Nominees for Amber Board Voters Set for Final Ballot
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce announces results of its annual primary naming fourteen men for seven Bluefield area board seats. Virginia Side nominees include W. Pierce and Hudson Hurd. Bluefield candidates include J. A. Coleman and J. Taylor Farr among others. Final ballot set to be posted in the walls today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blues Chamber of Commerce
Lon Rish
Chamber
Virginia
W. Pierce
Vs Planing Mill
Hudson Hurd
Chita House Furnishing Company
S. Dudley
the Life Insurance Company
Carl Creasy
Bluefield Casket Company
Luefield
W. Va
J. A. Coleman
J. C. Ney Company
Superior-Sterly Company
Clyde E. Elliott
Elliott Brokera Company
Chamer
Joseph H. Bowen
Leenderson
C. S. Cheyney
G. Lurr
C. E. Lilley
Georeg Richolson
Oldover
W. J. Cole
Easley
Ray Evans
L. Deuchtenberger
Questionnaires Mailed by Board Listing Numerous Registrants
Questionnaires were mailed by the board to a long list of registrants with order numbers and names including William Melvin Cilley Estel Andrew Billings Charlie Derbert Caner Earl Edward Tabor Scott Neal Raymond Milton Ferguson Ray McNeer Shrader Edward Kelley Clinton Douglas Lilly Jr Eugene Franklin Robins Fred Clowerstine Robert Edwin Hedrick Ralph Joe Armentrout Garfield Coy Cole Elmer Harold Barlow John Lee Thompson Belva Lee Roy Croye Emory Lockerd Parsons Arthur Hill Aubrey Clifford Terry Hal Eugene Leftwich Prank Armstrong McCue Charles Williams Everett Bell Roland Banks Hudson Randel Oscar Bond Marvin Daniel Rash Paul Truman Shrewsbury Charles Hearn Nelson Virgil Rae Service Coal Co Joe Self Marion Dick Shrader Robert Bowden Culpepper Shirectin Booster Paddock Grill and others in Bluefield Pocahontas and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kelley
Bluefield
W. Va
Clinton Douglas Lilly, Jr
Princeton
Eugene Franklin
Henry Eat
Fred Clowerstine
Armature Co
Robert Edwin Hedrick
Ae Transfer Co
Ralph Joe Armentrout
City of
Garfield Coy Cole
Elmer Harold Barlow
John Lee Thompson
Va. Armature Co
Belva Lee Roy Croye
Emory Lockerd
Parsons Mouse Sterling Co
Arthur Hill
C. L. Dorden
Poca. Fuel Co
Pocahontas
Marvin Daniel Rash
State Road Comm
Paul Truman Shrewsbury
Unem
Charles Hearn
Nelson Virgil Re
Church Announcements on Duhring and Mercer Streets
A city church led by Pastor T. E. Peters welcomes Rev. Dale Griffin from Clarksburg W Va to morning worship at 11. Evening service at 7 45 features Not Ashamed to Be Called Their God and anthem What If It Were Today. Sunday school 9 45 and Vacation Bible school commencement training union at 6 30. Prayer service Wednesday 7 45. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duhring
Mercer Streets
T. E. Peters
Dale Griffin
Clarksburg
W. Va
Griffin
Christ Jesus
Vacation Bible School
Board of Stewards
C. H. Harris
Camp Houston
Elizabeth Morgan
Pastoral Service Schedule With Evening Sermons
Ray C. Tindall, pastor, announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m with John B Pearson as superintendent. Special music at each service. Morning sermon Close to God and evening message Growing in Grace. Training Union at 6 30 p m and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray C. Tindall
John B. Pearson
Church Sunday services and meetings announced
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints schedules Sunday school at 10 a m in Moose hall on Mercer street and Sunday evening services at 7 30 with regular speakers. Officers and teachers meet at 9 30 a m and M I A closing exercises are set for Thursday at 7 30 p m. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Moose Hall
Mercer Street
M. I
Religious Service Schedule for 118 South Street
Rev. W. D. McGraw presides with Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 and a evening service at 7 45 Also a Young people's meeting at 6 30 and a mid week gathering on Wednesday at 7 30 Mrs G Mattox leads the or Evening topic public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Street
W. D. McGraw
W. H. Ealy
Young
Morning Prayer and Sermon at Bramwell
The Rev. E. W. Hughes, rector, will lead morning prayer and a sermon at 11 o'clock at Bramwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramwell
E. W. Hughes
Bible School and Church Services Schedule
The notice lists morning worship at 11 with a sermon by a minister and choir anthem, a congregational business meeting, afternoon and evening activities including Christian Endeavor, Vacation Bible School closes, midweek prayer at 7 45, and Christian Science and church services with sermons, hymns, and radio broadcast. Readers are invited to attend at multiple local church missions on Tazewell and Roanoke Bedford streets.
Methodist church program features spiritual fellowship and sermon
The Methodist church announces a church school at 9:30 a.m. under I. N. Puqua with pastor E. Wiley. Davidson will sing The Holy City as a solo. The pastor Will deliver a sermon on Reconditioned liver. An important meeting follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nary
E. Wiley
A. A
I. N. Puqua
Piritest Fellowship
Fea Spiritual Fellowship
Vidson
Holy City
Stephen Adams
Eastwood Preacher Leads Church Services With Camp Houston Trip
The Rev W P Eastwood pastor leads a full church schedule with 9 45 morning school, 11 am worship on the theme Being Christian in Times Like These, and 7 45 pm evening sermon Divine Intolerance Evening youth and intermediate groups gather then depart for Camp Houston Monday for a week of activities Mid week service Wednesday 7 45 pm choir practice Thursday 7 30 pm and Camp Caesar open to young adults Thursday night Public invited to all worship services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Eastwood
A. C. Stowers
Camp Houston
Camp Caesar
West Graham
H. Arthur Phillips
Worth League
Ening
Youth Council
Clyde Bowling
Corner Bible church notices on Mercer and Duhring
The Friendly Church announces Sunday Bible school at 9 45 and morning worship with sermon at 11. Daily Vacation Bible School closes with a dramatization of Psalm 24 at 730. Paul L Royer is the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer and
Duhring Streets
the Friendly Church
Paul L. Royer
Christ Episcopal Church to Hold Morning Service and School
The Rev. Jennings Wise Hobson presides at CHR IST EPISCOPAL on Tazewell and Duhring streets. Church school begins at 9 30 a m. Morning worship at 11 o clock with Rev. Kenneth J Foreman of Davidson College as preacher. No evening service. Rector attends Princeton service at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal
Tazewell
Duhring Streets
Jennings Wise Hobson
Kenneth J. Foreman
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Princeton
Revival and church notices fill Logan Street area
A revival proceeds at Church of Jesus on 111 Logan Street led by Rev Walter E Albee of Johnson City Tenn with special music by Elmo Lawson Martha Jane Clark and others. Also Calvary Baptist and Pentecostal Holiness announce services nightly with guest preachers and Sunday schedules including morning and evening worships and midweek prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Jesus
Logan Street
Walter E. Albee
Johnson City
Tenn
Elmo Lawson
Martha Jane Clark
Caliban’s Bold Misdirection Sparks Barroom Brawl
Caliban the timid city dweller asks for cat soup as Angus confronts him. A sudden clash erupts when Angus grabs the frail man from his stool and delivers a single swift punch. Separately a municipal levies report cites totals of 000 or 35.16 per vehicle, while other levies by the same units exclude social security reach 7,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus
Holdouts among Tazewell Graham high school faculty
Several teachers at Graham and Tazewell high schools have not signed contracts amid post draft resignations and marriages. The report notes D. H. Caldwell joined the draft and suggests Tazewell may lose its coach. Graham seeks Sindow to replace departing staff as wages rise in private industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
Graham and
Tazewell High
Tazewell
Graham
D. H. Caldwell
Graham High School
Sindow
Virginia
Boards To Register New Draftee Class
About 180 men in the Clear Fork district of Tazewell county will reach 21 by July 1 and may register on that date at Bluefield Virginia and Pocahontas. Draft boards will not sit at precincts. Bluefield board No. 2 in the new post office building will be open 7 AM to 9 PM, and Pocahontas will host a special board at the courthouse the same hours. Those who did not register last fall may register on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Fork
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Court House
Highway Accidents Continue Toll on Virginia Roads
Police report a fatal crash near Salem as a car left the road, struck a tree, and killed Mary Reed Edmund 16 and Henry N. Adkin about 25 with several others injured. The piece notes soaring Virginia accident deaths and cites a gubernatorial candidate promising action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Salem
Mary Reed Edmund
Henry N. Adkin
Virginia church services and Sunday schedules list
Virginia churches report Sunday activities at St Marys St Marys Church of Virginia Pocahontas and yards. Sunday school times range from 9 to 10 am with various superintendents. Holy communion sermons and evening services feature Rev H V Clary Rev E W Hughes and Rev H Arthur Phillips. Midweek Bible classes and choir practice noted with leaders Clyde Bowling and Henry Goosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church
ST. Paul's Mission Chapel
Henry Goosby
E. W. Hughes
Graham Christian church a full schedule of services
Rev J S Jones to preach at evening service. James David Kitchin Jr as minister. Bible school 9 45 am with W K Bailey superintendent M S Turner assistant. Morning worship 11 am with communion and sermon That My House May Be Pill ed. 7 pm Junior Intermediate and senior youth Christian Endeavors. 8 pm evening worship Let It Alone This Year Also. Wednesday 8 pm prayer service to Woman's Missionary Society for annual officer installation. SO WE VA Young People conference at Bluefield College July 2 to July ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Street
James T. Browning
J. H. Hicks
Pentecostal
Wayne Street
C. J. Peyton
Tor
E. Bailey
Katie Campbell
Roanoke
Pentecostal Holiness Youth Society
Clifton J. Peyton
Preston
L. G. Rock
A. F. N. Sands
Bramwell Road
Mr. Peyton
Thomas Pentecostal Holiness Church
McComas
W. Va
C. G. Gunn
William L. Alley
Henry W. Mack
Richmond
Kenneth J. Foreman
Davidson
N.C
Graham Christian James David Kitchin, Jr
W. K. Bailey
M. S. Turner
Woman’s Missionary Society
So-We-Va Young People Conference
Bluefield College
Virginia Sidelights on Bland Tazewell Manganese
Manganese development in Bland and Tazewell counties progresses with H. S. Heiser of Bluefield operating the Silver Creek Mining Co on the Bland Tazewell edge. Prospectors eye rich deposits on C. H. Harman’s lands near Tip Top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland
Tazewell
H. 8S
Lesler
Bluefield
Silver Creek Ae Mining Company
Bland and
Washington
C. H. Harman
Tip Top
City Park on Hockman Pike draws Bluefield visitors
Summer visitors note City Park on Hockman Pike as a popular Bluefield spot. Parks keeper Bing Neel worries about roses being eaten. West Graham Community Club hosts a tacky party at 8 PM in the H C Broyles building with ice cream and drinks for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hockman Pike
Bluefield
Bing Neel
West Graham
H. C. Broyles
Graham High School Distributes Annual to Students
Miss Mamie Lee Baldwin hosted about one hundred Graham students as the high school annual was distributed on Thursday. The former pupils enjoyed refreshments at her Baldwin hill home as the paper announced the annual’s arrival and distribution time. The Graham school asks Miss Baldwin to teach another term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Lee Baldwin
Graham
Miss Baldwin
Baldwin Hill
Graham School
Mrs Pyle to Visit Hot Springs With Children
Mrs George Pyle Jr will travel to Hot Springs Virginia this morning with her three children to visit her mother and sister and will be away for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pyle, Jr
Hot Springs
W. C. T. U. District Convention At Elk Garden
A Bluefield Virginia delegation attended the district convention of the Ladies Christian Temperance Union held in Elk Garden on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Bluefield
Elk Garden
Vacation School Closes at First Methodist Bluefield
The Vacation School of the First Methodist Church Bluefield Virginia will close Sunday morning at 11 o'clock with the theme The Church. The note adds that several southern states have been experimenting with cotton fabric in road construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Bluefield
Southern States
Eastern Star officers tour Virginia chapters on inspection
High officers of the Order of Eastern Star led by Mrs. Mary Bozarth visited Bluefield Virginia on an inspection tour Thursday and planned calls in Pocahontas Richlands Honaker Bristol and Appalachia. They were entertained at the homes of Mrs. Vance Wells and Mrs. Glenn Dudley and hosted by a local chapter reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eastern Star
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Richlands
Honaker
Bristol
Appalachia
Mary Bozarth
Williamsburg
Louis Beale
Richmond
Bertie Cottel
Ruth
Vance Wells
Glenn Dudley
Tone
Eastern
Virginia Liquor Prices to Drop Ahead of July
The Virginia ABC board plans reductions on select liquor brands as of July 1, with cheaper bottles cut by up to 20 to 25 cents per pint. The move aims to curb traffic and compete with broader price trends, amid ongoing bootlegging concerns and a post repeal era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Virginia Abc Board
Priority ratings granted to 60 freight car builders
Washington on June 20 reported that priority ratings were assigned to 60 freight car builders and 37 railroads to secure restricted materials and accelerate production. Among non-railroad firms listed was Kanawha Manufacturing Co of Charleston, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Production Management
Kanawha Manufacturing Company
Charleston
W. Va
Local Musician Cassell to Study in St Louis
Organist Charles H. Cassell of the First Presbyterian church leaves for a six week summer study at Washington University in St Louis. Mrs Marvin Bostian will substitute during his absence. Cassell returns to Bluefield for the first Sunday in August. The St Louis Institute of Music granted the scholarship for Cassell based on his piano pupils' proficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cassell
First Presbyterian Church
Washington University
St. Louis
Cassell
Marvin Bostian
Bluefield
St. Louis Institute of Music
Presbyterian Youth Conference Opens at Bluefield College
West Virginia Presbyterians hold annual meeting at Bluefield College with college-age youth from across the state. The conference runs June 18 to 25 under the theme Thy will be done with Rev. Aubrey N. Brown directing. Vesper speaker is Rev. James M. Appleby. teachers include Dr. Kenneth J. Foreman and Dr. Henry W. Mack on Christian beliefs and the Lord's prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Presbyterian Fellowship Conference
Bluefield College
Aubrey N. Brown
Montgomery
W. Va
James M. Appleby
First Presbyterian Church
Anderson
S. C
Kenneth J. Foreman
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Henry W. Mack
The
Assembly
Richmond
Conference offers Bible course with noted West Virginia leaders
The conference lists Rev. James Salango of Oak Hill and several West Virginia pastors teaching courses. Other leaders include Rev. A. L. Currie of Huntington Rev. M. Randolph Atkinson of Logan and Rev. William Crowe Jr of Bluefield. Berea College’s Frank H. Smith leads recreational sessions. A fly on a Flying Fortress wing is said to bend it minutely while supporting 104 tons in theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Salango
Oak Hill
W. Va
A. L. Currie
D. D
Huntington
M. Randolph Atkinson
Logan
William Crowe, Jr
Bluefield
Frank H. Smith
Berea College
Berea
Gibson Morrissey
June Hunter
Susanna McWorter
Russell C. Stroup
First Presbyterian Church
Lynchburg
C. G. Gunn
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Ade
Board
Gretenoee Se
Esterday
William Melvin Cilley
Gulf Yallery
Goodwill
Estel Andrew Billings
Raymond Milton
Ferguami
Coles
Ray McNeer Shrader
Jems Club
W. A
First Baptist
Grace Methodist
College Avenue Baptist
Church OF God
HOLY
Ben
Christian Science Society
Laction
Mary Baker Eddy
Pentecostal Mission
Bedford Streets
Arvil Collins
W. L. Crotty
Young People's Department of the Mission
Mission Chapel
W L. Crotty
Eulah Ferguson
First Presbyterian
McCulloch
William Crowe
J. E B. Erwin
WHIS
James Appleby
Anderson, D. C
Savior
Hamblen
Assemly Training School
Heyser
Armistead
Lewisburg
Bland Street Methodist
Immanuel Lutheran
Calvary Baptist
Highland Avenue
James W. Palmer
Burns Wornal
Training Union
W. H. Lester
Westminster Presbyterian
Caliban
Caleb
Virginia News
Graham High
Virginia Side Churches
ST. Mary's
H. V. Clary
Graham Presbyterian
Graham Presbyterian Church
J. S. Jones
Pam
COLA
Nehi Bottling Co
Virginia Ave
Bluefield, Va
Tacky
Caen
Entertainment
Stooges
Captain Marvel
Sunkist Lemons
Plums
Calif
Texas
Maxwell House
Freeman's Fruit Market Wholesale and Retail
Oppo
Watson's Bargain Store
Bland & McCulloch Avenue
Presbyterian Group
Skeeter
Benetro
Columbia
U. S. Marines
Tim McCoy
Frontier Crusader
the Colonial Theatre
Robert Porterfield
Barter Theatre
Conrad Nagel
Olonial
Priscilla
Onald Lynn
Reagan
Robson Lee Patrick
Curtis Bernhardt
Warner Bros
Phey
Casey Reben
Richard Macaulay
Jerry Waid
Leonard Spigeignes
Wala A
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