Local Musicians On NBC Program
Two of the Bluefielders at the biennial convention of the American Symphony Orchestra League in Charleston participated in the coast to coast NBC broadcast with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Lewis Reiland who represented the Bluefield Symphony Orchestra and spoke on operating symphonies on small budgets. Arthur Bennet Lipkin of Philadelphia was named president of the league and Virginia Morgan of the San Francisco Symphony was noted for supporting young artists and community orchestras.
Burkes Garden Sheep Breeders Retain Title
Burkes Garden Hampshire breeders defended the Hampshire title at Staunton showing 16 entries. Joe Moss led with a 1st place ewe lamb, plus a 3rd and 2nd yearling ewe. Alex Meek won 1st yearling ram bought by Ohio State University for 600 dollars. The champion ewe lamb sold for 436 dollars to Dr. and Mrs. Harris of New Jersey.
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Tazewell
Burkes Garden
Hampshire
Virginia
Staunton
Joe Moss
J. R. Davis
VPI
George W. Litton
Bluefield Chamber Elects Directors Committee Names Voters
H H Stuckman president of the Bluefield chamber of commerce announced the election committee for the chamber board and the plan to elect seven directors by June 29. Committee members include B L Philips chair man Herman Kirchman Jask Whitenack Abe Angrist Francis Haynes R M Patterson and Ed Shumate. The seven new directors will be the top vote recipients from a 14 candidate primary with six from Bluefield West Virginia and one from Bluefield Virginia. Retiring directors not eligible for renomination are Frank S Easley J P Gills S D May George Richardson Jr H H Stuckman Lewis C Tierney and L W Bates. Holdover directors include J C Borden L C Fowlkes Albert S Kemper Jr E G Otey Lon M Rish J E Wag ner and Carl Creasy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Stuckman
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
B. L. Philips
Herman Kirchman
Jask Whitenack
Abe Angrist
Francis Haynes
R. M. Patterson
Ed Shumate
Bluefield
W. Va
Frank S. Easley
J. P.gills
S. D. May
George Richardson, Jr
Lewis C. Tierney
L. W. Bates
Heldover
J. C. Borden
L. C. Fowlkes
Albert S. Kemper, Jr
E. G. Otey
Lon M. Rish
J. E. Wagner
Carl Creasy
Calvary Baptist Bible School Graduates 248
Commencement exercises for Calvary Baptist church daily vacation Bible school drew 248 en rolled pupils over the past two weeks. Mrs. Oscar Neal directed the program with an average attendance of 1987. Department superintendents and officers led the event and offerings support mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Church
Oscar Neal
Janet Doss
Alice Herndon
Roy Garrett
P. H. Akers
R. M. Poe
Mission Endeavor
Pocahontas E&M Group Sets Saturday Welch Meeting
The Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute will hold its monthly meeting Saturday afternoon at the McDowell vocational school in Welch. W. E. E. Koepler announced that new equipment received in the last year will be displayed and that both high school students and adults will demonstrate progress. The meeting will wrap with an inspection tour and discussion, followed by a luncheon and barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute
McDowell Vocational School
Welch
W. E. E. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators Association
Koepler
Worker Killed by Lightning Bolt in Nashville Storm
O. M. Rice, 33, died when a lightning bolt struck as he and two colleagues prepared to move a house during a brief electrical storm in Nashville. A second worker suffered slight burns and the third was uninjured. Rice worked for a heavy hauling firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
O. M. Rice
Rice
City and Coalfield Suits Available at Shaman's
Shaman's at 406 Princeton Ave offers City and Coalfield Gabardine suits in single and double breasted styles. Masonic notice announces Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F A M stated communication tonight at 7 30. Election of officers on agenda. Visitors welcome. H M Underwood W M L M Carper Secy.
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Shaman’s
Princeton, Ave
Bluefield Lodge No. 85
A. F
A. M
H. M. Underwood
W. M
L. M. Carper
Secy
Gallant Captain Delays Departure For Missed Farewell
New York June 21 Captain Jean Le Manche of the French liner De Grasse kept the ship in the harbor for half an hour to wait for Mrs Marie Moysan a 68 year old New York passenger who returned to the pier to bid friends goodbye. A special tug took her aboard as the 747 passenger voyage departed for France.
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New York
Marie Moysan
New York City
France
de Grassee
Jean
Truck Damages Grundy Garage In Gasoline Accident
A trailer truck loaded with 4000 gallons of gasoline broke through the floor of Hale's service center in Grundy at 8 o clock yesterday morning. The crash caused damages estimated between 7000 and 10000 dollars. Mellen Farris of Chesapeake Ohio suffered minor injuries. J F Hicks operator of the truck from Lemon transport company Marion Ohio was not present at the time.
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Hale
Grundy
Mellen Farris
Chesapeake
Ohio
J. F. Hicks
Lemon Transport Company
Marion
Solon Urges Truman To Recall Congress For UN Loan
Representative Bloom asks President Truman to convene a special session to approve a 65 million dollar United Nations loan for building the UN headquarters in New York. He warns delay could prompt moves to Europe at the Paris General Assembly, and he has contacted New York Mayor O Dwyer and Governor Dewey for support.
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Washington
Bloom
D-Ny
Truman
Congress
United Nations
U. N
U.N
New York
General Assembly
Paris
Europe
Russia
O'Dwyer
Thomas E. Dewey
D C Duncan Addresses Bluefield Kiwanis Meeting
D C Duncan vice president of the Bluefield Kiwanis told the noonday meeting at the West Virginian hotel that club members have donated over 650 dollars for the recreational cabin to be built at Camp Roland Wolf Creek Virginia area Boy Scout camp. District Lt Gov Tomlinson of Matoaka spoke on Kiwanis Objectives for 1948. Guests included W C Epling of Princeton Henry Webb Graham Va and Dick McNabb Erwin Tenn.
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D. C. Duncan
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
West Virginian
Camp Roland
Wolf Creek
Tommy Tomlinson
Matoaka
Kiwanis
W. C. Epling
Princeton
Henry Webb
Graham, Va
Dick McNabb
Erwin
Tenn
Cominform Holds Meet Somewhere in Poland
Information from European sources says a Cominform meeting is being held somewhere in Poland. Top European communists from nine postwar countries attend, reviewing tactics after Italy’s anti communist victory and Western Germany self government decision.
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Associated Press
Europe
Cominform
Poland
International
Communist‘ Information Bureau
Italy
Germany
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Help Constipated Folks
Dr Edwards offers Olive Tablets sold in drugstores to ease constipation with gentle action on both upper and lower bowels. The remedy promises natural movements, no griping, and satisfaction. Priced at 15¢ and 30¢.
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Dr.Edwards
Local Draft Board Re-activates Mercer County Members
W L Thornton and Dr H L Dickason agreed to serve again on Mercer County Local Draft Board No 1 as did P T Lilly possibly a new member. They were contacted by Adj Gen Charles R Fox and said they would stand by with no official appointment yet.
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W. L. Thornton
H. L. Dickason
Mercer County
P. T. Lilly
Thorton
Dickason
Bluefield State College
Adj
Charles R. Fox
West Virginia
James E. Mann
GOP Platform debates seek to soften foreign plank
At the Republican convention a push to modify foreign policy language emerges as delegates discuss neutrality and UN led peacekeeping. Rep. Harness urges caution while Mundt and Nixon press for an anti communism plank. Civil rights clash erupts over seating pledges and Rankin reference.
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Brooks
Illinois
Rep
Harness
R-Ind
Resolutions
Resolutions Committee
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Platform
House
Senate
Carroll Reece
Reece
Congress
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Bargain Appeal Too Strong For Auto Thief
Dallas dealer Gene Ross found his car on the lot had been stolen after he had written the words a steal across the windshield. The incident occurred at his used car lot in Dallas on a June 21.
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Dallas
Gene Ross
Tazewell Demos Name Delegates
Tazewell county Democrats named 10 delegates to the state convention in Richmond on July 2 to select national delegates in Philadelphia and to reorganize party committees. B W Stras chaired. Wade S Coats secretary. A nominating committee proposed delegates by district with one per 100 votes or major fraction, all elected with dissent.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Court House
Richmond
Philadelphia
State Central Committee
B. W. Stras
Wade S. Coats
Jeffersonville
Hubert Peery
J. E. Briggs
Wade S. Coates
Maiden Springs
Frank McGlothlin
J. O
VA Medical Officers Visit Bluefield for Veterans Meeting
Leo F. Steinder chief medical officer of the Veterans Administration regional office in Huntington and a team of VA officers will meet with Bluefield local physicians dentists and service organizations to address veterans problems. Accompanying Steinder are Herbert R. Mason John E Thies George W Windsor and Don C Staton.
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Leo F. Steinder
Veterans’ Administration
Huntington
Bluefeld VA
Steinder
Herbert R. Mason
John E. Thies
Huntington VA
George W. Windsor
Don C. Staton
Ofice
Maine Woman Seeks GOP Senate Nomination
Congresswoman Margaret Chase Smith led Republicans in the Maine primary race aiming for the Senate seat. Gov. Horace Hildreth trailed by 262 votes in an unofficial tally as Smith sought Maine’s first woman senator and the nation’s second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate
GOP Convention Opens with Wide Campaign Rhetoric and Hopeful Futures
Delegates clash with rivals as unpledged groups court votes amid early ballots. Dewey leads initial polling with Taft and Stassen close behind. Vandenberg Warren and Martin floated as potential outsiders. Opening session blends music, resolutions, and a charged speech from Carroll Reece attacking Democrats as divided while Republicans frame the race as a battle against communism.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Earl Warren
California
House
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
GOP
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Bernard Samuel
Philadelphia
James J. Duff
Pennsylvania
Carroll Reece
America
Atomic Energy Salt Helps Doctors Find Heart Trouble
Doctors demonstrated radioactive table salt used to trace heart blood flow at the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago. Myron Prinzmetal and colleagues reported the salt, injected into a vein, emits X-rays recorded to show chamber flow, valve issues, enlargement, and possible heart failure with lower X-ray exposure than standard imaging.
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Atomic Energy
Chicago
American Medical Association
Myron Prinzmetal
Eliot Corday
Ramon J. Spritzler
H. C. German
The
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Los Angeles
Primimetal
Deaths and Funerals in Grundy and Bluefield Areas
Funeral services announced for Samuel J. Breeding 48 Grundy Virginia whose body was found in Bland County after missing since 1944. Also listed are services for one month old Eugene Sluss Bluefield and for Charles Herbert Hub Foster with extensive survivor lists. Interments and church services scheduled across Grundy, Richlands, Tip Top and Honaker communities.
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S. J Breeding
Samuel J. Breeding
Grundy
Bland County
Trater Creek
Vasant
Haysi Road
Richlands New Cemetery
Mine Timber Exhibit Set At Rotenberry Sawmill
Howard D Bennett announces a mine timber utilization demonstration on lands of the Pocahontas land corporation leased to Eastern Gas and Fuel associates at the Rotenberry sawmill on Indian Creek north of Welch along Route 16 scheduled for June 25. Officials of the Pocahontas Operators association and Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers will attend as guests of Eastern Gas and Fuel associates Coal division. The event aims to show equipment use in mine timber production and methods to conserve timber resources through scientific cutting practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D. Bennett
Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pocahontas Land Corporation
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Rotenberry
Indian Creek
Welch
Pocahontas Operators Association
Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Coal Division
M. L. Workman
W. E. E. Koepler
Koepler
Slate Fall Fatal To Jaeger Miner
A slate fall in the Sewell Poca coal mine at Roderfield West Virginia struck and killed Walter Brooks Lambert age 54 of Jaeger. Officials reported the fatal accident occurred today as rescue crews searched the mine.
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Jaeger
Funeral for Louise E. Shrewsbury Held at Lashmeet
The funeral for 81 year old Louise E. Shrewsbury of Beeson was held at the Primitive Baptist church in Lashmeet with Elder Thomas Jenkins officiating. She died at her son Clarence Shrewsbury’s home yesterday morning. She was born June 9 1867 and was a lifelong Primitive Baptist. Survived by sons Eric of Beckley Linda and Cecil of Beeson and brother Allen McComas of Lashmeet. Burial in Lashmeet family cemetery.
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L. E. Shrewsbury
Louise E. Shrewsbury
Beeson
Primitive Baptist Church
Lashmeet
Thomas Jenkins
Clarence
Eric Shrewsbury
Beckley
Linda
Cecil Sherwsbury
Allen McComas
Baptists Plan Pastors School at Bluefield College
The annual pastors school begins at Bluefield College Tuesday morning with sessions in Parliamentry Procedure Bible Church History and Baptist Doctrine taught by Dr E V Peyton Rev W E Cholerton Rev R L Randolph and Dr Roy A Helton. Evening services are at Calvary Baptist Church with speakers including James B Bryant. The event runs Tuesday through Friday with gatherings and recreational programs for attending pastors and their wives. A brief note on the connected arteries and veins discovery in 1661 is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
Calvary Baptist Church
E. V. Peyton
Foremer
Virginia Baptist Association
W. E. Cholerton
Newington Baptist Church
Glouchester
R. L. Randolph
Virginia Baptist
Roy A. Helton
James B. Bryant
Virginia Board of Mission and Education
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