Beards and Bonnets Mark Tazewell Sesquicentennial Finale
Virginia Sider Harry S. Necessary won best crop of whiskers at the county beard contest finale. Edna Davis was named best dressed in the old fashioned show. Judges included Mayor Bowen and Mrs. Charlotte Kyle as spectators and many contestants were audience-selected.
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Virginia
Harry S. Necessary
Tazewell County
Necessary
Edgar Altizer
Cedar Bluff
L. S. Edwards
Burkes Garden
Carl D. Gregory
Gratton
Side Burns
Jim Flanner
North Tazewell
H. M. Christian
Jess White
Richlands
Tazewell
T. C. Bowen
Howard Davis
Charlotte Kyle
Bowen
Edna Davis
Miss Davis
Fairgrounds
Nancy Ward
Crockett
Bishop
Bluefield
Harry
Notice of withdrawal by Cunningham Core Drill and Grouting
The Cunningham Core Drill and Grouting Corporation of Virginia intends to withdraw from West Virginia as of close of business June 17, 1950. Sam J. Cunningham serves as president.
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Cunningham Core Drill In
Virginia
West Virginia
Sam J. Cunningham
Deaths and Funerals in regional notices
Funeral services were held for Pvt Ancil Hicks 20 of Bradshaw who died by drowning at Camp Stoneman California. He is survived by parents four brothers and five sisters. Bohon of Keen Mountain and Wiley Hobson King of Crockett are also noted with funeral plans and interments. B F Hall of Radford died after a heart attack at Radford Community Hospital with arrangements incomplete.
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B. F. Hall
Radford
Radford Community Hospital
Hall
John C. Hall
College Avenue
This City
Darrel Hankey
Elkins
Funeral service set for James Mon roe Heath of Mohegan
James Mon roe Heath 73 of Mohegan will be laid to rest at Saeger Memorial Cemetery after a 2:30 PM service at Mohegan Church of God led by Rev. R L Starkey. Heath died Monday night in Welch hospital. He was born June 12 1877 in Ashe County NC and survived by his widow Carolyn, seven sons Grant Eugene Curtis John Henry Frank Marvin, four daughters Rosie O Neil Mamie Stout Ethel Mary, and three granddaughters. O J Douglas mortuary of Welch handles arrangements.
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James M. Heath
James Monroe Heath
Mohegan
Carolyn Heath
Grant
Eugene
Curtis
John Henry Heath
Frank Heath
Kopperston
Marvin Heath
Roderfield
Rosie O'Neil
Big Jenny
Mamie Stout
Ethel Heath
Premier
Mary Heath
Logan
O .J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Woodrow Phelps Buried After Three Month Illness
Woodrow Phelps 34 of Burke near Keystone died in a Bluefield hospital after a three month illness. Born September 18 1916 in Paintsville Kentucky he was a son of John H. and Belle Fields Phelps. He served in World War II was a member of Burke Baptist Church and the United Mine Workers. He is survived by his wife Martha Combs four children two brothers Curtis and Mack two sisters Mrs David Gaddis and Mrs Alan Gavins and his parents of Van Lear. Brief service will be held at 7 p.m. at the home with Rev Walter Norman. The body will be moved to Troutdale Virginia for services Friday morning with burial in the afternoon. Bennett Funeral Home of Northfork handles arrangements.
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Woodrow Phelps Woodrow Phelps
Burke
Keystone
Bluefield
Mr. Phelps
Paintsville
John H
Belle Fields Phelps
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Burke Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Martha Combs
Walter Norman
Troutdale
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Mrs H J H Reed dies in Beckley at 61
Mrs Woodie Reed 61 of 317 North Kanawha Beckley died yesterday in a Beckley hospital from a brain tumor. Born Pearsburg Va July 1 1888 she had lived in Raleigh county since 1926. Survived by husband H J H Reed son Gleason Reed two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Saturday 2 pm from Methodist Temple Beckley with interment Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Caffee funeral home until Friday 2 pm.
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Gleason Reed
Beaver
Allegrini
Margaret Salmon
Richmond
Oren Colley
Memphis
Tenn
Garnett Colley
Avondale
Methodist
Beckley
L. H. Burns
Charleston
L. D. Roe
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee Funeral Home
Straley Rites Planned for South Mullens Man
Funeral services for William Hart Straley 72 year old retired railway carman who died Tuesday at his home in South Mullens will be held today at 1 30 p m from the Pentecostal Holiness church in South Mullens. The pastor Rev B E Underwood assisted by Rev G T Mitchell will officiate with interment in Resthaven cemetery Princeton.
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William H. Straley
William Hart Straley
South Mullens
Pentecostal Holiness Church
B. E. Underwood
G. T. Mitchell
Resthaven Cemetery
Princeton
Hamrick Funeral Set At Hawkins Chapel
Quincy Ford Hamrick 55 of 210 Lynn street died Tuesday at Mountain Home Veterans Hospital Johnson City Tennessee. Funeral held today at 2 at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with Rev Herman Mauck officiating interment Monte Vista Cemetery. Pallbearers named E B Caldwell E M Taylor H C Taylor L C Burns H J Harlowe J M Buston W G Elliot. Body moved to residence yesterday then to chapel.
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Quincy F. Hamrick
Quincy Ford Hamrick
Lynn Street
Mountain Home Veterans’ Hospital
Johnson City
Tenn
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Herman Mauck
Calvary Baptist Church
Monte Vista
Hambrick
This City
Mountain Home Veterans Hospital
Hamrick
Honaker Infant Dies at 3 A.M.
Infant daughter of Fay Howard Honaker and Lorena Alice Mayberry Honaker of 203 Rogers Street died at 3 a.m. The brief notice records the passing as official, with no further details.
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Honaker
Fay Howard Honaker
Lorena Alice Mayberry Honaker
Rogers Street
McDowell Board Verifies Bond Vote For School Building Program
McDowell County Board of Education met in Welch and formally canvassed last week's levy and bond election. Both proposals carried by 94.3 percent, approving a $2,000,000 school building program.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell County Board of Education
Supreme Governor To Visit Welch Moose
Members of Welch Lodge No. 1094 Loyal Order of Moose look forward to a meeting Saturday night when Willis E. Donley supreme governor will visit. He travels with Leo Casey state Moose director and Ralph C. Dusi WV Moose secretary. The Fifth district invited to ceremonies at Bluefield lodge Sunday at 1 pm where Donley will speak.
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Welch
W. Va
Welch Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
Willis E. Donley
Menomonie
Wis
Leo Casey
Moose
Ralph C. Dusi
West Virginia
Will Die For Grudge Slayings
Carrollton Ohio June 28 Three common pleas judges decree Ernest B Deem 42 must die in the electric chair for the grudge killings of his cousin and her husband He admitted two confessions that he shot John D George 39 and Virginia 37 at their Harlem Springs farm June 3 1949 The court found him guilty without mercy and sentenced him to die October 16 He fled the state and was captured in West Virginia He pleaded insanity but four psychiatrists testified he was legally insane The motive centered on a grudge against Mrs George stemming from a childhood fight
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Carrollton O
Common Pleas
Ernest B. Deem
Deem
John D. George
Virginia
George
Harlem Springs
Ohio
West Virginia
R. E. Bushong
Eeepee
Lima State Hospital
Voter Registration Deadline Extended in Welch West Virginia
County Clerk Don Renn announced in Welch West Virginia that the voter registration deadline for the August primary has been extended to midnight Monday July 3. The change avoids a Sunday July 2 closure and adds one day due to office closures.
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Welch
W. Va
Don Renn
Welch Chamber Plans Special Meeting on Holiday Proposal
Welch West Virginia special meeting of the chamber of commerce set for 10 o clock Thursday at the American Legion club to consider observing Monday and Tuesday July 4 as holidays. Merchants weigh closing Monday to extend the holiday weekend since Tuesday is already a legal holiday.
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Welch
W. Va
Welch Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Club
Colored News Meetings Schedule
Genoa Park Central club meets Mr Linkford Bland Street at 7 30 tonight. Helping Hand club of Scott Street Church meets with Mrs Minnie Hopkins Ellis Street at 7 30 this evening. Dorcas circle meets at Baraca Hall at 7 30 with Mrs Susie Bandy as hostess.
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Genoa Park
Helping Hand Club
Scott Street Church
Minnie Hopkins
Ellis Street
Dorcas
Baraca Hall
Susie Bandy
Roosevelt Seeks California Governor Bid Backed by Truman
James Roosevelt said President Truman wishes him success in the California gubernatorial race after a White House visit. He won the California Democratic nomination and will face Republican Earl Warren in November. Roosevelt previously backed Eisenhower’s draft movement before the 1948 convention.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
California
White House
Truman
FDR
Roosevelt
Earl Arren
Dwight Eisenhower
Truman-Barkley
Koreans report air losses as Seoul defense tightens
Kimpo airfield west of Seoul cites eight North Korean planes shot down by American pilots and a ninth by a South Korean. Tokyo says an American F-82 and a B-26 were destroyed on the ground by North Korean saboteurs. Southern forces, about 100000 strong, retreat under heavy tank thrusts with bridges blown to slow the Reds. President Rhee's government and U S and Muccio staff remain at Taejon as Chung Ii Kwan predicts a month of fighting but vows continued resistance.
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Kimpo
Seoul
Tokyo
Kan
Syngman Rhee
U. S
John J. Muccio
Taejon
Suwon
United States
Korea
Southern Army
Chung Ii Kwan
U. S. Army
Washington
Cushions and Curtains Bargains in General Store Inventory
A sale listing lists Cushion Dot Cushions and Curtain fabrics in white with light soil, plus Various women sandals brown wedges open toe lace fronts in all sizes. Children's footwear, sleepwear, boys and girls clothing, lawn chairs, garden tools, and household items are offered at marked down prices with several items reduced from original tags.
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By Dick Fuqua
Tom Dunford
W. F. George
Tivis D. Owens
C. M. Hunter, Jr
G. R. Brittain
Owens
Hunter
Bus Webb
Wade S. Coats
Webb
John Battimore
Norfolk
Hubert Lawson
Tazewell High School
Ball Park
Larry Zingale
Hattie C. O’brien
Clear Fork
W. W. Moore
S. J. Thompson
Jeffersonville
W. B. Leslie
Sesqui
Daily Telegraph
Pvt
Ancil Hicks
Bradshaw
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Buryal
Big Creek
War
Pvt. Hicks
Sam Hicks
Floyd County
Hancie
Jacky Ray
Axley
Leon Hicks
Louise Row
Dixie Manns
Bonnie
Fay
Christine Hicks
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Wiley H. King
Wiley Hobson King
Clarence Austin
Wytheville
James Hillinberg
Burley
Cam
Edd
Raymond
Wiley King
New Bethel Church
Bluefield Sanitarium
B. P. Mayberry
Ada
Sam Honaker
Putnam, Va
Oakvale Cemetery
Samuel A. Hall of
William O. Bohon
Keen Mountain Community
Ruth Pettrey
Nora Flanagan
Nora
Flanagan
Floyd Adam Flanagan
Ruth Arney
White Hall
Clayton
Claud
Abingdon
Hobert
Kings Grove
Esi
Arrow Liqueurs Corp
Detroit, Mich
McDowell Board
Supreme Governor
NEW Willys
America
New Bluefield
Princeton Road
Bluefield, W. VA
J. M. Bondurant Co
Mercer Street
Princeton, W. VA
Welch Chamber
Colored News
HST
MacArthur
Cedar Hope
Jacque Merces
Lane
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Gingham
Oxfords
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