Bland County Sponsored Whis Salute On Radio Program
Bland County receives a WHIS salute broadcast this afternoon as part of the Salute to the Cities series. The event features Bland talent and a reception committee of local notable citizens from the chamber of commerce.
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Bland County
WHIS
Chain of Commerce
Miller T. Burton No
American Legion
Bland Messenger County
Charlie Mustard
Charlie Rudder
Myles Foland
Newt Wilson
Squire H. B. Kitts
J. D
Buchanan County
Community Visitors and Short Family Trips Reported in Rocky Gap
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bivens of Elkhorn visited Luther Bivens. Rev. R. W. Watts and Edwin Watts from Washington joined Fred Simpkins family. Raymond Williams of Pembroke visited Sallie Honaker as J. E. Honaker of Richmond visits his mother. The Rev. W. H. Simpkins and family travel to Coeburn for a week’s visit. Annie Rucker returns from Princeton and McAlpin. E. G Conley family hosted Ossay relatives. Charles Brewer and son Harry spent time with Marie Brewer in Lewis-Gale Hospital Roanoke. Sallie Dunford of Chapel visited D. E. B. Conley family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Gap
Charlie Bivens
Elkhorn
Luther Bivens
R. W. Watts
Dunn
Edwin Watts
Ashington
Fred Simpkins
Raymond Williams
Pembroke
Sallie Honaker
J. E. Honaker
Richmond
W. H. Simpkins
Coeburn
Annie Rucker
Princeton
McAlpin
W. Va
E. G Conley
Ossay Va
Charles Brewer
Harry
Fishing party nets 21 fish at Big K near twin bridges
H W Arrington Sr Roy Cole and Oscar Parley fished last Thursday at Big K near the twin bridges and caught 21 fish. Arrington claimed the largest speckled trout measured 14 inches. They returned home Friday.
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Duhring
W. Va
H. W. Arrington Sr
Roy Cole
Oscar Parley
Big K
Twin Bridges
Mr. Arrin
Broken Arm Sidelined Kingrea Reaches Sinai Hospital
In a local incident, Clifford Kingrea sustained a broken arm and was taken to Sinai Hospital for treatment, with nearby homes receiving updates on his condition.
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Clifford Kingrea
Outing Ends With Pleasant Marshmallow Roast
A large crowd gathered June 4 near a home for a marshmallow roast after a Monday night fall, and a nine pound son named Jackson was born to Joe Johnson at a nearby flock. Granddaughter J. W. Spence shares in the family joy. Mrs. C. B. Mullin and Mrs. L. R. Staten attended the Farm Women's club outing at Hungry Mother park in Marion, Virginia, enjoying a pleasant day.
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Pina Johnston
Joe Johnson
Flock
Jackson
J. W. Spence
C. B. Mullin
L. R. Staten
Farm Women’s Club
Hungry Mother Park
Marion
Local social notes from Clifty Yard area gathering and visits
Mrs Ricka Beggs hosted a birthday party for daughters Hawassa ten and Roberta twelve on June 4. Ellen Arrington visits relatives in Mechanicsburg Virginia. Glenna Hurst stays with mother Mrs Vasti Bailey and relatives. Myron Taylor spent Sunday with grandmother Mrs Maggie Mil after a week with kin. Mrs J J Shrader has been ill at home two weeks. Lundy Dillon and son Eugene visited homefolk in Spanishburg. Aretta, daughter, accompanied them. Mr and Mrs 8 L Fanning and son Junior arrived from Florida to visit relatives. L A Staten learned sister Mrs J B Ward is ill in Rochester Minnesota, Ward formerly Daisy Staten operator for N and W on Poca hanas division. Ward now in Colorado. Henry Mulkey of Davy visiting Staten parents. Tracy Dillon and two children spent Wednesday with Mrs H S Gillespie. Alex Bailey hosted Ray Miller and Maud Miller and Mrs Miller of Lamar and Elmer Bailey and children of Dulining for dinner. Mrs C A Duncan is staying with brother EB L Blevins at Chilhowle Virginia for a few weeks.
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Ricka Beggs
Hawassa
Roberta
Ellen Arrington
Mechanicsburg
Glenna Hurst
Vasti Bailey
Myron Taylor
Maggie Mil
J. J. Shrader
Davy
Louis Staten Sr
Tracy Dillon
H. 8. Gillespie
Alex Bailey
Ray Miller
Maud Miller
Miller
Lamar
and . Elmeraailey
Duhling
C. A. Duncan
Iron Lithia Springs Notice of Saturday Service
Iron Lithia Springs Virginia announces a series of religious services on June 18 with Rev E W leading at Shef eed venue. Parishioners are urged to attend following typical Saturday observances and community prayer.
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Iron Lithia Springs
Rev. E. W
Leaves for Army and Local Social Notes
Jim and Bud left for Hawaii to enlist in the U S Army after passing the physical. Mr and Mrs C K Marcus of Princeton visited relatives in town. Mrs Hazelson and children of Abbs Valley visited Mrs A L Hamilton. Miss Fannie Dickenson and Roy and Walter Dickenson were in Bluefield. Carrie Ellen Peery of Bluefield spent the weekend at home. Dorothy Evans of Tip Top visits grandparents Mr and Mrs F Sluss. Marline Riley returns home for summer after Big Creek High. Mr and Mrs J S Peery visit Carl Sluss at Jenkin Jones. Elmo Hoback and family visit Hobacks of White Thorn. Mrs Marlen Billips visits Poca Hamilton area.
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C. K. Marcus
Princeton
F Sluss
Hazelson
Abbs Valley
A. L. Hamilton
Fannie Dickenson
Roy
Walter Dickenson
Bluefield
Carrie Ellen Peery
W. Va
Dorothy Evans
Tip Top
F. Sluss
Marline Riley
Big Creek High School
War
C. E. Lewis
Mullens
Carrie Hayes
J. S Peery
Carl Sluss
Jenkin Jones
Elmo Hoback
White Thorn
H. A. Hoback
Marlen Billips
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Show Mine Dedication Draws National Guests
In Pocahontas a dedication ceremony for theShow Mine attraction drew national figures including W J Jenks of Norfolk and Western, H I Shott Bluefield publisher and Col John J Lincoln head of the Operators association. Festivities include a Friday dance at the State Rendezvous with Ed Watkins and his Harlem Hot Shots.
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W. J. German
Fnorn Meen
Association
Merce
Pocahontas
United States
Telegraph
Sunset News
Ed Watkins
Harlem
WHIS
Bluefield
Tom Steele
State
State Rendezvous
Salvation Army officers to attend Sunday school session
Sunday afternoon at 2 30 p m the Jewish Synagogue on West Church Street hosts a Sunday school session with Colonel and Mrs Baynton in attendance. They serve as Divisional Commanders for the Virginia and Southern West Virginia Division of the Salvation Army.
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Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association
Browning
Ahantas
Snday
St. Elizabeth's Ee Church
Verhovay
Joe Danko
Synaogue
West Church Street
Baynton
Virginia
Southern West Virginia
The
Salvation
Evening Meetings Ahead Bring Someone To Salvation Sessions
Evening gatherings announced for 7 30 and 8 00 PM with public salvation meetings and street meetings. Attendees urged to invite others to attend these church events and share in the program.
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Public Salvation
Local Greetings and Health Notes From Fielddale and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs Tom Steele visited relatives in Fielddale Virginia and plan a weekend trip to War West Virginia. Dr Harry Samaurian of Cleveland Ohio visits his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs 8 G Sahagian. Thelma and Gladys Perdue of Rocky Mount Virginia return home after a week's visit with Aunt Mrs C C Pointexter. Jimmy Adkins of Madison West Virginia visits with his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs W G Adkins. Charles Wesley Gilmore Jr improves after emergency appendix operation at Bluefield sanitarium Tuesday. M G White Jr remains ill at home. Roy Pennell left Saturday for Wilkesboro North Carolina to spend the week with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Steele
Fielddale
War
W. Va
Harry Samaurian
Cleveland
Ohio
G. Sahagian
Thelma
Gladys Perdue
Rocky Mount
C. C. Pointexter
Jimmy Adkins
Madison W. Va
W. G. Adkins
Charles Wesley Gilmore, Jr
M. G. White Jr
Roy Pennell
Wilkesboro
N. C
Fal's Mills Vo Home Demonstration Meets with Twelve Members
The Fal's Mills Home Demonstration club gathered at Mrs. Joe Phillips home with twelve members. Mrs. M C Henry from Tazewell county spoke on tuberculosis moving on tuberculosia and the hostess sewed. July meeting to be at Mrs. Goosby in Flat Top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Mills
Home Demonstration Club
Joe Phillips
M. C. Henry
Tazewell County
Phillips
Goosby
Mud Fork News Dates and Local Meeting Report
Mud Fork Virginia correspondent reports Sunday worship at 9 30 with Rev Edgy Dean. Sunday school at 10 19 o'clock and a 7 30 Young People's meeting. The Falls Mills church earned the monthly banner for the Graham circuit youths at the recent rally.
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Mud Fork
Ed Gy Dean
Worth League of Graham Cmeuk Circuit
Local Visitors Share Weekend at Amonate Area
Amonate Virginia residents hosted visitors this week. Maggie R. Tabor welcomed her grandson Amonate guest. Clarence Stamper, Mrs. Shrader and family from Amonate visited, along with Bluefield and Boissevain guests who joined Mrs. J. A. Mathena and Mr. Charlie Epperson's circle. Roke Caldwell hosted Herman Caldwell and children from Princeton.
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Amonate
Maggie R. Tabor
Clarence Stamper
R. H. Shrader
R. Tabor
Snell
Martha Kimberlin
Howard Scot
Bluefield
J. A. Mathena
Palestine Hess
Boissevain
Charlie Epperson
Herman Caldwell
Princeton
Roke Caldwell
Dixie Blackbird Minstrel Benefit At Bishop Va
The Wayne P Sewell production Dixie Blackbird Minstrel sponsored by Womens Missionary Society and coached by Louise Engbarth played Friday to a receptive crowd. The show raised a neat sum for the Missionary treasury. Pollyanna party planned by Mrs I C Ferguson at her home Friday evening June 24.
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Bishop
Dixie Blackbird
Wayne P. Sewell
Woman's Missionary Society
Louise Engbarth
the Missionary Society
I. C. Ferguson
Lawn Party Celebrates Robert Lowman Twenty First Birthday
Robert Lowman celebrated his twenty first birthday at his parents home with games contests and a party plate served to many friends in attendance.
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Robert Lowman
W. M. Lowman
Maggie Dora Mills Returns Home to Richmond
Miss Maggie Dora Mills has returned to her home in Richmond after an extended absence. The notice confirms her residence and states she is back at the family residence in Richmond.
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Maggie Dora Mills
Richmond
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Outings
Names and places fill a social roundup with Mrs. T. R. Robinson and Bradshaw family visits, skating party attendance by Joan and Billy Knight and Maggie Mis, Emory and Beckley trips by Frances Clark and Gladys Thompson, and a bicycle accident recovery at Clinch Valley clinic.
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Tom
Joe Turley, Jr
Bluefield
J. C. Turley
Joan
Billy Marie Betty Knight
Maggie Mis
Caroline Massey
Tazewell
Ross Oliver
Harry Palmer
T. R. Robinson
Bradshaw
Frances Clark
Nannie Altizer
Gladys Thompson
Emory, Va
Gerret Shrewsbury
Beckley
Charleston
Sheets
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
F. G Baldwin
Lloyd Baldwin
Buchanan County
M. E. Hall
Shriners
Last Rites Held For Rufus Thompson At Tip Top
Rufus Thompson died Monday morning at his son Greever Thompson's home in Pocahontas after a brief illness. He leaves his wife, three daughters Mrs. John of Rocky Mount and Mrs. Bessie Kraene of Dorothy, plus sons James and Greever Thompson of Pocahontas and 8. G. Thompson. The Thompeen family lived in Tip Top for about thirty years. Funeral services were at Boissevain Methodist Church with Rev. E. T. Gilmer Jr. and Rev. R. H. assisting.
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Tip Top
Rufus Thompson
Greever Thompson
Pocahontas
John
Rocky Mount
Bessie Krane
Dorothy
G. Thomp- Claton
James
Greever Thompeen
Last rites held at Mathena cemetery in Tip
Bowden notices show last rites conducted at Mathena cemetery in Tip. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Casino and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boone of Jenkin Jones visited relatives and friends Sunday. Earl Proffitt of Bluefield visited Tom Proffit. Mrs. Henry Hager visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Pruit of Sawyer.
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P. F. Casino
Charles Boone
Jenkin Jones
Earl Proffitt
Bluefield
Tom Proffit
Henry Hager
John Pruit
Sawyer
Woman's Missionary outing and social news from Montcalm
The Montcalm Wva Woman's Missionary Society held a barbecue at Rock Park with members and guests. Local visitors Harold White Murl White Lewis Sublett and J E Wysong traveled to Roanoke for business. Magda Dunn returns from Pottery visit. Ruby Warden recuperates after Bluefield operation. Princeton guests were dinner visitors to the Ward home.
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Montcalm
W. Va
The
Woman's Missionary Society
Weiner
Rock Ball Park
Harold White
Murl White
Lewis Sublett
J. E. Wysong
Roanoke
Magda Dunn
C. V. Pennington
Ruby Warden
T. A. Warden
Bluefield Sanitarium
J. P. Long
Tom Browning
Ruby Ward
Princeton
T. A. Ward
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Judge Gollehon
Bland
Glenn Hare
Duhring Cliff Yard
J. C. Wall
American Coal Company
Crane Creek
C. C. Collins
Sinai
Iron Lithia Springs, VA
ARMY
Jim
Bud
Mon
Hawaii
Fiimy!towne
U. S. Army
Howdy N. E. A
N. and
Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Palace Theater
Palace Theatre
Pocahontas, VA
Joan Crawford
Spencer Tracy
Buck Jones
LAW For
Tombstone
Pocahontas Operators Association
Pocahontas, Virginia
Ralph Whitt
J. H. Taylor
Tressa Evaniuk
New London
Conn
Norfolk
Panama
Mr. Taylor
United States Navy
First Methodist Church
Wood
R. E. Early
Madeline Martin
W. H. Golden
Chattanooga
Tenn
T. A. French
Daily Vacation
J. P. Curtis
L. B. Crawford
Roy Erly
Salvation Army
la Verne
Kurlox Beauty Shoppe
Oppelletts Old Store
Black Diamond Empire
National Editors Association
N. and W
George Butt
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Fal's Mills
Bill Bailey
Coopers
Frank Perdue
Coaldale
Antoin Dvorak
National Editors’ Association
N. and W. Men and the Pocahontas Operators’ Association
Bishop, Va
MAS. Garnes Mustard
Leister
N. and W. Chieftains
Ed. Watkins
Tin Top
Walter Mathena
Dot
Wes
OUNN
Tas Operators
Associa
Tion
Howdy
Editors’ Association and
Norfolk and Western Ry
MacFarlane Radio Service
Richlands, Va
Colemans Radio Service
Elletts
Nick Crist
N. E. A., Norfolk and Western
Bottling Works
National Editorial Association
Appalachian Power CO
Bank of Pocahontas
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Morris Magrill
General Insurance & Bonds
Norfolk and Western Officials
J. O. Greenberg
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