Bluefield Considers City Zoning Under State Law
F P Best Pittsburg consultant outlined benefits of a state zoning law at a Kiwanis club talk in Bluefield. If voters approve next Wednesday, a zoning commission would replace the planning group to regulate land use, promote health and safety, and protect residential areas from commercial encroachment.
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Bluefield
Kiwanis Club
F. P. Best
Pittsburgh
City Planning Commission
Best
Beet
R. I. Develin
Planning Commission
Elmer C. Barton
O. M. Deverle
W. C. Pollock
R. K. Crockett
Thomas H. Scott
Funeral Service Held for Mrs Frank C Fox
Mrs. Frank C. Fox, 61, longtime Cambria resident and mother of T. R. Fox of Bluefield, was buried after funeral services at her Cambria home. The Rev. L W Griggs of Cambria Methodist church led the rites, assisted by the Rev. J H Powers of Cambria Baptist church. Interment followed in Sunset Cemetery. Pallbearers included C G Altizer, Hugh Charlton, Will Spradling, Robert Dudley, Hi Eppley and S Q.
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Frank ©. Fox
Tazewell County
T. R. Fox
Bluefield
Cambria
L. W. Griggs
Robbers Enter Gott Pharmacy in Bluefield Crime
Robbers gained entry to Gott Pharmacy at Bluefield Avenue and Chestnut Street by smashing the front door glass. They stole cigars, a case of canned heat, and some money, leaving blood smears inside. Police tracked suspects but had not identified them at last night’s briefing.
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Gott Pharmacy
Bluefield Avenue
Chestnut Street
Return to New York Sparks a Love Triangle
Barrett Colvin, a wealthy archaeologist, returns to New York and falls for 20 year old Elinor Stafford while her mother Lida schemes for money and rivals, complicating ties with Miss Ella Sexton and Barrett's past. Elinor endures heartbreak as misunderstandings and social games unfold around Miss Ella’s illness and a planned tea.
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Barrett Colvin
New York
Elinor Stafford
Barret
Lida Stafford
Elinor
Lida
Vance Carter
Ella Sexton
Sexton
Barrett
Marcia
Miami
Bentwell
Miss Ella
Higgins
National Business College students take secretarial and accounting posts
The Roanoke based college reports graduates securing positions with Stanford 4 Inge Inc Roanoke Washington National Life Insurance Morris Plan Bank and Judge Harris Birchfield plus entrants entering summer school from Anderson Indiana and Benton Ohio. Alumni return to jobs as bookkeepers stenographers and CP A coaching aids cited.
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Joe Paisley
School of Secretarial Science
Stanford 4 Inge, Incorporated
Roanoke
Virginia
Jean Nash
Washington National Life Ins
Edna Winyard
Vinton
Veginia
School of
Morris Plan Bank
Albert Owen
School of Business Administration
Harris
Birchfield
George Stevens Fenner
Anderson
Indiana
Mabel Hurt
Benton
Ohio
Alva Williamson
Charleston
W. Va
S ‘Ilior
Pulaski
Kimble
Gladys Anderson
Rocky Mount
West Virginia
Bruce Dalton
Stuart
Anne
John le
Pounding Mill
United States Coal Coke Company
Gary
Newspapermen Attend Chattanooga Meeting
Jim H. Shott and Hugh I. Shott Jr. with Charles Hodel, Raleigh Register publisher, travel to Chattanooga Tennessee for the Southern Newspaper Publishers association annual convention at Signal Mountain hotel. They join other publishers to discuss the industrial recovery law. West Virginia publishers are well represented at the gathering.
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Jim H. Shott
Hugh I. Shott Jr
Charles Hodel
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Hareld
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Signal Mountain Hotel
West Virginia
Evanglistic Service Opens at Glenwood Park
A two week evangelistic service opened last night at Glenwood Park in a tent tabernacle. Rev. D. F. Wyrick of the North Tazewell Methodist church conducts the services with arrangements by Rev. W. M. Ellis of the Glenwood Park Methodist circuit.
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Glenwood Park
D. F. Wyrick
North Tazewell
W. M. Ellis
Tazewell Man Wounds Relative in Family Row
Kelly Gullion, 25, held in Tazewell county jail on charges of wounding his brother in law Alfred Billups, 22, after a dispute at the Billups home. Billups was shot twice, once in the right wrist and once in the right side, treated privately in Boissevain. Gullion surrendered in Tip Top to Magistrate J. P. Bowman and awaits hearing pending Billups’ condition.
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Kelley Gullion
Alfred Billups
Kelly Gullion
Tazewell County
Mud Fork
Billups
Boissevain
Guilion
Tip Top
J. P. Bowman
E. L. Mathena
Tazewell
Gullion
Matoaka Social Roundup Travels and Visits
Richard Kelly of Brooklyn visited the Wright home in Matoaka. McComas resident H. Moore stopped by Friday. Mrs. W. W. George of Bluefield returned home after visiting her sister. Stella George of Bluefield visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Mattox of Kimball visited. J. C. Taylor of Christiansburg and W. M. Ferrell hosted at family home. Several girls left for Camp Sequoyah Bristol and Camp Shawmi-deen Lewisburg. Ferrell Payne Echole spent weekend in Cincinnati. Audrey Williams Sybil Bailey G D Bland and Buddy Sampson headed to Rock View for a outing.
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Matoaka
W. Va
Richard Kelly
Brooklyn
New York
Pak
Roy Wright
H. ©. Moore
McComas
W. W. George
Bluefield
K&. C. Wright
Stella George
S. G. Mattox
Kimball
J. C. Taylor
Christiansburg
Taylor
W M. Ferrell
Sara Frances Ferrell
Mary and Margaret Caldwell
Nancy Payne
Sarah Clement
Camp Sequyn
Bristol
Annabelle Murphy
Stuart
W. M. Ferrell
City Board Deferred Meeting and Registration Revision
The city board postpones its regular weekly session and schedules a Wednesday 2 to 4 pm meeting to revise municipal election registration books for the July 6 election. Voters may confirm voting places or add names now. Also announced is Amelia Earhart Putnam as recipient of the 1982 Harmon International Aviatrix Trophy for her solo Atlantic flight.
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City Board of Directors
Harmon International
Mrs. Junior Edwards of Bluefield Dies in Bay Shore
Mrs. Junior Edwards 26 of Bluefield died Sunday in a Bay Shore hospital after arriving to attend her mother Mrs. Margaret Paul’s funeral. She left Bluefield after her mother’s death and had been in poor health. Surviving are her husband Douglas, son aged 6, sister Julia Paul, brothers Steve Joe and Shiley Paul. Funeral at Street Methodist in Bay Shore with interment Monte Vista Park.
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Junior Edwards
Bluefield
Bay Shore
N. Y
Margaret Paul
Edwards
Jenkin Jones
Douglas Edwards
Julia Paul
Steve
Joe
Shiley Paul
Worsham Rites Held at Westminster Church
Funeral and burial services for B. J. Worshaw age 58 were conducted at Westminster Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 2:30. The Rev C G Gunn officiated with Rev Stanley W Hayne of Bland assisting, following his sudden death Saturday afternoon in his Scott Building apartment.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
B. J. Worshaw
Scott Building
C. G. Gunn
Stanley W. Hayne
Bland
Supreme Court Refuses Appeal in Sheriff Eligibility Case
Charleston West Virginia June 26 the supreme court again refused McGee's appeal from a Randolph county ruling that he is ineligible to serve as sheriff George H Dornblazer the Republican challenger successfully contested McGee's election on grounds he had served as deputy under the retiring sheriff and thus could not hold the office.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Arling C. McGee
Randolph County
George H. Dornblazer
McGee
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