McDowell to Stage Pageant Trail to Freedom
More than 500 McDowell County citizens join the Trail To Freedom pageant opening tonight at the National Guard Armory Welch. The 17 episode performance runs Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. as Centennial Week festivities continue with street dances and concerts. Written and directed by Mrs. John G. McGurie of War.
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McDowell County
National Guard
Welch
West Virginia
McDowell
John G. McGurie
Bluefield Civitan Director Addresses Bond Referendum
Randolph G. Whittle Bluefield city manager spoke to the Bluefield Civitan Club on a nine phase capital improvement plan tied to a $540,000 bond issue in a special election next Tuesday. Paul Chryssikos welcomed the speaker at the Bluefield Auditorium Restaurant.
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Randolph G. Whittle
Bluefield
Bluefield Civitans
Paul Chryssikos
Civitan
Virginia Beach Boy Drowns In Sand Pit
Ronald Edward Walke, 13, drowned Wednesday while swimming in a sand pit near Seaboard. A skin diver recovered the body from the pit bottom where it lay under ten feet of water.
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Virginia Beach
Ronald Edward Walke
Seatback
Local Boy and Sister Leave Today for Overseas World Baptist Meeting
Jennie Ratliff and Ray Ratliff of Bluefield depart today for a world trip of 14 countries to attend the World Baptist Alliance of Youth meeting in Beirut Lebanon. They will travel with 70 U S delegates and return August 1. Ray is a Duke University junior and Jennie a Beaver senior.
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Ray
Jennie Ratliff
Ray E. Ratliff
Oak Grove Ave
Bluefield
World Baptist Alliance
Beirut
Lebanon
Holy Land
U.S
World Baptist Alliance of Youth
Jennie
Ray Ratliff
Oak Grove Avenue
Duke University
New York
United States
William Jenkins
Southern Baptist Convention
Richmond
Jenkins
Eagle Eyre
Lynchburg
Ratliffs
States
Alliance
Canada
Emily
William Bonner
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Tazewell Man Killed In Mine
A 58-year-old Tazewell County man Lewis Gwinn Blevins of Gray Branch Cedar Bluff Va was crushed to death in a state fall at 2 p m in the P R L Coal Co mine near Shortt Gap Va. He had worked as a miner for 32 years and is survived by wife Gladys Asbury Blevins a son Steven three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 11 am at Jones Chapel Church of God Richlands with Rev R B McPherson officiating burial in Hawkins Cemetery. The body remains at Farmers Funeral Home Richlands until the service.
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Tazewell County
Shortt Gap
Lewis Gwynn Blevins
Gray Branch
Cedar Bluff
P.r.&l. Coal Co
North Carolina
William
Sarah Anderson Blevins
Gladys Asbury Blevins
Steven Blevins
Ora Shelton
Richlands
Ora Allison
Bethel
Ohio
Carlie Garrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Jones Chapel Church of God At
R. B. McPherson
Raleigh County Man Charged After Wreck
A one vehicle accident on U S 19 21 two miles north of Spanishburg in Mercer County Wednesday night caused $500 in damages. Joe Herrera Jr of Beckley was cited for failure to have his vehicle under control after losing control near a one way bridge and driving into a culvert. Trooper J E Parsons investigated.
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U. S
Spanishburg
Mercer County
Joe Herrera, Jr
Beckley
Herrera
J. E. Parsons
Khrushchev to Visit Norway Sweden and Denmark
Premier Khrushchev plans official visits to Norway Sweden and Denmark next spring according to Einar Gerhardsen’s office. Dates to be announced later.
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Oslo
Norway
Khrushchev
Sweden
Denmark
Einar Gerhardsen
Kiwanians Hear Details of New River Gorge Project
Fred Sayers of Hinton outlined the four phase New River Gorge development, a 12 year tourist project extending about 58 miles from Athens through Hawks Nest. Summers and Mercer County committees support the effort with local civic leaders and guests in Bramwell.
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Fred Sayers
Hinton
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
New River Gorge
Summers Co
Mercer County
Sawyers
Athens
Hawks Nest
Miss Virginia Opens Tonight in Roanoke
Thirty four Virginia girls compete for the 1963 Miss Virginia title as the pageant starts with talent and beauty show at the American Theatre in Roanoke. Curtain is at 8 p.m. Two Miss America Pageant officials will attend Roanoke events alongside sponsors and local club members at Hotel Roanoke.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Roanoke Chamber of Commerce
Roanoke Valley Junior Woman’s Club
Lenora S. Slaughter
Atlantic City
N. J
B&O Told To Abandon 12 Miles Of Track
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to abandon 12.4 miles of line called the Ripley and Mill Creek Valley Branch between Millwood and Ripley West Virginia.
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B&o
Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ripley and
Mill Creek Valley
Millwood
Ripley
W.va
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Omaha
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A. L. Poteet
French Edmunds
J. A. Barnes
New Methodist
Bramwell
Dan Paul
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Sam Rush
Pilot Life Insurance Co
James Connors
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Winfred Dillard
Kiwanis
Jess
Miss Virginia
W. VA
Western Auto Store
SALE
Sealy Mattress
SEALY
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