Tazewell Has New Officers
Tazewell Virginia clubs and service groups select officers as the new year begins. Edgar Akers is re elected chief of the Tazewell Fire Department with Donald Dey as assistant chief and a full slate of officers in the fire department. The American Legion Sidney Coulling Post 133 names G L Santolla commander for 1962 63 with a complete staff. Local groups including the Tazewell Retailers, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and Lions clubs appoint presidents and officers for the upcoming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Edgar Akers
Donald Dey
Gene Pennington
Henry Bourne
W. M. Rutherford, Jr
Sidney Coulling
American Legion
G. L. Santolla
T. J. Durham
C. H. Kinder
J. G. Beach
Herbert Ward
Robert L. Johnson
H. D. Bryant
Wade S. Coates
John H. Mullins
G. R. Brittain
Luther Becker
Ben Heldreth
Britts
Tazewell Lions Club
Jack Cecil
M. L. Alley
E. P. Greever
Phillip C. Altizer
Ben Susman
Claude van Dyke
J. W. Carter
Seven Die In West Virginia Weekend Crashes Drownings
A weekend spate of accidents left seven dead in West Virginia, including Rena Blankenship of Delorme Mingo County who died after a parked car rolled into gear injuring her, and 17 year old James May who drowned in Tug River. Other fatalities occurred in Fairmont and Romney areas with multiple injuries. Authorities report Friday night and Saturday incidents across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Blankenship
Delorme
Mingo County
Mack Heywood
Williamson
James Thomas May
Lenore
Sherman May
Tug River
Fairmont
Mae Leona Kerschensteiner
Garrett
Frank Kerschensteiner
Earl Burrows
Rt. 15
Margret
Boken
Queen Mother Elisabeth Visits Young Piano Prodigy
In Yonkers 85-year-old Queen Mother Elisabeth of Belgium visits 13-year-old Joey Alfidi, praises his piano genius and shares an Italian luncheon with about a dozen guests. Mayor Flynn proclaims Queen Mother Elisabeth Day as the royal party tours the Alfidi apartment and notes their Brussels connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N.Y
Elisabeth
Joey Alfidi
Joey
Alfidi
Brussels
Palace of Fine Arts
Puerto Rico
Queen Mother
John E. Flynn
City
Daily Telegraph Printing Bluefield Herald Notes
Local newspaper note confirms establishment in 1883 and morning publication by the Daily Telegraph Printing Bluefield. Identifies Associated Press membership and ABA Audit Bureau circulation, with a representative named as The Kaus.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Associated, Press
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Kaus
West Virginia Bankers Convene at The Greenbrier
The 69th West Virginia Bankers Association Convention will be at The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs July 19 to 21 with E G Otey of First National Bank among attendees. Guest speakers include M Monroe Kimbrel Herbert V Prochnow and George M Lingua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
West Virginia Bankers Association
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
E. G. Otey
First National Bank
State Association
Flat Top National and Commercial
M. Monroe Kimbrel
American Bankers Association
Herbert V. Prochnow
First National Bank of Chicago
George M. Lingua
First National City Bank of New York
Trust Division
Doriane and Ellis
WVBA
Governor’s Hall
West Virginia
Rusk and Italian Leaders Reach NATO Backed Accord
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Italy's left leaning government announced full accord on European Cold War issues after talks with Premier Amintore Fanfani and Foreign Minister Attilio Piccioni. They reaffirmed NATO cooperation and Western defense goals. Rusk continued a 10 day European tour visiting Bonn Paris and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Dean Rusk
Italy
Europe
Rusk
Antonio
Amintore Fanfani
Attilio Piccioni
NATO
U.S
Washington
Soviet Union
Berlin
Britain
Fanfani
Bonn
Paris
London
Lisbon
Senate to quiz 60 about Estes case hearings begin
Senate investigators plan Wednesday hearings with about 60 witnesses to probe Estes get rich quick cotton farm aid schemes. The inquiry will span agencies led by the Agriculture Department and will trace Estes influence from Texas to Washington as it seeks a full fact finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Billie Sol Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Texas
Agriculture Department
Estes
McClellan
House
Rep
L. H. Fountain
Dn.c
James A. McConnell
Eisenhower
Commercial Solvents Corp
B F Boggess Succumbs At 79 In Oakvale
Bernard Forest Boggess 79 of Oakvale longtime Oakvale Town Council member died Saturday night after a long illness at Bluefield Sanitarium Born in Narrows Virginia son of R A and Allie Johnson Boggess He was superintendent of the Oakvale Methodist Church Sunday School assistant postmaster merchant husband of Maude Boyd Boggess survived by two sons William R Boggess Urbana Illinois and Charles N Boggess San Antonio Texas a sister Mary Honaker Oakvale eight grandchildren Funeral Monday 2 pm Oakvale Methodist Church burial Resthaven Princeton body moved from Johnston Funeral Home Oakvale to residence Sunday Pallbearers E W Camden Wade Lee Elmore W B Kraushaar Clarence Biggs Hubert Robbins Basil Davis Forest Eastburn C L Biggs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Forest Boggess
Oakvale
Bluefield
Narrows
R. A
Allie Johnson Boggess
Oakvale Methodist Church
Boggess
Maude Boyd Boggess
William R. Boggess
Urbana, Ill
Charles N. Boggess
San Antonio
Texas
Mary Honaker
Resthaven
Princeton
Johnston Funeral Home
E. W. Camden
Wade Lee Elmore
W. B. Kraushaar
Clarence Biggs
Hubert Robbins
Basil Davis
Forest Eastburn
C. L. Biggs
Two Virginians Die In Separate Crashes Raising Toll
Two men died in separate highway crashes on Saturday in Virginia, pushing the state traffic death toll to 372. George Franklin Jones, 19, of Williamsburg, was struck twice on U S 60 near James City County by a Yorktown driver and a Hampton driver. Charles Claude Watson, 47, of Fairfax, died after his car was hit by a truck on U S 1 as he turned left. The truck driver was John James Hunt, 40, of Franconia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerschensteiner
Burrows
Fairmont
John L. Rakocky
James C Jacobs
Marion County Sheriff's Office
John Tipi
Charles Shanks
Jacobs
Sheriff's Office
William L. Stein Jr
Springfield
W.va
Romney
Ruth Reeder
Belington
Arthur D. Hanlan
Maidsville
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown
Henry E. Thacker
Huricane
W. Va
Putnam County
Associated Press
Virginia
George Franklin Jones
Williamsburg
U. S. 60
James City
Jones
Henry Lee Taylor
Yorktown
Taylor
Larry T. Everett
Hampton
Charles Claude Watson
Rt. 1
Fairfax
Watson
John James Hunt
Rt. 5
Franconia
UAW Board Backs Ford Agreement in Walton Hills Strike
United Auto Workers Local 420 executive board unanimously recommends members approve the Friday night deal ending the Walton Hills stamping plant strike. About 3,200 workers have been involved with Ford, and up to 75,000 others face layoffs due to dependent stamping orders. A Sunday 10 a.m. vote is expected to pass, with skeleton crews to report at 4 p.m. if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United Auto Workers Local 420
Ford Motor Co
Local 420
Ford
Walton Hills
Jerry Wilse
Walton Hill
Demographics of Lapps Announced Across Nordic Lands
A report notes 20 000 Lapps in Norway 8 500 in Sweden 2 300 in Finland and 1 800 in Russia. Only about a fifth are reindeer herders with most being fishermen and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Pension Rules Explained for World War I Veterans
Inquiries show many older veterans wrongly assume automatic 65 with pension. Non service pensions require permanent total disability and income limits. Under the 1960 act, single veterans with no dependents earning under 1800 annually receive 40 monthly, those with dependents 45, with sliding scales for lower incomes.
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Congress
Obituary notices from Bluefield and surrounding towns
Mrs Olive L Yost 54 of Bluefield WV dies after six months illness in St Luke s Hospital. Survived by husband Greever W Yost three sons one daughter and eight sisters. Funeral at Memorial Baptist Church Bluefield with burial Maple Hill Cemetery. Also funeral for Mrs Mary Elizabeth McGhee 84 Princeton WV burial Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield. Vernon Weskley Huck Asbury of Bramwell dies. funeral Monday with Masonic escort and burial in Woodlawn mausoleum. Also Mrs Norma Farley 78 Beckley dies. service Sunday Keyser Bryant Chapel and burial Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include husband J C Farley two daughters and four grandchildren.
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Olive Lawson Yost
Greever W. Yost
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
Graham Mattress Co
Tazewell County
Henry
Laura Marie Lawson
John P. Yost
Greensboro
N. C
Arnold E. Yost
James C. Yost
Arlington
Eugene Cox
Arthur Lawson
Ashland
Raymond Pugh
Baltimore
Slemp Yost
Orlando
Fla
Claude Yost
Lemon Grove
Calif
Marie Caldwell
Fred Davidson
Youngstown
Ohio
Ray Tacito
Lexington
Mass
Hubert Hoops
Philadelphia
Earl Riggs
Yost
Memorial Baptist Church
W. R. Beckler
Edward Richardson
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dudley Memorial
Mary Elizabeth McGhee
Princeton-Oakvale Road
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Norman Crawford
Conley
Everett White
Richey Hudson
John Munsey
J. M. Draper
W. T. Davis
C T. Snndow
Order of Eastern Star
Florence Sample
Toledo
Marie Haley
Lynchburg
Harvey Ashworth
Winter Haven
Norma Farley
Beckley
Keyser-Bryant
Walter Griswold
Sunset Memorial Park
Farley
J. C. Farley
South Kanawha St
The
Mrs Hazel Rose 45 Dies At Home In Clintwood Va
Mrs Hazel Rose aged 45 died at her Clintwood Virginia home Friday afternoon. She is survived by husband Ransom Rose two sons Cecil and Jimmie Rose three daughters Evaline Louise and Dorothy Mae Rose six brothers Walter Blair Ford Caney White Joe White and others and five sisters Myrtle White Nora Hughes Anne Thompson Mary Little and Mrs James Lankins. Funeral service held Sunday at 10 a.m. at Skeetrock Community Church with Rev Early Rose and Rev Lloyd Phipps officiating. Burial in Stone Cemetery Skeetrock. Clintwood Colley Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Hazel Rose
Clintwood
Ransom Rose
Cecil
Jimmie Rose
Evaline
Louise
Dorothy Mae Rose
Walter
Blair, Ford
Caney White
Bristol
Tenn
Joe White
Copper Creek
Myrtle White
Nora Hughes
Abingdon
Anne Thompson
Grundy, Va
Mary Little
St. Paul
James Lankins
Lebanon Va
Skeetrock
Early Rose
Lloyd Phipps
Stone Cemetery
Clintwood Colley Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Mrs Martha Judson Luke
Funeral plans are incomplete for Mrs Martha Judson Luke 36 of Coca Florida who died Friday at the Medical Center in Gainesville. Survived by husband Staley R Luke three daughters Sharon Katherine and Malinda Luke and son Stley Luke Jr. Also survived by two sisters Mrs Mary Bridges and Mrs Bill Best and a brother Lawrence Powell. Body to be moved to Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton for further arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Judson Luke
Coca, Fla
Gainesville
Fla
Luke
Lottie Powell
Powhatan
Staley R. Luke
Sharon
Katherine
Malinda Luke
Stley Luke Jr
Mary Bridges
Merritt Island
Bill Best
Elkton
Lawrence Powell
Princeton
Obituary: Mrs. Vesta Selfe 78 Dies in Clintwood Virginia
Mrs. Vesta Alice Selfe aged 78 died Friday at her daughter’s Clintwood residence. Survived by four sons Ralph, Jack, Carter and Arthur Selfe. three other daughters Dixie Sutherland Maxie Mullins and Georgia Shortt. a brother Johnn H. Artrip. sisters Virgie Phipps and Dora Sutherland. 18 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Funeral held Sunday at Clintwood Baptist Church with Rev Charles Breder officiating, burial in Clintwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Alice Selfe
Thelma Mullins
Clintwood
Dixie Sutherland
Maxie Mullins
Georgia Shortt
Ralph Selfe
Richmond
Jack Selfe
Emporia
Mich
Carter
Arthur Selfe
Johnn H. Artrip
Virgie Phipps
Dora Sutherland
Skeetrock
Clintwood Baptist Church
Charles Breder
Clintwood Cemetery
Clintwood Colley Funeral Home
Death of Johnny Beverly prompts local funeral rites
Johnny Beverly, 47, formerly of Clintwood Virginia, died Thursday at his Panama City Florida home. Survivors include May Beverly his wife two daughters Imogene and Donna Beth and a son Frankie Beverly all at home three sisters Mrs Fallie Hawkins Clintwood Virginia Mrs Emma Browning Coburn Virginia and Mrs Fanny Whitt War. ducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Lick Fork Freewill Baptist Church Rev Alden Carrico will officiate with burial in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens and Masonic graveside rites.
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Johnny Beverly
Clintwood
Panama City
Fla
May Beverly
Imogene
Donna Beth
Frankie Beverly
Fallie Hawkins
Emma Browning
Coburn
Fanny Whitt
War
Lick Fork Freewill Baptist Church
Alden Carrico
Powell Valley Memorial Gardens
Clintwood Colley Funeral Home
Mrs Eva Wood 76 Dies After Yearlong Illness At Home
Mrs Eva Jane Wood widow of James Dennis Wood of Camp Creek died Saturday evening at her home after a yearlong illness. Born in Egeria to Green and Octavia Ferguson, she leaves three sons Lawrence Ted and Toy Wood of Camp Creek and three daughters Miss Vannie Wood Mrs Lawrence Neal of Point Pleasant and Mrs Dorothy Klocek of Woodstock Ill. A brother Hayden Ferguson of Cool Ridge also survives. The body remains at Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton pending arrangements.
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Eva Jane Wood
James Dennis Wood
Camp Creek
Egeria
Green
Octavia Wood Ferguson
Lawrence
Ted
Toy Wood
Vannie Wood
Lawrence Neal
Point Pleasant
Dorothy Klocek
Woodstock
Ill
Hayden Ferguson
Cool Ridge
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Mrs Lilly Lambert Widow of Rev George Lambert Dies in Richmond
Mrs Lilly Lambert widow of the late Rev George L Lambert former Methodist pastor in Tazewell and Welch died Saturday at her Richmond home. Survived by daughter Miss Mary Gladys Lambert who lived with her and son George L Lambert Jr of Concord NC. Body to be taken to Embry Va for graveside rites Monday at 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Lambert
George L. Lambert
Methodist Church
Tazewell
Welch
Richmond
Mary Gladys Lambert
George L. Lambert Jr
Concord
N. C
Embry
Death of Johnson Ray in Pocahontas Virginia
Johnson Ray of Pocahontas Virginia died Saturday at Miner’s Memorial Hospital in Beckley. The body will lie at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Ray
Pocahontas, Va
Miner's Memorial
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Death of Cleveland S Fowler Jr in Bluefield
Cleveland S Fowler Jr aged 44 of 205 Balsam Street Bluefield died Saturday night at St Luke's Hospital after a long illness. The body will remain at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland S. Fowler Jr
Balsam St
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
Mercer Funeral Home
GOP Picks Fine To Oppose Rep Hardy In 2nd District
In Portsmouth Virginia the 2nd district Republicans chose Louis B Fine a Norfolk lawyer to oppose veteran Democrat Porter Hardy Jr Hardy has represented Virginia's largest district since 1947 and defeated Fine in 1960 The convention at the Dinwiddie Hotel produced no rival house candidates but featured a heated Norfolk delegation revolt over the district chairmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Louis B. Fine
Norfolk
Porter Hardy Jr
Hardy
Virginia
Fine
Gov. Dinwiddie Hotel
Tobacco Lease Bill Extended By Senate
The Senate passed a measure to extend the filing deadline for leases transferring tobacco acreage allotments for the 1962 crop. The Agriculture Committee recommended enactment, noting some farmers failed to file due to misunderstanding of the new leasing provisions for 1962 and 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
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