Driscoll Urges GOP to Stop Excuses and Go to Work
Governor Alfred E. Driscoll opened a two day Republican shirtsleeve meeting at the Claridge hotel in Atlantic City urging a unified party to be progressive for the people yet conservative with spending. He attacked Democratic deficit financing and deflected criticism of McCarthy methods while outlining a campaign to mobilize GOP voters from Maine to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Driscoll
Jurors Picked in Newberry Murder Case
Jurors were selected after Judge Sexton overruled a defense bid to limit consideration to sanity. The Newberry farm home near Mechanicsburg is linked to the 17 month old murder of Mrs Newberry. Ralph testified to statements by Samuel about the shooting and beheading. The prosecution alleged the head was burned in a stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexton
Newberry
Mechanicsburg
Samuel Newberry
Ralph
Samuel
Iron Worker Awaits Trial In Wife Slaying
In Roanoke Virginia Roy E Bryant an unemployed iron worker aged 31 faces a preliminary hearing on a murder charge for the stabbing death of his wife Mrs Virginia Bryant last Friday night. Police say Bryant admitted losing his temper and stabbing her when she refused to talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Roy E. Bryant
Virginia Bryant
City And Coalfield Masonic Notice Stated Communication
Blue field Lodge No. 85 A F and A M holds St Johns night tonight at 7 30. Installation of officers with visitors invited. S P DeBusk W M and L M Carper Secretary announce the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Lodge No. 85
A.F
A.M
St. John’s
S. P. DeBusk
W.M. L. M. Carper
Geologists Tour Bluefield Area During Field Trip
Seventy five members of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Appalachian Geological Society visited Bluefield yesterday on a geology field trip. They toured Pinnacle Rock and Pocahontas Exhibition Mines, discussed outcrops by radio linked buses, and heard lectures from professors H P Woodward and J C Ludlum among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Appalachian Geological Society
Bluefield
Greyhound
Charleston
Giles County
White Sulphur
Pinnacle Rock
Pocahontas Exhibition Mines
Pocahontas
East River Mountain
H. P. Woodward
Rutgers University
New Jersey
J. C. Ludlum
West Virginia University
Ralph H
Temptation Too Strong? Finance Officials Barred From Dining Out
Manila June 23. The Philippines finance department employees were ordered to quit eating in restaurants except when unavoidable and must file a note explaining circumstances and who paid the bill when they do dine out. Finance Secretary Pio Pedrosa singled out dining with persons under investigation on tax matters.
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Manila
Philippines Finance Department
Pio Pedrosa
Athens Man Gains C I T Promotion
Eugene R. Ball of Athens has been elevated to Branch Manager of Universal C I T Credit Corporation at Bluefield. The promotion was announced by R G A Dimling, VP in charge of the Cincinnati division. Ball previously served as an adjuster and later as a collection man at the Bluefield branch. He is a native Bluefielder, well known in the southern West Virginia automobile trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene R. Ball
Athens
Universal C.I.T. Credit Corporation
Bluefield
R.G.A. Dimling
Cincinnati
Ball
Hearing postponed for Lester Pearson
A preliminary hearing for Lester C. Pearson, 40, charged with the murder of his wife, was postponed in Roanoke Virginia. Attorney John D. Psaki requested a continuance until June 29. The nude body of his wife was found Tuesday in the couple’s basement. both were Norfolk and Western railroad employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Lester C. Pearson
John D. Psaki
Pearson
Norfolk and Western Railroad
WVU Student Drowns In Greenbrier River
Robert Tetrick a 21 year old Hodgesville resident and geological expedition member drowned while swimming across the Greenbrier River at Camp Summers near Hinton W Va He was a junior at WVU and held leadership roles in Kappa Alpha and Pi Epsilon Phi social and biological fraternities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
W. Va
Robert Tetrick
Hodgesville
Buckhannon
Greenbrier
Camp Summers
Tetrick
West Virginia University
Kappa Alpha
Pi Epsilon Phi
Mrs Lon D Meade dies after short illness in Richlands
Bertha Alice Meade 61 wife of Lon D Meade of Richlands died in a Richlands hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Honaker Va and lived in Richlands 42 years. Survived by husband Marvin W Meade daughter Flossie Hodges four brothers and other relatives. Funeral at First Christian Church Richlands with burial in Hawkins Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Body to be moved from Farmer Funeral Home to residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon D. Meade
Bertha Alice Meade
Richlands
Meade
Honaker
Charles W
Katherine Fletcher Wallace
Russell County
Marvin W. Meade
Flossie Hodges
Bristol
J. R. Sloan
Jack Johnson
Hawkins Cemetery
G. W. Hagg
Raymond Kimball
Claude Helton
Blair Young
Raymond Harrison
Ralph Miller
Farmer Funeral Home
Railroad Avenue
Minter Curry Dies After Illness at 58 in Kimball
Minter Glen Curry 58 of Kimball, shop foreman for Eastern Gas & Fuel, died Friday in Welch after four months of illness. Born February 2, 1892 in Henry County, Va., he was a former chief electrician for Ashland Coal & Coke and lived in Kimball since 1944. Survived by widow Cassie Mae Eanes, two daughters Mrs Bill Michael and Mrs Norma A. Smith, son Minter G. Curry Jr., sister Mrs Annie Bowles, eight grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 1 p.m. from Houston Methodist Church in Kimball, interment Woodlawn Cemetery, Bennett Funeral Home coordinating. Pallbearers listed. Women of Houston Methodist Church to serve as flower bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minter G. Curry
Minter
Glen Curry
Kimball
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Carswell
Welch
Mr. Curry
Henry County
Robert
Nancy Jones Curry
McDowell County
Ashland Coal & Coke Company
Cassie Mae Eanes
Woodlawn
Bennett Funeral Home
John Mosko
Clarence Anderson
Dewey Lusk
Ralph Stanley
Jinks Jones
Robert Venable
James Sammons
Marvins. Taylor
Oral Spry
Walter Jones
Clarence Shoun
George Skeens
Houston Methodist Church
Rites today for Henry S Ellison Sr former WV senator
Funeral services for Henry S Bud Ellison Sr former West Virginia state senator will be held at 2 PM at Union Methodist Church. The Monroe County native died Thursday at 6 AM in a Ronceverte hospital. Rev. Grace and Rev. Whited will officiate with Masons assisting at Green Hill cemetery.
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Henry S. Ellison
Henry S
Bud) Ellison
Union
West Virginia
Union Methodist Church
Ellison
Monroe County
Ronceverte Hospital
R. R. Grace
C. D. Whited
Green Hill Cemetery
Broyles Funeral Home
Funeral service for Mrs C W Pierce this afternoon
Funeral service for Mrs. C. W. Pierce will be held today at 2 30 from the home with Rev F H Daniel pastor of Graham Presbyterian church in charge. Interment at Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Va. Body moved from Mercer funeral home to the residence 1006 Virginia avenue Bluefield Va yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Vineyard Street
George Mowry
C. J. Coon
Parkersburg
State
Seventh Day Adventist Conference
Lacey L Hawley Dies After Illness At Horsepen Home
Lacey L Hawley 58 died early Friday at his Horsepen Virginia home after several months of illness. He worked for U S Steel in Gary until retiring last December and had been treated at Catawba Sanitorium in Salem. He was born in Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacey L. Hawley
Horsepen
Hawley
U. S. Steel Company
Gary
Catawba
Salem
Montgomery
Mrs Joe Bahus Dies After Illness in Va Hospital
Mrs Joe Bahus 68 of Filbert died Thursday in a Richlands Virginia hospital after a long cancer illness. Born November 2 1882 in Ounran Hungary she was a 15 year Filbert resident and Catholic. Survived by husband two sons Joe Bahus Jr of Filbert and Bill Bahus of Holden W Va. Fanning funeral home Welch handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bahus
Filbert
Richlands
Bahus
Ounran
Hungary
Mike Miles
Joe Bahus, Jr
Bill Bahus
Holden
W. Va
Fanning
Welch
Two Local Men Die, One From Heart Attack
Earl Hughes aged 40 of Twin Branch died while cutting grass after suffering a heart attack. Dr. Larry of Jones and Laughlin Steel could not move him to hospital. The body was taken to Fanning funeral home Welch. The Rev Johnny Roberts aged 73 of Johnnycake died in a Welch hospital after a heart attack. He served as a Church of God minister for 44 years and left a large family. Funeral arrangements set for Johnnycake home. Fanning funeral home Welch to Johnnycake home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hughes
Twin Branch
Hughes
Larry
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Johnny Roberts
Johnnycake
Mr. Roberts
Church of God
Jerome Hagerman
Panther
Riley
Tilda Roberts
McDowell County
Mander Roberts
Elsie Blankenship
Noah Roberts
Goody
Neal Roberts
William Roberts
Birch River
E. E. Davidson
Tom Robinette
Oliver Roberts
Willie Keen
Blankenship
Greenbrier Creek
John L Francisco Rites for 82 Year Old Farmer
Funeral service for John Lewis Francisco 82 year old retired Mercer county farmer will be held at 11 o clock this morning from his home 1108 Bramwell Road. The Rev W D Hicks of Bluewell Methodist Church and the Rev Kelley of Princeton Primitive Baptist will officiate. Interment will be in Monte Vista cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Francisco
Bramwell Road
John Lewis Francisco
Mercer County
W. D. Hicks
Bluewell Methodist Church
Mr. Kelley
Primitive Baptist Church
Princeton
Monte Vista Cemetery
Mrs. Colbert L. Davis Rites Held at Steelesburg Church
Funeral service for Mrs. Colbert L. Davis, 93, was held at 11 this morning at Steelesburg Methodist Church. She died Thursday at her daughter Mrs. C. H. Barnett's home in Belfast. Interment followed in the family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colbert L. Davis
Steelesburg Methodist Church
Funeral rites for Royal D Collins in Boissevain Va
Funeral services for Royal D Collins 63 of Boissevain Virginia will be held Sunday at 11 in the Boissevain Methodist Church following his death at Bluefield Sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal D. Collins
Boissevain
Bluefield Sanitarium
Boissevain Methodist Church
Pastor Yoak Takes Grace Methodist Post in Bluefield
The Rev J B F Yoak Jr assuming the pastorate at Grace Methodist church in Bluefield brings wide West Virginia experience. A Morris Harvey PhD graduate, he served in mining areas, Parkersburg, Charleston, Beckley district superintendent, then Princeton pastor and Charleston district superintendent before Bluefield. His wife Mrs Yoak is from Logan. They have six daughters with plans and marriages linked to Virginia and Tennessee institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. F. Yoak, Jr
Grace Methodist Church
West Virginia
Morris- Harvey College
Parkersburg
Charleston
Beckley
Princeton
First Methodist
Bluefield
Yoak
General Methodist Conferences
Southern Methodist Conference
Uniting Conference of Methodism
General Conference
General Conference of
United Methodism
The
Methodist Church
Methodist Publishing
Logan
C. D. Hounshell
University of Virginia
Emory University
Atlanta
Hounshell
Emory and Henry College
Aldred P. Wallace
St. Andrew Methodist Church
St. Albans
Gerald D. Haley
Vanderbilt University
Haley
Methodist
Nashville
June Carol
Charleston High School
Concord College
Jacqueline
Lou
Beaver High School
Jackie
Davidson Is Placed On 2 Years Probation
Welch West Virginia June 23 Charles Hughes Davidson of Davy gained freedom after a year of legal battles. Bernard H Woodyard Mc Dowell county probation officer said Davidson 1 to 5 year state prison sentence suspended and placed on probation for two years. Davidson convicted of intent to defraud and lost three legal moves for freedom including motions in Mc Dowell criminal court Mc Dowell circuit court and state supreme court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Charles Hughes Davidson
Davy
Bernard H. Woodyard
McDowell County
Davidson
McDowell Criminal Court
McDowell Circuit Court
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Kentucky Couple Escapes Injury In Wet Road Crash
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kwartz of Raceland Kentucky escaped harm when their car skidded on wet pavement and hit a guard rail on a one way bridge into Kopperston West Virginia. The car sustained minor damage and a Rev. R. C. Bailey will officiate funeral rites with interment planned in Groseclose cemetery near Cripple Creek Virginia. The fragment mentions Bois Sevain Methodist church Men s Bible class and Local 6114 UMWA at Boissevain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
W. Va
J. M. Kwartz
Raceland
R. C. Bailey
Groseclose
Cripple Creek
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Boissevain
Edward Ratcliffe Rites Set In Bluefield
Edward Ratcliffe aged 92 former resident of the Virginia Side died Wednesday at his daughter Mrs. O M Thomas home in Mobile Alabama. Funeral services are scheduled Sunday at Mercer funeral chapel at 2 30 PM with interment in Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ratcliffe
Virginia Side
O. M. Thomas
Mobile
Ala
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Doomed Men Plead For Life In Virginia Rape Case
Seven Martinsville Black men sentenced to death for raping a white woman petition Governor Battle for clemency and a hearing after July 4. They argue racial bias and note no white man has been electrocuted for raping a white woman in Virginia. Names include Hampton Hairston Millner Hairston Grayson Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Martinsville
Battle
Martin A. Martin
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Virginia
Joe Henry Hampton
Frank Hairston, Jr
Booker T. Millner
Howard Hairston
James Luther Hairston
Francis DeSales Grayson
John Clabon Taylor
Levy And Bond Issue Win By Wide Margins
Final tabulation from McDowell county special election shows the levy and bond proposals carrying by large margins. The school building and improvement program won 94.3 percent, with 5 359 for the bond and 5 349 for the levy against 320 and 300 respectively. Voters in all 106 precincts participated, turnout higher than 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
McDowell County
Board of Education
Thief Takes Wheel From Parked Auto
Dick Richard Poe of 117 Tulip Street reports police a wheel tube and tire were stolen from the left rear axle of his parked car Thursday night. The vehicle was parked on Edwards Terrace or in the Bluefield Sanitarium alley. A separate report notes several broken windows at Miss Blanche Miller’s home 1705 Bland Street due to gunfire in the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Richard Poe
Tulip Street
Poe
Edwards Terrace
Bluefield Sanitarium
Blanche Miller
Bland Street
Miss Miller
Rev Austin A Angle Named Pastor at Trinity Methodist
The Rev. Austin A Angle and Mrs Angle arrive to lead Trinity Methodist Church. Native to Mercer and McDowell counties, he begins his 21st year in ministry after studies at Hiawassee College University of Tennessee and Emory. He served in Northfork and ten years in southwest Virginia. They have son Alvin Angle Jr who will be a Beaver senior next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin A. Angle
Angle
Trinity Methodist Church
Mercer
McDowell Counties
Hiawasse College
University of Tennessee At
Knoxville
Emory University
Atlanta
Columbia University
Northfork
Virginia
Radford
Honaker
World Service and Finance Commission
Alvin Angle, Jr
Beaver
Aged Italian First Mother To See Child Sanctified
An 87 year old Italian mother will witness Maria Goretti’s outdoor canonization in St Peter's Square Rome June 24 1930 The event marks a historic outside ceremony with a large crowd and includes Goretti's family from New Jersey Italy and two sisters The narrative covers Goretti's life beatification and miracles attributed to her intercession.
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Vatican City
Maria Goretti
St. Peter’s
Roperlys Wu
Maria
New Jersey
Italy
Aloysius Gonzaga
Rome
Francis of Assisi
Saint Anthony of Padua
St. Peter’s Basilica
Corinaldo
Pontine Marsh
Giovanni Serenelli
Allessandro
Serenelli
Ascoli
Freedom Cast Features Jurist on WHIS program
The 6 p m broadcast of Freedom For All on WHIS will feature Judge William H. Hastie of the Philadelphia circuit court of appeals. The program also memorializes Dr. William S. Morris Wright, a Bluefield physician who died in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedom For All
WHIS
William H. Hastie
Philadelphia
Jerome Katz
Bluefield
C. C. Elmore
Mercer County
Robert Brauer
McComas High School
Donald Carr
Bluefield State College
William T. Norman
Scott Street Baptist Church
Rastie
Virgin Islands
Amherst College
Harvard University
102-Year-Old Vet To Join Parade In Bluefield Sesquicentennial
Bluefield Virginia will feature a decorated float for Civil War veteran Charles Wesley Matthews in the sesquicentennial parade. The 102 year old Confederate veteran will ride under a World War escort with American Legion Post 122. Organizers urge entries by noon Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parade
Bluefield
Virginia
Charles Wesley Matthews
J. B. Burton, Jr
American Legion
Matthews
J. G. W. Gillespie
Evelyn Hardy
Sesquicentennial Corporation
Kopperston Miner Seriously Hurt After Mine Accident
Chester Blevins of Kopperston remains in serious condition in a hospital after a mine accident at the Kopperston mine operated by the Eastern Gas and Fuel Company. He was run over by a motor, resulting in amputation of his leg above the knee and the loss of three toes on the other foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
W. Va
Chester Blevins
Eastern Gas and Fuel Company
Blevins
Hadacol Advertises Sleep Aid and Health Benefits
A 1950s Hadacol promotion claims insomnia relief from vitamin deficiencies and minerals. The ad features Mrs. Carl C. Gatliff praising improved sleep and appetite after two weeks, and asserts doctors endorse Hadacol for addressing underlying causes rather than temporary relief. Trial and large sizes are offered with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Gatliff
Dayton
Ohio
Hadacol
The
LeBlanc Corporation
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R. A Repass
Ceres
Guy Kidd
Sanity
City and Coalfield
Lester Pearson
WVU
Greenbrier River
Herman Harry Mauch
Calvary Baptist Church
Highland Ave
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County
Toy Stillwell
Mary Louise Burnside
Norma
Bobby Stillwell
Ernest Hawley
Stevensville
Mont
T. R. Albright
Christiansburg
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Charlie Sublette
Sunset Park Cemetery
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Bluefield, W. VA
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