James Daniel McAmis 63 Norton Va funeral announced
James Daniel McAmis 63 of Norton Virginia died Monday in St Marys hospital. Survived by widow Mary and numerous children. funeral Wednesday 11 AM at Ramsey Baptist Church with Rev Vance and Rev Powers, interment Laurel Grove cemetery. Body to be moved from Estes funeral home to Norton residence.
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James Daniel McAmis
Norton
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mary McAmis
G. C
Cliff) McAmis
North Tazewell
Sidney G Harris Funeral Arrangements Set
Sidney G. Jiggs Harris died yesterday afternoon at 1 45 at Bluefield Sanitarium after a lengthy illness. The body will remain at Hawkins Funeral Chapel pending final arrangements.
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Sidney G
Jiggs) Harris
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Rites Held for Mrs. C E Francis Sr at Hawkins Chapel
Mrs. C E Francis Sr died Saturday night at 532 Third Street after a heart attack. Funeral services were conducted yesterday at 2 PM by Rev. Glenn W. Stewart of Bland Street Methodist Church. Burial followed at Walnut Grove cemetery. she was the widow of C E Francis Sr a former railroad yardmaster who died three weeks earlier.
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C. E. Francis
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Third Street
Glenn W. Stewart
Bland Street Methodist Church
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Francis
Mrs Lara E Farley Scott Dies at 71 in Princeton
Mrs. Lara E Farley Scott died suddenly Monday at 12 30 at her home 401 Park avenue Princeton aged 71 She was daughter of the late Will Farley and Katherine Farley of Giles county She is survived by her husband Kelly L Scott two sons Hobart L and William B both of Roanoke two brothers Frank Farley Pipestein and Early Farley Vicksburg Miss Funeral service will be held today at 2 pm from First Methodist church Princeton The Rev B W John and Rev John Womeldorf will officiate Interment in Sherwood Burial Park Salem Va Pallbearers are George Shumate Ed Martin Robert Coker Joe Matney Clyde Caldwell and Dwight Dixon Memorial funeral directory chapel is handling arrangements
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Lara E. Farley Scott
Park Avenue
Princeton
Scott
Will Farley
Katherine Farley
Giles County
Kelly L. Scott
Hobart L
Wiliam B
Roanoke
Frank Farley
Pipestein
Early Farley
Vicksburg
First Methodist Church of
First Methodist Church
B. W. John
John Womeldorf
Sherwood Burial Park
Salem
George Shumate
Ed Martin
Robert Coker
Joe Matney
Clyde Caldwell
Dwight Dixon
Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel
Wright Brother Dies in Lynchburg Funeral Today
Mrs Jesse S Gillespie of Bluefield Virginia received word of the death of her brother William R Wright in Lynchburg Virginia. Mr and Mrs Gillespie left at noon for the funeral which is set for 2 30 this afternoon. Miss Katie Wright a teacher in Turkey arrived Saturday by plane.
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William R. Wright
Jesse S. Gillespie
Bluefield
Lynchburg
Rites for Oakvale Councilman Howard Preston Camden
Howard P Camden 48 Oakvale town councilman died Sunday at Memorial hospital Princeton. Services set for 2 p m today at Oakvale Methodist Church with burial in Oakvale cemetery. Pallbearers and flowerbearers to be drawn from Norfolk and Western railroad staff and neighborhood women. He was a track foreman for the railroad and is survived by his wife.
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Howard P. Camden
Howard Preston Camden
Oakvale
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Mayberry
Kee Street Methodist Church
Hypes
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Mr. Camden
N and W Railroad
Elkhorn tunnel opens on N and W line in Virginia
The Powhatan Arrow became the first train to pass the new Elkhorn tunnel the largest double track tunnel in the world as part of a 12 million dollar N and W project begun January 1 1948 Officials and spectators witnessed the event at the east end of the 7110 foot bore 12 miles west of Bluefield West Virginia The tunnel will straighten curves and reduce grades on the coal rich main line and westbound traffic will use the old tunnel until work is finished
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Arrow
Elkhorn
Norfolk and Western Railway
New Elkhorn
Norfolk and Western
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Daily Telegraph
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bluefield
Railroad and Construction Company
Lick Branch
Cooper
Elkhorn Mountain
N&w
Jaeger
Haley, Chisholm and Morris
Charlottesville
Sturm and Dillard Construction Co
Columbus
John R. Morris
Haley
Chisholm and
Morris
John L. Dillard
Sturm and Dillard
James H. Adams
Robert E
Bob) Parker
W. P. Wiltse
A. B. Stone
B. E. Crumpler
C. W. Fiery
Roscoe Porter
Sesqui Court Hears Guilty Verdict Amid Odd Penalties
A nine man jury convicts two women and several men in Tazewell county for public disturbance in sesqui court. Witnesses include Dr. P. L. Rowlett and Joseph Leslie. The day features kangaroo court registrations, model airplane meet, rifle shoot, and a pageant finale.
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G. R. Britten
Tazewell
James W. Harman, Jr
Vivian Grubb
Tazewell County
P. L. Rowlett
Joseph Leslie
The
Ledger Dispatch
Norfolk
E. R. Combs
Richmond
State Compensation Commission
State Senate
A. G. Lively
Lebanon
Circuit Court
Tinia D. Owens
Richlands
Hubert Peery
W. P. Barnes
Reese Puckett
S. B. Wilson
Robert Helmandollar
Buster Webb
John Hill
Arthur Hill
Whitie Cordle
D. P. Earnest
Fairgrounds
Camden Family Remains At Oakvale Home After Funeral Transfer
Annie Camden and her three children Benny Joe Anderson Jimmy and John Howard were moved from Johnson funeral home to the Camden residence in Oakvale to await the service. Two sisters Maude Camden and Katherine Dove of Pearlsburg and brother Gene Camden of Oakvale are named among the survivors.
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Annie Camden
Benny Joe, Anderson
Ind
Jimmy
John Howard
Maude Camden
Katherine Dove
Pearlsburg
Gene Camden
Oakvale
Johnson
Camden
Service for Bernard L Pedneau 34 Killed in Bethel Pa Crash
The service for Bernard L Pedneau 34 FBI man of New York City killed in a Bethel Pennsylvania car crash Saturday afternoon will be held at the Presbyterian church at 3 PM. Dr John A Womeldorf will officiate and burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 2 PM to 3 PM with pallbearers named Ira M Smith Jr Conley T Snidow Jr Dick Oxley Jim Wood Gene Studebaker Hartwell Crumpecker Price Dyer and Charles Stecker. Circle No 4 Presbyterian church will be flower bearers.
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Bernard L. Pedneau
FBI
New York City
Bethel
Presbyterian Church
John A. Womeldorf
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
Ira M. Smith, Jr
Conley T. Snidow, Jr
Dick Oxley
Jim Wood
Gene Studebaker
Hartwell Crumpecker
Price Dyer
Charles Stecker
Circle No. 4
Princewick native Roger Howell dies in North Carolina
Roger L. Howell, 42, formerly of Princewick in Raleigh county, died Sunday in Lansing North Carolina after a long illness. He had been a longtime resident of the area before moving away.
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Roger L. Howell
Princewick
Raleigh County
Lansing
N. C
Mr. Howell
Obituary of Local Resident With Church Roles
The deceased, a former player at Killarney who retired about a year ago, spent time in a Beckley sanatorium and moved to North Carolina for health reasons. A Princewick Baptist deacon and Sunday school superintendent, his wife died in June 1949. Survived by son Bernard and daughter Miss Swanzie Howell of Lansing, another daughter Mrs. Jean Young of Prosperity, and two grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 30 p m from Lansing Baptist Church with Rev C H Costlow officiating. interment in Lansing.
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Killarney
Beckley
North Carolina
Princewick Baptist Church
Bernard
Swanzie Howell
Lansing
Jean Young
Prosperity
C. H. Costlow
Princewick
Five Zoning Appeals Granted At City Board Meeting
The board denied Clifton Martin's appeal to build a one story concrete block garage on Orange street for being too narrow and unsafe. It granted appeals for George L. Spanos to build a one story frame dwelling on College avenue, S A Bowling to build a one story concrete block store on Princeton avenue, James Phillips to build a one story cinder block garage on Beaver Pond street, Ella Davis to build a one story cinder block dwelling on Carolina avenue, and James T. Peters to erect a two story brick four unit apartment at College and Dearborn avenues. The board plans to reconvene on July 17.
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City Board of Directors
Clifton Martin
Orange Street
George L. Spanos
College Avenue
S. A. Bowling
Princeton Avenue
James Phillips
Beaver Pond Street
Ella Davis
Carolina Avenue
James T. Peters
Dearborn Avenue
Hospitals Are Becoming Home for Marine Sergeant Sechrest
Marine Sergeant William E Sechrest, a former Midwest midget car racer, has spent three of the last eight years recovering from seven auto accidents and wounds from Guadalcanal. He is now convalescing in the Naval hospital Beaufort South Carolina after a broken back from an auto crash last December. He was not driving in any of the seven crashes.
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Parris Island
S. C
William E. Sechrest
Naval
Guadalcanal
Midwest
Sechrest
Naval Hospital
Beaufort
OOF To Elect Officers Tonight
Summitt City Lodge No. 144 IOOF to hold annual election of officers tonight at 8 in the lodge rooms on Roanoke Street.
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Summitt City
IOOF
Roanoke Street
Jury summonses and qualifications update
Selections of summonsed for jury duty in the case. Only 20 of these have yet to undergo examination. If seven out of the 20 do not qualify, it will be necessary to issue still another set of summonses for jurors. The majority of those who have failed to qualify have said that they were related by blood or marriage to the victim or the defendant or that they have formed fixed opinions in the case. Added to the list of those qualified yesterday were Wiley Fogle song, Jim Hancock, and Kenneth D. Hubble, all of Ceres, and A. Dewey Lambert of near Bland.
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Wiley Foglesong
Jim Hancock
Kenneth D. Hubble
Ceres
A. Dewey Lambert
Near Bland
Smithburg flood wipes out families as wrecked houses swirl
Witnesses recount 15 people in the Bailey house and seven Cooper family members drowned or missing after floods swept structures downstream. The crash carried homes into a railroad bridge, with rescuers led by Master Sgt. C. B. Grant searching from the 1092nd engineer battalion. Ed Fox described witnessing the final house go out and hearing children cry as water engulfed the structures.
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M. Neely
Smithburg
Bailey House
McKinney
Cooper
C. B. Grant
Parkersburg
National Guard
1092Nd
Fox
City And Coalfield Masonic Notice
Stated communication Bluefield Lodge No. 85 AF and AM tonight at 7:30. Visitors welcome. T. H. Shumate, W.M. L. M. Carper, Secy.
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Masonic
Bluefield Lodge No
T. H. Shumate
W.M. L. M. Carper
Secy
Salem Flood Spurs Guard Action and Bridge Repair
Salem Mayor Page Lockhard reported looting in the area as about 125 National Guard members, largely from the 1092nd engineer battalion, remained on duty in flood zones. A 3,000 gallon water purification unit was sent to Smithburg while crews began removing a swept bridge from Middle Island Creek and lodged against a cement bridge on U S Route 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Lockhard
Salem
National Guard
1092Nd Engineer Combat Battalion
Parkersburg
Smithburg
State Road Commission
Middle Island Creek
West Union
Patent Office Creation Under 1790 Act
The United States patent office was established by an act signed by President George Washington in Washington on April 10 1790 creating a formal system to grant exclusive rights to inventors.
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United States Patent Office
US Gpl
Washington
Primary Roads Open In Flooded Areas
In the flood stricken central West Virginia counties all primary roads were reported open tonight by the road commission. Three main routes closed earlier in the day were reopened to traffic. Some secondary roads with washed out bridges may remain closed for an indefinite period officials said.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Road Commission
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