Ambush incident prompts shots fired report in Kentucky coal region
The notice lists multiple local deaths from illness and accidents in Kentucky and nearby Bluefield area. Deaths include Isaac Hardy 85 Pageton. Maxine Rochelli Chilton 27 Keystone. Raymond Ratliff 40 Haysi. Harry Milton 86 Bluefield. Myra Hale 18 months Martinsville. Hilda Turner 62 Mullens. Virginia McCracken 75 Bluefield. and others with funeral details. Burial sites include Woodlawn Keystone Monte Vista and Russell Memorial Cemetery among others. services held at Vivian Presbyterian Keystone Immanuel Lutheran Sacred Heart and Mt Zion Baptist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrigan
Marie T
Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
William F. Carr
Monte Vista Park
Hawkins Funeral Home
Fragmented local notice fragment in telegraph archive
The readable text shows a damaged notice from a telegraph print segment with partial addresses and publication rights. It mentions a street address in Bluefield and a rights statement about news publication. The fragmented lines prevent full reconstruction of names, dates, or specific actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ga Tanet
Bluefield
West
Igi
Bates
Davis gunsmith Olin Collins on trial for triple slaying
Ambulance driver Lester Hinkle testified Davis resident saw Olin Collins shoot Fred Cooper and then shoot Bonnie Cooper and Doris Lewis in Davis Tucker County. Hinkle described Collins firing from a jeep and fleeing to Oxon Hill Maryland. Neighbor Ruth Shoemaker corroborated the shooting of Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
W.va
Davis
Olin Collins
Fred Cooper
Cooper
Collins
Tucker County
Bonnie
Doris Lewis
Lester Hinkle
Hinkle
Oakvale Man Hurt At Tunnel Location
A 42 year old Oakvale man Oscar Collins was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium after a construction mishap on Eastriver Mountain. An employee of Sprague and Henwood Drilling of Scranton PA he was struck in the face and shoulder by a drive hammer. He sustained facial cuts and abrasions during drilling test holes for a planned tunnel through the mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakvale
Oscar Collins
Bluefield Sanitarium
Eastriver
Collins
Sprague and Henwood Drilling Company
Scranton
Pressure Charged At Women's Prison Resignation
Chauncey Browning said Grace Gose would be replaced as superintendent of the State Penitentiary for women. Gose announced her resignation, citing political pressure from the Summers County Democratic Executive Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Chauncey Browning J
Grace
Gose
State Penitentiary
Summers County
Democratic Executive Committee
Miner Suffers Wound In Hand
Sixteen to eighteen shots were fired from a ridge near Seagraves Coal Co mine at Highplint in Harlan County as workers were leaving. One miner was wounded in the hand. About 15 persons including wives and children, waiting by the bath house, were near the strike area when shots struck. Slugs indicated shots came from more than one high powered rifle. The mine operates without a union contract and had been attacked by rifle fire three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
Seagraves Coal Co
Highplint
Harlan County
Convicted Huntington youths seek new trial in Georgia murder
An 18 year old Huntington, West Virginia youth and Roy Dale Chatterton, 21, also of Huntington, seek new trials in the slaying of Billy Copeland, a 47 year old Tex tile mill supervisor in Summerville. Whitman contests his death sentence and claims inadmissible evidence and a biased witness, with trials set for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
West Virginia
Georgia
Georgia Supreme Court
Woodrow Whitman
Huntington
Roy Dale Chatterton
Summerville
Whisman
Billy A. Copeland
Chatterton
Whitman
Copeland
Rome
Savannah
Injured Bluefield Children Released After Train Accident
Susan Gail Rodgin eight year old Bluefield girl discharged from Bluefield Sanitarium after a train pedestrian crash that also involved Vickie Stout Ramon Misak and two others. Misak and Stout had critical head injuries and were released earlier. The group of 31 church day camp participants crossed a railroad trestle when a chisel freight appeared, trapping the three who were hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Gail Rodgin
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
J. L. Rodgin
Bland Road
Vickie Stout
Ralph Stout
Double Gates
Ramona Rebecca Misak
S. J. Misak
Jefferson Street
Misak
Stout
Rites Set Today For Bay Victim
Funeral services for David Balford White Jr. 16 of Baltimore Md drowned Sunday while swimming in the Chesapeake Bay will be held at 1 p m today at the Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands Va Rev Carl Robinson to preside Burial will be in Brown Cemetery on Brown Ridge He was born in Richlands Va son of David Balford and Cora Reedy White Sr now of Baltimore and formerly Jewell Ridge Va Survivors include one sister Carol Jean White of Baltimore and maternal grandmother Mrs India Reedy of Jewell Ridge Pallbearers are William V White E J Reedy Bill Reedy Hubert White Vince Reedy and Bud Reedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issac Hardy
Pageton
Bluefield
Draper Va
Vivian
Vivian Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge No
Kimball
Bertha Ada Hardy
Bill Hardy
Herman Hardy
Virginia Beach
Jesse Hardy
James Hardy
Atwater
Calif
Thelma Roe
Crumpler
Forrest Wilson
J. E. Oblinger
Woodlawn
Bennett Funeral Home
Kimbal
Membe
Masonic Lodge
Harry Milton
Reese
Christiansburg
John
Mammie Wright Milton
Mi.lion
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lugo
Virginia
McCracken
Kimball Ave
Dudley Memorial Chapel
French Taylor
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Wytheville
William K
Cynthia Pauley McCracken
Clifford Heldreth
Falls Mills
William B. Kinser
Lucy Romans
Bartley
Jesse Caldwell
M. A. Ruble
Clyde Copley
Kent Ruble
Harry Sarver
Albert Sturdevant
Clarence Lawson
Reynard Frye
David Balford White Jr
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Hurst-Scott
Richlands
Carl Robinson
Brown Cemetery
Brown Ridge
David Balford
Cora Reedy White Sr
Jewell Ridge
Carol Jean White
India Reedy
William V. White
E. J. Reedy
Bill Reedy
Hubert White
Vince Reedy
Bud Reedy
Improvement Group Elects Ten Directors and Officers
The Community Improvement Association met at Barker’s Restaurant Bluefield Virginia electing ten directors Delano Compton Roland Luther Howard Dean Murry Pope Don Harris Dale Christian Jimmy Barnett Erwin Rich Hudson Huffard Jr and Dr J G W Gillespie. Harris became president Christian vice president Dean secretary and Pope treasurer. The group discussed Appalachian Power Co Shell Building plans due by July 2 with Bluefield Virginia among 12 Virginia towns under review and Falls Mills Virginia land available for a potential 15 acre site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Improvement Association
Barker's
Bluefield
Delano Compton
Roland Luther
Howard Dean
Murry Pope
Don Harris
Dale Christian
Jimmy Barnett
Erwin Rich
Hudson Huffard Jr
J. G. W. Gillespie
Harris
Christian
Dean
Pope
Appalachian Power Co
Virginia
Associaton
Falls Mills
Fitzpatrick Named To Virginia Highway Commission
Richmond Virginia Earl A. Fitzpatrick formerly state senator from Roanoke was appointed by Gov. Harrison to the state highway commission succeeding S. Flythe of Martinsville whose term expires Wednesday Flythe was ineligible for reappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Roanoke
State Highway Commission
Harrison
Fitzpatrick
S. Flythe
Martinsville
Head Start Enters First Phase In Mercer County
Project Head Start directed by William E. Anderson begins orientation in Mercer County as 450 children enroll across Athens Bluefield Princeton Matoaka Oakvale Bramwell and Montcalm centers. Classes run 10 to 2 Monday through Friday with aim to aid low income families and prevent future dropouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Anderson
Mercer County
Anderson
Athens
Bluefield
Princeton
Matoaka
Oakvale
Bramwell
Montcalm
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kentucky
Maxine Chilton
Maxine
Rochelli Chilton
Keystone
Keystone Methodist Church
Charles Yoho
Roselawn
Chilton
Richard D. Clinton
U. S. Air Force
Lockbourne
Ohio
Bluefield College
Bluefield Sanitarium P
Washington, D.C
Eckman
Joseph Rochelli
Jonathan Michael Chilton
Helen McCall
Abingdon
Annie Belle Shaw
Radford
Donald J
Raymond Ratliff
Haysi
Helen Ratliff
Joan Ratliff
Bill Ratliff
Yuma
Ariz
Kenneth Ratliff
Doraville
Bob Ratliff
Weber City
Ann Ratliff
Myra Hale
Myra (Ladybird) Hale
McGinnis
Gertrude Dixon Hale
Cincinnati
Hilda Turner
Hilda Wolstencroft Turner
Mullens
Mullens Hospital
H. M
Coalwood Woman's Club
Jack Turner
U.S. Army
Fort Carson
Colo
Roy J. Allen
War
Joe Buckberry
Moundsville
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Charles Mentzer
William Copenhaver
Oran Za
Bertha Graham
Bertha Grey Graham
Chicago
Ill
Inez Robertson
Ethel Lee Spence Brewster
Graham
Smyth County
James
Nancy Spence
William D. Graham
Catherine Onesti
Bertha Herbert
Nellie Sizemore
Knoxville
Tenn
Allyne Swim
Cleveland
G. L. Boothe
Beckley
Bessie Woods
Nancy Fox
Bluefeld
Marie Kelso
Hayden Lake
Idaho
Kay Spence
Welch
Henry Spence
Newark
N. J
Katherine Kelley
Katherine Zella Kelley
Maplewood Cemetery
Kelley
Samuel L. Kelley
William H
Vina Louise Gillespie Myles
Kenneth Myles
Paul and
James Myles
Lewis E. Myles
Mercer Funeral Home
James. H. Hess
James H. Hess
Cedar Bluff
Lebanon
Maudie Sanders Hess
Fred Hess
Rosedale
Liza Sanders
Crocket Bishop
Nora Church
Lacy Hess
Beverly Hess
Billy Hess
Honaker
Earnest Pick
Lebanon Funeral Home Chapel
Cecil Ball
Fred Herendon
Russell Memorial Cemetery
James H. Counts
Dickenson County
Earnest Counts
Troy
Mich
Grundy
R.&. Sutherland
Kingsport
Harry Koehler
Hendersonville
N. C
W. L
Coeburn
P. L
Portland
Ore
K. P
St. Albans
E. G
Ronoke
Lebanon, Va
Funeral Home Chapel
Richard Hale
Virginia McCracken
Kyle Poole
James Poole
American Saint Gobian Corp
Bristol
Patton-Crosswhite Vfw Post
Ralph
Gorman R. Poole
J. D. Poole
Sparta
S. C
Alice Pennington
Akard Funeral Home
Viola French
Viola Kathryn French
Dearborn St
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Corley Lineberger
John and
Mary Swavely Weimer
Emerson Rohrer
George M. French
Wilmington
Del
C. F Hutchinson
Essington
Clarence Weimer
Danny L. Estep
Faye Little Estep
Alexandria
Formery
Jaeger
Lloyd Estep
Ellis Estep
Robert Little
Patrick Springs
Wallace Estep
George Allen
Crockett Hagerman
Josh Crouse
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Fanning
Mrs
Laura Skeens
Laura Ann Skeens
Castlewood
David E. Hale
Tandy Moore
Charles Anderson
Taves Skeens
Gravel Lick Baptist Church
Carey Lane
Freeland Yates
John Hess
Huff-Cook Funeral Home
St. Paul
Bertie Hale
Lertie Lee Hale
Narrows
Riffe
Neal Williams
Fairview
Hale
W. C. Patteson
Lucille Fuller
Janetta Morris
Larry Fuller
Maxie Harvey
Chaleston
Della Mann
Dona Bailey
Barbara Jones
Frances Elliott
Arthur J. Turner
Wakenva
Carson J. Turner
Harrell
George E
Alder St
Midway Christian Church
Roselawn Memorial
Graham Funeral Home
Brewster
Ethel Lee Spencer
First St
Memorial Baptist Church
Maple Hill
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lece
Middle Atlantic States
Florida
Lower Great Lakes
Tral Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Northern Rockies
Great Basin
Great Plains
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Women’s Prison
THE
Associated Press
High Lower
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St.p
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Ptind
Rapid City
St. Louis
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
RCA
RCA Portable
Zenith
Webcor
Universal Record Cabinet
General Electric
AC Radio
Sunbeam
Compiere
Commerce Street
W. Va
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!