Legislative group urges Dorman on institution use plans
A Charleston study group asked Theodore Dorman of the Board of Control to craft recommendations for better use of state institutions. Proposals include a social forestry camp at McKendree, reclassifying Hopemont, creating a rapid treatment center, and moving tuberculosis patients to Beckley Sanitarium while easing overcrowding at Weston State Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Theodore T. Dorrian
Ee Board of Control
Dorman
Alo
William B. Rossman
McKendree
Fayette County
Board of Control
Hopemont Notifica
Terra Alta
Hopemont
Beckley
Blackwater
Tucker County
West Vic
Industrial School For
Pruntytown
Een
Weston State Hospital
Pinecrest
Weston
Penville
Dormanville
Deaths and funerals in Bluefield and surrounding areas
Belva Williams Davis 75 of Mount Hope and Crab Orchard dies at Beckley Hospital from a heart attack. Survived by children including Mrs. L. C. Fowlkes Jr. and 18 others. 19 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Rites at Maple Fork Baptist Church Mount Hope with burial at Spiral Davis Cemetery. Also noted are Maurice E Harrison Sr. and family obituaries with services set, and Dott W Doughton of Bluefield dying at the sanitarium.
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Belva Williams Davis
Belvya Williams Davis
Bluefield
Princeton
Beckley Hospital
L. C. Fowlkes Jr
Davis
Route 1
Mount Hope
Thomas J
Jane Maynor Williams
Lester
Luther J. Davis
Crab Orchard
G. D. Pratt
Oak Hill
Tyree Funeral Home
Maple Fork Baptist Church
Key Clubbers Guests Of Southside Kiwanians
South Bluefield Kiwanis Club held a meeting at the Pinnacle Restaurant with R H Tyson presiding. Plans included the 4 H Club Show and Sale on June 27 and sending Key Clubbers Doug Sutherland Banks Hudson and Henry Hawthorne Jr. to the National Fairs in Washington June 30 through July. U S District Attorney Duncan Daugherty Paul Van Buren of Kimber Clark Kleenex Co. Paul Hill and Haskell Sluss from the Uptown Kiwanis attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Pinnacle
R. H. Tyson
Key Chibers
Doug Sutherland
Banks Hudson
Henry Hawthorne Jr
Washington
U. S
Duncan Daugherty
Huntington Club
Paul van Buren
Kimber- Clark Kleenex Co
Paul Hill
Haskell Sluss
Uptown
Kiwanis Club
Ray Receives Prison Term For Stolen Car
Charles Marvin Ray, 24, formerly of Bartley, was sentenced to three years in a federal penitentiary after a conviction for interstate transport of a stolen car. He was arrested weeks earlier by FBI agents for driving a car from Woodbine Maryland into West Virginia and returned to Raleigh County jail to await transfer. Also, John William Martin, 37, of Bluefield, was found guilty of postal law violations for taking a letter to Lula Lewis and cashing a compensation check.
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Charles Marvin Ray
Bartley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Woodbine
Baltimore
West Virginia
Ray
Mastieu
Elkton
Raleigh
Beckley
Funeral services held for Cedar Bluff resident Eliza Nixon
Puneral services for Eliza beth Repass Nixon 88 of Cedar Bluff Va were held at Cedar Bluff Methodist Church with burial in Jones Chapel Cemetery The Rev P C Foote and assistants officiated Nixon a longtime Cedar Bluff church member died at home yesterday Surviving husband Sidney Nixon two sons Willie of Arlington and Thomas Kyle of Cedar Bluff four sisters and two brothers plus nine grandchildren and great grandchildren also listed Body to be moved from Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands Flowerbearers were Cedar Bluff ace Church women Pallbearers were neighbors and friends of the family
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Puneral Services
Elizabeth Repass Nixon
Cedar Bluff
Cedar Bluff Methodist Church
Jones Chapel
Cea
P. C. Foote
Bishop Methodist Church
Dennis Gillispie
A. B. Williford
Muffers Nixon
Cedar Wall Church
Il Health
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Cedar Blufface
Great Occasion For Bald Eagle
An essay recounts the Great Seal debate centering on the bald eagle and Ben Franklin's quips. It notes Franklin proposed a turkey, Congress delays, and the eagle's official adoption while the artistically praised bird clutches symbols on the seal. It recalls Franklin’s disagreement, the seal’s Greek and Roman pedigree, and the lasting image on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ben Franklin
Judge Advocates Mental Health Link to Delinquency
Judge Walter V. Ross spoke on juvenile delinquency at Mercer County urging public action. He cited costs of reform school inmates and urged psychiatric help to rehabilitate youths, noting home life factors and dead-end prospects as root causes.
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Walter V. Ross
Mercer County
Mercer
State Association For Mental Health
Jurists
Ross
West Virginia
David M. Wayne
Lewis W. Field
Princeton
Princeton Women's Club
W. Broughton Johnston
George Fox
Bluefield
Egyptian police arrest US archaeologist for smuggling relics
Cairo reports say Charles A. Moses, a 3 year old American archeologist, was detained by customs at Cairo International Airport with unlicensed antiquities in his bags. Police also found relics, an unlicensed pistol, and $4000 in undeclared currency at his home as guards patrolled a dig near a newly found pyramid.
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Cairo
Charles A. Muses
Air
Na Muses
Hebanes
Moses
Weather outlook for Mid-Atlantic and Appalachians weekend
Maryland and nearby states see mostly sunny and warmer conditions Friday with highs in the mid to upper 80s along with interior warm spells. By Saturday. humidity rises and scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers are possible especially over Virginia and surrounding areas.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Symington To Address Jefferson Democrats
Sen Stuart Symington will address a rally of Jefferson County Democrats in Charles Town West Virginia tomorrow night Rep Harley O Staggers will introduce Symington The event is set to influence local party turnout and support in the region.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Stuart Symington
D4mo
Jefferson County
Harley O. Staggers
D-Wva
Symington
Leivasy Coal Miner Dies In Slate Fall
Alfred William Hinkle aged 49 of Holcomb died in a slate fall at a Leivasy mine operated by Imperial Smokeless Coal Co. Richwood officials said.
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Leivasy
Richwood
W. Va
Alfred William Hinkle
Holcomb
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Adventists Gather in Parkersburg West Virginia
Pastor Adam R. Ruf of Parkersburg urged alarm over juvenile delinquency at the 58th annual Seventh day Adventists summer gathering. He warned youths may rise in numbers to two million by 1960 if trends continue.
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Adam R. Ruf
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Seventh-day Adventists
Adventists
Ruf
United States
Middle East
Asia
Africa
West Coast ROA meeting to involve State delegates
Ray C. Heldreth announces that all West Virginia ROA delegates will fly from Pittsburgh to Santa Barbara for the annual ROA convention. Attending are Col. David A. Burt Jr. Maj. Arden Wilson Cmdr. Robert E. Ramey Cmdr. Gumm Lt. Col. Mendel Lt. Col. Chittum Jr. The session runs Wednesday to Saturday at the Miramar Hotel with national officer elections and next year’s Las Vegas venue noted.
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Ray C. Heldreth
Reserve Officers Association of the United States
West Virginia
ROA
Pittsburgh
Department of Defense
Santa Barbara
Cali
David A. Burt Jr
Maj
Arden Wilson
Baggeene Ie
Moving Day Disaster Destroys Two Richmond Homes
Lookout Virginia June 20 moving day for the Paul Richmond family near the Fayette County community ended with two six room frame houses burning to the ground. Richmond his wife and seven children watched as the pair of homes were consumed. The owner could not estimate losses or determine a specific cause. The family said they were moving into one empty house about 200 feet from the other. While trash was burned in one fireplace, others started a fire in the second home to heat water. Moments later both structures were ablaze.
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Richmonds
Huntington Man Dies of Natural Causes
Huntington police reported the death of a 60 year old restaurant employee, Pee Kleiber, found in his room with another man. A pathologist determined the death was natural and not a foul play investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Pee Kleiber
Condry Questions Use Of State Funds For Tax Collection
Charleston June 20 Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph P Condry doubts using state money to aid counties in collecting motor vehicle taxes. An Atty General opinion says public utilities vehicles may be licensed without county tax receipts, but Condry warns the state road fund can only build and maintain highways. The 1957 law requires receipts for license issuance starting next year for vehicles taxed as of Jan 1.
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Charleston
Joseph P. Condry
Condry
Atty. Gen
W. W. Barron
Asst. Atty
W. Bernard Smith
Motor Vehicles Department
Tax Commissioner
Department of Reser Vehicles
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M. E. Harrison SR
Maurice E. Harrison Sr
Grat Harrison
Dora Dowdy
Bandy
Margaret Donelson
Bristol
William M. Osborne
Chilhowle
George Musser
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Ivy
Church
Osborne
James A. Taylor
Saltville
Robert L. Osborne
Vansant
Taylor Osborne
Albert Hunt
James A. Hicks
Jennings Street
Pirewery Chapel
Ben Cox
Swope Cemetery
Lindside
Hicks
Dott W. Doughton
Glendale Avenue
City
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hawkins Funeral Home
Southside Kiwanians
Mrs
Arthur Edson
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Frankin
THE
First National Bank
Bluefield, West Virginia
F.d.1.c
To Ask
Tazewell County
Taxewell
Bowen Land and Auction Co
Tazewell, Va
Bowen
Tazewell
Marriage Counseling Service of Bluefild
Appalachian Assembly Room
Robert F. Gunter
Dodd Martenson
Upshur Higgin
Atlanta
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Jefferson
Democrats
Don Yost
General Conference of Adventists
W. G. Anderson
Columbia Union Conference of Adventists
H. W. Kilaser
General Conference
Washington, D. C
West Coast
Sherry
Sherry’s
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
Paris
Clopedia Britan
Blondie
Alexander
of Riley
Chester A. Riley
William Bendix
Rile
Gilbert Roland
Joey Giambra
Rory Calhoun
Red Barber's Corner
Lindsey Nelson
Joe Louis
Jimmy Braddock
Men of
Annapolis
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