tazewell
Moore
Lula Crigger
Margaret
Cincinnati
Usher Board Meeting Set At Mount Zion Church
The Mount Zion Baptist church junior usher board will meet tonight at 7 45 at the home of Russell Marshall 224 Davidson street.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Russell Marshall
Davidson Street
Hariston to Preach at Jones Street Church Tonight
The Rev F H Hariston president of the Piedmont district convention will preach tonight at 8 oclock at the Jones Street Christian church. D W Tiffany spoke to the local Association of College Women on Recreational Camping at Miss Julia Skinner s home 205 Park street outlining need for more camping for boys and girls Plans for a girls camp at the St Clair farm in July under club sponsorship were announced A Veterans of Foreign Wars Black Diamond Post 3537 meeting is set for Harmon Funeral Home Reece street at 8 p m Delegates to the state encampment at Morgan will be chosen at this meeting
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Tazewell
T. W. Zink
Keystone
Zinkis
Norfolk and Western
W. L. Baker
St. Paul
Mamie Gillespie
R. L. Gillespie
Bluefield Telephone Company
Fredericksburg
State Teachers Colege
T. M. Phelps
Phoenix
Ariz
Or. Nelson
Norfolk
J. Craig Nelson
H. A. Phillips
Durham
N. C
Phillips
Washi College
Greensville
Tenn
Farmville State Teachers College
Dorothy Schdtt
Sara Buchanan
Ellen Bowen
Janice Britts
Elizabeth Bundy
Edna Moore
Rose Allen Higginbotham
Nancy Moss
Katherine Peery
Beverly Stras
Robert Peery
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
Nancy Ward
Isabelle Smith
Clinton, Tenn
E. K. Crockett
J Frazier
Nancy Evans
Russell, Ky
Noel M. Walker
Noel Jr
William and Mary College
Emily Battimore
Marion College
Glenn Helmondollar
Do. W. Tiffany
The
Association of College Women
Julia Skinner
Park Street
Tiffany
Society
St. Clair Farm
Club
Veterans of
Black ‘Diamond Post
Harmon Funeral Home
Reece Street
Morgan
State agencies ordered to join workmen's compensation fund
The attorney general issued an opinion for President John Baker White of the board of control stating all state departments and agencies must subscribe to the workmen's compensation fund under newly effective sections of the act. The opinion says the legislature intended uniform participation across state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Attorney General's Office
John Baker White
Board of Control
Workmen's Compensation Fund
Roanoke Visit Highlights From Local Households
Mrs. Lottie McCoy of Vine street and her two daughters Helen and Odessa are visiting relatives in Roanoke. Mr and Mrs Samuel Y Mc Knight of 212 Davidson street hosted weekend guests Bernice Calhoun Mike McDonald and William Taylor of Keystone.
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Lottie McCoy
Vine Street
Helen
Odessa
Roanoke
Samuel Y. McKnight
Davidson Street
Bernice Calhoun
Mike McDonald
William Taylor
Keystone
Budget session notes on appropriations to departments
Fragmentary OCR shows a budget session reference noting the budget was considered in the appropriations as made to each department. The text hints at financial review and allocation processes within the agency, though details are incomplete.
Death of Sallie Thackston in Cabell County
Huntington West Virginia June 14 Miss Sallie Thackston lifelong Cabell county resident from a prominent southern West Virginia family died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Sallie Thackston
Cabell County
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Baricide
Barium Reduction Corporation
South Charleston, W. Va
Bluefield Grocery Co
Salvation Army
Tazewell, VA
State Highway Department
Tazewell Farm Bureau
News of the Colored People
Co. W. Tiffany
Corresp
Runt
Prell
Pad
American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation
Bluefield Hardware CO
Bluefield Ave
Floyd Stimson
Dove
Floyd
Cord
Rette
Ruth Bruder
Leonard Spence
Joanna DE Tuscan
Jack Oakie College
Jack Oakie
Benny Goodman
Georgie Stoll
Hollywood
Judy Garland
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