Bluefield Board Expands Save The Auditorium Committee
Bluefield directors filled the nine member Save The Auditorium committee by naming three new members Ray Barnett Nathan Platnik and Rev Clyde Hensley to join existing members to form a group tasked with increasing the auditorium income and deciding whether to continue operation or return the building to bondholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Ray Barnett
Nathan Platnik
Clyde Hensley
Jerome Katz
E. G. Otey
H. Waddell Waters
J. Taylor Frazier
Alex Mahood
L. E. Tierney
Ned Shott
P. C. Wingo
K. B. Thomas
City
Allan Scurlock announces birth of baby girl Carol Adelede
Mr and Mrs James Allan Scurlock of Washington DC announce the birth of a girl weighing five pounds seven ounces on June first at Columbia Hospital. They have a son aged four. The mother is daughter of Annie Banner of Williams Street. A church program featuring Rev Paul Henry and others from Jonesville NC will be held at First AME Zion Church on Pulaski Street Thursday at 7:30 PM sponsored by the Interdenominational Minister's Wives Alliance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allan Scurlock
Washington, D. C
Columbia Hospital
Carol Adelede
Scurlock
Annie Banner
Williams Street
Paul Henry
Jonesville
N. C
A.M.E. Zion
Pulaski Street
Minister's Wives Alliance
Births and Deaths in Deskins and Surrounding Areas
Mrs Stella Robinson 60 died at home Deskins Virginia services Thursday 11 a.m. with burial at O Quinn Cemetery. Surviving husband three sons five daughters and 17 grandchildren. Dr John R Saunders of Baltimore former Tazewell resident died in Baltimore. Services 2 p.m. Thursday Wagner Funeral Home Bluefield. Jane Ellen Law died in Cleveland Ohio at 1124 Cumberland Road. Funeral 11 a.m. Bratton Memorial Chapel Mercer Funeral Home Roselawn Cemetery. Julian W Neel 47 Martinsburg died at home survived by wife daughter and four brothers and two sisters. James Henry Duncan 59 Bramwell died Welch Hospital. wife and eight children survive. arrangements pending.
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Stella Robinson
Deskins
Grover Stiltner
O’quinn
Virginia Funeral
Stiltner
Robert Chris Robinson
Quentin
Covington
Bonsel
Indian Gap
Evans
Oakwood
Irene
John R. Saunders
Baltimore
Tazewell Item
Saunders
City Health Department
Masonic Lodge
McTeer
Fannie McDowell Saunders
Near Tip Top
John D. Farmer
Baptist Valley
W. G. Saunders
Princeton
C. M. Saunders
Oakland
Calif
Frank W. Saunders
Norfolk
Wagner Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Jane Ellen
Monte Vista Come- Law
Cumberland Road
Enry
Blue
Julian W. Neel
Martinsburg
Sidney
Patricia
D. H. Neel
Nemours
Watson
Daniel
Bluefield
Bill Columbus
Charlie
Bluewell
Carl Janutlo
Brush Fork
Elmer Hendricks
Willow Run
Mich
James Henry Duncan
Bramwell
Welch Emergency Hospital
Rovenna Watkins Duncan
Marianne Holt
Chicago
Brenda
Cookie
Rose Darlene Scott Duncan
Institute
John Thomas
Robert Lee
George
William
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Obituary Notice of Mrs. Carrie Holbrook in Coeburn
Mrs Carrie Ellen Holbrook 80 died Tuesday at her daughter’s home in Coeburn Virginia She is survived by six sons J M Banty Holbrook Bartley Tom Holbrook Dunbar Everett and Garland Holbrook Raysal Dee Holbrook Quinwood and Ray Holbrook Eu nice two daughters Mrs David M Hagg Abingdon and Mrs Robert Dingus Coeburn 33 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm at South Coeburn Methodist Church burial Mills Cemetery Estes Funeral Home Coeburn in charge
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Carrie Ellen Holbrook
Robert Dingus
Coeburn
J. M. (Banty) Holbrook
Bartley
Tom Holbrook
Dunbar, Everett
Garland Holbrook
Raysal
Dee Holbrook
Quinwood
Ray Holbrook
Eunice
David M. Hagg
Abingdon
South Coeburn Methodist Church
Mills Cemetery
Estes Funeral Home
Robert Workman Dies En Route to Bluefield Sanatorium
Robert Workman of Yards Virginia died early Tuesday while being transported to the Bluefield Sanitarium. The body is at the Pocahontas Union Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Workman
Yards
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Many, Many Local Funerals Held Across Counties
Funeral notices list William C Myers Connie M Capaldo Fred W Brown Edward C Mercer Camplin E Merman Benjamin E Williams Ernest P Basham W Herbert McIlhane y Samuel Fisher Lillian Daniels with service times and burial locations across Dry Fork Stacy Black Mountain Raven Premier Bluestone Princeton Roanoke Roderfield Kelsa and surrounding communities. Interments take place at Maplewood Rife Wayside Jaeger Oak Grove Sherwood and other local cemeteries and chapels.
YM Directors Plan 1958 Membership Drive
City YMCA Board of Directors discussed contacting former members who did not renew in 1958. The membership committee and volunteers will meet at the Pinnacle Restaurant Tuesday evening for assignments. Also planned camping season and reports on marble tournaments and a sight seeing tour to Williamsburg and Jamestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors
Y.W.C.A
Pinnacle
Thomas K. Bruce
Williamsburg
Jamestown
F. Tyler Easley
Fred McCoy
Virginia Side Boy Jailed On Threat
An 18 year old Bluefield Virginia youth named Sidney Bane was sentenced to six months in jail and fined 55 dollars for carrying a deadly weapon and threatening a police officer. Police report state he was arrested at 4 a.m. Tuesday in Trailways Bus Terminal Restaurant by Officers Frank Farmer W A Meadows and James Bailey. The weapon was a butcher knife used to threaten Officer Farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
James Harold Martin
Municipal Court
Sidney Bane
Trailways
Frank Farmer
W. A. Meadows
James Bailey
Officer Farmer
Green Valley Kiwanis hears talk on Jamestown Festival
Bill Faulkner of the Bluefield Kiwanis spoke to Green Valley Green Valley-Glenwood Kiwanis members about the Jamestown Festival. G. T. Johnson introduced him. Rev. William Brown welcomed as Greenview Methodist pastor. Brush Creek Watershed Association progress noted as moving rapidly and satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Faulkner
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Green Valley
Draft Evader Sentenced in Bluefield Federal Court
A 22-year-old Chesapeake West Virginia man, Donald Franklin Gleason, was sentenced to one year in prison by U S District Court Judge Ben Moore for attempting to evade induction into the armed forces. The judge recommended Chillicothe Ohio peniteniary.
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Chesapeake
W. Va
Donald Franklin Gleason
West Virginia
U. S. District Court
Ben Moore
Bluefield
Chillicothe
Ohio
Young Gleason
U. S
Moore
Charleston
Florida
FBI
David John Harper
Sand Lick
McDowell County
W. R McGinnis
Harper
Ey Per
Welch
ATA
Famed Greenbrier Pastry Chef to Appe ar on WHIS TV Today
Walter Schiess executive pastry chef at the Greenbrier will guest on WHIS TV's Woman's Whirl at 1 pm today. Born in Herisau Switzerland he trained in St Gallen and worked in Sweden and Switzerland before moving to the U S. He became executive pastry chef at Greenbrier in 1956 and earned multiple gold medals for sugar work and cocoa painting at major expos. He will carve an ice figure during the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Walter Schiess
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Herisau
Switzerland
St. Gallen
Sweden
Montreaux
Stockholm
Berne
Walter
Societe Des Patissier Et Confiseur St. Michel
Paris
Jackie Oblinger
Whis-Tv
Six Bluewell Lions to Attend International Convention
Six members of the Bluewell Lions Club announced plans to attend the Lions International Convention in Chicago Illinois from July 8 to 11. Named were Albert Mariotti Kyle Jones Tony Traino C A Shupe Bob Shoda and Peter Gundish.
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Bluewell Lions Club
Lions International
Chicago
Ill
Albert Mariotti
Kyle Jones
Tony Traino
C. A. Shupe
Bob Shoda
Peter Gundish
Weather outlook West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers possible Wednesday and Thursday with higher 70s. Virginia will see mostly sunny dry conditions with pleasant warmth, small chance of scattered showers in southwest counties Wednesday and partly cloudy and warmer Thursday especially in the mountains.
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Montana
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Middle Atlantic
Illinois
Indiana
Rockies
West Virginia
Virginia
University Club Plans Annual Field Day at Country Club
The University Club hosts its annual field day at Bluefield Country Club on Friday with an 18 hole golf tournament starting at 1 p.m. Non golfers can join various games with prizes. A cocktail party and dinner will feature Judge Thornton G Berry as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Club
Bluefield Country Club
Billy Williams
Williams
Thornton G. Berry
Welch
John Markell
John Mahood
Bill Bentley
al Tyree
Elmer Gillespie
Eddie Steele
Lee Murray
Charlie Belcher
Bob Cowling
Ryland Weisiger
Herndon Man Reports Car Parts Stolen Near Bluefield
Harold McKinney of Herndon Va reports his car parked on Stony Ridge Bluefield Princeton Road was missing three tires and wheels along with two fender skirts after returning at 3 a.m. Tuesday. Police records note the theft occurred Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
Bluefield
Harold McKinney
Stony Ridge
Bluefield-Princeton
West Virginia Day Holiday For State Employees
Charleston AP reports West Virginia Day will be a holiday for state employees. State liquor stores and capitol offices will close to observe the 95th anniversary of statehood, while the capitol remains open for visitors with guides on duty. West Virginia became a state on June 20, 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Congress
Two Men Face Hazardous Driving Charges
Herbert L. Hall 34 of Prince ton and Zollie G. Perdue Jr. 29 of Bluefield are due in justice of the peace court this morning on hazardous driving charges. The case follows a two car collision on Airport Road yesterday evening when Perdue pulled from the intersection by the Sky Way Theater and collided with Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Hall
Princeton
Zollie G. Perdue, Jr
Bluefield
Justice of the Peace Court
Perdue
Hall
You Auto Buy Now In Bluefield Campaign Kickoff
Preparations for the You Auto Buy Now In Bluefield sales blitz are in full swing as dealers ready showrooms and a city wide eight day event from June 20 to June 28. Merchants promote fair prices, seasonal markdowns, financing options, and trade ins to attract customers in the Twin Bluefields. A kickoff parade will start at Imperial Ice Cream on Virginia Avenue and travel through Bluefield with heavy advertising across newspapers radio and TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Twin Bluefields
Bluefield Autombile Dealers Association
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Virginia Avenue
You Auto Buy
Richlands Scouts Enter Three Day Camp Trip
In Richlands Virginia Dr Quilin Henderson and Bob Shorty Jessee led ten Explorer Scouts from Troop 49 on a three day camping trip near the South Holston Dam. The group pitched tents on an island along the Tennessee side and enjoyed fishing boating and swimming while roughing it in deep woods. Participants included David Jessee Jimmy Thompson Arvin Snead Steve Henderson Dean Henderson Roger Cordle Teddy Taylor Kendrick Hurt Garnet Webb and Mac Williford with assistant leader Joe Camper.
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Richlads
Quillin Henderson
Bob “Shorty” Jessee
Troop 49
Richlands Boy Scouts
South Holston Dam
Tennessee
David Jessee
Jimmy Thompson
Arvin Snead
Steve Henderson
Dean Henderson
Roger Cordle
Teddy Taylor
Kendrick Hurt
Garnet Webb
Mac Williford
Joe Camper
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Carl Haynes
Bow Hunters Club
Janey
Davidson
Dar-Udc
Randolph Whittle Jr
College Ave
Walton
Zoning Appeals Board
Mercer Bridge
Mercer Street
Ralph Gills
Police Department
Robert Gibson
Gibson
Louisville
Moose Lodge
T. Courtney Tanner
Robert C. Robinson
Jane Ellen Law
Julion W. Neel
Oscar T. Powers
Hattie Law Landrum
Lofty Allison
W. J. Evans
George Smith
Sid Groseclose
Myers
William C
Dry Fork
Tazewell County
Dunford Town Church of God On
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Capaldo
Connie M
Stacy
Rife
Slate
Brown
Fred W
Black Mountain
N.C
Wayside Church
Hinton
Wayside Cemetery
Mercer
Edward C
Raven
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Merman
Camplin E
Premier
Premier Pentecostal Holiness Church
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Basham
Ernest P
Toledo
First Christian Church
Roselawn Memorial
McIlhaney
W. Herbert
Roanoke
Oakley Funeral Chapel
Sherwood Abbey
Salem
Fisher
Samuel
Roderfield Christian Church
Jaeger Memorial
Jimmy’s
I Soc
Green Valley Area
Warlick’s
Furniture
McGinnis
United States
Vivian Gerace Pittman
Grover Murl Phipps
Davy M. Phipps
Weather Bureau Forecast
Data Front
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Upper Great Lakes
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Appalachians
South Atlantic States
Bluewell Lions
la Saluta Club
Philip Sweeney
Lion Albert Mariotti
Lion Ralph Robinette
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