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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1955
Page
8
London health expert Dr Duncan Ley aims to settle if removing tonsils is truly beneficial by studying 1000 children 500 operated and 500 retained. He notes wide regional variation 10 to 90 percent and cites risks including potential polio susceptibility.
Doctor Phillip Craig Brunschwyler son of Mr and Mrs J P Brunschwyler earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore during June 4 graduation exercises. He did four years pre med at West Virginia University before entering Maryland and will intern at University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City Kansas. His parents and sister Judith Comstinvier attended the ceremony.
The Herold Family expresses sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors for sympathy after the death of Robert H Harold. Special thanks to Rev Jimmie Jones for comforting words and to those who sent flowers, provided cars, and Memorial Funeral Directory staff for kindness.
The Princeton City Council may approve a two year paving program with bids from Haynes Construction Company of Bluefield the lowest at 3.98 to 8.08 per linear foot for streets including J Butler Street Center Street to Straley Alley and North Walker. Several councilmen including G K White and G H Crumpecker retire June 30 while term reassignments and a council elected mayor are noted.
Matoaka Kiwanis Club schedules an all Kiwanis meeting with Dr C I Butte Jr as program director. Past presidents day and Fathers Day program planned. Tommy Karnes Bryce Caldiron were guests at the last meeting and reported on Boy's State convention. Darrell Floyd named Southern Conference athlete of the year.
Forty six applicants passed driving tests and received licenses while twenty four failed. Ninety one applicants took the tests at multiple locations with twenty one valid and thirteen failing operation. Successful names include Ann Lambert and Kenneth Burnopp among others from Bluefield Lashmeet Bishop Matoaka Dott Athens Coaldale Giotto Oakvale Princeton and nearby areas.
Sixteen area men are ordered to report to Local Board No. 12 for the June draft call. They will assemble at 6:50 a.m. at the local board office on the second floor of the Commercial Bank Building and be shipped by bus to the Beckley Examination and Induction Station. The Bluefield departure is set for 7:25. Registrants include Carl Lindsay White, James Runyon, Calvin Striff, John Casey, De Hart Davis, Joseph Jones Jr., Bobby Moses, Lloyd Eller, William Shrewsbury, Kenneth Ruble, Norman Orender, Garnet Sneed, William Fortune, Nelson Gills, Charles Cline, and Calvin Matheny Jr.
President Eisenhower mixed golf with work at Gettysburg Country Club and later drafted a major address for United Nations anniversary ceremonies in San Francisco. He played 18 holes with Gen. Arthur Nevins, scoring two birdies, and later prepared a speech for Monday in San Francisco.
Miss Bess Hale leaves Thursday for Craig Springs Virginia to be social this season. Mrs D C Rice broke a bone in her arm and is a patient at St Luke's Hospital. Mr and Mrs Max Lawson of Harrison Street spent time in Roanoke and he sails Monday for a two week business trip to New York Washington and Richmond. Mrs Lawson and son visit her parents in Nitro. Mrs Earl Hale returns from Raleigh. Mr and Mrs G M Hollandsworth of Oklawaha Florida visit relatives in Elmore and Park Avenue. Jack Bailey and family vacationing in Cuba. Mrs Euna Saunders hosts weekend guests from Point Pleasant. N E Lanton in New York City on business. Miss Frances Linkenhaker to summer with father C C Linkenhaker then returns to University of Virginia faculty post in fall.
The Sound of a Stone, a 28 minute color drama on civil rights, will be shown at Trinity Methodist Church in Bluefield at 7 30 p m. The Centron Corporation production follows a Kansas town teacher wrongly labeled subversive and uses strong rumors and hate as its core conflict.
Three room apartment with two closets and linoleum. Gas stove in kitchen and all utilities furnished. Comfortable climate with cool summers and warm winters. Call 3148 Princeton.
Katie Mae Boles to J. Sanders wed in Bland Virginia with vows read June 15. Sanders, son of Basil and Mrs. Sanders, is a Concord College student and Navy veteran. The couple resides in Princeton. Periwinkle Garden Club meets Monday at Mrs. Gilbers Jr. home. Bridge and canasta party honors Mrs. Robert Crowder, recent bride. Open house noted for Ott and Viola Rader’s Golden Anniversary on June 29. Alice Winfrey hosted a linen shower for bride elect Miss Alice Winfrey with gifts and prizes awarded to guests.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives across Blacksburg Clifton Narrows Hillsville and Wythe areas. Families including the Wideners Hortons Johnsons Shepherds and Foote plus postmasters Callaway and King joined reunions trips and a Claytor Lake gathering honoring Dan Frazier with several relatives noted in Switchback and nearby towns.
Paul Daniel Linkous of Princeton and Stella Mae Welse of Hiawatha filed a marriage license application in the county clerk’s office.
Charles A Mullin and wife sell tract on Bluewell Montcalm Road to Virgie A Marshall for 10 dollars. J H Smith and wife sell 1 acre on Beaver Pond to R E Spence and wife for 19 dollars.
Three or four rooms end bath fur nished. All new and in A-1 shape at Princeton location 817 Herrison Street.
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