Local Playground Contests Highlight West Bluefield Week
Across Bluefield five playgrounds hosted contests with 1 857 total and 1 413 daily average. East End drew 187 registrations with winners named in storytelling candy hunt ball bouncing pocket book show and more. East End softball beat Midway 34 20. Wade and East River held events with winners in pocketbook shows handcraft treasure hunts and basketball. Wade beat East End 24 23 and East River girls beat Wade 3 1. Midway registered 130 with multiple event winners and Midway little girls softball edged East End 22 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
East End
Geneva Wallace
Dennis Martin
Sue Martin
Candy Hunt
Donnie Buzzo
Shelia Marqus
Carol Walker
Roger Akers
Patty Belcher
Carol Thomas
Wallace
Susan Woods
Monica Sewer
Tommy Lambert
Frankie Lambert
James Wallace
Judy Ree
Shelby Thomas
Panler" Une
Demme Lammymone
Shiela Maragus
Carter
Midway
Joseph Moore
Marquenta Linkford
Alex Bare
Moses Murray
Kathleen Price
Sammy McDaniel
Calvin Watson
Louis Mills
Helen Modntgomery
James Ealy
Gatewood
Gloria Price
Brenda Ealy
Grenda Ealy
Sheila Sinkford
Marguenta Sinkford
Wade Playground
Sue Purdue
Mica Ashworth
Sandra Wassum
Delores Dudley
Sandra Fowler
Sue Tiller
Diana Dudley
Jimmy French
Rosie Moricle
Johnny Beckett
Tommy Lowder
Wade
Wade Biz
East River
Joyce Belito
Sandra Nash
Alice Lee
Patty Nash
Bobby Sarver
Joe We
David Jones
Nancy Nueckolis
Ann Higginbotham
Ann Lynch
Mary Sawyers
Wanda Smith
Brad Hale
Bill Harrison
Sally Morris
Sonny Lewis
Johnny Land
Dusty Lotito
Steve Webster
Joyce Bello
Libby Roberts
Pocketbook Show
Sharon Hambrick
Bonnie Williams
Cookie Vaughn
Hugh Edmonds
Ricky Rownley
Carol Davis
Don Davis
Clayton Ruble
Marcia Hambrick
Kenneth Carter
Emma June Hill
Sam Whitt
Sucker Hunt
Larry Townley
Saral Davis
Court Order Frees Mrs. Smith in 1950s case
Charleston attorney says Mrs. Dorothy Krueger Smith will be released from Alderson Federal Prison after a court order signed by Judge Ben Moore directs the warden to allow her to join her father retired Gen. Walter in the Pacific theater. She was convicted by an Army Court Martial in Japan in 1953 for the fatal stabbing of Col. Aubrey D. Smith.
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Charleston
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Alderson
Ben Moore
Bluefield
Smith
Eusay
John C. Morrison
Morrison
Nina Kinsella
Famine Suffering in Ho Pei Province Affects Millions
About 15 million people in Ho pei province in northern China are reported to be suffering from famine conditions. The statement highlights severe shortages and rising hardship across the region with widespread hunger.
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Hopei
North China
Two Killed One Hurt In Wheeling Shooting
Authorities consider recalling the Ohio County grand jury as Cronk faces possible charges for killing his father in law and a 9 year old child and wounding a third person. Cronk shot Donna Mitcham and James Mitcham then wounded Alex Talorchyk before his wife and others intervened. A 31 year old truck driver, Cronk was subdued by police after the barrage in his second floor apartment.
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Wheeling
Ohio County
As Cronk
David A. McKee
Intermediate Court
Thomas P. O’brien
O'Brien
William J. Thomas
Cronk
James Mitcham
Mitcham
Donna
Alex Talorchyk
Barton
Ohio
Shirley
Talerchyk
Thomas Cronk
Thomas
Messes
Caee
Charles Cronk
Four Beer Licenses Suspended In Fayette
Fayette County tavern licenses were suspended by Beer Commissioner Roy D. Platt. Glenna Shephard of Shep's Place in Powellton, Harry H. Huber of the Beards Fork Pool Room in Mount Hope, David W. Taylor of Hillcrest Inn in Robson, and Albert Bloxson of Bloxsons Place in Kimberly face suspensions of 30 days for Shep's Place and Hillcrest Inn and 60 days for Beards Fork Pool Room and Bloxsons Place, effective immediately as taverns were dispensing beer.
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Charleston
Roy D. Platt
Fayette County
Glenna Shephard
S Place
Powellton
Harry H. Huber
Beards Fork Pool Room
Mount Hope
David W. Taylor
Hillcrest Inn
Robson
Albert Bloxson
Bloxsons Place
Kimberly
Shep
Kwass Graduates From University of Wisconsin
Robert M. Kwass son of Mr and Mrs Sidney J Kwass receives a B S degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Wisconsin on Friday June 21 He held ROTC rank of major served as battalion plans officer and is a Scabbard and Blade member treasurer He will be commissioned as second lieutenant and report to Fort Benning in October Also active in Zeta Beta Tau sailing club campus theatricals and Badger Block activities.
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Robert M. Kwass
Sidney J. Kwass
Parkway
University of Wisconsin
Bluefield
Robert
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Georgia
Wisconsin
Kwass
Army
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Scabbard & Blade
Fort Benning
Civil Aeronautics Author
Zeta Beta Tau Isocial Fraternity
Campus Theatricals
Badger Block
Postmistress Held On Embezzlement
Bessie Lee Hall former Wyoming County postmaster in New Richmond was convicted in U S District Court of embezzling 1041 47 from the post office and submitting a false financial report. Judge Ben Moore delayed sentencing pending probation officer investigation. Offenses occurred Sept 1 to Dec 31 1955.
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Wyoming County
U. S. District Court
Bessie Lee Hall
New Richmond
Ben Moore
Design service ad seeks dialing DA 17 5915
An advertisement invites a design service for time with redesigned office forms and more efficient fill ins. It lists dialing DA 17-5915 and names Commercial Printing Co at 11 Commerce St Bluesfield West Virginia.
New Murder Trial Sought In Mingo County
Charleston reports Winifred L. Farley asked the West Virginia Supreme Court for a new murder trial in the 5 to 18 year sentence for the 1956 shooting of Clyde Fields. Farley claims self defense. prosecutors say no weapon was involved. The appeal also includes a request from the West Virginia Heart Association to appeal a public solicitation permit denial by Charleston County Supervisors.
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Charleston
Winifred L. Farley
Supreme Court
Mingo County
Farley
Clyde Fields
Parley
Fields
West Virginia Heart Assn
Charleston Board of Supervisors
The
Heart Association
United Fund Drive
United Fund For Heart
United Fund
American Heart Assn
United
Elderly Huntington Woman Repatriates Large DPA Repayment
A 75 year old Huntington woman, a Department of Public Assistance client, repaid 2650 dollars after her husband died leaving a 25000 dollar estate. DPA calls the repayment one of the largest received by the Huntington office.
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Huntington
Department of Public Assistance
DPA
Charleston Firm Wins Huntington Port Job Contract
Mason & Mason Construction Co. of Charleston awarded a $397,485 contract for work at Tri-State Airport pending Civil Aeronautics Administration approval. Project covers paving an runway extension and widening the taxiway.
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Huntington
Mason & Mason Construction Co. of
Charleston
Tri- State
Civil Aeronautics Administration
State Liquor Commission Bans Free Whisky and Wine Samples
The State Liquor Commission bans free samples of whisky and wine. Chairman E Gaujot Bias says individuals must buy retail in state stores. Surplus liquor from distillers previously sent to the commission will be billed and placed on shelves. The FDA will check 900 cases in Southern West Virginia for contamination after last years floods.
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Charleston
State Liquor Commission
E. Gaujot Bias
Bias
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
West Virginia
Mistaken Identity Ducks Mistaken Body in Collision
Horrified witnesses rushed to aid after a crash in Galveston Texas where onlookers thought a child’s body plunged from a car. Investigators confirmed it was only a sack of dressed ducks, causing confusion at the scene.
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Galveston
Tex
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W. VA
AEP
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Clinch River
Carbo
Russell County
Hardy
Hardy Street
Shaffer Maytag CO
Blond St
Ruth Holland
Ronco Food
Elbow Macaroni & Cheese
RONCO
Ron
Mrs. Smith
Lively Air New Hillman
Hillman
Sunbeam
Brevice Motors
Bluefield Avenue
Fayette
Wisconsin U
Call
Field, W. Va
Gordons
Lomndon
Gordon
GRAIK
Gordon's Bay Gin CO
LTB
Linden
Mingo
Brentwood Cottons
Warlick’s
Furniture
Fairchild
Snover
AIR Travel
Tearm l
Richmond
Knoxville
Bristol- Kingsport
Johnson City
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
Howard Camp
Cohen Drug
Brentwood Town
Penney
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