Bristol Virginia-Tennessean from Bristol, Virginia (2024)

September 18, 1953

Publication:

Bristol Virginia-Tennesseani

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Bristol, Virginia

Issue Date:

Friday, September 18, 1953

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3

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RiMYisxrmb If- 1- i i i J- i 1 i Lii i I i I i i i 'r ggP5 RAI IMVM ID lLJ C-- PH tiZZLL vV A-' Spelling Frc S3 V-A-' 1 C3M Drehk (Continued from Page One) Drought Rslitf OfFrbodomls World Issue Gov Battle said he saw encouraging that farmers hardest hit by the drought "may be materially helped" through a government grain program but bo foresaw no cheap hay for Virginia He ask Department of Agriculture officials have studied Virginia's request for a federal hay program "and it now appears very Mra Mae Quel i Funeral services for Mrs Mae Quales 63 who died at the home id her brother Sam Taylor 1113 Kentucky Avenue Wed' nesday were to be held at 2:30 pm today at the Weaver Union Church The Rev VanCleve was to officiate Burial was to be in the Weaver Cemetei Pallbearers: Faticette John Vance Cecil Stair Chester Friski Alton Good and Tom Warren I Honorary pallbearers: Howard Garrett Joe Rutherford Ernest Brown Fpat Snow Bob Rader and Frank SharrefL Paul Cook Funeral Homs was in charge of arrangement! Mn Lode Dykea Mrs lode Dykea of EUzabethton Tenn died in an Elizabeth ton hospital yesterday Among the survivors is Mrs Elva -w- r'fc 'M' rH: The Royal Oak Presbyterian -v Church of Marion Virginia ie cently established a scholarship at King College in th amount of (10 900 King officials said Proceeds from this scholarship i are to be used as scholarship as jt distance for students designated either by the Royal Oak Presbyte-rian Church or in the event no' student applies for entrance to King College from tho Royal Oak Church King College will desig- nate the recipient of the scholar ship This is the aecood time within a decade' that the Royal Oak Church has come to the forefront i in Abingdon Presbytery Its gifts to King College officials said In the financial campaign of 1943-45 4 Thru Germany a BONN Germany British French and -American high commissioners proposed to the Soviet Union today that Germans be permitted to circulate freely throughout all Germany beginning Oct 1 without special inter-ional passes The Western allies rejected the doubtful the hey ear be obtained Au for -Virginia and the otter drough-stricken states which have requested it" "However" the governor added "there are encouraging signs that farmers in counties designated by the Secretary of Agriculture may be materially helped through supplies of government-owned grains and concentrates at reduced prices" Stanley Hoard ALEXANDRIA Sept 17 UT end of the war be negotiated by the East and West German governments The rejection was based on the fact that "the interzonal pass system was established by an agreement of the four occupation powers and therefore only the occupation powers can abolish the system" The Western powers in identical notes to Soviet High Commissioner Vladimir Semyenov proposed that beginning Oct lsll Germans be Dr Llstae Dr Liston Funeral services for Durrell Snke 51 who died InCOlumbia Thursday morning wlU be held at the home of Fred Hutton on King Mill Pike tomorrow at 2 The Rev Kenneth Wilson will officiate Infant Biggs Curtis Biggs Infant son of Mr and Mrs Curtis 1020 Glendale Street Tennessee Bristol died this morning' He is survived by his parents two sisters Dottie Jo and Kathleen Carolyn the paternal grandmother Mrs Essie Biggs of Knoxville and the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Howard Wyatt of Bristol Graveside services were to be held at 4 today at Glenwood Cemetery The Rev Spang' ler was to officiate The Akard Funeral Home was In charge of arrangements James ZL Wolf "i funeral services for James Wolf former resident of Bristol who died Thursday at his home in Orlando Fla will be held at 2 pm Sunday in the Akard Funeral Home Chapel in 'Bristol Dr Blackard will officiate Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery Wolf was a resident of Bristol before moving to Orlando 20 years ago He was a member of the State reet Methodist Church and also member of the Masonic order Bristol ip iO Glenway Avenue WASHINGTON (UP) President Eisenhower said last night the price of freedom waa "the challenging issue of the world today" In a message to the National Conference on Citizenship meeting here the vacationing President said "may your discussions serve to inspire not only those of -you participating but also the many hundreds of thousands of American whom you represent" Federal Appeals Judge John Parker said in an address to the conference that Americana must not forget that freedom of speech extendi even to Communists and Fascists "whose teaching are hostile to our institutions" Parker chief Judge at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals who has been mentioned as a possible successor to the late Chief Justice Fred Vinson declared the only "safe" curbs on freedom of speech are those prohibiting slander obscenity and incitement to crime" The three-day conference sponsored Jointly by the Justice Depart-1 ment and the National Education Association was called to stimu- late public discussion of the ideas and principles embodied in the constitution with emphasis -on the Bin of Rights I Sgt William Hicks Now Struts in Japan WITH THE 1ST CAVALRY DIV Sgt William Hicks 23 i whose wife Betty Lou lives at 122 Marie St Bristol Va recently! has dut3r withth 1st PaualM ni(iinJUi mm 4nnb permitted to circulate throughout all Germany without an interzonal pass by showing only their normal identification cards The Allies proposed that Russia at the same time reopen the crossing points along the East-West German frontier which they ordered closed last year 1st Cavalry Division tank Tipton of 623 Bristol Va Moderator Royal Oak Presbyterian Church' was the first church In the Prea- bytery to raise her allotted quote in the campaign Team 90 Wins in Fair J' Thomas Stanley Democratic candidate for governor tonight emphasized the "good honest efficient government which Virginia has esjoyed since the days of Reconstruction' Stanley said hi wanted to refer one subject which I consider vital to every individual interested in the state government of Virginia the continuance of honest and sound administration and a- progressive government based on fiscal conservatism to I am wholeheartedly pledged" Stanley who is opposed for the governorship by Ted Dalton made no new campaign vs (Continued from Page One) A Memorial Seating will be held at 1:30 pm Sunday at the Susong Cemetery Speakers at the mogram will ba the Rv Ely and the Rev Hodgson Mew water mates to Urn and Lewis Street areas of West Virginia Bristol have been completed City Manager Robert' I Morrison said i Virginia driving Ucansa examiners were giving driving testa at the Courthouse today Sale of Reriea and Seringa Bonds continue to show' a good rate of increase over 1352 sates according to Dr Nat Oopenbaver and Phillip Farnham co-chairmen of Sullivan County's Savings Bonds Committee August sales of these bonds amounted to $62-09875 Copenhaver said bringing total sales for the first right months of 1653 to 541 per cent of the county's quota for the year Polico Ntws The names 1 ef five parsons charged with parking violations headed the Virginia Bristol police docket this morn nig Also listed were the names of a person charged with speeding one with running a red light and one with drunkenness The record also showed a Tennessee 1 Bristolian posted a $15" appearance bond on a charge of drinking whiskey In public There ware 13 conviction traffic charges in' Virginia Bristol Police Court today Finos In Virginia Bristol Police Court this morning Included one of 3100 for drunken driving two of 310 each for public drunkenness and one of 320 tor contempt of court Real Estate Transfers Tennessee Bristol Collier and wife to Charles Wagner a lot on Midway St for valuable consideration W- It Lewis and wife to Carl Pendergrass and wife a lot on Morriing St for valuable consideration Boyd and wife to Parrgln and wife a lot on Virginia Ave for valuable con aid oration Marriage License Tennessee Bristol Avery Mustek II Tennessee Bristol and Ina June Fleenor 22 Tennessee Bristol John Ruff 21 Roanoke Va and Francis Overstreet 21 Virginia BristoL How Flying Saucer Stories Are Born Round end 'SQUARE DAL'CE Ten its 8 till 1 1 Hi "-I1 Music By 'St' mmn Aad Omsk Meeatainaara 5lh STREET AOUY as a commander His parents Mr add Mrs Estel Hicks live on Route lrHansonvilie awarded the 1st Marine Brigade for gallant fighting early in the Korean War' The brigade was hastily assembled in California at the start of the war and arrived in -the Pusan beachhead in the first week of Au- gust 159 The Sullivan County 4-H Club Crop Judging Team recently won fifth place at the Tennessee Valley Agricultural and Industrial the first time the team wra ever according to Norman Lee assistant county agent The Sullivan Countians com' peted with teams from 26 other counties but Lee said he wm 'highly pleased" with the fifth-place standing because tne judging was done against what he called "more experienced teams Among the crops Judged in the Knoxville contests were yellow and white corn sweet potatoes Irish potatoes and hay The teams were also required to identify 20 varieties of small grain crop seeds Team members were Don Overby Woodrow 4-H Club Jimmy McCrary BlountviUe 4-H Club and Billy Doran Holaton Institute 4-H Club JUDGE PROCTOR DIES WASHINGTON (UP) Judge James Proctor of the United States Court of Appeals died yesterday of a heart attack He was 71 years old and had been a Court of Appeals judge since March 1948 First Intercollegiate fraternity Phi Beta Kappa was founded at the College of William and Mary Williamsburg Va in 1776 promises -He reiterated hit advocacy of an acceleration of the program whereby teachers-will- go from the minimum of 12999 to the (op minimum of 93209 in the Virginia school system He did not say how much be would ask that the program be accelerated He also -called for the General Assembly to expand as funds permit" the state scholarship program "which helps teachers already in the school system complete work for degrees and provides substantial financial aid to those preparing to enter the pro-fession Although Leoncavallo composed other operas waa Ms only successful one a Dr Liston president of King College was elected' moderator of the Synod of Appalachia at a meeting September 15-19 at Fountain City Tenn The meeting of the synod also was highlighted by addresses by Or William Tolliver Thompson Union Theological Seminary Richmond Va Dr Vernon Anderson Presbyterian missionary to' Africa and Dr Frank Price moderator o' tho general assembly of the Presbyterian Church -After 17 years as chsirman of the important committee on Christian education Dr James -Fowle 1 ms tor of the First Presbyterian Church Chattanooga resigned as chairman of the committee in other action at the meet Dr A Freeman First Presbyterian Church Elizabeth ton was appointed chairman to succeed Dr Fowle -Dr Samuel Hay pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Morristown after serving as chairman of the subcommittee on educational Institutions for some 25 years alto was replaced as chairman of the subcommittee by Dr Me-CalUe of Chattanooga Dr Liston 'and Dr James Fowle of Chattanooga gave addresses stressing the campaign for campaign for $1 million for King College during the next two years Dr Fowle in resigning from other committee work with which be has served for a number of years staked that he was doing so in order that he might devote himself more completely to the campaign for King College HAMMIT (Continued from Page One) Children abandoned by their parents may find a haven there until the parents can be made to assume their responsibility or until a home can be found for them with relatives Sometimes it is necessary for the domestic relations court to send children to the home temporarily THEATRE OPENS AT PN DAILY Complete Shows Start at ffl ui Customer Needing $1540 to $5000 PV WI ARRANGE SIGNATURE LOANS ONLY PHONE IS07 Feature Starts at A 1 CREDIT FINANCE SERVICE 17 SIXTH STREET 4 A CARTOON fir NEWS Two Skews Every Night Shew Start At Dark 1 "BOWERY BLITZkllEIG" "DALLAS" In Ttchfiicalir Catw CarWM i Your Family Movie COLUMBIA mwr mi itw-wurweat WOODY WOODPECKER COLOR CARTOON and Starts TOMORROW THERE NEVER WAS A 1 SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE ALLAN ROCKY LANE "Bandit oi the Hit NO "JET JOB" SERIAL STARTS SUNDAY 3 DIMENSIONS VVORTiTJ Sant To School Boy and girls at school age who arc received at the home are sent to school daily and younger children are given toys to play with that are suitable for their ages All must observe minor regulations such as keeping themselve clean' if they are old enough being on time tar meals and other simple rules They learn pliy together and are taught to be courteous and considerate of others The dollars given -to the Community Chest help to keep unfortunate children warm well- fed and happy The Janie Hammit Home meets a vital need of the Twin City through the service it renders to childhood Korea used rain gauges In 1442 some 200 yesrs before rain- fall records were kept in Europe ti rrlnf OtOHOI MONTOOMtny with jm Vsha CHICAGO (UP) How do flying saucer reports get reported? Police Coast Guardsmen and reporters tracked one down last night and it turned out to be a flashlight Police headquarters and newspaper offices received a rash of telephone calls from excited witnesses who said they had seen "one of them saucers" or a meteor plunge into Lake Michigan Officers and newsmen rushed to the beach and found a "luminous glowing mysteriously under the lake waters One squad car radioing back to headquarters called it "the thing" Then the Coast Guard explainer that the object was a flashlight attached to a life preserver on an Army shore emplacement An explosive charge used to propel the preserver into the lake went off accidentally and tossed the preserver and lighted flashlight in an are 300 feet over and into the 'lake DEAN DUE TUESDAY TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE Calif MaJ Gen William Dean who was a prisoner of war for more than three years will arrive here from Tokyo next BACK-TO-SCHOOL PARTY TOMORROW Starting At 10 Meet your ntw big Sunbeim tomorrow Set "Sunbeam Rocky" with the new Sunbetm Show Broadcast ovar WOPI starting at 10 o'clock Bristol-Abingdon Hwy LAST TIMES TONJTE it FOX I no aziici I 0) You'll Ba THE FIRST To Seo Tho Groat Now Waalorn Wlth'A Wonderful Littlo B07 Star "SHANE" color by Technicolor with Alan Ladd Joan Arthur Van Heflin Chapter "Root Of Tho Iron Horae" 3 Color Cartoons -I I -r A 'y Bleuntville-Xlngsport Hwy TONITE ONLY Double Feature JACK FOT QUIZ $120 Per Car Lead FREE PENCILS For All! 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