Tazewell County, Virginia, Newspaper Articles: Clinch Valley News--May 11, 1928 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michelle Burress http://www.cvnotes.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clinch Valley News Pounding Mill May 11, 1928 Pounding Mill Mr. Will Hankins and sister, Miss Narcie, of Richlands, call on their aunt, Mrs. W. B. Steele this pm. Mr. W.W. Safewright of Roanoke, joined his wife here on Saturday, returning Sunday night. Guests of their grandmother, Mrs. Martha Sparks. Dr. and Mrs. Rex Steele and Miss Mary Bruster went to Tazewell Monday, for their son, Billie, who had been away for 2 months. He is 16 months old today. Mrs. Steele came home Saturday night and is gaining strength after 2 months sickness. Mr. and Mrs. Noah Comptons house burned Monday night between 9 and 10 o'clock. The roof was falling in when discovered. Lost everything except a few dishers. They occupied the Becca Davis house in the Daughten Hollow, near top of Smith Ridge. Mr. Milton Harris, Pounding Mill Branch, was a visitor here Tuesday. He is an old soldier and will be 86 years old June 15th. Mrs. and Mrs. James Hunter, (nee Miss Ollie Kate Gillespie) of West Va. visited parents Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hunder and sister, Miss Mary B. Gillespie and brothers, F. O. and Poose, the past weekend. Malcolm Trayer, Bristol, visited his father, C. H. Trayer and family, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele on Sunday had the following relatives to call: Mr. and Mrs. Grat Steele and son, John, a Richlands H. S. Senior; Charlie Steele, Jr., all of Paint Lick; Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gillespie and daughters, Cedar Bluff. May 11 1928 Richlands Henry Hess, aged 35 was instantly killed on Saturday about 4 o'clock at Jewell Ridge, when the car in which he was riding went over an embankment. Mr. Hess and two other miners had finished their night shift and had got in the car and started home, the driver was attempting to turn the machine when he got too close to the edge, thus turning over, pinning Hess against a stump. The other two occupants of the car escaped injuries by jumping. Hess is survived by a wife and eight children, eldest 18 years and the youngest 3 months. Funeral was held at the home Monday and the burial was in the Hankins cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Atwell were shopping in Bluefield Monday. Robert Reedy, a young man, who worked in the mines at Glen Burke, was severely injured in the mines on May 1st, by a slate fall and was rushed to Mattie Williams Hospital, but died early Friday morning. Funeral and burial in the West Fork cemetery near Richlands. One of the prominent affairs of the season was the picnic given by the junior class in honor of the senior class of Richlands H.S. Saturday evening about 6:30 pm, at the Old Fort Witten, at Pisgah. The classes were chaperoned by the high school faculty. They left town about 6pm in trucks and cars. All kinds of palatable food, such as ham, chicken, tomatoes and hamburgers, sandwiches, pickles, cake, etc., was served to the honoring guests: Misses Ella Altizer and Gladys Altizer, Margaret DeBord, Mary White, Pearl Wilson, Audrey Steele, Cleo Orr, Jennie Marshall, Gladys Wygal, Nannie Belle Gillespie and Messrs Leonard Cole, Robert Childress, Dan Blankenship, Sam Gillespie, Tom Liddle, Ben Thompson, Glenn Shrader, Therman West, Clarence McGlothlin, John Alex Steele, Lawrence Ringstaff, Raymond Johnson and Selbourne Orr, the Senior class of 1928, also the following teachers, Prof. Hicks, Prof. and Mrs. Six and Miss Dingass. Mrs. Zeigler and Mrs. M. H. McGuire were visiting in Bluefield on Tue. Mrs. I.O. Perkins and George Hurt, Cedar Bluff, were here Tue.