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The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-11-23
Mill Taxes

Thomas Ogawa, manager of the Alaska -Wrangell Mills, appeared before the Council to discuss it's tax situation. It was tentatively agreed, subject 10 mill board ap- proval, that the company pay one half of it's 1851 tax immediately to avoid delinqunncy on this years taxes and pay 5 ,O0O a month on the overdue taxes of previous years starting December 15. Tax on the property for this year is around $1,800, it was pointed out, with delinquencies for half of 1947, 1949 and 1850 totaling between $5,OOO and $6,000. Taxes on the property for 194S were paid by the court at the time of the negotiated sale.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-11-23
The Erickson Plan

After hearing a letter from City Attorney Howard Stabler h c Council voted to direct letter to the Alaska Public Works agency in Juneau asking an explanation of why the Einar Erickson engin eering plans for the water system were held Up for year on grounds they didn't meet certain require ments and later were accepted Erickson did the original water system engineering and the city has paid about $12,000 on his con- tract of $20,000. Balance of the contract money has been held up due to the questioning of the en- gineering by public works and Erickson is asking that payment be made.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-11-23
Fix Salaries

Finance Committee brought in the following monthly salary schedule for regular employees which was adopted by the Council:
 Light Plont Ralph Devenny $475; Julius Mason, $390; Homer Rooney, $3e0, and Rudy Hagen, $345.
 l.. c. Bigelow, city maintenance man, $45S.3S; Markham. $350: George Kuntz, chief of police, S275 with $10 extra for Sundays: Robert Wickman, city clerk. s425. W, D. Grant, fire chief. SEQ: Irene Ingle, librarian, $43; Don Martin dale, in charge of cemetery work,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
Little Zion TO Have
New Church Building

1t has been announced that
there will be a memorial meeting
at the Little Zion church On the
third Sunday of July honoring
the late Elder j. c Swindall.
The little Zion Church was
established by Elder Swindall in
1879. The first building of log
construction was replaced by a
frame building several years ago.
The present building is in bad
condition, and the members have
decided to erect new one Of Gin
der blocks. 1t is hoped to have
the new church ready for dedica
ton on the third Saturday in Oc-
tober.
Donations will be received by
Elder w T Swindall, Baden,
Va
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
SPORTS
CLINTWOOD DROPS
THREE IN a ROW
By CLAUDE SHORT

To make up for one of the 4th
of July games that was rained
out, the Clintwood ball club with
a makeshift crew played Dorches
ter on the Norton field last We'd
nesday. AS usual, all the bad
breaks fell to us. Two of the
Clintwood players were heaVed
out of the game, and eight of the
boys were on the field at the close
Of the game. Dorchester tailed
twelve runs, while Clintwood
pushed four markers across the
pan
On Saturday the team went
over to Dorchester for a double
header. After four and twoA
thirds innings rain stopped the
game. Lucky for us that it did,
for we We're on the wrong end
of 90 score.
Back at Dorchester Sunday.
Willie Wrinkles, the Dorchester
ace, has always held some kind
of jinx over the Clintwood lads.
Although they got nine hits they
could score only two runs. Dor
chester got eleven counters on as
many hits.
The second game started off
with a bang, Clintwood grabbing
an early lead of four runs. Fred
Sutherland's smoke ball kept
Dorchester off balance for five
innings. Then the Wise County
miners got to him for five runs
and later pushed across couple
more to win by score of 7-6.
The Clintwood team fought this
one down to the last man. FarmA
er collected a round-tripper,
Dorchester is scheduled to ap-
pear at Clintwood on the night
of Wednesday, July 10, and again
at night on the 25th.
This weekend Clintwood is
billed to meet Keokee here on
Saturday and there on Wednes-
day.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
Breaks Park Assn
To Be Formed
Sunday

An organization styling itself as
the Breaks Park Association will
be formed Sunday. Senator MN.
Long, who is promoting the move
ment, states that the meeting
place will be at the picnic
grounds in the Breaks. The pur-
pose of the organization will be
to work for the establishment of
national park in that area.
The proposed organization is
attracting widespread support,
having hackers over Eastern Ken
lucky and Southwest Virginia.
For example, the State Chamber
of Commerce has chosen Hudson
Huffard of Bluefield, Va, as its
representative.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
MRS. Erwin R. HALL KILLED
IN ACCIDENT ON
COEBURN ROAD

Mrs. Erwin R Hall, Al, of the
Hurricane. section, near Wise,
died early Thursday night in the
Coeburn Hospital from injuries
sustained in a motor vehicle
wreck.
1t appears that the automobile
in which Mrs. Hall was riding
had come into Route Y from the
Hurricane road, about half way
between Clintwood and Coeburn.
The car was driven by Willie
Ann, a daughter Of Mrs. Hall.
Apparently the automobile .swerv
ed to miss some chickens in the
road and then hurled over a 100
foot embankment. Mrs. Hall sus-
tanned a crushed chest and pos
sibly a fractured skull She was
taken to the hospital at Coeburn,
where she died about twenty min
utes after being admitted.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
DELEGATES NAMED
TO GRUNDY
CONVENTION

At various precinct meetings
the Democrats last Saturday Sc
lected delegates to represent
them at the bi-county convention
to be held at Grundy on July %
to name a candidate for the
House of Delegates. At this writ
ing not all of the precincts have
reported. Bernard Rakes, secre-
tary of the Democratic county
committee gives the following
scattered returns:
NORTH WARD: Mrs Beuna
Smith, Mrs. Truman Fleming, Au
ty Fleming, Mrs Nina Lee Thorn
ason, Homer Steele.
SOUTH WARD: Barnum Pow
ers, Jr., Mrs Ayers Friend, Mrs.
Virgil Skeen, Val Hylton, K. R
Dotson, Estus Fleming, E B
Stanley
MOUNTAIN: x R Stone,
Fearl Childress
ROARING FORK; w, w, Phil
lips, Jr., Noah Powers, Vearl Phil
lips, A G. Mcmillan
CANEY: Hatcher Selfe
TURNER: Bland Wood, Patter-
son Viers, John H. Turner
CLINCHCO: Joe Fleming, Bal
ford Johnson, Carl Yates
HAYSI; Ted Bennett, Sol D
Rakes, Parks Owens, Gaylord
Spriggs, Jr,, Bob Arlington
TARPON: Bernard Rakes, Ev-
erette Davis, Stewart Davis, Har-
old Wright
FRYING PAN: Grady Rasnick,
Fred Powers
STRATTON; w A Biggs, j. L.
Rasnick, Stanford Smith
LICK FORK: Sallie Jane Null
Inns, Wesley Mullins
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
SCENIC DRIVE ON
CUMBERLANDS
SEEN BY BOOSTERS

A scenic drive along the crest
of Cumberland Mountain, extend
ing from Pound Gap to the
Breaks, was envisioned by State
Senator M. M. Long in an adj
dress before the Norton KiWani9
Club last week. Such driveway,
he said, would be comparable in
scenic attraction to the famed
Skyline Drive along the crest OF
the Blue Ridge.
He said that tourists spent
$400,000,000 in Virginia last year
most of it in the eastern part of
the state around Richmond, Ara
lington and Williamsburg. He urg
ed that Southwest Virginia organ
ize to grab off the tourist dol
ldIS NY OOOStluS tue olSdhoj Wa
tural Tunnel, High Knob and the
Cumberland National Park al
Cumberland Gap.
Senator Long said that one Sun
day soon after the dedication of
the Breaks road 300 cars entered
the picnic area On July 4th, he
said, there were 1900 cars in the
parking area, and last Sunday
1000 cars were there. Terming
the Southwest Virginia scenic
areas treasure chests, Senator
Long recalled that in Georgia,
which has become tourist-mind-
ed, they regard leach tourist as
worth two bales Of cotton, but
much easier picked"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
County People Bring
Home Honors From
State All Meeting

The state All contests were
held during this week, and Dick
enson came home with its share
of honors.
Nadine Beverly of Tarpon won
the state laundry contest, which
gives her a free trip to the Nation
al All Club Congress in Chicago,
all expenses paid, for one week,
Harry Lee Strouth of Norland
was state winner in the soil and
water observation contest which
gave as first prize 17-jewel
watch Winners of $1,000 cash
awards in their respective con-
tests were as follows: Byron Lee
Childress and Garner Yates, gar
den; Richard Hillman, potatoes.
Lorraine Burchett and Byron
Lee Childress were elected to
membership in the state ALL
Stars organization Jolene Yates
was chosen to be on the state
nominating committee for the
Short Course, and Mildred Null
ms participated in the vespers
program. Mrs. Billie Skeen, home
demonstration agent, was chosen
to teach "The Top-Notch All
Club" for the Short Course.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
On Strike

Around 1900 miners in Dick
enson County were not working
Tuesday on account of a dis
pute originating at Clinchco
about the water supply Clinch
Co came out on a wildcat strike,
and Lick Fork followed in
sympathy. The Baker mine near
Clinchco was idled because coal
from that operation is loaded
through Clinchco tipples.
Miners say that the dispute
arose when water rates We're
raised and when two plumbers
were replaced by CT in train
ing. An announcement was
made, they say, that the Clinch
field Coal Corporation had sold
the water system supplying
Dante and Clinchco to a firm
at Mcclure Rates were raised
from $1,00 tap to $2.25 each
per month. In addition, Larry
Kiser and Clyde Moore, plumb
ers, were replaced by CT in
training,
Officials of District 20 OF the
UMWA met with company Off
Gals, but no solution was made.
Then the matter was turned
back to the Clinchco local, and
the men voted to go on strike,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
CREED FRENCH DIES
TUESDAY EVENING AT
HOME IN CLINTWOOD

Creed French, whose illness
was noted last week, died at
his home in ClintwOod Tuesday
at 2 p. m. The cause OF death
was said to be internal cancer.
He went into coma more
than a week ago and never
completely recovered conscious
ness The end was expected at
any time.
Obituary and account of flu
neral services will be given
next week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
Mullinses Lead All The
Resin Numbers In
County

OF every hundred persons In
Dickinson County, about nine of
them go by the name of Mullins.
That is shown by the poll tax
list for this year, with nearly
nine hundred persons with the
surname Mullins on the list OF
paid up voters.
The poll tax list shows other
interesting facts, as follows;
The Stanley family is second
in point of numbers, with nearly
four hundred of them qualified to
vote.
The Owens family rates high,
with approximately two hundred
of the name on the paid up list.
Relatively high also are the.
Flemings, the Roses and the Suth
erlands. The Edwards, Deel, Phil
lips, Counts and Davis families
rate we'll up in the list.
Twenty-Five Negros are quail
fled to vote. They are in the Err!
vinton, Willis and Sand Lick dis
tricts, with none in either the
Clintwood or the Kenady dis
tricts.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19

Ladies and gentlemen, we give
you Charlie Deloach!
Seventy-six years old is Char
lie. Yet he works and throws
his jokes about as stoutly and
merrily as if fifty of his years
had not passed To use liberties
with Shakespeare, age may have
withered him, but custom has
not stalled his infinite variety.
Early in the morning a short
time ago, a group of miners was
waiting near the courthouse for
the Lick Fork bus. Although hus-
ky and brawny fellows, none
weakened by age, they dropped
and their silence and boredom
hung heavy in the air Coming up
the street, Charlie saw the min
ers. He skipped across and began
his patter Of horse sense and no
sense at all The miners perked
up and soon were laughing and
kidding Charlie and each other
The bus pulled up, and a happy
and noisy throng pulled out for
Lick Fork "a merry heart doeth
good like medicine"
This young man was born July
10, 1875, in Elizabethton, Tenn.
He claims to have some Indian
blood, but most people have got
to the point where they can eth
er take or leave such tales alone.
Out on his own at an early age,
he says he worked as a butcher"
on passenger trains for a year or
SO While in this business, his
story goes that he was picked up
in Johnson City for carrying an
old broken pistol. For this offense
he was sentenced to nine months
labor on the roads and confine-
ment at night in Jonesboro jail.
Charles life and works as he
tells them, would fill many books.
We can, therefore, follow only a
broad outline in a general way.
He picked up the trade of car
penter in Bristol and with it the
arts of painter and glazier.
There he also got the foundations
OF his learning. Apparently he
next sojourned in Roanoke, where
he was known to the police as a
swashbuckler, and yet managed
to cap his education with a diplo
ma from business college.
X X X
From Roanoke, Charlie went
into West Virginia, During pc
Rod of at least ten years, he rang
ed over that state from Bluefield
to Charleston, Then he came to
Dante to put the coal operation
at that place on its feet. From
there he went to Marrowbone
Creek, Pike County, Kentucky,
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
DIR. r. L. PHIPPS
DIES IN RICHMOND
HOSPITAL

DR.. Rufus L. Phipps, Clint
woods only physician, died at
three o'clock Friday morning in
the Medical College of Virginia
Hospital at Richmond Various in
ternal complications caused the
death. DR.. Phipps had been in
failing health for more than
year, and his condition became
acute a few weeks ago, He went
to the University of Virginia Hos
pital at Charlottesville but soon
removed to Richmond
The deceased was born August
%, 1882, a son of the late Column
bus Phipps. After preparation in
local schools he attended the med
ical school of the University of
Louisville, from which he gradu-
ated in 1908. He trained as an in
terne in the Louisville City Hos
pital After passing the examina-
ton of the Virginia Board of ex-
aminers, he took special training
with the New York City Board
of Health and also private instruc
ton in diseases of children He
began the practice of medicine in
Clintwood during the latter part
of 1910.
For some years before his death
DR.. Phipps operated the Dicken-
son County Hospital at Clint
wood. His passing leaves Clint
wood and a large surrounding
area without a physician
DIR. Phipps was married in
June, 1911, to Miss Antoinette
Nidermaier of Poplar Hill, Giles
County. In addition to the wild
ow, two daughters survive: Mrs
John c. Buchanan, Birmingham,
Ala; and Miss Jean Lui Phipps,
ClintWood. Other survivors are
w M (Kid) Phipps, brother, of
Norfolk; Alger Phipps, brother of
Clintwood; and the following sis
tiers, Mrs Jettie Dalton, Richmond
Miss Beulah Phipps, Lynchburg;
Miss Hattie Phipps, Clintwood,
and Miss Nell Phipps, Norfolk
Also surviving is the mother,
Mrs. Margaret Phipps, Clintwood.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2 p. m. Sunday, at the
Clintwood Baptist Church, with
Rev. J B. Thomas of Bristol Of
ficiating, assisted by Rev. Charles
BREEDER Burial was in the Clint
wood cemetery.
Active pallbearers were, Jesse,
Alfred A., Virgil, and William
Skeen, Audie B. Phipps, Wendell,
Bob, and Alger Baker, Joe NideD
maier and Prescott Baker Mem
bers of the medical societies of
Dickinson, Wise and Buchanan
rounties served as honorary pail
bearers.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19
Power Off Sunday

The Appalachian Power Co Of
flee here wishes it to he known
that the power will be off on
Sunday, July % at the following
places on the hours stated be-
low:
Georges Fork and Coeburn
road, 8 a. m, to IL noon
Clintwood, Foxtown, Baker
Ridge, Flemingtown, Skeetrock,
Dwale, Tivis, Georges Ford road
to Red Onion Gap, 8 p, m to
1890,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19

Mr.. and Mrs D NJ crabtree
and Mr.. and Mrs. F. l., Buch-
anan, Jr., and son visited rela-
tives in Norfolk last week
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Suther-
land of Baltimore are visiting
relatives in Skeetrock and Clint
wood this week,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19

Mrs. Denver Damron of Salem
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs w j, Artrip, at Skeetrock
this week.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19

Mr., and Mrs, Orbin Reece Wis
tied their son, Kemper, and wife
in Washington, D. c., last week,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19

Read The Little Ads
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-07-19

Advertise or BE Forgotten"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15

welcome them to come to Haiti
for their careers.
Mr.. Thomas stated that his Of
flee has hundreds of openings for
technicians, but cannot find
them" He said that fewer than
200 Negro technicians were grad
uated last year from all colleges.
If we had graduated proportion
ate share according to our popula-
ton, he said, the number would
have been closer to 1000.
At the technical session Sat
urday afternoon, Fletcher Weller,
Director of Personnel, Atomic En-
ergy Commission, addressed the
delegates at his own request. An
swering the charge that the Acc
had been indifferent toward en-
ployment policies as they affect
Negro job applicants" Mr.. Waller
said that very few qualified Ne
groes had presented themselves as
applicants, but admitted that Acc
policy had been faulty.
1--WE think that our policy is
corrected now" he continued, and
we can prove it if we get some
qualified Negro applicants"
Mr.. Waller made it plain that
he intends to do everything in
his power to see that hiring Is
done solely on a basis of qualifi-
cation, saying, 1--WE want qualified
Negro applicants, and we intend
to see to it that information about
specific job openings is publicized
as frequently as we can"
The annual banquet was held
Saturday night at the International
Hotel, with M. Robert Sansarecq,
Vice Consul of Haiti as the prin-
cipal speaker. He brought greet
ings from Hon. Louis Decatrel,
Haitian Consul General, who was
scheduled to speak but was called
odCh W w dSIIiS toIl. NJ. OdHSdIecq
also told of the close blood rela-
tionship between the Haitians and
American Negroes and urged CLOS
er cooperation between them.
Proposals were submitted call
ing for intensification of the AS
sociation's program designed to
encourage engineering students.
All officers were reelected, ex-
cept Charles S. Duke, Editor of the
Journal He is st present work
ing on a project in the Virgin Is
lands. Henry l.. Livas was elect
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15

contest. He received the J. Finley
Wilson trophy and a cash award
of $3.50
Second place winner was Miss
Ethelrine Show, IS, of Iceland,
Ohio. She and the five other con-
testants received 500 each for
their speeches on Negro history.
Each of the seven finalists pre-
viously had received $1,000 col
lege scholarship.
Reports of Elk officials revealed
a growing organization of more
. than 100000 members; property
valued at about $40,000,000 and
defense bonds in the amount of
30,000,000. The order was de-
scribed as in good financial con-
dition.
Trezzvant w Anderson. presi-
dent of the 761st Tank Battalion
Association, presented an honor
airy membership in the organiza-
ton to Wilson for his efforts in
behalf of all veterans. 1t was
the first time a Negro combat
outfit had ever voted a civilian a
membership on a national scale.
On the female side of the con-
vention, the Grand Temple held
its sessions here at the same time,
and the Grand Daughter of ElkS
reelected both of their top Of
ficers, Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-09-15

Washington, grand daughter ruler,
and Mrs. Beuna V. Kelley Gibbs
of Norfolk, Va, grand secretary.
One observer, in speaking of
the predominance of Republicans
at the convention, remarked that
it seems more like Republican
Convention" than an Elks Conven-
ton. This was due, in part, to
the presence of Guy Gabrielson,
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, who addressed
the convention. He was accomp-
anied by Valores ]. Washington,
director of the Negro division of
the COP.
Wilson stressed that two major
projects are on the Elks' program
for the coming year: further ex-
pansion of the John Brown farm
at Harper's Ferry, w. Va, as a
rational shrine, and ''street-block
volunteer" program aimed at get
ting Negroes to register to vote.
This campaign will be non-parti-
san and on-profitmaking, it was
explained
Plans were made for a Pilgrim
age and a huge celebration to be
staged at John Brown farm on
September %.
Atlantic City was selected as
the site for the 1852 national con-
vention.
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out in extending to the more than
10000 Elk officials, delegates, and
visitors a genuine welcome. The
mayor, Negro and white leaders,
and state officials joined in the
huge welcome.
Whatever fireworks had threat
9ned to explode within Elkdom
over the coveted positions of grand
treasurer, grand secretary, and
grand commissioner of education
were stopped dead by the clever
rnaneuvering of ]. Finley Wilson,
grand exalted ruler.
Top command posts in the
worlds largest Negro fraternal
organization were filled by the
men whom Wilson had chosen to-
step into the shoes of officers who
died this year.
Judge William c. Hueston of
Washington became grand secre-
tary succeeding the late James f.
Kelley of Birmingham, and Mu-
nicipal Court Judge Perry B. Jack
son of Cleveland was elected
grand treasurer succeeding the
late Theodore S. Greene of Akron.
, George w. Lee, Memphis, was APP
| pointed grand commissioner of ed
ucation to succeed Judge Hueston.
A feature of the sessions, how
ever, was the presentation of the
second Lovejoy Medal to DR..
Bunche, director of the UN Trus-
teeship Division, for his outstand-
ing work in the field of human
relations during the past year.
Gov Alfred E. Driscoll of New
Jersey received the first award
last year.
Shifts in the secondary command
of the Elks this year found Rob-
ert Johnson of Philadelphia moved
to grand leading knight, second
in command to- j. Finley Wilson:
succeeding Joseph A. Brown of
New York City, Bertram V. Greg
Dry, Detroit, is the new grand loyal
knight, and DR.. Bernard Harris,
Baltimore, the new grand lectur-
ing knight Herbert Jones of
Washington was appointed grand
| organizer.
Other officers elected were
John Cobb, Morgantown, West
Virginia, grand tyler; Daniel R.
Hutchins, Norfolk, w. Va, grand
inner guard, and Henry Davis,
Los Angeles, Calf, grand es-
quire.
DR.. C. M. Cain, Atlantic City.
n. j., was appointed assistant
grand commissioner of education,
and Bena B. Smell, Boston, named
chairman of the Shrine Commits
sion. Also on this commission are
Joseph A. Brown, and Harvey Har-
ris, New York City, and Gus Brad
ley Of Los Angeles.
Richard Rogers, Is, from Nor
ristown, Pa, was the winner in
the Goth annual Elks Oratorical
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the New York Chapter, followed
by an ADDRESS by National Presi-
dent Calvin l.. McKissack, Nash
vile architect.
The Smoker Friday evening was
one of the highlights of the ses-
sion. The affair took on the as
pect of "old home week" with the
spirit of fellowship running high
throughout the evening. Short adj
dresses were made by Julius J..
Adams, President of Global News
Syndicate; Henri Rosemond, At
tache of the Haitian Consulate;
and Julius A. Thomas, Director,
Department of Industrial Rela-