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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
Community Club To
Hold Public Debate

Baden, Aug. AT the next
meeting of the Community Club
on Thursday night, Aug. II, we
plan to have as guest debaters
Hampton Osborne, Edgar r. Bey
erly, Robert Baker, and a fourth,
perhaps Fred F. Fletcher, whom
we have not yet been able to con
tact. These four will match argu
mentative powers on subject to
be chosen by themselves. Every
body is invited to come, and
especially people of the Georges
Fork community are urged to
attend.
At the last meeting of the club
Fred Davis was elected vice pres
ident and Kay Beverly was chos-
en- secretary-treasurer to fill the
vacancies created when Cecil
Hibbitts and Tina Hibbitts Meade
left for Detroit.
Painting of the interior of the
school house was completed Sat-
urday by Earl Owens, Luther
Beverly and Jess Browning.
Annual memorial services az
the Elkins Cemetery will be held
this weekend, Aug. SIS, by elders
of the Primitive Baptist Church.
Troy Lane and family have
moved into the house formerly
occupied by Hudson Powers. 1t is
reported that they have bought
the property from Mrs. Vicey
Childress.
Mrs. c. S Colley has been a
patient for the past week and
half at George Ben johnson Me-
mortal Hospital, Abingdon, where
she is being treated for gall stone.
She was visited Sunday by Mr.
and Mrs. Jess Browning, who re
port that she did not feel at all
well.
NJ. E Swindall, who has been
confined to his bed with a heart
ailment for the past nine months,
has been showing some improve
ment for the past few weeks,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
COUNTY HAS SECOND
HIGHWAY FATALITY
OF YEAR

Dickinson County's second
traffic casualty of the year fol-
lowed fast on the heels of the
first when Clyde Ratliff was
killed early Sunday morning
when the truck in which he was
riding went over a high bank
near Bee, about a mile below
the lake on Priest Fork.
According to deputy sheriff
Conner, the accident happened
about 1890 Sunday morning
Estil Stiltner was the driver of
the truck which was owned by
Vince Turner. Other passengers
were ROBBIE Bostic, Clyde Bostic
and Frank Stiltner. The driver
and passengers other than Ratliff
were injured and We're taken by
some passers-by to the Grundy
Hospital. All of the men were
said to be from Buchanan county.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
Flower Show And Tea
To Be Held Thursday,
August 10th

A flower show and tea will be
held at the Clintwood CommIni-
ty Building Thursday, Aug. 1C
from 2 to 4 p. m. The Clintwooo
Senior Woman's Club and the
ClintWood Junior Woman's Club
are sponsoring the event, which
is open to any flower grower in
Dickinson County.
Prizes will be given for the
following sections: Dahlias, glad
ioli, roses, zinnias, marigolds, as
tiers, garden flowers, micellane-
Gus arrangements, speciality ar,
engagements and potted plants.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
SERVICES FOR MRS.
ORBIN KISER HELD
AT PIPPINS CHAPEL

One of the largest crowds ever
to assemble at Pippins Chapel on
the upper end of Caney Ridge
was present at the funeral of
Mrs. Orbin Kiser Sunday. Min
listers taking part were Wythe
White and Vernon Kiser. Burial
was in the Kiser cemetery.
Mrs. Kiser, So, was instantly
killed in am automobile collision
near her home on the Ridge Fri
day afternoon. The car which her
husband was driving collided
with another said to have been
driven by Carlos Boiling OF
Pound. Mrs. Kiser was thrown
through the windshield and suf-
fered broken neck. Bee Yates,
a niece of Mrs. Kiser, was bruis-
ed and hurt but not seriously.
MIR. Kiser and Boiling were
neither hurt very much.
This was said to have been
Dickinson County's first traffic
casualty of the year.
Surviving are the husband, two
sons, Willard and Cecil; two
daughters, Mrs. Glenn Hutchin-
son and Mrs. Opal Sa1yer; five
sisters and three brothers, Mrs
F A Reedy, Willard; Mrs G F.
Kiser, Clintwood; Mrs w. R
Bise; Willard; Mrs. Marcus Nc
Kenzie, Omaha; Mrs JIG Rose,
Richmond w. J. and NC. Yates
of Omaha; and Isaac of Clint
wood
Mrs Kiser was making a trip
in an effort to organize a memo
rial service for her son, Lincoln
Kiser, who was killed on D-Day
in France.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
Members Of Cooperative
Meet At Clintwood

Southern States Cooperative
members in the Clintwood dis
trict heard reports of their CO.
operatives services for the first
IL months of the 194950 fiscal
year at a meeting held Friday,
July 81, in Clintwood.
According to J. H Eller, dis
trict manager, the 100000 MEM
bers of the cooperative in its six
state operating territory, put
through their organization nearly
ia million dollars worth OF
purchasing and marketing service
during the fiscal year ending
June 80. The cooperative's net
worth was given as over $18,000,.
o0c.
The report of local services was
given by John w. Chase, man.
ager of Clintwood Farm Supply
Elected to Southern States Clint
wood Advisory Board were Ralph
Vanover and Silas Strouth. Elect
ed to the Southern States Farm
Home Advisory Committee were
Mrs. Silas Strouth and Mrs. c.
Gaines Sutherland.
Winners in the Ko-op XVIII
Kontest, conducted for the first
time this year, were: Mrs. Grace
Short, Walter Stanley, Robert
Mooney and Mrs. c. c. Chase, of
Clintwood, and Bascom Bise OF
Georges Fork.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
Injuries Received In Fall
Prove Fatal To Mrs.
Allen Powers

Mrs. Julia Ann Powers, wife
of Allen Powers, of Coeburn, Ri.
2, died at her home after a short
illness last Thursday evening
Mrs. Powers had sustained intern
al injuries in a fall week bfore.
The deceased was born within
the corporation limits of Clint
wood on June 90 1878, a daugh-
ter of the late Will and Sallie
Stanley. She was married to A
w. Powers on May 6, 1897 She
resided continuously after her
marriage at the Powers home on
upper Cranes Nest. She was u
member of the Lick Fork congre
cation of the FreeWill Baptist
church for several years. A wo-
man of Christian character, she
was interested and active in the
affairs of her church.
Surviving are the following rel
atives: brothers, Ed and Nelson
Stanley of Clintwood; sisters,
Mrs. Rosa Beverly, Coeburn, Ri.
2; Mrs. Hulda Powers, Clintwood,
Mrs. Flora Keith, Clintwood; her
husband and children, Willie Al
len Powers, Mrs. Maco Keith, and
Mrs. Henry Hughes, all of Coe-
burn, Rt. q
Funeral services were held at
the Lick Fork church Saturday
morning, with messages from
Elders Charlie Ison and S M
McFall. Burial was in the COM
munity cemetery,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
ROD g. GUN CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

The local Rod & Gun Club, in
meeting at the court house last
Friday night, elected the follow
ing officers for the coming year:
President, Steve Rose, Clint
wood, Ri.
Vice President, Brady Suther-
land, Clintwood, ,Rt.
Sec'y-Treas., Hi A. Mullins,
John w. Chase and Otto Ken
drick, who served the past year
as president and secretary-trea
urer, respectively, declined to be
considered for reelection. Both
said they were too busy to serve
satisfactorily.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
Former Local Woman
Has Book of Poems
Published

Mrs. Lyman B. Ellis, the for
mer Kitty Kiser of Dickinson
County, has had a volume OF
poems. entitled "The Cry, pub
lished. Mrs. Ellis writes under
the pen name "Mallarme". The
publishers are Whittett and Shep
person, of Richmond
'The Cry" is collection OF
poems. symbolic in structure and
religious in nature.
The author, who now resides
in Danville, was born and reared
on the head of Frying Pan, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delphi
us Kiser. A brother, Lawrence
Kiser, now lives in Clintwood.
Mrs Ellis attended Dickinson
Memorial High School.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
Eleventh Reunion Of
Counts Family Will Be
Held In ClintWood

The eleventh annual reunion OF
the Counts family will be held
on Sunday, Sept. 3, 1850, at the
high school building in Clintwood.
Last year the reunion was held
at st. Paul, Va.
Descendants of the Russell
County pioneer, John Counts of
Glade Hollow, will come from
many states. The program will
consist of a business session,
speeches by Judge Alfred A,
Skeen, Hon. Richard L. Counts
and Glyn R. Phillips, music, both
vocal and instrumental, featuring
the new Clintwood High School
band, and few innings of soft
ball, with picnic for everybody,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
SGT. DYE SIGNS UP 20
RECRUITS DURING JULY

Sgt. Jesse Dye of the local re-
cruiting office signed up twenty
two volunteers for the army and
air force during the month OF
July. However, Is of the men
were rejected on examination
The others were forwarded to diff
ferent centers of training. Those
accepted were:
Alex o. Luther, Cranes Nest
Emerson Bowman, Nora
James H. Edwards, Nora
Joe A. Mullins, Clintwood, Rt. I
Lonzie L. Rose, Rt. l, Clint
wood
Emerson Powers, Clinchco.
Since the firt of January, IS
men have been accepted from the
local station.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
MRS. LUCILLE ODELL
PASSES AWAY SATURDAY
AT CLINCHCO


Mrs. Lucille Odell, 81, died at
Clinchco last Saturday. The cause
of death was attributed to infec-
ton of kidneys.
She is survived by a two-year
old daughter and her husband.
The funeral was held Monday
at the Union Church at Clinchco,
with Elders Enoch Rose, Clyde
Reedy and Mack Fisher in charge.
Burial was in a cemetery near
Ramsey.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
ABNER MARTIN LOWE

Abner Martin Lowe, 81, died
at his home at West Dante Sum-
day at II a. m. He is survived by
one step-son, Vaughn Burruss, of
Clinchco; three foster sons, James
w. Combs, Clayton E. Combs and
Roy Combs, all of Dante.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the home Tuesday at 2 pm.
with the Rev. Tom Shook in
charge. Interment followed in
Temple Hill Cemetery.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03

Read The Little Ads"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
Walled Off Hotel
Does Good Business

Seventy-four persons found
themselves behind the bars of the
Walled-Off Hotel, officially
known as the Dickinson County
Jail, during the month of July.
They served for total of 345
prisoner days. Eleven remained
at the end of the month. The
breakdown follows;
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
TW TY-FIVE PERSONS
BAPTISED IN CRANES
NEST SUNDAY

A group of Is converts were
baptised Sunday in Cranes Nest
River near Butler Mullins store,
The baptismal rites followed a
protracted revival at the Valley
View Freewill Baptist church.
Those administering the rites
were Elders Asa Hughes, Mack
Fisher, George Mooney and Alva
Dingus.
Eli Wallace and Butler Mullins
estimated the congregation at
more than 1000, perhaps the 1arg
est crowd ever to assemble on
Cranes Nest.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
LOCAL BOY RECEIVING
RECRUIT TRAINING

David E. Beverly, seaman re-
cruit, USN, son of Walter Bever-
ly of Clintwood, is undergoing re
cruit training at the worlds larg
est naval training center, Great
Lakes, Ill.
Recruit training is the sharp
break between civilian and NAV
val life in which the new navy
man learns the fundamental prin
ciples of naval service.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-08-03
OF
All
Things!
By E. R. B.

tugs at the heart, if not at the
brain. The lure is the same,
whether the tabled wealth is in
minted gold and silver or in the
ore of precious metal. There are
people who yet believe with their
hearts in the silver mine that
Hick Baker thought he had found
and lost in the Big Lick more
than eighty years ago. The signs
of fresh digging renew themselves
each year as if to show that
Hope springs eternal in the hui
man breast" We wonder if Hiclk
Baker caught the vision from a
more spacious legend-that OF
Swift's Silver Mine.
In 1871 John Swift appeared at
Beans Station in East Tennessee
with purported directions to
smelling furnaces and a silver
mine which he claimed to have
found thirty years before. Tradi-
ton says that Swift became blind.
and although he conducted 9TH
ers to the section where the mine
was located, he was never able
to settle on the exact place. That
Swift was at Beams Station ap-
pears certain, but tantalizing
mists make of the remaining story
a legend, ever changing in shape,
but always in general import the
same. According to the tradition,
Swift left Alexandria, Virginia,
in 1851 and with three compan-
ions explored Cor wandered)
through the wilderness beyond
the Alleghanies and the Cumber-
lands. They found a silver mine,
smelted the ore, and coined it in
to United States dollars-before
the United States existed as re-
public!!!
M%%
A travellers tale always lodges
in ears that are ready to receive
it. SWift's Silver Mine has been
placed by hopeful souls in the
mountain regions of Tennessee,
Virginia, Kentucky and West Vir
ginia. When Swift came to East
Tennessee in 1891, he brought a
journal of his earlier travels. In
1928, Judge John Hopwood men,
tons th.'e journal in a historical
work. Some years later another
writer claims to have copy Of
"a Memorandum of John Swift's
Journal"
A portion of that journal may
here be quoted:
Con the LIST of September, 1859,
we left between $4,000 and $780,
900 on a large creek running a
southern course. Close to the spot
we marke' our names on a beech
tree with ,mpass, square and
trowel. No great distance from
this place we left $4,000, mark
ing three or four trees with
marks. Not far from these, we
left the prize near forked white
oak and about three feet under
ground, and laid two long stones
across it, marking several stones
about it. At the fork of Sandy
close by the fork is rock that
has a spring in one end of it. Be-
tween it and the small branch
we hid a prize under the ground;
it was valued at $4,000. We like
wise left $4,000 buried in the
rocks of the rock house."
%%%
1.-THE fork of Sandy could pos
Evening star., 1950-08-25
Sanity Hearing Ordered For Woman Check Suspect

A sanity hearing was ordered
yesterday for a 36-year-old wom-
an, suspected Of check-passing ac-
tivities.
The woman. identied by the FB1
as Mrs. Zelda Shapiro, is specifi-
cally accused of causing a 1888
forged check to be transported in
interstate commerce from Fred
erick, Md.
Arrested Monday, she is charged
with giving the check to a Fred
erick auto dealer in payment for
an automobile, with the request
that the car be delivered to her
home in the 1900 block of Spring
road NV. Before delivery of the
car, the dealer presented the
check at q bank here and learned
Evening star., 1950-08-25
Red Competition Hurts
Hong Kong Rubber
BY the Assoeiaied Press

f
HONG KONG, Aug. 25.-The
Chinese Reds are building up the
rubber industry of China.
AS they do so. the rubber manu-
featuring industry Of the British
colony Of Hong Kong is folding
because Of lack of orders and ris-
ing prices.
A Canton dispatch to the pro-
Communist newspaper TIA Kung
Pao said huge funds" have been
allocated to help rubber planters
in Hainan Island. It said the
government would send technical
personnel to look over existing
plantations on Hainarl.
Evening star., 1950-08-25

bank quota to meet both civilian
and Korean front needs.
With donors now contributing
about 80 pints q day, officials are
hoping for double that amount
in the near future to help the
Tokyo blood bank carry the extra
load created by the Korean fight
ing.
The District Blood Donor Gen.
ter is located at 1730 e street
NV. and is open Mondays from
9 am. to 9 pm. and other week
days from 8 am. to 5 pm. It is
closed Saturday and Sunday.
Evening star., 1950-08-25
Indonesio Revolt Chief
Is Man Without Country
By the Associated Press

BRUSSELS, Belgium. Aug. 25.-
r. P. P. ("Turk') Westerling, the
former Dutch army officer who
tried to overthrow the govern
ment of Indonesia, appeared today
to be a man without a country
Westerling, who led revolt in
West Java last January, has been
barred from his native Holland and
denied entrance to Luxembourg
He can stay only temporarily in
Belgium, provided he keeps out
|of politics.
Westerling came here by plane
after he had been ordered out Of
Singapore for illegal entry.
Evening star., 1950-08-25

that her father-in-law, Albert
Shapiro. 6709 Sixteenth street
NV. on whom the check was
drawn, had not written it ant
had not seen his widowed daugh-
ter-in-law for four years.
The sanity hearing was ordered
today and set for next Tuesday
by Judge Burnita Shelton Mat
thews. A hearing to determine
whether she should be held fol
grand jury action has been post
poned, pending results Of the san
ity investigation.
An FBI spokesman said Mrs
Shapiro is under investigation ir
connection with a $783 fraudulent
check in johannesburg. South
Africa,
Evening star., 1950-08-25
Blood Bank Here TO Fly 4S Pints for Korea Needs

The District Red Cross block
bank was to ship out 48 pints of
whole blood by plane to Korea
today-the first shipment from
here destined for the U. N. wound
cd.
The blood, the Washington
areas contribution to the Tokyo
blood bank, will be flown refriger-
ated to San Francisco and then
to Japan.
Meanwhile, the Districts blood
bank officials are calling on
blood donors in the Washington
area no help step UP the blood
Evening star., 1950-08-25
Two District Women Held On Charges Of Perjury

Two women today were being
held for grand jury action on &
charge of perjury, following lee
ture before Judge George D. Mel
son in Municipal Court yesterday.
The women are Mrs. Dolly L.
Kanada, 30, of the 2100 block of
I street NE. and Miss Loretta
Owens, ~. Of the 1900 block Of
Twelfth street NV. Both are col
ored.
The perjury charges stemmed
from testimony by the pair that
an extension on a telephone was
used by Miss Owens when the two
alleged that Mrs. Kanada's di-
vorced husband, John D. Kanada,
Evening star., 1950-08-25

called and threatened his former
wife on August 20.
Brought into court on threats
charges. Mr.. Kanada was released
when Mrs. Kanada admitted there
was no extension on the telephone
they had used at the I street ad-
dress
Saying that people have to
realize the sacredness Of the oath
to tell the TRUTH" Judge Nelson
asked that the women be charged
with perjury and brought back
before him.
"The prosecutor and I try to
see that justice is done up here.
and we intend to do So" the Judge
said. He set bond at $500 for each
defendant. a"
Evening star., 1950-08-25

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Evening star., 1950-05-02
Dupont Circle Citizens
Re-eIect Col. Bliss

Col. Z. Goring Bliss was re-
elected president Of the Dupont
Circle Citizens Association. meet
ing in the Dupont Plaza Hotel
yesterday.
Also reelected were Harrall
Mulliken, vice president: John H.
Coffman, secretary, and w. Her
bert Gill, treasurer.
BY a l4-10 decision, the aSso-
citation voted to ask the Executive
Committee to arrange for meet
ings in the Dupont Plaza next sea
son. rather than in the Mayfiower
Hotel. where the group has met
in past years.
Evening star., 1950-05-02

Marjory Hendricks, one OF the
pleasanter of the towns restaurant
operators, sometimes feels that
somebody must be waging a war OF
confusion against her. A lesser
woman might just give up and
resign herself to her fate but
Miss Hendricks is no lesser wom-
an. Having won her first battle
and made 1t generally clear to
everyone that she owns the Water
Gate Inn and not the Stables. and
never did own the Stables, Miss
Hendricks has come up against
another canard.
She discovered it when she got
in a cab the other night to go to
her Water Gate Inn.
"Ya ever been to Normandy
FARM" asked the driver. Miss
Hendricks, who owns that. too,
allowed as how she had.
Run by the same people who
run the Water Gate" the cabbie
informed her. "They also got a
place in New York and one in
Miami"
They have nothing OF the
Sort" Miss Hendricks declared.
She never got her message across
to him, though.
"You must be mistaken. lady" :"
was all he told her. There is
only one thing Miss Hendricks
wants now. If you get in this
same mans cab. don't you believe
a word he says. She hasn't any
branches anywhere and the Water
Gate and Normandy Farm can
pose enough problems for any
one woman.
The member of Congress paused
before the Shoreham Blue Room
bandstand.
II suppose I'd have to get writ
ten permission from Petrillo to sit
in your band and play the piano" "
he said to Barnee.
Not at all. Senator" Barnee
told him. "All you have to do Is
pass a loyalty test"
Il r ~
The Showbill:
The fact that Xavier Cugat is
an entertaining luncheon COM
panion resulted last Thursday In
a mere passing mention of a pair
of dance teams who deserve more
than this. One of these duos is
Elsa and Waldo, now in second
week at the Shoreham Blue Room
The number of dancers who have
been inspired by the Hartmans
to try comedy is considerable
Almost as considerable Is the num-
ber of dancers who have been less
than successful in their comic
attempts. They are always getting
out of hand, many dancers appar-
emily being unaware that there
is a place where comedy stops
beyond which lies boredom. This
Evening star., 1950-05-02
Is Mexican Boy Singers
To Give Concert THURSDAY

Twenty-Five Mexican boy sing
ers are in Washington today on
the last leg Of a seven-month
cultural tour Of this country and
Canada.
The boys, ranging in age from
8 to II, are members Of the Mexi-
can Boys Choir School. They will
present q concert at $50 pm
Thursday in Pierce Hall, Fiji
teenth and Harvard streets NV
The choir, directed by Rogelio
Zarzosa y Alarcon, already has ap-
peared IN about so cities on the
current tour and will sing in two
or three more after Thursday s
concert, on their way back To
Mexico City.
Evening star., 1950-05-02
After Dark
Marjorie Hendricks Wants
This Understood Now
By Harry Macarthur

sad fact Of night club life makes
Elsa and Waldo especially well
come. They go pretty far along
the path Of the ludicrous, all right,
but never too far. Their British
music hall manner may require
a specialized appetite, but it's
funny and you ought to enjoy
their work.
The other dancers who might
help brighten an evening for you
are Blanche and Alan Lund. at
the Mayflower Lounge. Their
style may be British. too. a musi-
cal named "Piccadilly Hayride"
and a couple of other shows having
kept them busy in London a
large part of the time since the
war. The effects they are after
is grace, rather than comedy,
though. and they achieve it in
noticeable fashion. They're not
sensational, mind you, but they
have a fresh, youthful approach,
complement each other nicely,
and have a few lifts and spins
that are downright exciting.
The new continuous entertain
ment policy at the Cartons Con-
go Room seems to be the right
idea, while we're being nice about
things. Marianne Arden, the
pianist-singer who fills in between
dance sessions by Alan Holmes
orchestra, is both decorative and
talented. She plays the piano
skillfully and sings melodically
and listening to her is quite an
improvement over filling the lulls
by eavesdropping on the CONVEX
sation at the next table. The con-
versation at the next table has
been sort of dull lately, not only
at the Congo Room but every
where else around here. Mr..
Holmes plays nice, serviceable
dance music in the society" style.
The language, which is supposed
to communicate. often fails writ
ers sadly. A columnist (not this
one), recently came upon Colony
Owner Alex Stuart and a guest
brooding over the flckleness of
womankind and noted in his pill
lar that they were. starting up
their own Torch Club" Paper
wasn't on the street half an hour
before the phone rang in Mr..
Stuart's Office and q musician was
applying for a job.
why. I'm perfectly happy with
Dona Mason and Nate Upton, /"
said the uncomprehending Mr..
Stuart. Couldn't be happier"
Il don't mean in the Colony
Lounge" said the musical job
seeker. II mean in the new club
you're opening"