Pobst Succeeds Poca Man As 9th District Legion Head
Grundy Va June 19 Guy Pobst of Big Stone Gap elected commander of Virginia Ninth District American Legion at closing sessions of the district convention. Other officers named include Frank Coomerer Marion first vice commander Foy Daugherty Gate City second vice commander John Flewer Grundy third vice commander. Alternate delegates chosen B S Odam Bristol H Johnson Marion Ez Cocke Bristol. About 175 Legion and Auxiliary members attended. Mrs H M Kingrea Narrows became Ninth District Auxiliary Committeewoman and Mrs W P Wyatt see Crockett Bishop elected vice committeewoman with Margaret Lee Big Stone Gap president of past presidents parley. Auxiliary unit won bell and gavel award for community service.
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Grundy
Guy Pobst
Big Stone Gap
Virginia
American Legion
Bill Cunningham
Pocahontas
Florida
Pobst
Frank Coomerer
Marion
Foy Daugherty
Gate City
John Flewer
Pare
Thomas Fly
Nan Deleoe
Legion
Odam
Bristol
Johnson
Ez. Cocke
Legion and Women's Auxiliary
H. M. Kingrea
Narrows
Auxiliary
W. P. Wyatt
See
Crockett
Bishop
Margaret Lee Big Stone Gan
Parley
Tazewell 4-H Members To Attend Short Course
In Tazewell Virginia 14 club members across Graham Pocahontas Thompson Valley and Baptist Valley clubs will attend the Ig oe Short Course in Blacksburg July 27 to August 2. Participants include Yvonne Franklin Zita Ray Yates Dorothy Dunford Charlotte Brooks Homer Allison Bobby Crab Nora Sue Kidd Jimmie Gillespie George Ascue and Eddie Mustard among others. They qualified through the Louise H Talent Show held April 15 and will compete in statewide events.
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Tazewell
Blacksburg
Louise H
Graham
Yvonne Franklin
Zita Ray Yates
Pocahontas Club
Dorothy Dunford
Charlotte Brooks
Thompson Valley Club
Homer Allison
Bobby
Baptist Valley Club
Hayter
Nora Sue Kidd
Richlandsub
Jimmie Gillespie
George Ascue
Eddie Mustard
FHA Presents Award To Tazewell Woman
A Tazewell County FHA student, Elizabeth Bourne of Gratton, won the State Homemaker degree at the state FHA conference in Harrisonburg. The June graduate of Tazewell High School plans to enroll at Radford College to study economics. Chaperoned by Miss Maria Bowen, other attendees included Sue McFarland, Bertha Yates, and John Dickenson as part of the Tazewell group among 700-plus FHA members at the three day event.
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Tazewell
Gratton
Bertha Yates
Horse Pen
John Dickenson
RFC No. 1
FHA
Tazewell Extension Workers Convene in Blacksburg Training
Tazewell Extension Service adds Miss Martha Ann Bowen and C. T. Barns as assistant home demonstration and farm agents joining A. L. Eller for a 10 day training starting June 22 in Blacksburg. County is among 18 Virginia pilot sites for the program.
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Azewell
Tazewell Extension Service
Martha Ann Bowen
C. T. Barns
A. L. Eller
Blacksburg
Tazewell 4-H Group Attends Camp
Tazewell County 4 H Club members joined with peers from six Southwest Virginia groups at Clyde Austin 4 H Camp in Greenville Tennessee last week. Ten club members earned honors including five from Tazewell County. Yvonne Franklin Abbs Valley was elected Lesser Chief and Zita Ray Yates Abbs Valley was Scribe. Billy Barrett Pocahontas was named Spirit of Camp, Bobby Allison Cedar Bluff Best Boy Camper, and Franklin represented one of the Four H s Head.
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Tazewell County
Clyde Austin
Virginia
Greenville
Tenn
Atte Camp
Yvonne Franklin
Abbs Valley
Zita Ray Yates
Billy Barrett
Pocahontas
Bobby Allison
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell boys prepare for three county fair
TAZEWELL Va In preparation for the Bland Russell Tazewell fair circuit and the Atlantic Rural Exposition in October six pens of lamb have one on feed by five Jim Bob Sante Burkes Garden has each of Southdown and Jackie Meek Burkes Garden a pen of Southdown Kenneth Neel Shawver tte ane Dorset Sammie Divides and Tommie Muserd Thompson Valley each a pen of Crossbred
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Tazewell
Jim Bob
Deaths and Funerals Chronicle Local Obituaries
William J. Neel 81 of West Graham Va died yesterday at Bluefield Sanitarium after a period of ill health. Funeral plans set for Virginia Avenue Methodist Church with Rev. Ernie H. Hampton and Rev. Clearence E. Smott officiating. Also noted are Peaney Burns and several other local mourners with services and burial details at Peters town Rich Creek and Maple Hill Cemetery.
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William J. Neel
West Graham
Bluefield Sanitarium
Keys Planning Mill
Virginia Ave
Charie
Gant
Orpha Margrate Bales
Burkes Garden
Maggie Neel
Paul Shawver
Westleben
Virginia
Odist Church
Ernie H. Hampton
Clearence E. Smott
Graham Christain Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bud Neel
Ted Farris
Ralph Bowling
Ted Newman
Bill Whitman
E. £. Bryant
Clyde Tibbs
Mennis Pruett
Denton Wesley Bible Class
Peaney Burns
Giles County
Mahala Justice
William Bowles Burns
Christian Church
Peterstown
Homer Burns
Alfred Burns
Nutley
N. J
Peterstown Methodist Church
L. D. Chandler
Charles Jack
Rich Creek
Jerry Burns
Onery
Dale Brown
Broyles
Homer
Ae Carpenter
Lillian Carpenter
Seaboard
Saltville
Sues
Mary Addington Pauley
Enn
James Arthur Carpenter
Delores
Patricia
Phyllis
J. C. Pauley
Staunton
Otis Brown
Dorothy Keen
Jewell Ridge
Darlendia Pauley
Raven
Hurst Scott
Richlands
Church of God At
Grat Horton
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
James Lenart
Spanishburg
Rich Creek Methodist Church
Andor Harsany
Pooh
Scale
Roy Lusk
James McPherson
John Basso
Joe McDonald
John Chickes
I. C. Smith
Three State Men Held For Burglaries
Scottsown Ohio police report three older men and a 15 year old confessed to multiple thefts in Huntington Ironton and Lawrence County. The quartet were arrested after an Ironton restaurant burglary and the three older men were bound to a grand jury and held in jail. the juvenile was sent to a detention home.
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Scottown
Ohio
James
Bill Hayes
Huntington
Ironton
Lawrence County
Cabell County
Wheeling Youth Wins Statewide Road-e-o Contest in Beckley
George L. Ashton 18 of Wheeling captured first prize at the West Virginia Road-e-o in Beckley. Ashton earned a $500 scholarship and advanced chances at a national contest after finishing atop 35 high school competitors from 21 cities. Paul Smith 17 of Ripley took second, with Dale Flaharty 17 of Spencer third. The WV Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual event.
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Beckley
George L. Ashton
Wheeling
Ashton
Pennsylvania Line
Ohio County
Alexandria
West Virginia
Washington
Paul Smith
Ripley
Dale Flaharty
Spencer
West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Three Richmond Sisters Die in Traffic Mishap
Three elderly Richmond sisters returning from a North Carolina wedding died when their car collided with a heavy tractor-trailer on US Route 1 south of Richmond. The victims were Florence Tyler 85 Josephine Tyler Gresham 77 and Virginia Chapin 87 widows who lived together. Will E Chapin son of one victim was uninjured as were the truck driver and a passenger.
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Richmond
North Carolina
Here
Florence Tyler
Josephine Tyler Gresham
Wand
Ma Tyler Chapin
Peterses Chapin
Virginia Chapin McClure
Will E. Chapin
National Postmasters Open Meet In Richmond
Registration in Richmond for the National Postmasters Open Meet went briskly as postmasters and staff gather for a multi day convention. John J. Meyer recalled 1917 duties, Sarah C. Russo noted she canceled her first stamp two months ago, and Beaverdam postmistress described rural boxes yielding birds and wasps. Talks by Rep. Gargos and Master General Ss are planned with the event winding up Tuesday evening.
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John J. Meyer
Tor
Post Office Department
Meyer
Baltimore Post Office
London
BSC Summer Chapel Series Opens Today
The BSC summer chapel series begins at 11 a.m. in the Arts and Crafts auditorium with weekly programs covering Commercial English Education Social Science Mathematics and Art Science and Health and Physical Education. The college music department will provide the music. David Coleman UH Kee of the Anawak Junior School Anawalt serves as visiting professor in mathematics and physics for the nine week summer session at Bluefield State College.
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BSC
David Coleman Uh, Kee
Anawak
Anawalt
Bluefield State College
Coleman
Yukon
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
Bluefield State
Bluefieldian
Excelsior High School
War
Anawalt School
Joseph Melvin Remains In Critical Condition After Tractor Accident
Joseph Melvin a 75 year old Mercer County farmer remained unconscious at Bluefield Sanitarium after a tractor accident on his farm near Gap of the Ridge on the Bluefield Princeton Road. He was hauled wood down an incline when the tractor rolled over him and he has brain damage with no fractures. Family members keep vigil at the hospital where he has been listed in critical condition since last Wednesday.
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Joseph Melvin
Mercer County
Bluefield
Melvin
Princeton
Third Flower Shop Opens In Tazewell
TAZEWELL Va. Third flower shop opens in Tazewell expanding local floral service. The new shop serves Roanoke Bluefield and Bristol area customers from its downtown location.
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Tazewell
Long
Roanoke
Bluefield
Bristol
Ten Coal Train Derails Blocking Bluestone Main Line
A Norfolk and Western coal train derailed near Bluestone yesterday afternoon, with ten cars leaving the tracks. No injuries were reported. coal spilled and tracks damaged as wheel frame failure caused the incident. Westbound track cleared by 9:30 p.m. eastbound line cleared early. No. 16 detoured via Dry Fork and Cedar Bluff, Virginia, arriving Bluefield an hour and a half late.
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Norfolk and Western
Bluestone
N&w
Dry Fork
Cedar Bluff
Bluefield
FP. A. Parley
T. R. Woodyar
P. C. Wingo
Single Car Accident Kills Man in Russell
James B. Crutchfield, 43, of Burlington, N C died yesterday afternoon in a single vehicle crash on Route 56 in Russell. The car skidded and left the highway killing Crutchfield in a fatal Virginia toll incident that also claimed H Elsaesser, 31, of Meherrin Va, struck by a train at a crossing near his home.
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James B. Crutchfield
Burlington
N. C
Russell
Lunenburg
Virginia
H. Elsaesser
Meherrin
Southern Railway
Youth Electrocuted Climbing Utility Pole in Marlinton West Virginia
A-State Police report an 11 year old boy, Camron Boyd Rider, son of Dewey and Mrs. Rider of Beard Heights, Marlinton Pocahontas county, died after climbing a utility pole and touching a 22 000 volt line. Trooper Jesse E. Higby identified the youth. The incident occurred near Marlinton on June 19.
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Marlinton
W. Va
Jesse E. Higby
Camron Boyd Rider
Dewey Rider
Beard Heights
Pocohontas
Incendiary Snake Ignites Grass Fire on Farm
A blue racer touched an electric fence while sunning on Willis Johnson's farm at Twin Lakes Michigan, electrocuting itself and starting a grass fire that damaged the surrounding area.
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Twin Lakes
Mich
Willis Johnson
Weather outlook across states with warm showers
Weather forecasts show showers and warmth across Virginia Kentucky Tennessee with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Monday and Tuesday bring lingering clouds and scattered or isolated thundershowers in places while some areas see partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions. Rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m. is reported but details are incomplete.
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Sears
Virginia
Kentucky
Ennessee
Republicans To Hold Meeting At Salem
A mass meeting of Republicans from the first senatorial district is set for the Roanoke County courthouse in Salem on July 9. The gathering aims to nominate a candidate for the Senate seat held by Ted Dalton of Radford. E. D. Hilton of Roanoke is a district Republican party official.
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Roanoke
Roanoke County
Salem
Ted Dalton
Radford
E. D. Hilton
Republi
Teens face robbery charges in Charleston case
Charleston authorities report robberies Saturday night by seven juveniles totaling 1700 dollars. Two boys aged 10 and 11 admitted taking a purse from Frances Aubrey of Normer’s Grocery, containing 1054.37 in cash and checks. They also claimed to have used five dollar bills to pay downtown bums and threw 100 dollars into the air for fun. The youths were placed in a children’s shelter awaiting court action. Meanwhile five youths aged 11 to 15 admitted stealing 700 dollars in copper ground cable from the WGKYV radio tower and sold it to a junk dealer, facing grand larceny charges and detention for juvenile court.
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Charleston
R. L. Smith
Frances Aubrey
Normer
Smith
Kanawha County
Joe Lazare
WGKYV
Lazare
Six Die After Car Hit by Passenger Train in Ohio
Six persons including two children were killed when their car was struck by a northbound passenger train two miles north of a Putnam County village. Sheriff Arnold Potts named victims as Robert Assept 20 of Toledo Robin Alsept 21 of Lima Mrs Helen Reineke 20 and her children Dawid 2 and Rodney 4 Miss Mary Marthe Gross 18 of Lima.
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Ohio
Chilnam
Putnam County
Arnold Potts
Robert Assept
Toledo
Robin Alsept
Lima
Helen Reineke
Dawid
Rodney
Mary Marthe Gross
Patrick elected president of NAPS West Virginia branch
A F Patrick of Charleston was chosen president of the West Virginia Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors. Officers named include L B Wilson of Parkersburg as vice president R L Hamilton of Charleston as secretary and H Ed wards Spencer of Huntington as treasurer.
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Jackson'’S Mill
W. Va
A. F. Patrick
Charleston
West Virginia
The
National Assn
L. B. Wilson
Parkersburg
R. L. Hamilton
H. Edwards Spencer
Huntington
Wytheville Opens Recreation Areas This Summer
Wytheville inaugurates its summer recreation program with playgrounds at Camp Jackson Spiller and 24th Streets Spiller and Tazewell rec West Union and Marshall with leaders from Radford College Mary Washington and University of Tennessee. Theme Summers Wonderland features arts crafts dramatics sports active and quiet games plus folk and square dancing supervised by local college students and Harvey Livingston oversees the program.
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Wytheville Perces
Camp Jackson
Spiller
24Th Streets
Doris Nelson
Radford College
Tazewell
Ann Holcomb
Mary Washington College
Democrats Join Up For Civil Rights Plan
Nine Democratic congressmen under Rep Powell join to push civil rights legislation to the House floor. Powell, a Negro member, sponsors an antisegregation amendment that stalls Eisenhower’s military reserve measure. The President defends the administration’s civil rights record and urges support to pass the expanded reserve program.
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Washington
Rep. Powbringing
House
Powell
Eisenhower
Laughing Gas Used To Move Bee Hive Demonstration
College Park Md June 19 Harold L Kelly demonstrated moving a bee colony using laughing gas at a bee keepers convention. The keeper subdued the bees without headset or gloves during the demonstration.
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College Park
Harold L. Kelly
Kelly
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