Tazewell Rotary Club To Install Officers
The Tazewell Rotary Club will hold its annual picnic in Tazewell Virginia on Friday June 25. Officers will be installed with Rev. T A Freeman becoming president T A Pabst as vice president Barnes T Moore as secretary treasurer John W Gilsacene as sergeant at arms and J W Harman Jack Hyatt and Emory Kilgore as directors.
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Tazewell
Tazewell Rotary Club
T. A. Freeman
T. A. Pabst
Barnes T. Moore
John W Gils Acenie
J. W. Harman
Jack Hyatt
Emory Kilgore
Pounding Mill DVBS Classes To Continue
Pounding Mill Va June daily vacation bible school classes will continue through this week each evening led by Rev M E N Lindey of Tazewell with Walter Calhoun a Lynchburg College ministerial student assisting.
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Pounding Mill
M. E. N. Lindey
Tazewell
Walter Calhoun
Lynchburg College
Pocahontas Personal Guests and Visits Across States
Pocahontas social notes list guests of Mr and Mrs William Dills Baker Allen Town Pennsylvania and Mr and Mrs Junius W Ellett from Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Visitors include Mrs Gail Dickerson and daughter from Roanoke to see parents Mr and Mrs A V Sproles. John Sproles and family back from Nebraska. Tabor family from Washington DC visit Eugene G Sones. Jane Ellett graduates Penn Hall, and Radford summer term enrollment noted for Mrs B T Newton and Mrs John Gregory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dills Baker
Allentown
Junius W. Eliott
Gail Dickerson
Roanoke
Dickerson
A. V. Sproles
Norton
Elsa Cheek
F.M
John Sproles
Nebraska
Sproles
Tabor
Dunfan
Son. Tabor, Jr
Washington, D. C
Eugene G. Sones
Dunman
Isis Owens
Pocahontas
Junius W. Ellett
Aennee
Chambersboro
Jane
Penn Hall
Eflett
James W. Fierce
East Orange
N. J
2. T. Newton
John Gregory
Radford State Teachers College
Summer Visitors and Local Short Trips Reported
Bill Barksdale a William and Mary student has arrived home for the summer with his parents Mr and Mrs J P Barksdale of Gilliam. Mr and Mrs E B Evans and daughter Miss Nancy are vacationing in Northes. Dr and Mrs Riffe and son Bobby return from Craige Springs. Louis Capaldini of Ohio State University is home briefly before returning to Columbus for summer school. Mr and Mrs D B Wallace and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Barksdale
William and Mary College
J. P. Barksdale
Gilliam
E. B. Evans
Nancy
Northes
Riffe
Bobby
Craige Springs
Louis Capaldini
Ohio State University
Columbus
D. B. Wallace
Weekend visits span Virginia to Seattle in notices
Children Carole and Gary spent a weekend in Lafayette Virginia with Mr and Mrs W C Wallace. They returned home Monday with Carole staying for the week. Mr and Mrs Manuel Yaffee and daughter Anita Jean visiting in Washington and New York. Mrs Louis C Austin and two children left for Seattle after weeks here with Mr and Mrs L C Austin. Mrs Austin accompanied them to Cincinnati and returned Saturday night. Mr and Mrs William McCurry and son and Miss Elizabeth Womack of Barnley were guests of Mr and Mrs G A Good. FAVOR CANAL Huntington West Virginia June 19 The Huntington propeller club favors a canalization project for the Big Sandy river. Harry Kras told the club 15 000 000 tons of coal could be shipped on the river once the project is completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carole
Gary
Lafayette
W. C. Wallace
Manuel Yaffee
Anita Jean
Washington
New York
Louis C. Austin
Seattle
Wash
L. C. Austin
Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Propeller Club
Big Sandy
Harry Kras
Huntington District Corps of Engineers
Clintwood Women Win VirginIa Town Hall Posts
Clintwood Virginia voters elected an all female town government on June 8 with Mayor Minnie Miller and six councilwomen including Benna Smith Marian Shortt Ida Cunningham Ferne Skeen and Kate Friend. The bond issue for water facilities also passed. The change prompts a shift in terms as the town moves from town fathers to leaders of a new era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Minnie
Sis) Miller
Clintwood
Benna C. Smith
Dickenson County
Marian Shortt
Ida Cunningham
Ferne Skeen
Kate Friend
Smith
Friend
Ctizens
H. H. Sutherland
Dickensonian
Game Season Dates Adopted in Virginia 1948
Tazewell Virginia June 19 Regulations adopting open season on game for the 1948 season were approved by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries in Richmond. Squirrel seasons run Sept 15 to Sept 3 and Nov 20 to Jan. Deer may be hunted Nov 20 and Nov 22 in Clinch mountain area. Quail season opens Nov 20 with closing date tbd. Rabbits grouse and pheasants Nov 20 to Jan 5. Mink opossum raccoon open periods Oct 15 to Nov 18 and Nov 20 to Jan 20. National forest hunting restricted to Nov 20 to Jan 5. Mink trapped Dec 15 to Jan 31. muskrat and otter Dec 15 to Feb 28.
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Tazewell
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Richmond
Clinch Mounain
Special K of P Meet Planned at Pocahontas
A special meeting of Knights of Pythias is planned for Thursday night at Castle Hall in Pocahontas Virginia. Supper will be served by the Pythian Sisters and all Knights and Sisters are urged to attend.
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Pocahontas
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Birth Announcement and Local Social Notes
Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Russel E. Mahaffey at St. Elizabeths on June 15 a daughter. Rev. Lee Hill of Eggleston, visitor at a Methodist revival, dined with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Journell. Local residents listed visiting relatives and spending weekends in Martinsburg Paint Bank Bland Newport Taeber Rippon Portsmouth Fanson and Hemphill.
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Lee Hill
Eggleston
Roy Journell
Julia Morris
Christiansburg
Cc. O. Caskey, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Charles Whynham
Ken
Louise Clark
Pearnsburg
Norweta Caldwell
Sam Meadows
F. B. Martin
Paint Bank
Ellsworth Reed
Fairy Wysong
Newport
E. L. Liddle
Jimmie
Tae7er
E. F. Philpot
Juanita Rogers
Adie Britts
Billy
Bland
Gene Williams
Minnie Young
Hemphill
Ralph Diez
Tampa
Fla
Jim Kelly
Brown elected secretary at national apple convention
Malcolm M. Brown of Martinsburg West Virginia was elected secretary of the National Apple Institute at the closing sessions of its annual convention in Harrisburg June 19.
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Harrisburg
W. Va
Malcolm M. Brown
Martinsburg
National
Apple Institue
Virginia Dairy Group Sets June 23 Meeting
The newly chartered Virginia Federation of Dairy Herd Improvement Associations will hold an organizational meeting in Charlottesville on June 23. William H. Armstrong says the group will approve by laws elect officers and a board, set financing assessments, and conduct other business. One DHIA representative from each of the state’s 48 associations will join the federation board. The Monticello dairy assembly room hosts the gathering. Virginia is the first state to form DHIA cooperatives, with the federation chartered as a non profit no stock group last March 26.
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Charlottesville
Virginia Federation of Dairy Herd Improvement Associations
William H. Armstrong
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
DHIA
Federation Board of Directors
Monticello
Armstrong
Virginia
Federation
Tazewell Personal Notes Reflect Wide Range of Travel
Mrs A J Higginbotham leaves for Louisville to visit friends for two weeks while Rev and Mrs Shannon guests of relatives in Broadway Virginia. Several clergymen attend pastor school in Bristol and lay Methodist members from North Tazewell. Miss Sammy Scott pursues graduate work at Duke and teaches at Tazewell High School. Others visit family in Madison Wisconsin Washington DC and Richmond while several attend meetings and tours in Virginia and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Higginbotham
Louisville
B. O. Shannon
Broadway
Shannon
H. L. Thompson
Rees T. Bowen, Jr
Tazewell
Marguerite Ward
George Ward
Thompson Valley
Cove
B. T. Sells
Clyde F. Watkins
Jay B. Osborne
R. E. Fritts J
Bristol
L. E. Anderson
J. C. Ireson
North Tazewell
Sammy Scott
Duke University
Scott
Tazewell High School
Harry C. Dodge
Madison
Wis
Marjorie Tice
Washington, D. C
Betty
Frances Tice
Warren Gaw
Gaw
J. W. Witten
Richmond
Mary Jane Floyd
Miss Floyd
Lois Floyd
William and Mary College
A. S. Higginbotham
Leaksville
N. C
Bill, Matthews
Matthews
Peggy Peery
Ann Cabell Overby
Danville
Farmville State Teachers College
G. O. McGhee
Keysville
W. J. Hoean
McGhee
Charlottesville
University
Carl C. Gillespie
Gillespie
W.M. Thompson
Marshall, Va
T. L. Ridout
Far West
Grand Canyon
California
Ridout
Stras Memorial Edurch
Clear Fork agronomist speaks at Dear Fork meeting
Tazewell Va June 19 agronomist from VPI Blacksburg spoke at Dear Fork Community club on Drop Variation and Fertilizer. J S Gilbert of Appalachian Electric Power showed two films The Dawn of Better Living and My Model Farm. Business period covered plans for August Clear Fork Community fair aiming to include every farm with farm and home products and rural items.
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Tazewell
Lewis
VPI
Blacksburg
Dear Fork
J. S. Gilbert
Bluefield
W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Clear Fork
Store Interest Sold in Tazewell Confectionery Trade
Jimmie French, manager of the Korner Kupboard on Main Street, has sold his interest to H. H. Wassum and begun a lumber business in North Carolina. The original partnership included French, Wassum, and Jennings Lockhart. Patsy Hare visited over the weekend with cousin Miss Mary Emma Stafford at White Gate.
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Tazewell
Jimmie French
Korner Kupboard
Main Street
H. H. Wassum
North Carolina
French, Wassum
Jennings Lockhart
Patsy Hare
Mary Emma Stafford
White Gate
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Falls Mills
AF. & AM
Mahaffey
John W. Gillespie
Commonwealth’s
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J. Russell Hedrick
Raleigh H. Tabor
45Th Masonic District
John Hearn, Jr
Lacy L. Beard
Northfork Personals
Bluefield Monument
Wea JS
Merker
Westinghouse Fi
Sitang
Chicago
Wome
Howard B. Stanton & CO
Richlands, Virginia
Colgate’s
Audiphone
Sheaffer
Whitman
Air Bon
Westclox
Sun Glasses
DE H
Virginia Ave
K. of P
Elwood Tumblin
Rippon
Lacy Smith
Portsmouth
W. H. Rogers
S. W. Hahn
Fanson
Apple Group
Austin
Bluefield, Virginia
Vms Hee Boe
PTT
Abbs Valley. Mercantile CO
Abb's Grocery
Abbs Valley, VA
Virginia Dairy Group
Taezwell
Essley
Agronomist
Sewessyo Wt
Waltham
Man's Hires
Ian
Kate Smith
WKOY
Pickwick Gift Shop
Bluefield, VA
Chicago House Furnishing Company
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