Senate and BOE fail to issue policy after hour meeting
In Richmond on June 13 Gov. Stanley and the State Board of Education held an hour long session to exchange views on public school operations next year but produced no policy announcement. Aides declined to discuss potential integration or segregation plans. The board approved a 16 member medical advisory committee and noted a $412,000 encumbrance deficit.
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Stanley
State Board of Education
Richmond
Virginia
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Stenney
Garland Gray
Waverly
Dave
Gray
Eee
Weather summary across states with scattered showers
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy to warm conditions across Virginia and Tennessee with periods of scattered showers and thundershowers. Temperatures range from mid 60s to mid 70s with warmer humid afternoons and notable variation by region through Wednesday.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Newton Receives 285 Votes in West Graham Election
C W Newton registrar of Graham precinct Bluefield reports Charles E Warden councilman of West Graham received 285 votes in the Town Council election held June 23 Daily Telegraph previously stated he had 25 votes.
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C. W. Newton
Graham
Bluefield
Charles E. Warden
West Graham
Ne’ O
Ay Ve
Daily Telegraph
Deaths and Funerals Featured in Tazewell Area
Mrs. Ellen Holmes Jones 90 of Tazewell Va dies at her son Cleve Jones home. Services at Main Street Methodist Church Tazewell at 2 PM tomorrow with burial Maple Wood Dome. James Robert Cordle 59 of Eckman dies at Bluefield Sanitarium after illness. funeral 1 PM tomorrow TRS Methodist Church with burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Ellen H. Jones
Ellen Holmes Jones
Cleve Jones
Tazewell
Main Street Methodist Church
Maple Wood Dome
Greever Funeral Home
James Robert Cordle
Eckman
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ind
Counta
Pocahontas Coal Company
Jenkin Jones
Union No
UMWA
Rosa Cordie
Oscar Pais
Pineville
Tom
Northfork
James
Fred
TRS Methodist Church
W. F. Barberry
Woodlawn
Funeral services held for Will Lewis and Elizabeth Martin
Funeral services are announced for Will Lewis 60 of Pocahontas with interment at Bryant Memorial Cemetery. Survived by Rosa. children Thom Roosevelt Willie and others in Maryland and Virginia. Also noted are arrangements by Pocahontas Union Funeral Home and obituary details for Elizabeth Emeline Martin 90 of Salem born 1865 with graveside rites at East Hill Cemetery.
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Puneral
Will Lewis
Pocahontas
J. C. Stith
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Lillian
Pocahontas Union Puneral
Elizabeth Emeline Martin
Hawkins
Frank L. Shaffer
Trinity Methodist Church
East Hill Cemetery
Salem
W. A. Blankenship
Martin
W. R. Carter
Hancock School Hit By Youthful Vandals
Bluefield report says 43 school windows were broken and two cars were damaged or stolen near Hancock School. A yellow 1951 Mercury with dealer plate 12 246 was driven off and not returned, later recovered on a Bluefield street. Elwood P. Hudson of Millsboro Delaware reported his car broken into while parked at the West Virginian Lot between June 15 and Monday.
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Bluefield
Hve Mercury
Elwood P. Hudson
Millsboro
Del
Egg Hancock
Carnival Man Charged In Sunday Robbery at Oceana
Vernon Joe Jackson a travel carnival worker was arrested in Pineville after an alleged Sunday robbery and break in at the Oceana carnival. He previously escaped custody in Florida and was linked to a 10 year charge. Extradition to Florida pending.
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Oceana
Pineville
W. Va
Vernon Joe Jackson
Fort Myers
Fla
Jackson
Bailey
Florida
Police seize hot rod lacking essential parts in Sudbury
Police stopped a hot rod driven by a 16 year old and ordered an immediate trip to the station. The car was found to be missing tail lights muffler gas tank and windshield. Tigers affiliated in Syracuse a new team in the es Wee Lean.
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Sudbury
Ont
Cie Penwelt Tigers
Syracuse
Lean
Scout Camps In Operation In Bland County Va and Summers County WVa
Reservations are now being accepted for two Boy Scout camps operated by the Bluefield area Council. Camp Roland near Bastian offers six weeks of activities including swimming boating and advancement with Joe Preedie as resident director and Leon Cost as camp director. Camp Shanklin's Ferry near Bozoo provides meals not included in a two dollar weekly rate and features a central staff of instructors and safety oversight by Dr. E L Gage.
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Action Council
Boy Fronts of America
Jack L. Lewis
Boy Scout
Bluefield
Camp Roland
Bastian
Bland County
Joe Preedie
Concord College
John Magann
Joe Lawson Jr
E. L. Gage
Camp
R. L. Kyle
Camp Shanklins Ferry
Leon
Hame Shanklin’s Ferry
Woodlore
Nawre
AEP Employees Picnic Set for Glenwood Park
The 19th annual picnic of the Speemenee Electric Power Co. Bluefield District is planned for Saturday at Glenwood Park. Carol L. Shockey chairs arrangements, H M Hutcheson and Lena Moseley handle the menu, with lunch at 1 p.m. Activities include games contests an amateur show and a square dance for AEP employees. Reservations go to Mrs Jo Browning at the Bluefield office.
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Speemenee Electric Power Co
Uefield
Glenwood Park
Bluefield
Mercer County
Summers
Wyoming
Raeigh
West Virginia
Tazewell
Giles
Bland
Virginia
Carol L. Shockey
H. HM. Hutcheson
Lena Moseley
AEP Co
Jo Browning
Montcalm Mothers Pay Fines for Drunk Charge
Two Montcalm women, Eva Schultz and Jackie Farley, paid fines of 20 dollars each and were released from Bluefield city jail after a drunken incident at a Montcalm bar. Their nine month old daughter, left for safekeeping at Bluefield Sanitarium, was returned to the mother following the release.
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Montcalm
Bluefield City
Bluefield Sanitarium
Calvin Hedrick
Eva Schultz
Jackie Farley
Mercer County Farm Sales Reach $955527 in 1954
Census Bureau preliminary figures show Mercer County farm operators sold 955,527 dollars worth of products in 1954 from 2235 farms. Crops totaled 128,231 with major shares in field crops and fruits, while livestock and related products reached 762,339 including dairy and poultry. Forest products added 64,957.
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Mercer County
Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Mixed Dance Causes Loss Of Cafe License
Jackson Tenn cafe operator faced a protest from 21 Medon residents after a mixed race dance in a segregated room led to a license loss. The defense argued the event did not violate Tennessee segregation laws as asserted by Rev R W Wakefield of Medon Baptist Church. Layminster reportedly carried only pounds in a reference to prior event.
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Jackson, Tenn
Sas
Jackson
Serious injuries in highway accident leave teen in hospital
A 19 year old girl remained in serious condition at Biofield Sanitarium after a highway crash. She suffered a severe arm laceration and heavy blood loss while two unidentified youths, who brought her to aid, fled before identification. Doctors noted the arm wound suggests she was not the driver.
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Biofield Sanitarium
Maxine
Desters
Bristol Man Receives High Scholastic Honor
Robert L. Neely of Bristol Tennessee and Deel, former Grundy High School student, earned the M. A. Smythe Award for the top average in National Business College’s accounting and business administration course at Commencement in the Patrick Henry Hotel. Glynn Plybon won the E. M. Coentter Award for top average in business administration and management. Betty Lou Winyard earned the Mary P. Macgurn shorthand award. Tila Mae Garden achieved 70 wpm with minor errors in typing.
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Grundy
Robert L. Neely
Bristol
E. M. Coentter
Glynn Plybon
Rocky Mount
Mary P. Macgurn
Betty Lou Winyard
Salem
Tila Mae Garden
Hillsville
Elevator Installed At Bland Street Church
An automatic self operated elevator has been installed at Bland Street Methodist Church to aid those unable to climb stairs. A church member funded it anonymously in memory of his father, a former pastor. The elevator runs from the street level foyer by Hamilton Hall to the sanctuary level.
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Bland Street Methodist Church
Bland Street Church
Bland Street
Hamilton Hall
Guest Minister Roland Banner Plans Sunday Services
The Rev. Roland R. Banner of Lynchburg Virginia will be guest preacher Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The announcements note special services with the visiting minister.
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Roland R. Banner
Lynchburg, Va
Circle Two Circle Meeting at Mrs Dorothy Young Home
Circle Two of the Mill Creek Baptist Church meets today at 6 p m in the home of Mrs Dorothy Young in Coopers West Virginia. Several visitors are named including Cleve Dudley Anawalt and Mr and Mrs Will Rogers Bluefield who visited Ed Dudley at Crystal last weekend. additional notes mention Berkley Smith New York City visiting Mr and Mrs Connie Erwin at Sree and W M Holcombe visiting his mother Mrs Holcombe. Also J W Saulters and Mrs Wads Saulters Cleveland Ohio visited the couple last weekend. Harvey Penick has coached the University of Texas golf team for 24 years.
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Mill Creek
Cleve Dudley
Anawalt
Will Rogers
Bluefield
Ed Dudley
Crystal
Berkley Smith
New York City
Connie Erwin
Sree
W. M. Holcombe
Holcombe
Wads &. Saulters
Cleveland
Ohio
J. W. Saulters
Harvey Penick
University of Texas
Gains Reported In Businesses
Washington June 19 The department reports a gain of 60 000 in non business firms a drop of 4 500 1955 continuing a trend The industry's point of 326 900 at the end of last year was 308 000 compared with 312 500 in 1954 The department's monthly survey shows an estimated 974 200 new firms established last year This was the largest growth since 1948 when there were 393 000 new establishments in the field.
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Washington
Long Martin confrontation over state insurance post
In Baton Rouge on June 19 Gov Earl X K Lone and Secretary Wade O Martin Jr clashed on a committee floor. The dispute over ousting the insurance commissioner led to shouting and a near physical struggle as spectators and Chairman Robert Angelle intervened.
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Baton Rouge
Earl X K. Lone
Wade O. Martin Jr
Toe Santana al
Martin
Long
Ants Coe
Drunk Driving Hearing Postponed For Marland
Charleston police judge postponed today hearing charges of drunk driving against John Wesley Marland father of Gov Marland until July 17. Marland, 63, requested the delay due to a planned trip. He was arrested and jailed for four hours and released on $500 bond.
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Charleston
James McWhorter
John Wesley Marland
Gov
Marland
Browder Buys Thornton Stock in Bluefield Firm
J T Thornton Co Bluefield store renovates after sale to Roy Browder secretary and manager and Mrs J T Thornton widow of founder now hold just under controlling stake The By chase price remains undisclosed The company lists Henry Kendrick as president with G M Cruise C W French and E L Wellman among major Bluefield stockholders and others including Mary L Perry and Mrs J H Bird.
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J. T. Thornton Co
Bluefiel
J. T. Thornton
Dallas
Texas
Roy Browder
Bluefield
Chase
Browder
Henry
Kendrick
G. M. Cruise
C.W. French
E. L. Wellman
Mary L. Perry
Philadel Pa
J. H. Bird
Municipal Offices To Be Closed Today
City offices will close for a local observance with limited services. Residents advised to use online or emergency contacts as needed and expect delays in nonessential matters. Local officials urge patience during the closure period.
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