Richlands Fair Awards Honor Tazewell Homemakers Ribbons
Richlands and Raven home demonstration clubs awarded ribbons to over 100 Tazewell County homemakers at the 22nd Richlands Fair and Stock Show. Winners included Mrs. Winston Fouch, Mrs. J. M. White, and Mrs. Walter Miller for various needlework and crafts, with many blue ribbons across classes in needlework, crochet, knitting, sewing, and canned foods.
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Richlands and Raven
Tazewell County
Richlands Fair
Winston Fouch
Cedar Bluff
Tillis Owens
Richlands
Ralph Compton
Grundy
Walter Miller
Nelson Barber
Paul Jessee
Julia Milton
C. T. Patrick
A. W. Horton, Jr
Raven
Linda Matney
Jay Belcher
Princeton
Susan Burns
John M. White
G. W. Cox
Oakwood
Carlos Hess
Dennis Baker
Walter Belcher
Dennis Belcher
A. W. Wilson
Alice Vance
W. G. Gillespie
Tazewell
Gladys Joyce
Melvin Cruey
Gaynell Cruey
Airlines Seek Virginia Routes
The State Corporation Commission will hear Monday applications from three small-aircraft carriers aiming to start scheduled service linking Norfolk, Newport News, Richmond and Dulles. Ransome Air Inc. and MAC Virginia propose Norfolk to Richmond routes, with MAC offering earlier daily flights. Shenandoah Airlines seeks Charlottesville and Harrisonburg to Dulles flights.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Ransome Air Inc
Philadelphia
Shenandoah Airlines Inc
Charlottesville
MAC Virginia Inc
Newport News
Ransome
MAC Virginia
Norfolk
Dulles
Shenandoah
Harrisonburg
Telegraph
Weather Bureau
Rescue Contest Schedule Set for Sept 21 at Beckley Armory
Representatives from coal companies unions and state and federal mining agencies plan the 13th Annual Mine Rescue and First Aid Contest for September 21 at Beckley Armory Field House. The event caps safety contests across Appalachia as sponsors form a general safety committee led by J A Philpott with officers Thomas Allamon James Leeber and Robert Marrs and members from Pocahontas Fuel Island Creek Coal Semet Solvay and Eastern Associated Coal.
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Beckley Armory Field House
West Virginia
Appalachian
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia State Department of Mines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
J. A. Philpott
State Department of Mines
Thomas Allamon
James Leeber
United Mine Workers
Huntington Girl Dies Of Gunshot Wound
Huntington police investigated a near fatal shooting of 17 year old Janet Camp on a city street. She was in critical condition at Cabell Huntington Hospital with a wound in the back of her neck after a small caliber gunfire in front of a local night spot. The attacker remained at large.
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Huntington (Ap
Huntington
Janet Camp
Cabell-Huntington Hospital
24 Persons Charged In Mass Raids In McDowell
After nearly six hours of raids in McDowell County, state police arrested 24 persons on 40 charges including moral offenses, illegal liquor sales, and possession of gaming devices. Eleven women faced soliciting for prostitution. all pled guilty or were convicted with fines and jail time.
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McDowell County
McDowell
Keystone
Welch
Justice of the Peace
E. L. Mitchell
Mitchell
Capitol Lunch
McDowell Street
Moose Club
Wyoming Street
B and W Cab Co
Depot Hotel
Howard Street
Hellems
Beckley
Two Children Drown In River Near Cowen West Virginia
In Williams River near Cowen West Virginia two children Randell Mullens 12 and Susan Morrison 11 drowned during a family outing with parents. Both victims were first cousins from Camden-On-Gauley Webster County. Four children were in the group. three others were rescued while continuing to swim.
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Cowen
W. Va
Williams River
Here
Randell Thomas Mullens
Thomas Mullens
Camden-On-Gauley
Webster County
Susan Ann Morrison
John Morrison
Mercer County Board of Education to Auction Knob School
The Mercer County Board of Education will sell the Knob School building to the highest bidder at public auction on July 12, 1968 at 10 00 a m The site lies between Knob and Ritchie Streets Princeton West Virginia and removal must occur within 90 days Bids are cash and subject to board approval The building opens for inspection at 8 00 a m on sale day and by appointment other dates Signed W R Cooke Secretary Mercer County Board of Education
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Mercer County Board of Education
Knob
Knob and
Ritchie Streets
Princeton
West Virginia
W. R. Cooke
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Bluefield
J. K. McFarlane
Hazel Paine
Ledge Altizer
Otis Nash
Clarence Gall
Ralph Whitt
Flea Ball
Ichlands
Meldie Cruey
Vere Shinall
Raymond Ball
Mildred Whitt
Susan Barnes
Pat
Red Ash
Frances Cruey
Flem Ball
Dorothy Tatum
Hurley Blankenship
George Scott
Weldon Ridge
Co. V. Blankenship
Garnell Cruey
Boyden Sawyers
C. T
C. V. Blankenship
Judy Sargent
Elizabeth McGlothlin
Thelma Joyce
Pete Patrick
James Campbell
John Lawson
Boyden Sawyears
Lorraine Wysor
Bud Altizer
Bill Youce
J. S. Wright
May Good
E. G. McGlothlin
Margaret Matney
Dixie Vencil
Margret Matney
Garman Hess
Bill Joyce
Blue
E. G. McGlothhlin
S. W. Wilson
W. W. Horton, Jr
M’ledge Altizer
Fran Farmer
Pamandar Ball
Joe Henderson
C. P. Patrick
A Whorton, Jr
Gerald Hess
James Weedy
Randall McGlothlin
C. L. McGlothlin
James Leedy
Marguerite Griffith
Ken Henderson
Joseph Henderson
Joe Higgenbotham
Margaret Dowdy
North Tazewell
Ellen Marie Steele
C.I.T. Financing
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Mercer
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