Wythe County Youths Win Honors At FFA Convention
Virginia FFA members at the 21st annual convention at Virginia Tech award eight thousand participants. Two Wythe County boys from the George Wythe FFA chapter win awards plus dairy and livestock honors. Winners include Umberger and Turley with multiple livestock, dairy, and farm investments. Other recognized names span several schools. medals go to parliamentary proficiency and all-state team members.
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Feacmeavne
Virginia
Virginia Assn. Future of
Virginia Ffa
Wythe County
George Wythe
PPA
WilnSew
Cole
Wen
Beene Awad
Umberger
T. O. Umberger
RFD 1
Wytheville
Hampshire
Turley
T. A Turley
RFD
Oung Turley
FFA Chapoye
George Eyee
Bobby Spiers
Stony Creek
George E. Cox
Brownsburg
Nowlin Maddox
Brookville
Gaylord Friend
Victoria
Robert Liskey
Dayton
Bobby L Gibon
William L. Hier Jr
Ae Oe Smith
Monterey
Campbell Campbell County
Midway
Dinwiddie County
Newsome
South County
Allstate
R. G. Akers
Marshall Tanner
Preston Andrews
Wiliam Campbell
Sentinel
Deaths And Funerals Involving Van Dyke Family And Others
Multiple obituary notices list survivors and services across Tazewell Richlands Raven and Princeton areas. R O Van Dyke of Rowe Virginia and Mollie Hubbard Van Dyke of Tazewell are noted with four sons two daughters and a son at MCV. Funeral arrangements will occur in Peery St Clair Funeral Home and Tazewell. Other notices include Mrs Mary Fitzgerald, Mrs Martha Patton, Mrs John C Gilmer, James Hale, Kizzie DeHart, James White, Maver Miller, William Funk, Alfred Dunford, Stanley Wall, Chester Steele, William Campbell, D S Smith, and Rev William Green with varied services and burial at local cemeteries.
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Mollie Hubbard van Dyes
Rowe Va
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
R. O. van Dyke
van Dyke
Honaker
Tazewell
Peery-St. Clair Funeral Home
Ralph van Dyke
William van Dyke
Claude van Dyke
R. O. van Dyke Jr
MCV
Mary Elizabeth van Dyke
Greensboro
N. C
Virginia Kenny
Blacksboro
Mary Fitzgerald
Raven
Peery Herndon
Harley Dye
Swords Creek
Figwerald
Henry Fitzgerald
Jessie Spurgell
J. C. Gilmer
John C. Gilmer
State Street Methodist Church
Bristol
Warrior Mines
Stuart Keene
Oakwood
Hale Cemetery
Hale
Council
Lazrus
Margaret Hale
Lands Hospital
Nannie McFarlane
Zed
Drayton
Richlands
Carl
Berwin
Stuart
Putnam
Clarence
Ervin
Nora Spencer
Emma Fisher
Detroit
Mich
Russell Call
William J. Funk
William Johnson Funk
Elk Creek
Gordon Tolbert
Dublin
Porterfield- Minnick
Wytheville
Kate Vaught Funk
Gene Cochrane
Fred Jennings
Intendence
Gordon Bert
F. R
Radford, Va
Reid
Roanoke
Warren
U. S. Navy
William L. Campbell
William Lawrence Campbell
Mercer
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Frank Shaffer
Howard Gordon
Oakwood Cemetery
Grayson County
Virginia
Virginia Campbell
Marion
Milton Campbell
Charleston
Mercer County Vocational School
Glenwood Park
Lola Crotty
Jack Rhonemus
Stephen Turkovich
Ethel Bobbitt
Nannie Coalson
Stewart Leach
S. A. Whitt
A. F. DeBusk
Felix Smith
Arthur
Marvin Shields
W. R. Wood
Johnny Larue
Francis Boone
Frank Williams
New Bern
Claude N
Willard R
Wytheville, Va
Charlie Suthers
Pennsylvania
Henry Combs
Bluefield
Bernard Hull
Dallas Maxey
Robert Suthers
Officials Retake Russell Escapee After Car Theft Span
A 22 year old Russell County jail escapee, linked to eight car thefts across Virginia and surrounding states, was recaptured near the Buchanan County line in a 1952 DeSoto. The man tied a hose to jail bars to escape and hid in a wood ledge area before being returned to Dickenson County jail.
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Russell County
Nathan A
Aeve
Buchanan
Ishmael Fletcher
Dickenson
Bee
Thomas
Clintwood
Bayne
Fletcher
Dickenson County
Buchanan County
Grand Jury
Bluefield
Perry Short Jr
Drill
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
W and M student complaints called immature by delegate
TAZEWELL Va June 21 Dr Jack W Witten a longtime member of the House of Delegates said he has read part of a nine page summary of William and Mary student grievances and called the students immature He urged that students should not dictate faculty rules and said no public inquiry should be made into the college administration Ron Drake and other leaders signed the complaints set for an investigation
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Tazewell
Jack W. Witten
Tazewell County
House of Delegates
College of William and Mary
Ron Drake
Witten
Tazewell School Head Accepts Pulaski Post
Miss Clara Scott, six years supervisor of elementary education in Tazewell County public schools, resigns to take a similar post in Pulaski County. She arrived at Jewell Ridge in 1944 after classroom work in several counties and Roanoke home. Her successor is not named.
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Tazewell
Clara Scott
Tazewell County
Pulaski County
Scott
Jewell Ridge
Gater
Roanoke
DAV Chapter to Meet at City Hall with WV Commander Speaking
Bluefield Chapter No 33 DAV holds 7 p m meeting in Municipal Building Directors Room. James Cook, newly elected commander of the West Virginia Department DAV, will speak at the gathering.
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Bluefield
James Cook
West Virginia Department
DAV
Ee Cook
Blue Heid
Service Arrangements For Army Man at Fort Knox
The body of William P. Green of Fort Knox Kentucky will lie in state at North Side Holiness Church. The missionary society will be flower bearers. He is survived by a sister Mrs Dova Downs of Mount Vernon New York and a list of relatives. The funeral remains at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home until one hour before service then will be moved to the church for viewing.
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Kizzie
DeHart
Bland
Shiloah
Bland County
Bennett Funeral Home
Ora Mae DeHart
Roanoke
Albert Miller
Whitt Strock
Crandon
C. A. Stinson
Urbana, Ohio
Bland, Va
James A. White
Charleston
First Methodist
Princeton
R. H. McClung
Oakvale Cemetery
Mr. White
Oakvale
Baste Hospital
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Co
Letha White
William C. Johnson
New York City
Lorena White
W. D. Ramsey
C. Beb. Martin
Port Myers
Fla
E. R. Hoffman
Nitro
Roscoe
Walter
Bluefield
Chaskey
Washington, DC
Hogse
Miami
Princea Shadows
Maver Miller
North Tazewell
W. H. Sinkford
First Baptist Church
Tazewell
Maplewood Cemetery
Chester Blaine Steele
City Church
John Dunn
Edward Stubblefield
Elgood Cemetery
Mercer County
Augusta
Flora Steele
Viola
Masonic Lodge
APL Lodge No. 37
The
Christian Church
Carmen
Cecil
Treva
Baltimore
A Lodge
Flower
Elgood ‘Church
Steele
Memorial Hospital
William D. Green
J. H. Easley
O. M. McGue
North Side
Ellen L. Green
Mary Ann McNight
Brooklyn
N. Y
Capt
William P. Green
U. S. Army
Fort Knox
Dova Downs
Mount Vernon
Sonaeereee
Earnest Leggett
Otis Phinazee
James Tarnett
J. S. Choates
T. W. White
Henry Bundy
Missionary Society of the North
Weather by region Ohio to Virginia and Tennessee
Weather report covers Virginia Maryland West Virginia and Ohio with showers east followed by cooler conditions and lower humidity. Western areas remain warm with cloudiness and cooler nights. Tennessee notes isolated thunder possible. Washington bulletin records temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m.
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Virginia
Maryland
Romney
West Virginia
Ohio
Washington
Weather Bureau
Bluefield Pool Sees Crowds Grow With Warm Weather
Bluefield pool attendance increases as warmer days return. Harlan Jt Manager reports rising swimmer numbers while garden clubs receive praise for grounds upkeep. Red Cross groups may book exclusive night swims. facility touted as a sales tool to attract industry, amid outreach to Thayer Furniture for relocation.
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Harlan Jt
Sais
Lambert
Bill Owen
Red Cross Swimming
J. H. Shott
Civic Corporation
Bluefield
Shott
Area Development Corp
Thayer Furniture
New England
Judge W V Ross Installs Demos
The Mercer County Democratic Club installed new officers in a ceremony in the Assembly Room. Judge Walter V. Ross presided and introduced five active county political figures including Mrs. C. N. Wilson and Mrs. W. V. Bourne. Other attendees included State Senator C Ballard and Dean Coffey as veterans administrator.
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Mercer County Democratic Club
Ae Court
Walter V. Ross
C. N. Wilson
Esident
W. V. Bourne
Eee Bishop
W. P. Liddle
P. W. Poff
Ross
C. Ballard
Princeton
Thomason
Corrine Booker
Dean Coffey
Bluefield
N. C. Stanle
A. L. Moss
State VFW Meet Opens Tomorrow in Bluefield
Advance registration runs this afternoon for the West Virginia Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment in Bluefield. Pinnacle Post 3856 hosts more than 500 members and wives. events run Friday through Saturday with James W. Cothran speaking Friday and city officials welcoming. New officers elected Saturday at 11 a.m. and the commanders banquet and ball Friday night at Bluefield Auditorium.
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West Virginia
James W. Cothran
VFW
William L. Kell
Bluefield Auditorum
Poca Operators Report Tonnage Output Up
The Pocahontas Operators Association in Bluefield reports May 1955 coal tonnage about 34 percent higher than May 1954. For the week ending June 18, tonnage rose over 15 percent from the prior year with production also up. May 1955 yielded 2 291 400 tons versus 1 704 115 in May 1954. week ending June 18 produced 523 621 net tons, 78 333 more than the 1954 week.
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Pocahontas Operators Association
Bluefield
Missing mental patient found near Waynesboro Virginia
A two day search by 200 rescuers for Mrs. Richard Kerns of Winchester ended when Virginia National Guardsman found her unharmed on a mountain slope near Waynesboro. A note in her car had raised fears of self harm. she was treated and returned to Western State Hospital.
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Waynesboro
Western State Hospital
Here
Virginia National
Lnft
Boy Scouts
National Guardsmen Rescue
Kerns
Charles J. Lillis
Winchester
Virginia National Guard
Staunton
State Gasoline Dealers Challenge WV Tax Rise
The West Virginia Retail Gasoline Dealers Assn decides to study possible legal challenge to the one cent gasoline tax increase from five to six cents. Counsel Charles Bell of Wellsburg to review legality of the action, taken after the midnight deadline of the six day 1955 legislature.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
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FFA
VPI
George Westinghouse
Martha Patton
Richlands Baptist Area
Nelson Barker
A. B. Williford
Hawkins Cemetery
James
James 8. Hale
Basil Compton
Willard Porter
James A, White
Mrs. Maver Miller
Alfred A. Dunford
Alfred Allen Dunford
Amonate
Hame
Pearisburg
Frank
Lakie Dunford
Dunford
Pocahontas Fuel Co
UMWA
Roger
Frankie
Hurst-Scott
Stanley B. Wall
Nebraska
Island
Neb
Chester B. Steele
FLY Piedmont
Rove
Columbus
Parkersburg
Marietta
rieoImnond
Rambler
Heeter
Disneyland
Abc-Tv
Crowder & Freeman
Bland Street
W. Va
ATT Refrigeration Co., Inc
Bluefield, W. VA
Russell
W&m
Pulaski
Asheville High
Chicago
Denver
Jacksonville
Memphis
New York
New Orleans
Bluefield Pool
W. V. Ross
Home & Auto
Federal St
Poca
Beltone
Commercial Bank
Tuffy
Sisson Feed & Farm Supply
Carter Motor Co
Rinceton
W.va
Marshall Spangler Hdw
Western Auto Asso
MM. G. Champ Co
Southern State Princeton Co
Superior Sterling CO
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