Virginia Board Allocates 383445 For School Construction
The State Board of Education in Richmond allocated 383445 to fund five white and four Negro schools and re elected Blake T Newton as President. Grants include 150986 for a joint Williamsburg James City County Negro School Bruton Heights and 46852 for Isle of Wight County Georgia Tyler Negro Elementary. Also approved were new supervisors and visiting teachers for districts including Richmond, Fairfax, and Wythe.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Blake T. Newton
Williamsburg-James City County
Bruton Heights
Georgia Tyler Negro
Isle of Wight County
Stonewall and
Gainsboro
Frederick County
Rivermont
Tazewell County
Carter G. Woodson
Buckingham County
Dillwyn
Gainesville
Prince William County
A. G. Richardson
Louisa
Helen E Johnson
New York
Virginia Lee Watts
Emma G. Myers
Ames
Iowa
M. Ina Babcock
Lynchburg
Eugene P. Brondelli
Waynesboro
Charles E. Clear
Wythe County
Josephine
Rutherfore Fairfax
Paul E. McLeland
Hampden-Sydney
Mirian W. Kelly
Renee S. Lamb
Westmoreland
40 And 8 Society Chartered At Welch
Charleston reports the state chartering of Mountain Electronics Co. Hun tington Inc a radio and revision business with 40000 capital. Incorporators include Charles A Meyer Henry L Kohn and Margery J Meyer all of Charleston. Also chartered Quarrier Realty Corp a Charleston real estate agency with 200 shares no par value by Thomas B Ward William R Badger and William A Hamlin of New York. W E Eubank Voiture 1171 La Societe Des 40 hommes et 8 chevaux Inc a Welch based non profit American Legion group with incorporators Charles H Gearhart Jess J Mullins and F J Hervey of Welch.
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Charleston
Mountain Electronics Co
Huntington, Inc
Charles A. Meyer
Henry L. Kohn
Margery J. Meyer
Quarrier Realty Corp
Thomas B. Ward
William R. Badger
William A. Hamlin
New York
W .E. Eubank
la Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux, Inc
Multiple Deaths and Funerals Chronicle Virginia West Virginia Obituaries
Last rites held or scheduled for numerous residents across Rich Creek Yukon Tookland Princeton andGary in Virginia and West Virginia. Services announced for Leo McGuffin Auer Elmer Lockhart Courtney Mangumm Benjamin Harvey Childress Raymond Parsell Elbert Vermillion Carrie Alley Mattie Alley Frank Moxley Artie Victoria Bryson and Henry Mitchem with churches cemeteries and funeral homes named. Interments planned at Resthaven Oak Grove Prater West End and other local sites.
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Leo McGuffin
Happy” Auer
Rich Creek
Rich Creek Baptist Church
Resthaven
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Buck Massey
Emmitt Bradley
Felix Ballard
Frank Short
Franklin Colburn
Tom Boggess
Luther Hudson
Roy Kemper
BE. Lb
A A. P. Clark
E. E. Sonner
W. O. Woodson
Clinton Ballard
P. L. Comer
Gilbert Childs
E. Meadows
George Munsey
E. K. Boggess
R. H. Walton
Earl Wilson
Emmitt Wilson
Elmer Lockhart
Yards
Big Rock
Benjamin Harvey Childress
Tookland
Ine
Clinch Valley Clinic Hospital
Primitive Baptist Church
Proter
F. A. Beavers
C. M. Harrison
R. S. Queens
Prater
Took Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Mattie M. Alley
Catawba
Raymond Jones
Wytheville
Nelle Poole
Austinville
Paul
Clarence Alley
Wythevillle
Fred Poole
Woodlawn
Porterfield Funeral Home
West End
Frank X. Moxley
Pennsylvania
A Venable
Harrison Street
Oliver Avenue Church of God
H. H Hungate
Artie Victoria Bryson
Gary
Pentecostal Holiness Church
P. D. Edwards
Aron
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Hansel Bryson
Clifford
Eugene
Ellis
Charlie
Anawalt
Robert
Thorpe
Vernon Jones
Christine Lofton
Ernestine Hale
Rosanna Merrell
Eunice Braxton
Lucille Smith
Elkins
Mervins
J. Shiver R Oding Dortena
Hairston
John Swanson
Onlead Hayes
The
Missionary Society
Pace Funeral Home
Welch
Wreck Victim In Critical Condition After Two Car Crash
Gene L Shrader 26 of Raleigh Street remained in critical condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after a two car collision on Stadium Drive Wednesday night. Four others injured at St Luke's Hospital were listed as slightly improved and resting comfortably. The driver in Shrader’s car was William Vance Dunford 25 of Raleigh Street. both worked for Andy Williams Garage. No arrests have been made in the case.
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Gene L. Shrader
Raleigh St
Bluefield Sanitarium
St. Luke's Hospital
Peggy Minnick
Sand Lick
St. Luke's
Bernardo Foy
Donald Iipfinger
Stony Ridge
Frances Minnick
Minnick
Stadium Drive
Shrader
Virginia
A. E. Andes
William Vance Dunford
Dunford
Andy Williams
Swank Woods Father’s Day Tie Bars at Alfred Land
Swank debuts Father’s Day accessories including tie bars cuff links and key chains at Alfred Land with a range of sets.
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Alfred Land
Retreat Sunday At Sacred Heart Church
A Day of Recollection for Sacred Heart men Sunday June 20 sponsored by the Holy Name Society and the Knights of Columbus. Mass and Communion at 9, breakfast at Pinnacle Restaurant, then drive to Villa Maria at Rocky Gap VA for mediation and talks led by Rev Daniel Kirwin. Benediction closes the day. the event may become annual depending on turnout. Joe Tackett leads the Holy Name Society and Grand Knight Siko comments on the plan.
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Men of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
Pinnacle
Villa Maria
Rocky Gap
Daniel Kirwin
T.S
Siko
Joe Tackett
Tazewell Rabies Vaccination Set
Tazewell County Health Department announced a three day rabies vaccination drive for dogs covering about 50 designated sites. From June 22 to 24 two clinician groups will visit locations including Wardell Store Claypool Hill Pounding Mill Buck's Store Thompson Valley Springville School Falls Mills Pocahontas and more with routes spanning East River Mountain to Shannon.
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Tazewell, Va
Tazewell County
Wardell
Claypool Hill
Red Ash
Seaboard
Jewell Ridge
Pounding Mill
Baptist Valley
Tazewell
Bishop
Buck's
Thompson Valley
Cove
Liberty
Witten Valley
Old Fort Inn
Pisgah
Springville
Dry Fork
Amonate
Falls Mills
Bluefield
East River Mountain
Clearin K Valley
Burkes Garden
Pocahontas
Abbs Valley
Hoback
Mud Fork
Tip Top
Shannon
Wyoming Navy Man Charged In Robbery Of Florida Resident
Lewis Hall, 24, of Wyco, a sailor, was arrested by Beckley state Police for a Winter Park Florida resident robbery. The victim Stanley Whitten identified Hall as one of three men who picked him up near Princeton and stole $300 in cash and luggage near the Matoaka dump last Friday night.
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Wyoming
Beckley State
Winter Park
Fla
Matoaka
Lewis Hall
Wyco
Stanley Whitten
Princeton
Charleston
Whitten
Five Thousand Thirty Three X-Rayed in Tazewell County
In a release from Mrs. Ernest Kitts executive director of the Tazewell County Tuberculosis and Health Association the free X Ray Clinic in the county examined 5033 persons. Thirty one were under clinical study two hundred were slated for re take. Abnormalities were reported to family physicians and clients and normal pictures were not reported unless a report is received.
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Tazewell
Ernest Kitts
Tazewell County
McCarthy Army clash ends as cross examination ends
McCarthy wrapped his 36 day subcommittee pursuit and Welch concluded the cross examination at Ft Monmouth amid bitter clashes with the Army and Eisenhower aides. Potter issued a bombshell statement while lawmakers prepared for closed sessions and possible three separate reports on the McCarthy Arey row.
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Army
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Schine
McCarthy
Loyalty Board
Truman
Eisenhower
Welch
Boston
Potter
Wisconsin
Mundt
R-Sc
Len McClellan
Ark
Sen
Dirksen
R-Ill
Symington
Regional Weather Outlook From Maryland to Western Pennsylvania
Weather report notes mostly cloudy and warmer conditions across Maryland West Virginia and surrounding areas with scattered showers and thunder showers. Friday highs range from 66 to 90 depending on location with interior showers. Saturday forecasts show continued cloudiness and warmer temperatures with more showers or thunderstorms in parts of the region.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Innocenty at Puerto Rican Tonalist Campaign and Trial
The article outlines tensions around the Puerto Rican tonalist party and its independence bid. Judge Holtzoff reportedly urged dropping the intent to kill charge, while U S attorney Rover contends Kron is guilty and should be charged. Defendants face five counts per charge with potential long terms, but Holtzoff says sentences run concurrently, capping at 75 years.
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Natonalist Party
Alexander Holtzoff
U.S
Leo Rover
Kron
Rover
Holtzoff
All-Union Trade Unions reelect Nikolai Shvernik president
The All-Union Council of Trade Unions announced the re election of Nikolai M Shvernik as its president at a Kremlin meeting on counter revision. Shvernik, longtime Soviet trades union leader, previously led the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Living material yeast and its spores are often found clinging to dust in the air.
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Moscow
All- Union Council of Trade Unions
Nikolai M. Shvernik
Kremlin
Shvernik
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Guatemala Revolt Gains Strength
Tegucigalpa residents report large numbers of khaki clad recruits in streets and at the airport amid ongoing resistance to Guatemala's leftist government. Guatemalan exiles allegedly airlifted to the border. Ambassador Chinchilla pleads for border security and seizure of arms as two planes reportedly dropped modern arms near Tiquisate.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Honduran
San Pedro Sula
Amadeo Chincilla
Carlos Castillo Armas
Chinchilla
J. Edgardo Valenzuela
Valenzuela
Chincilla
Carlos Diaz
Tiquisate
Pacific
Logan County Man Sentenced in Moonshine Case
Federal Judge Ben Moore yesterday sentenced Mitchell Simpson of Omar to two and a half years for possession and transport of 13 gallons of moonshine whiskey. An extra six months was added for lying under oath. Simpson led as chief defense for two Omar Negroes, Ben Broughton and Lucas Walker, who were acquitted. Two youths were committed to a 60 day youth classification center at Ashland, Ky. for observation under the Youth Correction Act. George David Caldwell of Payette County pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen car. sentence deferred pending investigation.
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Ben Moore
Logan County
Mitchell Simpson
Omar
Moore
Simpson
Allen Oliver Holcomb
Aubrey Lee Kirk
Ashland
George David Caldwell
Payette County
Wheeling Tot Falls 25 Feet Lands on Sidewalk
Wheeling boy Dale Hanlin 3 fell 25 feet from a second floor window onto a sidewalk. He suffered a fractured collar bone and was taken to a hospital in good condition by the Wheeling Fire Department emergency squad. His mother Rosetta Hanlin was nearby when he toppled from the window.
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Wheeling
Little Dale Hanlin
Rosetta Hanlin
Wheeling Fire Department
Dale
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Courtney Belle Mangumm
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I. H. Hayes
T. E. Woody
Page Funeral Home
B. H. Childress
Raymond Parsell
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Princedy
G. W. Johnson
Ted Jones
Jt Stevens
George Hartery
R.G. Morris
Robert Pendleton
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Athens
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Fred Cooper
Meador Bird
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Homer Ball
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Carrie Alley
Mattie Alley
Frank Moxley
Mrs. Hansel Bryson
Henry P. Mitchem
O. J. Douglas
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
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Exiles Return
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