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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
1
The year's first snow fell two and a half inches in Wyefielders area Wednesday morning with streets clearing by noon. By midnight temperatures dropped to 18 above zero and no additional snow fell, promising further low temperatures before morning.
Dr Karl E Weler was elected president of the Bluefield sanitarium staff to succeed Dr Sanders Davidson at a dinner meeting in the staff room Dr Everett Lyle Gage became vice president and Dr James Shankvin secretary Dr C J Reynolds outlined the executive branch accomplishments about 45 attendees including out of town guests. SEWER FUNDS APPROVED federal works agency SRE RP ERM advanced 4800 to Charles Town and 2700 to Rawson for planning sanitary sewer systems.
The notice details a carrier hearing for Tri City Traction Company to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity for passenger service from Princeton through Mercer County routes to Bluewell and Brush Fork, with objections due by a set date. a separate public sale notice outlines a deed trust auction at the front door of the National Bank of Bluefield on the first day of January with property description in Mercer County and owners Turner and others. The document includes notary information, dates in 1948, and references to court actions in Mercer County Circuit Court West Virginia.
Mrs Elsi Tolbert Thomas publicity chief at WHIS Bluefield was noted for winning third place in the Eddie Cantor NBC promotion contest earning a $100 prize. She has led WHIS publicity since 1842 and previously won awards for a 10 minute dramatic play titled D Day. She also created a Wizard of Oz program for Metro Goldwyn Mayer and is active with the Red Cross Home Nursing division.
Marshall Huntington W Va Dec 18. President Stewart Smith announced that high ranking students from Ohio Kentucky Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania will be admitted to Marshall college's teachers college next semester due to heavy enrollment. Arts and sciences remain limited to West Virginians residents of five nearby counties and former students.
Proposed measures include raising minimum qualifications and salaries for county superintendents, compulsory schooling to 17, allowing county boards more hiring flexibility, and funding shifts. Additional items cover workers compensation, transportation and tuition for out of county trade students, and relaxing limits on the permanent improvement fund. Wartime funding pressures noted.
A peer who managed Bilbo's reelection campaign testified that he did not recall saying he would be killed if he divulged what he knew about Bilbo. He also shared in a war contract during the testimony, while addressing Terry's question.
Dr Flavius Ogburn Plunkett 60 a leading Virginia obstetrician gynecologist died at 6 20 PM in Virginia Baptist hospital after a day of illness Entered hospital after sudden collapse at home He was a consultant to top physicians and a prolific author on childbirth with broad national ties and practice in Lynchburg Virginia
McDowell county schools announced board of education changes with resignations for Ronnie Vineyard Elizabeth Younge Doris Johnson J H Huff and J H old positions. New appointments include Lucy Gattuso Hazel Boothe Georgia Mullins Margaret Moore Clarence Dalton Helen Boothe. Winter weather looms with temperatures dropping to 28 degrees and a slim chance of snow.
The Cleveland regional office of the War Assets Administration announced offers to purchase an unfinished surplus chemical plant on Neville Island, Pennsylvania. The site covers 2.3 acres with seven buildings and machinery for annual production of 8,000,000 pounds of phthalic anhydride. Construction began in the war era and more than half remains incomplete. Final date for offers is January.
The Mercer County Medical association will hold a dinner tonight at 8 o'clock at the West Virginian hotel. Election of officers will be a highlight of the meeting.
Howard King radio station engineer and Marie Lockhart six passenger in his car were hospitalized after a late Tuesday two vehicle crash at Elkhorn and Wyoming. King had a forehead laceration and Lockhart suffered facial injuries including two broken teeth. Patrolman Breece Cline said King’s car collided with a vehicle driven by Lee Switch of Gary.
Eight Welch High School A Cappella Choir members earned All State Chorus berths at the Morgantown music festival from April 16 to 18. Sopranos Peggy Eulis and Jeanne Stacks. altos Phyllis Rau and Emily Keyser. tenors Porter Ball and Jimmy Price. bass Odell Hamden and Kyle Bailes. Choir director Miss Claude Stevenson will accompany the students.
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