January 4, 1935 -- Cedar Bluff

Cedar Bluff, Jan 3 - Tom Hess and family have moved to Richlands. 

Rev. Liston filled his regular appointment at Presbyterian church Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Norman and daughters, Nancy and Jean Cabell and Miss Velma Phillips returned home Sunday with parents in Draper, Va.

Fred Russell and Vergie Lester were married on Dec. 23rd.

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peery Smith died on Friday night.

Miss Jean Boothe returned to her home in Tazewell after spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Otis White.

January 4, 1935 -- Richlands

Richlands, Jan 3 - Archie Smith has returned to the hospital for treatment. 

John Hoops, who has been ill with typhoid fever, is improving.  

Misses Ruth and Mary White were the hostesses to a party at their home Thursday. Games were played and square dancing enjoyed.  Music by Henry Griffith and his fiddlers.  Refreshments served to about forty guests. 

Mr.  and Mrs. Eugene Leistra are proud parents of a girl, born Dec. 27.  Mrs. Leistra was formerly Anna Lee Orr.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sayers a son, born last week. 

John I. Crockett is seriously ill, he having suffered a stroke of paralysis. 

Miss Virginia Eubanks has returned from a visit in Richmond. 

H.G. Norman is a business visitor in Cincinnati. 

Mrs. Landall Thompson is opening a beauty parlor here. 

Mrs. P.T. Preston. Jr. of Bristol, has been discharged from the hospital and is at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z.V. Carter. 

Mr. and Mrs. Rass Keen have returned to their home after spending the holidays with their son, Homer Keen, in Bristol. 

Rev. and Mrs. Liston and son, Bobbie, have returned to their home after spending the holidays in Richmond. 

Clarence Burnett, of Cedar Bluff, is a patient in the Mattie Williams hospital.

February 1, 1935 -- Richlands

The three children of Mr and Mrs. Frank Buskill are very ill at their home here.

Miss Louise Sheldon, who has been a patient in the Williams hospital for some time, is improving. 

C.D. Lawson remains ill at his home here.

Mrs. Mary Vandyke, of Swords Creek, is a patient in the Williams hospital.

Robert Warner, of Roanoke, is ill at the home of his parents here.

Newt Byrd, who received serious injuries in a car wreck, remains a patient in the Williams hospital.

Harold Smith, of Grundy, was visiting town Friday.

Mrs. L. Lewis and two children remain as patients in the hospital here. They were suffering from severe burns they received at their home by the explosion of a blow torch. Grat Lawson, Henry Daily and Grover Rose also recieved treatment.

Jan 31 - Mrs. Sallie Rimmer, who suffered a slight stroke of paralysis last week, is improving. 

March 22, 1935 -- Richlands

Richlands - March 21 - Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Lucas had as their weekend guests, Mrs. S.P. Lucas of Radford.

Archie Underwood, of War WV was business visitor in town Friday.

Edith Miller, of Swords Creek, was visiting Mrs. Lizzie Due over the weekend.

Betty Hyatt is visiting relatives in Gate City.

Mrs. Carl Stinson is ill at her home here.

Helen Ritchie, who underwent an operation at the Mattie Williams hospital Friday is improving.

Miss Elizabeth Kidd, local school teacher, underwent an operation Wednesday night.  She is doing nicely.

Mrs. Major Cox, who has been ill for some time, is improving.

April 5, 1935 --

Tip Top, April 3 - Mrs. Marvin Johnson has been appointed post mistress here, and assumed her duties Monday.

Miss Nell Humphrey attended the teachers' meeting at Lebanon Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Brewster and son Hawkins, visited relatives at Belfast Sunday.

Miss Kitty Truett, of Tazewell, was the guest of Mrs. Sam Bundy over the weekend.

Miss Cora Wilson is here for a few weeks, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Wilson.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Bundy, of Tazewell, visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bundy, Tuesday.

April 5, 1935 --

Shawver Mill, April 3 - Mrs. R. P. Shawver and Mrs. W. P. Shawver were visiting at MR. and Mrs. Mustard Pruett's friday.

W. G. Grubb and David Brown were business visitors in Bluefield, Va. Sunday.

Mrs. Author Ferrell and son, Robert, of Logan County, WV spent last weekend with Mrs. Ferrell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Pruett.

Miss Frances Cassell, of this place, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cassell, of Big Stone Gap.

April 26, 1935 -- Cedar Bluff

Cedar Bluff, April 25 - Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson, daughter, Eula, son Robert and granddaughter, Bobbie of Gary, WV were calling on their sister, Mrs. Bill Adams of this place on Sunday.

Mrs. D.B. Taylor and daughter, Lula, were visiting their niece, Mrs. Dykes, who has been ill so long.  Her condition remains about the same.

Mrs. Mose Beavers and Mrs. Jim Beavers are on the sick list.

Mrs. Jim Altizer was calling on Miss Cosby Beavers on Sunday.  She is not well at this writing.

Jeff Mitchell continues ill at this home here.

Vernie Wilson entertained with an Easter egg hunt on Sunday afternoon.  There were eight present.

April 26, 1935 -- Richlands

April 25 - K.G. Lee, of Hazard Ky. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. M.C. Lee here.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warner, of Roanoke, was visiting parents here during easter.

Mr. and Mrs. Pete Tizen and sons, Johnny, Vergil and Freddy, were visiting relatives in Bluefield over the weekend.

Mr. and Mrs. John Carter, of Bishop, were visiting in town over the weekend.

Henry Barrett is ill at his home on Lee street.

Miss Frances Dade, of Bristol, was visiting Margaret Steele here last week.

Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Meyers, of Leesburg, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Steele here.

April 26, 1935 -- Cedar Bluff

Mrs. D.B. Taylor and daughter, Lula, were visiting their niece, Mrs. Dykes, who has been ill so long. Her condition remains about the same.

Mrs. Mose Beavers and Mrs. Jim Beavers are on the sick list.

Mrs. Jim Altizer was calling on Miss Cosby Beavers on Sunday. She is not well at this writing.

Jeff Mitchell continues ill at this home here.

Vernie Wilson entertained with an Easter egg hunt on Sunday afternoon. There were eight present.

April 26, 1935 -- Cedar Bluff

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson, daughter, Eula, son Robert and granddaughter, Bobbie of Gary, WV were calling on their sister, Mrs. Bill Adams of this place on Sunday.

July 26, 1935 -- Tip Top

August 2, 1935 -- Pounding Mill

Mrs. W.E. Mulkey, son, Max, and daughter, Miss Callie, returned Saturday night to their home in Pickens S.C. after a visit here to sisters Miss Lettie Ringstaff and Mrs. Mattie Altizer and others.  The later returned home with them for a visit.

Mrs. Charles Duncan and baby, of Maxwell, spent last week end here with Mrs. Andy Mulkey.

William Altizer and Hunter Mulkey were in the "line up" between Raven and Newhall sunday at Raven.

Mary and Edna Thomas, Sara and Charlotte Asbury were vistors in Richlands Wednesday.

Ellis McGee, who has been on the sick list the past two weeks, is better and able to be out.

Bill Mae Sparks and Miss Mary Dahlia, of Correct, visited formers mother, Mrs. S.T. Sparks, on Tuesday.

Mrs. R. Gregory Allen, of New York City and Miss Vivah Earles of Wervoka, Okla, are visiting their sister and cousin, Mrs. Rex E. Steele and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Alden Gilbert, of Richlands visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilbert Sunday night.

Mrs. John Quesenberry and their daughter, Philis Lee, visited today their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Harris on Claypool Branch.

Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Robinette and son, David, and Mrs. John Boothe on Sunday attended the funeral of Mr. Mitchell at Presbyterian church at Indian.

Mrs. W. R. Adams, of this place who is in the Mattie Williams Hospital has developed pneumonia.

S.T. Sparks and James Mulkey railroad bridge foreman of Coalwood, had a "lay off" today and are spending the time with their families.

Peggy Trayer returned Tuesday from a visit to her brother, Malcolm and wife in Bristol.

News has reached us here of the death of Charles Hunt, optician, which occurred some time ago in Florida.  He was a former resident of near here and had a number of relatives and friends here who regret his passing.

B. Massey of Cliffield, is agent here, relieving C.H. Trayer for a while. 

Aug 2, 1935 --

Mr. and Mrs. J.C. St. Clair will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage on Monday, Aug 12th, by keeping "Open House" and will receive their friends between the hours of 3 and 6 pm.

August 2, 1935 --

Shawver Mill, July 31 - Mr and Mrs. S.E. Leffel and family and Mr. and Mrs.  H.J. Giles, of keystone, W. Va., last Sunday.  Mrs. Giles has been a patient in the Stevens Clinic there.

Mrs. Conley Wallace, of Keystone, WV, spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. W.G. Leffel, last week.

A number from here attended the funeral and burial of Lloyd Walker at West Graham last Sunday.

Billie Cosby returned to his home Tuesday in Lynchburg after two weeks visit with his grandparents.  His mother, Mrs. John Cosby and two daughters and Mrs. Ethel Ferrel, will remain a few days with their mother,
Mrs. W. M. Pruett who is seriously ill.

Mrs. W.C. Grubb visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Saunders in Tazewell last week. 

Henry Summers and George Burkett of Bluefield Va, were the dinner guests of Clyde Grubb on Sunday.

Miss Mary Belle Clemons, Cove Creek, is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Neel, of this place.

August 23, 1935 -- Tip Top

Tip Top, Aug 22 - Mr. and Mrs. J.C Johnson and daughters Pauline and Thelma, returned Wednesday from Norfolk and Virginia Beach. 

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bundy had as their weekend guests Miss Kitty Pruett and Mr. Hubert Beach, of Lenoir, NC.

Mrs. B.B. Pyott and son, Billy, of Princeton, W.V. are visiting Dr. and Mrs. Pyott.

Mrs. Henry Hager and children are visting relatives in Sayersville.

Mrs. John R. Bowman is ill at her home here.

Sept 27, 1935 --

Richlands, Sept 25 - During the six days of last week six automobile wrecks were repored, all crowded out of the road by trucks.  Mr. and Mrs. George McCall narrowly escaped serious injury when their car sidswiped a truck near Cedar Bluff, doing considerable damage to their car. 

Dick Hudson met head on with a truck near Bandy chapel, escaping injury but practically demolishing his car.

Ed Hand sideswiped a truck loaded with lumber, about two miles across the Buchanan county line on a dangerous curve, then plunged about eighty feet over an embankment.  He received minor injuries while his companion leaped out after the crash, before going over the mountain and escaped injury.

Serveral other minor accidents occurred, none serious.  Two happened on the Swords Creek road by a Mr. Hess and a Mr. Breedlove.

MINER INJURED -- W. W. Brown, employee of the Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. at Jewell Ridge, was taken to Bluefield sanitarium Friday for treatment for a painfully injured leg received when he was knocked down and run over by a coal cutting machine early Friday morning while engaged at his duties.

Claude Yost, living near Gratton, lost his home, household effects and a large quantity of canned goods which had been provided during the summer for this winter.  The family was awakened about 5 o'clock Monday morning by the nose of the fire and barely had time to get free of the house before the burning timbers began to fall.  The family are in need of assistance.

PAUL GILLESPIE -- Paul Gillespie, age 34 years, a coal loader for Jewell Ridge coal Corp, was killed Sunday when he became trapped beneath a heavy fall of slate, in the Jewell Ridge mines.  Gillespie was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gillespie, of Raven, and was a graduate of Richlands High School.  He is survived by his wife and two children, Jean and Bill Gillespie, also by his parents and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Katherine Fuller, of Bristol; Mrs. John Necar, Culpeper; Miss Billie Gillespie, and Peery, John, Newton and Sam Gillepie of Raven.  Funeral services and burial were held at Raven Monday.

MRS. JOSIE NEWBERRY PEERY -- Mrs. Josie Newberry Peery, wife of the late W. E. Peery, died at her home at the old Captain Ed. Peery homestead, east of Tazewell, Wednesday morning about four o'clock.  Her death followed an illness dating from April 4th, when she had a stroke of paralysis, since which time she has been confined to her bed, and in a critical condition.  She was a daughter of the late Harman Newberry, a disguished citizen of Bland county, and was 74 years of age.  The only immediate member of her father's family surviving is her brother, W. A. Newberry, of Bland, who was at the home here for several days prior to her death.  Two daughters and five sons survive; Mrs. W. W. Kegley, of Roanoke; Mrs. Roy St. Clair, of Tazewell;  John Gratton Peery, of Roanoke; Ed. C. Peery, Harman N. Peery, Andrew M. Peery, and Samuel C. Peery.  The funeral and burial takes place Thursday.

MRS. NANNIE PEERY WHITLEY -- Mrs. J. W. Whitley, who became ill last Friday, her condition becoming gradually worse until she developed pleurisy, died at her home at North Tazewell Tuesday afternoon.  Mrs. Whitley was a life long member of the Methodist church, in which she was a very active working, as well as in the affairs of the community.  Before marriage she was Miss Nannie Peery, daughter of the late John Peery.  Surviving are her husband, J. W. Whitley, well known merchant of North Tazewell, and three children, Stewart F. Whitley, who is associated with his father in the mercantile business; Mrs. I.W. Miller, of Norfolk, Va. and John D. Whitley, mail carrier for the town of Tazewell, also of North Tazewell.  Funeral services were conducted Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the North Tazewell Methodist church, in charge of Rev. H. A. Phillips.  Interment was in Maplewood cemetery.

JOHN C. WINGO -- Impressive rites were conducted at the Wingo home near Raven the past Sunday afternoon for John Chapman Wingo, aged 75 years, who died from a stroke of paralysis.  Mr. Wingo had a stroke on Saturday, Sept. 14, and developed a case of influenza on Monday, which later developed into pneumonia, with death occurring on Friday.  Mr. Wingo was born in Tazewell County, June 1, 1860, and became united in marriage to Miss Margaret Elizabeth Lowe, Nov. 28, 1881, and ot this union was born 11 children, six of whom preceded him to the grave.  He was a memeber of the Methodist church.  He is survived, besides a wife, the following daughters; Mrs. E. D. Shelton, of Stonega; Mrs. Mary W. Jewell, of Bishop; three sons, W. R. of Freemont, W. V., M.W. and J. N. Wingo, of Raven; also 25 grand children and 11 great grand children and a host of relatives and friends.  Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev. John Russell.  His grand sons acted as pall bearers. 

November 22, 1935 --

ED NELSON GIVEN HEAVY SENTENCE -- Was Charged With Killing John Stinson on Laurel Creek Sunday, June 30th.  The jury returned a verdict of guilty late Wednesday afternoon and fixed Ed. Nelsons punishment at twenty years in the Virginia penitentiary.  Two full days were consumed in Judge Buchanan's Circuit Court this week in the trial of Ed. Nelson for the murder of John Stinson, on Laurel Creek on June 30th. A large array of witnesses were present, many of whom were present at the killing. Character witnesses to support the testimony of the witnesses for the Commonwealth were also introduced.  According to H. H. Johnson, of Richlands, two car loads and one truck load of people left Richlands on the Sunday of the murder, to spend the day with relatives of Johnson and the Stinsons. Johnson was leading the procession and when he reached a point near the residence of Wm. Vandyke, just over the brow of a hill, he discovered that the road was block by a ford car. He requested that the road be cleared, and violent objection to moving the car was raised by Ed Nelson, according to Mr. Johnson, who stated that Nelson threatened to shoot any ----- who tried to move the car. Johnson's statement was emphatically denied by other witnesses.  Johnson also stated that Ed Nelson came down the road from the Vandyke yard, pushing a pistol in the stomach of Doc Stinson, father of the man who was dilled and tuned loose a volume of profanity. At this point in the proceedings, according to Johnson, Doc Stinson's son, John Stinson, came up behind Nelson and struck him on the side of the head, whereupon Nelson is said to have turned and shot John Stinson, both he and Stinson falling into a creek, on the edge of which the difficulty having occurred. Other witnesses stated that both Stinson's seized Nelson, and that the shooting didn't occur until they had reached the creek bed in the shuffle and that Nelson shot in self defense. There was evidence introduced to show that Nelson and other associates were drunk. Nelson is alleged to have run, according to Mr. Johnson, from the scene of the crime. Commonwealth's Attorney Joe. S. Gillespie was assisted in the prosecution by Commonwealths Attorney Fuller, of Russell, Bruce Johnson and son, H. H. Johnson, of Richlands. R.O. Crockett represented Nelson.

ARMISTER CLINE -- Richlands - Impressive rites were conducted at the home of Sidney Cline on Tuesday afternoon for Armister Cline, 23, son of MR. and MRs. Sidney Cline, of Red Root Ridge, who met death under the wheels of an east bound freight train sometime between midnight and daylight Sunday.  It has not been learned yet in just what manner he came to his death.  He was seen at a filling station near the scene of the accident at 12:45 am Sunday and was found lying in the center of the track early Sunday by a citizen who was passing.  It is thought that he sat down on the track enroute to his home and dropped off to sleep and train No 85 traveling east, ground him under the wheels.  His body was horribly mangled.

OSCAR LESTER -- Funeral and burial services were held Monday afternoon at Ward's Cove for Oscar Lester, who died at the home of Henry Ratcliff, in Bluefield WV.  Mr. Lester was 62 years of age and a lifelong resident of the Ward's Cove section of Tazewell County.  While visiting in the home of Mr. Ratcliff he was stricken with pneumonia, which caused his death.  He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles shepherd, of Blufield, and by a brother of Washington County.

Nov. 29, 1935 --

J.W. Yost died last Friday at his home near Gratton.