Molly Tynes Ride Reenacted In Tazewell Sesquicentennial Parade
In Tazewell County's sesquicentennial program on June 26 Molly Tynes, famed Civil War heroine, will ride again before a pageant depicting 1800 era life. Jennie Preston will portray the 18 year old rider who warned residents along the Tatwell C H and Fancy Gap turnpike as Yankee forces approached Wytheville.
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Tazewell
Molly Tynes
Tazewell County
Jennie Preston
Jane Preston
Henry Preston
Molly
Rocky Dell
Samuel Tynes
Wytheville
Tatwell C. H
Fancy Gap
John Toland
Wise Countian Avenues Dog Area Tales a Vivid Copperhead Escape
In Big Laurel WV, William Baker and his dog Skipper faced a copperhead encounter during a hillside ramble. Skipper was bitten and Baker carried him home, then returned to finish the hunt after the snake was slain. The narrative transitions to WVU graduation notices highlighting degrees awarded on June 5 in Morgantown to several Bluefield area students, with names and degrees listed.
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Big Laurel
William Baker
Skipper
Baker
Skipper Ovens
Indian Creek
Wagedy
Old Skipper
Aarge Copperhead
Degrees Conferred in Engineering and Arts at Local Colleges
The list designates graduates receiving B S degrees in engineering of mines and physical education from multiple towns including Princeton Bluefield and Coeburn. It also notes Master of Arts recipients such as Ball Ball Barnes Chambers Clark Cook Dalton Franklin Green Houchins Johnson McLanahan Porterfield Prunty Ritchie Tungle Wade.
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Richar James Lane
Princeton
John Herbert Offenberger
Gilbert
Benjamin Franklin Overbey, Jr
War
Frank Rice
Mullens
Earl Eade Dunagan
Maybeury
Clarence Ralph Lane
Athens
John Marshall Moore
Welch
Ralph Edward Caudie
Anawalt
Walter Chapman Frazier
Bluefield
Carl Emeric Sohaney
Gary
James Robert Stocknar
Darrell Blake Dunn
Buford Palmer Early, Jr
McComas
Hettye Kathryn Bowyer
Elizabeth Colin Carr
Hinton
Margaret Pharr Greenfield
Bramwell
Patricia Rogers Perkins
Keystone
James Walter Hume
Burley Joe Lilly
John Oswald Boland
James Wirt Conlon
John Willard Creed
John Turyn, Jr
Holden
Carl Elmer Watson
B. S
Erret Jay Lambert
Ralph Eugene Main
Coeburn
James Carlyle Stafford
Pearisburg
William Aiken Laird, Jr
Coalwood
Terry Preston Lucas
James Robert Bateiet
Bessie Mae Ball
Hallie Thelman Ball
William Quantin Barnette
Willis William Chambers
Karl Champ Clark
Elbert Lee Cook
Lewis Nathan Dalton
Blacksburg
John Henry Franklin
Kimball
Mamie Starnese Green
William Crozier Houchins
Christine Elizabeth Johnson
Leonard Henry McLanahan
Harold’ Bell Porterfield
Marion firm wins bid for Virginia Side town hall project
Associated Contractors of Marion won the contract for the new Virginia Side town hall. Construction begins within three weeks and should finish in nine months. The bid dropped from 172000 to 165778 by omitting auditorium seats. Funding includes 150000 bonds from F W Craigie and Co, with remaining costs from fire station sale and general funds. The building will house municipal and police offices, a state and federal jail, an auditorium, and council meeting rooms.
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Virginia Side Town Hall
Virginia
Bluefield
Beaver Pond Creek
Virginia and
College Avenues
F. W. Craigie and Company of
Richmond
Virginia Avenue
Walnut Street
W. N. Lambert
M. C. Page
Mr. Sparger
J. L. Williams
Marion Architects
Virginia sheriffs plan Bristol meeting August convention
Virginia Governor John S Battle is slated as a principal speaker at the Virginia Association of Sheriffs and City Sergeants banquet in Bristol August 9. About 1,000 delegates are expected for the two day event August 9–10 with Lieutenant-Governor L Preston Collins as toastmaster. A dance will follow the banquet and a Federal Prison Bureau demonstration is planned for opening day.
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Virginia
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Virginia Association of Sheriffs
Pat Jennings
Marion
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Jennings
L. Preston Collins
Battle
A. 8. Harrison, Jr
Lawrenceville
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Sheriffs and City Sergeants Association
Prisoners at the Bar staged at Keen Mountain church
The Keen Mountain Methodist church hosts Prisoners at the Bar a courtroom drama at 8 pm Monday June 26. Rev. Joe E. Baker Jr notes the large local cast with Litz Aldrich as judge James B Roe attorney for the defendant William Bolton sheriff Thomas Looney fingerprint expert Gladys Caperton witness Phoebe Cook prisoner daughter Mary Simpson court clerk Kassel Wooldridge bailiff George Thomason jury foreman among the performers.
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Keen Mountain Methodist Church
Joe E. Baker, Jr
Gladys Caperton
Phoebe Cook
Mary Simpson
Kassel Lee Wooldridge
George Thomason
Tazewell History Recounted In Sesquicentennial Volume
The final material for the official Tazewell county history program for the Sesquicentennial was sent to the printers. The pageant unfolds on a double stage with illustrations and serves as a souvenir. Three performances are slated at the fairgrounds from June 25 to 28 starting at 8 p.m. Dr. James Shelby Thomas opens at 2 p.m. Sunday with a chorus of hundreds.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Uwra Anscdau
Brothers of the Brush
Larry Willis
Tazewell Fairgrounds
James Shelby Thomas
Selective Service Delinquents Named in Tazewell List
Local board No. 120 of the selective service for Tazewell county classifies a group of men as delinquent for not returning questionnaires. Names include Robert W. Berger Jr, Thomas Edd Nelson, Clarence Gearhart, Elmer Aldridge, James Elster Ratcliff, Thomas Corbin Lewis, Luther Eastridge, Robert I. Mitchell, Billy J. Conley with associated towns Amonate Bluefield Richlands Tazewell and rural routes.
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Tazewell
Selective Service
Tazewell County
Robert W. Berger, Jr
Robert I. Mitchell
RFD
Billy J. Conley
Japan's labor force nears half the population at 38 million
The labor force in Japan stands at about 38,000,000, representing nearly half of the 82,000,000 population. This reflects a broad participation across industries and regions as the nation maintains high employment levels.
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Japan
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