Cornerstone rites set for Falls Mills church edifice
Cornerstone laying for the Falls Mills Christian church new all native stone building is set for tomorrow at 2 30 pm Harman lodge No 222 A F and A M will oversee the ceremony A copper box sealed inside the cornerstone will hold charter member and pastor lists a 1948 Bluefield Daily Telegraph copy and lodge officers names The church founded 1873 worships at Union church Falls Mills Rev Paul Mahaffey chairs the ceremony with mayor John W Gillespie as speaker and Eastern Star No 102 Bluefield in charge of music
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Falls Mills
Harman Lodge No. 222
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Masonic Lodge
Falls Mills Christian Church
Union Church
Church Grove
Paul Mahaffey
John W. Gillespie
Tazewell
Commonwealth
Tazewell County
Order of Eastern Star No
Raleigh H. Tabor
Virginia
Dewey Tabor
James W. Lawrence
Tom George
Pelfrey
N W To Operate New Train Today
Lynchburg officials announce Norfolk and Western will start a new Lynchburg Roanoke train tomorrow. Bedford will be a stop, the air conditioned coach replaces the old local, which was suspended during the war. Service will depart Kemper Street at 8 15 a m and aims to benefit Lynchburg and Roanoke with better regional transport.
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Lynchburg
W. G. Burnette
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Bedford
Burnette
Kemper Street
Berlin Council Row May Be Settled
Berlin observers tonight saw hopeful signs that the Russian walkout at the Kommandatura meeting might pass without a lasting rift in the four power city government. The Russians accused Col. Howley of leaving early to avoid labor legislation proposals and demanded an apology. Howley said he left before adjournment due to the meeting running long and no etiquette breach occurred.
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Berlin
Kommandatura
Frank Howley
U.S
Howley
Mid
Minister Rebuked For Turner Topping Rites
In California on June 17 the Los Angeles Presbytery Judicial Commission rebuked Dr. Stewart P. MacLennan for conducting marriage rites for Lana Turner and Bob Topping on April 26. The panel also ordered him to be more watchful in the future, saying the rebuke is the second lightest church censure. MacLennan defended his actions as in good faith, noting Turner and Topping were sincere. The rebuke will be made public at an upcoming meeting.
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Fasatione
Calif
Lana Turner
Bob Topping
Judicial Commission of the
Los Angeles
MacLennan
Lana
Bob
Eugene C. Blake
Hollywood Presbyterian Church
Graham Kiwanis Safety Program Highlights Drive Awareness
Graham Kiwanis of Bluefield Va held a safety program at the Masonic Building with chair A Yost urging observers of highway signs after noting 70 percent of passenger car crashes stem from driver neglect. Peggy Harvey led an observation test by reading a poem, then leaving the room for recall. Birthdays were celebrated for Walter Funk and Luther Wagner. Attendees included visiting Kiwanians G Haskel S of Bluefield and C M Dixon of Big Stone Gap, plus non members Curtis Shufflebarger and Robert Porter. M Crocket Hughes chaired in pastor Rev E R Worrell’s absence.
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Graham Kiwanis Club
Bluefield
Masonic Building
Okay L. Yost
Yost
Peggy Harvey
Robert Porter
Beckley
M. Crocket Hughes
E. R. Worrell
Canadian Embassy Has Wrong And Wright
Ottawa announces the transfer of secretary Wright to Ottawa as Hume Wrong remains the Canadian ambassador in Washington. The item notes a wordplay about wrong and Wright and adds a separate line about French winery employees receiving a bottle daily and a cask every two months for home use.
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Ottawa
Wright
Washington
Hume
Hume Wright
External Affairs Department
Deaths and Funerals in Barley Coal Mine Tragedy
Funeral rites were held for Lonnie Estep 22 killed Tuesday by a blast at Pond Creek No 3 mine in Bartley. Survivors include his mother Mrs Lodge Estep and several siblings. Also noted are the deaths of William Robert Harper 77 and Samuel Lee Ramey infant, with details of services, survivors, and locations across Tazewell and Bluefield areas.
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Lonnie Estep
Pond Creek Company
Bartley
Estep
Lodge Estep
William Robert Harper
Virgil Scott
Falls Mills Road
First Methodist Church
Falls Mills
T. C. Foote
Harry Cemetery
Harpers
Doris Rausey
Kemper Road
Danville
Lillian Harper
First Street
Roanoke
S. W
Mary Workman
Scott
Harper
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluefield
Tazewell
Assembly of God
North Tazewell
W. T. Morrison
John K. Morrison
Roy Mullens
H. H. Peek
M. B. Hampton
Lane
Maplewood Cemetery
Morrison
Bishop Mountain
Mr. Morrison
Armeldia Morrison
Eeeign
A. T. Satz
Berwind
A. H. Morrison
Cispestato Orient
Appalathian District Council
Assemblies of God
A. B. Morrison
W. Va
J. K. Morrison
W. A
Dr Greenspon Heads to Frisco Optometry Meeting
Dr William Greenspon travels from Bluefield to San Francisco to address the International Association of Board of Examiners in Optometry annual meeting. As education committee chair and council on education member of the American Optometric Association he represents West Virginia as a delegate. The gathering runs June 21 to 24 with a return to Bluefield on June 28.
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William Greenspon
Planetody
San Francisco
Calif
International Association of Board of Examiners In
Council On Education
American Optometric Association
West Virginia
Bluefield
Pittsburgh Area Index Shows Business Drop
The Pittsburgh district business index declined for the third straight week. University of Pittsburgh reports May 22 index at 200.2 percent of 1935 39 average, slipped to 193.1 last week. Industrial production, originating shipments, and trade all fell, with trade hitting a 1948 low. ATTEND WYTHEVILLE MEET Women of the Moose delegation visits Wytheville Virginia for initiation and birthday celebration. Princeton Chapter 355 includes Nellie Collins Hattie Hanks Winnie Cruise Sue Bridges Ethel Steele Hester Porterfield Emma Karnes Alice Treadway Charlotte Nichols Helen Barton Maude Hearn Laura Taylor May Johnson Letha Tomlinson Lillian Bassett.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Wytheville
Women of the Moose
Princeton
Ruby Wirth
Academy of Friendship
Nellie Collins
Hattie Hanks
Winnie Cruise
Sue Bridges
Ethel Steele
Hester Porterfield
Emma
Big Spending Program Supplies Army Needs
Senate Appropriations committee unveils a 6.84 billion dollar spending plan largely for the army and air force for the year starting July 1. The proposal totals 329.7 million more than the House approval. Congress also approved a navy bill of 3.749 billion, including funding for a 65,000 ton aircraft carrier costing 127 million. June 17. Washington.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
Senate
House
Lenate
Navy Department
Congress
Navy
Dying Man Found In Local Parking Lot
Frank Brookman Taylor, 43, of Bluefield, died of a cerebral hemorrhage Wednesday morning at the Bluefield sanitarium after being found unconscious in a car at Ted Johnson's parking lot. Police found no foul play. an autopsy was performed. Taylor had coal mine work past and lived in Bluefield. divorced, previously married.
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Frank Brookman Taylor
Bluefield
Ted Johnson
Johnson
Taylor
R. C. Neale
Vogue Shops Opportunity Day Opens This Friday
City and Coalfield advertise Vogue Shops first Opportunity Day Friday and Saturday with savings. A State Communication of Mercy Lodge No 160 A F A M at 7:30 p m tonight June 17 installation of officers. Visiting Master Masons welcome. Also ads for men and women apparel and curb service snack drive in hours 1 a m to 1 a m.
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Vogue
Mercer Lodge No. 160
A. F
A. M
D. E. Cruise
W. M. R. E. Thompson
Cumberland Road
Leatherwood Farms
Farm Bill OK'd In Late Action
Washington June 17 the senate passed a long range farm price supports bill but its fate remained uncertain. The bill now goes to conference with the house which passed an 18 month stopgap extension of current supports expiring December 31. A stopgap extension failed in the senate 55 to 27 after bitter debate. The proposed program would set supports at about 90 percent of parity by purchasing crops or offering loans to hold them off the market.
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Washington
Fed
Senate
House
United Lutherans favor church unity and merger talks
Fresno June 17 The national convention of United Evangelical Lutheran church backs eventual unification of all Lutheran bodies in the United States. It endorses joining with the five member churches of the American Lutheran Conference and proposes a commission to pursue cooperation and possible merger with other Lutheran groups. US steel ingot production in 1947 reached 84.7 million tons, about five million below the wartime peak.
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Fresno
Calif
United Evangelical Lutherans Church
Merber
American Lutheran Conference
United Church
Conference
Lutheran Churches of
United States
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