VEW Encampment Activities Highlight Bluefield Meeting
Bluefield hosts the Veterans of Foreign Wars Encampment with sessions at the Matz Hotel and West Virginia Hotel. W T Jackson and Pinnacle Post No. 1 auxiliary members arrive for the event and the second band of 15 players will perform as ceremonies proceed.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of West Virginia
Bluefield
W. T. Jackson
Pinnacle
VFW
Anc
Jackson
West Virginia
Federal Street
Princeton Avenue
Princeton Bland
Bland
Federal
Post Office
Last Rites and Obituaries From Bluefield Area
Obituaries report multiple last rites and funerals including Joseph Melvin 75 who died after a tractor crash near Bluefield with services at a local church. Richard Ramage 68 of Bluefield will be buried at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with survivors listed. Maud Maddy 77 of Lindside dies at home with Coulter's Chapel service tomorrow. Jack Stella 71 of Naples Italy descent dies. services pending. Stanly Wall 37 of Boise Idaho killed in Nebraska auto crash. services at Glenwood Park church. William C. Childs 5 fatally injured. services at Bluestone Baptist Church with burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Melvin
W. W. Watson
Minnie Tibbs
Kelly Kipsinger
Junior Gilpin
Charlie Fletcher
H. M. Saunders
Walter Hager
Howard Hutchens
Floyd Donahan
Richard Ramage
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Howard H. Gordon
Monte Vista Park
Funeral
Emmett Taylor
Amsterdam
N. Y
Vernon Taylor
Durham
N. C
Easley Taylor
Kentucky
Earl Munsey
Helen Talbott
Baltimore
Ramage
Shenandoah
John and
Elizabeth Muir Ramage
James Odell
William C. Pruett
Vernon Morrissette
Turley Walls
Vince Donaghue
E. G. Burnett
Maud Maddy
Lindside
Monroe County
Roy Hill
Coulter's Chapel
Cris Broyles
Amanda Mann Broyles
L. R. Maddy
William R
Huntington
John Co
St. Albans
George
Hill
Ada McNeer
Crescent
Oxhla
Fay Coulter
Sharom
Coulter’s Chapel Methodist Church
Coulter's Chapel Methodist Church
O. F. Surface
James Moore
Ater
Lester Pence
Gilmer Coulter
Walter Coulter
S. P. Long
Luke Thornton
WSCS
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Jack Stella
Princeton Road
Mr. Stella
Otte and
Mary Stella
Naples
Italy
Martha Garrett
Northfort
Tony Stella
Princeton
Mary Gra
Stanley B. Wall
Boise
Idaho
Carr Memorial Methodist Church
Glenwood Park
W. W. Powell
N. W. Looney
Viola Wall
Brush Creek
Clu
Wall
Nebraska
William C. Childs
Peter
Lucie Mae P. Childs
Preeman
Bluestone Baptist Church
B. E. Williams
Oak Grove
Lagos
Mamie P. Strain
Gloria Graves
Joan Graves
Gloria Hollandworth
Maxine Ferguson
Jackie Webb
Donald Moore
Richard Lack
John King
Dickie Graves
Ted Blagman
Physician testimony ends indictment in murder case
TON June 23 a physician testified in common pleas court that George Washington Cooper died of natural causes, not the gunshot wounds. David Tomlin 57 Hun was charged with murdering Cooper a courthouse attendant, but prosecutors moved to drop the indictment after the medical finding. Tomlin earlier admitted firing after Cooper approached with a knife.
Auxiliary Attends VFW Convention in Bluefield
Over 100 members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars arrived in Bluefield for the state department encampment. Activities include a three day schedule with a women’s business meeting at 10 a.m. at the Elks Hall and a luncheon at the Pinnacle Restaurant, plus a banquet at Bluefield Auditorium and a breakfast for commanders.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bluefield
State Department
VFW
Matzi
Elks Hall
Pinnacle
Marjorie Sidebottomber
Ruby Godbey
California
Ladies Auxiliary
Auxiliary Department
Helen
Bessie van Horn
van Horn
Ciy Sentensee
Jame L. Kell
Suit for 200000 Filed In Draper Virginia Mishap
Charles H. Wilson of Huntington sues S and W Motor Lines Inc. for 200000 alleging permanent injury to himself and death to his wife Eisie in a Virginia traffic accident near Draper last July. Wilson says a company truck swerved into his lane and struck his car.
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Huntington
S & W Motor Lines Inc
Greenspore
N. C
Virginia
Charles H. Wilson
Charg
Eisie
Draper
Wilson
Judge Throws Out $75,000 Elevation Suit in Alienation Case
Huntington Judge Frank Eaton directed a verdict for J. E. Wright former purchasing agent of Standard Ultramarine & Color Co in a $75,000 elevation of affections suit. The decision cited the one year statute of limitations and that the action had expired. Robert L. Edwards of Chesapeake Ohio filed the suit alleging Grace Lee withheld facts from her husband March 25.
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Huntington
Frank Eaton
J. E. Wright
Standard Ultramarine & Color Co
Robert L. Edwards
Chesapeake
Ohio
Wrestards
Grace Lee
Wright
Damage suit started against country club
A suit for 10000 dollars was filed in Mercer County Circuit Court yesterday by Lualcille Wilson Claytor against Bluefield Country Club Inc. Kingdon represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Circcuit Court
Luaicille Wilson Claytor
Bluefield Coumtey Club, Inc
Kingdon
Piaintiff
Pension annuities approved for West Virginia teachers
Charleston June 3 Pension annuities for 155 members of the West Virginia teachers retirement system were approved by the Teachers Retirement Board. The list includes teachers from Bluefield Charleston Huntington Beckley and other towns with retirements under age and service criteria.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Richard E. Hyde
Teachers Retirement Board
R. Ball
Lake
Ira C. Ball
Winfield
E. E
Buckeye
George Burkett
Beckley
Robert Clark
Morgantown
A. L. Cline
Gilbert
Asa V. Cooper
Tanner
Bertha Cottrn
Robertsburg
Bessie Cozart
Maryland and nearby states expect scattered thundershowers
Weather maps show Maryland partly cloudy and cooler Friday and Saturday with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers. Highs reach upper 70s to low 80s. Nearby states Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Virginia trend partly cloudy to wet with mild to warm temperatures and scattered showers or thundershowers through Friday and Saturday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Bluefield Forms Second Kiwanis Club
Tyson served as vice president and key organizers named include F Bennett John Young Jim Hedley and Ray son among others. The new Bluefield Kiwanis Club will meet at the Auditorium Restaurant on Stadium Drive every Thursday at 6 30 pm with charter ceremonies and district dignitaries slated for the gala charter night.
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Tyson
George Foresman
W. W
F Bennett
John Young
Jim Hedley
Ray
Son
George
Bluefield Auditorium
Stadium Drive
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Herc
Ot- Kiwanis International
William Brack
Kiwanis
Bluefield
Huff
Hardware display planned for Thayer move to Bluefield
The Thayer Company will locate in Bluefield and a hardware display is set for today at the West Virginian Hotel. Charles Hunter from the N and W industrial department in Roanoke will host around 2 p.m. to show the equipment. Bluefield ADC officials urge manufacturers and residents to view the display as the council launches funds to build a factory housing the Thayer unit. Visitors should inquire at the desk to learn the room location.
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Thayer Company
Bluefield
West Virginian
Charies Hunter
Industrial Department
N&w
Roanoke
Area Development Council
ADC
Thayer
Hunter
Red Cross Life Saving Classes Open for Registration
Registration for the Junior and Senior Life Saving courses at the Red Cross swimming school opens this morning at the Red Cross offices in the Coal and Coke building. The office will register students from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow, with tomorrow the deadline. unregistered students will be refused admittance to the pool.
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Red Cross Swimming School
Red Cross
Coal and Coke
Auto well lit lights up 1955 car bulb count
The average 1955 automobile uses 22.8 electric light bulbs, exceeding the 19 lamps typically found in a US home. The note highlights the higher lighting needs of cars compared to residential spaces.
20 Year Old Soldier Dies In Gas Chamber
Parchman Mississippi. A 20 year old soldier convicted of killing New Orleans salesman Kenneth Mason who offered him a ride died in the gas chamber at about 2 30 P M Prison Superintendent Marvin Wiggins said Lewis was ready to go and walked calmly to the chamber. Mason was killed in Hancock County and his car was taken.
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Parchman
Miss
New Orleans
Mississippi
Mack C. Lewis
U. S. Supreme Court
Marvin Wiggins
Lewis
Kenneth Mason
Hancock County
Devy Crockett Indian Scout Club Invites Youth
State Theatre advertises a youth program inviting boys and girls to join the Devy Crockett Indian Scout Club, offering activities and participation details for aspiring scouts.
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Devy Crockett Indian Scout Club
Marine's Wife Moved From City in Bluefield Outpouring
A Marine, badly injured in a mishap near Rich Creek, Va., lies unconscious at Bluefield Sanitarium. His wife and son were flown from Mercer Airport yesterday, and Cook the denier remained unharmed. The doctor and hospital staff receive praise along with Bluefield residents for support and care.
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Mercer Airport
Lee de Lejeune
Naval Hospital
Rich Creek
Cook
Bluefield Sanitarium
Marine Corps
Bluefield
W. Va
Uae
A. Cook
Sanitarium
Forest Rogers
Osborn, Md
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Hartington
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Harrisville
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Elizabeth Hatfield
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Ceredo
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Anna M. Miller
Elm Grove
Florence D. Miller
W. C. Neal
Ansted
Marie Older
R. D. Owen
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J. A. Phipps
Chapmanville
Harry Pinson
Kenova
Edna Poling
Elkins
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Henry Reynolds
Richwood
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