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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1949

Page

2

Parked Car Shooting Ends with Wounding of Spouse

In a lovers lane incident near Bearden a car salesman shot at University of Tennessee student Dave Henderson 20 and LaWanna Beeler 22. George Beeler claimed the gun went off accidentally while restraining Henderson in a parked car. Both victims were reported in good condition. Sheriff Austin Cate noted Beeler posted a 1909 bond on a felonious charge.

Austin Cate Cate George Beeler Dave Henderson University of Tennesse Lawanna Beeler Bearden Cate Beeler Unai Beeer Henderson

WSCS Officers Installed and Community Meeting Notices

The Rev. C. Anderson Davis installed WSCS officers led by President Marjorie Linkford at John Stewart Methodist. Community events include Mount Zion cradle roll, North Side United Holy church meetings, Genoa School Band rehearsal, and Blakes Chapel A M E Zion candlelight program. A Teacher Education Workshop at Bluefield State College outlines a 12 year in service curriculum and professionalization conference led by state and college officials. The public is invited to attend.

C. Anderson Davis John Stewart Methodist Church WSCS Marjorie Linkford Grace Roten Drexel Brown Mammie Brown L. L. Palmer Fannie McKnight Myrtle Campbell Ellisworth Wright Elaine Whittiker Susie Green Vergie Thompson Bernice Martin Goff Morton Mattie Lowery Mammie Pearis Mary George Ethel Harris Virginia Davis Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of Blakes Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church North Side Bluefield State College State Board of Education Geraldine Gaines Sallie Goss Morris Patten Mary Gray Edwena Leeper

Navy trainees outswim to haul 28-pound rockfish

Three underwater demolition team trainees at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Norfolk chase a 28-pound rockfish during a practice swim. They spotted the fish, pursued it to shallow water, and captured it with their bare hands.

Norfolk Little Crek Naval Amphibious Base

Local Chamber Names Seven New Directors

The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce announced seven new directors led by J E Wagner Jr chairing the election committee. Directors elected by mail in June will serve two years with about 75 percent of members voting.

Bluefield Chamber of Commerce J. E. Wagner, Jr BR. Bishop Frank S. Easley J. P. Gills B. P. Kinney S. B. May Louis C Tierney Ben Piat Nick Fernoen We Wade Ie Ae Sonic Coe Cqeniins Ee Se Barney Phu Rov Sikales

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