Bluefield Baptist Church to Await Full Time Pastor
The Bluefield Virginia Baptist congregation will be without a permanent pastor until a replacement is found. Rev. M. O. Alexander resigns to devote full time to Bluefield and Tazewell ministries, leaving Bluefield to be served meanwhile by Minefield College preachers alternating pulpit duties. The vacancy is expected to be filled soon with local expectation for a strong turnout.
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Virginia Side
M. O. Alexander
Tazewell
Bluefield
Oage
Alexander
Memorial Baptist Church
W Babbitt
Fire damages minor at Green Lantern. chemicals smother blaze
Friday morning at 10 o clock a Green Lantern fire started from a defective flue and was smothered quickly by chemicals. Fire Chief Ray Barnett reported no water use, minimal damage, and the business returned to operation within minutes as traffic was briefly blocked.
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Green
Wee
Ray Barnett
Green Lantern
Warm Weather Seakers Return Home For Mild Florida Winter
Florida weather reports a mild season with little snow and few blustery days driving winter residents back home. Local churches advertise services and offerings while community notices list sales, visits, and residents returning from travels as Brother Alexander retires from Memorial Baptist and other town life details.
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Florida
Tavares
Ths
Night prowlers frighten Episcopal rectory family on Tazewell
Mrs H M Young and her children faced a scare at the rectory on Tazewell avenue when a man was seen on the porch and another lurked beneath. The alleged intruders fled before adults arrived, and Mrs Young blamed milk hounds as a possible cause.
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H. HM. Young
Tazewell Avenue
Mrs David Morrisett Buys Snell Building in Bluefield
Mrs. David Morrisett of the West Virginia side closed a deal for the Snell building now housing the Gilpin store in the Thoppi district. The purchase adds to substantial Virginia Side real estate holdings as more transfers of Bluefield property are expected in the near term.
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Dave Morrisett
West Virginia
Snell
Gilpin
Thoppi
Morrisett
Virginia
Bluefield
Most Severe Storm Hits Section in Long Time
Weather records report a powerful storm Thursday morning shaking houses, causing earth tremors, thunder, lightning, and heavy rain. Residents recall it as among the worst in years, possibly linked to the tail end of a broader tornado outbreak in the Midwest.
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Virginia
Liem
Middle West
Minnie Ruble Buried at Bluestone in a Dignified Funeral
The funeral and burial of Mrs Minnie Ruble occurred yesterday afternoon at Bluestone. The Ebenzer church service was led by Rev C C Bailey with Rev Eri H Cole assisting. Mrs Ruble formerly Minnie Fishman died at her home on the Vanry Harvey place from complications. She was a Methodist and survived by her husband, several children and brothers and sisters.
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D. VW. Ruble
Bluestone
Ebenzer Church
C. C. Bailey
Davy
Eri. H. Cole
Ruble
Minnie Fishman
Vanry Harvery
Paenaes
Flat Top Yard School Nearing Closure
The Flat Top Yard School will close in two weeks amid a planned program. Teachers for this term are Janes Ratcliffe and Littlewood noted as diligent. Miss Littlewood hails from Dr. Paul and Miss Ratcliffe from Dublin.
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Flat Top Yard
Janes Ratcliffe
Littlewood
Miss Littlewood
Paul
Miss Ratcliffe
Dublin
Air Sharp Practice on Diamond in Store League
The atmosphere was a bit sharp yesterday for practice on the diamond as players endured fat and jeans in the store league exercise. Weather hopeful for a favorable afternoon session and more practice.
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Uncle Jim
Dr. Ward Martin
Fat
Jeans
New York Interests Form Protective Committee Over Rail Lease
New York stockholders in Chesapeake and Ohio Railway form a protective committee to oppose leasing the line to the Nickel Plate system. Everett Jacobs leads the New York group, with proxies from over a thousand stockholders. The effort joins a Richmond committee led by George Cole Scull in the broader opposition.
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New York
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
George Cole Scull
Richmond
Vanswerengen
Everett Jacobs
Scott
Plate merger seeks board representation at C and O
Women’s clubs have become numerous in Turkey a few years after being unknown. The text notes a demand for representation on the Chesapeake and Ohio board of directors as part of a plate merger.
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Plate
Chesapeake and Ohio Board of Directors
Turkey
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Narrows
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Jimmy Young
Ray Harnett
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Minnie Ruble
Guyandotte Club
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Northfork, W. Va
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Evon
Appalachian Power Co
Pocahontas, VA
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