AAA Tour Offers Splendid Bargain From Portugal to Madrid
Bluefield Automobile Club promotes a 21 day Sunny Portugal Adventure via TWA jet with Lisbon Coimbra Oporto Nazare Cascais Algarve and a five day Spain extension to Madrid Toledo El Escorial. All inclusive fare 603.80 includes hotel meals tips and guide. details at 622 Commerce Street Bluefield.
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Bluefield Automobile Club
James H. Cowan
AAA
Portugal
Madrid
New York
Idlewild
TWA
Lisbon
Coimbra
Oporto
Nazare
Cascats
Algarve
Spain
Toledo
el Escorial
Bluefield Aaa Club
AAA Club
Bluefield
Rent for $1 Electric Carpet Shampoor Ad
An advertisement promotes Blue Lustre Electric Carpet Shampooper available for a dollar per day rental. It promises easy carpet cleaning and a fresh feel, available at A. W. Cox's.
Chanel Master FM AM radio marketed for quality and tone
The Chanel Master FM AM radio features a walnut cabinet that enhances tone via its design and construction. It uses six tubes plus a selenium rectifier, and offers an outlet for a stereo FM multiplex adaptor, distributed by Meyers Electronics in Bluefield.
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Meyers Electronics
Bland Street
Bluefield
Opal Or Zircon Spell Out Month Of Oct
The October birthstone is opal or zircon with tourmaline and synthetic pink corundum noted as alternatives. The piece discusses opal’s oceanic origin lore and mentions color varieties and the gem’s perceived protective powers.
The Beautiful Ruby Birth Sign for June
The birthstone for July is ruby and rubies symbolize warmth and steadfast fortune. Rubies reputedly glow with Mars’s spark and rank second to diamond in hardness. Native to Burma, Ceylon, Siam, large pigeon blood rubies are rare beyond three carats.
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Mars
Burma
Ceylon
Siam
First Latin Koran Translation Published 400 Years After Creation
The first Latin translation of the Koran, completed in 1143, was not published for four centuries. This long gap shaped early European understanding of Islamic texts.
Old Saying Still True About Blue Cross Shield Costs
The piece cites John Ruskin on paying fairly for protection and applies it to Blue Cross Blue Shield likening prudent pricing to insurance value. It recalls his warning that paying too little risks getting a product that fails to perform as needed and warns against choosing the lowest bidder without accounting for risk.
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John Ruskin
Blue Cross-Blue Shield Hospital
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Electric ranges gain features for faster cleaner cooking
Electric ranges now offer automatic controls and timers for both ovens and surfaces. Thermostatic sensing maintains heat, meat thermometers signal doneness, and some models lower heat to keep roasts warm. Fast start elements and swift ovens make electric cooking quickest.
Bank's Newest Clerk Gerry Bandy Shaped By Flat Top National
In a recurring series a bank is people, today features Gerry Lowe Bandy the Flat Top National Bank bookkeeper and wife of Bob Carr. The profile notes her background from Squire West Virginia, education at Big Creek High School, prior work in Columbus Ohio, family ties and hobbies, plus comments on her job and staff fellowship.
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Bob Bandy
Gerof
Flat Top National Bank
James L. Wyatt
Gerry
Wyatt
Flat Top National
Bob Carr
Bob
Superior Sterling Company
Doris Geraldine Bandy
Thomas C. Lowe
Squire
W. Va
Big Creek High School
Columbus
Ohio
Don Lowe
U. S. Army
Germany
Mel Lowe
Kermit
Ruth) Powers
A. C
Elsie) Beavers
National
Blue Lustre cleans rugs and upholstery for home use
The product Blue Lustre cleans carpets and upholstery safely with a foam concentrate mixed in water. It requires no rinsing, reduces resoiling, and is odorless and non inflammable. A half gallon cleans three nine by twelve rugs, available at A. W. Cox Store with rental of an electric carpet shampooer for one dollar daily.
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A. W. Cox
Clothesline Still Important Item
An outdoor clothesline remains a practical home feature. The piece notes its usefulness for hanging sheets diapers and other items on sunny days and as a fall cleaning aid. It explains how to install posts in the back yard with digging cement work and a galvan ized steel pail to mix concrete.
Blooded hounds and the Norman origins of scent hounds
Breeders preserved dog strains carried to England by Norman conquerors shaping the term blooded hound. The bloodhound name likely stems from the dogs tracking blood scent of wounded game, reflecting their tracking skill.
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England
Bailey Lumber Co Veteran Retires After Long Service
Bailey Lumber Co veteran W. K. Overbey retires after a career starting as a clerk in 1990 and serving as War Plant Manager since 1947. An informal dinner at the Auditorium Restaurant in Bluefield honored him with attendance by company officials and managers. Chester Overbey, his brother, succeeds as War Plant Manager.
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W. K. Overbey
Bailey Lumber Company
Overbey
L. M. Auer
Bluefield
E. S. Mann
War
War Kiwanis Club
Two Pails For Paint Mixing
Professional painters mix in pails for thoroughness and efficiency. Start with two galvanized pails, empty one to stir, then pour back and forth to blend color. Use carries handles to move, pour back into original container for storage if needed.
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Trans World Airlines
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Automobile Club
Commerce Street
St. Ph
First Federal Savings and Loan Association OF Bluefield Blend & Ramsey
Bivefield W. Va
Corporation
Bland ST
Eles
A “Din Meyena Evectaonics Inc
Bluefield, W. Ve
Bluefield Supply Company
Dempsey’s Trailer
Princeton
Athens
Bette
Armstrong
Bailey
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
Mrs
Veterates
Ousc
Gia
Bluefield Hardware CO
Blue Cross
Commercial Bank
Princeton, W. VA
H. C. Crews Mill Work CO
Bluefield Ave
Dical DA
Crawford
West Virginia Water Company
Bluefield, W. VA
Welch
Tug River
Mullens
Matoaka
Gilbert
Grundy
Wytheville
Bluefield Avenue
Distributors of
Kersey Manufacturing Co., Inc
P.O
Virginia
Appalachian
Cruises and Tours
Bluefield Auto Club
Commerce ST
Platnick Brothers
Virginias
Bluefield, Virginie Legenve
Raleigh St
Tezewell, Virginie
English, W. Va
Richlands, Virginia
Welch, W. Va
Pocahontas Welding
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