Dine and dance honors for Miss Woods and Miss Caldwell
Mrs. John S. Dennen and Mrs. H. W. Franklin hosted a Dig In dance at the American Legion last night honoring Miss Kitty Woods of Washington DC, guest of Mrs. Dennen, and Miss Rosemary Caldwell of Covington VA, guest of Mrs. Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Dennen
H. W. Franklin
American Legion
Dig-In
Kitty Woods
Washington, D. C
Dennen
Rosemary Caldwell
Covington
Franklin
Pocahontas Post 14 Plans Carnival and Fourth of July
The American Legion executive committee and post officers met at the Dig In to discuss welfare matters. Post Commander Renkin presided as the post sponsors a carnival for the week of June 30 with Marks Shows engaged and a monster Fourth of July celebration in preparation. A bulldozer leveled the lot opposite the ball park creating parking for hundreds of cars, plus adjacent space. The regular July meeting will nominate officers for the coming year and hold the election on the first Monday in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Post 14
The
American Legion
Renkin
Ball Park
Dessert bridge party for the 13 club in Aniwalt
Mrs Frank Casterdale hosted a Wednesday dessert bridge at her Aniwalt home with red white and blue corsages. Miss Mildred Bishop won high score in club play and Mrs Totri earned the club high score and bingo prize. Out of town guests included Miss Lily Ruff Frances Garwood and several other ladies from Pocahontas and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Pocahontas Woman's Club
Bluefields
Jenkin Jones
Abbs Valley
Boissevain
Bridge
M. S. Bennett
Norfolk
Eddie Rhodes
Morris Magrill
Rook
Frank Wood
Bertha Davidson
H. F. Hancock
Earl Peery
Bingo
Frank C. Ellett
Frank Casterdale
Anawalt
Mildred Bishop
Totri
Lily Ruff
Frances Garwood
Jack Totri
Morris Blaylock
Pocahontas
Norman Hughes
Dorothy Wainwright
Allen Phillips
Phoenixville
Henry Carter
Bishop
John Santa
George Vick
Aniwalt
Race of Life and Saul Sermons Mark Church Day
Pastor Fisher leads a church program with 9:45 am Sunday school and 11 am worship featuring the race of life sermon. Evening service at 7:45 pm discusses Saul the King of Israel with special music by adult and youth choirs. Daily vacation church school classes will display handwork in the annex after service. certificates awarded. The school closed Friday after two weeks with a picnic for children and workers. Choir rehearsal scheduled for Friday 7:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Vacation School
Baptist Vacation Bible School
C. K. Adams
Co. M. Fisher
L. Head
Colo
D. O. Helms
Rmon
Church School
Ladies Aid Society Elects Officers At Hungarian Reformed Church
The Ladies Aid of the Hungarian Reformed Church met at Mrs. John Szabo's home. Vacancies in treasurer and secretary were filled by Mrs. Szabo and Mrs. Phillips Scaleri after members relocated from Pocahontas. Refreshments followed. birthdays of Mrs. Bertok and Mrs. Dobos Sr. were noted with gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
The
Hungarian Reformed Church
John Szabo
Pocahontas
Phillips Scaleri
Purely Personal highlights and hometown notes
A column of short items notes a slick boat project in Ohio by Bill Skewes and family with a 4 HP outboard, Beatrice Kay on Gay Nineties, Mike Magrill returning from Virginia Beach, and Dudley Cruise’s stray-dog look during his wife and child’s Roanoke vacation. Also mentions Sal Noel’s course record at Mercer, Floyd Wagner Jr planning a Gibson Addition home, Paul Shumate winning Roanoke Times amateur snaps, and Red Bennett’s recent cards. Pocahontas set for July 4 homecoming with fireworks and possible rain clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Skewes
Davey
Billy
Ohio
Beatrice Kay
Mike Magrill
Virginia Beach
Mike
Bob Kiley
Cavalier
Dudley Cruise
Philip Ray
Roanoke
Sal” Noel
Mercer Golf Club
Floyd Wagner Jr
Floyd
Gibson Addition
Abbs Valley
Roanoke Times
Paul Shumate
A. B. Johnson
George Rosenbaum
Paul
Red” Bennett
Claude Stump
Norfolk
Richmond
Pocahontas
Christ Episcopal Denies Sunday Worship Attendance
Edward W. Hughes rector announces that regular Sunday morning service is canceled and the congregation will attend faculty chapel services in Bluefield West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal
Edward W. Hughes
Bluefield
W. Va
Registration drive for men turning 21 since 1940
To register all men who turned 21 since October 1940 or eligible then but failed to register. C A Dennen, chief registrar, with J K Salt Jr L D Turner W E Rhodes Mrs Jack Tothi and Misses Ester Magrill and Anne O'Brien will hold at city hall on Tuesday July 1 from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Dennen
J. K. Salt Jr
L. D. Turner
W. E. Rhodes
Jack Tothi
Ester Magrill
Anne O'Brien
Meeting of young women circle at Methodist church
The newly formed young women’s circle of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service held its first meeting in the church on Thursday night. Fifteen members signed up, with Mrs. J. K. Peters in charge. Grand Matron installed Mullens Order Eastern Star officer. Visiting Pocahontas members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Chapter No
Order
Eastern Star
Mary Bozarth
J. L. Whitworth
Co. M. Harry
J. P. Curtis
T. T. Davis
Boissevain
Davis
Addie Martin
Esther Magrill
Bozarth
Robert Vawter
Louisé Beale
Richmond
Bertie Cottrel
Ruth
Lydia Knight
Defense
Clementine King
Williamsburg
Narrows
Bluefield
Richlands
Mullens and
W. Va
Woman's Society of Christian Service of
The
Methodist Church
J. K. Peters
B. H. Toler
Mullens
C. M. Harry
Mullens Order
Nell Waldron
West Virginia
C. M Harry
Marshall
L. G. Little
C.M Harry
Elkhorn High Band Sets Pocahontas Parade and Concert
The Elkhorn High School band will parade at 7 pm and perform a concert at 7 30 pm in front of the First Methodist church in Pocahontas. Entry is free and all are welcome to attend and cheer the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhorn
Crack Elkhorn High School
Pocahontas
First Methodist Church
Softball Schedule Postponed Through July
All softball games planned for the week of June 30 to July 5 are postponed and will resume the following week. The move affects contests across leagues, with teams awaiting new dates and organizers coordinating makeup games.
Moses Family Reunion At Dixie Caverns Today
Mr and Mrs J K Peters and Mr and Mrs Frank Thomas attend the annual Moses family reunion at Dixie Caverns today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
J. K. Peters
Frank Thomas
Dixie Caverns
Masons Hold Picnic At Christy Dennen Home
Pocahontas Lodge No. 240 A F and A M and families gathered at Christy Dennen’s Abbs Valley country place for a Thursday afternoon picnic at 5 o clock. A softball game was played before meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Dennen
Abbs Valley
Pocahontas Lodge No. 240
Personal notices of travel and visits across the region
Mrs. R L Sutherland and Alma Lillian return to McComas after seven weeks with Mrs. Roland Hall on St Clair street. Mary Mahalash visits San Francisco and Chicago via N W Ry and Santa Fe Ry. Robert Wallace Jr of St Louis to visit family in Pocahontas. Dorothy Bowden visits H W Bowden in Dupont City. Magrill family trips to Uniontown to see Max Magrill. Helms family back from Pennsylvania. Burkett family visits Rural Detroit. Anna Katherine Burkett to Pocahontas. Hungarian Bible school teens swim at Lake Shawnee chaperoned by Hrametz and Bertok. Lovey Fox returns from two months in Washington and Maryland. Jack W Noechel returns from Summit, Miss after graduating. plans to join U S Army Air Corps in July. Dorothy Maxey recovers from measles and tonsil operation. Elizabeth Crawford returns from Logan WV. Frances Carwood at Superior WV for Ina Lee Simpson and B D Payne wedding. Loig Moses visits Blacksburg. Dr C E Stump and Betty of Richmond visiting Pocahontas. Jimmy McLaughlin sick with measles, recovering. second bout in six weeks. Norfolk trip with W E B Mitchel and Earl in navy training. Kitty Wood of Washington DC visiting Dennen. Bill Mullen joins Pocahontas Fuel Co. at their Pocahontas operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Sutherland
Alma Lillian
McComas
Roland Hall
St. Clair Street
Mary Mahalash
Woody Clasy
Nick Crist
San Francisco
Helen
Mahalasky
Cincinnati
Chicago
Santa Fe Ry
Robert Wallace Jr
St. Louis
Robert Wallace Sr
Dorothy Bowden
H. W. Bowden
Dupont City
W. Va
L. Magrill
Carl H. Magrill
Uniontown
Max Magrill
D. QO. Helms
Vida
Pennsylvania
H. E B. Burkett
Frances
Mary
J. L. Patterson
O. J. Burkett
Detroit
Anna Katherine Burkett
Pocahontas
Hungarian Bible
Jack W Noechel
Summitt, Miss
Southwest Junior College
Jack
U. S. Army Air Corps
Dorothy Theresa Maxey
F. E. Maxey
Bluefield Sanitarium
Elizabeth Crawford
Logan
Frances Carwood
Superior
Ina Lee Simpson
B. D. Payne
Loig Moses
Blacksburg
C. E. Stump
Betty
Richmond
C. A. Dennen
Abbs Valley
Jimmy McLaughlin
Jimmy
W. EB. Mitchel
Norfolk
Earl
United States Navy
Kitty Wood
Washington, D. Ca
John 8. Dennen
Bill Mullen
Pocahon Puel Company
J Es Operatio
Last Confederate Soldier of Russell County Reaches Nineties
Haskey Ball of Honaker Virginia. Russell County’s last surviving Confederate veteran. Born August 28 1844. He taught school before the war in Russell and Buchanan counties. Enlisted at seventeen and served three and a half years. After the war he worked as a cabinet maker with his father Turner John Ball. He married Cynthia Hurt and had seven children, four living. He recalls marching in rain and snow and later heat as a soldier. He reads without glasses and walks without a cane at nearly 100. He lives with daughter Mrs W B Mut ter in Blackford Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskew Ball
Russell County
Mr. Ball
Haskey Ball
Honaker
John W
Rebecca Ball
E. D. Miller
Ball
Russell
Buchanan
Cynthia Hurt
Moser
Polly Hurt
Gardner
TAZEWELL PERSONALSSearch for readable items
Staunton visitors return with granddaughter Shelia Dent Eddy. Mr Eddy underwent appendicitis surgery and is recuperating. Mr and Mrs L R Coulling host Ellen Maude Stegar of Pulaski. The Coulling Twins Mary and Martha arrive. Martha from Williamsburg teaches at William and Mary training school and returns in September. Mary from Norris Dam model school will teach next year and left for Chicago for graduate summer study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Willam and Mary College Training School
Miss Mary
T. V. A. Model School
Norris Dam
Chicago
University of Chicago
TAZEWELL DAR TO HONOR WILLIAM PEERY ON JULY 4
Tazewell Fort Maiden Spring DAR will unveil a memorial marker for William Peery, pioneer settler and Revolutionary soldier, with Gov. George C. Peery as principal speaker at 2 p.m. on July 4. The event includes DAR regent Mrs. Reynolds and other dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Fort Maiden
DAR
William Peery
George Rodgers Clark
Illinois
Tazewell County
George C. Peery
Bruce D. Reynolds
Charlottesville
Virginia
Washington
McDowell and
Mercer Counties
West Virginia
Tazewell High School
Mercer County
W. Va
McDowell
Buchanan
General Assembly
Thomas
George
Augusta County
Clinch Valley
Peery
Fort Maiden Spring
Crabapple Orchard
Thomas Witten
Pisgah
Governor Peery
Reynolds
Sylvester H. Dykstra
Dykastra
Thompson
Visitigs
Registration sites listed for 21 to 36 age group in Tazewell county
The Tazewell county Draft Board No 1 announces registration points beyond courthouse offices in Richlands Amonate Pocahontas Bishop Asberry Neal's store and Crockett's store with hours 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. The act carries fines up to 10000 and five years in prison for violations. Citizens are urged to assist and ensure all eligible individuals register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Amonate
Pocahontas Corporation
C. E. Nash
Bishop
E. FE. Crockett's
Mr. Crockett
Asberry
Fogeret
CCC Enrolls Fifty Five In Tazewell County Plan
A quota of 35 white and two colored youths is set for CCC enrollment in Tazewell County. Enrollment starts Monday July 7 with E R Beverly county superintendent announcing. Schedule for enrollment favors Pocahontas June 30 Richlands July 1 Tazewell July 2 at the office on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Tazewell County
Revival at North Tazewell Methodist draws wide attendance
The ongoing revival at North Tazewell Methodist Church has drawn many newcomers from River Jack area lacking local church facilities. Rev J P Jordan of Bishop Church led sermons praised for depth. Prof George A Freeman of Chattanooga directed music and daily choral sessions endearing him to children and youth. his departure is regretted as he moves to another engagement. The Monday livestock auction reached a season high with about 1,000 lambs sold and top prices around 12 1/2 cents, shipped by rail to New York packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Tazewell Methodist Church
River Jack
J. P. Jordan
Bishop Church
George A. Freeman
Chattanooga
Freeman
George
New York Packers
Tazewell Supply Reconfigures Store After Adjoining Purchase
Tazewell Supply of North Tazewell has nearly completed interior re arrangement after buying Harman Brothers storeroom. Arch connections free space for grocery display and ease congestion in food department. One of the area’s oldest and largest mercantile firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell Supply Company
North Tazewell
Harman Brothers
Tazewell
Big Shot Put Off At Pounding Mill Quarry
The Pounding Mill Quarry Cor onation discharged 70 000 pounds of explosives in 29 holes to yield about one mile of six inch bore and an estimated 200 000 tons of limestone. The blast supports rail ballast stone and soil building programs, with John Kester supervising loading. the plant has operated since 1912 under Charles M. Hunter, employing many workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coronation
AAA
Tazewell
Russell
John Kester
Wilmington
Delaware
Tueday
Charles M. Hunter
Doctors Dine At Tazewell County Medical Society Event
The Tazewell County Medical Society hosted Mercer County physicians for a buffet dinner at the Tazewell Country Club. Dr. Walter B. Martin of Norfolk gave a talk on decompensated heart disease. Over 50 area doctors attended. Dr. J. P. Williams of Richlands presided with Dr. Mary B. Johnston as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County Medical Society
Mercer County Society
Tazewell Country Club
Walter B. Martin
Norfolk
J. P. Williams
Mattie Williams Hospital
Richlands
Tazewell Organization
Mary &. Johnston
Tazewell
Woman's Club hears talk on McGuffey Readers during June meeting
Mrs. James W. Harman spoke at the North Tazewell Woman's Club meeting on William Holmes McGuffey and His Readers. She highlighted McGuffey as an early public education advocate whose Eclectic Readers taught reading and moral lessons. Henry Ford’s recreation noted with reference to the Little Red Schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
North
Tazewell
Stewart F. Whitley
James W. Harman
Tazewell Club
William Holmes McGuffey
Henry Ford
McGuffey
Bary
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND VILLAGE RECOLLECTIONS IN DEARBORN
American Village in Dearborn revived interest in Dr McGuffeys works as elders renew discarded copies. Social hour follows a brief business session. Ernest Kitts hosts as guests H F Hoke and family from Emporia Virginia and Bluefield West Virginia. D P Ernest marks 25th anniversary with 12 children and a World War II service background. Pvt Daniel Ernest Jr ill at Fort Meade but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dearborn
Mich
D. P. Ernest
Daniel, Jr
Fort Meade
Wenona
Bluefield
W. Va
Hiley Brewster
Ridgeway
Arman
Air Corps
Fort Wayne
Ind
Sanford, Carroll
Bobby Delano
Charles
Ray
Ernest
Daniel Ernest, Jr
Fort Meade, Md
Private Ernest Transferred From Boweman Field Home on Leave
Pvt. Arman S. Ernest of Boweman Field Kentucky was on leave after being transferred to Fort Wayne Indiana on June 26. He serves as a mechanic in the air corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Arman S. Ernest
Boweman Field
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alg Corps
U. D. C. July Meeting Set in Hast Tazewell Home
The Tazewell Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold its July meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. Powell Royall in Hast Tazewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. D.C
Legion Auxiliary to Meet Tuesday Evening
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting on Tuesday evening at Memorial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Garden club plans trip to Blacksburg rose gardens
The Tazewell Garden club will send a large party to visit the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Rose Gardens at Blacksburg open to visitors on Monday July 7. A committee advances arrangements for transportation for at least 50. The VPI rose garden is among the region’s most extensive with diverse varieties tended by experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell Garden Club
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs C J M Kyle in Danville hospital
Friends receive notice of the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs C J M Kyle. The Kyles, former Tazewell residents, include a former Tazewell High principal now serving Patrick County as division superintendent. Other local news mentions visits, illnesses, and travels of area residents including Cadet Frank Johnson at West Point and Miss Janis Peery joining a Blacksburg agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. M. Kyle
Danville
Kyles
Tazewell
Kyle
Tazewell High School
Patrick County
C. H. Reynolds
North Tazewell
F. H. Combs
Grundy
Joe Dunaway
Charles Kinzer
Bramwell
Charles
Kinzer
Bramwell Exchange
Bluefield Telepho Company
Frank Johnson
Military Academy
West Point
J. B. Johnson
John D. Richemond
Richmond
J. B. Wampler
Big Stone
Wampler
Richemond
Wampeler
Janis Peery
Irene Peery
National Business Cell
Roanoke
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Blacksburg
Donald Ritchie
Morgantown
W. Va
Ritchie
Henry A. Vawter
Cosby Whitley
University of West Virgi
Mow Lake
J. W. Whitley
John D. Whitley
Washington, D. C
Whitley
Washington and Charlotte
Southern Railway
T. W. Zink
C. M. Eddy
Eddy
T. W. Jr
Margaret Garrett
Max~well
Richlands Hospital
Ward Dennison
Akron
Cleveland
Harman
Washington, D.C
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Princess Pocahontas
Virginia Louise Butt
David
Elizabeth Shutt
William E. Butt
Butt
Minnie Pocahontas Butt
A. B. Bower
Salem
Jeff Shutt
Rock
Charles W. Butt
Martin B. Butt
George W. Butt
Bower
C. M. Fisher
R. H. Bowden
W. K. Maxey
W. E. Catron
W. B. Lowe
F. C. Ellett
Sidney Bloch
G. F. Mustard
Joe Litchford
Ben T. Graham
John A. Macom
John Deaton
Joe Deaton
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Legion Executive Committee
Draft Board
Bris
Edna Koonce
Pansy Sample
Assembly of God Church
Home County
Tazewell Personals
Tazewell, VA
Tazewell Dar
Woorge Cree
Town Hall
J. A. Dunaway
Peery Lime Company
National Lime Association
Virginal
Kentucky
Carolinas
A. R. Beavers and Sons
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Ernest Kitts
Kitts
H. F. Hoke
Hoke
Frankie
Emporia
J. Buston
C. L. Alexander
Virginia Stone
James FE. Allen
North Tazewe
M. C. Williams
John Bensey
Princeton
Dora Berger
Peterstown
Bensey
Red Jacket
W Va
Rey
Harold Davis
Hemlock Cottage
Straw Becker
Tacewell
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