Florida Skeens held on murder charge after shotgun slaying
Crystal Skeens, 22, held in Mercer county jail after Judge Wagner ordered his arrest for murder in the stabbing death of Jessie Fletcher, 41, on Stoney Ridge Saturday night. Skeens had been released Sunday on $2,500 bond before formal charges this murder case. Fletcher died from loss of blood after a shotgun blast to the left thigh. Funeral services set for tomorrow at Pentecostal Holiness church in Honaker Va with burial in Jackson cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
F. Morton Wagner
Crystal Skeens
Jessie F. Fletcher
Stoney Ridge
Wagner
Skeens
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Mercer County
Princeton
Howard M. Jerrett
Bailey
Fletcher
E. O. Burner
C. C. Lively
Princeton State Police
Bluefield
Ed Fletcher
James Harrison
Eliza Pennington Fletcher
Billy Ray Fletcher
U.S. Army
Ft. Gragg
N. C
Edward H
Charles Fletcher
Carl F
William G. Fletcher
Norfolk
Daniel K. Fletcher
Keeoke
Lula Hampton
Mercer Bar Group Will Meet Friday Evening
The Mercer County Bar Association holds its annual banquet Friday at 6:30 at the West Virginian hotel. E L Phillips of Matoaka will be toastmaster. Ira M Quillen of Lebanon Va is principal speaker. guests include Judges D M Easley F Morton Wagner W L Sexton and members of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Bar Association
West Virginian
E. L. Phillips
Matoaka
Ira M. Quillen
Lebanon
Russell County
D. M. Easley
F. Morton Wagner
W. L. Sexton
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
Virginia Methodists Open Six Day Conference Session
Five hundred Methodists gathered at Randolph-Macon Woman's College Lynchburg for the Virginia conference school for pastors and Christian workers. The six day session began with registration and an opening assembly led by Dr Hazen G Warner of Drew University, who also spoke at the evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Virginia
Randolph- Macon Woman's College
Virginia Conference School
Hazen G. Warner
Drew University
N. J
City and Coalfield Antique Auction Noted in Bluefield
An antique sale event advertised for June 16 at 10 30 p m features fine walnut and cherry pieces from Mrs Witts Antique Shop at 1957 Va Ave Bluefield Va The Vogue Shop advertises reduced stock including pastel cotton gab dresses and hats bag group clearances at five dollars per item or group sale
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Vogue
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Pearisburg Areas
Samuel Preston McBride of 410 Memorial avenue died Saturday after a cerebral hemorrhage at his niece’s home Bluefield Princeton road. Funeral arrangements await relatives, with service at Hawkins Funeral Home pending arrival of children and family. Surviving include Lula Yost McBride spouse, three children, two grandchildren, several brothers and sisters, and pallbearers from Trinity Methodist church. Also listed are Miss Ollie Shelton of Pearisburg who died of a heart attack Sunday and will be buried at Birchlawn cemetery with services at her home. and Mrs. Wagner of Mercer county, listing six children and extended relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins Funeral Home
McBride
Charlie Garrett
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Grayson County
Lula Yost
Tazewell Va
Russell Brown
Hillsboro
Ore
Dan Buckley
Bayonne
N. J
Edison McBride
Bluefield
I. B. Moore
John Blevins
Independence
Walter Simmons
Francisco
N. C
W.C. McBride
J. P. McBride
Galax
H. A. Fox
Matoaka
Willie French
Trinity Methodist Church
B. F. King
Lex Rutledge
Lee
Pete Hall
Elmo Cole
Everett McBride
Hannah Truth Seekers
Ollie Shelton
Pearisburg
Birchlawn
Ralph Haugh
Kilmarnock
Jess L. Shelton
Bane Shelton
Shelton
The
Baptist Church of
Pearisbureg
Linthiccum
Mr. Blanchard
Woodlawn Cemetery
H. M. Wiemer
F. D. Wagner
J. B. Boyd
J. W. Hamblin
Denny Davidson
D. M. Glass
J. W. Mahaffey
Rodolfo Massaroni
Wagner
Johnston County
Tenn
Mercer County
Methodist Church
Sallie Princeton
Goldie ‘O’donnell
Montcalm
Allene Shutt
Pulaski
Eut‘race Young
Fair Oaks
Calif
L. L. Morris
Princeton
J. Fred Wagner
Luther Bratton
Roanoke
Elizabeth Rosar
Elizabethton
R. N. Wagner
R. L. Wagner
Erwin
Crutchfield Rites Planned in Community Church
J R Crutchfield 64 of Raysal died Sunday in a Welch hospital after two months’ illness. Funeral at Community church at 1 p m Wednesday with Rev O W Watson. burial Saeger Memorial cemetery Roderfield. Survived by wife Hannah Compton Crutchfield three daughters Violet Day Lada Justice Hoyatt Crutchfield two brothers Tilman Crutchfield Willie Crutchfield. WWI veteran with Company A 18th infantry. Body to home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Crutchfield
James R. Crutchfield
Raysal
Welch
O. W. Watson
Saeger
Funeral rites for Claude E. Stewart held in Roanoke
Funeral services were held in Roanoke for Claude E. Stewart a former Bluefield resident who died Thursday in a Charlottesville hospital after a short stay Relatives attending included A W Stewart E C Baumgardner Ida Lawson and daughter Betty Jean of this city and Charles Carlton with spouse from Blacksburg Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Claude E. Stewart
Bluefield
Charlottesville
A. W. Stewart
E. C. Baumgardner
Ida Lawson
Betty Jean
Charles Carlton
Blacksburg
Funeral set for Thomas J McCloud Richlands Va
Funeral services for Thomas J. McCloud 56 longtime Richlands resident who died this morning after a five month illness will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at Richlands Christian Church. Burial will follow in Hawkins Cemetery with Masons as pallbearers and the lodge in charge at the graveside. McCloud born January 4 1892 in Russell County was employed by Jewel Coal Corp. He is survived by his wife Mary E Harless McCloud two daughters Dolly Freeman and Ruby Patrick of Richlands a daughter Bertha Messick of Kingsport Tenn four sons Vance J Bobby Lee of Richlands Clarence Marvin in the U S Army Air Force stationed in Germany and Thomas J Jr of Denver Colp three brothers Ira of Richlands and Banner and Bernard of Abingdon and four sisters Mrs Bert Repass of Gate City Mrs Nannie Helton of Lebanon Mrs Rosie Helton of St Paul and Wade Stubblefield of Bulls Gap Tenn The report notes Ira G Neal Jr of Speedway died last night after a heart illness Also listed are his widow and two children Gary and Tanis a brother Raymond J Neal of Newport News and sisters Mrs Clyde Stephens Mrs Paul Dickerson Mrs A N Gilreath and Mrs C R LelCompte all of Newport News The body will remain at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
Thomas J. McCloud
Lodge
Russell County
McCloud
Thomas J
Nan Puckett McCloud
Jewel Coal Corporation
Mary E. Harless McCloud
Dolly Freeman
Ruby Patrick
Bertha Messick
Kingsport
Tenn
Vance J
Bobby Lee
Clarence Marvin McCloud
U. S. Army Air Force
Germany
Denver Colp
Ira
Banner
Bernard
Abingdon
Bert Repass
Gate City
Nannie Helton
Lebanon
Rosie Helton
St. Paul
Wade Stubblefield
Bulls Gap
Enn
Ira G. Neal, Jr
Speedway
Bluefield
Gary
Tanis
Raymond J. Neal
Newport News
Clyde
Stephens
Portsmouth
Paul Dickerson
A. N. Gilreath
C. R. LelCompte
Memorial Funeral Directory
Princeton
Mrs. Mary Z. Wagner Dies at 63 in Local Home
Mrs. Mary Zenobia Wagner widow of Mack C. Wagner died at her daughter Mrs. Goldie O'Donnell home at 1 30 Sunday. Funeral services set for 2 30 Wednesday at the Pentecostal Holiness church with probate details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Z. Wagner
Mary Zenobia Wagner
Mack C. Wagner
Goldie O'Donnell
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bluefield College Alumni Set Thursday Banquet and Meeting
Bluefield College Alumni Association will hold a banquet and organizational meeting Thursday at 6 30 p m in the college dining room. This first post war gathering invites all former students to attend with tickets sold at Jefferies Pharmacy or reservations via the college office 9310 before Wednesday. Officers will be elected and future plans discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College Alumni Association
Jefferies Pharmacy
Bluefield College
High Court Upholds Dickenson Decision
Two former Dickenson county officials lost suits seeking salaries totaling about 66 000 dollars after a 1943 election contest voided the terms. The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld the Dickenson court ruling that the office holders were not de jure after their terms ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Dickenson County
Supreme Court
A. A. Fleming
W. M. McFall
Dickenson
J. H. Anderson
Charles P. Mullins
Dickenson Court
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Contractor Disrupts Long Distance Cables Near Chappell
A contractor digging for a dam near Chappell Nebraska cut two transcontinental long distance telephone cables. The break affected 800 long distance lines and 300 telegraph lines and disrupted radio networks and AP wirephoto circuits. Repairs began noon and were mostly restored within three hours with full restoration expected by 7 p.m. EST.
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Omaha
Chappell
Neb
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Associated Press
C. D. Gietzen
Nebraska
Mercer Tax Study To Begin Involving Mercer County
Information from the state tax commissioner in Charleston announces an upcoming field effort in Mercer County as part of a 1947 legislative program to revise state aid allocation for schools. Appraisers survey representative properties to estimate total county valuations. findings will guide fair distribution of school funds and will not affect local property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commisioner
Charleston
Mercer County
Firemen's Ball Opens Bluefield Parking Building Dedication
The Firemen's Ball to benefit the Bluefield fire department pension fund will launch the new Municipal parking building dedication. Bands Bob Chester Bob Astor and Barney Rapp headline a six hour dance with Miss Bluefield crowned in a beauty contest to go to the West Virginia state pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield Fire Department
Bob Chester
Bob Astor
Barney Rapp
Moundsville
West Virginia
Atlantic City
Prague installs Gottwald as Czechoslovakia president
Klement Gottwald, a 51 year old communist, was elected and installed as president of Czechoslovakia in a show of hands by parliament. He received 296 votes with 214 of 300 communist seats. Former President Eduard Benes resigned citing health and political reasons. no Masaryk family representative attended.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Thomas G. Masaryk
Politico retracts Churchill charge in UK row
London reports Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison apologized to Winston Churchill and withdrew a claim that Churchill accepted 2000 pounds yearly as opposition leader without proper leadership. Churchill denied the accusation and said he did not take the amount he is entitled to as ex-prime minister. Morrison had suggested Churchill was absent from the house and not fulfilling opposition duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Morrison
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Morrison
Cardiff
Bus Firm and Union Meet Over Welch Strike Today
Officials of United Mine Workers affiliated United Construction Workers local 638 at Welch will meet Consolidated Bus Lines executives at the West Virginia hotel at 11 this morning to seek recognition of the new drivers bargaining agent. The meeting will include UCW district leader Robert Calloway and UMW leaders William Lester and George Titler, with Charleston legal staff present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
United Construction Workers Local 638
Welch
Consolidated Bus Lines
West Virginian Hotel
Robert Calloway
UCW
William Lester
UMW
George Titler
C. Townsend
Charleston
McDowell County
J. E. Craft
Consolidated
Welch Terminal
American Federation of Labor
Beckley
War
Mullens
Williamson
Anawalt
Six Zoning Permits OK'd Two Rejected
The city zoning board of adjustment approved six building permits and denied two in a last night meeting. Rejections included D. Carter for a two story brick and cinder block electrical sales and storage building at Bluefield avenue and Willow Street, and J. R. Harris for a garage at 425 Sussex Street due to traffic hazard concerns. Approved projects include a one story cinder block dwelling on Genoa avenue, alteration of a cinder block building into a church kitchen on Church Street, conversion of a single family dwelling at 819 Augusta Street to a two family dwelling, a one and a half story cinder block dwelling on Genoa avenue, a two story brick five family apartment at Russell and Ramsey streets, and a one story cinder block dwelling on Bryant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Clyde Elliot
D. Carter
Bluefield Avenue
Willow Street
J. R. Harris
Sussex Street
C. R. Hager
Genoa Avenue
John Collins
Church Street
John J. Kroll
Augusta Street
Molly Price
Hassel T. Hicks
Russell and
Ramsey
Arthur Horton
Bryant Street
Bed-Ridden Miners Sent To California
Ten bed-ridden coal miners boarded a special Pullman car in Charleston to travel to Vallejo California for six months of medical exams braces and retraining. Nine men from UMW District 17 plus three others will receive treatment funded by the health and welfare fund at an estimated cost of five to ten thousand dollars per man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
California
United Mine Workers District 17
Gelter M. Gilbert
Beckley
Mine State Falls
Vallejo
Calif
UMW Health and Welfare Fund
Ninth Legion District Elects Norton Commander and Officers
Norton Virginia June 14 John Jones of Appalachia was named commander of the Ninth district the American Legion at the district convention held here of Legion posts and auxiliaries Sunday Two hundred delegates representing 17 American Legion posts and Auxiliary units were in attendance Also elected were Dr Hunter Wolfe of Abingdon first vice commander George Jones Bishop second vice commander Bill Garman of Bristol was recommended for elevation to department vice commander subject to the state convention in Roanoke in August Mrs Elsa Cheek of Pocahontas elected Ninth district committeewoman Department officers in attendance included John Blakemore Abingdon department commander and Glenn Elliott Richmond department adjutant Garman retiring district commander presided over the delegates meeting at the Legion Hut Mrs Ruth Harrington Marion first vice president presided over the auxiliary delegates session at the Presbyterian church Activities planned included a dinner dance at the Legion Hut last Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
John Jones
Appalachia
American Legion
Hunter Wolfe
Abingdon
George Jones
Bill Garman
Bristol
Roanoke
Elsa Cheek
Pocahontas
John Blakemore
American Legion of Virginia
Glenn Elliott
Richmond
Garman
Legion
Legion Hut
Ruth Harrington
American Legion Auxiliary
Marion
The
Presbyterian Church
Six Hurt In Giles County Auto Collision
An early evening head on crash on the Narrows highway opposite the Virginian Railway Power plant injured six people. Melvin Oakey Plymale of Huntington the sole occupant of the westbound car and construction worker at Peterstown escaped with minor injuries and was discharged. Five Beckley residents en route to Roanoke were treated at St Elizabeth hospital Pearlsburg and later returned by ambulance. The Rev David Muir and Mrs Muir remained with more serious injuries including broken limbs and lacerations.
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Virginian Railway
Narrows
Melvin Oakey Plymale
Huntington
Peterstown
Beckley
Roanoke
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pearlsburg
Wanda Campbell
Jimmy
Nora Hager
David Muir
Muir
Plymale
Monay
Wallace Camp to Convene in Virginia for Wallace Supporters
A Wallace for President national campaign call authorized a June 27 meeting in Richmond with one voting delegate per 10 members and a credential-based delegate rule. The Virginia Wallace committee chairman George Elwood issued the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henry A. Wallace
George Elwood
Virginia For Wallace
Elwood
Wallace
Matoaka Man Dies Of Self Inflicted Shotgun Wound
Theodore Hubbard 21 of Matoaka died from a self inflicted shotgun wound near his sister Nellie Bailey’s home. Sheriff and state police attributed no clear motive. Hubbard born February 14 1927 Lamar WV, survived by mother Louise Hubbard two sisters Hilda and Nellie and brothers Charles Lonnie. Funeral plans to be announced by Bailey funeral home Matoaka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Teddy) Hubbard
Matoaka
Perry L. Dye
Hubbard
Nellie Bailey
Lamar
W. Va
Louise Hubbard
George Hubbard
Bailey
Hilda Hubbard
Charles
Lonnie
Bailey Funeral Home
Makoaka
Murder and shooting charges on docket in Huntington
Common Pleas Judge H. Clay Worth set July 6 for trial of Dr. William E. Lewis and office assistant Julia Darling on a murder charge tied to an alleged illegal operation. A July 18 docket date was set for Earl Lee Dean, 18, accused of shooting Earl Lang Jr., Marshall high school football star, who was wounded while guarding at the American Car and Foundry plant and has since recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
William E. Lewis
Julia Darling
Earl Lee Dean
Earl
Bob) Lang
Marshall Co
Lang
American Car and Foundry
Buchanan Sheriff Replies To Governor Tuck Criticism
Grundy Virginia June 14 Sheriff Ishmael Pletcher of Buchanan county spoke in reply to Governor Tucks charge of lax law enforcement. He said up to 15 state police were in the county but the April assault on mine operators still occurred and blamed limited local manpower. He asserted he can enforce laws with adequate support and noted additional state police arriving that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lanasay Almond, Jr
Buchanan
Buchanan County
Gilliam
Hodgins
Fletcher
Prosecution Plans for 178 Buchanan Miners Delayed by Legal Hurdles
Attorney General Almond will confer in Roanoke with F H Combs and Judge A H Lively over the case against 178 Buchanan county miners charged under the Virginia anti lynch law. Gov. Tuck ordered the AG to take over the prosecution. hearings may be long with potential severances and venue changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Almond
Roanoke
Coun
Virginia
Buchanan County
F. H. Combs
Grunay
A. H. Lively
Lebanon
R. L. Gilliam
Gilliam
Tuck
Gilliam and Hodgins
Bunchanans
Ishmael Fletcher
Commonwealth
I. M. Lambert
Comics
Lively
Buchanan Grand Jury
Survey Launched in Bluefield on Social and Recreational Needs
A community survey begun under Community Chest aims to map unmet social and recreational needs in Bluefield. It will analyze church and club activities, school use, population by ward, barriers to interaction, delinquency, crime, housing, and funds, guiding future agency recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Community Chest
C. J. Stokes
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio- West Virginia
National Council of the
Y.M.C.A
Community Chest Association
Cecil Cook
Welfare Councils
Stone Re-Elected To McDowell Demo Post
Welch West Virginia June 14 4 B M Stone of English a Norfolk and Western railway official was reelected today as chairman of the McDowell county Democratic executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
McDowell
Welch
W. Va
B. M. Stone
English
Norfolk and Western Railway
McDowell County
Democratic Executive Committee
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Stony Ridge
Mercer Bar Group
Virginia Methodists
City and Coalfield
Vogue Shop
Samuel P. McBride
Samuel Preston McBride
Memorial Avenue
Miss Allie Shelton
Thomas J. M’cloud
High Court
Mercer
Iremen
Politico
William Stuart Greenspon
William Greensspon
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Medical School
University
Xi Beta Phi
Virginia Players
Union
Cohen, Fox, Taylor, Goodykoontz
Ninth Legion
Giles
Royal Arch
Masons
A. J. Martin
H.P. R
Coats
America
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