City Names Kell Manager of Municipal Parking Building
City officials authorized City Manager E. P. Mitchell to create a separate Parking Building department starting July 1 and to hire a manager. William L. Kell was recommended for the post after a eight-application process, with two nominees cut by the advisory committee and board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Mitchell
City Board of Directors
William L. Kell
Mitchell
Card of Directors
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Kell
Bluefield
Buefield
John D. Brooks
Johnny Hands Hell
Rock Street
H. L. Dickason
Bluefield State College
Sam Froyle
Tyler
C. E. Fleenor
Lee Street
John W. Cochran
Princeton Avenue
First Baptist Church
James W. Craft
Parkway
Harden Hensley
Min—_ street
Elaine Chapman
Helton Street
S. M. Zande
Third Street
E. G Burnette
W. C. Eldridge
Floyd Street
Annie Crockett
Bulding
Charles B. Kirby, Jr
Bluefield Avenue
Frank Baldasiani
Josephine E. Marella
Stewart Street
Russell Fritz
Ammonia Fertilizer Gains Steam in Agriculture
Anhydrous ammonia, a weak household ammonia solution, is becoming a key fertilizer. More than 200000 acres of corn and cotton were fertilized with it during the past season.
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area Highlight Local Rites
Funeral notices cover William Garfield Blackwell 10 months, Tom A. Compton 27, John William Smith 73, Robert Everett Hager 50, James Rufus Wade 81, late William Lundsford, and Mrs Craig M Thornton. Services set at Rock Baptist church Monte Vista Maple Acres Bluefield and other local churches with interment in Ma toaka, Monte Vista and Chambers cemeteries. Veterans honors and church officiants named. survivors listed with spouses and children.
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William G. Blackwell
William Garfield Blackwell
Robert Blackwell
Rock
Bluefield Sanitarium
the Rock Baptist Church
Buster Hall
Montcalm
Matoaka
John William Smith
McComas
T. E. Shea
Edward Hughes
Episcopal Church
Pocahontas
Thomas Memorial Church
Mecomas
Monte Vista
Last rites for Mrs. Hatfield to be held in Kentucky home
Mrs. Alice E. Hatfield 84 mother of Glenn D. and McGinnis Hatfield died in Huntington hospital after injuries from a fall. Rites scheduled Wednesday at 2 PM from the Hatfield home near Rose Siding in Mingo county Kentucky context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Alice E. Hatfield
Glenn D. and
McGinnis Hatfield
Huntington Hospital
Hatfield
Kentucky
Rose Siding
Mingo County
The Vogue Shop Summer Clearance At City and Coalfield
The Vogue Shop starts a summer clearance sale Monday morning with all summer suits and cotton dresses reduced. Play clothes and dark sheets in one and two piece styles are discounted. Ear phones priced at 45 dollars in Room 411 of the Coal and Coke building. Contact Mrs A J Martin at 9311.
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Vogue
A. J. Martin
Coal and Coke Building
Funeral set for Dr William A Todd Welch pharmacist
Dr William Amos Todd 66 of Welch died Monday night at a local hospital. Service at 1 p.m. at O J Douglas mortuary chapel, with interment at Sunset Memorial cemetery Charleston. Survivors include son W E Todd and daughter Mary Todd of Charleston, sister Mrs Hobart Ballard, three brothers Howard Beckley J A Madison and C L Todd, wife Anna and daughter Katherine preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Todd Welch
W. Va
William Amos Todd
Welch
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Sunset Memorial
Charleston
Dr. Todd
Clendenin
James Harvey
Mary Roche Todd
McDowell Pharmacy
W. E. Todd
Mary Todd
Hobart Ballard
White Sulphur Springs
Howard
Beckley
J.A
Madison
C. L. Todd
St. Albans
Anna Todd
Katherine
Death of Roy Roaten Jr. Reported
Roy Roaten Jr a fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Roaten of this city died Tuesday morning. The notice identifies the family and age, reporting a sudden death in local context without further detail.
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Roy Roaten
Roy Roaten, Jr
City
Funeral plans for Maudie Pau line Wyatt in Welch
Mrs Maudie Pau line Wyatt of Welch was killed in a Freeman Saturday night car crash. Her funeral will be Thursday at 2 PM at the Carroll home in Princeton with Rev O C Mitchell officiating. Burial will be in Pisgah family cemetery. Wyatt born Dante Virginia June 21 1918. Husband Thomas R Wyatt is hospitalized at Bluefield sanitarium. Funeral services continue for Pfc Lewis Harry Lundsford son of Mrs Annie Lundsford Bluewell.
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Maudie Pauline Wyatt
Welch
Freeman
W. M. Carroll
Princeton
O. C. Mitchell
Pisgah
Wyatt
Dante
Youths Arrested on Drunkenness and DUI in Rocky Gap
Marcus J. Bird of Rocky Gap Virginia was arrested for drunkenness Tuesday night and Donald Conley was arrested for drunken driving. A car later reported stolen by Bird's uncle Earl T. Bird was involved. Both suspects were held locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus J. Bird
Rocky Gap
Donald Conley
Bird
Earl T.bird
Chestnut Street
New Guard Company Activated At Bluefield Armory
A new I company of the Third battalion 150th Infantry was activated in Bluefield after a federal inspection at the Bland Street armory. Lt. Col. Edmund C. Stone announced that the unit will train at Fort Knox for two weeks starting July 25 and may reach full strength of seven officers and 188 men. Second Lieut. James P. Morgan and 2nd Lieut. Don Tabor were named as commander and executive officer respectively. The armory, built by the Platnick brothers, will have a formal dedication soon.
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National Guard Branch
Bland Street
Bluefield
150Th Infantry
Edmund C. Stone
Clyde White
West Virginia Military District
Charleston
Stone
Princeton
Ft. Knox
Platnick Brothers
James P. Morgan
Don Tabor
Little Jimmy Riley Seized Twice in White River City
Four year old Jimmy Riley, held by police for 15 hours Monday night until his parents were found, was found again last night at 204 Russell Street. He was turned over to the Salvation Army in Bluefield until his father Charles Riley, who is with a carnival in Pocahontas, Va, could take him home. Police confirmed many sightings but it took seven hours to locate him after wandering Bluefield Avenue. He spent Tuesday night in the city jail after he refused to reveal his identity. The parents had thought he was with friends and learned of his absence only yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Riley
Russell Street
Jimmy Ave
Bluefield Pace
Salvation Army
Bluefield
Charles Riley
Pocahontas
Sergeant Jones
Little Jimmy
Bluefield Avenue
Welch Group Proposes City Recreation Budget
Welch West Virginia June 29 an 8100 budget prepared by the city recreation board as its estimate of the operative cost of a year round local recreation program will be submitted to the city council for approval at its July meeting. Board members said their figures included the total cost of employing a recreation director improvements on three playgrounds new equipment and upkeep of programs at Blakely Field three local gymnasiums and other activities connected with the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
City Recreation Board
Blakely Field
Forest Fires Burn 259 Acres In Wyoming
Spring forest fires in Wyoming county burned 259 acres with forester W F Blankenship reporting. Three arrestees convicted for arson paid fines and agreed to cover suppression costs. Damage was less than in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Mullens
W. Va
Wyoming County
W. F. Blankenship
Wyo
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New Guard Company
Third Battalion
150 Infantry
National Guard
Armory
Ns, Women's and
Gemon
Cox
Federal and
Raleigh
Tom A. Compton
Swords Creek
Henry B. Compton
Cynthia Dye Compton
Russell County
Armed Service
Camp Croft
S. C
Compton
South Pacific Theater of War
Wallace
Ellis Compton
Grimsleyville
Mary Brook
Washington, D. C
Slar
James Compton
Sonia Hess
John Compton
Honaker
Richlands
Columbus
Farmer Funeral Home
Ev. D. M. Dorsey
Pt. Pleasant
McGinnis Hatfield, Jr
William, Ray
Robert
Albert Glen
W. J. Hatfield
Robert E. Hager
Robert Everett Hager
J. A. Crosier
Hager
Woodlawn Cemetery
Claude Clark
Stoney Ridge
Charlie
James Boaten
Tazewell
Evans Clark
Church of God
South Street
M. I. Tibbs
W. W. McGraw
Maple Acres
James R. Wade
James Rufus Wade
Ash County
North Carolina
Ocie Wade
Deskins
Ray Wade
Dollie McGlothlin
Raven
Bert
Carl
Orb, Coy
Roy Wade
Monie Webb
Nannie Davis
N. W. Wade
Shorts Gap
William Lundsford
Hawkins Funeral Home
Father Rafferty
Craig M. Thornton
Heatherwood Road
Craig Healing Springs
C. V. Cook
Lydia Green
Philathea
William Thornton
Thomas Thornton
Harold Chambers
Charlotte County
James S. Chambers, Jr
Staunton
Hamlet Jennings
C. A. Lilly
B. E. LeNoir
S. G. Rogers
Monte Vista Park
Thornton
City and Coalfield
Vogue Shop
Care Daily Telegraph
Electric Motor Service
Beson Elec
Bluefield Ave
Maudie P. Wyatt
Lewis H. Lundsford
Pfc
Lewis Harry Lundsford
Nannie Lundsford
Bluewell
Puck
Lemlover
Scott Hayward
Diana Sydne
Greenstree
Lucille Martha Bremer
Vickers
Athless
Today & Thur
Texas
Old Bluefield
Printon Road
The
Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven
David O. Selznick
Sarring
Jennifer Jones
Gregory Peck
Joseph Cotten
Lionel Barrymore
Herbert Marshall
Lillian Gish
Walter Huston
Charles Bickford
Abov
Poca Land Corp
H. W. Shteeds
Thomas H. Clagett
William R. Graham
James M. Godwin
Welch Group
Virginia Side
Maria Montez
Rod Cameron
Laraine Day
Brian Aherwne
Robert Mitchum
Ica
Riccardo Cortez
Tim McCoy
Guntown
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