Slain Man Named Fletcher. Skeens Under Murder Charge Held
Crystal Skeens, 22, ordered held by Judge F Morton Wagner on murder charges in the shotgun slaying of Jessie F. Fletcher, 41, on Stoney Ridge Saturday night. Skeens was arrested after being released on bond. Fletcher died from loss of blood after being shot in the left thigh at the Skeens home. Funeral services set for Pentecostal Holiness church in Honaker, Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Morton Wagner
Crystal Skeens
Jessie F. Fletcher
Stoney Ridge
Wagner
Skeens
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Mercer
Princeton
Howard M. Jarrett
Bailey
Fletcher
E. O. Burner
C. C. Lively
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ed Fletcher
James Harrison
Eliza Pennington Fletcher
Billy Ray Fletcher
U.S. Army
Ft. Gragg
N. C
Edward H
Charles Fletcher
Bluefield
Carl F
William G. Fletcher
Norfolk
Daniel K. Fletcher
Keeoke
Lula Hampton
Mary Morris
Laura Palmer
Virgie Harris
Fannie Be Ville
Pearly Farmer
Pentecostal Holiness Church
W. B. Underwood
Jackson Cemetery
Hon
Mercer Bar Group Will Meet Friday
The Mercer County Bar Association annual dinner will be held Friday at 6:30 PM at the West Virginian site. L Phillips of Matoaka, president, will be toastmaster. Principal speaker Ira M. Quillen of Lebanon Virginia, a noted Russell County attorney, will address the gathering with familiar judges and West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Bar Association
West
Virginia Methodists Meet At Lynchburg
Five hundred Methodists gathered in Lynchburg for the opening of the Virginia conference six day session at Randolph Macon Woman's College. Pastors and lay members registered as classes began late with an assembly led by Dr Hazen G Warner of Drew University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Randolph- Bacon Woman's College
Virginia Conference School
Hazen G. Warner
Drew University
N. J
City and Coalfield Antique Auction Sale Notice
An antique sale at Mrs Witts Antique Shop 1957 Va Ave Bluefield Va includes fine walnut and cherry pieces and a Vogue Shop offer with reduced dresses hats and bags. Auction set for June 16 at 10 30 AM with items sold as is.
Deaths and Funerals Near Bluefield and Richlands
Obituary items note Samuel P McBride of Bluefield dies at home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral plans await relatives. Also listed are Miss Ollie Shelton of Pearisburg and Claude E Stewart of Roanoke, with service details, surviving relatives, and church ties. Additional notices cover Thomas J McCloud of Richlands, James R Crutchfield of Raysal, and related funeral arrangements and survivors.
Deaths of Ira G. Neal Jr and Mary Z Wagner
Ira G. Neal Jr of Speedway died after months with a heart illness. Survived by widow and two children Gary and Tanis, plus parents, a brother in New Port News, and several sisters. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton. Mary Zenobia Wagner 63 widow of Mack C. Warner died at her daughter’s home in town. Funeral set for 2:30 Wednesday at the Pentecostal Holiness church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira G. Neal, Jr
Speedway
Ira G. Neal
Bluefield
Gary
Tanis
Raymond J. Neal
Newport News
Clyde Stephens
Portsmouth
Paul Dickerson
A. N. Gilreath
C. R. LelCompte
Memorial Funeral Directory
Princeton
Mary ‘Z. Wagner
Mary Zenobia Wagner
Mack C. Warner
Goldie O'Donnell
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bluefield Alumni To Meet Thursday
Bluefield College Alumni Association to hold a banquet and organizational meeting Thursday at 6 30 pm in the college dining hall. First postwar gathering invites all former students to attend. Tickets available at Jefferies pharmacy or by calling Bluefield college office 9310 before Wednesday. Officers to be elected and future plans set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College Alumni Association
Jefferies Pharmacy
Bluefield College
High Court Upholds Dickenson Decision
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling in Dickenson County where A. A. Fleming and W. M. McFall, former sheriff and treasurer, sued for salaries totaling about 66,000 from 1944 to 1946. The court rejected their claim that they remained de jure officeholders after their terms, confirming the void elections and successors.
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 phones near Chappell Neb
Omaha June 14 A contractor digging for a dam near Chappell Neb accidentally cut two transcontinental telephone cables containing 800 long distance lines and 300 telegraph lines The break affected coast to coast service including radio networks and Associated Press wirephoto and radio circuits District manager C D Gietzen said the break occurred about noon CST Crews were sent to western Nebraska and first lines were back in service about three hours later All lines expected to be repaired by 7 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Chappell
Neb
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Associated Press
C. D. Gietzen
Nebraska
Mercer Tax Study To Begin In State Aid Reassessment
Information from the state tax commissioner in Charleston announces the Mercer county field work will start within days. A 1947 act requires a statewide valuation study to fairly allocate state aid for schools, using representative property samples rather than full county valuations. The effort aims to guide funds distribution beginning in 1948, with no impact on current property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commisioner
Charleston
Mercer County
Firemen's Ball Plans Shape Up in Bluefield
Bluefield celebrates dedication of a half million Municipal parking building with a Firemen's Ball on Friday night. Proceeds benefit the Bluefield fire department pension fund. Three named bands Bob Chester Bob Astor and Barney Rapp alternate for six hours of dancing. Miss Bluefield beauty contest winner will be chosen in the afternoon and will advance to state competition at Moundsville and Atlantic City pageant. The event promises the largest dance crowd in the area's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield Fire Department
Sweet Swin
Bob Chester
Bob Astor
Barney Rapp
Moundsville
West Virginia
Atlantic City
No 1 Czech Commie Takes Over Nation
Prague June 14 Klement Gottwald a stocky 51 year old communist today was elected and installed as president of Czechoslovakia The former premier became the republics first communist president in a show of hands vote during a public parliamentary election There were 296 votes for him Apart from Gottwald and a woman member who resigned three days ago there were only two votes unaccounted for The communists held 214 of parliament 300 seats Former President Eduard Benes resigned last week giving political situation and his failing health as the reason He was not present at the ceremony No representative of the family of Thomas G Masaryk Czechoslovaks first president was on hand
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Thomas G. Masaryk
Czechoslosel
Politico retracts Churchill charge in London
Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison apologized to Winston Churchill and withdrew a claim that Churchill took £2000 a year as opposition leader without meeting duties. Churchill denied the accusation and said he does not take the ex-prime minister’s £2000 annual entitlement. Morrison’s Cardiff remarks suggested Churchill was absent and not fulfilling opposition duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Morrison
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Morrison
Cardiff
Bus Firm and Union to Meet on Strike Settlement Today
Officials of United Mine Workers affiliated United Construction Workers local 638 at Welch will meet Consolidated Bus Lines officials at the West Virginia hotel today at 11 am to seek recognition for the new drivers bargaining agent. Union leaders including William Lester and George Titler are slated to attend along with T. C. Townsend staff. The walkout began June 6 over recognition amid a wider service standstill in McDowell County after cancellations by Consolidated president J. E. Craft following a contract dispute with AFL.
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
T. 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 granted six building permits and refused two others in a last night meeting. Rejected: D Carter for a two story brick and cinder block structure at Bluefield and Willow for residential use. J R Harris for a garage at 425 Sussex Street due to proximity to the street creating a traffic hazard. Approved: C R Hager one story cinder block one family on Genoa avenue. John Collins to alter a one-story cinder block building to a church kitchen on Church Street. Mrs John J Kroll converting a single dwelling to a two family dwelling at 819 Augusta Street. Molly Price erecting a one and one half story cinder block one family on Genoa avenue. Hassel T Hicks building a two story brick five family apartment at Russell and Ramsey streets. Arthur Horton erecting a one story cinder block one family dwelling on Bryant Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Clyde Elliot
Spid
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 Streets
Arthur Horton
Bryant Street
Bed-Ridden Miners Sent To California
Ten bed ridden former coal miners were shipped in a Pullman car from Charleston to California. Nine from United Mine Workers District 17 plus Gelter M Gilbert of Beckley from District 29 and two more from District 30. They head to Vallejo hospital for six months of medical exam, braces training, and retraining in new work. Costs from the UMW health fund are estimated at 5,000 to 10,000 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 Va Commander
Norton Virginia June 14 John Jones of Appalachia named commander of the Ninth district American Legion at the district convention. Two hundred delegates from 17 posts and auxiliaries attended. Also elected were Dr Hunter Wolfe first vice commander and George Jones second vice commander. Bill Garman Bristol was recommended for department vice commander. Mrs Elsa Cheek Pocahontas elected Ninth district committeewoman. Department officers John Blakemore Abingdon and Glenn Elliott Richmond attended. Garman presided. Ruth Harrington Marion presided auxiliary session. A dinner dance was planned for Legion Hut 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 Accident
An automobile head on collision Saturday at 10 30 pm on the highway opposite the Virginian Railway Power plant at Narrows injured six people. Driver Melvin Oakey Plymale of Huntington survived with superficial injuries and was discharged. Five Beckley residents traveling to Roanoke were treated at St Elizabeth hospital with various injuries. The Muirs remained hospitalized with multiple fractures and lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginian Railway
Narrows
Melvin Oakey Plymale
Huntington
Peterstown
Beckley
Roanoke
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pearlsburg
Wanda Campbell
Jimmy
Nora Hager
David Muir
Wallace Camp Set to Convene in Virginia
George Elwood, executive secretary of the Virginia Wallace for Wallace committee, issued a formal call for a convention of Henry A. Wallace supporters to meet in Richmond on June 27. Representation at the convention will be one voting delegate per 10 members, with any individual obtaining 10 signatures on a credential form recognized as a voting delegate, though the state's Wallace organization had no official name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Henry A. Wallace
George Elwood
Virginia For Wallace
Elwood
Wallace
Matoaka Man Dies Of Gunshot Wound
Theodore Teddy Hubbard 21 of Matoaka died of a self inflicted shotgun wound near his sister Nellie Bailey’s home. Sheriff Perry L. Dye and state police reported no motive. Hubbard, unmarried, had lived with his sister four years and left a note of sorts by triggering the gun with a stick. He was born February 14 1927 in Lamar West Virginia. Surviving are his mother Mrs Louise Hubbard two sisters Miss Hilda Hubbard and Mrs Bailey Matoaka and brothers Charles and Lonnie also of Matoaka. Burial plans at Bailey funeral home pending arrangements.
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Hawkins Funeral Home
McBride
Charlie Garrett
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Grayson County
Lula Yostene
Russell Brown
Hillsboro
Ore
Ae Dan Buckley
Bayonne
N. J
Edison McBride
Bluefield
L B. Moore
John Blevins
Independence
Walter Simmons
Francisco
N. C
W. C. McBride
J. P. McBride
Galax
H. A. Fox
Matoska
Willie French
Trinity Methodist Church
B. F. King
Lex Rutledge
Lee
Pete Hall
Elmo Cole
Everett McBride
Hannah Truth
Richlands
Thomas J. Mc' Cloud
Lodge
Russell County
McCloud
Thomas J
Nan Puckett McCloud
Jewel Coal Corporation
Mary E. Harless McCloud
Dolly Freeman l
Ruby Patrick
Bertha Messick
Kingsport
Tenn
Vance J
Bobby Lee
Clarence Marvin McCloud
U. S. Army Air Force
Germany
Thomas J. McCloud
Denver
Colo
Ira
Banner
Bernard
Abingdon
Bert Repass
Gate City
James R. Crutchfield
Raysal
Welch
O. W. Watson
Saeger
Violet Day
Richylands
Sada Justice
Hoyatt Crutchfield
Tilman_ Crutchfield
Beckley
Willie Crutchfield
Princeton
18Th Infantry
Theodore
Teddy) Hubbard
Matoaka
Perry L. Dye
Hubbard
Nellie Bailey
Matonka
Lamar
W. Va
Louise Hubbard
George Hubbard
Bailey
Hilda Hubbard
Charles
Lonnie
Bailey Funeral Home
Makoaka
Murder and Shooting Charges Docketed in Huntington
Common Pleas Judge H. Clay Worth set July 6 for trial in Huntington on the murder case of Dr. William E. Lewis and office assistant Julia Darling linked to an alleged illegal operation. July 18 docketed for Earl Lee Dean, 18, charged with shooting Earl Lang Jr. Lang, a Marshall County football star and guard at American Car and Foundry, was wounded but has recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth Tode
William E. Lewis
Julia Darling
Earl Lee Dean
Earl
Bob) Lang
Marshall
Lang
American Car and Foundry
Buchanan Sheriff Replies to Governor Tuck Criticism
Grundy Virginia June 14 Sheriff Ishmael Fletcher of Buchanan County defends local policing amid April mine strike violence. He cites limited deputies and large population, says 10 to 15 state police were in the county but trouble occurred, and blasts Governor Tuck’s lax enforcement charge while urging timely state help if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Ishmael Fletcher
Buchanan County
Tuck
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Buchanan
Gilliam
Hodgins
Fletcher
Almond
R. L. Gillham
Gilliam and Hodgins
Community survey launched for Bluefield social needs
A comprehensive survey begun under the Community Chest in Bluefield aims to map unmet social and recreational needs across churches clubs and agencies. Led by Rev Cecil Cook committee chair and Dc J Stokes of Columbus the effort covers population and ward data facilities funding leadership and delinquency trends to guide future recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Community Chest
Dc. J. Stokes
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio- West Virginia
National Council of the
Y.M.C.A
Cest Association
Cecil Cook
Welfare Councils
Prosecution of 178 Buchanan miners eyed in Virginia case
Attorney General Almond plans a Roanoke meeting Saturday with Southwest Virginia counsel on the mob action indictments against 178 miners charged under the Virginia anti lynch law. The case stems from attacks on Gilliam and fellow miners, prompting a state police probe and a governor ordered take over. Trials could span years with 1,780 counts across 10 indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Almond
Roanoke
Coun.l
Virginia
Buchanan County
F. H. Combs
Grunay
A. H. Lively
Lebanon
R. L. Gilliam
Gilliam
Tuck
Gillam and Hodgins
Comics
Lively
Buchanan Grand Jury
Commonwealth
Stone Re-Elected To McDowell Demo Post
Welch West Virginia June 14 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
Vogue Shop
Samuel P. McBride
Samuel Preston McBride
Memorial Avenue
Allie Shelton
Ollie Shelton
Birchlawn
Ralph Haugh
Kilmarnock
Jess L. Shelton
Bane Shelton
Pearisburg
Miss Shelton
Baptist Church of
Pearlsburn
Claude E. Stewart
Charlottesville
A. W. Stewart
E. C. Baumgardner
Ida Lawson
Betty Jean
Charles Carlton
Blacksburg
Thomas J. M'Cloud
Linthicum
Methodist Church
Bare
Sallie Princeton
Goldie O’donnell
Montcalm
Aljene Shutt
Pulaski
Eut‘race Young
Fair Oaks
L. L. Morris
J. Fred Wagner
Luther Bratton
Roanoke, Va
Elizabeth Rosar
Elizabethton
R. N. Wagner
R. L. Wagner
Erwin
J. KR. Crutchfield
High Court
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. BR
D. Payne
Coats
America
Hudson & Doane Insurance Agency Safety — Service
Bluefield, W. VA
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