Three New Men Named To Save The Auditorium Committee
Bluefield directors filled the nine member Save The Auditorium committee by adding Ray Barnett Nathan Platnik and the Rev Clyde Hensley to replace members who declined The group includes J Taylor Frazier Alex Mahood L E Tierney Ned Shott P C Wingo and K B Thomas to seek higher income from the city auditorium while the Bow Hunters Club tours the grounds next Tuesday to assess activity and land use.
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
Carl Haynes
Bow Hunters Club
Davidson
Dar-Udc
Bow Hunters
Randolph Whittle Jr
College Ave
Walton
Zoning Appeals Board
Mercer Bridge
Scurlock False Birth Announcement and Church Program
Mr and Mrs James Allan Scurlock of Washington DC announce the birth of a baby girl Carol Adelede weighing five pounds seven ounces born June first at Columbia Hospital. They have a four year old son. Mrs Scurlock is daughter of Annie Banner of Williams Street. Rev Paul Henry and a quartet from Jonesville NC and other city groups perform at First AME Zion Church on Pulaski Street at 7 30 PM in a program sponsored by a committee of the Interdenominational Minister's Wives Alliance.
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
Obituaries for Stella Robinson and others in Deskins
Stella Robinson 60 of Deskins Va died Tuesday at home. Funeral Thursday 11 a.m. at Grover Stiltner home with burial in O Quinn Cemetery. Survived by husband Robert Chris Robinson three sons five daughters and 17 grandchildren. Also noted are the deaths of Dr John R Saunders of Baltimore and Jane Ellen Law of Bluefield with funeral plans and survivors listed. Julian W Neel 47 of Martinsburg and James Henry Duncan 59 of Bramwell are also reported with survivors and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Robinson
Deskins
Grover Stiltner
O’quinn
Virginia Funeral
Stiltner
Robert Chris Robinson
Quentin
Covington
Bonsel
Indian Gap
Evans
Oakwood
Irene
John KR. Saunders
John R. Saunders
Baltimore
Tazewell County
Saunders
City Health Department
Masonic Lodge
McTeer
Fannie McDowell Saua
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
Bluefield
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Mercer Funeral Home
Roselawn
James E. Law
Cleveland
Ohio
Julian W. Neel
Martinsburg
Sidney
Patricia
D. H. Neel
Nemours
Watson
Daniel
Bill Columbus
Charlie
Bluewell
Carl Janutlo
Brush Fork
Elmer Hendricks
Willow Run
Mich
du Pont Company
Wagner
James Henry Duncan
Bramwell
Welch Emergency
Rovenna Watkins Duncan
Marianne Holt
Chicago
Brenda
Cookie
Rose Darlene Scott Duncan
Institute
John Thomas
Robert Lee
George
William
Pocahontas Union
Mrs Carrie Holbrook 80 Dies in Coeburn
Carrie Ellen Holbrook 80 died at her daughter’s home in Coeburn Virginia on Tuesday. She left six sons J M Holbrook Bartley Tom Holbrook Dunbar Everett and Garland Holbrook Raysal Dee Holbrook Quinwood and Ray Holbrook Funice two daughters Mrs David M Hag Abingdon and Mrs Robert Dingus Coeburn 33 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren Funeral services scheduled Thursday at 2 p m at South Coeburn Methodist Church with burial at Mills Estes Funeral Home Coeburn funeral home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Ellen Holbrook
Robert Dingus
Coeburn
J. M. (Banty) Holbrook
Bartley
Tom Holbrook
Dunbar, Everett
Garland Holbrook
Raysal
Dee Holbrook
Quinwood
Ray Holbrook
Funice
David Im. Hagg
Abingdon
South Coeburn Methodist Church
Mills Cemetery
Estes Funeral Home
Robert Workman Dies En Route to Bluefield Sanitarium
Robert Workman of Yards Virginia died early Tuesday while being transported to the Bluefield Sanitarium. The body remains at the Pohantas Union Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Workman
Yards
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Obituary notices list multiple local deaths and funeral services
Obituaries for William C Myers Connie M Capaldo Fred W Brown Edward C Mercer Camp lin E Merman Benjamin E Williams Ernest P Basham Miss Lillian Daniels and others list ages, hometowns in Virginia and nearby states with service times today or upcoming, church or burial locations, and interment sites including Maplewood Cemetery Wayside MERCER Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
William C
Dry Fork
Tazewell County
Dunford Town Church of God On
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Brown
Fred W
Black Mountain
N.C
Wayside Church
Hinton
Wayside Cemetery
Merman
Camplin E
Premier
Premier Pentecostal Holiness Church
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
YM Directors Plan 1958 Membership Drive at YMCA
City Y M C A board discussed contacting former members who did not renew for 1958. Membership committee volunteers will meet Tuesday at Pinnacle Restaurant to resume Bruce, committee chairman. They also reviewed camping season marble tournament results and a Williamsburg Jamestown sight seeing tour. President F Tyler Easley presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors
Y.W.C.A
Pinnacle
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 jailed six months and fined $55 for carrying a deadly weapon, a butcher knife, used to threaten Officer Frank Farmer. He also paid $15 for keeping late hours. The arrest occurred at 4 a.m. Tuesday at Trailways Bus Terminal Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
James Harold Martin
Municipal Court
Sidney Bane
Trailways
Frank Farmer
W. A. Meadows
James Bailey
Kiwanis Talk Highlights Jamestown Festival Plans
Bill Faulkner of the Bluefield Kiwanis spoke to Green Valley and Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis members about the Jamestown Festival. G. T. Johnson introduced him as program chairman. Rev. William Brown, new pastor of Greenview Methodist, was welcomed after dinner. Brush Creek Watershed Association progress was reported as moving rapidly and satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Faulkner
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Green Valley
Draft Evader Sent To Prison
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 in Bluefield for attempting to evade induction into the armed forces. The judge recommended Chillicothe Ohio as the place of confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Welch
ATA
Famed Greenbrier Pastry Chef Appears on WHIS TV
Walter Schiess executive pastry chef of the Greenbrier will be a guest on WHIS TV today on WOMAN'S WHIRL hosted by Jackie Oblinger. He will carve an ice figure and discuss his Swiss and European training, awards, and U S career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Walter Schiess
Greenbrier, White
Walter
Societe Des Patissier Et Confiseur St. Michel
Paris
Greenbrier
Switzerland
Jackie Oblinger
Whis-Tv
Six Bluewell Lions Plan Chicago Convention Trip
Six Bluewell Lions Club members Albert Mariotti Kyle Jones Tony Traino C A Shupe Bob Shoda and Peter Gundish will attend the Lions International Convention in Chicago Illinois July 8 11 The group met at La Saluta Club where Scout Troop 222 member Philip Sweeney and Lion Ralph Robinet te Mercer County Civil Defense director were introduced The club announced a volunteer fire department start with a 199 La France fire truck arrived from Camp Lejeune NC A board of directors meeting is set for Tuesday June a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluewell Lions Club
Chicago
Albert Mariotti
Kyle Jones
Tony Traino
C. A. Shupe
Bob Shoda
Peter Gundish
la Saluta Club
Bluewell
Philip Sweeney
Charleston
Lion Albert Mariotti
Lion Ralph Robinette
Mercer County
Civil Defense
Carl Mariotti
la France
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be partly cloudy and warmer with possible scattered showers on Wednesday, high near 75, and Thursday, with more showers and a bit more warmth. Virginia looks mostly sunny and dry with a chance of scattered showers in the southwest on Wednesday, highs in the 80s, and Thursday mostly partly cloudy and warmer with showers mainly in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Middle Atlantic
Illinois
Indiana
Rockies
West Virginia
Virginia
University Club Field Day at Bluefield Country Club
The University Club plans its annual field day at Bluefield Country Club Friday beginning at 1 p.m. with an 18 hole golf tournament. Non golfers will enjoy various games with prizes. A cocktail party and dinner will feature Judge Thorton 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
Harold McKinney of Herndon reported three tires and wheels and two fender skirts stolen from his car parked near Binsfield on Stony Ridge Bluefield Princeton Road. He returned to the car at 3 am Tuesday to find the parts missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
Binsfield
Harold McKinney
Stony Ridge
Bluefield-Princeton
West Virginia Day Holiday For Employes
West Virginia Day will be a holiday for state employees. State liquor stores and offices in Charleston will close to mark West Virginia's 95th anniversary, while the capitol remains open for tourists with guides on duty. West Virginia statehood took effect June 20, 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Two men face hazardous driving charges after collision
Herbert L. Hall age 34 of Princeton and Zollie G. Perdue Jr. age 29 of Bluefield will appear in justice of the peace court this morning on hazardous driving charges. The charges arise from a two car crash on Airport Road yesterday evening when Perdue pulled from the Sky Way Theater intersection into Hall’s path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Hall
Princeton
Zollie G. Perdue, Jr
Bluefield
Justice of the Peace Court
Airport
Perdue
Sky Way Theater
Hall
You Auto Buy Now In Bluefield Campaign Opens
Preparations for the You Auto Buy Now In Bluefield campaign rush forward led by the Bluefield Automobile Dealers Association and the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce. The eight day event runs June 20 through June 28 with promotions across autos, clothing, furniture and more to boost local traffic and economy. A Friday morning parade will kick off the celebration starting at Imperial Ice Cream Company on Virginia Avenue in Bluefield, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Twin Bluefields
Bluefield Autombile Dealers Association
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Virginia Avenue
Richlands Scouts On Three Day Trip
Richlands Virginia Dr Quil lin Henderson and Bob Shorty Jessee led ten Explorer Scouts of Troop 49 on a three day camping trip near the South Holston Dam. They pitched tents on an island along the Tennessee side and fished boated and swam in deep woods close to the dam. Participants included David Jessee Jimmy Thompson Arvin Snead Mere Winternes Dean Henderson Roger Cordle Teddy Taylor Kendrick Hurt Garnet Webb and Mac Williford with assistant leader Joe Camper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlads
Quillin Henderson
Bob “Shorty” Jessee
Troop 49
Richlands Boy Scouts
South Holston Dam
Tennessee
David Jessee
Jimmy Thompson
Arvin Snead
Mere ‘Winternes
Dean Henderson
Roger Cordle
Teddy Taylor
Kendrick Hurt
Garnet Webb
Mac Williford
Joe Camper
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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
Capaldo
Connie M
Stacy
Slate, A
Mercer
Edward C
Raven, Va
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Ment
Jimmy’s
Green Valley Area
Warlick
McGinnis
United States
Vivian Geace Pittman
Weather Bureau Forecast
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dept. of Commerce
Mississippi Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Southern
Appalachians
South Atlantic States
Bluewell Lions
Nsc-Tv
Raymond
Rock of Ages
Bluefield Monument
ANC
Haracter
Heart of Bluefield
THE
Associated Press
Albany
Atlanta
Bismarck
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
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New York
Omaha
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Pittsburgh
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Richmond
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Tampa
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Winnipeg
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