Final rites for Seaman Fields mourned in Virginia
Deaths column reports Seaman 2-c James Anthony Fields killed in action on 29 1945. funeral held at Mt Olivet Church Lebanon with American Legion military rites. Interment in Russell Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include parents Walter and wife in Lebanon and sister Mrs Walter Ball Bluefield Tazewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman Fields
Seaman
James Anthony Fields
Mt. Olivet Church
Lebanon
American Legion
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Walter Fields
Walter H. Ball
Bluefield-Tazewell
Quiet officiant planned for infant and several funerals
Rites were held for Nelson infant at a Rocky Gap private cemetery after birth Tuesday afternoon. Interments planned for Monte Vista cemetery. Matz funeral in Louisville with interment in Adath Israel cemetery. Hugh L. Thompson to be buried in Clinch Valley Memorial after service at Richlands. Other obituaries note W A Tickle of Keene Mountain and relatives in Virginia.
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Deery Reynolds
Pearlsburg
Vinia Clark
Mercer Funeral Home
Rocky Gap
Mary Matz
Mary Davis Matz
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Adath Israel Cemetery
Louisville
Joseph Rauch
Matz
Samuel L. Matz
Miami Beach
Fla
William A. Tickle
Keene Mountain
Buchanan County
Richlands Hospital
Giles County
Mr. Tickle
George Tickle
Freemont
Red Jacket Coal Company
Maggie Kitchen
James
Tickle
Clintwood
Ethel Puckett
Haysi
Hazel Sigman
Charleston
William A., Jr
U. S. Army
Langley Field
Clarence
Luther
Carol
Leo Donald
Elsie Wade
Winnie Deskins
Akron
Tickle family rites set in Pearisburg Virginia
Rites for John Tickle and relatives from Otsego Pearisburg and Ripplemeade Virginia will be held in Pearisburg Saturday with time to be announced. Interment follows at Birch Lawn cemetery. Body moved from Farmer Funeral Home Richlands to residence yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
John Tickle
Otsego
George Tickle
Pearisburg
Walter Tickle
Ripplemeade
Winnie Stacy
Panther
Minnie Bradley
Birch Lawn
Farmer Funeral Home
Richlands
Local Police Attend Meeting in Fraternal Order event
Bluefield officers played prominent roles at the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police state meeting in Fairmont on June 20 21 and 92. Roy W. Humphrey was reelected conductor and, with two other Bluefield officers, served on committees. The convention elected Herman Frazier president and adopted by law changes including a new guard office and biannual meetings.
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Bluefield
Fraternal Order of Police of
West Virginia
Fairmont
Roy W. Humphrey
Humphreys
Herman Frazier
Huntington
Frazier
P. E. Gullion
Charleston
William Thomas
Wheeling
Clarksburg
State Lodge
Roy W. Humphreys
L. A. Lilly
R. T. Jones
W. A. Meadows
Mercer Lodge
Harry Cyphers
Harry Chaffins
R. Bolt
Welch
Official Speaks For State Meet
W H Chadwick VFW regional director of service and rehabilitation told about eight wartime measures backed by the VFW at the 27th West Virginia encampment. He lauded gains on subsistence allowances for veterans in schools and housing but criticized Congress for not acting on housing.
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W. H. Chadwick
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of West Virginia
West Virginian
Chadwick
Congress
National Service Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
Sue Ig
Ladies’ Auxiliary
A. Harry West
State Department
James R. Davis
West Virginia Department
Fay F. Baker
Clarkshoro
Carl A. Hopkins
National Model Aviation
William P. Cline
Eugene May
Bluefield
Okew J. Patteson
M. M. Neely
U. S. Senate
Hartley Sanders
Princeton
Fifth
West Virginian Hotel
Robert B. McClure
Second Army
Mel Barnett
WHIS
McClure
VFW Encampment Ends With Banquet Ball And Scratch
Brig Gen George W Rice and others attend closing events at the annual VFW encampment. The Commander’s Ball at West Virginian hotel features Virell Whyte and his Musicals. The Grand Castle Scratch caps the evening at 11. Tomorrow includes a morning address by Hudson Hyatt and the installation of 1948-49 Department officers. Canterbury disclosures report Roman town house foundations, a large bathroom, and a cobbled quadrangle unearthed at Royal Foundation and Rose Hotels sites damaged in the war.
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George W. Rice
Second Army
West Virginian
Virell Whyte
VFW
Hudson Hyatt
Canterbury
England
Royal Foundation
Rose
Graham Kiwanis Hears Rev May Covenant of America
The Rev Eugene May pastor of First Christian church Bluefield W Va urged the Graham Kiwanis to see danger from a top tier in government blocking public input. President E R Worrell presided and reports on the California Kiwanis con vention were shared by Worrell Newton and Gillespie. Birthday honors went to Bluefield College president Dr Charles L Harman. Guests included N S Bovenise and non Kiwanian Paul Trenton and Emerson Mann.
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America
Eugene May
First Christian Church
Bluefield
W. Va
Graham Kiwanis Club
Covenant of America
E. R. Worrell
International Meeting of
California
Worrel
Wayland Newton
T. Marcus Gillespie
Charles L. Harman
Presient
Bluefield College
N. S. Bovenise
Paul Trenton
Emerson Mann
Norton, Va
City and Coalfield Ladies Drive-In Snack Service
A curbed drive in snack service operates on Cumberland road near Leatherwood Farms. Cars are served in their vehicles by a curb service staff member from open until 1 a.m. Daily.
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Benson, Cumberland Road
Leatherwood Farms
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Vfew State Convention
Masonic Lodge No
Robert T. Waters
Bluefield Lodge No
A.F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Federal Street
Waters
H. M. Underwood
Underwool
Ben H. Williams
M. B. Lockhart
Sam P. Debusk
Robert T
Margaret M. Jones
Margaret Mae Jones
Holden
War
James M. Jones
Charleston General Hospital
Ies
Joseph and
Frances Shuler
Max Meadows
Mary Ellen Jones
Frances Meek
T. W. Shuler
Marriott
Jones
Baptist Church of
Hawkins Funeral Home
Hawkins Chapel
Mack Thomasson
Woodlawn Cemetery
Ezkial Perkins
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Montcalm
Mr. Perkins
Sam Sublette
Mont
Taylor’s Stone
Princeton Avenue
Big Ben
Dorothy Gray
Ben
Whitmans
Norris and Hollingsworth
Alka Seltzer
Johnson Baby Oil
Monte Vista Cemetery
Hugh L. Thompson
Steelsburg
Tazewell County
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Thompson
Russell County
Roxana Thompson
Crockett J. Thompson
R. L. Howard
Radford
Studebaker
Bluefield Ave
Lim
Wa AG Lsu
City Ant Coalfifid
Shaman
Princeton Ave
Bluefield Lodge
Bluefield Lodge of Perfection
T. H. Shumate
J. Toy Nelson
Furld
Adrian Booth
Roy Barcroft
Bias Preston Foster
Car Patrick “As
Sheffield
Jack Armstrong
Mehaemar Uel
Richard Martin
Frances Rafferty
Don Coyote
Fiel
Rene Dunne
George S Stevens
Barbara Bel
VFEW
Williamson
VFW Department
Evans
David O. Selznick
Jennifer Jones
Gregory Peck
Joseph Cotton
LE Theatre
Virginia
Rustlers Valley
Helen Gilbert
Bob Lowry
Death - Valley
Vigilantes
Edgar Kennedy
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
THE
SEA Hound
Graham Kiwanis
Rev
May
City and Coalfield
Happy Valley Stables
Cumberland Road Cor. Frederick St
Rowdy
Anne Gwyyyr
EQ Carril
Andy Devine
Ward Bay
Woody Woodpecker
Sniffles
the Pelican and the Snipe
Dick Tracy Returns
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