Mental Health Director Urges State Academic Cooperation
West Virginia's mental health director Dr. William B. Rossman called for closer ties with higher education to tackle the shortage of trained personnel. He noted a bottleneck in qualified workers and urged immediate psychiatric instruction at the new West Virginia University medical school, stressing local training to fill positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Charleston
West Virginia
William B. Rossman
Rossman
William P. Harder
Southern Regional Education Board
Southern Governors Conference
Lakin State Hospital
Point Pleasant
Atlanta, Ga
Lakin
Simon Johnson
Harder
Hurder
West Virginia University Medical School
West Virginia University
West
Halloween Vandalism Report Sees Few Incidents in City
Police notes show a calm Halloween with minor vandalism and several thefts. Carol Taylor reported two hubcaps stolen from a 1954 Ford on Washington Street while Mrs. Harry Lawson found two white lawn chairs missing on Heatherwood Road. Bricks were thrown at Mar-Eece Gift Shop causing $60 to $70 in damages. James King and Charles Rondinelli witnessed a young group demand a cigarette and try to fight their car occupants. A Route 1 resident reported a stolen tan Ford pickup, license WV BB5473, though no link to Halloween vandalism was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Taylor
Washington Street
College Avenue
Harry Lawson
Heatherwood Road
Mar-Eece
Bland and Union
James J. King
Charles Rondinelli
Monroe
King
W. R. Long
Route 1
Raleigh Street
Hallowe'en
West Virginia
Tazewell Pastorate Has New Minister
The Rev. Russell Asbury accepted the call to lead Tazewell Baptist Church and will deliver his first sermon at the Sunday service. He succeeds Dr. C. E. Bradshaw who left for a Tennessee church on August 1. The Asburys will reside in the West Pine Street parsonage after living in Petersburg and he previously led Big Stone Gap Church for several years.
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Tazewell
Russell Asbury
Tazewell Baptist Church
Asbury
C. E. Bradshaw
Jonesboro
Tenn
West Pine Street
Petersburg
Big Stone Gap
Dr Grizzard joins Tazewell Pharmacy
Dr Lowell Grizzard of Big Stone Gap Va has joined the staff of Jackson Drug Co and will assist Dr Harry Fugate with prescription work. Mrs Grizzard and their two year old son expect to join him next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell, Va
Lowell Grizzard
Big Stone Gap
Jackson Drug Co
Harry Fugate
Obituary roundup from Hurley to Bluefield
Multiple death notices from Hurley Virginia to Bluefield detailing Mandy Rife and Andrew C. Judah among others. Includes survivors, funeral times, burial places, and arranging funeral homes.
Funerals for multiple local residents announced across churches
The notice lists funeral times and locations for Glen Arthur Dillon 3, from near Greenville Monroe County at Red Sulphur Church with interment Orchard Cemetery. Matthew Wimmer 4 of Jewell Valley from daughter's home with interment Wimmer Cemetery near Whitewood. Norman T Perdie u 76 of Wilmore at Calvary Baptist Jaeger with Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Mrs G B Clark 56 Har man at 11 am from home with Elswick Cemetery Harma. Other services include Richard L Mullins 21 Mohegan 2 pm tomorrow Nilam Cemetery. Joseph P Ogle 64 Austinville 2 pm Pine Grove Primitive Baptist Church. Samuel H Williams 26 Johnnycake 1 pm from home with nearby cemetery. Hettie B Wickline 86 Keenan 2 pm Gates Baptist Church interment church cemetery. Mrs Robert T Craig Glade Spring 3 pm Old Glade Spring Presbyterian with interment Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Dewey Stacy 31 Welch 11 am at Roderfield Christian Church with Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield.
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John Cline
Baisden
James Testerman
Red Jacket
Freeland
Arthur Cline
North Springs
Jay Kine
Hanover
Dee
Sam Cline
Rans
Eph
Leander
Dot
Ott Cline
Hanover Baptist Church
Rosco Morgan
Wirt Hatfield
Ray Lester
Ben Cline
Buford Lester
Luther Meade
Ralph Thomas
Lloyd Wicker
Eily Lester
C. R. Lester
Fanning Funeral Home
Wimmer
Matthew
Jewell Valley
James Logan
Wimmer Cemetery
Whitewood
Perdieu
Norman T
Wilmore
Calvary Baptist Church
Jaeger
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Wickline
Hettie B
Keenan
Monroe County
Gates Baptist Church
Union
Stacy
Dewey
Welch
Roderfield Christian Church
Chest Drive Sets New High
The 1957 Community Chest Fund Drive in Bluefield reached a new record with audited reports at $103,629.84, the most in 25 years. The drive continues until all assignments are completed, with a goal of $117,250 and $13,630.16 still needed.
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Community Chest
Bluefield
A. H. ‘Reese’ Spangler
Dick Barton Appointed City Manager in Mount Pleasant Tennessee
Richard Barton of Bluefield son of acting Mount Pleasant city manager Elmer Barton will serve as city manager starting November 10. He is a Marshall College graduate with public administration and economics degrees and has worked with Investors Diversified Services. He and his wife Betty Jo Spangler live at 533 Union Street with three children and attend Bland Street Methodist Church. The appointment makes five father son city manager pairs in the nation.
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Andrew C. Judah
Clay Street
Paducah
St. Petersburg
Fla
Judah
Tilghman Trade School
First Baptist Church
Masonic Order
Florence Lee Galloway
Bluefield
J. Eddie Galloway
Andrew David
Kathy Madge
Margaret Anne
A. C. Judah Sr
Edward Rice
Herman
James M
H. J. Eusauia
Ala
Joseph Robert Bromfield
Bowling Addition
Princeton
William R
Betty DeLuxier Bromfield
Mr. Bromfield
Eskdale
Willie Osborn
Newhall
Billy Joe Bromfield
Betty Lou
Charlie Bromfield
Christiansburg
Amhearst Coal Company
Braeholm
Key Street Methodist Church
Seaver Mortuary
James E. Brown
Maybeury
Welch Emergency Hospital
Wingfield Baptist Church
Landgraff
Leonard Lipscomb
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Liberty Hill
N.C
Mr. Brown
Anna Brown
B. C. Cheeks
Keystone
Missionary Society of the
Wingfield
Abel Coles
Loud Ave
Roanoke
Roanoke Hospital
Bethel A.M.E. Methodist Church
James Palmer
A. M. Henry
Rest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Coles
Eggleston Springs
Willie
Cora Davis Coles
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Ada Coles
Thelma Gilliam
Lillie Johnson
Nellie Coles
Detroit
Mich
Geneva Jones
Pocahontas
Vincent
Donald
Alphonso
Andrew Jackson
Lugo
Garland Akers
Tom
Richard Barton
Elmer
Barton
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
John W. Petty
National American Legion
Marshall College
Huntington
International City Managers’ Association
Lions Club
Elks Club
The
American Legion
Alpha Sigma Phi Alumni Association
Betty Jo Spangler
Union St
Bland Street Methodist Church
Investors Diversified Services
Minneapolis
Mercer and McDowell Men Sentenced in U S Mail Thefts
Federal Judge Harry E. Watkins in Huntington sentenced two defendants from Mercer and McDowell Counties for mail theft and forgery. William Harmon Lucas of Princeton received 29 months in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Wade Hampton Shupe of Caretta got 17 months in Lewisburg. Co-defendants Mathena Lambert and Osborne awaiting probation review with possible November 19 hearing.
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Harry E. Watkins
Huntington
Mercer
McDowell
U.S
William Harmon Lucas
Princeton
Atlanta
Wade Hampton Shupe
Caretta
Lewisburg
Lucas
Robert Lee Osborne
Garfield Samuel Mathena
Clifton Wallingford Lambert
Watkins
Mathena
Lambert
Osborne
Kingsport
Tenn
Weekend weather outlook for Maryland and surrounding states
Maryland expects cloudy mild conditions with occasional rain and winds in the east. Highs 57 to 65 with clearing Saturday night and Sunday fair and warmer. Bay warns include small craft in upper bay and storm warnings lower bay and coast with tides two to three feet above normal. Virginia shows similar patterns with highs 62 to 70 and Sunday fair. West Virginia ranges from cloudy east to fair central and west with showers and warmth. Western Pennsylvania features sun in the west and rain in the east Saturday, then milder with possible showers Sunday night.
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Maryland
Upper Bay
Lower Bay
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Homecoming Spirit Surges at Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College hosts a full homecoming program with students and alumni arriving, a 2 p.m. football showdown against the Fayetteville Broncos at Mitchell Stadium, and a daylong schedule from 9 a.m. to late night including chapel, coronation of Miss Bluefield State, alumni open house, a parade, pregame bands, and a Victory Ball at Arter Gym.
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Bluefield State College
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Broncos
Mitchell Stadium
Conwell Jones
Washington, D. C
Arts and Crafts
Allan B. Connolly
Pulaski Street
Princeton Avenue
Bland
North Street
Elkhorn
Kimball
Park Central
Stratton
Smyth Lad Hurt When Hit By Auto
A four year old Smyth County boy suffered a broken leg and head injuries when hit by an auto near his home Route 1 Crockett Virginia at 5 30 p m yesterday William Allen Griffith wearing a cast on an arm he had broken recently was hospitalized in Wytheville Trooper E T Kiester investigated stating the boy dashed across Route 690 into the path of an auto driven by Harry Virgil Rutherford of Route 1 Crockett The driver was charged with driving while his permit was revoked as the accident was deemed apparently unavoidable
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Route 1
Crockett
William Allen Griffith
Wytheville
E. T. Kiester
Harry Virgil Rutherford
Two Negro Convicts Escape Marion Camp
Bluefield police seek Vern on Hammond Jr. aged 24 and King Solomon Taylor aged 31 who fled Virginia Convict Camp 14 near Marion yesterday at 10 a.m. while on a road gang detail near Rural Retreat. Hammond has a ten year term for grand larceny and Taylor six years for statutory burglary. Addresses unavailable. Both wore brown prison clothes.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Marion
Vernon Hammond, Jr
King Solomon Taylor
Road Gang
Hammond
Taylor
District Foresters Meet In Tazewell
In Tazewell Virginia Eugene Olson district forester Ray Duncan district fire chief and Harold Calhoun district service forester attended a Saturday dinner meeting of county forestry personnel at the Tazewell National Bank Club Room Speakers included Tazewell county chief forest warden Charles W Dunford and talks covered forestry program topics
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Tazewell
Eugene Olson
Ray Duncan
Harold Calhoun
Rent a late model typewriter in Bluefield WV ad
Commercial Printing Company in Bluefield West Virginia offers a late model typewriter for rent at four dollars fifty cents per month. For complete information call DA 7 5913.
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Commercial Printing Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Mercer County Sees 88 Percent Rise in Asian Flu Cases
Asian flu cases in Mercer County jumped 88 percent in the past week, with flu like illnesses up over 100 percent. Absenteeism showed a slight but definite drop as clinics vaccinated residents in Princeton and Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Daniel Hale
Mercer County Board of Health
Bluefield
Princeton
Memoral
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Dr. Grizzard
Tazewell Pharmacy
Mrs. Mandy Rife
Mandy Rife
Hurley
Calvin Rife
Burb Blankenship
Oceana
Walter Coleman
Flint
John Collins
Blackie
Calvin Whitt
Delbert Justice
Laurel Cemetery
Hurley, Va
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy, Va
Mrs
Eva Sayers
Cedar Bluff
Clinch Valley Clinic
Walter J. Sayers
Indianapolis
Ind
P. M. Sayers
David W. Sayers
Miami
Olbert Sayers
Mary L. Sayers
M. C. Sluss
Jenkin Jones
Willie Hare
Willie Pruett Johnston Hare
John Conley
Wolfe Creek
Arlie Johnston
Narrows
John Lambert
Kansas City
Brady Hare
Lawson Hare
Carson Warner
George Sword
Rocky Gap
J. W. Pruett
Riffe
Conley
East Chapel
Kenneth Kinner
H. G. Bird
Conley Cemetery
Carmen J. Grizzle
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Honaker
Richlands
Madeline Harris Grizzle
Carroll
Randell
David Grizzle
Gate City
Lily Artrip
Bristol
Worley
Tivis
Cleveland
Delmon
Hardaway
Allen Walsh
L. G. Herndon
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Masonic Lodge
Honaker Funeral Home
Lusk Infant
Archie Lusk
Moreland
Idaho
Deborah Lynn
Gregory
Mamie Lusk
Boyd Munsey
Michael Lee
Bowling Cemetery
Spanishburg
Clayton Sweet
Mary Burke Memorial Baptist Church
Ance A. Cline
Mingo County
Warren
Nellie Cline
Brady Thomas
Jennings Lester
Chester Lester
Forest Lester
Han
James Henry Baker
Paynesville
Viola Cantrell
Rosa Vance
Martha Baker
Edith Vance
Rose Ella Vance
Madgelene Baker
Goma Sue Baker
Bobby Jean Vance
Maxine Davis
Cardington
Ohio
Harvey
James H
Burl
Jimmy
Lee
Garrett
Lloyd Baker
Joe Baker
Jink Baker
Charles Baker
Jolo
Jane Jones
Irene Stacy
Jol
Polly Hagerman
Bradshaw
Ocie McClennahan
Taylor Blankenship
Sam Payne
Nelson Lester
Lester Cemetery
J. Green Brinkley
Oakvale
Mr. Brinkley
Rachael Jones
James H. Brinkley
Virginian Railway Co
Betty Shutt
Rock
Ruth Willoghby
MrComas
Pauline Lilly
Aberdeen Wall
Virginia Mullins
Arnold
Harry
Francis
Icem
Mack
Rich Creek
Henry
John Brinkley
Dos
Linkford and Richardson
Vinnie E. Smith
Vinnie Elizabeth Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hawkins Funeral Home
George W. Harman
New Richmond
Itmann
McComas
Liddy Reed
Andy Harman
Elizabeth Cecil
Grover White
Matoaka
Nanie Vines
Joe Covel
Buffalo
N.Y
Carl Cutty
Chester
Bright Cecil
Florida
Ernest W. Harman
Kegley
Lee Harman
Lashmeet
Mell
Victoria Saunders
Ida Harper
Winding Gulf
Nora Lusk
Mandy Church
Wyoming County
Methodist Church
Bailey Funeral Home
Eugene Lucado
Silver Springs
B&o Railway Co
Clark
G. B
Harman
Elswick
Harma
Mullins
Richard L
Mohegan
Nilam Cemetery
Ogle
Joseph P
Austinville
Pine Grove Primitive Baptist Church
Craig
Robert T. Sr
Glade Spring
Old Glade Spring Presbyterian Church
Bluefield West Virginia
Community Chest Office
Bluefield Virginia
McNeer
Graham Pharmacy
Dick Barton
Tennessee
Washington
Warlick’s
Furniture
Woodrow Ave
R. W. Smith
ESSO
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
District Foresters
Cooke
Alfred Land
Princeton Ave
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