Route 52 Collision Injures Bluefield Mother And Child
A head-on crash on Route 52 near Harry Heights injured Bluefield residents Mrs. Charles E. Peters and her daughter Pamela Kay. Peters kept overnight. Pamela Kay treated and released. O. D. Meadows of Glen Lyn, driver of the pickup, was arrested on a drunk charge along with two Glen Lyn men later detained on similar charges. A separate drunken driving warrant was issued for Meadows. All suspects held in Bluefield jail awaiting hearing.
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Bluefield
Route
Charles E. Peters
Peters
Pamela Kay
Harry Heights
O. D.eadows
Glen Lyn
Lewis H. Cook
Paul J. Carty
C. H. Mace
Meadows
Arden Albert Holdren
Elmer Carr Meadows
Greyhound
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Justice Bailey
UMW Safety Meeting Scheduled in Welch
C E Jones safety director for District 29 United Mine Workers of America announced a safety council No 3 meeting for Sunday at 10 in the courthouse in Welch Pocahontas Tug River district Local union officers and safety committeemen urged to attend.
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Welch
W. Va
C. E. Jones
Beckley
United Mine Workers of America
Pocahontas-Tug River
City And Coalfield Masonic Notice Special Communication
Bluefield Lodge No. 85 AF. and AM. holds a special communication Saturday night at seven with third degree work. Visitors welcome. Pete's serves finest food from coast to coast and opens 11:30 am to 9 pm. Pete's offers Fresh Jumbo Chesapeake Bay soft shell crabs served anytime.
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Bluefield Lodge No
Pete's
Chesapeake Bay
Tydings Firm Stands Behind Secrecy in Amerasia Probe
Washington June 16 Senator Tydings chair of the Amerasia inquiry refused to lift secrecy on key testimony. He said the committee will keep all testimony secret until the investigation ends. Senator Hickenlooper urged disclosure, backing a motion to lift the seal amid McCarthy and Peurifoy public charges.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Senate
Amerasia
Hickenlooper
Browa
Farris Fined On Two Counts In Falls Mills Case
James O. Farris 26 of Tazewell was fined $20 and jailed 30 days plus 30 days on two counts for no operators permit and improper license tags. He allegedly robbed L H Williams of Fairmont of $200, a Hamilton watch and an Eversharp set after an assault at Falls Mills Tuesday night. He will be extradited to Tazewell County to face related charges.
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James O. Farris
Jimmy Atwell
Tazewell
Fairmont
Princeton
Farris
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Richard Burress
L. H. Williams
Hamilton
Justice Bailey
Falls Mills
Baby needs new shoes due to rapid foot growth
Foot specialists warn children outgrow shoes every one to six months until age fifteen. The human foot has 26 bones. the smallest bone measures three eighths of an inch and the largest about two and a half inches.
Union plan promises free hospitalization for mine workers
The UMW Welfare Department led by District 29 President George J. Titler announced a plan to provide free hospitalization for all United Mine Workers and their families, starting between July 1 and August 1 pending registration and removal of the current check-off system. A June 25 convention in Ramsey auditorium will explain the plan to delegates, with registration requiring Social Security cards and family details. The program will be fee based per service, not a list of approved providers, and widows and orphans are being considered for future inclusion.
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United Mine Workers
UMW Welfare Department
George J. Titler
District 29
Beckley
Titler
Ramsey
UMW
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Winding Gulf
New River
J. Howard Anderson
Welch
Roland
Luther
J. A. French
Dewey J. Bailey
Princeton
George Richardson, Jr
Bluefield
Denny Sheff
Oklahoma oil job losses linked to imports, Turner says
Gov Turner testifies that Oklahoma's oil output fell by 3.5 million barrels in 1949 and that unemployment in the industry rose in early 1950. Rathbone of Standard Oil disputes claims that foreign oil harms domestic refineries and says imports aid national economy. He supports tariff limits but notes no oil shortage.
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Rathbone
Turner
Standard Oil
Albert
D-Okla
Oklahoma
Deaths and Funerals in Pocahontas Area
W Grieve Forster 47 Pocahontas leader dies after ill health funeral set at Christ Episcopal Church. Survived by wife Ida Castagnoli two children and grandchildren. Vilous Matney 28 dies of heart attack at Pond Creek Coal Bartley. service at Slate home with Rev Turner. James W Roberts 71 farmer dies at daughter’s home Trace Fork. burial Fleming Bailey cemetery. Fanning funeral home. services by Calvary church and Church of God.
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Pocahontas
Forster
Julia Ellis Forster
Grieve Forster
Fishburn Military Academy
Ida Castagnoli
Betsy Forster
Pulaski
W. G. Foster
Youngstown
Christ Episcopal Church
Pocahontas Lodge No
E. W. Hughes
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas Masons
Vilous Matney
Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Company
Bartley
Jessie J. Matney
Stacy
Matney
Slate
Granville
Otis
Harless
Vernon
Oakwood
Dewey
Lutton
Harmon
Edgar Looney
Effie Horn
Victoria Osborne
Caretta
Alice
Nell Matney
Fanning
Saeger
Dorsey Turner
Taylor Blankenship
Painesville
W. Va
Harley-Davis Club
Gilbert
United Mine Workers
Pond Creek
James W. Roberts
Brookie Rippith
Trace Fork
Panther
McDowell County
Roberts
Church of God
Arthur Roberts
Odie Roberts
Jeanette Blankenship
Maston Cline
Fleming Bailey
Trap Fork
Mrs Dovie Anderson Dies at Mountain View Virginia
Mrs Dovie Anderson of Mountain View Va wife of the late Z P Anderson died Thursday after a lingering illness at her home Funeral services are set for Mountain View church today at 1 30 p m with burial in the family cemetery
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Dovie Anderson
Mountain View
Z. P. Anderson
Mountain View Church
Local Man Witcher S. Stables Dies in Narrows
Witcher S. Stables died at his Monte Vista Narrows home after six months illness. Survived by wife Lillie Payne, daughter Mrs. S. H. Keys, son W. H. Stables, four brothers and one sister, and twelve grandchildren. Funeral at Church of God Narrows at 2 PM with Rev. Carl Funk. burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Witcher S. Stables
Monte Vista
Narrows
Lillie Payne
S. H. Keys
W. H. Stables
Matoaka
Jim Amos
Jess
E. W
M. L. Ratcliffe
Church of God
Carl Funk
Fairview Cemetery
Obituary notices for Cora Ramey and William Sarver
Cora Ramey 66 died at her son's home on Still ness creek near Grundy. Survived by husband Joe Ramey four Grundy daughters two sisters. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at home officiated by Reverends Hess and Mullins. William Garfield Sarver 71 died Thursday night at Christiansburg hospital. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. in Clover Hollow Christian church burial in church cemetery. Survived by widow Betty Mason Martin three sons Delvert Bee Edgar four daughters George Booth Homer Pope Opie Smith.
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Cora Ramey
Clarence Ramey
Stillness Creek
Grundy
Joe Ramey
Pride McClannahan
Minnie Looney
Sarah Smith
Lilly Stilton
Louise Millner
Millie Jackson
Big Rock
John Hess
Bruice Mullins
William Garfield Sarver
Christiansburg Hospital
Clover Hollow Christian Church
J. H. Knibbs
Betty Mason Martin
Delvert
Newport
Bee
Pembroke
Edgar
Akron
Ohio
George Booth
Ripplemead
Homer Pope
West Jefferson
N. C
Opie Smith
Kimballton
Mrs. John T. Walthall of Bluefield Dies at 80
Mrs. John T. Walthall 80 died at 202 Montrose Street Bluefield Va after four years of declining health. Born April 25 1870 in Falls Mills Va she was a charter member of West Graham Methodist Church and married 66 years. Funeral at West Graham Methodist Church with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery.
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John T. Walthall
Montrose Street
Bluefield
Walthall
Falls Mills
Aaron and
Armitha Hill Bailey
Kyle Barrett
Tom
Roy T. Wampler
Maple Hill Cemetery
Daytime Radio Schedule Highlights for Dennis Day Era
A historical listing shows a radio lineup with Dennis Day at 9:30 and 9:30 again, plus programs including Princess Pet, Hary Lee Taylor, Archie Andrews, Farm Hour, Truth Or Consequences, Your Hit Parade, Pudy Canova, Grand Ole Opry, News, and Morton Downey songs. It notes time slots from 9:30 to 11:15 with varied entertainment and news blocks.
Lions Install New Officers At Country Club Banquet
W. R. Pete Cooke was installed as the new president of the Bluefield Lions club at the Bluefield Country Club banquet last night, succeeding Henry Fortune as president.
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Bluefield Lions Club
Bluefield Country Club
Paul Holm
John Forman
Sam Rush
Clax Houseman
Lions
W. R
Pete” Cooke
Henry Fortune
Scouters Hear College Proxy And Banquet Honors
Otis Bivens installs as club officer for 1950 51 term with Sam Rush Paul Holm Fred Coffindaffer C O Warren John Forman Clax House man Sam Morgan Curly Cole Shirley Brown among new officers. Banquet honors wives and guests. Dr R T L Liston speaks on youth training and the Boy Scout movement.
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W. R
Pete” Cooke
Henry Fortune
Charles Warren
Shirley Brown
Curly Cole
Fred Coffindaffer
Sam Morgan
Daily Telegraph
Otis Bivens
Sam Rush
Paul Holm
C. O. Warren
John Forman
Clax Houseman
Ben Moore
Southern West Virginia District Criminal Court
H. Edward Steele
Chamber of Commerce
Steele
John Law
Law
James Nabors
Joe Wilds
O. C. Davis
Don Taylor
Ronald Taylor
Harry Lee Nelson
Bob Lazenby
Anna Mae Forseman
Paul L. Royer
Country Club
Beckley Soldier Rescues Jap Boy From River
Sgt. J. J. Gautin of Beckley West Virginia saves a four year old Japanese boy from floods on the Susei River in Kyoto Japan. He dove in fully dressed, revived the child at the river bank and, after returning to his quarters, took his family to a movie.
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Kyoto
Japan
J. J. Gautin
Beckley
W. Va
Susei
Gautin
Government Steps Up Milk Strike Mediation
The federal government added a third conciliator to end a five day Washington milk strike. Clyde A. Mills, aide to the conciliation service director, joined management and union talks this afternoon.
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Washington
Clyde A. Mills
Conciliation Service
Fall Injuries Fatal To Ex Miner At Gary
Andrew Koletta, 66, retired miner, died in Welch hospital from injuries after a June 5 fall of 72 stairs. Born in Russia, his widow lives there. Funeral Sunday at O. J. Douglas mortuary chapel Welch, with burial in Thorpe cemetery.
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Gary
W. Va
Andrew Koletta
Welch
Koletta
Russia
U. S. Coal Company
O. J. Douglas
Russell Burns
Thorpe Cemetery
Hadacol Credited By Rev Andy Cupl For Neuritis Relief
Rev Andy Cupl of Bay Minette Alabama says Hadacol eased neuritis back pain after a single bottle, with continued use bringing lasting improvement. He touts the product as building hemoglobin and delivering health to heart lungs liver kidneys hair eyes and nails, urging others to try it with a money back guarantee.
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Andy Cuple
New Port Quarter
Bay Minette
Alabama
H. B. Corbett
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corporation
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Simmonsville
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Richmond
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National Farm & Home Hour
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Morton Downey
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King College
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Princeton Ave
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