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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1951

Page

5

Girl Injured in Four Car Crash on Bluefield Princeton Road

A 19 year old girl from Bluefield Miss Irene Cordell sustained a three inch scalp wound when a car driven by William A Miller went out of control on the Bluefield Princeton road at 7 pm. The car struck two parked vehicles and another car driven by Wanda Shumate Hudson of Princeton before colliding with Miller's car. Miller, arrested for intoxication and drunken driving, was jailed without bond. No others were injured. Several officers from state troopers and Mercer deputies investigated the crash and the Service Inn was struck by the out of control car.

Bluefield Princeton Road Princeton Irene Cordell Hazel Cordell St. Luke's Hospital William A. Miller North College Avenue Lewis Cooke Cooke Miller Service Inn Burford W. Gordon Bland George Clarence Parnell Newhall Wanda Shumate Hudson Kee Street Hudson D. H. Hudson J. D. Baisden W. P. McGraner Mercer Mason Sexton T. C Bivens

Welch Police Tag 15 For Speeding

Welch West Virginia officers issued 15 speeding summons in a Friday crackdown. In three days 30 speeding complaints were filed and defendants are required to appear before City Police Judge Hobare E. Payne.

Welch W. Va Hobare E. Payne

Deaths And Funerals In Bluefield Area

Obituary notices list many local deaths with service details across Bluefield and surrounding towns. Names include Martha Shrader, Thomas Suits, Bessie Hardy Brown, Moody Wilkinson, Lena Lowe, Dellar Arrington, Ira Blaine Crozier, Byrd Luis Cole, C M Johnson, Harvey Sayers, Elihu Mullins, Floyd Ramsey, Elbert Harman. Cemeteries include Monte Vista Park and Stillwell. services performed by Rev. Cotell, Rev. Hampton, Rev. Patterson, and others.

Bessie Hardy Brown Poplar Street James Richard Brown U. S. Coal and Coke Company Gary Will Perdue Athens Bessie Hardy Perdue Bluefield First Presbyterian Church Mercer Funeral Home C. H. Patterson Westminster Presbyterian Monte Vista Park Cemetery Sam D. May Ray Hawley W. T. Hancock Charles Rudder J. E. Mann R. A. Yarbrough

Miss Soulier Passes Virginia Board Exams

Charmaine Soulier of Bluefield was announced as a successful dental hygienist candidate by the Virginia board of dental examinations. Other area passers include John Chapman Hoge of Pembroke James Edward Kilbourne Big Stone Gap and Kemper McCloud Jr Lebanon. Also noted is involvement with United Mine Workers of America and local coal mine work over 45 years.

Charmaine Soulier Bluefield Virginia Board of Dental Examinations John Chapman Hoge Pembroke James Edward Kilbourne Big Stone Gap Kemper McCloud, Jr Lebanon United Mine Workers of America Falls Mills Fallsills

Accident Claims Pound Resident in Route 633 Crash

Norton Virginia June 16 1934 Bil lard Everette Mullins 36 Pound Va died in a hospital from injuries after his car left the road and crashed on state route 633 near Pound He was alone in the vehicle according to police

Norton Billard Everette Mullins Pound Mullins

Greenview Church Class Names Officers

New officers were elected at the Golden Rule class meeting of Greenview Methodist Church held at P. L. Lester’s home. Dean Carbaugh was named president. Dorothy Jones, vice-president. Mildred Killen, secretary. Juanita Thacker, treasurer. Ada Lee Robertson, publicity chair. Committee chairs appointed include Helen Linkous for ways and means and community service, Louise Craft for visitation, Kathleen Wimmer and Nedra Tabor as co-chairmen. Juanita Thacker acted as hostess and Elizabeth Perdue as co-hostess.

Greenview Methodist Church P. L. Lester Dean Carbaugh Orothy Jones Mildred Killen Juanita Thacker Ada Lee Robertson Helen Linkous Louise Craft Visitation Kathleen Wimmer Helen Nedra Tabor Elizabeth Perdue

Safety Council No 3 Meets Today At Welch

A meeting of Safety Council No 3 United Mine Workers in the Pocahontas Tug River field is called for 10 o clock Sunday morning at the county courthouse Welch W V. All safety committeemen and officers of local unions are urged to attend. Cc E Jones Beckley District 29 safety director and Federal Mine Inspector William Gaylor will lead a haulage class relating to fatalities in bituminous mines.

Welch W. Va Safety Council No United Mine Workers Pocahontas Tug River Cc. E. Jones Beckley William Gaylor

Bradley's Summer Fashion Sale Promises Big Savings

Bradley's offers a wide range of summer apparel and accessories. Swim suits from City And Coalfield line, Koret play clothes, and cotton lace dressmaker suits up to size 46. Styles in pastels and dark shades with items priced from 2.98 to 25.00 plus straw bags hats and bridal room displays.

Vogue

Two Ohioans Die In Eastern Route 40 Crash

A head on collision on U S Route 40 near Frostburg Maryland killed Walter White of Youngstown and his mother in law Pauline Carlson. White's wife and their 15 month old son Robert were among the injured along with Elsie Mowbray and Dewey Barnes of Barton. Mrs White and the baby were taken to Miners hospital Frostburg while Mowbray went to Memorial hospital Cumberland. This was the fourth fatality on the same Route 40 stretch in 16 hours following an earlier death near Grantsville.

Cumberland Frostburg Walter White Youngstown Pauline Carlson White Robert Elsie Mowbray Barton Dewey Barnes Miners Hospital Mowbray Memorial Hospital Grantsville

Accused Killer Of Two Out On $10,000 Bond

Elmer Farley, 39, charged with the June 2 killings of Charles Wells and Robert Whorley, posted $10,000 bond and was released from Cabell county jail after a Logan hearing. Wells, president of the United Mine Workers local at Holden, and Whorley died in Mona ville alley over Farley’s coal hauling business dispute with Island Creek Coal Co. Major Thompson was shot and hospitalized, paralyzed from the waist down, in the same incident and is improving at St Marys hospital.

Logan W. Va Elmer Farley Charles Wells Robert Whorley Farley Cabell County Huntington Logan County Floyd Murphy James Farley Hattie Donnally Wells United Mine Workers Holden Whorley Monaville Island Creek Coal Co Thompson St. Mary's Hospital

Primitive Property Right Belief in Primitive Tribes

The text argues that primitive peoples favor communal ownership while recognizing individual property rights in many primitive tribes. It discusses Thouel and the founders of Communism as proponents of a natural form of ownership.

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